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In youth we learn; in age we understand

Bootleg liquor kills at least 28 in UP, 160 hospitalized [ PAGE 8]

Deepika’s advice to Katrina Kaif: Do not marry Ranbir Kapoor

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NEN workshop on Millet based sustainable agriculture [ PAGE 2]

Pope calls for pursuit of truth in Sri Lanka [ PAGE 9]

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Ronaldo wins FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014 [ PAGE 12]

Voice of majority ‘Vibrancy of ne yet to emerge’ should prevail: Rio Kiren Rijiju says committed to deal with historical problems of Nagaland

Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio speaking to media persons at the Niathu Resort on January 13. (Morung Photo)

‘The crisis is within; it is not about change of DAN government but change of leadership within NPF’ Morung Express News Dimapur | January 13

Former chief minister and Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio, today said the present crisis within the NPF was all about “change of leadership and not change of government.”

“The crisis is within; it is not about change of DAN government but change of leadership within the NPF”, Rio told the Morung Express on the sidelines of a party meeting of the “newly” constituted NPF central team here at Niathu Resort.

Rio who also favours Kaito as the next chief minister of the DAN government was of the view that TR Zeliang should pave way for a smooth transition

since the latter no longer enjoys “support of majority” of NPF legislators as well as the NPF Party.

The former chief minister said the request for change of guard was same as what he called the ‘Kaziranga Formula’ where chance should be given to the majority. It may be mentioned some eight months back, TR Zeliang, was elected as chief minister after he was able to muster majority of the NPF legislators who were camped at a resort in Kaziranga.

Rio said at present, Kaito has the support of 22 out of the total 38 NPF legislators, two MPs and NPF rank and file of eight district divisions and 42 assembly constituencies.

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What new…hic…year’s resolutions?

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CBI holds Naga IRS officer in Chennai

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CHENNAI, JANUARY 13 (TNN): The anti-corruption branch (ACB) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an IRS officer on charges of taking bribe to prepare a favourable report for a chartered accounting firm. The CBI team also arrested the chartered accountant. Following a tip, the CBI team intercepted the car of Sallong Yaden, joint commissioner of income tax, who handled rangeVI, when he was nearing his house on Bazullah Road in T Nagar on January 10 evening. Chartered accountant Shreyans Bhandari was also in the car. They found 8 lakh with the officer who could not disclose the source of the money. An officer said several documents, computers, cell phones, cash, gold jewellery and silver bars were recovered from his places. CBI has registered a case vide RC 1(A)/15 u/s.120-B IPC r/w 7, 12, 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988 against Yaden and three others. Yaden and Bhandari were sent to Puzhal prison.

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But instead of gracefully recognizing the majority group, Rio said the NPF president, Dr. Shurhozelie, acted in an “autocratic manner” and straight away suspended nine NPF legislators who favoured Kaito.

Quoting NPF Party motto “Fide non armis”, he said any dispute within the NPF Party should have been amicably resolved but that Shurhozelie took a biased stand and fully supported the minority group. “In ancient times, might was right but in modern democracy the voice of majority should prevail”, he said and added that after patiently pursuing for “reconciliation” for nine days, the “majority” had no option but to elect a new NPF Party president and team yesterday.

On allegations that he had planted the seed of “dissent” among the NPF legislators, Rio clarified he did not personally call anybody (legislators) but by virtue of being their former chief minister and leader, they came to him on their own accord to seek suggestions.

On the other hand, the Lok Sabha MP alleged that his former colleague TR Zeliang had failed to exhibit leadership on all fronts. In addition, Rio said Zeliang was responsible for burning the bridge of NPF alliance with BJP by disqualifying the BJP MLAs. “Now the ball is in the court of the Governor. It his wisdom to find a solution”, Rio said and added that in his opinion, the Governor should invite the majority group to run the government.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju speaking at the opening ceremony of Maati Ke Rang festival at Dimapur, Nagaland on Tuesday, January 13. Photo by Caisii Mao

DIMAPUR, JANUARY 13 (MExN): “Without peace, the dreams of young people cannot be realized,” said Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju today at the inauguration of the ‘Maati Ke Rang’ festival in the NEZCC complex, Dimapur. Speaking as the chief guest, the union minister asserted that securing peace would be vital to ensure development of the North East and appealed to intellectuals and youth to think about the known energy of the Naga people. Stating that there have been historical problems in Nagaland, Rijiju assured “we are committed to deal with these issues securely.” “As part of this Maati Ke Rang festival, I commit myself to the cause of the Naga people,” he stressed.

He further called for

celebration of all cultures without any discriminating. “If we see that the NE does not find a place or respect outside the region, then India cannot progress,” he said. In a message from all senior government officials and leaders from the NE, Rijiju affirmed that “we will not tolerate any discrimination based on race, caste or religion.”

Referring to the Bezbaruah Committee report, Rijiju reiterated that the Government of India has adopted a policy to ensure that no one from the NE is subject to discrimination.

From Class 1 to Class 10, there should be education parted highlighting the people and culture of the NE, he said.

To the youth, Rijiju said: “If we feel weak, we will never get our due. The NE has unimaginable poten-

tial—we are blessed with mineral resources, water, forest resources and talented people—the vibrancy of the NE is yet to emerge.

I can see from our confident youth that our time has come.” “We may be far away from Delhi” but “we are not any less for Delhi,” he stated.

The Act East Policy, Rijiju maintained is meant to convert the NE into a commercial hub and called for using the NE’s location to advantage. “Looking from the East, India begins from the NE. Delhi should be guided by us if we are able to tell our stories,” he stated.

He further assured that the NE youth are competing at many levels and will not lag behind, in the socio-economic-political spheres. “I am responsible for the NE in the Government of India and it is my responsibility

to see that every step is taken to make this possible.”

He further informed of a decision taken under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that a union minister will visit the NE every 15 days.

This, he said would challenge the reality that the NE is not understood in Delhi and help bridge the gap.

Speaking as the Guest of Honour, Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang hoped that the event would provide an opportunity for artists from all over the country to catch a glimpse of Nagaland and its culture and vice versa. He expressed optimism that the festival would help in “integrating the people of the NE with the rest of the country and in removing the problems of racism.”

Referring to discrimination faced by NE people

in mainland India, “mostly due to ignorance and misunderstanding of our different ethnicity,” the CM appreciated that most recommendations of the Bezbaruah Committee to suggest remedial measures have been accepted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

He further expressed confidence that “past neglect, ignorance and isolation of the NE will now be a thing of the past and the NE will become a significant player and contributor to national development efforts.”

In his welcome address, NEZCC Director, Lipokmar Tzudir stated “a festival like Maati Ke Rang makes sure that every citizen partakes in the making of this nation through their heritage.” He asserted that the emerging generation can no longer be limited to the philosophy of division and hoped that this festival would help bring people closer.

The two MPs from Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio and Khekiho Zhimomi were also guests at the event. The national cultural festival is being held at the North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) complex in Dimapur from January 13-17.

The guests were shown around the thematic pavilions, interacting with artisans presenting their work from various regions of India. After lighting a lamp together, the festival was officially declared open with the striking of the traditional gong by Rijiju. The event saw a choreographed cultural performance where different dance troupes from the seven zonal cultural centres danced to their tunes alongside each other.

Noke led NPF affirms stand Playing outside NPF constitution

Provides rationale for Shurhozelie’s removal is illegal, asserts Dr. Shurhozelie

In this image released to the media Noke led NPF President, Noke Wangnao and Central Office Bearers of the NPF are seen here with the Governor of Nagaland P B Acharya at the Raj Bhawan, Kohima today.

DIMAPUR, JANUARY 13 (MExN): The Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) led by Noke Wangnao today issued a press statement regarding the “party constitutional rights leading to the election of the new president.”

A press note from the party’s president, Noke Wangnao stated that the suspension orders issued against NPF Legislators as well as the senior most party functionary “is an extremely harsh measure that under normal circumstances is not within the power and ambit of the president.”

Rule 9 of article V of the NPF constitution, it conceded, leaves some room for the president to take disciplinary action against any member.

However, it stated that this can be done “provided that any action taken/performed beyond the powers as defined in this clause shall be referred to the Central Executive Council (CEC) for rectification.”

The note informed that a CEC meeting held on Mon-

day “has chosen to discard the suspension order and termed the same as illegal.” “This itself casts constitutional obligation on the President to leave his office immediately owing moral responsibility of his acting beyond powers that too losing the majority will of the party workers and functionaries,” it added.

It alleged that Dr Shurhozelie had tried to “split the party” and termed it as a “crisis scenario warranting emergent exercise of powers by the legally competent authority set up by the party constitution to aid the survival of the party.” “It is under this emergent situation that the CEC Emergency meeting was requisitioned in terms of rule 3 (c) Article IV of the NPF Constitution. And in exercise of the powers conferred under rule 3 (b) (xiii) of article IV of the NPF constitution the CEC addressed the emergent situation by taking disciplinary action against the party president Dr. Shurhozolie by removing him from the post of President and

further suspending his party membership,” it informed. This decision of the CEC, the note said, was approved and ratified by the general convention of the party.

The CEC meeting, according to the note, was “requisitioned by more than one/third members of the CEC as contemplated under rule 3 © (iii) of article IV of the NPF Constitution” and that the meeting was held “simultaneously with the general convention in the presence of a full house of party functionaries and members along with 22 Legislators, two Member of Parliaments and the senior party Leaders and office bearers of all the frontal organizations.”

Noke Wangnao’s election to the post of president, it said, was done to “address the emergent situation” which, it stated, was in “approval, ratification of the action of the CEC by the general convention of the party in terms of the constitution.”

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it cautioned that the “use and “We keep our door occupation of the name, emblem, common seal and official open with open mind. accommodation of the central But there is a time for office of the party by the erstwhile President Dr. Shurhozelie everything. When the amounts to misuse of the name final whistle is blown, and legal entity of a registered the game will be over” political party in addition to trespass in its official premises.”

“Any meeting called by any person using the name of the office of the President/ Secretary General or a Secretary or in whatsoever name it is used could only perpetuate the illegalities being done by particular persons misusing the name and banner of the NPF political party,” it warned.

Meanwhile, the party presiDr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu dent has convened a DAN coordination committee meeting on January 14 at Niathu resort, DIMAPUR, JANUARY 13 Chumukedima at 3:30 pm.

(MExN): Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu has issued a press Noke meets Governor statement clarifying on what Meanwhile, Noke Wang- he termed was his “so called nao, accompanied by working removal from the post of NPF presidents, Nozota Swuro and President.”

Imkong L Imchen; General A press note from Dr Secretary Rusemtong Long- Shurhozelie alleged that the kumer and Secretary Genera “dissident group have been Abu Metha met the Governor spreading wild rumours and today. The delegation apprised also publishing wrong propathe Governor of the “removal” ganda” in the media. “When of Dr. Shurhozelie as NPF Pres- they publish something today, ident and “election” of a new it is always found it to be false president as per the laid down the next day,” he said. “The dissident group may shout again norms of the NPF constitu- and again,” he stated; but caution. The delegation also urged tioned that “they are doing it to the Governor to immediately confuse the public.” “dismiss TR Zeliang as Chief Using an analogy, Dr. ShuMinister and install a popular rozelie stated “every game has its Government which has the own rule. For football, the playmajority support of the legisla- field has its own boundary. For tors and the NPF party organi- boxing, it has its own ring. Any goal scored outside the boundzation.”

ary cannot be counted. Nobody can win boxing by stabbing others from behind outside the ring.”

The NPF, he said, “is a very old regional, recognized and registered party with the Election Commission of India.” Asserting that the NPF has a constitution that has been duly approved by the Election Commission of India, he cautioned that “anyone who plays outside this constitution is illegal and unconstitutional.”

While expressing that he is “grateful” to Noke Wangnao “for forgiving me on his suspension,” Dr. Shurhozelie stated “I am sure he also realised that though he was the centre of the storm in the first crisis, I protected him of his office, his position and his portfolio.” In the present crisis as well, he added “I have protected him when CM axed his next persons.” “He is an old man and was a man of integrity. How could he easily allow himself to be used by others as a play thing. He should continue to give praises to his mentor but he has no point to feel bad with me. Because we are still friends,” the veteran regionalist said.

He further called upon his “honourable friends in the dissident camp to understand the reality and take decision early.”

“They know that they cannot remain in that camp for all time to come. I want to apply first come rule and I will appeal to the Chief Minister to accommodate them comfortably. We keep our door open with open mind. But there is a time for everything. When the final whistle is blown, the game will be over but they cannot leave the party as per the Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution,” he stated.

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‘Each One, Teach One’ WASU holds 41st Biennial General Conference at Khonoma Our Correspondent Khonoma | January 13

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Under the theme, “Mia Puo Mia Puo Pethashülie” (Each one, teach one), the Western Angami Students’ Union (WASU) held its 41st Biennial General Conference at Khonoma village on January 13 with Khrielelie Peseyie, Retired Additional Director, SCERT and Salhoutuonuo Kruse, Advisor, Angamimiapfü Mechü Krotho (AMK) as the chief guests.

The first session was chaired by Rokophrezo Rocus Rino, Advisor, WASU with a prayer invoked by Rev. Tsolie Chase, Pastor, Baptist Church Khonoma.

The welcome speech was addressed by Mesasielie Meyase, President, Khonoma Students’ Union with special songs presented by Vikhotsono Zhünyü and Visedelhou Terhüja. Kevisekho Chücha, Secretary, Khonoma Village Council, Kepelhouto Chüsi, Western Angami Gazetted Officer Krotho (WAGOK) and Zakie Khate, President, Angami Students’ Union delivered short speeches.

“We all have our own unique skills and our own unique ideas. And what we have learned and acquired.

Through this conference we hoped that we learned something valuable which will benefit the society.” said outgoing WASU President Kedoroko Casavi starting off the opening session of the 41st Biennial

Khrielelie Peseyie, Retired Additional Director, SCERT speaking at the 41st Biennial General Conference of Western Angami Students’ Union (WASU) at Khonoma village on January 13. (Morung Photo)

General Conference.

Kevisekho Chücha, Secretary, Khonoma Village Council exhorted the students noting that each student holds the heart of their parents and they have the tendency to break their hearts. “It is up to you to either break their heart or make them happy,” Said Chücha, who stated that the student life is a time of analysis to exercise one’s reasoning, moral training and preparation of one’s future. Studying which is for a short period is also a time for developing one’s nature and character, noted Chücha who requested the students to utilise the time to develop character and work together for the good will of the society.

There are many organizations in the society

but the most interesting and futuristic is the Student body. The student body has no limits of powers, asserted Kepelhouto Chüsi, WAGOK who further exhorted that students should be careful in the style of management, discipline, maintaining cleanliness and developing character in which moral courage is very important.

Highlighting on the futility of non-detention policy in Nagaland, Chüsi pointed out that the policy is destroying quality education in Nagaland and urged the student body to look into the matter. “Struggling is an important factor in student life. Even the King of the jungle, the lion, do not get its food for free. In the process of hunting for its food, the lion also get hurt or

even killed at times,” added Kepelhouto Chüsi.

Emphasising on Human resource development, Chüsi stated that HRD is the basis of every walk of life. Adding that society and community has often seen shifting of power which ultimately leads to the change of infrastructural development from region to region, Chüsi noted that HRD does not require shifting of development and the controlling of an establishment depends on human resource development.

Stating that rote memorization which was practiced in the older times, is no longer useful to students in the present day, chief guest Khrielelie Peseyie exhorted the delegates to develop linguistic skills, mathematical skills etc at a young age to cope up with the rest of the world. With the trend of increasing social activities and the obsession over expensive clothing and food, Peseyie pointed out that the Naga students need to limit themselves from social activities and obsession of materialism. “If your mind is right during your student life, you will gain everything you want later in life.” concluded Peseyie.

Salhoutuonuo Kruse spoke on Gender Equality and Responsibility. The conference has been organized by the Khonoma Students’ Union. With around 500 participants, the conference also witnessed Tati and Extempore competition.

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AR organises weapon display for NCC cadets

DIMaPur, January 13 (MExn): 37 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters 6 Sector Assam Rifles organised a weapon and equipment display and a visit to the unit from January 8 to 10, for NCC cadets attending Special National Integration Camp (SNIC) at Patkai Christian College, Dimapur.

An AR press note said that during the weapon and equipment display at Patkai Christian College on January 8, modern weapons, communication equipment and surveillance devices were displayed and their characteristics were explained to the Cadets. The aim of weapon display is to motivate cadets to join the Armed Forces.

On January 9 and 10,

kIgwEMa, January 13 (MExn): The Kigwema Youth Organisation (KYO) will be celebrating its platinum jubilee meet under the theme “Pledging for Posterity” from January 14 to 17 at Kholera Ground Kigwema.

Vilelie Khamo, Class 1 Contractor Nagaland will grace the meet as the chief guest while N. N Zhasa, Principal Secretary, Forest & Climate change will be the Guest of honor. The Jubilee host will be Vikho-o Yhoshü, Parliamentary Secretary for Veterinary and AH Treasuries & Accounts and

press note issued by NEN Executive Director Dr. Monisha Behal and Project Team Leader, Seno Tsuhah.

The expected outcome of the workshop includes building a network of millet farmers, individuals/groups working with farmers in the region for advocacy and action, and to bring millet based bio-diverse agriculture in the policy discourse that will pave the way for building a conducive social, economic and political environment, supporting millets based food and farming A concept note issued by the organiser said that one of the world’s biodiversity hotspot, the North East region (NER) of India, is bountifully endowed with rich minerals, forest wealth, and wildlife and water resources. However, NERs unique ecosystem is under threat because of biodiversity destruction, commercial logging, rampant hunting, and human induced development. This has

contributed to fragility in the ecosystem making it highly vulnerable to climate change. The rise in temperature and erratic rainfall are accompanied by droughts and flood situations in the region.

Furthermore, the region is challenged with issues including the shrinking of common resources like water and forests.

What is most worrying is the shift towards profit oriented economy and privatization, leading to the erosion of community cohesiveness, marginalization of poorer section of the community etc.

The absence of community understanding has long-term implications on related issues of social unrest, shrinking livelihoods and environment induced migration within and outside the region. All these and the declining health status such as malnutrition, for instance represents the harsh realities of this region.

The note also added that NER is known for its vast diver-

sity in the farming systems, most of which is rain fed. Jhum cultivation, dominantly practiced in the NER promotes crop diversity, traditionally, including millets, which have sustained small communities for centuries. However, until recently, policy makers have looked down Jhum agriculture, as primitive and destructive. Because of many factors such as low productivity and a difficult economy, there has been an increasing emphasis laid on cash economy in recent times. While this benefits a few, the pressure on farmers to shift from food crops to horticulture and cash crops is a point of debate and discourse.

“In the context of climate change there is a need to look for answers within the existing food and agricultural practices, which can be regarded as sustainable.

In our view, millet based bio-diverse farming or biodiversity at large, is the keystone of sustainability,” says the organisers.

DIMaPur, January 13 (MExn): The thematic pavilions (Aangans) at the ‘Maati Ke Rang’ festival were inaugurated today at 11:00 am by Dr. Sajith EN, Director of the Government of India’s South Zone Cultural Centre (SZCC).

The artisans for the Festival started streaming in from all over India, brought together by the seven Zonal Cultural Centres in India. They will put up stalls with various art works that are on sale from January 13-17 at the NEZCC complex in Dimapur.

“The success of last year’s festival made the Government of India decide to continue the Maati Ke Rang festival—I congratulate the NEZCC for excellent arrangements made for the festival in Dimapur,” said Dr. Sajith. The ensuing inauguration, through ribbon cutting under the India Gate mini replica at the NEZCC ground, saw a short walk by officers of the NEZCC accompanying the officials of the SZCC. “You get a taste of India through this short walk through the stalls,” said NEZCC Director, Lipokmar Tzüdir.

SZCC Director, Dr. Sajith EN, making a short speech before inaugurating the thematic pavilions at Maati Ke Rang 2015, being held from January 13-17 at the NEZCC complex, Dimapur. He is flanked by the Director, NEZCC, and other officials from the same.

Mini Marathon for ‘clean and healthy living’

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nytime Fitness Gym in Dimapur today arranged a mini marathon from the ADC court junction here, till the North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC), near the Dimapur airport. Covering a distance of about 10 kilometers, the event saw the participation of young and middle aged athletes. The event sought to promote ‘clean and healthy living’ as part of the Swacch Bharat campaign. It coincided with, and was held in conjunction with, the

Maati Ke Rang cultural festival happening from January 13-17, at the NEZCC complex.

“A marathon could be a great way to go back to the roots,” said Oren Ovung (34) at the beginning of the run that started at 6:00am.

Sashi Imchen (44) ran for a “clean and healthy India.” The Nagaland Motorcycle Club joined in the fare to raise awareness about leading a clean, healthy and responsible lifestyle.

“Let us focus on peaceful exis-

tence and bring in a clean Dimapur,” said Wetsope Kenye, DC of Dimapur. “It is high time we collectively bring changes for our environment in Dimapur—let us live a healthy life,” was his message to the youth.

Imna Yapang (23) who ran a good distance as leader of the marathon, and completed it in less than 45 minutes, said that it would be good for more such marathons to be arranged in the city. He is a regular marathon runner.

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395 cadets visited the Bat- were briefed about various dets evinced keen interest talion Headquarters 37 activities and routine of an and enthusiasm during the Assam Rifles wherein they Assam Rifles unit. The Ca- visit to the battalion.

LMCP Nagaland along with the Kigwema Talüpfüko as the special guests.

The first day of the Platinum meet will highlight the unveiling of the monolith with other special presentations while the second and third day will witness sports and games such as football, volleyball (men and women), javelin, Shot put etc.

The closing day will highlight other events such as Naga wrestling, Awo keki (tug-of-war), Modi race and music. The KYO cordially invites all its well wishers to join in the celebration.

NEN workshop on Millet based sustainable agriculture

kohIMa, January 13 (MExn): North East Network (NEN) will be organizing 2-day workshop on ‘Millets Based Sustainable Agriculture: Practices, Policies & Partnerships’ on January 29 and 30 to be held at Kohima, Nagaland.

The workshop aims to understand the vulnerability of the region to climate change, its impact on food security and livelihoods and help design an adaptation strategy to ensure a sustainable food and farming systems. It also aims to bring together millet based farming communities from the region and share experiences from the field and create a platform for dialogue between farming communities, policy-makers, researchers, academicians, NGOs, media and entrepreneurs.

The workshop will bring together participants comprising millet-based farming communities and different stakeholders from North East Region, stated a

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NCC cadets during the weapon and equipment display at Patkai Christian College on January 8.

KYO platinum jubilee from January 14 to 17

Thematic pavilions at ‘Maati Ke Rang’ fest inaugurated

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It also informs that Millets are climate change compliant because of their ability to grow in poor soils and with little input.

Millets are referred to a “concept” rather than crops, by the Millet Network of India. They are not only for food security, but also for multiple securities, such as nutritional security, fodder security, livelihood security and ecological security.

However, it lamented that the importance given to millets, nowadays, has been relegated to the margins, its cultivation and consumption diminished if not vanished, in the current agricultural policies and practice. The reasons are many. There is lack of awareness and sensitization on growing millets. Neither is there policy support for small farmers who practice millet based farming mostly.

Indeed, there is very little information /data available on millet based food and farming in the NER, and perhaps elsewhere.

MEx File 1st round of IPPI on Jan 18 Mokokchung, January 13 (DIPr): Office of the Chief Medical Officer, Mokokchung has informed that the 1st round of Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization (IPPI) will be held on January 18. Parents and adults are requested to take note of the information and ensure that all children between the age of 0 to 5 years receive Polio drops at the nearest IPPI Booths.

GBS under Kohima sadar informed kohIMa, January 13 (DIPr): All the concerned GBs under Kohima Sadar Administrative Circle (KMC Areas/Kohima/Chedema/Chedema Model Village) have been informed to submit the Annual House Tax for the year 2014-2015 to the office of the Deputy Commissioner Kohima on or before February 25. Failing which grant of commission for House Tax and issue of Red Blanket will be forfeited to the erring GBs.

Kohima DPDB meeting on Jan 15 kohIMa, January 13 (DIPr): The monthly Kohima District Planning & Development Board meeting will be held on January 15 at the new DPDB hall, Kohima at 12:30 pm. All the DPDB members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

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National Level Handloom Expo in Dimapur DIMaPur, January 13 (MExn): The Nagaland Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd. Dimapur, is organizing National Level Handloom Expo in Dimapur w.e.f February 10 to 2, sponsored by the office of the Development Commissioner (Handloom), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Interested Co-operative Societies, NGO’s, Apex Societies, SHG’s, etc. may apply to the Project Cell, NHHDC Ltd., Half Nagarjan, Dimapur, along with the copy of passport size photographs of the participants along with the application on or before February 5 during the office hour. Managing Director T. Wati Ao has further informed that application of the participants from the same family/relatives shall not be entertained. The stall shall be provided free of cost with lump sum daily allowances to each stall shall be provided.

Review meeting for R-Day on Jan 19

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kohIMa, January 13 (DIPr): The Home Department General Administration Branch-II has stated in a circular that the review meeting in connection with the work distribution/work assignment for celebration of Republic Day, 2015 will be held in the Conference Hall of Home Commissioner on January 19 at 11:00 am. In this connection, Secretary to the Govt. of Nagaland has requested all Departments/ organisations to attend the review meeting.

PYO 28th general conference concludes SAKK executive meeting on Jan 16 PoIlwa, January 13 (MExn): The 28th general conference of Poilwa Youth Organisation Nagaland was held on January 8 at Poilwa Village Council hall with Dr. Hiabe Zeliang Deputy Director PBC Medziphema as chief guest.

PYO Nagaland President Iraipoing stated in a press release that the Poilwa Morung Heritage Development Authority (PMHDA) lauded the PYO members for the heroic deed in retrieving the dead bodies of three teenagers of Khonoma, which unfortunately occurred at Duhia Zai (Meaning Waterfall Lake) in Doidirekie of Poilwa on December 26, 2014.

The indomitable deed of more than 130 youth in breaking ice cap measuring 6 feet covering the lake surface is note worthy.

The authority also acknowledged the bravery action of Kiehangsing of Benreu Village, Mhasimhalie Matthew of Kohima Village, Ruokuovikho of Kigwema Village and Kochuituing S/o Lt. Diheulungbe of Poilwa Village for retrieving the bodies. The PMHDA also conveyed condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

Meanwhile, Iraipoing and Suingaung were elected as president and general secretary of the new executive members of PYO for the tenure 2015-2017.

Er.Namheu Khate SDO (Electrical) Dimapur inaugurated the PYO 28th sports meet on January 9.

Mbungcha Khel won the champion of football tournament where as NG Khel A and NG Khel B won second and third position respectively.

DIMaPur, January 13 (MExn): The Sumi Aphuyemi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu (SAKK) will be holding its Executive meeting at the residence of Vitoxu Shohe, Banker Ghokimi Kuposhukulu Dimapur (GKD), 2 ½ Mile Aoyimti road Dimapur on January 16 at 10:00 am. President and colleagues of SAKK informs all the advisors, action committee to attend the meeting without fail as the union will be discussing deliberately for the upcoming activities and 44th General Conference of SAKK.

Seminar on ‘Nagaland: A Way Forward’ kohIMa, January 13 (MExn): A one day seminar on ‘Nagaland: A Way Forward’ will be conducted at Kenguruse Hall, Kohima under aegis of HQ IGAR (N) on January 21. A press note issued by the Lt Col Shailesh, PRO, HQ IGAR (North)stated that the thought behind the event is to provide an intellectual forum to promote and foster a closer interaction amongst all the stake holders towards evolving a partnership aimed at seeking “A Way Forward” for the State. The seminar would be inaugurated by the Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya and would encompass prominent expert speakers like –Bano Haralu, Editor, Eastern Mirror, KN Chishi, Law Secretary, Govt of Nagaland and Alemtemshi Jamir, former Chief Secretary covering issues pertinent to Nagaland.

Tariff on electricity kohIMa, January 13 (DIPr): The Government of Nagaland, Department of Power, has notified the electricity consumers tariff for its financial year 2015-16, under section 62 of the Electricity Act2003 and NERC Regulation 2010, vide Notification No. CEL/RMC/R-21/2011-12/1306 dated 9th January 2015. The Public/Consumers interested, may obtain copies from the office of CE Power or the office of NERC (Old MLA Hostel). The tariff on power rates cover various categories of consumption as: Domestic, Industrial, Commercial and Bulk Supply etc. Any suggestion or objection over the tariff should reach the office of the concerned authority as mentioned above on or before January 28.

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‘India keen to boost trade Eight Bodo militants nabbed in Assam with Bangladesh, Myanmar’ Srinagar (Tripura)/ agarTala, January 13 (ianS): The Indian government has been building infrastructure to boost trade and other economic activities with Bangladesh and Myanmar, union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here Tuesday.

"India is setting up international-standard multipurpose ICPs (integrated check posts) along its borders with Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan to increase trade and business with the neighbouring countries," Sitharaman told reporters in Agartala.

"Border haats (markets) are also being set up along the India-Bangladesh border to increase trade of local produce of both the nations."

The minister, accompanied by officials, Tuesday visited the ICP in Agartala on the Bangladesh border.

With all kind of facilities, the Agartala ICP was

built at a cost of Rs.74 crore.

This is India's second international-standard ICP and the first along the Bangladesh border. It was inaugurated by former home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Nov 17 last year.

The first such ICP was inaugurated in Attari in Punjab along the Pakistan border by then home minister P. Chidambaram in April 2012. Sitharaman said two more ICPs would be set up along Manipur's border with Mynmar. "Northeast India would be the threshold of all activities of the central government and the DoNER (Development of Northeast Region) ministry. The Indian government is attaching high priority towards the development of the northeast," she said.

Earlier in the day, Sitharaman accompanied by her Bangladeshi counterpart Tofail Ahmed and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar jointly inaugurated

Northeast Briefs Former nWu president conferred 'Laarchangnuw' TaHaMzaM, January 13 (MExn): The Naga Women’s Union (NWU) has “with profound happiness and appreciation” extended congratulation to Dr. Gina Shangkham, the first President of NWU, who was declared and conferred the title of “Laarchangnuw” (Brave Lady) by the Moyon people during the Moyon Women Diamond Jubilee Celebrations on January 11 for her contributions to society. “Her sincere dedication with tireless efforts and services towards our society is an exemplar among Naga Women. Acknowledging her achievements and contributions, the women community is further encouraged to go forward in fulfilling the goals that women aspire,” a press release from NWU President L.M. Tabitha stated. “NWU shares joy and wishes her a good health and prosperous future ahead.”

Bangladesh to check spillover of mobile services into india SHillong, January 13 (ianS): Bangladesh officials Tuesday assured India that they would convince their mobile service providers to prevent the spillover of Bangladesh mobile phone services in the border areas of Meghalaya. "We have expressed our concern with Bangladesh counterparts on the spillover of mobile signals from Bangladesh and use of Bangladesh SIM cards by our (Indian) people residing on the international border," Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district magistrate Sanjay Goyal told journalists. "Our main point of contention was that anti-social elements, be it militants or dacoits, are misusing the spillover mobile networks to carry out their nefarious activities which could prove to be a security threat to both countries," Goyal said.

a "border haat" in southern Tripura's Srinagar - about 140 km south of state capital Agartala.

This was Tripura's first and the third such market along the Bangladesh border. Two border haats were set up in 2012 on the Meghalaya-Bangladesh border - at Kalaichar (India)-Baliamari (Bangladesh) and at Dalora (Bangladesh)-Balat (India).

In her speech at the inaugural function, Sitharaman said India was keen on further strengthening economic relations with Bangladesh. "India seriously wants to further reinforce trade and economy and people-to-people relations and all other mutual issues with Bangladesh," Sitharaman said.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already announced to convert the 'Look East Policy' to 'Act East Policy' for better relations and further allround development of

the northeastern region after closely connecting the region with the Southeast Asian countries."

Tripura Industry and Commerce Minister Tapan Chakraborty, Lok Sabha member Jitendra Chowdhury and Indian and Bangladeshi officials were also present on the occasion.

Sitharaman said that with the opening of the border haat, the economic condition of the people living near the border in both countries would further improve. She asked Sarkar to expedite the setting up of other border haats. "The central government would extend all out support to the Tripura government in setting up projects beneficial to the state and improve India-Bangladesh ties," Sitharaman said. "Tripura is situated in a strategic location. Hence, it could be the gateway to the Southeast Asian countries."

Tofail Ahmed said an economic corridor was being established using India's northeast, Myanmar, Bangladesh and the adjoining regions. "Bangladesh currently exports goods valued at Taka.30 billion per year to various countries. This could be further enhanced if India and Bangladesh come more closer in trade, economy, connectivity and other sectors.

"India provided all help and support to Bangladesh during the 1971 Liberation War and Bangladesh's support to India would continue and it would be further strengthened."

"The Bangladesh parliament has already ratified the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement but the Indian parliament is yet to endorse the deal," he said.

He said Bangladesh has achieved a lot in the economic and social sectors and India helped out in this.

'Bob' Khathing, the man who won Tawang, remembered guWaHaTi, January 13 (Tnn):The25thdeathanniversaryofthelegendaryMajor Ralengnao 'Bob' Khathing was observed at Valley View, Mantripukhri, Imphal, on Monday. He is better known as the first person to plant the tricolour in Tawang. Major Khathing was born on February 28, 1912, in a tribal home in Ukhrul, Manipur. After a vibrant career in the Army and the civil services, he retired as the country's ambassador to Burma (1972-75).

Defence PRO Lt Col S Newton said, as a young King's Commission Officer of the Indian Army during WWII, he was Commissioner to the 19th Hyderabad Regiment (which became the Kumaon Regiment), but was deployed to 'V' force Ops as Local Captain, Manipur Sector, to operate behind enemy lines along the Burma Front.

Amongst the many gallantry awardshereceived,theMember of the British Empire and the Military Cross are some of the most significant.

After the War and on the express desire of the Mahara-

ja of Manipur, Major Khathing resigned from the Army to join the interim government of Manipur as minister in charge of Hills Administration. In 1948, in the first election of the state, he was elected to the state assembly from the Sadar constituency and was made minister (Hills Administration & Manipur Rifles). However, the assembly was dissolved when Manipur joined the Indian Union in October, 1949.

In 1950, Khathing became assistant commandant of 2 Bn. Assam Rifles and was posted at Sadiya. During the

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Revisiting the Glory of the past, the Cultural day witnessed dramatized presentations of legends, folk tales narratives, traditional games. In the interactive session, T. Peter Rangnamai, Director, MANEDA was the resource person on the topic “Culture – a bond of Social Cohesion & Prosperity”.

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long event was the Conference Choir-‘Lungpikalai’.

Earlier, Francis Ngajokpa, Minister, RD/PR, Economics & Statistics, graced the Inaugural as Chief Guest. He was also the Chief Benefactor.

At a forum on ‘Harnessing our shared Cultural Heritage’,resource persons were Ng. Karaiba, Dr. Ngouniba Peter and M.S. Jerome. Angamla Regina, Under Secretary, Govt. of Manipur was the interface Guest.

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MaraM, January 13 (MExn): The 39th General Conference of the Maralui Karalimei Swijoikang (MKS) or Maram Students’ Union hosted by Maram Centre was held from January 9 to 12 and culminated “in good tidings”. A press release received here informed.

The Cultural Regale, on the second day, was graced

by K. Raina, Former Deputy Speaker, Manipur, as the Cultural Guest. On the relevancy and significance of the Conference theme – “Harnessing our shared Cultural Heritage”, the Cultural Guest cautioned the august gathering to be vigilant on the casualness of the people’s approach towards distortion of Cultural values.

While urging the younger generation to be proud of their rich cultural heritages, Raina reminded the younger minds to work hard in order

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He was involved in recruiting and motivating the cadres, and sending them to various camps outside the country. "Enon is believed to be the brain behind the brutal massacre of civilians on Dec 23 last year in Kokrajhar district," the statement said.

It said Basumatary was trained in Bhutan. He had surrendered in 2003 but rejoined the outfit two years back.

Two AK-series rifles, two pistols and a large quantity of ammunition were seized from them. The army, paramilitary forces and police have been carrying out operations in inaccessible forested areas of Kokrajhar and Chirang districts in search of Bodo militants.

Security forces had arrested 12 leaders of the outfit Jan 11 from near the Bhutan border in Chirang district.

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Assam earthquake, he was actively involved in relief work. The same year, he was appointed assistant political officer of the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA). On being posted to Sela sub-agency, he was assigned the unfinished task of securing administrative control up to the McMahon Line. Taking two platoons of 5 Assam Rifles, he trekked all the way to Tawang and, for the first time, planted the tricolour in Tawang, thereby establishing Indian administrative control over the town and Bumla area on the McMahon Line.

guWaHaTi, January 13 (ianS): Eight hardcore Bodo militants, including a mastermind behind the massacre of adivasis in December, were Tuesday arrested in Assam's Chirang district along the international border with Bhutan, the army said.

A joint team of Assam Police and the army's Red Horns Division arrested the eight cadres of the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).

An army statement issued here said those arrested include Enon Bargoyary alias Erkhang, a central committee member of the outfit, and 'platoon commander' Rinen Basumatary alias Majhi.

Enon was close to the outfit's chairman I.K. Songbijit, 'army chief' G. Bedai and 'deputy army chief' Batha, the statement said.

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‘Flight Search’ Google, Will the world’s hungry benefit from falling oil prices? With Jet Airways, ibiboGroup

ROME, JanuaRy 13 (ThOMsOn REuTERs FOundaTiOn): A slump in global oil prices has brought cheaper food to many of the world’s poorest, but from the slums of Manila to the fields of Malawi, the benefits are not universal.

Globally, 805 million people still face chronic hunger, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. While the poorest in cities may see a reduction in food bills, those in rural areas, not integrated into world food markets, may not.

The price of oil dropped by half last year, the second-biggest annual decline ever, hitting a five-and-a half-year low. Oil prices have a knock-on effect on the price of food, which fell for a third straight year in 2014.

“For many poor people who spend a lot of their budget on food, this is good news,” said Shenggen Fan, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute. “There is a high correlation between oil and food prices.”

The key fuel for transporting food between field and market, oil also impacts food prices because fertilizers, pesticides and other key farm inputs are derived from petroleum.

Energy and transportation costs represent roughly 8 percent of the price for domestically produced foods – say a packet of pasta – that consumers purchase, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture.

On the supply side, energy related costs including fertilizers, chemicals, lubricants and fuel account for about 50 percent of the production costs for crops like corn and wheat in developed countries.

Winners And Losers For the extreme poor, however, there’s a catch. Often subsistence farmers, many hungry people are not plugged in to global commodity markets.

They don’t use much fertilizer when growing crops and they might receive less money for their products, due to declining

global food prices.

Urban consumers in developing countries, including India, the Philippines and Bangladesh, will be some of the biggest winners, Fan predicts, as two of their biggest expenses – food and transportation – will become cheaper.

When oil prices spiked in 2007-2008 in tandem with food prices, poor city-dwellers rioted from Haiti to Cameroon and Bangladesh.

Now that markets have swung in the other direction, oil-importing states should take the opportunity to reduce fossil fuel subsidies and invest the money in rural infrastructure instead, said Arif Husain, chief economist for the World Food Programme (WFP).

If the money saved by lower energy expenditures is invested in agricultural research, roads, and new technologies, the poorest of the poor could benefit from current trends.

Globally, subsidies for fossil fuel consumption totaled $548

billion in 2013, according to the International Energy Agency.

“The political costs for lowering these subsidies will be lower (now that oil prices have dropped),” Husain told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“This money should be freed up for rural infrastructure, public services and irrigation projects”

Conflicting Priorities Falling prices could provide some relief for people in conflicthit regions including Syria, South Sudan, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Mali.

Many will continue to face hunger although declining oil and food prices will make it a little easier for humanitarian groups to supply aid.

In 2014, Syria, the Central African Republic, three Ebola hit countries in West Africa, Iraq, and South Sudan faced “largescale emergencies”, according to the WFP. The tide seems to have turned in the fight against Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, and

if farmers can access credit and seeds, those states could see food production rebound in 2015, UN officials said, after some farmers fled their land.

The costs for hiring ships to bring food to emergency zones have dropped for groups like the WFP, due to falling oil prices.

The price of bunker fuel used for container ships has fallen more than 20 percent since the third quarter of 2014, meaning the WFP has been saving about $30,000 per month for the three vessels it has been chartering.

But when compared to the full costs of running massive international food aid programmes into countries like Iraq or South Sudan, these savings are comparatively small.

“Maybe lower oil prices will allow us to get more aid to people, but its (impact) is quite marginal,” said Thierry Kesteloot, an agriculture adviser to the aid group Oxfam.

“I am not sure that 2015 will see a shift in terms of improving poverty and food security.”

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nEw dElhi, JanuaRy 13 (FE): If you love to travel and shop around for great deals, Flight Search can offer inspiration and help you find the best flights available.

Now, you can search directly for flights within Google to quickly find, compare and book flights from your mobile device, tablet or desktop.

Let’s say you live in Chennai and are planning a Republic Day weekend getaway. When you access Flight Search, you’ll immediately see the price and duration of flights to several popular destinations you might like to visit — based on your preferences and previous searches.

If you set your dates and tap to expand the map, you’ll instantly see live prices for destinations around the world.

A long weekend in Singapore sounds nice.

When you click on the departure date field, you’ll see a calendar with the lowest fares for the route highlighted for each day. You can also use the lowest fares graph below the calendar to see how prices may fluctuate based on the season, holidays or other events. Scrolling through a couple of months quickly shows you when it’s a great time to fly.

Once you select your departure and return dates, you’ll be presented with a list of ‘Best flights’, which represents the best trade-off between convenience and price. You can always view other flights by scrolling through the summary list or selecting, “Show longer or more expensive flights”.

You can sue companies for misleading advertisements: experts India to soon get its first vehicle recall code MuMBai, JanuaRy 13 (Tnn): Consumer rights experts recently came together to explain how advertisements— from health drinks to innerwear to fairness lotions and creams—fool you and how you can sue them under the Consumer Protection Act. Elaborating on the dam-

aging effects of misleading advertisements, M S Kamath of the Consumer Guidance Society of India said, “Right from undergarment advertisements where the model is shown as a person with superhuman powers to nutrient supplements for children which claim to make them

taller, one can take on manufacturers for making such unreal claims.”

He pointed out that fairness creams, which formed the biggest share of such controversial advertisements, have social implications as they propagated the idea of promoting fair skin to achieve

success. “Fairness cream advertisements make several claims on how one can fetch high-paying jobs and luck in even matrimony. They mislead consumers by telling them that without using their products one cannot get a good job or a suitable life partner. Consumers need to take them on,” Kamath prodded.

He claimed that in surveys conducted by the organization at least 60% of women respondents had used such creams and 16% even admitted that it had reacted badly on their skin.

Kamath suggested that there should be a regulatory agency to control and restrict such misleading advertisements. Referring to another beauty product shampoos, Kamath said that the product does nothing but clean one’s hair and scalp. He said that claims that shampoos contain various nuts or oils are nothing but hype to mislead consumers suffering from various hair-related issues. “Certain shampoos even claim to give you the dual benefit of a champi and a hair wash, while another claims to combat all hair troubles with one product. A buyer needs to be more cautious of such tall and unThe Hyundai Santa Cruz crossover truck concept is unveiled during the North American Internareal claims,” he said. tional Auto Show, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 in Detroit. (AP Photo

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ARAI all set to introduce Vehicle Recall Code under the Motor Vehicles Rule

PunE, JanuaRy 13 (agEnciEs): With the number of vehicle recalls increasing the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), is all set to introduce ‘Vehicle Recall Code’, which is to be notified under Motor Vehicles Rule (CMVR).

ARAI is research association of the automotive industry with Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India. It plays a crucial role in assuring safe, less polluting and more efficient vehicles.

India’s 3.1 million automobile sales a year, puts it among the top six markets in the world, but the country does not have a recall policy. Manufacturers like Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota, General Motors, Ford, Honda and Nissan have recalled close to 700,000 vehicles in the past two years in India.

“At present, vehicle manufacturers in India voluntarily initiate many recalls. The need to recall vehicles arises whenever any safety defect is detected, which poses risk to occupants or other road users. “Vehicle Recall Code” is now planned to be notified under Central Motor Vehicles Rule (CMVR). This Code lays down the Procedure and

Obligations for managing vehicle recalls,” said Rashmi Urdhvareshe, director ARAI to Business Standard.

Industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) announced the voluntary recall policy in July 2012, specifying that companies must follow standard procedures on detecting manufacturing defects.

According to Urdhvareshe, the code will have three types of provisions. Voluntary recall in which vehicle manufacturer voluntarily announces and manages the recalls, supervisory recall where close monitoring is necessary by the Nodal Agency and mandatory recall, which is based on account of field feedback, accident analysis or any other issue. Under the mandatory recall the nodal agency can order the manufacturer to recall the vehicles. Introduction of this code will bring in more consumer protection.

Though voluntary recalls have been happening both in India and globally, the issue for a framework was necessiated after General Motors India recalled 114,000 units in July 2013 of its multi-purpose vehicle Tavera, manufactured in 2005.

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The US-based automaker, at the time, admitted to the government that an internal probe had revealed that its employees had violated testing norms and in order to meet specified emission norms, had re-fitted the already approved engines in the new Tavera models sent for inspection.

The company also said the executives had tinkered with the weight of both the BS-III and BS-IV variants sent for testing to meet emission standards. The recall led to the removal of 20 employees across India and the US. Unlike the developed markets such as Europe, Japan or the US, India still has no mandatory recall policy. The government is, however, in the process of framing a mandatory recall policy that could levy penalty in the form of fine or could even stop production. The policy, expected to be announced shortly, might require complete new legislation or an amendment to the existing Motor Vehicles Act and the rules framed under it.

According to industry experts, the current law is only regulatory in nature and takes care of the processes inside the factory but in the case of recall, the nature of offence is different.

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Government is secure, asserts Yitachu Our Correspondent Kohima | January 13

DAN alliance spokesperson Yitachu today said the state government under the Chief Ministership of T.R. Zeliang is secure and it will continue and there is no way President Rule can be imposed, saying that CM is enjoying the majority both outside and inside the House.

Addressing a press conference here this evening at Hotel de Oriental Grand, he dismissed the election of Noke Wangnao as NPF president and others for various posts at NPF meeting yesterday as "unconstitutional" and “anti-party activity.”

He said when the leadership issue is being questioned and when the sitting chief minister is being questioned the only way to resolve the issue is a floor test.

“Therefore, the chief minister of Nagaland is appropriately moved for confidence motion. I am sure this will free all the elected members to express their own individual mind in the

Yitachu assembly,” he said.

Stating that for truth to prevail the only option is floor test, Yitachu said that in the floor test the elected members will admit their feelings “it is therefore most appropriate to summon the assembly at the earliest and give opportunity to the sitting chief minister to prove his majority.”

Inside the House we enjoying the absolute majority and we are ready anytime when confidence motion is called, he said.

Stating that effective strength of the NPF Legislature Party is 38, he said “We stand at 29, that is the effective strength of the NPF legislators for all purposes in running the government.”

Today, Yitachu said, the Chief Minister has the law in his side, has the party in his side and is functioning and running the government.

He said that to displace a running government, to pull down a sitting chief minister, it has to undergo a certain process in the assembly.

“The assembly rules are very clear; either the opposition party will move a no confidence motion and dismiss the government if the government cannot prove majority or the government also can move a confidence motion which is very much right thing the Chief Minister can do,” he said.

Any leadership issue has to be discussed at the party forum and at the legislative forum of the party, he said.

He further said that the NPF lef by Noke has no right to have a separate grouping out of the party or out of the legislative forum, adding “Whatever meeting has been held by grouping it is illegal, it is unconstitutional and it is undemocratic.”

‘Only TR Zeliang can call legislature party meeting’ kohiMa, January 13 (MExn): The NPF party led

by Dr. Shurhozelie today reasserted that the other NPF group’s claim of having elected G Kaito Aye as their legislature party leader does not hold water because “a legislature party meeting, to be constitutional, legal and legitimate, has to be called only by the leader of the Legislature Party of NPF, who is TR Zeliang.” Apart from TR Zeliang, if anyone has the authority to call the legislature party meeting, it is the Party President, Dr. Shurhozelie, under his plenary powers prescribed under Article V of the Party Constitution, stated a press release issued by the party secretary general KG Kenye. “There is no parallel legislature party proceedings under the Constitution of India or under the Party’s Constitution and whosoever convenes and attends such meetings are liable to be construed as anti-party activist,” it stated.

The release recalled that names of the Party President (Dr. Shurhozelie) and 47 others of the new Central Executive Committee were approved by the General Convention as required under the Party Constitution on November 26, 2014.

Amendments to the Party Constitution more particularly, the five yearly tenure of the President and the CEC and the holding of General Convention at the intervals of two and a half years were overwhelmingly adopted.

As many as 5221 hands went up in the General Convention in approval of the new Central Office bearers after which the President and every Central office bearer

took the pledge, the release said. It further noted that Article IV No.6 read with aforesaid provisions mandate that election of the President and his team has to be done only at a General Convention and not in casual and parallel forums “as the dissidents have unlawfully claimed.”

After the General Convention that put in place Dr. Shurhozelie and his team, the next General Convention can be called only after two and a half years and not before, the release said, adding if a General Convention is to be called before two and a half years, an amendment of the Constitution is necessary. “The dissident group seems to have flouted all Constitutional norms in their haste to grab power by backdoor.

The parallel meeting that claims to have elected Noke and his team is nothing but a coup of sorts that has no foundation in Constitutional values or norms.”

Further, the release stated that under paragraph 2(1) (b) of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India, the power to appoint a whip is not with any tom, harry and dick of the political or legislature parties of NPF, but only with the President of the Party. “A due mechanism and a constitutionally sanctioned procedure alone can appoint a whip.”

Therefore, it asserted, “the declaration of Kuzholuzo as whip by the dissidents, who was earlier appointed by the President as the whip of NPF and who has been removed by the same President and replaced by Kiyanilie is unconstitutional and has no place in the records of the Assembly.”

Party upholds NPF General Convention resolution A joint meeting of NPF Central, Division and Frontal organizations and Cells office bearers held in the conference hall of NPF Central HQs Kohima, reiterated upholding the November 26, 2014 NPF General Convention Resolution No. 5 to extent “unflinching” support to the leadership of Chief Minister TR Zeliang and NPF President, Dr Shurhozelie Liezetsu.

A press release from Press Bureau of Shurhozelie-led NPF stated that the meeting deliberated the “unfortunate dispute arising out of some of the party’s own legislators for reasons best known to them.”

The members expressed resentment and dismay at “the architects of the imbroglio over the undesirable acts and divisive policy of the dissident group, with the intention to cause multidimensional and undue embarrassment and harm to the people,” the release stated. “Their whole intention and exercise is a sheer attempt to split the party and form a new party and nothing more.” The party officials also termed the appointments of new office bearers as a “mockery to the party’s principle and ideology and laid down rules of the Constitution,” according to the release.

The meeting was attended by the presidents of nine NPF divisions and all NPF frontals, including the Women Wing, Youth Wing, Farmers wing, Life Membership Cell and Minority Wing besides a host of Central office bearers.

DC Tuensang meets YTC, civil society of Tuensang Morung Express News Dimapur | January 13

Efforts are on to ease the tension in Tuensang arising from the dispute at Chendang Saddle. Sources from Tuensang said that the church as well as the government machinery is working towards bringing the contending parties to mutual dialogue.

While the Tuensang Deputy Commissioner could not be reached for comment on the prevailing situation, the sources said that it has remained largely normal. Prohibitory orders promulgated under section 144 of the Cr.PC remained enforced; the sources stating that assembly of three or more people is prohibited starting dusk to dawn.

It was informed that an NBCC peace committee separately met the Yimc-

hungru Tribe Council (YTC) and the Chang Khulei Setshang (CKS) in Tuensang on Tuesday. The sources further disclosed that the Tuensang district administration has called for a joint meeting of the YTC and the CKS alongwith the various tribal bodies of the district headquarters on January 15.

Meanwhile, a team of government officials led by the DC, Tuensang visited Shamator on January 13 and met leaders of the Shamator civil society as part of a ‘goodwill mission’. According to a DIPR release, the DC “urged the leaders to control the overall present situation and let peace prevail in the district where peace is necessary… that everyone could live harmoniously.” The government team met the Yimchungru Tribe Council, YAA, YWO, YGOA, Public Forum Shamator, GBs and dobashis.

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Noke-led NPF refutes statement

DiMapur, January 13 (MExn): The Nokeled NPF Legislature Party through its spokesperson, Imkong L. Imchen today refuted the statement of TR Zeliang regarding Neiphiu Rio, MP (Lok Sabha) and Khekiho Zhimomi, MP (Rajya Sabha) “summoning legislators to campaign and plant seed of dissent”. In a press statement, Imchen asserted that not once did the Lok Sabha MP summon any legislator individually or collectively to his residence to discuss such matters.

With regard to the accusation that Khekiho had “visited homes of legislators with offers of lucrative portfolios to effect change of leadership,” Imchen termed it “highly objectionable and absurd and without any fac-

tual basis.” Hence, the party “challenge” TR Zeliang to produce evidence “failing which he will invite defamation suit against himself.”

The statement further said it is “highly questionable” that TR Zeliang in the last seven months as Chief Minister had “completely ignored and not consulted even once” the two elected Members of Parliament while addressing important matters and issues relating to the State with the Central government.

“He has in fact not even bothered to meet with the Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) in the last seven months let alone talking over the telephone.”

The NPF Legislature Party also called TR Zeliang’s statement - “the

two MPs restarted the dissident campaign instead of attending Parliament,” as “completely false and misleading.” “It was Neiphiu Rio, Lok Sabha MP who had strongly condemned and objected the mistreatment of Dimapur bound passengers by the officials of Air India at Kolkata in the recently concluded winter session of parliament and also prominently highlighted the need to bring early resolution of the decades old Indo-Naga political problem during Zero Hour of the recent Winter Session of Parliament,” it noted.

The Party also demanded an explanation from TR Zeliang for accusing that “Rio Villa has been guarded by Rio’s security personnel along with un-

derground cadres of a particular faction.” TR Zeliang, the statement asserted, “must respond with proof and evidence of this serious allegation and reveal the name of the particular faction to whom these cadres belong.” It cautioned TR Zeliang from making such “false allegations without proper proof or evidence as this may even affect the ongoing Naga Political Issue, an issue which is the first and foremost concern of the NPF Legislature Party.”

Meanwhile, all members of the Noke-led NPF Legislature Party currently camping at Sovima putting on record that it was a “unanimous and collective decision” to stay together as a group and that no member has been

UNDP Nagaland urges governor DiMapur, January (MExn): The United Naga Democratic Party (UNDP) Nagaland has appealed to the governor of Nagaland to immediately use his constitutional power to stop the present political imbroglio in the State and also asked the leaders of majority legislature group to form the popular government so as to give effective and efficient administration to the people of Nagaland.

In a press statement,

the UNDP stated it was pained to see the ongoing political drama between the NPF legislators since the first week of January.

Pointing out the legislators camping in different places spending lots of money, the statement appended

by UNDP president, T Wati Jamir and general secretary (Admn), Robert Y Kikon noted, it “shows the characters of the leaders who are after better positions and money, leaving aside

the interest of the people of Nagaland.”

The present leadership, it alleged, has totally set aside the developmental works, effective administration, and above all, the settlement of Naga political issue which has been dragging for many decades.

“This has been indicated during the Prime Minister’s visit on December 1, 2014 which has no mention of Naga Political issue,” it added.

More assert support for Kaito DiMapur, January 13 (MExn): The Bharatiya Janata Mahila Morcha (BJMM) Nagaland unit in a press release appended by its president today expressed support to the State BJP unit’s resolution with regard to forming the next government by the “majority NPF group led by G Kaito Aye.”

stated it “wholeheartedly” support the leadership of G Kaito Aye, “the elect leader of NPF Legislature party and the newly elected NPF president, Noke Wangnao for strengthening the grassroots level as well as for all round development in the state with better relationship in the centre.” A press statement issued by the NPF 51st Noksen A/C president, L NPF 51st Noksen A/C The 51st Noksen As- Tochi Chang further exsembly Constituency has pressed shock over the

action of “former” NPF president, Shurhozelie in suspending nine NPF legislators from the membership of the party terming it “unacceptable by misuse of president’s power.” The party further demanded the Chief Minister TR Zeliang to “gracefully step down from the chair, because he has no moral right to hold the public office since the majority of the legislators is with G Kaito Aye.”

confined forcefully, condemned TR Zeliang’s statement, “whoever went to meet them (MPs) were kept in Rio’s villas at Sovima under wrongful confinement.” The members rather requested Zeliang and Dr. Shurhozelie to release all the MLAs kept in “forceful confinement in the De Oriental Dream in Kohima."

Responding to TR Zeliang’s statement that a motion of no confidence has not been moved against him, the Party said it is correct as “we have been repeatedly saying that this current move by the NPF Legislature Party is only for the change of Leadership and is not in any way a move to topple the government or to cause a split, merge or change parties.”

MEx FILE Village chairmen & VDB secretaries meeting in Wka Wokha, January 13 (MExn): The Village Chairmen & VDB Secretaries Union RD Block Wokha has convened an emergency meeting on January 15 at NST Hotel, Wokha at 10:00 am. Therefore, all the chairmen and VDB secretaries of RD Block Wokha have been asked to attend the meeting positively.

DRFCB meeting on Jan 17 DiMapur, January 13 (MExn): The Dhansiri River Flood Control Board (DRFCB) has convened a meeting on January 17, 11:00 am at its office chamber, Marketing Complex, Purana Bazaar, East Dimapur. Therefore, DRFCB chairman, Hokheto Kiba has requested all the office bearers, executive members, advisors and area representative to attend the meeting without fail.

Application invited from CCAs kohiMa, January 13 (MExn): As resolved in the meeting of the office bearers of Nagaland Community Conserved Area Forum (NCCAF) on January 10 in the Rest House of the F&CS Department, Kohima, applications for registration have been invited from all interested and functional Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) of the State. The application may be submitted to Heirang Lungalang, Secretary, NCCAF (Address: Nagaland Civil Secretariat, F&CS/LM&CP Department) latest by March 31, 2015 alongwith the following: Name of the CCA, Approximate area of coverage (GPS), Year of establishment of the CCA, Certification from the Village Council, Registration fee of Rs.5000/-, informed a press release received here.

Arms fabrication BJP Nagaland responds to allegations workshop busted pErEn, January 12 (MExn): Personnel of the 18 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters 6 Sector Assam Rifles busted an illegal arms fabrication workshop in Lilen B Village, Peren district. A press note from the AR informed that the workshop was engaged in fabrication and repair of illegal arms under one

Ngullen Hangsing (30).

The accused was apprehended along with one point 22 Rifle, one 12 Bore Rifle, partially fabricated arms parts, assorted ammunitions and tools used for arms fabrication. The apprehended individual along with the recovered items was handed over to Jalukie Police Station, Peren.

Blood donation camp on Army Day

kohiMa, January 13 (MExn): On the occasion of Army Day, a blood donation camp was organised at Rangapahar Military Station, Dimapur on January 13 in collaboration with Indian Red Cross SoWhile appreciating the ciety, Dimapur under the effort of people working for aegis of Medical Branch, restoring peace, the release HQ 3 Corps. A press requoted the DC as appealing to the people “to stop violence and in Christian spirit should forgive one another and move forward peacefully for the better- kohiMa, January 13 (MExn): Sechü (Zubza) ment of (the) future.” police personnel today took into custody a driver CVSU clarifies The Chessore Village of a truck, which was found Students' Union (CVSU), abandoned between Peduin a press release, stated cha police check-gate and that the prevalent situa- New Peducha bridge, Kohition in Tuensang has been ma on January 11, for “illegal wrongly interpreted by the possession” of government media. The CVSU clari- seals and authority letters fied that Chessore village is with signatures which are not party to the dispute at suspected to be fake.

In a press release, Sub– Chendang Saddle. “It is our earnest request to all con- Divisional Police Officer & cerned not to misinterpret PRO, Kohima, Atu Zumvü the same as it is dragging informed that Sechü (Zubthe name of Chessore vil- za) Police Station personlage unnecessarily whose nel had found the truck village is not related to the bearing registration numsaid issue in any manner." ber MN-01/8949 fully load-

Efforts on to ease tension in Tuensang

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lease from PRO (Defence), Kohima informed that the event was inaugurated by Maj Gen Deepak Saxena, VSM, COS, HQ 3 Corps. 72 army personnel donated blood, the release said, adding these missions are undertaken by the Army under military civic action on regular basis.

DiMapur, January 13 (MExn): Terming the Chief Minister TR Zeliang’s accusation of Dr. M Chuba Ao, president, BJP Nagaland State unit ignoring directives of national BJP as “most shocking and uncalled for,” BJP Nagaland has stated “whatever decisions BJP Nagaland had taken were all collective decisions and not an individual decision.”

Stating it was a direct interference into BJP’s internal affairs, BJP spokesperson in a press statement demanded the Chief Minister should spell out the source of his information.

BJP Nagaland also condemned the statement of Apong Pongener, working President of NPF for “leveling unfounded allegation that

clear that it supported the majority group for the sake of stability of DAN-III government, the statement said, BJP’s support was lent openly based on facts and figures. “TR Zeliang had not formally or informally approached BJP Nagaland because he could never prove his group’s majority to BJP. Therefore, the question of supporting a minority group did not arise because it will only destabilize the already fragile government.”

Further, pointing out that the failure to resolve the internal NPF conflict has already rendered the government paralyzed and affected the public immensely, BJP stated, the people of Nagaland should not be subjected to further sufferings.

Dimapur police arrest one for theft DiMapur, January 13 (MExn): The main accused involved in stealing grave yard construction materials at Naga Cemetery

Sechü (Zubza) police arrest truck driver ed with cement while both the driver and handyman were missing from the site.

The police team while conducting further investigation recovered from the tool box of the truck one round seal of Directorate General Assam Rifles, official seal of Commandant DDO (HQ) ‘B’ Range Assam Rifles, one stamp pad, one requisitioned certified copy issued by the Directorate General Assam Rifles, a copy of gate pass of truck B/R No.MN-01/8949 certified

by Directorate of General Assam Rifles, Shillong, and “incriminating demand slips of various U.G groups

BJP Nagaland had caused rift between the two stakeholders of NPF and that, BJP’s decisions were endangering the NPF-BJP future relationship.” It asserted that the party will not be perturbed by the “veiled threat,” however, “if NPF led by him sees any problem in its future relationship with BJP; BJP Nagaland will certainly take up with the national BJP.” “Everyone knows that the NPFBJP relationship for the past seven months was at rock bottom because of the leader of DAN legislature. It is regrettable that NPF group led such leader still wants to take BJP Nagaland for granted.”

Noting that since day one of the ongoing leadership crisis in NPF, BJP Nagaland had made its stand

of Manipur and Nagaland.”

The truck was towed to Police Station and kept in the safe custody of police while further enquiry was made to trace the driver of the said truck, the release added.

The truck driver has been identified as one Rafi Uddin (27) from Yairipok, Manipur. A regular case vide Sechü (Zubza) P.S Case No. 0003/15 U/S 467/472/473/474 IPC has been registered against the driver, who has been remanded into police custody for conducting further investigation, the release said.

in Dimapur on the night of January 8 was arrested from LRC colony Dimapur on January 12 by Dimapur Police. The West Police Station has registered a case (No. 0003/14, U/S. 379/34

IPC) against the accused identified as Ekonthung Ngullie, presently residing at LRC colony, informed a press release issued by Addl. Superintendent of Police/ PRO, Dimapur.

Public SPace District Administration Kiphire issue rejoinder

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propos to the news item published by the Yimchunger Akheru Arihako (YAA) regarding holding of YAA golden jubilee at Pungro town on January 10, 2015, the District Administration Kiphire hereby clarify that the government disallowed holding of prayer meeting inside the church on January 10, 2015 and the District Administration strictly implemented the

government directive.

Therefore, neither the YAA golden jubilee launching programme nor the payer service was held at Pungro town on January 10, 2015.

Hence, the press release issued by the YAA regarding the holding of YAA golden jubilee launching program at Pungro town is baseless and not justifiable.

A. Chumremo Odyuo DC Kiphire

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 14 JAnuAry 2015 volumE X IssuE 12

Embracing Inclusiveness

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nclusion is a key concept for people to coexist and move toward a shared humanity. Against the backdrop of theories such as the “Clash of Civilizations” and “The End of History,” the idea of inclusiveness provides the antithesis, with the purpose of evolving into a synthesis – a shared humanity. Acknowledging diversity and multiplicity throughout all of nature is central to inclusiveness. After all, it is the presence of diversity that creates culture, and culture is what human history relies on for its traditions and sustaining life that making it meaningful and productive.

Equally important is the understanding of Embracing because it needs to be applied with inclusion. The concept of Embracing Inclusiveness generates its own intertwined praxis. The word Embrace represents more than just the symbolic act of hugging or holding a person, an idea or an object. Embrace, like Hope is not limited to feelings, it is a decision to exercise a choice based on faith and conscience. Embracing is an act and a praxis of love, understanding and acceptance.

Embracing implies being one with the vision. It includes embracing not only what you like, but also what you don’t like.

It is embracing what you do and don’t agree with. Only when you are able to embrace fully, then the healing can begin, and the pathway to a shared belonging opens. This is consistent with the values of interdependence and interconnectedness that are essential to having a peaceful coexistence. Embracing is like a spider’s web as it comprises many strands that weave our future, our past and our present together – a tapestry of life.

Hence, it is critical to our ability to redefine and shape right relationships with each other, and the web of interdependence grows in response to our choices made with intention.

The question of Embracing Inclusiveness invariably is related to the notion of human cooperation. The Dalai Lama while talking on human cooperation stated: “When I consider the lack of cooperation in human society, I can only conclude that it stems from ignorance of our interdependent nature. I am often moved by the example of small insects, such as bees.

The laws of nature dictate that bees work together in order to survive. As a result, they possess an instinctive sense of social responsibility. They have no constitution, laws, police, religion or moral training, but because of their nature they labor faithfully together. Occasionally they may fight, but in general the whole colony survives on the basis of cooperation. Human beings, on the other hand, have constitutions, vast legal systems and police forces; we have religion, remarkable intelligence and a heart with great capacity to love. But despite our many extraordinary qualities, in actual practice we lag behind those small insects; in some ways, I feel we are poorer than the bees.”

In order for Nagas to Embrace Inclusiveness for a shared future, they need to dwell on the dialectical relationship between social responsibility, laboring faithfully and evolving together on the basis of cooperation which consists of interdependent and interconnected actions. This action of embracing inclusiveness strengthens the web and increases its vibrancy and unity in purpose.

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Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D

Day 7: Knowing a nation's Purpose Thought-Provoking Question: Mere is an invigorating belief in me that God is going to use us in a big way for something very special in the world.

What is yours?

What does God say? Read Exodus 19:3-6 What is the God-given purpose for the nation of Israel?

• Is it to hoard all the blessings of God for herself?

• Is it to become powerful and suppress others?

• Or is it to serve the nations on behalf of God? To discover the right answer, we must look at two passages.

The first one is Genesis 12:1-3 where it is said that God would make a great nation out of Abraham so that it would become a means of blessing to all the nations of the earth. The other passage is Exodus 19:3-6. Here God mentions the role Israel should play: She is to be "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." To stand before God and be used by Him, Israel needs to be holy.

To stand in the gap between a holy God and an alienated world, she needs to sc.% e as a mediator cum intercessor, for that is at the heart of the priestly function. In other words, the mission of Israel is to be a channel of reconciliation and a bridge between nations.

In this sense, Israel's calling was not to be "like the nations," but to be a-peculiar people," set apart from the other nations.

Okay. so now what?

As our Naga tribes and Naga Political Groups lack unity around a common purpose, outsiders are emboldened to take advantage of us. We are squeezed in from all sides by our neighbors. Because we were weak, even big powers from distant lands could easily turn our homeland into their battlefield and make us fight their war. Our homeland is Mill being used as a haven for questionable militant groups and criminal gangs, let alone making it their highway for drugs-and-human trafficking businesses.

It's high time that we Nagas come together again for a common purpose so we can be strong and be able to turn our weaknesses into our strengths. Certainly, there is a divine purpose behind the geo-political position of the Naga homeland and our common experiences. Politically, ours can be a natural buffer zone for the rival powers surrounding us; commercially, our homeland can be an international gateway. Though e have suffered for so many decades, God could perhaps use us as bridge-builders, zadiators. and intercessors for suppressed peoples like us. Who knows if God has placed us right in the midst of some most populated non-Christian nations so we can shine brightly for Him? Prayer: O God our Father, cause us to be a people at peace among ourselves and a Liessing to other nations of the earth. Amen.

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

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As far as social-economic theory is concerned, I am still a Marxist… Many Marxist leaders are now capitalists in their thinking. It depends on their motivation, thinking, wider perspective. In capitalist countries, there is an increasing gap between the rich and the poor. In Marxism, there is emphasis on equal distribution. That is very crucial to me… The previous century was one of violence. If we make this the century of dialogue then it will become the century peace.

I will not see this in my lifetime but we must start working on it.

Those below thirty are the generation of the 21st century. You have to stop violence with your will, vision and wisdom.”

Dalai Lama

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Cyd Bernstein

Cuba: through her eyes

A woman and girl walk together along a country road on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba on Monday, January 5, 2015. The December 17 announcement of detente between the U.S. and Cuba has raised hopes of improved conditions on the island but Cubans also worry about the changes to come. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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n the weeks before Obama was pictured grinning with a Cuban cigar in hand, Havana was abuzz with talk of transformation. Besides the indelible lyrics of Enrique Iglesias and Descemer Bueno’s “Bailando”, the most common refrain heard on the streets of Havana is that life is changing.

A small island with a large sense of history, the Cuban people are used to shifting currents. But how life is changing and for whom seems less certain.

I spoke to women in Havana in the weeks before December 17th. I was in Cuba with a cultural exchange group, my fifth trip to the island. I wanted to hear from Cuban women how they conceptualise change and progress in their lives and in the life of their nation.

I meet up with Yusumi, a 40-year old filmmaker, at the ice cream parlour Coppelia. We chat about her life, her goals and her view of feminism in Cuba. Last time I saw her was 4 years ago in the eastern city of Holguín. She is sporting a new hairstyle and new sense of confidence.

When in 2011 President Raúl Castro changed the laws controlling private enterprise, Yusumi leapt at the opportunity to move to Havana. She has returned to film school to finish the degree she left 19 years ago, age 21. She care-takes a small apartment for friends and supports herself by doing freelance translating and guiding work. She is living a life that was unthinkable three years ago.

Yusumi turned 18 at the beginning of the Special Period. She felt her life was put on hold and watched as many of her contemporaries and older artist role models left the country. “It was a time of mass exodus. Those of us who stayed felt as if we had no one to look up to, no model to follow. We were hanging from the paintbrush - the ladder was pulled out from under us.”

She withdrew from art school, married and put her artistic ambitions on hold. Last year she separated from her husband of 15 years. He was not ready to embrace the opportunities that she was excited to pursue. She felt they were growing apart, she looking forward, he content to do just enough to get by.

“Things are changing; there are many more opportunities now. Cubans have gotten so used to living with restrictions that sometimes they do not see these new chances that are in front of them.”

“I am inspired by the younger generation,” she continues. “They do not want to leave Cuba. The future they are dreaming about is here. ‘Why would I want to go,’ they say, ‘when I can be happy and make a living here in my own culture?’”

“Do these economic reforms have a particular impact on women?” I ask.

“What you have to understand,” replies Yusumi, “is that feminism looks different in Cuba. From the beginning of the revolution, certain rights, to equal pay and education, to health care and maternity support, were institutionalised. The platform created by The Federation of Cuban Women has given women social mobility and this has liberated us from the need for extreme feminism, which to me is the woman trying to take on the role of a man.”

“With the changes to the economy, a woman can stay at home and perform a ‘feminine role,’ making artisan crafts, cooking, running a private guesthouse, and make much more money than her husband who is an engineer. This gives women a new sense of confidence.”

“Another thing that is changing,” she adds thoughtfully, “is the recognition and acceptance of homosexuals.” It is not lost on either of us that Coppelia, the backdrop to our conversation, was the scene of 1990’s film Fresas y Chocolate, a film which exposed the repressive treatment of homosexuals and did much to galvanise the gay rights movement in Cuba.

Yusumi sees the barriers to gender equality more in terms of culture than economics. “We still live in a patriarchy, upheld by cultural ideas of ‘machismo,’ ideas that limit possibilities for both men and women.”

I catch up with Anna on the top floor of the Hotel Riviera, built in the 1950s by American mob financier Meyer Lansky, a looming brute of a building, meant to intimate as much as attract, a reminder of the last era of American involvement in Cuba. We stand looking out upon the city, the neighbourhoods of Vedado and Centro Havana to our right, the Malecón and the open sea to our left,

What do Cuban women imagine for their country’s future? In the wake of recent reforms, Cyd Bernstein talks to four women leaders about feminism, culture and cultivating change Havana Vieja away in the distance.

Anna is 28 and already a visual artist of repute.

She has been sponsored to travel and exhibit several times in the US and Europe. Her art has given her the opportunity to see the world beyond Cuba, as few Cubans have been able to do.

“What I see in Cuba is a growing inequality between people. Those who have access to money and opportunities and those that do not. And this new class of wealthy people, they have no taste, they have made their money in small time scams and now are buying up property.”

“I am afraid,” she tells me, “of my country becoming like other places I have visited. I went to Columbia last year and there is such a large difference between rich and poor. Up until now Cuba has not had that problem.”

We move on to chat about the apartment she bought in Nuevo Vedado. With the money she saved she was able to buy the run-down apartment at a pittance and renovate it. She is now thinking about selling it and buying another derelict property in Havana Vieja, the old city centre.

The emergence of a property market is a very new phenomenon in Cuba, birthed in 2011 by legislation introduced by Raúl Castro. For the first time since 1959, Cubans are able to buy and sell their own homes. Until now houses have passed through families or exchanged hands via trade or the black market. Homelessness is practically nonexistent, although overcrowding can be an issue. There is very little economic segregation in housing. A colonial mansion in the city centre is as likely to be inhabited by a pensioner as a doctor, government official or Miami returnee.

Anna worries that in five years time the social mix of Havana will have changed, that Cubans will no longer be able to live in Havana Vieja, priced out by Europeans and Cuban expats returning from Miami.

When I ask her about the future of the country, she says, “Cuba will not be as we see it now. There will be a rise in materialism. Cuban people do not consume because they do not have the opportunity.

Given the opportunity, they will consume more than anyone because of this scarcity mentality.”

I meet up with Tanya, a theatre actress born and raised in Havana, in a small park in Havana’s Vedado district. In a country where theatre is affordable and culturally accessible for everyone, her face is well known. Her career in theatre began when she was 15 and saw a production by the Havana based company Palpito. Enthralled, she committed herself to theatre. Twenty years later she is still passionate about her work. She attended the Escuela Superior de Artes, a premier art academy which offers free training to some of Cuba’s most influential artists. She remembers her university experience during the mid-nineties when Cubans were living through the Special Period. “Many people feel traumatised by this time. Myself, I wish we had not lived it, but I do not look back with a sense of tragedy. It was something we had to survive. I remember walking for blocks during the many blackouts to read books for my theatre courses under the one work-

ing street light. But I did not think of leaving. I was passionate about what I was doing.”

I have just been to see her current play, a two woman show which she co-wrote with two of her close friends from acting school. The play, called “Escape,” is based on the film Thelma and Louise and is not set in Cuba. “I am not interested in political plays,” she says, “I want my plays to inspire people to change, not point a finger at them and force them.

Cubans have enough material difficulty in their lives.

For me theatre should be enjoyable - not superficial - but a diversion from the everyday.”

I ask her about the economic reforms in Cuba.

“The changes that the government have made [in allowing more private enterprise] are superficial, and people, now that they see a little bit of change are jumping on the opportunity to claim more for themselves. The government could take away the ability to have a license tomorrow. And there would be no recourse. People are not in the habit of asking why.”

I heard this concern voiced elsewhere, that capitalist growth will not necessarily lead to more happiness or social harmony. I wonder what she imagines happening in Cuba’s future.

“Some people would like Cuba to look like Miami. That idea terrifies me... Honestly I don’t know what is going to happen. I don’t want to leave Cuba.

I am a Cuban who loves Cuba. Some of my best friends have left the country and now live abroad.

If I can change anything I would like to do it from here, from where I am in my work, in my own city.

The question is how. There is a belief among Cuban people that there can only be one leader. I want the kind of change that comes from the bottom, from the grassroots, profound change. I want to see individual people believe that they can be leaders.

I am interested in changes that bring more liberty, not the liberty to throw a rock through your window, of course, but the liberty to throw a rock up in the air and catch it, if that’s what I feel like doing.”

When I ask Tanya how she sees her own future, she tells me she would like life to get more and more simple. More than anything she would love to have a little piece of land to grow vegetables.

“To plants seeds and watch them grow, to cultivate tranquillity, that is what is most important to me moving forward.”

East of the city a few miles is the farm cooperative Vivero Alamar. A derelict piece of land, it was taken over by a group of four visionary people who cleaned it up and began growing food during the Special Period. Now it is a thriving farm, employing over 100 people. Base pay is between 350 and 700 pesos a month - a standard salary in Havana is 400 with the potential to earn more based on productivity and seniority. Workers receive two meals a day, and work seven hours in the winter and six in the summer. Women with children are given the option of coming in an hour later. Everyone works five days a week and has a paid day off once a fortnight to deal with personal business. They have free, onsite manicure and barber services.

Cooperative business are the fastest growing sector of the Cuban economy, providing an attractive alternative or complement to state and privately-owned business.

Walking around with Eva, the daughter of one of the founding four, we see compost bins, rows and rows of emerald green lettuce, sunflowers planted to attract pollinators, corn to distract pests. Over a thousand people a week purchase their produce at the Vivero Alamar produce stand. “I had no intention of becoming a farmer. But now, I am proud to go everywhere in my rubber boots. I will be proud to have a career as an agronomist”, she says.

Eva has an interesting answer to the question of Cuba’s future. “It is no longer a fight between capitalism and socialism. We in a transition to tierralismo.” Tierralismo translates as ‘landism’ or in a recent documentary of the same name, as ‘cultivating change.’ It strikes me as an important metaphor for the country as it searches for its way among the choppy seas of development. Change does not just happen; it is a process of cultivation and refinement. Certain seeds must be planted, tended, and nurtured if they are to survive into the future. As feminists, as activists, as those standing in solidarity with the Cuban people, our role is to listen and follow these leaders emerging from the Cuban soil.

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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

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A Perfect Recipe for Naga December

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n December 20 last, the Tsütuonuomia Youth Organization (TYO) organized and successfully staged a concert featuring the legendary minstrel Methaneilie Jütakhrie (MJ). The TYO had announced that the show was to promote not only the songs of Methaneilie Jütakhrie (MJ) but also to promote the man himself. It was a noble idea and a befitting tribute to the living legend.

As per the newspaper reports, an audience of about 5000 people witnessed the high-profile musical event. It was also reported that, as usual, the singer sang some of his all-time favourite songs, some Hindi songs and even some Christmas songs. And the one report that made my absence at the concert most regrettable was that the singer had performed some unreleased songs as well. I have been an avid listener of the songs of MJ for the last many years and I always look forward to his new compositions with high interest and expectation. So, I hope that these new compositions (if any) would be made available in the market at the earliest.

Since the last few years, a precedent seems to have been established wherein Naga December has become incomplete without some shows of Methaneilie. Before the December 20th performance at the local ground, MJ had also performed at Jalukie town for another charity. Thus, as per this precedent, the month of December has become the busiest month for the singer and his band.

A press report published before the 20th December concert revealed that Methaneilie was born on 27th July 1955. This means that the singer is already almost 60 years old. And for a person of this age still in a position to compose, sing, play the guitar and perform in concerts with vigor and indomitable spirit is something quite remarkable and inspiring. This tells the story of a man who is committed to his calling, who knows how to take care of himself, who is well aware of his stature in his society and who has his own philosophy of dealing with life and its many complications and egos. And that is an inspiring and powerful message indeed.

The press reports also said that through the concert, MJ envisions to encourage and motivate the differently-abled persons to take up life’s challenges and to reach to their goals. This is another very noble and encouraging message for this group of people who are often looked down by their peers and society for their varied physical deformities / disabilities which are actually for no fault of theirs.

There may be some who say that the songs and music of MJ is too raw, too simple and too monotonous. But I guess the one distinguishing feature of his songs that makes up for all these are the lyrics and the words of the song. Through the words and lyrics of his songs, Methaneilie has, time and again, demonstrated to his listeners that he is a master of words. And maybe this is the reason why his songs are so popular with many people despite the fact that most songs were probably recorded locally without the aid of any of the latest, best, most-modern and sophisticated recording equipments.

Another indispensable element of every MJ show are the jokes. Before and in between the presentation of his songs, it is MJ’s style to keep the audience engaged and focused on him by cracking jokes and uttering relevant and issue-based comments. And if one cannot get enough of the songs, many a times his jokes seem to be outdoing the songs in terms of ethnicity, simplicity, originality, uniqueness and entertainment. MJ shows are such a treat not just be-

G

lobalisation is an integral feature of modernity. It already has significantly advanced to transform local experiences into global ones, to unify the disparate villages of the world into a global community, and to integrate national economies into an international economy.

At the same time, however, the process of globalisation brings about the loss of cultural identity.

Many young people today grow up and live in a consolidating global world and define themselves as people not belonging to any particular culture. In 2013, 232 million people, or 3.2 per cent of the world’s population, were legal international migrants, compared with 175 million in 2000 and 154 million in 1990.

To these figures one must add at least an estimated 30 million undocumented migrants.

As a result, more people in the world are intermarrying across cultural, ethnic and religious groupings. In Europe, for example, in the period 2008-10, on average one in 12 married persons was in a mixed marriage. Their children are exposed to hybrid cultural settings plus sometimes the host country setting if both parents are immigrants.

In 2013, more than one billion traveled internationally as tourists, thus increasing their firsthand knowledge of the world beyond their own borders. On the other hand, there are nearly three billion Internet users in the world today. More than a billion are connected in social networks across the planet.

The interconnectedness of people today is beyond anything that has happened before in history. And to this one must add the ecological, cosmological and modern physics concepts that emphasise interconnectedness in the world at large and our appreciation of being on the same planet, the global village.

For many now, home is not bound to a specific location, but rather to a conscious experience of culture.

People living between cultures feel more “natural” in a globalised world because it reflects the combination

There is a lot of noise around us. We need to be wise to figure out the right signals in order to create the right values for ourselves and those around us.

Societies which are smaller tend to be more close-knit, and thereby one can get a lot of unsolicited advice and opinions. Not to say this is bad, but we need to be wiser about what we choose or who we listen to. The fable about 'The man, the son and a donkey' is indeed very telling.

Listening Wisely Imtitola ao, assistant Professor, department of Commerce

cause of the songs but because of the jokes as well.

So what is it that enables MJ to impressively entertain his audience with his jokes? I attribute this to his confidence, presence of mind, meditative mind, analytical skill and his mastery over words. In fact, the confidence and presence of mind which he exhibits on stage is something which I have not seen in any of the other local artists.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a sort of an informal mass campaign was initiated and activated by some Tenyiemia leaders under the banner of the Ura Academy about the need to speak, preserve and promote the Tenyiedie dialect by the Tenyiemia people. About this time the leaders of the Ura Academy also discouraged the usage of Nagamese amongst the Tenyiemia people. Even during this period of time MJ emerged as the most effective champion and ambassador of the Tenyiedie language because of his poetic lyrics and meaningfully deep-rooted words. Here, it may be mentioned that the singer was bestowed with the ‘Man of the year’ Award by the Ura Academy in the year 1989.

Through his songs, music and the manner in which he has been living his life, one can also fathom MJ’s philosophy of life. He appears to be someone who was all out from the beginning to make a niche for himself with his songs and compositions.

One can clearly see the thinking brain behind the songs. He is able to come up with such songs and compositions that attract and captivate the hearts and minds of the listeners because he knows very well what will work and what will not.

And because MJ is a thinking singer, he has been able to establish himself as a crowd-puller because he sings in style all genres of songs. And because he sings all genres of songs, he has that very special element called the “Mass Appeal”. I guess no one will doubt the many musical geniuses that exist today amongst the Nagas. There are many musical talents amongst the Nagas and there appears to be many more in the pipeline waiting to explode. But it will be very difficult to practically initiate and successfully

organize concerts in a big venue (like the Kohima local ground) using the name of any one of these musical geniuses…..Why? Simple… they don’t have the ‘Mass Appeal’. And this is where MJ stands out.

Another trademark that sets MJ apart from other local artists is that he is original. In other words, he cannot be labeled as a copycat. Of course, like all other artists, MJ might have been inspired and influenced by some iconic western and Indian artists. And indeed, one can see traces of imitations and copying in some of his songs. But still then, he has been able to maintain his originality and indigenousness in a most impressive manner. I guess this is the reason why he was such a big hit amongst the listeners even in the 1980s and 1990s when there was literally noone and no company to promote him and his songs.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, MJ was known only as an Angami personality. But over the years he has been able to evolve and present himself as an inter-tribal personality. Today, whether you are an Angami, an Ao, a Lotha, a Sema or of any other Naga tribe, Methaneilie is no stranger to you.

As the saying goes, “you may love him or you may hate him…… but you cannot ignore him”.

In terms of wealth and money, MJ may not be a rich or influential person. But if we are to go by the parameters of fame, popularity and individual charisma, Methaneilie is undoubtedly one of the most prominent personalities of contemporary Naga society. Therefore, it was no wonder that when the Nagaland state government instituted the Governor’s Award in 2003 for acknowledging excellence in the field of art, music and literature, Methaneilie was one of the first recipients.

It is really heart-warming, encouraging as well as inspiring to know that Methaneilie, despite his advancing age, is still in a position to sing and perform in concerts and I wish him many more years of happy singing and meaningful compositions which will ultimately go on to cement his legacy as a true Naga legend.

Global Citizenship, A Result of Emerging Global Consciousness arsenio Rodriguez Inter Press Service of different cultures, views and social belongings.

There is, however, as part of the global synthesis and interconnectedness process, a socio-cultural energy of resistance, acting as a counterforce. And although many people define and identify themselves as global citizens, the cultures and societies in which they live do not easily accept their status, and constantly try to place and categorise them.

Wherever they feel at home, they are simultaneously perceived as outsiders, tourists, and as members of a foreign culture. Simultaneously, as the world integration persists, cultural entrenchments, ethnic, religious and parochial groups resist, fearing the dissolving forces of globalisation, manifesting the resistance in fundamentalism, violence and tribal and ethnic wars.

Culture and globalisation have come to be understood as mutually exclusive and antithetical; the former is typically associated with one specific culture while the latter signifies the homogenisation of all cultures into one.

For the global citizen, self-understanding and cultural identity are defined by the lack of belonging to a specific culture. Global citizens lose their sense of belonging and become strangers to society, but in return they gain the freedom of self-expression and self-definition since they are unfettered by the normative constraints of culture and society.

The world is in the midst of a great transition. Prevailing business as usual models are not going to work for a nine billion, highly consumptive society. Scientific, business and government authorities throughout the world agree that we need to align our

production and consumption cycles, our markets, with the natural cycles of our life support systems.

And our fragmented approaches are not efficient or effective enough to accomplish this. We need a global consciousness and a global citizenship.

Not a global government but a federated international system based on collaboration and cooperation, rather than competition and hegemony, linking citizenry in their respective communities and countries on issues of common interest and with respect for the cultural diversity.

And it cannot be not just be governments participating in this concerted effort of international cooperation. Private business stands today as the most powerful sector in the planet. However, it has yet to assume a corresponding responsibility in shaping the future of the societal context in which it is embedded and on which it ultimately depends.

A new world-culture is emerging through an integral vision, which is independent of existing traditions and conserved values. It is initiating a new way of thinking in terms of an indivisible totality, and it discards the relative values of comparison in favour of the recognition of the intrinsic worth of everything and everyone.

Increasing numbers of people, communities, even corporate enterprises are increasingly understanding this interconnectedness and the advantage of cooperation and collaboration as a business model.

The movement to global citizenship should be to connect people committed to create a just, peaceful, and sustainable world, to accelerate a cohesive global movement of personal

and social transformation, reflecting the unity of humanity.

True global citizens aim to connect caring communities, groups, and individuals at a global level, to promote understanding of humanity’s underlying unity and advance its expression through peace, social justice and ecological balance. Anyone who transforms his/her perception of the world from one of me against “the other”, of “us” versus “them”, into a unified perception that recognises the interconnectedness of life starts to belong to the global citizenship movement.

This emergence is already happening everywhere as people are becoming conscious at many levels of political organisation, that the functioning of the life support systems that underwrite the well-being and prosperity of humanity is at risk.

There is broad consensus amongst the world’s scientific, business, intergovernmental and nongovernmental communities that: (a) we need to align our production and consumption cycles and our markets with the natural regenerative cycles of nature; (b) prevailing business-asusual models based on intense and wasteful consumption are not going to work for the expected nine billion inhabitants; (c) there is an urgency to change our ways; and (d) piecemeal approaches are not effective or scalable enough.

Sustainable solutions are there, people are already making a difference, making things happen. All we need to do is a wide-range scaling up and a fast acceleration of this process.

We have a systems problem, so we need a systemic solution. There is only one force on earth that is powerful enough to fix this – all of us. We need to collaborate consciously in the largest enterprise, ever to be set in motion; one that contains all others –a truly global citizenry and for this we need a massive cultural change in our consciousness.

Arsenio Rodriguez is Chairman and CEO of Devnet International, an association that works to create, promote and support partnerships and exchanges among civil society organisations, local authorities and entrepreneurs throughout the world.

A man and his son were going to the market with their donkey. As they were walking along, a countryman passed them and said: “You fools! What is a donkey for but to ride upon?” Hearing that the man put the son on the donkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said “See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides.” Hearing that the man ordered his son to get off, and sat on the donkey himself. But they hadn’t gone far when they passed two women, one of whom said to the other “Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little son trudge along.” Hearing that the man pulled up his son and so that both of them were sitting on the donkey.

By this time they had come to the town, and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said: “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey with you and your hulking son?” Then the man and boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought and they thought, till at last they cut down a pole, tied the donkey’s feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders.

They went along amid the laughter of all who met them till they came to the market bridge, when the donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the boy to drop his end of the pole. In the struggle the donkey fell over the bridge, and his forefeet being tied together he drowned. “That will teach you,” said an old wise man who had followed them and then said “Please all, and you will please none.”

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he point is we can't please everyone. We have to figure out what we have, in what context, and accordingly make wise decisions. There are many factors that affects our lives, either directly or indirectly. Be it from individual choices, family, society, and leaders (political, economic, religion). The question is, are we putting our efforts to better our society or are we creating our own brand or are we trying to please others for your own benefit?

What is something that we can change today? As responsible citizens we can do something and commit to making a positive impact in our own circles. There is so much that we can change. But the first and most important one is the change from within instead of trying to fit in. If we do that we can change the society as a whole. As we enter a new year, do we continue thinking about and trying to solve social and individual issues using the same pattern and tools, or do we rediscover or redesign or restandardise the way we think? One way to do that is to apply the marketing discipline to social issues and causes and use it as a framework for developing innovative solutions for social issues.

One of the important functions of marketing is to understand the consumer and satisfy their needs and wants. The key tenet of marketing is really about listening and understanding the consumer. You cannot be a responsible individual, an honourable political leader, a dynamic church leader, a noble teacher or a successful entrepreneur without knowing the power of listening. We cannot bring changes from what we do if there is no value, what you preach in the church if it is hypocritical, what you promise if it is just words, or what you teach in the classroom if there is no substance. And to deliver the change what we really need to do is listen.

To solve issues and to move forward, we should agree to a common framework so that we can (i) analyse and evaluate our own duties and responsibilities, services and behaviors that will improve individual and social well-being, (ii) realign incentives and costs to facilitate behaviours for the individual and social goods, (iii) create opportunities and improve the services that encourage and support. Besides everything, what we should be is audience-centric.

Until every individual shares common frameworks for understanding and communicating with each other, we cannot expect much beyond a blind man describing an elephant. “degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a naaC accredited UGC recognised Commerce and arts College.

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A reformed UN can respond to crises more effectively: President United Nations Secretary General Ban Kimoon shakes hand with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Tuesday, January 13. Ban is in the country on a four-day official trip.

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nEW DElhI, January 13 (IanS): A reformed and effective United Nation will be able to respond to the crises afflicting the world in a more decisive manner, President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Ban called on the president at Rashtrapati Bhavan Tuesday. Welcoming the UN chief to India, Mukherjee said the UN was in urgent need of reform for its own credibility and legitimacy of its decisions and added that the UN needs to represent the geo-political realities of today.

The president said it was true there were divergences on the reforms, but the UN has been created to iron out these divergences and find solutions acceptable to the large section of the international community. Reform of the UN should be advanced at least in the 70th year of the organisation this year, he stressed. India hopes and counts upon the UN secretary general’s leadership and persuasive skills to steer the discussions for urgent reform of the UN, he said, according to an official statement from Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Drawing attention to the recent terrorist incidents in Peshawar and Paris, the president said terrorism was no longer a debating issue. Terrorists engage in wanton destruction and show no respect for borders or values. He said the international community must assert itself and tackle the problem of terrorism and the UN secretary general should take the initiative in this regard.

Mukherjee also expressed happiness that the international community was working to finalise a set of SDGs (sustainable development goals) and a comprehensive post-2015 development agenda. India was firm in its commitment to the UN Charter and support of the UN system, he added.

Responding to the president, Ban said India was a critically important global power. He agreed that the international community should take firm action on the matter of terrorism. There was huge solidarity expressed by the world after the incident in Paris but committed action was even more important, he said.

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CWC meet: Sonia attacks PM Modi for his silence on provocative statements nEW DElhI, January 13 (agEnCIES): Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and charged that the NDA government has “dictatorial” tendencies even as her party’s leaders met here to draw up a strategy for painting the ruling alliance as being “anti farmer”.

In her opening remarks at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s apex decision-making body, Sonia accused the prime minister of “ignoring provocative statements and speeches” by members of his Cabinet as well as BJP leaders and alleged that it was a continuation of the “strategy of polarisation” adopted during Lok Sabha polls.

With the party facing a depleting support base ever since its debacle in the general elections last year, Sonia asked senior leaders to “propose ways and means to reach out to the masses” at the meeting which was held to deliberate on plans for holding nationwide agitations against the land ordinance and other farmer issues.

On the question of the ordinance, she said, “The country’s democratic institutions are being undermined. The BJP-led government has already promulgated 10 ordinances in its seven-month tenure”, and added that the NDA dispensation is operating through a “per-

India’s opposition Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, center, speaks to her son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, as former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh adjusts his chair during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday, January 13. The CWC is the highest decision making body of the Congress party. (AP Photo)

ilous” notion that ordinances constitute goood governance.

She also questioned whether there was “an ulterior motive behind this hurry (to bring ordinances)?” Accusing the government of having “effectively destroyed” the Land Acquisition Act, which was brought in by the Congress -led UPA, she said that NDA “brought back, through the back door, the law passed by the British in 1894.”

At the meeting which went on for four hours, the party also discussed organisational issues like re-introducing the activemember concept, bringing down the tenure of elected office bearers from five to three years and providing 50 per cent reservation to SC, ST, OBC and minorities in district and state committees of the party.

Also at the meeting, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi made a strong pitch for empowering grassroots workers and delegating powers to block presidents.

Meanwhile, scotching media speculation regarding elevation of Rahul as the Congress president, AICC general secretary Ambika Soni said the matter was not on the agenda of CWC and there was no discussion in that regard at the meeting.

“That was not on the agenda. What was not on the agenda cannot be disccused… When we are getting the help of both, why are you talking about it again and again,” she said when asked whether anybody had raised the issue of Rahul’s elevation.

Sonia noted that all Congress workers and

leaders have to contribute towards reviving the party’s fortunes and acknowledged that both “structural changes and changes in the leadership style are required”.

“While it is important that we reflect on shortcomings that caused our defeat both in Lok Sabha (polls) and in recent Assembly elections and on the need to re-energise our party, we need to be extra vigilant about what is happening around us,” the Congress chief said as she accused BJP of undermining institutions by following the ordinance route.

She said that a key aspect for the strengthening of Congress would be the expansion of the party’s worker base.

“Our organisational structure must be such as to allow for our membership

drive to become a force to galvanise our workers. We will use our ongoing membership enrolment programme to launch a masscontact mission, which has to be unprecedented in scale and scope.

“As we are embarking on registering new members, we have to ensure that our internal processes and systems are sufficiently robust to recognise, reward and nurture talent,” the Congress President said before the CWC took up detailed discussion on organisational issues.

Expressing confidence that Congress will bounce back, Sonia said, “The way forward should be that we go back to the people. All of us, from the AICC down to the block level, need to renew ties and connections with people everywhere, listen to their grievances

and aspirations and then find a way to articulate their hopes and desires.”

She said that a mass political party has to reach out to all sections of society.

“Congress has a historical obligation to renew, reinvigorate and revive itself.

This is as much true of the organisation as of the individuals themselves,” she added.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said they had held detailed discussions on whether to continue with the five-year tenure for party office bearers, as was enforced through an amendment at the Burari session of Congress in 2010, or go back to the earlier threeyear tenure.

“Earlier, there was a provision for two kinds of members. After two years of their enrolment as members, they used to be elevated as active members. It was later changed to only one kind of membership.

Leaders today discussed whether to revert to the old system of two kinds of membership.

“Besides, there was also a deliberation on whether there should be separate membership for Congress and its front wings, like Mahila Congress, Youth Congress, Seva Dal and others, or whether it should be one.

There was also discussion on reserving 50 per cent seats for OBCs, SCs, STs and minorities in states and districts,” Dwivedi said.

Bootleg liquor kills at least 28 in UP, 160 hospitalized ‘21st century should be of peace, dialogue’ luCKnoW, January 13 (aP): A bad batch of bootleg liquor killed at least 28 people and sent 160 others to hospitals in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Tuesday.

Many of the victims had gathered to watch a cricket match Sunday evening in a village about 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the state capital, Lucknow, government official Anil Garg said.

By midday Tuesday, 28 people had died, including 11 in a nearby village, police officer Mukul Goel said. Doctors in Lucknow said some of those hospitalized were in serious condition and were breathing with respirators, and some had lost their eyesight.

Police arrested the shop owner who sold the pouches of homemade alcohol for about 30 cents each. A raid of the shop uncovered large containers of chemicals, which were sent to a laboratory for testing, district official R.K. Pandey said.

“The symptoms gave a clear indication that these patients were served meth-

Indian women mourn around the bodies of two men, who died after consuming a bad batch of bootleg liquor in Datli village, about 30 kms southwest of Lucknow on Tuesday, January 13. (AP Photo)

yl alcohol,” which despite being toxic is sometimes mixed with ethyl alcohol to make a brew cheaper, said Dr. Kausar Usman, head of the trauma center at Lucknow’s King George’s Medical College.

Deaths from drinking illegally brewed alcohol are common in India because

the poor cannot afford licensed liquor.

Villager Rajesh Kumar, whose two older brothers became ill after drinking the liquor on Monday, said the shop in Datli village was well known for selling inexpensive alcohol, and that many men came from surrounding villages to buy it.

The state’s highest elected official, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, suspended six police officers suspected of taking bribes to ignore complaints about the shop and its alcohol, and announced that a “drive will be launched against those involved in the illicit liquor trade.”

KolKata, January 13 (IanS): Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama Tuesday said the 21st century should be a century of peace and batted for dialogue as the sole route to resolve conflicts.

“We must make 21st century a century of peace. The last century, the 20th century, was a century of violence. Peace doesn’t mean absence of conflict. There is always a potential for conflict... human population is increasing.

“There’s no other alternative to solve problems other than talks. This should be the century of dialogue to attain peace,” he said during a lecture at the Presidency University here.

The Dalai Lama emphasised secular ways of education. “Use various ways and means to educate to incorporate the concept of oneness and warm heartedness. Then next generation will be different. Plan properly secular ways to educate in moral values,” he said, expressing concern on inclination towards materialistic values in modern education.

“I am very much worried about materialistic values (in education).. there is no warm heartedness,” he said. Highlighting the importance of mental peace, he said: “My generation (the 20th century generation) created a lot of problems and the 21st century generation must solve them. I don’t think within our gen-

eration, it will be possible to achieve “Many Marxist leaders are now that but we must start work. You capitalists in their thinking. It deneed vision, will and wisdom.” pends on their thinking, motivation and wider perspective,” he said. ExAm still a Marxist, says Dalai Lama horting the students at the varsity Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai to play an “active” role in shaping a Lama Tuesday described himself as a non-violent future he underscored “Marxist” in the context of socio-eco- the importance of bridging the gap nomic theory. “We must have a hu- between the rich and poor. “In capiman approach. Capitalism (is) good, talist countries, there is an increassocialism (is) wonderful. As far as so- ing gap between the rich and the cioeconomic theory, I am Marxist... poor. In Marxism, there is emphasis still I am Marxist,” he said during a lec- on equal distribution which is imture at the Presidency University here. portant,” he said.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets the audience as he arrives to speak on “A Human Approach to World Peace” at Presidency College in Kolkata on Tuesday, January 13. (AP Photo)

Court charges Uber driver with rape CBI questions senior I-T ‘India following and kidnapping officials in bribery case ‘constructive engagement’ policy with China”

nEW DElhI, January 13 (aP): A New Delhi court charged an Uber cab driver on Tuesday with rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation in a case that has renewed a national fury over chronic sexual violence in India. Authorities are still investigating whether Uber should also be charged.

Judge Kaveri Baweja ordered the case to begin Thursday in a special fast-track court set up in 2013 to bypass India’s lumbering judicial system.

The 32-year-old suspect, Shiv Kumar Yadav, entered a plea of innocence. He has been in custody since a 25-year-old woman filed a police complaint alleging he assaulted her after she hired him for a ride home on Dec. 5.

Authorities, meanwhile, were still investigating the possibility of criminal charges against the company for allegedly misrepresenting the safety of its service, police official Brijendra Kumar Yadav said. “That is a separate case, and will take some time,” he said, without giving details.

The case has appalled many in India, occurring almost exactly 2 years after a young woman was fatally gang raped on a bus in the capital.

It has sparked new demands for better protections for women.

It also dealt a blow to Uber, which has attracted global praise and controversy with a service that lets passengers summon cars through an app in more than 250 cities around the world.

The taxi alternative, valued at $40 billion, faces multiple legal and regulatory challenges as

In this Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 file photo, 32-yearold Shiv Kumar Yadav, center, a driver from the international taxi-booking service Uber, is escorted by police to be produced to a court in New Delhi. (AP File Photo)

it expands in the United States and elsewhere, including a lawsuit in California alleging that it exaggerates how comprehensive its driver background checks are.

After the rape case in New Delhi, Indian police questioned an Uber official about the company’s claim it conducts comprehensive background checks. The company was also banned in the capital as well as in the southern technology hub of Hyderabad and the entire southern state of Karnataka.

nEW DElhI, January 13 (tnn): CBI on Monday questioned two senior income tax officials in Mumbai, including an IRS officer of deputy commissioner rank who head the I-T investigation wing, in connection with the bribery racket busted on Saturday. The agency also claimed to have recovered four kg of gold jewellery and 130 kg of silver from arrested chartered accountants in Chennai, which was allegedly meant to be given to the I-T officials as illegal gratification.

CBI said it is probing all the cases cleared by the IRS officer, which came to him through the arrested CAs and their associates.

Sources said the questioning of these I-T officials will continue on Tuesday even as the role of another officer is being scrutinised.

Sources said gold and silver estimated to be worth over Rs 1 crore, seized from

the chartered accountants, was allegedly meant for I-T officials for settling tax disputes of businessmen.

CBI said it is investigating a larger conspiracy of I-T officials, chartered accountants and businessmen being hand in glove to settle tax probe against companies/individuals in exchange of bribe.

Sources said CBI will move the special court seeking custody of arrested chartered accountant Sanjay Bhandari.

The agency arrested Joint Commissioner in Chennai Salong Yaden, chartered accountants Sanjay Bhandari and Shreyas Bhandari and the managing director of Chennai-based real estate firm, SPG and R G Hitesh Kawad, in connection with the bribery scandal.

During the searches, CBI had also seized about Rs 55 lakh in cash from a chartered accountant in

Mumbai, who is alleged to be an associate of the Bhandaris and was in touch with Mumbai-based I-T officials.

Sources said they recovered some documents during searches which showed that the IRS officer, who is being questioned, took Rs 10 lakh from Sanjay Bhandari to settle a case in which the I-T department had conducted raids and recovered gold, silver and other articles.

About Bhandari’s associate Devendra Mehta, sources alleged several bundles of cash totalling about Rs 55 lakh, which were allegedly meant to be given to several senior officers in the I-Tax department for different, have been recovered by the agency.

In 16 places searched so far, the agency has seized cash and ornaments worth over Rs one crore, 16 laptops, 13 CPUs, nine mobile phones, three i-pads, property papers and other documents, they claimed.

nEW DElhI, January 13 (IanS): India was following a policy of “constructive engagement” with China, army chief Gen. Dalbir Singh said Tuesday, and noted that demarcation of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the two countries was the first step towards resolution of the border dispute.

Addressing the annual press conference ahead of Army Day, Gen. Dalbir Singh said acquisition of artillery guns, thirdgeneration missiles, upgrading armoured vehicles, augmenting army aviation and strengthening infantry were among “critical areas” for force modernisation that were being put on fast-track.

He said infrastructure development, especially along the northern and northeastern borders, remains a priority to “meet the large capability gap”.

“Our borders with China remain peaceful as we pursue a policy of constructive engagement. Our confidence building measures have been very effective. Increased army-to-army exchanges have improved our mutual understanding over contentious issues,” he said.

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Pope calls for pursuit of truth in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, January 13 (reuters): Pope Francis called on Sri Lanka to uncover the truth of what happened during its bloody civil war as part of a healing process between religious communities, as he arrived in Colombo a few days after the island’s wartime leaders were voted out.

Soon after landing in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka, Francis appeared to make the case for a truth commission to investigate the 26-year civil war, an election pledge of the government voted into office on Thursday.

“The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth, not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather as a necessary means of promoting justice, healing and unity,” he said, draped in a long garland of yellow and white roses.

Francis was speaking at Bandaranaike international airport, where he was met by President Maithripala Sirisena, troupes of dancers and a children’s choir. Sirisena said the visit was a blessing for his new government.

The pontiff departed past a long line of costumed elephants, reaching their trunks towards his open-topped white jeep, which briefly came to a halt surrounded by crowds lining the road. The motorcade’s slow progress meant he arrived late in the capital, Colombo, and cancelled an afternoon meeting with bishops.

Francis is the first pope to visit Sri Lanka in 20 years.

Pope mania sweeps Philippines

Wind blows Pope Francis’ mantle as he delivers his speech at Colombo’s International airport, Sri Lanka on Tuesday, January 13. Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka Tuesday at the start of a weeklong Asian tour saying the island nation can’t fully heal from a quarter-century of ethnic civil war without pursuing truth for the injustices committed.

(AP Photo)

Fighting between the mainly Hindu Tamils and the and mostly Buddhist Sinhalese majority ended in 2009 with a crushing defeat for the Tamils.

A 2011 U.N. estimate put the death toll from the final army assault at up to 40,000 civilians.

Pope Francis had firsthand experience of devastating civil strife as a priest in his native Argentina during its “Dirty War”. A subsequent 50,000-page

truth report revealed shocking details of kidnappings, rape and torture by the military junta.

The 78-year-old will spend two days in Sri Lanka before heading to the Philippines as part of a trip aimed at shoring-up the Church’s presence in developing nations. The week-long tour is his second to Asia.

The Pope carried a message of inter-faith dialogue, chiming with the new gov-

ernment’s push for religious harmony.

“My government is promoting peace and friendship among our people after overcoming a cruel terrorist conflict. We have people who believe in religious tolerance and coexistence based on centuries old religious heritage,” Sirisena said.

However, Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, was doubtful the new gov-

ernment would agree to a U.N. inquiry into the end of the war. Sirisena was acting defence minister as the war wound up.

“Sirisena has also said he is not going to back an international investigation,” said Ganguly.

About 70 percent of Sri Lankans are Buddhists.

Hindus make up about 13 percent and Muslims 10 percent. Catholics are about 7 percent, split between ethnic Sinhalese

ManILa, January 13 (aP): Well before Pope Francis’ plane touches down in this Asian bastion of the Roman Catholic faith, Filipinos have been snapping their selfies beside his life-sized cutout image in churches and malls. His face beams from welcome posters, shirts, cookies, coins, stamps, coffee mugs and all imaginable mementoes.

There’s even “Pope Francis, the Musical,” in which the pontiff is portrayed singing a little One Direction. Filipinos have welcomed popes with rock-star intensity since 1970; the late John Paul II visited twice. Pope Francis’ Jan. 15-19 trip, following his ongoing Sri Lanka visit, promises to be as big or bigger, in part because the country has many painful reasons to look for hope.

The leader of the 1.2 billion-strong Catholic world will visit eastern Leyte province, where Typhoon Haiyan killed thousands and leveled entire villages in November 2013. In addition, the pontiff’s focus on poverty, inequality and such social ills has resonated in this poor country of 100 million, where a tenth of the population work abroad to support their families back home.

“Filipinos are excited about the visit because people have a lot of problems and have been through a lot of calamities,” retired government employee Josephine Graza told The Associated Press after Mass at a Catholic church in Manila. and Tamils.

Francis will canonize Sri Lanka’s first Catholic saint on Wednesday, and visit a pilgrimage site that was shelled in 1999.

Human Dignity Francis called for a more inclusive society in Sri Lanka, in comments that seemed directed at former president and wartime leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, who lost office after a resurgence in reli-

“They want to see the pope so their heavy hearts can be relieved, so their problems can be bearable.” “You always feel that he cares,” said retired doctor Marina Bringas.

Pope mania has hit the road, cyberspace and the airwaves. In Manila, a company sells 12-inch bespectacled Pope Francis dolls. T-shirts, button pins, posters, key chains and mugs with pictures of the pontiff smiling and waving are sold by Catholic charities, street vendors and online shopping sites. In northern Benguet province, an artist created pontiff bobblehead dolls, with one hand waving.

An official website runs a countdown to Francis’ arrival and offers meticulous details of his visit and life, including the fact that he once worked as a nightclub bouncer. Tarpaulins with Francis’ smiling image line the spruced-up streets of Manila, where preparations for the visit have peaked. Three work days falling within his visit have been declared holidays. In churches, nine days of prayers for the pope’s safety commenced Jan. 6.

In a country where singing is a passion, local artists have recorded at least two papal visit souvenir albums of mostly original songs. Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, known for his baritone, is one of the crooners.

With excitement building up, President Benigno Aquino III appealed on national television Monday for Filipinos to strictly follow security guidelines.

gious tensions and anger at alleged corruption.

“The great work of rebuilding must embrace improving infrastructures and meeting material needs, but also, and even more importantly, promoting human dignity, respect for human rights, and the full inclusion of each member of society,” he said, speaking under the hot morning sun.

Rajapaksa is feted as a hero for ending three decades of war. He also pre-

sided over a period of fast economic growth and infrastructure reconstruction.

However, he refused to allow a fully independent inquiry into alleged war crimes and presided over a period of growing repression of religious minorities as well as political opponents.

Rajapaksa’s rule coincided with isolated attacks led by hardline Buddhist monks against churches and other Christian centres.

Malaysia court sentences 2 cops Kerry urges Pak to fight terror groups threatening the region to death for Mongolian murder

KuaLa LuMPur, January 13 (aP): Malaysia’s top court on Tuesday sentenced two police officers to death by hanging, after overturning their acquittal by a lower court over the killing of a Mongolian woman who had an affair with a friend of the prime minister.

The verdict ended an eight-year saga surrounding the high-profile case that the opposition has repeatedly sought to link to Prime Minister Najib Razak.

The officers were the only suspects found guilty of shooting Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006 and blowing up her body with military explosives.

Opposition leaders have repeatedly said that Najib must have had a role in approving the killing, but the prime minister has denied any links.

A High Court judge in 2009 sentenced the officers to be hanged, but the Court of Appeals acquitted them in 2013.

Prosecutor Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah said a five-member Federal Court panel unanimously ruled Tuesday that the prosecution had proven its case and that the Court of Appeals was wrong in reversing the findings of the trial court. “The Federal Court has sentenced them to death,” he said.

The prosecution had contended that the murder of Shaariibuu, 28,

was ordered by her former lover Abdul Razak Baginda, a prominent defense analyst, after their affair ended.

The High Court in 2008 acquitted Abdul Razak, a married man and a former confidante of Prime Minister Najib, of charges of abetting the murder.

Abdul Razak has said that Shaariibuu kept pestering him for money and threatened to go public with their affair, prompting him to seek help from the two police officers, who worked for an elite unit assigned to VIP security. The two officers acknowledged picking up Shaariibuu from outside Abdul Razak’s house.

The prosecution alleged they took her to a jungle clearing and killed her.

Both officers denied murdering her. One of them, Azilah Hadri, said he handed Shaariibuu over to his colleague, Sirul Azhar Umar, and never saw her again. During the trial, Sirul said he was “just a scapegoat who has to be sacrificed to cover up the ill intentions of those who were not in court.”

Tun Abdul Majid, the prosecutor, said he had obtained a warrant of arrest for Sirul, who failed to appear in court Tuesday. He said the two men can appeal to the state sultan for a pardon to commute their death sentence to imprisonment.

IsLaMaBaD, January 13 (reuters): Pakistan must fight militant groups that threaten Afghan, Indian and U.S. interests, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday as he offered sympathy for the victims of last month’s massacre of children at a Pakistani school.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan has long been suspected by the West of playing a double game, fighting some militants while supporting those its generals have regarded as strategic assets to be used against rivals and neighbours, India and Afghanistan.

Visiting Pakistan after going to India over the weekend, Kerry said all militant groups should be targetted to bring security to the region.

“Terror groups like the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani network, Lashkar-e Taiba, and other groups, continue to pose a threat to Pakistan, to its neighbours, and to the United States,” Kerry told a news conference in Islamabad, listing some of the most feared groups.

“And all of us have a responsibility to ensure that

Pakistani Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, right, shakes hand with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, after their joint press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, January 13. Kerry praised the Pakistani military’s operation against militants in the country’s northwest, saying the results are “significant.” (AP Photo)

these groups do not gain a foothold but rather are pushed back into the recesses of (Pakistan’s) memory. ... Make no mistake. The task is a difficult one and it is not done.”

Most U.S.-led forces in neighbouring Afghanistan officially completed their combat mission last month, prompting concern about the stability of the region

where insurgents have been increasingly aggressive in past months.

Following last month’s attack on the school in which 134 children were killed, Pakistan has promised to stop differentiating between “good” and “bad” militants and to step up operations against their hideouts on the Afghan border.

Although observers have noted some progress, most agree that Pakistan has yet to show that it is seriously committed to go after all groups equally, including the powerful Haqqani network which attacks targets in Afghanistan from its bases in Pakistan.

“Obviously, the proof is going to be in the pudding,” Kerry said. “It will be seen over the next days, weeks, months, how extensive and how successful this effort is going to be.”

Kerry said Washington, which has spent billions of dollars on military aid to Pakistan to help it fight insurgents, would provide an additional $250 million in food, shelter and other assistance to help people displaced by conflict in tribal areas.

Speaking alongside Kerry, Pakistani foreign adviser Sartaj Aziz made a plea for the United States to keep giving Pakistan money to help rebuild the regions where the Pakistani military has been fighting militant groups.

“We expect our defence forces to remain engaged in counterterrorism opera-

tions for some time in the foreseeable future,” Aziz said. “Continuation of coalition support fund reimbursements are therefore a valuable support that must continue in the interests of both countries.”

Pakistan was deeply scarred by the December attack when a group of gunmen killed the children at a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar in revenge for an army operation against Taliban hideouts.

Some analysts believe the national revulsion over brutal attack could convince hawks in the military to withdraw support for militants, like the Haqqanis. For its part, the government has reassured the West and its own sceptical public that it was doing everything to eliminate insurgent violence, reinstating the death penalty and expanding military operations in the tribal North Waziristan region. “The tragedy of Dec. 16 is really a reminder of the serious risks of allowing extremists to find space and … command that space and operate within it,” Kerry said.

Haiti marks five years after devastating quake

This combo of two photos shows a Feb. 15, 2010 file photo, top, of people selling goods outside the ruins of the old Iron Market, a month after it was destroyed by a powerful earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and photo taken almost 5 years later on Jan. 10, 2015, showing the market which was rebuilt by Haiti’s biggest employer, mobile phone company Digicel. (AP Photo)

POrt-au-PrInCe, January 13 (aP): On crowded streets where fragile concrete homes collapsed and anguished people searched through rubble for loved ones, Haitians paused to remember the devastating January 2010 earthquake that shattered much of the teeming capital and surrounding area.

At 4:53 p.m., the time five years ago when the 7.0 magnitude quake heaved the ground and upended the lives of millions, many Port-au-Prince residents shared a moment to remember the dead before taking comfort in routines of everyday life.

“Five years ago, Haiti was in great pain. I pray for those who died and I thank you God for not taking the lives of my children,” Edline Guervil said with her eyes shut tight during a family prayer at her laundry shop in a hard-hit neighborhood where many died.

Hundreds of people attended a Catholic Mass just after dawn at a new church built alongside the ruined National Cathedral, the towering remnants of broken walls still dominating the impov-

erished Bel Air neighborhood in downtown Port-au-Prince.

“This is the anniversary of the day I can never forget,” Gladys Lambard, who lost her husband and sister in the quake, said as she walked into the church armin-arm with her 14-year-old daughter. “The sadness of that day marked me forever.”

Yet, as the nation of 10 million marked the fifth anniversary of the quake, a political crisis between Haiti’s president and parliament that has delayed legislative elections threatens to undermine the troubled country’s political stability.

President Michel Martelly and opposition lawmakers have been embroiled in a political showdown since 2011, when he was supposed to call a vote for a majority of Senate seats, the entire Chamber of Deputies and local offices. A group of opposition senators who accuse Martelly of trying to undermine the Constitution have blocked a vote that would lead to approval of an electoral law.

Parliament’s mandate comes to a close Monday and no law has

been authorized to allow a vote.

The president, who leaves office next year, could soon sign a decree allowing Haiti to hold legislative elections later this year.

On Monday morning, he told The Associated Press that he was losing hope that lawmakers would pass a law in the hours before Parliament dissolves.

“It’s their responsibility to do it, it’s not mine. I just hope that they do it, but it’s been there for so long that I think we have little chance,” he told AP at a memorial service for earthquake victims at a mass burial site north of the capital.

After days of negotiations with opposition figures, the president announced Sunday he had forged a last-minute accord with leaders of four opposition parties, leading to hopes an electoral law could soon be passed. But an emergency parliamentary session scheduled for Monday did not take place.

At a memorial service on the national holiday, Martelly contrasted the solidarity Haitians displayed in the immediate aftermath of the quake with the messy

political situation it is enduring now. Opposition protesters have repeatedly clashed with riot police in downtown Port-au-Prince as they press for the president’s departure.

“Enough is enough,” Martelly said during his speech, addressing his words to opposition groups orchestrating the street protests. “Give the country a chance, in the name of the all the victims who died five years ago.”

Martelly spoke on the northern outskirts of Port-au-Prince, where he and the first lady placed white flowers before a large chunk of rubble set on a concrete pedestal. The site is being developed as a memorial for those who lost their lives.

The government has said more than 300,000 people were killed but the exact toll is unknown because there was no systematic effort to count bodies amid the chaos and destruction.

Carine Joiceus, a 24-year-old customs worker who attended the memorial Mass in Bel Air, had to have one of her arms amputated near the shoulder after she

was pinned by falling rubble at a university. She has since had two children and says she has learned to live with her disability.

“I remember just crying the first year after it happened,” Joiceus said. “But since then, I’m moving ahead with my life and thinking of the future. “ For the country as a whole, the recovery has been uneven.

The United Nations says Haiti has received more than 80 percent of about $12.45 billion pledged by more than 50 countries and multilateral agencies since the disaster, a combination of humanitarian assistance, recovery aid and disaster relief.

Parts of the capital are awash in new construction and the number of people in dismal tent camps has dropped from around 1.5 million after the quake to around 80,000.

But Haiti also remains a desperately poor country facing many of the same challenges as before the earthquake. The World Bank says more than 6 million out of roughly 10.4 million inhabitants live under the national poverty line of $2.44 per day.

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ASA Open Wrestling Championship KOHIma, JaNuaRY 13 (mExN): Angami Sports Association’s (ASA) First Open Wrestling Championship 2015 exclusively for Angami wrestlers will take place on February 6 at Kohima Local Ground.

Forms will be available at Sports World, Kohima old Taxi stand and Network Counter, BOC area. Registration fee is fixed at Rs.300 and the last date of submission is January 30.

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Rockets rout Nets after Howard-Garnett scuffle

Winter Cricket Tournament DImaPuR, JaNuaRY 13 (mExN): The 10th Winter Cricket Tournament, organized by Euphoria Club Chukitong, will be held from January 20 to 24.

A press release from the Organizing Committee, Euphoria Club, Chukitong. For further information, one may contact - 8794462752, 8794928792.

ERSA sports meet-2015 DImaPuR, JaNuaRY 13 (mExN): The Englan Range Sports Association (ERSA) Annual Sports Meet 2015 successfully concluded at DHEP Doyang Football Ground.

Rhanbemo K. Odyuo president NPF youth wing 37 A/C graced the tournament as chief guest while J. Impang Ao, Sr. manager CCMC DHEP Doyang was the guest of honour. A press release from ERSA General Secretary, K. Zachamo Odyuo, informed that Doyang Outsider Youth Welfare Association (DOYWA) emerged as champions in Mens’ football while Englan Centre Team (ECT) came runners-up.

United Baptist Church Doyang (UBCD) was awarded the best team. In women’s volleyball, Mt. Morashen Club (MMC) emerged as champions, while Yikhum came runners up. RC Murry, manager, Power House DHEP, sponsored the prize for the women’s volleyball champion, while Vandan Murry Cl-1 Contractor sponsored the prize for men’s football runners-up.

Senior footballer of Nagaland and a member of Nagaland Referee Board Sanjit Difoe is voluntarily organizing a free football coaching for under 14 (fourteen) age group at Kachari Sports Complex, Darogajan. Difoe has called upon interested player to join the coaching during 1 to 2 pm at Bamunpukhuri-II Playground and 2 to 3 pm at Kachari Sports Complex, Darogajan.

Players are urged to bring their own kit including football.

NFA announce players for Santosh Trophy KO H I m a , Ja N ua RY 1 3 (mExN): 25 players have been provisionally selected to represent Nagaland in the forthcoming Santosh Trophy 2015 at Marigoan, Assam from January 18. A press release from the Nagaland Football

Association (NFA) informed.

The players include: Pesuduibe Solo, Vekuto Puro, Mezhiilhoukho, Beilie Rio, Kedithundo, Velukho, Dominic, Sentiyanger, Chinithung, Sanyem, Wapang, Stefen Rutsa, Keneisedelie, Medoneituo Sekhose,

Ninja, Mantok, Nandai Bonang, Tingyet Konyak, Rhitso, Limakumzuk, Toshi Longkumer, Lipok, Kezhose Mathew, Yhunshalo Kemp and Sakutemsii. Team coach- William Koso, team manager- Zakielatuo Seletsu and Zakie as physiotherapist.

Man United better off under Van Gaal Rob Harris

AP Sports Writer

There's a simple way of measuring if there has been any progress at Manchester United under Louis van Gaal: the Premier League position and the points tally.

After Sunday's 1-0 loss to Southampton, with United on 37 points after 21 games, it was inevitable comparisons would be drawn with Van Gaal's predecessor. After 21 games, David Moyes had also collected 37 points. So after a year of turmoil, despite more than $250 million spent revamping the squad, United has made no progress?

"You have been waiting for the moment to tell me I have the same points as David Moyes," Van Gaal snapped after Sunday's loss.

The Dutchman's irritability is partly justified.

The priority is restoring United to the Champions League, ensuring this is a one-off season jettisoned from Europe's elite competition. So with United in fourth place, Van Gaal is on target (even if United's budget projections are for a third-place finish).

For Moyes, 37 points was only adequate for seventh place during a season when he only spent the first week in the top four. And the downfall for Alex Ferguson's anointed successor was United only collecting 20 points from the next 13 matches.

On paper, United has the attacking potency to avoid such a slump in the second half of the season, without the distraction of European football.

But the so-called Gaalacticos aren't always living up to their star billing or mega salaries. It was risible that a team featuring Angel di Maria,

Louis van Gaal (AP Photo)

Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney couldn't manage a shot on target, albeit against a Southampton team that has defied expectations to rise to third — above United on Sunday — with the league's stingiest defense.

"They came for a draw, I believe, and they go away with a victory," Van Gaal said. "That is disappointing."

United, though, expected it was hiring a manager with the tactical acumen to come up with a "Plan B" to outwit opponents as he did at the World Cup last year with the thirdplace Netherlands. The former Barcelona coach talks about imposing a "philosophy" that remains a mystery to many.

Equally mystifying was the complete absence of Radamel Falcao from Sunday's squad when United required all the attacking vigor in its ar-

mory to break through such a sturdy back-four. Paying more than $60 million to turn that loan from Monaco into a permanent deal at the end of the season seems unthinkable at the moment, but predicting how the next five months will unfold would be foolish.

"As a coach you have to take decisions and you have to look at the composition of your team and your selection and you have to look at your game plan," Van Gaal said. "We have a lot of players who are coming back and (Falcao) has played the last five matches in a row."

Those five games capped an 11game unbeaten run in all competitions. Unlike Moyes, that included steering United into the fourth round of the FA Cup, albeit against weaker opposition.

And Van Gaal's job seems far more secure than his ill-fated predecessor. The air of gloom and negativity that pervaded Old Trafford last season has gone, and fan dissent has been quelled with a cocksure coach in the dugout.

Publicly, Van Gaal is saying the right things.

Moyes was ridiculed for saying of Manchester City: "It's the sort of standard and level we need to try and aspire to get ourselves to." Whereas Van Gaal just last week issued a typically crowd-pleasing declaration: "My ambition is that I have the best players who can collaborate with each other to form the best team in the world."

The starting point is ensuring strikers perform their primary function and find the net more consistently. Only then will the comparisons with the mediocrity under Moyes stop, even though United is in a more elevated league position.

Houston Rockets' Dwight Howard (12) goes to the basket against Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Garnett, left, and Joe Johnson, right, during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, January 12, in New York. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK, JaNuaRY 13 (aP): James Harden scored 30 points to carry Houston on a night when Dwight Howard did little after fighting with Kevin Garnett and the Rockets beat the slumping Brooklyn Nets 11399 in the NBA on Monday.

Garnett was ejected in the first quarter after headbutting Howard in the face and throwing the ball at him, while Howard received a technical foul after appearing to punch or slap Garnett in the neck.

Howard had a quiet night otherwise, finishing with eight points and five rebounds, but the Rockets didn't need much in the middle while dominating from the outside with 16 3-pointers in 40 attempts.

Houston has won four in a row, all by double digits, and blew away a Nets team that had held its previous eight opponents under 100 points, the longest streak in the NBA this season.

Elsewhere in the league, Orlando ended a six-game losing streak with a 121-114

LeBron returns to practice LeBron James returned to practice with his Cleveland teammates on Monday and said it will be a "game-time decision" whether he will play against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. James has been sidelined for two weeks to rest his injured left knee. He said he would see how he feels after more treatment Tuesday before deciding whether to play. The Cavaliers have gone 1-7 in the four-time Most Valuable Player's absence and have dropped five in a row. James said his time off was good "for me but not for the team." Cleveland's latest loss was 103-84 at Sacramento on Sunday. The Cavaliers dropped to 19-19 with their latest loss and are sixth in the Eastern Conference standings, a half-game behind Milwaukee.

(Associated Press) win over Chicago, Detroit beat Toronto 114-111 for its ninth win in 10 games, and Boston defeated New Orleans 108-100.

Nikola Vucevic had 33 points and 11 rebounds and Victor Oladipo also scored 33 points for the Magic, which shot a season-high 59 percent from the field. Orlando had lost three in a row and 12 of 15 against the Bulls since the start of the 2010-11 season.

In Toronto, Brandon Jennings had 34 points and

10 assists and Greg Monroe had 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Pistons ended a four-game losing streak against Toronto.

Jonas Valanciunas scored a career-best 31 points and had 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who lost for the fifth time in six games.

The Celtics won for the third time in their last 12 games. Jared Sullinger had 27 points and 10 rebounds and rookie Marcus Smart nailed a key 3-pointer in the closing minute.

Dimapur Premier League Messi, Neuer, Ronaldo voted to FIFPro World XI lineup

DImaPuR, JaNuaRY 13 (mExN): On the third day’s play of the Dimapur Premier League (T20) being organized under the agesis of the Dimapur District Cricket Association at the DDSC ground, Dimapur, Victoria CC defeated Blue Icons CC by 3 wickets while Dimapur Dons (173Bn CRPF) defeated Zenith CC by 8 wickets.

ba 2/19 ZuRICH, JaNuaRY Man of the match: Ratish Shah (Blue Icons CC) 13 (aP): All three players shortlisted for the FIFA Match II – Zenith: 80 all out (18.4 overs) Ballon d'Or award were seDeepak Karji 31, Mritunjay 14; Raj Bahadur lected by their peers for the 4/11, Sunil Kumar 3/13, John Rambo 1/13 2014 FIFPro World XI team.

Dimapur Dons : 81/2 (7 overs) Lionel Messi, Manuel R.S. Pandir 54 (27 balls), Nar Singh 21; Neuer and Cristiano RonDeepak Karki 2/17 aldo were among seven Man of the Match : Raj Bahadur (Dimapur 2013 team members who ScoreS Dons) Match I – Blue Icons 145/3 (20 overs) retained their places in Ratish Shah 79, Subrata 22, Avijeet 20; worldwide voting by 23,000 Tommorow’s Matchs:Pinku Deb 1/8 runs, Giasuddin 1/16 members of national play7 A.M. – Titan CCC vs Flamingoz SC Victoria CC 149/7 (19.2 overs) ers' unions. Germany's Pappu Dutta 39, Enam Uddin 33, Gias Ud- 10 A.M. – Dimapur Royals vs Power House CC World Cup-winning capdin 12; Pinku Deb 3/32, Avijeet 2/24, Thoi- 1 P.M. – Kohima Hornbills vs Super Caps CC tain Philipp Lahm, Brazil captain Thiago Silva, and Spain pair Sergio Ramos and Andres Iniesta also stayed in the elite lineup.

HaVaNa, JaNuaRY 13 U.S. last month and a re- Castro to step down from David Luiz was voted into (aP): Fidel Castro on Mon- cent summit of the leftist duties as president in 2006, the defense despite playing in day sent soccer legend Diego ALBA bloc of Latin Ameri- handing over leadership to Brazil's 7-1 rout by Germany his younger brother Raul. in the World Cup semifinals, Maradona a letter written to can countries.

Telesur is broadcast on The new wave of specula- when Thiago Silva was susquash rumors of the Cuban leader's death, state-run state television in Cuba, tion about Fidel Castro's pended. Still, the Brazilian television network Telesur where Maradona has been health was prompted in part pair was reunited for a secreported. It was the first re- filming episodes of a televi- by his failure to comment ond embarrassing loss, 3-0 ported word from Castro in sion show he hosts. "I'm very after the U.S. and Cuba de- against the Netherlands in happy to know he's well," clared on Dec. 17 that they the third-place match. Arjen nearly three months.

The network funded by Maradona told reporters would move to restore full Robben was picked as the Venezuela, Cuba and other at the Havana airport as he diplomatic relations broken only player from the Dutch allied governments showed prepared to leave Cuba. No a half century ago. team which started the World The most recent official Cup by routing title holder photos of Maradona with images were shown of Casthe letter signed by Cas- tro, who has not appeared photographs of Castro came Spain 5-1. tro, 88, on Sunday night. in public for more than a out of a private meeting Argentina had a second Maradona told Telesur that year, prompting widespread with Venezuelan President selection as Angel Di Mathe 4-page letter discussed speculation about his health, Nicolas Maduro on Aug. 21. ria joined teammate Messi. global oil consumption, and even recent rumors of He was also photographed Toni Kroos completed the with the Chinese and Rus- lineup as the third Germany the release of three Cuba's his death on social media.

A serious illness forced sian presidents in July. intelligence agents by the player, and the fourth who

Fidel Castro writes letter to Maradona

First row from left: Manuel Neuer, Sergio Ramos, Philipp Lahm, Toni Kroos and Andres Iniesta; back row from left: Arjen Robben, Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo pose with the trophy after winning the FIFA FIFPro WORLD XI Award of the year 2014 at the FIFA Ballon d'Or awarding ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland on January 12. (AP Photo)

played for Bayern Munich last year. As Kroos transferred in the offseason to join Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos at Real Madrid, the European champion also had four players in the FIFPro lineup.

Di Maria was a standout in Madrid's Champions League final victory, against city rival Atletico, before joining Manchester United. David Luiz was the other World

XI player who switched clubs last season, moving from Chelsea to join Thiago Silva at Paris Saint-Germain.

Brazil failed to get a third player elected as there was again no place for Neymar. The star forward lost out to Robben in a threeman attack with Messi and Ronaldo, one year after Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the third forward elected. The

other 2013 team members who lost their places were Dani Alves, Xavi Hernandez and Franck Ribery.

FIFPro World XI 2014: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/Germany), Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain/Brazil), David Luiz (Chelsea/Paris Saint-Ger-

main/Brazil), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid/Spain), Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid/Manchester United/ Argentina), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich/Real Madrid/Germany), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands).

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Nicole KidmaN N icole Kidman says she doesn't see her daughters becoming actresses. The Australian star, who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2002 for her role in 'The Hours', said whilst acting is her passion, she doesn't think her daughters Sunday Rose, six, and Faith Margaret, four, will follow in her footsteps, reported Hello! magazine. "I think they would actually run the other way!" said Kidman when quizzed on whether her youngsters would be interested in acting. "(Acting) was just my

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Kidman, 47, who also has two adopted children called Conor and Isabella from her 11-year marriage to Tom Cruise, said she has already heard Rose voice her desire for a multitude of other careers.

"Sunday wants to be a vet right now. And a party planner. Then she says she wants to be a stay-at-home mom and have eight children. I think that's her way of saying to me, 'Stay at home!'," she added.

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Speaking to Us Weekly a source said: "She's happy but they're trying to keep it quiet." Usher had recently paid tribute to his partner, admittinig she has helped him through tough times.

"I have an incredible partner and manager. "She has helped me through some of the hardest times in my life and my career.

She's someone who's been able to support and understand all of who I am. Not just as a dancer or as a performer or as a singer, but as a humanitarian and a business man and as a person."

There's no indication as to when the pair will end up tying the knot just yet.

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19-year-old medical student has died while undergoing liposuction - a prize for winning her local beauty competition. Catherine Cando, a part-time glamour model, was crowned winner of the Queen of Duran beauty contest, in Ecuador. Miss Cando, who won the competition in October last year, was showered with prizes, including a new Aveo car 2015, a smart tablet - and a free course of cosmetic surgery treatment. Miss Canto put off using the treatment at first as she felt she didn't need it - despite judges in the competition recommending she lose a bit of weight. She told local media she had decided to exercise to lose the supposed excess weight instead. Her brother Daniel Zavala, 24, told lo-

'Mary Kom' is for my dad

Deepika's advice to Katrina Kaif:

Do not marry Ranbir Kapoor

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ary Kom' was one of the top gainers at the Renault Star Guild Awards 2015 and actress Priyanka Chopra, who played the main lead in the film, has dedicated its success to her late father Ashok Chopra. "Thank u #starGuildAwards for the acknowledgements tonight...#MaryKom is for my dad.. Thank you for watching over me," tweeted Priyanka, who walked away with the best actress award for the film.

Priyanka always found a great support system in her father, who passed away after a battle with cancer in 2013. A doctor by profession, he had retired from the Indian Army in 1997 as lieuten-

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According to reports, at a recent award function, Deepika Padukone was requested to be a part of a ‘behind the scenes’ video. She was then asked what advice she would give Katrina Kaif.

The actress formerly dated Ranbir and while she hasn't said it in so many words, she is dating Ranveer Singh. However, Padukone was seen at the awards function sans Ranveer, which itself was unusual.

However, it's not just Deepika who doesn't want them to get married. According to reports, even Sonam Kapoor thinks that marriage is not on the cards for the two this year.

Firstpost's Piyasree Dasgupta noted that most gossip columns would definitely not want the two to get married.

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negligence because there has been no support from doctors who have failed to explain anything about the case. 'The doctors in question have been arrested to prevent them from leaving the county.' The tragic death follows that of Brazilian model Pamela Nascimento, 27, who also died during liposuction surgery in 2011. The cause of her death was registered as hypovolemic shock, where severe blood loss makes the heart unable to pump enough blood to the body.

The perils of cosmetic surgery have also been in the headlines more recently, with Andressa Urach, 27, runner-up in the 2012 Miss Bumbum competition, ending up in intensive care after her surgery wounds became infected.

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As she noted: "What if, once they get married, Bollywood lovers relegate them to the spot reserved for 'annoying married friends' and no gossip is 'gossipy' enough. Consider a gossip column writer coming up with the following headline: 'Neetu Singh fumes over apne haathon se banaya paratha going cold as Katrina-Ranbir battle hangover'. And someone skips the article when it surfaces on his Facebook timeline and instead clicks on, "Ten reasons why Kamaal R Khan is a true feminist". That's a tragedy the Bollywood gossip industry couldn't possibly bear, right?"

ant-colonel. The 'Fashion' actress also has a tattoo of "Daddy's Li'l Girl" on one of her forearms.

Directed by Omung Kumar, the film was released Sep 5. Priyanka, who has earlier called 'Mary Kom' her toughest film ever, credited the film's team for the success of the film. "Congratulations to team #MaryKom for winning 5 tonight. @OmungKumar @SaiwynQ ,Sanjay Sir and everyone who made this possible," she wrote.

At present, the actress is busy shooting for her first period drama 'Bajirao Mastani', which also stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.

cal media: 'Before having the surgery, she received a lot of calls from the surgeon trying to persuade her to do it, but she kept saying no.

'She was thinking about letting someone else have it as a freebie but eventually she agreed to have it just get him off her back. ' According to Ecuadorian newspaper El Telegrafo, she eventually underwent the procedure at a private clinic on January 10 - with tragic consequences. Lawyer Carlos Reyes Izquierdo said: 'I was told she had died of a brain oedema.

'But the clinic staff told her relatives that she had died of a cardiac arrest. 'I have ordered cytological and pathological examinations to find out what exactly happened. 'However, it can be presumed as

ave you enjoyed Salman Khan's 'Hangover' song from the movie 'Kick' and once again you are going to witness Sallu Bhai's vocals. According to the sources, Salman might croon again for his upcoming 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' as well. Apparently music director Pritam is very keen to have Salman as the playback singer for one of the song and a decision on it is yet to be taken.

“Salman will sing for sure. It has a RD Burman kind of energy and I've been

urging him to release the track. I can't wait to get him in front of the mic,” said Pritam quoting t o a daily.

Reports say that Salman had already filmed a “qawwali” song for the film. Bajrangi Bhaijaan also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan alongside Salman. The film's shooting is currently progressing in Rajasthan. Anyways we wish the song comes out well.

“And I will betroth you to me forever.

I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, In steadfast love and in mercy.” --- Hosea 2:19 The Mokokchung Press Club extends our heartiest congratulations to our dear colleague Mr. Moasashi Jamir, senior correspondent Nagaland Post, who tied his knots with longtime beloved, Miss Limala Imchen on January 13, 2015 at Mokokchung Town Baptist Church.

As our dear colleague starts a new chapter in life, we sincerely pray Almighty God to bless the newlyweds with long life, abundant blessings and everlasting love. We wish them the very best as they begin their new life.

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ZURICH, JanUaRy 13 (aP): For the third time, Cristiano Ronaldo was voted the world's best football player. He hopes it also brought him closer to being remembered as one of the greatest of all time.

Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a rout on Monday, racking up more than twice the votes of Lionel Messi, who edged German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer into third.

The Real Madrid and Portugal forward's latest hat trick tied him with Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo of Brazil on three FIFA awards. The original Ballon d'Or presented by France Football magazine was won by European standouts Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten three times each.

Only Messi's four FIFA awards is ahead of the 29-year-old Ronaldo, whose Madrid team again seems better placed for trophies in 2015 than his rival's Barcelona. "I want to become one of the greatest players of all time," Ronaldo said through a translator in his acceptance speech.

"Of course, this requires a lot of effort and I hope to get there."

Ronaldo retained football's highest individual honor after scoring 61 goals last year. His record tally of 17 in a Champions League season helped Madrid win an unprecedented 10th European Cup title — and overshadowed a relatively disappointing World Cup campaign.

He has kept up the pace since FIFA's voting college — national team captains and coaches, plus selected journalists, in more than 180 countries took part — cast ballots in November.

Ronaldo helped Madrid take the Club World Cup title last month to cap a Spanish-record 22-match winning streak. "It's a fantastic moment in my career," Ronaldo said after the FIFA ceremony. "I want to carry on with more titles in my career, collective and individual."

He won his first FIFA award in 2008 as a Manchester United player and on Monday cited his mentor there, Alex Ferguson, as an inspiration. "He would say, 'Cristiano, you are the best, don't worry about the rest.' He's fantastic. I miss him," Ronaldo said.

One year ago, Ronaldo was in tears of joy and relief at ending Messi's fouryear hold on football's highest individual honor.

He was a much more composed winner on Monday.

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by French great Thierry Henry, Ronaldo closed his eyes, dipped his head and smiled before walking to the stage. "It has been an unforgettable year," Ronaldo, who now has a statute in his home island Madeira, said after taking a deep breath.

In what has become a Ballon d'Or tradition, Portugal captain Ronaldo did not pick Messi in his top three and Argentina captain Messi ignored Ronaldo on his ballot. Neither selected Neuer. Ronaldo received 37.66 percent of total voting points in a 23-candidate ballot. Messi got 15.76 percent and Neuer 15.72 percent. Germany won the other three major individual awards to compensate for Neuer's defeat.

World Cup-winning coach Joachim Loew beat Ancelotti and Diego Simeone of Spanish champion Atletico Madrid for the men's coaching awarrd.

Germany midfielder Nadine Kessler beat two former winners — Marta of Brazil and United States forward Abby Wambach — to be named the best women's player in 2014. Kessler

Cristiano Ronaldo, left, of Portugal, and nadine Kessler of Germany pose after winning the FiFa soccer player of the year 2014 prize at the FiFa Ballon d'Or awarding ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, switzerland on January 12. (AP Photo)

CRISTIAnO ROnAldO — FACTBOX

early Days ing already become only the third • Born: Feb. 5 1985 in Funchal, MaPortuguese to win Europe's Baldeira. lon d'Or award following Eusebio in • Played youth football at Nacional be1965 and Luis Figo in 2000. fore joining Sporting Lisbon in 2002, • In 2008-09 helps United to the Premier arch-rivals to his boyhood favourites League title, League Cup, Club World Benfica.

Cup and Champions League final, which they lose 2-0 to Barcelona.

Manchester united • Scored 118 goals in 292 appearanc• United manager Alex Ferguson es for United. signs an 18-year-old Ronaldo for just over 12 million pounds ($19.4 Real Madrid million) in August 2003 after an out- • Became the world's most expensive standing performance against Unitplayer when he signed for Real for a ed in a pre-season friendly in Lisbon. fee of 80 million pounds in 2009.

• Named United's 2003-04 Player of • Nets 26 goals in 29 La Liga appearthe Year in his debut season and seances in 2009-10 and seven in six cures an FA Cup winners medal.

Champions League outings but Real • Scores debut Champions League finish the season without major silgoal against Debrecen in qualifying verware and coach Manuel Pellegrifor the 2005-06 edition. ni is sacked and replaced by Ron• United claim the 2006-07 Premier aldo's compatriot Jose Mourinho.

League title and Ronaldo is named • Scores a Spanish record 40 goals Footballer of the Year in England in 34 games in 2010-11 and nets a and Portugal. Runner-up to Kaka as superb header to win the King's Cup European Footballer of the Year and final against Barcelona. third in FIFA World Player of the Year. • Increases his best tally for a single La • Scores first Champions League Liga season to 46 goals in 38 games goals in the main competition with a in 2011-12 but is surpassed by Barca double in a 7-1 thrashing of AS Roma. forward Lionel Messi, who scores 50 • United claim a Premier League and in 37 games. Real win La Liga.

Champions League double in 2007- • Has a poor season by his standards 08, Ronaldo finishing as Europe's top in 2012-13 and Real fail to win major goal scorer with 42 goals and winning silverware, prompting Mourinho's exit. several domestic awards including • Scores a single-season record 17 England's player of the season. goals in the Champions League in • Voted World Player of the Year hav2013-14 as Real secure a 10th Eu-

received 17.52 percent of all voting points, Marta got 14.16 percent and Wambach 13.33 percent.

A German man also won the coaching award for women's football: Ralf Kellermann was rewarded for leading a Wolfsburg team including Kessler to back-to-back UEFA Champions League titles.

The shortlist included Japan coach Norio Sasaki and Maren Meinert, who

guided Germany to win the Women's Under-20 World Cup. Women's football also lost to the men in fan voting for the most beautiful goal, known as the Puskas Award.

James Rodriguez's volley for Colombia against Uruguay at the World Cup beat Ireland forward Stephanie Roche's spectacular strike for Peamount United in an amateur domestic league match in Oc-

ropean title. Ronaldo nets a penalty in the final in the 4-1 victory over Atletico Madrid after extra time.

• Wins the Club World Cup as Real Madrid beat San Lorenzo 2-0 in the final.

• Named World Player of the Year in 2008, 2013 and 2014.

Portugal • Makes Portugal debut in 1-0 friendly win over Kazakhstan in August 2003.

• Helps Portugal to runners-up spot at the 2004 European championship.

• Plays a controversial role in the sending-off of England's Wayne Rooney, his Manchester United team mate, in the 2006 World Cup quarter-finals.

Television cameras catch him winking at the bench as Rooney was sent off.

• Portugal are eliminated from the 2010 World Cup by Spain in the last 16 and Ronaldo spits at a television cameraman as he walks off the pitch.

• Helps Portugal to the semi-finals of Euro 2012, where they are again knocked out by the Spanish, this time on penalties. Ronaldo doesn't get to take a spot kick due to earlier misses by his team mates.

• Suffers disappointment as Portugal go out in the group stage at the 2014 World Cup. • Overtakes Pauleta's tally of 47 goals in March 2014 to become Portugal's record scorer. Has netted 52 goals in 117 appearances for his country.

tober 2013. In third place was Netherlands forward Robin van Persie's header against Spain.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter gave his annual award to 90-year-old Japanese journalist Hiroshi Kagawa, who worked at his 10th World Cup in Brazil.

The Fair Play award went to FIFA tournament volunteer workers.

Days after the terrorist incidents in Paris, Blatter

gave his keynote speech in French rather than his usual English, and Henry followed his 1998 World Cup-winning teammate Christian Karembeu in presenting awards.

On a further somber note, Kessler and Kellerman paid tribute in acceptance speeches to their Wolfsburg colleague Junior Malanda, a Belgium youth international, who died in a car crash at the weekend.

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