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Nagaland state’s new Governor, Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya today said that peace is essential for all round development. “Without peace, no society can progress. Peace requires understanding and appreciation of differences. Peace can only be achieved when there is unity in diversity,” said Acharya during a reception programme here this evening at the State Banquet Hall.

Eighty three year old Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya was sworn in earlier in the day by Justice PK Saikia, Guwahati High Court at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister, TR Zeliang; Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Speaker, Chotisuh Sazo, former Chief Minister and MP, Neiphiu Rio and several other dignitaries were present at the swearing-inceremony.

In the reception hosted by the Nagaland Chief Minister later in the evening, Acharya stated that Nagaland is blessed with diverse tribes and hence, “it is in its diversity that unity can be

DIMAPUR, JULY 19 (MExN): The President of the NSCN (K) has appointed Y Selongkyu Sangtam as the regional Chairman of Sangtam region (USR) as of July 17, 2014. A press note from the NSCN (K) informed that “incumbent Chairman Zukimong Sangtam has been retained as Deputy Kilonser, GPRN.” “All the regional workers and concerned Military unit in the region are directed to co-operate with the newly appointed MON, JULY 19 (MExN): Chairman in the greater inNearly four years after it terest of the unresolved posigned a Memorandum litical issue,” it added. of Understanding (MoU) with the Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Department to help and support the up-gradation of Mon district hospital, Medecins Sans Frontiers newmai news network (MSF) or Doctors without Borders is set to leave Dimapur | July 19 behind a hospital that has Two days after the Govern- witnessed tremendous ment of India’s Cease Fire change for the better. MSF, Monitoring Group (CFMG) through a press release, inchairman Lieut. Gen. (Rtd) formed that it is set to offiNK Singh had comment- cially depart from the hosed that Manipur’s Ukhrul pital on July 20. does not come under his MSF has called upon lojurisdiction, NSCN (IM) cal authorities Cease Fire Monitoring Cell and communi(CFMC) Convener, Kraibo ties to continue Chawang clarified today good managethat the cease fire agree- ment and pament was signed between tient care at the NSCN (IM) and the the hospital. It Government of India and urged the authorities to not that the bilateral agree- just ensure the continued ment cannot be deleted by robust support and manjust one party unilaterally. agement of the hospital but He explained that when also turn the up-gradation one signs a cease fire pact plans into a reality. Statwith another party, both ing that a few challenges the parties cease to con- still remain, MSF however front each other. “Accord- expressed optimism that ing to the June 14, 2001 “existing political will and cease fire agreement, the resources will never let the cease fire is between the hospital return to the condiGovernment of India and tion it was in four years ago.” the NSCN as two entities It asserted that planned dewithout territorial limits. velopment of the hospital Since it is a bilateral agree- to accommodate 100 beds ment one party has no right and recruitment of required to unilaterally change the staff to support it is “needed content in the agreement,” for a population of the size he added. “In the spirit of of Mon.” In 2010, MSF signed an the existence of cease fire, the bilateral agreement MoU with the Government should be respected,” as- of Nagaland Department serted the NSCN (IM) of Health and Family Welfare to support Mon DisCFMC Convener.

nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya and Chief Minister TR Zeliang along with their wives are seen here during the reception hosted by the Chief Minister in Kohima on July 19. (Chizokho Vero Photo)

achieved, a bond made of trust and brotherhood.” He asserted that a fellowship rooted in diversity through the strongest of bonds would enable true peace to prevail. He further stated that Nagaland has been progressing in right direction in terms of human resources. With continuous government help and support, much advancement has been made in terms of education and literacy level, which now stands at 79.55%, he added. Stating that actions must be resultoriented and purposeful, he said “It is my sincere hope that we may not only live up to the aspirations of the people of Nagaland but also fulfill the duties and responsibilities which is the pith of government.”

Chief Minister TR Zeliang, in his welcome address, touched on the Naga political issue and ex-

pressed hope that the Governor will play a vital role in helping all parties arrive at a solution acceptable to both the entities and the Naga people.

Zeliang apprised the Governor that successive Finance Commissions have not been giving sufficient weight to the unique and special situations of the state, due to which the state is reeling under precarious financial crunch.

“We are hopeful that the Union government will bail us out of our financial difficulties,” he said. “Unless we have secured the future for our youths, the state will continue to have an uncertain future,” he added.

The CM further informed the Governor that that the only option for Nagaland state is to generate its own resources through exploitation of its mineral wealth. “We have accord-

ingly made our own state legal framework for exploiting petroleum and natural gas. We have requested the centre to support our frameworks,” the CM stated. He added that the state further aims to enact such legal frameworks in respect of other mineral resources like coal. Zeliang expressed hope that under the stewardship of the new Governor, Nagaland’s economy would take a new turn towards self sufficiency.

Former chief minister and MP Neiphiu Rio, council of ministers, parliamentary secretaries and top government officials also were present at the reception. The function witnessed cultural and musical presentation from Zeliang, Sangtam, Khiamniungan troupes, Tetseo Sisters, Menguseu, Topeni, Alobo Naga and the Nagaland Chamber Choir.

DIMAPUR, JULY 19 (MExN): The Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland has filed an FIR before the Nagaland State Vigilance Commission on the issue of “pilferage of 2054 cases of IMFL/Beers,” which it alleged occurred on May 26.

A copy of the FIR made available to the media stated that as per the figures laid out by the Commissioner of Excise, 85,065 bottles/cans or a total of 4448 cases of IMFL/beer were supposed to be destroyed by the Excise Office on May 26. It informed that ACAUT Nagaland, along with several other NGOs, visited the destruction site and found discrepancies. ACAUT stated that on counting the number of IMFL/Beer that was unloaded, it was found that only 2394 cases were destroyed. This, according to ACAUT, leaves 2054 cases of IMFL/beer “missing.”

ACAUT reminded that the Superintendent of Excise, KY Sangtam, “while not refuting the claim of the ACAUT, released a media statement that 3480 cases of IMFL were destroyed which means 968 cases are still missing.”

While rejecting the statement as “incorrect,” ACAUT however stated that the “department in clarifying that 3480 cases were destroyed is also tacitly agreeing with the ACAUT observation that huge quantity of IMFL/Beer

was diverted to the black market.”

It stated that the “2054 missing cases, running into tens of lakhs” cannot be manipulated by a few mid-level officers “unless with the express understanding of their top officials.” It further added that the “Show-Cause notice issued by the Commissioner upon a subordinate officer on June 3, 2014 is itself an admission that the department has erred...” However, it added that neither “the Commissioner of Excise issuing show-cause notice to a subordinate officer nor the suspension and transfer of a few officers” can end the matter.

It alleged that the department has “miserably failed to take action and therefore, it is an open admission that selling/serving of IMFL/beer in a prohibited state is possible simply because the department at the highest level has some sort of comfortable understanding with mafia elements dealing in IMFL/beer.”

Citing discrepancies in media statements made by the Excise Commissioner, ACAUT alleged that the Commissioner “attempted to cover up the facts of the issue by misleading the government and the general public.”

ACAUT further recalled that the Parliamentary Secretary for Housing & Excise,

in a letter dated June 10, 2014, had demanded that disciplinary action be taken against erring officials. It informed that through an order dated June18 and 24, 2014, the Commissioner and Secretary, Excise had ordered the suspension of KY Sangtam, Superintendent of Excise, Dimapur and Limawati, Inspector, Excise, Dimapur, respectively. “It has also come to the knowledge of the ACAUT that two more personnel have been transferred out of Dimapur under the same case,” ACAUT stated.

It called upon the Vigilance Commission to realize the cash value of the 2054 “missing” cases of IMFL/Beer, which it stated has “street value of upward Rs 20-30 Lakhs” from the Excise department and deposit the same to the Government Treasury. It further demanded that the “role” of the Commissioner of Excise and the Excise department for the “missing” liquor be investigated and appropriate action be taken.

ACAUT lamented that prohibition in Nagaland is “not at all implemented by the concerned department” and alleged that “there is a clear pattern of understanding between the department and the liquor mafia in the state.”

“This responsibility has to be fixed as per the law of the land,” it asserted.

MSF leaving behind a much NSDZ undermines Naga values of life changed Mon district hospital

Bilateral agreement should be respected, NSCN (IM) asserts

trict Hospital. The district hospital was the only government run healthcare facility for 2, 70,000 residents and was in a poor state, leaving it underused. Following the signing of the MoU, MSF refurbished the hospital, trained its staff, developed the pharmacy, set up a biomedical waste management system and built an operation theatrethe only functioning one in the region. Today, the hospital sees around 2,000 local residents every month, MSF informed.

With the assistance of local authorities, NGOs

DoH&FW in Kohima for welcoming MSF to the state and providing then this opportunity, and their persistent support and appreciation of MSF’s efforts.

“It makes us proud to have served the people of Mon,” stated MSF Field Coordinator, Beatrice Barbot.

Bidding farewell to MSF, apex Konyak NGOs spearheaded by the Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong (KNSK), along with the district administration, organized a farewell for MSF on July 19. The event acknowledged the positive change brought in by MSF and felicitated all authorities that supported the same. Initiatives like ‘Big Cleaning Day’ and ‘I Love My Hospital’ campaign were highlighted again to remind the community of their responsibility in preserving the hospital.

“We would like to thank our MSF friends for rendering their services not only for the people of Mon but also for people from border areas. MSF has not only brought an overall change in the health sector but has also improved the condition of human resource, work ethics and ambulance for referrals,” said KNSK President, Lomei. She assured that the community “will not let the hospital go back to where it was four years ago, but will join our hands together, soar up high and move ahead.”

Never let the hospital return to the condition it was four years ago, urges MSF

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and staff, MSF refurbished the hospital with new infrastructure, trained staff, provided free medication to all, improved protocols and processes, and provided additional medical and non-medical equipment, better facility for water and electricity and stock management.

Acknowledging the Nagaland state government for their support, MSF Country Director, Luke Arend stated that the “last four years have witnessed a remarkable change in the facilities offered by Mon District Hospital and the outlook of people towards seeking healthcare.” “Let’s keep the momentum,’’ he encouraged. He further thanked the senior members from

DIMAPUR, JULY 19 (MExN): The Kohima Lotha Hoho (KLH) today stated that the proposed Nagaland Special Development Zones (NSDZ) “undermines Naga customary practices and values of life in relation to their habitation, ownership of land and its resources and their inalienable co-existence with their resources.” A press note from the KLH asserted that any attempt to “disrupt this ancestral heritage will simply be disastrous for Nagas and their posterity.”

KLH informed that it conducted meetings on the NSDZ and stated that the proposed development will not only deprive Nagas of their land and resources

but “also is an insult to the egalitarian Naga society and the principles of democracy.”

It added that “taking their land for permanent settlement to non-Nagas from across the sub-continent or

educated unemployed and entrepreneurs and not for non-Nagas.”

The KLH reminded that the NLA is not mandated to legislate “anti-people laws but to safeguard the Naga interests.” It cited the Ladai-

KHL asserts that NLA is not mandated to legislate ‘anti-people laws but to safeguard Naga interests’ the world as proposed in the NSDZ is an invasion of their homeland and deprivation of human rights.” Terming the NSDZ as a “negation to article 371(A),” the KLH stated that any development in Nagaland “should be an opportunity for Naga

garh Government Primary school in Longleng, which it stated “is well within Nagaland, now occupied by Assam Police.” It further cited the Changpang oil field, inaugurated in 1973, “now taken by Assam and renamed as Borhola.”

Before initiation of any development programmes in the border areas, the KLH demanded “immediate revocation” of the 1972 border agreement, which it termed as a “total sell out of Nagas’ land to Assam.” It further called for “immediate restoration of the ancestral land.”

The KLH further extended its support to all Naga organizations and affected landowners to oppose the proposed NSDZ. It asserted that the Hoho “will not allow its implementation in the Lotha homeland until the demand for the restoration of land to the rightful owners forcefully occupied by Assam is met.”

Tension mounts in border area as Assam Police remove settlements Morung Express news Dimapur | July 19

Tension mounted in the disputed Karbi-Anglong-Dimapur border as the Assam Police initiated a coordinated operation to remove settlements in the disputed Daldali forest land. The eviction drive carried out in coordination with the Assam Forest department on July 19 was the strongest since the border dispute begun in February.

Around 400-500 dwellings were reported to have been removed during the drive, which started from Rilan Yan, adjoining NH 36 upto Khukri basti bordering Sangtam Tilla. Dikoi and Tora-Bori were the other villages, which were removed.

Dikoi was the most affected as every constructed structure in the disputed village was burned down. According to an Assam Police official at the

site, around 120 structures were taken down at Dikoi. The official while maintaining that the hutments were illegal structures set up on a Reserved Forest (Daldali), stated that prior information of an impending eviction drive was relayed to the administration in Dimapur as well as people at the settlements. The number of people evicted could not be ascertained.

Sporadic sounds of gunfire interjected by explosions rang along the border up till the afternoon though no injury or loss of lives was reported. The explosions were mostly of improvised gelatine without shrapnel set off by the settlers to assert themselves, sources said. Both the sides accused the other of starting the firing.

The Assam Police at Dikoi alleged that they were fired upon when approaching the village, forcing them to retaliate. On the other hand, the villagers maintained that the Assam

Police entered the village in full combat gear. The firing started around 8:30 am.

The evicted villagers of Dikoi said government officials from Dimapur made no attempt to broker understanding. A police official expressed helplessness in this regard stating that the role of the police or the administration is limited in the present context (read border dispute).

Meanwhile, at Rilan Yan, the villagers charged the Karbi Aanglong (KA) administration of going back on its words. The villagers stated that construction on the village periphery was halted after the KA administration asked them to do so. The halting of constructions was reportedly based on the condition that no fresh construction activity will be carried out in the village periphery while the existing structures will be allowed to remain.

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A choir presents song during the celebration of Baptist Theological College 25th anniversary.

pheK, July 19 (MexN): The Baptist Theological College celebrated 25th anniversary of its establishment and the faithfulness of God in its ministry. Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao, Chairman, BoG chaired the meeting. Rev. Dr. Dingu Kenye, former Principal, pronounced invocation and Rev. K. Luruo, President CBCC offered thanksgiving prayers and released Souvenir.

Rev. Dr. Yiepetso Wezah Principal, welcomed members and introduced distinguish speakers and guests and pastors and alumni and all the well-wishers. Rev. Khrotso Mero, Chairman, Board of Trustees pronounced offertory prayer.

The occasion was graced by Rev.

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Dr. Santanu K. Patro, Registrar, Senate of Serampore College/University as the main speaker. He spoke on the theme Proclaim the Word (2Tim 4:2).

He challenged congregation that the transformed Christians are to preach the word of God. Rev. Dr. Choi Hanzu, Senior Pastor, Purnsoop Presbyterian Church, South Korea brought greeting. Rev. Dr. VK Nuh, General Secretary, Fellowship of Naga Baptist Association gave exhortation. Rev. Dr. Neingupe Chiero, Pastor, Pfutsero Town Baptist Church read the word of God. Kikruma Baptist Church Choir and College Choir gave a wonderful presentation of messages in songs.

The occasion was graced by the MLAs, Gazetted Officers, Senior re-

tired Officers, public leaders, Pastors and Church workers and well-wishers. All the members present gave thanks to God for His faithfulness and all the provisions made available for the training ministry of the College.

BTC Principal, Rev. Dr. Yiepetso Wezah in a press release said that the Board of Governors, faculty, staff and students and the Chakhesang Baptist Church Council expressed their gratitude to the pioneers who shed their sweat and tears to establish Baptist Theological College to train committed men and women for the ministry of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They also expressed gratitude to all the churches, sponsors and well-wishers for their supports

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RTA allot 14 days to auto Road constructed under MGNREGA in Pangti inaugurated drivers for uniforms

Cultural Sunday

DiMapur, July 19 (MexN): The Regional Transport Authority (RTA), through a press release issued by the DC Dimapur N Hushili Sema, IAS has informed that relating to auto driver dress code the Authority has decided to give a grace period of 14 days to comply with the directives of the RTA for the usage of uniforms.

The DC Dimapur stated that despite much information given earlier by the Regional Transport Authority

(RTA) for the usage of uniforms by auto drivers for public safety and uniformity in public transportation, the drivers concerned have failed to comply with the order. In order to ensure the implementation of the dress code the RTA has carried out checking for more than a month, even to the extent of imposing fines as per the MV Act. However, there seems to be no cooperation from the auto drivers for the usage of the uniform code.

Some auto drivers have resorted to intimidation and physical assault on those drivers who are complying with the directives of the RTA, even to the point of tearing their uniforms, which is against basic human right.

Further, the DC Dimapur added, “Those drivers who fail to comply with this directive, their driving license will be cancelled and vehicles impounded as per the provision of the MV Act.”

DiMapur, July 19 (MexN): The office of Nagaland Users Network (NUN) has expressed the challenges faced due to non-release of the grant in aid to the TI NGOs for the financial year 2014-15 under the NACP 1V program of the Department of AIDS Control.

“The non-release of salary to the TI staff/Peer Educators (PEs) since April 2014, will not only affect the deliverance of the ba-

sic services to the targeted population but also result in untold hardship faced by the TI staffs and the peer educators, who solely rely on the meager salary and honorarium to sustain their livelihood,” said Ketho, State Coordinator, NUN in a press release.

NUN stated that “many of our drug using community are working as Peer Educators and Outreach workers, and without the release of their salary and

KohiM a , J u ly 1 9 (Dipr): The Urban Development Department (Municipal Administration Cell) stated that with regard to the usage of nomenclature by officials appointed against the dissolved 3(three) Municipal Councils and 16 (sixteen) Town Councils in the State: Whenever Municipal Councils & Towns Councils are constituted and normal functions are resumed, the officials to perform and discharge the duties of the Municipal Councils and Town Councils shall be addressed as ‘Executive Officer’.

However, in the event the constituted Municipal Council(s)/Town Council(s) is/are dissolved, any official(s) appointed by the Government to oversee and discharge the responsibilities of the dissolved Municipality/Municipalities shall be known by the designation ‘Administrator’.

Therefore, the department has instructed all concerned officials to adhere to the laid down Sections of the Act and comply with the Government’s Notification No. UDD/MAC-12/2009 dated 11/01/2010 and henceforth desist from using any other nomenclature other than ‘Administrator’ in the present dissolved situation and ‘Executive Officer’ in normal circumstances.

incentives, numerous request has been put up by the community to NUN”, said Ketho, State Coordinator, NUN. While understanding the challenges faced with the release of fund as per the new financial policy, NUN also believes in the leadership of the Project Director and requests her to address the grievance put forward or sees to the release of only the salary and honorarium component.

woKha, July 19 (Dipr): Minister for Rural Development, CL John graced the inauguration of Pangti Village Circular Road as the chief guest on July 18.

Addressing the gathering, the chief guest said that it is a great achievement of the village for taking up such a huge project by completing the construction of blacktopping of the village circular road. He added that this shows the commitment of the village functionaries to take the community forward and further encouraged them to continue with the good work.

“Economic progress and development will come to a balance if we have good road connectivity and to achieve this, government is putting more emphasis for the improvement of the roads in the State, where construction of foothill road is one such project taken up by the government,” added the chief guest. He also appealed the village functionaries to implement the programmes according to the

Minister for rural development C.L. John and others during the inauguration of Pangti Village circular road on July 18. This road was constructed under MGNREGA 2013-14. (DIPR Photo)

guideline laid down by the government.

Delivering the keynote address Project Director, DRDA, Wokha, said that many achievements and transformations have been made in the rural areas throughout the State under government flagship programmes and appealed the gathering to extend their

KohiMa, July 19 (MexN): of juveniles who are in conflict through peer pressure influence Kohima District Legal Services Au- with law and children in need of of adult criminals,” Therieh said.

She asserted that simply by thority (KDLSA) organised a legal care and protection.

“Today’s target is how best we passing an Act, nothing could be awareness programme on Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act, can work when confronted with done if we do not act together. It 2000 at the Kohima Observation a given situation of a juvenile. needs collective effort to control Home, Jotsoma on July 19. As per a Many children in conflict with law such anti-social behaviour of the KDLSA press note the stakeholders are socio-economic victims like juveniles and give due imporincluding Juvenile Justice Board, poverty and broken homes and tance as to their rehabilitation and correctional meaChild Welfare Committee, Special Juvenile Police Stakeholders trained on how to sures. “We all need to create awareness and edUnit, Observation Home work when confronted with a ucate the people so that Staffs and Panel Lawyers will come forward as resource persons atgiven situation of a juvenile they and avail the facilities tended the programme. provided by the GovernMezivolu T Therieh, Secretary, KDLSA & CJM, Kohi- taken to the streets to escape vio- ment,” she stated further.

Ashu Theyo (Panel Lawma in her opening remark said lence and abuse in the hands of that KDLSA is happy to undertake their families who are also at high yer) KDLSA and Alemwapang this legal awareness programme risk of sexual exploitation, traf- Ao (TOT) NSLSA also spoke on with all the stakeholders involved ficking and become involved in the occasion on Juvenile Justice in the prevention and protection substance abuse and drug trade (Care & Protection) Act, 2000.

co-operation to the department for successful implementation of schemes and policies of the government.

Mentioned may be made that blacktopping of the village circular road covers a distance of 3.74 KM constructed under MGNREGA 2013-14.

Short speeches were also delivered by SDO (C)

Sanis, former Dy. Speaker NLA Ralanthung Yanthan and Secretary NPF Central Office, Ekyimo Kikon.

The function was chaired

by Phyosao Jami, dedication of inaugural stone was offered by Associate Pastor Pangti Baptist Church while vote of thanks was proposed by Er. Senkathung Jami.

payment cases for June

KohiMa, July 19 (MexN): All retired state government officials are informed that pension and GPF final payment cases settled upto the month of June 2014 have been uploaded on the AG Nagaland website.

Pensioners may log on to this Office web-site at www.agnagaland.gov.in by clicking at Felicitation and PENSION or GPF Felicitation or by directly clicking on the Sticky Note written “Click here to view list of settled pension/GPF final payment cases.”

The Accounts Officer, Information System Cell informed in a press release that an Online Grievance Redressal System is functioning in this Of-

fice and can be viewed on this Office website.Any person having grievance with any Entitlement functions (Pension, GPF, Pay slips & Loans ) discharged by the Office of the Accountant General (A&E) can record his/ her grievence online.Along with text of the grievance, relevant documents can also be uploaded. Acknowledgments would be provided both via SMS and email, along with status updates via SMS. They can also write to the Deputy Accountant General (A&E) Kahoto J Yepthomi or email at kahoto_j@yahoo.co.in or agaenagaland@cag.gov.in for immediate redressal of their grievances.

16th President of NSBS&G Association inducted ficiating State Secretary conducted the induction ceremony assisted by Albert Solo STC (S) and Om Prakash Gupta HQ Commissioner (C) and Vimezhonu Tetsu SOC (G) proposed vote of thanks.

In his first Presidential speech, the newly inducted President said he was humbled to be inducted as the president of the Association.

He also said that the movement of the Bharat Scouts and Guides was the best way to build up the character of the children and said he will give his full co-operation for the upliftment of the movement in the State.

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KohiMa, July 19 (MexN): All churches under Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC) would embark July 20 as Cultural Sunday. CBCC informed everyone to dress in traditional attires on the day.

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More raids on restaurants & lounges

Awareness prog on juveniles in conflict with law Pension and GPF final

KohiMa, July 19 (MexN): The Nagaland State Bharat Scouts & Guides (NSBS&G) inducted Khriehu Liezietsu, Parliamentary Secretary, Youth Resources and Sports, as the 16th President of the Association on July 16.

Khyomo Lotha Ex.MP, State Chief Commissioner, chaired the induction program. The Ceremony started with an Invocation prayer by Thepfusatuo, District Organiser of Scouts Kohima while Atuo Mezhur, State Commissioner (S), gave welcome address.

John Tochimong Yimchunger, SOC (S) cum Of-

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Thailand Ambassador to India and Nagaland MP (LS) Neiphiu Rio in New Delhi.

New Delhi, July 19 (MexN): The Thailand Ambassador to India called on Nagaland MP (LS) Neiphiu Rio in New Delhi. According to a press statement, during the meeting, they discussed about strengthening ties between Thailand and the northeast especially Nagaland, improvement of connectivity, increase of tourism opportunities and exchange programmes.

operation to the NE and Nagaland for joint ventures which are of mutual benefit and informed the MP that his government would look into the positive suggestions that have been made for increased bilateral ties, people-topeople contact, cultural exchanges and confidence building measures between people of Thailand and India, particularly the north east.

Urban Development on usage of nomenclature

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KohiMa, July 19 (MexN): In view of the fifth session of the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly from July 22 to 26, the following traffic regulations will be enforced as part of the security arrangement.

1. Only vehicles with appropriate car pass will be allowed entry to the Assembly Secretariat.

2. No vehicle will be allowed to be parked by the roadside from 0600 hrs onwards till completion of the Assembly Session, along the following route from 22/07/14 to 26/07/14. (a) From BSNL Telephone Exchange till Classic Island. (b) From Raj Bhavan till Classic Island (only on 22/07/14) (c) From Classic Island till Assembly Secretariat.

While anticipating positive cooperation from the public, the police will tow away any defaulting vehicles parked on the mentioned stretch of road and the towing charge will be realized from the defaulters. This was stated in a press release issued

by Joseph Hesso NPS, Sr. Superintendent of Police, Kohima.

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The ambassador thanked Rio and the Nagaland government for a memorable visit of the Princess of Thailand's visit to Nagaland. He informed that Thailand is taking up initiatives to sponsor and support visits of persons from the northeast to Thailand for capacity building and exposure, especially in the field of tourism.

The Thai ambassador assured all possible co-

NUN request NSACS to release salary of TI NGOs

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DiMapur, July 19 (MexN): The Excise Department (Mobile squad) led by Inspectors Kakiho Yeptho and Hevito Zhimomi raided restaurants and lounges around SP Office area and Purana Bazaar area and seized 294 bottles of assorted IMFL on July 18. Thirteen accused persons were arrested and penalised under the relevant section of the NLTP Act'89 in this connection.

The seized articles were kept in the MS Malkhana for further destruction. The Superintendent of Excise (MS) Ghokiho Yeptho in a press note said that strict vigilance is maintained in and around Dimapur for any bootlegging.

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NSBS&G meeting on July 31

KohiMa, July 19 (MexN): Nagaland State Bharat Scouts and Guides, Annual State Executive Committee meeting will be held on July 31 at 11:00 am, at the Life Members Buildings, Conference Hall, Nagaland Bharat Scouts & Guides State Headquarters Bayavü , Kohima. All the State Executive Members are requested to attend the meeting.

Transport dept informs

KohiMa, July 19 (Dipr): The Transport Department in an addendum No.TPT/TC/MV/VIP1/2006 dated 14th July 2014 stated that in continuation to the Department’s Notification of even number dated 16th April, 2014, the following Officials are authorized to use Designation Plate while discharging Official duties- Sub-Divisional Officer (C) and Border Magistrate, under District Administration.

ADC Wokha informs heads of offices

The newly inducted Nagaland State Bharat Scouts & Guides Association President with others on July 16.

woKha, July 19 (Dipr): ADC, Wokha, Sotsula has informed all the Heads of Offices under Wokha district that work distribution for Independence Day celebration of Wokha district has been prepared. In this regard all HoOs under Wokha district are requested to collect their respective departmental assignments from the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Wokha before 25th July 2014 positively.

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NPMHR disturbed by UADC killing, POST-DRY STATE STATUS: Mizoram heavy deployment of armed forces hoping to earn Rs 30 crore more revenues Newmai News Network Dimapur | July 19 The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) said that it is deeply disturbed by the killing of Ngalangzar Malue (Ukhrul Autonomous District Council) on July 12 by unidentified armed persons and the heavy deployment of armed forces in the district headquarter, Ukhrul by the government of Manipur 'under the pretext of maintaining public order'.

The NPMHR said there is no justification whatsoever in taking the life of an individual and therefore strongly condemned the heinous crime. The human rights group asserted it believes in and uphold the sanctity of life and calls upon everyone to respect this.

Further, NPMHR expressed deep concern at the 'martial tactics' and actions employed by the Government of Manipur following the killing. "Currently the whole of Ukhrul district Headquarter is besieged by hundreds of Manipur police commando and Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) personnel and have heightened tension and apprehensions among the people. Suspending civil and democratic rights of the public by the government is waging psychological warfare against them and amounts to penalising the public for a crime they have nothing to do with. Such senseless action of the state will be condemned by all those who value democratic rights and norms," it asserted.

NPMHR added that the

Modi has cheated Assam on illegal immigrants issue: AGP guWAHATi, july 19 (PTi): The opposition Asom Gana Parishad today said the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has cheated Assam by not doing anything to deport illegal Bangladeshi migrants despite promising to so before the Lok Sabha elections this year.

Submitting a memorandum to Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, the AGP said "Modi and BJP have cheated the people of Assam after capturing power."

The AGP said Modi had promised the people of Assam that all illegal Bangladeshi immigrants would have to pack their bags and leave the state and country after May 16, but nothing has been in that direction.

In fact, the AGP lamented, like the Manmohan Singhled UPA, the Modi government was also engaged in

"anti-Assam conspiracy" and doing "vote bank politics".

Talking about the proposal to provide asylum to religious refugees from Bangladesh, the AGP said this would be a destructive step for Assam and it would not be accepted.

The 15-member AGP delegation to the Governor was led by the new party president Atul Bora.

On July 16, the Cabinet of Assam government decided to urge the Centre to frame a policy for granting asylum to persons who had taken refuge in India after fleeing their country on grounds of religious persecution and discrimination.

Following this decision, a series of protests had erupted across the state alleging the step would create an easy access for illegal Bangladeshi migrants to come and settle in Assam.

incident of the killing has been condemned by Naga civil society from all quarters and has condemned such senseless crimes in the past too.

"This is the voice of the people that speaks out loud and clear that senseless violence is not the way of a democratic society and that it is counterproductive in the long run. This is a message that has fallen on the deaf ears of both the state and non-state actors and civilians continue to suffer in the cross-fire. But we reiterate that we will not be reduced to passive observers to the developments," the NPMHR said.

"It is unfortunate that the Government of Manipur has continued to play a divisive game being politically motivated for their

the latest deadly outbreak, which began in May, are unclear. Some officials say it could be due to inadequate rainfall. Generally, heavy rains wash away the larva of the mosquitoes, but this year the rainfall was too low.

But health experts squarely blame the state government for their underpreparedness to handle the crisis. The critics say that the number of doctors is very low in worst-affected areas.

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Beijing, july 19 (PTi): China is distributing millions of controversial updated maps to its military in the first upgrade in 30 years, reportedly reinforcing its claims over Arunachal Pradesh.

All major army units will receive new, more accurate maps in the near future, PLA Daily reported. The Lanzhou Military Command, one of seven PLA ground force commands, has updated more than 15 million maps for its troops, it said.

Though the official media here has not published the maps being circulated in its military, it reportedly incorporated China’s claims over the disputed borders with India as well as South and East China Seas, which were hotly contested by several of China’s

with NDTV show that the state had managed to utilise only 21 per cent of the total funds sanctioned by Centre for combating vector borne diseases in 2012-13. In 201314, Tripura was allocated Rs. 193 crore under the National Rural Health Mission, of which only Rs. 17.80 crore was given for vector-borne diseases as per the action plan. For a state with a population of 37 lakhs , the funds were sufficient but ulitisation was poor.

Exports from NE can help its development guWAHATi, july 19 (iAnS): India should focus on the export potential of the northeastern region to neighbouring countries to free it from poverty and backwardness, speakers said at a meet organised by industry lobby Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here.

The stakeholders' consultative workshop on the role of the BangladeshChina-India-Myanmar (BCIM) economic corridor was organised in cooperation with the North Eastern Council, the Institute of Chinese Studies and the Observer Research Foundation here.

Council member M.P. Bezbaruah suggested that there is a need to study the export potential of the north east and match that with the demand conditions in markets such as Bangladesh, China and Myanmar. He pointed out that the government needs to create enabling conditions in the region for such exports to take place.

Others at the conference pointed out that the economic viability of the initiative can be achieved if issues such as non-tariff barriers and connectivity can be resolved.

Former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh and leader, BCIM Economic Corridor Joint Study Group, Rajeet Mit-

ter stressed on the need for having more trade facilitation measures with the objective of promoting transnational movement of goods. Mitter further highlighted that the generation

nal Procedure Code of India (CrPC) in and around Ukhrul district headquarter be immediately withdrawn. "This is not only in the interest of the public but in the interest of Government of Manipur and make efforts to resume its democratic role. All democratic institutions have clearly laid down norms and procedures for dealing with crimes committed, and ethics and principles for resolving conflicts. Blatant use of its forces against the people with no justifiable reason is simply abuse of power," it pointed.

"NPMHR is concerned by the trend the society is heading towards—the collapse of public voice and values of democracy," the press communiqué of the Naga rights body stated.

Millions of Chinese maps claiming Arunachal distributed

More than 100 die as Tripura battles malaria AgArTAlA, july 19 (nDTV): Tripura has been battling malaria for the past two months. A fresh outbreak has compounded the already grim situation, leading to deaths of 120 people across the state.

Village after village has been affected, and a majority of the dead are children.

Health department officials say the disease mostly affects children because due to their lesser immunity.

However, the reasons for

vested interests at the cost of peace and security of the people. The Government of Manipur has championed in such sinister games undermining all democratic principles and values to which it is suppose to stand for. NPMHR is also concerned with media editorials yet again leaving the onus of justice to the civil society and indirectly fending the state and its act.

Responsible media should not allow itself to be toyed in the hands of the state, rather, they should appeal to the conscience of the people to help in finding solutions to the problems that has gripped the people for so long," it stated.

NPMHR demanded that the armed forces deployed and the imposition of Section 144 of the Crimi-

of new additional trade flows and employment opportunities will arise through the promotion of production hubs and supply chain networks along the economic corridor.

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3. That this affidavit is to declare that 'Yhokha' stands for the family surname and this declaration of my surname and/or my daughter's surname name 'Yhokha' be use for all official communications and records.

4. That this affidavit shall be used as a piece of evidence in reference to the above paragraphs in all official correspondences and records.

5. That this affidavit is made for the purpose of any complications that may arise in the future.

6. That I verify that the contents of this affidavit are true to my knowledge and nothing has been concealed and verified at Kohima this 18th July of 2014 Identified by :- Keduvi Zhotso, Advocate Authenticated by :- V. Ashu Theyo, Notary Public.

AFFIDAVIT Regd.No: 2499/2014 Dated: 17.09.2013 I, Shri. Imnatemjen Changkiri, son of Tsuknungwati, aged about 37 years, resident of cross winds Apartment, Billy Graham Road, Phezoucha, New Secretariat Area, District, Kohima, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India hailing from Ao Naga tribe.

2. That the entry of my name in all my academic records, official documents/ instruments my name has been entered and recorded as Imnatemjen instead, of Imnatemjen Changkiri.

3. Whereas, "Changkiri" in my name connotes my Surname. Hence the entry my name be read together as Imnatemjen and/sir in addition to Imnatemjen Changkiri as it correspond the same meaning and are synonymous.

4. That the above names Shri. Imnatemjen and Shri. Imnatemjen Changkiri belongs to one and the same person i.e. me and it is interchangeable and indistinguishable.

5. That this affidavit shall stand as a piece of evidence for any rectification/ correction if any complications that may arise with regard to my surname and that it shall be used for all my future official purposes and correspondence.

Henceforth, I shall be known and called as Shri. Imnatemjen Changkiri.

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Last month, the new map issued by China stirred up strong reactions in India as it incorporated its claims over Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as Southern Tibet. India dismissed the new map issued

by Chinese authorities saying cartographic depiction did not change the reality that Arunachal Pradesh was part of India.

“The fact that Arunachal Pradesh is integral and inalienable part of India has been conveyed to Chinese authority at several occasions including at the very highest level,” External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said on June 28. The Chinese maps being issued to the military have been prepared using a geocentric coordinate system, which defines loca-

tions according to their latitude, longitude and height.

This approach is widely used by other countries’ forces, Wang Xiaoming, director of the Lanzhou Military Command’s survey information centre said.

Production of the new maps began last year. The project took into account the diverse needs of different branches of the armed forces, Wang said. They also feature data obtained by experts in geomorphology - the scientific study of landforms. Training sessions are being organised for the troops that received the maps.

Wang Huasheng, head of an air defence brigade at the Lanzhou command, said the maps would enable his soldiers to spend less time planning operations and would help to improve strike accuracy.

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In a state that prohibited the sale of alcohol 17 years ago, these shacks are the watering holes, where young men ride down, to drink copious amounts of zu, the local brew, and munch on snacks. These shacks could be endangered soon. Last week, Mizoram passed a bill allowing the setting up of wine shops under strict regulation. With this move, the state hopes to earn Rs 30 crore more revenues every year through taxes on the sale of liquor.

Defying the powerful Presbyterian church and organizations like the Young Mizo Association (YMA), the Congress led Mizoram government tabled the Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition and Control) Bill 2014, which replaced the existing Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act (MLTP), 1995.

Six Opposition MLAs which included five from Mizo National Front (MNF) and one from Mizoram People's

Conference (MPC) staged a walkout just before the vote was taken in the 40-member state Assembly on July 10.

Grape growers have been vocal in demanding the lifting of the ban. The government has allowed local grape wine making in Hnahlan and Champhai areas, where the grapes are grown. The wine produced from the Lubrusca variety, also known as Bangalore Blue, is branded as 'Zawlaidi' or 'love potion' in Mizo. In Hnahlan village, 80% of the total population of 670 families is engaged in producing grapes and 325 in Champhai area. Zawlaidi was launched in 2010, after 13 years of prohibiting grape cultivators from producing wine.

Samuel Rosanglura, former horticulture director in Mizoram told ET, "It cannot be said with certainty as how the lifting of ban will help different groups including farmers. However the tendency in Mizoram is to get high. In local wine the alcohol content is just 11% that does not give a kick to many consumers."

The Mizoram Synod, the highest administrative body of the Presbyterian church, the largest denomination in the Christian dominated state had fiercely opposed the change in the law. The Presbyterian church, which

has 50% of the state's population in its fold had protested and organized mass prayers in all the member churches this year demanding that the dry law must remain in place.

A conciliatory chief minister Lal Thanhawla has said the new law is not meant to create trouble between the government and the churches. In its defence, the government borrowed from the findings of a study group on the MLTP Act, headed by H Raltawna, a former IAS officer. This said that prohibition had failed in the state and that because demand was high, many people were forced to settle for consumption of spurious liquor, affecting their heath.

In the 17 years of prohibition, the state has also seen a rapid rise in addiction to heroin, cannabis, methamphetamine, adhesives, codeineheavy cough syrups and painkillers. The methamphetamines and other synthetics drugs are manufactured by warlords who rule the northern, mountainous parts of Burma and finance their operations through the drug trade. These find their way to the global market through Thailand, but a lot of it is also smuggled into India through Mizoram, which has alarmingly high rates of addiction.

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1. Qualification: Graduate in Electrical, Computer and Automotive Engineering with 55% pass percentage and above from recognized Institute approved by AICTE and Graduates in science/ Arts/ Commerce etc, with a minimum of 45% pass percentage and above from recognized Institute approved by UGC. 2. Age limit : 25 years 3. The total cost for training (tuition fees/ living expenses) including to & fro flight fare from Dimapur to South Korea per head is Rs.6, 00, 000/- (Rupees six lakhs only) of which 35% of fees is to be borne by the students 4. Selected Students will have to undergo 6(six) months Korean language training at Dimapur, starting from August 2014.

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Restrospection on peace and reconciliation T

he problem among the Nagas, did not happen by mistake or by misunderstanding, but the renegade leaders had been doing it deliberately and intentionally. If it had happened by mistake the wrong doers can realize and would have good reason once again. Also if it had happened due to misunderstanding the Naga brothers can solve it long before by reasoning together through peaceful means. For more than thirty years, telling lies and killings are continued, and it is unabated till date. All these are proofs and evidences that they are doing deliberetately and intentionally to destroy the Naga nation, but not by mistake.

In 1978-1979, befor the formation of the so-called NSCN, they (Muivah, Isak) were warned time and again that if they formed socialist government the blood of Nagas will run like a river and the solidarity of Naga nation will be shattered and fragmented. But they never take heed to our advice, instead killed all those who gave advice them before the NSCN was formed.

After the formation of NSCN, up to 1984, the NNC/FGN leaders tried to have mutual understanding with them if they have misunderstanding on the accord of 1975. But they never responded to the call and neither gave counter suggestion for mutual understanding among us. Instead they conitiued with the killings and fighting against their own people, In 1984, through the divine message they were warned that if they do not reunite with the NNC in the spirit of forgive and foget, the NSCN will be broken into more factions and more killings among them will be happened. But they did not take heed the divine message either.

In 1990, according to the divine message, a prayer metting for reconciliation was convened at Chedema Peace Camp from 16 to 18th November, in which the NNC/FGN

leaders attended the meeting with full hope that the Nagas would have reconciliation once again in the spirit of forgive and forget.

But none of the leaders from NSCN factions attend the metting. The prayer meeting was conducted by Rev. Vitokho, Principal of Christ for the Nation Bible College, Kohima.

In May 1992, Rev. Dr. V.K. Nuh convened a reconciliation meeting in Dimapur. Following his invitation letter, the NNC/ FGN sent its representatives and duly attended the meeting, but the members from NSCN groups did not attend on behalf of their groups, hence no former and official discussion could be done so far.

Again in 1995, American Baptist Church leaders attempted to convene a reconciliation meeting in Katmandhu, Nepal, following the request made

by Rev. Dr, V.K Nuh. The NNC/FGN decided to send its representatives including with Mr. W. Shapwon.

But the proposed meeting was canceled because the NSCN-IM refused to attend the meeting. Yet, another meeting was held in Atlanta City, USA in August 1997, but the NNC/FGN did not send its representatives officially because the NNC/ FGN leaders don't want to travel on Indian passports.

This time too, NSCN-IM refused to attend the meeting.

In April 1998, the Naga Hoho conducted a meeting in Phek Town and declared April 25 as Peace Day for waring Naga brothers and insisted to accept it by the NNC/FGN and the NSCN factions. The NNC/FGN welcomed the said declaration and gave official encouragement to the NGO leaders and Church leaders in written, to work for peace and reconciliation.

The same was welcomed by the NSCN-K as well. But the NSCN-IM released an official statement saying: "Unless Naga people recognize the leaders of Muivah and Isak, the NSCN-IM will not accept peace", which appeared in Nagaland dailies.

After 2000, the Naga

Mother Association (MNA), Nagas Students Federation (NSF), GB and DB federation worked out for peace and reconciliation. But none of them has done effectively. In December 2001, the Naga Hoho, MNA and NSF again convened a reconciliation meeting at Kohima local ground. After it, the reconciliation meeting was intercepted by NSCN-IM group and summoned the above mentioned Naga NGO leaders and Church leaders to Bangkok, Thailand and held the meeting from January 7 to 11th 2002. From there, all the members who attended the meeting signed a document stating they give fullest support to Muivah and Isak. At this meting, Muivah said: "Phizo is our great leader, NNC made great achievement for the Nagas", which means he does no more condemn Phizo and the NNC even if he did it in the past. But no sign of changing has been seen according to his statement, thus, his statement becomes only deceiving waords to the Nagas.

In 2006, the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) also attempted to work for peace and reconciliation through its entity Peace Committee. On September 29, 2006, the NBCC held a public meeting at Chemokedima in Dimapur, and released a Book (pamphlet) with its title; “The Nagaland Baptist Church Council’s proposal for healing and reconciliation on the Naga people” and started the work for healing and reconciliation.

In the pamphlet the words, false propaganda of NSCN leaders were written. Thus the NNC/FGN leaders outrageously rejected the book.

On November 23, 2006; with the pamphlet, the NBCC leaders (nine of them) led by Rev. Zhabu Therhouja, General Secretary came to meet the NNC/FGN leaders at Kohima Transit Peace Camp with their purpose for healing and reconciliation. We have good enough time to discuss with them, and

gave advice not to speak the false propaganda of the NSCN leaders, lest the NBCC gives false witness to the killings. Also gave advice them that the NBCC should not be bowed down to work for peace among the Nagas, because the NBCC has been taking the task "go between" the two nations (Nagaland and India) through its entity Nagaland Peace Council (NPC), and this high status should be maintained continuously. But let other Naga NGO or public leaders and individual Church leaders, by the endorsement, work for peace among the Nagas. Hence the NBCC stopped to work for healing and reconciliation.

On February 22, 2008, the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) was formed in Dimapur with its Convenor Dr. Wati Aier and started a new chapter to work for peace and reconciliation once again. .

When I came to know the FNR was formed and going to convene a meeting in Chiang Mai, I called Dr. Wati Aier at his phone and suggested him to work for peace and reconciliation based on the truth and with the blessings of veteran Naga national leaders those who are in Peace Camp. He agreed and came to meet us in March 2008.

In our meeting, he invited us (NNC/FGN leaders) to attend the reconciliation meeting in Chiang Mai. But our suggestion was, to hold the meeting in our homeland instead of going to abroad on Indian passports which we don't want to do as we are Naga national leaders and not Indians. And another suggestion we gave was, the meeting should be summoned as Naga brothers' meeting or prayer meeting, but not as factional leaders' meeting, because the NNC/FGN leaders will not attend in such factional leaders meeting, All Nagas must understand that the NNC/FGN is not a faction but a national body and the national status should not be degraded by attending

the meeting in equal status with the factions. Also we have explained him why the killings and factionalism had been started among the Nagas and given him the books written on Naga national affair.

In February 2009, we have another meeting with Dr. Wati Aier again as he came to us for interaction in the interest of peace and reconciliation. We have frankly discussion and told him that your work was contradictory to your purpose for reconciliation, because, the FNR reconized new factions un-necessarily. Also told him, to persuade and give pressure on factions to stop killings and given up factionalism. The NNC/FGN always opens the door for reconciliation and it must be on the basis of a prodigal son returns to his father (Biblical story).

Also I have a chance to meet him again in Mae Hong Son, Thailand when he visited me on 3rd November 2010 as he wanted to discuss with me for peace and reconciliation. Secondly he called me again for the meeting and thus we have another meeting in Chiang Mai on 17th November 2011. His purpose for the meeting with me was to urge me to support the process of reconciliation and to attend the meeting.

My suggestion was, the FNR should work as fact finding organization and declare what is truth and false, then only the people will come to know what truth is and reject the false.

Invite the leaders from Khaplang group, MuivahIsak faction and public leaders and church leaders, but not other smaller factional leaders. I will attend the meeting on behalf of Eastern Nagas, but not representing the NNC, since the NNC/FGN did not attend the factional leaders' meetings from the beginning convened by FNR. In the meeting, the Bampi (chairman) should make us to discuss on point by point; such as; are Nagas a nation? Has the NNC failed? Has Phizo done wrong? Was Shillong Ac-

cord a surrender Accord?

Did NNC/FGN accept the accord? Why the killings and division among the Nagas started? Was it necessary for the Nagas to form NSCN? Where do the Nagas must unite? And for what purpose the Nagas must reunite? Is God leading the Naga nation? and so on. Let the Church leaders and public leaders who are listening on our discussion should judge and declare who speak the truth.

Even after he went back to Nagaland, I asked him through email whether he has intent to do on my suggestion. He responded me saying; just keep on praying, so that may God give us the right time to do. But no action is seen so far till date.

In the said meeting on 17th November 2011, I asked him some questions are: what do you mean for reconciliation? to be under the Indian Union or to be a nation? Do you think the Nagas are a nation?

His anawers were; the principle of FNR is, to reconcile based on historical and political rights. That is, based on declaration of Naga independence and Plebiscite. We accept the Nagas are a nation and we are working in defence of our nation, he said.

My discussion was; I agree with your principle and accept it, but your action is contradiction to your principle. If our action is not match with what we speak, we become a liar. As you said, the Naga are a nation, we have our own national Government since 1956, and its Golden Jubilee was joyously celebrated by the Naga people on March 22, 2006. When our national Government is running more than fifty years, why then you did to sign for the formation of a new Naga national government in August 2011? Wy do you need to discard the old Naga national Government and needed to form a new one?

Where does the new national government will lead the Nagas? The said agreement for a new national government made your principle as a mockery and ridicu-

lous. Now you talk about for the formation of a new national government, but you never talk for political body.

So this is apparently clear to all of us that the motive behind your agreement is, to form a new national government under the aegis of NSCN lead by Muivah and Isak.

After our meeting, a reconciliating meeting was held at Dimapur on February 29, 2012 with a big gathering of Naga people. Where Muivah and Isak were given more time to speak (more than 30 minutes) while the others hardly get 15 minutes.

Following the resolution of Feb. 29, the next meeting was held in Chiang Mai in May, 2012 as they intented to formulate the Naga Concordant but failed. In March 2013, the FRN reconciliation was again held in Chiang Mai, and on 2728th March 2014 it was held in Dimapur, Nagaland and signed Lenten Agreement.

All these shown, the FNR did not accept my suggestion. Why he can't accept my suggestion is best known to him alone.

Before the Naga concordant was signed in August 2011, a reconciliation meeting was held in Chiang Mai in July 2011. At that time Khule and Ketovi had already broke away from Mr. Khaplang group and made their own group on June 7, 2011. Therefore Mr. Gam Win (Heimi), a Pastor and Bible translater who is residing in Chiang Mai, also a corworkers of Dr, Wati, sternly warned Dr. Wati not to recognize the new NSCN faction of Khule-Ketovi by inviting them in the meeting. If it is done by the FNR, Khaplang will go against FNR and will never come to attend the FNR meeting again. Dr. Wati however did not take heed his advice, but after returned back to Nagaland, he immediately invited the new NSCN faction to the FNR reconciliation meeting from 20-26th August 2011 in Dimapur, and made them (Khule and Ketovi) to sign on Naga Concordant as Chairman and General Secretary of

the new NSCN faction, which kicked out Khaplang's leadership. From then on Khaplang has no trust on the FNR and did not send his members to attend FNR Meeting.

The NNC/FGN also badly disappointed on FNR, because it has been manipulating and nurturing the illegitimate faction of Singnya, who claims his own group from July 13, 2005 and has been committing killings and telling lies against his own NNC/ FGN leaders. To make such faction or recognizing more factions is only the interest of the enemy, but not the interest of our nation.

The weak points of those who initiate peace among the Nagas are: none of them try to know what is false and truth, but just blindly believing what the other says. So they cannot say black as black and white as white, and none of them work on as fact finding process. Since 1980, the renegade leaders have been telling lies that the Naga nation or NNC has surrendered; which they have been delibereately doing in order to deceive innocent and ignorant people. But none of the NGO or Church leaders could boldy said, no! the Naga nation never surrendered, nor give pressure on wrong doers to stop anti-national activities.

The Church leaders are credited for restoration of Peace in Nagaland in 1975, but after the death of NPC Preisdents Rev. Longri Ao and Eno. Keneth Kerhou (after Rev. Longri), no church leaders says, that was through the divine intervention the Naga nation was saved from the brink of doom and Church leaders could achieve to restore peace in Nagaland.

These are their weak points that FNR or other organizations failed to do for healing and reconciliation among the Nagas.

If there is no justice, no peace, and if perpetrators did not apologize or admit their misdeed, there is no healing and forgiveness.

Thomas, NNC Member.

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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BJP Nagaland unit validates merger Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit has reaffirmed that the three erstwhile NCP legislators - Dr. TM Lotha, Imtilemba Sangtam, and Mmhonlumo Kikon are full-fledged BJP legislators.

Reacting to the report, which appeared in the local dailies on July 18 on the issue of merger of the three erstwhile NCP legislators, BJP Nagaland in a statement reiterated that the three legislators were received to the BJP fold on June 16, 2014 and subsequently in the presence of the BJP national leaders on June 28, 2014 at Niathu Resort, Dimapur. The merger was done with the approval from the then BJP National President and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, stated BJP Nagaland general secretary and spokesperson K James Vizo.

According to the release, in an emergency State office bearers meeting of BJP held in Kohima today, the party clarified that whatsoever was reported by Johny G Rengma on July 18 was “purely on his own personal capacity/opinion and does not

reflect the party BJP Nagaland as the State BJP President has not received any assurance from the PMO office and the party shall not be held accountable for it if things does not work out.”

“Despite some political parties trying to politicize the matter by mounting heavy pressure on the office of the Speaker, the party is confident that the wisdom of State Assembly Speaker on the issue of merger will prevail soon,” the statement added.

The BJP Nagaland further clarified that there is “no question of interfering into the affairs of any other political party as the BJP state unit has never questioned the merger of the three legislators and that now they are part and parcel of Bharatiya Janata Party.”

The party also informed the general public that all matters related to State BJP is to be dealt by the party parent body and not by the Morcha unless specifically assigned by the State unit.

“Therefore, such cheap statements aired by vested individual for personal gain with ulterior motive should not confuse the masses.”

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NaSSa agitation from July 21

Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): The Nagaland Assembly Secretariat Staff Association (NASSA) submitted a memorandum to the Secretary, Nagaland Legislative Assembly on July 17 reiterating its demand for restoration of the existing practice of allotment of vehicles to Under Secretaries and equivalents.

It asserted that the proposal of the NLA Speaker to allot one vehicle to the senior most Under Secretary and enforcement of the Secretariat Order, dated December 12, 2013 “cannot be accepted.” The NASSA resolved to express its resentment in the form of a three phased agitation. As a first step to this exercise, the association informed

Demands equal treatment for officers in the rank of Under Secretary and equivalents that it will begin agitating

by July 21.

The memorandum stated that in the backdrop of discussions with the NLA Speaker on July 14, the proposals offered by the latter was deliberated by the House on July 16 during an emergency meeting. The House noted that the practice of providing vehicles to the Under Secretaries and equivalents at the discretion of the Speaker “was followed since the inception of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly and this had ultimately projected the comparative distinction of Assembly Secretariat Services from other State Services.”

However, it lamented that the authority “had abruptly discontinued this effort despite the association’s unwavering pleas to restore the practice.”

Citing orders issued for this purpose, dated January 14, 2011; September 30, 2011 and December 12, 2013; the NASSA stated: “It is genuinely understood that facilities and privileges under the above reference was selectively enjoyed by some section of Officers in the same grade while others were deprived of the facilities.”

It noted that “at every level of revising” the secretariat orders, “the Trans-

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port Department Orders were referred for enforcement and simultaneously, the autonomy of the Speaker’s Office was also upheld which is contradictory” and “vulnerable” to be misconstrued.

The NASSA has demanded that “justice and equal treatment be meted to all the officers in the rank of Under Secretary and equivalents.” It further called for the revocation of the Secretariat revised Order NO: GEN/TPT/75/93, dated December 12, 2013 and stand to Order NO: AS/ GEN/TPT/75/93/3230/ dated September 30, 2011.”

The NASSA asserted that it would not withdraw its proposed agitation until “justice is delivered.”

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MEx FILE NNC (N/A) Yimchunger Region informs Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): Mobilization Commander, Yimchunger Region, NNC (N/A) has informed all the Naga Army Wings under Yimchunger Region that no other NNC shall be allowed to operate under Yimchunger Region except NNC (N/A) under the leadership of President Kiumukam Yim and Ato Kilonser Hozheto Chophy. Maj. Chipong Yim further informed that NNC (N/A) will not be held responsible if any untoward incident occurs under its jurisdiction.

Over 600 patients treated at medical camp

Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): More than 600 patients with different types of ailments were treated during the free medical camp organized by Naga Mothers’ Association of Unity village, 5th Mile on July 19. About ten senior doctors along with dozen of nurses treated the patients, informed a press release issued by the association president Hekatoli Zhimomi. Medicines were also distributed to all the patients free of cost. The release stated that, as per the doctors’ report, it was one of the most successful medical camps held in Dimapur district. The Naga Mothers’ Association of Unity village while expressing satisfaction over the performance of all the doctors has lauded all the doctors and nurses for Agriculture, Nagaland, rendering their valuable service for the welfare of the Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Baly- general public. an assured all necessary help in setting up more M.Tech spot round infrastructures for food admission in NIT Nagaland processing industries in Nagaland. He also en- Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): There will be an encouraged the State to give trance examination on July 28, 11:00 am for Spot Round more emphasis on organ- Admissions to M.Tech programme in Computer Sciic farming as its products ence and Engineering, VLSI Systems and Power Syshave got lots of potentials tems Engineering in NIT Nagaland. Interested and eligible candidates (refer CCMT Website for eligibility in Nagaland. criteria) can download the form from the institute website www.nitnagaland.ac.in. Non GATE candidates can also apply. Candidates seeking admission to M.Tech programme at NIT Nagaland through Spot Round have been advised to assemble at the administrative building timangalam, Kottayam, on July 28 at 9:00 am.

Kerala on July 20 at 3:00 pm. Fr. Carolus Neisalhou, School level drawing competition the Vicar General of the Diocese of Kohima along Wokha, July 19 (mExN): Following invitation from with the priests, religious State Nodal Officer BK Tigga, Sr. Manager (HR), Doyang and faithful of the diocese Hydro Electric Plant, Wokha for participation in school have expressed heartfelt level (category A & B) painting competition on energy condolences to that Bish- conservation 2014, All Nagaland Drawing Teacher's op and his bereaved family Association (ANDTA) has informed that the theme for and prayed for the depart- category 'A' (standard 4, 5 and 6) is 'Save energy, secure your future', and theme for category 'B' (Standard 7, 8, ed soul to rest in peace.

9) is 'Global warming is Global warning'. President ANDTA, V. Hetoi Swu has appealed to all the headmasters and head teachers to submit paintings of two students each for the two categories through State Nodal Officer (8416054822) or President ANDTA (9402003063) on or of increased number of fever before September 30 positively. cases in their respective areas to the District Health Authority for immediate investiga- GBs of Dimapur Urban Area informed tion and management. A Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): All the GBs of DimaRapid Response Team was pur Urban Area have been requested to attend the joint also formed with pathologist, meeting with the gas agencies on July 21 at 2:00 pm in medical specialist and lab the conference hall of DC Dimapur to discuss some imtechnicians as team mem- portant issues as ordered by DC Dimapur vide letter No bers.

Dev-46/LPG/2012/5006-16 Dt. 16.07.14. This was informed in a press release issued by GBU Dimapur general secretary Yeheto Zhimomi.

Dr. Benjongliba meets Union Ministers

Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): Minister for Agriculture & Chairman, NSAMB Dr. Benjongliba Aier called on Union Minister for Agriculture, Radha Mohan Singh in Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi on July 16. A press note informed that the senior officials in the Ministry, including the Secretary of Agricul-

ture and the Director General of ICAR also joined in to discuss various issues like the present status of agriculture in the State, establishment of Central Agricultural University in Nagaland, formulation of Crisis Management Plan to deal with the drought situation, etc.

On July 15, Dr. Aier

also met Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Food Processing Industries, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and discussed at length about the post harvest management and marketing problems as well as food processing status in Nagaland.

According to A. Hangsingh, Deputy Director of

Dihoma Women Society condemns Mother of Kohima Bishop passes away assault on pregnant woman in Kma kohima, July 19 (mExN): The Dihoma Women Society (DWS) has vehemently condemned the July 11 incident, where two men verbally and physically abused a pregnant woman at Jotsoma. A condemnation note from the Society chairperson Krulie-ü Theünuo and general secretary Rüyalhou-ü Yashü said that the accused Kevizhaselie Nagi and his brother Vidilhoulie Nagi broke into the residence of the victim around 7:00 pm and forcibly took her to the Kohima Science College junction, Jotsoma.

The duo assaulted the victim despite learning she is pregnant and even chopped off her hair “which, in Tenyimia tradition, is an extreme sign of degrading a woman,” stated the note. Further, the Society expressed shock that one Duolhoulie Peseyie went to the extent of saying that “it is not enough to

just physically harm her, they should write a statement mentioning that whatever harm has been done is rightly earned by her.” The victim’s brothers who had come to take her away were then forced to sign this statement, it added.

The Society has expressed shock that, despite two men physically assaulting a pregnant woman in public sight, no one even bothered to come to her rescue “which is totally in contradiction to Tenyimia tradition which practices intervention when two people are fighting.” The Dihoma Women Society, while strongly denouncing the inhuman act, has appealed to all right thinking citizens and groups to condemn the act and bring justice at the earliest.

mi women organizations, Angamimiapfü Mechü Krotho (AMK) has also expressed utter shock at the “barbaric attack” on the four-month pregnant woman on the night of July 11 at her home in Kohima and later at Kohima Science College area reportedly by Kevizhasielie Nagi, Vidilhoulie Nagi and three other accomplices. AMK president Salhoutuonuo and general secretary Avonuo Theünuo stated that the manner in which the perpetrators took law in their own hands and committed the whole crime is “totally unjustified and unheard of in our society.” AMK asserted that it is a serious crime against women which deserves to be condemned by all. AMK has appealed to the authorities concerned to immediately book the AMK expresses shock culprits and award befitting The apex body of Anga- punishment.

SBTA grieves Rev. Nitovi Assumi’s death Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): The members of Sümi Baptist Theological Association (SBTA) have expressed grief at the death of Rev. Nitovi Assumi (94) on July 12 at his residence in Dimapur.

A press release from SBTA Information & Publicity Secretary, Tokato K. Yeptho informed that Rev. Nitovi was born in October 1920 to Khuvishe and Zuhali of Littami Village under Zunheboto. He studied up to class 3, was a trained Bible teacher, musician and held a certificate in

gun making from Jorhat.

He joined Christian ministry in 1948 and retired from active service in 1997. He was again roped in as an Honorary Pastor at Toluvi Baptist Church (WSBAK) in 2000 and later as Home Evangelist from 2005 until his death. He served the Sümi Baptist churches in various capacities as a CE leader, pastor, teacher, music teacher, evangelist, and missionary with SBAK (Aizuto), SBAK (Nito Mount), SABAK (Pughoboto) and WSBAK (Akuvuto), it added. SABAK got affiliated to

NBCC in 1988 when he was its Executive Secretary. He is survived by his 7 children and 20 grandchildren.

The note stated that Sümi Baptist churches and associations have lost a great leader “because he is one of those veterans who have been associated with all the Sümi Baptist Associations and holds the key to reconciliation.” It is a great loss, especially for the upcoming Sümi theological students, it said. The SBTA wished that his soul rest in peace and God grant solace to the bereaved family members.

kohima, July 19 (mExN): Anna Thoppil, mother of Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of the Diocese of Kohima passed away on July 19 at the age of 93. Fr. Sojan Xavier, Chancellor, Diocese of Kohima in a press release informed that the funeral will be held at St. Joseph’s Church, Arunut-

Anna Thoppil.

Dimapur steps up to prevent malaria Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): To prevent malaria outbreak in Dimapur district, a meeting was held in the conference hall of Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dimapur on July 18. A press release from CMO Dr. MA Wati informed that the meeting decided to direct all SMO and

MO of different HUs to report all fever and malarial cases to District Control Room, NVBDCP, CMO office, Dimapur on daily basis for onward submission to Directorate of Health Services, Kohima. The Surveillance Workers and Multi Purpose Workers were also directed to report in case

OHYO demands clarification from IGAR (N) kohima, July 19 (mExN): The Officers' Hill Youth Organisation (OHYO) has strongly condemned the July 12 incident, where the residence of an “innocent” government servant and a bonafide member of Officers' Hill colony, Ketusielie Kuotsu was raided during the wee hours by 19 Assam Rifles personnel led by col. Mayank Pathania.

The organization termed it “high handedness”. OHYO in a press statement asserted that Officers' Hill colony is one of the peaceful areas within Kohima town, where OHYO even urged different factions to desist from committing any anti-social activities within its jurisdiction. But,

it stated, such reckless incident perpetrated by uniformed personnel without any justification is uncalled for. As such, OHYO has demanded IGAR (N) to clarify the incident at the earliest without fail. The statement was appended by OHYO President Metevizo Sophie and general secretary Noseho Koso.

WAYO demands public apology from 19 AR The Western Angami Youth Organization (WAYO) has also strongly condemned the act of 19 Assam Rifles in conducting a raid and search at the residence of one of its bonafide members Ketusielie Kuotsu. Expressing deep anger at the attitude of the Assam Rifles,

WAYO in a statement said that “the act of the Assam Rifles is all out to tarnish the image of Ketusielie and his family, simply because they continued the raid even after both of them showed their Government Identity Cards.”

Further, stating that the Assam Rifles personnel raided the house without any rhyme or reason, WAYO demanded from the 19 Assam Rifles, Kohima to tender public apology for its “nonsense act, while in the process creating a fear psychosis and insecurity to the family and colony residents.” WAYO also appealed to all right thinking citizens to condemn such “unscrupulous act” from the “so called Friends of the Hill People”.

Profile of PB Acharya, new Governor of Nagaland Our Correspondent Kohima | July 19

Newly sworn in Nagaland Governor, Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya was born on October 8 1931 at Udupi in Karnataka. He studied till matriculation at Christian High School, Udupi. He was the first batch student of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi (1949-51). He did graduation-BA (Hons), B.Com and LLB from Mumbai University.

Acharya was an activist of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) from 1951 to 1977 and held various posts including All India president of ABVP in 1969. In 1975, he was forced to become an underground Sangh worker to fight the

Emergency. He was elected as Senate member to the Mumbai University from Commerce Graduate Constituency. Acharya was a member of Academic Council (1988-1991) and Executive Council Member (1981-1991) of Mumbai University.

He was the founder general secretary of Student Experience in Interstate Living (SEIL) and engaged in SEIL Project from 1967 (exchange of students from North East tribal states and vice versa). He was also the founder and general secretary of the Indian National Fellowship Centre (INFC), an NGO registered in 1975, with an objective to strengthen brotherhood/ fellowship and nationalism in North East and their

strategic borders area, having branches in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya.

Acharya became an active political worker during the Emergency in 1977 and was elected as Ward President of Janata Party, Juhu, Mumbai in 1977. In 1980, Acharya became member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected as the BJP president of North West District in 1987 and in 1989 became the Committee member of Mumbai BJP. In 1991, he was elected as National Executive Member BJP in-charge of North Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland. He was also All India National Secretary

of the BJP and in-charge of North Eastern states from 1995-2002. In 2002, he was the National Executive Member with the charge of Kerala & Lakshadweep, and in 2005 of Tamil Nadu.

Acharya was national incharge of SC/ST Morcha and co-convenor of Overseas Friends of BJP and National Prabhari of North East India Sampark Cell.

Acharya actively engaged in “My Home is India,” a project of ABVP, where tribal children from North East were invited by Mumbai families for education. Several students lived at his residence for 3 to 10 years (1969-79). He was involved in the activities (since 1975) of Academy for India Tribal Dialects at Rani Ma Gaidinlu Bhavan -

a publication wing of INFC and published 10 booklets on tribal nationalist leaders like Rani Ma Gaidinlu (Nagaland), U. Tirot Singh and Jaban Bay (Meghalaya), Dr. Dying Ering and Narottam (Arunachal Pradesh) and also published tribal proverbs, folk-tales and poems.

Acharya was associated with Janata Kalyan Kendra, registered trust in Mumbai, a backward community service oriented organization. He was also associated with a reputed Educational Trust in Mumbai as treasurer, secretary, chairman, president for the last 35 years as a life member of the Trust running educational institutes, schools, and colleges, architecture college, MCVC College, Junior Commence College

and Centre for Development and Advanced Computing (CDAC) Institute.

Acharya is widely travelled and has visited many countries like USA, Canada, Europe, Mexico, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. He has traveled with educated youth for 25 years all over India and visited North Eastern strategic border areas of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura nearly 100 times. He has also visited strategic border areas like Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Ladakh and many other parts of India.

Acharya is married to Kavita Acharya and has three sons and one daughter (all married) and eight grand children.

Assam Rifles apprehends arms peddlers Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): 29 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters 6 Sector Assam Rifles launched an operation in general area of Super Market, Dimapur and apprehended two arms peddlers along with one 7.65 mm pistol with magazine and assorted ammunition on July 16. A press release received here informed that the individuals were identified as Hotoi Yepthomi (42) and Nitoshe Achumi (42). The apprehended individuals along with recovered items were handed over to East Police Station, Dimapur, it added.

National seminar in October at Lumami lumami, July 19 (mExN): Tribal Research Center, Department of Sociology, Nagaland University HQs, Lumami will hold a national seminar sometime in the month of October 2014. A press release from Dr. Temjensosang, seminar convenor informed that the theme of the seminar will be “Historicity, Cultural Diversities and Identities in Northeast India” with various sub-themes related to it. Interested individuals have been asked to check the university website www.nagauniv.org.in for detailed information about the seminar.

Public SPace NNC Clarifies

In one of the Consultative Meetings of some NNC workers in early part of 2013, held in Dimapur, T. Yanger was the Sessional Chairman of the meeting.

Thereafter T. Yanger issued a press statement in which he described himself as “Chairman NNC”, presumably meaning at the national level. Then on July 2nd, 2013 as per media reports, he claimed he was President NNC. What T. Yanger has done is in violation of all established norms. As such it cannot be accepted. The titles he has given to himself following his

chairing of the Consultative Meetings therefore stand nullified and declared irrelevant to the Naga National Council.

Yanger and his team are hereby told by the undersigned that they have no authority to proceed further.

The Morung Express is introducing “Public Space” as part of our intention to provide deliberate space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper.

Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

Gen. Rtd. T. M. Keyho CECM, NNC Zapuvisie Lhousa CECM, NNC Chenirao Humstoe CECM, NNC Oren Lotha CECM, NNC Senka Pongener CECM, NNC Nuveta Nakro President NNC Chakhesang Region

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The unsettled debate on Indian poverty

1960s thinking on poverty, only in India

The Tendulkar Committee has pitched for a policy position that is stranded between the harsh realities of poverty and a fiscally conservative neo-liberal framework.

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Surjit S Bhalla | Indian Express

R. Ramakumar | The Hindu

he debate on the extent of poverty in India has been a matter of global interest in the recent years. The primary reason for the global interest in the debate is that the levels of poverty in India and China have come to exert significant influence over the trends in world poverty itself.

Within India too, there has been growing contestation around poverty estimates, particularly in the period of economic reforms. First, there are persistent disagreements among economists on whether the rate of poverty decline after economic reforms was slower than in the preceding period. Secondly, the shift to targeted, rather than universal, welfare schemes has witnessed the use of poverty estimates to decide on the number of households eligible to access these schemes. The report of the Expert Group on the estimation of poverty, chaired by Suresh Tendulkar, is the latest input to the “Great Indian Poverty Debate.”

In India, poverty is presently estimated by fixing a poverty line based on a differentiated calorie-norm.

A task force of the Planning Commission in 1979 defined the poverty line as that per capita expenditure at which the average per capita per day calorie intake was 2400 calories in rural areas and 2100 calories in urban areas. Average per capita expenditures incurred by that population group in each State which consumed these quantities of calories, as per the 1973-74 survey of NSSO, were used as the poverty lines.

Based on the observed consumer behaviour in 197374, the poverty lines arrived at were Rs. 49.09 per capita per month in rural areas and Rs. 56.64 per capita per month in urban areas. These poverty lines were updated for the following years by simply accounting for changes in consumer price indices. Thus, the all-India poverty lines updated for 2004-05 were Rs. 356.30 in rural areas and Rs. 538.60 in urban areas, per capita per month. The shares of population below these poverty lines (the head count ratios; HCR) were estimated to be 28.7 per cent in rural areas and 25.9 per cent in urban areas.

These estimates of poverty threw up a number of controversies. First, it was argued that the poverty lines were extremely low in levels. An amount of Rs. 356.30 per month per person amounted to just Rs. 11.90 per day in rural areas, which was at best a destitute income. The fact that about one-fourth of India’s population did not incur even this level of expenditure was in itself instructive.

Secondly, the NSSO estimates were at great variance with the estimates of nutritional outcomes that other surveys like the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) provided. For instance, according to the NFHS-3, the share of underweight children (under 3 years) in rural India was 44 per cent in 2005-06.

Thirdly, there were major methodological problems in the choice of consumer price indices, continuously re-weighted keeping the 1973-74 consumption basket unchanged, to update the poverty lines over time. One striking absurdity that resulted was that in some States, urban poverty rates were estimated to be higher than the rural poverty rates.

The Tendulkar Committee has reviewed the present methodology for measuring poverty and suggested drastic changes for the future. It has recommended the abandoning of the calorie-norm for estimating the poverty line. Instead, the committee has recommended a new method where the present all-India urban povertyline is taken as the basis for estimating every other poverty line in the country. With the urban poverty line as the basis, the parity levels at the State-level for rural and urban areas are to be separately estimated using a typical purchasing power parity (PPP) method. Thus, the new State-level rural and urban poverty lines are to be at those levels at which the average national urban consumption levels can be attained.

The suggestion to use the all-India urban poverty line is justified on the basis of two independent validating reasons. First, the urban population that corresponded in 2004-05 to the poverty line expenditure consumed 1776 calories per capita per day, which was close to the calorie norm of 1800 calories per capita per day suggested for India by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Secondly, the actual levels of urban per capita expenditure in 2004-05 were also sufficient to meet a defined “normative level of expenditure on education and health services.” It is thus postulated that the new poverty lines, fortuitously, meet not just food requirements, but also those of education and health that are important basic needs.

Using the above method, the new poverty lines for 2004-05 have been re-estimated by the committee as Rs. 446.68 for rural areas and Rs. 578.80 for urban areas (per capita per month). Further, the new HCRs for 2004-05 are estimated as 41.8 per cent in rural areas and 25.7 per cent in urban areas. These new estimates represent a significant upward revision of poverty in the rural areas, and a small downward revision of poverty in the urban areas. As per the new method, the total number of poor people in India has risen from about 403 million in 1993-94 to about 407 million in 2004-05.

Indeed, the new poverty estimates appear more realistic than the existing estimates. It is certain that the Tendulkar report would reopen the debate on the impact of reforms on poverty. At the same time, the new estimates would also help States expand their BPL coverage in the public distribution system (PDS) using food grains from the Central quota itself. On that count, the report is likely to be welcomed by State governments.

However, the report is unlikely to stem the deep dissatisfaction around the use of poverty estimates to “fix” eligibility in the access to welfare schemes.

In important programmes like the PDS, the system of targeting remains firmly in place. As a result, large sections that require welfare assistance are likely to remain excluded from these programmes even if the new poverty estimates are considered.

Take an illustration: in per capita daily terms, the rural poverty line has been raised from Rs. 12 to Rs. 15 — a meagre upward revision. In the urban areas, the increase is from Rs 18 to Rs 19 per day. It is most revealing that even such a small upward revision of the poverty line could net in more than 100 million new persons as “poor.” In other words, poverty estimates are extremely sensitive to even minor changes in the poverty line.

The newly formed Expenditure Commission would do well to comprehensively reject ancient Indian methods of poverty measurement, alleviation.

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poverty as India, universalisation remains the most efficient tool for ensuring livelihood security.

A final issue with the report, of much long-term consequence, relates to the wisdom of abandoning the calorie norm. It is indeed true that the levels of calorie intakes are not well correlated with nutritional outcomes. However, abandoning the calorie norm altogether and taking solace from the fortuitous fact that calorie intakes appear adequate at the new poverty lines is an arbitrary proposition. It is unclear whether there is any basis, theoretical or empirical, for this relationship to hold true across time.

In sum, the Tendulkar Committee has pitched for a policy position that is stranded between the harsh realities of poverty in India and the fiscal conservativeness of a neo-liberal framework. The real challenge lies in preserving the positives from the report, and strongly persisting with the demand for a universal social security system.

here was a lot of expectation that specific reforms would be announced in Budget 2014-15 regarding the operation of subsidies in India. There were none — indeed, the budget has been criticised by many for lacking any reforms on expenditure policy. Pointedly, many analysts have concluded that Budget 2014-15 is just another UPA-Chidambaram budget.

However, what was announced in the budget is that the government will create a commission to look into the entire nature of our expenditures, with specific emphasis on poverty elimination. And the biggest such item is the operation of the Public Distribution System (PDS) of foodgrains to the poor.

In a recent India Policy Forum lecture (“India: Changing Mindsets, Accelerating Growth, and Reduced Inequality”) I made the simple point that the mindset that has produced policies like the food security act, or FSA (which mandates that two-thirds of the Indian population are deserving of food subsidies), and NREGA — a jobs entitlement programme for all of rural India — needs to be junked before India can look forward to meeting its destiny of an 8 per cent growth economy and a major emerging power on the world stage.

The Sonia Gandhi-led UPA mindset was inconsistent with the belief that India can be anything but a poor country, not much different from the nightmare concocted by Swedish Nobel winner Gunnar Myrdal in the late 1960s (the 1968 three-volume Asian Drama, in which his contention was that Asia was doomed to be poor for ever). Myrdal can be forgiven for speaking too early, and being wrong, but what do you say about politicians and policymakers and their intellectual advisors who still believe in 2014 that Myrdal was right and that India is a forever-poor country?

In 1968, India’s per capita income was around $100 per person per year. When the food security act was passed last year, India’s per capita GDP was 15 times higher. Yet our mindset was to pursue the same policies as 50 years earlier — indeed, to expand them. The PDS system has been in operation since 1942, when it was introduced to counter famine conditions in Bengal.

It was expanded over the years and became a full-fledged all-India operation around the time of Myrdal’s book. The food/ cash-for-work programme was first introduced in 1973 in Maharashtra, and introduced primarily to provide incomes to very poor people during conditions of drought.

In 2005, Sonia Gandhi’s government introduced an act of Parliament to make it a right of every individual to have 100 days of work. The effectiveness of this programme (NREGA) in achieving its noble objective of providing incomes to the poor will be explored in a subsequent article.

A good documentation of our ancient mindset is provided by the Indian discussion on poverty and its alleviation. A new report on measurement of poverty, commissioned by the UPA a year ago, has just been released (the Rangarajan, “Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Measurement of Poverty”). There is nothing different (forget new) in this report from the first poverty line report produced in the mid-1960s. (Note how things literally haven’t changed since the 1960s.) The report then also (mistakenly in my view) based poverty on caloric intake.

This method was demolished by nutrition expert P.V. Sukhatme in 1973, but our mindset is not bothered by any evidence contrary to one’s ideological predilection. So entrenched has the poverty industry been in India, mostly in Congress-led governments that feel it is in their political interest to perpetuate the notion that India is poor, that it has published four reports since the mid-1960s study and all of them (including, obviously, the Rangarajan report) have stuck to the same outdated, and false, notion of absolute poverty.

So much has happened, but our knowledge-proof poverty experts remain oblivious. The calorie obsession has to do with notions of nutrition. Sukhatme pointed out that there was so much inter-individual variation in body metabolism that caloric consumption intake was a highly misleading indicator of nutritional well-being. Recent research has emphasised sanitation (read toilets and open defecation) as a major contributor to nutrition, thus further reinforcing the conclusion that measuring poverty via caloric intake borders on the nonsensical.

Should we not, as a society, be much more concerned with effective targeting of the poor population and methods to best deliver incomes to them? For sure, all the answers are not known, but enough is known to suggest that cash transfers is the best transfer system. Do the transfer in cash rather than a very indirect in-kind method (the latter is much like catching your nose by circling your hand behind your neck — most can’t reach it).

When I presented my findings regarding PDS “efficiency” at the IPF lecture (see chart), one sceptical economist wondered aloud as to what data could substantiate such absurd (?) findings. As is well known to most observers of Indian policy, the National Sample Survey Organisation collects detailed data on the various items of consumption.

This exercise is undertaken every five years but sometimes the gap is less than five. The detailed questionnaire asks separately for the quantity and price of food items bought from the market or bought from the PDS ration shop. As such, there is fairly complete information available on the PDS received by each household in the economy.

In 2011-12, NSSO data shows that average consumption of cereals was about 10 kg per person per month, and that the poor received less than a third of their consumption via food subsidies. The food subsidy bill in 2011-12 was Rs 73,000 crore. Only half of the foodgrains ostensibly sent to government shops (called off-take) actually reached the shops. Where did this other half go — rotted and sent to liquor manufacturers (“rotting” fermenting grain is good for alcohol consumption), or sent to food mills for later entry into the market, or… You can fill in the blanks. The fact remains that less than 50 per cent of foodgrains meant for ration shops ever reaches them.

Once food reaches PDS ration shops, 40 per cent of the poor do not receive any subsidy. The net effect is that, of every Rs 100 spent by the government, only Rs 15 reaches the poor.

Or the poor got only Rs 12,200 crore of food subsidies of the Rs 73,000 crore meant for them. BJP, Narendra Modi, Expenditure Commission — are you reading, and will you change the system to maximise governance and reduce corruption?

(R. Ramakumar is Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.)

The writer is chairman of Oxus Investments, an emerging market advisory firm, and a senior advisor to Zyfin, a leading financial information company.

Why poverty issue is problematic?

PM Mathew | Deccan Herald overty eradication has been an important objective of most five year plans in India and still poverty of the masses continue to be an important economic challenge facing successive governments.

Whether poverty has declined in India remains a controversial issue. Expert committees differ in their understanding and estimation of poverty line, a critical threshold of income, consumption, or, more generally, access to goods and services below which individuals are declared to be poor.

Recently the Rangarajan committee raised the daily per capita expenditure to Rs 32 from Rs 27 for the rural poor and to Rs 47 from Rs 33 for the urban poor, thus raising the poverty line based on the average monthly per capita expenditure to Rs 972 in rural India and Rs 1,407 in urban India. If the recommendations of the Rangarajan committee on poverty are accepted by the government the number of India's poor may rise by 100 million.

In its July 23, 2013 report the Planning Commission had claimed that poverty has declined in India by 15.3 per cent during the seven year period from 2004-06 to 2011-12. According to the commission's estimates, based on the Suresh Tendulkar Committee formula, poverty ratio has declined to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12 from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05.

This ratio has been worked out based on a controversial per capita daily consumption of Rs 33.30 in cities and Rs 27.2 in rural areas.

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Varied definitions Definitions of poverty lines vary among nations.

Indian poverty lines have traditionally been drawn by using estimates of expenditures necessary to guarantee a minimum consumption of calories.

The expert group headed by Prof Suresh Tendulkar estimated poverty based on private household consumption of Indian households as collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation. It is important to note that Prof Tendulkar moved away from anchoring the poverty lines to a calorie intake norm.

The poverty line fixed by the Tendulkar Committee is criticised on the ground that it underestimates the

Juxtapose this with the fact that 77 per cent of India’s population lived at an average monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) of Rs. 16 per day in 2004-05. If the average expenditure of 77 per cent of the population was Rs. 16 per day, there is likely to be a sizeable section of the population above the new poverty line of Rs. 15 per day in rural areas and Rs. 19 per day in urban areas. In a targeted system of welfare provision, these vulnerable sections of the population would remain excluded. Errors of “wrong exclusion” in targeted programmes in India are due to the separation of the processes of (a) the estimation of the number of poor and (b) the identification of the poor. It is for the absence of a reliable and feasible method of combining estimation and identification that political and social movements have been demanding the universalisation of welfare schemes like the PDS. It is, thus, essential that sample-based poverty estimates from the NSS are not mechanically linked to the eligibility to access welfare programmes. In a country with such mass

scale of population that needs special assistance. The Planning Commission was trying to obfuscate data so as to justify the exclusion of a large number of the poor and deny them the benefits of anti-poverty and welfare schemes. Using a poverty threshold is problematic because having an income marginally above it is not substantially different from having an income marginally below it. The same low income affects people in different ways. A poverty threshold relies on a quantitative or purely number based measure of income.

If the health status and educational attainments of the population are to be used, quantification of them will 2013 report the Planning Commission had claimed that poverty has declined be a complex task.

Again in-kind transfers and freebies are not included in the conventional calculation of poverty line.

The official poverty measurement counts only monetary income. It does not consider anti-poverty programmes such as food coupons and mid-day meal schemes for schoolchildren. So despite everything these programmes do to relieve poverty, they are not counted as income when we measure poverty rate. Besides calculating the poverty line the same throughout India regardless of the cost of living in different states or urban centres may not provide a correct picture of poverty.

Current global research suggests that on average families need an income about twice the official threshold level just to afford basic expenses.

Estimates of the number of poor people should be reworked by taking into account their deprivations and living conditions, such as access to basic services, shelter, public health and education. Improved measures are critical to better identify struggling families and to design pro-poor public policies.

The present methodology for determining poverty based on consumption expenditure is certainly flawed, and leads to underreporting of the actual number facing acute deprivation. It was hoped that Rangarajan Committee’s methodology would reflect current spending patterns and geographic differences in cost of living. The recent re-fixing and raising of poverty line is significant as most social sector programmes are directed towards those below it.

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

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INSPIRATIONAL STORIES, MESSAGES, POEMS & SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES

Fallacious Naga Theories on Studying Theology Mezhiisevi Mark Ziitso

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.

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have no plans to negate the wonderful grace of God that is showered without limit to His church and His children. The grace of God can bring amazing change and cover up massive mistakes.

But grace is no license to sin or continue in our wrong.

The grace of God can change a person that goes to study theology with the wrong reasons. That saidthat does not necessitate the blessing for one to continue to go for theology for the wrong reasons. The biblical principle will not vouch for that (Romans 6:1ff).

The former fallacious mentioned are born at the discretion of parents, church leaders and the students themselves. Sad to know, at times they are coerced to do theology with the wrong motive indirectly. The fallacies to read today are innocuous per se but are as damaging as any other reasons. There are students in the seminary because of a wrong hunch, a hasty decision, a misappropriation of zeal and enthusiasm. They regret their choice but because of the expectation of parents, friends and church they cannot go back. They live defeated professionally. They live in obligation because they cannot admit and accept that they made a wrong choice. Some of the reasons are actually cute and very innocent yet harmful.

Salvation: Salvation is the greatest gift of all gifts that God gives to man. It is consensus in the testimonies of the millions that the day they were saved was the best and greatest day of their life. In salvation, a person becomes a new person for a new kingdom. It changes the person in its entirety. This change is massive and holistic in nature. Nobody regrets the change. It is glorious and grandiose. The heart is changed, the will is challenged, and the emotions are stirred in salvation.

It is magnificent to see young people experiencing their marvelous salvation. Their lives are change inside out. Many decide to live for God leaving their not so holy past life behind. They become a better person. At this point of time, they are zealous and enthusiastic about God. Surrender is all they are. In this zeal, I have seen youngster de-

ciding to study theology which is a good thing. But on occasions, their zeal is without knowledge (Romans 10:2) which is dangerous. Many with their infant knowledge of their new experience deem to live for God only means to study theology and be a full timer. Some people regret after getting stuck in a seminary. They would have done better if they were in another profession yet still living for God. A Camp or Crusade: Camps, Crusades, Seminars and the likes are superb ways to bring people to the knowledge of God. Now our churches are sagaciously adapting them and are very fruitful. Massive youths are transformed in such events. The preachers in such events are not discouraged because their altar calls are responded actively. Youngsters commit and re-commit their lives to God. Again there are great zealous emotions in such events. People can get carried away in the moment and make hasty decisions which actually were not really wise.

There is nothing wrong in re-dedicating our lives to God at any time any place. There are people who decide to serve the Lord in special events and they say that was the best decision they ever made. Equally there are people who decide to be a full timer in ministry in the same special event and regret the rest of their lives. They realize their decision was hasty. They decided when they were in the moment of change. Had they been in another profession they can be of greater blessing to the church in other means. They will also have a good content life. Young people should be careful taking decisions in special events especially when it comes to giving their professional life.

Enjoys Christianity; There are people who come to the seminary because they like Christianity and Christian living. They like to spend time with Christians. They like church activities. They enjoy fellowshipping with Christians in prayer. They delight in reading their bibles. They relish in bible studies and are intrigued to learn more. They take pleasure in singing hymns and choruses in the church; actually can even lead praise and worship in the church be-

cause s/he is gifted in singing. Above that they are good at public speaking and people never tired of hearing his/her oratory.

These are all good things and every Christian should covet them. These are all prerequisites of being a full time church worker. But it takes much more than mere enjoyment to be a full timer. Life can go hard, ministry can grow harsh and that’s where such people are the most discouraged. Ministry as exciting as it can be is equally demanding. It demands sacrifice and commitment. It is no piece of cake to decide to give your whole life professionally to God. A huge pack of commitment and faithfulness is required not negating the grace and faithfulness of God. A Pious life: Jesus commanded clearly that whoever wants to follow him should deny themselves, carry their cross and follow Him (Mathew 16:24). This has been the hallmark of all followers of Christ. Every follower deems his or her cross is the heaviest. It was not meant to be easy after all. This may sound silly to some but true that there are people who study theology because they want to be holy and be more devoted to Christ. They wanted to be true disciples and that is their reason to do theology. They reckon studying theology will make their cross lighter and it will be easier for them to be more holy and devoted.

Every theologian should be a disciple but every disciple doesn’t necessarily need to be a theologian. Studying theology cannot make you holier than you actually can be. If you think so, visit a seminary for a week and you will know. You would not believe your eyes when you see the corroded and the corrupted in the seminary. Being pious is a matter of your heart. If you are true you can be pious without being a theologian.

A Peaceful life: The world has so much to offer both good and bad. Everyone wants the good and tries to escape the inevitable bad. Anguish and anxiety spares no one. Conflicts cling to all. Pain and suffering are unending. Who wouldn’t want a peaceful life? There are some who are tired of the ills of the world and wanted to escape from it. They wanted a peaceful life. That is where they see theology and life in the church as the solution. We have our share of theological students who are wannabe escapist. They consider being a theologian is to be peaceful and free from the world.

The facts can be quite the contrary. Peace and happiness is a state of the heart and no profession owns them. A theological sojourn can be very turbulent. A job at the church can be the troublesome.

There is no guarantee unless it is from God which one can have without being a theologian.

Conclusion: All to say, we have clouds of uncommitted theological students and dead cold church workers today in our churches. One good reason for such a tragedy can be because our people study or made to study theology with the wrong reason and motive. They say prevention is better than cure but to me prevention is the best cure. The step to study theology is vital because once a person finishes the studies and bags a degree. By default s/he is installed in the church as a worker and mostly leaders.

It is vital that leaders should be committed and passionate. Have visions for the church and the people in it. And that doesn’t happen overnight. Many who do theology with the wrong reason and motive normally fails in what it takes to be a Christian leader. It takes a divine call to be a true leader for the people of God. Nothing can replace that. If replaced, that is where tragedy comes to play her game.

Theological obligation of a Christian in the political office

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he Christian politicians are confused due to three different types of interpretations made by preachers regarding Christian views on politics. To examine this problematic question, the researcher will look at King David and how God selected and appointed him to be the king of Israel.

David King David was the youngest son of Jesse who was known for his diverse skills as a warrior, worshiper, administrator, and a writer of the psalms. He belonged to the tribe of Judah to whom Jacob blessed that the ruler would come from them. In his 40 year as a ruler (1 Kgs 2: 11), he united the people of Israel politically and spiritually. David began his life as a shepherd in Bethlehem. One day the prophet Samuel called him out of the field and anointed him as a king without the knowledge of the current King Saul (1 Sam. 16: 2, 13).

In this ceremony there were no singing

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ow. God really met with us in worship tonight. The room was just so full of his presence.

One of the most intense times of worship I have ever experienced. This caption came across my Instagram notifications a few weeks back. I was curious to see the photo this student had taken to commemorate his experience. I never would have expected a picture of a young man standing in front of a mirror in his bathroom with a bewildered smirk on his face. Yet there he was, a duck-faced teenager staring at his bathroom mirror, smart phone in hand. What this had to do with how much he loved worshiping Jesus was a mystery to me.

This is our world.

This is the world in which we live, the world of the selfie. The world where people take something that is not about them and make it about them through the lens of their camera.

Grown men pose with their best “Blue Steel” smolder while the tip of Paris’s breath-taking Eiffel Tower protrudes from the side of their heads like a tiny, awkwardly placed steel horn. Teenage girls attempt their cutest look while a singular stone column of Rome’s ancient, awe-inspiring Colosseum is barely visible in the back-

women, music and no arrangement of a mega feast, since, it was done in secret. Though David was not outwardly appealing as he was small, even he was not invited to meet the prophet but the Lord saw beyond that and into his heart.

His heart was wholesome and pure. He measured his life with the unbending yardstick of integrity. Imagine David’s surprise, one minute he’s swatting flies in the pasture and the next he’s getting oil poured over his head and told that he’ll be Israel’s future king. David is not only anointed with oil but also with the Holy Spirit. Consider God’s paradox: He chooses the weakest of the world so that the world might see his strength.

As Jesus’ kingdom has a different modus operandi. Therefore, God found David to be the king before Samuel sent for him.

It is noteworthy that it was not David who wanted to become king, but God who put him on the throne. This indicates that God is interested in the political arena of this world. This also

means that a faithful Christian can be a good political leader. Therefore, believers can become political leaders because without involvement in the political realms of the state a Christian community may be not able to serve God on a large scale.

Once David had established the safety of his kingdom, he engaged himself in the service of religious affairs.

First, he brought back the Holy Ark to Jerusalem which was being moved from city to city. Likewise, Christian politicians can also bring innovative service for mission in their leadership. David enforced justice in his empire and established civil and military administration in Jerusalem. He divided the country into twelve districts, each with its own civil, military and religious center.

Christians can apply the Biblical principles while discharging their duties.

Though David was not a Levite, he loved God with his whole heart. Christian politicians may not be full time workers like a missionary or an evangelist but they

True Worship in a #Selfie World Stephen Miller ground. We are not seeing the world through their eyes so much as seeing their eyes blocking the world. Maybe I am alone here, but I would much rather see a picture of Niagara Falls than a face obstructing my view of it. Niagara Falls is not about us. It is majestic. It demands the full frame for viewers to feel even just a little taste of the awe of something grander than themselves.

Selfie-type worship.

This is exactly what we are doing when we attempt to make corporate worship about us. Our sinful hearts want to fill up the frame of God’s glory with our faces. Our flesh wants to distract us from the infinite worth of a holy God who has invited us into his presence to behold him and be made like him. This selfie type of worship constantly tries to infiltrate our churches, causing us to value sentiment over substance, emotional hype over emotional health, or musical preference over meaningful proclamation. When the content of our songs and prayers are saturated with me-centered

themes and thoughts, we are buying into the lie that worship is about us. To be sure, our faces are in the frame, but they are a spec of sand on the beach of a vast ocean of beauty and holiness. To focus on the spec would be silly, if not outright madness.

God-focused worship.

When we gather for corporate worship, we are ascribing worth to the only worthy one and lifting him to the place where he alone belongs, on the throne of our hearts. As we do this, he is with us in a very real way. This is not a hypothetical situation—God is with us.

There is no greater privilege on earth for the redeemed and adopted family of God than getting to stand in the presence of God and worship him in Spirit and truth through his Son. In doing so, we are building up and encouraging one another, reminding our own hearts of who God is and what he has done, and proclaiming it to a world that desperately needs to see him for who he is. This is neither done by sing-

can follow and serve the Lord.

The life of King David serves as a role model for Christian politicians. As David laid down his political career and power at the feet of God, political leaders can also use their office for spreading the Gospel. They can pursue their interests through political mobilization.

Christians can bring much change to the state by taking leadership in politics.

It also presents us an opportunity to make contributions in a pluralistic society. By influencing the public opinion we can legislate which would be more pleasing to God. Therefore, separation of politics and religion is good for politics but bad for religion. Biblical principal such as love, forgiveness, kindness, mercy and gentleness can be incorporated into politics, especially while discharging the duties and responsibilities from the office. Their aim is to serve God and country. When they serve God faithfully they serve their country.

Yumri Taipodia is a Christian columnist who writes in secular dailies.

ing about ourselves nor obsessing over our preferential feelings.

He must increase.

If we are going to learn to worship in a selfie world, we must continually look beyond our musical preferences, sentimental nostalgia and contextual idealism in order to gaze with wonder and awe at the character and acts of our mighty King and Savior. We must saturate our services and songs with his word and wonder at his wisdom, will, wealth, works and ways. He is the God who created planets and stars, and he holds them all in his hands. He made electrons and protons, atoms and elements, gravity and inertia. Everything that has been made was made by him and through him, and before any of its foundation was laid, he chose to redeem and adopt us in Christ. This is too massive to be minimized with me-centeredness.

May we all resist the temptation to fill the frame with our face, but rather fill our minds with his eternal glory, and never stop repeating the refrain of John 3:30: “He must increase. I must decrease.”

“He must increase. I must decrease.”

“He must increase. I must decrease.”

Stephen Miller serves as pastor of worship arts at The Journey in St Louis and just released his new book Worship Leaders, We Are Not Rock Stars, and worship album, All Hail the King.

TRADITIONS, TRADITIONS? Shan Kikon

“This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men…..” He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. ….. Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have handed down: and many such things you do.” Mark 7:6-13 (NKJV)

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esus didn't play around with words. He had a way of speaking the truth in love that penetrated the heart of the issue.

Have you ever noticed that? Jesus was blunt. He had a way of speaking what He means and meaning what He speaks. He was direct on those who chose tradition over Him! As human beings, we have a way of "worshiping" things… even our traditions. A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group, society or religious organisation with symbolic meaning or special significance, with origins in the past. Common examples in a church context would include the style of worship, observing days, rituals, programs, a certain way of doing things handed down from the past, etc.

Traditions have a place in every society.

The word "tradition" itself derives from the Latin tradere or traderer literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. So traditions carefully followed maintain order, cohesion and security. However, one must also understand that all traditions were started with a purpose in mind. For example Sunday Schools started in Britain in the 1780s and one of the primary purposes was to impart reading and writing skills to poor children, besides moral values, during the industrial revolution. Over the years, the practice has evolved to meet the needs of the times and culture.

It is important to note that the purpose and intent, behind the tradition is more important that simple observation of traditions. For example, many churches have a tradition of singing old hymns during services. I personally enjoy singing hymns too. But one must understand that the purpose to singing hymns is not the singing in itself, as a tradition to be observed strictly, but as a means of truly worshipping God, from the heart in spirit and truth. If modern, contemporary praise and worship songs enable the young generation to fully worship God, freely, then fulfilling the purpose of worship is more important that holding on to the tradition of singing hymns.

Jesus wanted these religious leaders to know that God was most interested in their hearts…as reflected in their lives! He rebuked them for empty lips, vain worship, man's teachings and traditions of men. Have you noticed that Jesus is not a fan of tradition or heartless religion? The reason was simple – religious tradition was robbing people of a legitimate, genuine relationship with the Lord. Religious leaders were sacrificing the truth of God's Word for the sake of tradition. The word of God, which is the power of God to bring salvation, transform lives and communities, has no effectmeaning to render void, empty, deprive of force and authority- due to the traditions we follow blindly.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. The life, the power, the blessing and the destiny that God has in store for you, through His living word, can be lost, when we uphold tradition above His word and His truth.

What does that mean to us? It means…

If we find ourselves worshiping our religious traditions (rituals, liturgy, programs, style) at the expense of a heart-felt, personal relationship with the Lord…we need to ditch the tradition.

If we find ourselves holding to traditions (memorised prayer, obligatory exercises, vain repetitions), that keep us from truly walking with Jesus Christ and His Word…we need to ditch the tradition.

If we find ourselves trusting in symbolic traditions (religious jewellery, "good luck" charms, religious icons like statues, water from Jordan river, etc ) more than actually living by and obeying God's Word…we need to ditch the tradition.

Jesus isn't looking for empty traditions; He's looking for a genuine, personal relationship. He's looking for people who will follow Him and His Word…..from the heart!

“For we walk by faith and not by sight (or traditions)” 2 Corinthians 5:7. Faith means to rely on, to trust in, to have confidence in- Jesus and His word. And faith comes from the heart, through a living relationship with Jesus.

Perhaps religious traditions have prevented you from experiencing all that God has for you. Are you willing to exchange those traditions for a personal relationship with Jesus? Are you ready to ditch some traditions and just take God at His Word? If so…pray this…

Prayer: Father, I am sorry for worshiping my religious traditions more than You. I don't want empty lips, vain worship, man's teaching or the traditions of men to rob me of the authentic relationship You want to have with me. I make a decision to choose You and Your Word over any religious tradition. Jesus, I invite You to be the Lord of my life and I submit to Your Word. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

A REALISTIC VIEW FOR THE WORLD Rev. L. Suohie Mhasi

1. Unknowing God is the crux of all evils in the world and knowing God is the only solution.

2. The world cannot expect a better world unless a realistic step is taken towards seeking who the true God the Creator of the heavens and the earth is , instead of remaining fanatic in superstitious beliefs.

3. If this truth is acknowledged , it is a step towards winning over evils and healing the sickness of the world.

4. If it is denied , it is a denial of justice to God and to mankind.

5. Without taking any new step , good constitution , tight administration , stringent laws , public slogans of condemnation and thousands of resolutions cannot save the people.

6. Knowing God can transform murderers , robbers , rapists , deceivers , human traffickers , terrorists , thrillers of bomb blast and the like into humanitarian men and women.

7. If knowing God transformed countless men and women into men and women of the light of the world , all men and women in the world too can.

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

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Prez expresses grief over MH17 crash new DelHI, July 19 (IanS): President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday conveyed grief and sympathy over the Malaysia Airlines flight crash in eastern Ukraine. In a message to the King of Malaysia, the President said: “On behalf of the government, people of India and on my own behalf, I wish to convey my sincere grief and sympathy to the government and people of Malaysia over the Malaysia Airlines flight crash in eastern Ukraine, leading to the loss of so many precious lives.”

Mukherjee added: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the nationals of Malaysia and other countries who lost their lives in this tragic incident.” The Malaysia Airlines MH17 jetliner crashed Thursday in Ukraine near the Russian border, with all 298 passengers and crew members on board killed.

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Bangalore rape CaSe

Parents protest delay in arresting culprits

Smriti Irani appeals UP govt to pay attention to women security

MuSafIrkHana, July 19 (anI): Human and Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said that the law needs to be implemented more

forcefully in Uttar Pradesh. Irani said, “Although law and order is a subject of the state, but being a woman, I would like to appeal to the central government and the finance minister that the matter of security for women and children should not be limited to books only. Rather, it should be implemented with force in the state of Uttar Pradesh” “The amount which was there without any use for such a long time has been announced in the budget to be brought in use under the name of the Nirbhaya Fund,” she added. Critics of Akhilesh Yadav point out that crime against women in the state have increased considerably and the Badaun gang-rape case against minor girls who were found hanging from trees being the highlight. Also there have been instances of violence against political leaders of opposition parties.

Nitish Kumar accuses BJP of destroying ‘brand Bihar’

PaTna, July 19 (PTI): In a blistering attack on old companion BJP, Nitish Kumar today slammed the party for destroying “Brand Bihar” through its tactics of spreading “rumour” and fomenting fear.

“After eight years of hard labour we built brand Bihar symbolising good governance, economic progress, tight law and order situation and development in core infrastructure sectors. The new brand lifted image of every citizen of the state outside,” Kumar wrote in his message on the Facebook. “BJP wish to destroy this brand through its tactics of spreading rumour and fomenting fear among masses

for petty political gains,” the senior JD(U) leader said.

“After its conspiracy in the bypoll for two Rajya Sabha seats failed, its leaders are looking for newer strategies everyday with sole aim to destroy the good name Bihar won in the past eight years,” Kumar, the former Chief Minister of the state, said.

He said it has been noticed that when something good about Bihar is highlighted like speeding of growth rate, pace in reduction of poverty, increase in forest coverage or progress in agriculture, BJP resorts to aggressive “negative approach” to neutralise it. Instead of wasting time in putting the Bihar government in poor light, the BJP leaders could have utilised their energy in impressing their party government at the Centre to facilitate greater investment in the state so that it could experience “acheche din” (good days), he said.

Kumar, who after quitting chair of CM said his future duty would be to guide the party and the Jitan Ram Manjhi ministry, appealed to the people to foil the “evil” political designs of BJP of capturing power in the state on the basis of false promises as they did in Parliamentary poll.

Jayalalithaa opposes Sanskrit week

CHennaI, July 19 (PTI): Taking strong exception to CBSE’s Sanskrit Week celebrations in schools under its ambit next month, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday said it would be appropriate to have organized a ‘Classical Language Week’ in each state based on its linguistic heritage.

As per the communication sent by the ministry of HRD, while the celebrations would be conducted by CBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Nation-

al Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in all states between August 7 and 13, state governments have also been requested to organize such events at the state, district and other levels.

“Tamil Nadu has a rich cultural heritage based on the ancient Tamil language.

There has also been a strong social justice and language movement in the state.

Hence, any official celebration of ‘Sanskrit week’ in Tamil Nadu is highly inappropriate”, Jayalalithaa said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“It would have been much more appropriate to have organised a Classical Language Week in each state based on the linguistic heritage” she said and requested Modi to advise officials to suitably modify the letter to enable each state, including the CBSE schools, to organize celebrations in tune with the language and culture of the state. “This would be in keeping with the cultural and linguistic sensitivities in a diverse country like ours”, she said. Allies of the BJP in Tamil Nadu — MDMK and PMK — had also last week spoken against the proposal.

Lucknow gang-rape case

Every crime can’t be checked in UP, says Mulayam

luCknow, July 19 (agenCIeS): Amidst growing criticism over deteriorating law and order in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said that the state government should not be expected to keep a check on each and every crime. When asked about gang-rape and murder of a 30-year-old woman in Lucknow’s Mohanlalganj area, Mulayam gave a bizarre statement, saying: “The population of Uttar Pradesh is 21 crore. The least number of rapes take place in Uttar Pradesh.

Every crime cannot be checked in the state.

The police take action against the criminals if such cases take place”.

Rather than pushing the authorities to nail the accused, Samajwadi Party leaders kept on defending the party’s stand.

SP leader Naresh Agarwal said: “What netaji (Mulayam) has said that is the ground reality. In the Lucknow case, the woman had left with a known person but then the attack happened. The accused have been identified. Strict action will be taken against them.” “It’s not only about rapes, there are many more crimes and no government can stop all of it at once.

Ever since independence, there has been no state where crimes don’t happen, irrespective of the party which rules the state.

That is why we talk about speedy trail, and then it can be stopped to some extent,” he added. He also accused the media of being biased against the Uttar Pradesh government while reporting crimes. “The media seems to have developed an extraordinary affection for UP. It blows up any crime case in the state.

An angry protester points her finger towards the Bangalore police chief during a protest against alleged police inaction after a six-year-old was raped at a school, in Bangalore on July 19. More than 4,000 parents and relatives of children who attend the school shouted slogans against the school’s administration Saturday and demanded that police arrest those involved in the July 2 incident, which was reported only this past week. (AP Photo)

Bangalore, July 19 (IanS): Hundreds of angry parents Saturday protested the delay in arresting the two teachers accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old student in a privately-run school in the city’s southeast suburb.

“We have submitted a memorandum to Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar seeking arrest of the culprits and stringent action against the school management for hushing up the criminal act,” Nandish Reddy, a parent, told IANS. Auradkar assured the

agitated parents of action against the culprits later in the day but did not say if the accused would be arrested, as demanded by parents.

“I request you to have faith in us. We are going to take action against the accused. Have patience and bear with us as our officers have been working 24x7 over the last four days in investigating the case,” Auradkar told the parents.

About 500 social activists and youths also joined the agitated parents in staging a 4km-march protest from the school to HAL police station and demon-

strated over the delay in acting against the accused.

“We want justice now, as we have waited enough for the police to act. It is four days since the complaint was lodged (July 15) and an FIR was registered but the accused have not been arrested yet nor the school’s management interrogated,” Reddy, a former BJP lawmaker from the city’s assembly segment, said.

The parents, majority of them working in the IT sector, were also upset over an hour-long delay by Auradkar in reaching the police station though he was

informed Friday about the protest march to submit the memo.

“I am sorry for keeping you waiting by reaching here late. I was waiting for an updated on the case.

There was a delay but our officers have been on the job. The moment the initial investigation is completed and credible evidence collected, I will take action and come back to you,” Aurdakar told the parents, trying to pacify them.

Sharing the grief and anger of the parents, Auradkar said the incident was inhuman and con-

demnable. “All of us are pained by the incident. It is shameful. The perpetrators will not be spared. Though the incident happened 18 days ago (July 2), there was a delay in knowing about it, as the child was in trauma and her parents took time to complain about the incident,” Auradkar said.

Rejecting the commissioner’s assurances, parents wanted the arrest of the culprits and investigation of the school management for its criminal negligence in not taking action against the accused and the class teacher.

Defence projects worth rs. 21,000 crore cleared

new DelHI, July 19 (Tnn): Signaling the end of defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics’ monopoly in the domestic aerospace arena, the Modi government on Saturday gave the formal nod for the Indian private sector to tie up with a foreign collaborator to supply 56 transport aircraft to the IAF. TOI on Wednesday had reported that the defence acquisitions council (DAC), chaired by defence minister Arun Jaitley,wouldcleartheproposed Rs 13,000 crore project in its meeting on Saturday.

The project had been put on hold by the previous UPA regime after the then heavy industries & public enterprises minister Praful Patel and the strong PSU lobby in October 2013 had vehemently opposed the move to virtually keep state-run units like HAL and BEML out of the mega programme. But brushing all this aside, Jaitley on Saturday said the project, under which the selected foreign aviation company will partner with an Indian Production Agency (IPA), would help make the Indian private sector “a player” in aircraft-manufacturing and lead to “capacity-building” domestically.

The DAC, attended by the three Service chiefs,

Modi govt clears private sector entry into military transport aircraft project

The Defence Ministry on Saturday okayed a proposal to supply 32 Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters (in picture) to the Coast Guard and the Navy. File photo

defence secretary, DRDO chief and others, on Saturday also cleared other proposals worth over s 21,000 crore. This included five fleet support ships for Navy (Rs 9,000 crore), five offshore patrol vessels (Rs 2,000 crore) and five fast patrol vessels (Rs 360

crore) for Coast Guard, all of which will be constructed in domestic shipyards.

The meeting also cleared acquisition of 32 indigenous Dhruv advanced light helicopters for the Navy and Coast Guard at a cost of Rs 7,000 crore from HAL, which will include maintenance,

as well as search-and-rescue equipment worth Rs 900 crore for the armed forces.

But the clear take-away was the transport aircraft project. Under it, the first 16 aircraft will be bought from the foreign OEM (original equipment manufacturer), while the rest 40 will be

manufactured by the IPA to replace the ageing Avro fleet of IAF. The tender or RFP (request for proposal) has been issued to over 10 global aviation majors like Embraer, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Ilyushin, Casa, Saab, Alenia Aeronautica and STE Ukraine, who have to choose their IPAs based on qualification criteria stipulated in the tender. The bid submission date has now been extended to August 28.

Indian companies like the Tatas, Reliance, Mahindra and L&T, incidentally, have long been eager to join the aviation sector. There has been some concern over the project’s financial viability but MoD officials say the selected IPA could go on to manufacture the aircraft for the civil aviation sector as well after fulfilling IAF’s requirement.

HAL, on its part, has an overflowing order book with several production lines in operation currently. These range from production of Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, Tejas light combat aircraft and upgrades of MiG-29s and Mirage-2000s as well as proposed ones like the almost $20 billion MMRCA (medium multirole combat aircraft) project to acquire 126 Rafale jets.

AAP leaders in judicial custody for promoting enmity

new DelHI, July 19 (IanS): AAP leader Dilip Pandey and two other party members were Saturday sent to 14 days’ judicial custody by a court here on charges of promoting enmity between different communities. Metropolitan Magistrate Sheetal Chaudhary sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members Pandey, Ram Kumar Jha and Javed Khan to judicial custody till Aug 2. Rejecting the charge, the AAP described the allegations as a “bundle of lies” and said its members were arrested on trumped-up charges by police at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The court said there was enough material to show that the three leaders

were involved in promoting enmity between different communities.

The AAP leader’s counsel admitted that Khan and Jha were involved due to their negligence but the involvement was not deliberate. The counsel said Pandey had nothing to do with the matter and only a copy of an email that was sent to the printing press for publishing a pamphlet was marked for him. The mail was not directly addressed to Pandey, he said. The AAP counsel termed it a “politically motivated” case. The prosecution told the court that Delhi was facing problems in the political field, and now this issue could instigate enmity between communities.

Pamphlets containing inflammatory remarks were affixed to different places deliberately by the three accused, the prosecution added. The AAP members were called by police Friday for questioning in connection with the pasting of posters in Jamia Nagar area of south Delhi appealing to the Muslim community to lay siege to the houses of three Congress legislators of the same community for “shaking hands with the RSS and the BJP”. They were later arrested. The AAP has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party was trying to woo the Congress legislators by offering them Rs.20 crore each to form the government in Delhi which is currently under president’s rule.

An Indian laborer transplants paddy saplings in a field on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Saturday, July 19. After fears of possible drought, the monsoon finally hit most areas of the state, coming as a relief to farmers. (AP Photo)

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Russia helping destroy crash evidence: Ukraine HRABOvE, July 19 (AP): Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of helping separatist rebels destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in rebelheld territory — a charge the rebels denied.

As dozens of victims' bodies lay in bags by the side of the road baking in the summer heat, international monitors at the crash site Saturday said they were still being hampered by heavily armed rebels.

"Some of the body bags are open and the damage to the corpses is very, very bad. It is very difficult to look at," OSCE spokesman Michael Bociurkiw told reporters in a phone call from the site, where the smell of decaying bodies was unmistakable.

He said the 24-member delegation was given further access Saturday to the crash site but their movements were being limited by the rebels. The site sprawls eight square miles (20 square kilometers) across sunflower and wheat fields between two villages in eastern Ukraine.

"We have to be very careful with our movements because of all the security," Bociurkiw said.

"We are unarmed civilians, so we are not in a position to argue with people with heavy arms."

Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was carrying 298 people from 13 nations when it was shot down Thursday in eastern Ukraine close to the Russian border, an area that has seen months of clashes between government troops and pro-Russia separatists.

At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, the U.S. pointed blame at the separatists, saying Washington believes the jetliner likely was downed by an SA-11 missile and "we cannot rule out technical assistance from Russian personnel."

The government in Kiev said militiamen have removed 38 bodies from the crash site and have taken them to the rebel-held city of Donetsk. It said the bodies were transported with the assistance of specialists with distinct Russian accents.

The rebels are also "seeking large transports to carry away plane fragments to Russia," the Ukrainian government said in a statement Saturday.

In Donetsk, separatist leader Alexander Borodai denied that any bodies had been transferred or that the rebels had in any way interfered with the work of observers. He said he encouraged the involvement of the international community in assisting with the cleanup before the condi-

The crash site of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, early on Saturday, July 19. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

tions of the bodies worsens significantly.

As emergency workers put some 80 bodies into bags Saturday, Bociurkiw stressed that his team was not at the site to conduct a full-scale investigation. "We are looking at security on the perimeter of the crash site, looking at the status in the condition of the bodies, the status in the condition of the debris, and also personal belongings," he said.

Animal instinct can save human beings from disasters HAvANA, July 19 (IANs/PRENsA lAtINA): Using ancient animal instincts, science may find ways to save human lives and protect material resources against disasters that happen unexpectedly like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides.

In spite of the short time between these events and animal alert, it is essential to pay attention to disturbances of wildlife behaviour. Since man began domesticating species, changes in them before the advent of cataclysms were noticed, because their keen senses allow them to distinguish infra-sound and vibrations distant from human perception.

For Sebastian Celis, veterinary specialist on exotic animals at SOS Veterinary Hospital of the Buin Zoo in Chile, those who suffer most are pets, aware that they must escape, but not really knowing where.

For years, countries like China and Japan have studied psycho-physiological alterations caused by physical and chemical stimuli emanating from the earth, which activate in animal behaviour patterns of survival to seismic hazards.

Scenes of frantic barking of dogs, erratic flight of sparrows, mass migration of other birds, horses stampeding, snakes stopping their hibernation periods and cattle refusing to enter in their corrals have been repeated very often before earthquakes.

So far science can detect signs of risk as seismic pressures, soil slopes or changes in magnetic fields, but these techniques

do not allow to accurately predict earthquakes. For centuries, these alerts have been described. Many of them can be mentioned only in the last decade, which has seen multiplied regularity of major disasters in various parts of the world.

An earthquake in the Indian Ocean in late 2004 generated tsunamis that devastated especially the coasts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. Before the accident, on the southern coast of India, flocks of flamingos pairing and nesting departed for interior forests away from the shores.

The most curious case was that of some elephants used in tourism on the beach in KhaoLak, Thailand, that unexplained went up a hill like crazy just before the swell. The elephants climbed a height not reached then by the waves, and that was why any of those heavy animals was found among the many corpses on the coast.

Malay Fishermen of Kuala Muda area reported numerous dolphins jumping and moving sharply near the coast two days before the disaster.

Catches were multiplied in those days because the fish had allegedly fled the epicentre of the undersea earthquake, though they did not calculate that their human predators were waiting for them with nets and other fishing gear.

Four years later, before the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China, the streets of a province near the epicentre got full with thousands of frogs.

Ukraine also called on Moscow to insist that the pro-Russia rebels grant international experts the ability to conduct a thorough, impartial investigation into the downing of the plane — echoing a demand that President Barack Obama issued a day earlier from Washington.

"The integrity of the site has been compromised, and there are indications that vital evidence has not

been preserved in place," Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur. He called for immediate access for Malaysia's team at the site to retrieve human remains.

Ukraine says it has passed along all information on developments relating to Thursday's downing to its European and U.S. partners. German Chancellor Angela Merkel

and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call Saturday that an independent, international commission led by the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, should be granted swift access to the crash site, said government spokesman Georg Streiter.

The commission should examine the circumstances of the crash and recover the victims,

GAZA/JERusAlEM, July 19 (REutERs): Israeli soldiers in tanks and bulldozers dug in across a mile-wide strip of Gaza's eastern frontier on Saturday as Palestinian officials said military strikes had killed more than 300 people, most of them civilians.

Israel launched a ground offensive on Thursday after 10 days of air and naval barrages. The military said its engineers were concentrating on a bufferzone 2.5 km (1.5 mile) wide and were looking to destroy tunnels and concealed rocket launch pads dug by Gaza's dominant Hamas Islamists after the last big flare-up of violence in 2012.

Hamas said its fighters used one such tunnel to slip into Israel on Saturday, inflicting casualties. The Israeli military confirmed the incident near central Gaza, saying it killed one militant, repelled the rest, and that two soldiers were wounded.

Palestinian militants also fired at least 18 rockets into Israel on Saturday, killing a man and wounding four people, including two chil-

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offers prayers at the tomb of her late father Gen. Aung San during a ceremony to mark the 67th anniversary of his 1947 assassination, at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar on Saturday, July 19. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

sitting of parliament, which ends later this month, and that this would enable further changes. "It is the main door. If it opens, you'll see everything," he said. While the campaign has generated headlines, experts say it is unclear what effect it will have. A member of the constitution amendment committee, which like parliament is dominated by the military and ruling armybacked party, said the petition would make no difference to its deliberations.

He said the 31-member group will release its first recommendations in the coming days, but that these are

only based on suggestions received before a December deadline. "They should have done this earlier," he told AFP on condition of anonymity because members have been directed not to reveal their deliberations.

Born to rule It is believed the committee has already decided not to recommend a change to the controversial provision that currently bars Suu Kyi from becoming president.

Myanmar's 2008 charter blocks anyone whose spouse or children are overseas citizens from leading

downing of the plane "a global tragedy." "An Asian airliner was destroyed in European skies filled with citizens from many countries, so there has to be a credible international investigation into what happened," he said.

Both the White House and the Kremlin have called for peace talks in the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-speaking separatists who seek closer ties to Moscow. Heavy fighting took place Friday around Luhansk, less than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the crash site, with 20 civilians reported killed.

Malaysia Airlines, meanwhile, said Saturday it has no immediate plans to fly the relatives of the 298 passengers and crew killed to visit the crash site in Ukraine because of security concerns.

A spokesman for the airline says next of kin are being cared for in Amsterdam while a team from the carrier, including security officials, was in Ukraine assessing the situation. In the Netherlands, travelers flying out of Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport laid flowers and signed a condolence book before boarding their flights Saturday, including those on the latest Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to Kuala Lumpur.

Israeli tanks dig in at Gaza frontier

An Israeli armored personnel carrier moves near the Israel and Gaza border on Saturday, July 19. Israel pounded Hamas rocket launchers, uncovered more than a dozen cross-border tunnels and engaged in gunbattles with Palestinian militants on Saturday, as fighting intensified on the second day of its open-ended ground operation in Gaza, as the Palestinian death toll continued to rise. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

dren, in the southern town of Dimona, police said.

Gaza officials said that at least 318 Palestinians, including 70 children, have been killed in the 12-day conflict. On Israel's side, a soldier and two civilians have been killed. Hostilities had escalated following the killing last month of three Jewish seminary students that Israel blames on Hamas.

Hamas neither confirmed nor denied involvement.

The apparent revenge mur-

der of a Palestinian youth in Jerusalem, for which Israel charged three Jews, further fuelled tensions.

Military spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner, said 13 tunnels, at least one of them 30 metres (90 feet) deep, and 95 rocket launchers were found and destroyed in the Gaza sweep. Searches were continuing in what he described as an open-ended mission that had "severely impeded Hamas capabilities".

Millions back Suu Kyi call for charter change MENAFN, July 19 (AFP): Myanmar's opposition has gathered millions of signatures in support of changes to a constitution that bars its leader Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president, in a show of political strength ahead of elections next year.

Suu Kyi has travelled the country drawing crowds of thousands with speeches urging the military to accept a reduced political role, as her party of democracy veterans touts its moral authority in the former army-run nation.

The petition, which was launched in May, had gathered around three million signatures by early July. "In a democratic country the people's will is important.

That is why this is important," Nyan Win, a spokesman for Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party, told AFP. The campaign, which ends Saturday, is focused on altering a provision that currently ensures the military has a veto on any amendment to the junta-era charter.

To alter the constitution there needs to be support from a majority of over 75 percent of parliament. Unelected soldiers, who make up a quarter of the legislature, therefore have the last say on changes to the charter.

Nyan Win said he expects the clause to be altered during the current

said Streiter, adding that Merkel urged Putin to use his influence over the separatists to make that happen. In the Netherlands, forensic teams fanned out across the country Saturday to collect material including DNA samples that will help positively identify the remains of the 192 Dutch victims.

Police said in a tweet that 40 pairs of detectives from the National Forensic Investigations Team would be visiting victims' relatives over the coming days. The location of the black boxes remains a mystery and the separatist leadership remained adamant Saturday that it had not located them.

Bociurkiw also said he had received no information on their whereabouts.

Aviation experts say, however, not to expect too much from the flight data and cockpit voice recorders in understanding how Flight 17 was brought down.

The most useful evidence that's likely to come from the crash scene is whether missile pieces can be found in the trail of debris that came down as the plane exploded, said John Goglia, a U.S. aviation safety expert and former National Transportation Safety Board member. The operation of the Flight 17 doesn't appear to be an issue, he said.

Obama called the

the country - a clause widely believed to be targeted at the Nobel laureate, whose two sons are British.

Suu Kyi spent most of two decades locked up under the junta, but now joins former generals in parliament as an MP, thanks to reforms by a quasi-civilian government that took power in 2011. She has urged soldiers to support the petition. "I would like you all to consider whether getting more opportunities than ordinary citizens is really fair," she told a rally in Yangon in May, earning a rebuke from the country's election commission.

Derek Tonkin, a former British ambassador to several Southeast Asian countries, said Suu Kyi is "desperately disappointed" by the committee's lack of support and could even consider pulling out of the election if she feels constitution reform falls short. "Much will depend on the personal disposition of Aung San Suu Kyi herself," he told AFP, adding that the daughter of Myanmar's independence hero is convinced "that she has been born to rule".

Washington lent its support to Suu Kyi's charter change efforts in June, saying reform "should pave the way for the Burmese to freely choose their president". But within Myanmar "there is no support for a change to this article" outside the NLD, said independent Myanmar expert Renaud Egreteau.

He said there is an intrinsic wariness of foreign occupation, in a country that gained independence from British rule in 1948 and which has long lived under the shadow of its giant neighbour, China. "You are touching on the heart of Burma," he said, using the country's former name.

"No one wants the next president to have a Chinese wife or a Muslim husband."

Myanmar has been shaken by deadly antiMuslim violence for two years, most recently in the

Responding to a Reuters inquiry, the military acknowledged that there was a de facto buffer zone in eastern Gaza but said other Israeli operations continued.

Brigadier-General Moti Almoz, chief military spokesman, signalled that the forces conducting the unearthing mission would not stay permanently. "I can't promise that when we leave the territory we will have exposed all of the tunnels," he told Israel's Army Radio.

No Ceasefire The escalation of hostilities, and its toll on Gaza's 1.8 million Palestinians as well as on Israelis jarred by rockets that have reached Tel Aviv and beyond, have spurred so-far fruitless truce bids by Western powers and regional go-betweens. "There will be no truce without an end to the war that the Occupation (Israel) began, a lifting of the blockade and a halt to all violations and killings in Gaza and the West Bank," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said. Egypt has no plans to revise its ceasefire proposal, which Hamas has rejected, Cairo's foreign minister said on Saturday.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon planned to travel to the Israel and the Palestinian territories this weekend. The United Nations said that more than 50,000 Palestinians have taken refuge from the Israeli attacks in its Gaza shelters.

Palestinian officials said 90 percent of Gaza's electricity had been cut by Israel. The Israeli energy ministry had no immediate response.

Convert, Pay Tax, or Die, insurgents warn Christians

second-largest city Mandalay, raising fears that the democratic transition BAGHDAD, July 19 (REutERs): Islamist incould be destabilised. surgents have issued an ultimatum to northern Iraq's Election in sight If the 2015 vote is free dwindling Christian populaand fair - the first such tion to either convert to Islam, general election in the pay a religious levy or face country's modern history death, according to a state- the NLD is widely ex- ment distributed in the milipected to win. The presi- tant-controlled city of Mosul.

The statement issued by dent will be appointed by parliament. "Everything the Islamic State, the al Qathe NLD is doing now is eda offshoot which led last related to the 2015 elec- month's lightning assault tion," Nyan Win told AFP. to capture swathes of north But experts say there re- Iraq, and seen by Reuters, mains much uncertainty said the ruling would come over how the polls will play into effect on Saturday.

It said Christians who out in a country where the military gripped power for wanted to remain in the "caliphate" that the Islamic nearly half a century.

Egreteau said the NLD's State declared this month petition was a "symbolic" way in parts of Iraq and Syria to show that it is a "strong po- must agree to abide by litical force". But that strength terms of a "dhimma" contract - a historic practice has old elites on edge.

Members of the Union under which non-Muslims Solidarity and Develop- were protected in Muslim ment Party (USDP), main- lands in return for a special ly made up of ex-soldiers, levy known as "jizya".

"We offer them three bureaucrats and businessmen, are aware that they choices: Islam; the dhimma are likely to lose their seats contract - involving payment of jizya; if they refuse this they next year.

The military, while not will have nothing but the wanting to return to direct sword," the announcement rule, views its legislative in- said. A resident of Mosul said fluence as part of its "guard- the statement, issued in the ian" role so "wants no big name of the Islamic State in change in anything," said Iraq's northern province of Egreteau. "It seems that ev- Nineveh, had been distriberybody has in mind that uted on Thursday and read after 2015 many things will out in mosques. be different. But nobody It said Islamic State knows how," he said. leader Abu Bakr al-Baghda-

di, which the group has now named Caliph Ibrahim, had set a Saturday deadline for Christians who did not want to stay and live under those terms to "leave the borders of the Islamic Caliphate". "After this date, there is nothing between us and them but the sword," it said.

The Nineveh decree echoes one that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, the former name for the Islamic State, issued in the Syrian city of Raqqa in February, demanding that Christians pay the jizya levy in gold and curb displays of their faith in return for protection.

The concept of dhimma, governing non-Muslims living under Islamic rule, dates back to the early Islamic era in the seventh century, but was largely abolished during the Ottoman reforms of the mid-19th century.

Mosul, once home to diverse faiths, had a Christian population of around 100,000 a decade ago, but waves of attacks on Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein have seen those numbers collapse. The resident of Mosul who saw the Islamic State announcement estimated the city's Christian population before last month's militant takeover at around 5,000.

The vast bulk of those have since fled, leaving perhaps only 200 in the city, he said.

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Sangakkara leads Sri Bolt, Farah headline Lanka's spirited chase cast at Glasgow CWG

Sri Lankan batsmen Kumar Sangakkara, left, and Kaushal Silva run between wickets during the fourth day of the first test cricket mach between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Galle, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 19. (AP Photo)

gALLe, JuLy 19 (ReuteRs): Kumar Sangakkara remained unbeaten after a sparkling half-century as Sri Lanka responded well to the challenge of scoring 370 runs in four sessions in order to win the first test against South Africa on Saturday.

Sangakkara (58 not out) and Kaushal Silva (37 not out) forged an unfinished second wicket partnership of 96 runs to power the hosts to a strong 110 for one by the close of the fourth day's play.

Opener Upul Tharanga (14) began on a positive note before throwing his bat at a ball to edge Dale Steyn and perish caught behind. Sangakkara joined Silva and went onto complete his 49th Test fifty off

66 balls with seven fours and one six. Sri Lanka need to score 260 runs on the final day with nine wickets in hand to take lead in the two-test series. A brisk halfcentury from AB de Villiers put South Africa in position to declare their second innings on 206 for six wickets at tea. De Villiers' struck 51 off 58 balls on a turning pitch as the tourists added a swift 143 runs in the second session for the loss of four wickets.

JP Duminy was at the wicket unbeaten on eight at the declaration having lost Quinton de Kock in the last over before the break for 36.

De Kock, beaten by the flight, hit back a return catch to off-spinner Dilruwan Perera. Perera also ac-

counted for the wickets of Hashim Amla for 22 and De Villiers to finish the innings with figures of four for 79.

Amla hit a catch to short mid-on when he flicked Perera off his legs and De Villiers played the ball onto his stumps as he attempted to pull a delivery.

Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath picked up the other wicket to fall in the session, bowling Faf du Plessis for 37 with a delivery that pitched outside leg stump and flicked his off bail.

Herath also grabbed the wicket of first innings century-maker Dean Elgar for 12 in the morning session when the opening batsman nicked one to Dinesh Chandimal as he attempted a drive.

Alviro Petersen was next to go for 32 shortly before lunch when he hit a thin edge to Chandimal off Perera's bowling. The South African batsman was unsuccessful in his challenge of the call.

Earlier in the morning, the tourists made quick work of Sri Lanka's final pair with Herath's 132 minute resistance finally ended

by Morne Morkel, who got him to edge a catch to De Villiers at second slip for 19.

Shaminda Eranga, batting with some pain after needing eight stitches in his right hand, was left unbeaten on one. Steyn finished with figures of five for 54 and Morkel had three for 49 as the hosts were limited to 292 all out.

LONDON, JuLy 19 (ReuteRs): Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Mo Farah lead a cast of the world's leading athletes descending on Glasgow to compete in the Commonwealth Games starting in Scotland’s biggest city on Wednesday.

World-record holders, decorated Olympians and novice participants make up the 6,500 athletes representing 70 Commonwealth nations who share the aim of claiming prizes in 261 medal events in 17 sports.

Scotland hosts the 20th edition of the multi-sport event for the third time and instead of trying to emulate the success of the London 2012 Olympic Games, it will offer something quite different over 11 days of competition.

Although the Games may not be held in the same regard as the Olympics or a world championship without superpowers such as the United States, China and Russia, there will be plenty of household names and fairytale stories.

Six-times Olympic gold medallist Bolt will bring a dose of showmanship to the Hampden Park running track when the towering Jamaican attempts to win his first Commonwealth medal in the 4x100 metres relay.

"I am available for relay duty if the selectors feel I can be an asset to the Jamaican team in Glasgow," Bolt said. "I have received lots of requests, invitations and messages of support from my fans in Scotland who are looking forward to a great event.)

England’s double Olympic and world champion Farah, who is fit to take part in the 5,000m and 10,000m after recovering from abdominal pains, will join Bolt in Glasgow and the pair will be hoping to

Gold medalist Mohamed Farah of Great Britain (L) with Usain Bolt of Jamaica.

perform their customary ‘lightning bolt’ and ‘Mobot’ celebrations.

"The Commonwealth Games is different from the Olympics," the 31-yearold Farah said. "In terms of which countries are involved, you have everyone at the Olympics so it's not going to be the same, but at the same time it's another title. "I'm very excited to compete for England and go out there."

David Rudisha, Kenya’s Olympic 800 metres champion and world record holder, will return to Glasgow after romping to victory at the Diamond League meeting last week and New Zealand’s Olympic and world shot put champion Valerie Adams remains unbeaten in her last 53 competitions.

Home Favourite Australia is expected to dominate the swimming with the likes of Cate Campbell, Christian Sprenger and James Magnussen, but home favourite Michael Jamieson will receive st ong support in his bid to be-

Mourinho taunts Arsenal over Fabregas deal

LONDON, JuLy 19 (AFP): Jose Mourinho has taunted Arsenal by claiming he needed just 20 minutes to persuade Cesc Fabregas to join Chelsea because the former Gunners midfielder didn't want to return to his old club.

Mourinho signed Fabregas from Barcelona for £27 million ($46 million) earlier in the close-season despite Arsenal having first option to take back the Spain star.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reportedly didn't want to re-sign Fabregas because he was happy with Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere and Mikel Arteta as main central midfielders.

But Blues boss Mourinho, who has had many verbal jousts with Wenger, couldn't resist the

chance to tweak his rival as he insisted Fabregas had no interest in a reunion with the club he left to join Barcelona in 2011.

"I spoke with him 20 minutes. I think he really wanted to come to us," said Mourinho, who was talking at a BT Sport question and answer session in London on Friday. "As you know, Arsenal had an option where they could interfere, but I think he was not open to that, I think he was very, very much in our direction, so it was an easy job for me."

After finishing last season empty-handed, Mourinho has been quick to bolster his squad, spending a total of over £80 million on Fabregas, Spain striker Diego Costa, Brazilian defender Filipe Luis and teenage midfielder

FIFA withdraws suspension on Nigeria Football Association LAgOs, JuLy 19 (IANs): World football governing body, FIFA has lifted the suspension imposed on Nigeria Football Association (NFA) July 9.

The ban was lifted in a letter sent to the NFA Friday, a statement issued by Ademola Olajire, spokesperson for the Nigerian FA read, saying FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke signed the letter addressed to NFA Chairman Aminu Maigari, reports Xinhua.

According to him, since the conditions set by the FIFA Emergency Committee July 9 have been met the suspension of the Nigeria Football Federation is lifted with immediate effect. The lifting of the suspension means that all of NFA's membership rights have been reinstated, as

defined in article 12 of FIFA Statutes, he added.

The NFA is entitled to take part in international competitions again and to benefit from all programmes which were suspended. The spokesperson added that FIFA received the correspondence on Thursday, July 17 from the NFA about the withdrawal of the court case. He added that FIFA was satisfied that Nigeria had complied with the demand.

A Nigerian High Court in central north city of Jos, through an order obtained

by Ibiakpo Baribote, restrained the board from using the name NFA. The Nigerian government, however, prevailed on her to withdraw the suit giving room for the board to return to its duties Friday.

Mario Pasalic from Hajduk Split. Chelsea have been linked with several other big names, including German World Cup winner Sami Khedira, also a reported target for Arsenal, and Colombia forward Radamel Falcao. But

Mourinho indicated he wouldn't be spending any more of owner Roman Abramovich's money before the start of the Premier League season next month.

"I have to say my club did a fantastic job, and not just because of what we bought,

but because we did it in almost record time. The transfer market closes 31 August and we close our market on July 19. We finished the market today," he said.

"The club did fantastic, we knew the targets, we knew the players and the club attacked them and their clubs at a very early stage.

"We got exactly what we need and what we want.

The squad is one which I like very much and I look forward to starting the season. "The market is open, but we are so happy with what we have." With Manchester United under new management with Dutch coach Louis van Gaal and Liverpool revamping their squad following the sale of star striker Luis Suarez, many expect champions Manchester City and Mourinho's Chelsea to

fight it out for the title.

But the Portuguese boss believes the 20142015 campaign will be the most difficult to predict.

"Why I like the Premier League so much is that at this moment, nobody knows who is going to win the title," Mourinho said. "I know that we want to and I know that we can, but it is the kind of competition where I can't say.

"At this moment, I think between us, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United, Man City -- who is going to be first, who is going to play in the Europa League, I don't know. "There were good teams last season and there will be better teams this season because everyone is investing. "If you make a team to be champions, then you have a big chance to finish in the top four."

Chris Gayle's sexist remark leaves women's rights group fuming

st JOHN`s ANtIguA, JuLy 19 (IANs): A women’s rights group here has condemned as "sexist" remarks made by Jamaica Tallawahs captain Chris Gayle to a female journalist at a media conference.

And the group, Women Against Rape (WAR) headed by gender equity advocate Alexandrina Wong, has also criticised the response by the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to the incident, reports CMC. Ahead of Thursday’s CPL clash here between Tallawahs and Antigua Hawksbills, Gayle, a former West Indies Test skipper, was asked Wednesday by the journalist: “How does the pitch feel so far in terms of the training (and) the weather?”

The 34-year-old Gayle responded: “Well I haven’t

touched yours yet so I don’t know how it feels", before adding “I like your smile; that’s nice.”

However, the CPL downplayed the incident, saying that Gayle was just sharing a light moment with the female journalist.

“Chris is excited for the tournament and was hav-

ing a laugh with a journalist, who had a laugh back; there was no malice intended,” the Antigua Observer quoted a CPL spokesman as saying.

“The lady in question had a jovial goodbye chat with him and we don’t believe this was the action of someone who was offended.”

Wong slammed Gayle’s statement and also called on the CPL to elicit an apology from the Twenty20 star.

“What it’s implying is one person`s power over another in the use of the language and so we can either say it’s sexist and hegemonic,” Wong said, adding that the response from the reporter “indicates that she obviously doesn’t know her right to autonomy.” “She obviously doesn’t know her right when it comes to agency of body so that she can identify certain types of language, how they allude to her biology and what it’s saying about her as a person,” Wong said.

“CPL should demand an apology from him because as senior officials they ought to know and to behave better when it comes to gender equality.”

come the 200 metres breaststroke champion.

South African Chad Le Clos, who beat the great Michael Phelps to Olympic gold in the men's 200 metres butterfly in London two years ago, will also try to add to the five Commonwealth medals he won in New Delhi four years ago.

"Hopefully, I can get one or two gold medals,” Le Clos said. “I'm hoping to do better than I did four years ago. "It's not quite like the Olympic Games or the world championships where it's the best in the world. It's still going be tough having the Aussies, the Brits, and the Canadians there.

At cycling's Velodrome, named after Scotland’s six– times Olympic champion Chris Hoy, England possesses a strong team and Hoy’s former sprint partner Jason Kenny is the man to beat in the individual sprint, while 2012 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins takes part in the time trial.

But for all the talk surrounding the likes of Bolt and Farah, the Games also provides

a platform for athletes from the lesser-known sports to make their name.

Squash is not recognised as an Olympic event and was rejected in favour of retaining wrestling at the 2020 and 2024 Games, meaning medals in Glasgow are the top prize for international competitors.

England’s three-times world champion Nick Matthew, who won the men’s singles and doubles titles in New Delhi, is the top seed in Glasgow and Malaysia's defending champion Nicol David leads the women's draw.

The integration of disability sports into the ablebodied programme ensures that the some of the world's best athletes, regardless of classification, will be given equal billing.

Glasgow 2014 is a far cry from the Games that were held four years ago in New Dehli. The Indian hosts were dogged by preparation and security issues whereas the Scottish organisers' main concern will be the reliability of the British weather.

Seven girls from Nagaland to compete in AFCC 2014

DIMAPuR, JuLy 19 (MexN): The Nagaland Football Association (NFA) has informed that seven girls from Nagaland state have been selected in the U-19 Girls National Team in preparation for the Asian Football Confederation Championship 2014 according to a communique received from All India Football Federation. The selected girls are Nyitsarho, Medonguno, Lilo S Zhimo, Rokosenuo, Ruth Rengma, Abeno Neihu and H Shangki Konyak.

The press note issued by P Atuo Mezhür, President of the NFA further stated that from the North East, Manipur has 8 players followed by 2 from Mizoram and 1 each from Meghalaya, Tripura and Sikkim. All players were selected during the U-19 Girls National Football Championship held in Orissa recently.

Classic Cup 2014 from August 18

KOHIMA, JuLy 19 (MexN): The 20th Classic Cup 2014 will start from August 18 at Khuochiezie, Kohima. A press release from the Classic Cup 2014 Tournament Director informed that entry forms will be issued from July 21 at Kohima Sports World, opposite Bank of Baroda, Kohima and Vaude Ville, Oppositr Belho Gas House, IOC, Kohima. The champions will pocket a cash prize of Rs. 1.50 lakhs while the runners-up will pocket Rs. 70,000.

5th Aries Rifle & Pistol Shooting Championship

DIMAPuR, JuLy 19 (MexN): The 5th Aries Rifle & Pistol Shooting Championship will be held from August 18 to 23. A press release from the Aries Rifle & Pistol Shooting Association (ARAPSA) President Merang Jamir informed.

The selected shooters will represent Nagaland at the 2nd North East Shooting Championship to be held at Guwahati from September 2 to 6. It may be mentioned here that the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has officially announced the 5th Zone for the North East Shooters where the states of the North East can conduct shooting championships round robin to select shooters to participate at the National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) from 2014 onwards bypassing the All India G. V. Mavlankar Shooting Championship (AIGVMSC), the ARAPSA president informed. The release informed that the 25M Standard/Sports Pistol, 50M Free Pistol and 50M .22 Rifle competitions will be held at Aries Foundation Sports Complex at Bhamunpukhuri ‘A’ and 10M Air Rifle and Air Pistol competitions will be conducted at the ARAPSA Shooting Range, NST Colony, Dimapur.

Jamir informed that the championship will be conducted in 8 Events: 10M Air Rifle for senior, junior and youth; 10M Air Pistol for senior, junior and youth; 50M Air Rifle Prone with Telescope for men & women; 50M .22 Free Rifle Prone Position for senior, junior; 50M .22 Open Sight Rifle Prone for men & women; 25M Standard Pistol for men & women; 25M Sports Pistol for women only; 50M Free Pistol for men & women. Any shooter, men or women, can join in any number of events, Jamir informed and added that interested shooters of 10M Air Rifle & Air Pistol can come for practice/training for the Championship from July 21 onwards from 11 am daily. For Registration, one can e-mail at merangjamir@ariesfoundation. com or call +919436010820. The ARAPSA president has however categorically stated that cigarettes smokers under the category of junior and youth need not apply.

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MTBA Youth Dept Music Fest XXII edition held he XXII edition of MTBA Youth Department Music Fest was held successfully on July 17 and 18 at MTBA church

under the theme ‘seasoned time.’ The special appearances on the first night were Samaro band, Tiameren Aier (Dimapur), Tia-

Children's from Kumlong fellowship performing a hymn at MTBA youth department XXII Music Fest. (Photo by Toshi Kichu)

meren Jamir (Impur) and Rev Dr Takatemjen and Er Imnameren and Co. The second night witnessed the presentation of composed

praise and worship songs from the nine fellowships, which is the first of its kind in the history of MTBA Y/D Music Fest.

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MTBA youth department youth evangelist Mr.Temnameren and his team leading the praise and worship. (Photo by Toshi Kichu)

‘Dance Furnace’ – a dance workshop

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he 37 year-old songstress is "honored and humbled" about becoming Facebook's most popular person because she can connect with "fans from all parts of the globe." On Friday (July 18th), the Columbian-born singer was named as the most 'liked' person on Facebook after becoming friends with 100 million users.

The Grammy Awardwinning recording artist thanked all her fans for their support shortly

after achieving the accolade. "I am honored and humbled about reaching this milestone, because it's one that's purely about connecting with my fans from all parts of the globe," she said in a statement.

"Social media and specifically Facebook has helped myself and other artists bridge the gap between the stage and the audience," she added.

"We've been able to create a conversation, where both artists and fans can

share with one another their thoughts, achievements, the most important moments of their lives in photographs and videos, and have a real, ongoing dialogue."

Shakira also uploaded a short video to the social media site, in which she said, "100 million friends on Facebook, I mean that is incredible. Thank you so much for your support, for your loyalty, for your love...

It's really unbelievable, thank you so much.

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saw a rapid increase in people liking her official page recently, after uploading a photo of herself attending the 2014 World Cup closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, she was liked 3.5 million times over a four day period.

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and founder of Facebook, also commented on the achievement.

"Congrats!" he wrote in a comment on Shakira's page, "what an amazing milestone for an amazing person."

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ountain Music Academy organized ‘Dance Furnace’, a five day dance workshop from July 15 to 19 here at the academy in Dimapur.

The genres of dance taught were hip-hop, contemporary, fusion and salsa. The participants also learned about the various elements of dance regarding what a dancer experiences as one moves through space and time with energy.

The dance workshop was overseen by Kokliba Sangtam, the dance instructor at MMA and a choreographer who has

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trained in Mumbai. He opines, “Nagas have a natural sense of rhythm and movement, and if they explore dance further can become experts at it.”

broken and begin work on By the Sea. They have created a very special place for storytellers, and I look forward to the continued passion and support they have provided to me as a filmmaker.

Angelina continues to showcase her extraordinary storytelling abilities in front of and behind the camera, and we are thrilled to extend our relationship with her on By the Sea, Langley said. Angelina and Brad represent two of Hollywood's brightest talents, and we are excited to be a part of their collaboration on this powerful piece.

A participant performs during the Naga’s Best Dancer 2014 Season 1 at Town Hall, Dimapur on Saturday. The dance competition is a state level dance competition and is being organised by King Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Scarlett JohanSSon glad she evaded ‘media monster’

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The workshop was intended to serve as an exposure to what the Acad-

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Angelina Jolie to Direct Brad Pitt in 'By the Sea' ngelina Jolie will direct her partner Brad Pitt in 'By the Sea', a new drama written by the actress for Universal Pictures. The pair will also co-produce the movie, which was announced on Friday (July 18, 2014) by studio chairman Donna Langley. Jolie and Pitt last worked together in the 2005 action flick Mr & Mrs Smith, where they are thought to have begun their relationship.

Commenting on the announcement, Jolie said I am very happy to continue my relationship with Donna and the entire Universal team as I finish Un-

Participants of ‘Dance Furnace’ along with the dance instructor during the workshop.

emy offers in the dance field, and for participants to avail of a crash course during the summer holidays. Each of the students were given a certificate of participation at the closing programme organized today. The workshop also had a video shoot made of the participants as they showcased what they had picked up during the five days of intense fun and learning. The video will be put on the official MMA Facebook page. Details required for class registration can also be found on the page.

ctress Scarlett Johansson, who started her movie career when she was 10, says she was fortunate to escape the consequences of the social media and was instead only worried about school rivalry. Today, there's this media monster that comes with the popularity, and with the internet and the 24-hour news cycle. Everything is out there, Johansson said in a statement.

I was fortunate enough that, especially when I grew up, whatever ups and downs I had, weren't pulled apart by anyone other than the usual mean girls in high school, said the Lucy actress voicing her concerns about today's omnipresent news portals.

Her childhood was particularly

happy with that time. I got to figure out who I was and who I was going to be without people judging me, or my career or my clothing which I really think was important for me, not just as a person but as an actor. You need to experience life in order to be able to play it, she said.

The 29-year-old actress, who is now expecting her first child, will soon be seen in her upcoming thriller Lucy. Johannson plays the role of Lucy, a woman living in Taipei, Taiwan who is forced to work as a drug mule for the mob.

The drug implanted in her body inadvertently leaks into her system; she soon turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

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he first elimination round of the Naga’s Best Dancer 2014 Season 1 got underway at Town Hall, Dimapur today.

The competition is being organised by King Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and is a state level dance competition.

Altogether 32 participants – both group and

solo – took part in today’s dance competition with Aghato Naga, actor-director, as judge. Selected parties will go through one more round of elimination before the grand finale.

The organizers have announced attractive prizes for the winners. In the group category, the winners from the senior cat-

egory will pocket Rs. 1 lakh, while the winners from the junior category will pocket Rs. 50,000. In the solo category, the winner from the senior category will pocket Rs. 30,000 while the winner from the juniors will pocket Rs. 20,000. Winners will also be offered roles in future film projects with King Chillies Entertainment.

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ampires have been a relatively unknown species on Indian television but the makers of `Fannah`, which depicts a love story between a human and an undead, are hoping to change that with their show. `Fannah` stars TV`s popular faces Karan Kundra, Ritwik Dhanjani and newcomer Chetna Pande. Despite fac-

ing criticism from the Indian fans of Hollywood series `The Vampire Diaries` and `Twilight`, the stars don`t see any competition. The show will be aired from July 21.

We are not bothered about the comparisons because the similarity between the two shows ends at the fact that they are vampire dramas. Beyond

this, our show is original in concept and script. `Fannah` will be a show of its kind, said Chetna, who is making her television debut with the show. `Kitni Mohabbat Hai` star Karan Kundra feels the fresh story and the fact that the show will have seasons will attract audiences and says he does not see any competition with the `The Vampire

Diaries` or the `Twilight` series.

Our audience is not the one who enjoys this Hollywood show. We are not aiming at any competition with it or the movie.

We know people who have already watched this stuff will not see our show, so I would rather focus on making the show enjoyable for the fans who will be watch-

ing something like this for the first time, Karan, who plays a vampire in the show, said.

Chetna feels that it is not possible to lift the Hollywood fantasy drama because the audiences are different in India. They make the show according to their audience, which will not work here, she said. Closer home, a human-vampire love story, `Pyar Kii Ek Kahaani`, starring Sukirti Khandpal and Vivian D Sena, aired on Star One and was noted for its similarity with `Twilight`. Chetna, however, says `Fannah` is an original concept.

It is a package of mystery, magic and it`s all together for different show.

The way it is being made, it`s equivalent to an Indian film. There are so many things, like action sequences, that will be too new for the audience. I feel our show will start from where `Pyar...` finished. It will be ahead of it. The dark side shown in the promos is exciting, she said.

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lONdON, July 19 (MExN): The second test between England and India at Lord's remains finely poised on Saturday, the visitors holding a 141 run lead NEw dElHI, July 19 (IANS): Former India capat tea on the third day bat- tain Bishan Singh Bedi heaped praise on seamer ting. India was 164 for 4 in 60 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who achieved his best bowling overs at the time of filing this performance in Tests Saturday, saying that the Meerutreport with Vijay (57*) and born youngster is "my kind of cricketer".

Bhuvneshwar brought up his best figures of 6/82 Dhoni (9*) on the crease.

England bowled with on Day 3 of the second Test against England at Lord`s. greater accuracy than in He surpassed his previous best of 5/82, his first fiveIndia's first innings, when wicket haul, which he achieved in the last Test on a they wasted their chance Trent Bridge pitch which was rated `poor` by ICC. In the process, the 24-year-old also became only to take advantage of a green-tinged pitch that is the third Indian to pick up six wickets at the `home now showing a touch of of cricket` after Ladha Amar Singh (1936) and Bedi variable bounce, without (1974) himself. "Am v glad w/Bhuvn`s Allround growth seriously threatening to as Ind Crktr w/humble background. May his tribe grow manifold!Pl avoid over-gyming Son!Simplicity make inroads.

After recovering from yur +pt. Bhuvn my kind of Crktr-plays well w/in his the loss of Dhawan, bril- limitations!Hope he cn stay that way & avoid the flash liantly caught by Joe Root bulbs in his trademark shyness Godbless!!," tweeted at point off Ben Stokes, the former India spinner. Bhuvneshwar has been the Vijay and Pujara slowly best bowler in the five-match series so far with 11 wickset about building a base ets, two more than all other Indian bowlers combined.

Bedi also lauded Ajinkya Rahane, whose first inas they attempt to hand nings century saw India reach a respectable total of 295 England a tricky fourthfrom a precarious position. "ARahane` ton & Bhuvn`s innings chase.

However, when Pujara 6fr must go towards team winning!Com`on guys do batting at 43, edged a Plun- it fr two outstanding performers!Game beautifully kett delivery to Prior who poised fr gr8 end!!" made no mistake in taking a comfortable catch, India quick wickets. Virat Kohli side the line to disturb the were put on the backfoot. was out golden duck as stumps while India's first The visitors lost two more Plunkett’s delivery cut in- innings saviour, Rahane

Bhuvneshwar my kind of cricketer: Bishan Singh Bedi

was undone by a poor decision as Broad's short delivery came off the arm guard and looped up before finishing inside the gloves of a diving Prior. Vijay's innings will be of prime importance as the batting line up stares down the tail end.

Earlier England claimed a 24-run lead after putting on 100 runs in the morning session before being dismissed for 319 in reply to India's first innings total of 295.

After Gary Ballance's second test century on Friday, nightwatchman Liam Plunkett provided the main resistance, reaching his maiden test half century off 75 balls on his way to an unbeaten 55.

Earlier, riding on Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar's stellar performance, England was bundled out for 319 on the third day of the second Test at Lord's.

England have got a lead of 24 runs. India have come out to bat in the second innings. Kumar led the Indian pace attack, finishing with an impressive tally of 6 wickets for 82 runs.

HOCKENHEIM, July 19 (AFP): Nico Rosberg grabbed pole position for his home German Grand Prix for the first time on Saturday, taking advantage of a 260 kilometer per hour crash by his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton.

Rosberg now has a 5-4 advantage over Hamilton in poles this year and he has perfect opportunity to regain the momentum in their duel for the drivers' title. Hamilton emerged shaken from his brake failure crash. But the accident was a major setback after he had reduced Rosberg's lead to just four points with a victory in the British Grand Prix where the German retired.

Hamilton spun into the barriers heavily at the Sachskurve, with seven minutes of the first qualifying session remaining. The right front brake disc of his Mercedes failed as he attempted to slow from an estimated 260 kph.

"I hit something," Hamilton told the team by radio.

"I hit... hit the brakes - the brakes failed." Hamilton was winded and shaken by the impact but climbed from his car and was able to walk away after a visit to the circuit medical centre.

The 2008 world champion, will start Sunday's race in 15th position on the eighth row.

Rosberg who has never won the German Grand Prix, raced to the fastest laps in all three sessions, culminating in a blistering best of 1 minute 16.54 seconds to seize fourth pole in five races.

It also continued a memorable week for the 29-year-old German who married his long-term girlfriend Vivian Sibold, signed

Williams driver Felipe Massa, left, of Brazil, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, center, of Germany and Williams driver Valtteri Bottas, right, of Finland pose for a photo after the qualification at the German Formula One Grand Prix in Hockenheim, Germany, Saturday, July 19. Rosberg clocked the fastest time ahead of second fastest Botas and third Massa. The German Grand Prix will be held on Sunday, July 20, 2014. (AP Photo)

a new contract with Mercedes and cheered Germany to World Cup victory.

Behind Rosberg, Finn Valtteri Bottas secured the second front row start of his career and his second in three races for Williams ahead of teammate Felipe Massa of Brazil and Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen, who was fourth for McLaren. Australian Daniel Ricciardo again outgunned his Red Bull teammate defending champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany by taking fifth place ahead of the title-holder with Fernando Alonso seventh for Ferrari.

Russian rookie Daniil Kkyvat was eighth for Toro Rosso ahead of German Nico Hulkenberg and his Force India teammate Mexican Sergio Perez.

Rosberg's pole gives him a huge advantage for Sunday's 67-lap race. Only three times since 1987 has the winner at Hockenheim

qualified from behind the front row - Briton Eddie Irvine from fourth for Ferrari in 1999, Brazilian Rubens Barrichello from 18th in 2000 and Alonso from third for Renault in 2005.

The session began with a welcome wind gusting

across the forests on another hot day at the track in Baden-Wurttemberg.

The air temperature was 34 degrees Celsius and the track 55 degrees as Rosberg streaked away to set the pace before Hamilton's crash at the Sachskurve.

Morata joins Juventus

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TuRIN, July 19 (AP): 21-year-old forward Alvaro Morata will join the defending Serie A champions, but he could be back with Real Madrid in two or three years. Álvaro Morata is officially a Juventus player after the the bianconeriagreed to a deal with Real Madrid for the transfer of the 21-year-old striker. Juventus will pay Madrid €20 million over a three year period, according to a press release on Juve's official website. The deal includes a buyback clause that will give Madrid the option to bring Morata back to the Bernabéu at either the end of the 2015/16 or 2016/17 season. Depending on the number of matches played

by Morata for Juve, the buyback cost could be up to €30 million. Morata made his debut for the Real Madrid first team in 2011, but had been on the periphery of the squad until last season when Carlo Ancelotti made him a regular. He finished the season with eight goals in league play, and scored his first Champion League goal in a win over Schalke 04. Juventus also announced that Morata has agreed to a five-year contract with the club.

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