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Traditions tell us where we have come from. Scripture itself is a better guide as to where we should now be going Building a sustainable future through Bamboo Construction

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Present crisis will be resolved NPF turmoil hits ‘home turf’ Khriehu declines post of Advisor to CM within NPF party itself: Yitachu Morung Express News

Dr. Shurhozelie to file his nomination on July 11 Our Correspondent Kohima | July 10

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31 die in Bihar lightning strikes PATNA, JULY 10 (IANS): Patna, July 10 (IANS) At least 31 people have been killed and over a dozen injured in incidents of lightning strikes across Bihar since Sunday, said an official on Monday. The toll was confirmed by Principal Secretary of the state’s Disaster Management Department Pratyay Amrit. Deaths were reported from Vaishali, Patna, Rohtas, Saran, Buxar, Bhojpur, Gaya, Samastipur, Siwan, Araria and Aurangabad districts on Sunday, said the department’s Joint Secretary Anirudh Kumar. The state government has announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the family of each victim. According to the department officials, nearly 150 people have been killed in lightning strikes in Bihar this year.

Lightning strikes during the June-September monsoon season are common across Bihar, with bamboo and grass huts more at risk.

Bihar received heavy rainfall on Sunday, and the Meteorological Department has forecast similar conditions on Monday as well.

Rights panel directs Rs 10 lakh compensation to Kashmiri man used as human shield

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SRINAGAR, JULY 10 (IANS): The Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Monday asked the state government to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to a man who was tied to the front of an army jeep as human shield against stone pelters. In a judgment announced on Monday, Justice (retired) Bilal Nazki, chairman of SHRC directed the state government to provide the compensation money to Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was used as a human shield by an Army Major, in Beerwah area of central Kashmir during the Lok Sabha by-poll for SrinagarBadgam seat on April 9.

Nazki directed the state government to compensate Dar, for endangering the victim’s dignity as well as his life. The SHRC has, however, not made any directions to the army in this specific case because sources inside the rights commission said the J&K SHRC has no jurisdiction over the army. There was a huge outcry, cutting across political loyalties in Kashmir and elsewhere, when a video of the incident went viral. The army has defended the officer saying that the decision taken by him at the fraught time showed presence of mind as it helped avoid civilian and army casualties.

Insisting that the present crisis in the Nagaland Government is entirely an internal matter of the NPF party, Minister for School Education & SCERT, Yitachu on Monday said the crisis would be resolved within the NPF party itself.

“Whatever inconveniences that have been caused to the government functioning and to the general public, it will be resolved very soon,” Yitachu said while addressing a press conference here in Kohima.

The school education minister, who is a spokesperson for Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu NPF group told reporters that the internal problem erupted within the NPF after former Chief Minister TR Zeliang stepped down over the ULB issue.

Giving an account on the present leadership issue that has brought the government to a standstill, Yitachu claimed that on July 8, an official communication to TR Zeliang was delivered through the Minister for Roads & Bridges Y. Vikheho Swu asking him to take over the chair of the Chief Minister.

However, TR Zeliang reportedly responded that they were having

a meeting at 2pm and the decision would be communicated after the meeting. At 6pm, Zeliang however declined the offer; Yitachu stated adding that this gave a mixed reaction to the NPF party, while confusing them.

On the query whether the Chief Minister is ready for a floor test in the Assembly if the other group so demands, Yitachu responded that a party’s internal issue cannot be taken to the Assembly. “This is purely NPF internal problem,” he reiterated. Yitachu also sought to point out that in the past too, the party had solved such problems internally and they would continue to do so.

AZO replaces TR Zeliang as DAN Chairman DAN chairman Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu, who was also present at the press conference, informed that the BJP legislators have extended support to Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, adding them two of them attended the DAN partners meeting here today.

Yitachu informed that DAN partners meeting took place today wherein the NPF, BJP, JD (U) and NCP today unanimously appointed Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu as the DAN chairman.

On the by-election to the 10th Northern Angami-I A/C scheduled for July 29, Yitachu said that Chief Minister Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu will be filling his nomination on July 11.

Dimapur | July 10

The latest NPF crisis officially hit the home turf today with apparent ‘eviction’ of four legislators from their presently occupied Government quarters and allocating the same with “immediate effect” to four other.

The occupants of the four Government quarters, located in Old Minister Hill Kohima, were TR Zeliang, Nuklutoshi, G Kaito Aye and Y Patton. In the dissidents group against the Chief Minster, they were all ‘terminated’ from their current post they were holding on July 9.

A notification from Commissioner & Secretary to Chief Minister I Himato Zhimomi informed that the quarters have been allotted to Minister (PHE) Chotisuh Sazo; State Planning Board, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Neinu; and the rest to two other unnamed High Court judge.

“Previous occupants are requested to vacate and hand over the quarters within one week of this order,” it added.

Dissident legislators caution bureaucrats Meanwhile, the dissident legislators of NPF today cautioned “the bureaucratic community in the State to be very watchful and meticulous while

Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura begins road, rail blockade for separate state

Indigenous People Front of Tripura (IPFT) and other tribal wings go on a road and rail blockade movement to demand a separate state- Tipraland, in the outskirts of Agartala on July 10. (PTI Photo)

AGARTALA, JULY 10 (IANS): A Tripura tribal party, demanding a separate state, launched an indefinite blockade of the National Highway and the lone railway line in the north-eastern state on Monday.

The move comes after a two-month-long campaign and counter-movement.

Braving rain, thousands of members of the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), a tribal-based party, blockaded National Highway (NH)-8, the life line of Tripura, and the lone railway line to the state at Khamting Bari in western Tripura since Monday morning.

Tripura’s Left Front government, which is strongly opposed to both the demand and the stir, threw an unprecedented security blanket in and around the Baramura hill ranges, through which the NH-8 and the solitary railway line pass.

Several thousand Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Tripura State Rifles (TSR) and state police personnel have been deployed since Sunday with the top police officials, led by Inspector General of Police (law and order) K.V. Sreejesh, supervising the overall situation.

The IPFT has for the past few years been agitating for the creation of a separate state, carved out by upgrading the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) area. They have also organised several demonstrations in the national capital and met central ministers highlighting their demand. “There is no untoward happening so far. The agitators led by their leaders have been peacefully blockading the National Highway and the railway lines to and from Agartala and rest of the country,” Sreejesh told IANS from the blockade area, 35 km north of here.

He said: “The Northeast Frontier Railways, however, cancelled all trains between Agartala and Silchar (in southern Assam). We have taken all possible steps and deployment to foil any untoward in-

cident.”

The tribal party plans to block National Highway-8 and the railway line for an indefinite period to put pressure on the Left Front government before the February 2018 Assembly polls.

“In support of our demand, we would continue to block the National Highway and the railway for an indefinite period until the central government gives a positive assurance towards our demand. A rally would also be organised in Agartala on the same issue on August 23,” IPFT President Narendra Chandra Debbarma told reporters.

He said: “We had a meeting with Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh on May 17 in New Delhi where we discussed our demands.

The Minister told us that the government would consider our demands.”

Singh is also Minister of State for Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER). The TTAADC was formed in 1987 under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to protect and safeguard the political, economic and cultural interests of the tribals.

The politically-important council constitutes two-thirds of Tripura’s 10,491 sq km area and 12,16,465 (mostly tribals) of the state’s 37 lakh population reside in the areas.

The members of the IPFT, which held rallies and protest demonstrations in 29 places under the TTAADC areas to support the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in West Bengal’s Darjeeling, on Monday also raised slogans in support of Gorkhaland.

Most of the political parties, including the ruling Communist Party of IndiaMarxist (CPI-M), Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other tribal-based parties have rejected the demands saying that the issue would create ethnic trouble in the peaceful state.

issuing official orders, whether legal or illegal, even though there may be tremendous pressure from above to do the same.”

A statement from Press and Media Cell ‘NPF Legislature Party’ claimed that a “series of decisions that have been taken by an un-mandated Chief Minister Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu during the last few days.”

“This is also to convey a distinctly clear message to all concerned that a popular government mandated by the people will soon be installed in Nagaland within the next few days,” it stated adding that “all the decisions taken during the last few days will be effectively reviewed and nullified once this popular government is put in place.”

In this regard, the statement further cautioned especially the AHoDs and HoDs to be more watchful “so that their actions which may have been done under pressure from incumbent Chief Minister, does not attract nor invite legal action against them.”

“We hope that the respected bureaucratic Community will take this statement in a positive perspective,” said the statement appended and released by Y Patton; Tokheho Yepthomi; Imkong L. Imchen; G. Kaito Aye; Zhaleo Rio; C.M Chang; Y.M Yolow and Neiba Kronu.

India must withdraw troops to avoid ‘serious consequences’ BEIJING, JULY 10 (IANS): India must pull back its troops from Doklam to avoid serious consequences, China’s stateowned news agency Xinhua has said. In a comment, it said that it was India, not China which was sneaking around the Sikkim sector border where armies of both countries have been engaged in a stand-off.

The agency also said in the name of defending its “ally” Bhutan, India had deployed its troops on Chinese territory, and sought to remind India of the consensus in the international community to respect borders. “The Indian military’s trespass into Chinese territory is a blatant infringement on China’s sovereignty, which should be immediately and unconditionally rectified,” it said. “India should rectify its mistakes and show sincerity to avoid an even more serious situation creating more significant consequences,” it added.

Stressing China has every right to build the road within “its sovereign territory”, the Xinhua piece said that over the past few years, it is actually India that has been “sneaking around the Sikkim section of the China-India border”.

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Morung Express News Dimapur | July 10

A day after 41 dissident legislators accused the Nagaland Chief Minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu of ‘nepotism,’ former Nagaland MLA Khriehu Leizietsu today has declined the post of “Advisor to the Chief Minster.”

Khriehu, the Chief Minister’s son, was appointed as the Advisor to the Chief Minister with the rank and status of Cabinet Minister with the portfolio of Music Task Force through a government notification dated June 27, 2017.

“While appreciating you for appointing me as advisor, I convey my regret that I will not be able to accept the assignment given to me due to my other pressing public engagements,” he stated in a note to his father and Chief Minister Dr. Shühozelie.

The move, coming 13 days after the initial offer, is seen as a bid to douse the ‘nepotism’ charge, the latest hurled by 41 dissident legislators on Sunday.

Earlier, on June 30, the Congress in Nagaland (NPCC) had condemned the appointment saying that the “unmandated father-son duo has taken nepotism in the state to greater heights.”

In defence, the Naga People’s Front, then had categorically stated that the appointment was made “due to the demand of the party functionaries who felt that the sacrifice of vacating his seat in the larger interest of the NPF-led DAN government should not go unappreciated.”

However, the power dynamics has changed since then, with the NPF legislators splitting into two camp on July 8, and the one under the former Chief Minister TR Zeliang, with 41 legislators, staking claim to form the government.

Meanwhile, a press release from the Officiating Cabinet Secretary informed that the Chief Minister has withdrawn the June 27 notification appointing MLA Khriehu Leizietsu as the Advisor to the Chief Minister with “immediate effect” following the “non-acceptance by the appointee concerned.”

Show cause notices to nearly 6,000 NGOs over foreign funds

NEW DELHI, JULY 10 (IANS): The government has served show cause notices to nearly 6,000 NGOs for not filing their annual income and expenditure details for three or more years in a violation that may lead to cancellation of their licenses to receive foreign funds.

The Union Home Ministry in a circular issued on Monday said the notices have been issued to 5,922 associations because they have failed to upload their annual returns under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act despite being given adequate opportunities to do so.

“In spite of sufficient and adequate notice, it has been observed that 5,922 associations have not uploaded their annual returns for the three or more than three years within the stipulated time given in the notice,” the circular read.

“Such associations have now been issued show cause notice

as to why their registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, (FCRA) may not be cancelled under Section 14 of FCRA, 2010, for failure to upload their annual returns from 2010-11 to 201415.”

It said that the associations which include educational and missionary trusts, shrine managements -- were given an opportunity by way of a public notice to file their missing annual returns from 2010-11 to 2014-15 within a period of one month time without payment of penalty or compounding fee for non filing of annual returns.

“This was followed by regular alerts to the associations but despite all this they didn’t upload their annual returns.”

Associations that receive foreign funds are required to submit their annual return for every financial year beginning on April 1 within nine months of the closure of the financial year.

Health dept draws flak for sending ailing medical officers to Kiphire District Hospital Morung Express News Kiphire | July 10

Adding more woes to the acute shortage of man power and infrastructure, the management of the 50 bedded District Hospital, Kiphire (DHK) is crippled due to inadequate, improper and unjust posting of its Medical Officers.

After a gap of one year without a Medical Superintendent (MS) at DHK, the health department deputed a new MS to the district this year on promotion much to the relief to the establishment.

However, as it turned out, the new MS posted to DHK, through reportedly eager to begin work at his new posting place, could not visit the district due to serious health complications.

According to DHK staff, the MS is said to be suffering from diabetic neuropathy and is also a stroke patient. He therefore requires at least two persons to be behind him all the time for him to move around.

With this kind of situation, the establishment remains in fix. Even to draw their monthly salary, staff of DHK has to go to Kohima to get the

specimen signature signed from the MS which also at times does not tally with the earlier specimen signature.

With the worsening health condition, the MS literally has to struggle to even hold a pen and give his signature.

This kind of confounding situation is not that first that the DHK has experienced. In 2010, a Medical Officer (MO) posted in the district was a paraplegic patient after he met with an accident while performing duty before being posted to the DHK. This MO needed someone to pull him around in wheel chair to perform his duty. However, the MO resigned from service due to distance and lack of facility and infrastructure in the hospital for physically challenged officers like him to perform duty.

Adding more problems to the existing problem, a Psychiatrist, who is also a Senior Medical Officer (SMO) of the DHK was diagnosed with Stomach cancer after few month of his posting in DHK. He is under treatment since then and cannot join duty due to his health problem.

In 2015, a nurse who was undertaking Chemotherapy was posted as

Nursing Sister (Head Nurse) but she could not join her duty as her health did not permit and ultimately after a year she was transferred from DHK. Similarly, the SMO posted at FRU (First Referral Units) at Pungro, a sub division under Kiphire district, was a stroke patient and needed support to move around. The SMO could render his valuable service only a couple of times during his years of posting at the sub division before he retired from service.

Staffs of DHK establishment while sharing these multiple problems said it was unfair that the health department could send such medical officers having serious health complication without a thought to render service in far flung areas like Kiphire district which is confounded by road communication and infrastructure facilities.

The health department or those in the higher rung of the department seriously lacks humanity and conscience by deputing these poor medical officer (s) without any scruples, a DHK staff who did not wish to be named lamented.

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EA presents ‘Interest Free Building a sustainable future Loans’ to BEST awardees through Bamboo Construction Morung Express News Kohima | July 10

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Trainees after the completion of Basic Entrepreneurial Skills Training with others during the function held on July 10 at the EA Training Centre Darogapathar, Dimapur.

Kohima, July 10 (mExN): With the completion of BEST (Basic Entrepreneurial Skills Training) Wave 8, Entrepreneurs Associates (EA) organized an award ceremony on July 10 at the EA Training Centre Darogapathar, Dimapur.

Besides the entrepreneurial skill training, the most unique feature of BEST is the EA BEST Award entailing an interest free loan of up to Rs. 1 Lakh.

The trainees are considered on various parameters like business design, innovative idea(s), punctuality, participation, and performance during the training, among others. The award was designed to encourage young aspiring entrepreneurs to kick-start their business, and create role models for ethical business to the younger generation.

EA BEST Award was presented to three individuals in a batch of 24 aspiring entrepreneurs. Vepocho, a postgraduate from

NEHU Shillong, started a student store (stationery) with the little savings he had right after his Masters.

He joined the BEST training to get more support financially but speaks of a clear vision after the training as it made him realise what really entrepreneurship is all about. Meanwhile, the other awardee, Mulong Imchen, wants to start a grocery store on his own land.

He intends to become independent, self- reliant, and looks forward to his venture.

The third EA BEST Awardee is Shikaholi Aye. A widow at an early age with two children, Shikaholi’s perseverance is commendable as she plans to start backyard poultry and a shop.

The programme was graced by Moa, Secretary of Ao Baptist Church, Darogapathar, and the trainees exhorted by Tiatemsu Longchar and Khosato.

During the award ceremony, Tiatemsu Longchar, Chairman, EATACOL, mo-

s a construction material, bamboo is known for its resilience and is undoubtedly one of the most sustainable building materials that human beings have access to. Neichükholie Dino, a bamboo construction worker from Pfüchama prides himself in being associated with the ‘green gold’ for the last ten years.

From crafting bamboo toys to constructing bamboo houses, he has come a long way. His first works were that of bamboo bikes, ships, vintage cars, etc, which, he learnt from a unit in Kohima under Richard Belho. He was later attached to the Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre at Dimapur, and took care of “Unicraft.”

He then oversaw the Bamboo Treatment Plant at the Centre and has also trained different groups of people on bamboo construction.

Neichükholie Dino

Neichükholie Dino

now manages a group of 7 other workers, with whom he undertakes bamboo construction in different places across Nagaland.

Currently overseeing a bamboo structure, which will be used as a marketing shed for local vegetable vendors at PR Hill Kohima, he confidently states that ‘bamboo construction, when treated causes no damage and has a guarantee of 50 years if there is

no exposure to sun or rain.

Even otherwise, bamboo structures have a guarantee of at least 30 years.”

His decision to learn construction skills over ten years ago has been instrumental in shaping his career as a construction worker. He has also observed that bamboo construction is in huge demand now also because of its quality of being environmentally friendly as

well as its ability to withstand natural calamities such as earthquake. “Bamboo construction is also a lot cheaper and easier too”, he puts across.

One of the added advantages of bamboo structure is that it can be dismantled and re-erected again, he says. “What we do is number the screws and dismantle it. We can then erect it in another place.

We did this for a bamboo

tivated awardees by saying, “entrepreneur’s life is a busy life with a never-giveup attitude; and discipline should be the outlook of a successful entrepreneur”.

Tiatemsu went on to exhort the aspiring entrepreneurs to be an inspiration and added “today, we may be giving out just a small amount but this is just the beginning. And the motive is to see you grow”.

Khosato, block co-ordinator Chumukedima (SVEP), motivated the trainees to “start small with greater perspectives”. He also posed a challenge to the BEST trainees to be accountable and give back to the society when you become a successful entrepreneur.

A press note informed that the BEST training comprises of a 90 hour programme. Each BEST wave has three awardees. For more information on BEST training, email at eanaga- Section of the participants attending the Capacity Building & Training programme for Mid-Level Officer unland@gmail.com derway at the conference hall of Industries & Commerce Hall, Kohima from July 10 to 15. (DIPR Photo) Kohima, July 10 (mExN): enough in this world of techno- production, potentials of tourism Capacity Building & Training logical advancement. She urged industry, status of power producprogramme for Mid-Level Of- the officers to cope with the de- tion, an entrepreneur’s perspecficer under Capacity Building velopment of technology and tive for promotion of enterprise and Training assistance funded inform that the mid-level officer in the state, forest products and

by Ministry of DoNER, Govern- to bridge the gap between the industrial potential, labor acts ment of India and organised by junior and senior officers. The and rules, building and innovaDirectorate of Industries & Com- chief guest also mentioned that tive ecosystem towards entremerce, Government of Nagaland it is only when we attend a train- preneurial livelihood, Export and is underway from July 10 to 15 at ing that we recognize our short import rules and procedures, the conference hall of Industries comings and focus on the need schemes and programme of NA& Commerce Hall, Kohima with to develop our capacity building. BARD, schemes and programme Director Industries & Com- for promotion of Khadi and VilAdditional Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Hokhuli K. Chishi merce Nagaland, I. Bendangliba lage Industries. He informed the in his opening remarks said that officers that the topics for the proas the chief guest.

Addressing the participants this is one of the first capacity gramme are selected keeping in at the inaugural function, she building ever held in the depart- view the importance and role of congratulated the Director and ment for the mid-level officers. the department.

The inaugural session was the officer for organizing the Director urged the staff not to capacity building and training miss a single training session and chaired by Deputy Director, Er. programme stating that it will asked them to share and asked Y. Lipongse Thongtsarwhile go a long way. She mentioned any question from the resource vote of thanks was delivered by Participants during the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Organised by PHED Urban Div, that serving the department and person. He informed that various Additional Director, Er. S. TemDimapur at Tenyiphe-1 Village, Chumukedima on July 10. looking after some files are not topics like status of agriculture sulong Jamir.

Mid-Level Officer urged to cope with development of technology

structure we built here and took it down to Orissa a few years back”, he enlightens.

In the year 2012, he was also part of the International Trade Fair at New Delhi along with a friend and fondly recalls that they were further awarded with the second position for the “Best Stall” in the following year in 2013.

Chápru, a Food and Craft Gallery in Kiruphema along the National Highway 29 and ENGHYA Retail Outlet, at midway resort, Tseipama (Eco Village) are amongst the many bamboo constructions he helped build. He plans to continue working in this sector, and for him, it’s not only a means of livelihood but something that he clearly enjoys doing. *Year of Construction Workers (YOCW) is a joint program of the Government of Nagaland in partnership with YouthNet, Zynorique and the Department of Labour & Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Nagaland Indigenous Peoples Forum formed Dimapur, July 10 (mExN): A new organization under the nomenclature of Nagaland Indigenous Peoples Forum (NIPF) has been formed by adopting the constitution with aims and objects “To preserve, protect and promote the legitimate right and traditional values of the Naga Indigenous tribes of Nagaland.” A press release issued by the NIPF stated that the Forum Governing body meeting on July 9 has decided to organize a seminar on the topic of relevant issue of Indigenous peoples in the State of Nagaland by inviting resource persons from intellectual and scholar group. The members of the Governing Body are N. M Jamir Advocate; Imli Sangtam; Melie Nakro; Limaaküm Jamir; Dzüvinguzo Mepfüo; Metna Konyak; Zhevi Swu; Odi Jamir; Medongvi Rhakho; Wabanginla Advocate; S. Wabang Lkr; Adzuve; Lipoklemla; I. Noksang Lemtur; Abito Shohe; and S. T. Yapang Lkr. In the interim, NM Jamir, Advocate (9436604660) is the Chairman and Imli Sangtam, former Adviser, ENSF in the secretary.

‘Bureaucracy will continue to function under any circumstances’ Kohima, July 10 (Dipr): Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Temjen Toy IAS had a meeting with the Administrative Heads of Departments at the Chief Secretary’s Conference Hall on July 10. Toy, referring to the current political crisis in the state, lamented the undue advantage the officers and staffs have been taking by neglecting their office duties and being irregular in office. Maintaining that the bureaucracy will continue to function under any circumstances, he asked the Administrative Heads of the Departments to instruct their employees to work sincerely and attend office regularly. The issue of office timing was also raised and deliberated upon where the ACS insisted that proper office timing as notified should be maintained.

Poll officers appointed for by-election

Kohima, July 10 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer, Kohima Rajesh Soundararajan IAS has appointed presiding officers, 1st polling officers, 2nd polling officers and 3rd polling officers and additional polling officials and grade IV staff for the conduct of byelection to the 10-Northern Angami-1 AC which is scheduled for poll on July 29 from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm.

The training schedule in connection with the by-election, polling personnel first round Presiding Officers, 1st Polling and Additional Polling Officer for VVPAT on July 17 at 10:00 am at DPDB Hall, Ko-

hima, 2nd Polling and 3rd Polling Officer is on July 18 at 10:00 am at DPDB Hall, Kohima. Second round training and group familiarization for Presiding Officers, 1st Polling Officers, 2nd Polling Officers and Additional Polling Officers for VVPAT on July 21 at 10:00 am at DPDB Hall, Kohima.

The final round of training for Presiding Officers, 1st Polling Officers and Additional Polling Officers for VVPAT will be held on July 24, between 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at DC's Conference Hall, Kohima and for 2nd and 3rd Polling Officers will be held on July 25 between 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at DC's Conference Hall, Kohima.

Citizens of DC East Colony, Zunheboto organized a mass cleanliness drive on July 5. The colony council has also expressed gratitude to Parliamentary Secretary, Hukavi Zhimomi for financial assistance, district administration, PWD and ZTC for providing JCB and dumper. (DIPR Photo)

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Nature's fury continues in North East

Manipur landslides affect transport link, vehicles stranded Imphal, July 10 (pTI): Landslides, triggered by torrential rains in Manipur, have severely affected transport links to the landlocked state with buses and goods and fuel carriers stranded on national highways.

A landslide, stretching for 200 metres, along the Imphal-Jiri NH 37 at Sinam village in Tamenglong district yesterday cut off the transport link among the Manipur state capital, Assam and Nagaland.

Imphal-bound vehicles from Nagaland and Assam were stranded as NH 37 connects Imphal with As-

sam and Nagaland.

Border Road Task Force (BRTF) personnel were clearing the debris and repairing the damaged portion to open the highway to traffic, officials said.

Landslides on several points along the important Imphal-Dimapur highway NH-39 yesterday have also affected movement of vehicles in Senapati district. NH 39 connects Imphal- Senapati district (in Manipur) with Dimapur in Nagaland and Assam. Cars, passenger buses and hundreds of goods and fuel carriers were stranded on the na-

tional highway in Senapati district.

The landslide occurred after portions of hill slopes started caving in one after another in the two districts, triggered by torrential rains.

The incessant downpour since last week also affected the state with paddy fields and residential areas of Imphal valley inundated due to overflow of Nambul river and Kongba River, which flows across the capital town.

Collapse of river banks of Imphal River particularly at Irong, Bashikhong and Mayang Imphal

in Imphal West district and Lilong in Thoubal district have forced more than 5000 people to seek refuge in temporary relief camps.

Army personnel were roped in last week after the state government sought Army help to evacuate persons in the severely-affected areas.

Chief Minister N Biren Singh, during inspection of the flood situation in Thoubal and Imphal East districts on Saturday last, had assured rehabilition for the affected, particularly whose residences were swept away by Imphal River.

Heavy rains in Arunachal Pradesh Toll in Assam floods now trigger landslides, flash floods 33, over 12 lakh affected ITaNagar, July 10 (pTI): Incessant rains for the past three days have triggered landslides and flash floods in various parts of Arunachal Pradesh, and claimed at least one life, officials said.

Major rivers in the state are flowing above the danger level while surface communication was disrupted at many places along the NH-415 that links Assam with Arunachal Pradesh, officials said.

A three-year-old child was washed away near police colony here last evening and her body was later fished out, police said.

A landslide near Civil Secretariat here disrupted road communication within the city for a long time yesterday, Capital Complex district disaster management officer Moromi Sonam said.

Councillor Gora Lotak of Itanagar Municipal Council said the a power house near Raj Bhawan has suffered massive damage while councillor Donik Tayu said the private residence of deputy chief minister Chowna Mein has also been affected due to landslide.

Landslides also occurred near Dree ground, 6 Kilo and other spots on Naharlagun-Itanagar road and workers of

disaster management authority, PWD, police, NDRF and SDRF were repairing the damage, officials said.

Sonam said that rivers like Barapani, Senki View and Chandranagar were flowing above the danger level.

Due to rising level of Senki, people residing in the upper colony of Chandranagar were evacuated to a relief camp.

The other affected districts included Papum Pare, West Siang and Tawang.

In Naharlagun of Papum Pare district, people living near Barapani river were asked to shift to safer places immediately, officials said adding that various roads were damaged at Karsingsa.

A report from West Siang district said that heavy rainfall over has caused water logging in various roads.

Officials said 15 granaries and several houses have been inundated by waters of Yomgo river while a poultry farm was badly affected.

In Tawang district, surface communication was disrupted after a large portion of a link road between Bomja and Kharung was washed away, officials said.

The Met department predicted more rainfall for the next few days.

guwahaTI, July 10 (IaNS): Seven more persons, including three minors, have died in floods and landslides in Assam since Sunday, taking the death toll to 33 this year, officials said on Monday.

Over 12,55,692 people have been affected in the floods in over 2,000 villages in 20 districts of the state, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said on Monday.

The flood-affected districts include Lakhimpur, Darrang, Golaghat, Jorhat, Cachar, Dhemaji, Biswanath, Karimganj, Sonitpur, Majuli, Barpeta, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivsagar, Morigaon, Chirang, Dibrugarh, Dhubri, Kokrajhar and South Salmara.

The flood waters have also affected over one lakh hectares of agricultural land damaging standing crops, the officials said, adding that "seven persons have died due to drowning and landslides in the past 24 hours".

Among the deceased are two minor boys, aged four and

Close Bru camps if they refuse to return: MHA adviser aIzawl, July 10 (pTI): The six Bru relief camps in Tripura should be closed and assistance provided to the inmates there should be stopped if the Brus continue to refuse to return to Mizoram, an adviser of the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

An official release here said that Ministry of Home Affairs Adviser (North East) M K Singla expressed this opinion while meeting Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla.

However, this is his

personal opinion, the release said. The MHA and the Mizoram government had made a number of plans to repatriate the Brus from Tripura since 2009.

However, a number of Bru families refused to return to Mizoram and the Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum, the apex body of the Bru refugees in the relief camps, continued to make fresh and series of demands till date.

Singla proposed that a time-bound repatriation process should be under-

taken to ensure that all the Brus return to Mizoram from the relief camps. He alleged that some Bru leaders have been misguiding the inmates of the relief camps.

Brus migrated en masse to Tripura after Bru militants gunned down a forest guard inside the Dampa Tiger Reserve on October 21, 1997 and many of them remained in the relief camps while hundreds of families have returned during government-sponsored repatriation and also on their own will.

Soldier found dead in Manipur Imphal, July 10 (IaNS): The body of an Indian Army soldier with a gun shot wound in the head was found on Monday morning in Manipur's Bishnupur district. The soldier was from the 4 Assam Regiment, an official said.

Suspected militants gunned down the Army Havildar identified as Moirangthem Herachandra of Moirang Khunnou on Sunday night, informed police sources said.

The police said that

a manhunt has been launched, but no arrests have been made yet.

No insurgent group has claimed responsibility for the killing.

Herachandra's body with a bullet injury in the head was found on Monday morning from a canal between Kwak Siphai and Nachou.

Police and forensic experts shifted the body to a government mortuary here for an autopsy.

Herachandra was post-

ed in a camp at Molcham in Chandel district. He was on leave and was staying at his home for a few days, the official said.

There have been a number of ambushes in Manipur, in which a number of army and central paramilitary forces personnel have been killed or wounded.

In the past some insurgent groups had alleged excesses on the civil population by army and central forces personnel.

Bike borne men snatch Meghalaya woman’s purse in New Delhi New DelhI, July 10 (pTI): Two bike-borne men allegedly snatched the purse of a woman, who was travelling in an autorickshaw, and fled the spot at south-east Delhi's Lajpat Nagar, the police said today.

The woman from Meghalaya also sustained injuries as she fell off the autorickshaw while trying to thwart the snatching attempt last night.

Abazila (31) had boarded the autorickshaw from Malviya Nagar to go to Maharani Bagh. At around 11.30 pm, the bike- borne men snatched her purse at the Moolchand/Lajpat

Nagar flyover, said a senior police officer, adding that there was an iPhone, Rs 400 and some documents in the wallet.

The woman sustained injuries on her hands and elbows after she fell off the autorickshaw, said the officer.

She was taken to a hospital by the police, from where she was discharged after receiving first-aid.

As the miscreants were wearing helmets, the woman could not see their faces, said the officer, adding that as the road was empty at the time of the incident, nobody managed to note

down the number of the motorcycle.

The police were trying to get CCTV footage from the area.

In another similar incident yesterday, two bikeborne men snatched the bangles of a 50-year-old woman passenger of an autorickshaw and fled the spot after firing in the air, a short distance from the police headquarters at the central Delhi's ITO area.

Between January and May this year, 3,717 cases of snatching were registered in the national capital, as opposed to 4,255 in the same period last year.

six, who drowned at Teok and Kheroni areas of Jorhat district, while the third one, a 12-yearold, drowned in Matia area of Golapara, the officials said.

Apart from this, three others -- two due to drowning and one in a landslide -- died in Lakhimpur district and another person drowned in Golaghat district, the officials said on Monday.

As of Monday, district administrations have opened 148 relief camps in 10 districts housing over 18,000 people.

Apart from this, over 70 relief centres have also been opened across the state to help the affected.

The officials said that a huge chunk of infrastructure, including roads, houses and bridges, has also been damaged.

The ASDMA officials said that several rivers including the Brahmaputra, Siang, Subansiri, Dhansiri, Jia Bhorali, Puthimari, Beki, Barak and Kushiara are also flowing above danger level in different parts of the state.

Hill leaders interact with Manipur CM Newmai News Network Imphal | July 10

Over one thousand hill people participated in today's Hill Leaders' Day organised at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat Complex in Imphal. Hill Leaders' Day is N Biren Singh’s call for bringing the grievances of hill people to his notice on the 10th day of every month.

In today's programme, scores of people gathered outside the Chief Minister's Secretariat Complex to get their tokens having serial numbers since early morning. As many as 232 complaints/grievances and over 1000 people from all the hill districts of the State turned up to meet the Chief Minister. Apart from the leaders and village chiefs, a large number of people from different villages of all hill districts came all the way here with the hope that their grievances would be addressed to the Chief Minister, according to the Chief Minister's Secretariat.

N. Biren Singh personally interacted with the large number of people, including chiefs of various villages from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, the Chief Minister's Secretariat said.

Various issues concerning bad road condition, drinking water problem, absence of playground and community hall etc. are brought to Chief Minister’s notice.

Mentioning that such interaction programme will continue in future, he said that such interaction gives an opportunity to know and hear the grievances and problems from the far-flung and border areas and the absence of government machinery in re-

Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh interacts with hill people as part of the today's Hill Leaders' Day at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat Complex in Imphal. (NNN Photo)

mote part of the State. Such interaction programme would help to streamline the system, he added.

Briefing the media persons, the Chief Minister said that it is disheartening to see a disabled child and 2 blind siblings of a family have not benefited from any welfare schemes of the government. He gave Rs. 5000 each to the three disabled persons of the family from the CM Relief Fund. He further said that he had directed the Social Welfare Department to provide a sum of Rs 6000 per annum and other essential commodities to those persons under various schemes.

He mentioned that each and every department/ government machinery should concentrate and work with responsibility for good governance and betterment of the society.

Highlighting that people should get benefits from various welfare schemes, he added, the biggest challenge to the government is that the welfare schemes to serve poor don’t reach effectively to the needy and poor people of the State.

Within these 3 months of the new government, the Chief Minister said that various welfare schemes have been have successfully implemented which

the previous government couldn’t introduced in last 15 years.

Replying to the query regarding the irregularities on NFSA, he said that he had instructed the concerned DC’s to look into the irregularities regarding the distribution of PDS rice under NFSA. He assured that the government would try its best to fulfil the aspirations of the people and would not let the people of the State suffer.

Speaking about the recent landslide along the National Highways, he said that the people of the State need not panic over the situation. The government would make all necessary preparations for the transportation of food grains and essential items through Imphal-Jiribam road soon. Assuring that the national highway would be opened soon, he said that he had given instructions to the PWD department to intervene and repair the road as soon as possible.

It may be mentioned that the Chief Minister announced during his maiden visit to Ukhrul district on April 11 that the 10th day of every month would be reserved for interacting with the leaders of civil society organisations and village chiefs of hill areas.

M'laya: Man dies in mob attack Police arrests five militants in Manipur ShIlloNg, July 10 (pTI): A 31-year-old man, severely beaten up by a mob here for allegedly raping a minor, died in a hospital, police said on Monday.

The man, who allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl and had taken her photographs on his smartphone, was locked in his room in a house where he was staying as a tenant before being fatally attacked by a mob on Saturday, they said.

He died at the Shillong

civil hospital on Sunday.

"We have arrested the house owner and father and brother of the minor for inciting the violent attack on the accused at Nongkseh locality in upper Shillong area," East Khasi Hills district SP Davis Marak said.

The violent attack on the man took place after her brother told his relatives that he had seen obscene photos and videos of the girl in the former's smartphone, he said.

Imphal, July 10 (pTI): Five militants belonging to different separatist outfits were arrested from various places in the Imphal valley, a senior police officer said today.

A police team along with women personnel arrested "an active member" of the proscribed outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) from her residence at Warukok Awang Leikai in Thoubal district on Saturday, the

Jailed Meghalaya MLA appointed to assembly panels ShIlloNg, July 10 (IaNS): Meghalaya legislator Julius Dorphang, accused of raping a minor girl, has been appointed a member of two assembly panels, evoking a strong opposition from a women's group. Dorphang, who is lodged in Shillong jail and facing trial in the case of raping a 14-year-old girl, was appointed a member of the Committee of Privileges and the Committee on Subordinate Legislation.

The Meghalaya assembly had issued a notification on the constitution of various committees on July 7.

Opposition Independent legislator Saleng A. Sangma, who is the Chairman of the Committee of Privileges, said that it was the Speaker's prerogative to appoint

members of the House to various assembly committees. "It is the Speaker's prerogative. I have nothing to comment on it," Saleng told IANS. IANS was unable to reach Speaker Abu Taher Mondal for comment.

The other members of the Committee of Privileges include Winnerson D. Sangma and Dikkanchi D. Shira (both from the Congress) and United Democratic Party legislator Paul Lyngdoh.

Dorphang, who is supporting the ruling Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance government has also been appointed on the Committee on Subordinate Legislation headed by Nationalist Congress Party legislator Sanbor Shullai.

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In another development, police arrested a member of the banned terrorist outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (Lamyanba Khuman) and seized one .32 mm pistol with magazine, five live rounds and one Chinese-made hand grenade from his possession on Saturday.

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India’s biggest stock exchange grapples with system fault ahead of IPO MuMBAi, July 10 (ReuteRS): A technical glitch shut down India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) for five hours on Monday, dealing the country’s biggest stock exchange an embarrassing blow ahead of its plans to list as volumes on a rival bourse surged.

Trading resumed fully on Monday afternoon, with quotes for individual stocks finally restored with just over an hour of trading left. The long disruption frustrated traders and put a spotlight on the exchange at an awkward time.

The NSE’s plans for a listing that bankers say could raise as much as $1 billion have been

delayed by a regulatory probe due to its disclosure in December that some brokers may have been provided unfair access to its servers in recent years.

The NSE did not provide a reason for Monday’s disruption, attributing it to “technical reasons.” Two sources familiar with the matter said it was an internal issue, ruling out any external cyber attack or hacking.

“The technical team of NSE is looking into the issue,” the exchange said in a statement.

The Finance Ministry has asked NSE and the market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India, to submit a report within the next two days on the

reasons for the disruption, a senior finance ministry official said.

That will further raise scrutiny of the NSE, which submitted an application for an initial public offering (IPO) in December but has yet to win approval for the listing from SEBI. Display issue The disruption, which affected traders from the market open, surpassed a three-hour disruption suffered by the BSE in July 2014 because of a network outage.

Its rival BSE was operating normally on Monday and saw a surge in trading volumes as shares hit new highs.

The NSE was able to resume trading for cash, as well as stock indexes and futures, when markets re-opened at midday, but multiple dealers said individual stocks were not updating normally or were suffering wide gaps in bid and offer prices.

The problem was not resolved until well into the trading session with just over an hour left in Monday’s session.

The NSE’s broader index rose as much as 1.2 percent to a record high, surpassing its previous milestone set on June 6, though trading remained largely hampered. Volumes were at only about 6 percent of the average trading volumes seen last

week, according to Thomson Reuters estimates.

In contrast, a rival index run by the BSE - the S&P Sensex also rose as much as 1.2 percent to its own record high, with the exchange enjoying about 50 percent more trading volumes than the average last week.

The NSE, however, is by far the larger index of the two, and hence any disruption is felt more widely.

“For us the main concern is liquidity for the stocks that we are operating in today because only BSE is on,” said Gautam Sinha Roy, a fund manager at Motilal Oswal Asset Management Co. “It is a hassle.”

‘Dismantling of check posts Railways to promote small entrepreneurs in big way Delhi, July 10 (Pti): The business is crucial for India’s eco- also in procurement of cables, save 24-36 hrs of trucking time’ New Indian Railways has taken a big step nomic development and the sup- linen, paints, coupler body, wall New Delhi, July 10 (iANS): The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is saving fleet owners between 24-36 trucking hours, besides around Rs 7,500 per trip at the tax check posts which have since been dismantled, an industry association said on Monday.

“Our quick check has shown that on an average a lorry or truck runs for 10-12 hours a day and should cover a distance of about 2,200 km between, say, Delhi-Chennai in three days.”

“However, traversing through different states and braving the stoppages at several check posts of VAT, Octroi, other local taxes it was taking five to six days,” Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) said here in a statement.

At least 24-36 hours would easily be saved for these trunk routes after dismantling of the check posts, it said after interacting with the fleet owners and transport intermediaries.

“Besides, the bigger nuisance of corruption at each of the check posts and through various states would have meant an additional expenditure of Rs 5,000-7,500 per trip. That has also been done away with.”

“For now, it has come as a big relief for the transporters who say, the ultimate advantage is accruing to the customers and to the trade and manufacturing value supply chain,” Assocham said.

The interaction with the fleet owners revealed that before start of a trip, the crew, comprising driver(s) and helpers was given “out of pocket” or “petty cash” of at least Rs 10,000 for the trunk routes of Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Kolkata, Mumbai-Jaipur, Ahmedabad-Delhi, Bengaluru- Delhi routes and so on.

On completion of the trip, the driver would give his account that would include the expenses at each of the forced halt points.

Assocham hoped that further improvement would be done in this direction in terms of improving other infrastructure.

“For instance, the ‘no entry’ traffic restrictions can be done away if high class dedicated bye-passes are constructed around the major cities so that the truckers can ply seamlessly,” Assocham Secretary General D.S. Rawat said.

Improvement in freight movement through road and rail would not only result in a huge cost saving for the trade and industry but would also take India quite high on the global index of Ease of Doing Business, the chamber said.

to promote micro and small enterprises by reserving 358 items including cleaning apparatus, stationery and leather items exclusively for procurement from the MSE sector.

Besides, in a relief to the MSEs, the sector has been exempted from paying tender cost and earnest money deposit for participating in the railway tender.

“Though earnest money is required to be deposited in all modes of tendering, we have decided to exempt the MSEs from depositing it with the tender document,” said a senior Railway Ministry official. The growth of small

DuBAi, July 10 (ReuteRS): Royal Jordanian and Kuwait Airways are the latest Middle East carriers to be exempted from an in-cabin ban on laptops and other large electronic devices on flights to the United States.

The Jordanian and Kuwaiti airlines join Emirates, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airline, which each last week announced a lifting of the ban.

In March, the United States banned laptops and other large electronic devices on flights originating at 10 airports in eight countries -- Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey -- to tackle fears that bombs could be concealed in them.

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Stakeholders from railways were advised to extend their support to MSEs and take steps for their development. The Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), the research wing of the Railways, was advised to extend its support to MSE vendors on technical issues and SIDBI was advised to provide financial support to MSEs.

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The official said MSEs will be now encouraged to participate in the business of maintenance and operation of rolling stock and

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Jio database safe, hackers’ website suspended New Delhi, July 10 (iANS): With Reliance Jio refuting reports of a breach into its database, the account of the website that claimed to have dumped the data on its platform has now been suspended.

The website, titled magicapk.com, claimed late on Sunday it has hacked into Jio database and has made personal details of its over 100 million users available on the website.

“We have come across the unverified and unsubstantiated claims of the website and are investigating it. Prima facie, the data appears to be unauthentic,” a Jio spokesperson said in a statement.

“We want to assure our subscribers that their data is safe and maintained with highest security. Data is only shared with authorities as per their requirement,” the spokesperson added.

The account of the website now stands suspended.

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“Air India has taken a conscious decision not to have non-vegetarian meals in economy class on its domestic flights,” an Air India statement said, adding this would help reduce wastage and costs and also improve its catering services.

According to a senior official, the move has been implemented since last week.

“This step is intended to reduce the cost as well as the cabin weight of the aircraft and allow our crew to provide better on board service. The step will also result in reduction of food wastage,” the official told IANS. In 2016, the flag-carrier had stopped serving non-vegetarian meals to economy class passengers on short duration (around 90 minutes) domestic flights.

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New Delhi, July 10 (ReuteRS): Top Indian mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd said on Monday it would invest 20 billion rupees ($310 million) over three years to improve its services.

As part of the plan, the company will invest in redesigning its 2,500 stores across the country, revamping its app, and improving its postpaid services, said Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel’s chief executive for India and South Asia, at a news conference.

India’s highly-competitive telecoms sector has been disrupted by cut-price offerings from new entrant Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, backed by the country’s richest man Mukesh Ambani.

Bharti Airtel and rivals including Vodafone Group Plc’s Indian unit have cut prices to retain customers.

Bharti Airtel will allow customers to carry forward up to 200 GB of unused data a month to the next cycle, Vittal said.

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chief Minister Shürhozelie recommended dissolution of the House, alleges NPF Mla DIMAPUR, JULY 10 (MExN): After losing the support of NPF MLAs and reduced to a minority, Chief Minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu reportedly recommended the Nagaland Governor PB Acharya to dissolve the House.

This was alleged through a press statement on Sunday by NPF MLA, Hukavi Zhimomi, who revealed that the Chief Minister with the support of only 10 MLAs recommended to the Governor to dissolve the House on July 8, 2017.

According to Hukavi, on July 4, at the NPF Legislature Party’s meet, 34 NPF MLAs authorized TR Zeliang to stake claim to form a new NPF led DAN Government while requesting Dr. Shürhozelie to resign and pave way for Zeliang to become the Chief Minister.

And since then, 3 more NPF MLAs have also come

NPF Central Youth Wing refutes allegation KohIMA, JULY 10 (MExN): NPF Central Youth Wing today refuted MLA Hukavi Zhimomi’s accusation that the Chief Minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu called for a cabinet meeting on July 8 and recommended to the Governor for dissolution of the House.

In a rejoinder to the NPF MLA, the youth wing further stated calling the Chief Minister of Nagaland as “a non-MLA Chief Minister” is “not only derogatory but is also an insult to the intelligence of the people when the Chief Minister was duly sworn in to office by the Governor on February 22, 2017.”

It maintained that on February 15, 2017, all the DAN legislators extended their support to Dr. forward to support Zeliang taking the total number of MLAs supporting Zeliang to 44 out of 59 in the House, Hukavi stated.

However, four days later, on July 8, Dr. Shürhozelie recommended to the

Shürhozelie to become the leader of the House knowing full well that he had retired from active politics. “Reluctantly, he Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu became the Chief Minister just to save the party-led DAN Government. Barely five months on, these very persons who had sworn their allegiance to Dr. Shürhozelie have reneged on their oath. It would appear that the allegiance of our honourable legislators have a very short warranty period and an unpredictable shelf life,” it stated.

In defence of the Chief Minister and NPF party president, the youth wing further stated that the recent suspension of the NPF MLAs were done so to maintain integrity of the party. “To say that the NPF party

Governor for dissolution of the House, the MLA alleged.

In this connection, the MLA questioned as to whether a non-MLA Chief Minister, “totally disrespecting and transgress-

president had suspended 10 members just to stick on to the chair is also wide off the mark since the said members were suspended to maintain integrity of the party.”

It reminded Hukavi that as recent as 2015, several NPF MLAs were suspended from the party for anti-party activities when they rebelled against the leadership of TR Zeliang.

“As dedicated party functionaries, we do not want to indulge in paper war with any of our leaders.

We only want to request our leaders to shun from petty and unfounded allegations and to dedicate themselves to the betterment of the party and the society as dictated by party aims and objectives,” the rejoinder added.

ing the rights” of elected 44 MLAs in a house of 59, can recommend the dissolution of the House.

Meanwhile, Hukavi claimed that the CM "unilaterally" decided to contest the bye-election

to "perpetuate himself in power much against the wishes of the majority of NPF MLAs.” The mandate given to him by the NPF Legislature Party on February 20, 2017 by recommending him to be the

Chief Minister, the statement added, was only a “stop-gap arrangement.”

The NPF MLA further maintained that Dr. Shürhozelie, as a candidate for the bye-election and as Party President, by expelling Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Advisors and Chairmen, “is influencing his own election thereby blatantly violating the model code of conduct.” If he has violated election rules, it is for the Election Commission of India to see whether the bye-election needs to be countermanded, the statement said.

In light of the above, Hukavi appealed to Dr. Shürhozelie to immediately quit the post of NPF President and vacate the Chief Minister’s chair in the interest of the NPF party and the people by and large “for democratic principles in Nagaland to be restored back at the earliest.”

ARSU seeks justification from NSF Zisaji Presidency College celebrates DIMAPUR, JULY 10 ers who cannot uphold kami Hoho, to strictly initiFoundation cum Fresher’s Day (MExN): The Akuluto their responsibility to serve ate the ultimatum served

Range Students' Union (ARSU) has stated it is compelled to seek justification from Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) for its “partiality” and hurting the sentiments of all the Sumis by organizing a programme on the day of Tuluni.

The union through its president, Jepito Chishi in a press note also condemned the “intention of those lead-

the common interest” and demanded “mass resignation of all the incumbent (NSF) leaders.”

ARSU asserted that it fully supports the SKK and decides not to co-operate with NSF in future until they tender apology to Sumi tribe in general. The union also asked its apex bodies, including Sumi Hoho, STH, SKK, Sumi Ku-

to NSF and demand justice for Sumis.

Meanwhile, it urged the Sumi leaders to continue to “strengthen the unity and progress of our people at this hour of humiliation.”

Until further notice from SKK, ARSU stated, it will remain firm in its decision and will cooperate with SKK in all its further actions.

Poster making Pughoboto celebrates Tuluni contest held PUghoboto, JULY festival was narrated by MEDzIPhEMA, JULY 10 (MExN): 41 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters IGAR (N) organised poster making competition on ‘HIV/ AIDS’ awareness at Assam Rifles Public School, Medziphema on July 10.

The aim of the event was to spread awareness on HIV/ AIDS and to identify and promote the students' skills, according to a release from HQ IGAR (N). Students of various age groups participated in the competition, where Kiran Shankar of class 10 won the prize for Best Poster.

10 (DIPR): Denizens of Pughoboto Town along with ADC Avelu Ruho, SDO (C) Chonbenthung Ezung and other officers celebrated Tuluni festival on July 8 at local ground here.

Exhorting the gathering, Ruho pointed out the need to protect and preserve the cultures and traditions for the younger generation. Maintaining that the Naga forefathers were hardworking and generous, she called on the young people to inculcate those values.

Significance of the

Benito Wotsa and a poem about the festival was presented by Toli H. Chairman, PATC, Viyikhu A Swu also exhorted the gathering. The celebration included cultural display by various troupes.

In commemoration of the event, the 1st Tuluni Inter-Ward Sports Meet which had volleyball and other traditional games was held for both men and women. Hebuloto colony and Medical colony emerged as the overall champion and runners up respectively.

secretary, KSON, the programme was attended by Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA), Zeliang Kuki People's Organization, KMA Ahthibung, GBs Ahthibung, Ahthibung Town Committee, social workers, among others.

A press release informed that speeches were delivered by Kevin Solo, Member, NBM-IT, NBDA, Er. Imkonglemba, member, NBM- IT,

Zisaji Presidency College students with chief guest and others at the Foundation cum Fresher’s Day held on July 10.

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Zisaji Presidency College (ZPC), Kiphire held its 21st Foundation cum Fresher’s Day with Col. Aditya Verma, Commandant, 7 Assam Rifles as chief guest at its college auditorium on July 10.

The chief guest encouraged the students to have an aim in life so that it will give them the right direction to success. Also advising the students, he asked them to work hard if they wish to be successful in life since “we are living in a world where there is competition everywhere.”

Aditya further encouraged the students to join

Summer Camp: Promoting peace through nature

KohIMA, JULY 10 (MExN): Peace Channel, Kohima Chapter organised a two-day Summer Camp for Peace Club members in collaboration with Nehru Yuva Kendra Kohima on June 28 and 29 with the theme ‘Promoting Peace through Nature’.

Resource person Peter Yhome asserted the need to protect the environment, which he said is “our rights and responsibility”. Speaking on the theme, he lamented that destroying the

environment, for many, has been the tradition, and is bound to happen for livelihood. “As a result there is less peaceful co-existence with nature. The components of nature are not bought, it is a free gift to us, and hence the need of the hour is to promote peace through the different component of nature,” he stated, according to a press release.

He further challenged the participants saying nature does not need people, people need nature. There-

fore, Peace Club members should pledge to save the mother earth by implementing a rights-based approach to conservation and prevent conflict, he said.

John Makhabo, State Coordinator NYK explained to the Peace Clubs members the various schemes under Central ministries and Govt. of Nagaland for rural development. He said that youths’ active participation is needed in environmental protection, climate change, health and personal hygiene, sani-

Dimapur | July 10

All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary i/c Nagaland, Dr. Jayakumar has demanded immediate response from the State Chief Minister and NPF president, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, who recently stated that NPF was a “natural ally of BJP.” He said that Nagaland being a Christian dominated state, it was unexpected of Chief Minister Dr. Shürhozelie to identify with BJP, the political wing of RSS, as the natural ally of NPF. Dr. Jayakumar said that the NPF had become subservient to the RSS and called upon all secular forces in the State to join hands to ensure that the ‘power mongers’ were put in their place.

Addressing media persons in Dimapur on Monday, Dr. Jayakumar maintained that the NPF-led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) had committed a “grave sin” by declaring support to NDA's Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind. He said that the Nagaland MLAs and MPs have betrayed the voters who elected them as their representatives. He alleged that the MLAs and MPs by extending unanimous support to Kovind had become the “slave of RSS.” Dr. Jayakumar also said that the decision of the NPF-led DAN to support Kovind was an insult to the people of Nagaland and the Christian society of Nagaland as well.

Dr. Jayakumar alleged that Kovind was a “hardcore RSS” and reminded that he (Kovind) had described Christians and Muslims as being from other planet in an earlier press meet in 2010.

Despite such statements proving that Kovind was an “anti-Christian and anti-Muslim,” Jayakumar stated, the MLAs and MPs had failed to understand the sentiments of the people and instead became “power mongers”.

Stating that there was no whip in the Presidential elections, the secretary in-charge appealed to the MPs and MLAs to vote based on their conscience and not on the direction of the party.

SVEEP campaign in Pughoboto on July 15

Lamjasei Singson, President, ZKPO, Henpu Gamlhou, Training Instructor, Dr. Vezokholu Khamo, MO, Ayush Ahthibung PHC, Thanglun Sitlhou, Secretary, VDB Songlhuh.

Around 60 persons attended the programme, where invocation was pronounced by Lallet Mangjel, CRC Ahthibung and closing prayer pronounced by Pr. Janglam Singson, KBC Ahthibung.

Participants of the Summer Camp organized by Peace Club, Kohima Chapter in collaboration with NYK Kohima.

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the army and assured his help and support, if needed, for the same.

Meanwhile, he pledged his support towards the growth of the college and promised to construct playground in the new campus site of ZPC. Helen Jamir, Principal of the college welcomed the gathering and highlighted the progress of the college. “The college cannot be shifted to the new campus due to infrastructure problem,” she said and appealed to the citizens to extend all possible support to shift the college to the new site.

She also congratulated the students who have joined the college and ad-

tation and cleanliness, drug and alcohol free village, continuing education of school drop-outs, immunization, blood donation, AIDS and Hepatitis B awareness, women empowerment, skill development and entrepreneurship, etc. He also explained the various activities and programmes carried out by NYK like Neighbourhood Youth Parliament Programme. He encouraged the members to disseminate the same information to the parents so that they will be aware of various welfare programmes and schemes which have been implemented by the Government.

The two-day event also saw various activities such as Group Work, Talent Show, Peace Celebration.

Competitions were held to build and nurture the hidden talent of the Peace Club members, the release added. At least 60 Peace Club members from 9 different schools of Kohima and Peren attended the Summer Camp.

vised them to give their best during the student life and also asked them to work hard to bring good name to the college.

Dr Purna, Vice Principal, ZPC gave a brief account of the college. He said that in the year 1977 the college started with 46 students but today it has good number of students.

ZPCA Association President Thousihseh Katiry exhorted the students and advised them to be sincere and dedicated in one’s studies as their main priority is to study.

Later, Setila and Atsaba were declared Miss and Mr Fresher 2017 respectively.

Kumcholila and team presented drama.

ADC and DEO, Pughoboto, Avelu Ruho has informed the general public that SVEEP campaign on the theme ‘No voter's to be left out’ will be organized on July 15, 8:00 am. Half marathon race for men and women of all age group will also be organized as part of the campaign. The marathon will commence at 7:00 am. All interested participants have been informed to reach the local ground, Pughoboto by 6:00 am. District icon, Kahelie Chopy will grace the function as the special guest.

Interview for PMEGP beneficiaries in Kohima An interview for selection of the PMEGP beneficiaries during 2017-18 for NKVIB and KVIC under Kohima district will be conducted by the District Level Task Force Committee (DLTFC) at the office chamber of the General Manager, District Industries Centre, Upper Chandmari, Kohima on July 19, 9:00 am. All the applicants have been directed to bring their original documents, without which they will not be entertained. No separate calling letter will be issued, stated a press release from A Temjem Jamir, General Manager & Member Convener, DLTFC-PMEGP.

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Handicraft training inaugurated in Ahthibung PEREN, JULY 10 (MExN): The 5th 6-week handicraft training programme at Henpu Craft Centre, Ahthibung was inaugurated on July 10.

The inauguration programme was organized in collaboration with Kuki Students' Organisation, Nagaland (KSON), Training Instructor Henpu Gamlhou and 36th Assam Rifles, Ahthibung.

Chaired by Paotinmang, general

Congress demands NPF response

Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations Sebastian Roy Youth Volunteer, FPA India, Nagaland Branch

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orld Population Day seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues. It was established by the then Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on July 11, 1987.

The Day was first marked on July 11, 1990 in more than 90 countries. Since then, a number of UNFPA country offices and other organizations and institutions commemorate World Population Day, in partnership with government and civil society.

The aim of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme is paying great attention towards the reproductive health problems of the community people as it is the leading cause of the ill health as well as the death of the pregnant women worldwide. It has been distinguished that around 800 women are dying daily in the procedure of giving birth to a baby. According to statistics, around 1.8 billion youngsters are entering to their reproductive years and it’s very necessary to call their attention towards the primary part of the reproductive health. Sexuality related issues are very necessary to get solved among youths especially between 15 to 19 years of age. According to the statistics, it is noted that around 15 million women of this age give birth

every year as well as around 4 million go through abortion. The campaign of the World Population Day every year increases the knowledge and skills of the people worldwide towards their reproductive health and family planning. Through this great awareness celebration, people are encouraged to take part in the event to know about population issues like importance of family planning towards the increasing population, gender equality, maternal and child health, poverty, human rights, right to health, sexuality education, use of contraceptives method and safety measures like condoms, reproductive health, adolescent pregnancy, girl child education, child marriage, Sexually Transmitted Infections including HIV/AIDS. Today, the world population stands over 7 Billion. As reported on July 10, 2017 India with 1,349,644,654 (1.34 billion) people is the second most populous country in the world, while China is on the top with over 1,415,489,506 (1.41 billion) people. India is predicted to have more than 1.53 billion people by the end of 2030 with the population growth rate at 1.2%, With the world population ever growing, the countries around the world have initiated family planning policies to help maintain the world population.

The World Population Day 2017 theme this year is, ‘Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations’. The theme aims at providing safe, voluntary family planning to the people around the world and in a way, help in curbing the population

growth. Access to safe voluntary family planning is a human right. It is also central to gender equality and women’s empowerment, and is a key factor in reducing poverty. Investments in making family planning available also yield economic and other gains that can propel development forward. World Population Day 2017 coincides with the Family Planning Summit, the second meeting of the FP2020–Family Planning 2020–initiative. This FP2020 aims to expand access to voluntary family planning to 120 million additional women by 2020.

Family Planning Association of India (FPA India), a national level social impact organization working with communities for improving their sexual and reproductive lives strongly advocates on issues of rightsbased family planning, enabling women and men to decide freely the number and spacing of their children without any form of coercion or discrimination. In observance of World Population Day 2017, FPA India Nagaland Branch in collaboration with CMO Kohima, Urban Health Centre, and National Health Mission shall be conducting family planning awareness campaign, Health Mela, Focus Group Discussion in Kohima District during population fortnight stabilization (July 11-24, 2017). During this period, the Association shall also provide Free Basket of Contraceptive Choices including Permanent Sterilization (Male/Female) at its Reproductive Health and Family Planning Clinic (RHFPC) Daklane, Kohima.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xii issue 188

By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir

'Orwell Rolls in his Grave'

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he present political condition has once again created a destructive situation that is harmful to the welfare of the people and the society. The legislators are once again at the forefront of the current comical spectacle. A heartening case is that, in their pursuit of power as an end to their ‘vested interests,’ they have forgotten the people they serve and have lost all their moral sense of responsibility as leaders.

What the right thinking public should be asking now rather than clapping to their gimmick is a simple straight question: ‘Where is your moral principle and integrity as a leader?’

In the ‘evolution’ of our legislators in the field of a new trend of politics, it has been the pursuit of power rather than for the welfare of the people. This is something neither expected from elected leaders nor did the public put the trust in them to play such a seriously cheap politics.

Initially, the ‘opposition-less’ was much celebrated but as the ‘game of thrones’ started, the real danger unfolded and now we are witness to a condition of ‘opposition within the ‘opposition-less’ and it has proved to be more destructive.

Now in a state of ‘political uncertainty', another general election is coming with speculations of an early election. But whatever the case may be, the public is now losing trust in such a kind of leadership that is primarily concerned about power and their selfish interests.

Besides looking after the good life of the people, the public looks up to our government and legislators to seriously address the issues that are hampering the development and overall growth of our State. Pertinent ones are the Naga Political issue, the Nagaland-Assam border issue, the inner line permit issue, issues of corruption, etc. It seems like the government does not have the heart and mind to address these issues nor is it in their priority list.

What is the response of the public? Will the public still repose trust and vote for these leaders in the next general election? It is now the responsibility of the public to strengthen one’s moral integrity and vote for the right leader who has a vision. Or, the choice is still open, and if the public wants to continue the same trend, the same legislators can be voted back to power again. But why vote for someone whose main objective is to hold on to power. Why vote for someone who enjoys a life king size and builds a ‘good life’ at the cost of the public. Just a peanut example - whose money was it that financed the many Kaziranga trips and their fooding and lodging rentals?

It is when one loses their sense of moral integrity and principle that, as a leader, the basic political right to a good life, and having equal concern and respect towards its citizens is ignored to selfish ends. That, the state is obliged and bound by duty to treat each person, being subjects of the state, as a moral and political equal and also give equal concern and respect while catering to the needs of its own subjects.

The legislators can act responsibly “if and only if” they are necessarily guided by ‘the principle of the moral.’ For now, as a leader and a legislator, they seem to have lost every sense of moral integrity and responsibility towards the state and to the people whom they (claim to) govern. The question is, will the public try anything different to stop this Orwellian condition?

(Dr. Asangba Tzüdir contributes a weekly guest editorial to The Morung Express. Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

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Lin Wanxia Asia Times

China’s ‘Drone King’ Wang Tao, aka Frank Wang of DJI Technology, ranks ninth on the Harun list of self-made billionaires under the age of 40

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hina’s “Drone King”, Wang Tao, is the only Asian to break into the top 10 list of self-made billionaires under 40 years old.

The top 10 comprise senior executives from major Internet and technology companies, including Facebook, Uber, Snapchat, Airbnb and, of course, Wang’s DJI. Wang Tao, also known as Frank Wang, the founder and chief executive of DJI Technology Co, is worth US$4 billion and ranks ninth on the list, released on Tuesday in the Hurun Report. He owns 45% of the company, which maintains a stranglehold on the consumer drone market.

Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and CEO of Facebook, tops the list as the richest young self-made billionaire, with a net worth of $58 billion. His wealth is six or seven times those of the second and third on the list, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin, who are also cofounders of Facebook.

The two youngest self-made billionaires are Bobby Murphy and Evan Spiegel, who are in their late 20s; the co-founders of Snapchat, they share a wealth of $4.9 billion. This multimedia mobile app that went public on the New York Stock Exchange in March became the world’s largest initial public offering in the first half of 2017.

Most young billionaires – 20 out of 47 – come from the United States, followed by China, which has contributed 18 young billionaires to the world.

San Francisco is the city most preferred by the young and wealthy, where 12 of these billionaires have settled.

Beijing and Shanghai are also attractive, with 11 working and living there.

The average age of the 47 young and rich is 36. It took them seven years on average to make their first billion.

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John Feffer

Honoring Otto Warmbier

How should the United States respond to the detention and subsequent death of an American student who visited North Korea?

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orth Korea is not a tourist destination that I generally recommend for Americans.

South Koreans have special reasons to visit the country – to see members of their divided families, to visit legendary places like Mt. Paektu, to experience an alternative Korean reality. Chinese tourists visit North Korea to get a taste of their own more austere Communist past. Humanitarian workers from a variety of countries go back and forth to North Korea to help people who would otherwise fall through the frayed safety net of the country.

American tourists, on the other hand, are usually looking for a good time. Although Pyongyang has a casino and a bowling alley and numerous restaurants, North Korea is not a fun destination. Still, some Americans go there as part of their quest to visit every country in the world or because they can claim bragging rights for having participated in adventure tourism. I’ve also met American tourists who were genuinely curious about North Korea. Some tour companies go the extra length by incorporating briefings by experts in North Korean society.

Otto Warmbier, a third-year student at the University of Virginia, took a trip to China at the end of 2015. On an impulse, he decided to take a side trip to North Korea on a tour sponsored

by Young Pioneer Tours, which offers “budget travel to destinations your mother would rather you stayed away from.” He chose the New Year’s Party tour, which promises a good amount of drinking.

Warmbier was described as an intellectually curious kid. He was double majoring in commerce and economics with a minor in global sustainability. A sports fan and fraternity member, he also liked to have a good time. From the photos and videos taken by other members of his tour group, Warmbier looks like he’s enjoying himself sightseeing and engaging in a snowball fight.

Before he could board the plane and leave North Korea with the rest of his group, however, North Korean authorities pulled him aside. They wouldn’t let him leave. He had one last phone call with one of the tour guides in which he reported having a headache so severe that he wanted to go to the hospital.

Twenty days later, the North Korean authorities announced that they were detaining Warmbier for committing a “hostile act.”

Eventually they put him on trial for stealing a propaganda poster. They sentenced him to 15 years hard labor.

Warmbier gave a tearful confession and then he was led out of the courtroom.

Later, North Korea released a grainy video that purportedly showed Warmbier stealing the poster.

After 17 months in captivity, Warmbier was released in a vegetative state.

Transported back to the United States, he died shortly thereafter. He’d suffered severe brain damage. University of Cincinnati doctors reported that

Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who has been detained in North Korea since early January, attends a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo February 29, 2016. Warmbier was detained for trying to steal a propaganda slogan from his Pyongyang hotel and has confessed to "severe crimes" against the state, the North's official media said on Monday. Warmbier, 21, was detained before boarding his flight to China over an unspecified incident at his hotel, his tour agency told Reuters in January. (Reuters Photo)

they couldn’t determine the cause of the brain damage but that the young man showed no obvious signs of trauma such as fractures. Unfortunately, Warmbier’s parents did not allow an autopsy, so it will be impossible to figure out his ultimate cause of death.

Otto Warmbier’s death is a tragedy. He was obviously a gifted young man. His offense, if in fact he did commit one, should have occasioned a slap on the wrist, not a sentence of 15 years hard labor.

But North Korea is notoriously sensitive about what it considers offenses to the state and its leadership. Before I made my first trip to North Korea, I was well briefed on protocol. Don’t throw out a copy of the newspaper – if it contains a picture of Kim Jong Il, then you are inadvertently insulting the leadership. Don’t fold a North Korean banknote in half – if it features a picture of Kim Il Sung, then you are inadvertently insulting the leadership.

In other words, you have to be especially careful when you’re visiting North Korea. Drinking a lot and engaging in high-spirited camaraderie is natural for college students abroad. But it’s not such a good idea in North Korea. I did the same when I studied Russian in the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s – and I threw up in Red Square after one especially rowdy party. I shudder to think what might have happened to me if I’d

been in Pyongyang instead.

We don’t know what happened to Otto Warmbier during his period of detention. It’s tempting to conclude that he was beaten, perhaps even tortured. But the North Korean authorities have been generally quite careful with American detainees. They seize Americans for what they consider serious offenses – religious proselytizing, trying to sneak into the country – not just as bargaining chips (they rarely get anything in exchange for releasing such detainees). If they arrested Warmbier for no reason other than to send a message to the United States and if they then mistreated him in custody, that would mark a significant shift in policy.

Even if North Korea has changed its policies under Kim Jong Un, it would be unwise to militarize this tragedy.

“We would be morally justified in launching a military attack,” writes former diplomat Chris Hill in The New York Times. This is an odd argument, particularly coming from a former American official. After all, the United States seized hundreds of foreign nationals, imprisoned them in Guantanamo, and denied them due process.

Three prisoners died in custody in 2006, possibly after torture.

Hill goes on to recommend that the United States demand a full accounting of what happened to Warmbier and

pursue more sanctions rather than a military attack. Certainly an accounting is necessary. But perhaps the punitive action should come after the accounting, rather than before.

U.S.-North Korean relations are at a nadir. The Trump administration has expressed anger at Beijing for not disciplining Pyongyang. And the United States may not look favorably at South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s proposals to restart north-south economic relations.

It’s hard to know how Otto Warmbier himself might have come down on this issue. Before he was detained, he had generally positive interactions with North Koreans. As a commerce and business double major, he probably believed that economic engagement could make a difference.

I’d like to believe that the best way of honoring his legacy would be to avoid war on the Korean peninsula, work to release other foreign detainees, and encourage citizen-to-citizen exchanges with North Korea. By improving the economic and social conditions of the North Korean population, we can best ensure that nobody has to face whatever Otto Warmbier endured while he was imprisoned in the country.

John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus and the author of the dystopian novel Splinterlands.

Yes, We Can Choose Good Globalization!

David Korten

Yes! Magazine

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o, is globalization good or bad?” The question came from a thoughtful young colleague. And it is at the forefront of the current political debate on jobs and immigration. As we explored it, my young friend and I came to agree that it is the wrong question. We must first ask “Which globalization?”

The corporatist political establishment strongly favors globalization as it chooses to define the word. Corporatists dismiss as provincial, xenophobic, racist isolationists the populists of both left and right who oppose globalization.

So, how do corporatists define globalization? According to MerriamWebster globalization is: “the act or process of globalizing: the state of being globalized, especially: the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets.” Merriam-Webster homes in on a fundamentally economic definition and in doing so equates globalization with the processes that facilitate the consolidation of power in the hands of global corporations.

For Google, globalization is simply “the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.” This definition

is even narrower.

This leaves us with a choice between the deeply destructive globalization of corporate rule and the provincialism of isolationists. It was a choice presented to U.S. voters in the presidential contest between the corporatist Hilary Clinton and the faux-populist Donald Trump.

A deeper perspective on globalization is beautifully summarized in this famous quotation from the distinguished economist John Maynard Keynes: I sympathize, therefore, with those who would minimize, rather than with those who would maximize, economic entanglement among nations.

Ideas, knowledge, science, hospitality, travel—these are the things that, by their nature, should be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible, and, above all, let finance be primarily national.

This quotation is from his article “National Self-Sufficiency” published in the June 1933 issue of The Yale Review, well before the dramatic globalization of travel, communication, trade, money, and investment of the past 60 years. Yet Keynes’ nuanced search for a proper balance between localism and globalism remains remarkably relevant to today’s political debate.

The past 60 years have marked an extraordinary human transition as the

barriers to global travel and communication have melted away. We humans now share information, technology and culture in ways that in my childhood were scarcely a gleam in a futurist’s eye. For me and many others of my generation, our human transition to a truly interconnected global species is a living memory.

I was born in 1937. The first transatlantic jet passenger service was initiated in 1958. North American transcontinental service followed in 1959.

In the mid-1960s, my wife, Fran, and I were living in Ethiopia. Our only communication beyond the capital of Addis Ababa was by snail mail and our trusty 4 wheel-drive Land Rover. Dependent on the gas we carried with us, we visited areas of Ethiopia where we traveled for days without seeing another vehicle. In 1967, I fed the research data for my doctoral dissertation into a room-sized computer using punch cards.

Now many of the remote Ethiopian villages we visited have Internet cafes that connect their people seamlessly to all the world’s diverse inhabitants; the phone in my pocket has more computing power than that roomsized computer.

This monumental shift occurred in a blink of history’s eye. Still in transition, we are only beginning to sort out

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the choices that these changes pose.

The corporate-dominated, selfproclaimed “political center” calls us to press on with globalization. Meanwhile, a growing populist fervor recognizes that something is terribly wrong, that it relates to what corporatists call globalization, and that change is imperative.

The populist right blames government and socialism and sees unfettered capitalism as the solution. The populist left blames corporations and capitalism and calls for a stronger government hand. Both embrace partial truths, miss the bigger picture, and play into the hands of the corporatist middle that maintains its power by keeping us divided against our own interests.

The globalization of production and finance under the control of corporations accountable only to global financial markets threatens our species viability. This is the bad globalization we must put behind us. Material needs are better met locally whenever practicable.

The globalization of ideas, knowledge, science, hospitality, travel, as Keynes suggested, is the good globalization. It raises consciousness of our common humanity, interconnection, and interdependence in ways far from isolationist or xenophobic. And it opens extraordinary creative opportunities to achieve a world of peace, material sufficiency, and spiritual abundance for all. We properly celebrate and facilitate it.

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From Israel, a Lesson for Modi on how Democracies debate the Army

On several occasions, commissions have very publicly faulted army commanders and civilian leaders for their handling of military matters – a far cry from what happens in India DRINK, DRANK, DRUNK A.G. Noorani The Wire

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oon after the Indian army’s surgical strike at points along the Line of Control last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, went to town over it. The climax was reached at Mandi on October 18, 2016 when Modi claimed that the action had won world-wide acclaim. He proceeded to make a damaging claim. Referring to Israel’s exploits he said that “the Indian forces had shown that they are no less than anybody”.

Splendid. Israel has held at least three inquiries into the conduct not only of its government but also of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). Heads at the highest level rolled in both wings of the state. Why is Modi not prepared to be less than Israel on this front? Worse, he allowed parliament to set a new precedent in preventing MPs from even asking questions about the logic and effects of the surgical strike.

On October 13, 2016, through a “lastminute change” in the agenda of parliament’s standing committee on defence “under a garb of secrecy” as some MPs put it, members were not allowed to exercise the rights they normally do in committee.

The next day, General Bipin Rawat, who was the vice-chief at the time, spoke to the committee. But, its chairman, Maj. Gen. (Retd.)

B.C. Khanduri did not allow any questions.

Khanduri said: “the term referred to was ‘briefing’ so it was not a question-answer session”. A member’s questions “were not permitted” by Khanduri.

While accountability to the nation and its parliament is mandated by the rules of democratic governance, in the case of the surgical strike the rule was fortified by two additional factors. The strike was ordered by the government, not by some local commander as in the past. Foreign secretary S. Jaishankar told parliament’s standing committee on external affairs on October 18, 2016 that the government wanted to send a strong message across to Pakistan – a military action for a political purpose. Hence its decision to go public for the first time. In a democracy like India, he said the army was mandated to seek clearance from the government for such operations. Precisely, and it is then accountable to parliament for its decision as is the army for the manner it executed it.

The army has doggedly refused accountability in Kashmir, It now aims to escape it altogether. The human shield incident is only the latest instance. In the present debate, politicians will play safe for fear of offending the public’s awe of the “sacred cow”, the Army. The BJP applies the McCarthyite smear of unpatriotic conduct to its critics.

Regardless of the incident which renews public scrutiny of the military’s role in Kashmir, the issue is about the principle of democratic accountability.

In Britain, debates even in wartime In the UK in 1966, a commission of inquiry on tribunals of inquiry, headed by a distinguished judge, Lord Salmon, recalled in its report that “in the 19th century there were select parliamentary committees of inquiry to investigate the conduct of the expedition to the island of Walcheren, the war with Napoleon and the Crimean War”; that is, military operations.

During the First World War, a special commission was set by an Act of parliament to enquire into the Dardanelles campaigns, the famous debacle at Gallipoli. The terms of reference were “for the purpose of inquiring into the origin, inception and conduct of operations or war in the Dardanelles and Gallipoli, including the sup-

ply of drafts, reinforcements, ammunition and equipment to the troops and fleet, the provision for the sick wounded, and the responsibility of those departments of the government whose duty it has been to minister to the wants of the forces employed in that theatre of war.” This covered the government as well as the army; the political as well as the military aspects.

While the Second World War was on, the House of Commons on at least two occasions fiercely debated military matters. Read Hansard of those years and you will be astonished at comments on army operations, albeit with proper discretion and civility. On May 7, 1940, Captain Bellinger angrily said: “The right hon. gentleman the prime minister introduced into this debate a somewhat novel feature. He informed us that the general staff had advised him that it would be inappropriate; I think he used the words “even dangerous,” for a debate in this house on this subject to take place at the present time. I notice that the secretary of state for war is on the front bench, and perhaps he may answer a question that I wish to put to him. Is it the function of the general staff to suggest to the prime minister whether a debate should take place in this house or not? Is it not more their function to advise the prime minister on questions affecting strategy and tactics rather than questions affecting parliamentary procedure?”

Stafford Cripps, a distinguished lawyer, agreed with him: “What the right hon. gentleman has said, and what is constantly said, is that you must not attack the government because it will endanger the country. There are times when the only safety of the country is attack upon the government, and it will be a grave dereliction of duty on the part of the members of this house if, being honestly convinced that it is necessary to challenge the issue; they take no steps to do it. That is why I regard the debate that we are having to-day as the most momentous that has ever taken place in the history of parliament.”

The debate was held in the wake of military disaster. It is not Leopold Amery’s famous recall of Cromwell’s famous words to the Long Parliament (“In the name of God, go”) which brought down the prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, but Lloyd George’s peroration later in the debate.

His speech centred on “the conduct of the war” and concluded with these memorable and devastating words: “He (the P.M.) has appealed for sacrifice. The nation is prepared for every sacrifice so long as it has leadership, so long as the government show clearly what they are aiming at and so long as the nation is confident that those who are leading it are doing their best. I say solemnly that the prime minister should give an example of sacrifice, because there is nothing which can contribute more to victory in this war than that he should sacrifice the seals of office.”

When he sat down, Neville Chamberlain knew that his fate was sealed.

This was not all. Chamberlain’s successor, Winston Churchill, had to face a motion of no-confidence at the height of the war following a long succession of defeat in Malaya, Singapore, Burma and in North Africa. It was supported by members of all parties. On June 25, 1942 this motion was placed before the house: “That this house, while paying a tribute to the heroism and endurance of the armed forces of the crown in circumstances of exceptional difficulty, has no confidence in the central direction of the war” Churchill rejected an offer of withdrawal by its mover, Sir John WadlawMilne. At the end, Churchill said: “This long debate has now reached its

final stage. What a remarkable example it has been of the unbridled freedom of our parliamentary institutions in time of war!

Everything that could be thought of or raked up has been used to weaken confidence in the government, has been used to prove that ministers are incompetent and to weaken their confidence in themselves, to make the army distrust the backing it is getting from the civil power, to make the workmen lose confidence in the weapons they are striving so hard to make, to present the government as a set of nonentities over whom the prime minister towers, and then to undermine him in his own heart, and, if possible, before the eyes of the nation. All this poured out by cable and radio to all parts of the world, to the distress of all our friends and to the delight of all our foes! I am in favour of this freedom, which no other country would use, or dare to use, in times of mortal peril, such as those through which we are passing.”

The motion was defeated by 475 votes to 25.

I would only invite MPs and journalists to read the transcript of the testimony recorded at the hearings conducted jointly by the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees into the dismissal of General MacArthur in May and June 1952.

Although the proceedings were in camera, a censored report of the entire evidence was made available the very same day. Apart from the general himself, Dean Acheson, the secretary of state, General Marshall, the defence secretary, and Gen. Omar Bradley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, gave evidence. The inquiry was not limited to the actual dismissal. It covered a very wide range of issues and comprised a thorough discussion of the rival concepts of strategy and tactics and the differing opinions on American military strength. “We are stripping the nation’s security framework to the bare skeleton”, chairman Richard B. Russell remarked.

He was not wrong. American reporters were chagrined to find the TASS correspondent regularly coming to buy the transcript for a few cents. (The text was published in the New York Times). And all this while the Korean War was on. It ended two years later.

Nehru set up the Henderson-Brooks inquiry into the reverses in the 1962 War. Its report was not published thanks to an unpardonable decision by Wajahat Habibullah as chief information commissioner avowedly as he claimed on the TV because of his partiality to the army.

Israel shows the way This brings me to Narendra Modi’s icon, Israel.

The Yom Kippur War was a touch and go affair though not quite. King Husain of Jordan had alerted Israel in advance and it had a mole at the highest levels of the government in Egypt. The US would not have let down Israel. Still, it was an existential crisis. Soon thereafter, a commission of inquiry was set up headed by none other than the president of the Israeli Supreme Court, Shimon Agranat. It submitted its preliminary report on April 1, 1974. On the same day, the chief of staff, Lt. General David Elazae resigned. So did the then prime minister, Golda Meir, a week later, and her entire cabinet including defence minister Moshe Dayan and foreign minister Abba Eban. The report blamed the military leadership rather than the political leadership for what had happened. In particular, it blamed military intelligence and bad judgment by the chief of staff. Israel had no Wajahat Habibullahs to do the special pleading; nor the bunch of politicians and their stooges in the media to plead for the rulers.

Eban’s biographer, Asaf Siniver writes:

“The Agranat Commission did not release its interim report until April 1, 1974.

It recommended the dismissal of the chief of staff, the head of military intelligence, and several other senior officers. Those at the political helm – especially the prime minister and the defence minister – were let off the hook, as the commission judged the investigation of the political decisions leading to the war to be beyond its remit and some thing that should instead the judged in the court of public opinion. That is precisely what happened: outraged that Meir and Dayan came out unscathed while the military was hung out to dry, the public demanded Meir and Dayan’s resignations. Weighed down by the toll of the war and its aftermath, nine days later Meir announced her resignation.”

Golda Meir hated Eban. When told that he was considering himself for the premiership, she asked “In which country?”

The Agranat precedent was followed a decade later. Hundreds of Palestinians were butchered by Phalangists in the refugee camps of Shatilla and Sabra in Beirut between September 16-18, 1982. The Israeli army had entered West Beirut on September 15. Ariel Sharon was defence minister.

Lt. Gen. Rafael Eitan was chief of staff. Soon enough, on September 25, 1982, the government of Israel set up a commission of inquiry on the matter. It was headed by Yitzhak Kahan, president of the Supreme Court, and had two other members besides. The report was submitted on February 7, 1983 and was published in full by Jerusalem Post on February 9, 1983. The commission followed the principles of accountability of ministers in the UK, which the Agranat Commission had also followed. It took evidence from Prime Minister Menachem Begin downwards, top military and intelligence officials and read cabinet papers.

It found the PM constitutionally responsible, Sharon, the chief of army staff, and the director of military intelligence to be actually responsible and recommended their removal from office. According to the commission, the decision to send the Phalangists into the camp was made by the Sharon and Eitan some eight hours before Israel troops would enter West Beirut. The Phalangists were chosen, Eitan testified, “because we could give them orders here as it was impossible to give the Lebanese Army orders”. This disclosure contradicted previous Israeli government statements that the Lebanese Army had been requested to go into the camps first, and only when it had refused to do so that Eitan had turned to the Phalangists.

On April 30, 2007 came Judge Eliyahu Winograd’s report on the 2006 War in Lebanon. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and cabinet and top military officers had testified before it. He said of the Hizbollah: “A paramilitary organisation of a few thousand men resisted, for a few weeks, the strongest army in the Middle East, which enjoyed full air superiority and size and technology advantages.”

While the report is harsh on the government, its main target is the army, finding fundamental flaws in everything from battle readiness to planning to discipline to intelligence gathering. On June 14, 2012, the state comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the 2010 raid on a Turkish ship carrying aid for Palestinians in Gaza in which nine unarmed proPalestinian activists were killed.

Will Narendra Modi set up a commission of inquiry on the Israeli model to inquire into at least some of the recent outrages committed by our armed forces in Kashmir?

Marty Logan Inter Press Service

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econstruction and reconciliation require finances and physical structure, but the families of the victims of the conflict first and foremost need their integrity protected. Physical and financial compensation mean little without justice,” wrote Suman Adhikari nearly 11 years ago, during a ceasefire in Nepal’s Maoist insurgency.

The conflict ended later that year, leaving 17,000 dead over a decade, including Adhikari’s father. A teacher and headmaster in Lamjung district, he and his fellow teachers in January 2002 refused Maoist demands to hand over 25% of their salaries. Days later, cadres seized him as he was teaching a grade 10 class, bound his hands and legs and dragged the man out of the school to a forest, where he was stabbed in the stomach and shot in the head. His body was left tied to a tree.

Soon after, Adhikari returned to the capital Kathmandu, where he began talking to other conflict victims about their own hor-

ated an organisation and submitted their demands to political leaders then crafting the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

Today, as chairperson of the Conflict Victims Common Platform, Adhikari finds himself repeating many of the same requests.

One of the Common Platform’s main demands is that the government provide needs-based compensation to victims. The state has paid most of them Rs 500,000 ($4,834) as interim relief since the conflict ended but Adhikari says oneoff payments can’t replace many of the breadwinners who families lost; without them, many are still struggling to find sufficient work or pay school fees.

“Many victims have been unable to get on with their lives. They are frustrated and suffer from psychological trauma,” he says.

While society moves on, with, for example, the political leader who was prime minister three times during the insurgency taking over as PM again last week from former Maoist supremo Prachanda, victims are being forgotten, Adhikari says. “They still haven’t had the chance to speak of their pain properly, from the heart.”

A recent report found that victims have diverse demands for ‘truth’. Prepared by the Nepal office of the International Centre for Transitional Justice and local think-tank Martin Chautari from recent interviews with victims, it noted that many people needed closure and an end to their ambiguous losses. “Our people will come home today or tomorrow. We watch the roads,” said one woman in Bardiya, the district that had the

Aileen Thomson, head of ICTJ Nepal, told IPS. “They feel that the violation happened because of their membership in certain communities … a lot of times violations perpetrated by the state were because of perceived associations with the Maoists, which was really tied to identity and community and where you lived.”

The survivors want society to know that their kin were innocent victims, caught in the crossfire, adds the report.

Just as victims’ demands varied, civil society also had different ideas about what transitional justice should achieve, says Mandira Sharma, co-founder of Advocacy Forum, an NGO that filed numerous court cases for conflict-era crimes.

But those theoretical discussions were shelved when it became apparent that political leaders from both sides were hoping to use the process to avoid prosecutions, adds Sharma, who is now doing a PhD in human rights and law.

“We went to see the prime minister at that time, Girona Prasad Koirala, and he was very open and honest. He said ‘Look, I had concerns raised by the military, I had concerns raised by the Maoists, and I have assured them that nothing will happen to them… We have to turn now to development, and we have to forget what happened’.”

Instead, Advocacy Forum and other groups continued to take cases to court.

After victims received their interim relief, “You could have closed the chapter forcing victims to be quiet with that, but that would have been temporary: this deep sense of injustice would have remained,” Sharma says.

Rev. Fr. C. Joseph-Counsellor St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama

Introduction: Almost everybody knows an alcoholic or has one for a relative. We are not innocent about the scars burned into the nation’s heart and bounty by the misuse of alcohol. All of us who counsel in any capacity will sooner or later become involved, at least indirectly, in the problem, with alcoholics themselves or with affected members of their families or colleagues at work. A pervasive smog of stress arises from alcoholic problems. Difficulties with drinking involve many persons besides the drinkers, multiplying stress manifold. The aura of alcoholism encompasses a cluster of people, invading each with a different intensity of emotion. Although some counsellors never meet an alcoholic face-to-face, almost every day they get the whiff of some alcoholic’s breath in the life of at least one of the persons seeking help from them. The person across from us may be a spouse or an adult still unable to pull free of the shadow cast across their lives by an alcoholic parent. The marks, the memories, and the stresses of problem drinkers are found almost everywhere in our culture.In recent years, the problem of alcohol use and abuse has become more amenable to study. Against a background of increased cultural concern and a better sense of the problem’s dimensions and sequelae, research instruments have been fashioned to measure agreedupon criteria to diagnose the various levels of severity of what are now termed “substance-related disorders”. As a result, remarkable strides have been made in assessing the international public health dimensions of alcohol use.

The things we carry with us: For counsellors, counter transference problems with alcoholics seeking help frequently arise as responses to transference reactions of theirs that crackle with rebelliousness, dishonesty, or aggression. These feelings may also emanate from our lack of knowledge about alcoholism and its treatment or our own experiences with alcohol as a problem in our own lives, families, or friendships.As counsellors we always profit from examining our own feelings about alcohol and alcoholic persons. Some trauma close to the bone can make it very difficult for us to be sympathetic to, or even interested in, persons with drinking problems. We may rule out working with them because we find them morally objectionable. None of us can be of much assistance to individual with drinking problems if we have within us serious emotional blocks to the basic acceptance of these individuals as persons.

Many helpers function with a smattering of general impressions about alcoholism. They may not have read much or they may habitually respond out of instinct when they must deal with the problem. Such styles may be improvisation in reaction to the difficulties involved in getting a comprehensive and useful clinical picture of the alcoholic person. Nonetheless, we have a professional obligation to deepen our understanding through reading or by attending continuing education programme on the subject.

The basic principle in counselling is to keep the person, rather than just the person’s problem with alcohol, in focus. Many counsellors find it almost impossible to perceive such individuals as persons.

The problem itself looms so large – and with such an unpleasant emotional aura – that compassion does not easily arise and establishing a helping relationship is difficult. It is easy to perceive a person with drinking difficulties as a problem case even when we intellectually agree that alcoholism is a disease rather than a personal fault. The effort to see drinkers as persons beneath all their disruptive and abhorrent behaviour remains, however, fundamental if counselling is to succeed. Counsellors may also have negative feelings about individuals with alcoA.G. Noorani is a lawyer and author holism because of the chronic relapsing nature of the illness. Professionals as well as nonprofessional counsellors can easily become frustrated and irritated at the individual’s inability to maintain sobriety and identify with family members who express milestones like Nepal’s return to democra- some of the same feelings. cy in 1990]. That hasn’t helped us to heal, A Core Difficulty: Despite advances in our recent that hasn’t helped us to improve the jus- understanding of alcoholism, many still perceive the tice system, to correct the sense that cer- alcoholic as an individual who makes a conscious tain people are always above the law. And decision to drink too much. They view alcoholics, in there’s a very deep sense of inequality in other words, as sinners, moral failures who choose our system because of this. We identified their own uncomfortable fate. They judge them to this as something we had to fix.” be responsible for deciding to stop and to pull themToday though, transitional justice selves free of the pit into which they threw themappears at a near standstill. The govern- selves. Such people think themselves wise when they ment created truth and disappearances commissions in 2014, but the legislation say, “Nothing can be done until they decide to do was severely criticised on several fronts. something for themselves.” At another level, it is recThe Supreme Court later struck down a ognized that an essential characteristic of alcoholprovision that grants amnesty for serious ism is that these persons can’t control their choices about drinking. Much, however, can be done. Counhuman rights violations.

Human Rights lawyer Raju Chapagain sellors should know that the most successful alcosays that while the laws creating the bod- holism programmes are those that reach out to alies must be amended, the truth commis- coholics rather than wait for alcoholics to come to sion could be making efforts to advance them. Persons with drinking problems can respond transitional justice, which would also to family interventions and to treatment when it is help to diminish a strong sense of scep- offered to them. Helpers should not construct an ticism about the body. “Nothing is pre- attitude that traps them into a role of waiting for alventing them inquiring into human rights coholics to prove that they are ready to get better. violations. Commissions have powers They should be ready to support families or friends equivalent to courts; they have adequate in planning and carrying out interventions to get powers in terms of inquiries,” he says. alcoholics into treatment.

By taking action the commission could overcome its “credibility gap,” Chapagain Conclusion: Counsellors frequently function best adds, but it has failed to date, in part be- if they are part of a treatment team. Joining in effort to reach out to the potential alcoholic is one of the cause it hasn’t engaged with victims.

The truth commission opened its office most promising functions that a counsellor can fulfil. in Pokhara, west of Kathmandu, this week, This goes against the instincts of many counsellors, one of seven regional centres, but Adhikari however, because they may expect, because of some says the body still refuses to engage with previous experience, to wait for, rather than seek victims. “The commissions are not good, out, persons who need help. Some participation in a the appointments are political, the com- team that recognizes the effectiveness of moving out missioners are new to this: they should at toward the potential alcoholic at an important time

FOR CONFLICT VICTIMS IN NEPAL: Transitional Justice Remains Elusive Even though Nepal’s Maoist conflict ended 11 years ago, many of its victims are frustrated, traumatised and haven’t been able to get on with their lives

"People are not addicted to alcohol or drugs, they are addicted to escaping reality."

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India must withdraw troops to avoid 'serious consequences'

BEIJINg, JuLy 10 (IANs): India must pull back its troops from Doklam to avoid serious consequences, China's state-owned news agency Xinhua has said.

In a comment, it said that it was India, not China which was sneaking around the Sikkim sector border where armies of both countries have been engaged in a stand-off.

The agency also said in the name of defending its "ally" Bhutan, India had deployed its troops on Chinese territory, and sought to remind India of the consensus in the international community to respect borders.

"The Indian military's trespass into Chinese territory is a blatant infringement on China's sovereignty, which should be immediately and unconditionally rectified," it said, noting that ever since Indian soldiers "crossed into Chinese territory" and "obstructed work on a road" in the Doklam area in June, China has lodged a series of protests demanding India pull back its troops immediately. "India should rectify its mistakes and show sincerity to avoid an even more serious situation creating more significant consequences."

"In order to illegally install its troops on Chinese soil for as long as possible and achieve a fait accompli, India firstly claimed its border had been encroached

by China. After realizing its own false allegation was ridiculous, it changed its tone

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India will burn itself if it creates Met Chinese ambassador trouble over Tibetans: Chinese daily to be informed of critical

BEIJINg, JuLy 10 (IANs): India will have "burned itself" if it has allowed Tibetan exiles' political act of flag-hoisting along the India-China border in Leh, a Chinese daily has warned.

An article in the Global Times warned India to act "prudently" given the ongoing border row in the Sikkim sector.

The article came in the wake of the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay reportedly unfurling the Tibetan national flag on the banks of Pangong lake in Ladakh last week.

India and China have a dispute over the alignment of the Line of Actual Control which passes through the Pangong Lake, located at over 14,000 feet.

"If New Delhi is pulling the strings of the Tibetan exiles' political act of flag-hoisting, it will only have burned itself. Both border issues and the Tibet question concern China's core interests and China won't yield to provocations," the commentary said.

"It's the first time the Tibetan exile administration in northern to its actions to being in the name of 'protecting' Bhutan," it said. It contended that if India cannot honour a long-standing agreement and correct its mistakes in a timely manner, "how is it supposed to win the trust of its other neighbors, including Bhutan?"

It went on to accuse India of going further in "this regional paternalism" by "resorting to groundless assumptions and accusa-

India has flown the flag at this location." it added.

"The timing of the flag-hoisting on Indian territory has sparked wide speculation over whether the Indian authorities instigated the political activity of Tibetan separatists to exert pressure on China. "Although the involvement of New Delhi remains unclear, we hope they did not send any signal of approval," it said.

"When the Indian government attaches great importance to its relationship with China, it keeps a tight grip on anti-China political activities on its soil. However, when it is dissatisfied or has conflicts with Beijing, the Tibet card is played up.

But India may overestimate the influence of Tibetan exiles.

"Given the ongoing border spat, the Indian government should act prudently to avoid escalating tensions. It has the responsibility to control Tibetan exiles and their anti-China activities on Indian soil. "New Delhi should think more about how to de-escalate the border face-off at this moment," it said.

tions that China's construction of the road near their common border would have serious security implications".

Stressing China has every right to build the road within "its sovereign territory", the Xinhua piece said that over the past few years, it is actually India that has been "sneaking around the Sikkim section of the China-India border". Citing the 1962 conflict when "In-

issues, says Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI, JuLy 10 (IANs): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Monday defended his meeting with Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui last week amid the border stand-off, saying it was his job to be informed of critical issues. In a series of tweets, Gandhi attacked the BJP-led government, saying if it was so concerned about his meeting with the Chinese envoy, why were three union ministers availing Chinese hospitality amid the border standoff at Doklam in the Sikkim sector. "It is my job to be informed on critical issues. I met the Chinese Ambassador, Ex-NSA, Congress leaders from NE & the Bhutanese Ambassador," Gandhi said. "If the government is so concerned about me meeting an ambassador, they should explain why three ministers are availing Chinese hospitality while the border issue is on," he added.

Gandhi also referred to an IANS report of 2014 about Chinese troops entering India during the official visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping and took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had hosted the visiting leader in Ahmedabad. The two leaders had also sat on a swing. "And for the record I am not the guy sitting on the swing while a thousand Chinese troops had physically entered India," Gandhi said.

dia's military suffered a bitter defeat" it criticised Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley for asserting that 'India in 2017 is different from India in 1962', saying he should "not ignore China's unwavering and consistent stance which has continued over the last five decades and its firm belief in the international justice that no country can pursue its security at the cost of another country's sover-

eignty". "The withdrawal of Indian troops from Doklam remains a precondition for bilateral peace, and China will take all necessary measures to ensure its territorial integrity.

"After all, the country should be fully aware of the legal consensus upheld by all members of the international community, that respecting the borderline is the bottom line for sustained peace," it held

Girls stand in monsoon rains beside an open laundry in New Delhi. (REUTERS/File)

NEW DELHI, JuLy 10 (REutERs): The seasonal monsoon rains have covered most of India and the amount of precipitation so far is within expectations, the head of India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, raising hopes for higher farm output after increased sowing of rice and soybean crops.

Cumulative monsoon rains have been 2 percent below average since the beginning of the rainy season in June until July 9, IMD said. However, recent rains have been heavier, as in the week to July 5, the seasonal showers were 21 percent abov average, the IMD said.

"The distribution of rainfall has been good and it has followed the classical pattern, as we had predicted," K.J. Ramesh, Director General of Meteorology at the IMD, told Reuters in an interview on Monday.

The monsoon delivers

about 70 percent of India's annual rainfall, critical for the farm sector that accounts for about 15 percent of India's $2 trillion economy and employs more than half of the country's 1.3 billion people. India's farmers depend on the monsoon since half their lands lack irrigation.

In June, the IMD raised its monsoon forecast by 2 percentage points to 98 percent of the long-term average. The IMD defines average rainfall as between 96 percent and 104 percent of a 50-year average of 89 cm for the entire four-month season. Rains between 90 percent to 96 percent are considered below average.

Rainfall below 90 percent of the average is considered a drought.

The monsoon begins at the southern tip of the Kerala coast in the south around June 1 and start ebbing from the desert

Supreme Court vacates stay on counselling, muslims ‘educationally most disadvantaged’ among minorities: Panel admissions to IITs under JEE-Advanced

NEW DELHI, JuLy 10 (PtI): Muslims are the “educationally most disadvantaged community” among the minorities, a panel formed by a government-funded agency has said, advocating a three-tier model to tackle the educational backwardness. The panel has recommended that the communities be empowered through a three-tier model of institutions–central schools, community colleges and national institutes. It suggests creation of infrastructure to proffer education at primary, secondary and tertiary levels by opening 211 schools, 25 community colleges and five national institutes.

It has suggested the proposed schools could follow the Kendriya Vidyalaya or Navodaya Vidyalaya pattern while the community colleges may be based on open access model.

When contacted, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told PTI the recommendations are in line with the government campaign to empower the minorities educationally. “We are currently studying the report. We will figure out the components which can be easily implemented. We will try to implement the do-ables from the next academic year,” he added.

On December 29 last year, the Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) had formed the 11-member

committee with Afzal Amanullah, former secretary with the government, as its convenor.

The MAEF is a non-profit and nonpolitical social services organisation funded by the ministry.

“The educationally most disadvantaged community among minorities in India are the Muslims. They are lagging behind in literacy, enrolments and in successful completion of courses at primary, secondary and tertiary levels,” the committee has observed in the report.

According to the 2011 Census data, literacy rate among Muslims was 68.53 per cent against the national average of 72.98 per cent. The difference in enrolment rate for Muslims (74 per cent) and the remaining population (83 per cent) is also “sharp”, the panel said. “We feel the three-tier model… would have a very positive and salutary effect in tackling the educational backwardness of the minorities and getting their children into the mainstream where they become proud contributors to the development of our nation,” it said. The committee has suggested national institutes– different from the university system and IITs/IIMs– should be established through an Act of Parliament.

It has proposed establishing 211 central schools: one in each minority

concentrated block of the 167 identified minority-dominant and concentrated districts. The remaining 44 are proposed to be established in minority-dominant and concentrated cities.

The schools should have sufficient infrastructure like buildings, classrooms, library, laboratory and facilities such as mess, it has recommended. They will be co-educational, will give free education and follow the CBSE curriculum from class I to XII with three streams of education – arts, science and commerce.

The community colleges will charge low tuition fees and are proposed to provide tertiary education opportunities in arts, commerce, science and skill-based courses like health sciences, hospitality, textile and leather technology, fashion designing and media industry.

The community colleges would be set up one each in 25 states and enhance the employability of its students, the reports has said.

The national institutes are proposed to be set up for providing education in areas such as science and technology, health and allied sciences, architecture planning and design, climate change and disaster management and renewable energy and food security.

NEW DELHI, JuLy 10 (IANs): The Supreme Court on Monday vacated its stay on counselling and admissions to IITs and other institutions related to JEE (Advanced), 2017 entrance examination.

The bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar while vacating the stay also said that no high court would entertain any plea on this issue.

"We are inclined to vacate the order passed on July 7 and also convey that we are not inclined to interfere with the counselling and admission process and high courts should act accordingly and not interfere in the admission process," the court order said. The apex court also said it expected that errors, mistakes in the framing of questions and in printing of question papers should not happen.

The top court had on July 7 called a halt to further counselling and admissions to IITs in respect of entrance tests under JEE-Advanced across the country.

In all, 1.56 lakh students had appeared in the IIT-JEE (Advanced), 2017 and 33,307 students have already taken admission in IITs, NITs, Indian Institutes of Information Technology and Gov-

ernment-Funded Technical Institutions (GFTI).

The court was informed that as of now, 10,987 students had been admitted to IITs and only 31 seats in General category were remaining.

Referring to an earlier 2005 judgement, wherein the court had ordered fresh exercise of examination, the court said in such a complex examination, ordering fresh examination would not be appropriate. The court noted that total students involved in the 2005 case were 10,000.

The top court was moved by several students through a batch of petitions challenging the grant of seven marks to all the candidates for printing errors in two questions -- one in Chemistry and other in Maths -- in the Hindi version of the paper.

While the Chemistry question carried three marks, the Maths question was of four marks.

Seven marks were given to all the candidates -- those who correctly attempted these two questions, those who attempted them incorrectly and even those who did not attempt them. "To award these marks to all candidates irrespective of whether or not they had even attempted to answer these questions is arbitrary and violative," the petitioners had contended.

state of Rajasthan in northern India in September.

While most of the country has received average rainfall, rains have been deficient over Kerala, a major producer of plantation crops such as tea and rubber, and Jharkhand in eastern India, a key rice producing state.

Even if rains are average, some areas could still have dry spells.

Farmers plant rice and soybean crops in June and July and harvest in October.

The area planted with the rice crop has gone up by 8 percent this season, while that of soybean is up 10.3 percent, data from the Ministry of Agriculture showed last week.

Higher rice output will help the world's biggest exporter maintain its edge, while any jump in soybean production will alleviate vegetable oil imports by the world's biggest buyer.

Sharing experiences can help states solve their problems: Modi

NEW DELHI, JuLy 10 (IANs): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked states to learn from the best practices of each other to find solutions to problems and challenges that they face. At a conference organised by the NITI Aayog here, the Prime Minister said there is a lot to learn from the experiences of states "which could provide the best solutions to problems and challenges". He said top government officials have the collective vision and capabilities to overcome challenges. "In this regard, experience sharing is very important," he added.

Before addressing the gathering of chief secretaries of all states, the Prime Minister listened patiently to each one of them as they spoke briefly on one best practice in each of their respective states. "This is the first time, that the Prime Minister has addressed such a gathering, at such an event. He spent over two-and-a-half hours listening to each Chief Secretary and then shared his views with them," NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant told reporters.

The best practices presented at the conference included themes such as rural development, skill development, crop insurance, reducing infant mortality, tribal welfare, solid waste management, Direct Benefit Transfer, solar energy and ease of doing business among others, a NITI Aayog statement said.

In 5 years, 277% rise in rape cases reported in Delhi Chaitanya Mallapur

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he number of rapes reported each year in Delhi has more than tripled over the last five years, registering an increase of 277 per cent from 572 in 2011 to 2,155 in 2016, according to data released recently by the Delhi Police.

The year after the Nirbhaya incident -- in which a 23-year-old paramedical student was raped by a group of men in a moving bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012 -- saw a 132 per cent spike in the number of cases reported, with a sustained 32 per cent increase thereafter, from 1,636 cases in 2013 to 2,155 in 2016.

Cases pertaining to "assault on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty" (under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code) have increased by 473 per cent from 727 in 2012 to 4,165 in 2016.

The first five months of 2017 saw 836 rape cases being reported to the police. The figure does not quite capture the continuing horror that women in the National Capital Region (NCR) face.

In the 48 hours from June 19, for instance, five rape incidents were recorded. In addition to these, a 24-year-old woman was raped in a

car parked outside a mall in Delhi on June 20, and another in which a 26-year-old woman was gangraped in a moving car on the outskirts of Delhi.

The rise in the number of cases does not necessarily imply an increase in the number of rapes; it can mean greater willingness on the part of survivors to approach the authorities, as well as a greater propensity among police officials to register complaints.

One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told IndiaSpend that the rise in the number of reported rapes is due to advisories issued by the government and the Supreme Court of India that action would be taken against police personnel who fail to register a First Information Report (FIR) for rape and other cognisable offences.

Anant Kumar Asthana, a Delhi-based activist and lawyer, agreed: "Reporting of sexual offenses against women has gone up with stricter implementation of laws like Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, and the [enactment of the] Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013."

The Criminal Law Amendment Act, popularly known as the Nirbhaya Act, came into force on April 2, 2013, and inserted a provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure to

make it mandatory for criminal complaints of a sexual nature to be recorded by women police officers, and prescribes rigorous imprisonment of between six months and two years in addition to a monetary penalty for a public servant who fails to register a complaint of a cognisable offence.

"With more stringent laws being passed, public awareness being created, and the media reporting more cases of sexual assault, reporting of cases has increased, but this is still far from being representative of the number of cases that occur," said Preethi Pinto, Programme Coordinator on Violence against Women and Children at Mumbai-based SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action).

At the same time, a comparison of Delhi Police reports from 2014 and 2015 reveals a rising trend in the number of rape cases withdrawn, from 81 to 104, possibly indicating a lack of faith in the criminal-justice system, especially as cases fail judicial scrutiny.

Meanwhile, the conviction rate for rape in Delhi, though better than the all-India average, dipped to 29.7 per cent in 2015, the latest year for which data are available from the National Crime Records Bureau. Across India, only one in four rape trials leads to conviction.

"Declining conviction rate in rape cases ordinarily means lesser number of registered cases could be proved in court and this gives rise to the suspicion that maybe false cases are also being registered," Asthana said, "But it could also mean that police is not able to do good investigations or that victims are not getting quality legal representation during trial."

After the Nirbhaya incident, the Delhi Police set up 161 help-desks staffed by female officers, and announced that 70 per cent of female officers would report for over eighthour shifts each day.

In 2013, the Ministry of Finance announced it would set up a Rs 1,000-crore Nirbhaya Fund to drive initiatives aimed at enhancing the safety of women in the country.

Thus far an amount of Rs 3,100 crore has been allocated, according to the government's reply to the Rajya Sabha on April 6, 2017. As many as 16 proposals amounting to Rs 2,348.850 crore have been received, of which 15 amounting to Rs 2,047.85 crore have been approved.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has initiated three schemes under the Nirbhaya Fund -- One Stop Centre (OSC) for women affected by violence, under which 84 centres are currently operational;

Universalisation of Women Helpline, under which 18 states and Union Territories have set up helplines; and Mahila Police Volunteer (MPV), whose pilots are currently running in several states.

The ministry issued a clarification in January enumerating the various schemes being run by various ministries under Nirbhaya Fund. However, it made no mention of funds utilised or spent on these schemes individually, although an overall allocation of Rs 1,530 crore and an estimated expenditure incurred of Rs 400 crore was cited.

In a May 26, 2016, order, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to formulate a national policy for providing relief to rape survivors, saying the Nirbhaya Fund amounted to "just paying a lip service".

Yet, laws and policing alone cannot prevent crimes of a sexual nature.

"Preventing sexual assault is a long-term process and the most important way to do so, is to change individuals' and society's attitudes and behaviour. Stringent implementation of laws and strict policing will help, but the real change will come when abusers and rapists are consistently convicted for their crimes, survivors are not doubted, judged or shamed," Pinto said.

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How North Korea, other nations view standoff Associated Press

One reason North Korea is the world’s most dire nuclear hotspot is that among the most important players, even allies and semi-allies have different desires and priorities. An enemy to some, a bulwark to others, a frustration to all, with decades of unfinished business coloring the picture in ways unique to each nation.

North Korea’s successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile July 4 heightened tensions that have been building for decades, leaving the world scrambling for an answer to containing Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.

NORTH KOREA North Korea has made no secret about what its demands are. Nothing is more important to the North’s ruling regime than its own survival.

To that end, it wants Washington to abandon its “hostile policy” aimed at forcing the country into collapse.

In concrete terms, Pyongyang wants direct talks toward a peace treaty to formally end the 195053 Korean War, which was halted after what was supposed to be a temporary armistice. Signing a treaty would also mean formal recognition of North Korea by the U.S. government and entail some sort of a security agreement guaranteeing Washington will not attack the North.

In the interim, the North

This photo on July 4, 2017, distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea’s northwest. A dictator stands on the verge of possessing nuclear missiles that threaten U.S. shores. A worried world ponders airstrikes and sanctions. (AP File Photo)

wants an end to huge military exercises the U.S. holds each year with South Korea.

Pyongyang says it ultimately wants to see the Korean Peninsula reunited.

Its often-repeated demand is for Washington to stay out and let Koreans decide their own fate.

Though actually achieving any of these demands would be tremendously difficult, and seems to be growing more difficult every year, North Korea has been quite consistent in what it claims to want.

And as long as its lead-

‘Men only’ Japanese island gets Unesco world heritage listing TOkyO, July 10 (IANS): A sacred island in southwest Japan that bans women and where male visitors must strip naked before going ashore has been declared a Unesco world heritage site, the media reported on Monday.

Okinoshima, located midway between the southwestern main island of Kyushu and the Korean peninsula, was once the site of rituals to pray for maritime safety and a centre for relations with China and Korea that stretch back as far as the fourth century, reports the Guardian.

The 700-square-metre island, along with three nearby reefs and four other related sites were given world heritage status at the UN body’s annual summit in Krakow, Poland, on Sunday, bringing the number of Japanese cultural and natural sites on the list to 21.

Priests from Munakata Taisha, a group of Shinto shrines, are in principle permitted to travel to worship at the island’s 17th century shrine, Okitsu.

In addition, up to 200 men are allowed to visit only once a year, on May 27, to honour sailors who died in a nearby naval battle during the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese war.

Before they go ashore, they must observe centuriesold rituals, including removing their clothes and undergoing misogi - bathing naked in the sea to rid themselves of impurities.

They are prohibited from taking home mementoes, including small objects such twigs, pebbles and blades of grass, the Guardian quoted the island’s website as saying.

The reason for the ban on women has never been publicly stated, but one theory - which extends to other aspects of Japanese culture cites the Shinto belief that menstrual blood is impure.

Having a purpose in life may help sleep better NeW yORk, July 10 (IANS): Older adults who live with a purpose in life are more likely to have a good night sleep and less sleep apnoea as well as restless leg syndrome, a study has showed.

Individuals have more sleep disturbances and insomnia as they get older.

But, the findings demonstrated that people who felt their lives had meaning were 63 per cent less likely to have sleep apnoea -- shallow breathing or pauses in breathing during sleep, several times per hour.

Further, they were 52 per cent less likely to have restless leg syndrome -- uncomfortable sensations in the legs and an irresistible urge to move them.

They also had moderately better sleep quality, a global measure of sleep disturbance.

“Helping people cultivate a purpose in life could be an effective drug-free strategy to improve sleep quality, particularly for a population that is facing more insomnia,” said Jason Ong, Associate Professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

“Purpose in life is something that can be cultivated and enhanced through mindfulness therapies,” Ong added.

For the study, published in the journal Sleep Science and Practice, the team included 823 participants -- nondemented individuals 60 to 100 years old with an average age of 79.

The participants answered a 10-question survey on purpose in life and a 32-question survey on sleep.

Poor sleep quality is related to having trouble falling asleep, staying asleep and feeling sleepy during the day.

Although the participants in the study were older, researchers said the findings were likely to be applicable to the broader public.

ers feel vulnerable, it’s rea. Pyongyang not only not likely to give up much persisted in its nuclear amground. bitions but in recent years has accelerated its program UNITED STATES and all but closed the door The top U.S. priority, to denuclearization. apart from defending South That has put added — Korea as a treaty ally, is to rid even urgent — emphasis on the Korean Peninsula of nu- the other U.S. priority: stopclear weapons — meaning ping the North from develthe North’s weapons. oping a nuclear weapon The administration of capable of hitting U.S. soil, President George H.W. while also defending South Bush seemed to set the stage Korea and Japan, which alin September 1991 when he ready are within range of announced the withdrawal the North’s shorter-range of all naval and land-based missiles. That is why Washtactical nuclear weapons, ington resists talk by China including from South Ko- and Russia of halting mili-

tary exercises with South Korea in exchange for concessions by the North, or withdrawing any of the approximately 28,500 U.S. troops based permanently on the peninsula.

Washington sees little point in negotiating a formal end to the Korean War, which was halted in 1953 with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, because it sees far greater urgency in the nuclear issue.

SOUTH KOREA The ultimate dream for South Korea is clear: a uni-

fied Korean Peninsula, led

by Seoul and its values.

The problem, of course, and the source of seven decades of animosity and bloodshed, is that North Korea harbors a mirror image of that ambition.

In the short term, what South Korea wants depends entirely on who you ask.

That group of elderly men in camouflage and combat boots who are burning an effigy of North Korea’s dictator on a Seoul street won’t have the same goals as the North Korea sympathizer who slashed the face of U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert in 2015.

After a decade of hardline conservative rule, the current government in Seoul is headed by liberal President Moon Jae-in, who wants North Korea to stop conducting nuclear and missile tests so he can begin to implement an engagement policy.

That doesn’t look likely to happen any time soon.

Most South Koreans support the presence of the 28,500 U.S. troops in their country, as long as crime isn’t a problem. They look with unease at North Korean provocations, but seem to worry far less than the rest of the world about Pyongyang’s threats to annihilate the South.

What they really want is for the economy to soar.

nation to curb the regime’s provocations and set it on a path to a long-term resolution of the standoff. Yet Beijing insists it doesn’t have that kind of influence with Pyongyang, and has largely rejected calls to curtail two-way commerce that accounts for an estimated 90 percent of the North’s foreign trade.

At the same time, Beijing would like to return to the period in the last decade when it received kudos for hosting six-nation talks in which the North’s representatives sat down with the U.S. and others to discuss steps toward ending its nuclear program in return for incentives.

With no prospects for an immediate return to negotiations, China has instead been pushing for a “dual suspension” in which the North temporarily halts its nuclear and missile tests while South Korea and the U.S. put large-scale war games on hold. That could facilitate talks, calming the situation and preserving the status quo whereby North Korea continues to act as a buffer between China and the pro-U.S. South.

China’s relations with Pyongyang may be in deep freeze, and the North’s actions could spur rivals the U.S. and Japan to responses that could work to China’s disadvantage. But ultimately, the specter of a North KoCHINA rean collapse is far, far scariAs the closest thing to er to the rulers in Beijing. what North Korea might call an ally, China is under JAPAN greater pressure than any As a staunch Ameri-

can ally, Japan cooperates closely with Washington and backs it in stepping up pressure on North Korea to counter the growing threat from its missile and nuclear programs.

Japan, a non-nuclear state and home to 50,000 American troops, relies on the U.S. “nuclear umbrella” under a bilateral security treaty as a deterrent, and is wary of any escalation in military tensions in the region. It seeks to avoid becoming embroiled in U.S. military actions but is taking a leadership role with the U.S. and South Korea in lobbying other countries, especially China and Russia, to enforce economic sanctions against the North.

Given its proximity to North Korea, Tokyo has sought to exert leverage through diplomacy, such as six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear program, and its own bilateral efforts to get Pyongyang to repatriate Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea.

More than a dozen Japanese nationals kidnapped and taken to North Korea decades ago to be trained as agents are still believed to be alive, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made their safe return home one of his top priorities.

While an actual attack could bring disaster, the North Korean threat lends Abe leverage in drumming up public support for a stronger military and missile defense systems.

Ailing China dissident Liu seriously ill, Germany upset at filming SHeNyANG, July 10 (ReuTeRS): A Chinese hospital treating sick dissident Liu Xiaobo offered a bleak prognosis on Monday, saying he is seriously ill, as Germany complained that a German doctor who visited Liu had been filmed without permission.

Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for “inciting subversion of state power” after he helped write a petition known as “Charter 08” calling for sweeping political reforms. He was recently moved from jail to a hospital in the city of Shenyang to be treated for latestage liver cancer.

The hospital said in a short statement Liu was also suffering from kidney problems, with an increasingly swollen stomach, partial intestinal obstruction and falling blood pressure, and that in his condition, it was not appropriate to treat him with radiotherapy.

His family had been informed, it said. Questions have arisen over the possibility of Liu getting treatment abroad, and, if he wanted to go and was fit enough to go, if authorities would let him leave.

Calls have grown from rights groups and Western governments for China to allow Liu to travel with his wife, Liu Xia, to be treated overseas. A German and U.S. doctor who visited Liu said on Sunday he could be moved abroad safely for treatment and he wanted to go to either Germany or the United States, but any move needed to happen soon.

They added that “additional options” may exist to treat him, including radiotherapy. Asked on Monday at a daily news briefing whether China would allow Liu to go abroad for treatment, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said: “China hopes relevant countries will respect China’s sovereignty and will not use individual cases to interfere with China’s internal affairs.”

VIDEO CLIPS A couple of video clips of Liu have appeared on YouTube, which is blocked in China, since his sickness came to light and on Sunday, two new ones were posted in which two foreign men, apparently the German and U.S.

doctors, appeared to praise the quality of care Liu has received.

One clip showed Chinese doctors asking whether there was any better treatment possible for Liu, followed by a man, identified in text posted with the video as German doctor Markus Buechler, saying: “I don’t think we can do better in Germany.” In another clip, Buechler was seen telling Liu’s wife that they considered their invitation a sign that Chinese doctors wanted to do their best to care for Liu. The German embassy in Beijing said in a statement the recordings were made “against the expressed wishes of the German side, which were communicated in writing prior to the visit”. “It seems that security organs are steering the process, not medical experts. This behavior undermines trust in the authorities dealing with Mr Liu’s case, which is vital to ensure maximum success of his medical treatment,” the embassy said.

China has kept a tight control on information about Liu’s case and has imposed strict security at the hospital. The 23rd floor of

China’s ailing Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s health is further deteriorating, a hospital has said. (AP File photo)

building number 1 of the First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, where friends of Liu say he is being treated, has been sealed off, with access only for patients or family members.

Friends have confirmed that Liu’s family have been able to visit him. A man in plain clothes who identified himself as working for the hospital told a Reuters journalist who went to the floor to leave. Asked if Liu was being treated there, the man, whose ID badge identified him as Teng Zhi,

said: “Regardless of whether he is here or not, you cannot go in unless you are a family member.”

Police in plain clothes blocked a Reuters journalist from taking video of the hospital entrance.

When asked if filming was not allowed because of Liu Xiaobo, they said: “Who’s that?” The journalist was then escorted to what was described as a “media centre” in a nearby hotel where a man, who only gave his last name Zhang, said no one at the hospital was available for an interview.

Report: Trump’s son met Russian lawyer after promise of information on clinton WASHINGTON, July 10 (AP): Donald Trump’s eldest son said Sunday he met with a Kremlin-linked lawyer shortly after his father clinched the Republican nomination, hoping to get information helpful to the campaign.

A New York Times report Sunday citing advisers to the White House briefed on the encounter said Donald Trump Jr. agreed to the meeting after being promised information damaging to Hillary Clinton.

The June meeting at Trump Tower with attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya involved Trump Jr., his brother-in-law Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, who was then the campaign chairman.

The existence of the meeting was disclosed only recently to government officials and confirmed on Saturday by representatives of Trump Jr. and Kushner following a separate Times report.

In a statement Sunday, Trump Jr. did not confirm that the information he was promised would be damaging to Clinton.

But he said he was asked by an acquaintance he knew from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant to have a meeting with a person he was told might have information that would be helpful to the

Trump not aware of meeting between son, Russian lawyer

Donald Trump Jr. arrives at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S. January 18, 2017. (REUTERS File Photo)

Trump campaign. He said he was not told the name of the person before the meeting.

Trump Jr. said that during the meeting the attorney claimed to have information that “individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee” and supporting Clinton.

“No details or supporting information was provided or even offered,” Trump Jr. said. “It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information.”

WASHINGTON, July 10 (ReuTeRS): President Donald Trump was “not aware of and did not attend” a 2016 meeting between his son, Donald Trump Jr., and a Kremlin-connected lawyer that the New York Times reported on Sunday followed promises of damaging information on Hillary Clinton, Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Trump’s legal team, said.

The Times, citing three advisors to the White House, said Trump’s then-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, also attended the meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.

He said no details or supporting information was ever offered, and that his father was unaware of the meeting.

On Saturday, Trump Jr. had described the same gathering as a “short introductory meeting” during which the three discussed a disbanded program that used to allow U.S. citizens to adopt Russian children. Russia ended the adoptions in response to American sanctions brought against the nation following the 2009 death of

an imprisoned lawyer who spoke about a corruption scandal.

He said on Sunday that the attorney turned the conversation to the adoption of Russian children, and that he believed that this was the “true agenda” of the meeting and that claims about having information helpful to the Trump campaign had been a pretext for the encounter.

“I interrupted and advised her that my father was not an elected official, but rather a private citi-

zen, and that her comments and concerns were better addressed if and when he held public office,” Trump Jr. said in the statement.

Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Trump’s legal team, said only, “The President was not aware of and did not attend the meeting.”

Unlike Kushner, Trump Jr. does not serve in the administration and is not required to disclose his foreign contacts. The newspaper said the meeting was disclosed in recent days to government investigators when he filed a revised version of a form needed to obtain a security clearance. His attorney has previously acknowledged that Kushner’s first security clearance submission was incomplete.

Manafort also recently disclosed the meeting to congressional investigators, the newspaper said.

The newspaper said Veselnitskaya is known for her attempts to undercut the sanctions against Russian human rights abusers. The Times also said her clients include state-owned businesses and the son of a senior government official whose company was under investigation in the United States at the time of the meeting.

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New contract is up to Vettel, says Ferrari boss

SPIELBERG, JuLy 10 (REutERS): Ferrari have told Sebastian Vettel he just has to sign on the dotted line to stay with the Formula One glamour team next season.

The championship leader is out of contract at the end of the year but Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne set out his team's position at the Austrian Grand Prix.

"I made it very clear that if he wants to stay then we’ll just renew it. It’s up to him," Marchionne told reporters before Sunday's race.

Vettel has delayed contract talks to focus on the championship battle, saying there will be plenty of time over the summer, and any haggling is likely to be about money and the number of years.

The German, a four times world champion, moved 20 points clear of closest rival Lewis Hamilton after finishing runner-up to the Briton's Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas at the Red Bull Ring.

With the 20 round season approaching the halfway point at Silverstone next weekend, Vettel has won three races and it would probably have been four had he been given one more lap on Sunday.

As it was, he missed out by a mere 0.6 of a second.

Speaking to the Italian media afterwards, Marchionne said there was plenty to be happy about however.

Marchionne sends 'laggard' Raikkonen a warning

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"It was very close. We are there and our German friends know it," he said.

"They can feel us breathing down their necks but we will cut this little gap. I am much happier than I was in the past. The boys know we have started the job and we must carry it through to the end."

While Vettel leads the standings, champions Mercedes stretched their lead in the con-

structors' standings to 33 points and are 5-3 to Ferrari on wins.

But while Hamilton and Bottas have shared the spoils of victory, Vettel has been leading the charge for Ferrari with more than twice as many points as his Finnish team mate Kimi Raikkonen.

Vettel's only obvious alternative to the most successful team in Formula One history would be Mercedes, but the German has already laughed off rumours of that

happening.

"I think the way we are set up right now, we find ourselves very happy and the focus is on this year despite the fact for next year there is nothing on paper," he said in May. Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has also dismissed a move.

"A Ferrari driver, his head is for Ferrari, and the money in the end is also there," he said.

SPIELBERG, JuLy 10 (REutERS): Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne has indicated that Kimi Raikkonen needs to get his season in gear and do more for the team as contract negotiations for 2018 pick up pace.

"I think Kimi has got to show a higher level of commitment to the process," he told reporters before the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.

"There are days when I think he's a bit of a laggard, but we'll see. I am going to talk to him today, we'll see what happens."

Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion with Ferrari and now 37 years old, is out of contract at the end of the season and has not won a race since he was with Lotus in 2013.

While four times champion team mate Sebastian Vettel, also out of contract at the end of the year, has won three of eight races and leads the championship by 20 points from Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, the Finn is fifth overall.

Raikkonen's best result of the season so far was second in Monaco in May and he finished fifth on Sunday after starting from third place. Vettel was second behind Mercedes' winner Valtteri Bottas in Austria.

Vettel, with 171 points, has scored more than twice as many as Raikkonen (83).

"Obviously I want to do well," the

A Comparative Analysis of Nagaland Legislative Assembly members and the Educated Unemployed in Nagaland Chothazo Nienu University of Hyderabad

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f my assumption is right, and many share my assumption, the constant fight among the elected legislators is a fight for portfolios in the government. This has come about because, and I hope my assumption is right again, there are too many elected legislatures and too less portfolios.

In Economics terms, the demand (for portfolios) is more than the supply (the portfolios being constant).Since the portfolios are constant, or near constant because many posts of advisors are created, what has happened is drastic competition among the legislators. If there are other means by which the legislators can be lawfully and satisfactorily employed, employed as in being engaged in other works related to the government where they can be satisfied, then the issue of fighting for portfolios won’t arise (extreme care is being repeated to give the assumption that the fight is symptomatic i.e. less portfolios and no viable means of employment outside of present governance).

Now, turn this scenario to the case of the Naga Educated Unemployed Youth. Just like legislators eligible for fixed portfolios have increased, so

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he political life of the Nagas has been screwed up and down for the past few months. This has loosened the doors and windows of every department right down to every homes. The bolt and the screw do not match the show for some internal reason.

That is why change of leadership has virulently attacked the local party again. But change of leadership will not bring the little mouse out of its hole. The mouse knows when to come out and go in.

May be it is time for the public to think deep beyond this circumstance and event and see for oneself the reality of darkish political life in Nagaland. Always remember that change of leadership does not necessarily bring about change in the life of the public. Therefore, the public has a say in the political wave of the State. The wholesale cleaning of the team may seem to work better in this political dilemma.

Shall we call this drama, the first phase of NBCC clean election campaign? Sometimes, we need to blame the Church for its ‘divide and rule policy.’

Even before the word ‘election’ is uttered from the mouth of the innocent public, there are churches which go around like ‘merry go’ only to bring greater disaster. If the Church is so wor-

ed unemployed youth do not hold such position and the pressure of not having a job and being asked to search a job for someone is like, well, it’s like being ask to lend when you need to borrow.

The elected members, while they have much work to do in their constituencies, prefer portfolios because the system in Nagaland is such that an elected member cannot do much without holding one. The educated youth can take other forms of employment however prefer government jobs because the system is such that one cannot do much without holding one. I mean, education seems to be the only functioning industry, apart from real estate, and one cannot be expected to be paid very less teaching in colleges and schools. A graduate teacher is paid as less as 3000 per month, may be even lower. It is not feasible to be employed in other employments except the government sector (remember the education cost where e.g. the father’s field has been sold to finance higher education).

Squabbles among the elected members have reached such a point that the present scenario is seen as a crisis. The case of the educated unemployed youth has been

in a crisis for a long time.The already existing competition for portfolios may have been exacerbated by the entry of someone who went outside of the state and came again.

There is a huge competition for jobs from youth who goes outside the state for education and come back home for employment adding to the already crowded unemployed.

There is one primary difference: While the elected members can goto Kaziranga, Niathu Resort, Chief Minister’s Residences (whichever) many times in five years, the educated unemployed cannot even go to Kohima for a protest gathering because that would be too costly. Another difference is that if sixty elected leaders are fighting for ten portfolios, that makes it a ratio of 6:1. In 2016, for the NPSC exam, 13’593 candidates applied for 73 posts making it a ratio of 186:1 which means an elected member is 31 times more likely to get a portfolio than an unemployed getting a job through NPSC which also means that we have to sympathize for the educated unemployed more than we sympathize for the elected members without a portfolio.

The issue of the educated unemployed needs more space than is currently given.

THE DISASTER OF POLITICAL MANAGEMENT

because even what belongs to us is taken away forcefully from our soft holy hands. Is this action not hurting you? Do you feel the pinch of life under selfish rulers? Did your precious vote made you feel proud because you are counted among those who can decide the fate of Nagas? Do you own your life or sold it to someone who thrashes you underfoot day and night? We need to rise about ourselves to make our dreams shine as a crown on our head. For this, good and efficient leaders must emerge to avail such opportunity to the public.

There can be another uprising of the public if the Government does not believe in political stability. Off course those who shouted against T. R. Zeliang may not raise the same voice against Shürhozelie. The crowd knows whom to bark at and whom to please. The cunningness of the crowd also brings down rain and thunder from the clear sky. And Nagas are good for appeasing the tribal gods of war and hatred.

Dear Naga brothers and sisters, let us not play the game of cheating ourselves. We must march forward with greater vision of life, a life where you will be treated as a living person and not a stone to be thrown into the sea of politics.

has the number of Naga educated youth well qualified for the ‘government’ jobs in Nagaland. The portfolios have been almost constant so has the number of posts year after year which has been almost constant. Different positions have been created to accommodatethe elected members as much as possible. The same has been the case with the educated youth in Nagaland where jobs have been created under different categories such as contract, substitute, proxy etc. to accommodate the unemployed.

Another resemblance is the high cost the elected members pay to get elected.

The Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) to Higher Education in the country is one of the lowest in Nagaland which probably is because of the high cost of higher education in the form of college fees. Elected members are expected to recover the costs of elections by getting good portfolios; so are the educated youth in Nagaland who are expected to get good jobs. Nagaland ministers are dependent on the generosity of the central government in the form of subsidies, I mean, let’s be frank, of all the states in the country, the state receives the highest proportion of revenue vis-à-vis to its budget from

the central government. Unfortunately, due to fiscal prudence measures being carried out by the central government, the subsidies over the years are given with more care. In other words, the funding has relatively decreased. This puts the elected members in a tight spot. Keen readers will already perceive that scholarships given to students, which is a form of subsidy, face troubles every year. Come September and the issue of scholarship will be all over the place.

One pressure which the elected members face is that they are expected to give jobs to those who seek their help.

“Where there is a will, there are 500 relatives” goes a quip.

In Nagaland, that is translated as “where there is an elected member, there are 50’000 relatives.” Now, the elected members who do not have a portfolio will say, “This guy is understanding us now. We are expected to give jobs and without a portfolio, how much can an elected member do?

This is why we fight for portfolios.” This view has a naïve assumption that the uneducated youth do not face any such pressure from the kith and kin to search jobs. While the elected members at least have a position of being an elected member, the educat-

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ried about good system of election, it should intervene not for its own selfish gain, but for the general good of the public.

The church has never strongly stood against the disaster of political management. It only go about roaring and mowing from place to place to make its presence felt among the Naga society.

I believe that those who have pledged themselves for ‘Clean election’ will go to Kaziranga and pull out all the bosses to come back to Nagaland.

That will be the first and best cleaning you can contribute for the welfare of Nagas. I am sure the trusted and reputed Naga Hoho, Naga Mothers Association, JCC and NSF will act wisely in this juncture for the sake of Nagas.

The time has certainly come for the public to block Nagaland Gate so that no Ministers and MLAs go outside of Nagaland to discuss our internal problems. Failure in this work may worsen the situation of Nagaland. Yes, the notion seems foolish to many ears yet it will bring some relieve to some souls in Nagaland.

The present generation of

Nagas is blessed to see the turmoil of politics. May be its time that we clean the whole vessel of politics and cook some other curry which may taste better to feed Nagas to sustain their life for another day. Change of dish will bring about better health and digestion. There may be some Nagas who could not digest the present plate of rice because of some missing ingredients. Many appeals and complaints has been made verbally and also in black and white but the cooks (political leaders) in the kitchen failed to address such issues. That is why Nagas eat poor food and sleep on the floor whereas the cooks fattened himself inside the closed door of the kitchen.

This is the reason why Nagas are becoming thin and slim only to be fit into the eye of a needle.

No leader is to be blamed for this disaster for all Ministers and MLAs play the part of parting and welcoming. During this few months, there has been too many welcome and farewell in the Naga politics.

Shall we allow this cyclone to go on? This life style may not be so healthy for it shakes and

cuts the root of all walks of life.

Without deep roots, even the best tree can dry up. Mind you, Nagas are drying up under the heat of political corruption and tragedy. If we do not stop this cyclone, the coming generation will live in the desert.

The elected political leaders move from one party to another in view of the greater share that awaits them from the centre. This move has been affecting the life of the public for so long. Are Nagas happy to live under the torn roof?

We are not. May some young spiritual soul take over the political life of Nagas so that Nagas could gain better prospect of life. The stain of the present politics has been smeared all around. Hardly anyone is free from this pigment. What goes on in the politics affects the young and the old, the social and spiritual life. It is a sad note that we are all tossed upon by our elected members as flattened football.

We have elected them as our anchor but they have turned us into nomads leaving nothing behind to depend on. The poor voters live in rags under the tyrant rulers. This is

Finn told Reuters after the race. "I can only do the best that I can. It's not like I'm not trying. Unfortunately, it's not been very straightforward sometimes but that's part of F1.

"We keep pushing and I'm sure things will get better."

VERY SATISFIED Marchionne said he was very satisfied with the team's performance, after a dismal 2016 season in which they failed to win a race, and also with Vettel despite the German's recent 'road rage' controversy with Britain's Hamilton.

"It's not perfect, I think we (have) still left a lot of potential gains on the track.

We can make that difference up. I still think that Mercedes has a slight edge over us," said the Italian.

"I am happy with what Sebastian is doing, just in case anybody is wondering."

Vettel was handed a 10 seconds stopand-go penalty during the race in Azerbaijan last month for deliberately banging wheels with Hamilton while they were behind the safety car.

The German was then summoned to a hearing at the sport's governing FIA (International Automobile Federation) in Paris last Monday, which decided to take no further action after Vettel apologised and accepted full responsibility.

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Rev.L.Suohie Mhasi

n human societies, passing through bad weather is inevitable. If the people are sincerely to find out the truth and finding out the truth the strife will be ended. If the conflict is for self-interest.

Satisfaction of ambition is the only solution. The solution to any conflict is the truth and true love for the people. Seeking self interest usu-

ally leads to jeopardising peace and tranquillity of the people.

Having relationship with God is the only way of peace. Relationship with God has no season and out of season but it is to be all the time, in anytime and under whatever circumstances. Having relationship with God will endeavour to do anything and to resolve any problem in truth and all for the truth and not for self-interest.

HEADLESS CHICKENS Kahuto Chishi Sumi

Akukau, Hevishe Village Khaghaboto Range, Dimapur

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hat is a Gaonbura? A Gaonbura is an Assamese word meaning a village (gaon) Bura (old man); which signifies a village elder who is, supposedly, wise in the ways of the world, and knowledgeable of the customs and laws of the village and the people. We Nagas have used this term to encompass all the decision making members of the villages of the many tribes and people that inhabit Nagaland. In our stupidity, we have also appointed Gaonburas to all the localities of all the townships in Nagaland.

A Gaonbura of a locality in a town is a contradiction in terms (an oxymoron if you will); but let us leave this topic for another day.

The primary purpose of a G.B., in Nagaland, is to govern a village or locality according to accepted customs and to aid governmental agencies in the course of their duty, and in accordance with the laws of the land. The recent petition of the G.B.’s Association of Chumukedima, requesting the police not to entertain the First Information Report filed by the A.C.A.U.T. against the Block Development Officer and the minions of the office of the B.D.O., Chumukedima, is not only stupid, but against the law. We Nagas have to understand that:1. No government in the world has any money, nor is any government formed to make money. The government gets money from the public taxpayer. The taxpayer pays taxes with the understanding that the government will provide him security and the proper infrastructure so that he is free to lead his life with a measure of safety and comfort. We Nagas of Nagaland do not pay Income Taxes so we think that it is the government that gives us money and thus government servants are free to deduct any amount they want. This is not so, every paisa we receive comes from the hard earned income of the Indian Taxpayer. The Indian Taxpayer pays his taxes to the Indian Government, which in turn allocates a certain sum to the Nagaland Government to maintain and develop Nagaland. The Government of Nagaland is nothing more than a glorified, “Dalal” (to use the Indian vernacular). The government servants are paid to use the money properly, not to deduct it. Our Legislators are elected to pass laws and to ensure that the money that the Indian Taxpayer gives us is utilised in the best way possible, (but they seem to be too busy camping in Kaziranga amidst the wild animals, where, in my opinion, they rightly belong).

2. Indian laws are based on the British model, not the American model.

The difference lies in the fact that under the American Judicial System, the parties to the dispute can arrive at any compromise, on any issue, provided that all

parties to the dispute are amenable to it.

But under the British Model, if a crime has been committed, even if the victim and offender are willing to compromise, the police can still choose to prosecute the offender. So, the question of the Police entertaining the petition of the G.B.’s Association of Chumukedima does not arise. The money does not belong to the G.Bs. The money belongs to the people of Chumukedima. So, the parties to the dispute are the officials of the R.D. Department at Chumukedima and the people of Chumukedima.

The only locus standi (right/capacity to bring an action/appear in court) the G.B.s have is as ordinary citizens of Chumukedima. The G.B.s Association, in reality, is liable to prosecution for obstruction of justice.

3. It is the duty of every citizen of India to report any instance of violation of laws; even to the extent of making a, “Citizen’s Arrest”, in the absence of the Law Enforcement Agencies. So A.C.A.U.T. or any of its members, or anyone else, for that matter, is entitled to file an F.I.R. on any matter where there is a perceived instance of violation of the law. And the Police are duty bound to register such cases.

Why does it always have to be A.C.A.U.T? We seem to have hundreds of thousands of unions, associations and organisations. The N.B.C.C. seems to think that if Nagas stop drinking alcohol and refrain from taking money for votes during elections, Nagaland will turn into a heaven on earth. If those in the Church hierarchy wish to interfere in temporal matters, instead of sticking to spiritual matters, here is another chance for you to speak out. Speak out now, or forever hold your silence on all matters of the flesh. And I ask all citizens of Nagaland to demand that the union, association or organisation that you belong to speak out against this all pervasive corruption that is rotting the flesh off the bones of Nagaland.

I am grateful that God gave the Sumis the wisdom to pass the resolution to uphold our traditional address of “Kukamis” in place of G.B.sand “Akukau” in place of G.B. I would advise the other Naga Tribes to follow suit. The Konyaks should revert to their “Anghs” and the other Naga Tribes may use the Ao “Tatar”, or their separate traditional terms to designate their village decision making elders. There have been too many G.B.s appointed by the government in too many places, on nothing more than political and nepotistic grounds, for the title to hold any respect in the eyes of the people. I was always ashamed of our politicians, theologians, bureaucrats and “Freedom Fighters”; now the G.B.s Association of Chumukedima have given me another reason to be ashamed of being a Naga. We have become a land of headless chickens, running helter skelter, with no purpose and no clue as to what to do or where to head.

God Save Our Nagaland

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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fter months of playing coy, Daniel Craig is reportedly on board to reprise his role as James Bond for the fifth time, and he’s bringing Adele back to sing the theme song.

The Daily Mirror reports that Craig, who has been playing the iconic Agent 007 since 2006’s Casino Royale, has agreed to return, after previously saying that he would rather ‘slash’ his ‘wrists’ than do another Bond film.

Producer Barbara Broccoli has secured Craig, and is ‘determined’ to bring back Adele, who performed the theme song for 2012’s Skyfall, for which she won at the Acade-

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has finally agreed to do another James Bond movie my Awards, Brit Awards, Grammy Awards and Golden Globes..

They will look to replicate that film’s success, after the rushed sequel, 2015’s Spectre, could only draw mediocre reviews, and saw a decline in box office.

The Dark Tower star Idris Elba, Peaky Blinders’ Tom Hardy, Happy Valley villain James Norton and Poldark’s Aidan Turner were all rumoured to be contenders to replace Craig.

The report goes on to say that Broccoli hopes for production to begin by 2018.

A source close to the production told the Mirror, “Craig and Adele to-

gether are the winning team, the ultimate choice, the money spinners.

It’s taken time but Daniel has come round and the strong consensus in the Bond offices is that Mr Craig is 007 again. As for Adele, she’s more of an unknown quantity but loved being part of Bond, so the signs are positive.”

Craig’s wife, actor Rachel Weisz, is also “on board with the decision” and is fine with him spending a year away filming.

He was previously said to have been offered more than $150 million (Rs 1000 crore) to return for two more films.

Source: Hindustan Times

TV actress Alka Kaushal and her mother sentenced to 2 year jail term

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Rolling Stones musical 'in the works'

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orkshops are taking place in West End here in search of stars to be in a potential Rolling Stones musical. The search is on but the legendary English rock band members Mick Jagger, 73, Keith Richards, 73, Charlie Watts, 76, and Ronnie Wood, 70, are yet to give the show their backing, femalefirst.co.uk reports.

"The idea came from top theatre execs who know the concept of a Stones musical has the potential to be a worldwide hit. But they know the show has to be outstanding for the band members to back it," a source told The Sun newspaper. "Only then will it ever see the light of day -- and at the same time make the rockers as absolute fortune.

The workshops are being kept very much under wraps and only incredible talent is being invited to attend," the source added.

Source: IANS

'excited' about her military look in 'Parmanu'

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relief, but the additional session's court upheld the lower court's decision. The actress and her mother are now in Sangrur district jail.

Alka Kaushal had been working on quite a few daily soaps, recently she also announced her entry in Santoshi Maa. The actress

was supposed to play the role of a god woman called Kranti Maa. The actress has also done a few Hindi and Marathi film, most memorable being role of Kareena Kapoor's mother in Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Kangana Ranaut's mother in Queen.

Source: DNA

It is not yet known whether the musical would cover the band's career or use their back catalogue, which date back to 1962 when they formed the band in London, for a different story.

While the veteran rockers could earn a fortune from a musical, they may not need the cash as it was recently reported they will earn 2 million pounds from a new album after their contract was renewed by Universal.

The group is reportedly planning to release a live compilation album in time for Christmas 2017 and follow that up with a new studio LP to coincide with the end of their forthcoming European tour, which kicks off in September. The Rolling Stones' latest album, "Blue and Lonesome" a collection of blues covers was their 25th record and dropped in December 2016.

Diana Penty fter portraying a simple Meera in "Cocktail" and a fun Happy in "Happy Bhaag Jayegi", actress Diana Penty is now excited to play a military officer in the upcoming film "Parmanu - The Story Of Pokhran". Diana took to Twitter on July 9 to share her first look, where she is seen donning a military uniform. Her hair is pulled back to a bun and she is sporting minimal make-up. "Excited to share my first look in 'Parmanu'!" she captioned the image.

Last month, actorproducer John Abraham

ere's a bad news for TV actress Alka Kaushal's fans.

Sangrur court in Punjab has upheld the two year jail term as Alka and her mother failed to defend themselves in a cheque bounce case.

The actress and her mother had borrowed Rs 50 lakh from a farmer based in Lagrian village, to make a serial, but they failed to return his money. Alka had handed two cheques of Rs 25 lakh each and were reported bounce by the farmer's advocate. The farmer had moved Malerkotla court back in 2015, which sentenced them to jail, Alka then appealed in higher court at Sangrur for some

shared the first look of "Parmanu - The Story Of Pokhran", where the map of Pokhran is shown with John's face watermarked behind the poster.

The film is based on the historic nuclear tests which were conducted in 1998 in Pokhran, Rajasthan. The tests are marked as the most iconic incident after Independence. The film will throw light on how it all happened. "Parmanu - The Story Of Pokhran", which also stars Boman Irani in a pivotal role, is slated to release on December 8.

Source: IANS

Cosplayers at Anime Junkies (NAJ), 5th Annual Costfest 2017 on Sunday at the Heritage, old DC Bungalow, Kohima

She's the Australian supermodel whose work now takes her right across the world. And on Monday, Miranda Kerr was in Tokyo, Japan to promote an organic miso product.

The 34-year-old looked simply sensational as she showed off her culinary skills at the event, held at the luxury Hyatt Regency Hotel. (Image Courtesy/MailOnline)

50 Cent made Eminem “want to quit rapping”

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magine what the world of rap would have been, if it did not have Eminem in it. The 44-year-old rapper took to Instagram to pay a tribute to his fellow rapper 50 Cent on his birthday and also revealed that there was once a 50 Cent verse so good that it made him consider dropping out of the rap game altogether. In the video, Eminem said, "Yo, Fif, first off, I wanna say happy birthday. Secondly, I want to remind you of a verse you did that made me want to quit rapping."

The ' Berzerk' hit-maker then rapped, "Picture a perfect picture, picture me in the paper, picture me starting shit, picture me busting my gat, picture police man dey ain't gotta picture of that. Where I'm from it's a fact, you gotta watch your back. You wear a vest without a gat, you's a target jack."

And after finishing the verse from the song, Eminem noted, "Yeah, so, that made me want to stop rapping, for like a long time." 50 Cent was quick to reply as he posted the same video on his Instagram account, thanking Eminem for the wishes. Eminem is set to headline this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals, which takes place on the weekend of August 25 to 27 at Richfield Avenue, and Bramham Park.

Source: ANI

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Rybarikova charges into Wimbledon wonderland

LONDON, JuLy 10 (ReuteRs): Magdalena Rybarikova feels like she is living a fairy tale after reaching her first grand slam quarter-final by defeating Croatian qualifier Petra Martic at Wimbledon on Monday.

Ranked 87, the Slovak produced some sparkling all-court tennis to see off 135th-ranked Martic 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the last-16 clash.

"I'm in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, which was my dream," she said afterwards. "This is amazing, this is like a fairy tale.

I'm speechless about everything right now, I'm so happy."

The 28-year-old, who had previously never made it past the Wimbledon third round, will next face Coco Vandeweghe.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Dimapur District Taekwondo Championship DiMapuR, JuLy 10 (MexN): The Dimapur District Taekwondo Association (DDTA) will conduct the 16th Dimapur District Taekwondo (WTF) Championship on July 28

and 29. For further enquiries, the DDTA informed clubs/schools/institutions/coaches to contact the following numbers - 97 74042185/9436865504/94 36066705.

G. Rio School wins Pool-A finals

semi-finals. Sangti opened the account for G.Rio in the 31st min. The equalizer for Mt. Sinai came through Shovelo Duolo in the 39th min.

Earlier, Pool- A final match was graced by urban development director Ken Keditsu as the match matron.

Murray reaches Wimbledon Kohima District Inter-School th quarters for 10 straight year Football Tournament 2017

Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova returns to Croatia’s Petra Martic during their Wome n ’s S i n g l e s Match, July 10.

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battle.

In a tight last-16 clash, she and Martic matched each other from the back of the court, exchanging stinging drives. But it was Rybarikova's willingness to charge the net behind her sliced backhand on crucial points that proved the difference.

"I have always enjoyed play on grass, my favourite

surface," said Rybarikova.

"I think it fits my game - I play a lot of slices, I go for volleys and I serve well."

She acknowledged that her next opponent, Vandeweghe, was also in fine form on grass courts.

Rybarikova will go into the match as the underdog even though she beat the 25th-ranked American at this year's French Open.

LONDON, JuLy 10 (ReuteRs): Defending champion Andy Murray eased into the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the 10th successive year with a 7-6(1) 6-4 6-4 victory over Benoit Paire on Monday.

Murray was not at his best against Paire and his faltering serve was frequently exploited by the 46th-ranked Frenchman, who caused the Briton trouble without being able to inflict any lasting damage.

He broke Murray twice in a row in the first set, which ended up going to a tiebreak that the top seed won comfortably.

Murray, who came

Andy Murray with Benoit Paire after their fourth round match. (Reuters Photo)

into the championships with a niggling hip injury, still seems occasionally uncomfortable and lacking his usual zip around court.

He had too much guile for Paire, however, and wrapped up his 26th successive win against French opposition in two hours and 21 minutes.

Dani Ceballos to sign for Real 'Top players can deal with problems better' Madrid, Betis boss Haro says Reuters

MaDRiD , JuLy 10 (ReuteRs): Dani Ceballos is leaving Real Betis and is set to sign for Real Madrid, Angel Haro, president of Betis, said on Monday.

Spanish midfielder Ce-

ballos, 20, was the subject of a tug-of-war between La Liga giants Madrid and Barcelona, but eventually opted to join Zinedine Zidane's side.

"Dani has rejected Be-

tis' renewal offer, from what we know he has a deal with Real Madrid," Haro told a news conference.

"When you have a player and make him an offer and a team come in and pay the release fee clause, there’s little you can do to keep him. We are talking ... in the coming hours we will know what Madrid are offering," Haro added.

Spanish media have reported that Real will pay around 15 million euros ($17 million) for Ceballos, who was named the outstanding player at the recent U21 European Championships in Poland, where Spain finished in second place.

Eight-time grand slam champion Ivan Lendl says it is the ability to deal with distractions and overcome obstacles such as a lack of playing time that sets the top players in the world apart from the rest.

Lendl, who coaches world number one Andy Murray, said that the Briton, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic have been able to stay at the top of men's tennis due to their mental strength.

"The top guys are top guys because they do things a little bit better than the other guys," Lendl told British media.

"Whether it's problem solving, whether it's lack of matches for a while, deal-

ing with distractions off the court – these guys are used to it ...

"Yes, they can get upset, or the others can upset them, but if they play 100 times they are going to win more than half.

"They are better in stroke production, movement, physically. You put all that into a package and the package is slightly better than the guys below."

Lendl also said Murray, who is on the mend from a hip injury and just scraped past Italian Fabio Fognini in the third round at Wimbledon, had the character to dig deep when things were not going according to plan.

"That's how people win tournaments – they fight.

It doesn't come easy. You

don't always play your best and you have to get through that and fighting is part of it," Lendl said.

"When you play, sometimes you feel tired and you have to push through that pain barrier as well.

Rhythm was very difficult last week, especially with the first two guys...

"But Andy is hitting it better and cleaner every practice now and getting his timing and rhythm back. He's in the second week so he is in with a chance."

Murray faces Benoit Paire in the fourth round later on Monday, with Federer playing Grigor Dimitrov, Nadal up against Gilles Muller and Djokovic taking on Adrian Mannarino.

Our Correspondent Kohima | July 10

G. Rio School today won against Mt. Sinai HSS in the Pool A finals of the ongoing 1st Kohima district Inter-school Football Tournament 2017 here at Khuochiezie.

G.Rio defeated Mt. Sinai via tie-breaker following a thrilling 90-minute 1-1 draw to move to the

JuLy 11 MAtcH Pool-B finals Ministers' Hill Baptist HSS vs Riizhiikhrie Govt HSS (2:00 PM)

Tottenham scotch talk of Facebook-backed takeover BCCI postpones announcement of new coach

LONDON, JuLy 10 (ReuteRs): English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur have said they are not in takeover talks in response to a British media report that a potential buyer backed by Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg is considering a 1 billion pounds ($1.29 billion) bid.

The Sunday Times reported that American investment firm Iconiq Capital had held talks with a number of buyout firms about a possible move for the club known as Spurs.

It said the San Francisco fund manages the wealth of several Sili-

con Valley billionaires, including the founder of Facebook.

In 2001 Bahamas-based Joe Lewis bought Tottenham through investment vehicle ENIC, which owns 85.55 percent of the club.

Tottenham finished second in the Premier League last season behind London rivals Chelsea to again qualify for the lucrative Champions League, European soccer's elite club competition.

Spurs are building a 61,500seat stadium on their existing White Hart Lane site for 800 million pounds and will use the national stadium at Wembley this

season while the new ground is constructed for the club to use from the 2018-19 campaign.

Tottenham said on their website (www.tottenhamhotspur. com) on Sunday: "The club engaged Rothschild to secure the funding for the new stadium. As expected many proposals came forward including bank debt and equity investment.

"The club announced on 31 May 2017 the completion of the bank debt financing for the new stadium with a consortium of banks involving Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limit-

ed, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and HSBC Bank plc.

"The Board believes this was the optimum solution in the interests of fans, employees and shareholders and for the continued development of the club. The Board is not in any discussions relating to a takeover offer for the club."

Tottenham announced on May 31 that the club had signed a 400 million pounds, five-year loan to help finance the cost of building the new stadium, which is being purpose-built to also stage National Football League (NFL) games.

West Indies beat India in Twenty20

KiNgstON, JuLy 10 (iaNs): Riding on Evin Lewis' unbeaten century, West Indies defeated India by nine wickets in the oneoff Twenty20 International match at the Sabina Park here on Sunday.

Lewis slammed 125 runs in just 62 balls to guide his team to a comfortable victory over the visitors. His innings was laced with six boundaries and 12 sixes.

Chasing a mammoth 191, West Indies got off to a perfect start as openers Lewis and Chris Gayle (18) forged 82-run partnership in the 8.2 overs before Gayle was dismissed by left arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav.

Incoming batsman Marlon Samuels (36) then joined the in-form Lewis and the duo thrashed Indian bowlers all around the park to hand West Indies a victory with nine balls remaining.

For India, Kuldeep was the lone wicket taker.

Earlier, put in to bat, India posted a challenging total of 190/6.

Dinesh Karthik was highest scorer for the visitors with 48 runs off 29 balls which included five boundaries and three sixes.

Pacers Jerome Taylor and Kesrick Williams were the most successful among the West Indies bowlers with figures of 2/31 and 2/36 respectively.

Asked to bat first, India were off to a good start with skipper Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan producing an opening stand of 64 runs in 33 balls.

Kohli, who smashed Williams for a six and a four off the first two balls of the sixth over, mistimed the very next delivery when the pacer delivered a slower ball for an easy catch to Sunil Narine at mid-on.

Dhawan was also dismissed just two balls later when there was a horrible piece of miscommunication between him and Rishabh Pant and Williams caught the former short of his crease with an excellent throw.

However, Pant and Karthick brought the innings back on track with an 86-run partnership in 59 balls.

The hosts struck back when Taylor removed Pant and Mahendra Singh with consecutive balls in the 17th over.

But Ravindra Jadeja (13 not out) and Ravichandran Ashwin (11 not out) delivered a strong finish to help India to a big total.

Commenting on the match, Kohli said the

team did not step up to the chances they got which resulted in the loss. The Delhi player also praised Karthik's knock.

"I thought even in the first innings we could have 20-30 runs extra. We were on course to get 220 but we did not grab our chances and when you don't, you do not deserve to win," Kohli said after the match.

"We couldn't really carry on. Dinesh was really good in the middle overs but no one got an 80 odd. We also couldn't take our catches which did not help," he added.

Man of the Match Lewis, who scored a brilliant century for the hosts, said: "I am enjoying playing a team like India. It was a lot on my mind after five failures and I remembered that (thing) today. It is easier for me while batting with Chris (Gayle), he takes a lot of pressure off me. I am not sure what this game would do to me but I am very happy with my performance today and look to continue it further."

MuMbai, JuLy 10 (iaNs): The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday decided to postpone the selection of a new coach for the national team by a few days.

Lalchand Rajput, Virender Sehwag, Richard Pybus, Ravi Shastri and Tom Moody were the candidates who were interviewed on Monday by the threemember CAC which includes former India captain Sourav Ganguly, former India batsman V.V.S. Laxman and the legendary Sachin Tendulkar -- who took part in the proceedings via skype as he is currently in London.

Former West Indies allrounder Phil Simmons is also a candidate but is yet to be interviewed.

"What we have decided is we will hold on for the time being for the announcement of the coach. We need a few more days and talk to a few more people, especially the captain and then make an announcement because we feel that there is no hurry at the moment," Ganguly told the media after the interviews.

The CAC members also said that India team captain Virat Kohli will be consulted before a new coach -- who will stay till the 2019 ODI World Cup -- is appointed.

"We have a Sri Lanka tour coming in a week's time and the board will continue with the same set (of people) for the time being. We want to speak to Kohli when he returns from America.

We will explain to him that the coaches want to function in a certain way and make sure that everybody is on the same page before we make the announcement,"

Ganguly said.

"Once we make the announcement, the new coach will stay till the World Cup. To be honest, what we heard from the coaches today is not different from last year.

"They were outstanding, specially some of the names we discussed. We were pleasantly surprised and happy when we heard how they want to go about the job," the former India captain added.

Shastri is considered to be one of the favourites for the job since he enjoys good relations with Kohli. The former India all-rounder had delivered results during his previous stint with the Indian team, a factor which may also work in his favour.

The Indian team, especially skipper Virat Kohli, has been at the centre of a controversy after Anil Kumble resigned as coach following a humiliating 180run loss to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final on June 18.

Kumble had hinted at differences with Kohli in his resignation letter to the BCCI. There have also been reports that several players were unhappy with Kumble's strict disciplinarian approach.

Some players were also reportedly unhappy after Kumble handed a harsh

dressing down to the team following the defeat in the Champions Trophy final.

Ganguly, however, made it clear that the CAC is aiming to appoint a coach who will be able to guide the team over a long period of time and will gel well with Kohli and other members of the Indian team.

"We are in no hurry. We are not looking at only the Sri Lanka tour because that will be a long affair. What is important for us is we are not going to play. It is the coach, the players and the captain.

We are a part of that.

"I thought the presentations were outstanding. Exactly what coaches would want to do in the system because we have played the game and we have played under different coaches.

They have all their different ways of operation but the crux of the matter does not change," Ganguly said.

"That is why we feel Virat, who we respect so much, is an important cog of the system. I was captain, Laxman was probably the best in the world. So we understand where it goes.

We will take a call which is the best way forward for the team and the boys because ultimately they are going to play and they going to give results," he added.

"That is what is most important for us."

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