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netaji was not on Britain’s WW ii list of war criminals
A group of families huddle by a fire at a kitchen hearth in one of the homes at Waoshu-a Chang Naga village for a feast to celebrate Poanglum festival recently. During the festival, it is common for families to get together in groups to share food together. Waoshu village is located some 42 kilometers away from Tuensang town and has around 115 household. (Photo: Toshi Kichu)
RSS takes out maiden march in Meghalaya
ShIllong, January 23 (IanS): The RSS on Saturday took out its maiden ‘Path Sanchalan’ (procession) here in the capital of Christian-majority Meghalaya. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) slammed the Congressled Meghalaya United Alliance government for its failure to ensure rapid development in the state and for begging for developmental funds from the central government. In Shillong, nearly 300 RSS cadres -- mostly from the indigenous Khasi and Jaintia communities from across the Khasi and Jaintia Hills areas -- donning khaki shorts and white shirts and armed with sticks marched from Upper Mawprem to Balika Vidyalaya School.
RSS cadres also took out a road march in Zikzak area of South West Garo Hills district to pay tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 119th birth anniversary. “It is a historic moment for us (RSS) today in Meghalaya to take out Path Sanchalan in Shillong and Garo Hills to pay tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 119th birth anniversary. We were expecting at least 500 RSS cadres to take part, since the strength of the RSS in Shillong is 800,” RSS Shillong unit leader Makashang Khongshei said. Khongshei, who has been associated with RSS since 1993, exuded confidence that more people will be joining the group in Meghalaya to protect the interests of the indig-
enous people. “We are not against any person belonging to any religious faith as our base is to be a ‘Rashtriya’ (nationalist). In India, there are 33 crore ways of worshipping god. Therefore, it does not matter, Christian or non-Christian, but what we need is unity,” he said. Addressing the cadres, Khongshei lashed out at the failure of the government to develop the state. “In 44 years of statehood, Meghalaya is nothing but a failed state without any hope for its people. This state has no education policy, agriculture policy and no policy for youth but only corruption. If you check the records, Meghalaya is nothing but a state still copying and pasting rules and regulations from Assam,” he said.
KolKata, January 23 (IanS): Documents in the external affairs ministry that were declassified on Saturday reveal that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s name did not figure in the “list of war criminals” drawn by Britain after the Second World War. Following queries by the external affairs ministry through the Indian High Commission in London, Britain’s ministry of defence in its reply in December 1998 had specified that it could find no evidence indicating that the British government treated Netaji as a war criminal. “With reference to the specific question as to whether Subhas Chandra Bose’s name was included by the UK in its list of war criminals drawn up after the Second World War, I have been unable to find any evidence that any such action was taken by the United Kingdom,” read a letter from J.J. Harding of Britain’s ministry of defence. Following a petition by Kolkata-based advocate Rudra Jyoti Bhattacharjee before the Calcutta High Court enquiring if Netaji’s name featured in such a list, as well as the matter being also raised in the Lok Sabha, the Indian authorities had made several enquiries with their British counterparts in 1998 and then again in 2000.
Netaji’s ‘death’ being used for petty politics: Amartya
KolKata, January 23 (IanS): The circumstances of the “death” of Subhas Chandra Bose are being used for petty politics at a time when India badly needs Netaji’s vision of justice, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen said on Saturday. On a day when the Narendra Modi government declassified secret files on Netaji, Sen said it was “peculiar” that some believed that the files would reveal the Congress leadership’s hand in Netaji’s “death”. “The circumstances of the death are sometimes made the way for producing an element of petty minded politics. The sole idea that somehow it would come out that the leadership of the Congress had a special role in the end of Subhas Bose’s life would be a rather peculiar story,” said Sen. Speaking on the occasion of Netaji’s birth anniversary celebrations here, Sen seemed to favour historian Leonard Gordon’s theory that Bose died in a plane In its reply, the Imperial War Museum had quoted Nigel Jarvis, a historian at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to claim that the list of war criminals was drawn up only for German and Japanese nationals and not Indians. “Jarvis informed me that Netaji Bose’s name was never on the list of war criminals because he was regarded as a traitor and a political figure, not as a war criminal. “Even if he had been
crash in 1945. “I don’t have the expertise which Gordon has. He may be right. I think he is. But some think he is not. But this is not an issue of history rather than that of antiquarian interest.” Sen said importance of life was enormously greater than the importance of the circumstances of the death of a person. “Whether he died in the plane crash or he died somewhere else, it would be hard to think that he is alive,” he said. While he expressed his interest in knowing the contents of the declassified files, Sen asserted that Netaji’s vision of justice and equity was the need of the hour when the country was experiencing increased communal division. “People want to know what happened to him, but we know what his vision was.” “His vision of justice and equity continue to be profound and we need it in every sphere of life, especially when in the country a sense of division is being cultivated on communal lines,” added Sen.
on any such list, his name would have been removed following his death shortly after the Second World War,” Peter Simkins of the Imperial War Museum said in his reply to the Indian High Commission in 1998. “Jarvis also told me that this same question has been raised several times before and that in the past official answers have normally been supplied either by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or by the Army Historical Branch of
the ministry of defence. “Jarvis also confirms that there was no list of war criminals for Indian nationals, such a list existed only for Japanese and German nationals,” says the letter by Simkins. In 2015, Bengalurubased journalist Choodamani Nagendra had sought information under the RTI about the status of Netaji as a war criminal. But the ministry of external affairs refused to give such information.
Violence against women in a culture of impunity soldiering on for story: strange
Dolly Kikon releases monograph on sexual violence in Dimapur Morung Express News Dimapur | January 23
Impunity and sexual violence have become entwined in a way that both have seeped into the veins of Naga society today. ‘Life & Dignity: Women’s Testimonies of Sexual Violence in Dimapur (Nagaland),’ a monograph highlighting the existence of sexual violence within the supposedly secure confines of the home was released on January 23. Written by Dolly Kikon, currently a postdoctoral fellow at
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the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, the monograph spells out testimonies of survivors and the existing culture of impunity that needs be understood within the context of power relations, inequality and poverty in a militarised society. With firsthand accounts of rape survivors, it examines how a general culture of impunity has further perpetrated crimes against women in Nagaland – the voiceless victims traumatised for life and the perpetrators going blameless. The shroud of impunity, according to the monograph, was partly, if not entirely, a legacy of decades of militarisation that Nagaland State and its populace have been enveloped in; and the Naga culture itself.
the theme of the book should reach everyone. According to him, the core essence of the book lies in the ‘Three Cs alluding to the ‘Context’ and ‘Culture’ against which it has been set, and the ‘Call’ to act. He said that the book keeping in context the militarised set up in a predominantly patriarchal environment sets out to capture how the culture of impunity the armed forces has enjoyed has been passed down consciously or unconsciously to the Naga society. “It has led to a culture of acquiescence… of acceptance (of what’s been handed).” This culture of acceptance has, to a great extent, contributed to the impunity of perpetrators as Para Legal Volunteer, NK Keny indicated to an increasing trend of violence against wom-
en and children in the State. According to Keny, cases of divorce and domestic violence are high while measures for rehabilitation are virtually absent. “We have a lack of social support. We don’t support one another.” Stating the book to be a “genuine essay of real events,” Keny said that awareness of the reality is crucial. Alongla Aier of Sisterhood highlighted the lack of awareness on the issue of violence against women and the practice of resigning or leaving it unto fate. “Most women here have no idea of the concept of violence against women… we are own enemies, we keep quiet.” The monograph is available at the Sisterhood Network’s office in Burma Camp, Dimapur.
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DIMaPur, January 23 (MExn): As a positive step and willingness to maintain cordial relations between security forces and the media in Nagaland, the Assam Rifles has decided to withdraw its notice issued to five Nagaland-based newspapers on October 24, 2015 and also agreed to contribute in strengthening the freedom of the press. This was resolved in a meeting held between the Assam RiYou taught your mother to play Star war? .. i swear I fles and the Editors of Nagaland will Zap you, if you intro- Page, Eastern Mirror and The duce her to fb or whatsapp. Morung Express - T Monalisa Changkija, Witoubou Newmai and Aküm Longchari - in Dimapur on January 14. The meeting Press statements, memo- was held following a direction by randums, articles, reports the Press Council of India (PCI) and news related docu- to discuss and resolve issues bements should be sent to tween the parties concerned. morung@gmail.com The Government of Nagaland, which is also one of the stakeEditor, holders, failed to send a repreThe Morung Express sentative to the meeting.
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“…I illustrate how violence against women takes place within a larger ‘culture’ of impunity,” Kikon writes in one section captioned ‘Sexual violence and the culture of impunity in Dimapur’ and, continuing in the same breath, “… this monograph presents the voices of rape survivors and examines how Naga ‘culture’ is employed to propagate the existing impunity.” The release-cum-discussion programme had in attendance Dr. Melvil Pereira, Director of the North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC), Guwahati. The NESRC is the publisher of the monograph. “This book will be disturbing. And that disturbance should make us act,” commented Dr. Pereira, while stating that
• Nagaland Page, Eastern Mirror and The Morung Express agree to follow the general guidelines of the Press Council of India in spirit • Assam Rifles withdraws notice issued to five Nagaland-based newspapers and agrees to contribute in strengthening freedom of the press • Government of Nagaland fails to send representative to the meeting
A joint statement from the three Editors and Col. Rajesh Gupta on behalf of the Assam Rifles informed that after engaging in a “free and open” discussion with constructive viewpoints exchanged, they jointly resolved to make efforts to resolve the issues pertaining to the ‘Suomotu cognizance with regard to Notice to Nagaland media by Assam Rifles.’ In the meeting, keeping in mind the “broader perspectives concerning national interests,” and in order to “preserve the free-
dom of the press and to uphold democratic principles,” the three Newspapers resolved that they will hold themselves to the “highest standards of journalistic ethics and norms,” and will follow “in spirit the general guidelines of the PCI, as well as Nagaland-specific guidelines for journalists, as and when prescribed by the same.” The Assam Rifles and the three Editors also decided not to breach the “red lines” as flagged in the meeting to ensure that a “conducive working environment” is retained.
The gathering also registered disappointment at the failure of the Government of Nagaland to depute a representative to attend the meeting as agreed in the PCI meeting on December 11, 2015, thereby “abdicating its responsibility towards upholding the freedom of the press.” It was further felt that the Government of Nagaland needs to take positive steps to create conducive atmosphere that will facilitate the media in Nagaland to function responsibly as the fourth pillar of democracy without interference or pressure from inimical forces. Meanwhile, PCI Chairperson, Justice CK Prasad, while expressing concern over the “apathy” of the Nagaland Government over the issue, said that the Council is planning to evolve guidelines for the media and security forces on reporting in conflict situations.
motivations of ‘war journalists’ Vikas Datta IANS
It is seen as a glamourous branch of journalism which has drawn the most famous writers and politicians - Arthur Conan Doyle, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Edgar Rice Burroughs - but war reporting is also the most lethal for its practitioners, given they face a situation where their very lives are on the line. What draws journalists to covering conflict, which has claimed lives of over 1,000 of their ilk, and what myths have arisen about it was the focus of a session titled ‘The Frontline Club’ at the Jaipur Literature Festival here on Friday. British journalist Christina Lamb, who has extensive experience of covering Afghanistan and Pakistan since the 1980s, said journalists have now also become targets, and despite being better placed as far as logistics and access are concerned, the danger they face has grown manifold. The motivations may differ but one that remains constant is a thrill of facing the unexpected. For legendary British war photographer Don McCullin, it is the imperative of finding information through first-hand experience. “I like to get to the bottom of things. I am not content with snippets. I want the truth,” he said, claiming news coverage may “not necessarily reflect the whole picture” and has an increasing lack of “depth”. “Instead of looking at my lovely English garden, I would rather step out of my comfort zone and visit a site of conflict,” maintains McCullin who has worked in Berlin during the construction of the wall, began covering conflict in 1964 with the civil war in Cyprus and has since covered wars in the Congo, Biafra (Nigeria), Israel, Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern Ire-
land, Bangladesh, Lebanon, El Salvador and Kurdistan. On the other hand, Indian journalist Samanth Subramanian confesses the experience has a bitter after-taste. The author of ‘This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War’ admits he is haunted by the fear he saw on people’s faces during conflict, which left him in a “constant existential paradox” that makes it difficult to disengage from. McCullin concurred, noting personal emotions do surface eventually when they face “situations you can’t control” and a sense of alienation emerges from realisation that despite their expressed interest, most people don’t want to know his experiences or the truth. Award-winning Israeli novelist David Grossman, who both covers and resides within the Israel-Palestine conflict, has a different take. “I try to look at the effect of this conflict on both sides. I try to understand how conflict affects human relationships, language, prospects of a future. There are so many things that are polluted and poisoned by conflict,” said Grossman, who follows it in an “intimate, personal way” after his son’s death in the 2006 Lebanon war and consequently not regarding his brand of journalism as “covering” the situation but “bearing witness to the larger picture”. Noting conflict “deeply impacts” people, he says the challenge is to remain sober and disregard stereotypes, adding it takes courage to listen to stories and see realities of both sides of a conflict, but that was necessary for any hope of resolving it. He maintains the larger war is lost when people get used to conflict as a way of life, and relinquish any possibility of a better alternative. “This is why war reporting is so important - to keep alternatives alive,” he stressed.
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Orientation on National Legal Services Authority new schemes Kohima, January 23 (mExn): Kohima District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) organizes an orientation programme for the District Legal Services Authority members, Panel Lawyers and Para Legal Volunteers here today at the NSLSA Conference Hall, Kohima. A press note stated that the orientation was held on the experiences of the panel lawyers and on the topic ‘National Legal Services Authority New Schemes’ with Nino Iralu, NJS, Member Secretary NSLSA as Resource person. Resource person Nino Iralu, NJS, Member Secretary NSLSA in her presentation introduced the
seven new schemes of the National Legal Services Authority which was launched in the month of November, 2015 and mandated for implementation starting from 2016. She gave a detail explanation on these schemes such as NALSA (Victims of Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation) Scheme, 2015; NALSA (Legal Services to Un-organised Sectors) Schemes, 2015; NALSA (Child friendly Legal Services and their Protection) Schemes, 2015; NALSA (Legal Services to the Mentally Ill and Mentally Disabled Persons) Scheme, 2015; NALSA (Effective Implementation of Poverty Alleviation Schemes) 2015; NALSA
District Legal Services Authority members, Panel Lawyers and Para Legal Volunteers with others during the orientation programme held on January 23.
(Protection and Enforcement of Tribal Rights) Scheme; NALSA (Legal Services to the Victims of Drug Abuse and Eradi-
cation of Drug Menace) Scheme, 2015. Mezivolu T. Therieh, NJS, Secretary KDLSA & Chief Judicial Magistrate,
Kohima in her introductory remarks stated that “through this kind of orientation programme we can retrospect our past
and look forward to give a better service to the people.” She said that the very concept of the Legal Ser-
vices Authority is to cater to the needs of the marginalised and economically downtrodden people to help them get access to justice. She also said that she is fortunate and satisfied working under the Legal Services Authority through various activities among which one of them is spreading awareness in schools and colleges as students are the leaders of tomorrow and once they are sensitized on the provisions of law they can be law abiding citizens at the same time help the people in the villages get access to justice. She urged the Panel Lawyers to have a missionary zeal and carry forward in implementing the
objectives and aims of the Legal Services Authority at the same time know their responsibilities and duties. Panel Lawyers Akumla Longchari, Zekuseto, Temsu Walling and Sunjib Rana shared their experiences on Legal Awareness Programmes, Court Cases, Legal Aid Clinics and Manning Front Office. V. Ashu Theyo, Legal Aid Cousel, NNP+, NLSA and Joshua Sheqi, Retainer and Panel Lawyer KDLSA were the programme moderators. The programme was followed by interactive session where the action plan for 2016 was discussed and the various problems and lapses during the past years were discussed and redressed.
13th Triennial Gathering at CTC MBCA Youth Brigade concludes
Kohima, January 23 (mExn): A five day mega event ‘Youth Brigade 2016’ was organized by Youth Department of Mao Baptist Church Association (MBCA) from January 15 to 19 with the theme, ‘Jesus Christ the Hope of Ages’ hosted by Mao Baptist Church Makhel at Kotu, Barak Valley. The speakers for the program besides several resource persons were Rev. M. Asholi Akamu, Former Executive Secretary MBCA who is currently serving as a missionary Potter's Clay, CTC Alumni ban performing a song at the inaugural function of the 13th Trien- with the OMF in Thailand and Dr. Tasoni Moon, Pasnial Gathering of Clark Theological College Alumni at CTC, Aolijen, Mokokchung. tor, Grace Ministry Interration with Clark Centre Alumni from differmoKoKchung, Janunational, South Korea. ary 23 (mExn): The two for Peace Research and Ac- ent parts of the state and day 13th Triennial gathering tion (CCPRA). The gather- also from different sates of Clark Theological College ing was held at under the of North East India were a Alumni was held on January theme “Useful to the Mas- part of the gathering. The 21 and 22 at Clark Theologi- ter”. The two day gathering gathering closed with a sersaw sessions of services, vice where the installation cal College, Aolijen. Our Correspondent The alumni meet was devotion and workshop of new office bearers took Kohima | January 23 organized by the Clark and also a special celebra- place and Rev. Takatemjen, Theological College Alum- tion of friendship service Principal CTC, delivered The 62nd Pfuchatsumia the message. ni Association in collabo- organized by the CCPRA. Thinuo (P.Khel) day took place here today at Christ King Ground, Tholeibozou, Kohima Village with ardent call for upholding the existing unity and comoKoKchung, January 23 (mExn): The Depart- operation among its memment of Sericulture, Mokokchung held a training-cum bers as well as with others. Exhorting the mamdemonstration for the stake holders of Mokokchung disJOYCE COMPLEX trict on Muga culture, under Integrated Sericulture De- moth gathering four speakvelopment Project (ISDP) NERTPS 2015-16 at the District ers- Vilie-o Rutsa President 15% off on select NAPO; Megu-o Mechiilho, Sericulture office Mokokchung from January 19 to 21. brands & 10% on The programme was inaugurated and addressed by ex Chairman P. Khel Counothers Alemkumzuk, District Sericulture Officer Mokokchung. cil; Neivor Rutsa, Chairman The District Sericulture Officer gave a brief account on KVC; and Zeneizo Rutsa , P Shop for Rs.3000/- & the project and technical issues of mugaculture and its Khel Council Chairman - all get a priviledge card in unison stressed upon upeconomy. He also stated that regarding development of holding the unity, support Shop for Rs.5000/plantation as per operational guideline given by central and cooperation among the & get a priviledge ministry the stakeholders should avail the benefit from membersin future activities. card along with a their job card under MGNREGA programme. Addressing the gathThe technical session was conducted by Aojungshi, ering, the Northern Ancomplementary * Extention Officer and Immonger Sericulture Supervi- gami Public Organization *OffEr VALiD sor on package of practices and hygiene management (NAPO) President thanked TiLL STOCK LAST on silkworm host plant cultivation and silkworm rearing. all the parents and athletics Altogether fifty farmers participated in the programme. who took part in the recently concluded KVSA meet 2016 and called upon the youth to take it as a challenging factor and take it forward. Constant practice is required to compete with others in the various levels, he maintained.
Participants at the mega event ‘Youth Brigade 2016’ organized by Youth Department of MBCA held from January 15 to 19.
The inaugural function was graced by L. Dikho, MLA 48 Mao A/C as chief guest and Song Song SDO A. Adahrii Maheo as guest of honor. The valedictory
function was graced by Dr. Lokho Puni, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of Manipur as chief guest and K. Pukeho Mao, MPS Additional SP as
guest of honor. The five day event included workshops on relevant youth issues, singing competition, March past competition, indigenous
car rally, volley ball, marathon, and tug of war alongside worship services. It registered a total of 1600 youths besides invitees and regular congregation.
‘Strengthening the bond of unity and peaceful atmosphere’ 62nd Pfuchatsumia Khel Day celebrated
Farmers training on Muga culture
Special song bring presented at the 62nd village day of Pfuchatsumia Thinuo Kohima Village.
Apart from engagement in farming, business activities and as employees of different establishments, he said games and sport play a major factor in bridging the livelihood for many. To this end, the NAPO President further called upon the youth to make the best use of their talents by choosing the correct disciplines, which he said would not only bring fame to them but to the community and ultimately help earn their livelihood.
He also stressed on the need to strengthen the bond of unity and peaceful atmosphere amongst the P. Khel community and set example for others to follow suit. P Khel Council Chairman Zeneizo Rutsa urged upon the community to strive for excellence in every field to cope with the fast changing world. He called upon the community to uphold the good traditional practices of honesty, sincerity, hardworking etc to keep alive good tradition
of the dignity and uniqueness of the Nagas. On economic front, the Chairman regretted that many people are spending more than what they are earning and exhorted the gathering to reason such factor carefully for a suitable economic standard. Zeneizo was also appreciative of the apparent conducive atmosphere and unity prevailing amongst the P.Khel community and prayed that such trends would sail forever.
Chairman KVC Neivor Rutsa in his speech said the education is the foundation of everything and felt those educated youth should give their best effort in their works in the search of jobs in government department, adding “We should be positive in our thinking and there are always avenues to get jobs in government set-up”. Meguo-o Mechiilho, ex Chairman P. Khel Council reiterated that all should strive for their best to be a P Khel and stressed the need to obey and abide by rule of law. Earlier the function was chaired by Meselhoulie Rame, Vice Chairman, P.Khel Council; invocation prayer was given by Keyielie Rutsa, Deacon, Khedi Baptist Church; and welcome address was delivered by Zeneizo Rutsa, Chairman, P.Khel Council. The general secretary and finance secretary report were presented by Dr Khrielie Pienyu and Ba-o Mechiilho respectively while special numbers were presented by PMK Jubilee choir and Pfuchazunuo group.
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Col VS Shikawat speaks during birth anniversary celebration in Dimapur on Saturday. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News aged youngsters to read his Dimapur | January 23
Dimapur Bongs, a philanthropic organization on Saturday observed 119th birth anniversary of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose in the premises of Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) with Commandant 32 Assam Rifles, Col. VS Shikawat as the chief guest. Col Shikawat described Netaji SC Bose as an intellectual and a successful person who inspired many youths of the country. He encour-
biography and draw inspiration from his life story. Chairman of Livingstone Foundation Higher Secondary School, Andrew Ahoto and representative of Bhojpuri Samaj, Promod Singh also spoke briefly during the programme. The birth anniversary celebration was marked with drawing competition, blood donation camp and blood painting. Later, in the evening, a partriotic nite was presented by Sargam Cultural Association.
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Colourful procession on Netaji's Manipur BJP leader held for violating curfew, released HC seeks Manipur state birth anniversary in tripura aGartala, January 23 (ianS): Over 2,000 school students and tableaux depicting prevailing issues were part of a colourful procession taken out in the Tripura capital on Saturday to mark the 119th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. As many as 26 groups of students of the 68-year-old Netaji Subhash Vidyaniketan highlighted terror strikes across the world, drug menace, crimes against women, earthquakes, Tripura's achievements in different fields and incidents related to India's freedom struggle. A group of students also depicted the recent terror attack at the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot in Punjab. Spectators gathered in thousands by the roadside
imphal January 23 (ianS): Hours after being taken into custody for violating curfew restrictions, BJP legislator Khumukcham Joykishan was released unconditionally imphal, January 23 (tnn): The Manipur high by a court here on Saturday. court has sought a reply from the Manipur state govPolice said the legisla- ernment on the controversy over the construction of a tor from Thangmeiband temporary market on a busy road in Imphal city. constituency (adjacent to The government had started constructing the temImphal town) in Manipur porary market at Thangal Bazaar to accommodate was taken into custody as thousands of women vendors of the Ima markets, afa precautionary measure ter two buildings were badly damaged by the massive since there was apprehen- January 4 earthquake. The worst part is both ends of the sion that he would violate crowded road has been blocked for the purpose. the curfew restrictions. He A number of civil society organizations has was detained at 10.15 p.m. strongly objected to the move citing traffic proband released at 3 p.m. by the lems in the already congested Imphal city that will chief judicial magistrate. be compounded by such construction. The district adminisHaving heard a PIL filed against the constructration had clamped in- tion, a division bench of the high court on Wednesdefinite curfew on Friday day asked the state authorities, including the chief night in some parts of secretary and PWD chief engineer, to submit their Imphal town to prevent replies on the matter within two weeks. the legislator and his supporters from creating a law manding suspension of the gal street. construction of the tempoHe and his supporters and order situation. Joykishan has been de- rary market in a busy Than- had marched towards the
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School students take out a rally on 119th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Agartala. (PTI Photo)
to watch the procession that was flagged off by Tripura's Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty. Government departments and NGOs also took
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2 monkeys dead, 20 sick in Majuli
out tableaux illustrating various national and regional issues. "We have been organising the procession on the occasion of Netaji's birthday for the past 65
years to highlight the role, sacrifice and dedication of this great freedom fighter and India's iconic leader," said school headmaster Amulya Chandra Debnath.
Assam proposals on ST tag for tribes top govt agenda Influenza alert: Tripura nEw DElhi, January 23 (Et): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of Scheduled Tribe status for Assam communities, the election-bound state has jumped the queue of 300 such proposals from different states. Even as the new Scheduled Tribe classification and procedure is pending at the Cabinet Secretariat, tribal affairs ministry has moved to provide ST status to Bodos, Karbis and Mikirs under the old criteria. According to sources, the ministry is preparing a Cabinet note granting ST status to the numerically strong communities. All
Guwahati, January 23 (tnn): More than 20 monkeys fell sick and two of them died in the Gormur area of Majuli island in Jorhat district on Friday. Forest officials suspected the primates might have consumed poisonlaced food. Majuli island, the nerve centre of neo-Vaishnavite culture, has another quality. Its residents love wild animals. And the locals believed that the deaths were the handiwork of some mischief makers. The people here have been facing monkey menace for quite some time with the primates often gorging on vegetables and fruits, said a local resident. "But we never thought of harming them because of the religious sentiments associated with them," he added. "We are shocked to hear about the deaths of monkeys. This is surely a mischief made by some miscreants. We respect monkeys thought they destroy our crops," said a woman. Though Jorhat divisional forest officer Swapan Saikia said only two monkey deaths were reported from the area, locals said more than five primates were dead. "We are not sure about the cause of the deaths. We have sent the carcasses for post mortem to ascertain whether Guwahati, January the monkeys died out of poisoning," Saikia added. 23 (tnn): The Congress might claim to be unperturbed about its veteran leader Devanand Konwar Guwahati, January 23 (tnn): The All Assam joining All India United Students' Union (Aasu) has appealed to the Centre and Democratic Front (AIUDF), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to but for the Badruddin Ajstop construction of the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hy- mal-led regional party, the droelectric project after Prime Minister Narendra Modi as- former Bihar and Tripura sured the students' body that opinion of experts in Assam governor is a prize catch. would be respected while executing any future work on the Sources in the party said controversial project. General secretary of Aasu Lurinjyoti Konwar would help AIUDF Gogoi on Friday said the Centre and NHPC must abide by shed its 'communal' image Modi's assurance or they would face resistance from anti- and make inroads into the dam protesters. "Expert-to-expert talks and construction Ahom community to with cannot go on simultaneously. Opinions of experts from he belongs. "The BJP often Assam who are opposed to the dam must be respected. We appeal to the Centre to not break our trust," he said. Gogoi added that the Centre and NHPC should stop all construction on the dam till experts assessed the downstream impact of the project. A few days ago, Aasu activists blocked movement of trucks to the site and threatened to resume the anti-dam agitation after Magh Bihu.
proposals from the states have been on hold, awaiting the new classification and procedure. Even though the ministry has decided to expedite proposals from Assam, there are 15 states that are still awaiting clarity on their proposals. Assam had sent 45 proposals for Scheduled Tribes status in the last three years. These include Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutia, Amri Karbi, Karbi Mikir, Bodo Kachari and politically crucial 36 tea tribe communities. However, there was no progress as the government was mulling a new procedure for classification of Scheduled Tribes. A se-
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nior ministry official told ET, "We can expedite a proposal under the old procedure. Proposals from Assam have received approval of Registrar General of India and National Commission of Scheduled Tribes. So the process can be set in motion. We do not necessarily have to wait for the new guidelines." The tribal affairs ministry is likely to move the Cabinet note and seek parliamentary approval in the forthcoming Budget session. "There is no illegality in moving the proposals under the old procedure. It is still in place till it is replaced by a new process and classification," said the official.
aGartala, January 23 (tnn): The Tripura government has stopped serving eggs in midday meals following the outbreak of avian influenza in state- owned firms. The school education department has been serving egg meals in more than 4,000 schools and 500 anganwadi centres across the state twice a week. Last week, the National Institute of High Security Animal Disease (NIHSAD), Bhopal, confirmed bird flu in Gandhigram and RK Nagar firms. "The education department gets supply of eggs from both the firms. With reports of fresh death of birds, authorities decided not to serve eggs in meals until further order. Instead of eggs, locally available similar nutrient food will be given," said an official. Officials said the education department is also making students aware of the symptoms of avian flu and what precautions to take. Mass culling of ducks and chickens began on
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Guwahati, January 23 (ianS): Assam's ruling Congress, BJP and regional party AGP on Saturday slammed perfume businessman and AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal for his comment that all Muslims in Assam should come together to fight for their existence as Hindu votes have been polarised after Narendra Modi became the prime minister. All three parties condemned the All India United Democratic Front leader, and warned him against hatching a conspiracy to divide the people of Assam on communal lines. Ajmal on Friday appealed to all Muslims in Assam to come together to fight for their existence on grounds that Hindu votes have been polarised after Modi came to power. The AIUDF president went to the extent of saying that the Congress was behind the demolition of the Babri Masjid and alleged that both the Congress and the BJP were resorting to communalism. BJP Lok Sabha member Bijoya Chakraborty termed Ajmal's statement an attempt to hatch a conspiracy to create communal riots between Hindus and Muslims, and demanded his immediate arrest. "He (Ajmal) has prepared a blueprint for communal violence between Hindus and Muslims ahead of the elections in Assam. But he must remember that Assam is known for its secular image. Chakraborty said that the state police chief had in the past said efforts were on in the social media to unite
the Muslims and ask them to join the Islamic State terror outfit. "I suspect if Ajmal is playing a role here. He is uniting the Muslims against the Hindus," said Chakraborty, while appealing to the Congress government in Assam to take serious note of the issue. The Congress also condemned Ajmal's statement, saying it might lead to tension among different communities living in Assam. "Ajmal's statement is against the secular spirit of the country. It seems that by the statement, Ajmal is trying to divide the people of Assam on communal lines," said Ripun Bora, vice president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC). "Ajmal has intentionally made such kind of a communal statement as he is aware of the situation in Assam." Bora said Ajmal's statement "exposes the tacit understanding between the AIUDF and BJP. "The BJP is a sinking ship at this moment and so Ajmal wanted to polarise the Hindu and Muslim votes for the benefit of the AIUDF and the BJP," he said. Asom Gana Parishad general secretary Ramendra Narayan Kalita also condemned Ajmal's statement, saying it was aimed at dividing the people of Assam ahead of the polls. "People of Assam have been living peacefully irrespective of caste, creed and religion. The AIUDF wants to take political mileage ahead of the polls. The people of Assam would stand united against such an evil conspiracy," Kalita said.
town and bulled through the police barricades, daring police to arrest him saying: "I have broken the law". Thongam Bisajit, another legislator said: "The agitation shall continue whether Joykishan is released or detained. The Congress government is making its presence felt without caring for the sentiment of the people." Okram Joy of the BJP also appealed to the government to find an amicable solution. Hundreds of men and women tried to violate the curfew after the legislator was detained, prompting police to fire several rounds of tear gas shells. The agitators said they will launch a relay hunger strike from Sunday. They also staged a sit-in protest, demanding unconditional release of the legislator.
accuses AIUDF of being a communal party. A politician of Konwar's stature joining AIUDF shows we are not a communal party. In recent years, people of different communities and diverse religious backgrounds have joined AIUDF. Konwar is the first Ahom to join us," AIUDF general secretary Aminul Islam said. He formally joined AIUDF at an election rally in Barpeta district's Dohori on Wednesday. Since his induction, he has been campaign-
ing for the party in constituencies across lower Assam. Many senior Congress leaders, including a former minister, have expressed interest in joining AIUDF after Konwar's move, Islam added. Congress general secretary Mukul Sarma, however, dismissed suggestions that Konwar's joining AIUDF would affect the ruling party. "The former governor has been inactive in politics for a long time. Congress is too big a party to be affected by someone leaving," Sar-
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aGartala, January 23 (ianS): The union tourism ministry has sanctioned a Tripura government project to create infrastructure along India-Bangladesh border similar to that at the Wagah border with Pakistan, a minister said here on Saturday. "Wagah-like infrastructure, including a mini-stadium, would be created at the Agartala (India)-Akhaura (Bangladesh) border to organise Beating Retreat ceremony," Tripura Tourism Minister Ratan Bhowmik told reporters. "Under the tourism ministry's 'Swadesh Darshan' scheme, the union government has sanctioned Rs.99 crore to implement a few tourism projects in Tripura, including the building of a mini-stadium and other infrastructure in the Agartala-Akhaura border." The Agartala-Akhaura check post is the second largest trading point between India and Bangladesh after Benapole and
Petrapole with West Bengal. The Beating Retreat ceremony, which marks closing of the Wagah border near Amritsar every evening, is a military routine that the India-Pakistan border guards - the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers - have jointly conducted since 1959. People travel specially to the border to witness the ceremony in which the flags of the two countries are lowered by the security personnel with a number of aggressive gestures and a mutually coordinated performance. The minister said that a musical fountain at Ujjayanta Palace, introduction of battery operated car at Sipahijala wild life zoo and sanctuary and development of Dambur lake would be undertaken. Northeast India's biggest museum was set up at the historic Ujjayanta Palace, the former royal palace of Tripura’s Manikya kings, which served as the state legislative assembly until 2011.
Flood relief lessons prove useful to Manipur ChEnnai, January 23 (thE hinDu): During the floods in Chennai, they came together to offer help to the affected. Now, with this experience guiding them, this spirited group of volunteers are coordinating relief efforts in the quake-hit Manipur. And, they want to sustain this initiative and continue to help people during disasters. It all started when individuals joined hands to reach out to flood-affected residents in December. They then formed Tamil Nadu Flood Support and worked several hours in a day to support the flood-affected, carrying out various activities from mobilising volunteers and materials to delivering supplies on time. The group continues work in Chennai and Cuddalore. “We met with several challenges as we tried to reach out to people. Many had supplies and funds and did not know how to reach people. Much time was lost in transporting supplies.
Sometimes, there were more volunteers than was necessary at one place,” said Shashi Kumar M. of Tamil Nadu Flood Support. In response, they created www.chennaiassemble. com which enabled them to assess requirements and availability of resources. “We continue work as there are places in Cuddalore and Chennai where residents need such help. We set up collection centres in many places, including Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, to mobilise supplies and coordinate through the website,” said Shashi Kumar, an engineering student. Using this experience and database of over 55,000 people, the team is coordinating with other groups like Red Elephant Foundation, Flood Support Manipur and Sphere India to mobilise help for quakehit Manipur. “Our Chennai experience has taught us to identify the specific needs of people and avoid
supplying things they don’t need. For instance, we realised much later about the need for children’s clothes in Chennai. In Manipur, there is a greater need for materials like tents and warm clothes than for volunteers,” said Anusha Padmanabhan of the same group. The group has prepared a kit that can be sponsored and also a standard list of items that would be required in disaster-hit areas. “We are planning to gather more support and funds for the relief operations from ICON-MUN in ICFAI, Hyderabad where students from various colleges will congregate for a conference this monthend. Our focus is to be more transparent in feedback about relief operation,” Shashi Kumar added. “We want to mobilise disaster management teams and keep the spirit alive among the volunteers through our initiatives,” said Padmanabhan.
ma said. The AIUDF, formed ahead of the 2006 assembly election in Assam, has gone from strength to strength in successive elections by making significant inroads into the minority-dominated constituencies of the state, which were previously Congress bastions. In the upcoming assembly election, the minority electorate is set to be divided between AIUDF and Congress, with any chance of an alliance between the two parties being scuppered.
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DAVOS, JAnuAry 23 (reuterS): Colourful lions adorn a salon on the main street of Davos, inviting visiting business leaders to "Make in India". Optimism about the world's fastest growing economy contrasts with the economic gloom facing other emerging markets and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mantra encapsulates a renewed confidence among Indian business and political leaders at the 2016 World Economic Forum. This year's Davos push, led by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has stirred memories of the ill-fated and extravagant 2006 "India Everywhere" marketing campaign that had aimed to showcase a resurgent India as a destination for foreign investment to rival China. But the ruling party was routed soon after in elections and subsequent years laid bare India's frailties; its woeful infrastructure, inability to deliver reforms and a huge balance of payments deficit put it in the Fragile Five group of emerging markets seen at most risk of financial crisis. That has all changed, and the 140-plus strong India contingent at Davos is confident the turnaround this time is for real, driven by efforts at reform and falling oil im-
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gestures during the session 'India's Next Decade' in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 23, 2015. (REUTERS)
port costs. "India will be a shining star, the I in the BRICs constellation is giving hope to the rest of the world that we won't fall in the same trap that most of the world is in, that of slow growth," Indian telecommunications tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal told a panel at the World Economic Forum, Indeed, the other BRIC emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India and China - are wrestling with problems. The first two are in a second year of recession, while this week China posted its weakest growth in 25 years. India has finally taken on the mantle of the world's fastest growing big economy; its equities and bonds are favourites with emerging market investors who are betting that growth will accelerate further.
What's more, direct bricks-and-mortar foreign investment flows into India jumped 75 percent over 2015, according to a report this week from United Nations trade body UNCTAD. Davos regulars feel India may actually have something to crow about. A PWC survey of more than 1,400 global CEOs found India to be the rare bright spot among big economies, with rising confidence in short-term sales growth. "I think they are doing it (Davos) more quietly this time, I think that's good. Let China take all the heat and just keep your head down," said Martin Gilbert CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management, who counts India as one of his favourite markets. SLOW REFORM
But India has plenty to worry about. Key reforms on land and tax remain elusive. Latest data, showing a 15 percent year-on-year decline in exports, is proof enough that India cannot escape the fallout of a global slowdow n stemming from China Neeraj Kanwar, vice chairman of Apollo Tyres, should be rejoicing in falling costs of rubber and energy. Instead, he is fretting about the weakening yuan and the possibility of more competitive currency devaluations in China and the rest of Asia. Chinese tyres account for a third of the Indian market, he told Reuters on the sidelines of the WEF, up from 15-20 percent a year ago. Meanwhile India's tyre industry is running at 60 percent capacity, Kanwar said, adding: "The writing is on the wall for Make in India." Apollo will start producing tyres at its new plant in Hungary from 2017, for easier access to Western European markets but Kanwar said an investment process that took a few weeks in Hungary could have consumed up to 18 months in India. Critics would note India ranked 130th in the World Bank's latest survey on ease of doing business
and Kanwar said clearances for Apollo's planned facility in Hungary took a few weeks, a process that would have taken up to 18 months in India. "There are still too many barriers to doing business in India," he added. DOUBLING DOWN But in today's bleak emerging markets, Western businesses may have little choice but to gravitate towards India with its 7 percent growth and billion-plus eager consumers. "There is increased opportunity in India, while (reform) progress has been slow we are seeing progress and that's the key," KPMG chairman John Veihmeyer told the Reuters Global Markets Forum this week, adding that India was the consultancy's fastest-growing market. And John Chambers, executive chairman of IT giant Cisco Systems reckons India, with its software industry, is well placed to capitalise on increasingly digitalised business. "We all got excited about India before, but the market didn't develop as we hoped," Chambers said. "Cisco doubled down in India two years ago and we will double down again..We cannot miss this opportunity."
ASUS launches photography-focused Zenfone Zoom smartphone AgrA, JAnuAry 23 (IAnS): Taiwanese smartphone maker ASUS on Friday extended its portfolio of Zenfone series, launching ASUS Zenfone Zoom — an advanced photography-focused smartphone for Indian customers. Designed for a photographer’s delight, the smartphone is equipped with 13-megapixel primary camera that has a 3x optical zoom with industry leading camera features. The device has
unprecedented hardware technology for the clearest and sharpest images ever captured through a smartphone, the company said, adding its 10-element HOYA lenses kit gives a total of 12x zoom and 5 centimetre macro focus. The smartphone is equipped with clutterbreaking laser auto-focus of 0.03 seconds that allows the user to take pictures in a blink and 4-stop optical image stabliser (OIS) that enhances image qual-
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MuMbAI, JAnuAry 22 (PtI): Reserve Bank will soon put into circulation new banknotes of Rs 500 and Rs 100 denominations of the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with enhanced security features. RBI said the introduction of new bank notes is part of its endeavour to continually improve design and security features to deter counterfeiting activities. "The Reserve Bank will shortly issue Rs 500 denomination bank notes with three additional/revised features in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005, with inset letter 'E' in both the numbering panels, bearing the signature of Dr Raghuram G Rajan, Governor, RBI," it said in a notification today. RBI said these notes will have ascending size of numerals in the number panels, bleed lines, and enlarged identification mark, on the obverse. It had earlier issued 500
denomination notes with the same inset letter in August with the ascending size of numerals in the number panels but without bleed lines and enlarged identification mark. Besides, RBI will also issue Rs 100 new bank notes with added features including identification marks for visually impaired persons. "Rs 100 banknotes will have a total of four angular bleed lines in two sets of two-two lines
on the obverse on both the left and right-hand edge of the bank note," it said. The central bank said that Rs 100 notes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 will have enlarged identification mark as the existing mark of a triangle near the left edge of the banknote has been enlarged. The existing banknotes of both the denominations will continue to be legal tender, it added.
Ampware Crank Case charges iPhone by hand
With all of the charging iPhone cases around, it was only a matter of time before a crank case appeared. Actually, we’ve seen a couple, but the Ampware certainly appears the most impressive, at least for now. Other charging cases could hold a couple full smartphone battery charges, but with this builtin crank, you can theoretically keep your phone going forever. Not only is this obviously eco-friendly, but a lot of thought went into the design as well. The crank of the Ampware case is locked into the back of the case and is
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be downright nice to have when stuck in traffic, out on the town, or doing yard work. Going cordless is almost always worth the price of admission, especially if you don’t mind a little hand action now and then. The cranky iPhone battery case is only available for the iPhone 6 and 6s, at least for now. One thing it shares in common with other charging cases is a high price – you can preorder now, but it will cost you $80 for one case. Deliveries for the iPhone accessories will occur sometime during March. (Source: Gadget Review)
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NPF destroyed Nagaland during Ar apprehends 2 NSCN (r) cadres WSBAK consultation meeting its 13 years rule: NPcc president Dimapur, January 23 (mExn): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president K Therie on Saturday criticized the Naga People’s Front (NPF) party for destroying Nagaland State during its 13 years rule. According to a press statement from media cell, Therie, while addressing a public gathering at Kiphire
town as part of NPCC mass contact tour said the regional party despite being given three chances by the people has failed to take the State forward on all fronts. Claiming that there was no longer any hope or future to be expected from the NPF party, the NPCC president therefore said he was approaching the people with a dream to bring
about the much needed change in the society. Urging the gathering to join Congress to be a catalyst in bringing about change, Therie assured economic improvement of each household in the State if given the opportunity. The NPCC president also appealed the State government to share their wisdom with the masses
and to educate them on the various welfare schemes and facilities available for the public to take our society forward. He also interacted with the leaders of Yimchunger tribe at Shamator wherein he exhorted on the importance of different communities and neighbors living together in peace and unity.
Kohima Traffic regulations for Republic-Day
kohima, January 23 (mExn): In view of the 67th Republic Day celebration at Secretariat Plaza, Kohima, the following traffic regulations will be enforced on January 26 from 6 a.m. as part of the security arrangement: 1. Only vehicles with
appropriate car pass will a. From BSNL Telebe allowed entry to the phone Exchange till Secretariat Plaza. Classic Island. 2. Parking outside the b. From Raj Bhavan main gate of the Secretarto New Secretariat iat Plaza will be free for all complex via High public School Junction. 3. No vehicle will be Defaulting vehicles allowed to be parked by on the above mentioned the roadside from 6 a.m. stretch of the road will be in the following areas towed away and towing
charge shall be recovered from the defaulters. Entry of heavy vehicles as well as unloading in the town will be restricted from 7 a.m. onwards. This was informed in a press release issued by Joseph Hesso, Sr. Superintendent of Police, Kohima.
Dimapur, January 23 (mExn): 32 Assam Rifles apprehended two NSCN (R) cadres along with extortion slips, arms and ammunition from New Market area on January 18, a delayed press release from the AR stated today. The two cadres were identified as Capt Mughaito Chopi and Capt Kimiyeto Sumi. One 9 mm pistol, one .32 country made pistol, 14
live rounds of 9 mm and 42 live rounds of .32 were recovered from the duo. The cadres were also in possession of 44 extortion slips which were used to place demands for extortion money and approx Rs 60,000 in cash, the AR release stated. The apprehended cadres were handed over to Dimapur West Police Station along with the recovered arms and ammunition.
Dimapur, January 23 (mExn): A consultation meeting of the WSBAK Associate Pastors Youth has been scheduled on January 26 at 8am at WSBAK Mission Centre, Akuvuto. A press release from Rev. Aheto Sema, Secretary, Youth Department, has requested all Associate Youth Pastors to attend the meeting.
Free Anti Rabies Vaccination on Jan 26
pughoboto, January 23 (mExn): The department of Vety & AH Pughoboto, during the Republic day celebration on January 26, would be conducting exhibition cum competition of Livestock (goat) and poultry (commercial and local) of both male and female and shall adjudged first and second in all the categories of the exhibits. Further, there will be Free Anti Rabies Vaccination (ARV) Camp for dogs. Therefore, interested individual/farmers have been requested to bring their exhibit animals between 6-7:00 am to the concerned department stall at the local ground. Further, the department requests all the concern village kohima, January 23 received here informed. council Chairman to inform and encourage the public of (mExn): A Mobile Vehi- Three persons have been respective village for participation in the exhibition and cle Check Post established arrested in this regard. The vaccination on that day after the programmer.
3 arrested for possession of ganja
by 164 Inf Bn (TA) (H&H) Naga at Phesama village seized approximately 80 kgs of ganja worth around Rs. 1.23 lakh in the market on January 20. The illegal narcotic was recovered from a Maruti Alto travelling from Senapati District, Manipur towards Kohima, a press release
three were identified as Roshan Thapa, 22, Dhiraj Gurung, 22, and Abina Mao, 35. The apprehended individuals along with the recovered contrabands have been handed over to Khuzama Police Station, Kohima and an FIR under the Narcotics Act has been lodged, the release informed.
Mkg Zila Sainik Welfare Officer informs mokokchung, January 23 (Dipr): Zila Sainik Welfare Officer, Lt Col Joy Choudhury (Retd) has stated that as before the Defence Ex-servicemen and Assam rifles Ex-Servicemen will take part in the Republic Day parade on January 26. He therefore requested all Ex-Servicemen from Mokokchung town and from Chungtia, Khensa, Longkhum, Mangmetong, Ungma, Chuchuyimlang, and Mokokchung villages to take part in the parade. They are requested to come to the parade ground in time.
Public SPace
Beat Swords to Ploughshares (Isaiah 2: 4)
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propos my letter, “T. Ao: From Changki to London?”, which appeared in your esteemed paper on the 20th December, 2015 issue, in which I had declared my Grandfather, late Reverend Subongwati, was expelled from Changki Village, I made a grave human error. For this error I tendered an Apology Letter, which was printed in your paper, dated 29th December, 2015. I was later summoned by Changki Village Council on the 21st January, 2016 instant before which I presented myself. It reviewed my case and took appropriate action against me for the error I made. The Council treated me in the most humane, kind and lenient manner for which I am forever grateful. I shall restrain myself from any further such rash action in the future. Mr. A. Tally Son of late Dr. T.Ao
Be grateful What cost you saying grateful To someone of great aid? What if someone you abetted Can be so much ungrateful?
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rophet Isaiah prophesied that a time of peace for the people of Israel is coming when people shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. During the time of Prophet Isaiah, metal was available in very less quantity. This scarce quantity of metal they beat it into implements for cultivation purposes. But during the time of war, they need weapons such as swords and spears to fight against the enemies. Hence, they collected ploughshares and pruning hooks and beat them into swords and spears. But once the war
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rom the TV screen to the pictures portrayed in the streets, one need not argue much that humans have become a slave to the erotomania of oneself. Erotomania is deLife –to live forth fined as the excessive sexual inclination or desire. India is —has vivid notionsconsidered the largest movTo be lovable ie-producing nation in the world and there are very less To be altruistic film, I suppose, in our own Bollywood makings that To be grateful are totally free from explicit pictures. Children from a And so forth… young age are exposed to all the wrong concept and notions about sex, marriage If only you show your and moral values. These seductions are destroying inkindest empathy dividuals, family relations And take off your and society. It is not surprising at all that porn sites are egocentric face, the most viewed websites in the world. Admit it. We Then you are idyllic have become a slave of our own bodily desires. Clearly, And the entire humanity there’s something that has Would be keen on to taken a hold of millions of soul and deliverance from heed about you. this bondage seems an im-Niekhoyi Rhakho Stephen possible
was over and peace prevailed, they beat swords and spears into ploughshares and pruning hooks for cultivation purpose. Ploughshare symbolize creative tool that benefit humankind, whereas sword symbolizes destructive tools of war. Swords and spears are for destruction, war and bloodshed. During war, people suffered poverty not only because they lacked agricultural tools but also because young men were taken away from agricultural activity to fight in war. Ploughshare and pruning hook represent peace and prosperity. It is high time for the Naga people to choose ploughshare over sword in one accord. For long, Naga people Our world has come to a point where human’s need for food is compared the same as that of our sexual needs. Casual sexual affairs and desacralizing of relationships are direct or indirect attachment to this issue. Rapes, molestation and pornography are filling our nations and homes with a dark cloud that births right from our smartphones, mobiles, iPhones, laptops and TV programmes. What we perceive from the world of information is influencing the mind to perceive in that direction. Particularly womenfolk and children are the ones who are the suffering group in this area. From child prostitution to women enslavement, our world seems to be intoxicated and seduced by an ever increasing sensual desires that callous the hearts and mind of people from looking deeper into the real and nasty details of all the realities within the picture
had been using swords, spears and guns to bring peace and freedom in the land. Bloodshed and violence of all forms had dominated the lives of the Nagas from headhunting period till today. In this many years of struggle for freedom thousands of precious lives had been lost. It also had drained away the scarce economy of the Naga people. We had been living with spears and guns for so long that our society internalised violence as ‘intrinsic part of life’. Unfortunate! Dangerous! How long should we continue to invest all our resources (physical, spiritual or money) to fight among ourselves and with India? How long should we live
in suspicion and hatred of one another? When everyone holds sword in their hand, all feel threatened; but when everyone holds ploughshare, all felt safe. In humility let us bend down and pick up ploughshare to build our society. “There is time for everything” says the Bible. It is time for the Naga people to enjoy peace and prosperity. We cannot sacrifice more lives on the altar of freedom movement. It is time to beat them into ploughshare and build up harmonious relationship with everyone transcending village, tribe and factional interest. The Prophet Isaiah said that a time will come when ‘the wolf and the lamb will live to-
Erotomaniac Culture industries. Women are not merely machines to satisfy the hunger of the menfolk. Remember, they are not sexual machines but humans and they are someone’s daughter/sister. It is plain ridiculous and demonic in its own way. The problem lies in the industries of media who cares more about money than human.Men, as a result, are enslaved by this false passion killing their consciousness to be human.Adding to that, the music industry as well is playing a pivotal role in destroying the morale of millions around the globe. Almost all the music in the world that people listens to today are saturated with immoral lifestyle and promoting Sodomic(homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, promiscuity, etc.) perspective. Although nothing can
be changed about this, it’s a serious thought that needs to be pondered by everyrational intellectual human. This false notion about human body can be transformedif only our minds can change because what controls our mind ultimately controls us in the end. Buddha was one of the religious founders who admitted that the Desire of human flesh was one of the fundamental reasons for the suffering in this world. If we could eradicate Desire, then for a Buddhist, that’s the ultimate bliss. For an Islam, sexual desire is viewed as an appetite that must be properly satisfied. It forbids controlling and deprivation of the sexual behaviour. Now, from a Christian worldview, the old nature of adamic race is the ultimate reason for our flawed desires. We desire the thing of the flesh
gether, the calf and the lion will graze together and a little child will lead them’ (Isaiah 11:6). We may have different opinions, interests, ideologies or personalities as ferocious as that of wolves but we have to resolve the differences and settle for greater common good. Those persons or organisations that yield greater power than others must humble down before God and fellow beings even as God wants wolves and lions to transform themselves. Is it not high time for the Naga people to come together and give fullest support in paving the way for Naga political freedom through peaceful means? Do we believe that our brothers and sisters will
win our cause with swords and guns fighting Indian Army who possessed world’s latest war weapons? Let us drop swords and re-create our society with ploughshares. The time of guns and swords is over. It is time for ploughshares, a time of peace and prosperity. Dialogue is the only way to bring an amicable settlement among Naga family and with India. We have to decide and act now. Let us not wait for time to decide for us because when time decides, it always decides against us.
and the world because of our sinful nature. Only in the receiving of Christ’s new life and Spirit, the old nature of sin can be eliminated.The famed Puritan preacher, Thomas Chalmers described it poignantly, “This new affection of heart expels all other old seductions and attractions.” This is exactly how a Christian life should correspond. In the words of Dr. Ravi Zacharias, “… not just being freed from the guilt of sin but from the power of sin,” is a brilliant definition of a true Christian. On the self-destruction of 20th Century Western Man, MalcomMuggeridge said this, “… it has become abundantly clear in the second half of the twentieth century that Western man has decided to abolish himself. Having wearied of the struggle to be himself, he has created his own boredom out of his own affluence, his own impotence out of his own erotomania,
his own vulnerability out of his own strength; himself blowing up the trumpet that brings the walls of his own city tumbling down, and,… until at last, having educated himself into imbecility, and polluted and drugged himself into stupefaction, he keeled over-a weary, battered old brontosaurusand became extinct.” What a clear description about the Western society that has been one of the Christian dominated countries in the world for centuries. Now that they are rejecting and trading the God of Christianity for materialism and pleasures, we see more of inhuman acts birthing right from their own schools and universities. These could very well fit in to our society with the proliferation of all the erotomaniac culture of our day which may lead to the decay of our moral and ethical norms-ultimately our extinction.
The views expressed here are solely that of the author and did not represent the view of any organisation or institution.
Vebu Khamo, Kohima Bible College.
The importance of News literacy Imnasenla
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n this Digital Age, we are flooded with all kinds of information and it becomes difficult to distinguish between fake and real news. For the consumers it’s difficult to discern between news and propaganda, news and advertisement, news and paid-news. Information in the media has grown exponentially overall the past years and we believe everything we see and read. Today people spend most of the time on social media and though it has increased reading on screen, reading printed materials, including newspapers and magazines have decreased. There has been a major and critical change in terms of uses and consumption of media, which can be explained by the decline of traditional media as
it is witnessed by circulation figures around the world. Richard Hornik, Director of Overseas Partnerships at the Centre for News Literacy believes that the latest communications revolution has transformed society anew by making it possible for everyone with access to a computer or a smartphone to publish information. He however opines that these challenges have created the demand for a new kind of literacy. News Literacy can become a valuable tool for consumers, if they understand the contemporary media in terms of their reliability, objectivity, balanced and unbiased reporting. News literacy is a process of describing, interpreting and evaluating news. It has been characterized as one that introduces new associations or attributes a new meaning to original communicative act.
Professor Janet Wasko, President of International Association for Media and Communication Research is of the view that news aggregators, bloggers, pundits, provocateurs, commentators and “citizen journalists” are competing with traditional journalists for public attention. She further asserts that uninformed opinion masquerades as news and lines are blurring between legitimate journalism and the propaganda, entertainment, self promotion and unmediated information on the internet. Taking an instance on Health Communication, it has become an important part of media intervention, as demand for health related issues in media have grown exponentially. An important health issue of our time is HIV & AIDS and there are several challenges for the media to create balanced information.
The increased coverage of HIV & AIDS related information in media, especially the newspapers has led to various challenges as many media practitioners do not have the adequate skills to write and report on the issue. There are limited HIV & AIDS resource centres, which makes it difficult for journalist to get up to date information. Hence, there is a need for providing factual information which is reliable, balanced and is attributed to credible sources. People want objectivity, reliability, balanced and unbiased information on HIV & AIDS, political news or any other kind of news from credible sources. However, with the increased flow of HIV related information and any kind of information in the media, the certainty of the source and authenticity of the information becomes questionable. With so many sources to choose from,
the responsibility of the media is to monitor and pick the right news information from reliable sources; providing the facts and putting them in perspective. Failing which, the media has often come under the scanner for being insensitive towards HIV & AIDS reporting and creating confusion among the consumers. Very often journalists publish news reports on “Miracle Cure” for HIV & AIDS without verifying the facts and sources. This creates confusion and gives a sense of false hope to the People Living with HIV & AIDS. Pollard R and Walters E (2006) in a media guide advises journalist not to believe everything the government or the drug companies or the community group says, but rather dispel myths on HIV & AIDS by practicing good journalism and see first-hand what it means to live with HIV & AIDS by seeking
out information and interviewing those affected. Not only in the case of HIV & AIDS, there are numerous health related information in the media, where the consumer has to discern in getting the right information and not believe everything they read. Likewise, all the breaking news in the media cannot all be true. Sometimes, different news information in the media especially the social media can be deceiving and confusing. In the light of this, it becomes vital that every consumer is News literate. Though News Literacy is still at its infancy in India, the new movement first started it root at the Centre for News Literacy at Stony Brook University, New York, US in 2006. During the past 10 years, the need for news literacy has only grown. Where the movement once worried
about blogs, left-right bias and how to decode the front page of a newspaper, it now confronts a booming content-marketing business that is cranking out native advertising, all manner of “sponsored content”, and glossy magazines and slick docu-ads produced by corporations that look and sound a lot like journalism. An association known as the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) helps newspapers, parents and teachers work together to engage the young to create a literate, civic-minded new generation of readers all over the world. It is important that consumers are well informed with reliable sources and objective reporting for a healthy society or the consequences of rumors and gossip in the media can be quite dangerous for the society.
The Morung Express is introducing “Public Space” as part of our intention to provide deliberate space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper. Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.
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Being Special Terri Mauro
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s the kind of writing you remember doing as a student not a part of the curriculum for your child with special needs? While it may be a relief not to have to provide homework help for essays and reports and research papers, you may feel that writing is something your child could do if given an opportunity. As a schoolvacation project, try setting up a blog for your
child as a way to encourage writing in a way that doesn't feel like schoolwork. The blog topic can be
whatever your child wants to write about on any given day, or can focus on a subject that is highly motivating, like sports recaps
InspIre Your ChIld to WrIte A blog is a fun way to get the words rolling and opinions, video-game reviews and strategies, episode descriptions of favorite TV shows, or notes on favorite books. You can also employ writing prompts, like those from Oregon Department of Education, Daily Teaching Tools, Poetry4Kids, and Build Creative Writing Ideas. Blog posts don't have to be long or detailed. You might start by challenging your child to write five sentences a day. Blogger is a good site
for getting a free blog that doesn't involve much more than typing into a box. Sit with your child to set up a blog of his or her own, with an appealing title and design. Make sure to visit the privacy settings and block the blog from being listed by Blogger or on Google. You want this to be a place for your child to write free from strangers' eyes. However, since getting comments is fun, send the link to trusted family members and
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The bird plucked the sweet smelling fruit, and sat by the banks of the river and started eating it. The fruit was eaten by one head, which saw the fruit from the sky. The head that ate the part praised the fruit so much, as the fruit was very tasty. While eating, the other head, asked the first head, ‘Can you give me a piece to taste?’ The first head said ‘See, we are having only one stomach. So even If I eat in my mouth, it will go into our stomach.’ The other head then said ‘But I wanted to taste the fruit, so you should
team about finding ways to make that part of the educational program. A couple of other fun writing exercises for your child to try: • The blog The Inspired Treehouse has a Pen Pal Project with writing prompts and fillin-the-blank forms to get your child writing to a friend, relative, or a pen pal matched through the blog • Something to Write About on the Make Beliefs Comix site
has a journal format with writing prompts and boxes that can be typed in. Have you found fun writing inspiration projects online? Tell me about them on my Facebook page and maybe I'll add them here.
Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.
The Strange Bird with Two Heads
nce upon a time, there lived a strange bird with two heads, facing opposite directions. The two heads used to fight and argue with each other, even for very simple reasons. While they shared the same body, the two heads behaved like rivals! The strange bird lived in a big banyan tree, along the bank of a river. One day, while flying over the river, one head of the bird saw a beautiful tree that had a bright red fruit. One head of the bird wanted to eat the fruit and the bird flew down to pick the fruit from the tree.
friends and ask them to stop by on a regular basis and say encouraging things about what your child is doing. Also share the link with your child's teacher, so there can be some inschool credit and appreciation for the writing that's been done. Maybe this will also help school personnel see that writing is something that, with a little creativity and flexibility, your child is willing and able to do. Talk to the teacher and IEP
— John F. Kennedy
give me.’ The first head replied in anger ‘I saw the fruit and hence, I have the right to eat it without sharing with anyone.’ The depressed second head, became very sad, and went silent. A few days later, while the bird was flying, the second head saw a beautiful pink fruit in a tree. It flew down near the tree and was trying to pick the fruit and eat it. The other birds living in the tree said “don’t eat it. It is a poisonous fruit.” It
will kill you. The first head shouted, ‘Don’t eat it. Don’t eat it’. However the second head did not listen to the first head. The second head said, ‘I will eat it, because I saw it’. The first head shouted, ‘Please don’t eat it. We will all die.’ The second head, ‘Since I saw it, I have the right to eat it. It will go to our stomach only.’ The fruit was eaten by the second head and in a few minutes, the strange bird with two heads died!
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Moral of the story is, at all costs try and avoid a quarrel in a family.
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lexandra "Alex" Scott was born in Connecticut in 1996, and was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer, shortly before she turned 1. In 2000, just after turning 4 years old, she informed her mother she wanted to start a lemonade stand to raise money for doctors to "help other kids, like they helped me." Her first lemonade stand raised $2,000 and led to the creation of the Alex’s Lemonade Stand
Foundation. Alex continued her lemonade stands throughout her life, ultimately raising over $1 million toward cancer research. She passed away in August 2004 at the age of 8. Today, Alex’s Lemonade Stand sponsors a national fundraising weekend every June called Lemonade Days. Each year, as many as 10,000 volunteers at more than 2,000 Alex’s Lemonade Stands around the nation make a difference for children with cancer.
FACTS CORNER
Here are some of the most random and funny facts • Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour. • In the UK, it is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day! • Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers! • When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red. • A flock of crows is known as a murder. • “Facebook Addiction Disorder” is a mental disorder identified by Psychologists. • The average woman uses her height in lipstick every 5 years. • 29th May is officially “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day“. • Cherophobia is the fear of fun. • Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water. • If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop. • Hyphephilia are people who get aroused by touching fabrics.
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INSPIRATIONAL STORIES, MESSAGES, POEMS & SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES
RESHAPED VESSELS
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hen the word of the LORD came to me. He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand.” Jeremiah 18:5–6 God wants to reshape us into vessels that will hold more of His glory. He wants us to understand how different life can be when we are filled and poured out again and again. For 26 years, we were missionaries, doing our best to serve the people around us. We thought we were doing it right. As we laboured and worked and toiled for the Lord, getting more and more burned out, we honestly thought that was how it would always be. Looking back now, I now know we were bound to a false belief system that said, “If I’m working for God, I have to be cracked and dry, pushed to the edge and always miserable.” It’s a lie, but it’s how we lived for years. That was, until God broke in, pouring His sweet Holy Spirit into us. He reshaped us on His potter’s wheel, lovingly reworking us so our hearts overflowed with life and energy and love and power. We understood for the first time how the love of the Lord completely transforms a life so that it becomes like His own. We began to see miracles and signs and wonders, and our love and compassion increased. It was like someone had switched on a huge light, and we would never be in the dark again!
Now we are compelled to love those we serve through a love for God that never runs dry. Why? It is His Holy Spirit who fills our jars of clay, and all we do comes from Him. We know the love of God lives in us, not because we deserve it, not because we are better than anyone else, but because of His beautiful Holy Spirit. As we have let Him reshape us —moving away from thinking it’s all about us to letting it be all about Him—His presence in and around us has multiplied. Our cry is now, “He must become greater; I must become less” (John 3:30). GOING WHERE HE GOES But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” Ruth 1:16 When Naomi was left destitute after the deaths of her husband and two sons, she told her two daughtersin-law to go back to their own country so they could each find another husband. One went back, but the other, Ruth, clung to Naomi, determined to remain at her side. This devotion positioned Ruth into the genealogy of Jesus. How’s that for a destiny? At times, it’s easier to go for the safe option. We may feel insecure stepping out into unfamiliar places, and we may be tempted to keep our Christian faith as it always has been—not really rocking the boat and living on yesterday’s manna. Have
you ever felt like that? But there is so much more! When you tell the Lord you will go with Him wherever He goes, He takes you at your word. When you devote your life to the pursuit of His presence at the cost of everything else, even family and friends, He will lead you into an adventure beyond your wildest imaginings. When you go where He goes, you position yourself in the line of glory! I would never go back to being safe, not for one second. I know not everyone will do what we do, but my question to you is this: Will you give yourself wholeheartedly in devotion to the one who is love? Will you let the fragrance of the Holy Spirit so fill you that you deposit Him everywhere you go—even at the gas station and the hotel check-out desk and the baseball game? Will you choose to live your life to honor and glorify the King of kings? Will you lay down your life as an offering to the one who laid down His life for you? “He made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness” (Philippians 2:7).” LIVE FULL, DIE EMPTY When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. He gener-
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ith the mission to contend for and steward revival to impact communities and cities in India and beyond, a team of organization and individuals are organizing the event, “Kingdom Invasion – Awakening the Body of Christ” from 28th to 31st January, 2016 at the State Stadium, Dimapur, Nagaland, India. The speakers are Heidi Baker, Jonathan Seet, and Shan Kikon. About Heidi Baker
Heidi and Rolland Baker, founders of Iris Ministries, served as missionaries in Indonesia and Hong Kong before following God’s call in 1995 to Mozambique. In the face of overwhelming need, the Bakers now watch God provide miraculously for well over 10,000 children every day through their ministry, and many more through the Iris network of more than 15,000 churches, Bible schools, primary schools, and remote outreach programs. They live in Mozambique, Africa.
• Author, Reckless Devotion: Into the Heart of Radical Love • Co-founder Iris Ministries Missionary to Mozambique, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong and London • Started missions work in Mozambique in 1995 • Founded over 7,000 churches and care for over 5,000 children • Oversees a national Bible college • BA & MA, Vanguard University in southern CA • PhD studies, Kings College, University of London • Husband: Rolland • Adult children: Crystalyn and Elisha ously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. Titus 3:4–6, NLT Whenever I’m ministering to others on the streets or in the bush, I speak about how Jesus constantly emptied Himself out for others. He modeled so well the life we are to live. He poured His life out so that others might live. I’ve heard it said that we are to “live full and die empty.” We don’t want to pass into glory having held onto what Jesus has put inside us. We must share it. The Bible says the Holy Spirit is placed within us as a deposit, guaranteeing eternal life. Father God has invested a part of Himself in us. He wants to see that investment come to fruition, to multiply and expand. I want to reach the end of my life having expended every ounce of that which Jesus has
poured into me. Not through striving or self-effort. But I want to do it from the place of His presence, having shared His love with others as lavishly as He has shared it with me. I want to be a leaky vessel—always spilling His love everywhere I go so that other thirsty souls can drink. “For I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields. And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children” (Isaiah 44:3, NLT). On our journey, we are learning to imitate Jesus. We are learning to love as He loved. And as we keep loving, He will keep putting in front of us those who desperately need His love. Then we will find the following to be true of us: “The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ” (2 Peter 1:8, NLT). COME CLOSER •Thank Father God that when we come to Him in repentance, He forgives our sins fully, completely. Thank Him, too, that He cleanses us from all guilt and shame. If you need to, repent of any unresolved issue in your life and receive God’s free gift. •At times we all feel small and ill-equipped for the tasks before us. This is not a bad thing! It puts into perspective our smallness and God’s bigness; our weakness and His power. Remember that we carry God’s presence with us. Release every burden to Him. Be a presence carrier rather than a burden bearer. •Living life centered on Jesus, not focusing on peripheral matters, is one of the most basic and important things we can do. Life works when Jesus
is at the center of it. Excerpt From: Rolland and Heidi Baker. “Reckless Devotion.” About Reckless Devotion 365 Days of Inspiration… RECKLESS DEVOTION offers readers an opportunity to journey deeper into the heart of God daily, accompanied by Rolland and Heidi Baker’s insights, which stem from a deep intimacy and dependency on Jesus. This book is filled with profound, inspirational truths that affirm our identity as beloved children of God and encourage us to go deeper with Him – trusting Him more radically, taking more risks in faith, and living life to the full. Every seventh day, a “Come Closer” entry summarizes the previous week’s thoughts and helps readers to engage with the truths they have learned, applying them to their own lives.
Reimagine Generosity The missing link to solving the porn
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Jack Alexander
ow many people, when asked for impressions of Bible-believing Christians, would choose words like “generous” and “compassionate” and “sacrificial”? According to studies, the answer is: almost none. We can’t blame it all on bad press. It’s time to look in the mirror. Yes, it is true that American Christians give more than American non-Christians. But it’s hardly time to pat ourselves on the back. Christians only give 2.43 percent per capita. They gave one third more of their wealth during the Great Depression. In fact, data shows unambiguously that in the past 40 years, as American Christians have grown wealthier and wealthier, their debt has grown larger and larger, and their giving smaller and smaller. As one observer writes, “For Christians in the richest nation in history to be giving only 2.43 percent of their income to their churches is not just stinginess, it is biblical disobedience.” In a culture where constant consumerism and extravagant excess are celebrated and advertised, even promoted as a patriotic duty, the profound need arose for ministries that could provide solid biblical counsel on how wealthy Christians could steward their wealth and not-so-wealthy Christians could escape debt. These are worthy goals and worthwhile ministries. Some have done exceptional work. Still, some piece of the puzzle is missing. Church giving has not risen, “stewardship” campaigns are like pulling teeth, and the “Generosity Movement” has been limited and largely confined to the wealthy. When the battle is being lost—and it is—we question the strategy. And, we should. After all, generosity and steward-
ship is not about money in the first place. It’s about something deeper than that. It’s about our image of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. Sure, you may be less stingy than your neighbor. But we’re not called to live a little better than the Scrooge down the street. We’re not called merely to live debt-free. We’re not even called to live like no one else. We’re called to live like Jesus. The questions are not: Are you a satisfactory steward? or, Can you be guilt-tripped into giving more? The questions are: Are you generous like Jesus? Are you yearning to live a Christlike life of abundant self-giving? When we have more, and give less, than ever before, something is amiss in our hearts, and in the vision of gospel living that animates our churches. We view tithing as a dusty old rule, a two-thousand-year-long guilt trip to nowhere. We view generosity as a luxury of the rich, like sailing and wearing plaid shorts at the country club. And we view stewardship as primarily a matter of financial management. What if generosity is something much more than that? What if generosity is at the heart of God? The truth is this. We were created in the image of a selfgiving God. God didn’t need us, but our very creation—the creation of all things—was an act of overflowing generosity. We don’t deserve anything. The fact that we have a single moment of life, the fact that we have breath, and food, and families, is because God is generous. And God is so extravagantly generous that he not only gives us being and sustains us in being, not only gives us lives and homes and families and jobs, but even gave us himself in Jesus Christ, and gave us salvation on the cross and new life in the empty tomb. God’s generosity is unlimited because his love is unending and his storehouse of blessings is abundant—and so our generosity should be unlimited because his love is unending and his storehouse of blessings is abundant. In other words, generosity is not something we can choose, or choose not, to do. It is who we are, who we are created to be. God gave us to ourselves so that we could give ourselves to one another. God gave himself to us in Christ, so that we could give Christ in us to others. Generosity, in other words, is at the heart of our creation, our salvation and our purpose. That’s why, several years ago, we set out to reimagine generosity. What would it look like, we wondered, to resource pastors and churches with materials that help talk about generosity from a holistic perspective—not a topic with a silo around finance? What would it look like to walk people on a path from transactional to relational to sacrificial generosity—the kind of generosity we see modeled in the life of Christ? The results we began to see were extraordinary. We barely talked about money—we talked about the heart—but churches started giving multiples more than they had ever given before. Stories poured in of people showing extravagant generosity with their possessions. But not only money. Volunteerism soared. People gave of themselves in ways that were at times intuitive and at other times entirely surprising. Church cultures started to change. So now, we are trying to get the word out: Generosity is the new apologetic. It’s the antidote to the devouring poison of materialism. It’s the tangible expression of God’s love in the world. Generosity is at the heart of the Christian life. Generosity like Jesus is not a criterion to make us feel bad about ourselves. It’s an invitation to be ourselves, to become who we are, to live the life that is truly life. Won’t you join us on the generosity journey? Jack Alexander Jack Alexander is the founder & chairman of The Reimagine Group. After running a number of successful companies in the marketplace, he has spent the last 13 years studying Kingdom living, servant hood, and God’s generous heart. The co-author, Tim Dalrymple, is one of the original developers of Patheos.com and has his PhD in western theology from Harvard.
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Shaunti Feldhahn
wenty years ago, people in the church didn’t talk about porn, or visual temptations in general. Today, churches across America have Celebrate Recovery groups, men’s small groups that study Every Man’s Battle and experienced counselors with specialized training. You as pastors talk to men during Sunday morning worship services about the importance of discipline and purity in their thought lives, and every man intimately understands the challenge being laid before him. The problem is: Most of the women don’t. And that is one reason why all our effort in the church—as great as it is—hasn’t yet made a systemic difference to eradicating the problem of porn in the church. A difference to individuals, yes; a sea change for the Body of Christ as a whole, no. We need to enlist the understanding of women if we are going to support men. In extensive research over the last 13 years, I’ve seen that there is literally no other single topic that so deeply affects many millions of men that so many millions of women are completely blind to. Yes, we women know that “men are visual” … but we don’t understand what that truly means. More importantly: We don’t know what it means every single day for the man we love or the son we are trying to raise in a sexualized culture. So by default, a man usually knows other guys will understand what he’s dealing with … but that his wife probably won’t. Some men will, thankfully, talk to other men about it. But many men only open up about very personal things with their wives. Which means that, by default, many men never talk about this particular challenge with anyone. It stays hidden. And if any challenge has become an actual struggle, or a struggle has become a habit, or a habit has become an addiction … if it stays hidden, that almost ensures it isn’t going to be healed. Which almost ensures we won’t make huge inroads into solving this, even in the church. But there is a way to make huge inroads. There is a way to solve the problem of pornography, visual temptations and the sexualized-culture minefield that undermines way too many men and boys in our churches today: Open the eyes of women and help them understand how the male brain is wired, that even the most honorable man or boy can still be tempted, how to talk with a husband or son about this in a way he feels safe to open up, how to be empathetic without endorsing poor choices, and how to be on their husband’s or son’s team in the battle. A wife can never be her husband’s accountability partner; that would make the wife the police. Yet without her full understanding and support, many men never even get an accountability partner! I speak at a lot of churches, and pastors often have me come in to do a pastoral interview on my findings as the sermon time on Sunday morning. One week, a pastor and I had just briefly touched on the fact that men are visual, and afterward a man came up to talk to me. He said he had struggled with Internet porn on
and off for years, and that he wanted to attend the church’s Saturday morning men’s group to get help and accountability, and finally get free of it. But when he told his wife he’d like to join the group, she got alarmed, like, “What are you saying?! Are you saying you’re attracted to other women?! What are you saying?!” All he could do was play it off and say, “No, no, never mind, it’s fine.” He wanted help, but he didn’t want to upset or hurt his wife. I was so sad for this guy. He wasn’t trying to hide it, he wanted to address it, but he didn’t know how to help his wife understand. So he was still feeling trapped. That was when I started to realize the need for this effort. That is when I started studying it much more in-depth. And those findings are why Craig Gross, the founder of xxxchurch.com, and I have teamed up to research and write Through a Man’s Eyes to equip women with this knowledge. Just to be clear, it is never a woman’s fault that the man is trapped Whether or not she understands, he is the one who is solely responsible for his choices. But as you know, there are many men who hate this struggle and hate that they make the wrong choices. And if a man wants to install filtering software on the household computers, for example, how is he supposed to do that if his wife is appalled and upset that he’d even be tempted? Or if a mom finds her 12-year-old son Googling “big boobs” and flips out, will that young man feel able to open up about his very real visual temptations? The understanding and support of women is not a panacea. Men will always continue to have a choice, and some will make the wrong choices. Many men will not want their wife to know anything about their visual nature because they want to continue to make the wrong choices! But from the research I’ve done with tens of thousands of men and women over the years, I’m convinced that most men in the church do hate this temptation and want to be free of it. Although many men have told me they would never want to talk about this with their wives, it was only because “she would never understand” and “I know it would hurt her.” When I have asked, “What if you were sure your wife could completely understand you, without any condemnation, and be firmly on your team?” I haven’t found a single man who wouldn’t want that. Imagine what would happen if every mom knew how to help prevent porn from ensnaring her son. Imagine what would happen if every beautiful young woman knew how to avoid putting a stumbling block in the way of a man who didn’t want that temptation. Imagine what would happen if every wife knew how to be on her husband’s side in the battle. I think that then we could see a sea change on this issue in the Body of Christ. Shaunti Feldhahn is a Harvard-trained social researcher, popular speaker and best-selling author of For Women Only, For Men Only and The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages, which have sold more than 2 million copies in 22 languages worldwide. Her research is regularly featured in media as diverse as The New York Times and Focus on the Family, Cosmopolitan Magazine and The Today Show. With The Good News About Marriage, Shaunti is eager to support leaders in moving marriages from discouragement to hope.
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INDIA
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Modi declassifies first set of Netaji files New Delhi, JaNuary 23 (iaNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday declassified the first set of 100 files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who raised an army to fight the British and whose death in an air crash continues to be a mystery even after seven decades. Modi released digital copies of 100 files at the National Archives of India following the government's decision to declassify files on the freedom fighter. The files were released on the birth anniversary of Bose, who was more popularly addressed with the honorific Netaji. Modi also launched a webportal https://netajipapers.gov.in to release the digital version of the 100 files. "As a first step, the National Archives of India is placing 100 files relating to Netaji in public domain after preliminary conservation treatment and digitisation," a statement released by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said. It added that the remaining files will be placed in the public domain after their conservation treatment and digitisation. "The Government of India has written to the concerned foreign governments to declassify all files or papers related to Netaji. The government is committed to pursue this matter with them," the statement said. Bose's family members, some of whom where present during the declassification, were overwhelmed by the decision, calling it a "great day for the entire nation". Modi also met family
Morarji Desai had assured Japanese general of taking care of Netaji's ashes
KolKata, JaNuary 23 (iaNS): General Iwaichi Fujiwara, a Japanese military intelligence officer who had close ties with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army, had urged the Indian government in 1979 to take care of the disposition of Bose's ashes lying in a temple in Tokyo. He was assured by then Indian prime minister Morarji Desai that he would take care of the issue in "one or two years", reveals the files declassified by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Indian revolutionary leader's 119th birth anniversary. In a correspondence dated March 9, 1979, from Tokyo, Genera Fujiwara (retired from the Japan Self Defense Forces) expressed gratitude to the prime minister for listening to his plea about the "disposition of Netaji Chandra Bose's ashes still lying in a temple in Tokyo". The letter -- in file no.2/64/79-PM of the declassified files -- addressed to the Indian prime minister, came a month after Fujiwara and his delegation's visit to New Delhi. A visitor looks at a picture of Subhas Chandra Bose, former leader of the Indian National Army, at a museum in Kolkata. (Reuters Photo)
members of Netaji, including Professor Chitra Ghosh, Chandra Bose and Surya Kumar Bose. Modi, in a meeting with members of Netaji's family in Delhi on October 14, 2015, had announced that the union government would declassify the files relating to Netaji in a phased manner, and make them accessible to the public. Accordingly, the first lot of 33 files was declassified by the PMO and handed over to the National Archives of India on December 4, 2015. "Subsequently, the ministries of home Affairs, and external affairs too
initiated the process of declassification of files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in their respective collection which were then transferred to the National Archives of India," the statement added. Netaji, one of the leading lights of the Indian freedom struggle, set up the Indian National Army (INA) during World War II to take on the British Indian Army. A former Congress president and once a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Bose's reported death in a plane crash in Formosa, now Taiwan, in 1945 has remained a mystery. The bespectacled freedom fighter was born on January
23, 1897 in Cuttack, Odisha. The National Archives received 990 declassified files, pertaining to the INA, from the defence ministry in 1997. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded that Netaji should be declared "Leader of the Nation". "Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose must be given the title 'Leader of the Nation'. He deserves that honour," Banerjee tweeted minutes after Modi declassified the files. The Mamata Banerjee government on September 18, 2015 had released 64 files running into 12,744 pages in the presence of Netaji's family members,
campaigning for declassification of the files to unravel the mystery surrounding his sudden disappearance over 70 years ago. The release of the files "will meet the long-standing public demand" and "will also facilitate scholars to carry out further research on Netaji", a culture ministry statement has said. Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen said in Kolkata on Saturday that he was interested in seeing the contents of the files. But it was far more important to debate his (Subhas Chandra Bose) life and work, to follow his vision, rather than to discuss in what circumstances he died.
"Allow me to offer my gratitude for your understanding and sympathy with which you listened to my plea about the disposition of Netaji Chandra Bose's ashes still lying in a temple in Tokyo. "Your assurance to take care of the matter in one or two years was most gratifying to me as I have dedicated most of my life to the cause of Netaji Bose and the Indian National Army during war years, contributing in a small measure to the independence of India." Addressed in a Fuijiwara Asia Research Institute letterhead (Fujiwara organised the institute in the 1970s), the correspondence shows the general's dedication to furthering friendly IndiaJapan ties. "I shall never forget for the rest of my life the deep-felt emotion when you gave me the assurance. "I shall dedicate myself, for the rest of life, to friendly India-Japan relations in return for your sympathy and understanding with which you accorded my wishes."
India should talk to Russia on Netaji: Mamata DarJeeliNg, JaNuary 23 (iaNS): Alluding to the theory that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had gone to Russia in 1945, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday demanded that the central government should talk to Russian leaders to ascertain "what happened to him there" and sought to know whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi broached the issue during his recent visit. "We have a right to know what happened to Netaji in Russia," said Banerjee at the state government's official programme in this hill town, celebrating the revolutionary leader's 119th birth anniversary. Speaking on the day Modi declassified 100 files on Netaji, whose disappearance since 1945 still continues to be a mystery, the chief minister said "We need those files, we want to see those files having information whether Subhas Bose
was alive or not". "We want to see the files which would bring to light the details of Netaji after he left this country. We want an answer, and if the need be, the central government must talk to the Russian president." "The people deserve to know the truth," Banerjee said, demanding Netaji be given the title "Leader of the Nation". Reiterating that the truth on Netaji should come out through documentation and proof, Banerjee said "It is our responsibility towards the youth and the future generations to share with them the truth about Netaji". The Mamata Banerjee government on September 18, 2015 put in public domain 64 files running into 12,744 pages in the presence of Netaji's family members, who have been campaigning for the declassification of the files to unravel the mystery surrounding his sudden disappearance over 70 years ago.
Death on the campus portends bad times for BJP NIA arrests nine more IS suspects Amulya Ganguli IANS
A murder and a suicide have queered the pitch for the BJP's relations with two major communities - the Muslims and Dalits. If Mohammed Akhlaq's lynching in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh last September further alienated the Muslims who were never very close to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) anyway, Rohith Vemula's suicide in Hyderabad has dealt a crippling blow to the party's recent attempts to woo the Dalits. From this standpoint, the BJP will be greatly worried about the possible electoral impact of the young scholar's fateful decision to take his own life. Apparently unused to dealing with the aftermath of a protester killing himself, the BJP has made the situation worse for itself by taking a legalistic view of the tragedy by referring to Rohith's last letter in which he absolved everyone of any responsibility for his death. "I am the only one responsible for this", he wrote. "Do not trouble my friends and enemies on this after I am gone."
What the BJP failed to understand was the young man's highly-sensitive mind, which blamed his own fate of being born as a Dalit for his plight. "My birth is my fatal accident. Never was a man treated as a glorious thing made up of stardust," he wrote with a knowledge of science that is beyond the capability of the average politician. How touchy he was can also be seen from the sarcastic letter he wrote to the vice chancellor last month, asking him to provide all Dalit students with 10 mg of a poison pill and "a nice rope" with "directions to use when they feel like reading Ambedkar". This ironic letter has been seized upon by a BJP minister, Thawar Chand Gehlot, to give a legal twist to the case by suggesting that Rohith was suicidal. It is understandable that a party as crassly combative as the BJP, one of whose ministers called its opponents "haramzadon" or illegitimate offspring, and another asked beef-eaters to go to Pakistan, will not have a clue about such sensitiveness. There is little doubt that the crudity of the ministers was behind the tragedy. It followed
Student suicide: Family rejects ex-gratia, criticises Modi, Irani hyDerabaD, JaNuary 23 (Pti): In a rebuff to Hyderabad Central University, the family members of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, who allegedly committed suicide in a hostel room, today rejected the ex-gratia offered to them, and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani, asking why it took them five days to respond. Vemula's mother Radhika, sister Neelima and brother Raju, who visited the campus, demanded that "those responsible for his death" be brought to book. "Not Rs eight lakh, we don't want even if you give Rs eight crore...from HCU where he died," Neelima said. The HCU had yesterday announced an ex-gratia of Rs eight lakh to the family. "Smriti Irani...she called up after five days. Why it took five days? You are also a woman...you are also a mother...it took five days
(to call up the family and condole the death). "I want to know why he died. You killed or he died? Why was he suspended? Those responsible should be arrested and punished. That's the only thing I want," she said. Raju said, "The Prime Minister says he (Rohith) was a son of Mother India. I am not big enough to talk about him (PM) ...Why he did not speak for five days?" Rohith's sister said he was not a "timid" person and termed his suicide as a "murder". She demanded that punishment be given to Susheel Kumar, the ABVP leader who was allegedly assaulted by Rohith and four other students, and varsity's Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile. "We want to know the reasons behind Rohith's death. It's not a suicide. His is not timid. He was prompted to commit suicide. Those responsible for that murder should be given punishment.." she said.
union Minister of State for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya's description of the Hyderabad university campus as a den of anti-nationals following a clash between a group of Dalit and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) students, in which Rohith was involved. Dattatreya apparently just could not accept the fact that his party's student wing can be targeted by the alleged anti-nationals when the BJP is in power at the centre. Hence his missive to Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani for intervening. A senior colleague's anger and her own sympathies for the ABVP evidently made Irani badger the university authorities with as many as five letters for "action". Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile - (Irani's poodle?) - had no option, therefore, but to stop Rohith's monthly stipend and suspend him and four other students. What is noteworthy about the entire episode is that it has all the hallmarks of the BJP's belligerent style of functioning against all those it regards as its adversaries. One is to dub them anti-national and/or anti-Hindu, and the
other is to ride roughshod over institutional autonomy. And a third is to describe all protests as "manufactured", a phrase which Finance Minister Arun Jaitley used at the time when writers and artistes were returning their awards, and is being used again - along with the term, photo-ops - as opposition politicians pour into Hyderabad. While these charges and counter-charges may be typical of political skirmishes, what will cause the BJP sleepless nights is the likelihood of the Dalits deserting the party in droves in the Hindi heartland and elsewhere. As it is, the BJP's hold on the Dalits has tended to fluctuate. In the 1990s, only one out of 10 Dalits voted for it. In 2014, however, one out of every four Dalits voted for the BJP largely because of Narendra Modi's promise of development. But the anger and distress felt by the community over the untimely death of a bright scholar cannot but have an adverse effect on the party in next year's Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, which will be the first real test for it in a state with a large Dalit population.
The test will be crucial because, as the Bihar outcome has shown, the BJP's influence on the backward castes and Dalits is much less now than at the time of the last general election since Modi's appeal has begun to fade away. There is little doubt, therefore, that the Hyderabad tragedy will seriously hamper its outreach to the Dalits. For Modi, the suicide of a promising student is another headache at a time when nothing seems to be going right for him. While the economy is refusing to cross the seven percent mark, the saffron militants have begun to make life difficult for him after a relatively quiet period by calling for building the Ram temple and training children as young as eight years old in the use of firearms to fight the "enemy". These antics might have been described as irrelevant sideshows but for the death on the campus which can be ascribed to the BJP's intolerance of dissent which was noted earlier by sections of the intelligentsia. (Amulya Ganguli is a political analyst. The views expressed are personal. He can be reached at amulyaganguli@gmail.com)
across India, 14 now in custody
New Delhi, JaNuary 23 (iaNS): All 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) terror outfit, who were picked up by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in cooperation with state police forces from different parts of the country, have been formally arrested, official sources said on Saturday. Till Friday, only five of the total 14 were arrested and the rest nine were being investigated, they said. Meanwhile, a special court in Bengaluru sent six of the arrested to NIA custody till January 27. Of the six suspects, five -- Asif, Ahad, Mohammed Sohil, Mohammed Afzal and Syed Mujaid Pasha -- were produced before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) designated court after they were medically examined. The 6th suspect, Nazmal Huda, was being brought to the city from Mangaluru on transit remand. Among the 14 arrested, four each are from Hyderabad and Bengaluru, three from Mumbai, and one each from Lucknow, Mangaluru and Tumkur in Karnataka. The raids, which were con-
ducted at 12 locations in 6cities to pick up the suspects, were on till Thursday evening, the sources said. All the arrested have been booked under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Nine of the total 14 who were arrested on Saturday are Sayed Mujahid, 33, a resident of Karnataka; Mohammad Aleem, 20, from Lucknow; Mohammed Obedullah Khan, 33, and Abu Anas, 24, from Hyderabad; Asif Ali alias Arman Saani, 21, Suhail Ahmed, 23, Muhammed Abdul Ahad, 46, from Bengaluru; Mohammad Hussain Khan, 36, from Mumbai and Imran Khan Pathan from Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Mudabbir Mushtaq Shaikh, Mohammad Nafees Khan, Mohammad Shareef Mounuddin Khan, Najmul Huda and Mohammad Afzal, were arrested on Friday. They are all accused of encouraging the youth to join the IS. Home Ministry Joint Secretary (Internal Security) had said all suspects are "radicalised youths" and more information would come out once ongoing investigations are over.
Mumbai's red-light industry goes underground MuMbai, JaNuary 23 (thoMSoN reuterS FouNDatioN): Police crackdowns and higher rents are driving Mumbai's commercial sex industry out of traditional red-light areas and underground, with calls on Friday from social workers to boost efforts to ensure sex workers' lives are not put at risk. The commercial sex industry in Mumbai, one of the biggest destinations in the country for trafficked women, was once concentrated in decrepit brothels in the Kamathipura and Falkland Road areas in South Mumbai. But the industry has moved north to suburbs like Vashi, Bhiwandi and Bhandup, and to less identifiable small businesses and private residences over the past five to 10 years while reporting of rape cases has jumped 390 percent in four years. The move from the traditional red-light district
has come as industries including financial services moved north due to soaring real-estate prices but raised fears about protecting sex workers, many of whom are victims of trafficking. "The entire modus operandi of the commercial sex industry is changing," said Shailja Mehta at Dasra, a nonprofit in Mumbai that has examined sex trafficking in India. "It's become less institutionalised, less formal, and is much more underhand and subtle now." Mumbai, India's financial hub, has always been a magnet for migrant workers in search of better economic opportunities as domestic help or in the entertainment industry. Along with the migrants came traffickers. Most women and children are brought from other states and from neighbouring countries including Nepal and Bangladesh, under the guise of securing a wellpaid job in a home or retail
Sex workers stand on a roadside pavement in a red light area in Mumbai. (Reuters Photo/File)
establishment. COVERT OPERATIONS Instead, many are trafficked into sex work fronted by salons and massage parlours, or forced into manual labour. Almost 36 million people are enslaved worldwide, according to the 2014 Global Slavery Index; nearly half, or about 16 million, are in India. "Mumbai's commercial-sex industry has gone from being quite
a public, overt operation to a private, covert business," said Sanjay Macwan, field officer director in Mumbai at non-profit IJM (International Justice Mission). "The nature of the violence against these girls and women is different now, and harder to observe. It is also very hard to track and bring perpetrators to justice, because even the victims don't quite know who's the trafficker, who's
the pimp." India's commercialsex industry generates revenues of up to $343 billion a year, according to a 2014 report by the network Global March Against Child Labour. Raids on which IJM has accompanied the police to rescue trafficked women have included an under-construction building and a residential apartment off a busy street in one suburb. "Earlier, there was
a good system because you had NGOs in and around the red-light areas, and they kept in touch with the police, and the police were sensitised to the issue of trafficking and commercial sex workers," said Nandini Thakkar, a legal consultant at Save the Children India in Mumbai. "Now, it is harder to monitor and intervene." Alongside Mumbai, neighbouring towns such as Thane, Pune and Sangli are also emerging as destinations for trafficked sex workers, according to research by Dasra. A concerted effort will be needed, involving the community at large, to track, prevent and intervene in cases involving commercial sex workers, said Macwan. "The private establishments are much more in number than the public establishments," he said. "We need to be much more sophisticated, much more technologically advanced to crack down on these covert operations."
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Saudi-Iranian proxy war over Syria spreads to Davos DAVOS, JAnuAry 23 (reuterS): Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to try to promote peace in Syria, participants said. The barbed exchange between Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at an invitation-only meeting on Wednesday underlined the hostility between the two Gulf rivals, who are waging proxy wars in Syria, Yemen and Iraq. Riyadh broke off diplomatic relations and cut off trade and transport ties with Tehran two weeks ago after protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Iran. The protests erupted following the Saudi execution of a leading Shi'ite cleric that outraged predominantly Shi'ite Iranians. The standoff highlights some of the reasons U.S.Russian-backed peace talks on Syria may not open as planned in Geneva next week. There is no agreement on who should represent opponents of the Syrian government, and Riyadh-backed rebels are demanding that Russia first stop air strikes in Syria. An official photographer snapped Faisal and Zarif shaking hands outside the room. The picture was not distributed and any warmth evaporated when they sat around the table with U.N. and other senior officials. "It was a dialogue of the deaf," said one participant, who asked not to be iden-
Iranian, Chinese presidents agree to expand strategic ties
tified because of the confidentiality of the session. Zarif denied any secret meeting with Prince Turki, a former head of Saudi intelligence and ambassador to the United States. Asked at a news conference the same day whether he would meet any Saudi officials in Davos, he said: "There won't be any secret meeting." Prince Turki confirmed to Reuters that he had attended the session with Zarif and others but declined comment on what was said, citing the off-therecord ground rules of the meeting. U.N. special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa of Egypt, the foreign ministers of Italy and Austria and officials from Turkey and several other Western nations were also around the table. SECTARIAN STRIFE De Mistura opened the meeting by saying the time was ripe for the Geneva peace talks because outside powers all wanted a political solution to the five-year-old civil war in Syria, the participants said. However, several speakers questioned Russia's motives for intervening in the conflict since September with air strikes in support of President Bashar al-Assad. They cast doubt on whether Moscow and Tehran wanted any deal that would involve Assad's eventual departure. Zarif said Iran support-
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (Centre) attends the session ‘Responding to Fragility’ of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. (Reuters Photo)
ed a political solution and had set out a four-point peace plan when it was finally invited to join international diplomacy on Syria last year. It had been excluded for years at U.S. and Saudi insistence. Without naming any country, he took a veiled swipe at Riyadh by condemning those, he said, who fanned and exploited sectarian differences between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims across the region. At his news conference, Zarif accused Saudi Arabia
of having spent millions of dollars to lobby the U.S. Congress against an international deal on Iran's nuclear programme. An agreement with Iran led to the lifting of U.N. sanctions on the country this week. He said Riyadh had panicked after the embassy attack and the Saudis needed to "come to their senses". Prince Turki hit back in the closed session, blasting Iran's role in the Syria conflict, the participants said. Quoting an Arabic saying,
he told Zarif: "I really like what you say but when I look at what you do, I wonder." Prince Turki, the 70-year-old youngest son of the late King Faisal, accused Iran of having 10,000 fighters on the ground in Syria supporting Assad, participants said. He described the Syrian leader as a "terrorist killing his own people" who was directly kept in power by Tehran, the participants said. One participant said the prince's remarks were
sharper than expected and shocked some of those attending the meeting. While declining to comment on the exchange, Prince Turki told Reuters the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards had boasted publicly that Iran had 120,000 fighters in Arab countries. Iran has acknowledged that officers of its Revolutionary Guards have been killed in Syria, but it denies having a large military presence in the country or participating directly in
DuBAI, JAnuAry 23 (reuterS): Iran and China agreed to expand bilateral ties to form a comprehensive strategic partnership, President Hassan Rouhani and visiting Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping said on Saturday, calling it a "new season" in bilateral relations. The Chinese president is the first leader to visit Iran since international sanctions on the Islamic Republic were lifted on Jan. 16 after it struck a deal with six major powers to limit its nuclear programme. China was one of the six. "We are happy that President Xi visited Iran after the lifting of sanctions ... Iran and China have agreed to increase trade to $600 billion in the next 10 years," Rouhani said at the news conference with Xi broadcast live on state television. "Iran and China have agreed on forming strategic relations (as) reflected in a 25-year comprehensive document," he said. Both countries signed 17 accords on Saturday, including agreements on a revival of the ancient Silk Road trade route and cooperation in peaceful nuclear energy. Rouhani said the two countries had also agreed to cooperate closely to resolve the issue of "terrorism and extremism in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen". Xi is the first Chinese president to visit Iran in 14 years, according to the Iranian state news agency IRNA. He has visited Saudi Arabia and Egypt as well during a Middle East tour that began on Jan. 19. He was to meet Iran's most powerful figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, later in the day. combat operations. Officials close to Damascus and familiar with military developments have said that hundreds of Iranian fighters have joined the ground war in Syria since Russia began its air strikes last September, many of them deployed near Aleppo. A Middle East diplomat said the Iranian presence was closer to 2,000 Revolutionary Guards, but they were augmented by several thousand Shi'ite volunteers from countries such as Pak-
istan, Afghanistan and Iraq who had received military training in Iran. Zarif did not respond to Prince Turki's attack in the meeting and the rest of the session was inconclusive. U.N. envoy de Mistura lamented that "this is the third year we are talking about Syria and not getting anywhere", one participant said. He said the Europeans at the table only talked about the humanitarian situation and the refugee crisis and how to stop refugees reaching Europe.
Palestinian minor girl shot dead N.Korea leaders should face trial for crimes against humanity: UN after trying to stab Israeli guard JeruSALeM, JAnuAry 23 (reuterS): A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead by an Israeli security guard she tried to stab at a settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli police said on Saturday. It was the latest fatality in an almost four-monthlong surge of violence that has raised concern of wider escalation, a decade after the last Palestinian uprising subsided, and it followed two stabbings this week inside settlements carried out by Palestinian teenagers, according to Israeli authorities. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said initial investigations showed the teenager "had fought with her family and left her home with a knife and intending to die". Holding a knife, she ran toward the security guard at the entrance to Anatot settlement and he opened fire
at her, Samri said. Her father arrived at the scene shortly after the incident and was arrested, she added. The family of the teenager, Ruqayya Abu Eid, confirmed her death. Her mother, Reeda Abu Eid, said there had been no trouble before her daughter left the family home, a tent in the Palestinian village Anata. "Her father works in a farm and Ruqayya used to go to him. I didn't see her when she left so I expected she had gone to her father," she said. "Ruqayya is a small girl, how could she stab someone?" Since the start of October, Israeli forces have killed at least 149 Palestinians, 95 of them assailants according to authorities. Most of the others have died in violent protests. Almost daily stabbings, shootings and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians have killed 25 Israelis and a U.S. citizen. Many of
the Palestinian assailants have been teenagers. On Sunday, an Israeli mother of six was stabbed to death at her home in a West Bank settlement and a 15-year-old Palestinian was arrested for the attack. On Monday, Israeli troops shot and wounded a 17-year-old Palestinian who had stabbed and wounded a pregnant Israeli woman in a settlement. The bloodshed has been fuelled by various factors including frustration over the 2014 collapse of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and the growth of Jewish settlements on land Palestinians seek for an independent state. Palestinian leaders have said that with no breakthrough on the horizon, desperate youngsters see no future ahead. Israel says young Palestinians are being incited to violence by their leaders and Islamist groups that call for Israel's destruction.
GeneVA, JAnuAry 23 (reuterS): North Korea's leaders should face trial for crimes against humanity as there has been no improvement in human rights since a U.N. report detailed Nazi-style atrocities there two years ago, a United Nations investigator said on Friday. The 2014 U.N. report concluded that North Korean security chiefs and possibly leader Kim Jong Un should face international justice for ordering systematic torture, starvation and killings. "In addition to continuing political pressure to exhort the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) to improve human rights, it is also now imperative to pursue criminal responsibility of the DPRK leadership," said Marzuki Darusman, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, in a statement on Friday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremony to award party and state commendations to nuclear scientists, technicians, soldier-builders, workers and officials for their contribution to what North Korea said was a succesful hydrogen bomb test, at the meeting hall of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (REUTERS Photo)
His comments came as the isolated state said it had detained a U.S. university student for committing a "hostile act" and wanting to "destroy the country's unity". The 2014 report prompted the U.N. General Assembly to urge the U.N. Security Council to consider referring North Korea to
the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. Only the 15-member Security Council can refer the situation in North Korea to the ICC, but diplomats say China, North Korea's main benefactor, would likely veto such a move. In February last year,
Four dead in Canada school Shooting, suspect in custody WInnIPeG/ VAnCOuVer, JAnuAry 23 (reuterS): The gunman suspected of killing four people and injuring several others in Canada's worst school violence in a decade first shot his two brothers at home before opening fire at the remote community high school, a family friend and the town's acting mayor said on Friday. Police said a suspect was arrested after the shooting in La Loche, Saskatchewan, an impoverished community about 600 km (375 miles) north of the city of Saskatoon. The town's acting mayor, Kevin Janvier, told the Associated Press that his 23-year-old daughter Marie, a teacher, was shot to death. He also said police told him that the gunman first shot two of his siblings at home and then made his way to the school. Officials have not given a motivation for the shooting or named the suspect or victims. Mass shootings are rare in Canada, which has stricter gun laws than the United States. In the country's worst school shooting, 14 college students were killed at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique in 1989. A shooting in 1992 at Concordia University in Montreal killed four. A family friend said the teenaged suspect shot his two young-
The Dene high school campus of the La Loche Community School is seen in an undated photo. (Reuters Photo)
er brothers before going to the school and shooting a teacher and an assistant. “After he shot his two brothers, he walked back to school and he shot ... a teacher and a girl. They’re both dead. Four of them died,” said Joe Lemaigre, a family friend who lives on the outskirts of La Loche. “I know the family. Their mother worked in Fort McMurray and his grandfather went to Meadow Lake to do some shopping. That's when he shot them." The shooting occurred in the high school and a second location, Canadian police said, adding they took the suspect into
custody outside the school and seized a gun. Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, which represents more than 70 of the province's Indian bands, said a few students were in surgery Friday evening in Saskatoon, the province's largest city. "Everyone is still in shock and disbelief," Cameron said. "It's a very, very horribly tragic event." La Loche student Noel Desjarlais told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that he heard multiple shots fired at the school, which has about 900 students.
"I ran outside the school," Desjarlais said. "There was lots of screaming, there was about six, seven shots before I got outside. I believe there was more shots by the time I did get out." A cellphone video taken by one resident and broadcast by the CBC showed students walking away from the school across the snow-covered ground and emergency personnel moving in. "Obviously this is every parent's worst nightmare," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who initially reported five people were killed. He was in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual World Economic Forum.
Among Canada’s provinces, Saskatchewan had the highest rate of police-reported family violence in 2014, double the national rate of 243 incidents per 100,000 people, according to a Statistics Canada report on Thursday. Extra doctors and nurses were sent to treat patients in Keewatin Yatthe Regional Health Authority's 16-bed hospital, said spokesman Dale West. He declined to say how many people had been injured. “It’s really sad in La Loche today, very depressing,” said Tenisha Lemaigre, who lives in the town of less than 3,000 people and said she knew many students. Unemployment runs above 20 percent in the area but threequarters of working-age people are classified as retired or not looking for work, according to 2011 government figures. Residents say the real unemployment rate is above 50 percent. In 2014, a teacher expressed concern about violence at the La Loche school, noting that a student who had tried to stab her was put back in her classroom after serving his sentence, and another attacked her at her home. "That student got 10 months," Janice Wilson told the CBC of the student who tried to stab her in class. "And when he was released he was returned to the school and was put in my classroom."
North Korea's ambassador to the U.N. said his country was not concerned about the threat because it was not guilty of any crime. Darusman, a co-author of the 2014 report, was speaking at the end of a trip to Tokyo, having been repeatedly refused access to North Korea. During his five days in Japan, he met
family members of people allegedly abducted by North Korea. Pyongyang admitted in 2002 to kidnapping 13 Japanese citizens to help train spies. Five abductees and their families later returned to Japan. But Darusman has said North Korean agents abducted hundreds more foreign nationals between the 1960s and 1990s and Japan's national police agency is looking into 881 possible abduction cases blamed on North Korea over the years. "I am disappointed that there has been no concrete progress since Japan and the DPRK signed a bilateral agreement almost two years ago to work towards a resolution of this issue," Darusman said, adding progress would help to build trust and goodwill. "Resolving the abduction issue is a matter of urgency. The families of victims are advancing in age."
Are you suffering from ‘smartphone pinky’? SyDney, JAnuAry 23 (IAnS): Have you noticed that your fingers are turning 'Pinky’ lately as you are busy chatting and texting on smartphone? If yes then you are not alone. “Smartphone Pinky” - a perceived bend in the little finger on one's dominant hand - may occur is people who use the device for at least six hours a day, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. “Although the chances of a person permanently bending their finger through smartphone use are 'pretty slim', it would take a minimum of around six hours a day of an applied force on soft tissue to evoke change," Dave Parsons, clinical fellow at Curtin University in Australia, was quoted as saying. The bend is purported to have been caused by the weight of holding a smartphone with one's smallest finger at its base (while the other fingers support the phone along its longer side). According to Parsons, smartphone-related injuries are much more likely to occur at the other end of your hand. "With the size of the face
of phones increasing, the thumbs now have to move a greater distance when using the phone," he noted. The easiest way to prevent injury when using a smartphone is to avoid long, sustained periods of use. A recent report in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, said that "WhatsAppitis" is a credible disease, after a doctor in Spain diagnosed a 34-year-old female patient with bilateral wrist pain induced by excessive use of 'WhatsApp'. "She held her mobile phone for at least six hours and continuously used both thumbs to send messages to relatives and friends," Spanish physician Ines M Fernandez-Guerrero wrote in the journal. The next morning, that woman woke up with aching wrists. "The diagnosis for the bilateral wrist pain was 'WhatsAppitis'," Fernandez-Guerrero added. He treated the woman with non-steroidal, antiinflammatory drugs and asked her to completely avoid using the cell phone to send messages.
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Chanderpaul retires Bayern resumes Bundesliga with win at Hamburg from internationals
FILE - West Indies cricketer Shivnarine Chanderpaul celebrates scoring his century during the fifth day of third and final Test match between India and West Indies at the Windsor Park Stadium in Roseau, Dominica, on July 10, 2011. (AFP Photo)
London, January 23 (reuters): West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has officially retired from international cricket, seven months after selectors opted to discard the veteran and push for a youth-oriented policy. Chanderpaul, who was dumped before the home series against Australia last June, said at the time he felt he deserved the opportunity to play one final series despite a poor return in domestic cricket before the
squad was selected. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) thanked him for his contribution to their game. "The WICB acknowledges the invaluable contribution Shiv has made to the game globally and we wish him all the best," WICB President Dave Cameron said in a statement. The 41-year-old made his test debut against England in 1994 and went on to amass 11,867 runs at an average of 51.37 in his 164
tests for the Caribbean side. His total is the seventh highest of all time, and he finished behind Brian Lara's 11,953 as the second most prolific West Indian batsman. He scored 30 test centuries and 66 half centuries and had a high score of 203 not out. He also scored 8,778 runs in 268 one-day internationals at 41.60. Chanderpaul's ungainly batting stance was at odds with cricket's coaching manuals, but soft hands and a superb eye allowed him to flick, dab and poke the ball into gaps in the field and quietly accumulate runs. A low conversion rate of 50s to 100s early in his career was rectified after foot surgery removed some floating bone chips and allowed him to play without pain. Chanderpaul's calm demeanour held together an increasingly brittle West Indies batting lineup after the retirement of Lara and many opposition teams targeted him as the key wicket. While selectors continue to pursue their youth policy in a bid to rebuild the once powerful cricketing side, Chanderpaul was still playing domestic first class cricket earlier this week.
Bayern's Robert Lewandowski scores the opening goal by a penalty during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, January 22. (AP Photo)
BerLIn, January 23 (aP): Robert Lewandowski scored twice for Bayern Munich to extend its Bundesliga lead with a 2-1 win at Hamburger SV as the league resumed from its month-long winter break on Friday. After an encouraging start from the hard-tackling home side, Lewandowski opened the scoring with a penalty in the 37th minute after goalkeeper Rene Adler brought down Thomas Mueller just inside the area. Adler picked up Hamburg's third yellow card and Lewandowski's score was Bayern's only shot on goal in the first half. The Poland striker claimed his
second - his 17th of the season - in the 61st, when he deflected Mueller's volley past the helpless Adler, eight minutes after Aaron Hunt's free kick somehow found its way in for Hamburg. TV replays made it hard to tell whether Hamburg striker PierreMichel Lasogga or the defending Xabi Alonso got a final touch to Hunt's free kick before it nestled inside Manuel Neuer's right post, but it was later ruled an own goal for Alonso. Bayern defender David Alaba struck the post with a free kick minutes after what proved Lewandowski's winner.
Bayern moved 11 points clear of Borussia Dortmund ahead of the rest of the 18th round. Dortmund visits Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday. Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia, who was in his first stint in charge when the side last defeated Bayern on Sept. 26, 2009, was furious that his team was left emptyhanded despite limiting the visitors' chances. "It would make you sick from our point of view. We hardly allowed any chances. It's really annoying for us," said Labbadia, whose side has now gone 15 competitive games without a win over Bayern. Bayern looked rusty after the 33-day break. The visitors had to cope without the injured Mario Goetze, Franck Ribery, Medhi Benatia, Rafinha and Juan Bernat. Arjen Robben made a late substitute appearance, while defender Jerome Boateng went off with a groin injury in the 56th. Bayern said Boateng would undergo an examination back in Munich to determine the severity of the injury. "We could have played a little better but I'm satisfied," Mueller said. "We knew we weren't at our best level but we knew we were at a level where we could compete and win the game. We'll improve from game to game." Bayern is chasing a Bundesliga, Champions League and German Cup treble in Pep Guardiola's last season in charge. The Spanish coach has announced his intention to leave for the Premier League after completing his three-year deal.
Free shooting training camp dImaPur, January 23 (mexn): The Nagaland Rifle Association in collaboration with the Aries Rifle & Pistol Shooting Academy, Dimapur will be conducting a free training camp from January 27 to 30 at NST Colony, Dimapur, in Small Bore Rifle & Pistol as per the National Rifle Association of India Match Book, 2015. The free training camp will be followed by the 1st Selection Trial for the 4th North East Zone Shooting Championship 2016 which is scheduled to be held at Dimapur, Nagaland during September/October 2016. A press release from the association in this regard has asked interested shooters to contact the NRA General Secretary Sentiyanger @ 9856787341 for registration from January 25 onwards during office hour at NST Colony, Dimapur.
Open Athletics trial on Feb 3 dImaPur, January 23 (mexn): An open Athletics trial for both men and women has been scheduled on February 3 at GHSS Nagarjan, Dimapur. According to a press release, the selections are for the coming National Level North East Sports Games 2016 to be held in Imphal from February 21 to 26. Events for selections are – 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, High jump, Long jump, Discuss and Shot put. Interested candidates can contact the coaches at 9856585309/9402016566.
4th All India Police Archery C’ship concludes Last-gasp Liverpool sink Norwich in thriller
Women archers of Manipur Police, team champion in the women’s category, pose for lens with Nagaland Home minister, Y Patton, on the closing day of 4th All India Police Archery Championship, at NAPTC ground, Chumukedima on January 23. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | January 23
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) emerged team champion in the men’s category while Manipur clinched first position in the women’s category at the 4th All India Police Archery Championship, which concluded Saturday at NAPTC ground, Chumukedima. Overall, CRPF bagged 19 medals including 8 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze, followed by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) with 8 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze and Manipur with 5 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze. The host state Nagaland did fairly well with 2 gold, 1 silver and 7 bronze medals. Altogether 21 state police and CPOs teams took part in the 5-day event.
the various disciplines in sports, archery is considered a great sport for boosting one’s mental and physical health because archery requires not only physical strength but also mental fitness. Archery is a sport which requires endurance, concentration and self-confidence and, therefore, it helps the archers to improve co-ordination and stability”, he said. The minister said despite being always engaged in public duties, it was very encouraging that the police organization in the country could come up with such challenging event, which not only creates the much-needed recreational moment but also sends out a message that police units across the country can also excel in the sports arena. The chief guest also gave away the prizes and trophies to the winners. The Home minister was accompanied by Minister for School Education, Yitachu; Advisor DUDA, Thongwang Konyak; Parliamentary Secretaries Er. Levi Rengma and Pukhayi and Chairman DAN, Dr. Longriniken. Joint director, Intelligence Bureau, SS Sidhu also spoke on the occasion. Earlier, organizing secretary of the championship, Bendang Lemtur, IG Nagaland Police, delivered the welcome address and secretary’s report.
Nagaland Home minister, Y Patton, who graced the closing ceremony as chief guest in his address said an event like the All India Police Archery Championship where police persons from different sects, caste and creed from all over the country come together with a sense of oneness would surely provide ample op- Overall Medal tally portunity to promote na- Team Gold tional integration. CRPF 8 “Because by coming ITBP 8 together closer, we can un- Manipur 5 derstand each other bet- SSB 4 ter”, the minister said. Jharkhand 3 Patton said games and BSF 3 sports form and integral Assam 2 part of any individual in- Assam Rifles 2 cluding uniformed forces Nagaland 2 as it keeps one physically Rajasthan 0 and mentally fit. J&K 0 “However, among
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London, January 23 (reuters): Liverpool substitute Adam Lallana struck deep into stoppage time to snatch a 5-4 win over shell-shocked Norwich City in an extraordinary Premier League game at Carrow Road on Saturday. The visitors had fought back from 3-1 down to lead 4-3 after 90 minutes but Norwich central defender Sebastien Bassong's fierce drive looked to have earned the home side a point before Lallana bundled the ball into the net with seconds remaining. Liverpool took the lead after 19 minutes when Roberto Firmino's scuffed strike found the corner of the net but Dieumerci Mbokani equalised with an audacious back-heel after Liverpool failed to deal with a corner on the half-hour. Steven Naismith, making his Norwich debut after joining from Everton, beat Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet with a fierce shot from a narrow angle before halftime and Wes Hoolahan converted a penalty to give the hosts a twogoal cushion. The unmarked Jordan Henderson then pulled one back for Liverpool with a low shot and Firmino's deft finish from Lallana's cross levelled the scores before James Milner slotted in following a dreadful back pass from Russell Martin. "A strange afternoon. I was just delighted to get the three points in the end,"
Adam Lallana celebrates with team mates and manager Juergen Klopp after scoring the fifth goal for Liverpool. (Reuters)
Austin header gives Southampton win at United
manchester, January 23 (reuters): Charlie Austin made a glorious start to his Southampton career when the striker's superb late header earned the visitors a 1-0 win over a listless Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday. The 26-year old Austin, who joined the Saints from Queens Park Rangers last week, hammered the ball past keeper David De Gea after an invitLallana told BT Sport. "When they scored you just think it's going to be one of those days. A massive three points for us. "That goal was one of those moments in your career that just happens, you go with the flow." Liverpool manager
ing cross. Southampton repeated their success in the corresponding fixture last season when a Dusan Tadic goal gave them their first league victory at Old Trafford in 27 years. Following a smash-andgrab 1-0 win at fierce rivals Liverpool last week, United lacked spark and creativity. Their afternoon was summed up by several harmless efforts by lone striker Wayne Rooney.
Juergen Klopp celebrated wildly with his players after the final whistle and his glasses were accidentally knocked off by Christian Benteke in the melee. "Unbelievable game," Klopp said. "We had a lot of problems today but we played football and scored
beautiful goals. "I think we were the deserved winners in a spectacular game. Of course we were lucky, but we were not too lucky when they equalised in added time. It is very emotional." It was only the fourth Premier League match to finish 5-4.
Warriors welcome Kerr with win, Cavs say goodbye to Blatt
Los angeLes, January 23 (aFP): The Golden State Warriors welcomed head coach Steve Kerr back to the bench for the first time this season with a 122110 NBA victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday. Kerr, who had been sidelined by complications from pre-season back surgery, slipped seamlessly back into place, his return overshadowed by the stunning dismissal of head coach David Blatt by the Cleveland Cavaliers -- the team Kerr and the Warriors beat in the NBA Finals last season. The Cavs sent shockwaves through the league when the sent Blatt packing, despite owning a 30-11 record that puts them atop the Eastern Conference standings. "It's a tough business when you go 30-11 and you get fired (after) you get to the Finals the year before," Kerr said. "It's crazy." The Cavaliers promot-
ed associate coach Tyronn Lue to head coach, with general manager David Griffin saying that despite their record, the team was "regressing". "There's a lack of spirit and connectedness that I just couldn't accept," Griffin said. That's certainly not a problem for the Warriors, who thrived under interim coach Luke Walton as Kerr recovered from the after effects of a spinal fluid leak, which left him with debilitating headaches. Friday's victory took their record to 40-4. It was their 20th straight win on their home floor in Oakland this season -- and their 38th straight at home in a streak dating back to last year. "I've been waiting for this for a very long time," said Kerr, who received a warm ovation from fans at Oracle Arena. Stephen Curry, who produced a triple-double of 39 points,
FILE - Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt reacts during an NBA game against the New Orleans Pelicans Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, in Cleveland. Blatt was fired with the Cavs sitting in first place in the Eastern Conference. (AP Photo)
Head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors stands on the side of the court during an NBA BAsketball game against the Indiana Pacers on January 22, 2016 in Oakland, California. (AFP Photo)
12 assists and 10 rebounds, said having Kerr back on the bench "just felt like normal". "We had a great year last year with him running the ship," Curry said. "It was a little different with Coach
it's supposed to be." Forward Draymond Green added 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Warriors, who remained ahead of the 38-6 San Antonio Spurs in the fight for the
Walton, obviously. "We adjusted and held the fort down while Coach Kerr was out, but just his presence, his voice, mannerisms on the bench, pregame, all that stuff was like
best record in the league, with the Western Conference powerhouses due to face off on Monday. - Spurs crash Kobe anniversary On the 10th anniver-
sary of Kobe Bryant's epic 81-point game against Toronto, the San Antonio Spurs made sure that glorious performance was only a fond memory for Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Spurs dominated the Lakers 108-95, rolling to their 13th straight victory. Argentine veteran Manu Ginobili scored a season-high 20 points and Kawhi Leonard added 18 for the Spurs, who improved to 38-6. The Lakers paid homage during the game to Bryant's 2006 outburst against the Raptors -- the secondhighest scoring performance in NBA history behind the 100-point game of Wilt Chamberlain in 1962. But 10 years on Bryant managed just five points on 2-of-9 shooting with six assists in 27 minutes. - Clippers' Jordan on fire DeAndre Jordan continued his torrid shooting
for the Los Angeles Clippers making all seven of his shots -- all dunks -- in a 116-88 rout of the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Jordan scored 20 points to help the Clippers hand the Knicks their most lopsided defeat of the season. He did see his leagueleading streak of doubledoubles end at 11 games as he finished with eight rebounds. Jordan also got his eighth technical foul of the season after tangling with Knicks starting center Robin Lopez, who was ejected from the game. Jordan had come to teammate Chris Paul's defense after Lopez smacked the Clippers point guard in the mouth. "Chris is the smallest dude on the floor," Jordan said of his retaliatory shove of Lopez. "So we have to protect him."
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Celine Dion’s son pays moving tribute to late father ‘Alcohol is a waste of Money’ Celine Dion’s husband Rene Angelil’s funeral was on Jan. 22 at Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica, the same church where the couple wed 21 years ago, and their son Rene-Charles delivered the most heartfelt, sweet speech ever to honor his father. He even promised to help raise his younger brothers!
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eline and Rene’s 14 year old son Rene-Charles gave a beautiful eulogy at the 78-year-old’s funeral on Jan. 22, and what he had to say was incredibly wise beyond his years. “Fifteen years is not a long time for a son to get to know his father,” he said, addressing the crowd of mourners at
the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. “You had a busy life, but we were communicating through golf, hockey, poker and smoked meat… and a lot of other wonderful food, bonding more and more as time went by,” the teen recounts connecting with his father through interests more than words,
but the close relationship is amazing considering how hard-working and famous his manager and musician father was. The saddest thing is that his 5-year-old twin brothers will never have the same opportunity. “You left me now with enough good memories of you to share with my
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he mystery beauty who caught Justin Bieber's eye has admitted she feels like she is 'living a fairytale' after she went from being a £3 an hour babysitter to being a catwalk model. The Canadian pop sensation thrust Irina Shayk lookalike Cindy Kimberly into the world spotlight by posting her picture on Instagram and asking: 'OMG who is this!' She was revealed to be a 17-year-old shy student from Denia, near Benidorm, Spain, who earned £2.90 an hour babysitting, by MailOnline in December. Now Cindy, 17, has revealed how chart topper Bieber's attention has changed her life. The stunning teenager, who is still at school, told how she has been plucked from obscurity to be a model and will be making her catwalk debut at Madrid Fashion Week next month. Cindy, who was born in Holland, said: 'When I saw Justin was asking about me I got very emotional because I've been a fan of his for more than six years. 'It seems like a fairytale. A friend of mine often used to joke that one day I'd be one of the girls he talked about and I didn't believe her. 'My life's changed
positively since Justin appeared in my life. At the beginning I felt completely overwhelmed and didn't know how to deal with it but now I'm getting used to it.' The teenager gained hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram after Bieber said he's a fan. She has gone from being an unknown to being followed by 668,000 fans on social media. But she insisted she intends keeping her feet on the ground and concentrating on her studies despite all the attention she is receiving. She said: 'I've had a lot of job offers since all this happened. I'm constantly receiving calls offering me things, but I'm focused on my studies and fashion commitments I'd already made.'
Louis TomLinson welcomes baby boy
Claiming she was 'delighted' to have been compared with the likes of Shayk or Angelina Jolie, she said: 'I love both of them.' She added: 'My mum's happy for me with everything new that's happening in my life. 'She already knew I was a fan of Justin's. She's always urging me though to stay focused on my responsibilities with my studies and keep my feet on the ground.' Cindy joked this week she was sad that Bieber isn't following her on Twitter. Cindy, who goes by the nickname 'Wolfiecindy', has opened a new social media account. She closed her old one in December when Bieber shared her picture with the world to escape unwanted attention.
younger brothers,” he said of young Nelson and Eddy. “As they grow older, without you being around, I’ll make sure to pass on what I’ve learned from you. You are a tough act to follow, but with your help, everything’s gonna be fine. Dad, I promise you here that we’re all going to live up to your standards.”
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er movie roles and singing success have seen her attend countless red carpet events and parties. But one thing you'll never see Jennifer doing is drinking. The 46-year-old is known for her clean living lifestyle, but has now revealed the reason behind being tee total - and it's nothing to do with the health benefits of not drinking. "I don’t drink. Don’t like the taste," she admitted to The Independent newspaper. "It would be a waste of money. Never done drugs either!" Regardless of the reasons behind her not drinking, Jennifer is proving to be an amazing role model for her two children, seven-year-old twins Max and Emme. She has her own parental inspiration to look up to as well, in the form of her mother Guadalupe. The former school teacher encouraged Jennifer to pursue her dreams, and made her believe that anything is possible. "My mother said I could do anything with my life, I could even be President of the United States," Jennifer laughed. Jennifer kicked off her residency at the Planet Hollywood hotel in Las Vegas earlier this week, with Justin Bieber, Kelly Osbourne, Rebel Wilson and Wilmer Valderrama among her famous audience members. The show has been praised for its combination of sultry songs and energetic dance routines, and Jennifer insists she's determined to give her fans the best experience possible when they come to watch her. “I’m not as gifted a vocalist as some of the girls out there, but I know I communicate,” she added. “It’s a much more intimate experience, and it’s about real performers. Not everybody can really do that.” In order to keep things fresh, Jennifer has made the decision to switch the set list around every night, ensuring that each and every concert is a unique experience.
ranveer Singh says he was a Bully in School
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ctor Ranveer Singh has revealed that he was a bully and a mischievous student in school. "I used to be a bully. I used to be fat and very mischievous. School used to be my life," Ranveer said at the annual day function of his school Learner's Academy. "I was here for the entire duration of my schooling years - 15 years I passed out of here as head boy. I was always the performer, always in the popular bunch," said the actor
who sets the stage on fire whenever he performs. Ranveer also interacted with his teachers, whom he remembered by their names. The actor also clicked some selfies with the students sportingly. "I used to perform in plays and dances, and this is where I got the experience that perhaps I could be a performer," said the Bajirao Mastani actor, known for his energy and lively spirit, and added that he is thankful to his parents and teach-
Pitt and Jolie are reportedly on the brink of divorce
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ccording to a report in America, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on the verge of calling it quits. Nothing would shake up 2016 more than the separation of Brangelina! The 40-year-old actress has been with her heartthrob for over a decade, but if reports out of the US are to be believed, their marriage is on the brink of a breakdown. According to American mag In Touch Weekly, the Hollywood power couple have “been living separate lives” while dealing with marriage problems for more than a year.
Despite tying the knot in 2014, the mag alleges that the screen icons are not happy with their marriage. “Dedicating their lives to film work, human rights and their children left them little time for each other,” the source explained before adding that when they do manage to get together, they end up “squabbling” or passing the time in “frozen silence.” Just this week Angie attended her latest film, Kung Fu Panda’s premiere with the kids but no Brad in sight. The 52-year-old actor also rocked up solo to the Golden Globes where he was photographed whis-
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a bit of a shock, you know, they're kids, stuff happens, but I'm supporting her. I love her to death and it's all good," he said at the time. "It's the first kid in our family; this will be the first grandkid. [So] we're excited about it." And although Tomlinson and Jungwirth are not in a romantic relationship together, the two are obviously on good terms. In fact, Jungwirth was spotted supporting Tomlinson and his bandmates Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Niall Horan at the group's London concerts last October for their recently concluded On The Road Again Tour. Meanwhile, Tomlinson who has since been linked to "The Originals" star Danielle Campbell reportedly wants to bring up his son in his native UK.
pering to his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston’s good friend Selena Gomez. The pair met on the set of Brad’s latest movie The Big Short, where the 21-year-old makes a cameo appearance. According to InTouch’s insider, “Their alone time [has] dissolved into a tense negotiation over how they’ll keep the family going after the divorce. [They] will each spend time with their kids, individually and collectively, just like they’ve done in the past.” Angelina has never hidden the fact that her relationship takes work.
“We have fights and problems like any other couple,” she told The Telegraph just last November. “We have days when we drive each other absolutely mad and want space.” Brad and Ange, who fell
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he 24-year-old One Direction member and his friend Briana Jungwirth welcomed their first child, a baby boy, on Thursday, Jan. 21 in Los Angeles, a source close to the baby mama confirmed to People. Early Friday morning, Tomlinson's former stepdad, Mark Tomlinson, sparked speculation on social media that the crooner's son had arrived with a tweet: "Is that the patter of tiny feet?" News that Tomlinson and the 23-year-old L.A.based stylist were expecting a baby broke last July. The pregnancy was first confirmed by Jungwirth's dad, Joe Jungwirth, in an interview with the Daily Mail. Joe revealed that the pregnancy "wasn't planned" by the pair. "It's
ers who were so involved in building his foundation as a person. In an emotional moment, Ranveer also took off his T-shirt to reveal a shirt filled with messages scribbled on it. "This is my school shirt, which I have preserved well. This is one of my most prized possessions and so I thought it'd be a wonderful thing to wear it today," he said. Ranveer will next be seen in Aditya Chopra's Befikre.
ndian film actress Priyanka Chopra, who has found international fame with American TV series ‘Quantico’, has turned coproducer for a mobi-series ‘It's My City’ for video entertainment mobile app nexGTv. The flamboyant actress will also feature in it. The story of four girls on a journey of life, love and lunacy in Mumbai, the bi-weekly 14-part series, which will begin on Friday, will have new mobisodes every Tuesday and Friday. It is created by celebrity digital network Fluence and produced in association with Priyanka's production company Purble Pebble Pictures India and Endemol-Shine India. Speaking in her capacity as mentor and co-producer of the show, Priyanka, who earlier sang a single titled ‘In my city’, said in a statement: "Digital is the new frontier of content and I'm diving right in. It's a super exciting world in which I find myself equally fascinated with and immersed in completely." An actress, singer and a former beauty queen, Priyanka's runaway success with ‘Quantico’ and recent powerful performance in Bollywood films ‘Mary Kom’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’ have further shone the spotlight on her. She says the thought behind "It's My City" is "progressive to go where the young audience has moved towards to connect with them in a style that they
can identify with and for me personally, to engage with them in a whole new way". The series revolves around the everyday lives and struggles of four young girls - Manika, Sonali, Tina and Nikki - living together in the same flat in Mumbai. Mirroring the reality of everyday lives, the series captures the ups and downs of these girls as they set out to achieve their dreams. Captured in a light-hearted fashion, this sitcom, also offers a unique and real insight into the lives of Indian girls staying away from their families in pursuit of their dreams, in the city of dreams that is Mumbai! Priyanka will appear as herself, assuming the mantle of an official landlady, unofficial guardian and protective friend. She says "there is a huge parallel that can be drawn to my own reality of a young girl coming to Mumbai to literally make my dreams come true". "I hope the stories are something the audience will identify with," said the former Miss World. According to Abhesh Verma, chief operating officer, nexGTV, it was only for Priyanka, the first South Asian woman to win the hugely popular People's Choice Award, to come on board for a project such as this as she "has challenged and redefined the status quo numerous times over the years. "She epitomises the young, Indian woman of today and is therefore the perfect match." As for Rishi Negi of Fluence, he said: "This collaboration will draw audience subscriptions and views for the show and the platform via social media by engaging Priyanka's close to 35 million fans and followers in a new and highly compelling way."
in love on the set of their first film Mr and Mrs Smith, are expected to move to London in March. The entire Jolie-Pitt brood will join Brad while he films the sequel to his hit 2013 movie World War Z.
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Pandey's debut ODI ton Murray advances, Ivanovic loses amid medical drama helps India avoid whitewash WaWrinka notches 400th career Win
Britain's Andy Murray celebrates after winning his third round match against Portugal's Joao Sousa at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 23. (REUTERS)
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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reacts as she sits in her chair while her coach Nigel Sears receives medical attention, causing a delay in play during her third round match against Madison Keys of the U.S. at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 23. (REUTERS)
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka celebrates after winning his third round match against Czech Republic's Lukas Rosol at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 23. (REUTERS)
Melbourne, January 23 (reuters): The Australian Open tennis championships were rocked late on Saturday when Andy Murray's father-in-law Nigel Sears collapsed during a match at Rod Laver Arena, overshadowing the world number two's advance to the fourth round. Sears, the coach of former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, collapsed while watching the Serb's third-round clash against Madison Keys, prompting medical staff to rush to the 58-year-old's aid. Adding to the surreal
her match against Keys and although the Serb fought hard she fell 4-6 6-4 6-4. "Obviously it was a tough match," Ivanovic said in a statement after declining post-match media commitments. "I really wanted to win and have a chance to come back... Obviously a little bit disappointed." Murray, whose wife Kim Sears is due to give birth to their first child next month, completed a 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2 win over 32nd seed Sousa and was led straight from the court by an official rather than conduct the usual courtside interview. In an unnerving coin-
atmosphere at Melbourne Park, Briton Murray was oblivious to the unfolding drama as he battled Portugal's Joao Sousa in the neighbouring Margaret Court Arena. . Play was suspended for an hour at Rod Laver Arena, as Sears received treatment before being fitted with breathing apparatus and carried from the stadium on a stretcher. He was taken to hospital for further treatment and was being examined by a cardiologist, organisers said. A teary-eyed Ivanovic was eventually led back to centre court to continue
cidence, Ivanovic's second round match was also suspended after a spectator fell down the stairs at the same show court on Thursday. Murray also skipped the post-match media conference and the Scot's only comment was confined to his match. "It was tricky. I didn't feel great," he said in a statement. "It was good to get through that one." The medical emergency overshadowed the action on day six which saw Spanish third seed Garbine Muguruza dumped out of the tournament and Victoria Azarenka given a huge boost in her bid to win a third title at
Melbourne Park. With Romanian world number two Simona Halep sent packing in the opening round, seventh seed Angelique Kerber remains the top woman in the draw's lower half. But the path to a dream final against Williams seems laid out for 14th seed Azarenka. Following Roger Federer's 300th victory in grand slams on day five and Maria Sharapova's 600th on tour, Wawrinka notched his 400th career win with a triumph over Czech Lukas Rosol 6-2 6-3 7-6(3). The Swiss fourth seed has been battling a cold at Melbourne Park but his game was in rude health as he smashed 18 aces and 45 winners in the late afternoon sunshine at Rod Laver Arena. "As long as I'm feeling good on the court, that's the most important thing," a raspy-voiced Wawrinka said. The 30-year-old Swiss must next weather the serving storm of dark horse Milos Raonic, who despatched Canada's Viktor Troicki 6-2 6-3 6-4 at the Margaret Court Arena. A quarter-finalist last year, 13th seed Raonic dedicated his win to victims of a school shooting in the remote Canadian town of La Loche, where four people were killed and a number injured on Friday. "Stuff like this doesn't happen much back home," he told reporters. "I'm sure not just in that small community but throughout Canada it was a lot of people that were sort of heartbroken over it." With a number of high seeds falling by the wayside, doors opened for lesser lights to shine. Zhang Shuai, the last Chinese player left in the singles tournament, continued her fairytale run to reach the fourth round, having never previously been past the first round of a grand slam in 14 attempts.
The Australia players pose with the series trophy, Australia v India, 5th ODI, Sydney, January 23. (Getty Images)
syDney, January 23 (reuters): Manish Pandey struck his maiden oneday century in a high-scoring thriller to secure India a pride-salvaging six-wicket victory against Australia in the fifth and final ODI in Sydney on Saturday. Staring at a series whitewash after four defeats, India rode Pandey's scintillating 104 off 81 balls to chase down a 331-run victory target with two balls to spare. Centuries from David Warner (122) and Mitchell Marsh (102) helped Australia post 330-7 but Pandey's knock in his only fourth one-dayer clinched the contest for India. India needed a strong start from their openers to stay on course to chase down such a big total and the visitors got just that from Shikhar Dhawan (78) and Rohit Sharma (99). Dhawan posted his third successive 50plus score and Rohit fell agonisingly short of his third century in the series as they raised 123 runs in 18.2 overs. John Hastings dismissed Dhawan and Virat Kohli (eight) in quick successions to halt India's progress and Rohit left leaving India needing exactly 100 runs from 91 balls to win the contest. With the required run-rate skyrocketing and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (34) struggling to time the ball at the other end, Pandey's crisp hitting left India needing 13 runs off the last over from Marsh.
Marsh began with a wide and had his next hit out of the ground by Dhoni but the Indian captain fell immediately to inject fresh drama in the contest. Pandey, however, was unfazed and he hit the next ball for a boundary to first complete his century and then scurried for two for the winning run. Earlier, Warner struck his fifth ODI century and Mitchell Marsh notched up his first to set up yet another runfest in a series that has provided 3,159 runs. India's much-maligned bowlers did well to reduce Australia to 117-4 in the 22nd over before Warner and Marsh combined to add 118 runs in 17.3 overs. Warner had fallen seven runs short of a century in Wednesday's fourth ODI at Canberra but there was no such heartbreak this time as the southpaw brought up his run-a-ball century. The 27-year-old opener was eventually dismissed for 122, that included thee sixes and nine boundaries, but Marsh carried on to remain not out on 102 off 84 balls. For India, Jasprit Bumrah made an impressive debut, the right-arm paceman with an unorthodox bowling action sending down 10 tidy overs to claim 2-40 with some tight death bowling. Pandey was adjudged man-of-the-match, while team mate Rohit won the man-of-the-series award for the 441 runs he amassed in five matches.
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