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Fourth Swine Flu case detected in Nagaland KOHIMA, FEBRUARY 25 (DIPR): The Nagaland Health Department has confirmed that a fourth person has been found infected with H1N1 flu, also known as Swine Flu, in the State. State Nodal officer IDSP, Dr. Tiasunep Pongener disclosed that out of the nine samples sent to Dibrugarh for verification, the sample of a 39 year old man tested positive for Swine Flu. The man, who arrived in Nagaland from Delhi on February 21, is said to have developed symptoms of Swine Flu on February 22, after which his sample was sent on the same day to Dibrugarh. The state Health Department received the report of the sample at around 2:30pm on February 25. Presently the patient is under the care and supervision of a physician under NHK. The Health Department has advised fellow passengers who arrived in Nagaland from Delhi on the same flight to contact the nearest hospital if they develop any symptoms of Swine Flu.

Longon welcomes tripartite talks for peace in Tuensang KOHIMA, FEBRUARY 25 (NEPS): The Eastern Nagaland Legislatures’ Union (ENLU) is hopeful that tripartite talks proposed to be held among representatives of Chang, Yimchunger communities and the state government will lead to a durable and lasting resolution of issues. Talking to NEPS on Wednesday, Minister for Health and Family Welfare P Longon disclosed that representatives from both the communities had expressed willingness to the proposal of having tripartite talks with the state government to find a tangible solution with regard to the crisis in Tuensang. Stating that “dialogue” is the only means to solve all the issues, the senior DAN Minister from Tuensang district lauded the two tribes for showing their maturity in agreeing to meet for a peaceful, sustainable and lasting solution to the issue. Appealing for a conducive environment before the talks, Longon urged people in the district to extend their cooperation to the government to help maintain law and order. He further lauded church organizations, various tribe bodies, student bodies, and individuals for their efforts in mitigating the tensions and their humanitarian services rendered to the displaced citizens.

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CIH Nagaland receives Best Regional Exposure-Bio Resource Award 2015 [ PAGE 2]

Amnesty’s report details ‘devastating year of mass violence’ [ PAGE 9]

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sekrenyi: A ‘cleansing of the soul’

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“Sekrenyi is a celebration with our spirit and God. In this celebration, our thoughts need to be renewed, our health needs to improve and our relationship with our Creator needs to be strengthened,” stated Dr. Vilhousa Seleyi, President Angami Public Organisation (APO) during the Sekrenyi celebration of the Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO), which was held at the Kezol forest, Khuzama on February 25.

Present at the celebration was 68 year old Medosato Thao from Jakhama village, a follower of Tsana or Krüna (Ancestor’s beliefs and rituals). Thao explained that the rituals of Sekrenyi practiced by the Krünas were very detailed.

On the eve of Sekrenyi, a particular well is guarded so that it is untouched before the ritual. At dawn on the auspicious day, all the men in the village gather at

the well, wash their hands and any item they possess.

A small end of their shawl is also cleansed as part of the ritual. This ritual is known as Dzüseva in the Southern Angami dialect.

After the ritual, the Sekievü (sanctified rooster) is sacrificed with a prayer to the Creator. The Sekievü is one that is without any blemish and is squeezed to death, and predictions are made according to the movement of its legs. If the right leg turns over the left leg, it is a good omen that the New Year will bring good harvest and good health. If the left leg falls on top of the right leg, it is considered a bad omen.

Every single utensil or item used in the celebration has to be brand new. In Jakhama village, a specific tradition is followed, which includes the carving of new spoons for the festival. Although Sekrenyi rituals are almost the same in all Angami regions, each village or region has their own specific traditions.

Elderly Angami men singing folk songs at the Sekrenyi celebrations of the Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO), which was held at the Kezol forest, Khuzama on February 25. (Morung Photo)

The Phousazu, pure rice beer, specifically made for Sekrenyi is drunk during the festival. The Phousazu is poured in a cup made of banana leaves, which is sipped twice and kept in the rice-barn where

a blessing is invoked for abundance in harvest. Another ritual called Chüsepe is performed, where two chunks of meat are kept in the leaves to give to the Creator. During this ritual, no one is allowed to enter

their homes. It may also be noted that women do not partake in this festival.

At the Sekrenyi celebration at Kezol on February 25, Dr. Vilhousa Seleyi pointed out that in the past, Nagas worked hard

to safeguard the lands and heritage for posterity. He added, “We need to do the same for the future descendents.”

The beauty of a village lies in its cultural heritage and traditions, and the Krünas are the carriers of our rich heritage and culture, asserted Mhokole Zashümo. He pointed out that in most Angami villages, people who follow their Ancestor’s beliefs have been reduced to single digits. There is also a growing apprehension of losing the indigenous practice of cultivation.

Medokul Sophie, former MLA during the Sekrenyi celebration urged the people to let the festival be a start for the “renewing of ourselves for our family, our community and our region.” Perhaps this urgency can best be understood in what Leso Phira, a former Krüna from Kigwema Village who recently converted to Christianity says.

He states that Sekrenyi is the last festival celebrated

among the Angamis and is celebrated after the crops are harvested, perhaps to commemorate the sense of completion and for a new beginning. “It is the cleansing of not just the physique but the soul,” asserts Leso, who also points out that during the festival, repentance is a precursor before the cleansing.

The program on February 25 was chaired by Zadeho Rikha, President, SAPO with Vilelie Khamo as the Chief host. Short speeches were delivered by Chatuo Paphino, President, SAGBU, Dr. Vilhousa Seleyi, President APO, Medokul Sophie.

Chatuo Paphino, President, SAGBU in his speech stated that the decision of whether to celebrate Sekrenyi late or early was often decided by the Japfüphimia (Southern Angamis). Paphino focused on safeguarding ancestral lands and concluded his speech with a blessing to the people and the land in the name of Sekrenyi.

Wokha tragedy: death toll rises to 8 Nagaland excluded from Morung Express News Dimapur|Febraury 25

With the recovery of another body today, the death toll in the February 24 explosion and resulting inferno at Wokha town rose to eight. Wokha police informed that the body is yet to be identified, due to the intensity of the burns. 21 people were also injured in the incident, it was confirmed.

Talking to The Morung Express, ASP for Wokha, Tokavi Achumi informed that while the cause of the explosion is yet to be ascertained, the bomb squad from PHQ has arrived in the scene to investigate and are collecting rele-

vant materials. They will give a ‘definite pictures’ in 2-3 days, he added.

Ruling out “any sabotage,” he said that the police, upon their preliminary assessment, suspects that the initial explosion was caused by ‘Gelatin Sticks’ stored at the gun house.

However, the matter is still under investigation, he maintained.

Meanwhile, the district administration under the supervision of the DC, Wokha is searching for temporary shelters and providing relief to the displaced families.

The injured, informed the police, were initially treated at the district hospital. How-

ever, around 2-3 of the victims were taken out of the town for further medical attention.

The damage to properties and other materials might come to around Rs 1 crore according to the immediate assessment of the police.

State cabinet directs immediate assistance and compensation Meanwhile, the Nagaland state cabinet has directed the Home department to take all necessary measures to render assistance and compensation to the affected persons as per existing policy of the government. The cabinet met on February 25 to take stock of

the incident and conveyed its condolences to the families of the deceased, to the injured and to those whose properties have been destroyed.

Nagaland state Governor, PB Acharya has also conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families and wished speedy recovery to those injured due to the fire. The Governor, through a press release, expressed concern about the reason for the fire and called for investigation. He further urged the authorities to “find out the culprits / negligent people responsible.” The Governor further urged that the “bereaved family be properly rehabilitated.”

PAP regime till December DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 25 (MExN): All areas of the states of Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram have been excluded from the Protected Area Permit (PAP) regime till December 31, 2015 for foreign tourists subject to certain conditions.

This was informed by the Union Home Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply to Dr Chandan Mitra at the Rajya Sabha today. A press communiqué from the Press and Information Bureau informed that certain relaxations have also been allowed in PAP regime in Arunachal Pradesh.

In addition, a proposal is under consideration for simplifying the permit system for trekking in the Green

Lake, Sikkim.

The Protected Area Permit (PAP) is required for non-Indian citizens to visit certain areas in India, mainly in the North East. Certain requirements have to be fulfilled in order to get this permit. The permit comes under the Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order 1958.

The Union Minister further informed that during the financial year 2013-14, a sum of Rs 15.55 crore was released to the North East states towards payment of stipend/remuneration to the SoO/surrendered cadres. This was revealed in a written reply to Santiuse Kujur at the Rajya Sabha, informed the Press and Information Bureau.

NSCN (K) concerned by violations of CFGR Living Impressions: Naga artist

DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 25 (MExN): The NSCN (K) today expressed concern at what it termed was the “flagrant violations” of the Cease Fire Ground Rules (CFSG) by “unruly armed elements” of the Indian Army and the Assam Rifles.

A press note from the Secretary of the NSCN (K) Cease Fire Surveillance Board alleged that “the constant offensive operations launched by Assam Rifles against unarmed NSCN/GPRN workers posted in various towns

and kidnappings of several unarmed People’s Army personnel on medical treatment has become daily routine.”

This “wilful violation of mutually agreed ceasefire ground rules between GOI and NSCN/GPRN,” it stated “threatens the very existence of bilateral ceasefire and thoroughly undermines any scope for peace and political processes to progress and mature.”

It added that “the reality of disguised peace has become excruciatingly

unsustainable,” and cautioned that the “NSCN/ GPRN shall henceforth resort to equal retaliation in the event of any such provocation and Indian Army shall solely be held accountable.”

“The NSCN/GPRN taking cognizance of insensitive attitude and actions of Indian Army directs Naga Army personnel to initiate defensive armed offensive and encounter any such attacks by Indian Army with immediate effect,” stated the NSCN (K).

Amnesty criticises Modi govt for rights record LONDON, FEBRUARY 25 (PTI): Human rights group Amnesty International today criticised the Narendra Modi-led government, saying under the new regime India has witnessed a rise in communal violence and its Land Acquisition Ordinance has put thousands of Indians at “risk” of forcible eviction.

In its Annual Report 2015, released here, Amnesty highlighted poll-related violence in the lead up to the May 2014 General Elections, communal clashes and failure of consultation on corporate projects as key concerns. The report highlighted that, “the authorities continued to violate people’s rights to privacy and freedom of expression.

There was a rise in communal violence in Uttar Pradesh and some other states and corruption, caste-based discrimination and caste violence remained pervasive.”

The rights body also went on to single out the Land Acquisition Ordinance for criticism as it described the move as a new “risk” to thousands of Indians. “In Decem-

ber, the government passed a temporary law which removed requirements related to seeking the consent of affected communities and assessing social impact when state authorities acquired land for certain projects,” it said.

“Thousands of people remained at risk of being forcibly evicted from their homes and lands for large infrastructure projects.

Particularly vulnerable were Adivasi communities living near new and expanding mines and dams,” it added .

While the group recognised “progressive legal reform”, it was critical of India’s “overburdened and under-funded criminal justice system”. Amnesty pointed out two court orders as important “gains” for India in 2014, including a Bhopal court’s decision in November to demand that its criminal summons against the Dow Chemical Company to be re-issued and a “landmark judgement” by the Supreme Court in April granting legal recognition to transgender people.

to exhibit his work in London

DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 25 (MExN): Accomplished Naga artist, Temsuyanger Longkumer, is set to exhibit one of his audio visual installations at the Horniman Museum in London. His exhibit is a part of the artist’s long running project titled ‘Living Impressions.’

“Since 2003 I have been experimenting, researching and developing ideas and themes relating to the demise of traditional cultures and practices,” says Temsyanger, who is an Associate Member of the Royal Society of PainterPrintmakers at the Bankside Gallery, London, and has been artist-in-residence at the Cité international des Arts in Paris and the Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy.

This project, Temsuyanger notes, has enabled him to “meet many special people in unique circumstances” and inspired him to capture and preserve a few moments of their lives.

“I have finally finished the first group of works in the series which was made in Nagaland,” he adds.

This first part of the project, informs Temsuyanger, was focused on four

A part of Temsuyanger Longumer’s exhibit which is scheduled to be featured at the Horniman Museum in London.

“colourful people’s lives” and is made as three-dimensional multi-media reconstructions.

It took four years to finish the works of this particular project, which will be featured at the Horniman Museum’s ‘Weapons and the anthropology museum’ conference on February 27. The two-day conference will address and

debate many of the “complex intellectual and ethical questions regarding the interpretation and display of weapons in museums.”

In the artist’s own words, ‘Living Impressions’ is “an attempt to capture and preserve a moment in time through kinetic holographs in the form of narrative storytelling with a mosaic of ancient

wisdom, new technology, sights and sounds.”

Temsuyanger was born in Nagaland, which he says is the reason “why it was my starting point for this project.” He feels that the issue of cultural traditions being eroded and efforts to preserve them in the face of constant technological and societal change is a relevant and important question to people in countries across the world. “It is a wider theme that I am pursuing to explore in my future works.”

The second part of ‘Living Impressions’ will take Temsuyanger to central Asia and the Americas, which he hopes to do “in the very near future.”

Temsuyanger Longkumer was born on April 21, 1976 in Nagaland and is active as an artist in London. He has worked in media including drawing, print, sculpture, installation and video. He attended the Royal College of Art, from which he holds an MA in printmaking. In 2003, he won the Prospects student prize, for a video.

Check out Temsuyanger Longumer’s works at www.temsuyanger.com

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‘Manifest our culture’ Cultural cum literary festival at Shilloi Lake concludes

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CIH Nagaland receives Best Regional Exposure-Bio Resource Award 2015

Guwahati, February 25 (MexN): Central Institute of Horticulture, Nagaland participated in the 2nd International Agri Horti Show held at College of Veterinary, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam w.e.f.

February 10 to 14, where the Institute received the Best Regional ExposureBio-Resource Award for its varied activities towards upliftment of horticulture.

The Show was organized by Department of Agriculture, Government of Assam in association with Assam Agriculture University and Indian Chamber of Commerce. Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of Agricul-

ture, formally inaugurated the show.

The 5 days show had participation from various National and International organizations/delegates.

The show was organized with focus on agriculture and horticulture advancements, promotion of international trade, protected cultivation, fertigation and farming technologies, processed foods and post harvest technologies, agri. finance/insurance, cold storage and other Hi-tech technologies.

The institute participated in the show as an associate partner and highlighted the various activities being carried out as per the mandates of

Untrained NSS Prog Officers oriented

The fourth cultural cum literary festival was held at Shilloi Lake from February 23 to 25. Organised be the Phokhungri Area College Students Union (PACSU) and Phokhungri Area Cultural Society (PACS) under the theme ‘manifest our culture’, NEZCC Dimapur sponsored the festival.

John Tsulise Sangtam, ADC Meluri graced the concluding day of the festival as guest. Addressing the gath-

tural should not be the hindrance for political and socio economic development, rather it should be a bridge to bring every one closer so that the rich cultural heritage, which is also our identity is preserved and passed down to younger generation.”

Acknowledging the effort that PACU and PACSU for organizing the festival, the chief guest said, “the celebration not only gives us the opportunity to revive the loosing culture that we have but also gives an op-

Assuring assistance to the organisers, the chief guest also said, “along with culture, education, food security and preservation of forest and natural resources should also be discussed in platform like this so that the festival becomes more beneficial.”

PACSU President Lillian Peri while giving the welcome address said that the objective of the festival is to display the rich cultural and to let the younger generation learn from the art of dance, folk song and cultur-

practice. She also disclosed that cultural festival would be celebrated every year from now on at Shilloi Lake.

PACS President Thimu Feedhu in his address urged the leaders and NGO of the area to uphold the unity for better society.

Wekhro-u Wetsah BDO RD block Weziho graced the closing ceremony as chief guest.

Total 13 cultural troupes from ten villages are taking part in the three-day cultural festival.

thirteen NSS untrained Programme Officers (POs) from different institutions in Nagaland have been oriented at Empanelled Training Institute for NSS Programme Officers (POs) for North Eastern Region organized by Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati from February 8 to 14.

C. Theyo, State Liaison Officer, NSS in a press release said that NSS POs from the North Eastern Region took part in the orientation course. The basic

cepts of NSS objectives, motto, symbol, badge and song. Discussion on the regular activity and special camping, NSS advisory committee meeting, conduct village survey and interactive session amongst the POs were held.

Arup Kr. Mishra, Upasha Boruah Phukan, J.C Kalita and Dr. Sriparna B. Baruah delivered different session on the need and importance of science & technology intervention on entrepreneurship; problems and prospects,

NSS POs to promote entrepreneurship education among NSS Volunteers as a career, Entrepreneurship in changing time and importance of personality development, leadership qualities & communication.

Other resource person included SK Basumatary Youth Officer, NER Guwahati, N C Deori, Anil Sharma, Lonkeswar Deka, Santikam Hazarika, Partha Patowary and Dr. Rajib Handique, stated C. Theyo, State Liaison Officer, NSS.

Luthsumi and Chessor descendants reconcile

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Police personnel trying to get the attention of the owner of the vehicle by honking its horn that was parked carelessly near Holy Cross Higher Secondary School junction at around 1:30 PM. The vehicle obstructed free movement of vehicles while making it impossible for the already parked vehicles to move out for around one hour. In Dimapur, many vehicle owners irresponsibly and disrespectfully park their vehicles nearest to the place they are visiting even though there is no parking space instead of parking at an available parking space and walking back to their destination. Photo by Imojen I Jamir C M Y K

MEx File NSEAOA, NSSFOF & ANSTA joint meeting KohiMa, February 25 (MexN): In view of its proposed total cease work agitation the three Associations of Education Department- Nagaland School Education Administrative Officers Association (NSEAOA), Nagaland Secondary School Field Officers Forum (NSSFOF) and All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) has convened a joint consultative meeting on February 26 at CANSSEA Office Kohima at 11:00 am. ANSTA President Ponchulo Wanth, NSSFOF Convenor Mezhu-U Hozoyeh NSEAOA Vice President Ekonthung Lotha in a press release has requested all executive members of three Associations, DEOs, SDEOs, Asst.

Directors, Dy. Directors, HMs, AHMs, JEOs, are requested to attend the meeting positively.

DDK to telecast live on H1N1 KohiMa, February 25 (DiPr): A live telecast on H1N1 flu will be telecast at DDK Kohima on February 26 at 6 p.m. pertinent issues with regard to precautions and prevention of swine flu will be telecast live for the benefit of the general public.

CUD general meeting on Feb 28 DiMaPur, February 25 (MexN): Chessore Union Dimapur (CUD) has convened general meeting on February 28 at 10:00 am at the treasure’s residence. Therefore, all members concerned are requested to attend the meeting without fail.

DYSO informs KohiMa, February 25 (MexN): The Daklane Youth Society Organisation (DYSO) informed all that it will leave no stone unturned to check illegal activities within its jurisdiction. Anyone caught indulging in anti-social activities will be penalised befittingly. DYSO Executive Member Rokonuo Kire and Thepfuketuo Keditsu in a press note also informed owner of Local Taxi Van bearing registration number NL-01T-6948, which has been parked near Rengma Church for over a year to come and claim the vehicle within 15 days from the date of issue of this notice falling which the DYSO will seize the vehicle.

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HBTC alumni meet DiMaPur, February 25 (MexN): Harvest Bible Training Center alumni will be having a Get-Together camp from March 17 to 19 at GCYM Sovima, 6th mile, Dimapur. All the alumni have been requested to contact the given numbers for further information: 09774334832, 09856317179 or 09085988276.

tueNsaNG, February 25 (MexN): Peace and reconciliation between Luthsumi under Aghunato Zunheboto district and Chessor descendants was held on February 17 at Kephor village, Tuensang district.

A press release issued by the descendants of Luthsumi stated that during early part of 20th century, head hunting was a regular practice, and the fore fathers of Luthsumi descendants and Chessor descendants were in conflict between 1929 and 1931. Because of this bloodshed activity, many precious lives and properties were lost.

However, with the advent of Christianity and

Luthsumi under Aghunato Zunheboto district and Chessor descendants during Peace and reconciliation held on February 17 at Kephor village, Tuensang district.

transforming the life through Christ, the descendants of Luthsumi Village came out with an event to make an everlasting rec-

onciliation in good Christian faith between the once warring warriors of Kephor Village and the descendants of Luthsumi Village.

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Panda visits Kohima War Cemetery

KohiMa, February 25 (DiPr): Dr. Sanjay Kumar Panda, IAS, Secretary Ministry of Textile, Government of India visited the Kohima War Cemetery earlier this morning on February 25. Dr. Sanjay Kumar who came to the state for laying of the foundation stone for an Apparel and Garment Manufacturing Centre at Dimapur expressed his pleasure at visiting the state and said that Nagaland is a beautiful state of

New District Evaluation Office at Peren inaugurated

PereN, February 25 (DiPr): Director Evaluation Nagaland Kevileno Angami inaugurated the new District Evaluation Office building at Peren on February 25.

Delivering a keynote address, the chief guest stated that infrastructure is always expected to facilitate the people and deliver better services and added that without its used infrastructure alone cannot bring any oriented result.

She also further encouraged and urged the officers and staff to evaluate themself as to what they can contribute towards the government with better infrastructure.

Deputy Commissioner Peren, Peter Lichamo remarked that person’s presence of head of department on the day shows the complete story of department’s concerned. He further stated that inaugural and functioning are two different word but complement each other. He impressed that the officer and staff should be more functional with the infrastructural available as every department is created for a purposed. He said that purpose must be served for the greater interest of the public. The programme was chaired by Joint Director Evaluation, Shinito Sema.

the country and its people welcoming, friendly and cooperative.

Speaking to DIPR, Dr. Sanjay Kumar informed that the Ministry of Textile is committed to help the Government of Nagaland particularly in the generation of productive employment for the benefit of the youths. He maintained that the Apparel and Garment Manufacturing Centre located at Dimapur will have 3 units with all modern machineries and accessories. The

Apparel and Garment Manufacturing Centre will be instrumental for training of the youths, skill development in the apparel and garment manufacturing sector which in turn would generate employment opportunities for the people of Nagaland. Dr. Sanjay opined that with the active involvement and cooperation of the Government of Nagaland, the Ministry of Textiles would be able to serve the people of Nagaland effectively.

Training conducted for bank employees

DiMaPur, February 25 (MexN): Nagaland State Training Centre of Manpower Development & Management Institute (MDMI), Shillong conducted two training programme for the selected employees of the bank along with a workshop for SHGs, JLGs and PACS at NStCB Head office premises, Dimapur. The trainings were as scheduled, Asset and Liability Management- February 16 to 18; Nonfund Business and Cross selling- February 19 to 21; Workshop on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion for SHGs, JLGs and PACS – February 19 to 20.

A press release informed that More than 68 SHGs, JLGs and PACS from Dimapur area took part in the workshop. Resource

person from NABARD, Nagaland Regional office, Dimapur attended the workshop.

BK Thadani, Vice- Chairman of MDMI and Special Officer of the Bank chaired the inaugural function of training programme. S. Atovi Sema, Managing Director said the welcomedaddress. DrJ.B.Dutta,Director,MDMI delivered the keynote address. V. Chelladurai, General Manager (01C) NABARD, Nagaland Regional office exhorted the participants and spoke about the importance of training in the Bank. Imtilemba Longkumer, General Manager (Admn/Vig) offered vote of thanks while the programme was coordinated by N. Bhattacharjee Dy. GM (Vig/Trg) assisted by Nozomenu and besides attended by other senior officers of the Bank.

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the Institute. The focus horticulture crops available in the NEH region were displayed. Folders and other publications on production technologies, package of practices PHM on fruits, flowers, vegetables and spices were displayed and distributed during the programme. Quality planting material of major fruit crops propagated in the Institute were displayed.

More than 500 people from different parts of the country visited CIH stall and interacted with technical staffs. The visitors appreciated the efforts made by the Institute towards the development of horticulture in the region.

Laruri cultural troupe performs a cultural dance during the cultural cum literary festival was held at Shilloi Lake from February 23 to 25. (Morung Photo) KohiMa, February training course includes concept of entrepreneur & Our Correspondent ering, Sangtam said, “cul- portunity to take part.” al games that our ancestors 25 (MexN): Altogether session on the basic con- entrepreneurship; role of Phokhungri (Phek) | February 25

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As such, the prayer for forgiveness was held on February 17 at Kephor Baptist Church which was followed by a grand feast.

Training on silkworm rearing in Zbto held ZuNheboto, February 25 (MexN): The Department of Sericulture Zunheboto District organized one-week training programme on silkworm rearing for the beneficiaries under NEC sponsored scheme (2013-2014) from February 16 to 21.

A training programme started with an encouragement from Chuba Kecha, Deputy Director, Department of Sericulture. He said it is high time the people, take importance of the diverse potential options to general income for a better livelihood. He also highlighted the importance, economics and the benefits of sericulture.

Some important topics covered by different Resource persons under the thematic areas of the training were Construction and Management of rearing house, Rearing of Eri silkworm technologies, Cultivation procedures for feed plant like Castor and Kesseru, Maintenance of garden, Diseases of silkworm, its preventive and control measure etc.

A press release issued

by Assistant Sericulture Officer, Zunheboto stated that the resource person were Khezheto Sema Assistant sericulture officer, Tsenyimo, extension Officer, Senthy Jamir, Extension Officer. All together 100 beneficiaries participated in the training.

Holi Milan Samaroh on March 1 DiMaPur, February 25 (MexN): On the occasion of Holi, the festival of colours, the Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj Dimapur is organizing “Holi Milan Samaroh” on March 1 at Ramjanaki Thakurbari ground from 5 pm onwards. Renowned Bhojpuri singers Murli Yadav and Kumkum, besides Maruti Nanda Musical Group would enthrall the audience with holi and Bhojpuri songs. The Organizing Committee has informed that tickets are available at K Awomi Trading, G S Road/ Gupta Fashion near Durga Mandir. For more information, contact 9774115918.

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NUVSU meeting on Feb 28 DiMaPur, February 25 (MexN): Naga United Village Students' Union has convened an emergency meeting on February 28, 10:00 am at Great Commission Higher Secondary School, Naga United Village, Dimapur. The Union President, Pole Venyo has requested all the executive members to attend the meeting without fail.

UNTABA executive council meet KohiMa, February 25 (MexN): The United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas executive council meeting will be held on February 28 at 2:00 pm at Unity Hall, Naga Council Dimapur, Nyamo Lotha Road, Dimapur to deliberate important issues of the UNTABA. Therefore, all the advisory board members, office bearers and all the concerned executive members are requested to attend the scheduled meeting without fail.

Tenyidie students tour to Hyderabad

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The guide along with the students of Tenyidie Department, 3rd semester, NU outside the library, University of Hyderabad.

KohiMa, February 25 (MexN): The students of Tenyidie Department, 3rd semester, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema had its first ever tour to Hyderabad guided by Vikuosa

Pielie, Research Scholar, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema from February 11 to 21.

During the tour, the students visited the University of Hyderabad and its Library, English and For-

eign Languages University (EFLU) and some important places.

Meanwhile, the students expressed gratitude especially to Dr. Neikesalie Nicky Kire, Minister of Forest, Environment and Wildlife,

Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu, MLA, Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu, President, Ura Academy, Naga Students Hyderabad and EFLU and all well wishers for contributing towards the tour financially and physically.

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Companies say FCI must involve private sector in North East new deLhi, FebruAry 25 (Tnn): Private companies such as ITC, Cargill and Adani have suggested to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to invest in new technology for procurement, storage and movement of grains in India's north eastern states.

The companies feel the government should come out with a clear policy, defining the role of private sector, to start working in these states.

"We can work as an agent of FCI without compromising on the minimum support price (MSP) to farmers," said Sanjay Kaul, MD and CEO, National Collateral Management Services.

Kaul feels farmers should either be paid by

cheques or online transfers for their grains.

"The government can select companies geography-wise, which can cut down transport cost, provide MSP to farmers and introduce efficiencies along the entire food-value chain," he said.

In keeping with the recommendations of Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI has been meeting officials from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Jharkhand, apart from interacting with ITC officials, Adani, Cargill, National Bulk Handling Corporation, Origo Commodities and National Collateral Management Services in New Delhi, as part of it efforts to chart out a second green revolution in north-east India.

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Suspected Bodo militants remanded KOLLAM, FebruAry 25 (The hindu): Rijina Basumatary, the alleged National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NFBD) activist who was arrested from a cashew factory here on February 18, and his accomplice, Swaran, also suspected to be an NDFB activist, were remanded in the district jail here after being produced in the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court by a team from the Assam police. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) Rex Roby Arvin said the two were remanded since there was no direct train available on Tuesday to Guwahati, Assam. The next train to Guwahati is on Friday and till then, the two will remain in jail here. Arvin said that the two were arrested under Section 16 and 17 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Section 387 of the Indian Penal Code. The prime charges against the two were collection of money through extortion for promoting terrorism and conspiracy against the nation. Basumatary allegedly confessed during interrogation by the Assam police team, headed by sub-inspector Paresh Boro, that he had undergone NDFB training in arms handling and armed combat.

The Military Intelligence which provided information to the Assam police about Basumatary’s whereabouts in Kollam suspect him to have reached here during the first week of January this year after the December 23 Sonitpur killings in Assam. However, Basumatary told the police during interrogation that he had reached here much earlier. The Assam police team said the two will be subjected to more comprehensive interrogation in Assam.

Hardcore NDFB(S) militant nabbed Tezpur, FebruAry 25 (pTi): A hardcore NDFB(S) militant has been apprehended by the police in Assam's Sonitpur district today. The militant was arrested from Mugachang area under Biswanath Chariali police station, Superintendent of Police Biswanath Chariali Manabendra Devroy said. The militant, identified as Dorjoi Goyari alias Doctor, was allegedly involved in providing medical facilities to the militant outfit and Rs 50,000 in cash was recovered from his possession. He was supposed to hand over the cash to another militant when he was caught. Massive search operation was on along the Assam- Arunachal Pradesh border in Sonitpur district to nab NDFB(S) militants following the killing of 47 adivasis by the outfit in the district.

Arunachal guv asks women's panel to create common forum iTAnAgAr, FebruAry 25 (pTi): Arunachal Pradesh governor Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma today asked the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) to become an anchor and bring all women welfare organisations of the state together and strive towards its goal. The members of the Commission led by its chairperson Mitali Tingkhatra called on the Governor at Raj Bhawan, here. The Governor said women empowerment is a serious challenge and APSCW has the institutional power to empower the fairer gender, a Raj Bhawan statement said. "Create a common forum and reach out to the districts, particularly rural areas.

Enhance your endeavour through radio and deliver lectures on gender challenges in colleges and schools," Sharma said.

Advising new members of the Commission, he said they must take their duty as social service. "Take this opportunity as a crusade for a better and healthier environment. A long journey starts with the first step, therefore, take the first with clear vision and plan," he said. Sharma also advised the members to avail assistance from state departments, particularly Health, Social Welfare and Information and Public Relation, district administration and NGOs. He suggested for involving women achievers of the state in their campaign.

Earlier, the members shared their challenges, achievements of the Commission and future activities with the first couple of the state. They said domestic violence, polygamy, child marriage and unemployment are the main challenges.

APSCW vice chairperson Nabam Tabang, APSCW members Duma Yekar, Hage Yasung and Oter Ering Tayeng and member secretary Yame Higio and Muskaan Welfare Society members, Dr Jennifer Tayeng and Kobby Bagra were present during the meeting, the statement added.

Wild boar enters Mizoram village, attacks and injures five before being shot AizAwL, FebruAry 25 (ens): A male wild boar entered a village in eastern Mizoram on Wednesday morning and injured five people, three of them grievously, before villagers shot it dead. Village leader C Lalnunpuia said the wild boar entered Saichal, within Champhai district, from the nearby woods around 9.45 am, chasing a woman who was coming from the same direction. As it reached a house on the outskirts, it attacked a group of women sitting on the porch. One of the women, identified as Lalruatliani, sustained wounds on her hands and arms, with several fingers broken. Another woman, Pi Kawli, sustained wounds in the back, while the third woman, Lalrampari, was wounded in the chest and legs. Two men who came to the women’s aid were also injured before one of them could hit the wild boar with an axe. The animal fled after it was wounded, and another villager chased after it and shot it dead near the village graveyard, which adjoins the woods. Lalnunpuia, president of the village’s Young Mizo Association unit, said the wounded were being shifted to the Aizawl Civil Hospital, about five hours by road.

Atul Chaturvedi, CEO, agriculture business at Adani Group said, modern technology should be adopted. "We recommend setting up of modern vertical silos instead of flat warehouses for storage of grains," he said. The company handles half a million tonne of grain annually for both the government and private sector.

Most of the officials ET spoke to said they were awaiting a policy on government expectations.

"We will have to see in which state FCI will first start the procurement operation, what will be the terms and conditions of FCI and the state government and what role they expect us to play," said Rajnikant Rai, COO-Agribusi-

ness division, ITC. Another key issue was setting a single price for bidding, thereby excluding the item-wise breakup that FCI currently follows, said BK Anand, business head, grains and oilseeds, Cargill India.

For instance, while procuring wheat, government has over 10-12 breakups labour, storage, transport, quality, thresher service, security - under which it pays to different entities.

However, dealing with government agencies can also be filled with risk, say companies. "Flow of funds from the government to FCI is always erratic. Corporates are also exposed to cut in payments for short deliveries, quality rejection," said Tejinder Narang, a grain analyst from New Delhi.

Narang said the right way would be right way would be the devolution of financial power of procurement and storages, including funding, to state government agencies in the north-eastern states rather than to remote control from New Delhi.

Narang added the government would be merely replacing middle men by private corporates.

"These corporates will be charging a fixed fee agreed with the government through a bidding process. The lowest fee may not be the right value for the creditable performance but quoted for winning the tender. In all fairness, FCI itself may do a recce of what could be estimated fixed fee," he said.

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iTAnAgAr, FebruAry 25 (pTi): In view of the outbreak of swine flu in the country, Arunachal Pradesh government has sounded a red alert and has temporarily prohibited sale of pork as a precautionary measure.

On Wednesday, official sources said all hospitals have been asked to be ready for tackling any eventualities.

There has, however, been no incidence of the disease in the state, the sources said.

State Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi convened an emergency meeting with health & family welfare secretary, the director of health services, director of medical education, state surveillance officer and epidemiologist and directed that necessary arrangements for medicines and laboratory confirmation of cases, if any, should be

done on a war footing.

It was further decided to temporarily prohibit sale of pork in the state as a precautionary measure and accordingly, necessary instruction has been passed to all deputy commissioners, state surveillance officer L Jampa said.

All district surveillance officers and epidemiologists have been sensitised in this matter, he said, adding, the department of health services has submitted a proposal to the state government for procurement of drugs (Oseltamivir), masks, among other things on Monday which is expected to be received within ten days.

The required drugs that were procured during the outbreak of the disease in 2009 had expired last year, he said.

Mizoram shut down by two parallel bandhs AizAwL, FebruAry 25 (ens): Most of the areas of Mizoram was shut down by two parallel total bandhs on Wednesday as the opposition Mizo National Front enforced a 12-hour shut down to protest against rising prices of government services such as electricity and water supply charges.

The MNF is demanding roll back of hikes in electricity, water and government-supplied rice prices as well as a reimposition of total prohibition (a demand echoed by Mizoram’s powerful Church and community organisations).

The Young Lai Association, a community organisation in the state’s southern Lai tribe-dominated area, also enforced day two of its indefinite bandh to demand better roads in Lawngtlai district.

The indefinite bandh is also being car-

ried out at night, and YLA leaders have said they will not stop until the government assures them their demands will be met.

No bandh was enforced in the Chakma Autonomous District Council area, however, as residents voted in rural body polls to 81 Village Councils.

Thirty-two Congress candidates were declared elected unopposed in six Village Councils Tuesday after no other party fielded candidates in these areas.

J Hmingthanmawia, the Returning Officer at district headquarters Lawngtlai however said neither the overall turn-out nor results (votes began being counted after 4 pm) were available yet due to communication problems between polling stations and his office by the time of filing this report, but added there has been no reports of poll violence.

19 children rescued from traffickers guwAhATi, FebruAry 25 (iAns): NGO Child Line, in association with Assam Police, Wednesday rescued 19 children from the railway station here from a group of traffickers. All the children rescued from the station in Paltan Bazar area are between six and 15 years old. Three people, who accompanied the children, were detained.They hail from Hailakandi in Assam and from the North Tripura district of Tripura.

The rescued children include one who is visually impaired. "We received information that some children were being taken out of the state by train. Accordingly, we informed the Criminal Investigation

Department (CID) of Assam Police and raided the station," said Child Line Guwahati coordinator Nirmal Deka.

"During the raid jointly carried out by us and the CID, we found 19 children waiting to board some train," he said. "We have taken custody of the children and we are going to produce them before the Kamrup district Children Welfare Committee. The committee will advise us on the future course of action," he said. Assam Police has rescued over 400 trafficking victims since July 2011 till last year. Police have arrested 281 offenders in the operation against an inter-state gang of human traffickers during this period.

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5 bodies exhumed from Property wars mass grave in Meghalaya claim 650 lives shiLLOng, FebruAry 25 (pTi): The bodies of five persons, including that of a school teacher and an elderly woman, were recovered from a mass grave in a remote village in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, a police official said today.

The bodies were exhumed for inquest on Monday in the presence of a magistrate, two doctors and police officers, police said.

The bodies belong to two families whose members were allegedly tortured and lynched by the villagers on suspicion that they practised witchcraft, the official said.

The incident took place in the first week of January this year in Mrigre village which is about 5 km away from Rongram and the matter was hushed up until police cracked the case while

investigating a missing person's report made by a relative of one of the deceased, the official said. "While acting on a missing report's complaint of a person from the village, we cracked the case open and discovered the grave where the five people from two families were buried," West Garo Hills district Superintendent of Police Mukesh Singh said.

A thorough investigation was launched into the case and statements of at least sixty villagers were recorded before the police were led to the two sites where the bodies were buried, he said. All the victims were found with their hands tied behind their backs and their bodies bore marks and patches indicating they suffered fatal injuries caused by blunt objects, the police official said.

Red alert in Arunachal CBSE asks Mnp for committee to control cheating Pradesh to tackle swine flu guwAhATi, FebruAry 25 (Tnn): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked the Manipur government to install a special monitoring committee for the upcoming Class X and XII board examinations in the state.

The Class X and XII board exams will begin from March 2.

The board is concerned about the high incidence of malpractice in Manipur after it analyzed previous records, said CBSE sources. The monitoring committee would look after activities in the examination centres and help the board conduct the exams in a free and fair manner.

"Manipur will have a monitoring committee comprising senior principals of CBSE-affiliated

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schools and representatives of the state government," said Sanjib Das, regional officer of the CBSE's Guwahati zone.

In the northeast, the CBSE has roped in academicians from colleges and universities to keep vigil at the examination centers for the Class X and XII board examinations.

Keeping in mind the sensitive nature of examination centres, many located in far-flung areas, in the region, the Manipur government said it would cooperate with the board to stop students from cheating.

"Observers, who are faculty members of colleges and universities, will carry out random checking of examination centers. They will visit the centres unannounced.

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Apart from arrangements made by the CBSE, the state education departments of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will also deploy its officials as observers to monitor examination centres. These two states don't have state boards.

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guwAhATi, FebruAry 25 (Tnn): Property disputes have led to the maximum number of murders in the state since 2010.

At least 650 people have been killed as a result of property wars since 2010.

"At least 119 persons were killed in Assam in 2010 due to conflict over property. The figure shot up the next year, with 216 property-related murders. It decreased, however, to 100 in 2012," home department record shows. The estimated number of murder cases registered over property disputes in 2013 was 143. "The compilation of data for last year is going on. At least 161 such cases were registered in Assam in 2014," an official said, citing records.

The records show these murders were not restricted to a certain class. "Property wars are common in the country. From low-income households to rich families, such killings are common everywhere," he added.

The alarming figures show some 29 women were forced to leave their homes to avoid facing consequences in the wake of property disputes. An official of the State Home for Women (SHW) said, "Several women, who lost their parents, were harassed by their relatives who sought a share of their parental property."

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Rail Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu to unveil plans for raising resources

New Delhi, February 25 (PTi): With Railway finances under terrible strain, all eyes will be focused on whether Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will hike the fares and freight rates in the Rail Budget Thursday which may contain proposals for ‘Make in India’ initiatives besides enhancing safety and security.

Minister of State for Railway Manoj Sinha had earlier ruled out a reduction in fares in the context of lowering of diesel rates but Prabhu is expected to make a tight rope walk as he tries to bridge the huge gap in finances while presenting his maiden budget in the Lok Sabha.

Prabhu is likely to unravel his grand plans of how to decrease the cross-subsidy for passenger service from freight earnings which is touching Rs 24,000 crores and the steps to increase goods transportation share in the national transporter with or without hiking fares.

For 10 years before 201213 there was no increase in rail fares. Then Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi had made an

across-the-board hike in 20122013 but was made to roll back the hike in second and sleeper class categories.

Since then there have been hikes in passenger fares. In the first Railway budget of the Modi government in July last, fares were increased by 14.2 percent and freight by 6.5 percent.

Though there is a decrease in diesel price, electricity cost has gone up by over four per cent making it a balancing act for the fuel adjustment cost (FAC)-lnked tariff revision policy adopted by railways since 2013.

Currently there are 676 projects worth Rs 1,57,883 crore sanctioned and out of these, only 317 projects could be completed and 359 projects remain to be completed which will now require as much as Rs 1,82,000 crore.

Considered a reformer, Prabhu may lay the road map for attracting private investment for the public transporter, which badly needs funds for completion of many crucial rail projects.

Given the funds constraints, he is likely to go slow in an-

nouncing new trains and projects in the budget.

Funds allocation will be made only for those projects including new lines which are strategically crucial, doubling and route electrification which are nearing completion, the sources said.

Besides seeking increased gross budgetary support of about Rs 50,000 cr for the 201516 fiscal, railways have sought Rs 20,000 cr from the Finance Ministry as railway safety fund to do away with unmanned level crossings, a major reason for train mishaps across the country.

Prabhu will announce joint venture mechanism for implementing projects involving state governments and other external agencies.

As the railway minister has stressed on improvement in passenger amenities before increasing fares, there will be a series of measures including utilisation of CSR funds to improve amenities at rail premises.

Prabhu is expected to focus on tapping more revenue channels and could announce some innovative ways for rais-

Odisha to scrap deals with Rio Tinto, Sesa Sterlite, Hindalco bhubaNeswar, February 25 (iaNs): The Odisha government has decided to scrap joint venture agreements with global major Rio Tinto, Vedanta Group firm Sesa Sterlite and Aditya Birla Group-owned Hindalco Industries, an official said Wednesday.

Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) run by the Odisha government had inked joint ventures with Rio Tinto, Sesa Sterlite and Hindalco.

While the government has decided to scrap the joint venture with Anglo-Australian mining major Rio Tinto, OMC has issued show cause notices to Sesa Sterlite and Hindalco asking them to show reasons for not cancelling the joint ventures, said the official.

“We have sent show cause notices to Hindalco and Sesa Sterlite. They have been asked to send their replies within two weeks,” said a senior executive of OMC. The government has already communicated the termination of the joint venture to Rio Tinto.

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is likely to come as a blow to the mining spectrum, especially when the companies have set up their projects on the assurance of raw material to run their end use plants in the state.

OMC had inked a joint venture with the Anglo-Australian company in 1995 to develop Gandhamardhan and Malangtoli iron ore deposits in Keonjhar and Sundergarh districts with a mining capacity of 25 million tonne per annum.

However, the project could not take off ever since the signing of the joint venture pact.

In the two joint ventures with Sesa Sterlite and Hindalco, OMC had formed two companies.

South West Bauxite Mining Company (Pvt) Ltd. was formed for supply of bauxite from deposits in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts to feed the aluminium refinery of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd. Similarly, East Coast Bauxite Mining Company (Pvt) Ltd. was formed for the development of Kodingamali bauxite mines in Koraput district supplying raw material to the alumina refinery of Hindalco.

ing resources through nontariff methods like increasing revenues from advertisements and leveraging surplus land among others.

In line with the ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign, Rail Budget is likely to give special attention on cleanliness exercise and a slew of measures like provision for dustbins in all coaches besides proposal to cover 100 more trains under ‘On Board Housekeeping Services’.

Bio-toilets in trains and stations will be covered under the Clean Train Station Scheme.

Keeping with the NDA government’s bullet train promise, Prabhu could announce the way forward for the ambitious high-speed train project between Mumbai-Ahmedabad and survey programmes for the proposed diamond quadrilateral route.

The budget could also announce the much-awaited plan to procure 20 train sets for operating on the Rajdhani and Shatabdi routes to reduce travel time.

The budget is likely announce plans for manufacturing coaches to run at a 200-km

New Delhi, February 25 (PTi): Mobile subscribers from May 3 will be able to port their numbers anywhere in the country while changing service providers, as telecom regulator Trai has amended the regulation on it.

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) currently allows consumers to change their service provider while retaining the same number only within a telecom circle, which in most cases, is limited to a State.

A person, for instance, while shifting from Delhi to Chennai will be able to retain the same mobile number while selecting a service provider.

In a statement today, Trai said it has “...

Issued sixth amendment to the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulation, 2009, which will facilitate full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in the country, with effect from May 3, 2015.”

The Department of Telecom had on November 3 issued amendments to MNP licence agreement stating that MNP is to be implemented across the country within a period of six months from the date of amendment of the licences.

“Accordingly, the Authority has made the Sixth Amendment to the MNP Regulations effective from 3rd May 2015,” Trai said.

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(DEMU) trains for inter-city services and noise reduction in diesel locomotive cabs are likely to be proposed, the sources said.

In order to promote northeast connectivity, Prabhu will also announce introduction of DEMU services in north eastern states as a national project.

Since many premium trains with higher fares have been introduced to boost revenue collection, the railways will undertake an exercise for upgrading of coach interiors including redesigning user-friendly toilets.

National Institute of Design (NID) is likely to be roped for redesigning the interiors of coaches.’

Railways is likely to propose the use of radio-frequency identification tags in its upcoming budget for tracking and tracing of wagons, coaches and locomotives even as the public transporter looks to leverage information technology in a big way to improve services.

Rail Budget 2015-16 is expected to propose extensive use of IT systems in everything from the management of rolling stock to the development of

Apps for passengers and provision for Wi-Fi on rail premises.

The Railway Minister is likely to spell out plans for joint venture mechanism for implementing projects involving state governments and other external agencies.

A committee led by former Banking and Financial Services Secretary D K Mittal, constituted by Prabhu, has already submitted recommendations for the new fund raising and revenue models like running of trains like Haldiram Express, Coca Cola Express.

Use of solar energy in a big way, launching of waste-to-energy project and proliferation of CNG in train operations are some of the green initiatives likely to be announced in the Rail Budget this time.

Besides an elaborate exercise of water conservation including setting up of water recycling plants will also be announced by Prabhu in his budget address on February 26.

According to sources, the coming Rail Budget will have detailed action plan consisting of long and short-term measures.

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per hour speed at its Chennai facility in keeping with the Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.

Redevelopment of about 100 stations, leveraging empty spaces for construction of marketing complex and other commercial projects are also on the cards.

Introduction of AC rakes in the inter-city services to make the journey more comfortable will also be proposed in the Rail Budget 2015-16.

Manufacturing of many locomotive components like cranks shaft, alternators and forged wheels will also be proposed to be undertaken indigenously instead of importing these parts from outside as part of ‘Make in India’ campaign.

Prabhu, in his bid to make the railways disabled- friendly, is likely to make a proposal to provide for Braille signages in all new coaches to facilitate vision-impaired passengers.

Customer satisfaction will be a focus area of this year’s Rail Budget as a series of steps including air-conditioning of Diesel Electric Multiple Unit

million as it launched a mobile app for those managing their commercial pitches.

Dan Levy, Facebook’s Vice-President for Global Marketing and Small Business, said the number of advertisers has doubled over the past year-and-a-half.

fiting the economy for their region and the world.”

Levy said the new Ads Manager app would give those advertisers the ability to manage their ads from mobile devices, as Facebook becomes increasingly used on smartphones and tablets.

businesses using Facebook, and noted that the Ads Manager app for Apple devices would be available as of today and in the next two weeks worldwide.

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Microsoft offers ‘free’ Office 365 to students New Delhi, February 25 (NDTV): 2015Microsoft, after offering free Office 365 subscription to eligible students in the US, has expanded the program outside the country.

The Redmond giant via its Office Blogs confirmed the news and said, “Millions of students around the world are eligible for free Office from their school and today [Tuesday] we are announcing that we’ve made it easy for all eligible students globally to sign up themselves to get Office 365 and install free Office.” Countries and regions where the Office 365 subscription service is available

can be checked on the list provided

by Microsoft.

Under the scheme, students once signed up for their free Office 365 subscriptions get the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access and Publisher, which can be installed on up to five PCs or Macs and even up to five mobile devices (such as iPad, Android and Windows tablets). With the free Office 365 subscription, Microsoft also offers 1TB of storage on OneDrive and Office Online access to eligible students.

The self-sign-up is now available for students worldwide and can be

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done by visiting the Office 365 for Students (or Office 365 for Teachers) page and registering with a valid email provided by the school. The company further adds, “Students getting Office at no additional cost to schools is a benefit Microsoft provides to education institutions that buy Office for faculty and staff. That means teachers can also sign up and enjoy all the benefits of Office connected to a cloud service.”

Last month, Microsoft confirmed that the next version of Office for desktop would be called Office 2016, and has been set for general availability “in the second half of 2015.”

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The Morung Express

Thursday 26 February 2015

Anguish over Wokha incident Mokokchung, February 25 (Mexn): Organisations have come forward to express anguish over the February 24 Wokha incident where an explosion from a Gun House (M/S General Merchant and Arms and Ammunition Dealer) resulted in a major fire incident leaving eight dead and over 20 reported injured.

AKM The Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) has expressed deep anguish over the loss of innocent lives in the incident. Expressing condolences to the bereaved families and wishing speedy recovery to the injured, AKM appealed to the state government to investigate into the matter and take necessary steps to prevent such tragedy in future.

LHD The Lotha Hoho Dimapur has expressed shock at the unfortunate incident at Wokha. Expressing grave concern, LHD urged upon the competent authorities to probe into the tragic incident to ascertain the nature of explosion to avert recurrences of similar incident in future.

The LHD further conveyed profound condolences and sympathy to the bereaved families and speedy recovery to the injured.

NPF The Naga People’s Front has stated that the news of Wokha Town tragedy that took away several precious lives and injured many others, has deeply grieved the NPF fraternity.

“Deeply pained over the unfortunate incident, Dr Shürhozelie Liezetsu, with all ranks and files of the NPF Central Hqs. Kohima Nagaland, while condoling and moaning the grievous tragedy at this shocking

moment, join the citizens prayed for speedy recovery of Wokha in their efforts to for the injured persons. overcome the unfortunate incident,” a statement from NPF Wokha The NPF Wokha Divithe NPF Press Bureau read. sion has expressed deepest UT NSCN (IM) grief and sorrow at the loss The Union Territory of precious lives and injuries (UT) NSCN (IM) has in a in the Wokha Town tragedy. statement expressed anThe division extended its guish and pain on the tragic appreciation to the state govincident at Tsumang Colo- ernment “for setting up an ny, Wokha Town on Febru- enquiry committee” to probe ary 24 resulting in the loss the cause of the incident and of lives and properties. “for granting ex-gratia” to the The statement from the families of the deceased and CAO M. Daniel Lotha stat- assistance to the injured. ed that this is the first such The NPF Wokha Division happening in Lotha domi- also expressed its gratitude nated land. “It was beyond to the District Administraimagination that such inci- tion, Police, Fire brigade, 17 dent could ever take place,” Assam Rifles, public water carriers and public for renthe release stated.

It appealed to the ad- dering their yeomen service ministration / law enforc- during the incident.

The NPF Wokha Division ers for speedy investigation further conveyed its deepest on the incident.

The CAO UT further con- condolence to the bereaved veyed deep condolences to families and a speedy recovthe bereaved families and ery to the injured.

BJP Wokha The Bharatiya Janata Party Wokha Unit also expressed deep grief and anguish at the Wokha Town tragedy at Wokha Town on Tuesday.

The Party expressed gratitude to the District Admn, Fire Services, Police, 17 Assam Rifle, Home Guard, local water suppliers, and volunteers of Wokha Town for rendering yeoman services. The Party further conveyed its condolence to the bereaved family members and speedy recovery of those injured.

Meanwhile, “the Party strongly condemned such cowardly act which claimed many innocent lives and properties,” and urged law enforcing agencies to thoroughly investigate and unearth the cause of the incident and make it public so as to prevent recurrences in future.

MEx FILE One held for sexual assault kohiMa, February 25 (Mexn): Kohima Police arrested one person for allegedly molesting a woman while travelling on a city bus. A press release from the PRO Ato Zumvü informed. Acting on an F.I.R lodged by a Naga lady alleging that one non-local male sitting beside her in a city bus intentionally molested her, police arrested the accused from Old NST area Kohima and identified the accused as Dilip Kumar Pandey (30 yrs) S/o Lt. Janardhan Pandey of Kahalipara Village under Masly PO/ PS, Kamrup District, Assam, and currently residing in 10 APBN, Kahalipara. A regular case has been registered and the accused has been remanded to police custody for further investigation.

ZYS condemns Kohima blast kohiMa, February 25 (Mexn): The Zhavame Youth Society (ZYS) vehemently condemned the bomb blast incident of February 21 in Kohima. While appreciating the timely intervention of the Police and Assam Rifles, the society appealed to the concerned authority to book the culprit at the earliest and award befitting punishment. It further called for condemnation from every right thinking citizens.

PDTA elects new team

Managing director, NHHDC Ltd. Dimapur, Wati Ao (2nd right) along with other NHHDC officials at the inauguration of the ‘Craft Bazar’ at Urban Haat, Dimapur, on Wednesday. Around 100 stalls from Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland are showcasing their handloom and crafts.

Kohima Police recovers vehicle kohiMa, February 25 (Mexn): Kohima Police on the wee hours of Wednesday morning intercepted a stolen Pick-up truck at the Phesama Check Gate.

A press release from the PRO Ato Zumvü informed that at around 0300 hrs on Wednesday, one Tata pick-up was intercepted at

DiMapur, February 25 (Mexn): The Phek District Timber Association (PDTA) elected a new team of office bearers for the tenure 2015-18. The new team is headed by Sanyi Dukru as president, Tsolomong and Weprepe Mero as vice presidents, Tsote Wezah as general secretary, Jim Lasuh as joint secretary, Tshushienyi kohiMa, February as finance secretary, Kechongoyi Tenyi as treasurer and 25 (Mexn): The All NagaApale Thopi as women coordinator. land PWD Field Worker's Association PWD (R&B) AR seizes IMFL and Housing has directed kohiMa, February 25 (Mexn): 19 Assam Ri- the Presidents or Secretarfles seized liquor from a truck at High School Junction, ies of the respective unites Kohima on February 20 and apprehended Sunil Ku- to clear the yearly membermar Sah (23) of Bihar. A defence release informed that ship fees “It has come to the 1155 cases of assorted liquor worth approximately Rs. 29,87,160/- was recovered. The seized IMFL and the ac- knowledge of the central cused were handed over to the Superintendent of Ex- office hearers of All Nagacise and Prohibition, Kohima, for further investigation. land PWD Field Worker's Association PWD (R&B) and Housing that the emEntrepreneurship Skill ployees are regularly clearDevelopment Programme ing their yearly memberMokokchung, February 25 (Mexn): Rudichu- ship fees to their respective lare MPCS Ltd Mokokchung, in collaboration with the In- unit president or secretardian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati conducted ies. However, the amount an Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme on did not reach to the central PC Maintenance for 300 hours at Mokokchung village. office bearers since last 5-6 The programme, which ended February 16, was spon- years, where the membersored by the Ministry of Micro Small Medium Enterprise, ship fee goes. The central Govt. of India. 30 persons participated in the programme. office bearers have proof and evidence,” a press release from ANPWDFWA president and general secretary stated.

Directing the president or secretaries of the respective units to clear the mem-

Phesama check-gate by Kohima police for plying with two different registration numbers viz., NL-01L/6381 and AS-01/FC/3286. On proper verification made from RTO Kohima, the registration No. NL-01L/6381 was found to be allotted to a truck (Ashok Leyland) and the smart card (registration

certificate) of NL-01L/6381 was ascertained to be fake, the PRO informed.

The driver of the vehicle, identified as Alaudin Khan (26 yrs) S/o Nizam Uddin of Ratipul Village under Karbi Anglong District in Assam, has been taken into police custody for further investigations.

ANPWDFWA directs units

Bike-lifters held

bership fees during the pending salary disbursement, the ANPWDFWA president and general secretary warned that failing to do so, the association will make public the defaulting divisions and the consequences will have to borne by the respective unit president or secretaries. “The Association will not entertain any kind of responsibilities of the said unit,” it added.

ANPWDFWA further stated that it has also come to their notice that some employees without staying in their station are “disturbing the process of pending salary at Directorate level.” It cautioned and directed the employees to be stationed in their place of posting and asked them not to disturb the Directorate and Divisional Officers etc.

While appealing to the State Government to fulfill the demands of regularisation and ROP made by

“Joint Forum” at the earliest, the association requested the government to give the same status to work charged employees and casual employees like other employees enjoying ROP. The release further mentioned that the association has been fighting for the rights of work charged employees service regularisation and ROP through Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench for a long period.

“However, it has been ascertained that some vested interest people are trying to process the files through willful connection from the work charged employees,” it claimed.

The association, therefore, requested the Engineer-In-Chief NPWD, not to entertain files of unauthorised person(s) without the knowledge of the association. ANPWDFWA stated that it will bear no responsibility in case problems arise.

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Personnel of 17 Assam Rifles along with locals trying to douse the fire which broke out in Wokha Town on Tuesday, February 24. 17 AR also provided first aid to injured persons during the incident while their ambulance transshipped the injured to the District Hospital, Wokha as well as to 17 Assam Rifles Hospital for treatment.

DCF calls for reconciliation DiMapur, February 25 (Mexn): The Dimapur Christian Forum has expressed extreme concern and anguish on the violence in Tuensang district.

“While we understand that both the aggrieved parties consider their cause to be right, the means used by some members of the community has resulted in the death of innocent persons,” a press release from DCF General Secretary Fr. Chacko Karinthayil stated.

Fr. Chacko quoted a verse

from Matthew 26:52 which reads, “..for he who uses the sword will perish by the sword,” and added, “violence begets violence.”

The Forum earnestly requesting the two community leaders to resort to prayer and mediation to resolve the problem stated that a large number of families are displaced and the future of children are in jeopardy. “So we present ourselves as ambassadors in the name of Christ, as is God himself makes an

appeal to you through us.

Let God reconcile you; this we ask you in the name of Christ.” (2 Cor 5:20).

The Forum has meanwhile requested all the churches of Dimapur, irrespective of denominations, to keep February 28 (Saturday) as a ‘Day of Prayer for Reconciliation’ as requested by the NBCC. The Forum further requested all the churches to have mass prayers for peace and reconciliation of the two communities on March 1 (Sunday).

NSEAOA, NSSFOF and ANSTA condemn fund misappropriation kohiMa, February 25 (Mexn): The Nagaland School Education Administrative Officers Association (NSEAOA), Nagaland Secondary School Field Officers Forum (NSSFOF) and All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) have vehemently condemn the misappropriation of Rs. 12,79,50,000 under IEDSS meant for disabled school children of the State for 2011-12.

ANSTA President Ponchulo Wanth, NSSFOF Convenor Mezhu-U Hozoyeh NSEAOA Vice President Ekonthung Lotha in a joint press state-

ment has alleged that the Nodal Officer of IEDSS Project (A doctor by profession) came to the department on deputation from medical department and asked for absorption in the department. The All Nagaland School Teachers Association objected by submitting a representation dated 10-12-2009 followed by the two Associations of the department such as NSEAOA and ANSTA on 25-6-2010. However, the then Commissioner & Secretary of School Education left no stone unturned for his absorption in the department for which the

concern doctor was absorbed on 7-2-2011 w.e.f 18-1-2011. “Today he has become a liability to the department by way of looting fund for the disabled school children and thereby bringing shame to the entire family of the department,” the three organisations alleged further.

The Ass o ciations made an appeal to investigating team (SIT) to probe judiciously and unearth the entire records and persons involved without fear and favour so that it becomes a deterrent for the upcoming officers in the department.

Nousi Kharu inaugurated Our Correspondent Kohima | February 25

The Nousi Kharu of of Tsütuonuomia Khel, Kohima Village was inaugurated here today by Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology, Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire.

Addressing the gathering, Dr. Nicky expressed his wish to see the Gate play the role of a guiding factor not only for T Khel but to everyone who passes through the gate. He hoped that the gate will bring better understanding and unity among the community. He further expressed hope that the festival will help the villagers in reasoning together, thus letting a better sense of peace and unity to prevail.

Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Resources and Sports, New & Renewable Energy and Music Task Force, Khriehu Liezietsu also exhorted the gathering which was attended by representatives from 30 villages having age-old friendship treaty with T Khel.

The programme com-

menced with a prayer by Pastor, Baptist Mission Church, Atuo Whourie, while Vikuolie Zatsu presented a brief report on Nousi Kharu. Ketuokhire Peli-11 enthralled the gathering with traditional folk song. Community feast in honour of the gate inauguration and Sekrenyi festival marked the day.

Orgs condemn assault on Police officer PYO celebrates combined Sekrenyi

DiMapur, February 25 (Mexn): Based on a written FIR on February 24 from Chekiye Village Council and Chekiye Students Union stating that they had caught 4 persons and recovered two stolen motorcycles from their possession at Chekiye Village, Dimapur Police arrested the four for bike theft. A press release from Addl. SP & PRO Dimapur Police informed.

The four were identified as Inato Chishi S/o Sukhato Chishi, Aloka Awomi (18 Yrs) S/o Shikavi Awomi, Russidul Khan (17 Yrs) S/o Sanjay and Ikhuvi (15 Yrs) S/o Lt. Amirito; all from Chekiye Village Dimapur.

The recovered motorcycles – a Bajaj Pulsar and a TVS Bike – were handed

over to the rightful owner by the village council and the accused were produced at Diphupar PS and registered a case Vide DPR PS Case no. 0031/15 U/S 380/34 IPC. Two of the minor accused namely Russudul and Ikhuvi were released and handed over to their respective family members after obtaining written statements from the respective parents/guardians. The other two accused were arrested and investigations are ongoing.

During further course of enquiry, two more motorcycles – TVS B/Regd No. NL01-E-2581and Bajaj Discover B/Regd No. NL07J-5468 – were recovered at Thilixu Village and Thahekhu Village respectively.

DiMapur, February 25 (Mexn): The Tsiesema Village Youth Organisation and Tseisema Basa Village Youth Organisation have strongly condemned the abortive attempt on the life of Neize-u Yhome on February 22 at around 8 PM. A press release from the two organisations stating that “an abortive attempt on the life of Neizeu Yhome, UBSI and Officer Incharge of Jalukie Police Station, in Peren District was made by some unscrupulous youths,” informed that Yhome along with his assistant was returning from official duty in an official Gypsy after inspecting Beat Post when youths numbering 7-8 blocked the main state highway at Jalukie and accosted him.

Yhome advised the youths not to block the highway during which a youth retorted “Ki koise?” (What did you say?), while anoth-

er youth grabbed a stone and smashed the police officer’s head from behind which made him unconscious, the release stated.

“In the most inhuman way this was followed by volley of punches and kicks. His assistant pleaded with the youths to spare the Officer as he was lying in the pool of blood but he was also meted with the same treatment. Fortunately a policeman who was also retiring from evening duty saw the hullaballo and managed to rescue them and got them admitted in the hospital,” the release added.

The two youth organisations while strongly condemning the assault stated, “A police Officer while obliging his official responsibility and failing victim to the impulse of some blood thirsty crooks reflect that there is no social security to the common man.” The organisations demanded the concerned authority to

identify and book the culprits as per the law of the land and to ascertain the motive behind the attack.

Failure on the part of the authority to initiate action would amount to demoralizing the whole police force in the state, the organisations stated.

Further, the youth organisations wished speedy recovery to Neize-u Yhome who is battling for his life at Referral Hospital Dimapur TUJ Meanwhile, the Tenyimi Union Jalukie has also strongly condemned the “uncivilized and barbaric” act of few youths who assaulted 2nd OC, Jalukie Police Station, Neize-u Yhome.

The union called upon all right thinking citizens to condemn such barbaric act and asked that the guilty be brought to justice.

The union further wished Yhome a speedy recovery.

Our Correspondent Kohima | February 25

The Pfuchatsumia Thinuo Peli Sekrenyi 2015 under the aegis of Pfuchatsumia Youth Organisation (PYO) took place here today at Khriesanuomia Badze, P. Khel Kohima Village.

Exhorting the gathering, KDCC president Prasilie Pienyu hoped that organising such an event to keep alive the culture and traditional practices will go a long way in propa-

gating a good message for the younger generation in knowing their roots.

He said Sekrenyi festival brings better understanding, unity and peace and called upon the gathering to continue to develop a sense of friendship and unity so that they can move forward in the right perspective. Referring to peli, he said it is to do with sharing and helping one another in times of need. He expressed his desire to see the site become a permanent structure.

PYO president Vimhalie Pienyu said that a festival like Sekrenyi is not to wage hatred against the foregone misgiving but is a time to forgive and forget and renew friendships.

PYO vice president Khriekesa Paul Rutsa chaired the celebration while Assistant Catechist Christ King Church Kohima Village, Ruokuovituo Robert Rutsa led the prayer.

Social and cultural secretary Kietuo Sote tendered the vote of thanks.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express THursDAy 26 fEbruAry 2015 volumE X IssuE 54

by Aheli moitra

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rime Minister of the Indian Union, Narendra Modi, has kept up with one of his promises to the people inhabiting the North East of India during Hornbill Festival 2014. An ‘apparel and garment manufacturing centre’ will soon come up in Nagaland, a foundation stone for which was laid on February 24 at the District Industries Centre Complex in Dimapur.

The prime minister was serious about developing the region, and any laying of foundation stones soon after December 2014 shows considerable amount of commitment from the Government of India towards beginning to bring the region at par with the rest of the country, some of which is on its way to (the planet) Mars.

In keeping with this new energy, the Government at the centre should take note of the Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company Ltd. (NPPC), more commonly known as the Tuli Paper Mill. A foundation stone was laid for a power plant inside the Mill complex on February 10 this year. But the revival and activation plan, and the funds it promises to come with, are not a new story. It has been dished out in various shades of confusion to the Naga people time and again for nearly 10 years now (or more though this paper does not have further research available for the same).

The Modi government should now make sure that development projects like these are not going down the drain in marginalised regions. Nagaland State has been pumped up with money without any accountability mechanism to make sure the money is utilised for the purpose it is sent here for. Or, is the purpose something different?

Could it be that endless amount of money has been pooled into Nagaland State to keep its political leaders happy, alongside a pool of contractors, bureaucrats and other stooge? Instead of having made any meaningful policies, or implementing the few made, it seems like the leaders of a State like Nagaland have been busier begging for alms from the Government of India. Perpetual embezzling of funds, steep underdevelopment and perpetual disempowerment follows as a natural process. It cannot be that success stories here are not possible given the Indian army and para military’s successful conduct in these regions, with confidence and pride. Could it be, then, that successive governments at the centre have intentionally designed this policy gimmick to keep people here away from active political decision making, perpetually disempowered to stand up for rights? That would be as painful as a paper cut.

It is clear that the Modi government will not tolerate any such insinuation against the head that somehow keeps the rest attached, albeit in rags. Thus, it is time to prove that beyond foundation stones, this government does not see the people of the North East as rag pickers who will be made happy every couple of years with the same announcements, without any real ground work.

Comments and suggestions may be sent to moitramail@yahoo.com

lEfT WING |

Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D

Turning a Blessed Land into a Cursed One Thought-Provoking Question: Are we Nagas turning our blessed homeland into a cursed land?

What does God say? Read Ezekiel 5:5-8 God, in His sovereign grace, gave Israel a very special homeland. This is not a plain land like that of Egypt, but “it is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end” (Deut. 11:10-12). That is, this is “a land flowing with milk and honey” (11:9).

As for its geo-political position, the Lord says: “This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her. Yet…she has rebelled against my laws and decrees more than the nations and countries around her. …. You have not even conformed to the standards of the nations around you” (Ezek. 5:5-7). Therefore the Lord says: “I am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of the nations” (5:8). “The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. … So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their heads what they have done” (9:9-10).

Okay, so now what?

Our Naga homeland, like the Promised Land, is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. Our water is pure; our air is fresh; our mountains and valleys are beautiful. All kinds of birds and animals make their home here, while our people live on hilltops. And underneath our feet are huge reserves of oil, natural gas, coal, gold, and limestones.

Also, our land is providentially placed in the midst of the nations. On the north is Communist China; on the east is Buddhist Myanmar; on the south is Muslim Bangladesh; and on the west is Hindustan. In the midst of them live our Naga people who have received God’s special grace so we may be a people of God. But the questions we must ask ourselves are: Are we acting like faithful custodians of our land? Are we being a blessing to the nations around us? Are we really making Him look good?

I am afraid we must admit that we have rebelled against God’s laws. Our land is full of bloodshed and our cities are full of injustices. Our behavior and sense of civics are not even up to the standards of unchristian nations around us. Indeed, we seem to be following in Israel’s footsteps of wickedness that brought God’s curses. Oh, May God have mercy on us!

Prayer: Lord, I have disobeyed You by failing to serve for the well-being of my people. I have not taught my children enough to be responsible citizens. Lord, forgive my sins so that my people or my children would not bear the consequences of my sins. Amen.

Taken from the book “Breakfast with the King: The 100-Day Devotional” by Mazie Nakhro

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Jack Watling

Room for Debate in Rwanda

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tanding on the orange earth of Kacyiru bus station in central Kigali, over a hundred teenage students wait impatiently to get moving. It’s eight o’clock in the morning and already almost 80 degrees.

Once everyone has crammed into the buses we head west in convoy, the maze of new high-rise buildings and old bungalows rapidly giving way to rolling hills and mile upon mile of agricultural terraces. Every inch of land appears to be under cultivation. “The land shortage is a big problem,” the student sitting beside me observes.

Our destination is a school near the Cathedral at Gitarama, where local NGO iDebate Rwanda is hosting their second Debate Camp. Participants will receive ten days of intensive training in policy analysis, public speaking and critical thinking. Started in 2012 by a group of Rwandan students, iDebate Rwanda aims to build a national debating community, enabling young leaders to discuss public policy, learn valuable communication skills and access international scholarships. iDebate’s students come from a range of backgrounds. On the bus I recognize a student from the previous year’s camp, the daughter of a parliamentarian. Beside her sits Maxim, who tells me “my school was going to pay for me to come, but it didn’t work out so I sold my goat. It was worth it — you can’t put a price on the future.” Students pay 25,000 Rwandan francs ($36 USD) to attend.

On the first day we teach how to plan a policy: how to identify stakeholders, focus the ends, explore ways of reaching those ends and the means of paying the bill. As we discuss the development of road infrastructure, a fierce disagreement develops over how to obtain land. Some students argue the overall benefits justify the forced purchase of land; others maintain that the devastating impact on subsistence farmers would cause unacceptable harm. One fourteen-year-old asks how the government can afford to compensate farmers and pay for the road when “interest on World Bank loans is so high.” The camp is not run to answer these questions, but to teach methods for testing the viability of solutions so that the students can find answers themselves.

Debating is practiced worldwide as an intellectual game. Here it is seen in practical terms. One key topic is the issue of youth unemployment. Mekka, an aspiring politician, proposes what becomes the class consensus: “We need to make jobs ourselves. If you have skills, start a business that uses

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s the latest version of Band Aid heads to Number 1 in the U.K. charts again, it’s starting to feel like Groundhog Day in development — bringing back negative images of development gone wrong, and reminding us of how much development support still fails to achieve desired results. These negatives are well known, bolstered by research that shows how often development projects produce governments that look good but still fail to function properly or serve citizens. Promised roads and ports somehow never get started or finished or maintained, new schools and clinics fail to get the staff they need, leaving children uneducated and sick.

Last month, a group of experts tried to set a different tone. Coming together in a workshop entitled Doing Development Differently, we tried, rather unusually, to focus on what the development community has been doing right — to share stories about projects, policies, and reforms that fostered real change by not doing development in the usual way. Rather than getting stuck on what doesn’t work, the workshop participants set out to examine recent development successes, and attempted to understand precisely why they worked.

Check out Natalia Adler describing how she worked with a team to promote a “user- centered” approach to public sector reform by giving public servants in Nicaragua a 100 day challenge to experience what it’s like to be on the receiving end of services (by registering a child’s birth or visiting a health clinic, for example). Or take a look at Zack Brisson‘s work on coming to grips with the realities of fiscal behavior in Nigeria (as a prelude to trying to reform this behavior), or at Jaime Faustino‘s presentation about transformational change in the Philippines, achieved through clever work with teams and coalitions to change the status quo on issues like property rights or public health tax.

These and other examples are inspirational. When presented alongside each other, however, they generated more than inspiration. Attendees at the workshop identified a number of core principles that seem to characterize successful development initiatives across very different country contexts and program objectives. The findings highlight that, while development comes in many shapes and sizes, the success stories offer some overarching lessons about how

those skills.” These students are nothing if not ambitious. A survey of their aspirations reveals a wide variety of pursuits, from architect to doctor to software engineer and even to pilot. “I will be the CEO of an architectural and construction firm,” writes Stella.

We ask returning students, who attended the first Debate Camp in 2013, what they want to cover while new students go through the core modules.

They say they want to learn to apply debating to persuade audiences rather than judges, to negotiate, especially with investors, and most importantly to teach. One of the greatest achievements of the camp is training 25 students to work as debate trainers, so they can go to local schools, establish debate clubs, and share what they’ve learned.

It should not be surprising that these young Rwandans are so self-motivated.

Many lost their extended families during the 1994 genocide. Some are already heads of their household. Some grew up

in exile. And although most were born three or four years after the genocide, none have escaped its shadow. Jean Michel Habineza, one of the founders of iDebate and the son of Rwanda’s Minister for Sport and Culture, believes that “the biggest victims of genocide were us — the young people — because we are all bearing the consequences of something that we did not create.” He started iDebate in part to break what he views as a pervasive unwillingness to question authority.

But free speech is cause for suspicion even among iDebate students. As one put it, “people being allowed to speak freely was one of the causes of the 1994 genocide, which was promoted by the media… by the radio.” This is the consensus view. Many fear that free speech will lead to the reemergence of old social divisions between Tutsi and Hutu. Neither is democracy universally supported. “Look at Singapore,” Maxim tells me over lunch. “That is where I admire. If the government did not keep a tight grip here then our

Time to Rethink How We Do Development matt Andrews, leni Wild, marta foresti

A group of development experts issues a plea for reform change happens, providing valuable clues to how development support can have the most impact: First, these initiatives tackle local problems by inviting local people to debate, define, refine and address the issue at hand in an ongoing and iterative process.

Second, they involve agents at all levels (political, managerial, and social), which legitimizes the initiatives by building ownership and momentum into the process. They are “locally owned” in reality, not just on paper.

Third, the initiatives work through local conveners who mobilize all those with a stake in progress (in both formal and informal coalitions and teams) to tackle common problems and introduce relevant change.

Fourth, they blend design and implementation through rapid cycles of planning, action, reflection, and revision (drawing on local knowledge, feedback, and energy) to foster learning from both success and failure.

Fifth, these approaches manage risks by making “small bets,” pursuing activities with promise and dropping others.

And finally, these initiatives foster real solutions to real problems that have real impact, thus building trust, empowering people, and promoting sustainability.

These principles aren’t entirely new, having been central to the “structured flexibility” and “learning process” approaches produced by people like Derek Brinkerhoff and David Hulme in the 1980s

and early 1990s. They are found in recent work as well, including the Overseas Development Institute’s Politically Smart, Locally Led work and the Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation approach currently being adopted in research projects Harvard’s Building State Capability program.

We recognize that many might find the above principles to be common sense. Unfortunately, however, common sense is not always the most common of the senses. Indeed, what is striking is that many development projects, policies, and reforms still do not adhere to such principles. This is true for many initiatives that are externally supported and for many that are driven by developing country governments. We therefore see the need to identify these principles clearly. We also believe it is vital to state our belief that development initiatives will have more impact if these principles are followed.

We aim to keep identifying initiatives that follow these principles and to help diffuse their positive impacts more broadly than is currently the case. We will work together as an emerging community of practice and welcome any and all who agree that development can and should be done differently. To start in this direction, our community at the workshop ambitiously decided to capture all this in a statement — the Doing Development Differently manifesto — that reflects the views of those at the workshop, many of whom have signed onto it. It reaffirms commitments for locally led

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progress would not be possible.”

Some topics are not debated at the camp. The international media have reported on the Rwandan government’s jailing of political opponents, support for the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and alleged involvement in political assassinations in South Africa. A few students are keen to talk about these issues, but most look wary when they come up. The possibility of an extended term of office for President Paul Kagame and the banning of the BBC are equally touchy subjects.

Privately, however, such topics are being discussed. It’s hardly possible to turn on the radio in Rwanda without hearing pundits denouncing a BBC documentary for genocide-denial, but from the few probing questions some students ask me it is evident that the documentary is being watched online and people are coming to their own conclusions.

It is nonetheless important to keep in mind that iDebate’s students are an elite. Though not all are well-to-do, they have been fortunate to attend excellent schools with good English language instruction — a privilege most students in Rwanda could hardly dream of. When I ask my class which part of the population they represent, the generally agreed upon figure is the top 4 percent in terms of education, access to government services, and economic opportunities. Meanwhile, World Bank figures for 2011 put 44.9 percent of the population in chronic poverty.

Outside the camp these factors are all too apparent. Away from the cities and off the main roads I see two children, no older than eight, naked and drinking water from a rusted fuel can out of a muddy river. Even those who have access to education often lack opportunities. Near the northern border town of Gesenyi, beneath coffee trees on a peninsular jutting into Lake Kivu I speak to Jalek who is just coming to the end of his studies.

“I’m studying economics, but there’s no chance of getting a job here.”

Rwanda faces a myriad of problems and iDebate’s students are a privileged elite, but it’s startling just how acutely aware they are that hold not just their own destiny, but that of their entire country, in their hands. My work with iDebate is over, since the NGO now has a group of dedicated volunteer teachers as the organization expands into rural areas and invites students from other east African countries to join.

Rwanda faces a long road to prosperity, but it has no shortage of enthusiastic young leaders, eager to take part in — and shape — the country’s economic transformation. problem solving, for mobilizing multiple stakeholders to take action, for managing risks by taking “small bets” and, above all, maintaining a focus on real results — tangible improvements that have real impact.

Our hope is that this is just the beginning.

Starting small, we want to expand.

Limited by time, resources, and our locations, the workshop brought together a group that was necessarily small.

But it’s clear that there are people and groups around the world already doing development differently, and their voices deserve to be heard. Practically, our manifesto includes an open invitation to all those who share our principles to join a growing community of practice that can share experiences and strategies adopted in the field of development. As part of this, we made the commitment to host our next convening in a developing country, with much more representation from different regions.

The workshop generated a rich set of cases and examples of doing development differently. They’re now available on the Harvard and ODI websites (where you can watch individual talks, or link to related reports). But we’re all too aware that this can look like cherry picking.

To overcome such reservations, we aim to launch a dedicated “library” and to crowdsource evidence from around the world on programs that have achieved results (and those that haven’t) based on these principles. We also want to bring in historical experience, too — there’s a long history of at least the past 40 years of attempts to work in this way. This should provide a practical resource for anyone wanting to know more.

We are also dedicated to supporting others. We’ve already begun to work with some of the major donor funders on changing how they do development. We want to support much more peer-to-peer learning, too — connecting Nigerian “small bet” innovators with those who’ve already tried and succeeded (or failed) elsewhere.

So watch this space.

It’s time to build on development’s positives, rather than singing an old and sad song about its failure. We are committed to becoming builders, by identifying agents and organizations doing great work, often at the margins and at great risk. Will you join us by signing the manifesto and sharing your experience?

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7 SHAPE-V PATTERNS IN NORTH EAST INDIAN ART

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

26 February 2015

NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

dr h.N.dutta Vice Chancellor, The Global Open university Nagaland, Dimapur

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he treasure of north east Indian art is found manifested in numerous forms of art motifs, art patterns and art symbols. Art forms in north eastern region are found expression in various other forms and character. These art patterns in many respects bear religious and sociocultural beliefs and practices traditionally continued in this region. Art forms in north east region of India is found with gratifies, art symbols, textile designs, often representing ancestral beliefs traditionally continuing in community life and societies since ancient times. Common natural geography and such agricultural background as the shifting or jhum cultivation, remote inter-racial and cultural contact, intermingling of cultural beliefs and practices seem to have influenced manifestation of many similar art forms and patterns among different communities in this region. Art pattern in the shape–V or Y is found to have flourished, in traditional cultural life of the people of north east India, since remote antiquity.

The heterogeneous character of the north east Indian society provides a pluralistic concept to the art forms in north east India. Religious beliefs, customs, traditions, and cultural traits of the region immensely contributed to the development of the art forms, motifs, patterns, and symbols in this region.

Linguistically, culturally and racially, this region is more closer to China and south east Asia then it is to the mainland of India. Therefore, art and culture developed in the north eastern region of India bear certain distinct regional characteristics, which in many respects are south east Asiatic in character. For example, many of the monolithic columns found here are ornamented and carved while some are typically erected or carved either in the shape of Y or V Of the numerous art motifs found exist in the archaeological remains of the north eastern region of India, the symbolic representation of the pattern found in shape-V, is found manifested in varied forms in Nagaland. What found is that the shape - V is traditionally considered auspicious among the Naga tribes, who attach great importance and sanctity in instituting the wooden V-shaped posts performing major ceremonial festivals during their erections. Erection of V-shaped posts and the skulls with bifurcated horns of the cattle slaughtered at funeral were hung in memory of the dead chief, together with his clothes, ornaments, utensils, were traditionally common in Nagaland. It seems that in Naga society, the shape- V is revered considering that it maintains some relations with the ancestors, soul of the dead and belief in fertility. It is believed that worshiping of the soul of the dead brings prosperity to life and society. In some khels of the Nagas, the murungs dwindled to a mere gabble, the roof of which was adorned with a number of bifurcated buffalo-horn type projections It seems that the art forms of the buffalo- horns, slightly carved inward, is a totemic symbol, possibly originated from the ceremonial buffalo or mithun (bros frontalis) sacrifice and from the custom and belief associated with the hanging of the skull of the slaughtered buffalo or mithun either in stone or wooden V-shaped posts.

Facades of the houses of the rich men or chiefs were adorned with such totemic symbols of sacrificed mithun heads. Such a tradition is found to be very strong among the Sema Nagas7 Grave effigy of the Wanchos and Konyaks figures of Arunachal Pradesh are seen with bifurcated projections in their hands. The V-shaped art pattern and projections, varied forms of which are found expression in monolithic, in tattoo patterns, in grave effigy, in protruded front of rich men’s house, in wooden pillars of murung as well as in burials and other V or Y-shaped posts are indication of a strong tradition of north east Indian art and culture. It is found that tradition of carving of the Buffalo-horn or mithun head in wood is very common among the tribes of Nagaland and among the Konyaks of Arunachal Pradesh. The gateways of villages in Nagaland are found with wooden door carved with motifs of buffalo or mithun heads. The Semas erect a typical Y-shaped stone monolith for ceremonial sacrifice of mithun at festivals. Upon such Y-shaped posts carved mithun heads are hung by the Semas. The monolithic monuments of the Kacharis at Dimapur is found with an erect V-shaped monolithic column and several other columns of this category are found fallen in ground. The wooden village gates in Nagaland, are commonly decorated with designs of Buffalo horn and motifs related to ancestral worship for protection and prosperity.

The Naga tribes raise a protruded V-shaped entrance to decorate their houses. The façade of entrances are adorned with wood carving of buffalo –head. Several feasts of merits have to be performed prior to the raising of such V-shaped projections.

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hen I had to turn down a family lunch for next Saturday, I had to explain that reason -

work.

“But Athi, it’s Saturday”.

“No, Ketau, it is not any other Saturday, it is the last working day of February. On this day, the Finance Minister presents the Union Budget in the Parliament,” I replied. To this, Ketau’s daughter promptly asked, “Uncle, could you please explain?”

I took a pause to reply. “Beta, it’s a day when the Finance Minister tells us how much the government has earned and from where and how it proposes to spend that money.” “Oh! It’s just like what happened in my family. Papa gives money to Mother every month and then she, in turn, distributes it among us all - the paperman, milkman and me to0”, said the seven- year-old.

“Exactly,” I replied.

But now things are expected to change, as per analysts. This budget will be a full-term one from the new government. With a soaring equity market, a southward gold price and a stable crude oil, big time announcements are expected in disinvestments, FDI cap and also on personal income tax etc.

Although in the last budget the

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Plate-I Y-Shaped Post at Kishethu in Nagaland after JH Hutton (1929)

A V- Shaped Monolithic Column (Broken) in Monolithic Site Dimapur

Significantly, the Karen, Hmong, Mien, Lahu, Akha, Lisu, and other tribes in Thailand also adorn the ridges of their houses at both ends with forked shaped or V-shaped decorations. Hence a south east Asiatic relations with the V-shaped patterns of north eastern region of India needs further studies.

V-shaped tattoo patterns and buffalo-head patterns or the head of the buffalo sacrificed together with other properties of the dead are hung on Chang grave of Arunachal Pradesh. The Miniyong- a sub-tribe of the Adis of Arunachal Pradesh dig the skull of the dead, out of the grave and hang it up on the bamboo posts for veneration, whose soul is believed to have caused the fever or disease to someone in the family. The Adi’s of Arunachal Pradesh decorate their hotkang- the alter for the sacrifice of mithun with two V-shaped crossed wooden projections for prayers for recovery of from their disease, which are similar in practice, with V-shaped projections hung with mithun -head as found in Nagaland. Wooden masks projected with the bifurcated horns are found worn by the Sherdukpens during Jachunga –Chham dance and such a common feature is notably found in deer dance of various Buddhist groups in Arunachal Pradesh. Colorful V-shaped patterns are found in galore in the textiles designs, popular among various communities in the north eastern region of India. Often such patterns are found given shape to geometrical motifs and arrangements in looms. The Mizos called the V -shaped or the Y -shaped wooden posts as Selphan. A chief or a rich Mizo, in his life time resorted to a ceremonial sacrifices by giving public feast by killing, domesticated gayal or mithun , during this festival, and the skull being displayed prominently on the Selphan- the sacrificial Y-shaped fork post.

The V-shaped or Y-shaped projections, found commonly as an art form among the tribes of the north eastern region of India, as such, seem to be south east Asiatic. It seems that, the shape-V as found manifested in north east Indian art tradition may represent certain ancestral belief of worshipping an object that represents a symbol or power (of Supreme) without being an image of him. It may have some coherent relation with reciprocal sharing of food among the primitive food gatherers, that led to the formation of some social groups with a totemic symbol either of buffalo or mithun head or with the shape-V in later times. Because the houses of only the chief, king or rich, who could offer feasts, were customarily adorned with such V projections. Under such a king or chief, a group of people stood united for social security against possible threat of primitive belief and environment such as the head hunting as existed in Nagaland17 In Indian art carvings

of herbivorous animals such as goat is found associated with the male procreative power. From this view point, the animals such as buffalo or mithun seem to have associated either with belief of fertility or prosperity.

People at large in the north eastern India, under similar belief, hung a skull with horns of a buffalo or bullock on posts at their paddy fields. The V-shaped projections may also emphasises the female principle, as aspects yield to reproduction of men, crops, stock and cereals. V-shaped monolithic columns, Yshaped posts, or V-shaped tattoo patterns of the north east Indian art tradition as such represent symbols of prosperity. Both the prongs of the V-shaped monolithic column at Dimapur monolithic site have carvings of lotuses at their tops followed downward by floral motifs, figure of goats, floral motifs, with four equidistant decorative projections placed around the rim and again by a goat at their bottom. All these fields of decorations are symmetrically arranged. This monolithic column and the carvings of the herbivorous figure of the goat on it may signify to some concept of fertility, erected for ceremonial veneration for prosperity.

The V-shape forms, of the north eastern region of India, in similar way, also signify to the cult of fertility among the native tribes of this region. However, the concept of the shape-V in Indian art and culture is not altogether absent and since ancient times the shape- V have inspired Indian artists to create models, gratifies, art forms, symbols and motifs representing human power, vigor, valor and might of human spirit often representing them directly also anthromophormically.

The shape-V as art form basically signifies to the greatest extant the cult of fertility, power, and prosperity. Socially its use indicates the status, prowess and power of the user in society. In religious belief the shape –V leads to economic prosperity by promoting crops, men, stock and cereals. The shape-V seem to be an universal symbol, since remote times among primitive groups. Among the food gatherers, the shape –V possibly represented certain totemic symbol. This V-shaped art tradition, at a time, was attempted to provide an aryanised or brahmanical pattern by carving goat-headed Saivite figures of Daksha prajapati. But the north eastern India, being dominated by the Mongolian hill tribes, the V-shaped art tradition remains predominantly non-Aryan until recent times, which more or less has certain inclination towards animism or belief in spiritual beings representing human prowess, valor, glory and might. So these were venerated for sustainability of similar glory in their life even after death.

The budget and you slab of the taxable income was raised to 2.5 lakhs from two lakhs and investment limit in Section 80C was raised to 1.5 lakhs from one lakh, little did it help a salaried individual to save more. With equity market at its best, citizens should have more cash at their disposal to seek advantage of the market. If you are to believe the talks going around, the following points might interest you. However, these are mare speculations and primarily based on public demand.

Once the budget is out, we’ll discuss it in details.

Raising tax free income It is speculated that the income tax slab may be raised to three lakhs from the current level of 2.5 lakhs, which implies that any salaried person getting a salary of Rs. 25,000 or less doesn’t have to pay income tax, if proposed. This will definitely boast mass of low income group and increase saving and spending.

Tax slabs If the tax slabs are raised, the citi-

Increase 80C limit There is a never-declining demand from the financial institutes to increase the 80C limit to the next level. It is true that for most of us the first step of investment is to save tax under Section 80C. More money in Section 80C means more investment and social security. If you are to believe the speculators, we may see a raise to two lakhs from the current level 1.5 lakhs.

Affordable student loans If the government wants to successfully implement its ambitious skill India development plans, it must also make student loans affordable. With technical and skill oriented training becoming affordable, the dream to have a prosperous nation is not too far. zens will have more cash in their hand, A lot of suggestions have already been they will spend more, which in turn, proposed to the policy makers and a will boost demand and invariably pro- positive outcome is expected. duction. This means more jobs, more opportunities and a better lifestyle. Suggestions from Public What you might see is an income tax In a bid to make an effort to build an slab is in the following lines…… inclusive government, the Finance Min-- Ten per cent on annual salary up ister has sought suggestions from pubto Rs 10 lakhs lic. This move can make citizens part-- 20 per cent on annual salary be- ners in the process of budget making. tween Rs ten to 20 lakhs The writer is an investment -- 30 per cent on annual salary professional and adventure enthusiast.

Follow him on twitter@d_jakharia more than Rs 20 lakhs

ingapore has a total land area of 275.8 square miles. It possesses only a few natural resources such as a natural harbor, limited space of arable land, and a deep water petroleum mine. Before it gained independence in 1965, the island city had only a small domestic market and had no proper infrastructure. Clean water was scarce. At that time, Singapore’s population was less than 2 million and half of its people were illiterate; poverty was widespread; and about 70 percent of households lived in overcrowded conditions, especially in slums on the city’s fringes.

Wanting to build Singapore into a well-developed citystate, Lee Kuan Yew began visiting the island country of Sri Lanka way back in 1956. He thought that Sri Lanka, which gained independence in 1948, could serve as a potential model for development for his homeland. But instead of focusing on development, Sri Lanka got itself entangled in controversial social issues. The Buddhist Sinhalese majority (75%) began to marginalize the minority groups such as the Hindu Tamils (15%) and the Muslim Moors (10%) in terms of job opportunities and government services. They also attempted to make Buddhism as the state religion and Sinhala as the national language. As a result, ethnic conflicts erupted and a bitter civil war ensued. These were the things that came in the way of progress and derailed Sri Lanka’s development for 30 years.

Mr. Lee didn’t learn what he hoped to learn from Sri Lanka. But he did learn something else: how to avoid the mistakes of Sri Lanka. So, he made sure that all religions in Singapore were guaranteed equal freedom under the Constitution. He also made English as the main working language in his country which is comprised of Chinese (74%), Malays (13%), Indians (9%), and Eurasians.

Then, Mr. Lee went on to focus on development efforts by pushing the following growth essentials: The Rule of Law: As a man who believed that discipline is a necessary requisite for good governance, Mr. Lee stringently enforced the law and got rid of corruption at all levels of government. He imposed heavy fines and/or penalties even for careless acts like public littering. He essentially created a climate where people were afraid to commit crimes and corruption.

A Skilled and Hard-Working Workforce: Resource scarcity has forced Singapore to develop a highly educated and skilled workforce. People ages 15 and above are economically very active---that is, they supply labor for the production of goods and services in one way or another. People compete to boost their earnings by pursuing further training or increasing their working hours, which at times come at the expense of leisure or social time. These labor inputs, however, have increased productivity, strengthened income growth, and raised the standard of living.

Compulsory Savings: The Singaporean government actively encourages the accumulation of capital through an economic policy of forced savings---that is, all employers and employees are required to save 40 percent of their wages.

These accumulated funds are kept not only as retirement savings but also to pay for current health needs, finance college education, purchase life and disability insurance, invest in stocks and bonds, and/or purchase homes.

Investment in Global Market: Since Singapore’s population is small and it doesn’t have a sizeable domestic market, it seeks to make much of its profits from trade with and investment in other countries. For example, Singapore is the second largest foreign investor in India. In fact, it is a major Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflow financier in the world. As a result of its foreign investment, more than 50 percent of its earnings are made from outside the country.

A Market Friendly Climate: Singapore has been ranked as the most open market economy in the world. It is pro-business and investment friendly, with very low tax rates. It has a stable political environment and a largely corruption-free government. Also, its geographical location and advanced infrastructure make Singapore a suitable commercial hub.

Due to all these reasons, Singapore has attracted global investors and more than 7,000 multinational corporations (MNCs) from the United States, Japan, and Europe. There are also approximately 1,500 companies from China and a similar number from India. Foreign firms are found in almost all sectors of the country’s economy. All these foreign companies account for more than two-thirds of manufacturing output in Singapore, thereby adding to the country’s revenue.

Industrial Targeting Policy: In thelate 1960s the Singaporean government began transferring its workers from agricultural to export-oriented manufacturing jobs. Even within the manufacturing industry, these workers have been moved from textiles and clothing to plastics and electronics. As such, today electronics sector leads Singapore's manufacturing industry, which accounts for more than 30 percent of its industrial output. Not only that, Singapore has been moving more and more to financial services and also prioritizing development of the chemicals and biotechnology industries. At the same time, Singapore still strives to maintain a diversified economy, a strategy that the government considers vital for its economic stability and long-term growth.

In short, the leaders of Singapore, unlike those in Sri Lanka, created the right conditions for economic success. Despite its tiny size and scarce natural resources, they turned Singapore into one of the most developed nations within the last 50 years. As a result, the GDP per capita in Singapore has grown from just $516 in mid-1965 to a little over $55,000 in 2013. This means that the Singaporeans’ standard of living has been steadily rising, with more families moving from a lower-income category to middle-income status.

Now, so what?

Just two years after Nagaland got statehood, Singapore started its race for development. And within a few decades, Singapore has become one of the most developed nations in the world because of leaders like Lee KuanYeh and others with him. But in the case of the Nagas, our older generation leaders have miserably failed us as far as development is concerned. As a result, we are still far behind others in economy and development.

Today, we Nagas need leaders who can create conditions for our economic success. Yes, we need visionary leaders like Mr. Lee to emerge from amongst us. Also, we must develop skilled workers who are committed to working hard like the Singaporeans. This is how we too can hopefully get to the top as Singapore has.

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Amidst protests, government softens stand on Land Bill

New Delhi, February 25 (iaNS): Under attack from the opposition, and now its allies, over the land acquisition bill, the government said Wednesday it was "open minded" to suggestions but added that the measure was "farmer friendly".

After the Shiv Sena, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) said Wednesday it has apprehensions over the bill.

"We have objections over some measures. There are questions about the need of doing away with farmers' consent. They also will have no right to move court," LJP MP Chirag Paswan told reporters here after a meeting, attended by six LJP MPs, where the bill was discussed.

The Shiv Sena has already made its opposition clear that it will "not support any law that is against the interest of farmers".

Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant Wednesday questioned government's explanation about the legislation and said: "When there will be no land left then what is the point of PM irrigation scheme? The farmers are scared that the government will take away their land. This needs to be addressed. We cannot make farmers unhappy."

He made the comment while participating in the discussion on motion of thanks to the president's speech.

Indian farmer Ghaliapita Hara, 45, holds his head as he listens to a speaker during a protest against the government’s proposed move to ease rules for acquiring land to facilitate infrastructure projects, in New Delhi on Wednesday, February 25.

Hara, who is from the state of Madhya Pradesh, said that his land was taken away by an industrial group and he was not duly compensated by the government. (AP Photo)

Another key BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has also expressed reservations towards the bill, which is facing a stiff opposition from political parties, farmers and social groups.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, however, defended the law and blamed the opposition for spreading misinformation on the bill.

Addressing a press conference in the parlia-

ment house here, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the ordinance had to be brought before December 31.

The minister added that the land that would be acquired will be used for rural infrastructure projects like irrigation and roads, which will help the rural population.

Gadkari also said the

Gangster Abu Salem gets life MuMbai, February 25 (iaNS): Gangster Abu Salem and his former driver Mehndi Hasan were sentenced to life imprisonment here Wednesday for the brutal daylight killing of Mumbai builder Pradeep Jain in March 1995.

Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said Salem has also been fined Rs.200,000 by the Special TADA Court. Salem, also accused in the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was arrested in Portugal and later extradited to India in November 2005.

"Abu Salem is sentenced to life imprisonment for the offences of murder and criminal conspiracy," Special TADA Judge G. A. Sanap said, while pronouncing the verdict in the high profile case.

According to police, Jain was shot dead inside his Juhu bungalow March 7, 1995 over a property dispute.

His brother Sunil Jain said that at least four gunmen fired indiscriminately at Jain who sustained over a dozen bullet injuries. Sunil Jain also suffered two bullet injuries of six rounds fired at him, but later managed to drive his brother to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.

The trio - Salem and Hasan, along with another octogenarian co-accused V. K. Jhamb - were found guilty by the Special TADA Court last week.

Jhamb, who is now wheelchair-

bound, shall not be taken into custody as his jail term has been adjusted against time already spent behind bars.

The sentencing followed intense arguments on the quantum of punishment between the prosecution and the defence counsels in the past few days.

Earlier, Nikam had sought the death sentence for both Salem and Hasan, but later argued for life - the death penalty could not be given to Salem under the provisions of the extradition treaty signed between India and Portugal.

Salem's counsel Sudeep Pasgola argued that under the treaty provisions, the accused (Salem) could be given only a total of 25 years jail term under all the nine cases in which he has been charged.

He was replying to the prosecution's demand for life imprisonment to Salem till his natural death.

On the punishment for Hasan, Pasgola contended that as the vehicle driver, he only helped the killers with arms and hence was not directly involved in the killing.

The conspiracy was entered into in Dubai in October-November 1994 by Salem, Hasan, accused absconders Anees Ibrahim Kaskar and Shaukat Mistry, and Naeem Khan, an accused in the case who later turned approver and provided clinching evidence to the court during the trial.

central government did not intend to acquire any land for the private sector or corporates.

"Even the industrial corridor the ordinance talks about will not be more than 2 km wide, and will host agro-processing industries. It will help farmers," he said.

"It is a misunderstanding that we will acquire land for private sector. The

care sector, I recorded, with their consent, face to face interviews with 77 doctors, and I interviewed one doctor by email. They came from the cities of Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune or from towns in Maharashtra," Gadre noted.

"These interviews indicate the alarming extent of the deterioration of rationality and ethics in India's private medical sector and the need for stringent, transparent and mandatory regulation," Gadre wrote.

Many interviewees mentioned unnecessary investigations and surgical procedures.

One example was gynaecologists performing ultrasounds without indications in pregnant women who complain of trivial abdominal pain, then fabricating false reports of cervical abnormalities and advising the women to have cervical stitches, with the pretext of preventing miscarriage.

Few patients request a second opinion, and the doctor

HC notice to Centre on illegal passports to foreigners, Indians

New Delhi, February 25 (iaNS): The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the external affairs ministry, home ministry and Delhi Police commissioner on a PIL alleging that mass-scale illegal Indian passports were being provided to foreigners and Indians on the basis of "false verification reports" issued by the special branch of Delhi Police and police departments across India.

A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw termed the allegation as "very serious" and asked the Centre, Delhi government and Delhi Police commissioner respond to the public interest litigation within four weeks.

The PIL, filed by NGO Paardarshita Public Welfare Foundation through general secretary Harkrishan Das Nijhawan, claimed that Indian passports were issued to foreigners, who are not residing at the given addresses and, in some cases, addresses which do not exist.

The PIL alleged: "Mass-scale illegal passports are issued to the nationals of Afghans, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, Nepalese and Sri Lankans as well as Indian citizens on the basis of recommendation of false police verification reports issued by the Special Branch of Delhi Police and police department of states as well as union territories across India."

Hearing the plea, the court said "this is a very serious issue". It asked the government if it did not have an independent verification other than the police.

Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain appearing for the Centre told the bench that the police is the competent authority for verification. The plea sought immediate action to stop issuing Indian passports to foreigners and Indians on fake police verification reports and action against those involved.

The plea said the NGO wrote to ministries and investigating agencies on the issue but nothing was done.

It then filed an RTI (right to information) application in the office of the Regional Passport Office, New Delhi, asking for certain information with regard to Indian passports being issued to Afghan nationals, passports issued to applicants not residing at the given addresses as well as non-existing addresses in village Humayunpur, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi. The information was denied.

The NGO said it has also approached the Chief Passport Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, who heads all passport issuing offices. He explained that they are fully dependant on police verification reports submitted by the Special Branch in Delhi as well as local police/intelligence units across India.

The plea sought the intervention of the National Investigating Agency and the Central Bureau of Investigation on the issue.

No proposal to Court notice to government on swine flu Making a statement in shortage of swine flu delete Article No the Rajya Sabha, Nadda medicine: Government said there is no shortage of swine flu medicine.

New Delhi, Febru370: Government ary 25 (iaNS): The Delhi He said the central gov-

Article 370 provides special status to Jammu and Kashmir

New Delhi, February 25 (PTi): There is no proposal under consideration of the government 'to delete' Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Rajya Sabha was informed today.

"No, sir. There is currently no such proposal under consideration," Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in reply to a written question on whether government intends to delete Article 370.

Chaudhary said Article 370 was made in the Indian Constitution for continuance of the state of Jammu and Kashmir with the Union of India on the basis of Instrument of Accession.

"Thus, Article 370 is a device to continue the existing relationship of state of Jammu and Kashmir with the Union of India."

"Through this Article, the Union Parliament gets jurisdiction to enact laws on matters specified either in the Instrument of Accession or by later addition with concurrence of the government of state of Jammu and Kashmir," he said.

Indian private hospitals 'treat patients as revenue generators' PuNe, February 25 (iaNS): What has long been murmured in private has now come out in public - India's private healthcare sector largely treats patients as mere "revenue generators", according to a study that reveals shocking testimonies of corruption.

Irrational drug prescribing, kickbacks for referrals and unnecessary investigations and surgical procedures are widespread in the private healthcare system, said Pune-based gynaecologist Arun Gadre who interviewed 78 doctors across India.

Kickbacks for referrals included an example from a general practitioner in Maharashtra, who said that doctors get Rs 30,000-40,000 for referring patients for angioplasty.

A pathologist said that of the 150 doctors contacted only three were willing to refer patients for investigations without kickbacks.

"To find out about malpractice in India's private health-

projects which will be in PPP mode (Public-Private Partnership) will be ultimately owned by government," Gadkari said.

He added: "The industrialist today does not want the government acquired land. They prefer buying the land. The land that will be acquired under this law will be used for public purposes."

Asked if the govern-

ment would consider suggestion made by opposition parties, Gadkari said: "We are open minded to suggestions."

Activist Anna Hazare, who is spearheading an agitation against amendments in the act, rubbished the government's claim that these were more "effective" and "farmerfriendly", saying it was trying to mislead the people.

"The government is more worried about the industrialists and not about farmers. The country has woken up now.

These people will also take irrigated land and give it to the industrialists," Hazare said.

Having vociferously protested against the land ordinance for the last two days, activists are now gearing up for a massive showdown with the government at district and state levels.

"We are beginning a district level movement from next week against the land bill," said Gandhian activist P.V. Rajagopal.

He said that the focus would now be on mobilisation and training of youth for a final showdown in 2019, a year which coincides with the completion of five-year term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government.

"The government may not be able to ignore this and engage us in a dialogue process," he added.

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does not give them any documents to avoid being found out.

Another example given by a pathologist was referred to as the "sink test".

The referring doctor advises a battery of laboratory tests despite no suspicion of pathology.

Only a few of the tests are performed, and the extra blood collected is dumped in the sink.

Fabricated results are then given in the normal range for all tests that were not performed.

The patient pays a large sum, which is shared by the referring doctor and the pathologist, the study noted.

Indian medical associations claim that few doctors indulge in unethical and irrational practices, but several interviewees opined that few doctors are unaffected by increasing commercialisation.

These interviews underscore one fact - paying money does not guarantee good healthcare, Gadre pointed out.The study appeared in The BMJ (formerly The British Medical Journal).

High Court Wednesday issued notices to the central and the state governments on steps being taken to deal with swine flu even as union Health Minister J.P. Nadda asked people not to panic.

A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw issued notices to the union health minister, the city's health ministry, civic bodies and the lt. governor on the issue and sought their response by March 4. It was hearing a petition seeking directions to make tests for swine flu available at an affordable cost.

The bench asked the agencies concerned to "file response explaining the steps you have taken on the issue".

The public interest litigation (PIL) filed through advocate Gaurav Bahl said the government should provide more laboratories in the city for testing swine flu (H1N1 virus) and the facility should be available at an affordable cost.

A man wearing a protective mask as he stands in a queue to board a train at the Secunderabad railway station in Hyderabad on Wednesday, February 25. Health officials in India are struggling to contain an outbreak of swine flu that has claimed more than 900 lives nationwide in 11 weeks. (AP Photo)

" Th e g overnm ent should establish multiple testing laboratories and that should be available at an affordable cost. Now, the cost of test is Rs.4,500.

It has to be reduced," argued Bahl.

Currently, the government has only three laboratories in Delhi for swine flu tests, he told the court, adding that "the government should immediately establish multiple testing laboratories at all government hospitals wherein the

identification test for swine flu can be conducted".

The plea challenged "the inaction and lackadaisical and perfunctory approach of the government" in effectively dealing with swine flu.

The plea sought direction to the government hospitals to keep medicines for the treatment of swine flu and ensure that sufficient and required amount of medicines are available with all hospitals and nursing homes of Delhi.

ernment is in touch with all states and a regular review of the situation is being done.

"There is no need to panic but we need to be alert."

The minister said the states have been supplied stock of medicine and other equipments like masks and vaccines and reserve stock is with the government.

The minister's statement came as a clarification of his Tuesday's statement that he made in both houses of the parliament.

He said the number of deaths were because of ignorance. "Co-morbidity cases are high in number.

Patients are coming late to doctors after taking medicine themselves."

Doctors have advised a number of precautionary steps against the disease which include washing hands multiple times a day, avoiding touching objects like doors, seats, tables, handles at public places and drinking a lot of water and fluids.

Indian cities have Rs.56,200 Vrindavan widows to break crore worth of used goods from tradition to play Holi "While northern India tops the New Delhi, February 25 (iaNS): With about 20% of goods selling chart with 48% households stocked in urban households hav- doing so, the eastern region leads ing become obsolete for the own- stocking with 97% and the west ers, the used goods market has is the frontrunner in buying used surged to an estimated Rs.56,200 goods," the company said.

As per the study, the top four crore, an online e-commerce porcategories of goods stocked across tal said Wednesday.

India were "For the clothing, first time, The top 4 categories of goods (we) put a stocked across India were cloth- utensils and f i g u r e o n ing, utensils and books followed books followed by mothis market by mobile phones. bile phones.

- Rs.56,200 It said 83% crore in 2015 just in urban India," Amarjit Singh of homes in the national capital Batra, CEO of Olx, said in a state- have unused items, while Kolkata seems to be the most eager to sell ment.

Batra said the valuation will be its used goods. Interestingly, the IT much higher if semi-urban and ru- capital of India, Bengaluru, features ral centres are also taken into con- as "the least-selling friendly metro".

The study said the key reason sideration.

The company, which recently for stocking goods at home was conducted a study on the second- based on people's wish "to use hand goods segment, said that in these goods at a later date". At early 2014, the estimated national least 18% of urban homes stocked valuation of used merchandise commodities due to sentimental values. was Rs.22,000 crore.

On an average, each urban According to the company, stocking has been a prominent home was stocking an estimated trend in 2014, with 87%house- Rs.8,400 worth of used goods with holds stocking used goods in In- the Tier-1 cities' stocking figure rocketing to Rs.19,500. dia, while 45% feature as sellers.

VriNDaVaN, February 25 (iaNS): More than 1,000 kgs of gulal will be available at shelter homes here for the thousands of widows in this Uttar Pradesh holy town to celebrate Holi and break from tradition and their mundane routine.

The Holi revelries will begin March 3 with songs, dances and sprinkling of colours on their white robes to mark a break from an oppressive socio-cultural regime.

Widows in many parts of India are not permitted to play Holi even today or participate in any other festival and auspicious function.

The temple town of Vrindavan will witness unique Holi celebrations March 3 when a large number of widows in their white sarees will throw colours and gulal on one another to announce their freedom from bondage.

"Their participation in Holi symbolises a break from tradition which forbids a widow from wearing colours, among many other things," says social reformer and mentor of Sulabh Movement Bindeshwar Pathak.

The celebrations will end March 6. Vrindavan is also known as the city of widows for the sheer number of women who find shelter here after being shunned by their families.

Most of these widows hail from West Bengal. Pathak told IANS that this time a number of widows from Varanasi will also join celebrations in Vrindavan. A few days back, hundreds of widows living in Varanasi played Holi for the first time.

The idea to celebrate Holi and other festivals was to help the integration of this large section of "socially ostracised women leading a secluded life in deplorable conditions with the mainstream", according to Pathak. The Supreme Court of India has on several occasions lambasted the union and the Uttar Pradesh governments for the pathetic plight of Vrindavan widows.

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Amnesty’s report details ‘devastating year of mass violence’ London, February 25 (bbC): Amnesty International’s newly published annual report makes for decidedly sober reading.

But that’s to be expected given the atrocities committed in Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Central African Republic and other countries.

“This has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up in the suffering of war zones,” the secretary general of Amnesty International, Salil Shetty, wrote in the foreword.

And the human rights campaigning group strongly criticises governments.

“In the year marking the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, politicians repeatedly trampled on the rules protecting civilians, or looked away from the deadly violations of these rules committed by others,” Shetty said.

“The United Nations was established 70 years ago to ensure that we would never again see the horrors witnessed in the Second World War. “We are now seeing violence on a mass scale and an enormous refugee crisis caused by that violence.

“There has been a singular failure to find workable solutions to the most

pressing needs of our time.”

‘Powerful signal’ One such workable solution, Amnesty International suggests, would be for the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain - to agree not to use their right of veto to block action in response to situations of genocide and other mass atrocities.

Salil Shetty takes the view that this would be a “game changer” for the international community and the tools it has at its disposal to help protect civilian lives, He also believed it would send a powerful signal to perpetrators that the world would not sit idly by while mass atrocities took place.

The idea that the five powers would voluntarily renounce their veto rights in such circumstances has been around for some time.

Indeed the French government has been at the forefront of such an initiative, and it seems to have been gathering momentum.

Amnesty says it intends to get the weight and influence of its seven million supporters and activists behind it.

It argues that if the use of the veto in the Security Council had already been restrained in this way then it could have prevented Russia using its veto repeatedly to block UN action over the violence in Syria.

This might have resulted in President Bashar al-Assad being referred to the International Criminal Court, in achieving greater access for badly needed humanitarian aid and in further ways of helping civilians.

The British government has not yet made a specific commitment in favour of the voluntary renunciation of the veto.

But the Foreign Office said in response to the Amnesty report: “The proposal put forward by France offers an important contribution to the wider debate on reform of the Security Council.

“The United Kingdom wholeheartedly supports the principle that the Security Council must act to stop mass atrocities and crimes against humanity.

“We cannot envisage circumstances where we would use our veto to block such action.”

Amnesty International fears that 2015 could be another bleak year for human rights.

Countless towns were decimated by violence in 2014, including the Syrian city of Kobane.

It predicts that more civilian populations will be forced to live under the quasi-state control of brutal armed groups.

There will be deepening threats to freedom of expression and other rights including violations caused by new draconian anti-terror laws and unjustified mass surveillance.

It also says there will be a worsening humanitarian and refugee crisis.

But Amnesty says its

aim is to get governments to “stop pretending that the protection of civilians is beyond their power”.

Cycle of violence It acknowledges that the coming into force last year of the Arms Trade Treaty was a success. But it wants much more to be done to tackle what it calls “the bloody legacy of the flooding of weapons into countries where they are used for grave abuses by states and armed groups”.

Anna Neistat, Amnesty’s senior director for research, said: “Huge arms shipments were delivered to Iraq, Israel, South Sudan and Syria in 2014 despite the very high likelihood that these weapons would be used against civilian populations trapped in conflict.

“When IS took control of large parts of Iraq it found large arsenals, ripe for the picking.”

The human rights group

also argues that further restrictions on the use of explosive weapons, which cannot be precisely targeted or which otherwise have wide effect in populated areas, could have helped to save thousands of lives lost in recent conflicts.

If Amnesty is robust in its challenge to governments, the British government maintains that it is an exaggeration to accuse the international community of paralysis.

The Foreign Office said the Security Council had acted effectively on a number of issues over the past year for example, 100,000 peacekeepers were deployed globally, to address conflicts and help states build peaceful societies.

“The underlying drivers of abuse are discrimination, impunity and inequality,” said Shetty.

“If we do not stop these, all we will have is a cycle of violence.”

Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-leader At least 108 people killed in Afghan winter storm

In this January 20, 2014 photo, Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia, waves as she arrives for a public meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Bangladesh court issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for the ex-Prime Minister in two graft cases after she failed to appear in court for the fourth time. (AP File Photo)

dhaka, February 25 (aP): A Bangladesh court issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in two graft cases after she failed to appear in court for the fourth time.

Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadder issued the decision in the nation’s capital, Dhaka, after he refused a bail plea by the defense, which sought more time, saying Zia was sick and concerned over

her security because of political unrest.

It was not clear immediately whether Zia will soon be arrested. The court order will go to a police station where the cases were registered.

“The next measures will be taken by authorities in line with law,” said state counsel Mosharraf Hossain Kajol.

The charges involved an alleged illegal fund used to buy

land for a charity named after Zia’s late husband, former President Ziaur Rahman.

Zia’s lawyers have rejected allegations that Zia illegally collected more than $1 million in donations for the charity, and say the charges are politically motivated, which authorities deny.

Early last year, Zia was indicted in the cases, but chaos broke out when she arrived at the court on Jan. 24, when her supporters attacked police and clashed with ruling party activists. Authorities said the violence was an attempt was to derail the trial process but Zia’s supporters say ruling party activists started the attacks.

After that, Zia skipped four court hearings, including Wednesday, citing security concerns and sickness.

“Today, we appealed to the court for more time for her appearance as she is sick. But the court rejected that and issued the arrest warrant,” defense lawyer Sanaullah Mia told reporters after the decision.

Bangladesh law requires Zia to appear in this court to seek bail to avoid arrest.

Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman, the heir apparent to take over her Bangladesh Nationalist Party in a deeply rooted political dynasty, was also indicted in the cases. Rahman lives in London.

On Wednesday, the court ordered Rahman to appear before the court on March 4, lawyers said.

Zia currently leads a 20-party opposition alliance, which has been enforcing a nonstop transportation blockade across the South Asian country since early January to demand the resignation of her arch-rival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and that a new election be called.

About 100 people have died, mostly in firebomb attacks allegedly by Zia’s supporters and hired goons, since the blockade began after a year of relative calm following a general election in January 2014, which was boycotted by Zia’s party.

The boycott allowed Hasina to come to power with an overwhelming majority, and she says there is no need for another election before 2019 when her five-year term ends.

Another stumbling block for any solution to the stalemate is the country’s largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, which is the main ally of Zia. Hasina’s administration has convicted several top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami for crimes committed during the country’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. Jamaat-e-Islami openly campaigned against the creation of Bangladesh and is accused of forming militia groups to kidnap and kill people who supported independence.

Bangladesh says Pakistani soldiers, aided by local collaborators, killed 3 million people and raped 200,000 women in 1971.

kabuL, February 25 (aP): Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow killed at least 108 people in northeastern Afghanistan, an emergency official said Wednesday, as rescuers clawed through debris with their hands to save those buried beneath.

The avalanches buried homes across four northeast provinces, killing those beneath, said Mohammad Aslam Syas, the deputy director of the Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority. The province worst hit appeared to be Panjshir province, about 100

kilometers (60 miles) northeast of the capital, Kabul, where the avalanches destroyed or damaged around 100 homes, Syas said.

The acting governor of Panjshir, Abdul Rahman Kabiri, said rescuers used their bare hands and shovels in an effort to reach survivors.

Rescue teams had been dispatched to the affected areas and casualties were expected to rise, Syas said.

Large parts of Afghanistan have been covered in snow as a major storm interrupted an otherwise mild and dry winter.

Afghanistan has suffered through some three decades of war since the Soviet invasion in 1979. But natural disasters such as landslides, floods and avalanches have taken a toll on a country with little infrastructure or development outside of its major cities.

In May, a massive landslide killed anywhere from 250 to 2,700 people, authorities said at the time. Another landslide in 2012 killed 71 people. Authorities were not able to recover the vast majority of bodies and ended up declaring the site a massive grave.

Pak to launch fresh offensive against terrorists iSLamabad, February 25 (ianS): Pakistan will launch a fresh operation against terrorists on its soil in Khyber tribal region near Afghanistan border in March, Tariq Hafeez, a senior military official, said Wednesday.

Commandant of the Khyber Rifles, Hafeez said Khyber-2 military operation against Taliban and other terrorist groups hiding in different parts of the Tirah valley of this region would begin in March, Pakistan Today reported.

Hafeez pledged that security forces would now reclaim all areas at present under the control of several outlawed militant groups in Khyber Agency and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

“We will not spare anyone and will go after them no matter where they are hiding and will smash their operational structure to reduce their striking capability,” he said.

He added that security forces were now determined to annihilate all anti-state elements

operating on Pakistan’s soil.

Referring to the escape of some leaders of Bara-based outlawed groups to Afghanistan, he said that those who were not sincere to their own motherland could not be sincere to anyone.

On June 15, 2014, the Pakistan Army launched a comprehensive operation called Zarb-e-Azb against local and foreign militants in North Waziristan, sealing the area off and requested the Afghan National Army to plug possible escape routes across the border.

Months into operation Zarb-e-Azb, the army also launched Khyber-1, an operation to clear out militant strongholds in the tribal region of Khyber.

The Pakistan government has taken a tough stand against terrorists after the Dec 16 attack by Pakistani Taliban on an army-run public school in Peshawar in which over 140 school children and staff were killed.

Overfishing driving slavery on Thailand’s seafood boats Samut Sakhon (thaiLand), February 25 (aP): Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Burmese man lies wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper.

As he struggles to sit up and steady himself, he tears at his thick, dark hair in agitation. He cannot walk and doesn’t remember his family or even his own name.

He speaks mostly gibberish in broken Indonesian — a language he learned while working in the country as a slave aboard a Thai fishing boat.

Near death from a lack of proper food, he was rescued from a tiny island in Indonesia two months ago.

He is just one of countless hidden casualties from the fishing industry in Thailand, the world’s third-largest seafood exporter.

A report released Wednesday by the British

nonprofit Environmental Justice Foundation said that overfishing and the use of illegal and undocumented trawlers have ravaged Thailand’s marine ecosystems and depleted fish stocks. Boats are now catching about 85 percent less than what they brought in 50 years ago, making it “one of the most overfished regions on the planet,” the report said.

Shrinking fisheries in the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea have, in turn, pushed Thai fishing boats farther and farther from home. The group estimates that up to half of all fish labeled a “product of Thailand” is sourced from outside its borders - mainly in Asia, but as far away as Africa.

The report, compiled from the group’s own research and the work of others, explains how Thai-

land’s vast seafood industry is almost wholly dependent on cheap migrant labor. Since few Thais are willing to take the dangerous, low-level jobs that can take them far from home, a sophisticated network of brokers and agents has emerged, regularly recruiting laborers from impoverished neighboring countries such as Myanmar and Cambodia, often through trickery and kidnapping.

Men — and sometimes children as young as 13 — are sold onto boats where they typically work 18- to 20-hour days with little food and often only boiled sea water to drink, enduring beatings and sometimes even death at the hands in their captains. Most are paid little or nothing. They can be trapped at sea for months or years at a time; transshipment vessels are routinely used to pick up catches and

deliver supplies.

Concerns about labor abuses, especially at sea, prompted the U.S. State Department last year to downgrade Thailand to the lowest level in its annual human trafficking report, putting the country on par with North Korea, Iran and Syria. It highlighted abuse on both ships and in processing plants, noting widespread involvement from corrupt officials.

The Southeast Asian nation responded by launching a major public relations campaign, with the government drafting its own country assessment to highlight steps taken to clean up the industry since a military junta took control of Thailand in May. The unreleased Thai report, obtained by The Associated Press, includes establishing a new national registry of illegal migrant workers

and plans for stricter labor regulations on vessels and in the seafood industry.

However, just a month after the new government stepped in, Thailand was the only country in the world to vote against a U.N. international treaty aimed at stopping forced labor.

“If you drill down, if you look at the substance of enforcement and the implementation of existing laws and regulations, it’s minimal,” said Steve Trent, the group’s executive director.

“What the Thai government seems to do repeatedly, again and again in the face of these accusations, is conduct a high-powered PR exercise rather than seek to address the problem.”

Thailand, which exported $7 billion in seafood in 2013, is one of the biggest suppliers to the U.S. But a study published last year in the journal Marine

Policy estimated 25 percent to 40 percent of tuna shipped from Thailand to America is from illegal or unreported sources — the highest rate of any species or country examined — and is frequently linked to labor abuses at sea.

Human rights advocates say some improvements have been noted in domestic waters, but such policies have little impact when vessels stray into the territorial waters of other countries. Traveling longer distances to catch fish raises operating costs, and increases pressure on fishing companies to save money by relying on forced, bonded and slave labor.

“On long-haul boats, nothing has changed in the brutal working conditions and physical abuse meted out by captains against their crews,” said Phil Robertson, deputy director of

Human Rights Watch’s Asia division, who has worked extensively on the issue.

“The reality is the Thai government’s high-sounding rhetoric to stop human trafficking and clean up the fishing fleets still largely stops at the water’s edge.”

The man rescued from the Indonesian island in December now remembers his name — Min Min — and bits of his old life in Myanmar, also known as Burma. But his mind remains far from clear.

He knows he worked three years on a boat in Indonesia where his ankles were sometimes bound with rope. He recalls collapsing one day on deck during a storm and being unconscious for three hours before the Thai captain forced him to get up and haul the nets back in.

Eventually, he became too sick and weak to work

and was abandoned on the remote island two years ago.

Min Min was on the verge of starvation when he was rescued and taken to the nonprofit Labor Rights Protection Network in Samut Sakhon, a gritty port town on the outskirts of Bangkok.

He’s eating well and taking vitamins to try to regain his strength, and he can now stand and slowly shuffle across the floor.

He is still far from well.

He’s confused about such basics as his age, saying once that he is 43 and later that he is 36. If his family back in Myanmar is mentioned, he becomes rattled and stutters his thoughts as if it’s too much to bear.

“Working on the boat is no good. People like to take advantage of you,” he said. “If I recover from my illness, I’ll never be on a boat again in my life. Never again. I’m scared.”

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Curry returns to lead Warriors Juventus beats dortmund in cl last 16 tie to win at Washington Wizards

WaSHINGTON, FebRUaRy 25 (aP): Golden State's Stephen Curry returned from an injury absence to top score with 32 points and lead the Warriors to a 114-107 win at Washington on Tuesday, extending their overall NBA lead.

The Warriors extended their Western Conference lead to 3-1/2 games over idle Memphis, and are now one game ahead of East leader Atlanta.

In the day's other key game, Dallas surged at the start of the fourth quarter to beat Toronto.

Curry missed Sunday's loss at Indiana with a sore right foot but showed little sign of discomfort at Washington, playing nearly 34 minutes and hitting 11 of 18 field goal attempts, including five of nine from 3-point range. Klay Thompson added 17 more for Golden State, which has won five of its past six games.

Paul Pierce had 25 points, with 18 coming in the second half, for the Wizards, who have lost four in a row. Dallas hit seven of its first ten shots in the fourth quarter to set up a 99-92 victory over Toronto.

Monta Ellis scored 20 points and Dirk Nowitzki had 18 for the Mavericks, whose third-straight win moved them within half a game of state rival Houston in the Western Conference playoff race. DeMar DeRozan had 18 points for the Raptors. Cleveland's Kevin Love tied a career-best with eight 3-pointers for 24 points, helping the Cavaliers win 102-93 at Detroit.

Love fell just one short of teammate J.R. Smith's record of nine 3-pointers against Detroit. Love missed both his two-point attempts. LeBron James added 19 points and 11 assists, and nearly achieved an odd triple-double,

Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) goes to the basket against Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, bottom, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, February 24, in Washington. Wall was called for a foul on the play. The Warriors won 112-107. (AP Photo)

turning the ball over nine times, one short of his career worst. The Cavaliers have won 17 of 19 and are only half a game behind Chicago for the Central Division lead. Reggie Jackson had 22 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in his

second game with Detroit.

Oklahoma City extended its winning streak to seven with a 105-92 victory over Indiana, with Russell Westbrook picking up his third triple-double of the season with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

TURIN, FebRUaRy 25 (aP): Juventus settled for a narrow 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie on Tuesday to leave it all to play for in the return fixture in Germany.

Carlos Tevez fired Juventus ahead in the 13th minute but Dortmund soon leveled through striker Marco Reus following a terrible slip by Giorgio Chiellini. Alvaro Morata, who had set up the opener, restored Juve's lead shortly before halftime to provide a slender advantage for the second leg on March 18.

"It was my best match since joining Juventus," said Morata, a summer signing from Real Madrid.

"The many games I've played in in Serie A have taught me a lot, I've grown."

Along with Dortmund's away goal, there was more disappointment for Juventus as key midfielder Andrea Pirlo limped off in the first half, to be replaced by Roberto Pereyra.

Dortmund also lost defender Lukasz Piszczek to injury. "I think the result was fair," Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said. "We had a good game in the first half, but we gave them two goalscoring opportunities. Juventus had two great chances and didn't miss.

Juve is a great team."

Juventus preserved its proud home record, having lost just one of 15 European fixtures since moving to Juventus Stadium in 2011 — against Bayern Munich two years ago.

"We had a good game, and above all we were organized in defense," Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. "We had a bit of difficulty in the first half but in the second half we played better. I'm disappointed with the goal we conceded but these things happen in football... I'm still happy with how we did."

In the night's other match, Barcelona won 2-1

Juventus' Carlos Tevez celebrates after scoring during the Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match between Juventus and Borussia Dortmund at the Juventus stadium in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, February 24. (AP Photo)

at Manchester City.

Juventus is dominating the Italian league, but is seeking only its second Champions League last eight appearance since 2006 — when it was relegated for match-fixing in Serie A. Dortmund had stormed through the group stage, losing only one match to finish ahead of Arsenal, but has struggled domestically.

However, it came into the match on the back of three successive Bundesliga victories as it recovered from its worst ever start.

Juventus took an early lead when Morata raced

down the left flank and Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller could only parry his cross-comeshot straight into Tevez's path and the Argentina forward made no mistake from close range.

However, Juventus gifted an equalizer just five minutes later. Marco Reus, who had scored four goals in his previous three Champions League matches, stroked the ball into the bottom left corner after a Chiellini slip put the Germany international clean through on goal. Morata and Leonardo Bonucci

both headed off target as Juventus tried to restore its advantage, while Dortmund looked dangerous on the counter.

The home side again went in front two minutes from halftime when Morata was left unmarked to poke Paul Pogba's cross into the bottom right corner.

Morata volleyed over from a promising position on the edge of the area shortly after the break — although the offside flag went up to spare the Spaniard's blushes.

Former Juventus forward Ciro Immobile almost

came back to haunt his old club but fired straight at Gianluigi Buffon, who was able to make a comfortable save. Juventus had several chances to seal the win, with an effort by Tevez being deflected just past the left upright before a great stop from Weidenfeller denied the Argentine at pointblank range.

From the resulting corner, Chiellini almost atoned for his slip but headed narrowly over the bar. Pereyra also put an angled drive just past the far post as Juventus ended the match as the stronger side.

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olitics in layman’s understanding is a one word definition; “power”. Politics is both an art and a science in that, the art of politics have been experimented from practice and proved to be not only correct but also beneficial to mankind.

The values of philosophical politics are principle, morality, ethics and ideals. Philosophical politics has a standard value code.

The foundation of this positive politics had evolved from the ideals of political philosophers of the past in their own times. When there was philosophy in politics, there was welfare politics. Government was for the people and governance was welfare based.

Welfare politics guaranteed equality and justice to all men and women. Politics, ingrained in philosophy gave peace and harmony to mankind. Value politics existed in that poetic society.

Politics of present day has been greatly devalued primarily because; politics is no longer considered a philosophy but a game.

Politicians no longer consider themselves philosophers. They consider themselves game-changers.

Welfare politics is replaced on one side by populist politics and on the other side by corporate politics.

In both the cases, power politics is the sole objective.

While populist politics randomized the system and affected effective planning; corporate politics made the rich, richer and the poor, poorer. There is aberration in general social thinking.

There seems to be something grossly wrong in our educational curriculum that are based more on knowledge banking than on values. In the transition

from ignorance to literate, then to education; a society like Nagas’ with high literacy rate but low level of education is most affected.

India, as a democratic republic country; people are given the power to elect their representatives every five years. Nagas have been participating in this nation-wide exercise since 1964. Today, it may not be far from truth to admit that nothing has destroyed Naga society more than elections. In 1952, Nagas totally boycotted the first Parliamentary election of independent India basically for two reasons. The first reason was refusal to join the Indian Union and accepting its constitution.

The second reason was the apprehension that Indian system of election would destroy the Nagas. Elections were unknown in the customary system of Naga village politics then. The visionary leader Late A. Z. Phizo had the foresight to see that and alarmed the Nagas of his time. As we see Naga society in ruins today, caused by corrupt elections, how very true was his vision! Up to early 1980’s elections were comparatively less corrupt, probably because of innocence or ignorance of candidates about election malpractices. From mid 80’s, muscle power crept in. Then from 2003, elections have become a strong combination of money, muscle and gun powers. Politics as a philosophy has disappeared and political game has taken over the arena.

The history of Nagaland State Legislative Assembly has been riddled with defections. No house has probably completed its term without defection in one way or other and; all for power and positions.

In defection politics, Nagaland is known in setting precedence for other States in India and even triggering political opinion to evolve anti-defection law. Reducing the State politics to mere number game has had its own telling effects on Nagas, as social depredation and lack of developments proved. Nagaland State has completed fifty years. By age, it was the second oldest state in the northeast India. In economic point of view, it is the most undeveloped state as the size of our plan size; the lowest in NE-India, had proved.

I refuse to accept that Nagaland is a liability state to India for the simple reason that Nagaland is a state born out of political agreement and the Government of India had promised as its responsibility, to look after the State’s development. It has the obligation to honor and fulfill that promise. The saddest part is that, Nagas are not honest to ourselves.

We blame India for all our ills and create unwanted situations to give perfect alibi for India to say there could not be development without peace.

Nothing is going to change so long as politics is used as a play thing by elected members. Council of Ministers is basically a core group in a house of sixty who are expected to exhibit some level of ingenuity. Under the downsizing law, Nagaland Legislative Assembly is entitled twelve Cabinet berths only, including the Chief Minister. They are expected to be a group of people not only enjoying the confidence of the Chief Minister but also of men, preferably already refined in ability and capability in the given task.

It is a loss to public when a Cabinet Minister is given

opportunity to learn from experience or when he refuses to master it. One objective of downsizing was cost-cutting by limiting the size of the ministry. Another was probably for elected members to concentrate in the development needs of their respective constituencies. The objective of downsizing was defeated when all MLAs of ruling party are appointed as Parliamentary Secretaries or Chairman of public undertakings. Today in Nagaland, being a Cabinet Minister and Parliamentary Secretary are more of showpiece and status symbol of power than constitutional duty and responsibility.

No elected member wants to be mere MLA because; both the elected member and his electorates have the negative notion that he will not be able to fulfill his election promises as MLA. This is the root cause of defection politics; a myopic one indeed!

If Nagaland has to move forward, abandoning political gaming and imbibing philosophical politics is imperative. So long as Nagaland remains the State in Indian Union, there is little or nothing that can be done constitutionally. The only solution is ‘attitude change’ within ourselves; appreciating political values as our ways of life.

Hope one day, Nagas will have a political system when elections and defection politics are completely done away with, as our fore-fathers were born with. No majority, no minority but all-jority like the one on 5th February.

(This is a personal opinion and in no way reflect the views of the political party this writer belongs).

Dr. K. Hoshi Phek Town

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Go make disciples!!!

hen Jesus said in Matthew 28:19 to make disciples of all Nations. He didn't limit it to Theologians or people in the Ministry. Let us not confine God. If you are a Government doctor posted in Noklak, go and heal people there. If you are a Government teacher posted in Tobu,

go and impart wisdom on Honesty to the children there.

Otherwise resign from your jobs or else you will have to answer to God one day in Heaven. The Kingdom of God is not restricted to Kohima and Dimapur alone.

Kevitho Kera, Residency Colony Dimapur

Suggestive measures on quality education Vis-a-vis RTE Act 2009

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niversalization of Elementary Education is envisaged in the Directive Principles of State policy. It states that the State must strive to provide free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of 14 years. The main contention is to provide proper education at this stage because it is most crucial for a child foundation to develop and shape his / her personality and character. It will also increase productivity of national literacy as well as the State provided it is supported by mass base with presentable policy by the Government.

As soon as the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 was launched in the State ANSTA, submitted suggestive measures to the Govt. for modification in Nov.2010 focusing on Admission, Academic aspects, Punishment of children, Manpower and Infrastructure aspects. Had the RTE Act been framed in the context of State Educational system the continuity of the academic standard would have been sailing smoothly. The policy sounds appreciable but actual implementation as whole is not applicable. For instance, whether a child is capable or not he/she is 100% sure of qualifying to the next higher class till class 8 provided he/she is admitted in a school as per the provision is to be pondered upon. Also the learning process of child's centred system is not of our classroom educational standard at this juncture. Interestingly parents are contented and least bothered of their child's future but very soon their silence may burst out because this similar policy (non detention policy) was implemented during late eighties and experimented. The present system has a wide gap between

cause there is overcrowded adurban and rural students too i.e, urmission in Class IX where there is ban students can manage to get their regular Board Examinations from lessons project work done through this stage onward up to Class XII. costly Internet but rural students And as reported earlier most of are being deprived off due to lack of -the students failed in Class IX and such modern facilities. Is it justified Heads of the School are finding it for equality? It is a fact that the career difficult to accommodate them of a child foundation is built at the elalong with qualified new students. ementary stage before going into secondary stage and beyond. And there- 3. In order to draw the children's attention with more seriousness fore more importance must be given there must be eligibility column in the elementary section and special in PCR for admission to Class IX attention is needed with conducive on completion of elementary edpolicy. As such there is an urgent need ucation. of separate Elementary Cell in the Directorate to look into the needs along 4. In the absence of examination system children are losing interwith subordinate Officers if the uniest to compete one another and veralization of elementary education teachers are also helpless to asis really concerned. In this regard, if sess who is good and who is weak. the policy of non detention cannot be As such examination is unavoiddone away, I as a concerned Teachable so as to increase the child's er and parent may honestly suggest retention ability. to review the present system of RTE Act for further modification as mentioned here below,:I am pessimistic that results of ongoing HSLC examination may 1. That present system of fourth be even worse than the past years quarterly assessment test be made because the first product of RTE. with 60 marks external 2012 batch are appearing this pub1. and 40 marks as internal under lic examinations. As usual the Govt.

CCE in all the subjects or First Schools will be blamed for produc& Third quarterly assessment ing poor and nil results without havbe made internal and Second & ing considered any measures on the Fourth quarterly assessment be quality control of the system may be taken as external with 100 marks obstructive. And therefore a tangible each so as to have equality and policy be evolved to ascertain their achieve its targeted goal to literate area of difficulty and remedial meaevery child in the state without any sures be initiated to redress more discrimination. particularly on rationalism of Sub2. Even after completion of Class ject Teachers in GHS. Besides, it may VIII standard most of the students be suggested to open a separate Acacould not write a single sentence demic Cell in the Directorate along is a disastrous issue which is to be with Inspecting & Monitoring Offilooked into. And therefore there cer to supervise GHS for academic should be detention to those weak results improvement in the larger instudents and it is suggested to terest of the students as a whole.

N. Thungchio Shitire maintain 40 marks as the qualifyAHM & Advisor, ANSTA Nagaland ing marks. This is so required be-

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Karlie Kloss

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arlie Kloss has decided to exit renowned clothing and beauty products brand Victoria's Secret after three years of modelling. Victoria's Secret executive Ed Razek announced the news on Instagram on Friday, February 20, reported Aceshowbiz. "Karlie @ karliekloss and I met several months ago to discuss the many things she hoped to do in her life and career. As we talked, it became clear she would not have the time to fulfill her myriad commitments."

"Reluctantly, we agreed she would leave the brand at the end of her contract. Karlie is one of a kind, a very close friend, someone I truly admire and love. She is, without question, one of the best models ever. But she is an even better person. Her future is unlimited, and I am excited to see all the good she will do. Karlie Kloss will always be an Angel to me," he said. Kloss, 22, made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2011.

Since then, she has been a regular in the brand's fashion shows and commercials. She received her official wings as one of the brand's eight Angels in 2013.

Back in December, she walked the brand's show in London with her best friend Taylor Swift.

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Maya Angelou to be immortalised on postage stamp

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conic poet Maya Angelou is set to be posthumously honoured with her own postal stamp. Fans of the prolific writer and civil rights activist launched a campaign online last year (14), shortly after her death in May (14), to have Angelou immortalised in the form of a stamp to celebrate her contribution to the arts. The petition was delivered to U.S. Postal Service officials and on Monday (23Feb15), the fans' wish was granted.

In a statement, Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan writes, "Maya Angelou inspired our nation through a life of advocacy and through her many contributions to the written and spoken word. "Her wideranging achievements as a playwright, poet, memoirist, educator, and advocate for justice and equality enhanced our culture."

ctress-director Angelina Jolie's film “Unbroken” didn't win any trophy at the 87th Academy Awards despite being nominated in three categories, but her father Jon Voight still believes his daughter is an “extraordinary” director with whom he'd love to work someday.

Speaking at Vanity Fair's Oscars party, Voight said: “I think her direction is extraordinary. I had my I'd say I want to work with mouth open. I said, ‘Holy her,” reports eonline.com. smokes. This is really someThe 76-year-old, who has thing.' She's a director that starred in films like “Coming

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he 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This' hitmaker feels dismayed with the majority of current musicians because she believes they are all too well-behaved.

She said: ''Everyone's too scared to say anything.

The fact that I'm considered outspoken is bizarre to me, because I think I'm probably the most punk person in music, so we're absolutely screwed.''

The 33-year-old singer will compete against Lily Allen, FKA Twigs, Ella Henderson and Jessie Ware this evening (25.02.15) in the British Female category at the BRIT Awards at London's O2 Arena, but explained the ceremony represents how bland musicians have become, because her favourite BRITs moment happened way back in 1996.

When asked about her highlight from any of the

BRITs ceremonies, she said: ''I think Jarvis Cocker when he mooned... It was like the last moment of punk in music history.''

As well as talking about the annual award ceremony, Paloma - whose third record 'A Perfect Contradiction' was the fifth biggest selling album of 2014 in the UK - admitted she is hoping to start working on her next LP in between her tour dates across Europe and Australia later this year, and is keen to collaborate with 'Uptown Funk' hitmaker Mark Ronson on some tracks.

She told DigitalSpy. co.uk: ''Yeah I've tried to squeeze some bits [of recording] in, that's my aim: get that rolling as soon as possible between all that touring. ''I'd love to work with Andre 3000. I'd really love to work with Mark Ronson, and Jeff Bhasker.''

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eading fashion designer Khrielasier Liezietsu presented his latest collection called “The Petal Tales” Haute Couture Collection during a show held on February 21 at Capital Convention Centre Kohima. While Ethel Konyak was the showstopper, other 11 best models walked the ramp. The show supported by Lineage had performances by Viriezhünuo Kuotsu, David Himb and Kenei Sorhie. The Makeup Artist was Lomi Shikhu and photographer Lichan Humtsoe.

he sweltering diva Bipasha Basu has always been one of those who is well-turned out for every do, though she prefers talking more about her acting talent few know that the actress also have a very popular retail website, which she has started in 2013.

In a bid to revamp the existing site, Bipasha is on a talent hunt for aspiring designers, giving them the opportunity to showcase their talent through the site. The actress plans to select students fresh from design schools who specialize in not only clothes but also accessories.

If you thought the actress will leave the decision of winners onto her minions, you couldn’t be more wrong. The actress is determined to see every design, which will be called on through a contest on Twitter, and will be thereafter short listing the winners. Kudos to the actress for throwing such a contest out for aspiring designers and giving them such an opportunity so early in life!

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Paloma Faith thinks she’s “the most punk person in music” because musicians are too scared to act out like rockers did in the past.

Home”, “Ali” and “National Treasure”, slammed the Oscars for snubbing Jolie's name from the Best Director

nominations list.

“I think the nominations were mostly right. They don't get everybody. I'd like to have seen my daughter's film get a few more nominations. But we were very well represented. I think Hollywood did very well with the films this year especially towards the last couple of months,” he added.

"Unbroken" was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing at the Oscars, which took place Sunday.

Man who killed real-life American Sniper sentenced to life in prison

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he man who shot and killed American Sniper hero Chris Kyle has been found guilty of capital murder. Eddie Ray Routh will serve life behind bars without the possibility of parole after a

jury declared the "troubled veteran" shot Kyle, who inspired Clint Eastwood's hit new film, and his friend Chad Littlefield at a Texas gun range in 2013.

During an emotionally-charged end to the two-

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week trial, Littlefield's stepbrother, Jerry Richardson, read a statement to Routh in court. He said, "Because of you and your irresponsible choices, we lost a great son, brother, father and uncle... and that will never change. Those are traits you'll never experience, because you took the lives of two heroes - men who tried to be a friend to you.

And you became an American disgrace."

During the closing arguments, Kyle's widow Taya closed her eyes as she listened to Routh's defence lawyer attempt to convince the jury his schizophrenic client was deluded and believed in his mind that his victims "were going to kill him". Taya Kyle eventually stood and walked out of the courtroom, slapping the door with her hand in apparent disgust as she left.

District Attorney Alan Nash urged the jury to convict Routh stating, "It's time for his deep well of excuses for violent criminal behaviour to come to an end." Before the

verdict was read on Tuesday night (24Feb15), the members of the jury were reminded exactly what happened at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range on 2 February, 2013, as Kyle and Littlefield attempted to befriend a fellow veteran.

Routh shot Littlefield in the back and then turned his gun on Kyle and shot him six times. Realising that Littlefield was still alive, the gunman shot him twice through the head.

At the end of Eastwood's film, Bradley Cooper, who portrays war hero Kyle in the film, heads off to the shooting range with the actor playing the real-life sniper's killer.

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endaya has hit back at Fashion Police host Giuliana Rancic after she claimed the singer smelled of weed because of her dreadlocks. Rancic made the remarks after the 18-year-old star arrived at the Oscars on Sunday, saying: "I feel like she smells like patchouli oil, or maybe weed", reported Digital Spy. The 'Dancing With the Stars' contestant accused Rancic of being "ignorant, disrespectful and outrageously offensive" on Twitter. "There is a fine line between what is funny and disrespectful," she said.

"Someone said something about my hair at the Oscars

that left me in awe. Not because I was relishing in rave outfit reviews, but because I was hit with ignorant slurs and pure disrespect.

"To say that an 18-yearold young woman with locs must smell of patchouli oil or 'weed' is not only a large stereotype, but outrageously offensive. I don't usually feel the need to respond to negative things but certain remarks cannot go unchecked."

The Disney actress also listed several people who wear dreadlocks, including her father, brother, best friend and little cousins.

She also claimed that there was "already harsh criticism of African American hair in society without the

help of others who chose to judge people based on the curl of their hair".

"My wearing my hair in locs on an Oscar red carpet was to showcase them in a positive light, to remind people of colour that our hair is good enough. To me locs are a symbol of strength and beauty, almost like a lion's mane."

Rancic later apologised, but insisted that her comments were not racist.

She wrote: "Dear @Zendaya, I'm sorry I offended you and others. "I was referring to a bohemian chic look.

Had nothing to do with race and never would!"

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Wilson, o'Brien seal Ireland's thrilling win

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Suarez double helps Barca beat City MANCHESTER, FEBRUARY 25 (AP): Luis Suarez finally emerged from Lionel Messi's shadow at Barcelona by scoring twice in a 2-1 win over Manchester City on Tuesday, putting the Spanish club within sight of the Champions League quarterfinals for an eighth straight year.

Suarez has found goals harder to come by since moving from Liverpool for $130 million last summer, but he rediscovered his scoring touch on his return to England with opportunist strikes in the 16th and 30th minutes. His goals capped a dominant firsthalf display by Barca in the last-16 first leg.

City improved considerably after the break, with Sergio Aguero reducing

the deficit in the 69th minute, but the home side lost defender Gael Clichy to a red card and was thankful for Joe Hart's last-minute penalty save from Messi.

With the goal at his mercy, the Argentina star headed the rebound wide to give City renewed hope heading into the second leg on March 18.

"If they lost the game 3-1, that is really difficult for (City)," Suarez said. "But 2-1 is a good result for them."

In the night's other first-leg match, Juventus beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in Turin.

Over-run and outplayed in the first half, City was lucky to go into the break only two goals behind as manager Manuel Pellegrini's decision to play a 4-4-2 formation backfired. Bar-

celona — with Messi to the fore — exploited the extra space in midfield to create chances at will, and Suarez was clinical.

With seven goals in 22 appearances for Barcelona, Suarez has been steady — if not spectacular — in his first season in Spain and this was the game that announced himself at the club.

Showing the instincts that helped him score 31 league goals for Liverpool last season, the reigning player of the year in England pounced on a weak headed clearance by City captain Vincent Kompany and swept a low left-foot finish past Hart.

Suarez was denied by the legs of Hart after another sweeping length-ofthe-field move that had its

Barcelona's Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring his second goal against Manchester City during the Champions League round 16 match between Manchester City and Barcelona at the Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, England, Tuesday, February 24. (AP Photo)

origins with Messi nutmegging David Silva midway in the Barca half. But the striker didn't have to wait long for his second goal, as Messi drifted through two tackles and passed to Jordi Alba, whose delayed cross was glanced in by a sliding Suarez. Heads were bowed as the City players left the field at halftime, while the "oles" from the small section of Barca supporters had begun in the 23rd minute.

"We couldn't put three passes together in the first half," Pellegrini said. "There was a bit of confusion but we managed to be calmer in the second (half)."

City took the game to Barca after the restart, passing up three great chances before Aguero ran onto a deft flick by Silva, burst be-

tween two defenders and shot high into the net from 12 meters.

Clichy had already been booked in the 59th for a foul on Ivan Rakitic when he went in late and high on Dani Alves in the 73rd. The Frenchman held his hands up but his protests didn't stop referee Felix Brych from showing a second yellow. City lost 4-1 on aggregate to Barca at the same stage last season — and had a player sent off in both legs.

Fellow full back Pablo Zabaleta exacerbated Clichy's mistake by fouling Messi to give away the lastminute penalty, but Hart saved. Messi's fifth failed attempt from his last 10 penalties for club and country kept City in contention for the quarterfinals.

Next World Cup in 2019 could be 40-overs-a-side

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LoNdoN, FEBRUARY 25 (PTI): The one-day matches in the next edition of the ICC World Cup could be 40-overs-a-side affairs and Test matches reduced to four days if the discussions between the chairmen of English counties and the ECB are proposed and ultimately accepted by the the ICC. According to ESPNcricinfo, the "ideas are included in a discussion document which details radical suggestions for change" in the domestic and international game.

They form part of a wideranging review into the future of English cricket, both domestically and internationally. Such changes, if proposed, would have to undergo an extensive discussion process within the ICC if they were eventually to be adopted.

"Influence ICC - ECB President changing the World Cup format to a 40-over competition," the document proposes according to the cricket website.

Reduction in the five-day format would mean deviating from a tradition that has been there for more than 30 years. Tests have routinely been played over five days since 1979, an exception being when India met West Indies over six days in Kanpur. The document includes a section suggesting the new president of the England and Wales Cricket Board - the former chairman, Giles Clarke - can use his influence at the ICC to bring change. Clarke remains the ECB's representative at the ICC and is believed to retain ambitions of one day chairing the organisation. India, England and Australia also now have widespread powers to run the international game much as they see fit.

BRISBANE, FEBRUARY 25 (REUTERS): Gary Wilson and Kevin O'Brien struck brisk halfcenturies as Ireland held their nerve to clinch a thrilling two-wicket victory in their World Cup Pool B match against United Arab Emirates in Brisbane on Wednesday.

Wilson hit 80 off 69 balls while all-rounder O'Brien smashed 50 off 25 to help Ireland overwhelm UAE's total of 278-9 with four balls to spare for their second consecutive win of the tournament.

Needing almost 10 runs an over at one stage, Wilson and O'Brien smashed 72 in their sixth-wicket stand off just six overs to revive their chase. O'Brien, who was dropped on 24, hit eight fours and lofted Amjad Javed (3-60) for two consecutive sixes but fell on the next ball with his team still needing 36 runs to win.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Wilson got Ireland, who beat West Indies in their first match, closer but was dismissed by Mohammad Naveed (2-65) after hitting the bowler for two successive boundaries ion the 48th over.

Ireland needed 12 at that stage and tailenders George Dockrell and Alex Cusack held firm to see them through.

Earlier, Shaiman Anwar registered UAE's first World Cup century to help them overcome a poor start and post a strong total.

The 35-year-old righthander scored 106 off 83 balls and dominated a breezy 107-run stand with Javed (42), a World Cup record for the seventh wicket, to lift UAE who were reeling at 78-4 in the 21st over.

Anwar became the second batsman to score a ODI hundred for the Emirati nation, who are making their

Kevin O'Brien smashed 50 off 25 balls, Ireland v UAE, World Cup 2015, Group B, Brisbane, February 25.

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second appearance at the event after also qualifying in 1996. Anwar, who hit 10 fours and a six, raised his bat and went down on his knees after reaching the 100-run mark in 79 deliveries. Ireland were guilty of bowling too short to Anwar, who had scored his previous highest of 67 in the last match against Zimbabwe, and Javed as UAE plundered 147 runs in the last 15 overs.

The duo came together with Ireland looking to bundle their opponents out having reduced them to 131 for six in the 35th over.

Anwar eventually fell

in the 49th over, skying Max Sorensen for Wilson to complete a comfortable catch. Off-spinner Paul Stirling (2-27) struck in his second over to dismiss Andri Berenger (13) and then picked up Krishna Chandran for a duck in his third to deny UAE a strong start after they were put in to bat first. O'Brien came into the attack for Ireland and dismissed set opener Amjad Ali (45) and Swapnil Patil (two) in his first two overs to further stifle the UAE innings. O'Brien, however, proved expensive in the final overs, eventually conceding 61 off seven overs.

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Well-drilled India in high spirits Sridhar pushes team in fielding session in Perth ahead of UAE and West Indies matches

PERTH, FEBRUARY 25 (AgENCIES): Team India appear to be in buoyant mood here. As soon as the team bus stopped at the Western Australia Cricket Ground (WACA) on Thursday, all the players came out extremely cheerful, with some laughing at a joke cracked by Virat Kohli. Though training was scheduled to begin at 2.30pm, the team only started at 4pm considering the heat was hovering around 40-degree Celsius.

It was their first training session since arriving in Perth, where they will play two World Cup matches against the UAE and the West Indies. The players right away engaged in a fielding practice under the directions of India’s fielding coach R. Sridhar. India’s fielding in the World Cup so far had won many plaudits and it is Sridhar who has transformed the team into a fitter and more agile unit.

At the WACA, he divided the team into two and, with just two stumps in the ground, they were told to try and hit the target. The group that hit the most would be declared the winners, so there was plenty of enthusiasm and the drill was a treat to watch.

Speaking to BCCI.tv, Sridhar said: “We have a fit and agile fielding unit. I believe this Indian team is one of the most agile — it is a top-class fielding side.

“The most important components in fielding are quick reflexes so you can dive and stop the ball, strong and soft hands for the catches, speed to the ball for the fielders who are on the boundary and a powerful throwing arm.

‘Kohli is the best in the Indian line-up’ PERTH, FEBRUARY 25 (PTI): Legendary South African batsman Barry Richards feels Virat Kohli is a few notches above his contemporaries in the Indian team but still has some way to go before one can compare him with the iconic Sachin Tendulkar. “Virat Kohli undoubtedly is the best batsman in this current Indian team by a distance. He is really talented and is someone, whom you will like to pay to watch his batting. “Along with A.B. de Villiers, he is amongst the top batsmen in world cricket today,” Richards, one of the most respected voices in world cricket, said.

Sir Donald Bradman was believed to have considered Richards as one of the finest right-handers at par with Jack Hobbs and Len Hutton. When asked how did he rate Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan compared to Kohli, Richards’s answer resembled the same nonchalance. “No way (he shrugged). They are not even close to Kohli. “He is in a league of his own. You like the way he builds an innings. The hallmark of a good batsman is to control the pace of his innings and Kohli does it with ease. He will definitely get better,” said 69-year-old Richards. However, the batting great feels that Kohli still needs a bit more finesse in his execution before he can be compared with Tendulkar.

“Tendulkar’s range of strokes was extraordinary, which Kohli still has some way to go,” Richards said.

We have a good combination of all four.

“Imagine a Ravindra Jadeja at point, Ajinkya Rahane in the covers, Suresh Raina at slips or extra cover, Virat Kohli at mid-off and imagine the pressure on a batsman to take a single.”

Sridhar, who after each of his sessions makes sure to appreciate everyone, has modelled his training methods on the dictum of ‘catch with your eyes and throw with your feet’. He explained: “What I mean is your feet are the first part of your body that moves towards the target when you are setting yourself up for a throw. The feet give you the

balance to catch — if you are not balanced enough you are not judging the ball because your eyes are moving.”

It was Mohit Sharma’s throw that ended South African skipper AB De Villiers’ innings during India’s win in Melbourne. Sridhar feels it was Mohit’s enthusiasm that earned him the run out. “Mohit is an amazing outfielder. What I like about him is the effort. He gives it all, chases the ball even if it is out of his reach and that is the kind of commitment you need. Unless you give it your best, you will never know what you can achieve.”

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