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The crucial characteristic of monoculture is that they do not merely displace alternatives, they destroy their own basis Khezhakeno, Lazami villages reaffirm brotherhood

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the right to our cultural past Morung Express News Kohima | December 2

3 drown at Dikhu Morung Express News Longleng | December 2

Three youths drowned at the Dikhu River on December 2.

As per a report, the victims were from Yachem village in Longleng district, which borders Changtongya town.

They were on a makeshift raft when it capsized, the report said. There were 5 people on the raft at the time of the incident. Two managed to swim ashore but the other three drowned. Two bodies were recovered till the filing of this report. Reported to be in their late teens and early twenties, the youths were at the river making preparations for a community fishing to be organised later this month.

NTLCC on CM’s visit to Myanmar DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 2 (MExN): The Naga Traditional Literacy and Culture (Central) (NTLCC) today issued a statement on Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang’s recent visit to Myanmar. A press note from the NTLCC lamented that there was neither official meeting nor communication to the office of the Naga Self-Administrative Zone in Myanmar, Naga Members of Parliament, the NSCN (K), Naga Traditional Literacy and Culture (Central), or the Council of Naga Affairs.

The NTLCC said it would be very difficult to bring stability, peace and development without consulting and meeting with the above said organizations. “We learnt that before his visit around November 20, representative came to inform verbally the Office of the Naga SelfAdministrative Zone, moreover Union Governments’ MP had been invited via media. But our organization and rest of the organizations communicated with neither verbally nor invitation cards,” it added.

NUN & Kripa foundation receive national awards

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DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 2 (MExN): The Nagaland Users’ Network (NUN) has received the best Community Base Organisation (CBO) category award 2016 from the NACO and HIV/AIDS Alliance India, for work done at the grassroots level to improve quality of life of key populations. A press note from Kripa Foundation also congratulated Ketholie Angami, Program Coordinator of Kripa Foundation for receiving an individual award from NACO and HIV/AIDS Alliance India 2016 for advancing rights of key populations, program implementation and strategy for enhanced engagement of communities.

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Archaeologist Dr. Alok Kumar Kanungo discusses Naga artifacts spread across museums in various countries, and the need to reclaim the artifacts

I hope, hope and hope the Kerala government will not sue us for using their state bird!!

— Vanana Shiva

The need of the hour is to make a unification effort, and something that will hold all Nagas together in their cultural past, said Dr. Alok Kumar Kanungo, Assistant Research Professor, Archaeology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar who has been researching on Naga artifacts for almost 20 years now, starting from 1996.

Stressing on the numerous Naga artifact collections spread across several museums in countries such as the UK and Germany, he pointed out the essence of reclaiming the ownership of the artifacts collected during the colonial era.

Dr. Alok, who will soon be releasing his book called ‘German Anthropologists

on the Naga Hills’ was present at the 17th Archival exhibition by the Department of Art and Culture at the Hornbill Festival, Kisama on December 2.

“You have a cultural, ethical right to know where your cultural material objects have been moved. It is a fundamental requirement. So it is time that Nagas need to make a big database of objects located in all over the places,” he said while pointing out how during the two world wars, the Naga artifacts were moved from places and mixed up.

There are 50,000 Naga artifacts registered in museums in UK. While the amount of artifacts are not known in other countries, Dr. Alok informed how the changing times in history also led to the loss of

Dr. Alok Kumar Kanungo speaking in Kohima on December 2.

some Naga artifacts in the process. For example, during the Second World War when Russia took over Germany many of the Naga artifacts were taken as war booty by Russia, with no track of where the artifacts have been placed in recent times.

Stressing on the impor-

Mtlt questions Minister

DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 2 (MExN): The Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) has written a letter to the Nagaland State Minister for PWD (NH), Mechanical and Elections, Nuklutoshi seeking clarification on alleged statements made during the CEC meeting which was held recently.

The MTLT took particular exception to statements regarding the organisation, wherein the Minister allegedly said that that the MTLT is “becoming more powerful and dominating in the society by closing down offices, organise rallies;” that the MTLT is one of the “unrecognised NGOs” along with other NGOs in the state; that the MTLT is bent on using more power than ‘properly organised’ NGOs like Naga Hoho creating unwanted nuisance/ruckus in the society; and that the Government should ‘de-recognise’ the MTLT. The MTLT, in its statement sought clarification on these statements and questioned: “did the MTLT close offices, orga-

nise rallies with ulterior motives or with consent and support from the public facing various grievances?”

It asked how the government distinguishes/defines a recognised organisation from an unrecognised organisation and added that the MTLT would be pleased to know the list of recognised and unrecognised NGOs in Nagaland at this juncture.

It further asked the government to mention instances when the MTLT had functioned more powerful than the Naga Hoho. “Besides, in which occasion/s did the MTLT disrupt public order in Mokokchung?” it questioned.

It affirmed that the MTLT is an organisation as a result of common interests for various communities in Mokokchung Town. “In no way does the MTLT harbour ill motives towards any given individual/ group. The MTLT regrets that its high hopes on such a prominent leader would be dealt with such an immature blow,” it added.

‘Kiphire has the highest mortality rate in state’

Professor P Lala releasing the seminar souvenir.

Our Correspondent Kiphire | December 2

Speaking as the chief guest at the regional seminar on socio economic transformation of the North-East at Zisaji Presidency College, Professor P Lal, former Pro Vice chancellor, NU Lumami today disclosed that Kiphire has the highest mortality rate in the state and added that health is an important area to take into consideration so that transformation reaches the right level.

Development, health, infrastructure, and climate are the four main key areas which Professor Lal considered to be the main focus subject for transformation to take place for the region. Accepting that nothing in the universe is constant, he said everything has to go through an evolutionary process and the North East region has undergone lot of changing processes over the few decades.

He meanwhile informed that while life expectancy in main land India is 63 years on average, in Nagaland it is 73 years, which may be because of physical activity, food habit and clean environment.

Delivering the key note address, Pro-

fessor MK Singh, Finance Officer, NU gave an overall account of the entire region and also gave a statistical report on how the region would transform in a few decades.

He observed that development in Nagaland has created two class, the privileged class and deprived class. This he stated is because the developmental activities are not inclusive and the fruit of development is not reaching the grassroots people. The professor also said that if socio economic transformation is to be achieved, developmental activities should be sustainable and can be achieved only if it is inclusive. Professor Singh also sought suggestions and ideas of the participants to cope with the needs of the region for socio economic growth.

Benajmin Longkap, SDO (c) HQ who spoke at the seminar also felt the need to have such events so that places like Kiphire are also prepared to face the fast changing developmental activities of the nation.

He appealed to the student community to be a catalyst in bringing change.

He further assured that any outcome of the seminar would be forwarded to the government at the earliest so that it is included in policy for the growth of the region.

tance of horizontal development in terms of culture, Dr. Alokappealedthatifsomuch is being spent on the display andpreservationofNagaculture, then the collections and preservation of artifacts must be given priority.

Dr. Alok who has spent one and a half years in Ger-

many to study Naga artifacts in museums in Germany, stated that Nagas have not focused on German Anthropologists who were the first anthropologists to research on Nagas.

The collections of Naga artifacts in museums in Germany which were col-

lected before the WWI are also significant because they are not mixed, according to Dr. Alok, and can be scientifically analyzed which in turn will help Nagas to know their past origins and migrations and its contact towards India or Burma.. “It will tell the origin of Nagas more than anything else. It will work like a DNA,” he claimed.

While the artifacts in German museums have been well-preserved, Dr. Alok mentioned many of the artifacts in UK have been kept haphazardly and with very less dignity. The objects tell us stories, he said, and the identity and meaning of such objects differ from community to community. Further the stories get lost in the careless collections.

Here, Dr. Alok also highlighted that the intellectual property rights for such artifacts are the Nagas, therefore the curators for such artifacts should also be Nagas who understand the meaning of the objects.

He suggested the need for making a database of all Naga objects in all the countries, develop accessibility of these artifacts and make efforts to bring back the artifacts. However, Dr. Alok also stated that Nagas are not ready to bring back the artifacts due to the lack of conservation facilities.

Dr. Alok also provided photocopies of limited materials of dissertations by MA and MPhil students in the UK on Nagas, and rare letters and diaries by Anthropologists such as Jamie Sauls, Henry Balfour, Hutton and JP Mills during their stay in the Naga Hills.

The modus operandi of collections of artifacts, were done through correspondence of letters exchanged between curators and anthropologists, and collectors and administrators. The digitized copies which have been meticulously made by Dr. Alok have been handed over to the Department of Arts and Culture and will be available for study very soon.

STOP violence against women

Sad that violence against women is considered a norm – Women Helpline 181

DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 2 (MExN): Since its launch in June 2016, the Women Helpline has received thousands of calls for various kinds of cases, out of which, cases of domestic violence has been the highest.

This was informed through a press release today by the Women Helpline 181 Nagaland, which is undertaking 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

The campaign started on November 25, which was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and will culminate on December 10, which is Human Rights Day. The Women Helpline 181 Nagaland termed it “sad not only to see and know that violence against women exists in our State to this extent, but also to learn that violence against women is considered a norm and termed as an everyday affair.”

“It is disheartening to hear our women victims threatened, traumatized and scared, and to hear their many horrific stories of torture and hurt. Though many have been victims, only few have been bold enough to raise their voice against violence,” it added.

Terming it sad to see women suffering in silence, the Women Helpline 181 Nagaland informed that the few who do report such cases, also tend to withdraw the case “for various reasons.” The reasons include “being threatened/forced to withdraw; some feel that it is more important to protect and honour the family’s name and reputation; thus, suffer in silence and sacrifice their lives for their children; and most of the women vic-

Women Helpline 181 Nagaland during their ongoing 16 day campaign for elimination of violence against women.

tims, no matter how ugly they may appear to their abusers and no matter how intensely violence is being inflicted on them, always tend to forgive their abusers.”

These reasons, it however stated should not be considered to portray women as weak and pathetic in any way, “for the abusers would not be able to endure such agony if meted out to them.” “In our society, gender equality has always been a contested area. It is high time for our people to seriously contemplate on this issue and move towards a change in mindset, because the pandemic of violence against women is unfortunately already deeply embedded in our society,” it added.

As such, considering the present status of women and violence, and also realizing the fact that, violence against women is a violation of Human Rights which also stands as an obstacle in the full and rightful development of Women, the Women Helpline 181, Nagaland, in its attempt to contribute towards curbing this menace, has over the past eight days, been reaching out to the general masses through open

house in various colonies across Kohima, as well as going door to door to convey the message of Women Helpline 181.

It has also been distributing IEC materials to the masses to educate and sensitize as many as possible. It informed that the team will continue its activism for the next 8 days, culminating on December 10.

It said that the response received so far has been “very positive and encouraging.”

The Women Helpline 181 Nagaland said that the history of suppression and violence meted out to women is old and long, which is being passed on from one generation to the other –making violence an intrinsic part of the society that we are living in.

Some of the contributing factors, it observed could be “the desire to gain control over the partner or another family member; the desire to exploit someone for personal benefits; the flare to be in a commanding position all the time, showcasing one’s supremacy; psychological and social influences also adds to the vehemence; to add more, many a time, it is the orthodox and idiotic mindset of the society

which subjugates and imprisons women as a subordinate being.”

At such a juncture, where the nation is ravaged by violence and where in Nagaland State, cases of violence against women is increasingly on the rise, the State Resource Centre for Women implementing the scheme of the Women Helpline 181 is a timely intervention, it stated.

This scheme has been designed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, to exclusively support women affected by violence both in private and public spaces including in the family, community, workplace, etc. Women who are victims of physical, sexual, emotional, psychological and economic abuse, irrespective of age, class, caste, education status, marital status, race, culture, and geography will be provided support.

Under the umbrella of this scheme, a woman facing any kind of violence due to attempted honour related crimes, acid attacks, witch-hunting, sexual harassment, child sexual abuse, trafficking, etc. will also be provided with immediate and emergency services.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Hutton Lectures Symposium on Dec 8-9 Training of trainers on RSBY in Mkg

Kohima, December 2 (mexN): The Kohima Institute has announced the fourth edition of its annual Hutton Lectures Symposium, along with the North East Forum (NEF), and Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK) at Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD), as well as The South Asianist Journal of Edinburgh University, UK, on December 8 and 9 at the Conference Hall, Oriental Grand Hotel, Kohima, Nagaland.

The Lectures envision a diffusion of knowledge between international scholars and local writers, thinkers, scholars, and social leaders, stated a press release issued

by Kekhrie Yhome, Coordinator & Trustee, The Kohima Institute.

Prof. Siv Ellen Kraft, of UiT— The Arctic University of Norway, shall deliver the 2016 Hutton Lectures Keynote on December 8, followed by interaction, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. This is an open session and requires no registration. All are welcome.

Day two is an all-day symposium of workshops with teas and

Envisioning a diffusion of knowledge between international scholars and local writers, thinkers, scholars, and social leaders

luncheon provided. All are welcome, but registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with a Rs. 500 fee to cover costs. Interested person(s) may contact via message at 7005605596 and 98188-04474 or email <kekhrie@yahoo.com>.

Thematically focused on indigeneity, and indigenous knowledge and skills, panel presentations by international, national,

regional, and local scholars shall deliberate on the fraught historical, ideological, and discursive genealogies of ‘indigenous’ and its epistemological status in relation to western science, as well as important contemporary uses of the term (particularly by activists) in political debates, and in relation to developmental aid, and environmental conservation. The

emphasis of the symposium will be on the cross-fertilisation of indigenous knowledge and new forms of transmission, encouraging different perspectives on ways of knowing and of disseminating knowledge, including experiential knowledge.

The Kohima Institute’s yearend Hutton Lectures symposium is funded through the generous support of private donors, and governmental and non-governmental institutions alike. It is organised in collaboration with institutions of higher learning of both national and international repute. Previous partners included the Department of Art and Culture, Government of Nagaland; the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge University, UK; the Ethnological Museum of Berlin and University of Tübingen, Germany; the University of Oxford, UK; and the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Founded in 2013, The Kohima Institute is a trustee managed and is a non-political entity.

Section of the gathering attending the workshop of training of trainers on Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) held at Ongpangkong Salang, Mokokchung on December 2.

moKoKchuNg, December 2 (mexN): One day workshop of training of trainers on Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was held at Ongpangkong Salang, Mokokchung on December 2.

The resource person of the workshop was Dr

Kika Longkumer from the Directorate of Health and Family welfare, Kohima.

RSBY is a Government scheme to provide health insurance coverage to the unorganised sector workers belonging to the BPL category and their family members shall be beneficiaries under the scheme.

The workshop was attended by Dr Kibangkumba Dy. CMO, Block Medical officers, DCM, Chairman and Secretary of all the wards, VCC and Secretary of Village, BAC and ASHAs. The welcome speech was delivered by Dr. Akaba longchar CMO, Mokokchung.

PGC introduces floriculture and mushroom cultivation courses

PheK, December 2 (mexN): Inauguration of ‘Floriculture’ and ‘Mushroom Cultivation’ as vocational courses in Phek Government College (PGC) was formally done

by Moa, District Horticulture Officer (DHO), Phek on November, 24. These courses are offered by Phek Government College supported under RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan), Directorate of Higher Education.

While inaugurating the ‘Floriculture’ he lauded the college for offering such courses and highlighted Red Ribbon Club, St. John College, Dimapur organised painting cum essay competition that floriculture as a bloomon the theme “Hands up for # HIV prevention”. Asenla Longkumer, Asst. Professor (Pol. ing industry, economically Science) in her message conveyed the darkest side of AIDS with light and awareness. The viable, generating huge students along with the faculties pledged on the theme. employment opportuni-

Notification on pre-matric scholarship for minority student Kohima, December 2 (DiPr): All the Head of the Institutions of both Government & Private schools have been informed that application submitted by the student for Pre-Matric Scholarship for Minority student through online must be verified by respective head of the institution for their concerned student without fail before December 19 as directed by the Ministry. Many student applications are yet to be verified by the head of the Institution and in this connection, the Department has issued Notification on August 29, 2016 and September 22, 2016 respectively which was published in all the local dailies. The Department has also reminded to those Institutions who are yet to obtain their Institution USER ID and Password to acquire it from the Directorate of School Education within this week, the following numbers may be contacted for any information during office hours only. 8132858931/9436064560.

Observation of National Science Day Kohima, December 2 (DiPr): Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India observes February 28 as National Science Day. In this connection the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has selected the theme for 2017 as “Science and Technology for Specially Abled Persons”. A notification issued by Prof. Dr Jaspal S. Sandhu, Secretary, University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked organization of National Science Day on 28th February, 2017 in respective Universities and in the affiliated colleges on the same theme in an appropriate manner. For any clarification and assistance one may contact Dr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Head-NCSTC Division (Tel No. 011-26590302, Telefax-011-26521865, email: bpratap@nic.in).

Moa, District Horticulture Officer (DHO), Phek (standing 10th from right) with the principal, students and other officials during the inauguration of ‘Floriculture’ and ‘Mushroom Cultivation’ in Phek Government College on November, 24.

ties. Later he visited the mushroom growth room interacting with teachers and students. He further encouraged the students to take up these types of courses which would train

and enable them to be skilful and also pass the skill to the society.

Dr. Katoni Jakhalu, Principal, PGC acknowledged the presence of DHO and special invitee

Tiayanger Jamir, EAC, Phek for their constant support toward the welfare of the college. She further expressed her gratitude to the teacher in charge for their selfless service and to the

students for showing keen interest in taking up these vocational courses. The inaugural programme was also attended by teaching faculties, students and well-wishers.

Euro International School celebrates annual function Horticulture dept launches online registration of farmers Kohima, December 2 (DiPr): Secretary to Government of Nagaland, Horticulture, Alan Gonmei launched online registration of farmers under National e- Governance plan for Agriculture (NeGDA) on December 2 at Kisama.

Through this all farmers will be benefited by means of SMS where one can ask any query about the schemes or programmes under Horticulture DepartStudents of Euro International School, Dimapur performs during the 5th ‘annual function cum parent's day’.

DimaPur, December 2 (mexN): Euro International School, Dimapur celebrated its 5th ‘annual function cum parent's day’ where all the students participated. The function commenced with welcome speech by Principal, Euro International School who also read out the annual report of the school.

Principals from various schools were also invited to the programme as special guests. Reji Abraham, Principal, SD Jain Hr Sec School in her speech spoke about the role of schools in teaching moral values to the children and also emphasized on the need of understanding the children psychology to bring about an overall development in them.

Euro International School, Principal Sandeep K Jain in a press release said that the celebrations were initiated with an ex-

clusive dance performance with a message of 'Saving the girl child' by the UKG children.

A special performance by a choir group of Class 1 children set the mood of the program. The outstanding dance movements by the tiny tots to the foot tapping music enthralled the audience.

An astounding visual treat was presented when the playgroup and LKG students performed the ball dance. Be it a special Qawalli performance or the Hawaiian, Spanish or the Arabian Dance, the programme was an amalgamation of various hues and the students spread the colours of peace and happiness.

Apart from the performances by the kids, the annual awards were presented to children and their parents for various events that were held during the year.

ment.

Director of Horticulture, Pawan Kumar in his keynote address said NeGPA is for bringing farmer centricity and service orientation and enhancing farmers reach and impact of extension service to the farmers. For improving access of farmers to information and services throughout crop cycle, he also mentioned that effective management of schemes

and enhancing and integrating the existing ICT initiative of center and State.

Secretary to Higher Education, HRD, GOI, Vinay Sheel Oberio, IAS also visited the Hortiscape.

Deputy Director and Nodal Officer NeGPA, Qhutovi Wotsa chaired the inaugural programme and Consultant NeGPA, Alongla Aier demonstrated how to register through online system.

NUHM free medical camps in Dimapur

DimaPur, December 2 (mexN): As part of National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), the Urban Primary Health Centre, Burma Camp & Urban Primary Health Centre, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur conducted free medical camps at Forest colony, K Sachu colony, Indisen, Lotha church area, Kashiram, Zeliangrong village, DAM Govt Hr Sec School area and SM colony in the month of November.

The initiative was headed by the MO i/c UPHC, Burma Camp, MO i/c Duncan Bosti, Urban Consultant, GNMs, ANMs along with other NUHM staffs of both the UPHCs supported by the Urban ASHA. A total of 822 patients including elderly people and children availed the free health services and free medicines were distributed to the patients.

DAPCU mobile ICTC team and Urban Malaria

team also attended the camps where 21 patients were tested for HIV and 15 for malaria respectively.

Counseling on proper nutrition, timely ANC checkup, dengue awareness was also provided to the people.

A press release stated that NUHM has coverage of 23 Wards in Urban Dimapur and conducts free health camps every month within its respective jurisdiction.

Kohima night carnival enter second day

Visitors keep the streets busy at the ongoing Kohima Night Carnival organised by the Kohima Chamber of Commerce & Industries. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | December 2

Several people thronged to

Life Fountain Centre, an initiative of Alempang Baptist Church, Mokokchung observed the Kohima Night CarniWorld AIDS Day on December 1 at the church premises with Dr. Aka, CMO Mokokchung as special guest. Seen here is Dr. Aka releasing a booklet on HIV/AIDS titled “Tiala Otsü” val as part of the Hornbill festival under the aegis of on the occasion.

Kohima Chamber of Commerce & Industries (KCCI) as it entered second day today.

This night carnival will continue till December 10.

The objective of the carni-

val is to promote young upcoming local entrepreneurs comprising mostly educated unemployed youth.

Stating from 6:00 PM daily, the Carnival host good numbers of partici-

pants representing different SHGs, NGOs, churches, colleges and similar institutes, selling wares ranging from toys, party pieces, handlooms, handicraft and varieties of local

products seeking to raise funds.

Altogether, 140 stalls have been allotted for this night carnival from MLA Hostel Junction till Razhu Point.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Manipur seeks additional forces to tackle Naga blockade

Imphal, December 2 (IaNS): The Manipur government has sought additional central paramilitary personnel to open about 60 posts along the two national highways, which are the lifelines of the state.

The move on Thursday evening came after the High Court bench comprising of Chief Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad, Justice N. Koteswor and Justice K. Nobin ordered the government to ensure safe and free movement of vehicles along the two highways.

The bench was acting on a petition filed by R.K. Joysana, a resident of Imphal. It appreciated the proposal of advocate Ahanthem Romenkumar to protect the bridges and culverts on the two national highways.

The United Naga Council on November 1 imposed an indefinite economic blockade on the Imphal-Dimapur (NH 2) and Imphal-Jiribam (NH 37) highways to protest the state government's move to create two districts -- Jiribam and Sadar Hills. The central government has not intervened so far.

The Nagas fear that their "lands" will be usurped when the two separate districts are created.

In an earlier order,

the court on November 25 directed the Okram Ibobi Singh government to ensure the movement of vehicles along the two highways. It directed the government to restore safe traffic along the NH 2, which passes through Nagaland, within five days.

The Nagas had earlier torched two trucks along the NH 2 and destroyed dozens of vehicles. The valley dwellers of Manipur in response torched a taxi in Khumbong near Imphal on Thursday.

People have been destroying various items, including consumer goods, which are being transported to the tribal areas.

Though the police have been bringing hundreds of trucks, oil tankers and other vehicles along the NH 37, the NH 2 has been impassable. Shortly after the court's order, the police and paramilitary personnel escorted many trucks stranded since November 2 at Mao, Manipur border region along the NH 2.

People have been facing shortages of commodities and most of the consumer items have vanished from the market.

Those items which are still available are sold at extortionate prices. Petrol is also strictly rationed.

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Regd. No: 707 Date 29/11/2016 By this deed I, the undersigned ABENI KITHAN (new name) previously called ABENI P. KITHAN doing (give profession of vocation) and resident of Lower Agri Colony Kohima(address) solemnly declare:1. That for and on behalf of myself and my family and remitter issue wholly renounce/relinquish and abandon the use of my former name/ surname of Abeni P. Kithan and in place thereof I do hereby assume from this date the name/ surname of Abeni Kithan and so that I and my family and remitter issue may hereafter be called, known and distinguishes not by my former name/surname, but assumed name/ surname of Abeni Kithan 2. That for the purpose of evidencing such my determination declare that I shall at all times hereafter in all records, deeds and writings and in all proceedings dealing and transactions, private as well as upon all occasions whatsoever use and sign the name of Abeni Kithan as my name/surname in place and in substitution of my former name/surname.

3. That I expressly authorize and request all friends in particular, at all times hereafter to designate and address me and my family, remitter issue by such assumed name/surname of Abeni Kithan accordingly.

4. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my former and adopted name/surname of Abeni P. Kithan and Abeni Kithan affix my signature and seal, if any, this 29th day of Nov. 2016 Signed and delivered by the deponent on this the 29th day of Nov. 2016 Magistrate Notary, Kohima: Nagaland

EASTERN CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL CHOZUBA

(Formerly Mission English/Baptist English School)

caLLInG THE aLUMnI In view of the Golden Jubilee Celebration 2017, the organising committee would like to have a meeting with the alumni of the school at TU Building Meeting Hall, near NST, Kohima on 10th December 2016 (Saturday) at 2 PM. All the alumnus are kindly requested to attend the meeting.

VETA NYIENU Convener, Organising Committee Contact: 9612303740, 7005124318

OFFICE OF THE CHIZAMI VILLAGE COUNCIL Dated: 02/12/2016

aPPREcIaTIon Through this column the Chizami Village Council would like to convey our gratitude and appreciation to Shri. D. Luikang Maram, the Branch Manager, Chizami and staff for their outstanding banking services rendered to the people of Chizami Sub-Division. The Chizami SBI has grown from deficit branch to a profit making one in a short while under the selfless services and able leadership of Shri. D. Luikang Maram. The branch has also been upgraded from scale I to scale II category accordingly.

The Village Council further wishes him and his staffs good health and long life to continue their noble services for the growth of the bank and benefit of the community at large.

KEWEPELO TSUHAH Chairman Chizami Village Council

LHIKHALO AKAMI

Head/GB Chizami Village Council

KEDUWE TSUHAH

Secretary Chizami Village Council

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PRINCIPAL

Naga bodies in Delhi condemn arrest of UNC leaders

DelhI, December 2 (mexN): The Naga people living in Delhi have expressed deep concern at the recent events in Manipur which have led to the arrest of United Naga Council (UNC) President Gaidon Kamei and Information and Publicity Secretary S.K. Stephen.

According to a press release, the Naga Students’ Union, Delhi (NSUD) has formed a Committee for Joint Naga Civil Societies, Delhi (CJNCSD) on November 28 in collaboration with various Naga Civil Society based in Delhi “to voice a strong protest against the highly condemnable action of the State Government of Manipur.”

Insisting that the arrest is “highly condemnable”, the statement from the Joint Committee maintained that the action amounted “to dismissing Naga people’s rights over their land and age old customary law.”

“The UNC is a respected apex institution of all the Nagas whose territory falls within the jurisdiction of

Manipur State pertaining to land, culture and customary law,” it added. According to the release, the Committee has representation of Naga Forum Delhi (NFD), Naga People Movement for Human Rights, Delhi Sector (NPMHR), Naga Lawyers’ Guild, Delhi (NLGD), Naga Students’ Union Delhi (NSUD), Forum for Understanding the Naga-India Conflict & Human Rights (FUNICH), Naga Scholars’ Association (NSA) and Naga People’s Union for Civil Liberties (NPUCL).

The Joint Committee insisted that the protest launched by the UNC leaders was to safeguard the indigenous land of the Naga people against the State’s arbitrary decision and its complete disregard to the past Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Governments of Manipur and written assurance from Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on November 24 on the issue of Sadar Hills and Jiribam.

The Committee informed that Naga Hoho

President Chuba Ozukum and his team on their visit to New Delhi lent their support and participated in the meeting of the leaders of various Naga Civil Societies. The Committee further informed that it will launch a democratic movement in New Delhi for immediate and unconditional release of the UNC leaders and demand for direct Centre Government intervention in the present Manipur crisis.

“Instead of maintaining social harmony in the State, the State Government of Manipur chose to steer ethnic tension which could erupt violent ethnic conflict as it has been witnessed in the past,” the Committee stated and argued that the Manipur Government has “completely failed” to represent and address the genuine concerns of various ethnic communities of the State.

The Committee informed that it held a meeting with Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on November 29 during which it submitted a memorandum.

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200 goods trucks reach Imphal under heavy security Newmai News Network Imphal | December 2

Over 200 goods-laden stranded trucks safely reached Imphal from Mao Gate of Senapati district after facing nearly one month of halting due to the ongoing economic blockade call given by the United Naga Council (UNC).

A heavy security team led by Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of Manipur Police C Doungel, IGP (Zone I) Clay Khongsai and IGP (Zone II) L Kailun from Imphal headed for Mao Gate around 8 pm yesterday to escort and bring back the stranded goods vehicles. Other state top police officials, including DIGs and Superintendents of Police, and personnel from Manipur Rifles, IRB and Central Paramilitary Forces made up the strong security team.

Taking serious note of the current situation arising out of the protracted blockade on highways, the High Court of Manipur yesterday directed the Manipur government to secure Imphal-Jiribam highway and Imphal-Dimapur highway by deploying adequate security personnel within five days to ensure safe passage of vehicles.

Intensified blockade made it impossible for further movement of the Imphal-bound trucks, returning from Assam after loading consumer items

including petroleum products, without security personnel to escort them.

Sources said the vehicles did not face any unwanted incident on the way and that they reached the state capital safely.

Three days ago, some 500 loaded-trucks escorted by a large number of security personnel were attacked and damaged by UNC volunteers on NH-37 in Noney area of Tamenglong district. UNC started the blockade from November 1 after taking a stand against the state government’s move to grant district status to Sadar Hills and Jiribam subdivision.

UNC is also not happy with the Manipur government over the arrest of its president Gaidon Kamei and information and publicity secretary Sankhui Stephen on charges of spearheading the blockade on November 25.

DEcLaRaTIon Regd. No: 126 Date: 28/11/16 I, Shri. KIYEKHE SEMA S/o Late. VINIHO SEMA Permanent resident at Litsami Village Dist. Zunheboto: Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India belonging to Sumi Naga Community Resident of the above mentioned address. 2. That actual my name is KIYEKHE SEMA but due to ignorance and mistake in my Pan Card, Passbook, entered and recorded as KIYEKHE CHISHI Which should actually be recorded as KIYEKHE SEMA. 3. That from the date of this declaration my name shall be recorded as KIYEKHE SEMA for all Official and legal purposes and at all times and occasion. 4. That the statement made above from Para 1-3 are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been cancelled therein.

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1st Class Magistrate, Zunheboto Nagaland.

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NOTIFICATON ON PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR MINORITY STUDENT This is to inform to all the Head of the Institutions of both Govt. & Private schools that application submitted by the student for Pre-Matric Scholarship for Minority student through online must be verified by respective head of the institution for their concerned student without fail before 19th Dec. 2016 as directed by the Ministry. It has come to the notice of the undersigned that many student applications are yet to be verified by the head of the Institution. In this connection to this effect, the Department has issued Notification on 29th Aug. 2016 and 22nd Sept. 2016 respectively which was published in all the local dailies.

The Department also remind to those Institutions who are yet to obtain their Institution USER ID and Password to acquire it from the Directorate of School Education within this week, the following numbers may be contacted for any information during office hours only. 8132858931/9436064560 Sd/- WONTHUNGO TSOPOE , Addl. Director (HOD) Issued by: DIPR

GPRN/NSCN Appreciates Organisations For 22nd Nov. Event The GPRN/NSCN extends its deepest appreciation to all the tribes and associations for their physical presence during the 9th Naga Unification Anniversary held at Designated Camp (Khehoi) on 22nd Nov. 2016. While it was never a mandate of support nor an outright endorsement of the GPRN/NSCN, yet it points to an unmistakable innermost desire of the tribes and inhabitants of Nagaland to decide their own future. GPRN/NSCN would like to thank: 1. NTC 42. Lotha Youth Hoho 43. Lotha Students' Union 2. ENPO 44. Lotha Hoho Dimapur 3. CNTC 45. Lotha Students' Union Dimapur 4. Nagaland GB Federation 46. Lotha Students' Union (Wokha Unit) 5. Naga Council Dimapur 47. Diphupar Lotha Hoho 6. Youth Association of Nagaland 48. Eloi Hoho Karbi Anglong (YAN) 49. Ao Youth Organisation Dimapur/ 7. Naga Women Hoho Chumukedima 8. Konyak Union (KU) 50. WATSU 9. Lotha Hoho 51. Konyak Union Dimapur 10. Sumi Hoho 52. Konyak Union Chen Unit 11. United Sangtam Likhum Pumji 53. Nagaland Gorkha Association (USLP) 54. Gurkha Union Dimapur/Kohima/ 12. Yimchunger Tribal Council (YTC) Mokokchung/Peren 13. Chakhesang People's Organisation 55.

Gurkha Students Union Dimapur (CPO) Western Sumi Hoho 56. Garo Tribal Council Dimapur 14. Ao Sensor Telonjem Dimapur 57. Garo Students' Union 15. Kuki Inpi 58. Central Nagaland Students' 16. Pochury Soho Association (CNSA) 17. Phom People's Council (PPC) 59. United Naga Tribes Association on 18. Sumi Kukami Hoho Border Areas (UNTABA) 19. Chakhesang Youth Front 60. ENPO Chumukedima Unit 20. Western Yimchunger Hoho 61. Naga Women Hoho, Dimapur 21. Sangtam Union Dimapur 62. Sumi Aphuyemi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu 22. United Sangtam Student's 62. Sumi Community Padampukhri Conference 63. Liangmai Council Dimapur 23. Akeda Sangtamlaru Thsingmujung 64. Muslim Council Dimapur (MCD) 24. Angami Chakhro GB Union 65. Brahman Council Dimapur 25. Zeliang and Kuki Public Organisation 66. Bengali Community Dimapur 25. Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO) 67. SD Jain Samaj Dimapur 26. Kuki Mothers Association 68. Phom Women Hoho 27. Kachari Tribal Council (KTC) 69. Ato Area GBA Association 28. Kachari Mothers Association 70. Atoizu Range Students' Union 29. Pochury GBs Union 71. Satakha Range Students' Union 30. Pochury Women Hoho 72. Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation (DUCCF) 31. Kuki GB Union 73. CAKU 32. Yimchunger Union Dimapur 74. Dimapur Chamber of Commerce 33. Western Yimchunger Women and Industries (DCCI) Organisation 75. Lotha Cultural Troupe 34. Sumi Students' Union (SKK) 76. Konyak Cultural Troupe 35. Northern Sumi Hoho 77. Tetseo Sisters 36. Western Sumi Kukami Hoho 78. Colored Keys (Kohima) 37. Western Sumi Students' Union 79. Print and Electronic Media 38. Western Sumi Totimo Hoho 80. Rev. Y Imtiba Sangtam 39. Western Sumi Youth Front 81. Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao 40. Sumi Council Dimapur 82. Dr. Hokishe Yepthomi, Advisor, 41. Zunheboto Town Youth Sumi Hoho.

Organisation.

May God Almighty, the Creator of Nagaland bless everyone abundantly.

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No laws in India to protect customers if From hard cash to hardboard they lose money during digital transactions Bengaluru, DecemBer 2 (Business stanDarD): India lacks laws to protect consumers if they lose money during digital transactions even as the government pushes for a less-cash economy after it withdrew Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes as the legal tender.

The Modi government’s demonetisation move might have warranted an increase in transaction activity on digital wallets, but measures to ensure the underlying cyber security parameters for digital payments is still kept largely under the ambit of the Information Technology Act. “We don’t have any dedicated law on digital payments. That’s very important to grant complete legality and remove and doubts and clarifications pertaining to legal efficacies and legal validity of digital payments,” says Pa-

van Duggal, an advocate in the Supreme Court specialising in cyber law.

While the Reserve Bank of India usually sets security and privacy standards for banks in the country, the various digital wallets such as Paytm, Freecharge and Mobikwik fall under the category of Non-banking Financial Corporations (NBFCs) excluding them from this. For FinTech

companies, security compliance falls under just Section 43 A of the IT Act. Today, transactions between a user and a mobile wallet service provider are merely contractual agreements which can always be repudiated. There’s a heightened need to legally back digital payments in India, not only to ensure the safety of consumer money but also for the safe-

ty of these companies.

Since the demonetisation on November 8, digital wallet firms such as Paytm have seen 35 million transactions by users to either buy goods and services, or transfer funds to another account. Rival Freecharge has tied up with police forces of Mumbai to pay traffic fines using its platform.

Research by Bengaluru-based think tank Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) shows that some of India’s largest technology companies still do not comply with Section 43 A. “We have a minimal data protection law in our IT Act and that will apply to all the FinTech players. But our ISPs and Telcos don’t comply with Section 43 A, so you can imagine in the FinTech sector the compliance will be even lower,” says Sunil Abraham, Executive Director at CIS. The lack of basic privacy

and security laws pertaining to digital payments in India puts the onus on consumers who use such services.

While the issue is not being completely ignored by the authorities, some of the proposed workarounds such as creating a virtual sandbox around digital payment services raised questions.

The RBI limits the maximum balance on digital wallets to Rs 10,000 per user, ensuring that in the case of a breach the damage caused to a consumer is minimal but on November 23, the banking regulator increased the limit to Rs 20,000.

Just last week India’s largest digital wallet provider Paytm rolled out the option for customers to increase their wallet balance to a maximum of Rs 100,000 by getting a KYC check done.

“There are no legal mechanisms available should there be dis-

putes pertaining to digital payments,”aid Duggal. He added that there are no effective remedy mechanisms available in case money in the digital payment ecosystem gets lost, hacked, stolen or misused.

While laws might take years to be framed and implemented, Abraham says there are temporary workarounds with which the overall cyber security of digital payment services can be improved. Under Section 43 A there are provisions to allow a sector to form a consortium that mutually agrees to set security standards, which all players must follow and is valid in the court of law during dispute resolution.

This move is encouraged by experts as governments often lack the bandwidth to define sectoral specific laws but is where private sector expertise can go a long way.

thiruvananthapuram, DecemBer 2 (nDtv): In the three weeks since old 500 and 1,000-rupee notes have been banned by the government, over 8 trillion rupees worth demonetised currency has been deposited in banks.

With so much old currency accumulated, at least the Reserve Bank of India or RBI’s state branch in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram has found an alternative to recycle them rather than just burning them. They have been selling it to India’s only hardboard making factory - The Western India Plywoods Limited - for recycling in northern Kerala’s Kannur district, around 466 km away from the capital.

The factory, which was established in 1962, gets the old currencies in shredded form and converts into pulp and uses a combination of around 5 per cent of the paper pulp created from these notes with 95 per cent of wood pulp to make hardboards.

“It was not easy for us in the beginning. Currency paper is very strong pulp and not easily recyclable. But our engineers researched and innovated and we finally succeeded. We’ve been able to cut costs as well as be ecofriendly. So, I am happy with the decision,” said PK Mayan Mohamed, the Managing Director of the Western India Plywoods Limited.

The factory has received around 80 metric tonnes of shredded demonetised notes in last three weeks. “Previously RBI was just burning it and now we are able to use. We have to be careful about the percentage of the pulp from old currencies we use. If we get that wrong, the end - product will be a waste”, PM Sudhakaran Nair, the General Manager for The Western India Plywoods Limited told NDTV.

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India’s economic growth will Worldwide cybercrime network hit in coordinated raids the “AVALANCHE” botnet tarFrancisco, Decemremain at 7.6% in 2017: UN Report san geted in Wednesday’s internaBer 2 (thomson re-

uniteD nations, DecemBer 2 (ians): India will maintain the growth rate of 7.6 per cent in 2017 driven by a rebound in agriculture, strong manufacturing base coupled with implementation of 7th Pay Commission and Goods and Services Tax regime, a UN report has said.

“In India, economic growth is expected to remain at 7.6 per cent in 2017 as investment regains momentum and the manufacturing base strengthens on the back of structural reforms,” according to the United Nation’s year-end update titled Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016, that was released on Thursday.

Initially, growth will be driven by a rebound in agriculture due to normal monsoon rain, which along with 7th Pay Commission will support broadbased consumption growth, the report said.

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'Hornbill a bird's eye view of Nagaland' Khezhakeno, lazami villages MEx FILE reaffirm their brotherhood Unidentified man kohima, December 2 (mexN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) President K. Therie has extended his wishes to all to enjoy the Hornbill festival.

A statement from the NPCC President termed the festival “an extension” of the State Inauguration day observing that the festival “provides a bird's eye view” of all the Tribes of Nagaland.

“It is a colourful display of tangible and intangible culture, customs and traditional and social practices

of yesterday and of the electronic civilization of today.

Intangible culture was recorded in memory in the past. Today, we can record these with audio visual technology and preserve them as many cannot be vividly described in words,” the NPCC President stated.

Therie posited that those born in the 1940s and 50s are “the most fortunate ones” for having “lived and witnessed village life” and also “experiencing electronic civilization.”

However, the young

ones, Therie stated, are “unfortunate” for they “have missed the Village civilization”. Expressing his fear of the younger lot losing their identity before the World, Therie cautioned against being “over enthused” by modern civilization. “Our culture and customs are second to no civilization,” he insisted.

With regard to Hornbill management, Therie opined that the festival is mature enough to be privatised. Government may continue to aid, he added.

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Dimapur, December 2 (mexN): An unidentified man who was taken to the District Hospital, Dimapur for medical treatment after being found in an unconscious state on November 30 passed away on Thursday. The man, aged around 55-60 years, was found near Eros Lane, Dimapur, a press release from the Dimapur Police PRO informed. The dead body remains to be identified and is being kept in the Morgue for necessary formalities and identification, the PRO added. The person, approximately 5.5 Ft in height, bears fair complexion with short grey hair and was wearing brown shirt and brown trousers. For more information, one can contact Officer-in-Charge, East Police Station, Dimapur @ +91 8575055020.

UROK brand launched in NE

kohima, December 2 (mexN): The launching event of UROK was held on November 28 at Aradura Inn which was attended by Naga entrepreneurs and special invitees.

UROK NE India Publicist Nofuzenla Aier in a press release informed that UROK is born out of the desire to build a voice from the North East to create a global urban street wear story combining the rich cultural, heritage and dynamics of North East in collaboration with creative artists and craftsman.

UROK will launch an exclusive capsule collection infusing Naga culture, tradition and heritage and build a modern narrative for global audience. The limited edition collection will officially launch at the Hornbill festival and thereafter will be available on their e-commerce platform.

“The brand is also looking to collaborate with local artisans from Nagaland to take their work in a modern context and make it available to larger audience. The brand will also explore to

tie-up with local retailers to bring international designs to the local market. It seeks to create and build upon local creative industries and support the local creative economy,” Aier added.

Urok is headed by the dynamic duo of young entrepreneurs Lanuakum Aier and Nofuzenla Aier to take the brand to the global market.

Those interested in collaboration can visit their Instagram Page-Urok and write on- info@urok.co.in and visit their website http://www.urok.in

World Aids Day observed at Wokha Wokha, December 2 (mexN): Wokha joined in the World Aids Day observance on December 1 at the DC Conference Hall, Wokha with DAPCU and WNP+ VIHAAN jointly organizing the event.

ADC Wokha Thavaseelan, IAS, who was the Chief Guest on the occasion, noted that no pandemic such as HIV/AIDS – which has swept away so many lives – been recorded in the history of mankind. He called for people to work hand in hand warning that the pan-

demic will otherwise wipe the future generations.

Theme speaker Wonchibeni, First Class Magistrate & Secretary Legal Service Wokha, spoke on the theme “Hands up for HIV prevention” where she gave a brief overview on basics of HIV/AIDS and gave a scenario of the world’s infected and affected. She elaborated on the demands of the theme- more condoms, right to health, VMMC, PrEP, No violence, Zero discrimination, Harm

reduction and HIV treatment.

Giving a presentation on the scenario of HIV/ AIDS and challenges of PLHIV of Wokha district, Lichumo Odyuo, DPO DAPCU, stated that this year recorded the highest HIV detection compared to other years. Out of 4738 tested, 33 were found HIV positive (April –October 2016), Odyuo revealed.

The programme concluded with a screening of the documentary “Eye of the Strom”.

ERO Zunheboto informs Former CPO President, Sovenyi and Sumi Hoho President, Toniho and others pose for lens after the monolith was unveiled at Lazami village on November 30.

kohima, December 2 (mexN): With the aim to promote unity and strengthen the relationship between Naga brothers, Khezhakeno village under Phek district and Lazami under Zunheboto district held a brotherhood fellowship at Lazami village with President Sümi Hoho, Toniho Yeptho and former President, Chakhesang Public Organization, Sovenyi as the guests of honour on November 30.

Yeptho in his address congratulated the pioneers and elders of the two villages (Khezhakeno & Lazami) for initiating the fellowship of brotherhood between the two villages which would usher greater ties and bond, not only between the villagers, but between Sumi and Chakhesang and also with all Nagas as well.

He narrated the forefathers’ tale that was passed down to the present generations that Sumis and Chakhesangs are blood brothers. He said with the passage of time after genera-

tions the true spirit of brotherhood and relationship has the tendency to weaken.

He however said these ties should be strengthened without any hesitation to extend brotherly help to one another in times of need.

Yeptho reminded that both the villagers should be emotionally and culturally integrated. He also encouraged them to keep the strings of good attachment and ties of relationship and pass it to the younger generations.

Sovenyi in his address meanwhile said: “We are brothers not by choice but by blood, and historically the two villagers were branched out from the same village. It is just recently we were able to find each other and if we retrospect we have to progress together.”

Senior Advocate, Timikha Koza on behalf of the Khezhakeno Villagers expressed gratitude to the Lazami villagers for organizing the programme. He appealed both the communities to have a healthy relationship.

Public SPace

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BLUNDERING INTO ENEMY TERRITORY

he recent development on the issue of 33% Women Reservation (WR) has generated a rather uneasy scenario of our leaders taking recklessly short cuts and dangerously blundering into enemy territory blindfolded. Abandoning our only protective customary dao, spear and shield to ward off any other wayward forces that surround us could be a very costly price to pay in the coming days. The recent resolution enacted by NLA on this issue seems to have paved the way to allow just that to happen without considering any appropriate corrective measures first. Since this is an open subject without the lurking shadow of AK 47, it would be superb to have our Naga intellectuals conduct a healthy discourse in the public domain to let our people know that the Naga brain is still active and alive. The shared views would also benefit the Government of Nagaland (GoN) and the Naga Hoho (NH)/Tribal Hohos (THs) to see a balanced picture and not compulsively exercise their respective minds before carefully weighing the options with patience and maturity for the sake of all concerned. They setting sails for an apparent collusion course on this WR issue is highly avoidable.

Within the context of an uncertain political future and our present reality, Article 371 (A) perhaps represents the only salvaging grace that safeguards the Naga identity amidst the vast ocean of culturally alien Indian majority and it is our Naga duty to protect this vulnerable bastion from being violated...least of all by ourselves. To cut a long story short concerning the women reservation issue, we must try and sensitively appreciate the fact that our Customary Law and Practices (CL &P) had evolved out of the induced circumstance of headhunting. Common sense would have it that such a perilously aggressive occupation of our ancestry could never have afforded space parity for our womenfolk even if they had wanted to. It is a foregone conclusion therefore that our customary practices did not place the physical prowess of women at par with men, no matter how vociferously women may want to shout from the roof tops trying to now define this non-existent status equity. The very fact that

they are rooting for 33% reservation says it all. No one fights for special reservation as equals. However, it is equally a compelling argument that this disadvantage of women did not happen as a deliberate male chauvinistic inclination and it is for the present generation to acknowledge this circumstantially induced reality. We ought to be able to differentiate that the core physical headhunting subject of the past is now out of tune with the present subject of development that calls for brain not brawn. It therefore necessitates amendment of our CL &P because women participation in development is as much legitimate as it is relevant for the good of all. In my earlier article I had hastily endorsed 'nomination with voting right' as a short term solution. However, while this approach could serve a short term purpose it still does not help women to develop to their fullest potentials in the long run because nomination process will definitely get corrupted by sycophancy and nepotism. Therefore women should also go through the same electoral process amongst themselves within the reserved constituency/wards. Though the sad fact that they would invariably be exposed to all the dirty tricks of money politics and end up joining the corruptive rat race is foreseeable, it can't be avoided. This will at least infuse practical participation in the process and help them gain some confidence to reach for higher elective positions independently in the future. Women deserves this opportunity because with or without reservation they still have a mountain of disadvantage to climb to gain higher confidence in the absence of direct customary right to property inheritance... which unfortunately would not be so easy to dismantle because there is a sound sustainable customary logic behind it. The reason for harbouring an opinion that the women will still not gain 100% confidence stems from human attitudes. Let us try and draw an analogy from the behaviour of an uneducated ignorant man with wealth. One notices that such a man arrogantly displays tendencies of wealth induced confidence even if his thoughts and public expressions may have less substance... nevertheless 'raw con-

fidence' it is. This is perhaps a good indicator that women may generally continue to remain on the wrong side of complete confidence even with reservation without direct right to property inheritance... barring exceptions of course. The Government should however earnestly pursue suitable amendment of the 'obsolete segment' of CL &P concerning women participation and make it compatible with Article 371 (A) instead of aggressively taking irrational short cuts. Empowering our Customary Courts and their respective Tribal Hohos to jointly conduct this amendment process within a time frame should perhaps be the prioritised agenda of the Government and accomplish this reform preferably before the conduct of the municipal election with women reservation in place and avoid disturbing the tone and tenor of A371A. Everyone would agree that it makes a whole lot of sense to put the horse before the cart.

On the comical side of the coin, the hard-line conflict beginning to evolve between the NH/THs and GoN on the issue of 33% WR makes an interesting case study. GoN did not have the nerves to boldly strike down 'prohibition' against the wishes of the Church even though majority of the political decision makers and bureaucratic enforcers bathe in alcohol every day with hypocritical abandon. In the instant case of WR they have found courage to do just that against the wishes of NH and THs. Perhaps NPF led government is confident that NH and the THs have no electoral influence as compared to the Church to sway the public opinion against it. Seeing the abnormally compromised nature of many of the present apex organisations one would be rather reluctant to disagree with their assessment to an extent. The present Naga Haha consists of an ill-represented conglomeration of Southern Tribes commanding a majority, desperately functioning like a fish out of water with an opportunistic Naga President from Nagaland as a window dressing. It is downright humiliating for the Ao community in particular and Nagas of Nagaland in general that Mr. P.C.O preferred to defy the decision of his own Tribe and find solace in consulting his Presidential cohorts to serve his personal interest rather

than respect his Tribe with humility.

Without bias any respectable Tribe with honourable principles would summarily excommunicate such a human being from the Tribe. With an unprincipled and dishonourable leadership of such a man leading this organisation of unstable sycophants, who would be prepared to listen to them seriously even if the subject is relevant? Bending with the wind is all they have been good at... the Rongmai recognition issue being one such example. Aos, Lothas and Sumis must take into consideration that Naga Hoho simply withdrawing their earlier views/endorsement does not alter the fact that the Rongmai recognition will still remain.

Such a withdrawal is a pointless exercise without practically undoing what was done and therefore going back to the old compromised fold is not worth the effort. What must clearly be understood is that Nagas are not against the existence of Naga Hoho at all. Our problem is more of a technical nature pointing out that the nomenclature of present Naga Hoho is a misnomer and should suitably be revamped and renamed as Pan Naga Hoho with a rationalised affiliation from "All Naga Inhabited Area" and not from South of the border only. It should then legitimately concentrate on the common important issue of Naga integration and withdraw from directly meddling into Nagaland kitchen affairs.

Had the Naga Hoho been an exclusive organization of Nagas of Nagaland, it could have commanded a better respect and the story of NLA resolution on WR could have perhaps been handled with some moderation. It is a pity that somewhere along the road, Nagas of Nagaland have lost self esteem and pride in us not being prepared to reclaim Naga Hoho that rightfully belongs to Nagas of Nagaland. Losing our voice in a critical time such as the present can only lead us downwards. The Nagas are clearly aware of a handful of leaders who are deviously pulling the strings from behind the screen to generate divisions for self interests.

They should have a serious rethink and allow honest to goodness options to prevail instead of causing Nagas of Nagaland to blunder into enemy territory blindfolded.

Khekiye K. Sema IAS (Rtd.) Upper Forest Colony; Kohima

The programme was chaired by Principal, Life Insurance Training Institute, Govt. of India Danis Achumi, and it witnessed cultural presentations by the villagers of Lazami and Khezakeno.

Vote of thanks was pronounced by Chairman, Lazami Village Council, Yikuto Achumi and the programme was concluded with a benediction prayer by CRC Sodzulhou Dimapur, Rev. Bulechu Koza.

Earlier, the Migration Monolith was unveiled by Sovenyi, former President, CPO and Brotherhood fellowship Monolith was unveiled by, Sumi Hoho President Toniho Yeptho.

The second part of the programme began with the invocation prayer proposed

by OFM Capuchin, Rev. Fr. Vinoto. Welcome address delivered by Joshua Achumi, Former Dy. Speaker Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

The programme was attended by hundreds of Khezhakeno and Lazami villagers.

ZuNheboto, December 2 (Dipr): Electoral Registration Officer (ERO), Zunheboto, Shanavas IAS, has informed that list of amendments to the draft electoral roll for the constituencies of Zunheboto Town Council(ZTC) has been prepared with 01-01-2016 as qualifying date in accordance with Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 and Nagaland Municipal Election Rules 2003. A copy of the said roll together with the said list of amendments has been published and will be available for inspection at the office.

Online payment of electric bills for Chumu consumers

chumukeDima, December 2 (mexN): The consumers of Chumukedima town are informed that online payment of electricity bills is now operational.

Therefore, consumers are informed of the facility and that Electricity bills can be made through online payment by logging to the following website www.dopn. gov.in. This was informed in a press release issued by Chumukedima Electrical Division Executive Engineer Kasho Chishi.

PFPSD informs villages under Pungro subdivision

puNgro, December 2 (mexN): The Public Forum Pungro Sub-Division (PFPSD) has informed all the villages under Pungro Sub-Division to participate in displaying and sale of any organic product and handicrafts besides Kholar during ‘Kholar Festival’ scheduled to be held on December 9 at Pungro Hq. The Forum also informed that varieties of kholar will be available during the said festival and anyone who wishes to buy it will be made available at a reasonable price.

“The Land Of Potholes”

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eautiful People, Bad Roads’ is how Nagaland was defined by the participants of Friendship Car rally. Welcome to Nagaland, the ‘Land of Potholes’. There will be a time when people from across the world would want to come, see and experience these potholes for themselves and the state government will soon be promoting ‘Pothole Tourism’.

Potholes are not just a nuisance within towns and cities but have also become a major safety hazard and cause for huge traffic jams on all roads, Including National Highways in Nagaland.

The roads are horrible, except for the roads in Mokokchung District. The road conditions in Mokokchung District are appreciated and it raises the question as to how the authorities and Departments in other districts cannot and have not done the same. It is also a wonder why the public of the other districts are silent on the issue. The bad roads cost extra travellingtime, risk to life and excessive damage to vehicles. Such situation is a regular hardship faced by the citizens. It is definitely a costly, arduous and an inconvenient af-

fair. The bare necessities like medical facilities, hotels/food-joints, workshops etc are also far flung which cause added inconvenience to travelers. A famous quote states, “only the wearer knows where the shoe bites”. And this first-hand experience definitely pinches all.

The whole Zunheboto, Tuensang and Mon Districts probably have the worst roads in Nagaland. The roads are getting worse day by day and the concerned authorities have turned a blind eye to their responsibilities. It has been years since any maintenance activity has been seen on ground. Even the residents have stopped complaining about bumpy rides, accidents and flooding.

The conditions of roads are the visible sign of any development in an area and the indicators of the performance of the Government in power. It is a sincere appeal to the Government of Nagaland to prove its accountability and credibility to the people of the state by providing good roads, the genesis of developments and advancement of the community.

- Akhato Zimomi

The Morung Express “Public Space” is to provide space for diverse opinions to be expressed and heard. The opinions in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper nor the editor.

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PeoPle, life, etc...

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Bookshops: Always a paradise for avid readers' Somrita Ghosh

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he smell of books while entering a bookstore is probably the most hypnotising aroma for an avid reader. Though e-commerce platforms have been muscling in, shop owners maintain that book stores will always be the first preference for those bitten by the reading bug.

"Who says people don't like coming to book stores? Good books will always bring readers back to shops. For them a shop is not just a place to buy books but also a platform where like-minded meet and talk about common interests. Why else would chains like Crosswords and Om Book Stores be opening more and more outlets?"

Anuj Bahri Malhotra, the second-generation owner of the iconic Bahrisons, asked while speaking to IANS. Bahrisons, located in upscale Khan Market, was established in 1953 by Anuj's father, Balraj Bahri Malhotra.

"Book lovers will always opt for buying from book stores because, for them, getting physically connected with a book is important. They can never trust books purchased online and therefore, for us, those book lovers are treasured ones," Sanjeev Arora of Famous Book Store told IANS. Located in the Janpath market near Connaught Place, the book store was established in 1943 in Lahore and, after partition, it shifted to Delhi in 1948.

Mirza Asad, who looks after the Midland bookstore located in South Extension-1, also shared similar thoughts on the survival of bookstores in the e-commerce era.

"Old customers always keep coming to bookstores. We have even seen three generations who have been our regular customers. There are many old books, translated works which you won't find on e-commerce platforms but will surely get in a book-store and this is a big advantage," Asad added.

Bookshop owners can perfectly understand the need of a customer and this keeps them ahead of online sales.

"Only a shopowner can understand the need of a reader, and that makes a vast difference from online sales. They can only provide discounts but can never understand the requirements of a reader," Bahri maintained.

Asad too stated that he can now easily identify a reader's preference when someone enters his shop.

"This is what I have been doing so long.

Not just the book lovers but we also read books and keep a track so that we can immediately provide the requisite book," beamed Asad as he handed over a copy of Bapsi Sidhwa's "The Pakistani Bride" to this correspondent.

Asked about the craze for purchasing books online or opting for a Kindle version, the bookshop owners opined that it is the youth who are failing to get physically connected with books.

"A major problem with the youth is that they cannot connect physically with books.

They can wait for five days after ordering a book online, but are not ready to give that same time to a bookshop, because they are impatient," Bahri replied.

"People are opting for online purchases because of the discounts they are offering. We bookshop owners can't blame the people because anybody will tend to purchase products available at a lesser price," Asad pointed out.

Despite this, the owners voiced similar thoughts when asked why they don't consider e-commerce platforms themselves.

"There is certainly a craze, but this does not mean bookshops will close down or won't receive readers. Offering discounts won't help you to survive in the long run," Arora responded.

"Online has also given rise to the sale of pirated books. Most of the time people cannot judge from its advertisements and end up purchasing a pirated copy. There have even been cases where pages are not

printed properly or paper quality is very poor," Asad added.

The owners also conveyed their dissatisfaction with publishers as well. "Publishers are giving preferential treatment to the online sellers with a higher discount and full coverage of discounts," Bahri lamented.

"With high discounts offered by publishers to e-commerce platforms, they are killing themselves; the owner loses interest in the books. If we order a good number of copies, the publishers offer discounts -but they are not ready to give discounts for fewer copies," Asad explained.

A number of book stores have been closing down, but the shop-owners said this was not due to lack of sales but soaring real estate prices.

"People have assumed that online marketplace has captured the market and that shops are closing down owing to this. However, this is not true. A bookshop like Fact and Fiction (in Basant Lok in Vasant Vihar) closed down last year (after a 30-year run) because they lost a (rent) case in court," Bahri stated.

"Real estate prices have gone up and shop owners often fail to adjust to the soaring rents. Those who have their own shops are safe. In Connaught Place, there used to be 19 book shops, now only eight are surviving," Asad pointed out.

One thing is for sure: e-commerce or whatever, bookshops are going to be around for ever -- perhaps in reduced numbers, but they'll be there for sure.

A musician’s brain while playing More proof that irony rules the universe Nury Vittachi

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think all journalists should end every report with IDK THO LOL ("I don't know though laugh out loud") so people can't sue them in case all their facts are wrong. Clever, no?

Legal matters are on my mind thanks to news reports sent in by readers. First up, police officers in India were thrilled to have tracked down and jailed the Forgery Kings, a sneaky duo reputed to be able to fabricate any document. The forgers then showed officers a document instructing them to immediately let them go -- and they did. The penny didn't drop until almost a month later.

This recent case in Mumbai reminded me of a case in Japan in which a guy nicknamed the God of Lockpickers was caught breaking into a building. Police locked him up, high-fived each other and went off to celebrate. He let himself out and switched off the light.

These cases I put into my Heavily Ironic

True Crime Reports file. But neither of them take the top spot from possibly the most ironic case ever, one I followed closely in Hong Kong some years ago. A scary businessman was accused of intimidating witnesses, causing them to have sudden memory losses and withdraw from court cases.

The case had barely started when the judge was told that all the witnesses had sudden memory losses and withdrawn from the case. In one stroke, the accused man secured an acquittal and provided strong evidence that he was guilty. What more proof is needed that irony is the guiding principle of the universe?

A colleague just read the paragraphs above and told me about Choi Gap-Bok, known as the Slipperiest Man in the World.

After a lengthy chase, police in South Korea caught him and threw him in the slammer.

He asked a prison guard to bring him his "skin cream". He slapped it on and slipped through the tiny food slot in the jail door, just 5.9 inches (15 cm) high. It sounds impossible, but I totally believe it for two rea-

sons: first, there are videos of him on the Internet and second, I read a lot of superhero comics, where this sort of thing happens practically every issue.

It happens in the West too. A foreign correspondent told me that in 2007 in France, gendarmes arrested members of the infamous Helicopter Gang and then let them exercise on the prison roof, where they were of course whisked to freedom in a helicopter.

But the US correspondent had the best tale. In 1947, cops caught Willie Sutton, Master of Disguise, and jailed him for life.

He disguised himself as a prison warder and climbed up a ladder to get over the wall.

When the spotlight operator shone a light directly on him, the Master of Disguise coolly called out: "It's okay!" and the watchman let him go.

Don't blame the guard. He was being guided by the Universal Law of Irony. In fact, I think I will hereby inaugurate International Irony Day which I will mark with an animal rights barbecue. IDK THO LOL.

A Website That Gives You Points as It Spies on You

Click, and a calm voice explains how easy it is to follow your cursor’s every move.

“O Conductor Valery Gergiev leads a concert of Mariinsky Theatre in the amphitheatre of the Syrian city of Palmyra, Syria, in this handout photo released by Russian Ministry of Defence on May 6, 2016. Vadim Grishankin/Russian Ministry of Defence/Handout via REUTERS

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usical styles and strengths vary dramatically: Some musicians are better at sight reading music, while others are better at playing it by ear.

A recent study has provided an insight into how a musician’s brain works while playing an instrument.

When musicians play instruments, their brains are processing a huge variety of information simultaneously.

Musical styles and strengths vary dramatically: Some musicians are better at sight reading music, while others are better at playing it by ear. Does this mean that their brains are processing information differently?

This is a question posed by Eriko Aiba, an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, Japan. During the 172nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 5th joint meeting with the Acoustical Society of Japan, being held Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2016, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Aiba will present research that delves into the various ways the brain engages in music signal processing.

Aiba began learning to play the piano when she was five-years-old, and quickly realised that musicians might be roughly divided into two groups: sight readers and those who play by ear.

“When considering a human brain as a computer, playing a musical instrument requires the brain to process a huge amount and variety of information in parallel,” explained Aiba. “For example, pianists need to read a score, plan the music, search for the keys to be played while planning the motions of their fingers and feet, and control their fingers and feet. They must also adjust the sound intensity and usage of the sustaining pedal according to the output sound.”

Such information processing is too complicated for a computer, so how do the brains of professional musicians handle such complex information processing?

One piece of this puzzle is that pianists

who are good at playing by ear are also good at memorising, according to the group’s findings when they put it to the test.

“Some were able to memorise almost the entirety of two pages of a complex musical score — despite only 20 minutes of practice,” Aiba said. This means that auditory memory may be helpful for memorising music following short-term practice.

They also discovered that “each musician has their own strategy — even if it appears they’re all playing the piano in the same way,” she added. “These strategies aren’t completely different, however, because most musicians have some things in common.”

The group’s findings extend well beyond professional musicians to experts within other fields who also practice extremely hard every day to excel in their skills.

“It’s difficult to validate individual differences … and the conclusion that ‘the strategy depends on individuals’ could not be assumed to be scientific research,” said Aiba.

“On the other hand, it may now be possible to categorise professional musicians based on their type of prioritising modality information — in terms of visual and auditory processing.”

This work may help contribute to several research areas exploring expertise and performance. One, in particular, is language learning.

“To learn a language, some people prefer to read phrases aloud repeatedly — combining auditory and motion information. Others prefer to write phrases repeatedly — combining visual and motion information,” Aiba explained. “But some prefer to simply read — visual information. They’re all studying a language, but their brains are processing the information in different ways, depending on the strategy best suited to them.”

It will take more time to “reveal our brains’ brilliant strategy,” Aiba noted, but it may lead to the development of efficient, individualised learning methods in the future.

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h, you are truly my favorite subject!” exclaimed a soft voice in my ear. “Would you allow me to … see you, please?” My laptop’s webcam asked for permission to activate. Any other time, I’d have denied the request and closed my browser immediately, but I put my thumb over the lens and clicked “Allow.”

I needed the points, after all.

Welcome to the strange, creepy world of clickclickclick.click. (That’s a URL. Go ahead! Click!)

When you arrive, you’re asked to turn on the sound. That’s so a quiet man’s voice with a European lilt can encourage and taunt you as you click around. The setting: nothing but a big green button and a scrolling background of text cataloguing your achievements. Big achievements these are not. You’ll get points for clicking the button five times fast, or moving your cursor in a straight line, or making the browser window as big as possible.

Poke around for 30 seconds and the site seems silly. Stay a little longer and the absurdity starts to mean something. The site is showcase of the ways, big and small, your browser can be used to spy on you. It turns the browser window into a circus ring, and asks you to perform flips to rack up meaningless points. For the curious and obsessive (me), it’s impossible to click away.

Things start getting weird when your behavior is compared to other people’s. “Subject’s cursor speed is slower than others,” the disembodied experimenter told me early on. If you make moves toward the close button, he gets desperate. “Subject is about to leave! That’s troubling! Don’t go! Don’t go!”

I’m not proud of how long I spent trying to complete the 100 “challenges” that reveal themselves over time. For some, I changed my computer clock to make it look like I was logging in at 3 in the morning. For others, I opened the site in every browser I have installed. As my score ticked up—70, 80, 85—the voice in my ear got more and more excited. “Whoa! I’m so flattered by your dedication and persistence,” he said at one point. “You are a truly valuable subject.”

That’s exactly the story that the site’s creators wanted to tell: “Everything you do online potentially has value,” said one Roel Wouters, the co-founder of Moniker, the Dutch design studio that was behind clickclickclick.

“A lot of people know that, but somehow you forget about it if you don’t experience

it,” added Luna Maurer, Moniker’s other cofounder. “You don’t feel it.”

Wouters and Maurer described their site as a mirror: It shows you how you’re being tracked as you’re being tracked. It’s also nearly empty, and fills in only as you interact with it. You, the player, are the content.

Some of the information the site gathers has clear value to advertisers—time and frequency of visits, for example, or the type of browser being used. (The site doesn’t sell or give away your information.) Others, like detailed stats on cursor movement and placement, might seem less useful. But every data point helps: Mouse movements and clicks are often analyzed to understand what parts of a webpage attract the most attention.

The game only captures information that can be gleaned from the browser and user interaction. But in real life, more advanced tracking mechanisms actually follow you around the web, and data brokers sell information about users to companies who want a more complete picture of their visitors. Minute details like the exact size of a browser window can help identify a particular user as he or she visits different sites across the internet.

Some particularly creative companies have tried using invisible light or inaudible sound to link all of a person’s devices to them, so that their activity can be tracked from cell phone to computer to TV. The site is part of a project called “We Are Data,” and was co-produced by VPRO, a Dutch

public broadcaster. Moniker and VPRO started work on the site in earnest three months ago, and released it earlier this month. The stripped-down site has a homemade vibe to it; the haunting voice that accompanies you throughout is Wouters’s own.

Clickclickclick was better received than its creators could have imagined. As of last week, about 350,000 different people had visited the site, Wouters said, and they’ve collectively completed 7 million achievements. At any one point, there are between 500 and 1,200 players on the site. The interest has been so high that a few weeks ago the team had to upgrade the servers that hosted it.

Wouters and Maurer haven’t heard of anyone who’s won the game yet. They were moderately impressed that I’d made it to 85 percent, but they say the vanguard is closer to 98 percent right now. But they confirmed a suspicion I had: The game can’t be won without cheating. Some challenges—like one that requires you to click the button 25 times in a second—require some basic programming to complete.

Ultimately, the site’s creators hope it reminds users how closely their every online move is tracked. “If this little seed is implanted, that these things that we do they all have value, and that quite often we’re completely unaware that we’re funding or empowering other people by doing that,” said Wouters, “that would be a fantastic small step.”

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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Indigenous People as Service Providers is Dictionary.com's Word of the Year Hospitality and Race in Global India Dolly Kikon (University of Melbourne) Bengt Karlsson (Stockholm University)

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he People Channel is a placement center that offers grooming classes. According to the director, Rozelle Mero 80% of the students and alumni come from rural Nagaland, and have successfully secured jobs in the high end hospitality sector in India and abroad. Located in Dimapur, this center has consistently managed to provide placements for its trainees in the hospitality industry, especially in the Five Star hotels across cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Pune. The term Five Star is an international hotel rating based on luxurious service and facilities offered. What is significant is that the Five Star brands in the hospitality industry is premised on a wholesome experience where guests can unwind because they are looked after by a fleet of service providers, of course, for a substantial amount of money. Therefore, all Five star luxury hotels explicitly spell out the goods it offers such as spa, world cuisine restaurants, banquet halls, swimming pools, and the categories of guest rooms and the views it offers.

When we started our ethnographic fieldwork tracing tribal migrants from Northeast to the metropolitan hubs across India, we did not expect that that it would lead us to the heart of luxurious Five Star hotels and restaurants in Mumbai, Trivandrum, Bangalore, and Delhi. These conversations about high quality service, personality development, and communication skills were terms that were carefully underlined at The People Channel in Dimapur city. Our first impression of The People Channel was the impressive signboards where monthly bulletins were put up announcing the extraordinary placement records. We quickly realized that we were not the only ones impressed with its success rate. Many other people in Nagaland noticed this exceptional trait of the center and had arrived there to get the training. A trainer at TPC said, “Most of the students who come here are

Roundtable series on Migration on December 3 Photo Exhibition on December 3-4 Time – 10:00AM Venue – Hotel Acacia, Dimapur

Grooming Class at The People Channel, Dimapur (Pictures by Dolly Kikon)

raw and fresh. Some of them come here with no idea about make up at all. So it becomes a little difficult for me to teach them. Suddenly from no make up to full make up – they are also shocked and feel awkward. So what I do initially is that I study their background. As in like what kind of family do they come from; do they come from the village. I look at all these things.

They have to apply make up for their interviews.”

It was clear thatThe People Channel was not solely a training and recruitment center. The driving force about this center was the intensive grooming class offered to the students. The knowledge about serving and working in the high-end hospitality sector imparted here was instilled as work ethics about self-respect and dignity. Students were

made to reflect about their future and the opportunities about working in a prestigious and privileged working environment. One of the features about tribal migration from Northeast India that came up in our research work was about physical appearance.

Even as increasing number of cases about discrimination and racist attacks on migrants from Northeast India took place, we found that hotels and restaurants serving pan-Asian food employed a high number of migrants from the tribal states like Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. It appeared that while the citizenship test in India had consistently failed to recognize indigenous migrants from Northeast India, the hospitality industry and corporation in global India embraced

this diversity. However, this jubilation of this diversity was not based on constitutional guarantees about equality and respect for human rights, but one that asserted the privatization of labour, elimination of unions, and the imposition of a corporate value and culture.

Indigenous students, during the placement and grooming classes at The People Channel underwent various trainings – from picking up facial expressions, communication skills, adjusting body languages – all the way to learning makeup color that captured sobriety and grace. These skills were defined as soft skills knowledge. These practices captured how the hospitality industry in contemporary India presented notions of racial diversity through their employees, especially the indigenous face from the Northeast, as a representative of a global Asian and cosmopolitan expression in India. Such processes, as we observed in our research, called for a particular kind of care, value, and labour practice that needed to be communicated with expressions. How could features that had been at the center racist abuse in India, ever become the face of the company?

The larger Indian public attributes racism as a practice that exists only in the west, and the non-west world, including Indians as mere victims. Such an understanding of racism only reinforces and legitimizes institutionalized racist practices and discrimination. During our fieldwork at The People Channel in Dimapur, we were intrigued with the conversations about appearance and the face. The significance of the indigenous migrant’s face is an important aspect to reflect upon. What are the high-end hospitality sectors in contemporary India selling their customers? Can we say that it is a neoliberal gaze in global India where the inequalities and hierarchies, combined with disciplining of the most vulnerable and poor citizens into servers taking place? These are, indeed, some of the more difficult questions that we need to engage with.

OPEN LETTER TO THE CHIEF MINISTER Dear Mr Chief Minister, With repeated attempts by Persons with Disability representatives for an appointment running into the proverbial brick wall time and again, I am compelled to write this letter.

Mr Chief Minister, our understanding of our government is that it is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. I believe this essentially means that the government has come to power via the votes of the people, that the people who voted them to power have a say in what the government does or doesn’t do and that the government exists to better the lives of its citizens – all its citizens and not only the privileged class or a chosen few. As you are the head of our government right now, our desire to meet you was simply to apprise you of the appalling conditions in our State that continue to marginalise and discriminate people living with disability and deprive them of their rights, in the hope that you will hear our voice and take steps to right the wrong that has been perpetuated by consecutive state governments.

However, since you apparently cannot make the time to meet us, on this day – the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disability – I write this open letter to you on behalf of all people living with disability in Nagaland.

The theme for this year’s International Day is “Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want”. This theme notes the recent adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the role of these goals in building a more inclusive and equitable world for persons with disabilities.

So, let’s take a look at Nagaland. I’m assuming that you’re aware that the number of people with various disabilities in Nagaland as per Census 2011 was 29, 631, around 1.5% of the total population. This figure was an underestimation, in my opinion, and the actual number would have been much higher. In any case, this was the official number – 29,631 people with disabilities in Nagaland, 26% of whom were younger than 18 years. And it may be pointed out here that this is the one and only data on disability available in Nagaland. By now, the number would have increased considerably.

I’m also assuming that you’re aware that the country's first ever legislation that laid the foundation for equal rights of people with disability came into being over 20 years ago with the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 which came into force on February 7, 1996. Furthermore, in October 2007, India ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) 2006. You may or may not know, but the process of getting a stronger disability rights legislation based on the UN Convention has been underway and a new bill is currently awaiting passage

by Parliament which we are hoping will happen in this winter session.

So, 20 years have passed since the passing of the PwD Act 1995. How has it benefited people with disability in Nagaland?

JUST CONSIDER THESE: * 20 years and Nagaland still does not have a State Disability Policy in place * Two crucial committees for ensuring implementation of the PwD Act (Chapter III Section 13 and 19) – State Co-ordination Committee (SCC) and State Executive Committee (SEC) – have not been constituted and government officials are not even aware of the mandatory provision * Nagaland is the only state in the country that does not have even a single proper medical or social rehabili-

tation service facility for persons with disability * There is not even a single facility for those with severe disabilities or those needing special care * Only about 5.17% of persons with disability in Nagaland have a disability certificate, the lowest in the whole of North East region. Many of these also contain wrong or incomplete information. * Social Security pension for the neediest is also in a pathetic state. Only 1833 PwDs out of the 29,631 (Census 2011), as per Social Welfare Dept information, are availing disability pension. The amount being given, Rs 200/-, is again among the lowest in the entire country. * Public buildings and public spaces are yet to be made accessible to PwDs – these include office buildings, educational institutions, hospitals and clinics, marketplaces, churches, etc.

The annual International Day theme provides a frame for considering how people with disability are marginalised and excluded from society by assessing the existing conditions and promoting the removal of all types of barriers. This glimpse of the bleak reality in Nagaland completes the ‘assessing’ part. It would actually be funny if it was not so terribly sad! The above are just some main aspects of the PwD Act 1995 which our government is barely aware of much less implement. In Nagaland, the observation of the day has done nothing to improve the quality of life of people with disability. It is just a wonderful annual event where politicians, bureaucrats and other public leaders get the opportunity to show off their pseudo concern and compassion with stirring speeches peppered with patronising platitudes.

And then, Mr Chief Minister, there is the matter of the STATE BUDGET. The now dissolved Planning Commission had earlier specified three percent budget allocation for disability and identified 20 ministries to mandatorily have a disability component in their budget. However, this has never been reflected in the Nagaland State Government budgets. In fact, one would be hard pressed to find any mention of disability, not to speak of any specific funds being allocated to ensure that disabled people are not deprived and left behind in the development process, as expressly laid down in the PwD Act 1995. And, of course, no department has any disaggregated data on disability or any kind of disability component in their annual budgets.

By the way, the Supreme Court had recently pulled up some states and Union Territories for not filing the status report with regard to implementation of its verdict and the legal scheme to grant of reservation to disabled people and asked them to furnish the same within two weeks. We do not know whether Nagaland has filed its status report, but we would certainly like to know the status of steps taken to implement the SC verdict. The verdict, as you must know, is with regard to implementation of the specific provision of three per cent quota in jobs to persons with disability.

Mr Chief Minister, I could go on and on, but it would be presumptuous on my part to expect the papers to grant me that much space. But before I end, there are a couple of SPECIFIC ISSUES that I must strongly urge upon you.

As mentioned above, one aspect that particularly puts our State to shame is the complete lack of Disability Rehabilitation services. Nagaland has the dubious honour of being the only state in the country without a single proper rehabilitation service centre – medical, social or vocational. I am certain that I don’t have to remind you that rehabilitation is instrumental in enabling people with disabilities, whose functions are limited, to live independently, and participate in education, the labour market and civic life.

In this connection, we have learned of two very crucial projects being taken up by the Social Welfare De-

partment, Nagaland: 1. Composite Regional Centre (CRC) at Dimapur - project put up for inclusion in the State NEC Priority List 2016-17 2. Blind School and Vocational Training Centre for the Disabled - project is under the 13th Finance Commission for which funds were released till the 3rd Phase and completed. 4th Phase is to be taken up under NEC project during 2016-17.

As regards the Composite Regional Centre, it is our understanding that the NEC Priority List has already been sent by the State Government and it does not include the project. Instead, we learn that an NGO ‘Disability Park’ project has been put in its place. This is just another shocking example of the government’s utter apathy towards people with disability and complete lack of understanding of the priority needs of disabled people. The ‘Disability Park’ being listed as a priority project over the Regional Centre is a mind-boggling move by the government in the face of the prevailing situation of extreme lack of disability services and programmes in the state. Right now, we don’t need a stroll in the park – we need accessible education, training, rehabilitation and health services and so on, so that we can live, earn and participate in society with dignity as equal citizens.

Mr Chief Minister, through this open letter, I strongly urge the State Government not to let us down again by going through with this travesty. There is only so much that we can take!

On the Blind School and Vocational Training Centre, we appreciate the pro-activeness of the Secretary and officials of the Social Welfare Dept in taking forward the project. It may be mentioned that, once operational, this will be the first and only state-run institute for people with disability in Nagaland. The project is completed up to the third phase, but funding for the fourth and last phase has ceased with the closing of the 13th FC. It goes without saying that it is now incumbent upon the state government to ensure its completion.

Mr Chief Minister, I wish to let you know that the disabled community of Nagaland is waiting for this desperately needed institute to start functioning and be not mistaken that we are taking this as a crucial test of your government’s sincerity to deliver on the promises that have been made to us time and again – especially on Disability Day every year.

The above is just a brief overview of the situation of extreme exclusion, neglect and indignity that exists in this beloved state that we call home. A national report on disability has stated that even among the North East states where rehabilitation and disability services and programmes are generally quite inadequate, the situation in Nagaland is ‘especially critical’. Mr Chief Minister, I write this letter to you today because I have faith that, as head of the Government of the day and an honourable leader of the Naga people, you will personally not permit this unacceptable situation to continue.

‘The Future we want’ is an inclusive Nagaland that does not leave us behind; a Nagaland that enables us to realise our full potential as equal and valued members of society; a Nagaland where we can participate in and benefit equitably from everyday life, everywhere; a sustainable Nagaland that embraces humanity in all its diversity. It is not impossible to get there, Mr Chief Minister - all that is needed is political will and a strong commitment to do the right thing.

Diethono Nakhro Executive Director, CAN-Nagaland and Member, National Committee on the Rights of PwD

Jenna Amatulli

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here were a lot of surprises to come out of 2016, but “xenophobia” being named Dictionary. com’s Word of the Year is not one of them. When you consider the rhetoric that galvanized people in this year’s Brexit vote and the U.S. presidential race, the proof that “xenophobia” is the word that most represents the zeitgeist of 2016 is, well, in the pudding. According to Dictionary.com, the word’s origins stem from two Greek terms meaning “stranger” (”xénos”) and “fear” or “panic” (”phóbo”). Searches for “xenophobia” on the site surged right after the Brexit vote in June. There was an even larger spike days later, when President Obama delivered a speech stating that language used by Donald Trump, current President-elect, was not an example of populism, but rather “nativism or xenophobia.”

(Hear Obama’s comments below.) “Xenophobia and other words tied to global news and political rhetoric reflected the worldwide interest in the unfortunate rise of fear of otherness in 2016, making it the clear choice for Word of the Year,” said Liz McMillan, CEO of Dictionary.com, in a statement. “While we can never know the exact reasons why xenophobia trWended in our lookups this year, this reflects a desire in our users to understand the significant discourse surrounding global events.” Dictionary.com’s selection of “xenophobia” is far from the only indicator of our tumultuous year.

Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year was “post-truth,” a term that means “objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” In 2013, Oxford gave “selfie” the same honor. If only we could go back to those simpler times.

Harvard research suggests that an entire global generation has lost faith in democracy Gwynn Guilford

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eople everywhere are down on democracy.

Especially young people. In fact, so rampant is democratic indifference and disengagement among millennials that a shocking share of them are open to trying something new—like, say, government by military coup.

That’s according to research by Yascha Mounk, a Harvard University researcher, and Roberto Stefan Foa, a political scientist at the University of Melbourne. The remit of their study, which the Journal of Democracy will publish in January, analyzes historical data on attitudes toward government that spans various generations in North America, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. They find that, across the board, citizens of stable liberal democracies have grown jaded about their government, say Mounk and Foa—and worse. “[T]hey have also become more cynical about the value of democracy as a political system, less hopeful that anything they do might influence public policy,” they write in a previous article on their research (pdf) published in Jul. 2106, “and more willing to express support for authoritarian alternatives.”

And it’s among millennials that this “crisis of democratic legitimacy” is starkest. Young people today are more into political radicalism and exhibit less support for freedom of speech than previous generations, according to the July study. Consider some of the other data Mounk and Foa report: • Okay with autocracy: Many fewer millennials in both Europe and the US object outright to military coups than their elders.

• Rights, schmights: Only around a third of US millennials see civil rights as “absolutely essential” in a democracy, compared with 41% among older Americans. In the European Union, it’s 39% and 45%, respectively.

• Election optional: More than a quarter of US millennials dismiss the importance of free elections to democracy. (Though rates are overall lower in Europe, millennials also agree at higher rates than older generations.)

• They’re just not that into it: Back in 1990, majorities of both young and older people reported being interested in politics. For millennials, that’s no longer true.

Couldn’t you chalk this up to time-honored tendencies of youth disaffection?

Not really. For instance, in 1995, only 16% of American youngsters—those in their late teens and early 20s—thought democracy was a “bad” political system for their nation. In 2011, nearly a quarter of millennials did. Though the increase among European youth was less marked, it was still significant, say the researchers.

It might be that since this particular generation of young people have grown up in highly stable democracies, they take democracy for granted. It would then stand to reason that, as Mounk and Foa found, millennials in the US and Europe are less likely to participate in conventional civic engagement.

But millennials aren’t doing much unconventional political action either. While one in 11 American babyboomers had demonstrated in a political protest in the previous year, only one in 15 millennials had.

It’s not clear how this squares with real life. Sharp deteriorations in measures of democratic health presaged autocratic shifts in Poland and Venezuela, as the New York Times points out. But those were both much younger democracies than those in the US and Western Europe.

Still, recent events there aren’t exactly heartening.

For instance, millennial Americans voted in far greater numbers for Hillary Clinton than her anti-democratic rival, Donald Trump. Then again, Clinton would have won in a landslide if Democratic-leaning millennials had voted. But too many of them simply didn’t.

Readers may please note that, the contents of the articles published on this page do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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Parliament logjam continues over demonetisation Two die as payday pain continues

People queue outside a bank to withdraw cash and deposit their old high denomination banknotes in Kolkata, India November 30, 2016. REUTERS

New Delhi, December 2 (iANS): Demonetisation deadlocked Parliament functioning on Friday too as it failed to transact any meaningful business due to unrelenting opposition members adamant on their respective demands in both the houses.

While the opposition in Rajya Sabha reiterated its demand for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's apology for allegedly painting the entire opposition in a bad light during his public addresses, members in the Lok Sabha demanded a discussion on demonetisation under an adjournment motion that entails voting.

Both the houses saw an opposition uproar over

Army personnel's presence at toll plazas in West Bengal which was allegedly done without informing the state government.

The Union government, however, dubbed it a "routine exercise".

In the upper house, the matter was raised by Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad during the Zero Hour.

"This is not a matter of concern for one state government or one party only, but for the entire country," Azad said.

Azad sought a clarification from the government and a statement from the Prime Minister.

Soon after, Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu

Sekhar Roy and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati raised the issue.

While Roy called it an attempt by the Centre to instil fear in the state, Mayawati called the move an attack on the federal structure of the nation.

"This was a routine annual data collection exercise by the Army," Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bahmre said in a statement.

The members also raised various other issues during the Zero Hour, but as soon as the Chair gave a call for Question Hour at noon, the opposition members started making noise.

"Modi teri Hitlershahi,

New Delhi/KolKAtA, December 2 (iANS): Two elderly persons died while standing in a bank queue in West Bengal on Friday as people, scrambling for money across the country, battled long lines outside banks and ATMs on the second day of a new month.

In Delhi and adjoining satellite towns, there were no queues outside many ATMs with the machines running dry and banks disbursing limited money as the government struggled to keep pace with the demand for cash.

The rush for cash has increased and the situation worsened since Thursday - the first payday after 86 per cent of the currency -- 500 and 1,000 rupee notes -- in circulation was declared illegal on November 8.

The wait in queues proved deadly for Rabin Mukherjee, 72, and Viswadeb Naskar, 80, who collapsed and died in North 24 Parga-

nahi chalegi, nahi chalegi (Modi, you can't govern like Hitler)," the opposition shouted and trooped near the Chairman's podium.

Chairman Hamid Ansari adjourned the upper house till 2.30 p.m. amid the pandemonium. But as soon as the House met again at 2.30 p.m., the opposition members, mainly of the Congress, resumed sloganeering. The Chair then adjourned the House till December 5.

In the Lok Sabha, the opposition continued to create ruckus over demonetisation. The Congress and the TMC pressed with their demand for a discussion under the rule entailing voting.

nas district waiting for long hours to withdraw money.

Dozens of deaths, including cardiac arrests, suicides and hospital casualties, in the past over three weeks have been linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise move to ban high denomination currency notes in a bid to curb black money and corruption.

There was still no respite for the salaried people and pensioners across the country even as they have got their remuneration but were unable to lay hands on their own money.

Banks ran out of cash within hours of opening in most of the areas of the national capital.

In south Delhi areas including C.R. Park, Green Park, South Ex, Malviya Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, East of Kailash and Safdarjung Enclave, most of the ATMs were not functional.

Trinamool leader Sudip Bandopadhyay also raised the issue of the army deployment in West Bengal, saying the state government was kept in the dark.

The claim was denied by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who dubbed it a routine exercise held annually for the past many years.

The Congress, Trinamool and the Left members then trooped near the Speaker's podium and shouted slogans against November 8 demonetisation, while members of the AIADMK, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Nationalist Congress Party stood near their seats.

Speaker Sumitra Ma-

hajan urged the agitating members not to disturb the Question Hour but the opposition did not relent.

As the din continued during the Question Hour, Mahajan adjourned the lower house briefly till 12. When the House reassembled, she disallowed all adjournment motion notices given by dozens of opposition leaders on different issues.

As the notices were disallowed, the opposition members again trooped near the Speaker's podium and continued their protest.

After half an hour, when the protests showed no signs of abating, Mahajan adjourned the house for the day.

Modi happy over public support for demonetisation

New Delhi, December 2 (iANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was happy that people in India were "bearing temporary difficulties for longterm gain" after demonetisation. "I am happy to see that the people of India are bearing temporary difficulties for the long-term gain of the nation," Modi wrote in an article posted on Linkedin.com. "In the 21st century India, there is no place for corruption. Corruption slows down growth and takes a toll on the dreams of the poor, neo-middle class and middle class," he said.

The Prime Minister urged people to switch over to mobile banking and mobile wallets to root out corruption. "I urge all of you, particularly my young friends, to lead the change and inspire others to turn towards cashless transactions. This will set the strong foundations of an India where there is no place for corruption and black money," he said.

"Large volumes of liquid cash are a big source of corruption and black money," Modi added. Terming the government's November 8 demonetisation a "unique opportunity", he said the trading community had got a historic chance to upgrade themselves and embrace more technology which, he claimed, will bring greater prosperity.

"When I made the demonetisation announcement on November 8, I was aware that the people of India will face inconvenience. But I requested the people to bear this shortterm pain for long-term gain," the Prime Minister wrote.

"Today, we live in an era of mobile banking and mobile wallets. Ordering food, buying and selling furniture, ordering a taxi... all of this, and lot more, is possible through your mobiles. Technology has brought speed and convenience in our lives," Modi said.

India has largely welcomed demonetisation: Jaitley Indians have accepted the decision to demonetise higher value currency and are cooperating in transforming the country's economy and society, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.

"People have been cooperating immensely with the demonetisation exercise and the country by-and-large has welcomed the decision," he said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here. "I don't find any social unrest... The queues are by-and-large disciplined," he said, referring to the lines outside banks and ATMs after the November 8 announcement. "If you ask the person standing in queue about demonetisation, he or she is likely to say -- I'm troubled, but am happy this decision has been taken," Jaitley said.

SC refuses to entertain plea to play national anthem in courts Opposition parties flay Mamata The bench has then sought them is played the national flag New Delhi, December 2 should file a proper application. for dragging army into politics "Whether right or wrong, AG's assistance to learn his view shall be shown on the screen (Pti): The Supreme Court to-

day refused to entertain a plea of a BJP leader and lawyer seeking playing of national anthem in all courts before the start of proceedings.

A bench of justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy said it is not inclined to entertain the plea of BJP spokesperson Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay after Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi submitted that the petitioner

our order should not be overstretched. Bar (referring to Upadhyay) should show some retrain," the bench said.

Earlier in the morning, Upadhyay mentioned the plea before the bench which had on November 30 made it mandatory for cinema halls to play national anthem before screening of a movie and the audience must stand and show respect.

on the plea of Upadhyay.

In its November 30 order, the apex court had said that "love and respect for the motherland is reflected when one shows respect to the national anthem as well as to the national flag. That apart, it would instill the feeling within one a sense committed patriotism and nationalism."

It had said that when the an-

and the order should be given effect in a week's time.

The bench had also said that prior to the anthem being played or sung in the cinema hall, the entry and exit doors shall remain closed so that no one can create any kind of disturbance which will amount to disrespect to the national anthem and the doors can be opened once it is over.

People converting black money into white will not be spared: Government warns New Delhi, December 2 (Pti): In a stern warning to black money hoarders, the Finance Ministry today said those indulging in money laundering activities and converting their ill-gotten money into white will not be spared as law-enforcement agencies are already chasing such trails.

“Those indulging in or colluding with money laundering or converting black money into white will not be spared,” Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said in a tweet.

“Trails being pursued by agencies. Coordinated action underway. Result already visible. Will be more visible in coming days,” he added.

The Government on November 8 had announced the scrapping of old Rs 500 and 1,000 currency notes as part of measures to curb black money and check terror financing.

The Lok Sabha on November 29 had passed the Taxation Laws (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2016 that seeks to tax money deposited in banks post demonetisation, marking the first legislative business during the two-week-old Winter Session which has been paralysed due to continued protest by the Opposition parties.

The Bill proposes to levy a total tax, penalty and surcharge of 50 per cent on the amount deposited post demonetisation, while higher taxes and stiffer penalty of up

Foul air in India kills 6 lakh more than estimated: Report New Delhi, December 2 (iANS): Holding fossil fuel as a major culprit, a report by Greenpeace on Friday said that total deaths caused due to air pollution in India is underestimated at least by six lakh people. According to the report, air pollution kills over 1.6 million people in India and China every year due to increasing use of fossil fuels, particularly coal.

It adds that out of the 6.5 million global deaths from air pollution in 2015, 3.4 million deaths were in China and India. "Air pollution due to continued use of fossil fuels denies both India and China the fruits of a flourishing economy," said Coal and Air Pollution Expert at Greenpeace Lauri Myllyvirta.

In India, the toll was 1,809,053 and for China, the figure stood at 1,587,840 in 2015. Myllyvirta added that as countries become richer, they generally develop less polluting industries, but in the case of India and China, the trend has been quite the opposite.

"Despite their economic growth, both countries have particularly poor air quality," said Myllyvirta. Over 60 per cent of India's power demand is met using the coalfired thermal plants. "The actual numbers of deaths in India were about 1.8 million and 1.5 million in China. The expected number of deaths based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in India and China were

calculated to be 1.2 million and 558,000 respectively," the report points out.

Air pollution deaths in China and India are three to four times higher than in highincome countries. The report points out that more people die in India and China against the assessments based on their economic growths.

As per the assessment, India and Bangladesh top with about 120 to 140 out of 100,000 people dying due to the air pollution. For Pakistan, Myanmar and China, the range is 100 to 120 deaths per 100,000 people. On the other hand, in countries like the UK, Japan, the US, France and Germany, 36 persons die due to air pollution out of 100,000. On the brighter side, the report acknowledges that the death rate due to indoor air pollution has decreased. "In China, between 2005 and 2015, the indoor air pollution death rate fell from 70 to 43 per 100,000 and in India from 86 to 74," report says.

The report also praises India and China for efforts to replace coal with clean energy.

"India has a target of 350GW of renewable capacity by 2030 and had 82GW of renewable power capacity in 2015. China's target of hydro, wind and solar power capacity is 650GW by 2020 and it had 520GW of capacity in 2015," the report says.

to 85 per cent await those who don’t disclose but are caught.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said the Bill was brought after it came to the Government’s notice that some people were trying to illegally exchange the demonetised Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes.

Jaitley said as per the amendment proposed, those caught illegally converting money will have to cough up 60% tax plus penalties, which will come to 85%.

Those who disclose black money to banks will have to pay 50 per cent tax, including surcharge and penalty. While they will get back 25% immediately, the rest 25% will be returned after 4 years.

KolKAtA, December 2 (iANS): West Bengal's opposition parties on Friday lashed out at Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for trying to use the army to score political brownie points. The state Bharatiya Janata Party even demanded her resignation.

Accusing the central government of deploying the army at several highway toll plazas while keeping her government in the dark, Banerjee stayed put at the state secretariat Nibanna on Thursday night and continued to remain there till Friday afternoon.

Banerjee has argued that she was keeping vigil at the secretariat to protect democracy, the federal structure and her elected government. But her political opponents in the state were far from impressed.

"Mamata is trying to create a mountain out of a molehill without having proper knowledge of civil administration and armed force interface," Communist Party of India-Marxist MP Md. Salim told IANS over phone.

"Instead of addressing the common man's suffering after demonetisation, she is trying to hog the political limelight by cre-

ating controversies. It is unfortunate that the army is being used to gain political mileage," he said.

State Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury said the deputation of army has got nothing to do with Trinamool's anti-demonetisation push.

"We have complete faith and respect towards the Indian Army. The army deployment has got nothing to do with demonetisation or threatening the state. I refuse to believe in the Chief Minister's conspiracy theories," Chowdhury told IANS. The BJP, on the other hand, went a step further, accusing Banerjee of being completely oblivious to the administrative developments in the state.

"Mamata has understood

that her anti-demonetisation drive has failed and people are whole-heartedly supporting (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji's fight against black money.

Now she is trying to divert people's attention by highlighting a non issue," BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha told IANS. Sinha said the army wrote letters to not just the city administration but even to the district magistrates in West Bengal informing them about the routine exercise. "May be she is not aware of local developments as she is blindly running for the limelight in national politics. I think she should resign as the Chief Minister as these communication gaps can be dangerous for the state," he said.

Rahul launches attack on Modi, BJP hits back New Delhi, December 2 (iANS): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the country has suffered tremendous damage due to his "vanity and incompetence".

The Congress leader also described Modi as "a prisoner of his own image" and accused him of practising TRP politics.

The Bharatiya Janata Party hit back, terming Gandhi himself is a "champion of TRP politics and victim of incompetence".

Addressing Congress Parliamentary Party meeting here, Rahul Gandhi said: "The Prime Minister often asks what the Congress did in the last 60 years? The people of India know exactly what the Congress achieved for this country. But I would like to tell the Prime Minister what the Congress didn't

do in 67 years."

Generally, Congress President Sonia Gandhi addresses the CPP meeting, but she was not present due to health concerns. In her absene, Rahul chaired the CPP meet for the first time.

Training his guns at Modi, Rahul said: "The Congress never gave India a Prime Minister who was a prisoner of his own image. We never gave India a Prime Minister who was ready to inflict such tremendous suffering on the people of India to protect his own persona."

Continuing his tirade, the Congress leader said: "We never gave India a Prime Minister who based his entire policy-making strategy on TRPs (television rating points). We never gave India a Prime Minister who bypassed the experience of those sitting in various institutions.

"The country has suffered tremendous dam-

age as a result of the vanity and incompetence of our Prime Minister."

Rahul accused Modi of not hearing the voices of the opposition. "The Congress and the entire opposition are disturbed that the Prime minister does not feel it is worth his time to sit in the house and listen to the views of its democratically elected members. Doing so could potentially prevent him from making the catastrophic policy mistakes he is currently making."

"Listening to the voices of the people of this country is the only thing that can free him from the clutches of his own image and make him an effective Prime Minister. Yet, he consistently refuses to do so," he said.

Rahul said Modi's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes had attacked the very foundations of our economy rather than black money.

"As per the Centre of Monitoring Indian Economy, the Prime Minister's impromptu experiment has already cost India 1.28 lakh crore in lost wages, cost of printing and logistics," he said.

Rahul claimed the results of this "catastrophic experiment" will soon be revealed to the world.

"Every economist of any repute has already condemned it and questioned its capacity to realise the intended goals. Modi ji has created a massive new corrupt black market that is working overtime to convert the black money into white," he said.

Criticising the government's policy towards Pakistan, the Congress leader accused Modi of sitting silently while Kashmir was burning.

"Modi will be judged by history as the man who gifted massive political space to anti- India forces by cre-

ating an opportunistic political alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the People's Democratic Party. He has created the political vacuum that gives the terrorists space to operate," he said.

The BJP hit back at the Congress Vice-President.

"As far as TRP politics is concerned, Rahul Gandhi is a champion of photoops. He is competing with (Delhi Chief Minister) Arvind Kejriwal in the TRP war. After Modi took over as Prime Minister, there has been a surge in TRPs of India in global arena. Earlier, we were perceived as a weak nation but now we have emerged as a strong nation," BJP National Secretary Shrikant Sharma said in a statement.

Sharma said Gandhi's incompetence was responsible for the policy paralysis and scams during the United Progressive Alliance rule earlier on at the Centre.

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Jakarta protests over its Christian governor

Indonesian Muslims gather to attend a rally calling for the arrest of Jakarta’s Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, who is accused of insulting the Koran, in Jakarta on December 2. (REUTERS Photo)

JAKARTA, DecembeR 2 (ReuTeRs): Tens of thousands of Muslims poured into central Jakarta on Friday to protest against the city’s governor, a Christian accused of insulting the Koran, fuelling tension that has alarmed Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

Widodo has blamed “political actors” for exploiting the popular fury over Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama to destabilise his government. Underlining those concerns, police announced on Friday that 10 people had been detained for alleged treason.

A sea of white-clad protesters had built up around the National Monument by midmorning and, with no more room there, the roads around it filled up with protesters chanting, praying and carrying banners demanding that Purnama be jailed.

Police officials estimated that at least 150,000 people, including many who travelled to Jakarta from towns and cit-

ies across the island of Java, had gathered under quickening rain.

Some reports put the number of protesters at more than 200,000.

When asked what his message was for the military and police, Widodo told reporters at an event some distance from the rally: “Stand guard so that everything runs safely.”

National news agency Antara said 22,000 police personnel would be deployed to avoid a repeat of violence that flared during a protest led by hardline Islamists last month when more than 100 people were injured in clashes with police.

Jakarta Governor Purnama, an ethnic Chinese popularly known as Ahok and a long-time ally of the president, is running for re-election in February against two Muslim candidates.

The contest has generated high political tension for

weeks, with rumours of plots to undermine Widodo and scupper his chances of winning a second term in 2019.

Widodo is a long-time ally of Purnama. Police have warned against attempts to destabilise the government.

Police spokesman Rikwanto told a news conference that 10 people who he identified only by their initials had been detained before dawn, citing articles of the criminal code that cover conspiracy and acts of treason. Two of them were charged under the law of information technology for hate speech.

“They have now been detained and are undergoing investigation,” said Rikwanto, who goes by only one name.

FEARS FOR POLITICAL STABILITY Indonesia has the world’s biggest Muslim population but recognises six religions and is home to dozens of ethnic groups, some of which fol-

low traditional beliefs.

Purnama is being investigated over comments he made about his opponents’ use of the Koran in campaigning. He denies wrongdoing but has apologised for the remarks.

Police on Thursday handed over a dossier from their investigation of his comments to prosecutors, who are expected to take the case of alleged blasphemy to court in coming weeks.

“This gathering is an expression of Muslims being united as one people, one body,” said Salist Nursolikhah, 49, who flew into Jakarta from the city of Yogjakarta to join the rally. “It’s not against a particular person because of his ethnicity. We are only against his action,” she said.

Simmering religious and ethnic tension last month prompted Widodo to rally top military, political and religious figures in a sign of unity amid fears of attempts to undermine the stability of his government.

The Jakarta government has put up billboards on major roads calling for national unity and displaying pictures of independence heroes who fought against colonial rule.

Purnama is popular with many for pushing through tough reforms to modernise the traffic-plagued capital.

But opinion polls have shown him slipping into second place in the race for reelection as governor, a position that Widodo himself, who is popularly known as Jokowi, used as a stepping-stone to the presidency.

“Jokowi’s handling has been inadequate because it looks like he’s defending Ahok,” said protester Rini Pupitasari. “We will keep demonstrating until he is detained.

But we will do so peacefully.”

Thailand’s Crown prinCe beComes new king Thailand’s new King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun is seen on his way out from the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. (REUTERS Photo)

bANGKOK, DecembeR 2 (ReuTeRs): Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, became Thailand’s new king on Thursday after he accepted an invitation from parliament to succeed his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October. King Bhumibol, 88, was widely loved and regarded as a pillar of stability during decades of political turbulence and rapid development in the Southeast Asian nation.

Prince Vajiralongkorn, who will be known as King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, according to a statement released by parliament’s public relations department, met Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, president of the National Legislative Assembly, at Bangkok’s Dusit Palace. “I would like to accept the invitation for the benefit of the Thai people,” the new king said in a televised statement.

His ascension will likely allay worries among some analysts that the kingdom was headed for a period of instability following the death of King Bhumibol, according to a senior Western diplomat who declined to be named because speaking about the royal family is a sensitive matter in Thailand.

“This royal succession highlights a desire for stability and continuity in Thailand,” he said.

The United States, a longtime ally of Thailand, sent its “warmest congratulations” to Vajiralongkorn. “We offer our best wishes to his majesty and all of the Thai people,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner

South Korea, Japan impose new unilateral sanctions on N.Korea seOuL/TOKYO, DecembeR 2 (ReuTeRs): South Korea and Japan said on Friday they would impose new unilateral sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, following a fresh U.N. Security Council resolution imposed on the reclusive country this week.

North Korea has rejected the U.N. resolution, aimed at cutting Pyongyang’s annual export revenue by a quarter after its fifth and largest nuclear test in September, as a conspiracy masterminded by the United States to deny its sovereignty.

Both South Korea and Japan already have comprehensive unilateral sanctions in place against North Korea. South Korea said in a statement its expanded measures would blacklist senior North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un’s closest aides, Choe Ryong Hae and Hwang Pyong So. Hwang, at one point considered North Korea’s second-most powerful official outside the ruling Kim family, is already subject to U.S. Treasury sanctions.

South Korea also said it would ban entry from the South by foreign missile and nuclear experts if their visits to North Korea were deemed to be a threat to South Korean national interests. Japan said on Friday it too would add to its own list of unilateral sanctions, including a ban on all ships that have called at ports in North Korea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference.

“It is a new phase of threat that North Korea forced, carrying out nuclear tests twice this year and launching more than 20 missiles, and it is enhancing capability. Japan absolutely cannot tolerate these acts of violence,” Suga said.

“Japan will consider further measures depending on

told a news briefing.

Thailand has been without a monarch since King Bhumibol’s death with the head of the king’s advisory council, Prem Tinsulanonda, 96, serving as regent.

King Bhumibol was widely loved and regarded as a pillar of stability during decades of political turbulence and rapid development in the Southeast Asian nation. The new King Maha Vajiralongkorn has yet to command the kind of adoration that his father received from Thais and he has kept a much lower profile throughout most of his adult life.

NEW KING King Maha Vajiralongkorn - who will also be known as Rama X, or the 10th king of Thailand’s Chakri Dynasty - takes the throne at a tumultuous time for Thailand, a longtime U.S. ally in Southeast Asia. The military toppled an elected government in 2014 and enforced political calm in a country divided by more than a decade of conflict between a military-backed royalist establishment and populist political forces.

In times of crisis, the palace has occasionally acted as a final arbiter. The late king’s image as a truce-maker peaked after violent clashes in 1992 between pro-democracy activists and the army.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn has spent much of his adult life abroad and has a home in Germany.

Over the past few years, however, the he had taken on more of his father’s ceremonial duties while the late king received medi-

cal treatment. Public events, including two cycling events in 2015, organised by the palace, have portrayed Maha Vajiralongkorn as a devoted father and family man.

“Some people have pointed to the monarchy as a stabilizing force in Thai politics,” said David Streckfuss, an independent academic specializing in Southeast Asian studies. “Because of the popularity and veneration of the previous king it would be hard for any person to step into the role because of expected comparisons,” he told Reuters.

The new king, like his father before him, is shielded from public criticism by Thailand’s lese majeste laws, which carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s personal life and suitability as king have been the subject of private speculation by Thais and overseas observers beyond the reach of the law.

IDOL OF THE PEOPLE One of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s first acts as monarch will be to endorse a constitution drafted by the military that the public overwhelmingly endorsed in an August referendum.

The royal endorsement is a formality. The junta has said the constitution will pave way for an election in late 2017.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said in a televised statement that the new king’s coronation would “be at his discretion” and would not take place until after a royal cremation for his father next year.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF HORTICULTURE NAGALAND: KOHIMA

moves by North Korea and the international society,” he said. Tokyo will freeze the assets of more groups and individuals connected to North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes, he said. The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, told the Security Council on Wednesday the United States was realistic about what the new sanctions on North Korea could achieve.

NOTIFICATION

NOMR/GEN-1/INTRV/2013-14/1997-02:: Based on the recommendation of the Departmental Recruitment Board for the post of Horticulture Extension Assistant (HEA) held from 15th Nov to 17th Nov 2016 and approval of the Government vide order NO.HR/COM-1/2016 Dated Kohima the 30th Nov. 2016 the following candidates are hereby appointed on the basis of merit and reservation policy of the Government of Nagaland with immediate effect in the scale pay of Rs. 5200 - 20200 with Grade Pay of Rs.2000/- P.M. plus all other allowance as admissible in Nagaland from time to time with immediate effect from the date of joining their duty.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE NAGALAND: KOHIMA

No: DHFW-8/RSBY/TENDER/2015-16/10564

List of selected candidates; 1. Avungthung Ngullie 2. Tzudimeren Jamir 3. Roasenla Ozukum 4. Abenthung Humtsoe 5. Tsuamki L Yimchunger (BT) 6. Asangmenla (BT) The selected candidates for the post of Horticulture Extension Assistant (HEA) should submit their acceptance letter to the undersigned within a week, failing which the post will be subsequently offered to the waiting list candidates.

Sd/-(PAWAN KUMAR) Director of Horticulture Nagaland, Kohima

Dated Kohima the 2nd Dec. 2016

ENROLMENT SCHEDULE UNDER RSBY SCHEME OF TUENSANG DISTRICT

The Health & Family Department hereby notify the Enrolment Schedule under RSBY & SCHIS Scheme for BPL and MGNREGA Job Card holders in Tuensang District with effect from 05.12.2016. It is mention that Enrollment Team cannot visit a particular place for more than once. All village and ward/compound/ town Authorities are therefore requested to organize for Enrolment of all families enlisted in BPL and MGNREGA Job Card holders and be positively present on the scheduled day of your village/ ward/compound/ town for Enrolment.

Date 05-Dec-16 06-Dec-16 07-Dec-16 08-Dec-16 09-Dec-16 10-Dec-16 13-Dec-16 15-Dec-16 16-Dec-16 19-Dec-16 20-Dec-16 22-Dec-16 26-Dec-16 27-Dec-16 28-Dec-16 30-Dec-16 02-Jan-17 03-Jan-17 04-Jan-17 05-Jan-17 06-Jan-17 07-Jan-17 09-Jan-17 10-Jan-17 11-Jan-17 13-Jan-17 14-Jan-17 16-Jan-17 18-Jan-17 20-Jan-17 23-Jan-17 24-Jan-17 25-Jan-17 27-Jan-17 30-Jan-17 31-Jan-17

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Names of Villages to be covered

Noksen Hq, Noksen Village, Litem.

Yangpi (Kongsang), Yali, Longra.

Yukumsang Village, Yimrup, Kumpong, Yongyu, Santak.

Chare Hq, Chare Old Town, Chare Village.

Old Chungliyimti, New Chungliyimti, Old Tsadanger, New Tsadanger.

Thronger, Thonglongsor, Alisopur, Longkiphe, Kidding, New Tsaru.

Old Mangakhi, New Mangakhi, Old Sangsomong, New Sangsomong, Longkhim Hq. Holongba, Phirahir.

Lirise, Chungtore, Chimonger, Angangba, Yangli, Lithsami.

Thonoknyu Hq, Thonoknyu Vill, Chilliso, Thoktsur.

Peshu, Jejieking, New Sanglao.

Sanglao, Wui(Wei), Chipur, Pang.

Thangoun, Kenjong, Pangking, Thongsonyu.

Chessore Hq. Chessore, Hukir, Kephore.

Kiutsukiur, Shiponger, Y. Anner Vill, K. Longsoru.

Kelonger, Aiponger, Longtoker, Langa.

Shamator Hq, Shamator Vill.

Waphur, Lasikiur, Rurur A&B Village.

Tsurungto Hq, Sikiur (Sikiur B), Sukiur.

Chassir, Muleangkiur, Sangphur.

Yakore, Liangkonger, Shawoh, K. Shophu.

Noklak Hq, Noklak Village.

Nokyan (Nokyau), Nokyan B. Pangsha (Old), Pangsha ( New), Dan, Wansoi. kusong, Nokhu, Kengnyu, Tsuwao, Lengnyu, Yakhao.

Pathso Noken, Ekhao, NR, Pathso, Langnok.

Kingpao NR, Aniashu, Choklangan, Chandang Saddle.

Chingmei Vill (Chingie), Waoshu, Yimpang, Taknyu.

New Chingmei, Pangsha New, Pangsha Old. Tuensang Hq, Chingmelen.

Kuthur, Chendang, Konya.

Ngangpong, Sipongsang, Sotokur, Lokhung (Lokong).

Tuensang Village.

Hakchang, Sangsanyu Vill, Sangshen Comp, Sauchu, Mongchung (Momching).

Nakshou, Ngoungchung, Bhumbak, Haak, Potambou, Khudei, Helipong, Kejok (Kinjon), Maksha,Nyinnyim, Keshai.

SD/(DR. L. WATIKALA) Principal Director Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland: Kohima

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MOKOKCHUNG, NAGALAND Phone No. 0369- 2226231, Fax No. 0369- 2226055, e-mail – sushilkrpatel@yahoo.co.in

NO. GE- 9/ 2015/MKG/DLRB/550

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Dt. Mkg, the 29th Nov’2016

Apropos Government of Nagaland approval No.CNE-30/1/2015/MKG (DLRB)/353 Dated Kohima the 13th Sept. 2016, Applicants are invited from the Indigenous Inhabitants of Mokokchung District for filling up the undermentioned Post under the establishment of Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung from the 5th Dec. 2016 to the 13th Jan. 2017.

Item No.1 - 12 (twelve) Post of LDA Cum-Computer Assistant and 1 (one) Post of Bench/Assistant.

Item No.2 - 1 (one) Post of Stenographer Grade-III Item No.3 - 1 (one) Post of House Keeper Item No.4 - 5 (five) Post of D.B-II Item No.5 - 1 (one) Post of Driver Item No.6 - 3 (three) Post of Peon Item No.7 - 1 (one) Post of Bearer Item No.8 - 1 (one) Post of Sweeper Total= 26 Educational qualification and Age:Item No.1 - Graduate in any discipline and Diploma in Computer.

Item No.2 - Graduate in any discipline and Diploma in Steno. Age limit- Minimum 21 years Maximum 35 year as on 01-01-2017.

Item No.3 - 12th Class passed Age limit- Minimum 21 years Maximum 35 year as on 01-01-2017.

Item No.4 - The Candidate should be conversant with the Naga Customary Laws and practices Age limit- Minimum 25 years as on 1-1-2017 and no upper age limit within superannuation.

Item No.5 - The Candidate should posses Driving License issued by the Competent authority Age limit- Minimum 21 years Maximum 35 year as on 1-1-2017.

Item No.6, 7 & 8 - The Candidate should have read upto Class VIII. Age limit- Minimum 18 years Maximum 35 year as on 01-01-2017.

1. Further age Concession for serving Govt. employees will be relaxed, the equal No. of years in Service subject to a maximum of 5 (five) years.

2. Upper Age limit for physically handicapped persons is further relaxed by another 10 (ten) years where ever applicable.

3. All vacancies should be filled up on 50: 50 basis between the in-Service i.e Contingent/ Adhoc Contract/ Fixed etc. and fresh Candidates.

4. Candidates are asked to submit a photo copy of Indigenous Certificate and 3 (three) copies of recent Passport along with the application forms.

5. The date and venue of examination will be intimated through the issue of Admit Cards.

6. Those who have applied earlier need not apply again but may check their application status at the office of the undersigned.

Sd/- (SUSHIL KUMAR PATEL) IAS Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung: Nagaland Issued by: DIPR

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Rockets halt Warriors' streak, Cavaiers lose

Los angeLes, December 2 (aFP): James Harden's triple-double lifted the Houston Rockets to a 132-127 double-overtime triumph over Golden State on Thursday that snapped the Warriors' 12-game NBA winning streak.

Harden drained a threepointer and converted a brace of free throws and Eric Gordon added a short jump shot as the Rockets finally separated themselves in the second overtime period of a game that included 14 lead changes, almost as many ties and plenty of early-season drama.

"Big-time win on the road," said Harden, who finished with 29 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists, his fourth triple-double of the season.

Ryan Anderson matched Harden's teamhigh point total and Gordon added 23 off the bench for the Rockets.

Kevin Durant scored 39 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for the Warriors, who hadn't lost since November 4.

Stephen Curry scored 28 points for the Warriors, but the NBA Most Valuable Player fouled out in the second extra period.

"We had our moments," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "Especially in the first overtime we had a cushion -- I think we were up four.

We kind of let it slip away at that point. They played a great game. I thought they deserved to win -- they outplayed us."

Inter-Mill Tug of War tourney held DimaPur, December 2 (mexn): The 1st Inter-Mill Tug of war under the aegis Tenyiphe -1 Village Youth Organisation (TYO) was held on December 1 at Tenyiphe -1 Village Local Ground, Chumukedima, Dimapur.

The tournament was organised for the workers of Mills under Tenyiphe-1 jurisdiction to create unity and mutual understanding amongst them, a press release from the TYO informed.

The final match was played between IDEP WoodWork and Vilo Noodles with the former emerging as champions.

IDEP Woodwork walked away with a cash price of Rs.5000 and citation.

Altogether 11 teams from Tenyiphe Jurisdiction participated in the tournament.

Rockets guard James Harden (13) drives to the basket against Warriors center JaVale McGee (1) during the first quarter. (Photo: Kyle Terada,USA TODAY Sports)

- Clippers rout Cavs It wasn't even close in Cleveland, where the Los Angeles Clippers humbled the reigning champion Cavaliers 113-94 to snap a

three-game skid.

Defeats at Detroit, Indiana and Brooklyn had the Clippers reeling, but on Thursday they looked more like the team that started

the season 14-2.

The Clippers handed out a season-high 33 assists, 11 of them by Blake Griffin.

They held the Cava-

liers to 40.6 percent shooting, with Cavs superstar LeBron James making five of his 14 shots. They limited Cleveland to just nine three-pointers, the Cavs' first game in 16 this season with fewer than 10 from beyond the arc.

Up by eight at halftime, the Clippers out-scored the Cavaliers 27-15 in the third quarter to seize control of the contest.

"Defensively, we were just locked in," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "The reason was we respected them. They're the Cleveland Cavaliers. And, they get your respect. They get your attention."

But the Cavaliers never really fired.

"It was a weird game," James said. "Especially in that first half, the second quarter the whistle was blowing so much we couldn't get in a rhythm.

The game just kind of unravelled, we got in foul trouble ... they just broke our rhythm."

Things were a lot more tense in Memphis, where the Grizzlies rallied from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Orlando Magic 95-94.

Marc Gasol scored the game-winning points at the free-throw line with 12.2 seconds remaining, finishing with a team-high 25 points and five blocked shots.

In Salt Lake City, Goran Dragic scored 27 points and James Johnson chipped in 24 off the bench to help the Miami Heat escape with a 111-110 victory

Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, left, restrains Clippers coach Doc Rivers after Rivers challenged a referee's call in the first overtime of the team's NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. The Nets defeated the Clippers 127-122 in double overtime. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

neW YorK, December 2 (aP): Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Thursday for verbally abusing a game official and failing to leaving the court in a timely manner after his ejection.

The incident happened with 18.6 remaining in the first overtime of the Clippers' 127-122 double-over-

time loss at Brooklyn on Tuesday night.

Rivers was given a technical foul for crossing over midcourt, then another and ejected.

The Clippers trailed by two late in the first OT and fouled Sean Kilpatrick in the backcourt after he received the inbounds pass. Rivers appeared to think Kilpatrick swung his

elbows and should have been called for the foul, and walked nearly to the Nets' bench to say something to referee Lauren Holtkamp.

Rivers said they weren't even arguing, and that Holtkamp had agreed with what Rivers said. But referee Ken Mauer, who was standing on the Clippers' side of the court, called what Rivers said was an ''awful'' tech.

over the Jazz.

Wayne Ellington contributed 17 points off the bench for Miami, who weathered a late Jazz comeback bid to earn their third straight road victory.

G o rd o n Hay w a rd scored a season-high 32

points -- his second straight game with at least 30 -- and Joe Johnson added 18 to pace the Jazz.

Utah boast a solid defense, but they couldn't keep the determined Heat from scoring 64 points in the paint.

"We've been getting in the paint a lot this season," guard Wayne Ellington said. "That's one of our strong suits is getting in the paint. We've (also) been getting it done from the outside, which opens up the paint even more for us."

Blatter appeal verdict to be announced Monday City plan to prove a point Lausanne, December 2 (aP): The verdict in former FIFA President Sepp Blatter's appeal against a six-year ban for unethical conduct will be announced on Monday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Friday it will publish the ruling at 3 p.m. Swiss time (1400 GMT).

Blatter has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in authorizing a $2 million payment to Michel Platini in 2011. They claimed it was uncontracted salary for France great Platini advising Blatter from 1999 to 2002.

FIFA's ethics committee ruled the payment was a conflict of interest in 2011 - just as a FIFA presidential election campaign was starting - and banned both for eight years last December. FIFA's appeal committee cut the bans to six years.

Platini, who gave evidence for Blatter at a 14hour hearing in August, previously had his ban cut

Sepp Blatter (AP Photo/File)

to four years at CAS. Though a different three-member panel judged Blatter's case, it would typically be obliged to respect the precedent of the Platini case which was based on much of the same evidence.

Swiss federal prosecutors opened criminal proceedings against Blatter in September 2015 when details of the ''disloyal payment'' to Platini emerged.

Both men were questioned at FIFA headquar-

ters by Swiss investigators who waited for them outside an executive committee meeting.

The case ended thenFIFA vice president Platini's chance to replace Blatter as president, and also forced him out of UEFA. Whatever the verdict on Monday, Blatter faces another FIFA ethics investigation over alleged bribery and self-dealing in his contract, plus the employment deals of his former secretary general Jerome

Valcke and finance director Markus Kattner. FIFA has fired both officials.

FIFA ethics investigators said in September the latest case involved an alleged ''coordinated effort by three former top officials of FIFA to enrich themselves.''

Blatter received a 12 million Swiss franc ($12 million) bonus after the successful 2014 World Cup in Brazil and would have been due another 12 million Swiss francs for completing his 2015-19 presidential term, the contracts revealed.

Blatter announced his intention in June 2015 to leave FIFA, days after American and Swiss federal investigations of alleged corruption were revealed.

He was suspended from duty in October 2015, and his 40-year employment

by FIFA formally ended in February when Platini's former right-hand man at UEFA, Gianni Infantino, was elected president.

Barca desperate to break Madrid's unbeaten streak

maDriD, December 2 (aFP): Barcelona are the more desperate side as Real Madrid visit Catalonia on Saturday for the first El Clasico of the season boasting a six-point lead at the top of La Liga.

Madrid have won 15 more points in all in La Liga under the guidance of Zinedine Zidane since the sides last met in April and are riding a 31-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

"On Saturday we have more to play for than Madrid, they can lose, we can't," said Barcelona defender Gerard Pique.

Barca are off to their worst league start in nine seasons.

However, coach Luis Enrique believes much of the media criticism of his side has been overblown, citing the institutional crisis that Barca overcame in the January his debut season in 2015 to win the treble.

"We remain favourites for all the titles, but it is evident we have to improve," said Enrique.

"We lack consistency, but don't exaggerate. In my first season you (the media) exaggerated and we ended

Clippers coach fined $15,000

In this image released by FC Barcelona on Friday, club superstars Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar warm up during a training session ahead of the El Classico.

up winning the treble."

The biggest match in club football is expected to capture an audience of 650 million people worldwide, according to figures released by La Liga.

"I am not going to say it is just another game, it is a very important match, it has a special meaning....a special taste," Real president Florentino Perez told AFP. "No one hides that is has a worldwide impact, it is seen by millions of people across the world, like the World cup final."

Yet, the composed Zidane refused to accept

that a first Liga title in five years would be Madrid's to lose should they bag victory at the Camp Nou. "I am not thinking about the consequences," he said after giving a goalscoring debut to his son Enzo in Madrid's 6-1 Copa del Rey thrashing of Cultural Leonesa on Wednesday.

"We are thinking about preparing well for the game, and, whatever happens, it will not be decisive."

- Iniesta back Both sides are blighted by injury concerns.

Madrid will be without Gareth Bale with the

Welshman now set to miss up to four months after an ankle operation, whilst Toni Kroos is also sidelined by a broken foot.

Tough tackling midfielder Casemiro made his first appearance in two months in midweek and could come into contention to partner the Croatian duo of Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic.

Cristiano Ronaldo has shot to the top of La Liga's goalscoring charts once more with five in his last two league outings and looks set to be partnered by Karim Benzema and Lucas

Vazquez in Bale's absence.

Barca are sweating on the fitness of Jordi Alba and Pique, who both struggled through the 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad described as a "miracle" by Enrique given the state of Barca's display.

However, the champions will be hugely boosted by the return of captain Andres Iniesta, whilst the front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar are all fit to start.

The clash between the top two offers Sevilla and Atletico Madrid the chance to make up ground in the title race.

Sevilla sit behind Barca only on goal difference in third and can close on Real when they visit winless Granada on Saturday lunchtime.

Atletico have bounced back from their Madrid derby humbling at the hands of Real two weeks ago with three wins and 11 goals without conceding since.

However, they will need to end a seven-game unbeaten streak in the league by Espanyol to keep that run going at the Vicente Calderon.

in Chelsea showdown

LonDon, December 2 (aFP): Manchester City will aim to prove their hectic schedule won't stop them winning the Premier League when leaders Chelsea visit Eastlands for a enthralling showdown on Saturday.

City are one point behind Chelsea heading into the first meeting this season between two teams who have quickly emerged as leading title contenders under their new managers.

While City featuring in a title battle only five months into Pep Guardiola's reign is hardly a surprise given the club's financial muscle and their Spanish manager's impeccable CV, Chelsea's presence at the top of the table is more unexpected.

The Blues were in turmoil last season after Jose Mourinho was sacked, but former Italy and Juventus coach Antonio Conte has teased out renewed focus and passion from a squad of fragile egos and the results have been impressive.

Three points in Manchester would take Chelsea to eight consecutive league victories for the first time since 2010, but City have lost just one of their last 15 league games and have a point to prove about the rivals' differing schedules.

While third placed City have had the pressure of trying to qualify from a tough Champions League group, Chelsea have enjoyed the luxury of extra rest due to their failure to quality for European competition.

"We'll have played eight more games -- terrible

games -- in the Champions League than Chelsea and Liverpool and we are there," Guardiola said.

"That's why the first part of the season is so satisfying. To still be with Liverpool and Chelsea when they don't play in Europe is good for us."

However, Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois played down the title implications of the result on Saturday.

While beating City would be a morale boost, Courtois says it is just as important for Chelsea to show their ruthless streak in the following fixtures against West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and Stoke.

"Now we are going to Man City to try and get another result, and then after it the next away games are at Sunderland and Crystal Palace, and it is games like those that decide if you are going to be champions or not," Courtois said.

"You can win big matches even if you're not having a good season, because it is a big match or a derby, but it is the smaller matches against difficult adversaries that you will see if you are going to be champions or not."

- Good moment A draw at Eastlands would give second placed Liverpool the chance to go top if they win at Bournemouth on Sunday.

Jurgen Klopp's side are unbeaten in their last 11 league matches and the German said: "It's a good moment, but it's difficult too because there's a lot of work to do and a lot of

games to play.

"We go now to Bournemouth, a small stadium, but very intense with a good team."

Arsene Wenger is confident fourth placed Arsenal will get back on track after their surprise League Cup exit when they face West Ham. Wenger's side were beaten 2-0 at home by Southampton in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, while West Ham also crashed out of the competition with a 4-1 thrashing at Manchester United.

Looking for a quick recovery, Wenger is confident Arsenal will banish the memory of the Cup disappointment, which ended their 19-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

"I don't think I can moan about the momentum in the Premier League," he said.

"I knew that in the League Cup that could happen, but it was more disappointing to lose the game than the run we have. We want to keep the run in the Premier League going now."

Manchester United travel to Everton aiming to maintain the momentum of their midweek victory.

Mourinho's team are 11 points behind Chelsea after winning just one of their last seven league games, but United midfielder Michael Carrick hasn't given up hope of a successful season.

"You can't beat that buzz of winning a big game," Carrick said. "That is what keeps you going, having success and winning trophies."

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day 3 highlights ASA golden jubilee stone pulling

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The Angami Sports Association (ASA) golden jubilee stone pulling will take place on December 3 as part of the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland. It will start at 11:00 AM from KMC Parking lot Old Minister’s Hill and culminate at Phoolbari, Y. Junction. It will be followed by a grand function at the Kohima Local Ground.

Chief Minister TR Zeliang will be the chief host while Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will be the chief guest. Alan Gemmel, OBE Minister Cultural Affairs, British Council, India and Vinod Zutshi, secretary Ministry of Tourism, Government of India will be the honoured guests.

ASA has extended invitation to all tribal hohos and all Angami in-laws to the programme. ASA general secretary Er Zale Neikha said that right after the act of blessing, gun salute will be organized at the KMC parking lot and another at the Kohima Local Ground. ASA is expecting over 10,000 gathering at the local ground on that day.

Certain rules and regulations to be followed during the ASA Golden Jublilee Stone Pulling Programme: 1. Arrival of troops a) Southern Angamis at Mohankhola and BOC b) Chakhro &Western Angamis at TCP gate c) Northern Angamis at Kezieke.

The tropes are asked to reach the alloted junction at 10:00 AM. No vehicles will be allowed to ply after the arrival of the troops.

2. No vehicles will be allowed to be parked from KMC parking lot to Phool Bari Y junction during the process of the stone pulling programme.

All the Angamis are compulsory to wear the full traditional attire for the programme. Person without the full attire will not be allowed to pull the stone but have to walk behind the stone, according to ASA general secretary Er. Zale Neikha.

He also said that no one will be allowed to cross the rope of the stone. Guest/tourists can walk on the side ways to view the pulling.

Meanwhile, Kohima SP has issued traffic advisory for this programme.

The Stone Pulling Ceremony will take the route from KMC Parking Lot (Old Ministers’ Hill) to “Y” Junction (Phoolbari) via PHQ Point – Classic Island – PWD Junction – TCP Gate.

In this connection, the following traffic advisory is hereby issued in the interest of the general public.

No vehicle(s) shall be allowed to ply on the route from KMC Parking Lot (Old Ministers’ Hill) to ‘Y’ Junction (Phoolbari) from 1100 hrs till the end of the ceremony on 03/12/2016.

No vehicle(s) shall be allowed to be parked alongside the road from KMC Parking Lot (Old Ministers’ Hill) to ‘Y’ Junction (Phoolbari) from 1100 hrs till the end of the ceremony on 03/12/2016.

Vehicle(s) coming from auxiliary roads to the NH/ main road (route mentioned above) shall be restricted from plying during the Stone Pulling Ceremony.

All upward vehicle(s) coming from Dimapur and proceeding towards Imphal/Kisama shall be diverted from Para-Medical junction via – Fira junction once the party crosses PHQ Point.

Vehicle(s)coming from northern side and proceeding towards southern side (Kisama) shall be diverted from Census Junction – Naga Bazaar – Paramedical route once the party crosses PHQ Point.

While enforcing the above traffic regulations, the Kohima Traffic Police requests all to extend fullest cooperation.

Dance Competition Dance competition as the part of Hornbill Festival Kids Carnival will be take place on December 3 for class for 4-6 and class 7-9 at Children’s Park, Kisama. It will take place from 12:00 noon till 2:00 PM. Rs. 4000 and Rs. 2000 have been set aside as Ist and 2nd prize.

hile in Kisama in this Hornbill Festival, pay a visit to Pochury Morung. The Morung (dormitory of young men) is perhaps the first known institute, which was well organized and due to recognition given by the traditional society. It acted as the key forum and platform of social activity. Hence all rituals and worships were co-related and associated with the Morungs. As a matter of fact, the structure of Morung was more distinct, unique, and the most decorated structure among all typical houses of the tradition times. The basis of social life, religion and forms

youth; both young males and female of the village have their respective Morung. Entry into each other’s Morung is restricted.

During festivals, food items were brought from respective homes and shared amongst them.

It is the roosting place of the village youths. Any sign of impending danger or in the event of any emergency, the Morung is the first information centre for any assistance and this information are disseminated by the youths to the entire village.

The Morung is also a place where the youths of the vilPochury youth outside their Morung in Kisama. lage come to know each of worship, festivals and signs carved in the wooden other and develop qualities rituals were all connected frame on the front of the of collective responsibilities to the Morungs which are Morung. for the village. Any criminal depicted by the artistic deIt is the home of village or intruder into the village is

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new music store ‘Music Planet’ was launched on November 20 at Belho Complex, P.R Hill, Kohima. The proprietor Ariba Kips, a musician and proprietor of Cornerstone Music School said that the Music store was his dream where he could help musicians as well as the churches with sound system services. The different thing about the store is that one can buy and sale second-hand musical instruments and accessories, which any music enthuses can effort.

Earlier at the inauguration of the store, Theja Meru (Dream Cafe) applauded the initiative of the proprietor to meet the need of needy musicians and encouraged him to give good networking. The dedicatory programme was made by Pastor Longri, Yimchunger Baptist Church while a host of artists performed at the programme.

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ornbill Junior Photography” is underway at the kids Carnival Arena, Hornbill Festival, Kisama.

Interested candidates between the age of 14 to 18 years can participate in the event. The participants will have to submit 5 pictures of the current Hornbill Festival and submit it on or before December 7. The result will be declared on 8th

December and the winner will walk home with a cash prize of Rupees 6000 and the first runner up with rupees 4000.

A dance competition is being held on December 2 for Group B(Class 4 to 6) and Group C(Class 7 to 9) the Winners will go home with a cash prize of Rupees 4000 and the first runners up with rupees 2000.

Kailash Kher, Indian pop-rock and Bollywood playback singer seen with the organisers on his arrival to Nagaland at Dimapur Airport on December 2. Hornbill Bollywood Dhamaka featuring guest artiste Kailash Kher will perform at DDSC Stadium on December 3 from 7:00 PM onwards as part of the Hornbill International Music Festival 2016.

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North–East cultural day kicks off

Culturally Yours “Culturally yours,” daily cultural performances by various Naga tribes under the aegis of the department of art and culture will start from December 3 at Kisama. It will start from 10:00 AM till 2:30 PM. First session from 10: 00 AM to 12:00 noon and second session from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM. Chingdang Village Cultural Troupe (Konyak) will display on traditional preparation of war, Waromong Village Cultural Troupe (Ao)-Hornbill dance, Phaijol Village Cultural Troupe (Kuki)- Dance, Kithagha Village Cultural Troupe (Rengma)- Belegho, Phoyisha Range Cultural Troupe (Pochury)- Khru Pi-PI, Pholami Village Cultural Troupe (Chakhesang)- Ho-u, Mezoma Village Cultural Troupe (Angami)- Sekrenyi Pfhe, Tuensang Village Cultural Troupe (Chang)-Harvesting song, Yehemi Village Cultural Troupe (Sumi)- traditional fire making, Wokha Village Cultural Troupe (Lotha)- folk song, Kachari Cultural Troupe, Purana Bazar (Dimapur)-Baguruma, Sangphur Village Cultural Troupe (Yimchunger)- display of head hunting, Nsong Village Cultural Troupe (Zeliang)- Folk song, Orangkong Village Cultural Troupe (Longleng, Phom)- Eiyai Lungbo, Ekranipathar Village Cultural Troupe (Dimapur) Garo- Rugala Chokra or Rugala dance, Pathso Nokeng Cultural Troupe (Khiamniungan)- folk song while Angangba Village Cultural Troupe (Sangtam) will display weaving of clothes folk dance.

Meanwhile, Greased Bamboo Pole Climbing will take place from 12:00 noon onwards.

caught and kept under the watchful eye of the Morung occupants.

The display of animal heads in front of the individual’s house signifies a feast given to the villagers by an individual. Displaying this animal heads in the present day Morung is to preserve the traditional heritage for its significance.

During a particular festival, all the men folk of the village cut branches of trees and plant them at the premises of the Morung to cast away the evil spirits and bring rich harvest for the year.

The warriors whoever brings head of men and tigers are revered as trophies and they had to stay for five days and nights in the Morung.

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he second day of the Hornbill Festival 2016, witnessed the North-East cultural day with performances and colorful dances by the cultural troupes from the eight North- Eastern states.

The North-East cultural day was graced by Secretary to Higher Education, Government of India, Vinay Sheel Oberio, IAS as chief guest. The programme was organized by the North –East zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) Dimapur under the Theme” culturally yours” with an Native Trax Society Music Awards aim to highlight the rich and vibrant cultures of the Native Trax Society Music Awards have been sched- region uled on December 3 at NEZCC Complex, Dimapur. It will Troupes from all the start from 5:30 PM. eight North-Eastern states

enthralled the gathering with their unique dances.

One of the dances performed to crowd’s delight was the Yak Chham Dance of the Sikkim troupe. The dance depicts the movements of the yak and the simple eyestyle of the herdsmen in the mountains.

Overview of the dances performed included Assam: Bardoishikla Dance (B o do Community), Arunachal Pradesh: NunuPipi (Adi Community), Manipur: Lai- haraoba Dance, Meghalaya: Harvest Dance (Khasi Community), Mizoram: Cheraw, Nagaland: Khupililie, Sikkim: Yak Chham Dance and Tripura: Mamita Dance.

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MDCA XI beats ADC Mkba XI in exhibition match

Players of MDCA XI and ADC Mangkolemba XI along with officials pose for a group photo before the silver jubilee commemoratory exhibition match of the MDCA and ADC Mangkolemba Hq at Kumpani Ground, Mangkolemba on Friday, December 2.

Morung Express News Mangkolemba | December 2

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Continuing its Silver Jubilee preparatory affairs, the Mokokchung District Cricket Association (MDCA) today successfully played its second exhibition match with ADC Mangkolemba XI at Kumpani Ground here today.

The exhibition matches being initiated by the MDCA are being played on the theme “Instilling Aspirations” with an aim to promote cricket and to highlight the successes and milestones of the Cricket Association.

In an exciting and evenly contested match between the two teams, the MDCA XI ultimately emerged the victors by beating theirs opponents by 29 runs.

Electing to bat first after winning the toss, the MDCA XI started their inning slowly.

However, as the middle order batsmen took charge, the game shifted to the advantage of the visitors as batsman Meyazungba hit the ball to all corners of the ground and scored a total of 38 runs; the highest run scored by an individual in the match.

The ADC Mangkolemba XI also tormented the visitors especially with their star bowler Kika who took four wickets. He took three wickets in one over thereby balancing the match to some extent. But the visitors finished their twenty over inning with a comfortable 147 runs for the loss of nine wickets.

ADC Mangkolemba XI run-chase started off in the worse manner possible as they lost wickets cheaply in the first five overs. Some superb display of bowling by

Sachin and immaculate fielding during the first ten overs put the home team in a tight corner. However, with the entry of the middle order batsmen, with some boundaries and sixes, the scorecard for the home team seemed to improve. But, veteran MDCA player, Talikaba started blowing and wrecked havoc as he took four wickets, some of them, very crucial ones. As the remaining overs depleted, the home team had to be content with 118/9 conceding the game to the visitors who won by 29 runs.

Meyazungba of MDCA XI (highest run scorer) and Longkitsung of ADC Mangkolemba XI were jointly adjudged the men of the match.

Meanwhile, the Mangkolemba ADC, Imtiwapang Aier expressed happiness for playing the exhibition match at Mangkolemba and at the same time congratulated the MDCA for achieving its 25th year milestone.

He also informed that the Mangkolemba ADC Headquarter is celebrating its yearlong Silver Jubilee celebration at Mangkolemba which will culminate on December 9 with Chief Minister TR Zeliang as the chief guest. In this regard, he invited the officials of the MDCA to also partake in the Mangkolemba ADC Hq jubilee celebration.

The MDCA president, Er Chubatoshi expressed heartfelt gratitude to the ADC Mangkolemba and all his subordinates for making the exhibition match a grand success. He also informed that the next exhibition match will be played at SDO Hq Changtongya and ADC Hq Tuli.

India-Myanmar-Thailand friendship motor rally culminates

KOhima, December 2 (DiPr): The India Myanmar Thailand Friendship Motor Rally organized in view of the Trilateral Motor Vehicle Agreement between the three countries, which started from New Delhi on November 13 reached Bangkok on December 2.

The rally consists of participants from Delhi, Ranchi, West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur of India and from Myanmar and Thailand. The rally was organized by the India Chamber of Commerce

and Kalinga Motor Sports Association and supported by MORTH Government of India. The participating State Governments are Nagaland, Manipur and West Bengal.

Hiazu Meru and Kethosituo Sekhose are representing the State of Nagaland.

The rally was organized to create awareness on the motor ability of the road, encourage cultural and trade ties including tourism. A closing function was held at Bangkok today with the Indian Ambassador to Thailand as the Chief Guest.

Rosberg stuns Formula One with retirement bombshell

LONDON, December 2 (reuters): Nico Rosberg stunned Formula One on Friday with the shock announcement that he was retiring only days after achieving his lifetime ambition by winning his first world championship with Mercedes.

"From the moment when the destiny of the title was in my own hands, the big pressure started and I began to think about ending my racing career if I became world champion," the German said on Facebook.

"On Sunday morning in Abu Dhabi, I knew that it could be my last race and that feeling cleared my head before the start. I wanted to enjoy every part of the experience, knowing it might be the last time," the 31-year-old added.

"I took my decision on Monday evening," added the driver, who had given no previous indication of his intentions and had been at the team factory in Brackley on Thursday after a trip to his German birthplace of Wiesbaden.

Rosberg, who was due to attend the governing FIA's gala prize-giving in Vienna later on Friday along with team mate and triple world champion Lewis Hamilton, did not say what he planned to do next.

He will leave with a record of 23 wins in 206 races and as only the second son of a champion to take the title, following in the footsteps of 1982 winner and father Keke.

Rosberg was also the first German driver to win the Formula One champi-

Mercedes' Formula One World Champion Nico Rosberg of Germany speaks during a news conference as he announces his retirement in Vienna, Austria December 2. (REUTERS)

onship in a German car.

"Since 25 years in racing, it has been my dream, my ‘one thing’ to become Formula One World Champion. Through the hard work, the pain, the sacrifices, this has been my target.

And now I’ve made it," he said.

"I have climbed my mountain, I am on the peak, so this feels right. My strongest emotion right now is deep gratitude to everybody who supported

me to make that dream happen."

His sudden departure leaves a vacancy that any driver on the grid would fight for, Mercedes being the most dominant team in the sport with 19 wins in 21 races this season.

They have won the drivers' and constructors' titles for the past three years in a row and will start next season, despite significant rule changes, as favourites again.

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff hailed a "brave move" and said it was "testament to the strength of his character".

"The clarity of his judgement meant I accepted his decision straight away when he told me," he added. Wolff said Mercedes would take time to evaluate their options.

Ronaldinho, Riquelme offer to play for Chapecoense LONDON, December 2 (aGeNcies): Brazilian football great Ronaldinho is ready to come out of retirement to play for Chapecoense in an effort to help rebuild the club after the devastating plane crash in Colombia on Monday night killed the majority of their squad, coaching team and club staff.

71 people died in the crash in the mountainous region near Medellin in Colombia, including 19 first-team members, with Chapecoense travelling across the continent for their Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional. The funerals of the Chapecoense players will take place later today, with FIFA President Gianni Infantino travelling to Brazil to attend after postponing his trip to Australia for the women’s Under-20s World Cup, and thousands of fans have taken part in three days of national mourning across the country. Brazilian clubs have already united to offer Chapecoense player on loan for free, while a request has also been made to rule them exempt from relegation for the next three years.

In an effort to help out the club, both Ronaldinho and former Argentina international Juan Roman Riquelme are reported to be willing to sign for the club and help them out in a desperate time of need.

Ronaldinho’s agent and brother, Roberto Assis, confirmed that the former Brazil international is ready to help out the club in any way possible, though he did stress that no talks have been held.

“It is a very difficult time,” Assis told Globo Esporte.

“Later on, if there is a contact, we can talk." “I can only say that we are here and we want to help."

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