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Indian army soldiers take position on a road overlooking an army barrack during a gun-battle with suspected rebels in Gingal, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) north of Srinagar on December 5. Militants in disputed Kashmir attacked an Indian army camp Friday, triggering a fierce gun-battle that left more than 10 Indian troops and at least six suspected assailants dead, officials said. (AP Photo)

SrINAgAr, DEcEmbEr 5 (IANS): It was a day of terror in Kashmir as 21 people, including eight army men, were killed and at least 10 injured Friday in a string of brazen militant strikes, days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally here for the staggered assembly elections.

Heavily armed militants attacked an army camp and a police checkpost, besides hurling a grenade at a posse of security personnel at three places. A smoke grenade also went off at a fourth place.

Modi is to address an election rally in Srinagar Monday.

The state is in the midst of the five-phase assembly elections, with the next phase scheduled for Dec 9. The polls began Nov 25 and end Dec 20, with the vote count to be held Dec 23.

Modi condemned the attacks as “desperate attempts” to sabotage the polls. “Attacks

in Jammu and Kashmir are condemnable. They are desperate attempts to derail the atmosphere of hope and goodwill as seen by increased voter turnout,” he tweeted.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh slammed Pakistan for the serial terror attacks and demanded that it should stop these incidents. The home minister told TV reporters in New Delhi that Pakistan gives shelter to terrorists and its result is violence in the Kashmir Valley. “Pakistan gives shelter to terrorists, it should answer for that,” he said. “If Pakistan can’t stop these incidents, they should speak to India about it.”

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the terror attacks Friday “once again show the desperate levels militants will go to disrupt peace and normalcy”. He described it as “a terrible day” and said in a tweet: “Four attacks and a number of deaths - security

forces & innocent civilians killed in the valley today.”

Eight army men, including a senior officer, and three policemen were killed Friday battling a group of heavily armed militants who mounted an audacious attack on the army camp in Baramulla district. All the six rebels were killed. Lt.Col. Sankalp Kumar and a junior commissioned officer were among the soldiers killed in the pre-dawn terror attack at the army’s Field Ordnance Camp located at Mohra, near the border town of Uri. The group of militants sneaked close to the army camp and struck at 3 a.m., but they met with stiff resistance at the camp’s main gate. The sentries on duty heard the gunshots and challenged the rebels who were armed with automatic weapons and hand grenades. A senior police officer told IANS, eight soldiers and three policemen were

killed in the attack. The gun battle was now over.

There are differing accounts of whether the militants managed to enter the army camp.

An officer said that they did enter, but the attack was repulsed, while another said the gunfight was confined to the main gate of the camp.

Quick Response Teams (QRTs) were “rushed to the site after the militants attacked the camp. The militants opened fire at one of the QRT vehicles on the main road, killing an officer and two soldiers”, the officer said.

Even as the gun battle was dying down in Uri, a report came in of a terror attack on a police checkpost in Srinagar Friday.

The separatist guerrillas attacked the police checkpost in Soura area, about 10 km from Srinagar city centre Lal Chowk.

A senior police officer told IANS that in the gunfight that followed, two militants were killed. One militant was killed immediately and the other who tried to hide in a house in the area also was killed in the ensuing gunfight.

The third terror attack took place in south Kashmir’s Tral town, 45 km from here, where two persons were killed and 10 others were injured when a grenade hurled by militants exploded.

“Militants lobbed a grenade towards a posse of security forces in Tral town today (Friday) afternoon. The grenade exploded on the road, injuring 12 civilians, of whom two died,” a senior police officer told IANS here.

The report of the fourth terror attack was sketchy. It was not clear whether a grenade attack took place at a police station in Shopian, with the police maintaining that only a smoke grenade went off.

NEW DELHI, DEcEmbEr 5 (PTI): Reiterating the promise of 24x7 electricity to all by 2019, power minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said use of information technology will help in achieving the target. “IT-enabled smart grids can have tremendous impact on the energy sector in India — right from power generation to power consumption.

We will ensure that all Indians have 24x7 electricity

by March 2019,” Goyal said while addressing the inaugural session of Digital India Conclave 2014. The minister said the government is committed to preventing widespread coal thefts by use of CCTV cameras.

NEW DELHI, DEcEm- sar or nearby Gurdaspur, launched an investigation, where hundreds of milbEr 5 (AP): Authorities in Punjab state, said Ab- and detained at least one lions of poor people without access to doctors or ordered an investigation hinav Trikha, a top official doctor in Gurdaspur.

Every year, thousands health insurance are forced Friday after at least 24 poor in Gurdaspur. Some of the and elderly people went patients reported this week of people, especially in ru- to seek treatment at mediblind following cataract that they’d lost their eye- ral areas without proper cal camps because of poor surgeries performed at a sight or were suffering in- health facilities, under- services and corruption at NEW DELHI, DEcEm- free medical camp run by fections, top Amritsar offi- go cataract operations in government hospitals. medical camps held by Last month, 13 women bEr 5 (IANS): Prime Min- a charity in northern India. cial Ravi Bhagat said.

Doctors in Amritsar health authorities and wel- died after allegedly taking The operations were ister Narendra Modi told tainted drugs after underparliament Friday that his performed in early No- were treating some of the fare groups.

The case once again going simple sterilization government was working vember on 130 patients patients on Friday, but said to give shape to an institu- who were all older than 50 it was unlikely any would re- highlighted the perilous surgeries in the central tion that will work in place and living in either Amrit- gain their sight. Police have state of health care in India, state of Chhattisgarh. of the Planning Commission and he will discuss the issue with the chief ministers at a meeting here Dec 7.

Modi’s remarks in the Lok Company of Britain not because of ment and Naga People’s Convention Sabha came in response political aspiration but because of whose contributions gave birth to to a question whether the her religious assertion.”

Statehood,” the NTC maintained that government had received Further, it stated that she faced “there is absolutely no justification suggestions to restructure the Planning Commission. KoHImA, DEcEmbEr 5 “challenges from conversion of her for the State Govt. of Nagaland to give He said consultations were (mExN): The Nagaland Tribes followers to Christianity which she such recognition to Gaidinliu over a Council (NTC) has stated that there being held with people is “no justification” for the State found to be a threat to her Cult.” In host of genuine bona-fide pioneers of that, the NTC maintained that “The modern Nagaland.” who had interest in the sub- Government to give recognition to kind of culture to her Cult is alien to The NTC found “highly provokject and who had knowl- Gaidinliu over “genuine bona-fide animism not to speak of Christianity.” ing” the demand of ‘Heraka followedge. “Efforts are being pioneers of modern Nagaland.”

Under no circumstances, asserted ers’ of a “huge size metal statue of made for a new structure,” In a press release from its media cell the NTC, will it “allow” Nagaland to be Gaidinliu to be installed at Dimapur he said. The prime minis- on December 4, the NTC stated that “converted into a launching pad for Airport naming after her, installation ter said there was thinking “While giving such recognition to a non such Cult as Heraka or alien culture of of the same statue in front of the Muwithin the plan panel also indigenous person, the State has done Idol worship. The Nagas at no point of seum at Kohima, placing the portrait time were ruled by any Raja/Rani or of the Cult leader inside the Assembly on the need for change. injustice to the leaders of the State.”

It pointed out that the State Gov- idolized any Hero and worship.”

Hall of NLA etc.” The ‘Heraka follow“The chief ministers have The NTC remained disgruntled ers,’ the Council stated, “are taking been called here Dec 7. I ernment of Nagaland with 60 MLAs will discuss with them,” he from Nagaland State has given that in the 51 years of statehood, Naga- all unthinkable advantages now besaid. Members of the Con- “much priority to keep the memory land has not honoured any “son of the cause of the Nagaland Government gress and several other op- of Gaidinliu by building a Memorial soil” by installing “even a bust of indi- giving recognition to Rongmei as a Hall at Kohima at the cost of state’s position parties were not in exchequer.” The NTC wondered vidual not to speak of that magnitude tribe in Nagaland.” of memorial building costing more It cautioned citizens that, “a kind the house when the prime what are “considered” as the “con- than Rs. 9 crores in the State Capital.” of persecution of not physical but minister spoke. Modi had tributions” of Gaidinliu to the “cause “Such tribute to be paid to any of psychological in nature is being said in his Independence of Naga National Movement or the leader of the state should be a person intensively inflicted upon our faith Day address that times had movement of Nagaland Statehood?” of extra ordinary eminence whose knowing the greed for power and frachanged since the PlanAccording to the NTC, Gaidinliu sacrifices for fellow Nagas of Nagaland gility of our people over money.” This, ning Commission was cre- “became popular in her Rongmei were extraordinary and cannot be the NTC noted, is a “challenge to the ated and a new institution community to succeed Haipou Jo- matched,” it stated. “Whereas, there citizens to remain united, resist the would be set up “in a short danang as the new Cult leader. She are much more deserving indigenous temptations and overcome the onresisted the invasion of East India leaders of both Naga National Move- slaught through prayers and action.” span of time”.

Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Police registers Suo moto criminal case against former Director of Horticulture Morung Express news Dimapur | December 5

Nagaland State Vigilance officials searched the residences of Nagaland Agriculture Minister, Dr. N Benjongliba Aier on December 5 in Kohima. It was in connection with corruption charges levelled against the Minister during his tenure as Mission Director of Horticulture Technology Mission. The search was conducted simultaneously at two locations.

According to information received from sources, the searches were carried out at the Minister’s official quarters and private residence on early morning Friday.

The Minister was at his official quarters at the time. The State Vigilance team initially encountered resistance from the Minister, who was displeased by the unannounced early morning intrusion but later cooperated, the sources said of the search. Another team of officials searched his private residence.

“When raids are conducted, definitely some documents are collected for scrutiny,” the sources said on the articles sought by the Vigilance officials for enquiry. Queried on the nature of the documents collected, the sources said that it cannot be divulged at this stage.

This comes in the backdrop of the opposition Congress recently raising the issue of financial irregularities involving Dr. Benjongliba in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly. Sources, however, maintained that it was not a direct outcome of the issue raised in the Assembly but a result of information put together from “news publications and other sources.” According to the North East Press Service (NEPS), State Chief Minister TR Zeliang was

not taken into confidence before the search operation took place.

An NEPS report quoted an unnamed “senior minister” as stating that there is “strong suspicion the directives for the raids came from Delhi’s corridors.” The Minister was quoted as stating that now no minister would feel secure under Zeliang’s government and expressed apprehension that anybody could be “raided” anytime. The report further quoted another source as informing that the CBI might conduct a series of probes into the State Lotteries and the Oil Exploration issues in Nagaland by January 2015.

IGP and Director, Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, JI Yaden confirmed the day’s events in a press release. “The Vigilance & AntiCorruption Police Station has registered a suo moto criminal case based on the media reports against Dr. N. Benjongliba Aier, former Director Horticulture and Mission Director, Horticulture Technology Mission,” the release stated. “Simultaneous search” was conducted on December 5 “at both his residences at Kohima to collect more material evidence,” the release said, adding that the “materials” which have been seized during the search operations are under scrutiny. As per the NEPS report, some documents and computers were the materials seized.

The case, it informed further, was registered after scrutiny of documents “made available” which points to “the alleged involvement in the misappropriation and misutilization” of funds under the Horticulture Technology Mission during the period 2008 – 2009 to 2012 – 13.

The release clarified that Dr. Benjongliba Aier was not arrested “as he is expected to co-operate with the investigations.” The raid was carried out under the supervision of Oponlumi, Addl. SP, Vigilance, and other members of the Vigilance Team, with security cover provided by the SP Kohima.

24 go blind after cataract surgery Modified LPG scheme from Jan 1, 2015

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Morung Express news Dimapur | December 5

Starting January 1, 2015, the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG) will launch its flagship programme - Modified Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG Subsidy (DBTL) - in the entire country.

This was announced by officials of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Tinsukia, during a meeting with LPG dealers and distributors in Dimapur on Friday. In the meeting, the IOC officials explained in detail the salient features of the Modified DBTL scheme and how to assist customers to join the scheme.

According to an IOC Ltd. press release, the DBTL scheme was first launched on June 1, 2013, which covered 291 districts. The Modified (DBTL) scheme was launched in 54 districts of the country on November 15, 2014, in the first phase and it will be launched in the rest of the country on January 1, 2015.

The major changes in the modified scheme designed to enhance consumer convenience are: • Consumers who do not have Aadhaar number can avail LPG subsidy and cash will be sent directly in their bank accounts • Consumers who are not CTC (cash transfer compliance) will get 3 month ‘Grace Period’ during which time they will receive the cylinders at subsidized rate. After the

grace period, they will get an additional period of 3 months as ‘Parking Period’. During the parking period, they will have to buy cylinders at the market rate. If a consumer joins the scheme within the parking period, the subsidy as per entitlement and consumption during parking period will be transferred to his/ her bank account.

• The permanent advance is paid in the bank account of consumers as soon as they make the first booking for a cylinder after joining the scheme, prior to the delivery. This advance ensures that LPG consumers have extra cash to pay for the first cylinder at market price.

DBTL is designed to ensure that the benefit meant for the genuine domestic customers reaches them directly and is not diverted.

The scheme also ensures that public money is saved.

As part of improvements to the scheme, consumers will receive SMSs at every stage of enrolment in the scheme.

Consumers who had joined the scheme earlier and received cash subsidy in their bank accounts do not need to do anything further. To confirm, they can check their CTC status on www.MyLPG.in.

LPG customers who do not wish to avail the LPG subsidy can choose to opt out of subsidy. They can register and exercise this option on www.MyLPG.in.

“Around 9,000 citizens have already voluntarily

given up the LPG subsidy thereby freeing up crores of fund for their less privileged brethren,” the release stated.

On the process for joining the modified DBTL scheme, the release stated that LPG consumers who have Aadhaar number must provide their Aadhaar number to LPG distributor using Form 2 and to the Bank using Form 1.

If the LPG customer does not have Aadhaar number, he or she can give details to LPG distributor in Form 4 or give 17-digit LPG ID to the Bank using Form 3.

For three months, between January 1 and March 31, 2015, LPG consumers who have not joined the scheme will continue to get the cylinder at subsidized price.

Between April 1 and June 30, 2015, LPG consumers who are still yet to join the scheme will start getting the cylinder at market price and the cash admissible will be parked with the Oil Marketing Companies. If they join the scheme within this three month period, the parked cash would be sent to their bank account, else it will lapse, the release stated.

“From July 1, 2015, consumers who have still not joined the scheme will get the cylinder at market price, and cash subsidy will not be admissible.

Any consumer can join the scheme after June 30, 2015, and he/she will get permanent advance and cash subsidy with prospective affect as per entitlement,” the release added.

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Nagaland Peace Centre (NPC) chairman N. Theyo today inaugurated a newly constructed building of Thenyizumi Village Council (TVC). Thenyizumi village near Chetheba town under Phek district, lies around 56 km from state capital Kohima.

Speaking on the occasion, Theyo said one should look back to our past and cherish, preserve and continue with the legacy of building a united, peaceloving and strong village “because where discord and dissension is prevalent, it hampers progress and development.”

Theyo, a former minister, said the land of Thenyizumi village, which has been so wisely and strategically chosen by the founding fathers has been blessed with nature’s gift and peace loving people, adding that it has been known that friendly relations existed with

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meeting and also stressed on the need to review the reports and status of departmental activities.

Officers from Finance, Land Resources, Social Welfare, Roads & Bridges, Food & Civil Supplies, Veterinary, Sericulture, SIRD and RD presented their status report including their achievements and challenges.

Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio emphasized on the importance of having a road map to be given to all departments so as to enhance future developmental works and also requested that timely and regular supply of goods to the beneficiaries must be ensured under Food and Civil supplies. Being a welfare state, Rio also stressed on doing justice to everyone.

The District Level Vigi-

lance & Monitoring Committee (DLV&MC) meeting, which was chaired by the Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio highlighted on the recently launched Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). He stated that Seluophe Village under Dimapur district was selected based on population, lack of infrastructure, health and education facilities etc. in this regard, he requested all departments to fully cooperate and extend all possible help in developing the Village as a model village.

Being the first Meeting of both State and district level, he observed it a good start and requested all members to give due importance to the Meeting.

It may be mentioned that Vigilance & Monitoring Committees (VMC) are constituted by the Ministry with a view to fulfill the objective of ensuring quality of expenditure, particularly in the context of large public funds being spent under the Ministry of Rural Development.

Others members present include Namri Chang, MLA, Eshak Konyak, MLA, Imtikimzuk, MLA, R. Tohanba, Parliamentary Secretary, Jacob Zhimomi, Parliamentary Secretary, Khriehu Liezietsu, Parliamentary besides Deputy Commissioners and Officers from member departments.

such bold action coupled with the non-existence of any allegiance to any particular faction had keep the village from being burnt down even once nor was there any instance of firing by the Naga armies.

“Nonetheless, the village joined the Naga national freedom movement by becoming a safe haven for national workers to take shelter from the Assam Police and Indian Army who were always on their outlook. Amongst many who

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Kohima | December 5

The Little Flower Hr. Secondary School, Kohima celebrated its Golden Jubilee on December 5 at the school premise with PB Acharya, Governor of Nagaland as the chief guest and Dr. Neikesalie Kire, Minister for Environment, Forest and Wildlife and Rev. Sr. Elizabeth George, Provincial, Salesian Sisters, Province of Guwahati as the guests of honour.

Impressed with the dedication, invaluable and moral values of the school, the Governor stated that the government should set up more schools like LFHSS in the other districts too. The Governor lauded the powerful presentations by the students and felt that the Government of Nagaland should encourage the establishment of more schools as the Little Flower School, instead of sending its children outside the states to study.

He expressed that education is wholesome only when it empowers a child for the empowerment of the state and the country. “Education empowers you. However getting a degree or passing out in higher secondary is not the end,” said PB

Theyo and others during the inauguration of Thenyizumi Village Council building on December 5. (Morung Photo)

neighbouring villages and even beyond.

He maintained that the credit for the unity and integrity of the village goes to the magnificent leaders and elders of the village who are one and united to keep the village safe and protected.

‘During the Indo-Naga conflict, their courage and concern for the village has initiated them to have dialogue with both the army and the state administration,” he said adding that

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Students of Little Flower Hr. Secondary School, Kohima release balloons in significance of the Golden Jubilee celebration held on December 5. (Morung Photo)

Acharya emphasizing that it is one’s duty to make the society and nation prosperous by making use of the knowledge acquired. “Nagaland has the capacity to make the best institutions,” added the Governor and urged the people to take up the challenge to make it a vibrant and peaceful Nagaland.

Dr. Neikesalie Kire while lauding the staff of LFHSS for making the jubilee a successful one, also thanked the school for their contribution to the Naga society where the school has pro-

duced excellent results and influential leaders in Nagaland. The Minister asserted that girls are doing much better than men, he requested them to keep it up and further stressed on the need to appreciate the skills and efforts of the children.

Dr. Kire also challenged the past students of the school to contribute back to the school and suggested that the school to set up a website so that past students can meet and interact.

Special dances, songs, cultural renditions, march

pasts were performed by the students of LFHSS from UKG till the class 12.

Situated at Aradura Kohima, LFHSS was established on May 14, 1964, by the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco with the help of the Government of Nagaland. The English Medium School started off as Little Flower School in Chandmari with a small cottage of 4 rooms with 350 children from Nursery to Class four and was later named as Kohima English School.

In 2003, the school was

upgraded to higher secondary in Arts Stream. It was further upgraded to Science and Commerce stream in 2013 and the school now has a total strength of 2400 students and 80 staffs.

The second day of the Golden Jubilee Celebration will be held on December 6 with Neiphiu Rio, MP, Lok Sabha as chief guest and Yitachu, Parliamentary Secretary of School Education and Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima as the Guests of Honor.

‘Continue legacy of building a united and strong village’ Phek timber traders back NTTU

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Kohima, December 5 (mexN): State Level Vigilance & Monitoring Committee (SLV&MC) and District Level Vigilance & Monitoring Committee (DLV&MC) meetings were held consecutively on December 5 at RD Directorate Conference Hall, Kohima.

Rural Development, Director, Metsubo Jamir in a press release stated that the State Level Vigilance & Monitoring Committee (SLV&MC) meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Minister for RD, CL John, who welcomed all the members present.

V. Sakhrie, Commissioner & Secretary who is also the member Secretary of SLV&MC, thanked Neiphiu Rio, MP Lok Sabha and Khekiho Zhimomi, MP Rajya Sabha for initiating the

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Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting conducted Little Flower Hr Sec School celebrates Golden Jubilee

Vigilance & Monitoring Committee meeting underway at RD Directorate Conference Hall, Kohima held on December 5.

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took refuge in the village, mention can be made of JB Josokie and Th Muivah.

Many villagers provided food and lodging and I remember my own father Late Yotswii had contributed a bull and paddy for the cause,” Theyo said.

He also told the gathering that, in 1917, two young men from the village Veswii Theyo and Niiriiyi Theyo, sons of Poritso Theyo, were selected and enlisted by the British Government to be part of a contingent of Naga

called Labour Corps during the Ist World War. They were taken to Versailles, Paris and served there for about a year and returned home in 1918.

“Their experience and involvement is a pride not only for themselves or the village but the Nagas as a whole,” he said.

Theyo continued that the good relationship that the village has been endowed with is evident from the various developments that has taken place in and around the village over the years.

Roads, electricity, playground, medical facilities, water supply, school etc are all the benefits harvested from good leadership, he said. “Today’s politics is infested with petty politics. The village should not be troubled and bothered with such type of politics,” he told the villagers.

Earlier, the function was chaired by Thenyizu VDB secretary Puthiyi Kezo while Thenyizu village council chairman Siiliipoyi Swiho delivered welcome address.

Morung Express News Dimapur | December 5

The Phek District Timber Association (PDTA) has extended full support and cooperation to the demand of Nagaland Timber Trader’s Union (NTTU) for setting up of a committee to oversee allocation of train wagons for transportation of timber and moulded beats.

PDTA in a press statement issued by the association’s president, Sanyi Dukru, hit out at the manner in which genuine local tree farmers and timber traders were presently deprived of their rights due to alleged “manipulation by some vested interests and selling of wagons by the Forest minister.”

The association questioned the state government on the reasons why it is not setting up the proposed committee, which would mitigate the plight

of timber traders and farmers.

PDTA lamented that despite numerous appeals and exposure of corrupt practices of some people in authority by NTTU, the general public, Naga political groups and leading NGOs have chosen to remain as silent spectators. “NTTU had earlier submitted representation even to ACAUT on issue of malpractices in allocation of wagons but so far the grievances of local tree farmers and timber traders have not been addressed”, PDTA said.

PDTA argued that when the Forest Department was getting substantial revenue from timber traders and tree farmers, there is no reason for any authority to take “extra bribe.” It said Naga public as a whole should wake up to fight corrupt practices.

“Wagons should be allo-

cated to genuine timber traders and tree farmers.

The point is wagons should not be sold”, the association stated.

Further, PDTA appealed to the Governor of Nagaland to take prompt and necessary action on the memorandum submitted by NTTU to the Governor for setting up of a committee to oversee allocation of wagons for transportation of timber.

Meanwhile, PDTA also clarified to a statement issued by the Nagaland Tree Farmers’ & Traders’ Forum (NTFTF). “This is for general information of all concerned that members of PDTA, which is affiliated to NTTU, include both timber traders and tree farmers. It may be noted that in the past NTTU and its units have also undertaken tree planting projects for welfare of local tree farmers”, the association added.

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Carnival to celebrate Medical team evaluates health units under Peren dist ‘Bamboo, Art, Food & Music’ PereN, December 5 (mexN): A medical team comprising of Dr. Ngangshimeren, CMO, Dr. Tiala, Dy CMO, Dr. Khrielasanuo, DPO RCH/UIP, Dr. Limatula, DPO NVBDCP, Dr. Yartenla, DPO RNTCP, NHM staff under Chief Medical Office, Peren visited health units under Peren district from October 25 to November 26 to monitor and evaluate the units.

A press release from Celine Secü, Media Officer, CMO Office Peren, informed that during the visit, the team monitored and supervised on various fields such as manpower status, physical infrastructure, equipments, essential drugs and supplies, quality pa-

rameter of the facility, records and registers maintenance, service delivery. The team also monitored functioning of village health committee, display of charts, banners, poster maps indicating village and habitat, AWC, ASHA & places of importance under the jurisdiction of the health unit.

In the course of duty, the team interacted with the medical staff and provided inputs in up-scaling the services catered to the people.

The team also voiced out certain gaps that needs to be crosschecked.

District monitoring and evaluation team, officials from medical department Peren at Heningkunglwa PHC.

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Chairman, NBDA, Amenba Yaden, visiting one of the stalls at the ongoing ‘Hornbill Bamboo PereN, December 5 Carnival’ at Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre, Sovima, Friday. (Morung Photo) (mexN): The Chief MediMorung Express News Dimapur | December 5

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The second edition of ‘Hornbill Bamboo Carnival’ organized by Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NDBA) kicked off Friday at the Bamboo Amphitheatre, Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre, Sovima, with chairman, NBDA, Amenba Yaden, MLA, as the chief guest of the inaugural function.

The 3-day carnival is celebrated under the theme “Bamboo, Art, Food & Music.” The chief guest in his address said bamboo has been integral to the life of Nagas and continues to lay a dominant role in every

aspect of Naga life ranging from agriculture tools, shelter, food and livelihood.

Yaden said due to human greed and unthoughtful exploitation of natural resources like timber, forest covers are depleting year by year and its takes very long years for regeneration of forests.

“However, in Nature’s bounty we have alternative resource in Bamboo. Bamboo qualifies to be a viable alternative of wood as timber, which can be harvested in 4-6 years”, he said.

On the looming threat of climate change and global warming, the NBDA chairman said bamboo forests play an important role in car-

bon sequestration and help mitigate global warming.

Yaden further said that the main objective of organizing the bamboo carnival is to create awareness among all sections of society on how to judiciously use Nature’s gift of bamboo resource and the new technological advancements taking place around the world with regard to use of the “wonder plant.”

The NBDA chairman also visited the various stalls display bamboo handicrafts, furniture, decorative and indigenous crafts.

Other attractions of the carnival include food courts and live music concerts every evening.

cal Office, Peren district under the chairmanship of Dr. Tiala Longkumer, Dy. CMO, Peren held it’s District Review Meeting cum Advent Christmas on December 5 at IDSP Conference Hall, Chief Medical Office, Peren. Medical Superintendent, District Programme Officers, Medical Officers and Health workers attended the meeting.

Dr. Tiala welcomed and conveyed Christmas greetings to all the members present. She asserted on the sincerity and punctuality at work and proper reDuring the Advent Christmas celebration, CMO staff Peren presented special number. porting. She also highlightvice that has been rendered that there is gap in reported the names of the Health improvement.

CMO Dr. Ngangshime- and that duties and func- ing and poor performance Units who are not performing and pointed out the ar- ren urged everyone to reit- tions of every individual because of failure to be in eas where there is need for erate and reflect on the ser- is important. He also said place of posting. He also

called upon all categories of staff to cooperate and learn from each other.

Dr. Khrielasanuo, DPO RCH/UIP stressed on the upcoming IPPI, which will be held from January 18 to 20, and February 22 to 24.

The next review meeting was fixed on January 7.

Thereafter, a short program Advent Christmas was held. Dr. Khrielasanuo, DPO RCH/UIP chaired the program; the invocation prayer was said by Dr. Imchatoshi, MO Azailong PHC. Dr. Atsungla, Medical Superintendent exhorted the gathering and short speech was given by CMO. A special number was given by the CMO staff Peren.

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Mizoram's new alcohol law to be implemented strictly

AIzAwl, December 5 (enS): Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana on Friday refuted pointed criticism of the state’s new alcohol law saying the government is not interested in liquor revenue and that if it was, it would not put in place a permit system for consumers.

The Home Minister, who also holds the Excise portfolio under which Mizoram’s new law to allow the sale and consumption (albeit under strict regulation) of liquor after 18 years of total prohibition, also warned department officials of potentially strict disciplinary actions in case of any lapses in enforcing the new law, expected to come into full force in a few months.

“If we did covet alcohol tax as some critics are

claiming, we would not have included provisions in the law that would make it necessary for consumers to first obtain permits. We would have allowed it for anyone to buy liquor and not set an age limit,” Lalzirliana said.

One of the reasons for allowing the sale of alcohol in spite of strong opposition from the powerful Church and NGOs, he claimed, was because Mizos in general end up drinking uncontrollably once they are outside the state and in places where prohibition is not in force.

He claimed that many youngsters who travelled outside the state to compete even for positions in central security agencies end up ineligible because they drink too much once outside the

state. He maintained that the state government’s move to invite recruiters for such bodies to conduct tests within Mizoram has yielded some success in that many youngsters get to make the cut since they are not enamoured by the lure of alcohol.

Responding to the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Service Association president T Lalramzauva’s contention that the department is running on roughly four-fifths of its sanctioned strength and so rather ill-equipped to enforce the stringent rules of the new law, Lalzirliana said the law empowers any citizen to enforce the law and so the department, as nodal agency, has the biggest possible workforce at its disposal.

“It will all be a matter

gUwAhAtI, December 5 (PtI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to ensure that the changes in the NCERT syllabus, as recommended by Bezbaruah Committee on history and culture of Northeastern states, are meaningful.

"The Assam government has to prepare itself to make representations to ensure changes in NCERT syllabus are meaningful in case the Centre decides to update the syllabus as per the recommendations made by the Bezbaruah Committee," Gandhi said in a recent letter to Gogoi.

She also pointed out that in the event the Centre does not act on the Bezbaruah Committee recommendations, the Congress-governed states in the northeast "should do whatever is possible to implement them within their own states".

"In the light of what we see to be widespread prejudice and ignorance, which tragically manifests itself in Delhi and elsewhere through

of how well we work with local bodies and community volunteers,” Lalzirliana said, adding he is aware many staff and officials of the department are considered by the general public as those who abet many misdemeanours related to alcohol.

“Unlike other departments we work directly with the public and therefore our image is easily tainted. In the near future we will start enforcing a new, much-criticised law.

If there are lapses on our part, be forewarned that strict disciplinary action will be taken,” the Home Minister said while addressing MENSA members (a body comprising of the department’s field staff from the rank of constables to inspectors) in Aizawl.

violence and discrimination against people of NE origin, I believe there is an urgent need to make people around the country more familiar with the culture, society and history of these areas," she added.

"At the meeting (of Congress parliamentarians from the northeastern states) it was evident that the existing syllabus in your state also does not comprehensively capture NE's history and culture. I would like to urge you to rectify this as soon as possible," she said. Gandhi also urged Gogoi to initiate steps to identify and highlight the contributions of freedom fighters from the region to create an awareness of their contributions within and outside the state.

Gogoi appreciated the initiative of the Congress president to give the northeast regions of the country a rightful and meaningful place in the NCERT syllabus and assured her that prompt steps would be taken in this direction.

Sangai festival helps promote indigenous games ImPhAl, December 5 (AnI): Many indigenous sports were organized in the recently concluded Sangai festival in Manipur to motivate and encourage the young generation.

One such sport organized during the festival is Polo, which is believed to have originated in Manipur.

Known locally as 'sagolkangjei', Polo is preserved by many clubs in Manipur. Teams from across the world enthusiastically come to participate at the annual Sangai festival.

Players from India, Poland, Thailand, United States, South Africa, England, Mongolia and France participated in the 8th edition of Manipur Polo International 2014 held at Mapal Kangjeibung.

The event was organized by Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association.

President of Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association, S. Buddhachandra Singh, said that their main aim is to popularize the game of Polo and develop Polo tourism.

"Our aim and objective is to save Manipuri ponies, to popularize the game of polo at its original place and spread the news to the world that the present day polo originates from our traditional sagol kangjei.

And lastly to develop polo tourism," Singh said.

Bob Leary, a Polo player from USA, said that he very excited to participate in the event and experience the culture of India.

"I coordinated the team

last year and got to know the members of the horse riding and polo association. I put together another team this year. They are a young team and they are very excited to be here and participate in the tournament and experience the culture of your country," Leary said.

Another game organized as a part of the Sangai festival was the traditional Mukna Kangjei or Wrestling Hockey , which is regaining popularity in the state.

The game is played between 2 teams of 7 players each with every player equipped with a bamboo stick about 4 feet in length, which looks like a modern hockey stick.

The game requires players to possess good speed,

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stamina, strength, agility and skills of wrestling.

Many other indigenous sports like Thang-ta, Yubi Lakpi and Mukna were also organized during the Sangai festival.

ShIllong, December 5 (PtI): India's North Eastern states, Bangladesh and Myanmar, have immense potential for greater economic integration, Meghalaya Governor K K Paul said today.

Addressing an international conference on "India's North Eastern States and Eastern Neighbours: Engaging for Connectivity, Culture and Prosperity by An Intelligent Third Space" organised by Asian Confluence here, Paul said North Eastern Region could facili-

tate in carrying forward the 'Look East' or 'Act East' policy of the Centre. "Stronger links to South East Asia via Myanmar would provide tremendous opportunities and greater economic integration," Paul said.

He said that IndiaASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) relations have progressed steadily since 1992 and India is now its strategic partner. Beyond trade, economic cooperation between India and ASEAN has been extended

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to sectors like, tourism, transport and infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, human resource development, science and technology, health and pharmaceuticals, small and medium enterprises, he said. "As far as ASEAN is concerned, enhancing relations between India and Myanmar are crucial to increase involvement of North East India, in the Look East policy.

Myanmar can act as a bridge between India and ASEAN," he said, adding,

improvement in relations with Myanmar, in recent years, is a positive development for the North East, both economically, as well as strategically.

The issues of connectivity have assumed the top priority for North East India, with the rest of the region, as well as intra region, Paul said. He highlighted the importance of connectivity issues for the region such as the access to the inland waterways in Bangladesh and to the seaports in Bangladesh.

GNLA militants fire at cop's residence, no casualty ShIllong, December 5 (PtI): A senior police officer and his family members had a close shave when armed militants attacked his official residence in Meghalayas East Garo Hills district headquarters, police said on Friday.

In a daring attack, militants, suspected to belong to the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), went to the official residence of Additional SP R T G Momin, and fired randomly from AK series rifles damaging the outer walls of the residence last night, SP Davis N R Marak said.

The officer was supervising law and order duty in other areas of the town when the attack took place even as his family members had a narrow

escape through the back entry of the house, the official said.

"The armed militants had planned to detonate a powerful IED through a remote device as soon as the police teams rushed in but our personnel spotted the device concealed in a plastic bag outside the compound," he told PTI. The incident took place at around 9 PM when crowds were out on the streets of Williamnagar celebrating the last day of the winter festival organized by the district administration, they said.

The SP said the district police had received inputs of possible attacks at the winter festival but in view of the strict security apparatus, the mili-

Tripura: Supply from water treatment plants stopped AgArtAlA, December 5 (PtI): Drinking water supply from four water treatment plants in Gomati and Sepahijala districts of Tripura was stopped since yesterday in view of leakage of oil in the Gomati river from a hydel power project, a state minister said today.

"It came to the notice of the government yesterday that there was spill of oil into the River Gomati from a pipe of the Gomati hydroelectricity project at Tirthamukh in Gomati district. The water of the river was immediately tested in the district laboratory, but no contamination was reported. We have collected more samples for testing in the laboratory of the science and technology department here," state minister for supply of Drinking Water and Public Health Engineering, Ratan Bhaumick said.

There are four plants at Amarpur, Udaipur, Sonamura and Melaghar, which lift water from Gomati river, the minister said adding, some oil contents were found in the water of the treatment plants.

Drinking water from adjacent districts was being supplied in tankers in the affected areas and the water from the four plants would start only after complete wash, Bhaumick told reporters. The minister said the leakage took place when one unit of the Gomati Hydro Electricity Project was being repaired by Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd a few days ago, but the spilling has now completely stopped.

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The ganja weighing 1100 kg were seized by the anti-smugling unit of Guwahati customs division early this morning while the truck carrying the banned cough syrup, Phensydyl, hidden inside several cartons of groceries was seized at Barapani last evening. The ganja meant for smuggling to other cities in the country had come from Manipur while the cough syrup consignment was loaded in Patna and was bound for Tripura. The three drivers of the trucks were arrested.

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"Security in Williamnagar was beefed up with frisking of vehicles and commuters making it difficult for the militants to target the festival site and this could have provoked the attack at the officer's house," the SP said.

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was born and brought up from an illiterate and non Christian family. Matriculated in 1972 under Assam Board of Secondary School from the erstwhile Govt.

High School, Kohima. Born again and saved by grace in 1976. Graduated in 1979 under NEHU. Did my B.Ed. in 1982 under NEHU, Shillong and served as Graduate Teacher for 23 years; 2 years as Assistant Head Master; 5 years as Head Master; 1 (one) year as OSD on Academic Affairs; 2 yrs Assistant Director /SDEO/2 yrs as Deputy Director; got promoted to Joint Director on the 9th June, 2014 and worked as the lone Joint Director of School Education for 6 months with 4 months Additional Charge of DEO, Kohima.

All these could be made possible because of the blessing of God, my superiors a very simple support from my family members inspite of many grudges/moral support repelled from both my friends and foes sharpened by my superiors and colleagues, superseded by my juniors since 1980s till 2014. I leave all my grievances and gratitude to my suppressors and well-wishers alike to God for future guidance to my juniors.

My Challenges to the Department of School Education, Nagaland Academic Challenges: Prior to 2000 AD, the system of education and the curricular activities were simple with simple text books and teaching learning process. But with the coming of the 21st century, things have become more complex and sophisticated even in the classroom situation. A good thing or a good book of the past have become less value or irrelevant even in the mind of both teachers and students.

In fact, the traditional way of teaching and even setting textual questions in the examinations have become irrelevant with the coming of computerized lessons/CDs/Power points presentation/mobile phones/mass media and other communication techniques of teaching. But inspite of having all these modern day facilities in education, the present students of today are not getting

real quality or value education.

To handle the ever-increasing knowledge growth in students, teachers of today are more to be prepared with more labour in learning by reading more and listening more to the increasing facilities of learning. I am very much convinced with the quotation given by NCERT, New Delhi in the form of Message to the teachers (quote) “A teacher to be effective should always be a learner. If he ceases himself to be a learner, he ceases himself to be a good teacher. Today, we are growing more and more insensitive to moral values and there is an increase of lawlessness. A teacher should teach by his behavior.

Practice and teaching should go together. We must develop the habit of self-scrutiny and selfdiscipline.”

I am also inspired by another popular saying, which goes like this, “The mistake of a lawyer is filled in the files, the mistake of an Engineer is cemented in the bricks, the mistake of doctor is buried in a grave and the mistake of a teacher is reflected in the nation.”

It means that if our nation or society is not coming up or growing up properly, there is something wrong in our educational system, or teachers are not teaching properly or students are not studying properly.

In fact, education is more than learning to read or write or the 3R’s but a life changing factor or an agent of social change for a better future.

Again I am very much influenced by the educational study report of Late P. Moasosang, the Additional Director of School Education, Nagaland who was sent to China to study the Chinese system of Education in 1986; as given below:The objectives of Chinese system of Education 1. Love of the country, 2. Love of the people, 3. Love of science, 4. Love of Socialist system (for India it should be Love of democratic system) 5. Love of dignity of labour.

Thus, Chinese have become so advanced, self-help nation, eg: largest producer of rice in the world witnessed by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, the previous Prime Minister of India who

spiritism, nominatism and hypocracy in our religious profession. Spiritual rebirth, spiritual growth or living and bearing fruits of the Holy spirit filling and manifestation of the Holy spirit, evangelical in soul winning - as first come first, should be the guiding principle for every Naga Christian to live in joy, peace, liberty, victorious Christian life. But in the absence of these steps taken on priority, shall continue to haunt us with guilty conscience, depression, loneliness, dryness, and defeated life in our Christian living. * Political challenges: There is no fear or nothing wrong to tell our universal/human/ political rights as people.

Also nothing wrong to exercise our franchise/voting right or freedom of expression without suppressing others right. But due to our less narrow outlook or lack of exposure to a civilized world, we remain in our cocoons as if we know everything but not living as a good citizens. * Cultural challenges: We are told that if our society is diluting or losing our culture we will be nowhere even in political existence as people.

The evil culture should be either discarded or contextualized to our Christian living.

We are not to worship culture because it is only a way conduct and manners. Pagan culture should be christened; culture doesn’t mean only songs, dances, folklores, dresses but the virtues or values of life which our forefathers had maintained.

Tradition and culture without adjusting with a contemporary world will lead us to further backwardness and head-hunting age.

In conclusion, let us remind ourselves with a Chinese proverbs (Quote) “If you plan for a year, sow seed, If you plan for a decade, plant trees, If you plan for a century, educate the people.”

bursted into tears after seeing the advancement of China, the immediate neighbour of India. To guide and supervise the schools, teachers and students of the State, the School Education Department should have holistic approaches working with an extra miles with Knowledge, Wisdom and Zeal with views and suggestions from all the stakeholders even from the community as this is a human resources development department unlike other materialistic or administrative departments.

My challenges to Naga society: * Social challenges: It has been defined that society is a group of people living in a particular geographical area with the same common way of living and the Naga people as a society have gone through certain changes within a short span of 100 years in politics, religion, education, economy etc.

But on social system such as Culture, Christianity has become so nominal and for show only. If our society or our social environment is not good, no individual member of our society will feel free to contribute positive things. Until and unless we give due respect to our educational institutions like our churches there cannot be social change in Naga society as commented by foreign tourists. * Economic challenges: With less population and simple way of living, the Naga people lived a self-helped and hard-working life even upto 1970s. But now with an increasing population from within and outside, our economy has become so unstable or shaky. In fact, if rice supply from the neighbouring States stops or salaries of the State employees stopped, we will be in starvation condition. Driving away non-local labourers from our soil without doing the works by ourselves will be just a mockery and a dead blow to our economic growth or standing on our own feet. * Spiritual challenges: We are not growing spiritually as we ought to be because of our narrow religious fanatics,

Ruovihulie Angami Joint Director, School Education, Nagaland

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hen Modi landed on Dimapur Airport, different thoughts were reverberating in the minds of different sections of Naga society. The politicians thought he would announce some economic package which will satisfy Naga people including undergrounds when it reaches to them through different channels which has been the practice in past.The undergrounds thought that he would announce to resume dialogue with them. But civil society thought that Modi was a man with difference and neither politicians nor undergrounds can unduly influence him.

They believed that Modi would do such thing which would be in common interest of general people.

The civil society proved to be correct. Modi did not do any thing as such rather he announced which people did not imagine. He said that culture did not mean dance and costumes only. He did not say even a word about “unique history” and “aspiration of Nagas” as proclaimed by underground Nagas and their over ground sympathizers. But he appreciated “unique cultural diversity” and “rich tradition” which encompass total ethos of Naga forefathers inherited from time to time. When he said unique cultural diversity and rich traditions of Nagaland, Modi meant Naga culture of sturdiness, honesty, simplicity reflected in all Naga celebrations and actions.

Modi described Nagaland as blessed with amazing bio-diversity and salubrious climate located in one of the 25 hot biodiversity areas of the world and this must be protected at all cost even as Nagas embark on sustained development of their resources. He said that Nagaland is graced by Mother Nature and whole of the north east region is natural economic zones (already exist) in contrast to manmade special economic zone (SEZ) in other parts of the country. But unfortunately they are untapped. He declared that he would do his best to work on Natural Economic Zones in NE promoting the biodiversity of this region which is its unique feature. He also appreciated the place which a mother occupies in a Naga family.

While exhorting Naga people to come forward to work together for building a new, resurgent, stronger and more prosperous Bharatvarsh as well as Nagaland, Modiji identified the virtues of youths from Naga-

land. He said that Nagaland was blessed with the young population well versed in English language and in tune with what is happening around the country and around the world. “This is an advantage which must be tapped. You must capture the IT out-sourcing business of the world in this part of the country”, said Modiji and added, “Nagas are sport-loving people and have the potential to perform well in disciplines such as boxing, taekwondo, football and archery. These activities must be promoted in a systematic way to realize the potential of the people of this region and given the right direction.

For fulfilling the aspiration of Naga people and other communities in NE region he declared that Govt. of Bharatvarsh (GOB) has decided to (i) set up six new agriculture colleges and (ii) one modern apparel garment manufacturing center in every NE states beginning with Nagaland, Assam and Sikkim. He said that GOB will spend Rs.20 crore on this project. Rs.53000 crore is earmarked for NE development.

Rs 28000 will be provided for 14 new railway lines which will promote tourism in the region for which road, rail and air connectivity is needed. He added that in addition to the above, the digital connectivity is the need of the hour. The Central Government has sanctioned Rs. 5,000 corer for 2G mobile coverage for enhanced connectivity with a goal of 24 x7 x 365 power supply. Rs.5000 crore has been sanctioned for six NE states including Nagaland for intra-states transmission and distribution system. A unique scheme called Ishaan Uday (resurgent NE) is a special scholarship for 10000 NE students. The other Ishaan Vikash (Development of NE) scheme will provide opportunities for internships and visits to IITs, NITs, NIFTs in other parts of country during vacations for students of NE. Every year 2000 students and 500 teachers will benefit from this scheme. A National Sports University in Manipur will be established and people of Nagaland will be among primary beneficiaries of this University.

In addition to above, an economic corridor will be established using NE Bharat, Myanmar and adjoining regions and NE Bharat will be gate way of South-East Asia in future. The Central Govt. is keen on building modern infrastructure in the NE to unlock

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its potential. The prime Minister urged all the chief ministers of North-Eastern states to help one another for all round and long lasting development of the region.

By drawing a longer line, Modiji has silenced one and all.

People did not expect what has been given without asking for.

The state government in Nagaland expected some package to the tune of 1234 cores to bail out it from financial crisis. The underground Nagas expected some hints how Modiji would solve vexed Naga problem. But nothing happened as such.

Modiji went ahead of all these speculations.

He has done well. The benefits of schemes announced by him is also for armed cadres as well. If they want to enhance and advance their financial status, they have to work hard and get the privileges. If they want to remain in their hide-outs they will be left behind. The peace loving youths will go far ahead of armed Naga militants.

The option is opened to them either to remain in Hebron-the NSCN(IM) Headquarter or to come out to earn for sustainable development.

It is a clear-cut message to underground leaders as well that either you come out and join hands in nation building or you adopt the path as you like but never at the cost of peace and tranquility. To every visiting organization, he asked, “Do you want peace ? If yes, I shall give you.”

The political class and bureaucracy have been given signals that no more Khusi-Khusi now onwards. Investigating and intelligence agencies will monitor their actions and inactions. They will be under scanner to check activities helping subversive and anti-national forces. “Either you discipline yourself or get ready to face the game”, is the clear-cut message to these people. If state Govt. fails to deliver they will be held responsible and the strings of purse will be tightened.

Nagas of Nagaland also did well by not parroting same issues of unique history, more autonomy and false Naga aspiration. Rather, they accorded him a warm welcome which has pleased Modiji because of which he assured them to visit Nagaland again. It shows that the mind-set of Naga society has been positively changed. It should be and it must be if they desire to compete the world.

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The Morung Express

Saturday 6 December 2014

‘Stop indulging in cheap politicking and substantiate its claim’ Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): Coming out in defence of its senior leader KV Pusa, the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) today stated that the issue highlighted by him on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nagaland is a fact but “too bitter a pill” for the state BJP to swallow and the “eagerness to blame everything” on Congress since the BJP has no “magic wand” to fulfil its tall election promises.

Denying State BJP allegations, the NPCC, in a press note from its media cell, reminded the State BJP unit not to “conveniently” forget the BJP led NDA was in power for six years (1998-2004) but did not bring “anything substantial” for the state except the ‘peace bonus package’ of Rs. 365 crores

to wipe out deficit. This was incurred by the previous Congress government as a result of implementing the 5th RoP in 2002, which the BJP government at centre refused to aid.

Compared to BJP, the NPCC maintained, the Congress government had made immense contribution to the state, including: Providing thousands of crores for implementation of various central flagship programs of the UPA government; Granting Rs. 712 crores in 2010 for the state to implement the 6th RoP; Setting up of National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Dimapur; Sanctioning of Medical College in the state for which the DAN government has laid the foundation; Approving Rs. 1098 crores for converting Dimapur-Kohima road into four lane which

NPCC ‘advises’ the state BJP has been delayed by DAN government’s inaction; Implementing SARDP-NE project of Rs. 1296 crores for widening of four state major roads that has been badly mishandled by the DAN government.

Again, the NPCC regretted that Modi chose to remain silent on “the vexed Indo- Naga political issue” and indulged in the rhetoric of generalising the North East.

“By refusing to even meet the leaders of a Naga Political Group (NPG) currently in talks with the centre, it is amply demonstrated that the Naga political issue has been kept in cold storage by the PM,” the NPCC added.

The UPA government in 10 years of its rule had

always extended due courtesy to the leaders of NPGs and was willing to go the extra mile to bring about a political solution unlike the present dispensation that is least bothered to even make a mention of it, NPCC claimed.

On the investment front, the NPCC maintained that the announcement of Rs. 63,000 crore for development of the North East region was just a continuation of the previous UPA’s schemes that has been “repackaged and rebranded” for “cheap political stunts.”

Ridiculing the Prime Minister’s antics “to humour” the people of North East by promising 2G telecom connectivity when rest of the country are switching

over to 4G connectivity, the NPCC argued that such gestures expose the mindset of the PM and the BJP who believes that the North East people can be “easily fooled with cheap gimmicks”.

Meanwhile, replying to the BJP allegation of “patronizing middle-men system and percentage commission” by the UPA, the NPCC directed the state BJP to ask the NPF government who had dealt with the UPA government for the last 10 years and clarify to the public with “substantial facts” rather than indulge in “cheap politicking.”

The NPCC “advised” the state BJP to refrain from taking a “high moral ground” on corruption, when its own National President, Bangaru Laxman was caught on camera accepting a bribe in 2001 and was later convicted;

and the present BJP government is bending backwards to fast track all land acquisition process, coastal and environmental clearances for the benefit of corporate houses like the Adani Group to “loot the nation,” and the announcement of a massive Rs. 6200 crore loan by the SBI to Gautam Adani to pursue coal mining venture in Australia during Modi’s recent visit.

“The Congress policy of Inclusive Growth that encompasses all sections of the society without any bias on racial, ethnic, language, religion, culture and region has withstood the test of time while the BJP-RSS idea of nationhood based on Hindutva ideology that seeks to establish ‘one nation one culture’ based on majority rule will eventually polarize the nation,” NPCC further maintained.

ZB (N) welcomes Govt decision on DC office DEF team apprehends extortionist Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): The Zeliangrong Baudi (ZP), Nagaland today “welcome” and expressed appreciation with the decision of the State government to inaugurate the Deputy Commissioner Office at New Peren Hq on December 1 arguing that it was a long pending desire of the Ze-

liangrong people.

A press note from the ZB(N) president, Rangsam N.Hau and Secretary Info & Publicity, Namrachang Hegui has appealed “each and everyone” in the district to co-operate and fully support the program arrangement.

It further call upon the subordinate body such

as Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Nagaland; Zeliangrong Mipui Association, VDB’s Association, Peren District; Chairman Union, Peren District; GB’s Union; Zeliang Public Organization; and Zeliangrong Youth Front Nagaland to lend their helping hand in order to make the program successful one.

GSI & DGM conduct research works on coalfield Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): A team of four directors and one Suptdg Geologist from Geological Survey of India (GSI), three Geologists and four drilling Engineers from Directorate of Geology and Mining (DGM), Nagaland undertook Training cum Research works from November 27-30 both at the DDGM office and in the coalfields of Northern Khar and Changki (Block-I) A press note from DGM director, S K Kenye, informed that the Training cum Research works

equipped the geoscientists & engineers with appropriate techniques/methods with confidence for such coal investigations.

Nagaland has rich coal deposits and has attracted various research interest from many individuals and organisations like Geological Survey of India, Central Mine Planning and design Institute Ltd., Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd etc., but the peculiar nature of coal deposit characterised by erratic coal exhibition and challenging terrain

makes it impossible to determine its actual mineable coal reserve except for the Inferred reserve of 315.41 million tonnes estimated by the Directorate of Geology and Mining (DGM), Government of Nagaland, informed the press note.

The present exercise was the DGM's endeavour to undertake collaborative research works for finding the most convenient method/technique of coal investigation in such difficult hilly terrain and peculiar coal deposit.

MEx FILE ENWOD general meeting today Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): The Eastern Nagaland Women Organisation Dimapur will have its annual general meeting on December 6 at the residence of the treasurer at 10 a.m. Moala Lithri, Assistant Finance Secretary, in a press release requested all the members to attend the meeting in their respective traditional attires.

56th WSBAK Annual Conference Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): The 56th Annual Conference of Western Sumi Baptist Churches' Association (WSBAK) will be held at S. Hotovi Baptist Church from December 6 to 7, under the theme, “Put on love for perfect identity”. The Conference speakers are Rev. Dr. Hevukhu Achumi, Sr. Pastor, Thilixu Baptist Church and Rev. S. Vitoshe Swu, Executive Secretary, WSBAK. The Executive Secretary has invited delegates of all churches under WSBAK to attend the conference and be blessed.

DPC social work on December 7 Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): Dimapur Press Club will be organising a social work on Sunday, December 7 from 6 a.m. All members are requested to assemble at The Press Point, Super Market before 6 a.m.

Members are also requested to bring bamboo brooms, dao and other necessary items for the social work.

57th PVSU Annual Session Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): Pongidong Village Students’ Union (PVSU) will hold its 57th Annual Session from December 18 to 20 at Community Hall, Pongidong. A press release from the PVSU General Secretary Chumchamo R. Ovung informed. In this regard, the PVSU has invited all the students, former PVSU leaders and well-wishers to attend the session. During, the session the union will elect new office bearers for the tenure 2015-16. On December 20, the union will organise a musical night. Meanwhile, the union has requested that the program for the session be collected from the residence of Rhonchumo Ovung in Dimapur during the DPK on December 6 and from the residence of Azamo Humtsoe in Kohima during the KPK on December 7.

Dimapur cops arrest LPG thief

Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): Dimapur police arrested a person identified as Guldar Islam alias Chanu Ali in the wee hours of December 2 stealing LPG Gas cylinder from one of the residence at Duncan Basti. However the main accused Vicky Sema managed to escape in the cover of darkness.

According to a press note from the Addl. Superintendent of Police/

Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): One of the top Central Universities of the country, the University of Hyderabad has announced admission open for the next academic year. The University invites prospective students to apply for admission to various diverse courses offered by the University through an All-India entrance examination.

The applications are open for Undergraduate, Post graduate, M.Phil/P. hd Courses. The University offers, subject to availability, hostel facilities to the students admitted to any of its regular programmes of study.

It may be noted that the timings for the entrance examination has been scheduled for the second week of February,

with Dimapur as a centre for the state of Nagaland.

Students from the state are encouraged to apply in this central institute of Higher Learning and Excellence.

Online application starts from December 8 and the last date for submission is January 9, 2015.

Interested Candidates may apply through online mode: http://acad.uohyd. ac.in.

Poultry birds distributed to supplement family income

ZuNHebOTO, December 5 (mexN): The Department of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry, Zunheboto district distributed poultry birds (Kroiler) to 71 beneficiaries of Chishilimi village under Pughoboto sub division on December 1.

According to Dr. Toshi Aier, District Veterinary Of-

ficer (DVO), Zunheboto, the approach of the department was to supplement family income through backyard poultry farming of the rural BPL poor and to encourage and instil a sense of enthusiasm among all young and old through the distribution of the birds having better performance or superior

DMC directives on decorations Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): In view of the ensuing festive season, all the shopkeepers Yitachu, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education releases the Golden Jubilee and commercial building Souvenir of the Directorate of School Education, Nagaland on November 28. owners are asked to white wash their respective shop and building with decorations. They are directed to put colourful decorative

electric bulbs preferably of low energy consumption for illumination of their respective shop and areas. DMC Administrator H Atokhe Aye in a press circular has further informed all concerned to complete the work on or before December 15.

DC Mkg restricts use of ISC

The Indian Red Cross Society, Nagaland State conducted a programme for nurses on imparting first aid on December 3. Dr. Gandhi Das Acharya, an expert in the field of first aid imparted valuable and practical steps on first aid during various types of emergencies to 25 nursing students at the Conference Hall, School of Nursing, NHAK.

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ing to Rs. 20,000 was seized from his possession. During investigation, the accused revealed that acting on the instruction of someone identified as Wareshang, he had served notices to food hotels at Eros Lane yesterday through a mobile no.

8131077872 and directed them to be ready with the money by December 5.

A case has been registered and further investi- AAUD meeting gation is on.

Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): The Aghunato Areami Union, Dimapur (AAUD) will be having a meeting on December 7 at the residence of its banker, Akashe Zhima at Eralibil from 1 p.m. The president of AAUD, Ahovi Zhima and general secretary, Hukiye K Yepthomi in a press note requested all the office bearPRO, Dimapur, during the ers, executive members and advisors to attend the course of interrogation, the meeting without failure. accused divulged that he along with Vicky Sema had HMHP Pre-Christmas on Dec 7 stolen more than 30 (thirty) Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): Healing MinisLPG cylinders from Duntry for Handicapped People 23rd Pre-Christmas special can Basti, Notun Basti and service will be held on December 7 at 1:00 p.m. in the Supply Colony Dimapur on Railway Station Parking area. Therefore, the ministry different occasion. president JB Gurung in a press release has invited all the In this connection the former founding members, board and registered memOfficer-in-Charge, West PS bers and well-wishers to attend the event. registered a regular case and all efforts are on to recover The DIVAS at Kohima the stolen LPG cylinders, informed the press note.

KOHima, December 5 (mexN): The Beauty & Aesthetic Society of Nagaland will be presenting “The DIVAS” cum culmination programme of 25th years of Miss Nagaland existence on December 7 at Regional Centre of Excellence for Music and Performing Arts, Jotsoma from 5:00 p.m. onwards. Banuo Z. Jamir, Retd chief secretary will grace the occasion as the chief guest.

son Nangsha Mring, from Chandel District, Manipur and presently a resident of Chekiye Village Dimapur, was arrested today by Anti-Extortion Team of DEF Dimapur. According to an Additional Superintendent of Police/PRO, Dimapur press note, he was arrested while collecting illegal taxes from food hotels at Eros Dimapur, Decem- Lane Dimapur.

According to the police, ber 5 (mexN): A person identified as Prem- extorted money amount-

University of Hyderabad admission notification for 2015

A volunteer is seen cleaning up the Super Market area in Dimapur early Friday morning. The cleanliness drive is being undertaken as part of the worship event 'Gloria Patri', which is currently being held every evening from 4 pm at 'The Garden'. Both the cleanliness drive and the worship event will continue simultaneously till Sunday, December 7. Speakers for the event are Wabang Longchari, Kethosier Kevichusa, Jack Pucho, and Visasier Kevichusa.

Dimapur

mOKOKcHuNg, December 5 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung Sushil Kumar in an order said no activities of any kind should be allowed in the Imkongmeren Sports Complex, Mokokchung without obtaining prior permission

from the Deputy Commissioner. The order issued on December 4 for all concern said, the allotment of public ground shall be done in the Deputy Commissioner’s office, Mokokchung and this order comes into force with immediate effect.

ANDTA informs KOHima, December 5 (mexN): The All Nagaland Drawing Teachers Association (ANDTA) informed all the drawing teachers to select two students from each school with the theme “Gifts of Nature” sponsored by Nagaland Arts Society office attached to the Directorate of art and culture at the ongoing Hornbill Festival at Kisama. Association president V. Hetoi Swu informed all the participants to submit their drawing on or before December 8. The prize distribution ceremony will take place on December 10. The drawing shed can be sent through speed post or by personal and also through NAS chairman Vilalhou Noudi (9436070315), ANDTA V. Hetoi Swu (9402003063, 8575724966).

DC Mkg convenes meeting on IPPI

mOKOKcHuNg, December 5 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung Sushil Kumar Patel has called a meeting of District Task Force for Intensive Pulse Polio Immunization (IPPI) on December 8 in the office chamber of DEPUTY Commissioner at 1.00 p.m.

He informed all the members to make themselves conquality traits in terms of feed venient to attend the meeting without fail. conversion efficiency, body weight gain, better egg size Mkg DPDB meeting on Dec 8 and growth rate etc.

The DVO in a press re- mOKOKcHuNg, December 5 (Dipr): Mokokclease stated that the market hung District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) outlet, meat and egg prefer- meeting for the month of December will be held on Deence of the bird by the peo- cember 8 (Monday), at the ADC (Planning) Conference ple were other encouraging Hall from 11:00 a.m. onwards. All the members are refactors for the farmers to quested to take note of the Date and Time. choose this farming.

Eastern Army Commander visits Dimapur Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): The Eastern Army Commander, Lt Gen MMS Rai, AVSM, VSM in on his recent visit to Dimapur reviewed the situation along the Northern borders the Army Commander and emphasised on the need for maintaining peace and tranquility while at the same time, remaining vigilant and alert.

He was briefed by Lt Gen Bipin Rawat, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, GOC, Spear Corps who highlighted the infrastructure development activities undertaken by the Corps. GOC Spear Corps also carried out an in depth analysis of the internal security situation. Among ther things, he stated that

the use of IEDs and grenade lobbing by insurgent groups was affecting the safety and security of the local population and the security forces and the Army and Assam Rifles had no option but to conduct intelligence based operations to apprehend the culprits.

The Army Commander was accompanied by his

wife Kiran Rai, President Eastern Command AWWA accompanied the Army Commander and she was briefed on the various welfare activities undertaken

by Spear Corps. The Army Commander also appreciated the state of preparedness and people friendly conduct of counter insurgency operations

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People, life, etc...

Saturday | 6 december, 2014

WORLD DISABILITY DAY - 03 DEC 2014

Sanam Rana Physiotherapist(cIHSr)

UNDERSTANDING DIS- ability and utilization of ABILITY rehabilitation and its cost effectiveness are the major The purpose of this is issues. Musculoskeletal & to help educate people to neuromuscular condiget rid of the images and tions are frequently cited views about what we call as among the most comdisability. mon and disabling of the WHO defines HEALTH chronic diseases. These as “a state of complete conditions affect the qualiphysical, mental and so- ty of life through increased cial well-being and not disability, limited activity, merely the absence of dis- physical pain, and impairease or infirmity.” ment. Physiotherapists focuses on minimizing IMPAIRMENT: Any re- the client’s impairments, striction/loss or lack of preventing complications ability to perform an ac- and building on the clitivity. ent’s capacities to maxiDISABILITY: Is the loss mize their potential to be of functional capacity able to contribute to their resulting from impair- community life. ment.

Types of Disability HANDICAP: Is a measure includes Loco-motor, Viof the social and cultural sual, Hearing, Speech & consequences of an im- Intellectual disability. As pairment or disability. a physiotherapist, I would like to add a brief on locoDisability is an im- motor disability. portant health problem LOCOMOTOR especially in developing DISABILITY: country like India. In InA person with locodia, the majority of the dis- motor disability will have abled resides in rural area limited body parts movewhere accessibility, avail- ment. The main causes

could be injuries, diseases or disfigurations of the bones or muscles or any injuries of the brain, spinal cord or the nerves. It was observed that majority of the cases of loco motor disability were due to fractures following road traffic accident in young patients and stroke in elderly people.

If locomotor disability has occurred in spite of preventive measures early identification becomes important. Earlier the identification and treatment, better are the chances of reducing the occurrence and severity of loco motor disability.

Loco-motor disability may arise from the following conditions: Cerebral Palsy, paralysis form Stroke/Brain injury/Spinal cord injury/ Neuropathy & nerve injuries, Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy, polio/PPRP, auto immune disorders e.g. Motor neu-

ron disease(MND), multiple sclerosis; amputation, burns, congenital deformities, arthritis & fractures.

The primary role of physiotherapy is the prevention and correction of loco-motor disability.

It aims towards keeping the mobility power of an individual intact. Several disease/injuries have potential to make a person loco-motor disabled. In these conditions along with the medical/surgical treatment Physiotherapy plays a crucial role in the achievement of greatest and maximum level of independence and functional restoration of the patient’s capacity.

We have here a story of one of our patients, whose injury changed the whole course of his life…all his dreams came crushing down and the steps to Rehabilitation & recovery .

One day while repairing the roof of his house,

he slipped and fell on a concrete floor on his back. The fall proved very costly as it resulted in a spinal cord injury leading to paralysis of both lower limbs. Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is perhaps the most devastating injury. Unlike other parts of body, the spinal cord does not have the ability to repair itself once it is damaged. He described the pain as excruciating; to the extent that given the choice, death was the better option.

He was initially admitted in CIHSR (Referral Hospital) under Ortho-Department, with no sensation below his neck and he had no bowel and bladder control, he also had difficulty in breathing. The doctors took care of all these basic health issues. However, knowing fully well that no surgery could be performed on him; as he had fractured his vertebrae and spinal

cord; his relatives were informed that there was no treatment to restore him to his old self, but some conservative management and rehabilitation could be given. So that he could become a bit more independent to take care of his basic needs. Despite the counseling, the relatives were still in the stage of denial and hoping against hope took him home once he was medically stable, to seek for other remedies.

After a few weeks he was brought back for the second time, with painful bed sores, high temperature and the inability to urinate. Apparently the catheter was not placed properly and he had urethral infection, so the doctors did a suprapubic catheter insertion and antibiotics were given.

Again they were counselled about rehabilitation programs but they decided to get him discharged instead.

He was again brought in the third time with multiple pressure sores and other infections. By this time the whole family had gained some understanding about the importance of rehabilitation and also that, this maybe the only hope for a paraplegic. The doctors however counselled them not to reveal to him about his prognosis suddenly but to disclose in a gradual manner. As he may have high expectation of recovery and that

this may lead to depression which may adversely affect his rehabilitation process. The patient was admitted under Ortho and was seen by Professor Jacob George; a physical and mental rehabilitation (PMR) doctor from CMC Vellore and the physiotherapy team.

The main goal of the rehabilitation was to make him self-independent and to mobilize him with a wheelchair; whereby a set of rehabilitation program was planned to strengthen his upper limbs, trunk balance & transfers. The hospital also arranged a wheelchair for him from the nursing service at a subsidized rate owing to the low economic position of his family and modified it in a fabrication workshop with the help of his sons, to fit to his requirements. This time they were willing to let him stay as long as the need be and he stayed with us for more than a month; learning a variety of exercises fit for a paraplegic. He eventually learned to sit up by himself and gained more self confidence.

The contributing factor regarding the delay in the initiation of rehabilitation earlier may be the socio-economical status and ignorance of the family members, which lead to the development of multiple complications.

However, after they gained an insight about the re-

habilitation program, the patient and his care-givers were quite supportive and did everything religiously; whatever was taught and told to them. They were taught to take care of the pressure sores and how it can be prevented, how the patient could dress himself etc. Their contribution helped the patient make visible progress within a short period of time.

Presently, the patient is at home, having been discharged from hospital, this time under the advice of the hospital staff as the rehabilitation could not go further due to his sacral pressure sore, which would take at least a month to heal. They have been advised to bring him in for further rehabilitation for wheelchair mobility and to explore his vocational rehabilitation; he being a carpenter. It may be noted that due to the poor economic status of the family a considerable amount of the hospital bills has been waived off as charity from the hospital.

It has been quite a journey both for the patient and his family. And the hospital team will endeavour to journey together with them in order to achieve even a small proportion of a state of physical, mental and social well-being for this carpenter.

“Disability is not Inability but are Differently Abled.”

chilean activists change the rules of the Game Ebola’s Racial Disparity Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile's student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts Sebastian Rosemont Foreign Policy in Focus

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n 2011, students in Chile made headlines when they launched a nationwide strike lasting almost eight months.

The trigger was high tuition costs that drove students and their families into debt. There were coordinated marches in all major cities. At some universities students took over buildings.

The marches took on almost a carnival atmosphere with students engaging in “kissins” and pillow fights.

Before long, the marches became multifaceted.

Opponents of the massive HidroAysén dam project in Patagonia joined in.

Students and trade unions joined forces when workers staged strikes and marched in Santiago and other major cities.

Tasha Fairfield, an assistant professor for the London School of Economics’ Department of International Development, said the strikes were pivotal. “The student movement played a critical role in creating political space,” Fairfield said.

It “dramatically changed the political context in Chile and helped to place the issues of Chile’s extreme inequalities centrally on the national agenda.”

Although most of the demonstrations were peaceful, some protestors wanted more direct confrontation with the police.

Masked protesters armed with stones clashed with police forces equipped with riot gear, tear gas, and armored vehicles with water cannons. The harshness of the government crackdown drew international criticism.

More than two thirds of the population supported the student movement and its demands for education reform. The students consistently rejected the

Chile's student leader Camila Vallejo, center, accompanied by fellow students, speaks to reporters at La Moneda government palace after holding a meeting with Chile's President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, September. 3, 2011. In the last trimester, Chilean students have been holding a campaign demanding free and better education. (AP Photo)

government’s attempts to appease the protesters as grossly insufficient. Their goal was free university tuition. President Sebastian Piñera, the first conservative president since the 1988 plebiscite that ended General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, saw his ratings plummet to the lowest of any leader in the postauthoritarian era. Ordinary Chileans had made clear that they wanted to see changes in their society.

This set the stage for Michelle Bachelet to run for election in 2013. She was previously president from 2006-2010, but Chile’s laws prevented her from running for a second consecutive term.

This time around, her platform was much more radical. Bachelet pledged to reform the tax system and, with the increased revenue, reform the education system. She won the election and immediately took the first step.

She raised the corporate tax rate and closed significant loopholes.

The 2013 Elections Bachelet was backed by the Nueva Mayoria (New Majority), a centerleft coalition made up of her own Socialist Party, the Christian Democratic Party, and the Party for Democracy, among others. After falling just short of an absolute majority in the first round of elections, Bachelet won handily in

the runoff, taking home over 62 percent of the vote.

The elections remade the legislature. Isabel Allende (from the Socialist Party), daughter of Salvador Allende, became the first woman president of the senate. Several student leaders, including Camila Vallejo (of the Communist Party) and Gabriel Boric (an Independent), launched political careers by winning their bids to join the Chamber of Deputies. The left was swept into power by a wave of public support and gained strong majorities in both houses of the National Congress.

Bachelet had been given a clear mandate. The government put together a package that would raise corporate income taxes from 20 percent to at least 25 percent and close tax loopholes for companies and wealthy business owners. The changes promised to bring in an estimated $8.3 billion each year. The government pledged to put half of these funds toward providing free education for all Chileans by the year 2020 and to roll back the forprofit schools that emerged during Pinochet’s dictatorship. The remainder would be used to improve the health care system and other social programs.

The bill easily passed through the Chamber of Deputies. When it moved over to the senate it ultimately secured a 33-1 victory, although some

changes were made to placate some of the more moderate and conservative doubters of the reform.

“The government negotiated various compromises on the bill in the Senate in order to secure votes from the Christian Democrats,” Fairfield said.

On September 28, Bachelet signed the bill into law.

Debate over Tax Reform In a key tactical move, the corporate tax hikes touched only the largest firms. An estimated 95.5 percent of businesses will not face higher taxes. This expanded the measure’s base of support and somewhat insulated the reformers against the charge that the bill was anti-business.

Beyond raising the corporate tax rate, the reform targets the profits of large businesses and their owners in other ways. The law eliminates the FUT (Taxable Profit Fund), a provision that allowed businesses to set profits aside without paying taxes on them— funds that at last count held $270 billion.

The reform also addresses the owners of these businesses. In years past, wealthy business owners enjoyed incentives to avoid withdrawing all of their income from the company’s profits so that they would pay the more favorable corporate tax rate of 17-20 percent compared to nearly 40 percent, the

highest personal income tax bracket. However, the owners would then find ways for the profits to make their way back into their own pockets, either legally or illegally. The tax reform therefore opened up a new range of taxable income, money previously out of the government’s reach.

There is some concern that the tax reform will drag down the already faltering Chilean economy.

Opposition groups claim the new rules will hurt future investments, and this seems to resonate with the public — Bachelet’s approval rating has dipped below 50 percent.

However, Justice Minister José Antonio Gómez insists that on the contrary, with more than 50 percent of the $8.3 billion going toward implementing free, quality education, it will in turn result in increased productivity. Even if productivity fails to rise immediately, the political support of thousands of households with college students who see their tuition bills cut in half or more is likely to create a broad constituency to keep core elements of the tax and spending package in place.

It is unlikely that any significant changes will be made affecting the new law before the next presidential election in 2018 because senators are elected for eight-year terms and deputies serve four years (half the Senate and the entire Chamber of Deputies are selected every presidential election). This allows time for the law to be fully integrated into the system without being derailed by detractors focusing on immediate concerns.

Although many of the protests of 2011 — the year of Occupy Wall Street — have faded, Chilean students and workers managed to win many of their demands. This experience offers important lessons for popular movements struggling for similar goals around the world. By focusing on tangible demands, making broad partnerships, and linking to the larger platform of economic inequality, Chilean protesters changed the rules of the game.

The most effective treatment for Ebola might be having white skin Kwei Quartey Foreign Policy in Focus

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merican healthcare workers Nancy Writebol, Kent Brantly, Craig Spencer, and Rick Sacra, as well as NBC cameraman Ashoka Mupko, were all beneficiaries of the medical sophistication of the U.S. hospital system.

All of them contracted Ebola in West Africa and lived to tell the tale, emerging from the hospital Ebola-free and appearing remarkably robust.

They benefited from early diagnosis, prompt evacuation to the leading U.S. special isolation centers, and in some cases, treatment with convalescent serum and the experimental drug ZMapp.

The story is quite different for some other highprofile Ebola victims.

Martin Salia, a legal and permanent Maryland resident, was the medical director of Sierra Leone’s Kissy United Methodist Hospital and its only full-time physician. As one of a shockingly small number of doctors in that country— a mere 136 for a population of 6 million—Salia was a rare breed of physician capable of treating anything from orthopedic injuries to myocardial infarction.

In Africa, physician scarcity often precludes the luxurious medical division of labor in the West. I once visited a mid-sized hospital in rural Ghana and foolishly asked the medical director how many other doctors shared his on-call schedule. “There aren’t any other doctors here,” he replied in bewilderment.

Salia, who was deeply religious, believed his calling was to serve the people of Sierra Leone, where Ebola continues to surge. Although he was not working at an Ebola treatment center, Salia could easily have been exposed to the disease through contact with surgical patients.

When Salia first fell ill

in early November, his Ebola test returned negative.

Three days later, a repeat test came back positive.

But unlike white Americans Writebol, Brantly, Spencer, Sacra, and Mupko, Salia was not promptly transferred to the United States.

He began receiving convalescent serum in Sierra Leone, and five days elapsed before he was sent to an Ebola isolation center for treatment in the United States—around a week later into the illness than his white American counterparts. It seems clear that delays in Salia’s diagnosis and treatment resulted in his deterioration to a point beyond repair. By the time he arrived in the United States on November 15, his raging infection had already rendered him too ill to be saved.

But even worse was another Ebola case involving an African physician for whom therapy was withheld outright.

Sheik Umar Khan, a Sierra Leonean specialist in viral hemorrhagic fever, was diagnosed with Ebola last July and admitted to the Ebola Treatment Center in Kailahun, Sierra Leone.

The team of physicians from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the World Health Organization who took care of Khan reportedly “agonized through the night” over whether to administer ZMapp to him.In the end, without discussing it with Khan, they decided against it. “What they really didn’t want to do was kill Dr. Khan with their attempt at therapy,” Armand Sprecher, a public health specialist at MSF, reportedly said.

But surely the converse question should also have been posed: what if they cured Khan? Sprecher, who is involved in procuring drugs for MSF, further offered what from my perspective as a physician was the flimsiest of excuses: that Khan’s virus levels

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were so high that it was believed the drug would “probably not work.”

So which is it? That the team thought that the ZMapp would do nothing for their patient, or that it would kill him? It cannot be both.

Khan died several days later, and the very ZMapp that had been denied him was later sent to Liberia and used instead for Writebol and Brantly, who recovered admirably (though we cannot say for certain how much ZMapp contributed to their survival). In addition, Spanish officials confirmed that they too had obtained a supply of ZMapp for a third patient—a 75-yearold Spanish priest who died after having been evacuated to Madrid from Liberia.

In the now infamous story of Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan—who died in a Texas hospital after contracting Ebola in Africa—Duncan’s nephew Josephus Weeks has raised the possibility that racial bias entered into the decision to send the febrile man home from the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital emergency room on September 25. Similar broad ethical questions arise about whether the treatment of Ebola victims is being stratified on criteria of national origin, making some “more equal than others.”

The physicians who have cared for these patients themselves would deny that any racial bias ever consciously entered into their decisions over choice of therapy. That, however, is exactly the trouble. Most racial bias among doctors is unconscious, meaning we must carefully consider whether our medical decisions reflect a double standard in the treatment of our patients—Ebola-infected or otherwise.

Kwei Quartey M.D. is a crime novelist and physician who grew up in Ghana. He is now based in Los Angeles. His fourth novel, GOLD OF THE FATHERS, will be published in February 2016.

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6 deceMber, 2014

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A ReFLeCTIoN oN KAKA IRALU’S LATeST booK:

Uncovering The Political Lies That Have Covered Indo-Naga History From The 1940’S To The Present

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hat I write as a book review of Kaka Iralu’s latest book, “Uncovering the Political Lies that have Covered Indo-Naga History’, is as an Indian’s attempt to try and understand the pain of a protracted struggle by the Naga people for sovereignty and independence. I have never been to Nagaland nor have I ever interacted with Kaka Iralu. But I know him through his books and articles and I know of the wars of independence the Nagas have been engaged in with the Indian state through the writings of those who have seen this war and its myriad dark consequences from up close.

Hence this book review is a view from long distances and I have tried to share the whirlwind of emotions and thoughts that went through my mind as I read page after page of this magnificent story.

What is striking about Kaka Iralu’s writings is that the language is so lucid that one does not have to dwell over the words for too long.

As one reaches the end of a sentence the idea that it is trying to give you flash in front of one’s eyes as though one was watching it in a film. The power of the words written by Kaka, who writes not just from the head but from the heart as well, adds to the depth of the stories being told. The language is so flowing that I just poured over the pages without realising that I was doing nothing the whole day other than reading the book and making my notes as I read on.

With each page I began to be despairingly conscious of being born Indian. But I was also able to discern why my identity was similar as well as different from that of a Naga. It

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a denial mode when it comes to the questions of sovereignty and independence. Our denial has been the bane of many peoples who do not have any racial, cultural, political and historical allegiance to the idea of an India that we live with? Then why not seek a referendum and let the people decide? As Kaka has well narrated, first the British decided Naga nationality, then Nehru and U Nu decided Naga nationality and today almost the whole of India is deciding on Naga nationality. All of us have decided that Nagas are Indians except for the Nagas themselves ... what a predicament?!

Till now I wrote of my feelings as an individual. But I also want to write as someone who has been working for the last 15 years with adivasi communities of central India on the question of redefining tribal identity using social history and appreciative enquiry as methods of engagement with tribal youths. I revere and treasure Kaka Iralu’s latest book on the ‘Naga Saga’. I know from my years with adivasis that their history has been till today a one-sided single story. No one, not a single Government professor, teacher, historian or linguist who has been assigned by the Government to recreate tribal histories, has ever bothered to ask the adivasi what according to them is their history. Not one of these intellectuals has ever looked back to see the dangers their single story has let loose on these adivasi communities. Adivasi history hence is today almost a monolith of either backwardness, illiteracy, ignorance and poverty or of culturally diverse apolitical forest dwellers warped in a time zone of centuries ago ! But adivasis of central India are slowly rising to the danger of one story of

their history being told and wondering whether same is happening with the North Eastern indigenous communities.

In my 15 years in central India I have realised that with time, stories fade away from memory and from popular culture and with it take away a sense of who we are. A substantial sense of our identity comes from being conscious of ‘our’ sociopolitical history and not history told by the State and learnt by rote in schools. But it is my despair that today the single history of the State is all that we acknowledge as being ‘our’ history. And this generation of young rearing-to-go Nagas who have not seen the burning embers of their villages or of the cold coffins of their dear ones will not know the pain of wars, of betrayals or the silence of martyrdom, of sacrifices and will not be conscious of ‘their Naga Saga’.

But thankfully Kaka’s book gives me hope and is his brave attempt to shatter this danger of a single story of the Nagas told by the State. Kaka seems to have realised the danger of a single story long back and has since relentlessly brought to public memory that story of the Nagas which textbooks and media stories do not bother to tell. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has warned us that nations with power and money get to tell their stories but nations that are impoverished and powerless are never heard. Hence this book of Kaka Iralu is a fearless story a small nation wants to tell the world and we must listen. The young Nagas must listen. It is only then that the political lies on which today’s Naga State is built will yield to a new and truly bounded Naga Nation that is just, equitable, free and sovereign.

Raconteurs from the hills

congratulate all the authors, who have taken a lot of trouble to study a lot of aspects on our social life to bring about this book.

It is a privilege to be asked to release this book“Raconteurs from the hills”.

I am glad to be a part of this edition to our culture.

Nagas do not have a script and our dialects are only just starting. English is our main communication today and its literature is greatly known for the development of the dialects as well. Even the wide and long range of schools here that we have had to the language, it is natural that our first attempt on literary self expression would be English.

We have colourful and bright oral tradition of story telling. However, for far too long we have restricted ourselves to merely recording these folktales and songs.

This is not to say that this isn’t an important task. Our old tradition must not be lost. They are an important

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made me realise why my history is totally different from that of Nagas.

And this realisation was made political while reading the book’s second section. This section consists of articles and appeals and as I realises the humongous efforts the NNC put in to get their voices heard, my understanding of ‘their story’ became clear as the day.

Especially when one reads how NPC responded to Phizo’s frantic appeals to reject the creation of Nagaland, I could feel his despair and anguish.... so vivid were Phizo’s letters and Kaka Iralu’s narrative around those letters in this book. As I read on I recollected that today SC Jamir is Odisha’s Governor, my state, and I had been to meet him over a migration issue a few months back. I had never known then, as I sat across him, that he was lured into an agreement by Government of India’s leaders that would do apart a united Naga people and shatter them into factions that seem to now stand in opposition to each other! I hope today he realises that the creation of Nagaland has killed the fire of oneness in the Nagas.

The book made me question whether by the creation of Nagaland the Nagas got the justice, dignity, freedom and independence they have fought battles over. But I know that I have to visit the Naga villages that appear in the book during the recounting of various incidents of Indian Army’s most heinous atrocities, to find answers to my questions. Because I know that no Indian official is ever going to admit that they bled the Nagas and trampled over their souls so that they could keep the tricolour flying full mast on Government buildings. I ask myself why we, Indians, are always in

K.T Sukhalu, IAS (Retd) seen here with the authors during the launch of Raconteurs from the Hills at Crossword, Kohima.

part of our identity and history, but we must not be still left stuck in the belief that culture, tradition and identity are monolithic, unchanging anthesis.

These are dynamic concepts that must change, adapt and evolve to remain vibrant, alive and most importantly, relevant. And this is where this anthology comes in. Yes, the folktales are important and they must be preserved but we must also articulate the contemporary modern

Naga experiences and share it with the world.

While the problem of adjusting to modernity is not a unique Naga issue, our respond to this change is our unique experience.

The stories find echoes of the Naga readers, experiences that anyone who has grown up in Nagaland would identify with some magazine posters on the wall, the eccentric uncle in the village, the bustle of church activities and in a smaller town, there are

also darker aspects of the modern Naga reality that find admission in these stories- alcohol and drugs, AIDS, insurgency and corruption. These are as much a part of our society and each of these stories are illustrated beautifully.

An expert story teller would tell the mirror on society, and there it would look at itself. And they have done this and it is the turn of the society to accept this brave attempt and understand that if the reflection is

not pretty, it is not the mirror at fault.

On this note, I would like to congratulate the authors.

I hope you continue to write and write better. Remember, you are not only doing a service to yourself but doing social service to the society. Perhaps, your books will be in school and college curriculum someday. Who knows, your stories will be the introduction of our people across the world. Keep writing, you are pioneers in the field. And the work before you is vast and in need of many more writers. Who knows there could be Naga James Joyces waiting to be discovered.

About the book: Raconteurs from the Hills has 13 short stories, written by six authors including Talilula, Vishü Rita Krocha, Agnes Tepa, Emisen Jamir, Imti Longchar and Lhütü Keyho, and edited by Paolo Nukhu.

It is priced at Rs. 199 and is now available at Crossword Bookstore, South X, Porter Lane, Kohima.

SoUNDTRACKS oN wHeeLS

Mihir Balantrapu

nce you have figured out the hidden truths and masked metaphors, try and get a handle on the travelling musicians.

Remember the Accidentals and the Naturals? Of course, you do.

Who could ever forget those musical travellers who were, once upon a time, smash hits at the Lydian Mode and the Dorian Mode musical theatres? I’ll let you in on a little secret, though. Whenever you hear someone say “Once upon a time…”, you should know that what they are about to tell you is a story. It didn’t really happen. They’re making it up.

But that doesn’t mean you should shut your ears just because you know someone’s lying or spinning a yarn. No, you should listen even closer so that you pick up on the hidden truth and the masked metaphor.

Which music is full of!

For instance, take the Naturals

family I told you about earlier. What do their names sound like? That’s right. Each of them represents the musical note their name sounds like.

The mom Gina was a metaphor for the note G Natural, dad Seethapathy was C, and young Abe was supposed to be A minor. The Accidentals were black people and the black keys on the piano are called… surprise, surprise… accidental notes!

I’m pretty sure you picked up on all that.

Music is full of hidden clues just like this. You should always perk up your ears whenever you hear music. And it helps to give pieces of music several listens, because you’ll find that you end up learning something new every single time!

Troubadours Anyway, that’s enough of the big reveal. What we should really be talking about here is what the Accidentals and Naturals were supposed to be. They were troubadours, or travelling musicians. These troubadours were for real. They lived between the 12 and 14 Centuries in and around Europe and played a huge role in spreading music far and wide. They wrote and sang songs in Latin or a Mediterranean language called Provençal.

Their songs were about brave men, damsels in distress, love failures, parodies and a lot of romantic poetry. They had readymade types of songs for every mood and situa-

tion. The Salut d’Amour was a song about lovers writing to each other.

The Devinalh was a riddle that the listener had to work out. Using a Gap, a troubadour could boast and brag about his non-existent skills.

A planh was sung when there was something really sad to lament or mourn. The Sirventes was a comical rant supposedly sung by a drunken soldier!

Know why the troubadours were pioneers in music? Because they took the church music, which was — let’s face it — getting pretty darn boring by then (always about fearing God and how we should all be good little children) and turned it into a fun storytelling medium! And music is always more fun when it’s a soundtrack to a story we can enjoy and identify with, right? And who cares if the story is made up? That’s what a troubadour, whose name means “someone who makes stuff up”, is literally supposed to do!

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Did you know Facts about Nagaland

Atsung Imchen: 1. Dear Nagaland Govt. Did you know that when the PM of India did not sanction any financial package to Nagaland, the Naga People were really overjoyed?. Why? Even though the people are suffering it was a relief to know that you won’t have any money to steal either. When the people clapped so happily at the end of the PM speech it was not just for the development plans he mentioned but also for the look on all your faces when he did not mention any financial aid. And we are still clapping 2. Dear Ministers/ Bureaucrats, did you know that when you zoom past the traffic creating traffic the public hears the siren not as "WHIIIOORR WHIIIOORR" but "CHOOR CHOOR CHOOR"?

3. Dear Govt Employees and Teachers who are living without their salary being paid for months. We sympathize with you and it’s not fair at all. You might hate me for saying this but Did you know that most of the time almost 90% of the employees are not present in the office during the office hours? Govt. Schools without teachers when during the salary time you will find all those missing people. Did you know that when you're not true to your work yet when your salary is withheld due to Alien reason you holding procession and strikes makes you more of a hypocrite? One or two of you maybe true to your work but did you know that one or two genuine people cannot remove the stain caused by the rest? Did you know there is a saying "God works in a mysterious way"?

Maybe this is just him telling you to be true to your work.

4. Dear Ministers, when you walk past the public with all those suits, boots and Colognes Did you know that we are laughing and murmuring behind you with statements such as “SOROM BE NAI NAKI NA, PUBLIC LAGA POISA KHAI KENA EMAN STYLE KORIA TU (Doesn’t feel Shame or what, stealing public money and presenting in such style)". Did you know when you’re called to be the Chief Guest of a Function it is the last resort action plan of the public to at least get back some amount of the public money?

5. Dear Sons and Daughters of Ministers and Bureaucrats Did you know that the public is just waiting to catch hold of you people driving Govt. vehicles without care of who are in the roads? One fine day one of you will be caught and beaten up like no person has ever been beaten up.

Even thieves and criminals will say “Ayaa!! MOI TAK BE EMAN TO MAR KHA NAI (Even I did not get beaten up so badly)”. Did you know that there are high chances of the money which paid for your expensive and lavish life could be of the public? Did you know that you as the new Generation Naga’s, you’ve the moral obligation to question your parents on where the money is coming from? Did you know that there is a thing called the “GUILTY CONSCIENCE?” if I were you I would not flaunt that lavish life out in the open as it is no secret where most of those money are coming from.

Dear NBCC, Did you know that the more you talk and just talk without action about prohibiting liquor; it becomes more and more funny?

Did you know that when you’re campaigning about Ban on Liquor your neighbor just a stone throw away from your house is selling liquor at double the price rate of the market and becoming a millionaire overnight? Did you know that it’s about time we question NBCC whether you’re being paid by those people doing business in liquor? Because if one wants to Ban liquor it’s really not that hard of a task- FIND DEALERS, FINE THEM-LOCK THEM UP and the process can go in a loop. If not, Did you know that it’s about time you give up your dream of Prohibiting liquor in Nagaland as its one of the top reasons our money is draining outside our state? Did you know you can stop propagating this Prohibition act if you cannot uphold it?

7. Dear NPG's, Did you know that without forgiving and forgetting and without coming under one Banner, there is actually no hope for standing up against India for our struggle? Did you know that without the people's support you will've no one to represent? Did you know that when you harbor IBI's and other immigrants for money and go up against your own people, you're writing your own obituary?Did you know black tea with ghur (a thing made of honey) instead of hi-fi this, that coffee during discussion or reconciliation meeting can in fact be the turning point?

8. Dear Tribal Councils of respective tribes of Nagaland, Did you know that proclaiming your whole village support for a candidate in an election deprives individual rights to choose and vote for whom one feels is the right man for the job?

9. Dearest of all People of Nagaland, did you know that selling your vote for some mere thousand bucks or a bottle of whisky and complaining about no development makes you an outright mother of all HYPOCRITES? Did you know we are to blame for where we are standing right now? Did you?

The 'Great' Hornbill Festival

Richard Belho: My observation and recommendation to the organising committee.

1. We are marketing it as Festival of Festivals so it should be a culmination of all our Festivals in the purest form. Please stop over experimenting with the Western Music performances at Hornbill Festival Venue. Give people a richer Traditional Experience.

2. Do not reduce Hornbill Festival to a Circus performance. This Festival is not a celebration of Statehood but a Cultural Festival. Hornbill Festival is meant for Tourists primarily and let them have 'IMMERSIVE' experience.

3. Create at least 3 zones and lease out two zones to entrepreneurs who comes with the most creative ideas on a yearly basis. I am sure tourists would pay for tickets where they can participate in our dances, games, buffet and drinks on the house.

4. Keep it Fresh and exciting. Please don't let it be predictable and a repetitive of last years program. Maybe a few events can be permanent but I am sure the team can come up with better ideas to let tourists feel that Hornbill festival is a festival worth going to.

5. For the Locals, treat Hornbill Festival as an opportunity to showcase our Rich Culture and Tradition. Become stakeholders and share your ideas to make it better.

Heka Ilito Assumi: I was watching the welcome inaugural program of PM namo at hornbill festival in DD northeast. what i saw was really embarrassing as our folk dancers are all in jeopardize, some are dancing, kicking like green belt Taekwondo, somersaults on modern music.

Knowingly on pretext of showing a mixture traditional and modern perspectives but ironically that's not how it should be. The tourists are anticipating of our rich culture, real warrior dances of various tribes, real past traditional world and living but what i saw on television was so unreal to me. yes, it's not that late to showcase our rich culture since it's just 1st day so i earnestly request our esteem organisers to organise properly and realistically, or otherwise our traditional facts would be different with modernization and also would be a mockery to others. my opinion. peace.

Dear policeman. Stop sending them across the check gates.

Dear administration. Stop issuing them ILP. Dear municipal. Stop giving them trade licences.

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Modi seeks end to row over minister’s remark

New Delhi, December 5 (iANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday told the Lok Sabha that minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti has apologised for her abusive remark and the issue be put to rest, but the stalemate in parliament persisted with the opposition walking out of the lower house and cutting short the Rajya Sabha sitting for the day.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and many opposition members also protested outside the Parliament House, saying that “democratic process” was not being allowed inside and pressed for the minister’s resignation. In the Rajya Sabha, opposition members said they have scaled down their demand for her resignation and now sought a resolution should be passed condemning her abusive remarks.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu, meanwhile, urged the opposition to allow normal proceedings of the two houses. Modi made a statement in the Lok Sabha soon after the house met for the day, saying he had expressed his unhappiness at Jyoti’s remarks during a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentary party Tuesday.

“Before the issue was raised in the house, when there was a meeting of my party MPs, I had sternly instructed against using such language, and had expressed my unhappiness,” he said. In remarks similar to those made in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, Modi said the minister was new.

“Nobody can approve such

Opposition protests minister’s abuse with black scarves

Members of Trinamool Congress party and other opposition parties wear black cloths around their mouths during a protest outside the Indian Parliament in New Delhi on Friday, December 5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday rejected demands to fire junior government minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti whose derogatory comments against Muslims have led to a furor that has shut down the Indian Parliament for four days. The front placard reads: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Answer to Sadhvi’s unacceptable remarks.” (AP Photo)

things. Later, the minister apologised. She is a new minister, we know her social background - she is from a village - and she has apologised and it is the duty of senior members in the house that when a member apologises in front of such a big house, then we should also be liberal.”

The prime minister said he was grateful to members of the Lok Sabha that they allowed the house to function. Unlike the Rajya Sabha which has seen repeated adjournments, the Lok Sabha has transacted business after protests by opposition members during

Putin to visit India

New Delhi, December 5 (iANS): Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India Dec 10-11 for the annual bilateral summit, an official statement said Friday. “The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir V. Putin, will pay an official visit to India on 10-11 Dec, 2014, for the 15th Annual India-Russia Summit,” said the statement. Putin will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi Dec 11 for the summit during which both sides would seek to draw up a long-term vision of their key strategic ties. The Russian president will also address a joint session of the Indian parliament. Though both Modi and Putin have met earlier at international gatherings, no structured bilateral talks have been held so far. Modi met Putin in July during the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa - summit in Fortaleza, Brazil and later during the informal BRICS meeting in Brisbane, Australia, on the sidelines of the G20 last month. During the Brisbane gathering, the meeting between Modi and Putin was brief.

Govt agrees arms for security forces have deficiencies

New Delhi, December 5 (iANS): The central government Friday said it has taken note of the “deficiencies in some critical arms and ammunitions” for the country’s armed forces. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Lok Sabha: “The government has taken steps to mitigate these deficiencies.”

“The proposal for acquisition of weapons and equipments flow from the defence procurement planning process, comprising of 15-year Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan, the five-year Services Capital Acquisition Plan, and the Annual Acquisition Plan,” Parrikar said.

“Mismatches between requirements and availability are continually addressed through procurement from various indigenous as well as foreign vendors,” he added. A system of long-term five-year roll on indents has been introduced and a roadmap for procurement of ammunition has been approved. Besides, an institutionalised mechanism in the form of a working group to review the availability of critical items of ammunition has also been set up, Parrikar said.

Started with good intentions, PILs now being misused: SC New Delhi, December 5 (iANS): The Supreme Court Friday said the public interest litigation (PIL) was started with good intention to help the poor people by espousing their cause before the higher judiciary but now it was being misused for raising frivolous matters.

“It was started with a good intention of to help the poor people of this country. But it is being misused now,” said a bench of Chief Justice H.L.Dattu and Justice A.K.Sikri as it rejected a petition by K.R.Ramaswamy alias ‘Traffic’ Ramaswamy and advocate N. Rajaraman who had challenged the Madras High Court order imposing cost of Rs. 25,000 on them for filing a vague PIL for publicity.

The Madras High Court dismissed the plea of Ramaswamy and Rajaraman that the Tamil Nadu chief minister who succeeded Jayalalithaa after she was convicted by a Bangalore court in a corruption case was in a situation of conflict of interest as he was taking instruction from her (Jayalalithaa) and had imposed cost on them.

The high court, while not accepting Ramaswamy’s contention, had by its Sep 30 order, imposed a cost, observing the petitioners Ramaswamy and Rajaraman had filed the PIL for publicity as they had filed it immediately after giving the representation to the governor’s office Sep 29.

question hour.

Modi said members should accept “maryada (dignity of language)” and speak within that - whether they were within the house or outside. He said senior leaders should request members of their parties to close the issue and move forward with their work in the interest of the country.

Jyoti, who is minister of state for food processing industries, reportedly said at a public meeting here: “Aapko tay karna hai ki Dilli mein sarkar Ramzadon ki banegi ya haramzadon ki.” (You have to decide if you

want a government in Delhi to be led by the children of Lord Ram or illegitimate children).

Soon after Modi spoke, opposition members, including those from the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, and Trinamool Congress, staged a walkout.

The house continued with its business though the opposition members did not return to the house the entire day. In the Rajya Sabha, disruptions continued over Jyoti’s remarks for the fourth day, leading ultimately to its adjournment for the day. As soon as the house met, members were on their

New Delhi, December 5 (iANS): Members of opposition parties, led by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Friday tied black scarves across their mouths to protest union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti’s abusive comments at a rally here.

The MPs said black scarves were to show that “democratic process” was not being allowed inside parliament.

They demanded Sadhvi Jyoti’s resignation over her unparliamentary language.

The minister of state for food processing industries said at a poll rally here: “Aapko tay karna hai ki Dilli mein sarkar Ramzadon ki banegi ya haramzadon ki.” (You have to decide if you want a gov-

feet demanding that the minister be dismissed.

The house was adjourned till noon but the situation was no different when it reassembled, though the opposition said now they wanted a resolution to be passed by the house, condemning the minister’s remark. Communist Party of India-Marxist leader (CPI-M) Sitaram Yechury urged Chairman M. Hamid Ansari to allow passage of the resolution. Congress also made similar demand.

Yechury also suggested that the prime minister’s speech be put to vote but that too was

No Sanskrit exams in KV schools this year: Govt tells SC New Delhi, December 5 (iANS) The central government told the Supreme Court Friday that the switch over from German to Sanskrit as a third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas will be effected but there will be no Sanskrit exams in the current academic year.

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told a bench of Justice Anil. R. Dave and Justice Kurian Joseph that the government has taken the decision to dispense with the Sanskrit examination in the current academic year while addressing the concerns of the court and the stress the students would have undergone due to a mid-session switch.

The government made it clear that German would now be an optional language.

“What is your objection? If my son is studying Sanskrit in addition to German, as a father, I will accept it immediately.

What the Attorney General says, what is wrong in it,” asked Justice Dave as petitioners’ counsel Reema Singh sought to oppose the government’s decision.

Describing the government decision as “good solution”, the court said what was objectionable if our children learn Sanskrit without stress and still

continue with German. “All of us have children,” Justice Dave said pointing to Justice Joseph, Rohatgi and the counsel for the petitioners.

“There has to be a way out.

The matter was raised yesterday in parliament. Entire parliament supported the government,” Rohatgi told the court saying that German will be optional and not as a third language, while no exam will be conducted for Sanskrit this year.

“One month has gone by after the switchover (from German to Sanskrit). Going back to switch would be a problem,” he said.

The government’s decision not to hold exam for Sanskrit in the current academic year was in response to court’s Nov 28 poser asking the government to not treat Sanskrit as a third language for the students of Kendriya Vidyalayas from class 6 to 8 and instead treat it as an additional language, while retaining German as a third language for the current academic year.

Since the counsel for the petitioners - the parents of the affected students of Kendriya Vidyalayas - wanted to seek instructions from clients on the latest government position, the court adjourned the hearing till Monday.

Twenty-two aggrieved parents moved the apex court challenging the government decision to substitute German with Sanskrit as a third language in the middle of the session of the academic year.

German was introduced as a third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas following the signing of MoU between the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan and the Goethe Institute of Max Mueller Bhavan in 2011 for the training of the teachers for teaching German. The agreement, that was for three years, ended in 2014.

The Modi government, while introducing Sanskrit as third language, has taken a position that MoU between the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan and the Goethe Institute of Max Mueller Bhavan in 2011 was illegal and was in violation of constitutional provisions. The government decision affected 70,000 Kendriya Vidyalaya students who were studying German.

The court in the earlier hearings of the matter was told by the government that under the constitution, the three language formula says that besides English and Hindi, students have to learn a regional language as a third language.

ernment in Delhi to be led by the children of Lord Ram or illegitimate children).

“The attitude of the government is not to allow democratic process inside the house,” Gandhi said. “...it is a mindset of the top leadership of the country that democratic conversation should not be allowed inside the house... We are going to fight at every inch,” he added.

“We are being stopped and suppressed...,” Gandhi said.

The members were also seen carrying banners reading “Protect secularism and democracy”, “We want united India” and “Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Resign”.

Apart from the Congress, the parties which partici-

turned down. The house saw repeated adjournments before it was adjourned for the day. Naidu made an appeal in the Lok Sabha to the opposition members to return to the house and take part in the discussions.

He said the opposition should join discussions to “meet expectations of people”.

Talking to reporters outside the Parliament House, he said the opposition protest will “boomerang”. He also said that Jyoti will campaign for the BJP as and when required, and dismissed suggestions that she was being pulled out over her

pated in the protest included the Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. The CPI-M was also invited to join the protest but stayed away, citing the presence of arch rivals Trinamool Congress.

AAP MP Bhagwant Mann from Punjab said the protest was against the government’s attempts to muzzle opposition’s voice. “We want our voice to be heard in parliament,” Mann said.

While the Rajya Sabha has failed to transact any business in the last few days over the issue, the Lok Sabha has seen a boycott of proceedings by the opposition since Thursday afternoon. controversial remark.

The opposition MPs, who protested outside the Parliament House, tied black scarves across their mouths. “The attitude of the government is not to allow democratic process inside the house,” Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said.

“We are going to fight at every inch. We are being stopped and suppressed,” he added.

The members were also seen carrying banners reading “Protect secularism and democracy”, “We want united India” and “Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti resign”.

Narendra Modi named ‘Asian of the Year’

SiNGAPOre, December 5 (PTi): Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Friday named ‘Asian of the Year’ for being developmentfocused leader of India by editors of Singapore’s leading daily, The Straits Times.

“Despite being relatively new to the job, he has already made a mark on Asia, reaching out to neighbours and receiving national leaders including Xi Jinping of China and Tony Abbott of Australia,” said the Singapore Press Holdings Limited, publisher of the daily.

It said Modi has had a highly successful visit to Japan for a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “Mr Modi has got India and the world excited about his country’s prospects again. He has given his people a renewed sense of direction and purpose, and there are hopeful signs that he is minded to using his strong mandate to good effect in one of Asia’s major powers.

We wish him and India every success,” Warren Fernandez, editor of the daily said.

On the economy, Modi’s call for a Make in India campaign, if pursued to its logical conclusion with a friendlier investment climate and less rigid labour norms, could help fire up the growth engines of the $2 trillion economy and provide welcome ballast to the region when the top Asian economy China is slowing, and Japan is in recession.

“Economists project that as early as next year, India could pick up the growth baton from China. Given its huge market, its travellers who fill up hotel rooms and cruise ship cabins from Singapore to Sydney, its hunger for capital goods and commodities, a resurgent India will be a boon for the region and the world,” the editors said in their citation.

Politically and socially, Modi has energised India with his stirring calls for a development focus. In January, he will receive US President Barack Obama, the first time that a US leader will be the chief guest at the annual Republic Day celebrations in India, the citation said.

“We look forward to presenting the award to Mr Modi in person at his convenience,” Ravi Velloor, Straits Times foreign editor, said.

The editors’ choice was based on several factors. Modi was picked for being development-focused Prime Minister of India who fashioned an impressive victory for BJP in the polls.

In every December, editors of the Singapore daily pick an Asian whose actions have significantly impacted his own society or the wider Asian continent in the 12 months past.

Last year, the award was shared

by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The inaugural award, in 2012, went to President Thein Sein of Myanmar.

India plans 5-fold increase in clean energy Katy Daigle

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ndia said Friday it was optimistic the world would reach an agreement to curb climate change, but said its actions would be focused on boosting its renewable power capacity five-fold rather than cutting carbon emissions.

With hundreds of millions still mired in poverty and without access to electricity, India cannot afford to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the expense of economic growth, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said before leaving this weekend for U.N. climate talks in Lima, Peru.

“Our growth cannot be compromised,” Javadekar said. “Poverty needs to be eradicated immediately.

Poor people have aspirations. We must fulfill them.

We must give them energy access. We cannot and nobody can question on this.”

He said he was optimistic industrialized nations

would agree to shoulder more of the burden to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, given that they had been polluting with fossil fuels for decades before developing nations.

“That is the just regime,” he said.

The recent U.S.-China pact announcing new targets for fossil fuel use marked a positive step toward establishing this sort of equality, he said. In that pact, the U.S. said it would aim to bring down its percapita emissions from about 20 tons while allowing China to raise its 8-9 tons per capita so that both reach a level of about 12 tons by 2030.

“They have accepted the differentiated responsibility and the need of time for growth,” Javadekar said.

India pledged in 2009 to reduce its emissions intensity — how much carbon dioxide it produces divided by its GDP — rather than promising to cut overall emissions. Indian

officials and scientists say it could easily cut emissions intensity by 20-25 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.

India’s preference for the per-capita emissions calculation also ignores the fact that around 400 million Indians still have no access to electricity at all, while hundreds of millions more are lucky to get a couple of hours a day. Experts worry that as India’s population continues to grow beyond 1.2 billion and more people become wealthy, its share of global emissions will skyrocket.

More than 60 percent of India’s installed 250 gigawatt capacity today comes from burning coal. Javadekar confirmed India’s coal-fired capacity would increase along with renewables.

He suggested this concern was secondary to its responsibility to pull its people up from poverty.

“We are not going on the path of business as usual,

Traffic clogs a road in Mumbai on Friday, December 5. India says it is taking bold steps against climate change with plans for a five-fold increase in renewable energy capacity.

However, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the country won’t act to curb carbon emissions because it first must pursue economic growth to eradicate poverty.

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which we are entitled to do, but we are not,” he said.

Instead, India doubled its coal tax to 100 rupees per ton and will use the estimated $9.4 million generated for projects that would boost the country’s solar power capacity to 100 giga-

watts by 2020.

“It’s a huge increase” from today’s 20GW capacity, Javadekar said, noting the 80 GW increase would save the country from burning 50 million tons of coal a year. “It’s a huge ambition. It’s a real game

changer ... and we will achieve it.”

China also committed to increasing its share of renewable energy, which analysts said would send a positive signal for renewable power companies and developers to invest.

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Chokehold decision criticized by rights leaders

NEW YORK, DEcEmbER 5 (AP): Civil rights leaders decried the grand jury decision not to charge a white New York City police officer in the chokehold death of a black man as thousands of people united in anger and disbelief took to the streets for a second night.

The case of Eric Garner — combined with the decision by a grand jury last week not to charge the white officer who shot and killed unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri — stirred a national conversation about race, police training and the grand jury process. Unlike Brown’s shooting, Garner’s arrest was captured on videotape.

On Thursday, a day after protests erupted in New York, civil rights leaders pinned their hopes on a federal investigation into the Garner case. Demonstrators protested for a second night, carrying replicas of coffins across the Brooklyn Bridge, and turned out in such cities as Denver, Detroit and Minneapolis. Politicians and others talked about better police training, body cameras and changes in the grand jury process to restore faith

in the legal system.

Amid the tensions, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder presented the results of an investigation into police in the Ohio city of Cleveland, prompted by several highly publicized police encounters, some of them deadly. The Justice Department report said Cleveland police use excessive and unnecessary force far too often, are poorly trained in tactics and firearm use and endanger the public and their fellow officers with their recklessness.

The results of the investigation came just one week after hundreds of people blocked a Cleveland freeway to protest the Garner and Brown killings, along with the fatal shooting of a black 12-year-old boy by a white officer outside a Cleveland recreation center. Police said the officer thought the boy was holding a firearm, but he actually had an airsoft gun that shoots nonlethal plastic pellets. In New York, National Urban League President Marc Morial said the lack of an indictment in Garner’s death was “a travesty of justice.”

About 20 civil rights leaders met behind closed doors Thursday at the New York

Protesters rallying against a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner chant as they pass police while marching through Midtown in the early morning hours on December 5 in New York. (AP Photo)

City headquarters of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network. Sharpton, one of the country’s most outspoken civil rights activists, said a civil rights summit will be held following a Dec. 13 march in Washington.

Garner, 43, died as offi-

cers were attempting to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes on the street.

The video, shot by an onlooker and widely viewed on the Internet, showed Garner telling a group of police officers to leave him alone as they tried to

arrest him. Officer Daniel Pantaleo responded by wrapping his arm around Garner’s neck in what appeared to be a chokehold, which is banned under the New York Police Department’s policy.

The heavyset Gar-

ner, who had asthma, was heard repeatedly gasping, “I can’t breathe!” He later died at a hospital.

Thousands of people protested in New York, chanting and blocking traffic, after the grand jury decided not to bring charges

against Pantaleo. The decision Wednesday came a week after a Missouri grand jury made a similar ruling in Brown’s case.

Police said 83 people were arrested in New York, mostly on disorderly conduct charges.

Pantaleo’s lawyer and police union officials argued that the grand jury got it right, saying that the officer used an authorized takedown move — not a banned chokehold — against a man who was resisting arrest. And they said Garner’s poor health was the main cause of his death.

The medical examiner ruled that the chokehold contributed to the death.

Pantaleo’s attorney, Stuart London, also expressed confidence that his client won’t face federal prosecution, adding that Pantaleo had heard Garner say, “I can’t breathe.” But, London said, Pantaleo believed that once he got Garner down on the ground and put him on his side, he would be revived by paramedics.

On Thursday morning, yet another case returned to the mix: A white former police chief in South Carolina was charged with murder in the 2011 shooting

death of an unarmed black man after an argument at a town hall meeting. The officer’s lawyer accused prosecutors of taking advantage of national outrage toward police to get the indictment.

And in Los Angeles, police Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday that three officer violated deadly-force rules when they shot an unarmed man last year on live television after a highspeed chase. The chief will now have to decide what punishment, if any, to give the officers who have been relieved of duty since the December 2013 shooting.

Some legal experts said the Garner case, like the one in Ferguson, raised concerns about the influence local prosecutors have over the process of charging the police officers they work with on a daily basis.

Holder, the attorney general, has said federal prosecutors will conduct their own investigation of Garner’s death. The New York Police Department will also conduct an internal investigation into the incident to determine whether Pantaleo violated policy, and Commissioner William Bratton said interviews would begin Friday.

A handful of countries contributes most to climate Dina Cappiello

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ix countries produce nearly 60 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. China and the United States combine for more than two-fifths. The planet’s future will be shaped by what these top carbon polluters do about the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming.

How they rank, what they’re doing:

CHINA It emits nearly twice the amount of greenhouse gases as the United States, which it surpassed in 2006 as the top emitter of carbon dioxide.

China accounts for about 30 percent of global emissions. U.S. government estimates show China doubling its emissions by 2040, barring major changes. Hugely reliant on fossil fuels for electricity and steel production, China until recently was reluctant to set firm targets for emissions, which continue to rise, although at a slower rate. That changed when Beijing announced last month in a deal with Washington that it would stem greenhouse gas emission growth by 2030. About a week later, China’s Cabinet announced a coal consumption cap by 2020 at about 62 percent of the energy mix. While politically significant, the U.S.-China deal alone is expected to have little effect on the global thermostat.

2013 CO2 emissions: 11 billion tons

2013 Population: 1.36 billion

UNITED STATES It has never entered into a binding treaty to curb greenhouse gases. Nevertheless, it has cut more carbon pollution than any other nation. It is on pace to meet a 2009 Obama administration pledge to reduce emissions 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. Carbon emissions are up, though, as the U.S. rebounds from recession. President Barack Obama has largely leaned on existing laws, not Congress, to make progress — boosting automobile fuel economy and proposing to reduce carbon pollution from new and existing power plants. The White House vowed in the China deal to double the pace of emissions reductions, lowering carbon pollution 26 percent to 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025. Expect resistance when Republicans control Congress in January.

2013 CO2 emissions: 5.8 billion tons 2013 Population: 316 million INDIA The U.S.-China agreement puts pressure on the Indian government, which could announce new targets during a planned Obama visit in January. Meantime, India plans to double coal production to feed a power grid still suffering blackouts. Its challenge: to curb greenhouse gases as its population and economy grow. In 2010, India voluntarily committed to a 20 percent to 25 percent cut in carbon emissions relative to economic output by 2020 against 2005 levels.

It has made recent strides installing solar power, which it is expected to increase fivefold to 100 gigawatts by 2030. Under current policies, its carbon dioxide emissions will double by then, according to the International Energy Agency.

2013 CO2 emissions: 2.6 billion tons 2013 population: 1.2 billion

RUSSIA It never faced mandatory cuts under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol because its emissions fell so much after the Soviet Union collapsed. A major oil and gas producer, Russia in 2013 adopted a domestic greenhouse gas target that would trim emissions 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. Russia’s carbon dioxide emissions today average 35 percent lower than 1990 levels. To meet its goal, Russia has set a goal for 2020 of boosting energy efficiency 40 percent and expanding renewable energy 4.5 percent. The state-owned gas company Gazprom has energy conservation plans, as has the federal housing program. But in 2006, Russia announced a move to more coal- and nuclear-fired electricity to export more oil and natural gas.

2013 CO2 emissions: 2 billion tons 2013 population: 143.5 million JAPAN The shuttering of its nuclear power plants after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster forced a drastic change in plans to curb carbon pollution. In November, Japanese of-

ficials said they would now reduce greenhouse gases 3.8 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. With more fossil fuels in the mix, Japan’s emissions will be up 3 percent from 1990 levels, its benchmark for its pledge at a 2009 United Nations summit in Copenhagen to reduce emissions 25 percent. Beginning in 2012, Japan placed a carbon tax based on emissions of fossil fuels, with the proceeds going to renewable energy and energy-saving projects.

2013 CO2 emissions: 1.4 billion tons 2013 population: 127 million GERMANY It has outperformed the 21 percent reduction in greenhouse gases it agreed to in 1997. Emissions are down 25 percent against 1990 levels. To comply with 2020 European Union-set goals, Germany must reduce greenhouse gases 40 percent by 2020. On Wednesday, it boosted subsidies for energy efficiency to help it get there. Germany has in recent years seen back-to-back emissions increases due to higher demand for electricity and a switch to coal after Fukushima, which prompted a nuclear power phase-out. Coal use is down this year and renewables continue to gain electricity market share. Renewables already account for a quarter of Germany’s electrical production. The country plans to boost that share to 80 percent by 2050 — and put a million electric cars on the road by 2020.

2013 CO2 emissions: 836 million tons 2013 population: 80.6 million

Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela, center, accompanied by unidentified family members, places a wreath bellow the 9 meters (30 feet) tall bronze statue of the late former South African President outside Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, December 5, on the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death. Events are to be held around the country for the former statesman who died last year at the age of 95. (AP Photo)

Kachin rebels say trust is low Hong Kong protesters weigh next move

bANGKOK, DEcEmbER 5 (AP): A leader of ethnic Kachin rebels fighting in Myanmar said Friday that trust in the country’s military-dominated government was at an all-time low despite years of peace talks aimed at resolving the conflict in the country’s jade-rich north.

But rebel Gen. Sumlut Gun Maw told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that the insurgent group was still committed to dialogue because it is “the only way forward.”

Fighting between the army and Kachin insurgents flared anew in 2011, ending a 17-year-ceasefire and forcing more than 120,000 people from their homes. Since then, Myanmar President Thein Sein’s administration has agreed to tentative truces with 14 insurgent factions, but it has been unable to secure a deal with the Kachin or broker a broader, nationwide ceasefire with a rebel alliance that top government negotiators have met with regularly since last year.

“Our trust in the government and the army is lower now than when we started talking,” Gun Maw said during a visit to Bangkok. “But the lack of trust is why talks are necessary.”

Already strained negotiations were dealt a severe blow on Nov. 19 when the army fired a pair of 105mm artillery shells at a Kachin military academy just north of their headquarters in Laiza on the Chinese border, killing 23 people and injuring 20.

Only four of the wounded were part of the Kachin rebel organization, however. The rest were members of other allied ethnic groups who had come for training, said Gun Maw, who serves as vice chief of staff of the Kachin Independence Army.

Both sides have accused each other of initiating firefights in recent

Gen. Sumlut Gun Maw (AP Photo)

months, and rebels say Myanmar’s army is still firing shells sporadically at Kachin outposts from hills they seized during a weeks-long offensive that ended in January 2013.

Gun Maw said the rebels’ main aim was to achieve equal rights and autonomy within a federalist system, an idea first enshrined in the so-called Panglong agreement of 1947 — which was sealed with ethnic groups who make up about 40 percent of the population.

The deal fell apart after national independence hero Gen. Aung San was assassinated the same year and has been generally ignored by the authoritarian military regimes that followed.

A major stumbling block to any deal, Gun Maw said, is the army’s insistence that rebels accept the military-drafted 2008 constitution, which deprives ethnic minorities the right to self-determination. The charter also ensures military domination over the government, giving the armed forces chief more power

than the president — including the extraordinary “right to take over and exercise state sovereign power” if an emergency is deemed to threaten the union. It also ensures that 25 percent of lawmakers are military appointees who retain veto power over all constitutional amendments.

“Ultimately they don’t want to change the 2008 constitution because doing so would reduce their power,” Gun Maw said. “Their approach to negotiations has been, ‘You have to listen to our demands.’”

Another sticking point is the future of the ethnic armies who control a vast patchwork of territories along Myanmar’s northern and eastern borders. There has been no agreement on whether they would lay down their arms or join a federal army, and Gun Maw said that would only be discussed after a general political agreement is eventually reached.

Gun Maw said that peace talks so far had achieved only the minutest of successes — for example, not agreement on federalism or political dialogue, but an understanding that those issues must be discussed in the future.

After retired general Thein Sein assumed the presidency in 2011 and spearheaded a series of dramatic reforms that have opened the country and liberalized its economy, millions of people hoped the country was finally turning around after half a century of military rule. But analysts say reforms have now stalled and continued fighting on the battlefield is part of a greater effort by the army to strengthen its hand and secure mining regions rich in jade and timber.

Asked if he believed the government was committed to peace, Gun Maw said: “I have faith that there will eventually be a solution.”

Leader suggests a campaign to block government, not roads

HONG KONG, DEcEmbER 5 (REutERs): Prodemocracy protesters in Hong Kong weighed their options on Friday, whether to call off more than two months of street demonstrations or change tactics, as one leader suggested a campaign of withholding tax to “block government”.

Leaders of the Hong Kong Federation of Students will decide in the next week whether to call on protesters to pull up stakes from camps straddling some of the Chinese-controlled city’s main thoroughfares which have created havoc for transport and business and tried residents’ patience.

About 20 protesters dressed in thick jackets waited out cooler temperatures on Friday in the main Admiralty protest site, next to the Central business district, while tents were covered in plastic bags and tin foil for insulation and protection from the rain. Student Keith Ng, 17, who has his first exam on Monday, reflected the overall mood, nursing a heavy cold.

“I am in the first aid team here, so I have to stay till the end,” he said. “But for the other protesters, I think they will retreat as morale is very low now.”

Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to

People walk near the barricades at the occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on December 5. (AP Photo)

Chinese Communist Party rule in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” formula that gives it some autonomy from the mainland and a promise of eventual universal suffrage.

Beijing has allowed a free vote in 2017, but insists on screening any candidates for city leader first. Chief Executive C.Y. Leung told the Hong Kong Economic Times that protesters still occupying the streets were the more radical ones, and this was why action should be taken to clear the camp sites. Police are expected to clear the streets of the Admiral-

ty area from Wednesday, media said, and many students like Timothy Sun, 18, who was arrested on Sunday, said he would leave.

“I can’t afford to be arrested for a second time,” Sun, who is on a gap year, said.

Benny Tai, one of the founders of the “Occupy Central” movement, reiterated calls for students to leave and pondered where the disobedience movement could go next. “Blocking government may be even more powerful than blocking roads,” he wrote in the International New York Times.

“Refusal to pay taxes, delaying rent payments by

tenants in pubic housing ... along with other such acts of non cooperation, could make governing more inconvenient.” Despite the expected police clear-out and a retreat by the main student federation, some were likely to stay put.

“After more than two months here, many see this place as their home,” said Louis Tong, 20. “They won’t leave because we haven’t achieved anything.” But Tai said much had been achieved by the so-called Umbrella Movement, despite the fact that the government had not met its demands for a free vote.

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6 December 2014

Chief Minister TR Zeliang handing over the trophy to the winners Gagan Sethi and Dhiraj Arora during the Hornbill International Motor Rally prize distribution held at the main arena Naga Heritage village Kisama on December 5. (DIPR Photo)

KisAMA, DEcEMbER 5 (DiPR): The Hornbill International Motor Rally prize distribution was held at the main arena Naga Heritage village Kisama on December 5 with the Chief Minister of Nagaland, T.R. Zeliang as the chief guest.

Speaking at the prize distribution ceremony, Zeliang lauded Nagaland Adventure Motor Sports

Association (NAMSA) for organising the motor rally saying, “Today, many people have discovered Nagaland through this rally.� Further calling motorsports one of the most popular sports, the chief minister urged NAMSA to carry forward the spirit of adventurism to other parts of the country. The chief minister during his speech

also mentioned that there is an interface between the Nagaland Chamber of Commerce, Maharashtra and Kolkata and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce has been signed in order to exchange of trade, culture and tradition.

All together 3 professional and 40 amateur rally drivers participated in the motor rally. The results of the competition are as follows: Amateur category 1st 2nd 3rd 4th -

Vizosielie Rupreo and Ziekiezotuo Lhoungu (C139) Vime Solo and Khrielezo Keretsu (C130) Khosazo Sazo and Vekhozo Medeo (C129) Kesangulie and Yanrenthung Jamio (C118)

Professional category 1st 2nd 3rd -

Gagan Sethi and Dhiraj Arora (C102) Tali Akang and Moulinath Ghosh (C101) Biju Awomi and Mringla Kalita (C103)

Best Decorated Car Best team Best Institution Maximum zero in the rally Most disciplined participants Rahnan (C126)

- Kaka Chophi (C124) - Visazo Theunu and R. Josephine Richa (C113) - Kesangulie and Yanrenthung Jamio (C118) - Larry Imti and Tako Pongen (C123) - Dipak Kumar Choudhury and Syed Muhibur

'England DNA' inspired by Germany, Belgium issued lOnDOn, DEcEMbER 5 (AP): The English Football Association released proposals on Thursday designed to enhance England's prospects which have been inspired by models from Germany and Belgium. The "England DNA" program will be rolled out to more than 1,500 coaches at the national team's St. George's Park base in central England.

The FA hopes to create joined-up thinking along the pathway taking players from under-15s to the under-21s, with a view to eventual success for the senior side. As well as developing a similar playing philosophy, the plan focuses on ensuring players have pride in representing England, whose only major title came on home soil at the 1966 World Cup. The intention is for the program to keep evolving, and players will be given wristbands containing digital information from it to refer to when they are with their clubs. "It is very important we have a very clear idea of what principles we are going to follow and what we want

the players to be doing in different situations," England coach Roy Hodgson said.

"We want to improve their awareness tactically and their game management.

"All these types of thing are what I think is going to make England teams stronger going forward, and it is very much a coaching matter. The earlier we can get these messages across to the players and really bed them in, it should help the seniors when the players progress through the levels and arrive in that team."

FA director of elite development Dan Ashworth said the organization conceived the plan after looking at rivals in Europe and South America. "It's really dangerous to copy another country, but it would be remiss of us not to look at some of the lessons other countries have had," Ashworth said. "Certainly, two that spring to mind are Belgium and Germany, who have had strong programs and leadership from their associations, and a clear direction. "In that respect it's similar ... but we do have a vision."

SPORTS

Australians not shy of bowling bouncers post Hughes tragedy

ADElAiDE, DEcEMbER 5 (Pti): Returning to the aggressive brand of cricket they are known for, Australian pacers on Friday showed no signs of shying away from bowling bouncers in the aftermath of Phillip Hughes' death as they held their first training session here since the tragedy.

There was no shortage of bouncers as Australia's cricketers returned to training. For most players it was their first serious hit out since the Tuesday before last, when the buildup to the Commonwealth Bank Test series against India was put on hold after Hughes was fatally struck by a short ball at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Having farewelled their friend and teammate at an emotional service in Macksville on Wednesday, the Australian team returned their focus to onfield activities ahead of Tuesday's first Test against India here.

And despite head coach Darren Lehmann's presession prediction that the players would "ease back into it", the fast-bowlers did not shy away from firing in the short balls, cricket.Com.Au reported.

After some light-hearted drills to start the day ?- which included some dancing and an impromptu handstand from David Warner ?- Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle and Josh Hazlewood measured out their run ups in the middle of the picturesque Park 25 Cricket Ground here and began to charge in.

Hazlewood looked the most lively of the trio, with the uncapped right-armer

Totti sets sights on Serie A scoring record

ROME, DEcEMbER 5 (REutERs): Francesco Totti turned 38 in September but Roma's leader still has two burning ambitions before he retires -- to lead the capital side to another Serie A title and overtake Silvio Piola as the league's all-time scorer.

His angry reaction to being substituted during the second half of their home game against Torino last month showed that his passion and commitment still runs deep. "I'd be a liar if I said that I don't think about it (setting the goal record). I know it won't be easy, but nobody believed I could have scored as many goals I have," he wrote in the Corriere Dello Sport on Friday. Totti will hope to add to his tally when second-placed Roma host Sassuolo on Saturday.

Totti has scored two goals so far in the league in nine games he has played this season and two more in the Champions League.

He stands at 237 Serie A goals, 37 short of former Italy international Piola. In his last three seasons Totti

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT SHASTRI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI. -11001 (Website: www.socialjiustice.nic.in )

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NISD intends to partner with UGC recognised Universities/Institutes for conducting Research and Training Programmes in the field of Old Age Care, Drug Abuse Prevention, Beggary, Transgender, etc.

Interested UGC recognised Universities/Institutes which have acquired considerable experience and knowledge in the field of Social Defence and with necessary infrastructure facilities, may apply with details of their activities in relevant field to the following address latest by the 15th December 2014.

Smt. Ghazala Meenai, Joint Secretary (SD) and Chairperson, NISD Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Room no 616, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 Tel. No : 011-23387269 Fax:.- 011-23382072 E-mail: jssd-mjse@nic.in Details of Schemes and Programmes are available on the Ministry's Website.

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Abbott not ready for club cricket yet syDnEy, DEcEMbER 5 (Pti): Sean Abbott might have started his net sessions after overcoming the shock of bowling the fateful bouncer that took Phillip Hughes' life but the medium-pacer is not yet ready to return to competitive cricket, opting out of this weekends fixtures of Sydney grade competition.

The 22-year-old, who rolled his arm over in the SCG nets at a New South Wales optional training session early this week, will not play in his club's clash with Northern Districts, according to Fairfax Media.

Sydney University are preparing for Abbott's absence but are leaving the option open if he does want to play come Saturday morning.

Last weekend, all grade cricket was called off to mourn the loss of Hughes, but many clubs believe it is time to get back out there and dig in.

The East Torrens Cricket Club, Hughes' Adelaide grade club, is holding a special tribute before their match against Sturt. An East Torrens official said no players had asked to sit out this week, including Hughes' state teammate Adam Zampa, who

was playing in the Sheffield Shield match when Hughes was hit.

"Our club has had no one ask to sit out this week," an official was quoted as saying on 'Sydney Morning Herald'. "Players will always remember Phillip Hughes and playing in his memory is important for the club. Along the lines of Michael Clarke, our players players are ready to dig in and fight on to tea." All grade cricket teams are preparing to honour Hughes with 63-second silences, black armbands and painting his baggy green number 408 on the field.

SCG retires pitch where Hughes collapsed syDnEy, DEcEMbER 5 (Pti): Sydney Cricket Ground's Pitch No.7, the 22-yard strip on which Phillip Hughes fell after being fatally struck by a bouncer on head, has been retired. The wicket square at the SCG has 10 pitches. Hughes received his fatal blow on pitch No 7 and fell face-forward. He succumbed to the blow in the hospital a few days later, leaving the cricket-

forcing Shane Watson and then Chris Rogers to take swift action with a pair of lifting deliveries.

Shaun Marsh ducked well to avoid a fast bouncer from Siddle while Warner also got in on the act late in the session, with his medium-pace pulled away by Brad Haddin. Not even brotherly love could get in the way, with a short ball from Mitchell Marsh forcing a false stroke from older brother Shaun, with the pair bidding to become the first brothers to play in the same Test for Australia since Steve and Mark Waugh in October 2002.

It was far from a bounc-

ing world in shock.

Curator Tom Parker told 'The Australian' that particular pitch on which Hughes was struck by a Sean Abbott bouncer would be getting the cold shoulder for a while.

"Pitch No 7 has been retired," Parker said, as 3000 people converged on the SCG to watch the coverage of Hughes's funeral on the big screen on Wednesday.

er barrage, but it was enough to suggest that the tragic circumstances of Hughes's passing would not affect the on-field aggression that has long been Australia's trademark.

"That's the way we've always played," Lehmann said before the session, adding that the playing group had expressed their desire to return to training.

"We've had some success doing that and I don't see why that will change. "(We will play) normal Test cricket, good hard Test cricket like we always want to play as an Australian team. We've got to play a certain way, we know that,

"It breaks my heart, what's happened. This is the people's ground. It really is. Look at everyone here. I never thought I'd see someone die out here. I love this place. I love what it means to people," Parker said. "This old place has given us a lot of good memories. I'm shocked by what's happened. My staff are shocked. We won't be using that particular pitch for a long time," he said.

to get the best out of our players and ourselves and our team," he said.

Ryan Harris did not bowl with his three fastbowling teammates, instead starting the session with a hit in the nets before he later bowled off his full run out in the middle.

It was yet another positive sign for the 35-year-old, who yesterday declared himself a certain starter for his first Test match since undergoing major knee surgery in March.

While the players seemed to relish a return to the training track, Lehmann was taking a cautious approach when asked if

they would be ready for the heat of a Test match so soon after farewelling their mate.

Due to the unprecedented circumstances, Lehmann said it was hard to predict how his team would perform in what will be an emotional Test at Hughes's adopted home ground, the Adelaide Oval.

"Until we get out there come 10.30 on Tuesday, we'll know then," Lehmann said.

"It's never been dealt with before. It's obviously going to be a big challenge for us. But having said that getting out there playing some cricket, that's the key," he said.

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has been able to suck on his thumb, his unique way of celebrating goals, 28 times.

At current pace, he would have to play four more seasons, including this one, to realistically have a shot at Piola, who scored 143 of his goals for Roma's rivals, Lazio, between 1934 and 1943. "There are no secrets to my longevity," Totti said.

"I lead a professional life and my desire to keep playing is the same I had when I started." Totti hopes that Roma's new stadium will be ready by 2016. "It would be a dream come true to set the record there," he said.

CSU golden jubilee memorial soccer GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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MOn, DEcEMbER 5 (DiPR): Chenloisho Student's Union Golden Jubilee Memorial Soccer began on December 5 at Chenloisho Football Ground.

Chenwetnyu VDB Secretary, Wangnyen Konyak graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.

Addressing the participants and students, the chief guest said that the goal for oneness was what they were trying to achieve and urged them to inculcate the feeling of oneness and contribute to promote the same for the progress of society. He congratulated the Chenloisho Students union and challenged them to excel in every field.

After the chief guest declared and kicked off the Golden Jubilee Memorial Soccer 2014 the opening match was played between Chen Town Naoli Club and Highlander Club.

i d d i c k B ow e, who beat undisputed champion Evander Holyfield for the heavyweight boxing title in 1992, and popular lightweight champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini have been selected for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Also selected were featherweight champion "Prince" Naseem Hamed of England, light flyweight champion Yoko Gushiken of Japan, manager Rafael Mendoza of Mexico, referee Steve Smoger, journalist Nigel Collins of England, and broadcaster Jim Lampley.

Posthumous honorees include Japanese flyweight Masao Ohba, U.S. middleweight Ken Overlin, and U.S. publicist John F.X. Condon. Inductees were selected by the Boxing Writers Association and a panel of international boxing historians. The induction ceremony will be on June 14 at the Hall of Fame in upstate New York.

Bowe became the undisputed champ after beating Holyfield for the three major crowns. One of 13 siblings who grew up in poverty in Brooklyn, Bowe somehow made his way to the pinnacle of the sport.

He won his first 31 fights to get a shot at the title, knocking out all but two of them. He fought only 10 times after beating Holyfield in the first of their three memorable bouts, and won nine of them. But it was evident his career was declining when he had to get up off the canvas to stop Holyfield in their final meeting.

Bowe retired in December 1996 with a 43-1 (33 KOs) pro record after taking a second straight beating from Andrew Golota, although he won both fights because Golota hit him with low blows.

Mancini followed his father, Lenny, into boxing and turned pro in 1979. In 1982, he scored a first-round knockout of Arturo Frias to win the WBA lightweight title.

FILE -- In this Nov. 4, 1994, file photo, referee Joe Cortez, left, signals heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe the winner as Bowe celebrates his victory over Evander Holyfield at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Riddick Bowe, who beat undisputed champion Evander Holyfield to win the heavyweight boxing title in 1992, and popular lightweight champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini have been selected for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held June 14 at the Hall of Fame in upstate New York. (AP Photo)

Though his career was brief, the popular Mancini had a profound impact.

In November 1982, he defended his title against Duk Koo Kim of South Korea at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in an outdoor bout televised live. Mancini scored a knockout in the 14th round, but Kim suffered brain injuries that led to his death four days later.

The WBA immediately shortened its title fights to 12 rounds, and by 1990 all sanctioning organizations followed suit. But Kim's death had a negative impact on the sport's popularity.

Mancini also made successful defenses against Ernesto Espana, Orlando Romero and Hall of Famer Bobby Chacon before los-

ing the title to Livingstone Bramble in 1984, and in the rematch the next year. He officially retired in 1992 with a pro record of 29-5 (23 KOs).

Hamed learned to box at 7 and turned pro in 1992. In the ensuing decade, he captured bantamweight, super bantamweight and featherweight titles and had an impressive string of 15 successful title defenses before retiring in 2002 with a pro record of 36-1 (31 KOs).

The Tokyo-born Ohba turned pro in 1966 and compiled a 25-2-1 record before winning the WBA flyweight championship in 1970. He successfully defended the title five times over the next three years and in his lone bout outside his homeland, stopped Rocky Garcia in

the ninth round in the United States. His last fight was a successful title defense over Thailand's Chartchai Chionoi in January 1973.

Three weeks later, he died at 23 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident, finishing with a pro record of 35-2-1 (16 KOs).

Overlin learned to box in the U.S. Navy and turned pro in 1931. Perhaps his finest moment was a 10-round victory over future heavyweight king Ezzard Charles.

He retired in 1944 with a record of 135-19-9-2NC (23 KOs) and died in 1969. Condon served as vice president and president of MSG Boxing in 1981 and was matchmaker and commentator for fights on the MSG Network. He died in 1989.

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(From left to right) Members of Khüpüh Kro with Pastor Vezopa, Zewetso Kapfo, Keduphuyi Moire, Pastor Vezopa, Ropfüvoto, Shekhonyi during the release of the gospel album "Püh nha unü zo to" by Vezopa Rhakho, Associate Pastor, CBCK.

Harmonic Voices wins 2nd Ultimate Hornbill CHoir

One of the bands performing on the second day of Hornbill International Rock Contest 2014 on December 5. (Morung Photo) Harmonic Voices- winner of 2nd Ultimate Hornbill Choir 2014 with judges. (Morung Photo)

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armonic Voices today emerged the winner of 2nd Ultimate Hornbill Choir as well as Audience Choice Award organized by Unlock Productions here at RCEMPA, Jotsoma.

Winning the coveted title, Harmonic Voices pocketed a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh sponsored by Music Task Force, Nagaland.

Adding jubilation to this choir, Akhrou Koza was declared as the best choir conductor. Delhi Public School Dimapur bagged runner up and awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 50,000.

Living Praise was adjudged as the best choir uniform while the best stage discipline choir went in favour of Aborigines.

Altogether, six choirs joined the 2nd edition of Ultimate Hornbill Choir 2014.

Judges for the competition included Khyochano Ngully, Asin Shrühozelie and Theja Meru.

It may be recalled that the Ultimate Hornbill Choir is initiated and presented

by Music Task Force (YRS) Government of Nagaland, which was kicked off on 6th December 2013 during the annual Hornbill Festival,

which also marked the 50th statehood celebrations.

Promotion and strengthening of choral music cultures is the chief focus of this event.

The basic foundation for holding this competition is to promote choirs from both disciplines of religious and secular approach.

Through this event we aspire to facilitate the most central platform for choirs to compete, find and set standards amongst others choirs in the state and the country, according to the organizer.

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ornbill International Rock Contest 2014 entered the second day here today at Hockey Ground, Indira Gandhi Stadium.

On December 1, as part of Hornbill Music Festival, bands who have made a mark in the music scene in the region performed.

Bands such as Divine Connection, Alobo Naga & The Band, Hello radio and Purple Fusion performed.

On December 3, British country rock legends Smokie played to one of the biggest crowds in recent time in the state. An estimate 20, 000 people attended the rousing concert.

On December 4, the

Hornbill International Rock Contest started at the stadium where ten bands from across the country performed. American guitar hero Vinnie Moore is one of the judges the panel.

One of the highlights of the event is a performance everyone is eagerly waiting for – Vinnie’s Moore’s performance at the IG Stadium December 7.

The long-anticipated Hornbill International Rock Contest for 2014 got underway on December 4, with American guitar legend Vinnie Moore as one of the judges in a panel that includes accomplished musicians. This time the contest has 31 bands, in-

cluding wildcards, from across India and abroad that have been selected from over 80 bands to compete in the annual event.

On the second day of the contest, 10 bands from across the country performed before hundreds of music lovers.. The bands that performed on the second day of the competition included TUNE IT AGAIN- NAGALAND, RAGE HYBRID-NEPAL, BLACK DOG MACHINE GUN-DARJEELING, HIDDEN IDENTITY-KOLKATA, FINAL SURRENDERBANGALORE, MUSES OF AUTHORITY -SILIGURI, CONDEMNED HOURTURA, RESTLESS DE-

SIRE-TURA, RED SKY PIRATES-DARJEELING, TECHNICOLORS-NAGALAND. Day three (December 6) of the competition will also figure 10 bands before the finals on December 7.

The organizer informed fans and music lovers that tickets to the December 7 show (when Vinnie Moore will be performing as well), and the live concert of Bon Giovi, will be available by December 6.

The bands will be vying for the top prize of Rs. 10 lakhs (one million) and other hefty individual prizes.

The runners up will land Rs. 5,00,000 and the

second runners up Rs. 3,00,000. Winners of individual prizes will pocket INR 30,000 each.

The competition will showcase some of the finest bands in classic metal, melodic rock and the eclectic, besides the contemporary staple of good old times, of course!

The judges of the Hornbill International Rock Contest this time will be Vinnie Moore. Besides, the American guitar hero, Sanjay Divecha (Danny Boyle, AR Rahman) from Mumbai, and Thejove Medeo (Divine Connection, Native Colours) and Wati Imchen (Squadron) from Nagaland.

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ast month as they kicked off the promotional tour for their new album, Four, they were a member down due to a 'tummy bug'. But fighting fit Zayn Malik was in tow alongside his bandmates as One Direction taped an interview for the Graham Norton Show. Taking up most of the room on Norton's couch, the group appeared to be in high spirits as they sat beside the legendary Sir Ian McKellen.

Putting on a coordinated display, the boys all donned all black ensembles. While Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan were all clean shaven, Zayn and Liam Payne both showed off their stubble. Debuting yet another hairstyle, Malik, 21, wore his dark hair back in two slick ponytails.

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point Horan, 21, was threw his head back as he let out a large laugh while the others tries to contain their giggles. Proving to be a big fan of the band, Sir McKellen cut a youthful figure as he donned a blazer with a grey hoodie while rocking a white printed One Direc-

tion T-shirt.

Giving their fans something to look forward to in addition to the interview, One Direction also performed their new single Night Changes on the popular BBC chat show. Last month, Malik hit back at drug abuse claims made

about him by US host Matt Lauer on The Today Show after he failed to turn up for an interview. Speaking to The Sun's Dan Wootton, he fumed: 'I'm really angry and upset by what was said on The Today Show. I was really ill at the weekend. That's why I couldn't fly to America.' When host Matt Lauer interviewed the boys, he shocked them when he asked if Zayn's absence was related to drugs. He said: 'There’s obviously a lot of concern, a lot of fans have been tweeting overnight. Is it something more serious? There have been rumors of substance abuse. What’s going on?' Zayn had to miss the flight with his band mates to America due to a 'tummy bug' but fans were left furious with Lauer's line of questioning.

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ayn Malik and Perrie Edwards will ''go with the flow'' when it comes to planning their ''perfect'' wedding. The loved-up couple, both 21, have been engaged for 16 months but have yet to officially set a date for their highly anticipated wedding, which Perrie puts down to their busy pop star schedules.

When asked if she has any plans in action yet, the Little Mix singer shared: ''Nope, we have no idea, we're just going with the flow.'' Together with the One Direction hunk, Perrie is hoping for the ''perfect'' nuptials. Speaking at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards in London on Wednesday (03.12.14), she told BANG Showbiz: ''We'll get there eventually when we're not too busy to make it perfect.''

Despite the long delay between their engagement and wedding day, the 'Move' singer was keen to prove that she was still very much in love with her 1D beau, after they were recently spotted enjoying a romantic day out in Weymouth, Dorset, southern England. She added: ''We're just happy to be engaged, enjoying it.' The blonde beauty is currently in the studio working on Little Mix's third studio album, as Zayn is busy promoting the boy band's latest record, 'Four', which was released last month.

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phone call in which Phil Rudd allegedly threatened to kill a man and his daughter is the basis for the AC/DC drummer's court charges. Rudd, 60, is before the courts on charges of threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis. The Tauranga-based drummer has denied the charges.

In a summary of facts released to media on Friday, the Crown has given a brief outline of what led to the charges. It says Rudd made a phone call to a man he knew, whose name is suppressed, on September 26, threatening to kill both him and his daughter. This was consistent with another phone call made by

Rudd earlier that morning, the summary of facts said.

It says Rudd denied threatening to kill anybody and denied making any of the phone calls he was alleged to have made when he was interviewed by police.

The drug charges were laid after police executed a search warrant at Rudd's home on November 6.

Police say Rudd had 0.71g of methamphetamine and 130g of cannabis in his possession.

Rudd was also charged with attempting to procure a murder when he appeared in court in November, but it was dropped by the crown solicitor the following day. Rudd was back in court on Thursday after a fracas with an-

other man on a Tauranga street. He was filmed being handcuffed by police next to a black sports car by the side of Cameron Road, on the North Island of New Zealand and was then taken to the local station. However, his lawyer Paul Mabey told Daily Mail Australia that Rudd is now back out on bail.

‘He’s appeared on a breach of bail by speaking to a witness and has been rebailed. He’s been to court and gone home,’ Mr Mabey said. He was given an extra bail condition ordering him not to take illicit drugs.

The threatening to kill case is due back in Tauranga District Court on February 10, when a date for a judgealone trial is likely to be set.

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Taylor Swift has reportedly been "dating" The 1975's Matt Healy for two months.

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aylor Swift has been "dating" Matt Healy for two months. The 'Blank Space' hitmaker whose previous boyfriends include Harry Styles and John Mayer - has reportedly been seeing The 1975 frontman since October.

A source revealed: "Taylor and Matty have been dating for approximately two months now. It started off as a mutual crush and has been blossoming more and more. "They both have very busy schedules as The 1975 is touring and Taylor is promoting her album but whenever they can find time to be in the same city they do it." The 24-year-old singer is believed to be quite smitten with the 'Chocolate' hitmaker. The source continued to HollywoodLife. com: "Taylor thinks Matty is so adorable she can't help but fall for him."

Matt, 25, recently sparked rumours about the supposed couple, after revealing that the pair had swapped phone numbers. He previously explained: "We exchanged numbers. Let's see what happens, she's a sensation. When asked for his thoughts on Taylor, he added: "I wouldn't say no." Meanwhile, Taylor recently revealed that she is "prioritising" friends over a romantic relationship. She said: "[I'm] prioritising my girlfriends, my family and my music above everything else and trying things I never thought I'd try. I made the decision to spend time on my own and figure out who I am. "When you're in love you tend to prioritise that other person's opinion and almost value it as much, if not more, thank out of the scenario and figuring out what you acyour own opinion. "When you're walking through life tually like without anyone you take the other person on your own, you end up else's input."

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Goa beats Chennaiyin; books semis berth Warriors beat Pelicans

cheNNai, December 5 (aGeNcieS): Goals from Romeo Fernandes, Andre Santos and Miroslav Slepicka helped FC Goa cruise into the semifinals of the Indian Super League (ISL) in style as they thrashed Chennaiyin FC 3-1 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai on Friday evening. This was only the second victory for FC Goa. They now have 21 points with one more match to go and are just a point behind Chennaiyin FC who top the ISL standings.

In terms of changes, the home side decided to shuffle things up with qualification now guaranteed. Goalkeeper Gennaro Bracigliano, left-back Dhanachandra Singh and forward Balwant Singh made way for Shilton Paul, Jayesh Rane and Bruno Pelissari respectively. On the other hand, Zico preferred to stick to the winning combination and didn’t make any change in his line-up.

The hosts started brightly, maintaining a high line on Goa. In the second minute, Bruno Pelissari found space outside the box and took a left-footed shot which went straight to Seda in goal. Matters heated up in the 14th minute as Goa did well to force their way back into the game after absorbing the early Chennai pressure. Andre Santos nutmegged Mendy on the left flank with the Frenchman pushing the Brazilian down to concede a free-kick. Tempers flared

for 11th straight win

Bernard Mendy of Chennaiyin FC and Gregory Arnolin of FC Goa during match 50 of the Hero Indian Super League between Chennaiyin FC and FC Goa held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai on December 5.

further and Mendy and Hidalgo were booked for protesting while Gregory fired over from the set-piece.

With a quarter of the game gone, Goa took the lead through Romeo Fernandes much against the run of play. The visitors suddenly came into their own on the left flank with Mandar's pile-driver from distance clattering Shilton

Paul's horizontal post. The rebound was intercepted

by Silvestre off Slepicka's feet but the ball fell to Romeo who lashed it in with his left foot from around the penalty spot.

In the 41st minute, Goa took advantage of Paul's inefficiencies as Santos drove in the second goal of the game via his left-foot after being found fortuitously in the box

by Slepicka whose high foot on Djemba-Djemba went unpunished though.

Chennaiyin made halftime changes but continued to be susceptible on the counter as they pushed forward in search of a goal. And this susceptibility was duly taken advantage of on 61 minutes as Narayan Das marauded down the flank and shot at Paul, who parried it

into the path of the advancing Slepicka. The Czech forward tapped it in to score his fifth goal in the competition.

There was however a late consolation as Jean Eudes Maurice capitalised on uncertain handling by Goa goalie Jan Seda off a long pass from Djordjic, and slotted the ball into an empty net. That was to be the last kick of the game.

OaKLaND, December 5 (ap): Golden State stretched its winning streak to 11 games by beating New Orleans 112-85 on Friday, matching the longest run of wins in franchise history.

The Warriors' 1971-72 team also won 11 straight. Stephen Curry had 19 points and a season-high 11 assists while Klay Thompson scored 23 points for Golden State, which has an NBAbest record of 16-2.

Golden State got off a slow start before pulling away with a 20-4 run in the second quarter for their eighth consecutive win over the Pelicans. Anthony Davis had his 12th double-double for New Orleans with 30 points and 15 rebounds.

Portland's form is almost as impressive as the Warriors, with the Trail Blazers making it 12 wins from 13 games by beating Indiana 88-82. LaMarcus Aldridge had 18 points and 13 rebounds for this fourth straight double-double while Damian Lillard led all scorers with 23 points for the Blazers. Rodney Stuckey had 16 points for the Pacers, who have lost three straight to open a fourgame road trip. The Pacers tied the score early in the fourth quarter and were

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) lays up a shot over New Orleans Pelicans' Ryan Anderson, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, December 4, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo)

still within three points in the final minute but could get no closer.

In the day's other game, Cleveland won 90-87 at

struggling New York, with Kyrie Irving scoring a season-high 37 points to help the Cavaliers notch a fifthstraight win.

Hornbill half marathon on Dec 7 Champions Trophy: India hope to Participants from Kenya confirmed create history in the Temple City Our Correspondent

Kohima | December 5

The Hornbill Half Marathon 2014 under the aegis of 3E Nagaland and supported by tourism department & NSACS as part of the Hornbill festival of Nagaland will take place on December 7. This year's edition will witness participants from Nagaland, Kenya, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya and Assam.

The event will start from 7:00 am at New Secretariat Junction, Kohima.

egory only) – 21 KM Great Hornbill Run (Boys & Girls Class 8 & below) – 11.9 KM NSACS Special Lap under the theme “Championing disabilities” – For differently abled people Total No. of runners registered – 207

CHAMPION PRIZES Half Marathon – Rs. 50,000/Great Hornbill Run – Rs. 10,000/- each for Boys & Girls NSACS Special Lap – Gift hampers for all participants (Participants of all race RACE CATEGORIES categories will receive cerHalf Marathon (men’s cat- tificates)

CCSA golden jubilee celebration

KOhima, December 5 (mexN): The Centre Chakhesang Sports Association (CCSA) is celebrating its golden jubilee from January 19 to 24 at Sakraba town with C.L. John, Minister for Rural Development & REPA as the chief guest and Khriehu Liezietsu, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Resources & Sports, NRE and MTF

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Dimapur, December 5 (mexN): The All Nagaland Shaolin Temple Arts Kung-fu Association has informed that the 1st North East All Style Open Martial Arts Championship 2014 is being organised at South Hill Colony, Nabaram Vidyalaya Field, Lumding, Assam from December 19 to 21. A press release informed all those interested – from any type of martial arts – in taking part in the said competition can contact ANSTAKA. It further informed that all expenditure will be borne

by ANSTAKA. For further information, one may contact G. Kahuto Achumi, Technical Director, at 9612211333, 8731901075, 98563112101.

as the guest of honour.

Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education & SCERT Deo Nukhu will be the valedictory guest.

Kevechutso Doulo, state executive member BJP Nagaland will be the special guest. The golden jubilee celebration will be marked by athletics, football, volleyball and basketball for both men and women.

Captains of Hero Hockey Champions Trophy 2014 participating teams, from second left, Belgium's John-John Dohmen, Argentina's Lucas Rey, England's Barry Middleton, Australia's Eddie Ockenden, India's Sardar Singh, Netherlands' Robert van der Horst, Germany's Tobias Hauke and Pakistan's Muhammad Imran, pose for photographs near the champions trophy during its unveiling ceremony at Kalinga stadium in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar on December 5. (AP Photo)

New DeLhi, December 5 (aGeNcieS): A maiden Champions Trophy title will be the perfect way for Indian hockey to round off a memorable 2014, but for that they will have to beat the best in the business at the Temple City of India - Bhubaneswar. Deciding to move international events out of their first-choice venue Delhi, Hockey India chose Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium to host the marquee FIH event that commences from Saturday, with the final to be played on December 14. A Champions Trophy gold has been elusive for India, with their only noted success being a bronze way back in the 1982 edition. But after silver at this year's Glasgow CWG followed by top podium finish at the Incheon Asian Games, momentum is with Sardar Singh and his boys.

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and the Europeans have had a stranglehold in the tournament, with the Aussies enjoying an overwhelming title-winning run in the last five editions. India are placed in Pool B, alongside world No. 2 Netherlands, current Olympic champions Germany and surprise-package Argentina. Pool A comprises top-ranked Australia, 2012 bronze medallists Pakistan, the dangerous world No. 4 Belgium and England. The pool stage will be followed by the quarter-finals, semis, classification matches and the final. India play their first match against Germany on December 6.

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RAJ BHAVAN

Governor of Nagaland

Kohima - 797001 December 3, 2014

CHIEF MINISTER NAGALAND KOHIMA MESSAGE 4th December, 2014

MESSAGE It gives me immense pleasure to learn that the Nagaland Civil Defence and Home Guards is celebrating its Raising Day on 6th December, 2014.

I am happy that the Nagaland Civil Defence and Home Guards has been rendering invaluable service to the people. This organization has been assisting not only the Civil Administration during natural disasters but also carrying out their assigned duties and responsibilities with dedication.

On this occasion, I extend my warmest greetings to all Officers and Jawans of the Nagaland Civil Defence and Home Guards and hope that the organisation will continue to assist the public in future as well.

I am happy to learn that the Civil Defence and the Home Guards Organization is observing its Raising Day on the 6th of December, 2014 along with the rest of the country. I convey my best wishes to the Organization and commend them for their selfless services towards the people.

The Civil Defence and Home Guards plays an important role, not only in complementing the various duties of the State Police but also during disasters and other natural calamities.

I understand that our personnel are well trained and specialized in conducting search and rescue missions. Such specialities, though not readily recognized or commonly used, become most essential during national calamities. I am confident that the preparedness of the Organization will come to the fore in saving lives should any calamity befall us.

I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Civil Defence and Home Guard Organization for the valuable service rendered. I urge all Officers and ranks to continue the mission to uphold the dignity and selfless service in discharging their duties for the betterment of humanity.

On this auspicious occasion, I wish them success in their endeavour towards serving humanity.

(P.B.ACHARYA)

(T.R. ZELIANG)

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