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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. — Martin Luther King Jr. Obama urges Americans not to despair over divisions after ‘painful’ week

Preparing workforce for Nagaland and beyond

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Jammu & Kashmir on the boil schedule tribes top intake

of tobacco, alcohol & paan Morung Express news Dimapur | July 10

Kashmiri women mourn the death of Burhan Wani, a separatist militant leader, during his funeral in Tral, south of srinagar on saturday, July 9. (REUTERS)

SrINagar, July 10 (agENCIES): Clashes in Indian-administered Kashmir in the wake of the killing of 22-year-old Burhan Wani have now left more than 21 people dead and over 200 injured.

Burhan Wani, who was well-known due to his prominence on social media, died in a gunfight with the Indian army onFriday.ThefuneralofBurhanWani,a commander of the region’s largest rebel group, Hizbul Mujahideen, was held in his hometown of Tral, about 40km

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south of Srinagar, on Saturday. The Indian government said no police or security personnel were present at his funeral, to avoid a confrontation with the angry crowd. However, after the funeral, policestationsandmilitaryinstallations were attacked in violent clashes across the region.

Divided Kashmir has been a flashpoint for India and Pakistan, triggering three wars between the nations. A number of militant groups in Muslim-majority Indian-adminis-

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Major landslide on Mkg-Zbto road ZuNhEboTo, July 10 (DIPr): Major landslide occurred on NH 702 A between Mokokchung and Zunheboto districts near Alaphumi village under Akuluto subdivision of Zunheboto district on July 10 around 11:00 am. Around 50 metre of the stretch of road was completely damaged. The National Highway is the lone road which connects Mokokchung and Zunheboto districts. Meanwhile, SDO (Civil), Akuluto, Kikumsangla Jamir has advised commuters not to ply on the road as repairing may take several days. The department concerned and village authorities are working on alternative route for light vehicles.

with 17.4 percent while the SC population stood at 13.1 and the General at 9.3 percent. Here also, female population of ST are far ahead in the prevalence of chewing tobacco at 6.1 percent while the SC and General population stood only at 2.1 and 1.2 percent.

However, in prevalence of smoking, according to the survey the SC took the lead in this habit with 16.3 percent even though the ST population is not far behind at 13.9 while the General population stood at 10.1 percent.

Amongst females, ST female population took the lead again at 1.4 percent closely followed by ST at 1.0 and General at 0.6 percent. It should be noted that the category ‘General’ excludes Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The survey was made from amongst population aged 15 years and above.

Majority of the ST population live in rural areas and their population is 10.4 % of the total rural population of India, as per the 2001 Census.

The share of the ST population in urban areas is a meager 2.4%. Mad-

hya Pradesh, Maharastra, Orissa, Gujrat, Rajsthan, Jharkhand, Chhatishgarh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka are the State having larger number of STs. These states account for 83.2% of the total ST population of the country.

Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir, Tripura, Mizoram, Bihar, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, account for another 15.3% of the total ST population. The share of the remaining States/ Union territories is negligible.

Lakshdweep, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, are predominantly States/Union territories where ST population constitutes more than 60% of their total population. No ST is notified in Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, and Pondicherry.

The SRS is a large-scale demographic survey for providing reliable annual estimates of birth rate, death rate and other fertility & mortality indicators at the national and subnational levels. The baseline surveys also include other data points.

UNTABA asks NLA to take up 16 pts. & 9 pts. agreements NPGs solicit participation of all tribes for solution

DImaPur, July 10 (mExN): The United Naga Tribes Association on Border Areas (UNTABA) has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister of Nagaland State requesting the adoption of an appropriate Resolution in the upcoming Nagaland Legislative Assembly session requesting the Parliament of India to effecting necessary amendment in the Section 3 and 4 of the State of Nagaland Act, 1960 as per the Points No. 12 and 13 of the 16 Points Agreement made between the people of Nagaland and the Government of India in 1960.

Today’s memorandum was sent to the CM by UNTABA Chairman Hukavi T. Yeputhomi and General Secretary Imsumongba Pongen. oh,You didn’t come together?

A press release sent alongside the memorandum stated that the UNTABA The Morung Express has been “campaigning for the amalgaPoll QuEsTion mation of the traditional and historical Naga lands and the Reserved Forests lyVote on www.morungexpress.com ing under the administration of Assam sMs your answer to 9862574165 Government to present Nagaland State The Nagaland govt is silent on many allegations – the latest being the fuel adulteration issue.

Is the “Oppositionless” Government unconcerned with such problems? Why?

tered Kashmir are fighting for independence or a merger with Pakistan.

A curfew has nowbeen imposed in Kashmir valley, with internet and mobile phone services blocked in some areas. A policeman reportedly died after protesters pushed his armoured vehicle into a river in the southern Anantnag area. Thousands of government forces in riot gear have been deployed across the state. Separatists have called for a valley-wide shutdown.

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The population of Schedule Tribes in India may be a meager 8.2% of the total population of India, but they top the list when it comes to habits of chewing tobacco, alcohol consumption, chewing paan as compared to the General and the Schedule Caste (SC) population.

According to the Baseline Survey results of the Sample Registration System (SRS) 2014, which was recently released by the Registrar General of India (RGI), the prevalence of drinking alcohol among the ST male population stood at 18.2 percent.

This is alarming when compared to the General population, which was a low 7.9 percent while the SC population stood at 14.7 percent.

Likewise, 2.7 percent of females from ST population imbibed alcohol while the SC population stood at 0.8 and the General only at 0.5 percent.

In the prevalence of chewing of paan, the survey revealed that the ST population also had more penchant of chomping the betel leave and areca nut combo (added with tobacco or without) at 13.5 percent of the total population closely followed by the SC population with 12.2 and the General at 9.1.

Amongst women, ST population stood at 5.6 percent, SC at 4.1 percent and General at 2.8 percent.

In the prevalence of tobacco (smokeless), the ST male population again topped the highest intake

for all these years.”

In this regard, in view of the scheduled Assembly Session on July 12, 2016, the UNTABA consisting of senior parliamentarians, retired bureaucrats, eminent social activist, leaders from various Naga Tribes Hoho leaders had conducted door to door meetings with a number of Legislators and had submitted relevant documents including draft resolution copy to the Chief Minister’s Office so that the Government may consider the above mentioned adoption of a resolution.

The UNTABA informed that it has done “extensive consultation” on the boundary issue between Nagaland and Assam and is convinced that it can be settled by political means as Nagaland State was created based on a ‘political agreement’.

Reiterating its list of demands, the UNTABA urged the CM of Nagaland to also consider the appeal of the concerned Naga citizens to file suitable Petition in the honorable Supreme

Court praying for the implementation of ‘9 Points Agreement’ of 1947 for the amalgamation, vis-a-vis “bringing back the traditional and historical Naga lands in Assam to Nagaland as agreed between the then Emissaries of the Government of India and the Naga people (NNC).”

It also requested the Chief Minister to direct the concerned authority/ Department to maintain clear NagaAhom traditional and political boundary in all official documents “since the stand of the Naga people is no more or less than its historical records of the time immemorial.”

The UNTABA also urged the CM to consider allowing the Department of Law & Justice to “directly involve” with the Border Affairs Department to pursue the ongoing litigation process in the Supreme Court. They also requested the CM to appoint a “pro-active Naga veteran as Advisor for proper functioning of various agencies on the border issue.”

DImaPur, July 10 (mExN): Leadership of three Naga Political Groups (NPGs) have solicited the participation of “all tribes in Nagaland to pursue a final acceptable and honorable political solution” with the Government of India (GoI) at the earliest.

This was stated after the leadership of GPRN/NSCN, NNC/GDRN (Kiumukam/Hangping), NNC/NPGN (Temjenyanger/Hojeto) came together on July 6 to “deliberate on the current socio-political situation prevailing in Naga homeland,” stated a press note from a combined Media Cell of the NPGs. They asserted that any settlement between GoI and the NSCN (IM) “which fulfils the aspiration of Naga people in other states shall not be opposed.”

However, they decided to let the signatories of the August 3 Framework Agreement know that “any settlement that undermines the integrity and interest of the people of Nagaland state shall be opposed strongly by the people of Nagaland.”

“This is in view of the clear stand accepted by both GOI and NSCN (IM) leadership on the questions of Naga sovereignty and integration of Naga areas, which have been rejected in the course of negotiation between the two,” the NPGs maintained.

The NPG leaders also expressed sadness at the demise of NSCN (IM) Chairman Isak Chishi Swu, while acknowledging his “lifelong contribution to the Naga cause and appreciated his strong desire to bring Reconciliation and Unity among the Nagas.”

Meanwhile, they urged the “traditional and tribal civil societies in Nagaland state who are the hierarchical custodians of Naga society and culture, to undertake the primary role of defending the traditional rights of the people of Nagaland in the face of many ambiguous political terms and terminologies which the Negotiating parties appear to be coining frequently to confuse the people of Nagaland.”

RMSA teachers 2015-16 to boycott classes nagaland considers

KohIma, July 10 (mExN): The Nagaland RMSA Teachers’ Association (NRMSATA) 2015-16 has decided to boycott regular classes from Monday, July 11, until further notice, due to nonpayment of salaries for “almost half a year.”

The teachers stated that though they never intended to take such “bitter steps” that infringe upon the rights of the “innocent pupils,” the compulsion of circumstances left them with “no other option” but to boycott regular classes until the release of all pending salaries.

In a press release from NRMSATA General Secretary, Kezhothito Keyho, and its President, Renbemo L Patton, the Association informed that enough reminders had been made to the government department concerned but no action was taken.

The NRMSATA thus urged the department concerned from doing away with their “foxship policy” of not releasing the salary for several months in a row. It alleged that when poor teachers appeal for the release of pending salaries, the department “will try to lure” the teach-

ers “by giving them one, two months’ salary in lieu of the pending five to six months salaries.”

This kind of “step motherly” treatment is being meted out to SSA, RMSA, Hindi Teachers, employed under CSS programme, the Association stated, noting that this is “not at all acceptable.”

The NRMSATA remained “inquisitive” if there are any guidelines given by the MHRD, Department of School Education and Literacy that, “those employed under central flagship programme have to keep on pestering the department or write several letters, submit representations, memorandums, serve ultimatum, in the end go for agitation etc. to get our salary.”

Requesting the department to stop their “crafty policy” once and for all, the central body of the NRMSATA informed all its members to “refrain from joining their duties until any further notification.”

The incumbent teachers cautioned that they are “ready to face any consequences for what is right and justice.” Meanwhile, the Association requested all con-

cerned citizens to extend their support and cooperation as “all these related issues are the root cause of corruption in the society.”

Teachers denounce bond The NRMSATA informed that 639 RMSA teachers appointed in 2016 were made to sign a ‘readymade bond’ by the Education Department (RMSA) at the time of obtaining their appointment orders.

According to the teachers, point number three of the bond states that the teacher “shall not resort to any kind of agitation awaiting funds from the Gol for salary.”

“The conditions placed on us were such that if failing or hesitant for signing the bond then we will be deprived of our appointment orders,” revealed the RMSA teachers. The teachers affirmed that the endorsement of the bond was not made out of their consent or their own volition.

“Subsequently, much to our embarrassment, its repercussion and jolt was felt by the RMSA Teachers 201516 when we have been denied of our salary for almost half a year by now without

any rhyme or reasons from the responsible authority,” stated the NRMSATA. The teachers stated that it has now become clear to them that the Government of Nagaland was using the “socalled bond” as its “tool” for harassing the RMSA Teachers 2015-16. Realising that the bond was meant to serve the “interest” of the Government of Nagaland “at the expense” of the RMSA Teachers, the NRMSATA 2015-16 has sought clarification from the department concerned to publicise the guidelines and procedures followed while drafting the said bond, after an open competition for selection of teachers, in the official gazette. The teachers also sought “precise information” as mentioned by the MHRD (Gol) in the appointment of RMSA Teachers in the State.

In this regard, the 639 teachers of RMSA 2015-16 have denounced the bond with “sound body, mind and soul” and declared that the bond will remain as “invalid with immediate effect and the same shall not have any binding on us in any manner from now and even in the near future.”

banning dog meat

KohIma, July 10 (PTI): The Nagaland government is in the process of banning the use of Dog meat as food in the state and directives have been issued to the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to this effect.

The State Cabinet has not yet taken any decision on the matter but the government through a letter issued by Joint Secretary Obangla Jamir, has asked the Joint Director of Directorate of Municipal Affairs to issue an order to all the ULBs to give wide publicity to care for animals and also to issue an order to stop capture of dogs for the purpose of slaughter and meat, an official said.

The Municipal Affairs Department (MAD) have also been requested to stop the bazaars meant for selling live Dogs and its meat, besides giving wide publicity to treat animals with care and love, the Joint Secretary said.

Subsequently, MAD Joint Director and Head of Department, A Zanbemo Ngullie in a letter to the 23 Administrators of Municipal and Town Councils in the state dated May 3 without issuing any direct order forwarded the Joint Secretary’s letter to them.

Nagaland is a high consumer of meat products with dog meat being one of delicacies.

One Kg of dog meat costs more than Rs 300 in the state.

There are several hotels, especially in the state capital and commercial

hub Dimapur, that serve dog meat.

Dogs are even imported from outside the state as dog meat is considered as having high medicinal value and high nutrition.

The official also said that pressure to ban capture of dogs for the purpose of slaughter and meat came in the wake of a legal notice served to the State Government by an Advocate from Assam, N M Kapadia under instruction from his clients.

The Advocate through the legal notice had noted that dog meat was openly sold as food, just as chicken and mutton while all the parts of a dog’s body are used as food under the impression that it contains iron and is the medicine for some disease.

Consequent upon the legal notice, the State Chief Secretary held a meeting with officials of MAD, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Home, Health and Family Welfare and Deputy Commissioners of Kohima and Dimapur on March 3 during which a decision was taken to request the MAD for necessary action.

However, no proper directive or order to this has been issued by the state government and bureaucracy till date, the official said. He said that considering the food habit of the Naga people, the Administrators of ULBs are also having serious thought on whether to issue such a directive.

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Preparing workforce for Nagaland and beyond Morung Express News Dimapur | July 10

With an increasing number of the state’s populace moving away from rural and traditional livelihoods, and moving into urban space, a need to enable such populace to blend in to the new and challenging surroundings has arisen.

And with the number of unemployed youths increasing in number by the day, an institute in Dimapur has taken up the task to train youths, providing them with an opportunity to learn skills with viable livelihood opportunities suited to their needs.

The Nagaland Tool Room & Training Centre offers an array of diploma and certificate courses with the duration ranging from 1 month to four years.

Toolmakers

A Tool Room is the industrial set-up (common facility centre) where specialized Tools, Dies, Moulds, Jigs, Fixture are designed and manufactured. These tools are used for mass production for all Plastic components, Aluminum or any casting parts from kitchen utensils to space components, automotive, agriculture & industrial components, etc.

The institute currently has around 300 students learning how to make production tools and equipments. Principal of NTTC, Er. Petehetuo Miasalhou beams with pride while referring to his students as “Toolmakers”.

“We are able to help our Naga innovators in bringing out new kinds of machines,” he says explaining that the institute trains students to design and develop new innovative technology e.g. bamboo processing, stone processing while also providing other skill development courses e.g. Steel fabrication, automobile technician, machine operators, fitters, com-

puter courses etc.

Inside the Training Centre, students bustle with life as they work enthusiastically on the buzzing and roaring machines. Some use hammers, saw and other tools trying to punch holes and smooth edges.

A look inside the machine rooms reveal state of the art machines including Computer Aided Design & Manufacturing software (CAD/CAM), CNC Millings, CNC EDM, CNC WEDM, Jig Grinding, Injection Moulding Machines, Heat Treatment Units, conventional shop floor machines like drilling machines, surface grinding, cylindrical grinding, lathe machines, milling machines, welding machines, etc.

Imliyanger Chang is in his final year of the 4 years Diploma in Tool & Die Making Course. Keenly interested in anything mechanical, Yanger, as he is known by his friends, joined the institute after his matriculation. Currently working on orders from local customers which the institute received, Yanger wants to pursue further studies. The four year diploma course will enable him to take up B.Tech.

Anant Kumar (21) from Bihar got to hear of NTTC through a friend and signed up for the Tool & Die course. Kumar, who is also in his final year, along with his batch-mates were sent to Pune for hands-on training as part of the course. In Pune, he interned at Vishal Engineering Company, a company dealing in vehichle parts. “It has been a good experience so far,” he says confident that he will be able to make any vehicle part today.

Established in 2006 by the Government of Nagaland in partnership with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME), the institute is registered as a quasi-government body under the

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NTTC is an AICTE approved institute and is recognized by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. The second Tool-room Training institute in the North East, NTTC has roughly trained about 2000 students so far out of which, about 600 have been placed in various companies across the country.

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NTTC offers long term courses including Diploma in Tool & Die (3+1 years).

This course, Principal Er. Miasalhou informs, is meant for big manufacturing companies. “They are useful there. Demand is also there,” he says. “They have to go outside the state for the immediate.”

Short term courses include welding fabrication, machinist course, electrician, computer hardware and networking etc. “These students can remain in the state and be

the workforce for the state,” role in training youth in the the sole plastic processing the course can also get a job Er. Miasalhou opines. plant in Nagaland. “Stu- and produce,” Principal Er. industrial sector. dents after completion of Miasalhou says.

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“For manufacturing a product, it requires different processes. We do not have all the machines,” Er. Miasalhou says. He also laments the lack of manpower. “There is a need for more manpower to run machines 24/7,” he says pointing to the high precision CNC machines. However, he is hopeful that the institute will play an important

PlasTiC ProCessing

Plastic processing is one sector which can provide lots of job avenues to the youth and also contribute to the state’s economy.

NTTC aims to start courses in Plastic Processing by the beginning of next year.

Around the same time, the institute also aims to procure plastic processing machines so that the institute can also function as

10th year anniversary offer

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n commemoration of its 10th year anniversary, NTTC is offering a package to the Naga youths.

The institute aims to train 50 to 60 youths in Machine Operation (manufacturing) for 3 months free of cost (including food & lodging). The eligibility for the course is Class 10 pass. After completion of the course, NTTC will place the students in manufacturing companies.

Faith Fest: Youth resolve to nourish faith through prayers, church activities First elimination round

Dimapur, July 10 (mExN): The Youth Department of Salesian College of Higher Education (SCHE) organized Faith Fest at Diphupar-A, Dimapur on July 10 to celebrate the gift of faith. The participants comprised of youth from the five villages of Diphupar–A, Diphupar–B, Burma Camp, Chunchamlong (Lohorijan), and Zeliangrong Village (Dhobinala).

Fr. Kar thikapallil Thomas, Director of SCHE, Fr. Chittissery Joseph, Secretary to the Director of Dimapur Provincial, and Bro. Sebastian Kamsuan, Asst.

Professor of SCHE were the resource persons. Meanwhile, Fr. Chingjanpou James Kamei, Principal of Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Maram was the

Participants of the Youth Fest with resource persons and others.

guest of honour.

Speaking on the Sacraments, Fr. Karthikapallil Thomas said, “Every Christian is blessed with a particular gift of the Spirit and one should discover that and use it for the good of

the whole society.” Fr. Chittissery Joseph dwelled on the Ten Commandments.

“God gave us the Ten Commandments because he loves us and wants us to be with Him in Heaven,” he stated. Animating on

Christian Family, Bro Sebastian Kamsuan said, “Family is the place where we learn to pray, love one another and experience joy.” He also exhorted the youth to bring about peace and harmony in the family

though dialogue and regular family prayer.

Quiz and group song competitions were also held during the event and prizes were distributed to the winners. In the concluding speech, Fr. Christudoss Anthony, Director of Youth Department, SCHE exhorted all the young people to keep on growing in faith. “Youth is the best time to serve the Lord with enthusiasm and zeal. One should not forget God but continue to love God and become good Christians,” he said.

At the end of the Faith Fest, the youth resolved to nourish their faith through prayers and active participation in the churches activities, according to a press release received here.

of Naga Talents Promo 4

Dimapur, July 10 (mExN): The first elimination round of Naga Talents Promo season 4 managed

by Pheto Music Association (PMA) will be held on July 22, 4:00 pm onwards at Town Hall, Dimapur. In a press release, PMA has informed all the groups and individuals selected during the various district auditions to come for the contest to showcase their talents.

During the preliminary rounds, the best contestants will be selected by a panel of judges to go through to the next round which will be held in August, the release said. Contestants have been request-

ed to co-ordinate with the district co-organizers for information regarding the upcoming events.

The show, according to the release, aims to promote the talents in Nagaland in various fields and help the contestants proceed further beyond Nagaland.

The ultimate winner will walk away with a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh in group category and Rs 1 lakh in solo category along with Proficiency Certificates.

Special gift hampers will be given to all the finalists.

Entry is free for the show on July 22. Hence, all the friends/ well wishers/ relatives/ supporters have been invited to attend it.

2000 Nagaland NCC cadets attend trainings

Nearly 40 members of a Facebook group called, “Naga Flower Lovers Page” (NFLP) participated in a ‘Box Garden Project’ by clearing and planting variety of flowers in the Box Cutting bye-pass road in Kohima on July 9. Under the aegis of Kohima Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) beautification programme, NFLP’s initiative had members from Kohima participating physically while members from Dimapur and Mokokchung assisted through various contributions, a member said. (Photo Courtesy: Azai Kerhuo)

Kohima, July 10 (mExN): 2000 NCC cadets of Nagaland are undergoing/underwent training in four annual training camps at various locations across Nagaland during summer break in June and July 2016.

The first annual training camp of 25 Nagaland Company NCC (Mokokchung) held at CRPF Camp near DEF Mokokchung from June 14 to 23 had 500 cadets (boys) participating from various schools and colleges of Mokokchung, Mon, Longleng, Tuensang, Wokha and Zunheboto districts.

In the second camp being held from July 4 to 13 at Nagaland Police Central School at Chumukedima, 400 cadets (boys) from Kohima, Phek, Peren, Dimapur, Wokha and Kiphire are participating under 24 Nagaland Company NCC (Kohima).

The third camp organised by 1 Nagaland Girls Battalion NCC (Kohima) from July 5 to 14 at SFS Higher Secondary School, Medziphema has 700 ca-

NCC cadets in Nagaland during one of the annual training camps.

dets (girls) attending from all 11 districts of Nagaland.

The fourth annual training camp will be held at Nagaland Police Central School, Chumukedima under 1 Nagaland Air Squadron NCC (Dimapur) from July 14 to 23 for 400 cadets of air wing (both boys and girls). Transport aircraft and helicopters from Indian Air Force are also expected to participate in the training activities of air

wing cadets, informed a press release received here.

The release stated that the aim of NCC is to develop qualities of character, courage, discipline, leadership, secular outlook, spirit of adventure and sportsmanship and the ideal of selfless service among the youth to make them useful and patriotic citizens of India. “NCC also aims to create a human resource of organized, trained and

motivated youth to provide leadership in all walks of life, including the Armed Forces and be always available for the service of the nation.”

The cadets are being given intensive training in drill, health and hygiene, social service activities, leadership, personality development and firing by their teachers, who are trained as Associate NCC Officers with assistance

from Army and Air Force personnel. The NCC activities of ten thousand cadets in the state are being coordinated by NCC Group Headquarter, Kohima and the Department of Youth Resources & Sports, Government of Nagaland.

The cadets will appear for their A, B and C certificate exams at the end of the training year, for which attending an annual training camp is mandatory.

Army recruitment rally in Longleng

Kohima, July 10 (mExN): 164 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) (Home & Hearth) NAGA has announced to conduct a recruitment rally in Longleng district on August 9-10 from 6:00 am at Public Ground, Longleng for Soldier General Duty.

The recruitment is for 36 vacancies.

A press release from Col C Konwer, PRO (Defence) has informed candidates of Longleng district to report at 6:00 am on August 9 and 10 at Public Ground, Longleng for screening test.

The candidates must be indigenous Naga tribal of Nagaland State, should be between 18 to 42 years on the day of screening, minimum weight 50 Kg, height 160 Cm, and chest 77 Cm (Expansion of 5 Cm).

The required education qualification is Class X pass with 45% aggregate marks and minimum 33% marks in each subject. There is no stipulation of percentage in case of Class XII pass.

Persons with tattoos visible in physical training dress are not eligible.

Candidates should be in possession of original and photocopy of education certificates, including board certificates in original, domicile residential certificate in original (issued

by DC/ADC) and 12 copies of passport size colored photographs.

Candidates should also bring latest character certificate from nearest police station, Aadhaar Card/Voter Identity Card/Ration Card, no objection certificate from civil/government employer, and unmarried certificate from village administration head with official seal (for candidates below 21 years of age).

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road connectivity Trees planted in honour of Rail, restored to Tripura Isak Chishi Swu, 'martyrs' at Oinam

Senapati, July 10 (Mexn): On July 9, the duo chiefs of Oinam Hill village solemnly planted a tree each in honour of Late Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman, NSCN (IM) and Yaruiwo of its GPRN at Oinam Hills.

The Village Council and Oinam Hill Youth and Students’ Organisation leaders also planted trees in honour of "martyrs" executed during Operation Blue Bird, 1987. The 29th Onae Reh Dah (Great Battle of Oinam) was commemorated in three different settings at Oinam Hill village, Taphou Onaeme, and Poumai Naga Tsii Doumai Me (PNTM) Office, Khabung Karong.

At Oinam Hill village, the background of the commemoration was delivered, followed by tree plantation at Cho ground, which was once used as a concentration camp during Operation Blue Bird, as a tribute

to the martyrs.

Various speakers, during the commemoration at Taphou Onaeme, Senapati recalled the past and introspected on the future.

A group of young and dynamic youth gathered at PNTM office Khabung Karong in an informal manner; recounted the past stories of Onae Reh Dah followed by a group discussion on various issues pertaining to ‘human rights violation,’ ‘justice’ ‘Naga’s national movement,’ among others.

The gathering also questioned as to why the Gauhati High Court has kept the case in cold storage without disposing it off even after so many years?

On July 9, 1987, suspected NSCN (National Socialist Council of Nagalim) raided Assam Rifles outpost at Oinam Hill Village at around 12:00 pm and left with a large quantity of arms

and ammunition. Nine soldiers were killed in the attack and three were seriously injured.

It is reported that the underground carried away 18 LMG, 128 SLR, 4 two inches Mortar, 20 Carbine Sten, 400 Granades, 1,28,000 rounds of ammunition and two wireless sets.

According to the version of the NSCN, as later revealed publicly, the attack of the camp was carried out under the code name ‘Operation Jericho.’ It was a “successful operation” tacitly and tactfully conducted after many days of fasting and prayer as per the NSCN. On the other hand, the attack was one of the biggest upon the Indian Forces after independence whereby huge amount of arms and ammunitions were captured and seized by the attackers. It was a jubilant moment for the attacker on one hand and the greatest setback for the 21st

Landslide blocks NH2 disrupting traffic to and from Manipur iMphal, July 10 (ianS): Manipur's roadlink with the rest of the country was severely disrupted on Sunday as a landslide blocked National Highway 2 near the Nagaland capital Kohima.

"All available personnel and machinery are being used to remove the debris from the road," an official told IANS over phone from Kohima.

NH 2 and NH 37 are the two main road links between the state and the rest of the country.

However, it is feared that there may be fresh landlsides as heavy downpour continued to lash most of the northeastern states.

Many parts of Assam

were reeling under water and thousands of affected villagers were taking shelter in evacuation centres put up by the state government.

In Manipur, a number of villages, paddy fields and public facilities in Chadong and Riha in Chandel and Ukhrul districts, respectively, were under water.

Villagers said the overfull Mapithel dam was causing the inundation.

Some tribal villagers said: "Churches and schools are inundated and Chadong village is completely under water. Agriculture is ruined for now...."

However, government sources told IANS that the villagers have been paid Rs 15 lakh per fam-

ily as compensation in the Chadong village. Besides, they have been given an alternative site for setting up a new village, the sources claimed.

Some villages and paddy fields in Imphal east district remained flooded as the breached river banks had yet not been repaired.

The Leilon-Leimakhong road in Sadar Hills sub-division of the Senapati district had suffered a number of damaged culverts with the result that vehicles cannot ply on it.

Since July 1, more than 30 villages in the sub-division have been affected by floods. The villagers were facing shortage of basic necessities and medicines.

ZYF accuses RNYO of instigation

iMphal, July 10 (Mexn): The Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF) today alleged that the root cause of the Namthanjang village crisis was “external interference and instigation” by the Rongmei Naga Youth Organization (RNYO), which it called “fictitious, unknown, unrecognized, unmandated by the people.”

A press statement issued by ZYF Assistant Secretary, G. Golmei claimed that RNYO is trying to conceal and distort facts, divert attention from law enforcing agency and attempting to cover up the unlawful and criminal activities perpetrated by some individuals against the co-villagers at Namthanjang village. The statement alleged that the individuals had destructed five dwelling houses, vehicles, valuable properties, granaries, sty, poultry sheds and livestock etc. and the victims fled their homes fearing for their lives.

Stating that it is the duty and responsibility of every law abiding citizens to extend maximum cooperation to law enforcement

agency to arrest the criminals, ZYF asserted it pulling up and handing over the accused persons who were absconding and evading arrest following FIR registered against them was only an assistance to the law enforcement agency in the interest of justice and law and order problem.

“The ZYF action of handing over the accused persons to concerned police station for law to take up its own course of action against the criminals is only assisting the law enforcing agency. But the RNYO strongly opposed and objected, which only exposed that the RNYO is behind the accused persons to commit such criminal and unlawful activities in Namthanjang village,” it stated.

The activities of RNYO, it maintained, now requires vigilance and strict observation by the law enforcement agency “since the RNYO is glorifying the gross violation of human rights, criminal and unlawful activities happening at Namthanjang village.”

India’s first biofuel refinery to harness fuel out of bamboo new Delhi, July 10 (Dna): Bamboo from the verdant hills of the NorthEast could soon fire up cars on our roads. A biofuel refinery, the first-ofits-kind in India, is being set up at the Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) in Assam, which will soon process biofuel from bamboo, abundantly found in the region.

The project, a Rs 1,000 crore joint venture between NRL and Finnish company Chempolis Oy, was signed in October 2014. On Monday, a team from the refinery will leave for Finland to acquire the technology.

Speaking to dna, NRL secretary Hemanta Kumar Sarmah said that the project will turn biomass from non-food crops, primarily bamboo, into ethanol. “Bamboo will be cut into smaller chips for easier transportation and storage, and then we would apply a process to turn it into biofuel. The new refinery will have the capacity to process 49,000 tonnes of ethanol yearly," said Sarmah. The refinery is expected to be opera-

tional in two years.

The three-member team that NRL is sending to Finland on Monday will study Chempolis Oy's patented method, named formicobio, which extracts ethanol and biofuel from non-food crops.

Last October, NRL signed an MoU with the Arunachal Pradesh Bamboo Resources Development Agency (APBRDA) to procure 3 lakh tonnes of bamboo annually. The refinery also signed an MoU with the Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) to procure 2 lakh tonnes of bamboo in December last year.

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who has already written to the Centre for a subsidy of Rs. 10,000 crore for a Rs. 20,000-crore upgradation of NRL, said: "This is a project with huge potential. Mizoram has been consciously planting bamboo for a while now.

In Assam, Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao areas are thick with bamboo trees.

If harnessed well, this project will lead to rapid development in the re-

gion."

The programme is significant, given that, as per the 2009 national policy on biofuel, petrol and diesel must mandatorily be mixed with 10% ethanol and there are talks that it might be increased to 20% soon.

Assam Rifles on the other, with civilians (innocent/clueless villagers) caught for wrong reasons, resulting in a catastrophe.

‘Operation Blue Bird’ was a code name of the counter-insurgency operation launched on July 11, 1987 under the command of General PL Kukrety, General Officer in Command (GOC) of M Sector to recover the seized arms and ammunition taken away by Naga underground group. The operation lasted till the end of October 1987 officially.

The NPMHR in their petition filed in October 1987 to the Guahati High Court alleged that the security forces committed the following cognizable offences: murder, manslaughter, infliction of grievous injuries, rape and sexual harassment; arson, looting and theft; desecration of Church; wanton destruction of public and private properties;

including school buildings; illegal evictions; illegal raids, seizures; illegal detentions and arrests and forced labour.

Around forty villages were affected, 125 houses are alleged burnt, 112 houses were dismantled, 6 schools and 10 churches were dismantled, properties worth Rs. 50,75,000/- were looted from seven villages and villagers belonging to five villages were forced to work, 27 persons are alleged to have been killed in the encounter on different dates in Senapati district of Manipur, 3 women were allegedly raped and five women were alleged sexually molested and 300 persons were alleged tortured by Assam Rifles as enumerated by the Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights. It may be mentioned here that after 29 years of the incident, the case has not been disposed and no verdict given by the Gauhati High Court.

Assam flood: Pobitora sanctuary under water

Morigaon, July 10 (pti): As Assam continues to reel under the devastating impact of floods, the Brahmaputra river has submerged 60 per cent of the rhino habitat Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary located in Morigaon district near Guwahati. The floods have also damaged around 50 per cent infrastructure of the Sanctuary which is the world's densest habitat of the Great Indian one-horn rhinoceros, said Forest Department officials here today.

Several link roads connecting to Pobitora WLS were submerged and even washed away in some places, they said.

The sanctuary authorities has tightened security

system to combat poaching in the sanctuary during the floods.

However, due to nonavailability of funds the patrolling mechanised boats as well as country boats used for protection of the wildlife could not be repaired.

Due to non-availability of mechanised boats, it has become difficult for guards inside the flood ravaged areas of Pobitora WLS to perform their duties effectively, they said.

Fund constraints for the last three months was also hindering repair works of its five anti-poaching camps - Kuchiyani, Kolabhuyan, Kukkari, Tuplung, and Nekera - that were destroyed by storm and flood causing the forest guards

Manipuri woman alleges racism, harassment at Delhi airport’s immigration desk new Delhi, July 10 (ht): A Manipuri woman alleged late on Saturday that an immigration official at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport hurled racist remarks at her when she was on her way to Seoul for a global women's conference. Monika Khangembam wrote on her Facebook wall that when she went to the immigration desk at IGI around 9pm on Saturday, an official looked at her passport and said, “Indian toh nahi lagti ho” (you don’t look Indian).

He then allegedly smirked at her and asked her how many states comprised the country, in an apparent bid to “know her Indianness”. When

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BeNgaluru, July 10 (iaNS): Terming the findings of a fresh inquiry into diversion of funds worth Rs 1,225 crore from United Spirits Ltd (USL) to his firms unfounded, liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Sunday said all transactions were legal, above board and approved by USL auditors and shareholders.

“I can only reiterate that all transactions were legal, above board and approved

by USL auditors, board and shareholders,” Mallya said in a statement from London where he has been staying since he left India on March 2.

In a regulatory filing to BSE and NSE on Saturday, the Diageo-led USL said a fresh inquiry by independent experts found Mallya had diverted Rs 913.5 crore to his overseas and Indian firms, including Kingfisher Airlines Ltd and carried improper transactions up to Rs.311.8 crore when he was its non-executive chairman.

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‘Sebi steps up Vijay Mallya probe, to seek overseas help’ New Delhi, July 10 (PTi): In mounting troubles for embattled businessman Vijay Mallya, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has stepped up its probe into alleged fund diversion from his erstwhile listed group firms to other entities, including some abroad and his various sport ventures.

With the latest disclosures taking total suspected fund diversion at United Spirits alone to over Rs 2,500 crore, market regulator Sebi is also referring to the matter for further action by other agencies including SFIO (Serious Fraud Investigation Office) under the Corporate Affairs Ministry, a top official said.

“We have taken note of the latest disclosure by USL and have begun

no knowledge of the inquiry by global consulting firm Ernst & Young or charges against him, Mallya said neither USL nor E&Y gave him details of the allegations or opportunity to respond.

“Diageo conducted an extensive due diligence on USL prior to acquiring

looking into suspected violation of various securities market regulations including those relating to related party transactions, corporate governance and diversion of funds by promoters and top management,” he said.

“Also under the scanner are Mallya’s close confidantes and others who were at senior levels at various listed companies of the group, as also some former auditors at certain group firms,” the official said.

Action is already underway for violation of listing agreement by some group companies, he added.

The matter of fund diversion would also need to be looked into by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), while the Enforce-

shares. It is surprising and unfortunate that unfounded allegations are now being made without any reference to me whatsoever,” Mallya said in the statement.

The London-based spirits major Diageo acquired majority stake (54.78 per cent) in the city-

PSU bank employees strike from July 12 New Delhi, July 10 (PTi): Banking operations could be hit for two days this week as a section of public sector bank employees have threatened to go on a nationwide strike beginning July 12 to protest against the proposed merger of SBI associates and privatisation of IDBI Bank.

“As the conciliation meeting with the Chief Labour Commissioner failed, we would continue with our strike call,” All India Bank Employees’ Association General Secretary C H Venkatachalam told PTI. All India Bank Officers’ Association and State Sector Bank Employees’ Association will also participate in the strike.

The strike would be observed by five SBI associate banks on July 12, followed by other public sector banks next day on July 13.

Many banks including Bank of Baroda, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur and State Bank of Mysore have already informed that if strike materialised it could lead to inconvenience to their customers.

In the event of the strike taking place, the normal banking operations may get affected on July 12 and July 13, State Bank of Mysore said in a statement.

Services like cheque clearances, cash deposit and withdrawal at bank branches and other facilities would affected in case of the strike.

Venkatachalam said unions have explained the issues involved in strike notice in detail as to why the proposed closure of Associate Banks and their merger with SBI, proposed privatisation of IDBI Bank and so on are unwarranted.

He emphasised that effective measures to recover the alarmingly increasing bad loans is the real top priority for banks.

“We stated that instead of taking stringent measures against wilful and deliberate defaulters, the government is diverting the attention of the people by such steps like privatisation and consolidation as a means to improve efficiency and profitability of the banks,” he said.

HDFC Bank’s Puri named best banking CEO in Asia MuMBai, July 10 (PTi): Aditya Puri, the chief executive and managing director of the second largest private sector lender HDFC Bank, has been ranked as the best banking CEO in Asia by the investor community. The bank’s chief financial officer Sashi Jagdishan has been ranked as the best CFO, apart from getting ranked as the best IR company as well, thereby making it the most honoured one in the Institutional Investor magazine.

Called the All-Asia Executive Team rankings 2016, the survey had 1,394 investment professionals from 582 financial institutions participating in it. They picked HDFC Bank in the Best CEO, Best CFO, and the Best IR company categories. The survey encompassed 1,541 companies from 18 sectors across Asia, excluding Japan, the bank said in a statement today.

Respondents from the buy-side work at firms that collectively manage an estimated USD 963 billion in Asia ex-Japan equities. Citing HDFC Bank as an example, the publication highlighted its use of technology as a key trend this year, particularly in semi-urban areas.

80,000 commercial passenger vehicles in rural areas likely New Delhi, July 10 (PTi): The government is set to launch a new scheme to provide 80,000 commercial passenger vehicles in rural areas at a subsidised cost to revitalise the transport system in 1.5 lakh villages.“Even today, people in rural and remote areas of the country are forced to walk few miles, as there is hardly any mode of transport available there. Therefore to provide transport facilities in these areas the Rural Development Ministry is working on a new Pradhan Mantri Gram Parivahan Yojana,” a source said.

This proposed scheme will be on the lines of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and will supplement the later, the source said. “The construction on rural roads is going on at a decent pace and substantial amount of work has been done to connect the remote habitations in the country.“So now roads are in place, but public transport is missing. That’s why the government is considering to provide 10-12 seater passenger vehicles at subsidised rates to retired defence personnel and women self-help groups for running on these roads,” the source said.

To study the feasibility of the scheme, a survey was carried out in rural areas of Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh. As per its findings, it would be remunerative to provide 1012 seater commercial vehicles at subsidised rates on the stretch of 20-22 km which connects at least 10-14 small villages, the source added.

As of now the ministry is constructing roads in rural areas at rate of 80 km per day, but in coming days it will be increased to 133 km per day, the source said. According to 2011 census, about 33 per cent people still walk and do not use motorised transport to travel and majority of the remaining either use two-wheelers or unsafe mode of transport.

ment Directorate would also come into the picture as the funds are suspected to have been diverted to entities abroad, the official said, adding that necessary assistance would be sought from foreign regulators including in the UK and the US, where his overseas brewery firms and other ventures are based.

Mallya and his group firms are already facing a probe by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged diversion of loans taken by longgrounded Kingfisher Airlines.

Sebi has also received complaints about the alleged use of overseas instruments in violation of norms for movement of funds and the matter is being separately looked into.

based USL in July 2014 and took full control of it after Mallya resigned from its board as chairman and director on February 25 as part of a $75 million (Rs.516 crore) mutual deal.

The USL board, however, clarified on Saturday that the mutual deal with Mallya did not extend to

matters arising out of the additional inquiry.

As mentioned to the stock exchanges on April 25, the board initiated a fresh inquiry into improper transactions by USL, which appeared, prima facie, to be diversions of funds to various UB Group companies, including Kingfisher.

Changing financial year will be disruptive, costly, says Assocham New Delhi, July 10 (iaNS): The government’s move to change the financial year from April-March to a different sequence of months will cause a “huge avoidable disruption” at a big cost to business, Assocham said on Sunday.

“Any move to change India’s financial year from April-March to any other permutation and combination would serve no purpose but cause a huge avoidable disruption at a big cost for the country’s trade and industry,” said a statement issued here by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.

The government earlier this week set up a four-member committee to examine the desirability and feasibility of having a new financial or fiscal year.

“In any case, different countries follow different financial years and there is no standard accounting practice for the world. So, change to any other

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calendar would not result in India’s aligning itself with the world,” said the statement, citing Secretary General D.S. Rawat.

According to Assocham, change in the financial year will not only mean a change in bookkeeping, but also in the entire infrastructure of accounting software, taxation systems, human resource practices involving huge costs for both big and small industries.

The government committee is headed by former Chief Economic Adviser Shankar Acharya, and the other three members are former Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar, former Tamil Nadu Finance Secretary P.V. Rajaraman and Centre for Policy Research senior fellow Rajiv Kumar. It has been asked to submit its report by December 31.

The government’s argument that the current financial year does not allow budget makers to make an assessment of the mon-

soon does not hold good, Assocham said, since agriculture contributes less than 15 per cent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

“Even if the fiscal year is changed to January-December and the Budget is presented some time in October, the monsoon effect would be clear only for the running year. But then, the Budget is done for the next year for which dependence would continue on the weather forecast,” Assocham argued.

It noted that the existing “fiscal year is even co-terminus with the academic years” in schools and universities.

“Suddenly, we must not bring in such changes which have no apparent advantage.

It would create unnecessary hurdles and bureaucratic and systemic delays. At this point of time, India cannot allow any such disruptions,” Assocham said.

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The diversions as well as transactions occurred during the review period from October 2010 to July 2014.

“The overseas beneficiaries or recipients of these funds include Force India Formula One, Watson Ltd, Continental Administrative Services, Modall Securities Ltd, Ultra Dynamix Ltd and Lombard Wall Corporate Services Inc., in each of which Mallya appears to have a material, direct or indirect, interest,” the filing said.

The main Indian beneficiary of the funds was the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.

The board has also directed the company to review each case of fund diversion to recover from the relevant parties and individuals.

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New Delhi, July 10 (reuTerS): India has asked a government-backed trader to import an extra half a million tonnes of duty-free, non-genetically modified corn to keep a lid on domestic prices and overcome any shortage, the trade ministry said on Sunday.

India, which allows cultivation and consumption of only genetically modified cotton crop, has had difficulty in sourcing non-GM corn in late 2015 and earlier this year, and New Delhi had to drop the plan to import more.

Trade and industry experts have already voiced their concerns over India’s ability to find non-GM corn, which only a handful of countries such as Ukraine grow.

To check prices and prevent hoarding, Trade Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has approved imports of 500,000 tonnes of corn, the trade ministry said in a Tweet.

Government sources on June 22 said India was considering importing 500,000 tonnes of corn to bolster local supplies after a second straight drought cut output.

Indian farmers grow corn twice a year. The winter crop is planted in October, with harvests in March and April. The summer crop planting has started, but supplies will become available only from end-September.

The government plans to import corn on behalf of major consumers like the poultry industry and starch manufacturers.

Plea in HC on capping airfares New Delhi, July 10 (PTi): A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court for capping airfares across the country so that customers are not fleeced arbitrarily by airlines.

The PIL urged the court to direct the authorities to frame “guidelines so as to put a cap on airfares and prevent the private airlines here from charging arbitrarily, irrationally and exorbitantly for air flights”.

Advocate Amit Sahni, in his plea, which is likely to be heard next week, stated that he had filed an RTI application seeking information regarding airfares and Ministry of Civil Aviation replied that these are not controlled by the government.

Citing recent Jat agitation in Haryana, which reportedly forced some passengers to pay over Rs 90,000 for their journey, the plea said if there would have been a cap, the airlines could not charged such huge amount.

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spectator regarding the same,” the plea said, adding there is “urgent need to regulate the upper limit of airfares so that the private airlines could not fleece their customers as per their own wish.”

Capping of airfares in the backdrop of the passengers complaints of arbitrary tariff hikes was recently ruled out by the government which had said competition among airlines would take care of the problem.

In his plea, the counsel stated “it is totally unfair on the part of respondents (Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Director General of Civil Aviation) to state that they cannot regulate the airfare thereby leaving the entire decision upon private companies to decide airfare as per their on wish.

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NAGALAND

appeals to shops, businesses in ‘40 Days of Revival’ concludes NAYO Kohima to remove 'No Parking' signs

Dimapur, July 10 (mExN): People young and old numbering to thousands gathered at the DDSC Stadium in Dimapur on Sunday as the ‘40 Days of Revival’ came to a close.

In the 40th and final meeting of the revival, Khriesito Z. Savino, Pastor, Grace Covenant Church delivered the exhortation while the sermon was delivered by Rev Shan Kikon, Senior Pastor, Faith Harvest Church, Kohima.

The music video of the theme song of 40 Days of Revival titled ‘I’m A Revivalist’ by Tali Angh was also blessed and released by Rev. Shan Kikon during the meeting. The same song will be released worldwide in the next couple of days on YouTube by Heidi Baker, missionary, Iris Global, a press release received here stated.

The 40-day revival commenced from June 1 with the meetings being held at

A section of the gathering during the closing of the '40 days of Revival' at DDSC Stadium, Dimapur on Sunday, July 10.

Life Spring Corner, Dimapur, till July 3, and continued at the DDSC Stadium from July 4 till July 10. The revival was organized by Sinai Ministry with the participation of young people from different churches and ministries, coming together

to celebrate and commemorate the completion of 40 years since the last big revival was witnessed in Nagaland in 1976. The theme for the revival was “Redigging the Well”.

Besides Rev. Shan Kikon, some of the main

speakers in the revival included Alemsunep Jamir (Pastor, WICC), Rev. Robert Kikon (Pastor, Father’s House Church), Lipok Phom (Potters’ House), Visasier Kevichusa (Pastor, Kingdom Culture Church), Rev. Dr. Shewoto Assumi

(Senior Pastor, NCRC Sumi, Purana Bazaar), Rev. Kilang Jamir (Youth Harvest Ministry), Reverend Moses Murry (General Superintendent, AGEI), Kenie Kiso (Life Square Church), Among Lemur (Let’s Go Ministry), Phutoli Shikhu Chingmak (Managing Director, Eleutheros Christian Society), Zhepitoli Roughton (Pastor, Spirit of Faith Church), Alongla Aier, Jack Pucho (The Warehouse Worship Resource School), Wabang Longchari (Director, Sinai Ministry), Meren Jamir (Administrator, Sinai Ministry), Dina Ross Longchari (Sinai Ministry), and Kumtila Subo.

Organizers of the revival also published a news bulletin called ‘Fire Mail’ carrying the news of the revival and also research articles on past revivals in Nagaland. The news bulletin was distributed in partnership with The Morung Express.

Kohima, July 10 (mExN): The Northern Angami Youth Organisation (NAYO) has expressed concern over the traffic congestion in Kohima and in accordance with the standing directive of the Deputy Commissioner Office Kohima, has appealed to shop owners and business establishments along the Highways to remove the "No Parking" or "Parking for cus-

tomers only" signages within its jurisdiction with immediate effect. “Action shall follow-up for those who do not comply,” a NAYO press release warned.

Acknowledging the Youth Department of Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo for painting the four walkovers in Kohima Town as part of its mission KABA CARE, NAYO expressed its aspiration and hope that

the denizens of the State Capital will learn “from the deed of Good Samaritan” to maintain and care public property.

Meanwhile, the organisation has also lauded ACAUT for finding and exposing those behind fuel adulteration in the State.

In this regard, NAYO appealed the authority concerned not to leave anyone so as to deliver justice.

Changtongya Town hosts Sales Day

Western Angami NPF meet held St Joseph's College principal visits Kidima Kohima, July 10 (mExN): The 8th Western Angami A/C of the NPF Party along with its representatives to the party Central and Kohima Division office bearers held its consultative-cum-coordination meeting on Friday last here at the party office.

During the meeting, the party leaders reaffirmed its support to its MLA Kiyanilie Peseyie who is also the Minister in the present NPF led DAN ministry, a press release stated.

The Western Angami party leaders also fully endorsed its support to the leadership of NPF President Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu and Chief Minister TR Zeliang, the release added.

The meeting sought better coordination and good relationship among its party workers. It stated that the 8th Western Angami A/C is a stronghold of the regional party and called for party workers to uphold the good principles of the party even in the days to come.

The meeting urged the party leaders to remain dedicated and committed so that the party in the constituency can be strengthened. The leaders expressed hope and confidence that the NPF party will return to power in the coming general election in its constituency.

Meanwhile, the party leaders urged upon the Minister to take up developmental activities in the constituency and also in the state.

Kohima, July 10 (mExN): The principal of St Joseph's College, Jakhama, Rev. Father (Dr) Sebastian Ousepparampil visited Kidima village in Kohima district on July 10.

The principal interacted with the villagers and offered Holy Mass along with Franciscan Sisters of Saint Mary of the Angels (FSMA), a press release from P. Tepekrovi Kiso informed.

During his interaction, Rev. Father Sebastian asked the people to live as good citizens. He told them to be kind, charitable, Good Samaritan, and inherit eternal life.

Chumlamo Humtsoe SDO (C) Changtongya along with the BMMU staffs, Stakeholders and VLO leaders.

ChaNgtoNgya, July 10 (mExN): In its first ever joint venture, the 10 Village Level Organizations (VLOs) under NSRLM Changtongya Block organized a Sales Day at Changtongya Town.

Chumlamo Humtsoe SDO (C) Changtongya graced the occasion as Chief

KPKK mid-term, Excellence Award prog held Dimapur, July 10 (mExN): The 23rd MidTerm cum Felicitation Service of Kuhuboto Town Students Union (KPKK) and ACME Academic Excellence Award programme was held on July 10 at Kuhuboto Town Baptist Church with Lieutenant V. Lashito Chishi of 19th Battalion Bihar Regi-

ment as speaker.

Awards and certificates were given out to successful students of board and university exams. ACME club presented ACME Academic Excellence Award to Lika M. Chophy for securing the highest pass percentage among the successful HSLC/HSSLC students, a press release

received here informed.

Lilika K. Zhimomi and Vinotoli V. Chishi were also awarded ACME Academic Excellence Award for being conferred 'Gold Medalist' at the university level exam.

Awards were also given out to successful girl students

by S.T.H Kuhuboto for their hard work and bringing laurels to our community.

Guest while Village Council Chairmans from all the 8 villages under the Block were part of the event. During the Sales Day, SHGs under the different VLOs exhibit and sold various item ranging from organic vegetables, handicrafts and various livelihoods of the women folks.

iOHRP condoles Swu's demise Dimapur, July 10 (mExN): The International Organisation for Human Rights Protection (Under UN Charter) Nagaland Unit has mourned the demise of NSCN (IM) Chairman Isak Chishi Swu. Referring to late Swu as a “father figure” of the Naga national movement, a condolence message from IOHRP Nagaland Convenor, A Kaghoto Assumi, expressed confidence that the Swu’s legacy will be preserved.

Although he is no more with us, may the good Lord give his wisdom and courage to all our Naga leaders for joining hands together in one accord towards a better and brighter future of the Nagas, Assumi stated.

Public SPace Investing In Teenage Girls - Key To Development

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hen a teenage girl has the power, the means and the information to make her own decisions in life, she is more likely to overcome obstacles that stand between her and a healthy, productive future. This will benefit her, her family and her community” Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA, message on World Population Day 2016.

The stage of adolescence is a very delicate transitional period of development between Childhood and Adulthood, representing the period during which a person is biologically an adult but emotionally yet to mature. It is during this period an individual undergoes enormous physical and psychological changes. In addition, the adolescent also experience changes in social expectations and perceptions. Physical growth and development are accomplished by sexual maturation, often leading to intimate relationships.

Promoting healthy practices during adolescence, and taking steps to better protect young people from health risks are critical for the prevention of health problems in adulthood, and for the societies future health and welfare. As per WHO report as on May’2016, around 1 in every 6 person in the world is an adolescent i.e, 1.2 billion people are aged between 10-19 years. An estimated 1.3 adolescents million died in 2015, mostly from preventable or treatable causes such as HIV, mental health, violence, alcohol and drugs, unintentional injuries, malnutrition and obesity, anaemia, tobacco use, diarrhoea, lower respiratory tract infections and meningitis are some major cause of death among adolescents. Complications linking to pregnancy and childbirth are the second cause of death among adolescent girls between 15-19 year.

Of all the adolescent health issues, Why is the world focusing only on Teenage/Adolescent Girls this year? Why do we need to invest in Teenage Girls? Did you know that investing in adolescent girls helps break the Poverty Cycle? Globally, there are 49 Births per 1000 girls aged 15 to 19 per year. India has almost 105 million adolescent girls.

There are more adolescents in India today than before. According to the world’s latest development report card i.e, the Millennium Development Report 2013, the world is still short of meeting targets in Reducing Child and Maternal Mortality. Therefore, reducing adolescent pregnancy and child marriage are very important and crucial not just for health issue but for social and mental development of a society.

Many teenage girls are considered by their communities or parents to be ready for marriage and motherhood and are mar-

ried off early to handle parental responsibility. Complications from pregnancy and child birth continue to be the leading cause of death among adolescent girls between 15-19 years. Lack of access even to the basic information regarding their Health, Reproductive/Sexual Rights and Human Rights leaves them more vulnerable to various illness, injury and exploitation. As such adolescent girls are more prone to sexual exploitation resulting in mental instability, practice of unsafe abortion and sexually transmitted infections. Gender inequality, forced marriage, lack of proper education, neglected hygienic needs of girls, sexual violence and coercion are the main challenges faced among marginalized girls, such as those living in poverty or remote areas.

Pregnancy before a girl is physically, developmentally and socially ready jeopardizes her right to a safe, successful transition into adulthood. When a girl becomes pregnant, her life changes radically. Her education may end and her job prospects diminish. She becomes more vulnerable to poverty and exclusion, and her health often suffers. Adolescent pregnancy is often not the result of a deliberate choice, but rather the absence of choices. With the growth in our population and adolescent girls entering to their reproductive years, it is very important to call attention towards the primary part of the reproductive health. Preventing teen pregnancy should be made top issue for our policy makers and stake holders in our society.

We need to make an effort to identify and reach the most vulnerable girls through programmes that will suit them according to their unique and specific circumstances. Married girls need specially targeted strategies that provide access to education, life skills, health including Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV prevention, and other participation opportunities. Maternal health programmes need to be reoriented with dedicated outreach for the youngest, first-time mothers to use antenatal, essential and emergency obstetric care, and post-delivery services. The reproductive rights of young people should be a top priority and adolescent-friendly health services, including contraceptives and comprehensive sexuality information should be made easily; readily available to enable them to make informed decisions about their own lives.

Basing on the theme “Investing in Teenage Girls” by the United Nations Population Fund for the Year 2016. Since many of this challenges are faced by a girl during their adolescent stage. The well-being of adolescent girls is the key to eliminating pov-

erty, achieving social justice, stabilizing the population, and preventing foreseeable humanitarian crises. Reducing adolescent pregnancy is about empowering girls. Educated and healthy girls stay in school longer, marry later, delay childbearing, have healthier children, develop life skills, and earn higher incomes. They can help lift themselves and their present and future families out of poverty. When girls have a choice, they marry later. When we invest in teenage girls, a girl will become an active citizen in her community. She will become a mother when she is ready and invest in her future children’s health and education.

She will be able to contribute fully to her society and break the cycle of poverty. When investments in girls are made, everyone benefits: their families, communities, and most importantly, the girls themselves. Investing in girls, developing their social and

Invest in teenage girls for development

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very individual is part of the population.

Many of us are worried because of population growth while many see it as an opportunity. It is important us for the realize that each and every one on earth is important and we must look at how best we can utilize the human resource for the progress of the humanity and all other creatures on earth . The global population is increasing and it has also become a concern. From 1 billion in 1810 the world has crossed 7 billion in 2012.

In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that 11 July be observed by the international community as World Population Day, a day to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues. Every year a theme is being chosen to observe the day and this year's theme is investing in teenage girls.'

Teenage girls around the world face enormous challenges. Many are considered by their communities or parents to be ready for mar-

July 11 is World population Day economic assets means healthier families and higher levels of gender equality. Investment in adolescent girls is an investment in development for everyone. When teenage girls are empowered, when they know about their rights and are given the tools to succeed, they become agents of positive change in their communities. This in turn makes for stronger societies and more vibrant economies. Let’s all aim to end child marriage, curb adolescent pregnancy, and to empower girls to make informed choices about their health and lives.

It may be noted here that, in 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that 11th July be observed by the International community as World Population Day, a day to focus attention on the urgency and importance of Population Issues .

What makes the campaign unique is that it focuses on the whole woman—not just her health needs, or her educational needs, or her rights. It will probably never be easy to be a teenage girl, no matter where in the world she lives. But as a global community, we can help make it easier by realizing that the face of the future is the face of a teenage girl and when we invest in every aspect of her, we are building a better future for all of us. Let’s let girls be girls.

own decisions in life, she is more likely to overcome obstacles that stand between her and a healthy, productive future. This will benefit her, her family and her community.” It is to be mentioned that UNFPA works with many partners, both within and outside the United Nations system, including Governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society, faith-based organizations, religious leaders and others, to achieve its mission.

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of United Nations on his message on the occasion said that “despite significant gains made in reducing poverty and improving opportunity and wellbeing for many people around the world, hundreds of millions remain desperate for a chance of a better future, Among those least served by previous development initiatives are girls, particularly those in their formative teenage years.” , he added that “just when girls should be in school and imagining the possibilities ahead, too many are held back from pursuing their ambitions by social and cultural traps. While a boy’s options and opportunities tend to expand when he becomes an adolescent, those of a girl too often shrink. Half of all sexual assaults worldwide are committed against girls aged 15 or younger. In developing countries, one in three girls is married before she reaches 18. And teenage girls are less likely than teenage boys to start or finish secondary school.”

On this World Population Day he has urged all Governments, businesses and civil society to support and invest in teenage girls as everyone deserves the benefits of economic growth and social progress.

We are aware the international community has committed to a new sustainable development agenda built on the principles of equity and human rights. It is also responsibility of each and every one us to see that every individual progress. Let us work together to ensure a life of security, dignity and opportunity for all.

riage and motherhood. Many are forced from school, damaging their future prospects. Even among girls who stay in school, access to basic information about their health, human rights and reproductive rights can be hard to come by, leaving them vulnerable to illness, injury and exploitation. These challenges are exacerbated among marginalized girls, such as members of ethnic minorities or those living in poverty or remote areas. The situation is different in different places of the world.

"Leaders and communities must focus on and stand up for the human rights of the most marginalized teenage girls, particularly those who are poor, out of school, exploited, or subjected to harmful traditional practices, including child marriage," UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin said. He also Ranjan K Baruah added that “when a teenage girl has the power, (With inputs from UN publication. Feedbacks the means and the information to make her may be sent to bkranjan@gmail.com)

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Revival in Nagaland

aga Christians are praying for a Revival in our land. Revival to many is a mass hysteria scenario where the sick are healed or a dead is brought back to life. Yes very much those are included and we should expect them.

For me, I say Revival is happening. Morung Express recently featured a story of young NCS Officers who spend their extra time selflessly teaching young people in school whenever they can.

ACAUT Nagaland recently exposed fuel adulteration. We are seeing a new breed of leaders like Sir Khekiye Sema. These are the works of the Holy Spirit, inspired by the touch of the Holy Spirit.

To me these is Revival. Let us not restrict Revival to signs and wonders.

Ville Rhetso Jesus is healing the sick, a sick Nagaland. Jesus is raising the dead, a dead Nagaland. More Counselor, conferences like Kingdom Invasion, 40 days Revival and the likes are needed. Keep praying my Family Planning friends, there is glimmer of hope.

Association of India Nagaland Branch- Kohima Kevitho Kera

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 189 By moa Jamir

Of shuffling and expansion

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n the second cabinet rejig since coming to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Council of ministers last week inducted 19 new faces while dropping five ministers and swapping key portfolio.

While the exercise was seen as a calculative move aimed at the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in 2017, it was also seen as a clear signal to respective ministries that their performance is closely observed and measured; and accordingly, ministers are promoted, shunted out or demoted. In a coalition government, such expansion is seen as a compulsion of coalition politics and nothing new.

However, in the case of Nagaland, under a unique experiment called ‘opposition-less’ government since last year, such exercise of selecting those at the helms of affairs under the yardstick of profundity, capacity and capability seem to be a far cry.

The formal opposition in Nagaland ceased to exist last year in May when the Chief Minister expanded his ministry by inducting six of the eight Congress MLAs into Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government.

In such a scenario, we have 12 Cabinet Ministers, which include the Chief Minister himself, 24 Parliamentary Secretaries holding different posts and few advisors at the rank of cabinet from the 60-member strength of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly It has led to allegation by an organisation recent times that the “Oversized ministry in Nagaland (is) leading to misuse and drainage of public money.” It has also resulted in demand from Aam Admi Party (AAP) to the Election Commission for disqualification of 130 legislators holding the post of Parliamentary Secretary in eleven States, including Nagaland, raising a storm in the media over the legality of the issue.

AAP had demanded the same benchmark after the President of India denied assent to a bill passed in the Delhi Assembly to ratify the appointment of 21 MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries. Since then, the Party claimed that these posts clearly come under the purview of ‘Office of Profit’ under Article 191(1)(a) of the Constitution, which merits their disqualification as MLAs since they are being provided facilities such as cars, bungalows, fat salaries, police escort and status that is akin to a minister.

While the matter is due for hearing by the Election Commission on July 14 and a legal expert told The Morung Express last week that Nagaland is outside the purview of the legislation, the issue is being watched with active interest from all quarters.

Legal question or precedence apart, the bigger question is whether a big government and multiple Parliamentary Secretaries have brought about any positive improvement in governance and changes at ground level in Nagaland.

And secondly, can a Chief Minister in Nagaland afford to undertake such an exercise thereby demanding accountability and performance from concerned ministry or department?

Given the complex political situation the state is endowed with, taking into account regional and inter-tribal calculation as well as infighting within the party, even conjuring such a scenario seems like an impossible task.

A hapless endowment and a sorry state of affairs, with no possible solution in sight.

For any comment, drop a line to moajamir@live.com

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Vikas Datta IANS

New Nationalism in India

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t inspired the Indian subcontinent's people to deem themselves one political entity, fight for self-rule and eventually gain freedom, but 70 years after independence, nationalism is again at the centrestage. This manifestation is however more restrictive but aggressive, seeking its frequent, visible Book Review: On Nationalism; Author: demonstrations as Romila Thapar, A.G. Noorani, Sadanand a citizenship 'test'.

Menon; Publisher: Aleph Book Company; Is this suited for Pages: 176; Price: Rs 399 democracy at all or geared towards some Hitlerian "Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Fuehrer" (one state, one people, one leader) variant?

As the Kanhaiya Kumar and JNU episode, continued use of the sedition law, forceful emphasis on nationalistic slogans and "anti-national" and other slurs for any dissenters, and threats to cultural freedom and independent thought indicate, this issue is no longer confined to the public sphere, but impinge on our private lives too.

This small book brings together incisive opinions from three distinguished scholars of history, law and culture on these phenomenon and their implications - and what they may seek to conceal. As publisher/author David Davidar notes in the foreword, "we live, as we have for the last couple of centuries now, in a country that is poor, violent, corrupt, overpopulated and misogynistic, unequal, and prone to sectarian violence, terrorism and environmental disasters.."

Questioning if what is now being touted as "nationalism" deserves the term, historian Romila Thapar, who was in her mid-teens at the time of Independence, recalls that nationalism was then "understood to be Indian nationalism and not Hindu or Muslim or any other kind of religious or other .." and its primary concern was "to ensure welfare of the entire society and all its citizens".

It was not, she argues, as now, "reduced merely to waving flags and shouting slogans and penalizing people for not shouting slogans like 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' because real nationalism "requires a far greater commitment" to the nation's needs.

Refuting other claims of today's "nationalists", Thapar specially seeks to counter Indian civilisation definition as located on what was then British India, with its language Sanskrit and religion Hindu, terming it a "contribution of colonial scholarship", and based only on the "culture of the dominant elite" to create the idea of a victimised past whose return is legitimate.

Also going into the origins of the 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' slogan, he makes a fair case that it is religious and not national in origin.

Sadanand Menon, who describes himself as an explorer of the "charged space between politics and culture", makes a case that "national culture" and "cultural nationalism" are not synonyms. The first may be the "visible face of nationalism", but the other is a rogue form with the "cunning agenda" of replacing political rights with "cultural rights", which are "emotive aspects" from a "highly-charged area of irrational self-beliefs that give little credence to claims of history or any other kind of scientific research".

Menon also argues that "Bharat Mata ki Jai" is not an "attribute of patriotism but of deep patriarchy", and there is no evidence that "devotion towards an abstract 'Bharat Mata' translates into even a semblance of affection or respect for real flesh-and-blood women".

Will this book make a difference? Those on either sides of the debate may need no more convincing/be persuaded otherwise, but it is the large number of those who are still to make their minds who can benefit from reading it to understand what is at stake.

Book Review

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Jill Suttie openDemocracy

Reclaiming conveRsation Are smart-phones eroding authentic communication?

A Q&A with Sherry Turkle

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hat happens when we become too dependent on our mobile phones?

According to MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle, author of the new book Reclaiming Conversation, we lose our ability to have deeper, more spontaneous conversations with others, changing the nature of our social interactions in alarming ways.

Turkle has spent the last 20 years studying the impacts of technology on how we behave alone and in groups. Though initially excited by technology’s potential to transform society for the better, she has become increasingly worried about how new technologies, cell phones in particular, are eroding the social fabric of our communities.

In her previous book, the bestselling Alone Together, she articulated her fears that technology is making us feel more and more isolated, even as it promises to make us more connected. Since that book came out in 2012, technology has become even more ubiquitous and entwined with our modern existence. Reclaiming Conversation is Turkle’s call to take a closer look at the social effects of cell phones and to re-sanctify the role of conversation in our evWe’re very susceptible to cell phones, and we eryday lives in order to preserve our capacity for emeven get a neurochemical high from the constant pathy, introspection, creativity, and intimacy. stimulation that our phones give us.

I interviewed Turkle by phone to talk about her I’ve spent the last 20 years studying how compelbook and some of the questions it raises. Here is an ling technology is, but you know what? We can still edited version of our conversation. change. We can use our phones in ways that are betJill Suttie: Your new book warns that cell phones ter for our kids, our families, our work, and ourselves. and other portable communication technology are It’s the wrong analogy to say we’re addicted to our killing the art of conversation. Why did you want to technology. It’s not heroin. focus on conversation, specifically?

Sherry Turkle: Because conversation is the most hu- JS: One thing that struck me in your book was that man and humanizing thing that we do. It’s where em- many people who you interviewed talked about pathy is born, where intimacy is born—because of the benefits of handling conflict or difficult emoeye contact, because we can hear the tones of another tional issues online. They said they could be more person’s voice, sense their body movements, sense careful with their responses and help decrease intheir presence. It’s where we learn about other peo- terpersonal tensions. That seems like a good thing. ple. But, without meaning to, without having made a What’s the problem with that idea? plan, we’ve actually moved away from conversation ST: It was a big surprise when I did the research for my book to learn how many people want to dial in a way that my research was showing is hurting us. down fighting or dealing with difficult emotional isJS: How are cell phones and other technologies sues with a partner or with their children by doing it hurting us? online.

ST: Eighty-nine percent of Americans say that during But let’s take the child example. If you do that their last social interaction, they took out a phone, with your child, if you only deal with them in this and 82 percent said that it deteriorated the conversa- controlled way, you are basically playing into your tion they were in. Basically, we’re doing something child’s worst fear—that their truth, their rage, their that we know is hurting our interactions. unedited feelings, are something that you can’t hanI’ll point to a study. If you put a cell phone into dle. And that’s exactly what a parent shouldn’t be a social interaction, it does two things: First, it de- saying to a child. Your child doesn’t need to hear that creases the quality of what you talk about, because you can’t take and accept and honor the intensity of you talk about things where you wouldn’t mind be- their feelings. ing interrupted, which makes sense, and, secondly, it People need to share their emotions—I feel decreases the empathic connection that people feel very strongly about this. I understand why people toward each other. avoid conflict, but people who use this method So, even something as simple as going to lunch end up with children who think that the things and putting a cell phone on the table decreases the they feel aren’t OK. There’s a variant of this, which emotional importance of what people are willing to is interesting, where parents give their children rotalk about, and it decreases the connection that the bots to talk to or want their children to talk to Siri, two people feel toward one another. If you multiply because somehow that will be a safer place to get that by all of the times you have a cell phone on the out their feelings. Again, that’s exactly what your table when you have coffee with someone or are at child doesn’t need. breakfast with your child or are talking with your partner about how you’re feeling, we’re doing this to JS: Some studies seem to show that increased social media use actually increases social interaction each other 10, 20, 30 times a day. offline. I wonder how this squares with your thesis?

JS: So, why are humans so vulnerable to the allure ST: How I interpret that data is that if you’re a soof the cell phone, if it’s actually hurting our interac- cial person, a socially active person, your use of sotions? cial media becomes part of your social profile. And ST: Cell phones make us promises that are like gifts I think that’s great. My book is not anti-technology; from a benevolent genie—that we will never have to it’s pro-conversation. So, if you find that your use of be alone, that we will never be bored, that we can put social media increases your number of face-to-face our attention wherever we want it to be, and that we conversations, then I’m 100 percent for it. can multitask, which is perhaps the most seductive Another person who might be helped by social of all. That ability to put your attention wherever you media is someone who uses it for taking baby steps towant it to be has become the thing people want most ward meeting people for face-to-face conversations. If in their social interactions—that feeling that you you’re that kind of person, I’m totally supportive. don’t have to commit yourself 100 percent and you I’m more concerned about people for whom social can avoid the terror that there will be a moment in an media becomes a kind of substitute, who literally post interaction when you’ll be bored. something on Facebook and just sit there and watch Actually allowing yourself a moment of bore- whether they get 100 likes on their picture, whose selfdom is crucial to human interaction and it’s cru- worth and focus becomes dictated by how they are accial to your brain as well. When you’re bored, your cepted, wanted, and desired by social media. brain isn’t bored at all—it’s replenishing itself, and And I’m concerned about the many other situit needs that down time. ations in which you and I are talking at a dinner

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hen the American Black resistance icon, champion boxer Muhammad Ali died on 3rd June 2016, there were widespread condolences among many all across the world, including certain sections of the citizens of the Indian Union. Many remembered his defiant stance against Yankee militarism and white racism and some of his now iconic quotes spread around social media like wild fire. Such was the power of what Muhammad Ali stood for in the USA that even the US government engaged at present, and as usual, in multiple wars against coloured people across the globe felt that it needed to own him, however awkward that manoeuvre looked. It was kind of ironic for that was the exact time when the Indian Union government functionaries were trying to play down the reports of racist attacks on black Africans living in the Indian Union, claiming that they were small matters. Playing down its own crimes has been a traditional value of the Indian Union government.

When Muhammad Ali was forcibly drafted into the US Army to go fight against the Vietnamese resistance war for complete national liberation, he refused. Ali put the voice of a human being in an inhuman war-frenzy when he said, “Why should they ask me to

party with six other people, and everyone is texting at the meal and applying the “three-person rule”—that three people have to have their heads up before anyone feels it’s safe to put their head down to text. In this situation, where everyone is both paying attention and not paying attention, you end up with nobody talking about what’s really on their minds in any serious, significant way, and we end up with trivial conversations, not feeling connected to one another.

JS: You also write about how conversation affects the workplace environment. Aren’t conversations just distractions to getting work done? Why support conversation at work?

ST: In the workplace, you need to create sacred spaces for conversation because, number one, conversation actually increases the bottom line. All the studies show that when people are allowed to talk to each other, they do better—they’re more collaborative, they’re more creative, they get more done.

It’s very important for companies to make space for conversation in the workplace. But if a manager doesn’t model to employees that it’s OK to be off of their email in order to have conversation, nothing is going to get accomplished. I went to one workplace that had cappuccino machines every 10 feet and tables the right size for conversation, where everything was built for conversation. But people were feeling that the most important way to show devotion to the company was answering their email immediately. You can’t have conversation if you have to be constantly on your email. Some of the people I interviewed were terrified to be away from their phones. That translates into bringing your cell phone to breakfast and not having breakfast with your kids.

JS: If technology is so ubiquitous yet problematic, what recommendations do you make for keeping it at a manageable level without getting so hooked?

ST: The path ahead is not a path where we do without technology, but of living in greater harmony with it. Among the first steps I see is to create sacred spaces—the kitchen, the dining room, the car—that are device-free and set aside for conversation. When you have lunch with a friend or colleague or family member, don’t put a phone on the table between you. Make meals a time when you are there to listen and be heard.

When we move in and out of conversations with our friends in the room and all the people we can reach on our phones, we miss out on the kinds of conversations where empathy is born and intimacy thrives. I met a wise college junior who spoke about the “sevenminute rule”: It takes seven minutes to know if a conversation is going to be interesting. And she admitted that she rarely was willing to put in her seven minutes.

At the first “lull,” she went to her phone. But it’s when we stumble, hesitate, and have those “lulls” that we reveal ourselves most to each other.

So allow for those human moments, accept that life is not a steady “feed,” and learn to savor the pace of conversation—for empathy, for community, for creativity.

Why Muhammad Ali's words should matter to the subcontinent Garga Chatterjee

put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again.

The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.” On other occasions, he put things much more concisely when he described US wars as where “the white man sent the

black man to kill the yellow man.”

Muhammad Ali was being disloyal to his government, the government's army, but was being loyal to human values that predate all nations and constitutions and will outlive them too. In the subcontinent, all the existing armies are continuations of the British Indian Army and not those who actually fought the British colonization of the subcontinent like the Azad Hind Fauj which was not made part of the Indian Army after 15th August 1947. That is very revealing about the nature of institutions that exist around here.

When transfer of power from London to New Delhi happened on 15th August, 1947, what changed? Did anything substantially change in that army on that fateful August day in 1947?

What did not change was the sense of regimental accomplishment in having been awarded Victoria crosses, barrah

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khana traditions, fake ‘Sandhurst’isms, subsidized liquor, that peculiar brownskinned sense of pride of having served the House Saxe-Coburg Gotha and the House of Windsor by killing coloured people and their resisting forces in Iraq, Egypt, France, Belgium, Burma, Thailand and most poignantly, in the Subcontinent, including Jallianwala Bagh.

If some Union of India citizen were to do the same today by making a career out of serving the House of Windsor militarily and then go on to claim loyalty to Bharatmata the next day, what would one say? The crucial difference however lies in the formal idea of loyalty to a state – often confused with the country. Nationalism apart, there is another thing Bengalees call “deshoprem” or love of one’s own land. The definition of land is mostly left to the person.

Which is why there can be deshoprem for a 30 square mile area around one’s home. I don’t know if there is a Hindustani word for it – qaumparast does not quite do it, which I reckon is nearer to nationalism. I am sure they too have a word or expression for it – for they too, like everyone else, came to know their own land before they came to heed the administration which told them what their nation ought to be and how much does it extend to. Ideologies that reverse this sequence are sociopathic.

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n this column, I look at our state in a comparative perspective. I identify those states that are similarly placed as ours and then look at how our state compares with these in a few growth indicators. A comparison of similarly placed states will help development planners in at least two dimensions. They serve as a counter-factual, albeit an imperfect one to delineate impacts of alternative scenarios. These comparison states can also serve as counterpoints for cross-validation of staBy Vyasan R tistics. In the former case for example, we can make a rough calculation on the revenues that can be gained by legalizing liquor by looking at Mizoram’s under consideration. This validates our selecexperience. Since Mizoram and Nagaland are sim- tion of the comparison group of the north eastern ilarly placed we can expect that with the necessary states, Assam excluded. modifications any change in excise policy in Nagaland will result in revenue gains similar to that seen in Mizoram. So also for cross-validation of statistics of crop production, yield and proportionate area covered. Any lacunae in availability of data can thus be made good if we rely on certain rules of thumb. This is not to say that there will be perfect congruence between these comparison states and Nagaland but they will provide a meaningful touchstone for comparison. But before we do that we have to decide on a basis for comparison.

ent in different states.

In the graph below the CAGRs of Nagaland are third from the right. An analysis of the graph shows that for the twenty year period under consideration, the overall per capita state domestic product and services in Nagaland grew at a rate slower than our comparison states in the region. Our growth rates were impressive in agricultural sector where our rates were the highest in the region.

Deriving a basis for Comparison The obvious choice for the states that can be compared to ours is in the North-eastern region.

There are commonalities with respect to the terrain and lay of the land, culture in terms of agricultural practices and customary practice in terms of affinity to tribes etc: States like Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, have similar terrain to ours but have more than thrice the land area and population of our state. Since the latter gives an indication of economic potential by being proxies for natural and human resource potential in the state, we cannot meaningfully use these hilly states for a comparison. I also use an elevation index that was used in a study by Institute of Economic Growth. The study classifies Nagaland as a primarily hilly area defined as having a proportion of elevation ranging between 0.1 and 0.04 and having a proportion of hills that are approximately more than 3% relative to the plain areas. States in the same category apart from Manipur and Meghalaya include Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Even among the North-eastern states we do not take Assam for comparison because of the lower proportion of land that has a higher level of elevation.

As seen in Figure 1 below except Arunachal Pradesh for area all the other states are bunched together. Arunachal Pradesh has a large area but because of the poor availability of human resources in that state I feel that it makes sense to club Arunachal with the rest of the North-eastern states

Prospects If we have to maintain the high and robust rates of agriculture for the next 20 years, then our state has to introduce innovations in marketing infrastructure so that farmers who grow crops can be assured of incomes and returns. We should be careful enough to veer away from the previous bitter experience of ginger farmers in some areas of the state who faced difficulty in converting their crops to incomes. Our state should avail of the opportunities presented by the National Agricultural Market Scheme, aimed at unification of agricultural markets if incomes have to be kept buoyant for farmers in our state. In addition, to the agricultural and allied sector we should also focus on improving our performance in the services.

Our services sector growth rate in comparison to the other states is the lowest. This is both a cause for worry as well as an opportunity for future growth. Low growth rates imply that the potential for growth remains unexploited and hence a bright future. This sector presents an opportunity for innovative government action. There is a real possibility for government to partner with the private sector as in the areas related to skill development to enhance the productive potential of our economy. Such an active partnership will have the salutary impact of absorbing our young and burgeoning work force.

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Figure 1: Population (‘00) and Area (km2) of Comparable States Growth Rates Now we look at certain indicators of growth primarily the Compound Annual Growth Rate of Percapita NSDP at current prices as well as the CAGR of the NSDP at current prices of all the sectors over a 20 year period between 1993-94 and 201314. The data has been taken from the Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2015-16 published by the Reserve Bank of India. We use NSDP at current prices because one of the states in our comparison group, namely Mizoram has not reported statistics for constant prices. We splice the indices to get a common series and the growth rates are computed using the compound growth formula.

The results of CAGR across sectors are presented in the graph below.

The readers are reminded that the growth rates have been arrived at without applying the price deflator. The impact of inflation on the growth rates have not been netted out. Hence, these are not the real growth rates in the economy but nominal growth rates. For our purposes, which is mainly for comparative purposes the above analysis is robust as we are not bothered as much about the levels as about the relative positions. Our analysis could be wrong only if the rate of change of prices are differ-

(The author is an IAS Officer of Nagaland cadre and can be reached at vyasan_r@yahoo.com.

The views expressed above are personal.)

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POLLUTED CREEKS, EMPTY WELLS Khin Hla Cho, a woman from Ywakalay Village, said access to drinking water had become problematic. “We have to dig new wells as the old ones have dried up due to the explosions,” she said.

Htein Lin, a 55-year-old farmer in Pa-O Su Village, said he relied on a now polluted local creek and sediments in the water had gradually covered 5 out of his 6.5 acres of land. “I could only complain to the village administrator about the damage to my land, but nothing else happened,” he lamented.

Anger has long been building among the communities. In 2014, they sent a petition with 1,200 signatures to the President’s Office but received no reply. Recently, they sent letters to the National League for Democracy (NLD) government in Naypyitaw and

Mon state government demanding actions against the quarries.

On June 5, desperate farmers staged a protest calling on Long Life Aggregate Mining Company to cease quarrying.

Shwe Thaung, the Ohn Titbin Village Administrator, acknowledged the environmental problems, but said he was powerless to stop the companies as they had received longrunning licenses from the previous government “A creek that was a 100 feet wide in the past has now narrowed to about six feet because heaps of waste (from the quarries) were dumped in it,” he told Myanmar Now, adding that pollution had also affected his rubber plantation.

SUPPLYING EXPANDING INFRASTRUCTURE More than 100 quarries have sprung up in recent years near the easily accessible mountains in Mon state, 22 of which are located in Paung and 48 in Kyaikhto township, according to Aye Zan, an NLD Mon state lawmaker who is studying the industry’s environmental impact.

On the eastern and western sides of Kalama Mountain, which dominates the region, six companies - Yarmanya, Long Life Aggregate Mining, Shwe Myint Moh Tun, Tun Tauk Sa, Azami and L.M. Jewellery - are extracting rock stone.

At the noisy, dusty quarries, dynamite and heavy machinery is used to break off large chunks of rocks from

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In Myanmar's Mon state, expanding quarries threaten farms on state - On a recent afternoon in May, the farmers of Ohn Titbin Village Tract were tending to their betel nut and rubber plantations when a loud blast erupted at the foot of Kalama Mountain and shook the ground.

Workers had set off an explosion in a local quarry located about 10 km (6 miles) away and a cloud of dust drifted out from the area towards the plantations here in Mon state, southeastern Myanmar.

Farmer Nyan Htay said several blasts occurred every day after quarrying had increased in the area in recent years. The resulting increase in pollution, he said, has affected the local environment and the harvest of his 6-acre rubber plantation.

“I earned about 6 million kyats (about US$5,000) in previous years, but it has declined to just 3 million kyats,” complained the ethnic Karen villager.

Farmers in the area, which comprises six villages with Bamar, Karen, Pa-O and Mon residents, said that since 2011 authorities had allowed companies to rapidly expand the extraction of rock stone to make gravel, while paying little attention to its environmental impact.

Waste and dust has polluted air and water sources, they said, while explosions have disrupted the underground water table and caused cracks in the walls of local homes and Buddhist pagodas. Swathes of forest around the quarries that were used by villagers to collect firewood and food, such as bamboo shoots, have been fenced off.

Is Naga unity the only way forward to achieving our political rights?

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the mountainside, which are then crushed into gravel or smaller rocks that are loaded on to trucks.

The construction material is supplied to Myanmar’s growing number of road and infrastructure works, as well as government development projects, such as deep-sea ports and special economic zones at Thilawa near Yangon, and Kyauk Phyu Island off Rakhine state.

Tin Ohn, general manager of Shwe Myint Moh Tun Company, said it held a 30-year license to quarry 50 acres of mountainside, adding that the firm produced around 400 tons of rocks per day destined for Thilawa SEZ. “We operate quarries at a rocky mountainside that is not suitable for agriculture. We have approval of the Mon state government,” he said.

Tin Ohn downplayed the quarry’s environmental impacts, but added that affected farmers would be paid around $80 if they can show that a young rubber tree was destroyed by the company.

GOVERNMENT ACTION? Tin Hla, a senior member of the Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar, which is supporting local communities, said some companies were breaching environmental rules by operating in the vicinity of farms, but authorities failed to act against them.

“According to the rules, quarries must be set up about 4 miles (6.7 km) away from villages,” he said, adding

that the companies made no effort to consult villagers or accept complaints about their operations.

Aye Zan, the NLD MP, said, “We can say for sure that these mining activities have negative environmental and social impacts, but we are still in the process of surveying all these mining sites in Mon state.

“After that we will table a bill in the Mon state parliament about this issue.” Tun Ming Aung, a Paung Township state lawmaker with the NLD who raised the problems in the state legislature on June 2, said he would call for regulating the quarries when the complaints were properly documented.

“If people really suffer from these quarries we will try to stop them,” he said.

Min Kyi Win, the state's Minister for Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources, told Myanmar Now that the environmental impacts were a concern, but added that the quarries were an important source of state government revenue.

“If our country has sufficient revenue… we don’t need to break up these mountains,” he said.

Htun Ko, a 35-year-old farmer from Ook Tatar Village who has been protesting against Long Life Aggregate Mining Company, said residents’ livelihoods suffered greatly and he vowed they would continue to fight against the mining.

“Our campaign will continue until the companies moves away from this area,” he said.

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Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes. Why cant we realize that so many years of division and factionalism has only weakened our Naga struggle. Why cant we learn from this lesson. It is time for us to unite and work together for the future of our children.

• Yes it is. If we are united then no external forces can swallow us.

• I'm yes , even we nagas have by blood relation, but due to same misunderstood each other, • Yes. It is the only way forward for the Nagas. Why don’t our leaders understand that without unity, we will constantly be giving our enemies the upper hand. The Naga struggle has come thus far because of the people. There is no other option but for our leaders to shed their own petty differences and unite together like true Nagas.

• Yes, because without unity we will kill each other internally both physically and politically • Yes. How? So simple: Unity we stand divided we fall.

• A big YES !!!!!! Our forefathers history and their achievements fighting with the enemies for we Nagas is the prove!!!!! Had they were Divided like we are today than we nagas will be like or worst than slaves!!!!! All we nagas undergrounds and over grounds should retrospect /introspect and UNITE for good. Too many organizations/factions are dividing we nagas into pieces.

• Yes, it really is... Its common sense to all that we cannot expect Govt of India to have multiple agreement with the half dozen faction we have. Whatever divergent opinion people may have, any agreement without unity will have the same fate of the present IMGoI exercise. The big question is, will the other faction accept what IM hammered out of this negotiations..

• Yes.....alone we can do little but together we can do much..

• The crying need of the Nagas today is to unite and put up a front that will be honoured. But alas, things cannot come to pass because of lust for power, money and the selfishness of the so called leaders who triy to show such an innocent face but as we all know, behind such facade lies the most cowardly person, who hide behind the AK'S and proclaim that they are the real one fighting for the cause of the nagas. Till these leaders think that others have to bow to them nothing is going to materialise and they will all keep enjoying the largesse we, the frightened citizens dole out to them.

God bless Nagaland.

• yes unity is a must, unity must be choosen by each one of us, from our freewill not by the power of someones gun or money.

• Yes. Right from the beginning, the sole aim and object of the Naga National Movement is "unite and freedom."The Naga history based on customs, costums, dialects, tradition and faith and the geographical location reveals to the world that the Nagas are one ethnic and one nation since immemorial times they lived in the pattern of city-state/ village-state, politically democratic and their belief is animism to all section of the Nagas. In modern Christian era all Nagas "Unite and Freedom" is the right solution both for the glory of God Almighty and the Nagas. Late Isak Swu has in him for the Nagas "Unite and Freedom" I salute him from my inmost being in Christ and bid him sayonara. Let Almighty God helps Nagas to unite and freedom soon, Amen.

• Yes, it is the only way forward. When will our leaders know that our only strength is our unity. Divisions has not taken us any where. It has only destroyed us.

• Yes. I hope the leaders will understand this urgency. It is time they respect the wishes of the people.

Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • Our leaders are selfish people who care only about themselves.

So I don’t think unity is in their agenda.

• No. The people want unity, but our leaders do not want unity. So there will never be any unity unless they forgive each other and work for the cause of the people.

Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say: • Had the naga political rights is not important, then the political crisis will not continue for such long time? Every naga people are in consciously trouble (whether support or not) due to the important of political solution.

• In my views, 'unity among various NPG's of Nagaland' will be achieved only through the general public. The general public of nagaland should rise up on their feets and tell the NPG's to unite for once and for all. The public should move out from their houses and voice out for bringing unity among the different factions of nagaland. Many says "its time to unite" but what one observe today in our land is "creation of a new group/division from an old group", which divides the hundreds into tenths and fifties only leading to a weaker sections of society (ies) in our land. Every tribes, every districts, every sections of the people irrespective of tribes, boundaries, sex, castes should come together and voice out our desires to them for bringing a lasting solutions for the upcoming generations of the land. Only paper wars/debate will not bring unity in our land, sometimes we need to really use the physical powers to overcome the solutions in our lands.

• Unity itself is very complex. The more we talk about it the more it seems to ellude us. The fact is even in our villages there is disunity among khels etec. We cannot expect unity in absolute term of the word. What are the political rights we want ? Let us make a list and if we must then what path shall we take may be pondered upon. If we want to negotiate with India within its constitution or force it out of our land ic war. If it is sovereignty that we want, then negotiations is not possible. Integration also is impossible as we all know. So what do we want. We seems to be waiting for the GoI to give a decision and then we will say No to the offer and begin to say "Nothing less than sovereignty" So what do we want unity or no unity.

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Six more die in Kashmir frenzy, death toll 21

srINagar, July 10 (IaNs) The Jammu and Kashmir government appealed for calm on Sunday as six more people died in unending demonstrations against the killing of a top militant leader, taking the death toll to 21 in two days in curfew-bound Kashmir Valley.

Shabir Ahmed, 27, was shot and wounded by security forces during a street protest here and died in hospital, becoming the first to be killed outside of north Kashmir since the anti-government protests erupted on Saturday.

The incident took place in Batmaloo, a known separatist hub.

Fresh firing by security forces in Pulwama district in north Kashmir led to the death of Faiyaz Ahmed Mir. Elsewhere in Pulwama, four CRPF troopers were wounded when militants hurled grenades taking advantage of a street protest.

Four other deaths were reported earlier in the day.

A mob overran a bulletproof police vehicle and rolled it down into the Sutlej river at Sangam in Anantnag district, drowning its constable driver while other policemen fled the scene, official sources said.

Security forces shot dead two demonstrators at Litter in Pulwama after a mob took to the streets shouting anti-government and pro-freedom slogans, the sources said.

Irfan Ahmad Malik, 17,

J-K Govt appeals to Hurriyat, mainstream parties srINagar, July 10 (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir government today appealed to separatist Hurriyat Conference, besides mainstream parties, to assist in its efforts towards restoring normalcy in the state, which has been rocked by violent protests following the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani.

"The cabinet appealed to all political forces who have expressed concern for people's lives -- be it National Conference, Congress, CPI(M) or other components of the mainstream or those people who are not in the mainstream...those who are really concerned as much we are concerned which includes leaders from the Hurriyat....

"We appeal to them that if they want peace in the state and steps taken by government for saving lives of people succeed, we need their support also," Education Minister Naeem Akhtar.

Akhtar, who is also the government

Policemen chase away protesters during a protest against the killing of Burhan Wani, a separatist militant leader, in Srinagar on July 10. (REUTERS Photo)

was also killed on Sunday in firing in Pulwama after a curfew-defying mob attacked the security forces, a police official said.

The latest fatalities took the death toll in two days of widespread clashes between protesters and security forces in the Kashmir Valley to 21 -- 20 demonstrators and one policeman.

Kashmir Valley erupted in anger on Saturday after security forces shot dead Burhan Wani, a top leader of the Hizbul Mujahideen, along with two of his associates on Friday. His funeral was attended by thousands.

Most protests have taken place in the north-

ern districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian. Wani hailed from Pulwama. In most places mobs have attacked police and paramilitary forces with stones, leading to teargassing and firing.

Taking advantage of the outnumbered security personnel, demonstrators on Sunday set fire to the Sub Divisional Police Officer's office in Pahalgam, a court complex in Dooru and a police post in Qazigund in Kulgam.

On Saturday, mobs torched four police stations, two police pickets and a tehsildar's office.

There were two incidents of weapon snatching and

torching of several vehicles of security forces.

Senior officials said three policemen were missing following the violence and nearly 100 security personnel were injured in the street clashes which have crippled the Kashmir Valley and halted the Amarnath Yatra.

On Sunday, the Jammu and Kashmir government urged parents of young demonstrators to tell their wards not to take part in protests that were leading to civilian casualties.

Education Minister and government spokesman Naeem Akhtar also urged the separatist Hurriyat Conference to help re-

store calm in the Kashmir Valley, where a separatist campaign has left many thousands dead since 1989.

The government said it was also trying to arrange flights to fly out the thousands of tourists stranded in the valley due to the violence.

In New Delhi, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, offering all possible help from New Delhi.

Senior officials expressed the hope that the situation in Kashmir would return to normal soon.

Four demonstrators, Imtiyaz Ahmad Mandoo,

Mashooq Ahmad and Safeer Ahmad (all from Anantnag) and Mohammmad Altaf Rather (Pulwama) who were wounded on Saturday died on Sunday.

Eleven people were killed on Saturday.

At least 100 protesters were injured on Saturday.

They suffered bullet, tear smoke and pellet injuries.

Wani was buried in his native Shariefabad village on Saturday where thousands gathered defying curfew restrictions to take part in his funeral prayers.

The separatists have called for a valley-wide shutdown till Monday to protest against Wani's killing.

spokesman, was briefing the media about the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti where the situation in Kashmir Valley was reviewed.

Chief Secretary B R Sharma and Director General of Police K Rajendra Kumar briefed the cabinet.

Akhtar said the Cabinet expressed anguish on the deterioration of the situation which resulted in the death of some youths.

The minister said the parents of young children also have a responsibility to keep an eye on their wards.

"If you see the footages you have, small kids who do not know why but are still having stones in their hands," he said.

The minister said if any of the injured requires to be taken out of the state for treatment, the state government will bear the expenses.

Pak calls for plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir IslamabaD, July 10 (IaNs): Alleging human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan on Sunday demanded "a fair and impartial" plebiscite to resolve the Kashmir dispute. The Foreign Ministry said the "extrajudicial killing" of Hizbul Muajahideen leader Burhan Wani "and scores of other innocent Kashmiris" violated the fundamental human rights of Kashmiris.

This, a statement from the ministry said, "cannot deter the people of Jammu and Kashmir from their demand for the realisation of the right to self determination". It said a resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute was only possible by the "realisation of the right to self determination of the people, as per UN resolutions, through a fair and impartial plebiscite". The statement followed the Friday killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani, which triggered widespread clashes between security forces and pro-Wani demonstrators leaving at least 16 people dead.

Delhi court sends Rajendra Cong set to revive National Herald newspaper after 8-yr break Farmer on leased land DelhI, July 10 the editor of National Herald, tend to revive all three papers announcement within a few after expiry period Kumar, 6 others to judicial custody New – National Herald, Qaumi days,” he added. (hT): The Congress party is sources said.

The National Herald, in its The newspaper, which Awaaz (Urdu) and NavjeeNew DelhI, July 10 (IaNs): A Delhi court on Sun- all set to announce this month can't be evicted: SC day sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Principal the revival of the National was founded at Lucknow in wan (Hindi),” Congress party farewell editorial on April 1, Secretary Rajendra Kumar and six others to one-day judicial custody in a corruption caseThe duty Metropolitan Magistrate also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to present the accused before a special court on Monday for seeking their further police custody.

The court said since the police remand was given by the CBI designated court, the matter of extending the same should also be heard by the same court.Rajendra Kumar, a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory cadre, was accused of abusing his official position in awarding Delhi government contracts of Rs 9.5 crore to private firm Endeavour Systems Private Limited. Besides Kumar, Kaushik and Nanda, the other accused in the case are Kumar's aide Ashok Kumar, two Endeavour Systems Private Limited directors Sandeep Kumar and Dinesh Kumar Gupta, and former VAT Department Assistant Director Tarun Sharma.

Kerala Police probe IS links of 17 missing men, women ThIruvaNaNThaPuram, July 10 (IaNs): Seventeen men and women are missing from Kerala's Kasargode district, and a police officer said on Sunday they were probing reports that they may have joined the Islamic State. Various central agencies are also engaged in determining the veracity of the reports. The missing include at least 10 men and six women, mostly from Kasargode, in the extreme north of Kerala. Officials from the central agencies have reportedly got in touch with families in Kasargode. Kasargode police chief Thomson Jose told IANS that they have registered two cases.

Meanwhile, former Home Minister and Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said Sunday that all missing persons cannot be linked to the Islamic State. "Just because they are missing does not mean they all have joined the IS," he said. According to published reports, most of the missing appeared to have had close links with 35-year-old Abdul Rasheed, an engineer by profession who has been missing since May.

I-T dept to widen probe on Panama Papers New DelhI, July 10 (PTI): Faced with resistance in disclosures by those named in the Panama Papers, the Income Tax department has made foreign references to about a dozen countries in order to obtain actionable evidence against such Indian entities.Officials said a special wing under the Central Board of Direct Taxes has made multiple requests to their counterparts in foreign nations as part of the I-T department's tax evasion probe against those named in these leaks.

They said that the taxman, in numerous cases in this list, was faced with non-cooperation and and non-acceptance of their accounts as revealed in the Panama papers and hence the department had to approach the foreign jurisdictions including Switzerland, British Virgin Island and the UK among others.

India has tax treaties with 137 countries at present.

A Multi-Agency Group created to probe these cases has already submitted four reports to the government and to the Special Investigation Team on black money in this regard. There are about 500 Indians named in the list which includes prominent businessmen, film celebrities and those belonging to lucrative professions. The 'Panama Papers' leaks contain an unprecedented amount of information, including more than 11 million documents covering 2,10,000 companies in 21 offshore jurisdictions.

Herald and two other newspapers that went out of print eight years ago due to financial crunch.

A public statement on the proposed relaunch could be made as early as next week after a final meeting of the board of directors for the publications clears the name of

1938 by freedom-fighter stalwart Jawaharlal Nehru who became the country’s first prime minister, was banned by the British during the 1942 Quit India movement. It faced brief shutdowns in the 1940s and 70s.

Today, the publication is on a comeback trail. “We in-

treasurer Motilal Vora, who is CMD of the Associated Journals Limited (AJL) that published the three papers, told Hindustan Times.

“The decision was taken in January this year. We are now close to finalising the editor’s name for the operations to start. We will make a formal

2008, announced temporary suspension of the publications which were running into losses for several years due to over-staffing and dearth of advertisements. The board had then approved a voluntary retirement scheme payment for the 265 employees, including 40 journalists.

Cable operators to mandatorily carry over 20DD channels New DelhI, July 10 (PTI): The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is planning to enhance its focus on implementing a rule which requires cable operators in urban areas, which have undergone digitisation, to mandatorily carry over 20 Doordarshan channels.

Sources said the issue that several cable networks do not carry all the mandatory channels came up in a meeting Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu held with officials after taking charge. The issue had been raised in the past by Doordarshan officials also.

"The Minister said it should be ensured that Doordarshan and other chan-

nels which have to be mandatorily carried should be shown by all operators as per norms," an official said.

The ministry had earlier issued a notification as per which cable operators must show over 20 Doordarshan and Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV channels to all their subscribers in cities where digitisation has been implemented.

Some Doordarshan and the two Parliament channels are also mandatory in areas which have not undergone complete digitisation. Officials said it has been noticed that not all networks show all the required channels.

Last year also the I&B ministry had is-

sued a notification asking all Local Cable operators and Multi System Operators to show all the mandatory channels.

In his meeting on Friday, Naidu also directed the ministry officials to prepare a comprehensive policy on information and communication at the earliest.

The policy will specify role and responsibilities of various stakeholders to maximise the communication outreach to the people, sources said.

Naidu also asked I&B officials that a concrete and achievable way forward should be prepared for the next three years, the official, who was present at the meeting, said.

New DelhI, July 10 (PTI): The Supreme Court has held that a farmer, who is in possession of leased land even after expiry of the lease period, cannot be evicted if the owner either acknowledges the tenancy or is accepting the rent. Referring to a provision of the Transfer of Property Act, a threejudge bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi set aside the judgement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had ordered the eviction of a farmer after expiry of the lease period of the land.

"The operation of section 116 of the Transfer of Property Act would confer legitimacy to the possession of the tenant even after the termination or expiration of the deemed period of the lease so as to confer on him a status akin to that of a statutory tenant and hence protection from eviction as envisaged by the provisions of the Act (Punjab Security of Land Tenure Act) of 1953," the bench, also comprising Justices Arun Mishra and P C Pant, said.

The bench said there was no legal provision to evict the farmers as the eviction conditions laid down in the Punjab Security of Land Tenure Act 1953 and Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 do not include a tenant whose lease has expired.The apex court said the continuance of occupancy even after expiry of deemed period of the lease under the Transfer of Property Act "would clothe the occupant with the status of a tenant under the Act in view of section 116 of the Transfer of Property Act which deals with the consequences of holding over.

India, Tanzania to boost food, energy security cooperation Dar-es - salaam, July 10 (IaNs): India and Tanzania on Sunday agreed to deepen their partnership in agriculture and food security and work together in the development and use of natural gas as New Delhi committed more aid for this east African country's water supply projects.

“We agreed that our common desire of economic prosperity for our societies is creating new opportunities for expanding our cooperation,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a joint press statement with Tanzanian President John Magufuli following delegation-level talks here.

“For this, both of us felt that we need to: One, deepen our partnership in agriculture and food security, including through enhanced export of pulses from Tanzania to India; two, work together in development and use of natural gas; three, partner in building of industrial economy, capacities and institutions in Tanzania; and four, deepen our trade and

investment partnership by encouraging greater industry-to-industry ties,” Modi said.

The partnership in the area of natural gas development and use is significant as Tanzania has been emerging as a gas giant with a series of finds since 2011.

In March this year, a Dubai-based company said it has discovered 2.7 trillion cubic feet of gas in Ruvu Basin in the country's coastal region.

Modi said that India was already a substantial economic partner of Tanzania and the whole range of economic ties were healthy and on the upswing.

“Our two-way annual trade stands at around $3 billion, Indian investments in Tanzania already total around $3 billion and Indian businesses in Tanzania continue to grow and expand,” he said.

Modi described as a “good achievement” completion of a water supply augmentation project in Dar-es-Salaam with the Indian aid of $I00 million.

India handing over a navigational chart of Mkoani Harbour to Tanzania during a joint press briefing on Sunday. (PMO Twitter Photo)

“We have just now also signed an agreement on water supply project in Zanzibar for a line of credit of $92 million,” the Prime Minister said.

“We are also working on a number of other water projects for 17 cities.

And for this, India is willing to consider an additional $500 million line of concessional credit.”

India and Tanzania signed five agreements after the delegation-level

talks, including two on water supply and water resource management.

Modi flagged public health as another important priority in India's engagement with the east African country.

“We are ready to meet the healthcare priorities of the Tanzanian government, including supply of medicines and equipment,” he said, adding an Indian radio-therapy machine was being installed at

Bugando Medical Centre in the country's Mwanza city to treat cancer patients.

The Prime Minister said education, vocational training and skill development were other areas of priority in which India was willing to offer all assistance.

“Being neighbours across Indian Ocean, President and I agreed to deepen our overall defence and security partnership, especially in the maritime do-

main,” Modi said.

“Our in-depth discussions on regional and global issues reflected our considerable convergence on issues of common interest and concern.”

Modi said both sides agreed to work closely, bilaterally, regionally and globally, to combat the twin threats of terrorism and climate change and described Tanzania as a “crucial partner” in the India-initiated International Solar Alliance.

Prior to Sunday's talks, Modi was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the State House here.

Modi also played a traditional drum along with Magufuli, adding a local and informal touch to the ceremony.

Later, he interacted with a group of 30 African 'Solar Mamas', rural women who have been trained in harnessing solar energy under Indian government programmes.

The Prime Minister also met members of the Indian community, which numbers around 50,000 in Tanzania.

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Japan’s ruling bloc wins Obama urges Americans not to despair landslide in upper house election over divisions after ‘painful’ week WA R S AW / DA L L A S, JULY 10 (ReUteRS): President Barack Obama, seeking to soothe raw emotions after a former U.S. soldier killed five policemen in Dallas and high-profile police shootings of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana, has urged Americans not to view the United States as being riven into opposing groups.

“First of all, as painful as this week has been, I firmly believe that America is not as divided as some have suggested,” Obama, who will cut short his European trip on Sunday to visit Dallas, told a weekend news conference in Warsaw.

“When we start suggesting that somehow there’s this enormous polarization, and we’re back to the situation in the ‘60s, that’s just not true,” Obama added. “You’re not seeing riots, and you’re not seeing police going after people who are protesting peacefully.”

Authorities named former U.S. Army Reserve soldier Micah Johnson, a 25-year-old African-American, as the lone gunman in Thursday night’s sniper attack in Dallas, which came at the end of a march by hundreds of demonstrators decrying the fatal police shootings of black men days earlier.

Officials said Johnson had embraced militant black nationalism and expressed anger over shootings by police as well as a desire to “kill white people, especially white officers.”

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference after participating in the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland on July 9. (REUTERS Photo)

Dallas remained on edge on Saturday, with police headquarters and surrounding blocks cordoned off and SWAT teams deployed after police received an anonymous threat against officers across the city. Police searched a headquarters parking garage for a “suspicious person” but no suspect was found.

Thursday’s deadly rally in Dallas followed the fatal police shootings of Philando Castile, 32, near St. Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday, and Alton Sterling, 37, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday.

Obama said “Americans of all races and all backgrounds are rightly outraged by the inexcusable attacks on police, whether it’s in Dallas or any place else.”

He added they also are

rightly saddened and angered about the deaths of Sterling and Castile, and about “the larger, persistent problem of AfricanAmericans and Latinos being treated differently in our criminal justice system.”

Obama, the first black U.S. president whose term in office ends next January, said he hopes he has been able to get all Americans to understand the nation’s difficult legacy of race.

Obama said Americans cannot let the actions of a few define all.

“The demented individual who carried out those attacks in Dallas - he’s no more representative of African-Americans than the shooter in Charleston was representative of white Americans, or the shooter in Orlando or San Bernardino were representa-

tive of Muslim-Americans,” Obama added, referring to a string of mass shootings in the past year.

Seven other police officers and two civilians were wounded in Dallas. Johnson was killed by a bombcarrying robot deployed in a parking garage where he had holed up and refused to surrender during hours of negotiations with police.

PROTESTS CONTINUE While Thursday’s attack stunned Dallas into mourning, it did not stop demonstrations on Saturday against killings by police, with protesters blocking major roads in various cities.

Hundreds of protesters shut down I-94, a major thoroughfare linking the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Protesters, warned to disperse, threw rocks, bottles, Molotov cocktails and construction rebar at officers, injuring at least three, St. Paul police said. Police began making arrests and used smoke bombs and marking rounds to disperse the crowd. Protesters at the scene said police fired tear gas and rubber bullets.

In Baton Rouge, scuffles broke out between riot police and demonstrators.

About 30 arrests were reported.

There were protests in other cities including Washington, San Francisco, Nashville, Tennessee, and Indianapolis, Indiana.

About a thousand demonstrators turned out in New York, where they stymied traffic on busy Fifth Avenue and shouted chants such as “No racist police, no justice, no peace,” leading to about a dozen arrests.

Police use of force, particularly against AfricanAmericans, has come under intense scrutiny in the past two years because of a string of high-profile deaths in cities from Ferguson, Missouri, to New York.

GUN CONTROL Obama, who has been blocked by the Republicanled U.S. Congress in his bid for new gun-control measures, expressed new frustration over lax firearms laws in the United States, saying it is unique among advanced countries in the scale of violence it experiences.

“With respect to the issue of guns, I am going to keep on talking about the fact that we cannot eliminate all racial tension in our country overnight. We are not going to be able to identify ahead of time and eliminate every madman or troubled individual who might want to do harm against innocent people.

But we can make it harder for them to do so,” Obama said.

Illustrating the divide among Americans over gun rights, Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Reuters that men like the Dallas gunman “are not going to be confined by a gun law that we pass.”

Paxton, whose state has among the most permissive gun policies in America, added, “Our goal here in Texas is to protect lawabiding citizens. And since we cannot have a police force that guards every person, we want people to be able to protect themselves.”

Dallas Police Chief David Brown on Friday said the gunman cited his anger over police killings during his protracted negotiations with police after the shootings.

Johnson had served in the U.S. military in the Afghan war.

A search of his home just outside Dallas found bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal journal of combat tactics, though he had no previous criminal history, police said on Friday.

A police officer walks past Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) poster (2nd R) for the July 10 upper house election with the image of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister and leader of the LDP, and other candidates’ posters at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on July 10. (REUTERS Photo)

tokYo, JULY 10 (ReUteRS): Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a landslide victory on Sunday in an election for parliament’s upper house, despite doubts about his economic policies and his goal of revising the pacifist constitution. Abe’s coalition and likeminded parties also got the two-thirds “super majority” needed to try to revise the post-war constitution for the first time, some TV exit polls showed, although others said just that it was within their grasp.

Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) also won a simple majority for the first time since 1989, a win that will bolster his grip over the conservative party. A push to ease the charter’s constraints on the military operating overseas could lead to tension with China, where memories of Japan’s past militarism still arouse anger.

In Japan, financial market players fear amending the charter will divert Abe’s energy from reviving the stuttering economy. “Markets want confirmation of Abe’s strong grip on power, but they also want Abe to use that power for the economy first, not constitutional reform,” said Jesper Koll, chief executive at fund manager WisdomTree Japan.

Some voters who cast a ballot for Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said they wanted the same. “Especially since I see economic growth as the priority, I have little hope for the opposition parties,” said Yoshihiko Takeda, a 36-year-old employee of an IT company.

Abe had cast the election as a referendum on his “Abenomics” recipe of hyper-easy monetary policy, spending and reform. With signs the strategy is failing, the government plans to compile a post-election stimulus package that could exceed 10 trillion yen ($99 billion).

But economists worry the government will choose big-ticket infrastructure projects rather than implement tough structural reforms.

Bin Laden’s son threatens Family of killed US journalist Marie Colvin sues Syria Child labour doubles BeIRUt, JULY 10 (ReUteRS): revenge for father’s in Iraq as violence, The family of American journalist Mawho died in Syria in 2012, assassination - monitor riehasColvin, displacement hit incomes filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a DUBAI, JULY 10 (ReUteRS): The son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.

Hamza bin Laden promised to continue the global militant group’s fight against the United States and its allies in the 21-minute speech entitled “We Are All Osama,” according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

“We will continue striking you and targeting you in your country and abroad in response to your oppression of the people of Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and the rest of the Muslim lands that did not survive your oppression,” Hamza said.

“As for the revenge by the Islamic nation for Sheikh Osama, may Allah have mercy on him, it is not revenge for Osama the person but it is revenge for those who defended Islam.”

Osama bin Laden was killed at his Pakistani hideout by U.S. commandos in 2011 in a major blow to

the militant group which carried out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Documents recovered from bin Laden’s compound and published by the United States last year alleged that his aides tried to reunite the militant leader with Hamza, who had been held under house arrest in Iran.

Hamza, now in his mid-twenties, was at his father’s side in Afghanistan before the 9/11 attacks and spent time with him in Pakistan after the U.S.-led invasion pushed much of al Qaeda’s senior leadership there, according to the Brookings Institution.

Introduced by the organisation’s new chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in an audio message last year, Hamza provides a younger voice for the group whose ageing leaders have struggled to inspire militants around the world galvanized by Islamic State.

“Hamza provides a new face for al Qaeda, one that directly connects to the group’s founder.

He is an articulate and dangerous enemy,” according to Bruce Riedel of Brookings.

U.S. court, accusing the Syrian government of deliberately killing her.

Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs in 2012 while reporting on the Syrian conflict, now in its sixth year. The lawsuit, filed in Washington on Saturday and seen by Reuters, said Syrian officials deliberately targeted rockets against a makeshift broadcast studio where Colvin and other reporters were living and working.

The suit alleged the attack was part of a plan orchestrated at the highest levels of the Syrian government to silence local and international media “as part of its effort to crush political opposition”.

The lawsuit included as evidence a copy of an August 2011 fax which it alleges was sent from Syria’s National Security Bureau instructing security bodies to launch military and intelligence campaigns against “those who tarnish the image of Syria in foreign media and international organisations”. “This case is about carrying on Marie’s work,” plaintiff Cathleen Colvin, Marie Colvin’s sister, said.

“We are seeking truth and justice not just for her, but for thousands of innocent Syrians tortured or killed under the Assad dictatorship,” she said

A woman holds a sign honoring Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin after a memorial service in London May 16, 2012. (REUTERS File Photo)

in a statement released by U.S. human rights group the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) which filed the case for the Colvin family.

Advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said it supported the lawsuit. The group’s secretary-general, Christophe Deloire, said Reporters Without Borders “hopes these efforts will help to expose the truth, namely that these journalists were deliberately targeted and killed because they were providing information about the Syrian army’s crimes against civilians.”

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investigation was launched in France in 2012 into the death of Ochlik and wounding of another journalist, Edith Bouvier, in the same attack.

Reporters Without Borders, as an interested party in the case, said it will submit the Colvin family’s U.S. lawsuit to the judge in charge of the French investigation on Monday. Colvin and Ochlik were both prize-winning reporters of wars in the Middle East, Asia and elsewhere. The Britain-based Colvin, who lost an eye while working in Sri Lanka in 2001, was working for the Sunday Times at the time of her death.

BAGHDAD, JULY 10 (ReUteRS): More than half a million Iraqi children are estimated to be at work rather than at school as violence and displacement hurt the income of millions of families, according to the United Nations childrens’ agency UNICEF. The number of children currently working, more than 575,000, has doubled since 1990, the year when Iraq attacked Kuwait, setting off a chain of events that led to the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and the sectarian strife that continues to this day. “I used to go to school and work here for half a day with a low salary,” 12 year-old Ali Hussien Khudhair, who works the angle grinder in a blacksmith’s shop in Baghdad, said.

“I quit school and started working full time here and he (the owner) gives me full wages,” he told Reuters TV. UNICEF said since the beginning of 2014, almost 10% of Iraqi children – more than 1.5 million – have been forced to flee their homes because of violence. In 2014, the Islamic State group took control of large areas in northern and western Iraq.

Nearly one in five schools is closed due to conflict and almost 3.5 million children of school-age are missing out on an education, UNICEF said in a report on June 30. In total, at least 3.6 million children in Iraq are at risk of death, serious injury, sexual violence, abduction and recruitment into armed groups, an increase of 1.3 million since the past 18 months, according to UNICEF.

Awaiting Hague court verdict, Filipinos hope to fish without fear of China INFANtA, JULY 10 (ReUteRS): For years, the fishermen of the sleepy Philippine town of Infanta cared little for politics, international diplomacy and centuries-old squabbles over sovereignty.

That changed four years ago when China’s coastguard swept in and seized the Scarborough Shoal, making it very difficult for the Filipino fishermen to get access to a tranquil South China Sea lagoon rich in fish stocks some 124 nautical miles off their shores.

Since then, they’ve barely broke even. Many have found other jobs.

But they’re hoping a verdict on Tuesday by the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague in a case lodged by the Philippines will change that, and allow them to fish without the threat of being chased and rammed by Chinese boats or blasted with water

Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy patrol at Woody Island, in the Paracel Archipelago, which is known in China as the Xisha Islands on January 29, 2016. (REUTERS Photo)

cannon.

“I hope we’ll win the case so we can come back to Scarborough where there’s abundant fish, and improve our lives,” said Henry Dao, 45, as he watched his crew repair a

wooden fishing boat on the shores of Pangasinan province, about 300 km (186 miles) northwest of Manila.

“I have high hopes the court will favour us.”

What started as a standoff over six rocks poking

above the seawater that were once a shooting range for the United States navy took on huge international significance when Manila angered Beijing by lodging the challenge under a United Nations’ maritime con-

vention in January 2013.

The 15-point filing didn’t ask for a decision on sovereignty, but sought to set the record straight on its rights of maritime access.

In the bigger picture, it amounts to a David verses Goliath battle as the Philippines asked the court to decide the legality of China’s claims to the South China Sea and its extensive building of islands on disputed reefs there. China’s claims are expressed on its maps as the so-called ninedash line, an ill-defined U-shaped demarcation drawn up after the defeat of Japan in World War II. China has said it will not recognise the court’s decision, but there are hopes among some Filipinos that Beijing might be pressured to let them fish at the Scarborough Shoal, the only place within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone where yearround, the waters are calm

and fish keep reproducing.

For the fishermen who make up a third of Infanta’s 30,000 people, the 16-hour trip to the prized shoal, where they fish for 10 days at a time, are necessary but perilous journeys.

CAT AND MOUSE Rubenado Querubin, who captains a new boat set to make its maiden voyage soon after the court rules, estimates the costs of each trip at 120,000 pesos ($2,500) and said his crew have no choice but to run the Chinese gauntlet, or suffer big losses if they return without the seven tonnes of fish they need to catch to make a trip worthwhile.

“We are playing a catand-mouse game with the Chinese,” he said. “They’re preventing us from getting near the shoal and they have armed soldiers in rubber boats chasing us.”

The ruling will also have economic significance for

the Philippines, where fishing accounted for 1.3 percent of gross domestic product in the first quarter. Domestic fish demand from a swelling population is rising.

The clashes with the Chinese can get very dangerous and costly. Boat owner Antonio Gono said only last week a Chinese boat had rammed a Philippine vessel, breaking its outrigger.

“We heard it over the two-way radio, they were seeking help,” he said. “I think the crew are safe but their boat will have difficulty returning.”

There are moves by the Philippine authorities to mitigate the problem by pushing fishermen to head elsewhere and use aggregating devices to trap tuna and other large fish, but this technology is mostly in the hands of commercial fishing fleets.

Luis Madarang, who heads the agriculture com-

mittee for the municipal authority of Infanta, is confident of a favourable ruling, but still wants to push plans to organise small Filipino boats into cooperatives to share equipment and boost their catch.

“Win or lose, we will help our fishermen,” he said.

“It’s very unfair for China to stay there or even share the resources in Scarborough Shoal because the Philippines owns that 100 percent.”

Some Infanta fishermen, however, don’t mind sharing, as long as they can make ends meet.

“We really do not care,” said a man who gave only his first name, Lorenzo.

“Before China came, we are doing our business alongside Chinese, Vietnamese and even some from Hong Kong. We even exchanged food, drinks and fish catch. Everyone was happy.”

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destined to keep rivals flagging

Russia's Darya Klishina, pictured in the final of the women's long jump at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing. (AFP Photo)

Moscow, JuLy 10 (AFP): The IAAF on Sunday cleared only long jumper Darya Klishina to compete at the Rio Olympics, meaning the last remaining hope for pole vault star Yelena Isinbayeva and other Russian athletes now rests on an impending court decision.

Athletics' governing body, which has suspended the Russian track and field team over state-sponsored doping that has cast a dark shadow over next month's Games, said it had given the go ahead for Klishina to take part in international competition.

"The IAAF Doping Review Board has today agreed that Russian long jump athlete Darya Klishina meets the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as a neutral athlete," the IAAF said in a statement.

"The Doping Review Board received a total of 136 applications from Russian athletes seeking exceptional eligibility to compete in an individual capacity," added the statement, which quickly drew fresh condemnation in Moscow.

Klishina's participation at Rio is still subject to acceptance by the International Olympic Committee, which is battling doping on multiple fronts ahead of the Games.

"Rejections have come for everyone, except for Klishina," Alexandra Brilliantova, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee's legal department, told state-run TASS news

agency.

Among those rejected were gold medallist pole vaulter Isinbayeva and world champion hurdler Sergey Shubenkov, trainers for the two athletes -- who are both based in Russia -- confirmed.

Russia's tainted athletics federation slammed the decision to reject all but Klishina.

"The federation is fighting for the rights of clean sportsmen and is waiting for the CAS decision," it said in a statement.

Sixty-eight Russian track and field stars, including Isinbayeva and Shubenkov, still hoping to go to Rio now hope that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will overturn the blanket ban as a last resort.

CAS will make its decision by July 21, two weeks before the start of the Rio Games.

- 'Beyond legal sphere' Russia last month had its suspension over allegations of institutionalised and pervasive doping upheld by the IAAF, but it left the door ajar to some Russian competitors not tainted by doping to compete as neutrals in Rio. In the light of the latest IAAF ruling, the sports minister in Moscow, Vitaly Mutko, again called for the world body to be ripped up.

"In my opinion it was difficult to expect any other (ruling)," Mutko told TASS. "This doesn't surprise me personally, but it is upsetting. They have

gone beyond the legal sphere. It is time to dissolve this organisation."

The 25-year-old Klishina, a twotime European indoor champion, revealed her joy at the decision on Facebook, writing: "The news that I am allowed to participate in all international events and also 2016 Olympics in Rio came today late in the night.

"I am really happy," she added, thanking the IAAF. Last week, CAS spokeswoman Katy Hogg told AFP that the court will not be making a case-by-case review of each athlete's record, but will be assessing the validity of the IAAF's decision to ban the entire Russian federation.

Russian athletes and political leaders have voiced outrage that the IAAF was seeking to ban track and field stars with no positive drug tests on their record.

The IAAF doping review board has also given the greenlight to Russian doping-cheat-turned-whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova's right to return to competition as a neutral.

The 30-year-old took part as a neutral at the European championship in Amsterdam, but tore a ligament in her foot and was later disqualified from her heat.

Stepanova and her husband Vitaly made the sensational revelations of state-sponsored doping in Russian athletics, which was found to be linked to widespread corruption at the heart of the IAAF.

London, JuLy 10 (AFP): With a recordequalling 22nd Grand Slam title wrapped up, Serena Williams insists she will never get bored of winning and that is bad news for her flagging rivals.

The 34-year-old American wrapped up her seventh Wimbledon with a straight sets win over Angelique Kerber on Saturday to take her level with Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 Slams. Next on the shopping list is Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Slams.

"Serena is someone who beats records and not just equals them," said her French coach Patrick Mouratoglou.

"We will keep going.

I think she will go far because she wants to do it."

Graf set her record with the tenacious Monica Seles constantly on her shoulders. Between 1988 and 1993, the pair won 21 of 24 Slams. Fast forward two decades and Williams, despite the occasional blip, is ruthlessly seeing off allcomers.

Of active players, Maria Sharapova is the only other woman to have won more than two majors.

The Russian has five but is currently sitting out a potentially career-ending doping ban. Despite their high profiles, the pair can hardly be said to have a rivalry -- Williams has won 19 of their 21 meetings.

Sharapova's only wins over the American came in 2004. Kerber may have beaten Williams at the Australian Open final but the German trails 6-2 overall.

Garbine Muguruza, who shocked her at the French Open, is 3-2 down in career meetings.

Williams is 5-1 against two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, 17-4 facing double Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka and 10-3 in her rivalry with former US and French Open champion

Two-time champion Contador quits Tour de France

AndorrA ArcALis, JuLy 10 (AFP): Two-time champion Alberto Contador sensationally quit the Tour de France on Sunday after succumbing to injuries and illness.

The 33-year-old Spaniard climbed off his bike with just over 100km to ride on Sunday's ninth stage from Spain to Andorra.

Contador was injured down his right side after crashing on both of the opening two stages and his Tinkoff team said he was also suffering from illness on Sunday morning.

"Alberto had a bit of fever this morning. He told us at the beginning of the race that he wasn't feeling super and it's obvious," Tinkoff sports director Sean Yates told French television.

Four times during the

opening 80km of Sunday's stage, Contador was seen dropping back from the peloton to speak to his team car.

It was clear that he was suffering on what was a baking hot day in the Pyrenees with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius.

He was sitting 20th overall at more than three minutes off race leader Chris Froome at the start of the day.

He had lost time on several stages as he struggled with his injuries.

Following Saturday's eighth stage he even admitted that he may have to hand over team leadership duties to Czech Roman Kreuziger, who is 12th at just 34sec behind Froome.

It was the second time

most dominant middle to long distance running nation in the world.

The allegations will come as a major blow as it follows only weeks after Kenyan lawmakers passed into law -- after being threatened with a similar sanction as the Russians by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) -- legislation making it a criminal act to either dope or to supply such products.

The documentary, largely filmed with a hidden camera, says it successfully infiltrated one of their team posing as an athlete into the training centre which is a favoured spot for distance runners, both Kenyan and European, as it is at high altitude 2400 metres above sea level. The documentary shows images of

expectations from other people. But I just had a very clear feeling it was going to be a rough tournament for me after winning a Grand Slam and coming here. Everybody is looking at me," said Muguruza.

Kvitova, who has a game perfectly-suited to grass courts, was also a second round loser while world number three Agnieszka Radwanska, the 2012 runner-up to Williams, saw her campaign end in the last 16.

Saturday was Williams's 28th Grand Slam final, just six short of Chris Evert's record. She has reached the final of seven of the last eight majors while nine of her 22 Slam titles have come after passing 30.

Williams has also been world number one since

February 2013.

This year, she has played only six events and to hammer home her dominance, she and sister Venus won a sixth Wimbledon women's doubles title Saturday.

It was their 14th doubles triumph as a team at the majors and their 22nd in 23 finals overall.

The sisters last lost a doubles final in 1999 in San Diego. Mouratoglou said that he felt as if the "real Serena" is now back after having gone without a Slam since her sixth win at the All England Club last year.

And despite her 35th birthday coming in September, Williams insists she is not feeling the pace.

"Who said our age is old? Who put that stipulation on it? 'Cause it's working for us."

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Alberto Contador (AP Photo)

in the last three editions of the Tour that Contador has been forced to quit due to injuries suffered in a crash.

Two years ago he broke his leg in a fall on the 10th

stage and although he battled on bravely for a few kilometres, he quit on that same stage.

Having had no abandonments in the first seven

days of the Tour, the Pyrenees have taken their toll with five riders now quitting over the last two days, including Australian Mark Renshaw.

Kenyan athletics in dock again over doping

BerLin, JuLy 10 (AFP): Athletics powerhouse Kenya are once again in the eye of a doping storm just a month out from the Olympic Games after the latest investigation by German television channel ARD and The Sunday Times.

Saturday's documentary alleges doping is rife at the elite training centre in Iten.

Previous joint research

by ARD and the British newspaper led to the banning of the Russian athletics' team from the Games for state sponsored doping.

Over the past three years some 40 Kenyan athletes have failed doping tests, shredding their reputation for probity and laying bare the reality behind their reputation as the

Serena Williams (Getty Images)

Svetlana Kuznetsova.

"I would obviously like to keep it up for as long as I'm still out here playing professional tennis," said Williams. "Boring? No. It doesn't get boring. As long as I'm winning, it doesn't get boring.

"Even when I'm not winning, it doesn't, because it makes me want to work harder so I can come out and hold up titles."

This year's Wimbledon showcased Williams's enduring durability as well as her rivals' frailties.

Muguruza, the 22-yearold Spaniard who was talked-up as a genuine, immediate threat to the American, was knocked out in the second round

by Slovakian qualifier Jana Cepelova, the world number 124. "There are more

boxes of the endurance boosting drug EPO on the inside of the training centre and used syringes dumped in a bin.

EPO is shown to be widely available in the pharmacies around the centre whilst two doctors are only too willing to propose supplying the journalist posing as an athlete with doping products.

- 'Very shocking' One of the two doctors claims to have supplied "more than 50" athletes, including three British runners, based on his guarantee he could dramatically improve their performances in "three months".

"Even if the athletes are subjected to doping tests they will find nothing," says the doctor.

"That is what the top

level athletes take."

The same doctor, according to ARD, when approached again retracted his claims and said he had nothing to do with doping and to have made up supplying the products.

However, both he and the other doctor featured have since been arrested

by Kenyan police according to ARD. A man said to be the coach of an Olympic champion, appearing with his face hidden, confirms the claims made in the documentary.

"The great majority of the athletes who appear out of nowhere are doped," he says.

The chief executive of UK Anti-Doping, Nicole Sapstead, said the report was "of grave concern and

of significant interest", adding they were investigating.

"I can confirm that this evidence is being treated with the utmost importance and urgency, and two UKAD staff are currently in Kenya pursuing a number of lines of enquiry," she said in a statement.

Japhter Rugut, head of the Kenyan anti-doping agency, said the revelations were "very shocking".

"We can see that we have a lot of problems at grassroots level and we will work with the police so as to weed out all those implicated in these criminal activities, both sports people and doctors, who will have to answer for their actions," he told ARD. "We want to go to Rio with a clean team."

Warm greetings from Eastern Naga Region!

1. For your better understanding, we would like to share brief accounts of the Nagas in Eastern Region (Myanmar) of their position and struggles, and also the purpose of forming of Naga Cultural and Literature (Central).

2. The Naga Cultural and Literature (Central) was formed in 1990 by the leaders from the Easter Naga region inclusively at Zingkaling Khamti Twon. Since formation numerous visionaries leaders such as Eno. Lone Shong, Eno. Thin Kov, Eno. Hla Phye, Eno. Lan and Eno. Myat Ko have led this bodies to represent the Nagas during the military regime.

3. The Naga Cultural and Literature (Central) have been working for the betterment of the Nagas in Easter Region. It is not only representing the Nagas in Eastern Region but also effectively contributing in developments work in the sectors of health, education and road connectivity.

4. The office tenure of the Naga Cultural and Literature (Central) is for five years.

After every five years, the general convention is summoned to elect new office bearers democratically and discussed difference affairs of the Nagas in Eastern Region.

5. For 2016 – 2021 tenure, the General Convention was summoned on 24th – 27th March, 2016 at Zingkaling Khamti. In this General Convention, (7) Central Patrons and (15) Central Executive Members were elected. The newly elected members are; Central Patrons (1) Eno. Hla Tun (2) Eno. Hla Pye (3) Eno. Myat Ko (4) Eno. Yin Man (5) Eno. Naung khum (6) Eno. Wang Yu (7) Eno. Ke Seng (Chair of Naga SelfAdministered Zone) Central Executive Members (1) Eno. Aung Htut (Chairman) (2) Eno. Yar Poh (Vice-Chairman) (3) Eno. Makyu (Secretary)

(4) Eno. David Laung Sai Thu (Associate Secretary – 1) (5) Eno. Aung Zaw Oo (Associate Secretary – 2) and other Central Executive Members.

6. The Naga Cultural and Literature (Central) is composed of the various committees such as (1) Literature Committee, (2) Customary Judiciary Committee, (3) Women Affairs Committee, (4) Students and Youth Affairs Committee, (5) Financial Committee, and (6) Auditing Committee.

7. The Naga Cultural and Literature (Central) is non-political organization but it will continue to contribute and engage more actively in the Naga national affairs in Eastern Naga Region.

8. The Naga Culture and Literature (Central) has facilitated various talks to reach ceasefire agreement between NSCN-K and Myanmar government at regional level on 9th April, 2012.

9. The Naga Cultural and Literature (Central) is collaborating with Council of Naga Affairs (CNA), Naga Self-Administrative Zone Government, Civil Society Organizations and general public to formulate the common position of Nagas for reclaiming the rights of Nagas in Eastern Naga Region in the upcoming NLD led National Peace Conference/21st Century Panglong Conference.

10. The Naga Cultural and Literature (Central) has recently formed a working committee with linguistic experts to promote Nagamese as common language.

11. The Naga Cultural and Literature (Central) collaborating with Township and Sub-Township Naga Cultural and Literature bodies are already underway preparing for the upcoming Naga New Year Festival on 15th January, 2017 with the supports of Naga Self-Administrative Zone Government.

12. When sharing brief accounts of our struggles and position, the Naga people residing in East and West are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming Naga Year Festival to show solidarities and promoting our cultural.

Aung Htut (Chairman) Naga Cultural and Literal (Central) Zingkaling Khamti

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

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Alia, Anushka come out Jim Carrey Slams Media for revealing Ex-Girlfriend’s Suicide Note in support of ‘voiceless’ A

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ctresses Alia Bhatt and Anushka Sharma have condemned the "ridiculous" and "heinous" act by two medical students who threw a dog from the roof top of a multi-storeyed building. They said serious action should be taken against them.

The two students -Gautam Sudarshan and Ashish Paul -- of Madha Medical College from Chennai, were arrested and let out on bail on July 6 for the act.

The video of the incident, recently uploaded on social media, wrung the hearts of even the strongest as it showed a youth on the roof-top of a multistoreyed building holding a dog which he then coldbloodedly threw off.

"This is absolutely ridiculous! I am appalled! These two medical students have thrown a puppy off the roof for fun," Alia wrote on Twitter. "The dog was rushed to the hospital luckily and has survived but the fine for the murderous act is just Rs 50," she added.

Anushka too condemned the act and tweeted: "This heinous act is a mirror shown to the society we ('educated') people live in. Punishment for this

should be serious.

"You can harm a voiceless puppy, pay a Rs 50 fine and be free of your crime?

Is this the world you want children to witness and grow up in?

"Lot of people think human lives are more important. It's sad. Being humane is using your intellect that gods gifted us to make this world a better place," the "Sultan" actress added. The dog was later located by animal rights activist Shravan Krishnan. The dog had suffered fractures on its two legs and has been given medical attention.

Source: IANS

ctor Jim Carrey has slammed the media for making public excerpts from a suicide note written by his former girlfriend Cathriona White, reported aceshowbiz.com.

"When I came to Hollywood to make it as a comedian, I soon learned that the details of my private life would be handed out to the media like free dinner vouchers," he told. "I never dreamed that the people I love most in the world would also be on the menu.

What a shame," he added.

Ms White's letter was written before she took her own life last year after separating from the actor.

In the letter addressed to The Mask actor, Ms White apologized to the star. "I here. I can go on broken- don't have the will this you. I tried to give you my have spent three days now hearted and try to put the time," she said. "I'm sorry best part," she added. in disbelief that you are not pieces back. I could, I just you felt I wasn't there for Source: IANS

Lily Allen having anger management therapy

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ritish singer Lily Allen has revealed she is having therapy again to cope with her anger issues. The pop star opened up to her fans about her mental health on Twitter, reports mirror.co.uk. "I have got therapy in the AM (anger management). It has just occurred to me that I haven't seen my shrink since before Brexit," Allen tweeted.

Back in 2010, Allen revealed she had regular therapy. Then

again in 2014 she spoke about returning to counselling after a year's break. The "Somewhere only we know" singer said that the sessions helped her to manage her busy lifestyle, which has grown "manic" since she made her return to music last year. She checked into The Priory -- an independent provider of mental healthcare facilities in Britain -- for depression at the age of 18.

Source: IANS

I miss my father everyday, says Madhuri Dixit-Nene

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ollywood's dancing diva Madhuri DixitNene says she misses her late father Shankar Dixit everyday.

The actress is currently seen as a judge on dance reality show "So You Think You Can Dance 'Ab India ki Baari'" along with choreographers Terence Lewis and Bosco Martis.

All the three judges and actor Riteish Deshmukh got emotional on the show after watching contestant Aryan Patra's performance along with his all-star choreographer Siddhesh.

The performance was aimed at showcasing “the hidden father’s love” which people forget.

“The father-child relationship is so beautiful.

A role of a father in a society is shown so beautifully through the performance.

In every family, the father is the head, he is the pillar of strength and everyone is dependent on him,” Madhuri said in a statement.

“A lot of times, children forget what their parents have done for them. Children must take care of their parents and respect them too. I miss my father everyday but today (after watching Aryan's performance), I miss him more. They have performed very beautifully,” she added.

Post the performance, Bosco couldn’t control his emotions and broke down.

Terence and Madhuri tried to console him, and later his mother came on stage to calm him down.

“I had promised myself

that I will never cry on a reality show but today Aryan just touched my heart. My father who could dance and talk today can barely say my name Bosco because of his paralysis,” Bosoc said.

Riteish appeared on the show along with Urvashi Rautela to promote their forthcoming film “Great Grand Masti”.

“Everyone who has a father please go and hug them today and tell them how much you love them, before it gets too late. Everyday I express my love to my Aai (mother) and tell her how much I love her,” he said.

Sharing his bond with his father, Terence said: “A lot of times what a father does for the family goes unnoticed but when a mother does it is always noticeable.

I am the eighth child of my parents.

“I was in college and I used to travel by train. At every station, I used to play this game of getting off the station, but once I missed the train and I left my bag in it. I got so worried. My dad got a call saying they have found a bag in the train and hence my parents got worried."

“I came back home and was scared... When he came back and he saw me, he hugged me so tight and that's when I felt that I am important to them,” he added.

“So You Think You Can Dance 'Ab India ki Baari'” is aired on &TV. Source: IANS

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Masterful Murray roars to Hamilton storms to British GP victory second Wimbledon title

Great Britain's Andy Murray celebrates winning the mens singles final against Canada's Milos Raonic with the trophy (REUTERS)

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LONdON, JuLy 10 (AFP): Britain's Andy Murray clinched a second Wimbledon title and third Grand Slam crown Sunday when he downed misfiring Milos Raonic of Canada 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/2).

The 29-year-old world number two added the 2016 trophy to his 2013 triumph at the All England Club and his 2012 US Open breakthrough.

Appearing in his 11th final at the majors, but his first against an opponent other than Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, the Scot put on a Centre Court masterclass.

Murray buried his head in his towel and wept in the moments after victory.

"It's the most important tournament for me every year. I've had some great moments and tough losses.

I played some really good stuff today," Murray said.

"The wins feel extra special because of the tough losses. I'm proud to have my hands on the trophy again." Murray faced just two break points in the two hour 48 minute encounter while 25-year-old Raonic, who had clobbered 137 aces going into the final, managed just eight on Sunday.

"It's a difficult challenge. Andy has been playing great and he deserved to win, congratulations to him," Raonic said.

"This one is going to sting. I'm going to make sure I do everything I can to be back here for another chance."

Victory for Murray helped make up for the disappointment of losing the Australian and French

Open finals to Djokovic this year.

It also illustrated the master-stroke he pulled off in tempting Ivan Lendl back into his coaching corner.

Raonic was attempting to become the first Canadian to win a Slam title but he was thwarted by Murray's tough-as-teak defence and inspired return game.

In the final analysis, his 29 unforced errors compared to Murray's miserly 12 proved fatal in a match where serve was broken just once.

Victory preserved the iron-grip on the majors of the sport's 'Big Four' with Lleyton Hewitt the last man outside of Murray, Djokovic, Federer and Rafael Nadal to win Wimbledon back in 2002.

Fittingly for such an occasion, the Centre Court Royal Box was packed with sporting and celebrity star power.

Prince William and wife Kate were joined by former champions Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg as well as Hollywood actors Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch and Hugh Grant.

Murray had won all four of the pair's meetings in 2016, including the Australian Open semi-finals and in the final at Queen's Club.

UFC 200: Nunes stuns Tate to take bantamweight belt

LAS VEgAS, JuLy 10 (REuTERS): Brazil's Amanda Nunes stunned the mixed martial arts world with a first-round submission win over Miesha Tate to claim the women's bantamweight title at the UFC 200 event in Las Vegas.

Despite its brevity, the fight at the sold-out T-Mobile Arena easily lived up to its billing as the main event.

Tate was rocked early by punches from strike specialist Nunes, who switched her attention to submission attempts when the fight went to the mat and quickly finished Tate with a rear naked choke after 3:16 of the first round.

It was the same submission Tate used to claim the title from Holly Holm in March, and the belt has now changed hands three times in nine months since Holm beat Ronda Rousey.

"Oh my God, 10 years of my life working for this moment! I feel amazing!" an elated Nunes said after being presented with the belt.

In the other title fight on the card, Nunes' fellow Brazilian Jose Aldo took a step closer to reclaiming the featherweight title he lost to Conor McGregor at UFC 192 by beating Frankie Edgar in an unanimous decision.

Having been stopped by McGregor in just 13 seconds last December, the fleet-footed Aldo put on a clinical display of counterpunching to outpoint the aggressive but ineffective Edgar to claim the interim title.

The defeat put an end to Edgar's five-fight win streak that stretches back to his previous defeat to Aldo

Amanda Nunes, right, hits Miesha Tate during their women's bantamweight championship mixed martial arts bout at UFC 200, Saturday, July 9, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium with the trophy after winning the race. (REUTERS)

SILVERSTONE, JuLy 10 (REuTERS): Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for the third year in a row on Sunday with Mercedes team mate and title rival Nico Rosberg finishing second but under a stewards' investigation.

The triple Formula One world champion's fourth home win, from pole position in tricky conditions, was the 47th victory of his career and cut Rosberg's overall lead to four points after 10 of 21 races.

Rosberg was slowed by a gearbox problem five laps from the end and crossed the line 6.9 seconds behind, with a question mark over his result after Mercedes seemingly broke the rules on radio advice by telling him to avoid seventh gear.

Red Bull's Dutch teenager Max Verstappen was third, 1.3 seconds behind Rosberg, in a race that began behind the safety car after heavy rain before starting properly at the end of the fifth lap.

"I don't know if you can be as happy as me but I'm really happy," Hamilton told the 130,000-strong crowd that stood and

cheered him all the way round the final lap with the sun shining brightly at last.

The Briton got even closer to the fans, who flooded onto the track, after parking up at the finish, and then enjoyed some celebratory crowd-surfing after the podium presentation.

"I'm glad that the good English weather came out.

It was so tricky in those conditions. When we started the race, I was the first one who had to attack it," said the champion.

"It's never plain, smooth sailing - that's why the British GP is the best."

RADIO RULES Hamilton is now the closest he has been to Rosberg this season and that gap could narrow even further if stewards rule Mercedes erred in telling the German what to do.

Red Bull principal Christian Horner said the radio rules were "pretty clear" and questioned where Rosberg, who was booed by some in the crowd as he stepped onto the podium, would have finished had Mercedes not given him their advice.

But Mercedes team

boss Toto Wolff said the governing FIA would have to decide.

"We know what is allowed on the rules. The gearbox was about to fail.

We think we should be OK, but we'll wait," the Austrian told the BBC. Rosberg, who had a stirring battle with Verstappen that involved each overtaking the other, said he was confident the team had acted within the rules.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo was fourth for Red Bull, 17.9 seconds behind his team mate, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen fifth.

Mexican Sergio Perez was sixth for Force India, with team principal Vijay Mallya able to attend a race for the first time this season, having previously had his passport withdrawn, with German team mate Nico Hulkenberg seventh.

Spaniard Carlos Sainz was eighth for Toro Rosso, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel ninth after being handed a five second penalty for forcing the Williams of Brazilian Felipe Massa off the track.

Sainz's Russian team mate Daniil Kvyat took the final point.

Man United to sack 8 players: Reports

in February 2013, which also was a unanimous decision.

"Frankie's a great guy and I respect him, but I have one goal and that's to beat this guy (McGregor)," Aldo said.

McGregor is due to face Nate Diaz, who he lost to in March, in a welterweight bout on Aug. 20 and after that he is expected to drop down two weight classes to meet Aldo.

The bout between Tate and Nunes was elevated after a positive

doping test saw light heavyweight Jon Jones withdraw from his title fight against champion Daniel Cormier.

Cormier was instead pitted against former middleweight champ Anderson Silva, widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in the sport, who stepped in with two days' notice.

Former Olympic wrestler Cormier wasted no time taking the fight to the mat where he utilized his skills to dominate his 41-year-

old Brazilian opponent on the way to a comfortable victory on the scorecards.

Popular former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar returned to the octagon after a fouryear absence to defeat Mark Hunt after three tough rounds.

In the other heavyweight bout on the card, Cain Velasquez scored a TKO victory over Travis Brown, the referee calling a halt with just three seconds left in the first round.

LONdON, JuLy 10 (IANS): Manchester United's new chief coach Jose Mourinho will reportedly axe eight footballers as he tries to land Juventus’ French midfield sensation Paul Pogba, who has a nearly $130 million buyout clause.

The Manchester United boss wants to work with 22 core men and the squad will also be trimmed with loans and sales.

The Sun quoted a source as saying on Sunday: “Jose has made it clear he wants to work with 22 key players.

“It means up to eight players heading out.”

Argentine defender Marcos Rojo, French midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin and German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger are most at risk after poor

seasons. Adnan Januzaj was loaned last season and there are doubts over Memphis Depay, Daley Blind and Juan Mata’s futures. Mourinho will go head-to-head with former club, Champions League holders Real Madrid to try to sign Pogba.

Pogba is the most highly coveted footballer in Europe at the moment, with United looking to seal his return, while Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona are also interested in signing the 23-year-old.

He left United for free in 2012 to join Juventus, where he has blossomed into a star. Bringing him back to England would be an expensive exercise for United, but Mourinho could be tempted to spend around $130 million for Pogba as he tries to reshuf-

fle the under-performing United squad.

United are rumoured to have offered 13 million pound ($16.8 million) per season to lure Pogba.

Pogba made 48 appearances in all competitions for Juventus this past season, helping the club clinch a Serie A and Coppa Italia double.

United have already done business with Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola this summer for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Serie A giants Juventus are interested in United's Memphis Depay and make-weights could yet come into the equation.

United have PSG's Blaise Matuidi and Chelsea's Nemanja Matic as alternative options. Matic also has an offer from Juventus.

Sepp Blatter has surgery 'for skin cancer' Rockets ink $118 million extension with Harden

PARIS, JuLy 10 (AFP): Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter underwent successful surgery after being diagnosed with skin cancer and has been released from hospital, his spokesman and a report said Sunday. The 80-yearold required the operation in Zurich but was in no danger at the time, Swiss daily Schweizer Illustrierte reported, saying the procedure was needed for skin cancer.

"The operation took place on Wednesday and was a success," his spokesman

LOS ANgELES, JuLy 10 (AFP): The Houston Rockets inked star guard James Harden to a four-year contract extension worth $118 million dollars, the NBA team announced on Saturday.

The deal was announced after the team's introduction of newly acquired free agents Eric Gordon and forward Ryan Anderson.

"I'm truly excited more than ever," Harden said.

"Ever since I stepped foot in Houston, it's nothing but love. ... I'm happy to be here another four years. It's been a progress.

It's been a build up. The addition of our new signings and a couple other pieces, good things are going to happen next year."

Harden, 26, arrived in ny of London Games in 2012, the three- Houston prior to the 2012time World Cup winner appeared in Rio's 13 season via a trade from presentation to promise to welcome the Oklahoma City. With the world at the next games.

Rockets he has developed Thomas Renggli told the German-language news agency SID, a subsidiary of AFP. "Sepp Blatter left the clinic again on Thursday to return home. He is fine."

Blatter was president of world football's governing body from 1998 to 2015, but was suspended from all football-related activity for six years by a FIFA ethics committee.

He will have an appeal against the decision heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on August 25.

Pele marries for the third time

SAO PAuLO, JuLy 10 (AP): Brazilian football great Pele has married for a third time in a private ceremony. The 75-yearold Pele married businesswoman Marcia Cibele Aoki, aged 50, at a ceremony on Saturday in the resort of Guaruja, near Sao Paulo. The couple has been in a relationship for six years. The news was released on Pele's social media channels and Brazilian television showed parts of the ceremony. In Pele's words on a social media page, Aoki is his ''definitive love.'' In Brazil, Pele is tipped to light the cauldron on Aug. 5 at the opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. At the closing ceremo-

Houston Rockets’ James Harden pictured on April 13, 2016.

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into one of the league's premier scorers.

Under the deal his annual salary will go from $16 million to $26.5 million under the new salary cap next season, and increase incrementally over the remainder of the contract.

Harden enjoyed the best season of his career in 2015-16, averaging 29 points, 6.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game for a Rockets team that was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Golden State Warriors.

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