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July 11 to 24 is population stabilization fortnight [ PAGE 2]

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Anime fans converge in Kohima for NAJ Cos-fest 2014 Morung Express news Dimapur | July 12

On Saturday, a small nook in Kohima town was ‘magically’ transformed into a realm of fantasy, filled with heroes, princesses and anBy Sandemo Ngullie thropomorphic creations. Any person unfamiliar with anime or fantasy literature would have been left befuddled and wondering. This was a realm in sharp contrast to the massively flaunted and thereby generally perceived image of the ‘headhunting Nagas.’ It was bizarre, odd, alien and at the same time exceedingly intriguing. The second annual Cos-fest, organized by the Nagaland Anime Junkies, saw hundreds of young people strutting persoRs 50,000 is not bad for an hour work huh? now let’s nas of their favorite chargo and get ready for the acters at the Heritage, Old DC Bungalow in Kohima evening service. on July 12, Saturday. The event was first held in 2013, attracting a tremendous amount of support from anime fans within and outside Nagaland state. Flashing swords made of

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(LEFT) A group of cos-players enact a routine at the nAJ Cos-fest 2014 in Kohima on July 12. (RIGHT) Two naga youngsters dress up as their favorite fictional characters. (Photos by Hopong Chang)

papier-mâché and stark and vibrant costumes thronged the venue, making it seem like a big fancy dress party. But it was more than that. The idea of dressing up in costumes may conjure images of homemade childhood costumes for running round the garden in, or awkward ensembles at school fancy dress competitions. Not so here, as participants prepared weeks ahead,

putting in a tremendous amount of effort to create precise representations of their alter egos. Cos-play - short for costume play – is a performance art where participants wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea from influences as varied as television, comic books, movies, video games and literature. For many cos-

players, the exercise is more than mere dress up. It is not just about donning the same outfit as a beloved character; they adopt the same mannerisms, posture and accent, embodying the character rather than just imitating. They feel a deeper connection with their chosen character that elevates the experience to a more profound level. The Nagaland Anime

Junkies was formed in 2011 by a few individuals who shared a common interest in arts and animations. It started off as a Facebook page where Anime fans from everywhere could come together and share their love for the art-form. The page is open to all and at present has over seven thousand followers, mostly young Nagas. The event saw anime fans performing various

foothill road: work order stayed Morung Express news Dimapur | July 12

The recent work order issued by the PWD (Roads & Bridges) for the first phase of the Foothill road project in respect to the Mon and Mokokchung sectors has been stayed following a court order. The Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) on Saturday disclosed that the stay order was passed by the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court. The NFHRCC stated that contractors – Yashitsungba Aier and A. Neangba Konyak filed separate petitions in court challenging the PWD (R&B’s) decision to award works contract to other contractors even The Morung Express after they had quoted the lowest rates in bidding process. Aier’s firm, Nagaland POLL QUESTIOn the Steel Engineering Works was in the fray for Vote on www.morungexpress.com the Mokokchung sector while Neangba SMS your anSwer to 9862574165 had bid for the Mon sector. Are you concerned by the Initially, the NFHRCC stated that intensity in which issues the committee advised the contractors of public interest are being against seeking legal redress. “Howevpoliticized and defined along er, having seen the adamant attitude of lines of tribalism and groupism?

the (PWD) department, the committee was compelled to finally ask both the committee recommended contractors to approach the court of law.” It added that the decision of the court clearly exhibits that the “NFHRCC recommended contractors were denied justice through open tender.” As regard to the withdrawal of the Konyak Union’s support, the NFHRCC affirmed that it will not have any effect on the committee. It asserted that the KU

Maintaining that its foremost objective is to see the completion of the foothill road, the NFHRCC clarified that the road is not only for its constituent members but belongs to entire Nagaland. The NFHRCC stated that the committee is often viewed “by a section of the people” as being more concerned with “contract works” but it maintained that “it is not the issue... rather the intention of the committee is not to subject the historic project to bribery or commission.” Concerning the ‘Open letter to the CM’ written on July 4, the NFHRCC informed that it has not received any response yet. In its letter the committee had asked the Chief Minster to initiate necessary action, failing which it will be compelled to approach the “appropriate authority.” Referring to the committee’s demand for disclosing the identity of the person apprehended with firearms on June 30, the NFHRCC stated that it is forced to conclude that the administration and the police is “safeguarding a criminal.” The authorities are yet to make an official declaration on this.

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LLRPO resolves not to accept NSDZ resolution

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DIMAPUR, JULY 12 (MExN): The Lotha Lower Range Public Organization (LLRPO) today informed that affected landowners of Lotha Lower Range have “unanimously declared not to accept the Nagaland Special Development Zone resolution passed by the Nagaland government under its jurisdiction.” A press note from the LLRPO President, Yipholumo Mozhiu and Secretary, Kemerio Yanthan stated that “since the land belongs to individuals, the NOC issued by the village councils under LLRPO jurisdiction stands cancelled and declared null and void.” This, the LLRPO informed, was “unanimously” resolved at a consultative meeting with affected land owners and “intellectuals” at Town Hall, Bhandari on July 12.

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mandated representatives are still with the NFHRCC. The NFHRCC alleged that some of its members are receiving unsolicited “pressure” but maintained that they have not succumbed to it. Responding to allegations that the NFHRCC were taking a communal stance, the committee stated that it has followed an “open-door policy” since inception.

‘Organic foods may help prevent cancer’ WAsHINgToN, JULY 12 (IANs): Organic foods and crops have a suite of advantages over their conventional counterparts, including more antioxidants, fewer, less frequent pesticide residues, and properties that may help prevent cancer, a study suggests. Without the synthetic chemical pesticides applied on conventional crops, organic plants tend to produce more phenols and polyphenols to defend against pest attacks and related injuries, the findings showed. In people, phenols and polyphenols can help prevent diseases triggered or promoted by oxidativedamage like coronary heart disease, stroke and certain cancers. Overall, organic crops had 18 to 69 percent higher concentrations of antioxidant compounds, the study said. “This study is telling a powerful story of how organic plant-based foods are nutritionally superior and deliver bona fide health benefits,” said co-author of the study Charles Benbrook, a researcher at Washington State University in the US. The team found that organic crops have several nutritional benefits that stem

from the way the crops are produced. A plant on a conventionally managed field will typically have access to high levels of synthetic nitrogen, and will marshal the extra resources into producing sugars and starches. As a result, the harvested portion of the plant will often contain lower concentrations of other nutrients, including health-promoting antioxidants. The study looked at an unprecedented 343 peer-reviewed publications comparing the nutritional quality and safety of organic and conventional plant-based foods, including fruits, vegetables, and grains. The researchers applied sophisticated meta-analysis techniques to quantify differences between organic and non-organic foods. Pesticide residues were three to four times more likely in conventional foods than organic ones, as organic farmers are not allowed to apply toxic, synthetic pesticides. Consumers who switch to organic fruit, vegetables, and cereals would get 20 to 40 percent more antioxidants, the researchers concluded. The study appeared in the British Journal of Nutrition.

routines vying to win the costume contest. One participant remarked, “It is a nice release. A change from what we normally do. People may say that we are just following a fad but it is a part of what we love and thereby a part of our individual identities.” The cos-fest attracted scores of anime fans from all over the state and beyond. The costume com-

petition was the main highlight of the event, while a Ramen pizza stand was also set up. A T-Shirt stall by upcoming Naga clothing brand J-LESS and another selling anime merchandize were also put up. Imkongakum, who cosplayed as Dante from Devil May Cry won the best cosplay award. Tiasola won the most creative cosplay award while Mhalevito Richa, who cosplayed as Luffy D Monkey from One Piece and Aonenla, who cosplayed as Nora from Noragami won the best Chibi cosplay award. The event was an avenue for many to escape into a world where magic and fantasy became reality; where everyday people became heroes fighting evil, while performing choreography or chomping on Ramen noodles. The setting was a contrast to the scene outside, an unreal microcosm of grinning painted faces where everyday troubles were transcended by imagination and creativity. One observer stated, “I think it takes tremendous courage to do something like this. I was amazed at the amount of creativity on display and all of them had giant smiles on their faces. And in the end, that’s what matters,” he added.

Subansiri project to help North East: V.K. Singh gUWAHATI, JULY 12 (IANs): Protests against the 2,000 MW lower Subansiri hydroelectric power project were “unjustified” as the project will help Assam and the northeastern states tide over the power crisis, DoNER Minister Gen. (retd.) V.K. Singh said here Saturday. “Power is a priority sector. However, there are issues with some power projects in the region. There is propaganda at work against the projects,” he told media persons. “I have seen that most of the projects here are run-ofthe-river projects and my own assessment is that it is not going to cause any danger,” he said. V.K. Singh said the power ministry was looking at all aspects regarding the 2,000 MW power project, so that the country can reap the maximum benefit. Anti-dam groups in Assam have been up in arms against the central government after Union Minister of State for Coal, Power and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal, during a recent

meeting with Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, said his ministry had resolved the impasse over the mega power project and that the remaining work on the project would resume shortly. “However, we are asking all the state governments to review the projects all over again. There is great power potential in the region and if we cannot harness it, we are only depriving ourselves,” he said. The protests forced Assam BJP president and Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to take up the issue with Goyal, who assured the people of Assam that no construction would be undertaken till the matter was sorted out. V.K. Singh, however, said the people were not informed about the benefits of the project and that was why it was languishing for the last two years with the fear of downstream impact. V.K. Singh is visiting the region in connection with the National Cold Chain Summit in Guwahati.

‘recognize the reality of climate change’

NEW DELHI, JULY 12 (THoMsoN REUTERs FoUNDATIoN): The new government’s budget shows no real commitment towards the environment and is not transformational because it does not allocate enough funds towards promoting renewable energy or public transport and appears to favour corporates over people, environmentalists said on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, which swept to power in May, said on Thursday that it would invest in very large solar power projects and establish a fund to help farmers adapt to changing weather patterns as a result of climate change. But some environmental groups said that while they welcomed plans to boost clean energy such as solar and wind, the budget proposals left much to be desired. “The steps on renewable energy and energy efficiency are not transformational and the attempt to force fit coal production to clear the irrational power proposals,

Environmentalists unimpressed by BJP’s “pro-corporate” budget

is a signal that the reality of climate change has far from been recognised by this government,” said Vinuta Gopal, head of climate and energy at Greenpeace India. “It’s good that the government is talking of investments in renewable but it is largely focused on large scale renewables and not on decentralized renewable energy for meeting the electrification needs of rural India,” Gopal added. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told parliament that renewable energy was “a very high priority” and announced around $100 million to build four “ultra mega solar power projects” in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Jammu and Kashmir. Jaitley said his coalition government, which is led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, also planned to launch scheme for solar power-driven agricultural water pumping stations,

develop solar parks on canal banks and give tax breaks on imported solar components. The Centre for Science and Environment, a leading Delhi-based environmental think-tank, agreed with Greenpeace saying the biggest potential for solar energy will come from decentralised and off-grid solutions. CSE’s director Sunita Narain said it was important to invest in smaller power plants that provide clean energy to millions across India’s grid and remote villages that have electricity lines but no power. Instead, she said, budget 2014/15 falls back on the “big” solar plants. Lack of access to electricity India is desperate for power, and coal is expected to remain at the heart of its energy security for decades. Seventy million households – up to 40 percent of the coun-

try’s 1.2 billion people - have no access to electricity. Narain also said allocations for building underground trains networks to boost public transport were way too little. “Transportation is an important focus area, but budget 2014 does not provide directions that will work,” said Narain. “The FM sets aside 100 crore rupees ($18 million) for metro projects in Lucknow and Ahmedabad. But the fact is that metro systems cost between 150 crore to 300 crore per km to build. So, is this 100 crore going to build one km or just go into feasibility studies?” Greenpeace’s Gopal called the Modi’s budget “paradoxical” saying that it “invites the foreign hand to key sectors in the country, though it has balked at any support that could raise uncomfortable questions on human rights or environmental violations”. “The budget is a pro-corporate (one) as was expected, with little to cheer for the people and the environment,” said Gopal.

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July 11 to 24 is population stabilization fortnight

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WPD 2014 theme: ‘Investing in Young People’

s the world population edged to 7 billion people in 2011 (up from 2.5 billion in 1950), it has had profound implications for development. A world of 7 billion is both a challenge and an opportunity with implications on sustainability, urbanization, access to health

Dr. Kevichusa CMO addressing the participants during the World Population Day cum district review meeting held at CMO conference Hall on July 11.

phEK, July 12 (mExN): District Health Society, Phek observed World Population Day cum district review meeting on July 11 at CMO conference Hall under the theme ‘A planned Family- Source of Happiness”. Dr. Kevichusa Medikhru, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Phek gave a brief highlight on the theme and observation of World Population Day. Dr. Thenuohezo District Program Office, RCH & UIP delivered introduction on the activities to be conducted at block level during population stabilization fortnight from July

11 to 24, 2014. During this fortnight family health Melas will be organized in all the blocks and different Family Planning services will be provided free of cost. Dr. John Kemp, State Surveillance Officer, Directorate Health & Family Welfare Kohima, Dr. Kevi Sekhose, Epidemiologist DHFW (IDSP) and Dr. Sheila Longkumer SMO WHOIndia (IDSP) also participated in the programme. During the meeting, district performance status was reviewed and handholding supports on various issues were discussed with the Medical Officers

& Health workers. On block level Chozuba, Pfütsero and Meluri made presentations. Medical Officers and SMOs from block level, Doctor and Nurses from District hospital Phek, Nurses from PHCs, DPO and Staff from DAPCU, Block account managers, Block Program Managers, ASHA coordinators, health workers from IDSP, NVBDCP & RNTCP attended the programme. Earlier, Dr Ritu, Dy Chief Medical Officer Phek chaired the program. Altogether 42 participants attended the observation cum review meeting.

services and youth empowerment. In 1989, in its decision 89/46, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that, in order to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues in the context of overall development plans and programmes

and the need to find solutions for these issues, 11 July should be observed by the international community as World Population Day. Today’s 1.8 billion young people are shaping social and economic realities, challenging norms and values, and building the foundation of the world’s future. Yet too

World Population Day 2014 observed Kohima, July 12 (mExN): Family Planning Association of India (FPA India), Nagaland branch observed World Population Day 2014 on July 11 with students of Modern College, Kohima. The theme of the programme was ‘Investing in Young People’. Speaking on the occasion, Mhonthung Tungoe, Program Officer, FPA India, Nagaland Branch reminded that investing in today’s young people would surely lay the ground work for a sustainable future. Accord-

Participants of the World Population Day 2014 organized by FPA India, Nagaland branch.

ingly, he urged upon the students to fully exercise their potential and access rightful opportunities to bring progress in the society. Earlier, Ville Rhetso, Counsellor, FPA India,

Nagaland Branch gave an overview of the programs carried out by FPA India, Nagaland Branch and the services provided at its Reproductive Health & Family Planning Clinic (RH-

Training equips entrepreneurs from Mokokchung

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moKoKchuNg, July 12 (mExN): Twenty entrepreneurs from Mokokchung attended the district-wise training for Naga entrepreneurs here from July 9 to 11, organized under the IMPACT 5000 by 18 program, a collaboration between the Department of Youth Resources and Sports, Nagaland, and YouthNet. The program is to create an entrepreneurship eco-system by working with entrepreneurs across all districts who need basic business concepts that will help them create a more organized systematic way to grow their business. It was organized with the help of Tsukti Longkumer, an experienced entrepreneur and a well known person in the local

business community. Lezo Putsure, Chief Strategist in YouthNet, and Tomtsa Vinito, Program Lead in YouthNet were the resource persons. The topics which were dealt included marketing & branding, financial management, business plan preparation, personality analysis etc. informed a press release. The entrepreneurs were also given the task of preparing their own business plans. According to a release, the entrepreneurs expressed their profound gratitude to YouthNet for organizing such a program for the young upcoming entrepreneurs. They said programs such as this was the need of the hour as many Naga youth have taken up business as a profession without any proper

education and information due to which, success is often a hard dream. “With the opportunity to attend this training program I believe I’m more equipped and prepared,” said one of the entrepreneurs. YouthNet Mhasisselhou Thomas Rolnu and Kelhouletuo Keyho were the coordinators for this district. The press note also informed that the district wise training for Naga entrepreneurs will take place in all the district headquarters. Thereafter, participants with the most potential will be called for a more advanced training which will be held at YouthNet office in Kohima, where experts with extensive experience or with success stories The entrepreneurs from Mokokchung with others during the training for Naga entrepreneurs will train the participants. held in Mokokchung from July 9 to 11.

Minister Power addresses Kiphire DPDB meeting

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DGM, Corporation Bank, N Ramesh Kamath (3rd right) along with branch manager, Corporation Bank Dimapur branch, Kholi (2nd right) after inaugurating the first branch of Corporation Bank in Nagaland at Duncan Bosti, Dimapur, near Morung Express office on Saturday (July 12). Established way back in 1906, the Dimapur branch is the 30th Corporation Bank branches in the North East Region. The DGM disclosed that another branch of the bank will be opened in the state capital Kohima within 3-4 months. Kamath also said that the bank is one of the most “customer-friendly” and aggressive “retail loans” banks in the country. (Morung Photo)

KiphirE, July 12 (Dipr): The Kiphire District Planning and Development Board held its monthly meeting on July 5 at the DC’s conference hall, Kiphire. ADC, S. Tainiu, chaired the meeting. Minister for Power, C. Kipili Sangtam while addressing the meeting called for cooperation from the members and to continue working for the development of the district. He asked the members to educate people to save electricity and to pay their bills on time. He also

informed the house that the SDO Electrical Office in the district would be upgraded to Executive Engineer soon. Parliamentary Secretary L. Khumo in his address appreciated the work and efforts of the District Administration and Head of Offices in the district. Agendas discussed at the meeting included creation of a separate RD Block for Kiusam, installation of transformers and power lines to permanent sites up gradation of VAS Office to SDVO Office at

Pungro and Seyochung and soling of road at Seyochung were also discussed and put up for necessary action. The Board also decided to write to the Government for opening of a Taxes Office at Kiphire. The department of Agriculture and Land Resources gave power point presentations on their activities and achievements. The department of Horticulture and PWD were asked to make presentation on their activities at the next DPDB meeting.

Yemhi Memorial College celebrates Foundation Day

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Dimapur, July 12 (mExN): The first Foundation Day of Yemhi Memorial College was celebrated on July 11 at the college conference hall. Dr. RK Behera, Dean of Social Sciences, Patkai Christian College was the guest lecturer of the programme. The speaker challenged the students to take up responsibility in life and live up to the college motto ‘To excel.’ He exhorted the students to try to excel in all aspects of life and to believe in hard work and labour while reminding them that nothing is impossible in life. He also encouraged the college authority to take up mentoring programme for the overall development of the students. He reminded the teachers to take up research works and publications, to establish research committee and to hold frequent meeting of the stakeholders for the development of the college and the students at large. Dr. RK

many young people continue to grapple with poverty, inequality and human rights violations that prevent them from reaching their personal and collective potential. On 2014 World Population Day, we call for investments in support of the largest-ever generation of youth.

FPC). Kikrusetono Nisa, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, FPA India, Nagaland Branch also spoke on the importance to promote access to comprehensive sexuality education as well

as quality sexual & reproductive health services for young people. Other highlights of the program were essay competition and extempore speech by students.

MEx File Anti Malaria Month observed in Kohima Kohima, July 12 (mExN): In view of Anti Malaria Month, an advocacy programme was held at Chief Medical Office, Kohima on July 9. The programme was chaired by Dr. Vizokholu, DPO, RNTCP which was attended by Block SMOs, MOs, BPMs, BAMs and ASHA coordinators. The programme was also graced by Dr. Kika Longkumer, Dy. Director, DHFW, Puni Kokho, State Facilitator and Abeni C. Humtsoe, MCTS consultant. Comparative year wise activity was reviewed and discussed and the Block officials were briefed to step up malaria activities during the Anti Malaria Month.

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Capacity building for village functionaries Kohima, July 12 (mExN): Orientation on Capacity Building for Village functionaries under Kohima district will be held in Jakhama Town Hall on July 18 at 9:00 am. In this regard, eleven (11) participants from each village under Jakhama Circle and twelve (12) participants from each village under Kezocha Circle comprising of Village Council Chairman and Secretary, VDB Secretary, Woman VDB Secretary, Chairman of Communitised Programme, Head GB along with two (2) GBs are compulsorily to attend the programme. The resource persons will be SDO (Electrical), Er. Myinthungo Ngullie; Asstt. District Co-orditor, Theyievilie; Rokoneinuo DDE; Neizetounuo DDE; Dr. Khrievilhou and Dr. Lolekhol.

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CSU informs Kohima, July 12 (mExN): The General Session (Seminar) of the Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) cum Sakraba Students’ Union Golden Jubilee will be held from January 13-15, 2015. Therefore, the CSU through its general secretary has requested all the organizations/ societies/ associations of Chakhesang tribe not to coincide with any session/program on the above mentioned dates.

PDLFSA meet on July 25 Dimapur, July 12 (mExN): The Peren District Leprosy Field Staff Association (PDLFSA) will hold its 2nd quarterly meeting cum election of new office bearers for the tenure July 2014 to July 2017 on July 25, 2014 in Peren Town, in the CMO conference hall at 11:00 am. President of the association Asibo in a release has requested all the members to come with innovative ideas without fail. Further, it said, any member intending to hold any post should apply in plain paper addressed to the President before the sitting begins. No application will be entertained after the conference starts, the release added.

Sumi hymn book on sale

Dr. RK Behera, Dean of Social Sciences, Patkai Christian College.

Behera also donated books to the college library. Keynote address was delivered by Joshua Sumi, Ex-MLA and administrator of the college. The highlights of the programme included invocation by Moaakum, Asst. Prof., song presentation by Nisato & co on behalf of the 3rd semester students and vote of thanks by Shilukala, Asst. Professor. The programme was chaired by Dr. G. Kheghoto, Principal, Yemhi Memorial College.

A 6-day Holiday Bible School organised by Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur under the theme, 'Abundant Life' culminated on Saturday at its Church premises. Approximately 700 students between Class 2-10 participated in various competitions such as singing, Bible verse memory, skit etc. (Morung Photo)

Tseminyu SDPDB constitutes core group for development

TsEmiNyu, July 12 (Dipr): The Tseminyu SubDivisional Planning and Development Board meeting was held on July 10 at ADC’s conference hall. The meeting was presided over by Additional Deputy Commissioner and SDPDB Vice Chairman, Vikhweno Meratsu. The Board decided to form a core group of five (5)

members within the Board led by the Vice Chairman and ADC as the Convener in order to co-ordinate and plan out the developmental activities on priority bases. In the meeting, SubTreasury Officer informed on the necessary steps to be taken by the Departments in regard to the Banking Treasury, stating that all the Gov-

ernment business and Financial transactions will be conducted through the SBI from 1st August, 2014 and it was discussed that those departments with DDOs who have not yet opened the department’s Current Account should do so. The House also lauded the Postal Department for the updated and prompt services

to the Sub-Division. A programme for Independence Day 2014 at Rengma Sports Association Ground was also chalked out whereby the various Departments were assigned, different task and the Vice Chairman requested that the Department should perform and complete the task earnestly with responsibility.

Dimapur, July 12 (mExN): The recent publication of Sumi hymn book is available for sale. The Sumi churches have been informed to collect it from Sumi Baptist Convention office, Thahekhu, Dimapur. Further, Sumi churches under Zunheboto district have been asked to collect it from Pastor Sheqheto, Sumi Baptist Church, Zunheboto.

Vegetable farm school at Jalukie inaugurated JaluKiE, July 12 (mExN): The ATMA Jalukie block under Peren district has successfully inaugurated the vegetable farm school at Jalukie town on July 9. Dileu Nsa, Assistant Horticulture Officer, inaugurated the Farm School and further encouraged the farmers to give their best for their economic uplift and development as vegetable farming has great scope and avenue. Eleuchung, Farm school teacher also shared his ten (10) year experiences as a vegetable farmer, its impact and benefits of vegetable farming at the occasion. L. Singson, SMS Jalukie Block, chaired the programme and Imti Walling, BTM Jalukie block pronounced the vote of thanks at the programme.

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‘NE can become world's largest organic producer’ Guwahati, July 12 (Pti): The North East has the potential to become the largest producer of organic foods in the world, Union minister Vijay Kumar Singh said today. Singh, the Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region said, "Potential in North East is very high as it is already an organic hub by default." "However, farmers here

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do not know what organic is. If we work on it, NE can become the largest producer of organic foods in the world," Singh told the National Cold Chain Summit by ICC here. "Food processing and cold chain storage are of utmost importance to NE," Singh said, adding that 40 per cent of food in the country was wasted due to lack of storage facilities.

Speaking on the occasion, Secretary to the Ministry of Food Processing Siraj Hussain spoke about giving government support in creating cold storage units in North East. "Return in this business is very low. Power availability in NE is a problem. So at least for next five years, government support is needed," he said. According to a study in 2010, the gap of such facili-

ties stood at 30 million tonne, while the country could add only 10 million tonne in 10 years, Hussain said. He urged Singh to increase the current limit of Rs 10 crore grant given to an individual creating such a facility. Hussain also requested that the grant given for building non-horticulture cold storage given by state governments, be raised from the existing Rs 4-5 crore.

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itanaGar, July 12 (Pti): Reiterating that the health sector would always remain the priority agenda of his government, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has directed the department to come up with a vibrant human resource policy for rational deployment, transfer and posting of staff for approval. Chairing the pre-budget discussion-cum-consultation of the department in Itanagar on Thursday, Tuki pointed out that posting doctors, nurses and other para medical staff in various hospitals and health centres had been posing a great challenge which should be addressed through an effective policy. Some of the important observations of the CM included the

strengthening of supportive supervision and monitoring of health facilities, a press release from the CMO said Nabam Tuki in Itanagar today. Stressing on "Health for all" to be the buzz word of the department, the chief minister directed all state health authorities to visit the districts for monitoring. Health Minister Kalikho Pul apprised the CM of the major issues of the department like transfer and posting policy and shortfall of critical manpower, the release said.

ADC member killed Seven injured in Manipur blast in ambush in Ukhrul iMPhal, July 12 (nnn): A sitting member of the Autonomous District Council (ADC) of Phungyar under Ukhrul district was killed in an ambush by suspected underground cadres today. 60 years old Malue Ngalangzar was killed and his nephew, identified as Ratanmi (24 years), and their driver identified as one Khangembam Bigyanic (42) from Khurai Thangjam Leikai, Imphal East district got injured in the ambush. Ngalangzar hailed from Khambi village of Ukhrul district. According to police, suspected militants attacked the van carrying the ADC member at a place called Finch Corner under Shangshak police station, Ukhrul district along Imphal-Ukhrul road at around 11:30 am. The spot is about 55 km from Imphal. The police further informed that the two injured persons were given first aids at the 16th Assam Rifles at Shangshak and later evacuated to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal. However, they were referred to Raj Poly Clinic, Imphal after they

4 kidnapped in Assam, indefinite curfew imposed Guwahati, July 12 (Pti): Four persons, including two boys, were allegedly kidnapped by suspected NDFB (Songbijit) insurgents in Assam's Baksa district, following which a massive search was launched and indefinite curfew imposed. The four victims, part of a group of lemon traders, went to Labdanguri market in Salbari sub-division from adjacent Barpeta district last evening but did not return. "It is suspected that they have been kidnapped by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) militants," Baksa Additional Deputy Commissioner Bhawani Prasad Sharma told PTI here. Following this, indefinite curfew was clamped in Salbari. "Police and CRPF jawans are conducting a massive search to rescue the four," Baksa DC Vinod Seshan informed.

became critical. Malue Ngalangzar was elected to the ADC uncontested from a Congress ticket in 2010. A report said the ADC member was returning to Imphal after visiting his native village. Meanwhile, chief minister O Ibobi Singh, deputy chief minister Gaikhangam, ministers, MLAs and ADC members have visited the ADC quarters this

afternoon. Ibobi strongly condemning the killing of the ADC member said that the state government will not remain mute on such terror act. He said killing leaders who have been serving the people is done by thoughtless people. Deputy chief minister Gaikhangam too condemned the killing of the ADC member.

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Article 371 (A) versus NSDZ Postmortem of NSDZ policy by Ralan Area Lotha Hoho

agaland State needs rapid industrialization and urbanization, but unfortunately our state happens to be a mountaineous state having not much scope for industrialization. Even the land for terrace cultivation is very limited. The foothills zones from Khelma in Peren district to Tizit in Mon district covering about 380 km is the only productive, resourceful and potential bents viable for cultivation as well as for industrialization. It is a welcoming step that the government of Nagaland is initiating a proposal to set up industries in order to urbanize these whole stretch of foothills. But according to the 30th March Nagaland Legislative Assembly resolution implicates a serious question. 1. Firstly, it says that no land owner will deny access to the land for any development activities under the master plan of NSDZ. 2. Secondly, it says that any land under the specified areas may be transferred to any Indian citizen with the permission of the State Government. These resolution shows

that the right of the ownership of land granted to the Nagas by the constitution of India under Article 371 (A) is directly diluting. Under these resolutions, the land owners will have no power or right to deny over his land. Government will exercise the sole authority over the land. As and when Government desires, the acquired land will be disposed of to the non-Nagas permanently for investment. 3. Thirdly, entry in the NSDZ belt. It says that NSDZ will be a liberalized and regulated entry zone for all investors and the person involved in the development activities. It implies that there will be no ILP system. Any nonNaga can freely occupy the land and settle down as landlords. No Naga can ever be able to compete with the money power exercise by the non-Nagas. A wealthy outsider can buy hundreds and thousands of acres of land within no time. In the long run, the indigenous Naga citizen will become their landless labourers. Dimapur is the only district in Nagaland which is not covered by the ILP. So 65% of the population of Dimapur are non-Na-

gas. The menace of daily social evils like murders, kidnappings, rapes, robberies, black marketers, drug peddlers, illegal arms smugglers, child and women trafficking ad cheatings are all committed mostly by the non-Nagas settled in and around Dimapur. It will be a hellish living condition at the moment the whole stretch of foothills are turned into free entry zone. The terms and conditions of NDSZ proposal appears to be a peculiar type of development activities where land owners are under compulsion to dispose of their inherited land to the government in the name of development. There is an ample avenues where government can set up any kind of industry of lease system or on joint venture system. Hence, there should not be any barter system in the process of development in the state. We need both development as well as our right of ownership of land, because one is not much important at the expense of other. Therefore, we should not attempt to make a chair by dismantling a table. P. Dako Phom Dimapur

he Ralan Area Lotha Hoho in its general meeting held on 10th July 2014 at Ralan Old Village had resolved to release this press for public discourse and general understanding of the subject matter for greater benefit of the citizens of Nagaland at large and that would be effected villagers/land owners in particular. The resolution adopted by Nagaland Legislative Assembly on 24th March 2014 with respect to Nagaland Special Development Zones (NSDZs) reads, i. “To review the existing state laws / orders / instructions with a view to amending them to make the NSDZ project viable and effective ii. To review and reorient the Nagaland State Industrial Policy with a view to liberalizing entry of and Investment from, non-Nagas and other investors in the NSDZs iii. To bring about a master plan for NSDZs iv. To issue instructions to all departments to reorient in consonance with the master plan for NSDZs v. To suggest mechanism for: (a) Cadastral survey

of lands falling in NSDZs areas (b) Evolving a system of registration of ownership of lands and issue of Patta thereof vi. To evolve a system of permanent settlement for non-Nagas for the purpose of investment in the NSDZs in the form of a special land access permits to be issued by the State Government in this behalf vii. (vii) To liberalize the system of entry and stay of non-Nagas for the purpose of investment”

Article 371 (1) (a) of the Constitution of India provides a special status to the State of Nagaland compared to any other state in the country which read as “…. no act of parliament in respect of:i. Religious or social practice, ii. Naga Customary law and practices, iii. Administration of civil and criminal justice involving Naga Customary Law, iv. Ownership and transfer of land and its resources. Shall apply to the State of Nagaland unless NLA, Nagaland by reso-

lution so decides………..”. Furthermore, the provisions of The Nagaland Village Council Act 1978 also establishes the unique customary and cultural practices with regard to land and other natural resources which is in consonance with the provisions of Article 371 (A) to the Constitution of India, which also read as, “Sec. 15 (1) the Village Council has the full powers to deal with internal administration of the village Sec. 15 (1) (g) no transfer of immovable shall be affected without the consent of the Village Council. Written record of this shall be maintained by the Village Council ………..”

The Ralan Area Lotha Hoho in this regard is of the strong opinion: (1) That if the present proposal set by the NLA with respect to NSDZs is put into effect, then for whatever reason / reasons / explanations, it cannot be disputed that the aforementioned provisions preserving the customary uses and practices of Nagaland would be effected. (2) That all kinds of developmental activities

NNC (Non-Accordist) Amazed

he Naga National Council (NonAccordist) amazed that a most senior elder leader who formed called a new team (NNC) leader by Mr Temjenyanger, Aier Ao of Sungratsu Village, who is also holding a high post as political advisor under the leadership of Mr Kiumukam, President and Mr Hozheto Chopi, General Secretary Naga National Council (Non-Accordist). Meanwhile the collective leaders alleged Mr Yanger Aier who in the name of leader make a more nuisance, and political havoc among the irrespective of NCC’s itself and to the Nagas in general, while Naga leaders intellectuals, think tanks as well as Naga public are closely observing and carefully watching how the activities are on, or whether the NNCs are taking right steps for Naga’s future as the Naga nations in general looking upon fervently awaiting. In a press note it is also undoubt-

edly mentioned that he Mr. Yanger Aier was having a certain chronic of graving power, as that of Lucifer, who wanted to equal with mighty God Jehovah and when such intense and severe power craving busted up that madly drived him to make himself as a new team NNCs President by collecting some people whom he never have seen or known before and then directly appointed them in high positions as basing on first impressions of those peoples he sees and in looks without having least knowledge of those persons who they are , what they are, but on what they speaks on their lips rather with what they have, then the leader himself emotionally published in dailies on 2nd july 2014 , which made more political havoc, and another laughing stock, instead of getting respect (or) appreciation to him by the Nagas. The NNC (Non-Accordist) leaders

honestly suggest that if Mr Yanger Aier was supposed to be a real patriotic national worker in the hardest past days in Naga political conflicts and have seen or faced the real trauma tics in Nagaland in which so many Naga brave soldiers sacrificed their lives and suffered an immeasurable height. The leaders said, he should not play this kind of cheapest game in our Naga political movements because it is so precious and no one can repay the price for the past . In the mean time the Ministry of Home affairs NNC (Non-Accordist) also honestly mentioned that one who have a certain amorphous political visions have creating an internecine conflicts even among the Naga national workers which may lead to a most unwanted consequences and face a sorry figure in the end. It is observed that by forming a new

team of (NNC) to be a new political sumptuous food which he never been tasted in his life’s. Truly speaking that one should bartering with a mere material gain for belly filled. Today there are NNC groups such as NNC (Non-Accordist) and others (a.b.c.d) NNC such groups are blindly dancing around parallel to each other and jump into stumbling, blindly to blunder after blunder. Let us wake u and see carefully our steps where it leads to the NNC (NonAccordist ) wished the Nagas to judge and voice out while there is chance to repair an identify these (Non-Accordist) and (accordist) lest the imminent consequences such as an internecine conflict is readily awaiting to destroy us all. Kuknalim Hangpeung Home Kilonser NNC (Non-Accordist)

are being undertaken in Meghalaya, Mizoram etc. without enacting such unwarranted laws / orders / instructions or reviewing or reorienting as proposed by the NLA for the said NSDZs and is also of the opinion that development can take place in the State under the present setup. (3) That, by assuming that by providing ‘Permanent Settlement’ or ‘a special land access permits’ to the non-Nagas in the NSDZs would translate into investment is just imprudent. (4) That no real investors would ever settle in NSDZs areas, but rather the NSDZs policy would open the flood gate for illegal immigrants to settle with the legal sanctity of the State and who would with immediate effect be a liability / drain to the economy. (5) That the proposed NSDZs Policy is just a façade, but is in fact nothing but a ‘New Settlement Policy for non-Nagas’ to settle in Nagaland as the same is crystal clear on plain reading. (6) That the proposed NSDZs areas are in mineral rich areas only, which in turn implies to

exploit the minerals resources including Oil with the intend to deprive its actual land owners, by few vested interest. (7) That the NLA proposal has completely failed to take into confidence the local entrepreneurs, investors etc. (8) That State should not be an active party, but rather it should play the role of a facilitator between the land owners and investors. (9) That with present ILP policy still being exercised, the State is not in a position to curb the influx of illegal immigrants, with the new proposal to have liberalized system of entry of non-locals in the NSDZ areas in the name of investment is a perfect recipe for disaster in waiting to happen (consider Tribal and outsiders ratio in Tripura 20:80). Therefore, the Ralan Area Lotha Hoho, opposes this present proposed NSDZs policy in Toto and also urge our Naga brothers to oppose such thoughtless policies, which are against the interest of our Naga society. Hayithung Kikon Chairman C. S. Ovung Secretary

Honest budget can salvage Nagaland's finance predicament

Secret Service funds at the rate of Rs. 50 Crs or more per year by the Chief Minister is another major factor that has added to the deficit. Perhaps in 11 years of DAN rule, Secret Service funds spent may have touched Rs. 500 Crs. Showing Civil Deposits without funds is a betrayal of trust and an act of dishonesty. Actual cash Deficit + Civil Deposit + Diverted Centrally Sponsored Scheme funds such as MGNREGA are actual deficit of the state. The new DAN Govt. should not shy away from the truth. I do not blame the new Govt for the past mistake and hope the same mistake will not be repeated.

nly an honest budget can salvage Nagaland's finance predicament. Civil Deposits are made when funds are actually available but payments cannot be made because of incompletion of works. As soon as these works are completed, payments are made from Civil Deposit without affecting cash outgo of the current year. Civil Deposit means Unspent Balance. When there is Unspent Balance, there is no requirement for additional plan and non-plan assistance. Therefore, false Civil Deposit is a self-trap from mobilizing additional assistance from GOI. False Civil Deposit is caused by revision of estimates and unplanned expenditures. Spending

K. Therie Former Finance Minister, 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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N.i. Jamir academic excellence award 2014 Our Correspondent Kohima | July 12

The 8th N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award ceremony took place here today at Molu Ki under the aegis of Kohima Ongpangkong Tzukong Telongjem (KOTT). Addressing the function as chief guest, Nagaland University Pro-Vice Chancellor, Prof. A. Lanunungsang Ao congratulated the toppers for bringing laurels to the community and wished them greater achievements in future. He urged the successful students to be focused in their goals, adding, to achieve success in life one should identify and know the potentialities and put them to proper use. He also encouraged them to work harder, be honest, humble,

obedient and more sincere in their studies to achieve greater heights. Saying that success in life can be achieved only through hard work, determination, commitment and with a right support, Prof. Lanunungsang asserted that for a child to excel, it requires the concerted efforts of the parents at home, the teachers, the church and the school, with unceasing support and proper guidance. Recalling the past deeds and memories of the late leader, Prof. Lanunungsang, challenged the students to take the extra mile like Late N.I.Jamir and emulate his life, who was a man of talent, a successful bureaucrat and politician. Also speaking on the occasion, Naga Hoho pres-

One of the recipients of N.I. Jamir Academic Excellence Award 2014 receives the award.

ident P. Chuba Ozukum stated that academic excellence awards are not purchased but are earned with

hard work, determination and sacrifice and blessings from God. He called upon the achievers to be more

sincere and disciplined in their future lives to attain highest goals. The toppers acknowledged their honour and shared their aspirations and their hard work towards their success. They said, such awards were great gestures of encouragement and instilling in them greater responsibility to achieve greater heights. The recipients of the 2014 Award included Naroinla (Rank 4), Moamenla Jamir (Rank 13), Sungtiben Jamir (Rank 14), Imlisenla Jamir (Rank 15), Limayangla Longkumer (Rank 16) and Imnatoshi (Rank 20). They were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 each along with certificates. A brief speech on behalf of the family members of Late NI Jamir was given by his daughter Tulula,

Deputy Director, Social Welfare. She congratulated the recipients for their great achievement. She also thanked the Kohima Opangkong Range and Board of Award Trustee for their laudable venture. Earlier, Chairman Board of Trustee, Tialiba congratulated the achievers and highlighted the features of the Trust. He informed that the Trust was initiated with contributions drawn from officers of Ongpangkong Range and with donations from the children of late N I Jamir. Till last year, the award was initiated for toppers from Ongpangkong Range, but from 2014 onwards, the Trust has decided to award students from Ao community, irrespective of Range, who feature in Top 20 of HSLC examination.

VWM conduct praise & worship service NCW holds interaction with public at Viswema Dimapur, July 12 (mExN): Victory in the Word Ministry (VWM), Dimapur conducted prayer, praise and worship service at the old Kohima road, opposite the SP’s office, Dimapur on Saturday evening, July 12. The open-air event was sponsored by the Kyong Nchumchio Okho (KNO) alongwith support from Randan Okho, Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur. It was organised with the objective of discouraging youths from indulging in immoral activities. The KNO stated that the main theme of the event was to encourage youths to come

ViswEma, July 12 (Dipr): The National Commission for Women (NCW) held an interaction with grassroots level women of the Southern Angami area at Viswema Village Council Hall on July 11. Women from 13 Southern Angami villages participated and shared A crowd of young people is seen joining the praise and their problems related to worship team of VWM at the programme held on Satur- economic activities. They day evening. (Morung Photo)

to the right path and to invoke the Almighty’s spirit to touch the youths, who are being misled by social menace existing in Dimapur. The area where the event was held is mostly

frequented by youths for its lounges and restaurants. The resto-lounges have come under much criticism in the recent times reportedly for holding parties late into the night. Kohima, July 12 (Dipr): Prominent women and professionals from the State had an informal interaction with the delegation of National Comtion drive including Dzül- mission for Women headeke and Thekrejuma, will ed by Chairperson NCW, be covered one of these Mamta Sharma, who were days, WAYO said. on a two-day visit to KoMeanwhile, WAYO has hima. The interaction was thanked all the volunteers held at Hotel Japfu on July who took part in the plan- 10. Members of NCW Laldtation drive, while it also ingliani Sailo and Nirmala extended appreciation Samant Prabhavalkar were to all the unit officials for also present. Chairperson their participation and co- of Nagaland State Comoperation. mission for Women, Dr.

our environment,” said Zievi Meyase, secretary Environment Protection, WAYO. Meyase further said the plantation drive is a step towards encouraging more people to plant trees with the call to go green. “With climate change and global warming becoming a serious issue for world leaders today, let us also contribute our due share towards preserving the ecology, keeping in mind that it is also affecting us directly,” he added. Stating that the drive to go green cannot be fully accomplished without a collective effort from the public, he urged everyone concerned to keep on planting trees as and where possible. The plantation drive was carried out in Jotsoma, Khonoma, Mezoma, Mezo-Basa, Sechüma, Kiruphema, Peducha, Menguzouma and Sechü Zubza. Some villages which were missed out in the planta-

MEx FILE GPRN/NSCN extends condolences Dimapur, July 12 (mExN): Maj. Gen. Viwoto Chophi, GSO-I (Adm.), on behalf of Naga Army of GPRN/ NSCN, has conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members of 2nd Lieutenant Tsongmen (Army No.18669), who passed away on July 11. In a condolence message issued by MIP, Maj. Gen. Viwoto Chophi stated, “Words are too less to mention the selfless services rendered by late Tsongmen towards the national cause.” He added that a void has been created by the officer’s demise. Maj. Gen. Viwoto Chophi also expressed deepest sorrow and anguish over the sudden demise of the officer and stated that the services and contributions of late Tsongmen Khamniugan, under various capacities, shall be recorded in the history of the Naga Nation. “We honor and pay our tribute to the gallant officer, the likes of whom makes our Nation proud.”

16 Naga youth recruited for Indian Army Dimapur, July 12 (mExN): 16 Naga youth have been selected for the Indian Army at the recruitment rally held at Leimakhong from May 15 to 25. A felicitation function was held in Kohima for the candidates during which IGAR (North) congratulated them for their success and praised the effort put in by them during the training period, informed a press release. According to the release, Headquarters 7 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters IGAR (North) conducted rigorous pre recruitment training and extended support to facilitate employment of local youth of Nagaland in the Security Forces.

Assam Rifles apprehends one with arms Dimapur, July 12 (mExN): 29 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 6 Sector Assam Rifles on July 10 apprehended one person identified as Kaito Sumi (42) along with one .22 rifle and assorted ammunition in 4th Mile, Dimapur. According to a press release from Assam Rifles, the operation was launched based on specific information about movement of an armed individual. The apprehended individual along with the recovered items was handed over to Diphupar Police Station, Dimapur.

Temsula Ao led the interactions where discussions were held on marriage and customary laws, inheritance, family courts, empowerment of women at the village level and hindrances in the evolution of women in decision making bodies. The discussion felt that customary laws should evolve with time and women should participate in politics and make decisions in the grassroots level. It was hoped that positive changes would come over time.

The Niuland Area Citizens’ Forum (NACF) organized a free medical camp at Niuland town on July 11. More than 400 patients turned up. The forum has thanked all the doctors, officials, individuals and volunteers for their financial and physical assistance during the camp.

Church in Longleng repairs road GPF statement to be issued from July 15 loNglENg, July 12 (mExN): To mitigate the plight of travelers caused due to the deplorable road condition between Longleng and Changtongya, the Longleng Town Baptist Church (LTBC) organized a social work along the 34 kms stretch of road. A press release from Pastor H Beau informed that on July 10 and 11, potholes along the road were filled and “worst portions” of the road were leveled so as to ease the troubles of the travelers up

to some extent, particularly during the rainy season. In this regard, the Church Board has expressed its sincere gratitude to the district administration headed by Deputy Commissioner K. Libanthung Lotha and the Department of PWD (R&B) for their co-operation and guidance. It also thanked Executive Secretary of Phom Baptist Christian Association (PBCA) Y. Nuklu Phom and the staff and families of PBCA for

Uma Bharati assures new guidelines for CSS NEw DElhi, July 12 (mExN): Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang today apprised Union Minister Uma Bharati on various proposals of the State government and the poor financial status of the government, which he said, was an impediment for the state to contribute its share towards Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS). He said that Nagaland is a resource crunch State with just 7-8% revenue generation in a year. He further appealed to the Union Minster to look into the funding pattern and urged the Ministry to introduce new guidelines for Nagaland considering its geography and practice problems, stated a press release issued by Media Cell, Chief Minister’s Office. TR Zeliang along with his cabinet colleagues Y.Patton, Home Minister, Dr. N.Kire Minister for Forest, Environment and Wild Life and Vikheho Swu, Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation, Flood Control and Election had called on the Union

loan facility, widow funds and trainings in food preservation. The Chairperson of NCW, Mamta Sharma was accompanied by Members Laldingliani Sailo and Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar. The Chairperson of NSCW, Dr. Temsula Ao and State government officials along with village leaders attended the programme.

‘Customary laws should evolve with time’

WAYO promotes afforestation Kohima, July 12 (mExN): With an aim to promote biodiversity and spread awareness on environmental protection, the Western Angami Youth Organization (WAYO) organized a tree plantation drive in the Western Angami region on July 12. Over 100 volunteers from all the Western Angami villages took part in the plantation drive led by WAYO officials, informed a press release. With 2014 marked as the ‘Year of Plantation’, WAYO initiated the drive mainly to make an effort towards preventing the loss of green cover and promoting afforestation in its region. “The Western Angami region is blessed with rich flora and fauna, but the massive forest destruction being carried out in every nook and corner is growing to be a big concern. And if this prolongs, we only have to blame ourselves for failing to protect

pointed out that due to lack of marketing shed and cold storage facilities, most of the vegetable and fruit products go to waste and requested the Commission to intervene with the authorities. The women of the area also expressed that better facilities are needed in connectivity, health centres, water, solar lighting,

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their full co-operation and contribution of ` 1,00,000/. The board also thanked the church workers from Yachem, Yaongyimchen, Orangkong, Hukphang and Bhumnyu villages. Further, Office bearers of Drivers’ Union, Longleng, staff, deacon Board, trustees and Mission Board members of Longleng Town Baptist Church and well wishers and concerned citizens/ individuals of Longleng town were thanked for extending their fullest cooperation for the success of the works. The church also thanked Changtongya Town Phom Baptist Church and the individuals who helped with trucks, dumpers and excavator.

Kohima, July 12 (mExN): All Heads of Departments, Government of Nagaland have been informed that the annual GPF statement for the financial year 2013-14 will be issued from the Office of the Accountant General as per the following schedule: July 15 – All India Service (AIS), Jails, CPF, Stationary, Industry, Agri & Forest; July 16 – Vety, Medical & General Administration; July 17 – Civil Works & Education; July 18 – Police and Miscellaneous. All heads of department have been requested to deploy their respective nodal officers along with a letter of authority under the seal and signature of the Head of

the Department to collect the same on the assigned dates. A press release from Accounts Officer, PF Branch informed that Miscellaneous series will be handed over to the Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts; General Administration to the Office of the Commissioner, Nagaland; CW series to the Office of the Chief Engineer PWD(R&B); AIS & CPF to the P&AR Department; and EDN series to the Office of the Director of School Education. All other series will be issued to the respective directorates, it said. GPF subscribers have also been informed that, the entire expenditure for

printing of the GPF statements is borne by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and is freely disbursed. Therefore, subscribers have been asked not to make any payment for issue of GPF statement by the departments. In case of any doubt, the subscribers can write to the Deputy Accountant General (A&E) Kahoto J Yepthomi or e-mail at kahoto j@ yahoo.co.in or agaenagaland@cag.gov.in for clarification, the release said. Further, it was informed that due to closure of GPF account and disbursement of GPF statements, no public interview regarding GPF will be entertained from July 15 to 18.

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KUDOS TO PEOPLE’S BRIDGES

T Chief Minister TR Zeliang and his cabinet colleagues with Union Minister Uma Bharati in New Delhi on July 12.

Minister for Water Resource, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati in New Delhi. Meanwhile, Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation and Flood Control, Vikheho Swu also mentioned that till date not a single medium irrigation project could be implemented in the State, due to 50/50% funding pattern as the State govern-

ment is not in a position to take up such expenditure. The release informed that the Union Minister assured to introduce new set of guidelines for all the states which are facing difficulty to contribute their share towards the Centrally Sponsorship Schemes. She urged the Chief Minister to submit a proposal for inter-link State river with river of a joining

state and also submit a proposal to make Nagaland an organic zone, so that the State could derive maximum benefit from the ministry. The officials present during the meeting included Jyoti Kalash and B.John Chawang, Resident Commissioner and Dy. Resident Commissioner respectively of Nagaland House, New Delhi.

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he photos and the write ups about the people’s bridge at Longpang and the repair work in the Dhansiri bridge in Nagaland, featured by the local papers was a most delightful sight and change from the mundane factional and corruption stories that have dominated our newspapers for far too long. I most heartily salute and congratulate the villagers of Chansang and Sangshen ranges and the Nagaland police personnel and their families for their sacrificial services to the nation. And here I say nation, because I consider both the bridges as my own bridge too, because one has been built by our own people and the other a British built bridge, repaired by our own people with our own money in our own lands. What these villagers and all who have helped them, have demonstrated what Nagas can do and

what they always were, before Indian administration entered our lands and converted us from a most independent people into a most dependent people. Historically and traditionally, we Nagas were a very independent people. We built our own houses, tilled our own fields and cleared our own footpaths leading to our fields etc. We never employed outsiders or paid labourers to do these things for us. Every father had the responsibility of teaching his son how to build a house. From the splitting of bamboos to cutting posts and collecting thatch, the father taught the son how to do all these things. The mother on her part taught her daughter how to weave cloths, plant vegetables and preserve food etc. Festivals were connected to all these manual activities. Morungs served as centres where social responsibility was taught. In this way every village was a sovereign in-

dependent republic, each with their own independent clan, khel and village administrators called elders. Every member of every village was in turn an independent individual. It was a society that had no room for beggars. On the contrary, every individual was an agriculturist, an architect, a mason, a weaver, an artisan, a food preserver, a hunter all rolled into one. In one sentence, every individual knew his individual responsibilities and his social obligations. There were no policemen or an army but every man was a policeman and a soldier. In times of war, every male automatically became a warrior and every female a protector and caretaker of the family. This was how we Nagas had always lived in the past. And this is how we must live again now and even in the future. May these two bridges connect us again to our proud and independent past.

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On Prevention and cure Benito Z Swu

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ver wondered why crime in today’s Nagaland no more shocks. Obviously because it is dime a dozen now. The complicity of some black sheep from within the law enforcing agencies coupled with some self-styled semi-governmental agencies and even certain NGOs will have to take a sizeable chunk of the blame. Actually, there can never be any prescribed remedial measures to root out this spurt in crimes in our state. Thinking out of the box without cost cutting and planning in the long term has to be given paramount importance. The idea has to be prevention and not the cure, simply because there is no clear-cut cure. Nagaland is infamous as the trouble-torn, insurgency marred corner of India. This impression, embedded in the mainstream domain has painted a picture of a restive place with a seemingly inexhaustible progression of turmoil, mostly political. Add to this assumption or reality the occurrences of heinous crimes every now and then and we have a state embarrassing enough for any Christian inhabitant worth his or her salt to be proud about.

If the church is in the business of redeeming lives, it must minister to, and not shun or accuse, alcoholics and drug abusers. According to a data released by one Mr. Imkong Walling in the April 24, 2014 edition of the Morung Express, Nagaland state recorded a total of 1651 IPC related offences in 2013 in comparison to 1014 cases recorded in 2005, an increase of 62.8 percent during the nine year period. A total of 1372 cases were recorded in 2012. The year 2008 witnessed a sudden jump at 1545 reported cases compared to 1318 recorded in 2007. The number increases to 1529 in 2010 and fell to 1342 in 2011. Robbery, murder, burglary, kidnapping and dacoity as categorized by the PHQ are the most reported types of crime in Nagaland. All these are figures obtained from the Nagaland Police HQ (PHQ) Kohima. One can only just imagine the magnitude of the problem if the unreported cases are taken into account. Percentage wise, crime against women and kidnapping have witnessed a 300 percent increase in occurrence since 2005 while murders have increased by 80%. Is it that this era in particular is experiencing upsurge in crime or was it happening from before but failing to get reported? While debate ensues among informed circles over this, a look at the crime statistics of the period has indicated a steady increase in the total number of cases recorded year-wise with certain years showing marked increase in cases reported. Cognizable offences, in doggedly traditional Nagaland, are known to get settled out of court far from the record books of law-keepers. Yet, if justice is being said to be done somewhere at least, why the consistent rise in crime? If we are to study the occurrences of crime in Nagaland we see that 80% of all crimes and 99% of heinous crimes are all perpetuated under the influence of drugs and alcohol or because of the twin evils. Alcohol and drug addiction is the one most serious issue which Naga society today faces in this modern age as the final outcome of it is the loss of the most valuable thing that society possesses, and that is the youth. It is an expression of the frustration and the pain from which the community suffers. Addiction and crime are two sides of the same coin and they are a threat to humanity at large. Prevent addiction and we are preventing crime. I fear there is no two ways about it. Addiction is a universal problem from which many communities, whether developed or developing, suffer. In the past few years, the problem of addiction has become more critical in the Naga community as the number of addicts has increased, especially among youth in schools, universities, and clubs. Addiction is a serious problem which our Naga society has not given its due share of concern to try prevent and eradicate. This indifference to the problem will blow back hard as the effects of it are not limited to the addict or group of addicts, but rather it effects the society as a whole and requires the society to unite all its efforts to confront it. Addiction destroys the addict’s life; not only his life on earth, but also his eternal life for it takes away his freedom and enslaves him to alcohol and drugs, leading him to think

of committing sins and crimes as nothing but a casual habit. From here the intent to commit a serious heinous crime does not need any much prodding to one’s conscience. Therefore, the Church has its role clearly cut out in confronting this problem, both as a spiritual, social and national responsibility. Addicts might be victims of society, with all its concepts, trends and gangs of drug pushers. They also might be victims of the family with its lack of unity, stability and its inability to provide a good role model. In many cases, addiction is not the sin of the addict alone, but a social sin for which the family and society are responsible. We must distinguish between the addict and the criminal who commits crime as a result of addiction. The former needs treatment, whereas the latter should not be exempted from punishment because he is an addict. Addiction, or the desire to obtain the drug, even if irresistible, is no excuse for crime and does not exempt those who commit crimes from being punished. Addiction is a compounded sin, since one sin leads to another.

The church is the only care giving, helping institution that has access to at least two-third of all families in Nagaland every weekend. For years, addiction has been viewed with disdain and scorn, and people who struggle with an addiction to drugs or alcohol often find themselves looking for help in all the wrong places. In recent years, however, there has been a surge in popularity of Christian substance abuse treatment centers. These Christian treatment centers understand the disease of addiction and can help people work through depression, anxiety and other problems that are affected by their addiction to drugs and alcohol. Christian substance abuse treatment centers identify depression as a contributing cause of addiction. Through intensive Bible study, prayer and counseling, these Christian treatment centers help addicts become stronger and healthier, not only physically and emotionally, but spiritually as well. Recovery from an addiction and depression is a slow process, but with comprehensive and individualized treatment, it is possible to reach a point where one can feel a sense of peace and calm in their lives. Most people who choose to go to a Christian treatment center are pleasantly surprised at how well their depression is addressed, and find a spiritual strength that they never knew existed. Many people choose Christian substance abuse treatment centers because they believe that they are "missing" something essential in their lives. Faith is a personal thing, and when Christian treatment centers encourage addicts to develop an intimate relationship with God, they are building a strong foundation for their future. Christian substance abuse treatment centers do not provide a magic bullet for addiction and depression, but they offer addicts every opportunity to invest in themselves and in their own health. Depression is destructive, and when combined with addiction can be

a deadly combination. The only way out of the misery is through a quality program at a Christian treatment center. ‘Operation Salvage a rehab center in the outskirt of Jalukie township of Peren district is one such center where yours truly too had a reality check in due to the generosity to offer self a drink, one too many. It is one center where the active support of the Church and the State Government of the day will never go in vain. If the church is in the business of redeeming lives, it must minister to, and not shun or accuse, alcoholics and drug abusers. A disturbing number of members of the two fastest growing self-help groups in America, Alcoholics Anonymous and Adult Children of Alcoholics, describe having been ignored, disregarded and discarded by their minister and congregation. They feel they have been treated as lepers and expunged. Even after they have begun to recover, they find that they are not welcomed back into their church -- some even say their minister and congregation have actively sought to keep them out of church. This explains why so many people seek spiritual nurture from AAs Twelve-Step recovery programs rather than the church, and why these programs are the fastest growing "religion" of the day. While a person often is expected to exhibit certain virtues in order to be welcomed in many congregations, in the fellowships of AA and related groups such as Al-Anon, Ala-Teen and Narcotics Anonymous, participants are accepted and loved as they are. AA suggests a program of 12 steps that include elements found in the spiritual teachings of many faiths. These 12 steps focus not on pathology but rather on achieving sobriety and maintaining serenity.

The church should be a community in which people can learn not only to trust in God but also to dare to trust one another. This is not to say that the church does not have something unique to offer. The church is the only caregiving, helping institution that has access to at least two-third of all families in Nagaland every weekend. As Christians, Nagas rank the clergy highest in terms of honesty and observing ethical standards. This puts the church on the forefront of being able to address the problems of alcohol and drug abuse and puts the clergy in a position to lead the way. When ministering to addicts and co-dependents, pastors should see themselves as shepherds, not veterinarians. They are not trained to deal with the care and counseling of alcohol and drug addicts. They can be most effective as problem-solving therapists and referral agents. The church is in the unique position to help not by counseling but by assessing the extent of the chemical dependency and co-dependency and then becoming a resource for referral. Pastors can also set up and promote chemical health education programs. They can invite AA and related groups to use their meeting rooms. They can educate themselves by taking advantage of the vast number of training programs

available. In all, the clergy’s role is to create an environment of hope and redemption. The church should be a community in which people can learn not only to trust in God but to dare to trust one another. The success of the church should be gauged not by the number in attendance, but by the lives redeemed. When we accept our members in their weakness, illness and dysfunction, and offer them strength and the opportunity for health and hope, we proclaim our faith in God’s redeeming power and establish a basis for faith in each other. Then, even where wounded parishioners listen to a wounded pastor, the light of God’s love and grace will not be dimmed. The Baptist church in Nagaland has a long way to go as far as ministry in this field of work is concerned. The Catholics on the other hand, right up from the Pope, down to our selfless nun have made a virtue of this line of ministry and have even coined a three word programme called the Catholic Drug Treatment.” As the name implies ‘Catholic drug treatment’ is an addiction treatment and recovery program that supplements the detox and rehab process with certain faith-based elements of the Catholic religion. In addition to the standard elements that comprise a drug rehab program, this one includes Bible studies, ministerial or pastoral counseling, and weekly church services just to name a few. It is a more needs-based type of rehab that addresses the spiritual needs of the client as well as the emotional, mental, and physical ones. The concept of faith-based or spiritual alcohol or drug addiction treatment and recovery is one of the areas that have gained considerably more focus in the past decade. These programs focus on the addicted Catholic individual’s spiritual needs that have a strong desire to rekindle their faith and get back on their spiritual paths. The right faith-based rehab program enables the addicted individual to fully recover and return home so they can stay on the spiritual path that they once walked before their addiction took control of them. Granted, there are certain elements of the Catholic drug treatment program that is similar to other addiction treatment and recovery programs out there. However, the following elements are not found in the other programs: 1. Bible study sessions and scriptural teachings 2. candlelit prayer and reflection services 3. Catholic church services 4. Faith-based 12-Step Programs 5. Ministerial or pastoral counseling 6. Ministerial or pastoral led lectures and sermons based in the Catholic faith Although no two Catholic drug treatment programs are completely alike, the elements listed above are common to most of them. The primary benefit of a Catholic drug rehab program is that it supplements and enhances the recovery process so that the client remains substance-free for life once they return home to their communities. Certain cognitive therapies are utilized during the recovery process which benefits the client with: 1. targeted and cognitive Holistic therapies 2. support through 12-Step, self-Discovery, and selfInventory therapies 3. Catholic-based drug rehabilitation therapies The primary goal of addiction treatment and recovery programs is to see the client return to society so that they can live a substance-free life. Additionally, the Catholic drug treatment program also enables the client to return to their spiritual path that the addiction had blocked. I believe that learning and replicating anything for a common good will find its own sweet spot in the good book of our Lord. Studying the Catholic way and implementing it the Baptist way, once again I believe, is thinking out of the box. As it is, we are churning out hundreds of theology graduates every year. A few from among the willing committed best will certainly be there for this mission of saving life and soul and yes, preventing crimes. It will also open doors to satisfy ‘corporate social responsibilities.’ - St. John wrote, “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed” (Jn 8:36). Saint Paul exhorts us to remain steadfast in the freedom which Christ has bestowed upon us and not be entangled under the yoke of any kind of slavery. He said, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage” (Gal 5:1) -

The most polluted street in the world is in LONDON

hopping on London’s bustling Oxford Street may be bad for your bank balance. But now there is evidence that it is detrimental to your health too, as it has been shown to have the highest levels of toxic air in the world. A scientist has revealed that the busy stretch of shops has the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which is produced by diesel fumes and can trigger asthma and heart attacks. The chemical irritates the lining of the lungs and leaves healthy people more susceptible to lung infections. Noticeable symptoms include wheezing, coughing, colds, flu, and bronchitis. David Carslaw, of King’s College London, told The Sunday Times that he has recorded peak levels of 463 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre of air, which is over three times higher than the average amount of the pollutant since the start of the year. He told the newspaper: 'To my knowledge, this [level] is the highest in the world in terms of both hourly and annual mean. NO2 concentrations [in Oxford Street] are as high as they ever have been in the long history of air pollution.' Even at the average, 135 milligrams per cubic metre, the nitrogen dioxide levels are three times higher than the EU’s safety limit.

Oxford Street has highest levels of nitrogen dioxide, claims expert The street broke hourly limits of 200 milligrams per cubic metre more than 1,500 times during the year. Dr Carslaw told MailOnline 'This [Oxford Street] is easily the highest annual mean NO2 concentration in Europe.' Delhi and Mumbai, which are frequently pictured with smoggy skies, have average levels of NO2 at 62 micrograms per cubic metre in comparison. In February, figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs claimed that traffic travelling along the A302 - known as Grosvenor Place - which runs adjacent to Buckingham Palace, produced the highest levels of the toxic gas at an average of 152 micrograms per cubic metre of air in 2012. The study also found that Oxford Street was highly polluted, registering at an average of 150 micrograms near Marble Arch, while Trafalgar Square has an average of 138 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre of air. Park Lane, Knightsbridge and Covent Garden were all found to have seriously high levels of the pollutant. Bosses from the collection of shops down London’s most famous high street are calling on Mayor Bo-

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Oxford Street has the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the world, which is produced by diesel fumes from buses and taxis and can trigger asthma and heart attacks.

ris Johnson to reduce the number of buses that crawl down Oxford Street. Richard Dickinson, chief executive of New West End Company which represents traders in Oxford Street, told The Independent: ‘We are working closely with the relevant London authorities to look at longer term traffic reduction initiatives and

we are keen to see ideas rapidly put in place. Businesses in the West End want action.’ City Hall said that it has already reduced the number of buses by a fifth, while hybrid engines on London’s famous double decker’s are set to cut the pollution problem. Almost 30,000 people die every

year due to respiratory problems caused by air pollution and nitrogen dioxide in particular has been linked to breathing issues. Environmental groups criticised the state of affairs in February. Simon Birkett, Founder and Director of Clean Air in London, said: 'These levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are nothing short of staggering. 'The World Health Organisation guideline is no human exposure in a single hour over 200 micrograms per cubic metre (with an annual average guideline of 40). 'The thought that hundreds of thousands or millions of tourists and Londoners in a year may be exposed to air pollution this high is

deeply troubling. 'In London, we need the Mayor to: ban the oldest cars emitting carcinogenic diesel exhaust as Berlin did more than four years ago, remove the turning circle requirement that still forces cabbies to choose between two large diesel taxis if they want a new vehicle and reinstate Phase 5 of the low emission zone that was a key commitment in the Mayor’s Air Quality Strategy until scrapped early last year. 'He also needs to ensure his ultra-low emission zone for 2020 includes the roads with the highest NO2 rather than excluding them which will force the most-polluting vehicles to join those avoiding the congestion charging zone and issue smog warnings to save lives, avoid hospitalisations and build public understanding of air pollution.

WHY ARE NITROGEN DIOXIDE LEVELS SO HIGH ON OXFORD ST? 1. The street is at the centre of a city that is a large source of NO2, experts at Kings College said. 2. It is dominated by diesel vehicles such as buses and taxis and has among the highest flow of buses anywhere in the UK. 3. A large number of the buses use technology that deliberately produce increased emissions of NO2 4. Scientists describe Oxford Street as ‘a street canyon’ which maximises the concentration of the gas because is its enclosed and poorly ventilated.

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Fallacious Naga Theories on Studying Theology

Part II

he theories mentioned last week were the most common, at least in my opinion. That said, the theories below are as serious and important to know. I need to clarify something before furthering in my listing. I am not and cannot for that matter limit God in changing people. I am aware of some exceptional cases where people go to seminary with the wrong motives but are changed and transformed. But that does not qualify or legitimize people to keep going or sending people to the seminary with the wrong motive and mode. It is a person’s life and career at stake here including the many souls s/he will be shepherding in the future. It is imperative we get this right and allow ourselves, our youngsters to do theology right and avoid the fallacious theories. Educational Theory: It can be a pleasant and amusing surprise when one sees the qualifications of theological students in some seminaries. Standard academic seminaries have academic requirements without which no admission is process. Other seminaries admit student of any academic caliber if a convincing testimony is produced, which by the way, anybody can. If anybody studies theology for the sake of educational qualification because he failed in secular education comes under fallacious educational theory in studying theology. I bet, every Naga will be aware of this fact. There are many today in theological college because they flunked in their schools. I have heard 4-5 times matric flunkers being in seminary. They have no sense of call, no passion, no vision but they are in the seminary because that is the only place ready to educate them. They don’t care what education. They just want some education. That reminds me of the Burmese theological students in India. Most of them come to India, even to Nagaland to learn English and not theology in theological seminaries. They do so, so that after learning English they can go to the West as refugees. Many Nagas has similar motives of being in the seminary. Parents are equally wrong to send their child to seminary just to get him/her a degree so that s/he is not a shame for the family. That said, there are people who have failed in education. But as they moved on with life they hear the call of God and they go to seminary. I have a friend who has 8th standard secular education. A seminary rightly understood his call and allowed him to study. To the surprise of many, he excelled in theological studies and he is a good laborer in God’s vineyard. Theologian Material Theory: This theory seems to be a fair one but not really. In this, the church or parents looks at a young boy or girl who is active in church. He has a good Christian behavior. So they deem it best to send the person to study theology. I recently met a theological student who just was admitted to a seminary. I asked him what brought him to seminary. The reason he gave didn’t impressed me at all, he won’t care though. He recently graduated in a secular college. On seeing him unemployed his pastor told him he can do theology. He is a good believer and he can study theology. He went to the seminary just because his pastor asked him to. So I ask, now what? He has no idea what he will

INSPIRATIONAL STORIES, MESSAGES, POEMS & SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES

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My nous on Nagas and the Bible

The writer is currently doing his Master of Theology (Th.m) majoring in Biblical Theology in Asian Christian Academy and also works with Christ in Youth Team, Kohima. do. He has no idea of a call from God. He was just obedient to his pastor. Hopefully, his pastor better has some plans for this boy. If not, it will be nothing but a good destruction of a sincere genuine life. I do deem the best should be sent to the seminary. The active, the smart, the talented has to be sent to seminary. But it is one thing to be a good believer and entirely another thing to be a theologian and a leader of the church. If a boy or a girl is active and passionate in the church doesn’t mean the church or leaders fish him/her out to study theology. It takes more than a good boy or girl to dedicate your whole life for the mission of God. It takes a meaningful call from the Lord, a confirmation in one’s heart from the Holy Spirit and a commitment to the word of God. Sponsorship Theory: This theory is nothing else but to make easy money in the name of God. Many today are intrigue to study theology because they saw some lucky theologian getting sponsors in a snap. Some people like travelling but may not have the necessary funds to travel. They hit their jackpot by deciding to study theology. Believe me there are people like that. Now as students they can go travel as interns. They can travel more in mission trips. On completion if they are lucky they get sponsors to go abroad for short term missions. All they do in missions is sightseeing, khirki-dorja shopping and whatnot. The sorry tales about some sponsor driven student are that they have no integrity. They know how to ingratiate sponsors. They have no guilt to lie for money and support. They are the most devoted, the most committed, the most zealous, the most in whatever you name it in front of their sponsors but are corroded and lives lavishly in all luxuries. But who am I to judge? All to say, you don’t want to study theology because you think you can get sponsors. Accountability is hard to keep and live with that is harder.

World Cup final players profess Christ

ology just to get employed. Unemployment however common it may be is still an embarrassment. This guy graduated but was unemployed for some years. With the discouragement of not getting a job he went to church. The preacher with all the zeal gave a sermon on “the field is wide but the laborers are few.” Oh! What a comfort, here he was depressed because of unemployment but there, there is a need for more employees. To save himself from further embarrassment of unemployment he decided to study theology. If this guy is able to serve the Lord faithfully, Praise the Lord. Let it be so. But you don’t decide to serve the Lord because you failed in every other thing. You don’t coerce yourself to commit your lives to God to save your face from embarrassment without any commitment actually. One should decide to study theology and commit his/her life to God because that’s the call of God. Because that’s what your heart says inspite of the many other opportunities that are flooding your path.

Reputation Theory: These people study theology to have a good reputation in the church and the society. There are no other means left for them to have it. In most cases it is to cover up a bad past. Their craving for the favor and acceptance of the society instigates them to study theology. In other cases, they deem theology is a noble and reputed profession. These students are people conscious and not God conscious. They work for men and not for God. Their priority is to please men and not God. After all, they study theology because of people and not God. Things can go really wrong with such approach. For the record, if anybody is aspiring for theology because of reputation. Better don’t, to study theology is not as grand and as fancy as you may be thinking. Seminaries are no paradise. You may not be respected as you expected. Many times you will be regarded as second class, professionally. You may be called a beggar and a loser. Simply to say, theology is not as Employment Theory: There are some who study the- grandiose as many suppose.

Source: Christian Today

t's been heralded as the greatest World Cup of all time. There have been wonder goals and displays of extraordinary goalkeeping; freak results and tense penalty shoot-outs. New stars have emerged, and others have enjoyed their final flourish. There's been controversy, drama, and most of all, great football. Brazil 2014 is the tournament that's had everything. One of the interesting features of the tournament has been the clear outward displays of faith from Christian players, such as England's Daniel Sturridge and Brazil's David Luiz. The whole World Cup seems to have been full of footballers who are proud and open about the religious beliefs they hold, and Sunday's final, in which Germany face Argentina, will be no exception. With fellow countryman Pope Francis cheering on from the sidelines, Argentina include a strong core of Catholic players. Lionel Messi, arguably the world's greatest player, is a committed believer, who described meeting Francis last year as one of the highlights of his life. He often crosses himself on the pitch, thanks the heavens after scoring, and is rumoured to have undertaken a significant pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a holy Catholic shrine in Herzegovina. It's not only Messi who flies the faith flag however. Teammates Maxi Rodriguez and Javier Mascherano - both former Liverpool players - joined their talismanic captain during the audience with the Pope, as did Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta. And there's one Argentinian player who takes things even further - a strong Christian, striker Ezequiel Lavezzi has a tattoo of Jesus Christ emblazoned across his chest. Thanks to the on-pitch activities of team such as Brazil, the faith of South American players may come as little surprise. However, lining up in opposition on Sunday night is a team from Europe with just as strong a religious contingent. Germany too boast several Catholics, including the Polish-born strikers Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose, and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who supports a Catholic youth club and social action project in his home town. Klose told a journalist: "I am a devout Catholic... belief in God has a permanent place in my private life." The team also includes a number of Protestant players, including young attacking midfielder MarioGötze, who recently posted on his Facebook page: "Dear God, I want to take a minute, not to you to ask for something, but simply to say thank you for everything I have." And rather cryptically, team-mate Bastian Schweinsteiger claims he says "a little prayer, now and then to the top", and is convinced that "God is within the game of my life." In defence, Germany can field a triumvirate of Christian players. Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker, who is an ambassador for the Evangelical Youth and Child Hospice in Wilhelmshaven, says "Christ has taught us to be there for others", while colleague Jerome Boateng is covered in Christian tattoos. Marauding full-back Philipp Lahm has been a public supporter of the Ecumenical church in Munich, and told an interviewer that "after life not everything is over", and described Jesus as "the most important person in history." Germany, like Argentina, can claim Papal support - this time from the now-retired Pope Benedict. Which only adds to the theory that God is unlikely to support or favour one team over the other on Sunday night. Whoever wins however, the tournament leaves two inspiring legacies - a festival of fantastic football which will live long in the memory, and an event, watched by billions around the globe, at which many players were unashamed to tell the world of their faith in Jesus.

Football played a significant role in world history

Dr. Thamsing Lamkang Sports Resource Center, Dimapur

ootball is today’s most popular sport, and the World Cup is the biggest event. There is nothing like football in the world sporting history. FIFA World Cup held every four years since 1930 except during (World War 2, 1942 and 1946); the tournament attracts record television audiences. And the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) soccer’s governing body has members countries-almost as many as the United Nations. When west Germany took the field against Argentina in the 1990 World Cup final, more than a billion people turned in to watch the game on TV-three times the audience that watch the 1969 ‘men landing on the moon’. The 52 games of Italia 1990 also drew more than 2.8 million spectators. Compare to those days we have a record of more than half of our world population is watching the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The significance of World Cup 2002, in South Korea-Japan: The FIFA officials keep in mind the interest of two Asian countries, and have their desperation to host the World Cup. FIFA announced that two neighboring countries of Asia should get the opportunities to host the biggest sporting events. Immediately, the result of these two nations (Korea-Japan) hundred years old bitter neighborhood, and the wall of enmity between them starts to crumble down for the love of football. Until then, they had nothing in common due to their past political history. Korea & Japan is Asia’s top most developed and advanced into many spheres, including sports especially in football but their relation was bitter and rooted in history. Many political leaders including the United Nations tried to negotiate their past rivalries but fail, in spite of many dialogues. The world religious leaders tried their best in various form of reconciliation but fail, due to their religious beliefs. There was hatred in their political talks, without much improvement in their bilateral relations even to boost their economic conditions. But for the first time ever after many decades, these two nations (Korea-Japan) came together first time to the negotiating table. They began to forgive and forget their past history and agreed upon hosting the most coveted World Cup of 2002. And it was one of the most successful World Cup of all time! Another significant breakthrough of 2002 World Cup: The Irish National Football Team had a bitter rivalry with Germany during the World War-2. Since then, they were never willing to play in so many World Cups. After boycotted for more than 50 years, they decided to put away all their past conflicts. And for the first time since the World War-2, Irish team decided to play against Germany. It was an emotional moment for these countries, to see when both the countries entered the stadium for the first time to play against each other. This step has been a display of “Peace, Friendship and Goodwill” through the Universal Language of Football!

World Cup 2002 Winner Brazil Celebrating at Yokohama Japan. (Photo: Dr. Thamsing Lamkang)

THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE- WORLD CUP 2002 Brazil have already won the FIFA World Cup four (4) times and they want to win the Fifth time in 2002. The team is known for their faith in Jesus; some even called the team as “Jesus Team”– comparatively over eleven (11) effective disciples of Jesus (leaving Judas behind the scene). They are the true Champions not just in football but they set their sights beyond the World Cups so that they will continue to score ‘Life’s Ultimate Goals!’ The key to Brazil’s past soccer success is grounded in practice, hard work on the field and an effort to play a highly technical, more involving in the game! The fact is that Brazilians are born to play soccer! The first thing a father gives his son is a soccer ball. It’s a lot like America, where people have basketball baskets over every garage door or the likes of Sub-continent Indians for Cricket. In Brazil, kids play soccer in beaches, in streets and in any open spaces. If they have the ambition to play more seriously, they go to one of their nearest clubs. Eventually they can be spotted and invited to play in the clubs, and to the National Team. But it’s very stressful responsibility to win, because being the best seems to be the only that counts. And the fans see no difference between second and last place in football world competition. On top of that, every player competes in the shadow of Jesus, one of the greatest Champions of all time. Each of these demands places a lot of pressure on the team. I’m not alone in handling it, because of the decision I made many years ago, said Lucio, ‘2002 World Cup’ winner. And since then, I’ve learned the most valuable “technical skill” a world-class athlete could have, “The power to handle life’s pressures through Jesus Christ”. Through my commitment to Christ, I do my best to put the pressure back into the hands of God. And

whatever the results on the field or in life, I praise God. In 2002, Brazil Team squads have seven (7) very committed Christians, willing to glorify Jesus for their victory as champions of the world. While many team members are also Christians but not committed as those. They are known regularly for praying inside the field, and have also been seen displaying shirts with slogans such as 'Jesus Loves you' after scoring a goal, or winning a games on many occasions. The team prayed, “Lord, make Brazil win the World Cup 2002 – help us win for Jesus in front of the whole world for your glorification.” (Do not misinterpretmust win prayer, whatsoever God favor the team for His will) Nobody wants to work on something and put his energy in something that will not last. We want to work, not in vain, but "for the crown that will last forever". The final play was between Brazil Vs Germany at Yokohama stadium, one of the biggest stadiums in Japan, where the crowds are fully prepared to witness the world championship match. People across the world are glued and tuned in to entertain through the final match – it was estimated that little more than half of the world population were watching on Live Television screen. Nothing in the world has ever watched on TV screen, not even half of this watch the first men mission to the Moon. Before the match, Brazilian team prayed together in team to prove they are united team in Christ. It’s just like the 12 Disciples-Jesus Commissioning them to go and preach the gospel (One of the disciple ‘Iscariot Judas’ was disqualified to make an equal size of the football team). The match was well played in front of the cheering crowds- and after the final whistle blows- Brazil defeated Germany. They are not just the world champions but they are also the only team in the world to win the

cup five (5) time. There was celebration everywhere; the team’s prayer is answered by God. Some of them are on their knees praying and thanking God, others lifting up hands and heads up to heaven to tell Jesus, thank you, while some began to put the gospel jersey, inscribed “Jesus-Loves-You”, “Jesus-Died-For-You” and “I-Belong-to-Jesus” in English and other local languages. Later on Lucio told the German magazine “Neues Leben” (New Life), that his National Team members prayed before that match – “not for victory but rather that our team praises God as is His due”. According to Lucio, even if the Brazilians had lost, they would have shown their Jesus-Loves-You shirts. “We should always give Jesus the glory – in good times and bad”. It was a spectacular moment to witness the unity of the team spirit, glorifying the God who makes them win. The entire team members including the managers, coaches, doctors, physicians and all others come in a circle. They joined hands on their knees, lifted up their hands together in one-accord, to worship Jesus with a victory song! Hundreds and thousands of spectators are watching them live in the stadium in Japan, and half of the world population watches them on live television screen. Many ask the unusual team spirit on their knees right in middle of the stadium (picture provided). What are they doing? Anyone can tell why, even the commentators said, “They are worshipping their God”. Who is their God? “Jesus Christ” the Christian God!!! …wow to Jesus - Praise the Lord! Dr. Thamsing Lamkang’s most Motivational and Inspirational story of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Final in US: His name is “TAFFAREL” the goal-keeper of Brazil National Team. Taffarel said, win or lose- “May the glory be to God”. The last act of the 1994 FIFA World Cup that took place in USA was a penalty kick by Baggio of Italy against Taffarel’s goal of Brazil. If Taffarel save the penalty, Brazil would win the World Cup final. The whole world watched by holding their breath, most people even prayed for their team they supported. He didn’t save the ball, but Brazil won because Baggio shot the penalty over the bar. Then, it soon happened- “Taffarel just knelt and lifted his hands towards the sky to thank His able God the Almighty”. He was glorifying Jesus in front of the crowds Jesus felt so compassionate to, and the whole world. Taffarel, was asked what was in his heart, he said, I prayed to the Almighty God, “Whether I give winning or losing to my team (country), will the glory always be yours ‘O’ Lord,” was my humble prayer. The Lord comforted my heart and I felt so confident and relaxed without any kinds of nervousness. The Lord didn’t even allow me to save the ball, kicked by the best player of the world. Baggio lost his confident and doubted if he missed the ball, and he did missed and shot over the bar. “I thanked the Lord and given all winning glory to God”! We thanked and praise God for the provision of Football- as the greatest tool to change the world, and also to accomplish the Great Commission of our world. …wow to HIM!!!

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Jaitley promises more income tax relief if economy improves

New Delhi, July 12 (iANS): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday promised more concessions in income tax if the economy improves next year. “We do not want a high taxation regime. It was because of the high taxation regime of the previous government that inflation rose,” Jaitley said, replying to questions on the budget on India TV’s talk show, Aap Ki Adalat. “Had the centre had more money in its coffers, I would have given more (relief). May be, if the government has more money tomorrow, I will raise (the concessions)”, he added. Jaitley claimed that his was the first budget since independence in which income tax exemptions were given across all three taxpayers’ categories. He strongly defended the government’s policy to allow 49 percent FDI (foreign direct investment) in defence, saying that he would prefer companies headed by Indians with 49 percent FDI manufactur-

ing defence equipment in India, rather than opting for importing defence equipment. “As far as I know, it was Soniaji (Congress President) who had been opposing 49 pc FDI in defence and was preferring imports of defence equipment”, said Jaitley. Jaitley, who also holds the defence portfolio, pointed out that 26 percent FDI in defence was permitted during the previous NDA (National Democratic Alliance) regime under Atal Bihari Vajpayee. “We are the largest importer of defence equipment in the world. For the last one and a half months, most of the foreign leaders who came to meet us were pitching for sale of their defence equipment,” Jaitley said. “It would be wiser if we have companies in India with 51 percent Indian equity, getting foreign technology and investment and manufacturing defence equipment here”, he added. About some Congress leaders objecting to the Rs.200 crore allocated in

Pakistan violates ceasefire again, open fires at RS Pura sector in J&K JAmmu, July 12 (AgeNcieS): The Pakistani armed forces on Saturday opened fire at Pindi outpost in RS Pura sector of Jammu and Kashmir, as per the reports. Meanwhile, the Indian troops guarding the border effectively replied with similar calibre weapons. Although no casualty has been reported as of now, the gun battle between the Indian and Pakistan forces continued for long. On June

13, 2014, Pakistan troops had violated the ceasefire by targeting Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch sector of J&K with heavy firing and mortar shelling, drawing retaliation by Indian forces. In 2013, several Indian Army jawans were killed and dozens got injured in 149 ceasefire violations by Pakistan troops on forward posts, civilian areas and patrolling parties along the India-Pak border.

3 die as two Mumbai buildings collapse

mumbAi, July 12 (iANS): Three people were killed and six injured in two separate incidents of building collapse here Saturday, officials said. Two pavement dwellers were killed and another injured when a portion of a building fell on them while they were sleeping in Jai Bhim Nagar, an official with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s disaster control cell said. The incident took place shortly after midnight, the official said, adding that the wall of the building was weakened by the ongoing heavy rain. The victims were identified as Dayashankar Mishra (60) and Rudramani Upadhyaya (45). Tribhuvannath Upadhyaya, 58,

who sustained injuries, was rushed to a hospital. In another incident, a teenager was killed and five people were injured when a tenement which was being repaired came crashing down in a slum here. The incident took place in Colaba’s Ganesh Murti Nagar area at around 10.30 a.m., the BMC official said, adding the victim was identified as Mashroof Shaikh, 18. Since Friday, there have been at least nine incidents of various structures or walls collapsing across the city. Mumbai, Thane and Konkan region have been lashed by heavy rain in the past three days with a forecast of more rain over the weekend.

UPSC aspirants demand age relaxation New Delhi, July 12 (AgeNcieS): Aspirants of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) protested outside Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s residence here on Saturday, demanding scrapping of C-SAT (Aptitude Test) and age relaxation for 2011 candidates. Meanwhile, to prevent the protesters from invading the security, police barricaded the area. Tanay Rana, a UPSC aspirant said, “The rule of the UPSC is that whenever the pattern or syllabus of the examination is changed, then appropriate age relaxation and attempts are provided. But the pattern which was changed in 2011, the victims of 2011 candidates were not given any relaxation or attempts.” “We have been protesting for our demand for the last two years but no benefit has been given to the candidates of that year. Our demand here is to get three or four years of age relaxation, so that we can also be accommodated in those two attempts provided by the UPSC in the year 201415,” he added. Pankaj Kumar Jha, another candidate said, “The government promised us of providing three to four years of age relaxation during Allahabad elections.

We are in constant contact with them and they have assured us that action will be taken. But, as the exam date is coming nearer, we are left with no other option but to protest.” Another protesting aspirant, Dharamveer Kumar Saxena said, “The candidates of the year 2011 are the worst victims of changed pattern of C-SAT (Aptitude Test). We have gathered here to remind Home Minister about his promise made to us during Allahabad election campaign.” Last month, Union Public Service Commission granted two extra attempts for the candidates appearing for the Civil Services Examination and also relaxed the consequential age from this year onwards. A candidate between the age group of 21-32 years August 1, 2014 can take the exam. In a notification issued by the UPSC for the 2014 Civil Services Examination, it is stated, “Every candidate appearing for the examination, which is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts (two more than earlier four).”n The Civil Services Examination for the year 2014 will be held on August 24. The examination is conducted in three stages-preliminary, main and interview.

AP10ThingsToSee - Poor, homeless Indians reach out to receive cool drinks being served as part of charity in New Delhi, India on July 10. India’s new government introduced a reform-minded budget Thursday that did not slash food and fuel subsidies in its inaugural budget. (AP Photo)

the budget for setting up Sardar Patel’s statue in Gujarat, he said: “If the Gujarat government is erecting the world’s tallest statue in

Narmada river, the Centre must contribute, and I would like the state governments to contribute too.” “I do not know why the

Congress leaders are objecting. Maybe because Patel did not belong to a particular family. After Independence, certain

families were glorified, but those who contributed more to the nation were less glorified.” On Congress leaders

questioning the lack of any reference to black money in his budget speech, Jaitley pointed out that the budget was an accounting statement and there was no need to mention the issue of black money. “Let me remind you, the Modi government in its first cabinet meeting decided to set up the Special Investigation Team under Supreme Court to probe black money stashed in offshore accounts. I directed my ministry to hand over all details related to offshore black money to the SIT, except in cases where there are international commitments (not to reveal names). “When the Swiss authorities indicated that they were ready to give details of Indians having accounts in Swiss banks, our ministry immediately sent them a letter seeking details. Our government does not have any sympathy towards people having black money”, said Jaitley. On former Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s

remarks that the budget speech was only a reiteration of the policies and targets of the UPA government, Jaitley said: “I would then be very happy if the Congress supports our budget. But I know they won’t support. The UPA government had left the economy in a mess.” Jaitley expressed optimism about introducing the Goods and Service Tax (GST) this year. “We are hardly 50 days in office, and there are unpaid bills of states pending for the last 5 years. I would rather pay off those bills first. When the revised grants will come, I will have to see from where I can pay those bills. At least, I am hopeful about the GST. The two states that are raising the issue of unpaid bills are Gujarat and Punjab, both NDA governments. “After we pay off their bills, we will then introduce the GST. This will increase our GDP, reduce tax evasion and also reduce undue harassment to industry,” Jaitley added.

Ban mobile phones in schools, colleges Tourism minister wants to stop rapes: Karnataka Legislature panel to control pub culture

bANgAlore, July 12 (AgeNcieS): Giving a bizarre statement, a house committee of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly recomended the state government to put a ban on mobile phones in schools, colleges and Legislature panel, blaming the devices for an unprecedented rise in the number of rape and molestation cases. “Karnataka government should direct the Education Department to impose a compulsory ban on students in schools and colleges bringing mobile phones,” the Legislature Committee on Women and Child Welfare said. The single point recommendation in the report of the 23-member committee headed by Shakuntala Shetty, tabled in both the Houses of Karnataka legislature yesterday, is contained under a chapter under the title, “rape/missing cases of women”. “There were several instances where mobile phones were used to lure girls to remote places and rape them. Mobile

phones are debasing the educational atmosphere in schools and colleges,” said the panel adding a recommendation to put a ban on mobiles. Shetty further said girls who return ‘missed calls’ are getting into trouble. “We suggest that youth shouldn’t be allowed to use mobile phones till they become majors, and attain maturity. Once they realize what is right or wrong, they’ll be safe,” she said, in defence of the controversial recommendation. Further citing an incident where a gang of three youths called a college girl and lured her to a building under construction, from where she later jumped to death to escape a rape bid. The report refers to the rising incidents of rape across the country and cites, the 2012 Delhi gangrape and fatal assault of a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern as also the recent gang-rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh, which have made “Indians hang their heads in shame before the entire

world.” “We have found during our interactions that mobile is the reason behind kidnap and rape among school and college going girls,” Shetty said, defending the panel’s controversial findings and recommendations. She said “When I did go through two or three rape cases of minor girls, what they told me was that they had got a missed call and out of curiosity they wanted to find out about it and it started from there....” “As we found several such incidents, we in the committee decided to recommend a ban on mobiles; ...It is not necessary for students, so we have mentioned that it should be banned.” In another recommendation, the committee has suggested that seminars and awareness programmes should be conducted in schools and colleges periodically as a measure to stop atrocities against women. Other recommendations made by the commit-

tee include- installation of CCTV cameras at police stations to bring transparency in their functioning, deputing 20 per cent women police staff in each stations, setting up of additional women police stations, and separate toilet facility for women at police stations. The committee has suggested that all police stations in the state should be made women friendly and women who approach police or those brought on some charges should be treated with dignity. However, in 2012, Karnataka Minister for Cooperation Laxman Savadi was caught watching pornography on his mobile phone while the Assembly was in session. The footage showing Savadi watching the stuff was shot by TV cameramen perched behind in the elevated media gallery. The minister was sitting in the front row of the House. Less than an hour after the session concluded, TV channels beamed the uncensored visuals.

Telangana observes shutdown to protest against Polavaram Bill

PANAJi, July 12 (iANS): Pub culture will not be promoted and must be controlled because it often leads to “unwanted things”, Union Minister of State for Tourism (independent charge) Shripad Naik said Saturday. Naik was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a tourism-related event on the outskirts of Panaji. “Pub culture will not be promoted,” Naik said, when asked to comment on a controversy last week after a Goa cabinet minister demanded a ban on mini-skirts, saying reveal-

ing clothes and pub-culture were against Indian traditions. Naik also said that “pubbing must be controlled” because it leads to “unwanted things”. Naik, however, shied away from questions about the proliferation of the casino industry in Goa, claiming it was a “state subject” and that the chief minister would be the right person to answer the query. Goa is one of the most popular beach tourism destinations in India and is known for its nightlife as well as its pubs and clubs spread out in coastal areas.

Better alternatives to tobacco cultivation exist: Health minister

New Delhi, July 12 (iANS): Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Saturday that getting people to quit smoking will not impoverish farmers in tobacco growing regions but will rather help them earn more and free themselves from the clutches of money lenders. In a statement, Vardhan said the ministry is willing to share with the government and all concerned groups the findings of scientific research conducted by reputed institutions which unambiguously proves that viable alternatives to tobacco cultivation exist. “We have carried out pilot projects on alternative cropping systems to tobacco which we are willing to share with tobacco growing states. It will be proved that farmers will get better incomes from cultivating sugarcane, a variety of vegetables, pepper, fruits and mustard on the lands presently taken up by tobacco,” said Vardhan. The minister also said

that though the additional earning to the exchequer from tobacco is significant, the economic cost of smoking is far greater. “There are people who argue that India earns more than $500 million per year through tobacco exports. To them I say, look at the net economic cost. The WHO has estimated that in India it amounts to $ 1.7 billion. This cannot be tolerated any longer,” he added. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that the direct medical cost of treating tobacco related diseases in India amounts to $907 million for smoked tobacco and $285 million for smokeless tobacco, said the statement. The minister said that a multi-disciplinary drive against tobacco is being considered by his ministry because the overarching objective of saving thousands of lives may not be entirely achieved by simply taxing tobacco consumers.

NID becomes 41st institute of national importance

Indian policemen detain activists of left parties and other political parties during a protest against the ordinance on Polavaram project in Hyderabad, India on July 12. A day-long strike has been called in Telangana state to protest the ordinance under which more than 100 villages of Telangana state will be transferred to Seemandhra state to aid the construction of the irrigation project. (AP Photo)

hyDerAbAD, July 12 (iANS): Telangana state observed a shutdown Saturday to protest against the passing of Polavaram Bill in Lok Sabha for transfering over 200 villages to Andhra Pradesh. Buses of stateowned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) went off the roads in Hyderabad and nine other districts of Telangana. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions were also closed in many parts of the newly-created state. Activists of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) and the left parties took to streets and laid siege to RTC depots to prevent buses from coming out.

Though TJAC and the left parties called for the shutdown, TRS is also participating in the protest. Holding their respective party flags, the protestors raised slogans against the Centre for aundemocratic’ move. Over 500 buses from Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS) in Hyderabad were cancelled. TRS workers staged road blockade at RTC cross-roads. The shutdown is complete in Khammam district, whose 205 villages spread over seven mandals were merged with Andhra Pradesh to facilitate construction of Polavaram project across Godavari river. CPI, CPI-M and CPI-ML staged protests in Khammam and other dis-

tricts to condemn the passing of the bill. The villages, which are to be submerged by the project, were transferred to prevent any inter-state dispute. Telangana, however, is demanding change in the design of the project to save the villages. Police arrested TJAC chairman M. Kodandaram and his supporters for taking out a protest rally in Hyderabad. Kodandaram alleged that the tribal were being displaced to build the project. He said the central government’s action was to favour contractors who will get works worth Rs.20,000 crore. Amid protest by MPs from Telangana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, the Lok Sabha Friday passed

Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Amendment Bill or Polavaram Bill for transfer of Telangana villages. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao termed the Centre’s move `undemocratic’ and `unconstitutional’. The state government plans to challenge it in the Supreme Court. It alleged that the NDA government violated the Constitution by not consulting Telangana while merging the villages with Andhra Pradesh. On a call given by the TRS, Telangana had observed a shutdown in May after the Centre promulgated an ordinance to transfer the villages. The Lok Sabha Friday passed the bill to turn the ordinance into an Act.

New Delhi, July 12 (iANS): India’s premier design institute, the National Institute of Design(NID), has been accorded the status of “institution of national importance” by an act of parliament, making it the 41st institute to have such a status. This is the first bill under the Narendra Modi government to be passed within a span of three days in both the houses. It was first passed by the Rajya Sabha Monday, followed by a unanimous passage in the Lok Sabha Wednesday. The bill under the National Institute of Design Act, 2013 states “to declare the institution known as the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, to be an institution of national importance for the promotion of quality and excellence in education, research and training in all disciplines relating to design.” With the passing of the bill, this autonomous

Ahmedabad-based design institute that was established in 1965, will be authorised to give degrees and offer PhD’s. “It is very heartening to see that design has been brought to the forefront. It is indeed a big recognition for the design profession in the country and this bill will give an impetus to the activities of the institute, giving design education in India a global foothold,” Pradyumna Vyas, director NID, said in a statement. “The students and faculty will get immense benefit with this recognition. This status will also help in repositioning the institute globally for networking with premier design institutions, create additional opportunities for research scholars, faculty and student exchange and boost design research in the country,” he added. Any institute getting this status receives special recognisition and funding from the government.

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Israel widens air attack, Gaza death toll tops 125

GAZA CITY, JulY 12 (AP): Israel widened its air assault against the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers on Saturday, hitting a mosque it said was hiding rockets, as Palestinians said their death toll from the five-day offensive rose to over 125. The military said it has struck more than 1,100 targets, including Hamas rocket launchers, command centers and weapon manufacturing and storage facilities, in a bid to stop relentless rocket fire coming Gaza. Officials in the territory said that besides the mosque, the strikes also hit Hamas-affiliated charities and banks, as well as a home for the disabled, killing two women. The central Gaza mosque was being used to conceal rockets like those militants have fired nearly 700 times toward Israel over the past five days, the military said. However, the strikes in the densely populated Gaza Strip show the challenge Israel faces as it considers a ground operation that could potentially pose further dangers to civilians. While there have been no fatalities in Israel from the continued rocket fire, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf alKidra said overnight Israeli strikes raised the death toll there to over 125, with more than 920 wounded. Hamas militants have been hit hard. Though the exact breakdown of casualties remains unclear, dozens of the dead also have been civilians. The offensive showed no signs of slowing

Israeli soldiers on a mobile artillery unit fire a shell towards Gaza at a position on the Israel-Gaza border on July 12. Israeli airstrikes overnight targeting Hamas in Gaza hit a mosque its military says concealed the militant group's weapons, in an offensive that showed no signs of slowing down. Israel launched its campaign five days ago to stop relentless rocket fire on its citizens. While there have been no fatalities in Israel, Palestinian officials said overnight attacks raised the death toll there to over 120, with more than 920 wounded. (AP Photo)

down Saturday as Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said his country should ready itself for several more days of fighting. “We have accumulated achievements as far as the price Hamas is paying and we are continuing to destroy significant targets of it and other terror organizations,” Yaalon said after a meeting with top security officials. “We will continue to punish it until quiet and security returns to southern Israel and the rest of the country.” Hamas said it hoped the mosque attack would galvanize support for it in the Muslim world. “(It) shows

Lavrov’s

absence clouds Iran nuke talks

VIENNA, JulY 12 (AP): Decisions by the foreign ministers of Russia and China to skip talks on Iran’s nuclear program this weekend are further denting expectations that the stalled negotiations will produce a deal by July 20. The U.S. — which is sending Secretary of State John Kerry to join three other ministers— is putting on a good face. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf says the six powers talking with Iran remain “united in the negotiating room, as we always have.” But the absence of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is noteworthy, in light of suggestions by France that Moscow is deviating from joint negotiating stances with Iran. The most important disputes over how deeply Iran must cut its nuclear program to gain sanctions relief are between Washington and Tehran, so Kerry’s presence is important. He will be able to talk directly to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is already at the Vienna negotiations. British Foreign Secretary William Hague, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and German Foreign Minister Walter Steinmeier are also attending. But the absence of Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi could be detrimental — it took foreign ministers or their deputies of all six nations to negotiate a preliminary deal with Tehran in November. Lavrov is on a Latin American tour culminating with a July 15 Brazil

summit of emerging major economic nations, including China. Still, his noshow comes at a troubling moment — just days after Fabius criticized Moscow for having “differences of approach” with the mainstream at the negotiations. The French foreign minister didn’t elaborate. But Kremlin-backed analysts blame the U.S. for stalling the talks by pushing unrealistic demands. Vladimir Evseyev of the Russian state-run CIS institute says Washington’s insistence that Iran shut down uranium enrichment facilities and negotiate on its missile program violates the accords outlining the scope of the talks. The U.S., he said, wants negotiations to “to be lengthy and painful,” so as to keep sanctions in place for its own political agenda. Diplomats familiar with the talks say Moscow shares Washington’s desire to reach a deal but is significantly less demanding of Tehran. While the U.S. wants deep cuts in Iranian programs that could be used to make nuclear arms, Russia would settle for pervasive monitoring, they say. Former U.S. State Department official Mark Fitzpatrick says the Russian absence might simply indicate that Moscow doesn’t anticipate agreement by July 20. But “if a deal does appear to emerge, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Lavrov on the next plane to Vienna,” says Fitzpatrick, now with the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

how barbaric this enemy is and how much it is hostile to Islam,” said Husam Badran, a Hamas spokesman in Doha, Qatar. “This terrorism gives us the right to broaden our response to deter this occupier.” The Israeli military released an aerial photo of the mosque it hit, saying Hamas hid rockets in it right next to another religious site and civilian homes. It said Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other Gaza militant groups use this tactic of abusing religious sites to conceal weapons and establish underground tunnel networks, deliberately endangering civilians.

“Hamas terrorists systematically exploit and choose to put Palestinians in Gaza in harm’s way and continue to locate their positions among civilian areas and mosques, proving once more their disregard for human life and holy sites,” said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman. Critics though say such allegations are too sweeping, and that Israel’s heavy bombardment of one of the densely populated territories is itself the main factor putting civilians at risk. Sarit Michaeli of the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said that while

using human shields violates international humanitarian law, “this does not give Israel the excuse to violate international humanitarian law as well.” Israel issues early warnings before attacking Gaza targets and the military says it uses other means to do its utmost to avoid harming bystanders. But Michaeli said civilians have been killed when Israel bombed family homes of Hamas militants or when residents were unable to leave their homes quickly enough following the Israeli warnings. “Justifying all Israeli attacks that lead to civilian casualties by saying Hamas is us-

ing human shields is factually incorrect,” she said. The rocket fire from Gaza militants appeared to tail off somewhat Saturday, with a new round resuming later in the day. The “Iron Dome,” a U.S.funded, Israel-developed rocket defense system, has intercepted more than 130 incoming rockets, preventing any Israeli fatalities so far. A handful of Israelis have been wounded by rockets that slipped through. As a precaution, the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv relocated its personnel assigned to Beersheba. However, militant rockets have

reached further into Israel than ever before, with air raid sirens sounding even in the northern city of Haifa, 100 miles (160 kilometers) away. The frequent rocket fire has disrupted daily life in Israel, particularly in southern communities that have absorbed the brunt of it. Israelis mostly have stayed close to home. Television channels air non-stop coverage of the violence and radio broadcasts are interrupted live with every air raid siren warning of incoming rockets. The frequent airstrikes have turned the normally frenetic Gaza City into a virtual ghost town, emptying streets, closing shops and keeping hundreds of thousands of people close to home where they feel safest from the bombs. The outbreak of violence follows the kidnappings and killings of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, and the kidnapping and killing of a Palestinian teenager in an apparent revenge attack. Israel has pummeled Gaza at twice the rate of the 2012 operation and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press on with the campaign until there is a complete halt to rocket attacks from the seaside Palestinian territory. Israel has massed thousands of troops along the border in preparation for a possible ground invasion, with soldiers atop vehicles mobilized and ready to move into Gaza if the order arrives. A senior military official

said Saturday that Israel estimated Hamas still had thousands of rockets in its arsenal and it would take Israel more time to eliminate the threat to its civilians. “There is no knockout. It is more complicated,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of military guidelines. Israel has begun coming under international pressure as Palestinian casualties have grown. The United States and European leaders have stressed Israel’s right to defend itself, but the United Nations says it is concerned over civilian deaths in Gaza, and antiIsrael protests have taken place in Europe. In the West Bank, Hamas supporters clashed with Israeli troops over the Gaza offensive. The Arab League said foreign ministers from member states will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo on Monday evening to discuss the continued Israeli offensive and measures to urge the international community to pressure Israel. Egypt, which historically has served as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, appears less eager to help out this time. Hamas was particularly close to the Muslim Brotherhood, who the current leadership banned after driving it from power last year. Still, it has tried to show support for Palestinians by opening its crossing with Gaza, allowing deliveries of food and medical supplies and evacuation of some wounded.

Afghanistan’s election crisis: Kerry pushes for a deal

KABul, JulY 12 (REuTERS): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry scrambled to produce a deal by the end of Saturday to end Afghanistan’s election crisis, meeting for the second day with the country’s two presidential candidates and incumbent President Hamid Karzai. The deadlock over the June 14 election run-off between the leading contenders, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, has raised concerns in Washington about a smooth transition of power in Afghanistan just as U.S. troops are withdrawing. Kerry and his aides met throughout the night, following talks on Friday with both Abdullah and Ghani, as well as with Karzai and U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan Jan Kubis. He met again with Abdullah and Ghani at the U.S. compound on Saturday and will meet Karzai at the presidential palace later. Preliminary results from the runoff vote put Ghani, a former World Bank official, in the lead by almost one million votes. Abdullah rejected the result, claiming widespread fraud and calling the outcome a “coup” against the Afghan people.

The United States has urged the Independent Electoral Commision not to release the final vote tally until a thorough review of the votes. It also urged the camps of both Ghani and Abdullah not to declare victory. As talks unfolded behind closed doors, the rival camps were tightlipped on the progress. “In this meeting they both exchanged ideas,” said Mahmoud Saikal, a key member of Abdullah’s camp, speaking about the Friday meeting. “John Kerry wanted more information about all electoral problems.” Discussions between Kerry and the Afghan parties have so far focused on the technical details of the election process and the scope of an audit of the votes that would be acceptable to both sides. It has also looked at ways in which Afghanistan could set up an inclusive and broad-based government. U.S. officials declined to elaborate on the possibility of a unity government, an idea both candidates have rejected, according to a U.S. official. “This is a divided nation along many lines and it’s very important at this stage in this society to ensure that we build as

inclusive and as broad-based and as unified a national government as possible,” a senior administration official. “It was a close election, regardless of what happens and what the audit comes back and finds.” “We need to ensure that all communities and constituencies identify themselves in the government and feel represented in the government that ultimately takes over,” the official added. In comments to reporters on Friday, Kerry said the transition to a self-reliant state hung in the balance unless the legitimacy of the election could be restored. U.S. officials said several ideas were being discussed and that an overall proposal had not yet been presented by the Americans. Kerry cautioned both sides against abandoning efforts to reach a compromise, the U.S. official said. Washington has warned of repercussions if either side declares victory and tries to grab power. The United States is in the process of withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan after 12 years of fighting Taliban insurgents, but the country remains dependent on foreign aid. The U.S. is Afghanistan’s biggest foreign donor.

A perigee moon also known as a supermoon rises behind figurines on a Chinese pavilion in Beijing, China on July 12. The phenomenon, which scientists call a "perigee moon," occurs when the moon is near the horizon and appears larger and brighter than other full moons. (AP Photo)

Obama relishes roadshow, but agenda still stuck

This combination image of President Barack Obama shows him, left, talking about the economy during a visit to Denver on July 9, and right, talking at the White House in Washington about the situation in Iraq on June 19,. There's the confident Obama ridiculing opponents to the delight of his supporters. Then there's the increasingly unpopular president hobbled by gridlock in Washington and foreign policy crises. While Obama has long sought refuge away from the capital when his frustrations boiled over, the gap between his outside and inside games has perhaps never been bigger. (AP Photos)

WASHINGTON, JulY 12 (AP): Welcome to Barack Obama’s splitscreen presidency. On one side: a confident Obama making campaign-style stops around the country and ridiculing his political opponents to the delight of cheering supporters. On the other side: an increasingly unpopular president

hobbled by gridlock on Capitol Hill and a stream of vexing foreign policy crises. His ability to rally public support in a way that results in progress for his legislative agenda has perhaps never been weaker than it is as he nears the midpoint of his second term. To the White House, the conclusion is that Wash-

ington — and the Republican Party in particular — is out of touch with the American people and failing to address their priorities. To Republican GOP leaders, Obama’s activities in a midterm election year reinforce their view of a president more focused on soaring speeches and partisan politics than on work-

ing toward compromise. Many Americans are indeed deeply frustrated with Washington’s inability to get anything done. Polls show majorities want to see action on some of Obama’s proposals, including increasing the minimum wage and overhauling the immigration system. Yet Obama’s own approval rating has fallen to the lowest levels of his presidency. And with his party at risk of losing control of the Senate, the president has ramped up his fundraising for the midterms and taken on a sharply partisan tone. During a speech Thursday in Austin, Texas — a Democratic enclave in a GOP-leaning state — Obama accused Republicans of failing to act on “every serious idea” he’s put forth this year. “The best you can say for them this year is that so far they have not shut down the government,” he said. “That’s the best you can say. But of course, it’s only July so who knows what they may cook up in the next few months.” Egged on by a raucous and supportive crowd, Obama

slipped deeper into campaign mode, leaning into the podium, responding to commentary from the audience and slipping into the familiar campaign language of his presidential bids. “Cynicism is a choice. Hope is a better choice,” he declared. The president still says he is willing to work with Republicans, but his advisers privately acknowledge that they have low expectations that there will be any bursts of bipartisan productivity in Washington this year. Comprehensive immigration legislation is going nowhere this year. A bill to increase the minimum wage stalled in the Democratic-controlled Senate. There’s barely been a mention of working on gun control or climate change legislation, two areas that were at the top of Obama’s priority list when he began his second term. Obama’s domestic stalemate with Republicans has been compounded by a flurry of international crises in the Middle East and Ukraine, and his approval rating has fallen. The president’s trips

outside of Washington have become something of a coping mechanism. He’s also taken to walking to and from events close to the White House, albeit with Secret Service agents and journalists trailing him closely. In between fundraisers and speeches in Colorado and Texas this week, Obama made time to drop by local restaurants for pizza and barbeque, as well as play a game of pool and have a beer with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. “Obama’s presidency has been defined by photoops and political theater,” said Kevin Madden, a Republican strategist who advised Obama’s 2012 presidential rival, Mitt Romney. “Every time he’s gotten in trouble, he’s sought to seize the airwaves or the podium to try to frame his crisis negatively.” White House officials insist the president is simply trying to reconnect with Americans. “A presidential appearance somewhere sends a very important message about the president’s priorities,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.

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Seasoned Germany expect to edge past Argentina

Broc Parkes from Australia crashes during a MotoGP Free Practice at the Sachsenring circuit in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany, Saturday, July 12. (AP Photo)

Katich retires from T20s, not to play CLT20

mElBOuRNE, July 12 (PtI): Already retired from Tests and ODIs, veteran Australian opener Simon Katich today called time of his Twenty20 career as well ruling himself out from the Champions League T20 in India. The 38-year-old, who quit first-class cricket in 2012, had captained Perth Scorchers to KFC Twenty20 Big Bash League title earlier this year, making the team eligible to play

in the CLT20, scheduled from September 8 to 30 in India. Katich played 118 T20 games and scored 2483 runs at an average of 30.28 and a strike-rate of 126.61. Of these, only three appearances came for Australia. "It`s always difficult when it comes to making these sorts of decisions," Katich said. "I`ve obviously been in a similar situation when I made the decision to retire from first-class cricket

Argentine coach to step down after World Cup final

BElO HORIzONtE, July 12 (IANs): Alejandro Sabella plans to step down as coach of the Argentine national team following the squad's FIFA World Cup final against Germany Sunday. "I am sure that Alejandro is not going to continue with the national team. He dreamed of this his whole life, he sought it and he worked for it. But he has given Argentina everything he had to give," Eugenio Lopez, Sabella's agent said Friday, reports Efe. Sabella has said many times that the job of coaching the national team is very demanding, suggesting once that nobody should remain in the position for an extended period. "Sabella gave the team what he had to give and it's time to make way for someone else. Whatever happens (in Sunday's final), he will not continue," the coach's agent said. The team has posted a record of 26 wins, 10 ties and four losses under Sabella, who took charge in 2011. Argentina will be playing for their third World Cup title when they face Germany at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium.

in Australia a few years ago. Having been through that before, it helped me understand the process a bit better and the more I thought about it, I felt the time was right. "I have a young family, I`ve had a great run and for my last game at the WACA, my home ground, to be a win in a successful (BBL) campaign; it`s the stuff you dream of. I`ll finish on a high and that was a big part of the reason I decided to

pull up stumps," he added. Katich said he made decision after much deliberation. "My decision certainly wasn`t for any other reason other than I felt I`d had my time and now it`s the boys` turn. The past three years have been outstanding at the Scorchers; we`ve been really consistent and getting to three finals, then getting over the line last year was very rewarding for everyone involved," he said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 12 (REutERs): Germany expect the experience that runs through their team to give them the edge over Argentina in Sunday's World Cup final after admitting they restrained themselves when they thumped Brazil in the semi-finals. Germany ruined the samba nation's dream of winning the World Cup when they hammered Brazil 7-1 on Tuesday but forward Thomas Mueller revealed it could have been worse. The Europeans were leading 5-0 at halftime and decided during the break that they would not embarrass the hosts by showboating with fancy passes or trick shots. "With the score the way it was, we said we should avoid being arrogant and to refrain from humiliating the opponent," Mueller said on Friday. "There was this agreement and it came from the players themselves." Mueller, one of 10 names short-listed for the Golden Boot award given to the best player of the tournament, said Germany were anticipating a much tougher match from Argentina so could not afford to let up at any stage against the South Americans. "I’m

not expecting that we'll be ahead 5-0 at halftime again like against Brazil even though that would be nice,” he said. "It could end up being a tight match like against Algeria or France. But it doesn’t matter. We know what we have to do.” G er many captain Philipp Lahm also said there was no room for sentiment in the final, adding that his team was singleminded in their approach to the game. “We’re here to win the World Cup,” he told reporters at Germany's secluded training camp at Santo Andre. “The experience we’ve got all the way through our team is definitely an edge for us." End Of An Era Regardless of the result, Sunday's match will mark the end of the road for Argentina manager Alejandro Sabella, who is stepping down, according to his agent. A former midfielder who was capped eight times by Argentina, Sabella got involved in coaching after he retired as a player in 1989 and took on the national job in 2011. "He's going. He's leaving whatever happens. Whether they are champions or not, a cycle is ending,"

agent Eugenio Lopez said. Argentina were fined 300,000 Swiss francs ($336,000) by FIFA on Friday for failing to bring players to four pre-match news conferences during the World Cup. However, the sport's world governing body did pick three of their players - Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and midfielder Javier Mascherano - for the Golden Boot shortlist. Germany had four players selected, Mueller and Lahm plus Mats Hummels and Toni Kroos, while Colombia midfielder James Rodriguez, Netherlands forward Arjen Robben and Brazil's Neymar, who was injured in the quarter-finals, were also nominated. Italian Nicola Rizzoli, a 42-year-old architect, was chosen as the referee for Sunday's showpiece game at the Maracana while Algeria's Djamel Haimoudi will take charge of Saturday's third-place playoff between Brazil and the Netherlands in Brasilia. The future of Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari remains the source of widespread speculation in his homeland in the wake of the country's record World Cup defeat by Germany. Scolari, who led Brazil

to their fifth world crown in 2002, has not revealed his long term plans but Marco Polo Del Nero, the president-elect of the Brazilian Football Confederation, said he should keep his job because of the good work he did during his 19 months in charge. "To me, he stays," Del Nero told the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper. "What happened was a tactical error. That was the problem. But we all make mistakes. It can happen to anyone." Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal, who will is definitely leaving his post to become manager of Manchester United, has changed his tune on the importance of the third-place playoff. Initially critical of the match, Van Gaal has now told his players a win would see them the end the tournament undefeated after they were eliminated in a penalty shootout by Argentina. "It would be wonderful to close this World Cup by winning but we still won't be satisfied," he said. "It will be part of my speech that this is my last match and the players may want to give me a present in the form of victory so we can finish the tournament undefeated."

Screening World Cup final in Mokokchung Messi prepares to shine

on the biggest stage

I Love Mokokchung – Football Fans busy preparing for the screening of the FIFA WC 2014 final match at Mokokchung on July 12.

mOkOkcHuNg, July 12 (mExN): A small group Of football fans, under the banner ‘I Love Mokokchung – football fans’ are organizing a mega show at the main town square to facilitate each and every football lover of Mokokchung to come together and watch the FIFA 2014 final under the theme ‘Enjoying the Beautiful Game’. ‘I Love Mokokchung’ is a face-

book group where thousands of members both at Mokokchung and outside are members. A press note informed that this will be the second time that the ‘I Love Mokokchung’ group is screening the FIFA World Cup, the previous one being the FIFA South Africa world cup 2010. This time too, with the consent of the district administration, the I Love Mokokchung football fans are

planning to bring the football lovers from all walks of life at the Mokokchung Town Square to witness the once in four year experience. The organizers are making elaborate arrangements to make the event a great one and the organizers solicits all the football lovers of Mokokchung – young and old, men and women – to come and be a part of the event.

spinners found success for Sri Lanka. Senanayake took one for 66 having opened the bowling while Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath both returned two for 48. A number of the Sri Lankan top-order batsmen then made good starts but none could go on and make a telling contribution. Kushal Perera hit 37 in 25 balls, Tillakaratne Dilshan 30 in 24, Kumar Sangakkara 36 in 23 as the runs came quickly, but wickets came too for South Africa. Imran Tahir had Mahela Jayawardene caught by Dale Steyn for two to leave Sri Lanka at 113 for four in the 14th over. After that, Sri Lanka couldn't maintain their fast start and the runs came much more slowly. Lahiru Thirimanne's 22 came in 37 balls and Ashan Priyanjan's 30 in 46 while Mathews' 58 took 81 balls. If they were waiting for a final assault in the last 10 overs, their plan was foiled when Mathews fell in the 42nd over to leave the hosts 249 for seven and the end came quickly after that. Morne Morkel (2-49), Duminy (2-43), Wayne Parnell (1-38) and Tahir (1-29) were the wicket-takers as Sri Lanka fell well short.

Argentina's Lionel Messi, center, performs a bicycle kick during a training session in Vespesiano, near Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Friday, July 11. On Sunday, Argentina faces Germany for the World Cup final soccer match in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo)

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 12 (REutERs): Argentina's Lionel Messi, the most unassuming and also one of the most admired talents in world sport, can join the elite of soccer greats by winning the World Cup in Sunday's final against Germany. There are two categories of truly great players – those like Pele and Maradona, who won the ultimate prize, and others such as Johan Cruyff, Eusebio and Ferenc Puskas whose brilliance was never in doubt but who had to be content with club prizes and individual accolades. There are endless debates about who was the best but those discussions among fans do not in the slightest bother Messi – who never tires of pointing out that he plays a team game and that the glory belongs to the squad and not him alone. That may sound like a standard cliched response, but it carries more weight from a player who does nothing to suggest he is anything but humble and more than a little shy. While many other top players in the modern game seem eager to draw attention to themselves – with eyecatching goal celebrations and celebrity lifestyles, Messi is a reluctant superstar. The 27-year-old does not seem to relish the work he has to do as part of his many endorsement deals and he keeps media apSouth African batsman AB de Villiers plays a shot during the third one-day international cricket pearances to a minimum. When he does talk match between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka on July 12. (AP Photo)

South Africa clinch historic series win

HAmBANtOtA, sRI l A N k A , J u ly 1 2 (AgENcIEs): Quinton de Kock and AB de Viliers scored centuries to set up an 82-run win for South Africa over Sri Lanka that sealed a first ever One-Day International series win for them in Sri Lanka. De Kock hit 128 and de Villiers 108 as South Africa won the toss and struck a mightily impressive 339 for five. In reply, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 257 in 44.3 overs with only Angelo Mathews (58) reaching so much as a half-century. Ryan McLaren picked up three for 37 to lead the way for South Africa with the ball as they clinched a 2-1 series win. De Kock hit 128 in 127 balls, with 12 fours and three sixes and after he had put on 118 with Hashim Amla (48), de Villiers came in and struck 108 in just 71 deliveries. He hit 11 fours and four sixes and added 116 for the third wicket with de Kock after Jacques Kallis had fallen for four. De Kock fell to Sachithra Senanayake in the 41st over, after which de Villiers dominated an 80-run stand for the fourth wicket with JP Duminy (29). Only the

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about himself he is evidently uncomfortable with discussions about his status in the game or comparisons with other players, past or present. “Because the only thing that matters is playing," he said in a recent television interview. "I have enjoyed it since I was a little boy and I still try to do that every time I go on the pitch. “I always say that when I no longer enjoy it or it's no longer fun to play, then I won’t do it anymore. I do it because I love it,” he said. What Messi did not love was the view held by some Argentines that because he grew up in Spain, as part of Barcelona’s academy system from the age of 11, he was not as committed to the national team as he should have been. Doubts Fade Those doubts over his desire to succeed with Argentina have faded in recent years, as any trip to Buenos Aries - where Messi’s image adorns shop windows and billboards across the city - would prove, but it was a mood that upset the forward. “It hurt, it bothered me. Because they said things that weren't true - that I didn't care as much about wearing the (Argentina) shirt. I didn't feel that, I didn't think that,” he said in a 2012 interview with Time magazine. “And now, I think what people there understand is that this is a team game, and that I try to play the same way there

(for Argentina) as I do in Barcelona, and always do the best I can”. The roars from the travelling Argentine support in Brazil that have greeted the pre-game announcement of Messi’s name are proof of that change but nothing would bring a better conclusion to that debate than winning Argentina their third world title. Messi has four goals to his name in this tournament, despite being closely marked by opponents who have had months to prepare a strategy to stop him. Against the Netherlands he again was forced to drift deep in search of space and possession but it is instructive to watch his eye movements even in those midfield roles. Messi constantly glances towards the defence, building up a mental picture of what he will face when he turns to start one of those pacy, jinking runs that have led to so many goals for Barcelona. That perhaps explains, partly at least, why Messi can suddenly turn a game even when he may look to have been marked out of it. "Leo can make you win a match even on those days when he's in a low key, when his shining aura isn't there," says midfielder Javier Mascherano. If there is a trophy in his hand on Sunday at the Maracana, modest Messi might even allow himself to share the limelight.

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Justin Theroux ‘I used to garbage-pick’: Justin Theroux recalls his broke days as a scavenger in New York

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e is now a successful actor and screenwriter worth millions of dollars. But there was a time when Justin Theroux had barely a penny to his name. The 42-year-old reveals in the August issue of Details that he was forced to scavenge for food and other items in order to survive while a struggling actor in New York in the 1990s. ‘I used to garbage-pick,’ he says. ‘It sounds much more disgusting than it is. You learn a lot about society by seeing what’s thrown away. During the period I was doing that, a lot of great stuff was being tossed.’ Since getting engaged to actress Jennifer Aniston, 45, nearly two years ago, Justin has seen his fame skyrocket. But the actor insists he’s taking life in the spotlight in his stride. ‘It doesn’t feel like a h a rd s h i p, it doesn’t feel difficult,’ he says. ‘It can be an annoyance, but it’s not the end of the world. You have to center on what its core thing is, which is that you met someone you fell in love with. It’s hard to explain. I just find myself won-

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arry Potter villain Dave Legeno has died aged 50 while hiking in Death Valley in California. The actor, who portrayed werewolf Fenrir Greyback in three movies in the wizard film franchise, was found by two hikers in the area on Sunday. The Inyo County Sheriff’s Department in California told TMZ that Dave died of heat stroke, it was revealed after an autopsy. What’s more, it is thought his body may have been there for three or four days before he was found. Temperatures in Death Valley are known to reach more than 120 degrees. The Mixed Martial Arts star leaves behind a daughter Wendy who is believed to be in her 20s. He played the werewolf in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as well as the final two movies in the film fran-

werewolf star Dave Legeno dies of heat stroke

chise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Dave’s other film credits included 2000 movie Snatch, in which he started as John opposite Brad Pitt and Vinnie Jones. He is said to have had interests ranging from poetry to playing the guitar and reading. Dave - who turned 50 in October last year - also appeared as Gilles Rigaut in TV series Spooks as well as a League of Shadows member in Batman Begins alongside Christian Bale in 2005. Several stars took to Twitter to pay tribute to him include Rise Of The Footsoldier

stunning young beauty contest winner is using her title to raise awareness of disability. Nicole Kelly, 23, from Davenport in Iowa, America, beat off hundreds of rivals to take the Miss Iowa 2014 crown and is now hoping to encourage children with disabilities to pursue their dreams. The Theatre Management university graduate was born without a left forearm, but has never let anything hold her back. Before winning the pageant last June, Nicole worked on a Broadway play in New York and credits the experience for boosting her confidence and preparing her for the pageant. ‘As I grew up I learned to counterbalance the initial stares I received from people with an outgoing personality that would not give in to no,’ she said. ‘This means that I tried everything. From baseball, to dance, to diving - there is nothing I would not try. ‘I found my passion within a world where I was giving people permission to stare - the stage.’ Now Nicole uses her position to speak about disability in schools and supports a programme providing art opportunities for people with special needs. And an important part of her work is meeting with parents of children with disabilities. ‘Meeting the parents of amputee and physically differently-abled children has

actor Mark Killeen. He wrote: ‘Rip dave legeno a legend and a dear friend xxx (sic)’ MailOnline has contacted a representative of Dave Legeno for further comment.

‘I want children to celebrate their difference - like I do’ been a shocking experience at times,’ she said. ‘I had assumed everyone else’s parents would be like mine, but many are far more concerned about limiting their child’s lives to protect them from harm. ‘I saw then that I could make a change by showing these parents that their child can and should be able to do anything they want. ‘Once parents accept this, it makes such a huge difference to how their child experiences and responds to their difference.’ Now Nicole has launched a campaign called ‘the power of one’ to encourage people to embrace their differences. ‘Every day I am out in the community speaking with people,’ she said. ‘I encourage people to share their stories about how they’ve felt different and celebrate it.’

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Worship Night: George Clooney Doesn’t Children’s event Accept Daily Mail Apology in Dimapur

dering, “What’s the big f---ing deal?”’ Yet fame was never his end goal, he says. ‘There’s a huge distinction between wanting to act and wanting to be a famous actor,’ he says. ‘Most of the people that jump off buses in Hollywood just want to f--ing “make it.” And I never had that drive. Honestly. I could never visualize myself in that way.’ Justin and Jennifer were first introduced in 2007 by their mutual friend Robert Downey Jr., who opens up to Details about their relationship. ‘He and Jen fell in a real, legit fashion,’ says the actor, ‘and he was willing from the jump to make sacrifices.’ But the pair don’t plan on tying the knot anytime soon, at least not in the next month. Justin popped the question on August 10, 2012, the day he turned 41, but he said there are no big surprises in store for his 43rd birthday next month. ‘This birthday, I think, will be just cakes and, you know, who knows? We’ll see,’ he said on Good Morning America on Thursday. ‘It’s hard to top after the proposal. We’re also loving the engagement as well.’ Justin currently stars in the HBO series The Leftovers as police chief Kevin Garvey, who attempts to instill normalcy after the Biblical Rapture hits a suburban town called Mapleton.

he 53 year-old actor wrote his second oped piece this week, regarding the British tabloid’s false story about his fiancé, Amal Alamuddin, and her family not supporting their upcoming nuptials. George Clooney rejected an apology from a British tabloid for publishing a false story. On Friday (July 11th), the Hollywood star wrote a second, stating

that he doesn’t accept the Daily Mail’s apology for running a story about his fiancé’s mother opposing their upcoming wedding, and their family’s religious beliefs. “There is one constant when a person or company is caught doing something wrong. The coverup is always worse,” Clooney wrote. “In this case, the Daily Mail has printed an apology for insinuating religious tensions where there are none. In the apology, managing editor Charles Garside claims that the article was ‘not a fabrication,’ but “based the story on conversations with senior members of the Lebanese community,” he continued. Adding, “The problem is that none of that is true.” “The original story never cites that source, but instead goes out of its way to insist on four different occasions that ‘a family friend’ spoke direct-

ly to the Mail. A ‘family friend’ was the source. So either they were lying originally or they’re lying now.” The Daily Mail published an article that stated Amal Alamuddin’s mother didn’t agree with the upcoming wedding because she didn’t want her daughter to tie the knot with someone not in the Druze religion. However, Baria Alamuddin is not part of any religion, according to Clooney, and reiterates that she has never opposed their nuptials. The newspaper issued an apology to Clooney on Wednesday (July 9th), saying that the story was “supplied in good faith by a reputable and trusted freelance journalist.” “We accept Mr. Clooney’s assurance that the story is inaccurate and we apologize to him, Miss Amal Alamuddin and her mother, Baria, for any distress caused,” the statement continued.

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Cindy Crawford’s bone marrow donor appeal a success

(Top) Worship leaders sing during the “Worship Night” on July 12 at Dimapur Christian Fellowship. (Bottom) The participants. (Photos by Caisii Mao) Morung Express News Dimapur | July 12

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Nargis Fakhri Nicole Kelly A ctress Nargis Fakhri, who is making her debut in Hollywood with the film Spy, says she is comparatively more comfortable in Bollywood. I think I am feeling comfortable in Bollywood more than in Hollywood because I have spent more time here now and I am understanding a lot of things. I am feeling pretty good here. I really don’t plan on running off anywhere, Nargis, who finds it easier to communicate in English, told IANS. What I do love so much is music and dancing so, that’s why I prefer to give more attention here. I love music, she added. The current status of Nargis’ career is much to her liking. I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood. I am in a great phase and very happy. I have made it on my own, so it’s been an interesting journey, she added. The Rockstar actress is currently in process of looking at some scripts. I like to take my own time and I don’t like to rush. I do take time and I have patience. I have worked with biggest actors from the beginning I am hoping God will bless me to work with other big actors, added Nargis. She teamed with Ranbir Kapoor in Rockstar and with John Abraham in Madras Cafe. She also featured in Main Tera Hero, starring Varun Dhawan.

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Worship songs echoed from the room of Dimapur Christian Fellowship here on July 12 evening. Children with their parents had come to participate in the “Worship Night” hosted by Kids Worship Centre. The first evening of the event saw worship leaders from different churches and ministries along with young choreographers from Kids Worship Centre teaching action songs to the participants. As the children shyly followed those on the stage, they were encouraged to loosen up, to shout and sing and to enjoy. They were also asked to be themselves and not be superficial “as God

loves the way you are.” The children were further reminded that worship night is not an entertaining night or a concert. It is where “we” try to listen to God and hence asked for everybody’s participation. Robert Longkumer, founder and director of Kids Worship Centre reiterated that worshipping is not just about going to church and singing. It is about connecting with God and listening to him. The last program of “Worship Night” will be held on July 13 from 4:00 pm. There will be a special offering on Sunday for Omendiba, a young boy born with heart problem and who is about to undergo his next heart surgery.

young leukaemia sufferer has been given a second chance at life after successfully finding a bone marrow donor with the help of supermodel Cindy Crawford. Chase Foley was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia when he was four weeks old and he desperately needed a bone marrow transplant to save his life. Crawford, who has been working with non-profit organisation Delete Blood Cancer Dkms since 2007, lost her brother to the blood cancer when she was a young child, and after hearing about the two-year-old›s ordeal, the beauty felt compelled to lend a hand. On Thursday (10Jul14), she urged fans to register as potential donors via People. com and just a day lat-

er (11Jul14), a match for Foley was found. Katharina Harf, co-founder of Delete Blood Cancer Dkms, says, “We are so happy that little Chase found a match, which will give him a second chance at life. «We are also so grateful for Cindy Crawford›s involvement with Delete Blood Cancer Dkms and her continuing fight to find donors for the thousands of other children who are still hoping to find a match. We hope people will continue to register as donors to help the children in their fight.»

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Frustrated India lose early wickets James Anderson, Joe Root 10th wicket stand: World record feat in numbers

England's Joe Root, right, celebrates with james Anderson after reaching a century during day four of the first Test cricket match between England and India at Trent Bridge cricket ground, Nottingham, England on July 12. (AP Photo)

NOttINGHAM, JULY 12 (AFP): England’s Joe Root and James Anderson rewrote the record books with a Test record lastwicket stand that checked India’s bid for victory in the series opener at Trent Bridge on Saturday. The pair put on 198 to take England to 496 on the fourth day in reply to India’s first innings 457. At tea, India were 57 for one in their second innings, a lead of 18 runs, with Murali Vijay 19 not out and Cheteshwar Pujara eight not out.

Root made 154 not out – his third score in excess of 150 in 18 matches at this level. Meanwhile, Anderson’s personal best 81 was the third highest score by any Test match No 11 after Ashton Agar’s 98 against England at Trent Bridge last year and Tino Best’s 95 for the West Indies, also against England, at Edgbaston in 2012. The England duo’s stand surpassed the previous tenth-wicket Test record of 163 – shared by Agar and Phil Hughes at Trent Bridge, last year.It

was the second impressive tenth-wicket stand of the match after Bhuvneshwar Kumar (58) and Mohammed Shami (51 not out) had put on 111 for India in a first innings total of 457. And it meant this match was also the first in 137 years of Test cricket where both sides had seen their last-wicket duo share hundred partnerships and both number elevens – Shami and Anderson – had made fifties. As India began their second innings, Vijay, who made 146 in the first innings, should have been out for nought when he edged England spearhead Anderson, only for wicketkeeper Matt Prior to fail to get even a hand on the low chance. The ball may have dipped a touch on Prior but it was a catch any wicketkeeper at this level ought to have held. But England did manage a wicket when parttime off-spinner Moeen Ali struck with his fourth ball to have a disbelieving Shikhar Dhawan caught and bowled off a full toss for a run-a-ball 29. England, after losing six wickets for 68 runs in the face of accurate seam bowling from Kumar and Ishant Sharma on Friday, resumed on 352 for nine. Root was 78 not out and Anderson 23 not out. But neither Kumar nor Sharma was able to generate the same reverse swing they’d managed on Friday and that made life far easier for England’s tailend pair on a still docile pitch. Left-handed batsman Anderson was the initial aggressor on Saturday, turning Kumar of his legs for four and cover-driving him for another boundary with shots worthy of a toporder batsman. Then Root’s two boundaries in as many balls, a cover-drive and a a square-drive, off Shami saw the 23-year-old to a hundred in 186 balls with 12 boundaries.

Andrew Talansky of the U.S. crashes as the pack with stage winner Italy's Matteo Trentin, foreground left, sprints towards the finish line during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 234.5 kilometers (145.7 miles) with start in Epernay and finish in Nancy, France on Friday. (AP Photo)

Messi, Mueller, Rodriguez among contenders for WCup's best

RIO DE JANEIRO, JULY 12 (REUtERs): Four Germans, three Argentines, and one player each from Brazil, Colombia and the Netherlands were shortlisted on Friday for the "Golden Ball" award to the World Cup's best player. The top ten list included World Cup finalists Germany's defender Mats Hummels, right back

Philipp Lahm, midfielder Toni Kroos and forward Thomas Mueller who has scored five goals. For their opponents in Sunday's final, Argentina, winger Angel Di Maria, midfielder Javier Mascherano and - inevitably - fourgoal striker and captain Lionel Messi made the list. Also included was Colombia's attacking midfielder

James Rodriguez, widely considered to be the revelation of the tournament and top scorer so far with six goals in his team's run to the quarter-final where they were beaten by Brazil. The other two players short-listed were Dutch forward Arjen Robben who tormented defences throughout and scored three in the Netherlands'

progress to the semi-final, and Brazil's Neymar who had played superbly and bagged four goals before being injured. World governing body FIFA will announce the winner after Sunday's final. Uruguay striker Diego Forlan was named best player of the South African tournament four years ago. Up for the "Golden

Glove" award for best goalkeeper are Germany's Manuel Neuer, Argentina's Sergio Romero and Costa Rica's Keylor Navas who underpinned the Central Americans' fairy-tale run into a first ever World Cup quarter-final. The award for best young player is between France's Paul Pogba and Raphael Varane, and the Netherlands' Memphis Depay.

Liverpool is bigger than any individual: Rodgers

MERsEYsIDE, JULY 12 (AGENCIEs): Brendan Rodgers has vowed to make Liverpool stronger after accepting Luis Suarez had to go. The Liverpool manager signalled Suarez’s departure after Barcelona agreed to pay the striker’s £75million buy-out clause and he will be unveiled next week close to the Nou Camp following a medical. Suarez, last season’s Premier League top scorer and winner of the PFA and Football Writers’ Player of the Year awards, pleaded for understanding from Liverpool fans who idolised the Uruguayan but who had also grown increasingly exasperated at the controversy he courted throughout his three-anda-half-year stay. He leaves still under the cloud of a four-month worldwide ban, incurred after biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup last month, his third

career suspension for such an incident. Rodgers, who stood by Suarez after he bit Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic last year, said: ‘The club have done all they can over a sustained period of time to try to keep Luis at Liverpool. ‘It is with great reluctance and following lengthy discussions we have eventually agreed to his wishes to move to Spain for new experiences and challenges.’ Rodgers faces the task of replacing a player who scored 31 goals last season and led Liverpool to the brink of the Premier League title. QPR striker Loic Remy and Swansea’s Wilfried Bony are his early targets. But Rodgers promised: ‘I am confident we will improve the team further and will be stronger for this coming season. If there

is one thing the history of this great club teaches us, it is that Liverpool is bigger than any individual. I hope our supporters continue to dream and believe that we are moving forward and

with continued improvement and progression, together we will bring the success we all crave and deserve.’ Suarez, who will sign a five-year deal worth around £200,000 a week, said he was leaving with a

heavy heart. In a statement he added: ‘I hope you can all understand why I have made this decision. This club did all they could to get me to stay but playing and living in Spain, where my wife’s family live, is a lifelong dream and ambition. I believe now the timing is right. ‘It is with a heavy heart that I leave Liverpool for a new life and new challenges in Spain. Both me and my family have fallen in love with this club and with the city but most of all I have fallen in love with the incredible fans. ‘You have always supported me and we, as a family, will never forget it, we will always be Liverpool supporters. I am very proud I have played my part in helping to return Liverpool to the elite of the Premier League and in par-

ticular back into the Champions League The deal will be the third biggest in football history after Gareth Bale’s £86m move from Tottenham to Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo’s £80m transfer from Manchester United to Real in 2009. There were fears Barcelona would try to negotiate a lower fee due to the player’s indiscretions but Liverpool’s owners Fenway Sports Group were prepared to resist all offers below the buy-out clause, which was inserted for foreign clubs during contract renegotiations last December. Liverpool made it clear in the first meeting with Barcelona that they did not wish to endure a saga similar to the one that followed Arsenal’s bid for Suarez last summer. The only negotiation remained the structure of the payment particularly once it became clear that Alexis Sanchez did not wish to be part of the transfer.

LeBron James returning to Cleveland

CLEVELAND, JULY 12 (AP): NBA superstar LeBron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers after winning two NBA titles with the Miami Heat. The league's biggest star told Sports Illustrated for a story published Friday that he was signing with the Cavaliers because his relationship with the northeast Ohio area is "bigger than basketball." "When I left Cleveland, I was on a mission," James said in the SI first-person story. "I was seeking championships, and we won two.

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But Miami already knew that feeling. Our city hasn't had that feeling in a long, long, long time. My goal is still to win as many titles as possible, no question. But what's most important for me is bringing one trophy back to Northeast Ohio." James spent his first seven NBA seasons in Cleveland. In four years with the Heat, he went to the NBA Finals four times, winning two championships. And now he heads back to Cleveland to see if he can finally deliver on his promise of winning a crown for that title-starved

city. "I am shocked & disappointed in today's news," Heat managing general partner Micky Arison wrote on Twitter. "However I will never forget what Lebron brought us for 4 years. Thanks for memories." James said he will always call Miami his second home. But the lure of his first one was simply too strong to ignore. James is from Akron, Ohio, not far from Cleveland. "Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast LeBron James (AP File Photo) Ohio. It's where I walked,"

James told SI. "It's where I ran. It's where I cried. It's where I bled. It holds a special place in my heart. People there have seen me grow up. I sometimes feel like I'm their son. Their passion can be overwhelming. But it drives me. "I want to give them hope when I can. I want to inspire them when I can." He left Cleveland being called disloyal, a narcissist, a coward and a quitter — and that was all by Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. And now James will play for Gilbert again.

Final Harvest wins Gloria Patri Football tourney

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The two teams before the start of the final match of the Gloria Patri Football Tournament in Dimapur on July 12.

DIMAPUR, JULY 12 (MExN): In a thrilling final match between Final Harvest Church and VJ’s Hostel at

Don Bosco Football Ground, Dimapur, Final Harvest came out victorious with a comfortable4-0Victory.FinalHarvest

were attacking from the first The final half started whistle of the match however with a lightning strike goal no goals were scored during from Harvest forward K. the first half. Awang. With poor defend-

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ing from VJ’s hostel defenders, Harvest’s forwards made the most of the situation and Chumbenthung Kithan of Harvest added a goal in the 47th minute followed by the brace by Lanu Teka in the 52nd and 70th minute respectively. Toika from Monkey Kings was adjudged the best goalkeeper of the tournament and VJ’s hostel’s defender Alem was awarded the best defender of the tournament. George from Final Harvest with 8 goals in his tally was the highest scorer of the tournament. His teammate K Awang was awarded the player of the tournament.

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