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NPMHR ‘They started firing at us’ Home Minister asks security calls for UN July 16 injured narrates her experience forces to be ‘very sensitive’ DimaPuR, July 19 Minister, Home Minister, intervention Morung Express news (mExN): Following the re- Center’s Interlocutor to Naga Meluri | July 19 cent incidents in Meluri talks and other important on July 16 where two NSCN (K) cadres Union Officials to pressurize “They started firing at us. So I ran and two minors were killed, them to expedite the peace inside a house carrying my baby, ” shooting the Nagaland state Home process for an early settlesays Esther Jorror (24), who was C M Y K
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Kohima, July 19 (mExN): The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) has called for the intervention of the United Nations in the light of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Wuzu village incident of July 16. Two Naga students were killed and a woman were injured from the “indiscriminate firing of Assam Rifles personnel under the command of Major Surinder Singh,” stated the NPMHR today, and termed the act “gruesome, inhuman, contemptible.” “These murders are no accident but pre-mediated and duly sanctioned by the Provisions of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act that is duly enacted by the people of India through their Parliament,” noted NPMHR in a statement today. Condemning this “inhuman and anti-life ‘colonial’ policy” of the Government of India, the body reminded the incidents of 1979 at Bible Hill, Phek Town, where two children were beaten and tortured by 14 AR personnel for speaking to them in English instead of Hindi. It also
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reminded of the ‘Matikhru Massacre’ where the entire male population of Matikhru Village, not far from Phor and Wuzu villages, were herded together in concentration camps, tortured and beheaded by the Indian Army. The NPMHR also condemned the “cruel act” of the AR personnel who “shunned all humanly decent regard” for the dead by transporting the slain “Na-
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gas” as “hunted games.” It also noted how the Indian media acted without any sense of responsibility or accountability, not bothering to check the authenticity of their news source. Meanwhile the top brass of the Assam Rifles continued to claim that the two students were killed by NSCN (K) cadres. The NPMHR, following an investigation of firsthand accounts, has learnt
Minister, Y Patton, today appealed to the security forces to be “very sensitive to the Naga issues when they are discharging their duties keeping in mind the Government of Nagaland, its people and other agencies’ working to bring permanent peace in the land.” The Nagaland Home Minister, in a press note, also urged the NSCN (K) to “listen to the voice of the people for the resumption of ceasefire with the Government of India, because with ceasefire, process for settlement to the long drawn out Naga political issue is only possible.” Patton termed the incident at Meluri as “very unfortunate” when the Members of the Parliamentary Working Committee (PWC) of Nagaland had been engaged in series of meetings with Prime
that NSCN (K) cadres were “nowhere in the vicinity at that point in time.” It invited the Indian media to examine and “truthfully state who are the real ‘terrorists’ – the Indian security forces in the persons of the Assam Rifles personnel or the young Naga teenage students as is in this case.” Furthermore, the NPMHR affirmed that “recruiting child soldiers” is a “very serious offence and viola-
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ment to the Naga political issue and also urging them for the resumption of the ceasefire with the NSCN (K). “Such incidents taking place at Phor Village under Meluri Sub-Division hinder the process. Such unfortunate incidents have also created tense and fear psychosis in the minds of the villagers,” he said. The Members of the PWC of Nagaland, he informed, have urged the central leaders to revoke the recently extended Disturbed Areas Act in the entire state of Nagaland for another one year. The Home Minister said that such an Act would “only negate the process and vitiate the atmosphere being built for the political dialogues between the Government of India and the Naga underground leaders.”
tion of children’s human rights and not at all acceptable by the international community including the Nagas.” It reminded that it is “just” and “in our interest” to “respect and uphold the human rights of all fellow human beings with whom we share equal dignity, and strive for a world where all of us can settle our differences through reasoning and reasons.” The NPMHR stood con-
vinced that the extension or renewal of imposition of the DAA and AFSPA in the Naga homeland is a “glaring reminder for the Nagas and the world that India, having invaded and occupied the Naga nation and its territory, adopted for itself to control with brute force and stifle the voice of the Nagas who continue to resist the invasion, occupation and militarization of their Nation.”
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DimaPuR, July 19 (mExN): The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) condemned the recent killing of two minors in Meluri on July 16 and said that “no man is above the law.” “Such act of cruelty inflicted upon the students by the AR personnel had instead branded themselves as the Foes of the hill people that inject fear psychosis upon the younger generation,” it stated. It cautioned that such “antagonist attitude” will never “saturate” the six decades old Naga political issue but instead go beyond “control & tolerance.” The ENSF called upon the Nagaland state government to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) immediately to probe into the killing incident so as to deliver justice. The ENSF further appealed to the Assam Rifles and the Indian Army to “refrain and abstain from inflicting its frustration upon the innocent public” and to “foster its duty as a true guardian to its citizen.” It expressed concern at the aftermath of the ceasefire abrogation with the NSCN (K) and stated that “innocents should not suffer on account of such manipulative stand of both the parties at war.” It also urged the NSCN (K) to “understand” the plight of the innocent Nagas suffering “on account of its tough stand against the situation.” While acknowledging the nature of the NSCN (K)’s “resentment,” the ENSF hoped that the former would “lend its ear and hearts to the plea and cry of the Nagas by out-
pouring its true Naga soul upon the negotiating table for peace and solution.” The ENSF lamented that even after decades of talks, the Naga people have been left in the dark about the contents of the talks on the Naga political issue or on the actual cause behind the ceasefire abrogation with the NSCN (K). It expressed hope that both NSCN (K) and the GoI would understand the fact that there can never be a solution through military action. “Strikes and killings may sound glamorous and victorious today,” but “... military operation can never bring solution though it may calm the situation temporarily.” It further expressed concern at the “lack of political will and enthusiasm whereby the ultimate aspiration of the people is being kept latent.” The ENSF reaffirmed the ENPO resolution declaring Eastern Nagaland as a “Peace Zone” and appealed to NPGs, Assam Rifles and the Indian Army to “abide by the wishes and aspiration of the people of the land and to refrain from any hot pursuit or bloodshed.” Regarding the reports of forced recruitment being carried out by the NSCN (K), the ENSF said that if the reports are true, then the NSCK (K) and all other Naga political groups “should immediately denounce such acts of cruelty.” “The Federation strongly opposes and condemns such atrocity that distorts the young mind in depriving the freedom to shape his own future,” it said.
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A small filling in the big picture
land Chief Minister TR Zeliang is likely to introduce the Nagaland Lokayukta Bill in Kohima | July 19 the session, to facilitate establishment of a The budget session of the Nagaland Legis- Lokayukta in the state. Meanwhile, a meetlative Assembly (NLA) for the year 2015-16 ing of the NPF Legislators will be held at will start from July 21 till July 27 here. Ac- the State Banquet Hall, Kohima on July 20 cording to official sources, this ninth ses- at 11.30 AM to be followed by the meeting sion of the 12th NLA will witness the Gover- of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland Morung Express Feature nor’s address, obituary reference, election (DAN) Legislature Party at 12.30 hours. The of Deputy Speaker, laying of reports, pa- meeting is convened to discuss business Kohima | July 19 pers, rules, discussion on Naga political matters relating to the ninth session of the issue, presentation of Budget for the year 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly. All “Ours is but a small filling in the big and composition of Assembly Commit- the members have been requested to at- picture,” says 29 years old, Neiphizo Kesiezie, HR at NK Square, an IT tees 2015-2016. According to NEPS, Naga- tend the meeting. The boys were chided for solution, services and consultancy their evil, barbarous act. firm. With a vision to bring a culTold them to aim higher ture of change in Naga society, NKnext time. Square started in June 2014 with just Rs. 1500 by three friends Kepezelhou The Morung Express Semou, 28, Computer engineer and Poll QuEsTion a former employee of HP and IBM; Neiphizo Kesiezie, 29, an Evangelist Vote on www.morungexpress.com sMs your answer to 9862574165 NEw yoRK, July 19 visiting scholar at Duke was to shoot civilians in the and Kevilelie Pienyü, 28, Sound Ensimulation. The study also gineer at Life Pro. (iaNS): An “itchy brain” University in the US. Is the Government of It was on a random trip to DimaIndia serious about The findings were pub- included some cognitive caused by lack of attention tackling corruption in pur, while conversing on their future rather than an “itchy trig- lished online in the journal training to see what might Nagaland government? plans that the three friends realized, make a difference. Psychological Science. ger finger” leads to the killIn the new study, 88 One group underwent they shared the same vision and thus ing of innocent bystanders Yes no others in incidents of shooting by young adults played a sim- training designed to pre- came up with the idea of NK Square. Do you agree with the law enforcers, says a study. ulated shooting game. The vent civilian casualties by The vision being - setting up a firm Union Home Ministry that conditions in Nagaland State Although the research objective is to shoot armed enhancing response inhi- that focused on tapping the skills of youngsters and streamlining their are disturbed and dangerous? is in its early stages, the re- people as quickly and as bition through a series of capacity and talents, a firm that foYes 07% sults have clear implica- accurately as possible, computer-based exercises. cused more on a quality work, team 78% no The sudden decision to tions for potential use in while avoiding unarmed work and less on making profits. The 15% others not shoot, called response military and law enforce- civilians. firm provides services such as IT inDetails on page 7 After playing, the par- inhibition, is critical when frastructure, Security, Web development settings. The findings imply that ticipants took surveys that civilians come into the line ments, IT Management, Networkthe tendency to squeeze assessed their ability to pay of fire. ing, Data management, sales and The other group under- services, consultancy and on-call & the trigger due to an error attention, signs of motor All press statements, not only can be predicted impulsivity such as finger went cognitive training un- e-mail support. memorandums, arti- with cognitive tests on law tapping or restless behav- related to the shooting task Located at High School Junction, cles, reports and news enforcers but also be over- iour, features of autism to show whether any kind the firm is now run by 12 employees. related documents come by training in re- spectrum disorders and of training sessions would At NK Square the employees work make a difference. other characteristics. sponse inhibition. in terms of hours where the office should be sent to the Individuals also underThe scientists found keeps a work-track of each employ“Cognitive tests and official email address: offer some exciting took computerised tests of that people who had com- ee and by the end of the month, the morung@gmail.com training new methods for enhanc- their ability to withhold re- pleted response inhibition performance of each employee are training shot fewer civilians reviewed. Citing the example of JoPress releases will be ing shooting abilities, and sponses. The scientists found than they did before train- seph in the Bible where he lived to fulaccepted only till 8:00 pm thereby avoiding some of the most critical shooting that the more attention ing. In contrast, the control fill people’s dreams, Neiphizo says, Editor, errors, such as civilian ca- problems a person had, group’s performance was “In fulfilling a person’s dreams, our The Morung Express sualties,” said Adam Biggs, the more likely he or she unchanged. dreams are also fulfilled.” The firm
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shot on her right arm during the shooting incident in Wuzu village on July 16. She was carrying her one year and five months old baby when she heard the firing, and was shot outside. She then ran for cover inside a house. It was the same house where Aso (13) was also shot and killed. Esther saw Aso being shot in front of her. Ritu Jorror, her husband, was also at the spot and saw the Assam Rifles firing so he rushed and searched if anybody was injured, only to find his wife shot on the right arm. Esther has been admitted to the Community Health Centre in Meluri. She is out of danger. “The villagers had gathered at the village to request the army if they could hand over Captain Pahachu’s body (who hails from Wuzu village) so that they can bury him in their village. They (Assam Rifles) got angry when we requested them to bury the body in the village,” Esther said.
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NKSquare talks about their vision for fullfledged e-governance in Nagaland
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From left front row-Kevilelie Pienyü, neiphizo Kesiezie and Kepezelhou semou.
further makes a stand of honoring every employee which they believe has a domino effect where the person will also take the same spirit at home and other relationships. Setting up the website of Northfield school was their first project followed by setting of the website, server and networking of De Oriental Grand which they considered their launching platform. Their work further extended to government projects with Nagaland Health Project as their first government project and their current project being the Nagaland State Portal. One striking feature of the firm is their vision of e-governance in Nagaland. E-governance is the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in running a government for transparency and efficiency in transaction and exchange of information. Through e-governance, citizens can access information in the government services. E-governance through the implementation of bio-metrics in offices can enhance the performances of workers and reduce proxy. “Nagaland has one of the highest corruption levels in India. If we bring e-governance it is going to change
Nagaland. The implementation of egovernance will bring transparency,” affirms Kepezelhou who however laments that the concept of setting up of IT infrastructure is still lacking among Nagas, who are too comfortable with the old system. NKSquare has approached several governmental departments introducing their bio-metric proposals. However, the lamented that most departments turned down their proposal. Asked whether Nagas are ready for e-governance, NKSquare remains optimistic that Nagas can technologically advance. Kepezelhou says, “When it comes to technology, we can operate. We are just not getting the right platform to perform it.” He views that IT can be utilized to generate revenue and employment. Despite the skills and abilities, the government and many other firms continue to outsource people outside Nagaland. This in turn creates unemployment issues, adds Kepezelhou. A vision to revolutionize a system, an initiative to fulfill dreams of a society, a firm that breaks down hierarchy is not just a tiny filling after all. It is a big picture in itself.
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RMSA candidates to go on agitation Kohima, July 19 (mExN): A forum of candidates who have qualified the Nagaland RMSA Written Exam 2014 has stated that it will start organising a democratic agitation from July 21 onwards till their demands are met. The forum cautioned that it will not be held responsible for any untoward incident resulting out of the agitation. In this regard, the executives have directed all the candidates of the Forum to assemble at Secretariat Gate in Kohima on July 21 at 8:00 am. The decision to agitate was taken during a general meeting of the Nagaland RMSA Written Exam 2014 Qualified Candidates Forum at Kohima Local Ground on July 18. According to a press release, 923 candidates representing all the districts of Nagaland attended the meeting. It may be noted that the Forum had submitted a representation to the concerned authority on June 15 requesting them to notify the date of viva-voice for all the qualified candidates of the written exam as well as the sports instructor candidates by June 30, 2015 and complete the whole process of the exam by July 31. As per Advertisement No. RMSA/ EXAM/2013-14 Dt. December 14, 2013, it clearly invited for an open competition of all the eligible candidates having Bachelor’s Degree, the Forum claimed. However, after the conduct of the written exam on May 24, 2014 and declaration of result on June 29, 2014, the Government decided to recently call only the candidates having B.Ed degree after delaying viva-voice for more than a year, the Forum stated and added that this decision has totally discriminated the non B.Ed candidates of their right to sit for the viva-voice after qualifying the written exam.
12 houses, including two shops, were burnt to ashes in a fire accident at Showba in Dimapur around 10:00 pm on July 18. Sources said no belongings could be salvaged and properties worth 20 lakhs were destroyed.
Community rest house inaugurated at Luhezhe
Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): A community rest house constructed under MGNREGA 201415 at Luhezhe village under Rural Development Block Aghunaqa has been inaugurated by Phoishe Sema, Block Development Officer, Aghunaqa in the presence of village leaders and elders and departmental staff. Addressing the villagers, Phoishe lauded the
villagers in general and the Village Development Board in particular for result oriented execution of MGNREGA and further encouraged the villagers to make best use of the schemes under it in the village for infrastructural development and economical sustenance. Phoishe also reminded the villagers the need of transparency and cooperation among the vil-
lagers while implementing any schemes in the village, without which, he said no schemes or projects could be successful in any of the 37 villages under the block. Aheto Kinnimi, Junior Engineer, RD Block Aghunaqa gave technical advice to the villagers on successful implementation of MGNREGA schemes in the village. Hejeto Chishi, head
GB of the village, who chaired the inaugural programme, thanked RD Block Aghunaqa and officers concerned for assisting the village to construct the rest house. VDB secretary of the village presented construction report of the rest house. Daniel, pastor, Luhezhe village Baptist Church offered dedicatory prayer. Hetoi Kati, GB proposed the vote of thanks.
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No armed NSCN (K) cadres were present at Wuzu incident: PH
Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): Debunking the claims of Assam Rifles that they were fired upon by NSCN (K) cadres during July 16 firing incident at Wuzu village, the Pochury Hoho (PH) has stated that no armed cadres of NSCN (K) were present at the time of the incident as per reports obtained from the villagers. Following the “conflicting report” on the incident, where two young students were killed and one woman injured, a team of different Pochury organizations, including the Pochury Hoho, went to the spot for verification. A press release from president of Pochury Hoho, Penthu Pochury alleged that it was only the Assam Rifles (AR) personnel who “randomly fired upon the innocent public” who were waiting to request AR personnel to hand over the dead body of slain Captain Puhachu who hailed from Wuzu village. “And it is surprisingly found that the personnel of AR are guilty of indiscriminate firing, killing and injuring innocent civilians.” The people of Pochury strongly condemned the “ruthless action” of the armed personnel and demanded the government to immediately revoke the imposition of Disturbed Area Act (DAA), to repeal AFSPA, and set up an Enquiry Commission at the earliest in order to bring back normalcy under Meluri sub-division, the release added. Others who visited the spot along with Pochury Hoho included Pochury Mothers Association, Pochury Students’ Union, Pochury GBs Union, Phoyisha Public Organisation, Executive Secretary of Pochury Baptist Church Council, Executive Secretary of Pochury Council of Nagaland Christian Revival Church, Village Council Chairmen and other public leaders.
School in Tuli conducts summer camp
Tuli, July 19 (mExN): Rajeshwari Karuna School, Tuli, a project under Community Educational Centre Society supported by The Hans Foundation conducted Summer Camp for its students from July 16 to 17. Held under the theme “Make your world colourful,” the camp aimed to engage the students in activities they find both enjoyable and meaningful, to give them opportunity to learn and develop skills like painting, singing, dance etc, to provide a platform for all students to explore and express their creativity in any form, to educate and creStudents of Rajeshwari Karuna School, Tuli during the summer camp held from July 16-17. ate awareness among them
about various issues like the environment, nutrition, etc. According to a press release, on July 16, the students learnt moral issues, painting, singing, quiz, and played various water games. On July 17, parents along with other children of the family (who are not students of Rajeshwari Karuna School) were invited. The parents participated in cycling race and played a volley ball match against the School staff. In the evening, students organized a talent presentation where they enthralled the parents and the gathering with their various talents like singing, skits, chorography, the release added.
work sincerely without any duplication while pointing out that many duplication are happening in other programs/ schemes. He also stressed on the concept of communitization of public health institutions and challenged the health committee members to make NHP as their own. Participating on the second day of the program, K. Mhathung Tsanglao, ADC Noklak, thanked the NHP team for conducting the training in Noklak Town. He directed the participants to make full use of such opportunities to learn and share responsibility. He viewed that the project will bring a major change to the community, especially in health related issues.
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TUD: Meanwhile, the Tenyimi Union, Dimapur (TUD) also condemned the incident, while declaring “such indiscriminate firing in public places is highly condemnable and should be avoided at all costs in the near future.” A press statement from TUD president Khalo Kapfo and general secretary Zhasa Vupru stated “imposition of draconian laws, such as, the AFSPA and the DAA in the entire State of Nagaland makes it impossible not only for the ordinary citizens but also for the State Government to fix responsibility on the erring armed forces.” Therefore, the TUD supported the demand for immediate removal of all such “highly controversial laws from the State so as to secure the life and dignity of every citizen.” It further conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved families and also wished speedy recovery to the injured woman.
Trainers from SPMU, NHP & DPMU, NHP covered topics like Nagaland Communitization Act 2002, Result Based Financing (RBF), health related indicators and composition of health committee structure at each level (VHC, HSCMC & HCMC) during the two days training. NHP is being implemented by the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare and funded by World Bank. The overall goal of this six years project is to address priority bottlenecks to improve the supply, utilization and quality of health and nutrition services in Nagaland through investments in several sectors. The project will contribute
to Nagaland government’s overall development plans to improve health and nutrition services and outcomes, complementing (and not replacing) state and central (NRHM) government health programs, a press release said. The project aims to strengthen the Village Health Committees (VHC) by providing incentives through Result Based Financing (RBF), and provide alternative energy (solar), water & sanitation and improve information and communication system in various health facilities of Nagaland. Implemented in Jalukie block and Noklak block on pilot basis for the first year, the project will scale up to all districts of Nagaland later.
Music workshop cum concert at Medziphema
mEDziphEma, July 19 (mExN): Loving Souls Music Society is all set to organize its first workshop on music at Medziphema for the local musicians and artists on July 28. Various renowned musicians and professionals will conduct the workshop, a press release informed. Registration is free and the first 45 people to register for the workshop will be given a free ticket each to the concert which will be held later in the evening on July 28 at the Local Ground, Medziphema.
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RSZ: In a separate press statement, the Rengma Selo Zi (RSZ) condemned the killing of innocent students and injuring of a woman at Wuzu village “by the Assam Rifles.” RSZ president Kenneth Kath and general secretary Shatilo Kent also condemned the shootout between the Assam Rifles and NSCN (K) at Avakhung Village on July 15 and reminded both the parties that “they are to provide security to the public as a whole, not victimize them.” Stating that “such act of terror which traumatizes and creates fear psychosis among the public has no place in our peaceful society,” RSZ asserted the Rengma youths “cannot accept such blatant terrorizing acts” and further extended unconditional support to other public organizations against “such acts of cowardice resulting in public harassment.” “As long as draconian acts such as AFSPA and DAA continue to stay enforced in our land, there cannot be justice for the innocents,” it added.
Nagaland Health Project training in Noklak
NoKlaK, July 19 (mExN): Nagaland Health Project (NHP) conducted training for the health committees of Community Health Center (CHC) Noklak, Nokhu SC and Kusong Village in Tuensang district on "Community Action on Health & Nutrition (CAHN)" from July 1415 at Noklak Town. During the programme, Dr. Victor, SMO, Noklak CHC welcomed the NHP team from Kohima and encouraged the health committees’ members to work hard for the success of the project and make Noklak block a model site for the Jalukie Town Ao Baptist Arogo conducted children summer camp from July 10 to 12 with other districts. Dr. Atoshe Sema, Addl. resource person Akum Amri, director of Ebenezer Orphanage Home, Dimapur, and his team. Activities featured during the camp included choreography, Bible games, songs, gospel Project Director, NHP, exhorted the participants to hunt. The program ended with house competitions in all the activities.
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The evening concert will feature some of the biggest bands of Nagaland like Alobo Naga and the Band, Divine Connection, Incipit and Blank Cheque. Ticket is priced at Rs.300/-. Every ticket holder will get a free Airtel SIM card sponsored by Airtel. To avail the free SIM card, one has to submit 3 passport size photos and a photocopy of either one of the following: Government ID card/ Civilian ID Card/ Indigenous certificate/ ST certificate/ front page of bank passbook to the ticket seller.
Diabetes on rise in Nagaland
Progress of biotech hubs in North East reviewed
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Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): The 5th review meeting of coordinators of biotech hubs in North East Region established by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India was held at ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun from July 9-10. Dr. KM Bujarbahua, Vice Chancellor, Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, and Dr. B Ravindran, Director, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, graced the meeting as chief guest and guest of honour respectively, which was attended by 124 people from different biotech hubs of NER and all the staff of ICAR-NRC on Mithun. A press release informed that Dr. T. Madhan Mohan, Advisor, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi in his keynote address highlighted the key role played by the state as well as institutional biotech hubs established in
Officials during the review meeting of coordinators of biotech hubs in North East Region.
the North-Eastern region. He further stated that these hubs are providing much needed thrust to the research in the area of biotechnology and some of the institutions have come up with new technologies having immense marker potentials. The biotech hubs are also helping in the judicious utilization of plant and animal genetic resources of the region as well as contributing to the establishment of natural balance in the ecosystem, he said. He further made special reference to several programmes launched by
DBT, especially for NER including DBT Overseas Associateship for Scientist (3 months/ 6 months/ 1 year) in any of the reputed institutions around the globe, collaborative research programmes under Twinning scheme paving the way for close liaison between the scientist of NER with rest of country; Award of Biotechnology National Associateship to Scientists working in North Eastern States; Infrastructure Development and Centres of excellence at NRC Mithun, Jharnapani, and at NRC-Yak at Darrang, Arunachal Pradesh; Human resource devel-
opment through National and International Associateship and Entrepreneurship development; establishment of North Eastern Bioinformatics Network (NEBInet) and BTISNet; DBT’s e-Library Consortia (NER-DeLCON) and Biotechnology and Bioinformatics resources of NorthEast (BABRON); research grant to support MD/MS thesis to PG students of Medical colleges/ institutes of NER; Star College Scheme for strengthening of life science and biotechnology education and training at undergraduate level and establishment
of Biotechnology Lab at Senior Secondary School (BLiSS) in NER. Dr. B. Ravindran, Director, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar expressed happiness over the progress made in research and education in the area of biotechnology and congratulated the DBT for focused and need based support to the researchers of NER. In his inaugural address, Dr. KM Burajbaruah, Vice Chancellor, AAU appreciated the substantial effort given by DBT for continuous uplift of standard of research and education in the area of biotechnology. He also emphasized for continual support of DBT to the biotech hubs so that the momentum gained in the research and education could be sustained for considerable period. During the two days meeting, progress made by 124 biotech hubs was evaluated by expert committee.
Dr. Vanlalruati delivering lecture at CME programme in Kohima on Saturday. (Morung Photo)
Continuing Medical Education on diabetes held in Kohima Our Correspondent Kohima | July 19
The cases of diabetes are on the rise in Nagaland and effort is on to work out the data. This was informed at the Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme organized by Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd on Saturday at Hotel Japfü, Kohima. CME consists of educational activities which serve to maintain, develop,
or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession. Several doctors, including experts from different medical service centres, deliberated on diabetes and exchanged experiences to deal with diabetes cases. Dr. Vanlalruati, MD, PGD (Diabetology), physician, Nagaland Hospital Authority, Kohima delivered lecture on “Dipeptidyl peptidase –IV (DDP-4) inhibitors in the manage-
ment of T2 diabetes mellitus.” According to estimate by World Health Organization (WHO), world population will increase by 37% between 2000 and 2030. The diabetic population will be increased by 11 million, i.e., 333 million people will have diabetes. Dr. Vanlalruati said Asia constitutes 60% of world diabetic population and is the epicenter of diabetic epidemic. She added that by 2025, India and China would have 20 million affected individuals. In urban areas of South India, prevalence of DM is 20%.
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Dibrugarh/guwahati, July 19 (tNN): Ulfa (Independent) chief Paresh Baruah, who is reportedly holed up in Myanmar, has warned Hindispeaking people living in Assam of serious consequences if they don't apologize for raising slogans against his organization during a bandh two days ago. Baruah issued the warning while taking part in a TV debate here over the telephone on Friday, triggering panic among people of the community. This comes three days after Ulfa (Independent) militants killed two Hindi-speaking people in Tinsukia district that sparked protests from people from north India settled in Assam. During a bandh called in protest against the killings, supporters of All Assam Bhojpuri Parishad (AABP) and other Bhojpuri organizations in Tinsukia shouted slogans such as 'Ulfa go back' and 'Ulfa murdabad.' "There is fear among Hind-speak-
ing people. Our forefathers were brought to Assam by the British long before Independence to work in tea gardens and shipyards. Their descendents have been residing in Assam for decades and assimilated with Assamese society. We want a halt to killings of innocent people," said Parshuram Dubey, the president of All Assam Bhojpuri Parishad. Dubey added, "The protesters in Tinsukia were only reacting to news reports which blamed Ulfa for the killings. We want a CBI inquiry." He said, "Earlier, too, Ulfa denied its involved in the Dhemaji explosion and Sanjoy Ghose murder case. Instead of of threatening people, it should seek an apology from the media and the government who had blamed it for those incidents." All Assam Bhojpuri Parishad secretary Nandalal Koiri said, "Hindispeaking people residing in areas like Sadiya and other interior places are worried
Assam Rifles recovers IED, averts explosion Our Correspondent Imphal | July 19
Security forces today averted a possible explosion as they recovered a 2 kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted on a roadside close to a BSF post in Torbung area of Manipur’s interior Churachandpur district bordering Myanmar. A foot patrol party of 7 Assam Rifles found the bomb suspected to have been placed by militants along the Tiddim road section around 7:30 am, according to police sources. The spot is located about 300 m from a BSF post. They said a bomb squad from Manipur Police retrieved the IED around 11 am and defused it. Four persons were hurt when a powerful bomb planted by suspected militants exploded in Churachandpur on April 12 this year. Meanwhile, a 54-yearold man was critically injured when a mentally challenged person stabbed him in the belly in Mayang Imphal of Imphal West. The attack happened at Chirai
Sangol Palli around 4:30 pm yesterday. The victim, Th Abdul Zaffar of Paotek Mamang Leikai is now undergoing medical treatment at Raj Medicity, North AOC in the district following the attack. The accused, Naorem Shanta, 40, attacked Zaffer with a sharp knife. The victim was returning home on a bicycle after attending Eid ul-Fitr prayers at a nearby mosque. Shanta is stated to be a resident of Chirai Awang Leikai. The accused stated to be mentally ill was later arrested by police in connection with the incident. In another incident, a havildar of 1st BN Manipur Rifles was mysteriously found dead at Regional Passport Seva Kendra in Old Assembly Complex here. Moirangthem Deven Singh, 46, resident of Haraolok Mamang Leikai was found dead near the kitchen of the office where he was posted around 7:30 pm of July 16, police reports said. Imphal City Police have commenced an investigation regarding the incident.
SSB cuts supply of ration to Bodo rebels guwahati, July 19 (tNN): Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) officials on Saturday said they have been able to cut off ration supply to militants holed up in Bhutan substantially because of stepped up counter-insurgency operations against the anti-talks faction of National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) along the international border in western Assam. SSB officials said since June, all possible entry points along the international border, generally used by the militants to carry ration to cadres holed up in foothills of Bhutan, have been plugged. The SSB mans the 267-km India-Bhutan border in Assam. "We have information that the cutting off of the supply line has resulted in significant shortage of ration for leaders and cadres taking shelter in Bhutan. There is also desperation among the cadres to cross the border either for access to ration or surrender," said an SSB official. Operations have been intensified in forest areas spanning over Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri districts bordering Bhutan to prevent militants from supplying ration across the border. On Friday, the 15 Battalion of SSB based at Kajalgaon in Kokrajhar district nabbed three suspected militants of the outfit when they crossed the border and entered the forest area adjoining Manas National Park. While interrogation of militants is still on, SSB officials said these cadres could also be dispatched for supplying ration to the camps in Bhutan.
about their safety. They are the most vulnerable." The Purvottar Hindustani Yuva Samaj, too, criticized Baruah for threatening Hindi-speaking people. It alleged that Ulfa (Independent) is branding Hindi-speaking people 'bahiragot' (outsiders) and 'ana-asomiya', who are exploiting Assam's resources. "Assam is our land too. Our ancestors were here. We have imbibed Assamese culture and celebrate Bihu as well. We are peaceloving and hard working people and one should not forget the contribution of Hindi-speaking people towards the development of Assam," said Raman Jha, spokesperson of the Samaj. The Samaj labeled described as "outburst of frustration" the slogans raised by some Hindi-speaking people in Tinsukia. Many Hindi-speaking people recalled how about a 100 of them were killed in 2000 and 2007 by Ulfa militants.
imphal, July 19 (mExN): The North East Dialogue Forum (NEDF) today urged the Central and Manipur governments to investigate the killing of Robinhood during ILP protest in Manipur by independent experts. It asked to probe the police who shot the rubber bullet, the concerned authority who gave the order to shoot a child below 18 years, including the Director General of Police, Manipur. A press statement from NEDF coordinator S Dhanabir asserted that the “meaningless killing” of Robinhood on July 8 by Manipur police is a serious violation of Art.21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution of India, United Nations Declaration on the Right of the Indigenous People (A/61/L.67 and Add.1), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Right as well as Vienna Declaration and Programs of Actions. “Robinhood along with thousands of students was
‘Punish Robinhood killers in three days’ imphal, July 19 (tNN): Pro-Inner Line Permit (ILP) activists on Saturday gave the Manipur government three days to take action against the policemen who killed student protester Sapam Robinhood during a rally in support of the introduction of ILP in Manipur. A Class XI student of science, Robinhood died on July 8 after a teargas shell, fired by police to control the protesters, hit him in the face. The Joint Action Committee (JAC) against Robinhood's killing, along with the student wing of Joint Committee on ILPS (JCILPS), threatened to launch an agitation if the state government failed to suspend, or take stringent action against, the policemen involved in killing Robinhood within three days. Deputy CM Gaikhangam had earlier said a senior police officer has been assigned to probe the incident. Condoling Robinhood's death, many civil bodies, sports organizations, teachers' bodies and members of the film fraternity visited his Leirikyenbam Leikai residence in Imphal East on Saturday. They extended financial assistance to the bereaved family. The JAC is yet to claim Robinhood's body from Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) here. demanding to enact a law which protects the indigenous people. Such demand is not against the country,” NEDF stated. The Forum further urged to immediately release all the students who were arrested related to the protest. It also appealed to open the schools immediately to respect the Right to
Kidnapping in Mizoram drops to zero in 2015 aizawl, July 19 (thE iNDiaN ExprEss): The ebbing of militancy in Tripura has had a positive effect in the neighbouring state of Mizoram. As Tripura exited AFSPA with the number of extremist-related incidents, civilian deaths, security personnel deaths, kidnappings and encounters falling to zero this year, Mirzoram, too, saw the number of kidnappings by Tripuralinked militants drop to zero. Officials from the state Home Department confirmed that there had not been a single kidnapping incident so far this year. They attribute the success to the current tripartite talks between the NLFT, Tripura and the Centre, the second
round of which was concluded earlier this month. Over the past half-decade, at least 31 people were kidnapped — 29 at gunpoint — within Mizoram in nine separate incidents. Except for two kidnappings near the state’s north-western border with southern Assam, all others incident took place in the border area with Tripura and Bangladesh, according to data furnished to the Tripura Assembly last November by state Home Minister R Lalzirliana. The latter’s hilly, forested border area has been a hotbed of militant groups that, investigators said, relied on ransom-kidnappings as their main revenue source. The ma-
jor operators in the area have been the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and lesser-known gangs of Bru tribals that aid the NLFT. Tripura CM Manik Sarkar recently said the NLFT cadres remain in 16 camps in Bangladesh, three of them close to the Indian border. The Mizoram Home Minister added that 10 kidnappers had been arrested by Mizoram Police, among them seven cadres of the Bru Democratic Front of Mizoram and two cadres of the NLFT. Seven of these arrested kidnappers were from North Tripura’s Naisingpara relief camp for internally displaced Bru tribals.
CPI-M women membership in Tripura at record level agartala, July 19 (iaNs): Women constitute 26.49 percent of the CPI-M's members in Tripura, much more than the some 10 percent nationally, a party leader said on Sunday. "Around 26.49 percent of the 89,570 members in Tripura are women," state party secretary Bijan Dhar told the media. "The percentage of women members of the party was always higher in Tripura compared to the national proportion," he added.
Dhar said that after the last state conference in 2014, the number of party members rose to 87,691 from 76,636. These figures came out after the annual renewal of party membership. The women membership rose to 26.49 percent this year from 25.76 percent last year. "Despite the death of 527 party members and leaders, 260 members expelled and 3,546 unwilling to renew the membership during the past one year, the strength of party
members has gone up by 2.14 percent," he added. A central committee member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, Dhar said: "Quality of party members is a big issue for us. Our rectification move is on and this is an endless task. To maintain quality of membership is also a non-stop endeavour." At the national level, around 10 percent of the total of 10.58 lakh members (as per 2015 party Congress data) are women.
Assam cancels constable recruitment in three districts guwahati, July 19 (pti): Assam government today cancelled the constable recruitment in three districts following complaints of alleged tampering with the process and announced the results for the remaining 24 districts today. The State Level Police Recruitment Board received several complaints and following inquiries it was found that there was tampering in the recruitment process by some unscrupulous people in the districts of Dhubri, Nagaon and Barpeta, the police spokesperson said here today. "Considering that maintenance of sanctity
of the recruitment process and trust of the public in the system was paramount, the state government decided to cancel the process in these three districts and Dates for holding fresh recruitment shall be announced soon", the spokesman added. Administrative and criminal action shall be taken against all persons, including government officials, who have been found to have indulged in corrupt practices or tampering of results during the recruitment process in the districts of Dhubri, Nagaon and Barpeta, he added. Altogether 3,11,198 applications were received, out of which 2,55,589 can-
didates who were found eligible were called for the Physical Tests, namely, Physical Standards Test (PST) and Physical Eligibility Test (PET). These tests were conducted across the state at 37 centres in all the districts and subsequently, a written test was conducted on 28th June, 2015. The system of recruitment was designed to be transparent and impartial by incorporating various elements like videography, on the spot declaration of marks obtained in physical tests, pre-defined transparent system of awarding of marks for extra-curricular activities, written test and no interview.
Tripura accuses Cong of misleading govt staff agartala, July 19 (tNN): The ruling Left Front government in Tripura on Saturday accused leader of the opposition, Sudip Roy Barman, of misleading the government employees referring to the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) report. Finance minister Bhanu Lal Saha said the Tripura government had demanded Rs 2,200 crore annual additional funds
for implementation of the sixth central pay commission for the state government employees from then Union finance minister P Chidambaram in 2011. "He refused to meet our demands and compelled us to set up a pay review committee. The state had to manage annual additional liabilities of Rs 1,050 crore from its own resources. Despite sincere efforts, salaries of our employees were
Education of the children. “Otherwise the department will face the consequences of causes related to violation of child right under the children related laws.” Meanwhile, NEDF urged to fulfill the demand of the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) to protect the
not on a par with that of the Centre," Saha said. Leader of the opposition, Roy Barman of Congress, on Friday accused the Manik Sarkar-led Left Front government of diverting Rs 1473.12 crore in the past five years. The sum was allocated by the Centre for the employees of Tripura. He alleged that since 2010-11, the Centre had been sanctioning funds for the state government em-
ployees to bring their salaries at par with their central government counterparts. "Manik Sarkar has diverted the funds to other projects and Rs 124 crore was sent back to the Centre. Because of its anti-people approach, the state employees are today getting lowest salaries in the country," Roy Barman said. In 2009-2010, an amount of Rs 170.29 crore meant for the salary payment had re-
mained unspent, Rs 160.54 crore had not been spent in 2010-2011. Again, Rs 211.27 crore, Rs 366.01 crore and Rs 565.01 crore remained unused in 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 respectively. He said a consolidated Rs 1473.12 crore was sanctioned by the 13th finance commission for payment of salaries, allowances and pensions of serving and retired employees, but the entire amount was diverted.
Dhar also expressed apprehension over the growth of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Indigenious People's Front of Tripura, Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura and Amara Bangalee in Tripura. "These are divisive forces and their political work creates division among various communities and ethnic groups, disturbing peace, tranquility and integration among the people," he said.
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Protest march against ULFA (I) in Assam guwahati, July 19 (pti): Hundreds of people here today took to streets protesting against the actions of ULFA (I) militants who have been targeting unarmed people in Assam for many years. The protesting citizens, under the aegis of Patriotic People's Front of Assam (PPFA), began their march from the Guwahati Press Club shouting slogans against the outfit, carrying the national flag and raising placards. "We want to send a strong message to ULFA(I) leader Paresh Barua that they should stop its continued disruptive activities including killing of common people in Assam," said a statement of the PPFA, a social organisation. The rebels are eliminating Indian citizens in eastern Assam to make space for illegal Bangladeshis as a return gesture to the neighbouring country, where they had taken refuge at one time, the statement added. The citizens also urged the government to ensure that killing of people is stopped in Assam.
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MuMbAi, July 19 (iANS): After a boost in sentiments led to a gain of over 800 points of nearly 2.9 percent in a key equity market index during the trading week ended July 17, all eyes will now be on the first quarter results and further economic reforms, analysts said. Of particular interest will the upcoming monsoon session of parliament where the passage of the relevant amendment bill to introduce a pan-India goods and services tax regime can boost the sentiments even further, the analysts added. Mood can also be lifted by finance ministry providing more clarity in the cabinet decision that combines all sources of capital from overseas, such as direct investment, or by foreign funds into a composite head for ascertaining foreign equity cap. “Again, our markets have shown reluctance to move lower as disappointing Index of Indus-
trial Production (IIP) numbers released on the previous weekend were completely shrugged off in Monday’s trade,” Angel Broking said in its review. “The near term major trigger for the market is the June 2015 quarter corporate earnings. The focus will be on guidance from the company managements on outlook for the remaining part of the year and for the next year,” said another Brokerage. It listed upcoming corporate earnings for the June 2015 quarter, developments in parliament, progress of monsoon, global markets, foreign and domestic funds’ positions, rupee movements and oil prices to dictate the trend on the bourses in the near term. “The near term major trigger for the market is the June 2015 quarter corporate earnings. The focus will be on guidance from company managements on the outlook for the remaining part
of the year and the next year,” the brokerage added. Analysts also felt that the poor showing in the industrial production data, which showed a slowing down in the growth to 2.7 percent for May, against 4.1 percent in April, to make the central bank to sit up and look at ways to push growth. “The markets are hopeful of a rate cut from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its upcoming monetary policy review in August,” Anand James, co-head, technical research desk, Geojit BNP Paribas, told IANS. As regards the cabinet decision on dealing with sectoral caps, Vaibhav Agarwal, vice president and research head, Angel Broking, said: “The market is now awaiting further clarification on the composite cap decision. The decision had already led to a rally in banking stocks.” The move removes the dis-
tinction between foreign portfolio investors, foreign direct investment and investments by non-resident Indians in computing the caps that are imposed on foreign equity in some sectors. Gaurav Jain, director with Hem Securities, said: “Markets closed the week on a strong note due to various factors like plummeting oil prices, European Union bailing out Greece,and the Greek parliament also passing the austerity measures, as required.” He said the next major trigger will be the monsoon session of parliament starting from July 21. “There are high expectations on the passage of GST (goods and services tax) and land bills. The two bills are currently under preview of the parliamentary select committees,” Jain said, as analysts said this will be one of the most far-reaching reforms in recent years.
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BSNL to hive off tower biz into new subsidiary: CMD Shrivastava New Delhi, July 19 (iANS): State-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is all set to hive off its towers business into a separate subsidiary, the valuation of which could be in the region of Rs.20,000 crore ($3 billion) , chairman-cum-managing director Anupam Shrivastava has said. “We already share our towers with private players. We are looking at a subsidiary company within the company. We want more focus on tower sharing. The business is small now -- just Rs.200 crore. But the potential is Rs.2,0002,500 crore annually,” Shrivastava told IANS in an interview. “BSNL will hold majority stake in the new company. A cabinet note has already been moved.” According to a Deloitte India report, India currently has around 400,000 telecom towers and the growth is expected at around three percent an-
nually over the next four-five years to take the numbers to 511,000 by 2020. Indus Towers is the market leader with 31 percent share, followed by BSNL with 18.1 percent. The state-run enterprise currently has 75,000 towers out of which it intends to shift some 65,000 to the new entity. It is the only company with towers in all the difficult and strategic areas like in the northeast, Jammu and Kashmir and the so-called Naxal belt. The move for a separate towers company, the top official explained, will also give some breather to the company’s bottomlines. The yearon-year loss of the company stood at Rs.7,000 crore in 2014-15. “A separate subsidiary means a separate profit and loss centre and a separate sales and marketing team. It will be away from our core business of telecom services. The cabinet decision can come any time -- probably
this month. It is likely that by this fiscal the subsidiary will be formed.” Shrivastava said a consultant has been hired and a project report was being prepared for the past year-and-a-half. “Initial estimation shows the valuation of the towers company will be anywhere around Rs.20,000 crore. It will work at an arms length with our core business. That means even BSNL will have to give rental to the towers company,” said Shrivastava, appointed on Jan 15, 2015, for five years. “It is important to grab the opportunities in sales and marketing as and when they arise. It will equally change the mindset. People think sharing towers will cut into your business. This is not true. Once we have a subsidiary, that focus will automatically come,” he said. “The private operator will anyway come close to your business. It’s better to leverage your strengths.”
Jet Airways slashes business class fares Global tax regime must protect developing nations, asserts India New Delhi, July 19 (PTi): Private carrier Jet Airways on Sunday lowered its business class ticket prices by a flat 20 per cent for longdistance travel (above 1,000-km) on its domestic network under a special monsoon offer which opens tomorrow. In another similar scheme, the Mumbai-headquartered airline has offered lower fares, starting at an all-inclusive Rs. 6,999 for travel up to 1,000 km, a release said on Sunday.
While there is no ceiling on booking period for the 20 per cent discount offer, the same for the second scheme is between July 20 and July 31, the airline said, adding that the offers are valid for travel on both direct and via flights with travel validity from July 20 to October 15. Premier guests on domestic routes will be able to enjoy fares starting at an all-inclusive Rs. 6,999 for distances less than 750-km and Rs. 8,999 for distances between 750km and 1,000-km on all domestic
destinations served by the carrier, it said. “We are happy to announce this Monsoon Offer for our guests on the domestic sectors. This is one more customer-delight initiative from Jet Airways,” the airline’s Chief Commercial Officer, Raj Sivakumar, said in the release. The airline, in which Gulf carrier Etihad holds 24 per cent stake, operates a fleet of 116 aircraft which includes a a mix of Airbus, Boeing and ATR planes.
RS panel to submit GST Bill report this week New Delhi, July 19 (iANS): The Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill is to present its report on the last day of the first week of the monsoon session of parliament beginning on Tuesday. A source here told IANS that the committee is likely to ask the government to allow states to impose their own taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products as well as compensation for five years to cover their losses due to abolition of local levies owing to implementing GST. The Select Committee headed by BJP member Bhupendra Yadav met here on Friday to deliberate on the bill. The union government has set the target to reform India’s indirect tax regime from April next year, and had earlier proposed 100 percent compensation to states for first three years. The GST is seen as the key to facilitate industrial growth and improve the country’s business climate.
By subsuming most indirect taxes levied by the central and state governments, such as excise duty, service tax, VAT and sales tax, the new regime proposes to facilitate a common market across the country, leading to economies of scale and reducing inflation through an efficient supply chain. The passage of the bill to become a law is a lengthy process. Being a constitution amendment bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha, it needs to be passed by the Rajya Sabha with a two-thirds majority and then be ratified by at least 15 state legislatures before being sent to the President for his assent. The other major piece of legislation the government intends to take forward is the land bill - the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2015 - which is being considered by a joint committee of both houses.
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ment and formulation of a global tax policy from an OECD process to a UN process because OECD process is dominated by rich countries where the developing world has less of a say.” At the conference, India also represented the G77 countries and along with China, it reflected a strong and shared stand on the issues of international tax architecture where it disagreed with the Organisation for Economic Cooperative and Development (OECD), a club of rich nations. Indian interlocutors also wanted the conference to go beyond mere talks on development financing to aim at the larger picture of creating a global system conducive to development itself for a much faster and inclusive economic growth in poor and developing countries. “We have managed to forge a global consensus on some very crucial issues related to the need for balanced development and ensured a commitment of 0.7 percent of GDP from developed nations for ODA.
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Sinha said the move to give the UN body on taxation issues a more governmental representation and equitable geographical representation will greatly strengthen the voice of developing nations. “There are pressing issues when it comes to tax discussion. But they are not being given the proper attention they require? Why are these issues not being addressed is what mainly India focused on”, said Vanessa Inko-Dokubo, policy advisor at Oxfam International. Counsellor Amit Narang from the Permanent Mission of India to the UN said this was the perfect opportunity for ensuring a global financial system that is prodevelopment. The story does not end here, said Sinha, who ensured India’s due role in the “Addis Ababa Action Agenda”. He said this was just one more step in such engagements, and that the process must continue to ensure an equitable global tax policy reflecting the needs of developing nations.
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Monday 20 July 2015
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Longleng, Mon, Kiphire hold monthly DPDB meeting Dimapur, July 19 (Dipr): Longleng, Mon and Kiphire Districts held its monthly meeting of the District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) for the month of July under the chairmanship of the respective Deputy Commissioners. In Longleng, the DPDB meeting for the month of July was held under the chairmanship of New Deputy Commissioner and Vice Chairman DPDB Longleng, Y. Denngan Avennoho Phom on July 14 at DC Conference Hall, Longleng. In his speech, the new DC appealed to the members to be sincere and dedicated and come forward to work together for the development of the district. Also saying that the DC alone cannot do everything, he solicited cooperation and support from the members. The Chief Medical Officer, Medical Superintendent Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Longleng presented their departmental activities. In Mon, the DPDB meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner, Mon W. Honje Konyak on July 15 at DC’s conference Hall, Mon. The meeting com-
menced with a welcome note by the Deputy Commissioner followed by introduction of new DPDB members and review of last meeting minutes. While briefing on Swachh Bharat, the DC urged upon members to come up with innovative ideas and sought cooperation and support of the members and Government employees for a clean and green Mon. Principal ITI, Er. Alongse Sangtam briefed on the activities of the Officers’ Club and the forth coming inter-departmental tournament 2015. In this regard, the DC also appealed to all the members of the Officers’ Club to avail the opportunity provided for the welfare of the officers posted in the district. He informed that the idea behind the creation of the club is to provide a common platform for the officers to get together for healthy discussions and interaction besides other sporting facilities. Dr. Supongmenla Walling, DPO & DIO, Mon gave a presentation on Universal Immunization Program (UIP) and Reproductive & Child Health (RCH) in Mon district. While appealing to the DPDB members to give awareness on UIP and RCH programmes to the people
Stolen bike recovered
Kohima, July 19 (mExN): Personnel of Kiphire Police Station while conducting Mobile Vehicle Check Points (MVCP) on July 14 at Kiphire town intercepted a stolen motorcycle and arrested one person identified as Lumbise Sangtam (24 yrs), a resident of Kepongya colony, Kiphire. According to a press release from Kohima Police, an FIR was lodged at North PS Kohima on July 13 by the bike owner stating that his unregistered motorcycle (Yamaha Alba 106 CC) bearing Engine No. STSA029418 and Chassis No. MEIST0AX92029350 which was parked near Blue Bayou hotel, Kohima was missing. Following the recovery and arrest, Kiphire PS communicated the matter to North PS Kohima. The police team from North PS took over the accused along with the seized motorcycle from Kiphire Police on July 15 and a regular case U/S 379 IPC is registered against the arrested person for further investigation.
in their respective place of posting, she highlighted that in order to minimise child mortality rate, hospital birth is encouraged by paying an incentive of Rs. 700/- for hospital delivery, Rs. 250/- for TA and Rs. 100/- for hospital stay to the parents. In this regard, the board discussed organising seminars and programmes in the blocks to create wide awareness to the mass and to urge the churches and the KNSK, the apex women organization, to play a vital role to disseminate the importance of hospital delivery and Immunization Program to all. The board also forwarded Grant in Aid for Baptist High School, Monyakshu Town to the department concerned. The next meeting would be held on August 17. In Kiphire, the monthly meeting of the Kiphire Planning and Development Board was held on July 8 in the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner, Kiphire, under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner and Vice Chairman DPDB Kiphire, A. Chumremo Odyuo. The meeting honoured student toppers from Kiphire District in the 2015 HSLC Examination in Sci-
ence and Mathematics subjects. Cash prizes with citation were awarded to Apongba Sangtam who secured 92% in Mathematics, Md. Nural Hassan Ansari, who secured 90% in science and Elilas C. Sangtam who secured 90% in science. The Chairman welcomed new members namely, C. Wangan, EAC Longmatra and Tsidi, EAC Kiusam. In the meeting Veterinary department informed the board that the present OCP (Quarantine check post) located at Mini will be shifted to Bedang shortly and since it can cover Hakumti of Sangtsong the board decided not to recommend creation of separate veterinary outpost at Hakumuti and Sangtsong. The board recommended creation of Veterinary Health Centre (VHC) in four Administration blocks under Kiphire District, namely, Amahator Town, Longmatra Town, Kiusam Town and Khongsa Town. Regarding verification report along with estimate for construction of retaining wall at Kepongya Ward, the board recommended the Urban Development Department for inclusion in their annual plan under Town protection scheme. For reservation of seats at
Zisaji Presidency College in every academic year, the governing body informed the members that there are four founding members of the college and the board decided to recommend to the government for approval of five seats to those four founding members. Other agenda included inclusion of Longmatra under Urban Infrastructure Development Schemes (UIDS) which is deferred to the next meeting, EACs of Amahator, Kiusam and Khongsa were asked to submit proposal for inclusion under (UIDS) for their respective administrative HQ; for creation of new department at Khongsa Hq. proposal submitted by EAC Khongsa, the Board decided to take into consideration due to its remoteness bordering Myanmar. The Board recommended setting up of village guard posts at Wongtsovong, Hakumuti and Tsungdang; upgrading Information Assistant Office to Assistant Public Relation Officer at Pungro considering the vast area of Pungro Sub-Division covering 51 Villages; New Tagore Tribal Complex at Kiphire; construction of approach road to Pungrungru Village via Old Risethsi covering 12 km where the board directed the appli-
Dimapur, July 19 (Dipr): Wokha and Tuensang districts joined in observing the World Youth Skills Day along with the rest of the world on July 15. The celebrations which coincided with the launch of the “Skill India Mission” were led by the respective Deputy Commissioners. Wokha marked the occasion at Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Wokha Office complex with Deputy Commissioner, Wokha, A. Robin Lotha as the Chief Guest. The Deputy Commissioner, speaking at the occasion, encouraged the trainees to put more effort in their chosen vocation so that one day they can stand on their own feet. He also urged them to put in to practice the knowledge that has been imparted. The chief guest also handed over certificate of recognition to Hairailiang Zeliang and Nyanbemo Lotha (V.I. Instructor) for the best Trainee and Trainer respectively. Principal, ITI, Wokha, Er. Nyaksham Phom, while presenting the key features of skill development and entrepreneurship highlighted the background on vocational training system and its importance, features of the scheme and its aim and objectives. In the morning, a cleanliness drive under “Swatch Bharat Abhiyan,” was held in the institute in which all the trainees, instructors and staff participated. Participants also witnessed the live telecast of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi launching the National Mission for Skill Development, unveiling the National Policy for skill development and entrepreneurship and formally launching the flagship scheme of skill development. In Tuensang, the celebrations were organised by the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Tuensang at the GITI Conference hall with the Deputy Commissioner of Tuensang, Alemjongshi as the Chief Guest. The Chief Guest in his speech called for professionalism and encouraged students to learn whole heartedly. Skill is not just a manual thing, rather it is holistic in nature and it covers all the important aspects in life, he said. He further stated that the notion of Government job as a sole mode of employment in the minds of the Nagas should be changed. Chingmak Chang, Proprietor Bread Basket, in his short speech narrated his struggles towards building the private firm and advised students to work hard with devotion, stating it will take them to greater heights. He further shared practical explanations based on the current scenario of unemployment and some common avenues which can help in one’s sustenance. Principal of GITI, in his welcome speech, explained on Skill Mission. Deputy Commissioner also gave away awards of excellence to the excelling students.
Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): Expressing support to the road campaign of Dhobinala-SignalThakhehu area initiated by Finger Print, the Lhomithi Village Youth Organisation and Lhomithi Village Students’ Union Dimapur earnestly appealed to the authority concerned to take note of the sufferings of the public in the area and take immediate remedial steps. A press statement from the presidents of the two organisations stated, “The public has suffered too much for too long and now it is time for the government to act soon before the A free eye screening camp was held on July sponsored by Toshi Changkiri Service Station (TCSS) Longnak Changki. The camp was held in association with Lions Club of Jorhat and Jorhat Lions Eye Hospital in the public loses its faith in peaceful means of appeal.” presence of ADC Mangkolemba.
Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): Team Metamorphosis along with Wokha SDO (Civil) Mhomo Tungoe on July 17 distributed rice to the families of the February 24 Bomb Blast Victims at Tsumang Colony Wokha. Team Metamorphosis is an NGO creating awareness in various fields and promoting social ethics, values with the sole aim of working for uplifting the society, motivating educated unemployed youth locating their talents and interest in channelizing them in pursuing positive living, to promote fine arts like music indigenous games and event management.
Tseminyu SDPDB meeting held The monthly Tseminyu SDPDB meeting was held on July 10 at SDPDB Conference Hall under the chairmanship of Parliamentary Secretary for Housing, Er. Levi Rengma. The meeting discussed various agenda and decided to recommend the following for approval: Road from National Highway (NH) No. 2, 58.8 km (Nsonyu village gate) to 10 km Tseminyu-Bokajan via Ziphenyu-Phenshunyu village (23 km), Upgrading of Sub-Health centre Enhunyu village to Primary Health centre. Creation of Sub-Health Centre at Gukhanyu village and construction of General Administration Quarter at EAC headquarter Tsopin. Parliamentary Secretary, Er. Levi expressed his concern about the devel-
opment of Tseminyu headquarter where he said that GPS mapping of Tseminyu town is of utmost important for all round system base development. He also enquired about the services/performance of BSNL Telecom service and expressed his dissatisfaction for poor network services in Tseminyu sub-division. Sub-Divisional Agri offices (SDAO) Tseminyu informed the house regarding the occurrence of bacterial blight in jhum field at Terragonyu village in Tseminyu sub-division and commented that the affected cultivators need to be looked into for assistance.
Mangkolemba holds SDPB meeting The monthly meeting of the Sub Divisional Planning Board, Mangkolemba was held on July 14 at the customary court hall. Chairing the meeting, SDPB Chairman Dr. Benjongliba welcomed the newly posted ADC ImtiwapangAier and other administrative officers under the sub division and also congratulated Dr. Longri for being inducted as Chairman for Bio Resources and Development Authority, Nagaland in the DAN Government.
Considering the much felt need of the people from the three ranges under Mangkolemba Sub Division, the Adhoc Town Council put up a proposal to the Board for setting up of State Co-operative bank at Mangkolemba town. After much deliberation the Board approved to forward the matter to the higher authority when all necessary criteria and formats required are furnished and completed. The Board members accepted to pursue the agenda proposed to recognize Adhoc Town Council to full-fledged Town Council which was approved in 2014 meeting as all required formats are being furnished. After much deliberating on the deplorable road condition from Mangkolemba - Mongchen and Longnak road which is the life line of Changikong, Japukong and Tsurangkong ranges, ADC, Imtiwapang asked EE PWD (R&B) to submit a detailed and specific reports at the earliest, for necessary action accordingly. Chairman and Vice chairman of the Board, during the meeting, issued a strict notification for attendance of the officers of all the departments to attend their respective offices and SDPDB meeting.
MPW enhancement training at Peren World Youth Skills Day observed at Wokha, Tuensang
Lhomithi Village orgs appeal
TM distributes rice to families of Feb 24 Wokha Blast victims
cant to prepare through Village Action Plan under MGNREGA and submit to the Project Director DRDA; establishment of Youth Resources Office and construction of office and Staff Quarters; Establishment of LRSO Office at Kiphire and renovation of guest house at Sitimi.
Addl Dir IPR inspects Phek DPRO office phEK, July 19 (Dipr): Additional Director IPR Limawati Ao inspected the Phek DPRO office on July 6. Addressing a meeting at the Office premise, Limawati called on the officer and staff of the district to continue working for the service of the people in Phek and to rededicate themselves in their duties. He also said that it is important for IPR officials to disseminate news of the district to the rest of the state so that people will know what activities are taking place in the district. Limawati reminded the staff that the concept of public relations is to construct a positive image about the Government of Nagaland to the public and
to circulate and disseminate the schemes carried out by the government for ensuring public participation and successful implementation of government schemes. Public Relation is meant for highlighting the grievances of the public to the government of Nagaland, he added. He also said that of late, the services of IPR department is gaining more importance and called upon the staff of DPRO Phek to efficiently shoulder the responsibilities placed upon the department. DPRO, Phek apprised the Addl. Director on the various activities that the office has been involved in and also mentioned about the various needs of the office.
The Addl. Director also visited the APRO Office at Pfutsero on July 7 where he met the staffs and inspected the office. Limawati expressed happiness over the well maintained office building and its surroundings and encouraged the staffs to continue their dedication and sincerity in their office duties. IPR officials have toured the district offices across the State to enable the department to get firsthand information about the grievances of the district office and also to generate awareness and have closer bonding with the district office. The Department will be compiling and submitting the reports to the government.
Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): A Oneday training for enhancing performance of Multipurpose Workers (MPW) of Medical Officers & GNM/ANM, LHV, and BPM & ASHA Coordinators for Peren District was held at Chief Medical Office Conference Hall on July 8 with Dr. Khrielasanuo, DPO UIP/RCH and Elizabeth, District Program Manager NHM as resource persons. According to a press release, Dr. Khrielasanuo acknowledged the Health workers for their efforts and sincerity and said that the Health Units, especially the Subcentres, are the main centres for delivering effective outreach services in rural areas and highlighted about job responsibilities
of the MPW. Dr. Khrielasanuo emphasized on the activities to be carried out at the sub centres, during the VHND’s and Field/Home visit and also spoke on the communityHealth Education topics and Reports & Record Maintenance. Elizabeth gave an overview of the weekly work plan for MPW, the drugs and supplies and further emphasized that it is the responsibility of the MPW to ensure continuous availability of drugs and supplies within the sub centres. She also highlighted on the activity checklist for MPW and performance monitoring by MPW, the press release informed.
A team of 20 students from Classes 1 and 2 and teachers from Rev. Dr. Neiliezhu Usou Memorial School (RDNUMS) visited Old Aged Home Meriema and Bright Morning Star Children's Home Kohima on July 17. Annual Charity Day at RDNUMS was held on July 10 in the school and the proceeds of the Charity Day were shared with the Aged and the Children. In both the Homes, the children of RDNUMS had fellowships and presented special numbers, and shared memory verses and stories from the Bible.
The Lower PWD Youth Organisation (LPWDYO), Kohima in collaboration with the LPWD Panchayat organised a mass social work within its jurisdiction on July 11. Apart from cleaning the premises, they levelled roads and cleared and dug drainages.
Believers Church distributes free mosquito nets Dimapur, July 19 (mExN): Believers Church Nagaland distributed 5000 Mosquito nets to 2500 families under its Community Development program for the poor and needy people on July 17 at its Diocese Centre, Tenyiphe-I village, 7th mile, Dimapur. A press release informed that the main objective of the programme was to prevent Malaria and reduce medical expenses of families which affects the monthly budget of families. Giving a short speech on the occasion, Rev. Fr. Kasthang Kath, Zonal Leader, spoke on Malaria awareness and the use of mosquito nets for prevention of malaria and other related diseases caused by mosquito bites.
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The Morung Express monDAy 209July THursDAy July2015 2015volumE volumEXXIssuE IssuE197 185 By Along longkumer
Of Cabbage, Markets and Food Tech
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f agriculture is considered to be an important economic activity in Nagaland, as stated in official documents, with more than 90% of the population employed in agriculture, it stands to reason that proper care and attention should be given to both its production, marketing and post-harvest handling including the use of food processing technology. According to the Department of Agriculture, government of Nagaland, it is “committed to the welfare and economic upliftment of farming community in general”. This however is not reflected in what is happening in the daily lives of our farming community as was witnessed recently in relation to cabbage farmers from Pfutsero in Phek district. Local farmers are losing out in terms of business because of the unabated taxes that farmers have to pay while transporting their produce to the markets. And with the syndicate and monopoly system at the wholesale markets quite rampant, the end result is that Naga farmers hardly make anything for all the time and effort they put in the fields. With such difficult experiences, it is no wonder that people feel discouraged to continue doing farming and many end up looking for other avenues to make their livelihood. At a time when the State government is encouraging entrepreneurship, especially among the youths seeking government jobs, the sorry state of our farming community is worrisome for economic growth and the wellbeing of a large section of our people, dependent on agriculture. In all this, the exploitation of local farmers through the unscrupulous trading system and unabated taxation, the State government has remained silent and incapable of providing any kind of relief or solution. This is most unfortunate though not surprising at all given the complete breakdown of our government machinery where nothing really works well. The Chief Minister should direct the concern authority, here the Agriculture Department to look into the grievances of the farming community. In fact the government has enacted the Nagaland Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2005 which provides for enough mechanisms to ensure welfare of farmers. The Act is exhaustive and runs into almost 300 pages. The State government has been given powers to implement various provisions such as setting up of market committees, regulating marketing of agriculture produce including the need to bring about complete transparency in pricing system and transactions taking place in the market area. It also has provision for supervising auction of notified agriculture produce, minimum support prices etc. The act if implemented in totality will ensure fair trade practices, hygienic food and healthy environment for trade and commerce. However, even the government seems to be unaware that such an act even exists. It is virtually lying in cold storage for over a decade now and the CM should immediately direct the authorities to enforce the act. The other issue that needs collective attention of the government, farming community and upcoming entrepreneurs is on post-harvest handling arrangements to be made before even planning for planting of crops. For example, Sauerkraut is a food dish made of finely cut cabbage that has been fermented. It has a long shelf life and a distinctive sour flavour with many health benefits. It is also used as an important ingredient in preparation of traditional soups and popular in Central European cuisines. Sauerkraut is also used in American cuisine as a condiment upon various foods, such as sandwiches and hot dogs. Take for instance, the production of cabbage from Pfutsero. Given that such fresh vegetables have a very short shelf life and the fact that they can be easily damaged from high temperatures or during transportation over long distances, the possibility of exploring some food technology to process cabbage or other produce should be seriously looked into by the government and producers. We are all aware of what happened in 2009, when Longkhum farmers from Mokokchung suffered major loss after they found no buyers of their 230 metric tonnes of tomatoes or the plight of cabbage farmers of Phek district who produce at least 4000 metric tonnes every year. Agriculture being a State subject, the government should take pro-active measures towards an enabling marketing system that is fair, transparent and beneficial for both farmers, traders and consumers besides taking the initiative towards food processing technology that will open more avenues for our farmers and entrepreneurs. (The writer is a former Editor of the Morung Express and presently serving as a board member. Feedback may be sent to alongnews@yahoo.com)
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BAKING BAGUETTES IN INDIA: Taking bread beyond borders
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ittle do we realize while buying a baguette or croissant from a corner bakery in the city about the journey these breads had to take - leaving their French lands to reach the Indian subcontinent. These iconic foods of France had many influences on the history before they were made available to the world. A French family that had moved to Delhi realized the need for freshly baked breads through their son, who missed the French variety. This led to the setting up of L'Opera, French patisserie and boulangerie outlet in 2011 that has now grown into a chain. "The lack of easily accessible French bakery products in India is the reason why we are into this business," Kazem Samandari, the executive chairman of the chain, who has put in over 40 years in various entrepreneurship projects before his business with breads, told IANS. "The procedures of investment are difficult in India but there was a space in the Indian market for quality French products which we have been able to fill," Samandari said, recalling the early days of the bakery. To backtrack a bit, baguette dates to the 18th century when the adverse weather conditions in France had deprived the citizens of their staple grains - creating a class war where the poor had access to only poor quality bread and thus starved. This starvation led to the birth of a "bread of equality" (pain d'egalite), Samandari reminisced. Or, as Benjamin Frankly pithily put it: "Where there's no law, there's no bread." To get back to the present, the baguette is what it is, as Napoleon Bonaparte had established the size, shape and structure. Samandari thought the reasons for the hard crust and the length were that a baguette could perfectly fit into the pockets of soldiers, while the crust could stay crisp and avoid crumbling in the pockets. L'Opera today makes over 26 types of breads every day, some of which include baguettes, croissants, pain paysan (peasant bread), Swiss tress, macarons, quiches, verrines, teas and jams. "The inconsistency of the quality of raw materials and the way they are handled and stored force us to import all our raw materials," Samandari pointed out. L'Opera at present has 12 outlets in Delhi NCR at Nehru Place, Khan Market, Hauz Khas Village, Saket, the French Embassy and other locations. "We plan to have 100 outlets in the country within the next five years," Samandari said, adding that to woo Indians preferring sugar-free products, the company also aims to introduce such versions of its iconic breads.
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WHERE A STATE DROWNS EACH YEAR: Assam floods and what needs to be done The deluge • Floods affect millions of people and wildlife in Assam each year. • Much of the state is a valley criss-crossed with many large and small rivers. • Native people had learnt to utilise the floods to their benefit; also found ways around it. Short history • The British ruptured local knowledge; built embankments to protect only their own tea estates. • This continues: dykes, embankments, rail lines are built with short-term economic logic in mind. • This has adverse impact on social geography. Embankment in one village floods others around it. • The rise of radical politics in Western Assam is linked to loss of control over water resources by locals. The right path • The government has an aggressive development agenda. • It needs to have genuine dialogue with those worst hit. • Also tap into local knowledge to fight floods. Being stranded in the middle of a vast expanse of water, regardless of the actual depth, is a particularly fearsome and paralysing experience. In Assam, it happens to millions of people each year and demands some serious attention. One of the region's foremost public intellectuals, the late Parag Das, once wrote that the floods were a great leveller in the otherwise hierarchical and unequal society. The daily wage earners who live along the railway tracks of Fancy Bazar in Guwahati, the wealthy businessmen in their houses along Zoo Road, as well as the ministers in Dispur, are all united in their misery and ignominy of having to move their belongings to higher ground in full view of others during the monsoons. Every year, I too join the multitudes that navigate flood and waterlogged streets, as we attempt to make our way to work or back home. Like my fellow citizens, I feel utterly vulnerable and small in the face of torrential rain that turns our cities and villages into a veritable sea of mud and water. Geography doesn't help Much of Assam's landmass is actually a valley crisscrossed by large and small rivers, so living with seasonal floods and exaggerated flows of water ought to be normal. Such a reality also entails two kinds of commonsense responses, one that pushes humans to protect themselves and the other that forces them to adapt. The landscape of the Brahmaputra valley is replete with outcomes of these two impulses. Travellers and soldiers who visited Assam in the medieval period wrote about the amazing rivers and awe-inspiring seasonal rains. Assam's native people used these factors to their advantage in their battles against other armies. They also learned to channelise the flow of water in different directions, sometimes irrigating their fields and, at other times, saving their villages. Even today, one sees the remnants of ancient embankments and dykes, though they have been rendered useless in modern times. If these impulses signify the need to be protected by the flood, the ubiquitous houses built on stilts along the floodplains reflect people's ability to adapt to adverse conditions. However, this landscape changed with the advent of British colonial rule and the expansion of tea
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ndia has a dirt problem. And dirty streets are the least of it. Here's a story you should know. Over the last few weeks, the inside pages of newspapers have shown streets in Delhi turn into a sea of waste. The city's sanitation workers have been on strike because -- astonishingly -- they have not been paid salaries for many months. As commuters go about wrapping their faces in triple layers of cloth to keep out the smell, the strike has made visible what is usually ignored. Hidden from media glare and the sweeping frenzy triggered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat programme, India's cities are literally drowning in their own waste These numbers explain why that problem affects you. They are from just one city: Delhi. But they could stand in for any other city too. The key question is: where does all the waste we generate in our homes go? Who handles this back-end of waste? Check out its scale. 9,000 metric tonnes • Roughly the weight of 257 Boeing airplanes • That's the amount of garbage Delhi produces every day 70 acres • That's about 13 million square feet, the equivalent of 2,500 BHK flats • It's also the size of Ghazipur, one of the four landfill sites in Delhi. The city's garbage is dumped here everyday. It currently has 50 lakh tonnes of accumulated waste 25 metres • That's the height of the Ghazipur landfill today, which is taller than a
and other cash crops in the 19th century. The tea industry necessitated the growth of a network of train lines, the construction of modern embankments to protect the tea-growing areas from waterlogging and the selective opening up of motorable roads. As a matter of fact, so selective was this process that Allied army engineers attempting to build a road from Assam to China during the Second World War ended up cursing the greed and rapacity of the planters and the colonial government. The roads and railway lines were completely useless for the war effort and had been built only to extract resources - not for human connectivity. Mad dash for cash The colonial period was also important for the reorganisation of land settlement and use. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, colonial authorities allowed large numbers of cultivators from the Gangetic floodplains of colonial Bengal to settle along the fertile riverbanks in western and central Assam. Peasants were allowed to settle for short and medium term leases that helped them to cultivate income-generating cash crops like jute. The Assamese historian Arupjyoti Saikia has written extensively about the contentious politics around land settlement and use in the 19th century and his work provides a useful lens for understanding the importance of the history of agrarian transformation in Assam. Independent India inherited much of the colonial hubris on matters of flood control and engineering. The propensity to build embankments and dykes with a very short-term economic logic in mind created several unintended consequences that continue to have an adverse impact on the social geography of the Brahmaputra valley. The short history of top-down planning for irrigation and flood control in Nalbari district, where I have been doing fieldwork for the past three years, is an instructive example of what I mean. Ever since the 1950s, various governments and political leaders have championed a regime for con-
trolling water resources in the district. In doing so, they have radically altered the social structure of the place. The construction of a small embankment along one permanently settled village creates waterlogged conditions in the paddy fields of another. In turn, these minor alterations resulted in large changes in land use and livelihoods of local communities. As new settlers came in to occupy irrigated land, older natives were forced to migrate in order to find livelihoods. Helpless and ignored It is no secret that the growth of radical politics in western Assam had much to do with the growing redundancy of local communities in issues related to water sharing and control. This unwillingness to consult flood-affected communities on the outcome of engineering interventions is one of the main reasons why most citizens feel vulnerable in Assam. This is set to become more pronounced as the current government is bent upon carrying out its aggressive developmental agenda. In September 2014, a cloudburst over the Garo Hills in Meghalaya resulted in a devastating flash flood in Dudhnoi and other areas of Goalpara district in Assam. Relief workers, including some from the government, were shocked at the sight of submerged, fully grown teak trees along the foothills of Assam and Meghalaya. Like the Allied engineers, the relief workers expressed anger at the newly constructed railway line that prevented the flow of floodwater from the Garo Hills to the Brahmaputra. The annual floods in Assam ought to be a time for sober reflection on the country's developmental direction, rather than hysterical reactions to what has become an annual calamity for the people of the state. This can only be ensured by genuine dialogue and consultations with those who are rendered most vulnerable. After all, those who decide on such matters should feel the helplessness of climbing to their desk, then to the loft, in order to remain safe when the levee breaks.
Delhi's daily waste equals the weight of 257 Boeing planes
• No part of the Clean India fund is specifically dedicated to them
40,000 • That is the number of children working as rag pickers • It is the fourth largest 'job option' for Avalok langer Delhi's children • Health risks aside, it is a violation of la10-storey building enter the food chain and surrounding bour laws and the Right to Education • The actual capacity was meant to be ground water 15 metres. It surpassed that 10 years • The air is equally hazardous. Meth- 20% ago ane is just one of the super toxic gases • That's how little of Delhi's garbage ac• The other three garbage sites in Delhi emanating from these dumps tually needs to go to the landfill - Bhalaswa, Okhla and Narela-Bawa• 50% of Delhi's garbage is organic and na - are in the same state 25 square kilometres can be composted • 'Stinking mountains far exceeding • Roughly the size of 3,400 football • 30% is recyclable their closure deadline', is how the fields, or the entire spread of Lutyen's • Segregation and localised solutions Standing Committee on Urban De- Bungalow Zone can save Delhi from drowning velopment has described Delhi's • That's the space Delhi will need by 2024 landfills to accommodate its garbage, which 200 crore rupees will become 19,000 metric tonnes a • You could buy 5,875 Maruti Alto 800s 1.5 million litres day, more than twice what it is today with that money • Is the equiva• Yet, no oth- • It's also the estimated annual value of lent of one er landfills have the recyclable material found in DelOlympic-sized been commis- hi's garbage sioned. Fearing pool for their health, 3 • T h a t ' s t h e efforts to estab- • The number of Waste to Energy plants a m o u n t o f lish new sites set up in Delhi. toxic leachate have been met • These plants are meant to use Muor run-off that the Ghazipur landfill alone produces with massive protests from local resi- nicipal Solid Waste to generate elecdents each day tricity. Basically, they are furnaces to • This flows into the Yamuna and also mass burn garbage. 3.5 lakh contaminates ground water • Waste to Energy plants can result in • The number of rag pickers in Delhi dangerous fly ash and fumes. • These rag pickers reduce Delhi's • According to Global Alliance of Incin158 times • Is how much the ground soil at Del- Green House Gas emission by a erator Alternatives, 100 incinerators hi's landfills exceeds the permissible whopping 9,62,133 tonnes a year worldwide have been closed after de• They play a huge role in keeping us tection of cancer-causing dioxins. limit of pollutants • These pollutants cause cancer, repro- healthy but face tremendous health • In India, residents near the Okhla plant ductive disorders, heart disease, skin hazards themselves. have been waging a battle against the ash • They do not seem to be part of Prime and fumes emanating from it. But before disease • Worse: these pollutants do not de- Minister Modi's Sabka Sath, Sabka their concerns are addressed, the Ghazigrade with time. Instead, they rapidly Vikas slogan pur plant is now set to go operational
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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE
A Pen Needs a Break I Mirembe!
need a break. A pen needs a break. It is the Brazilian novelist, Paulo Coelho, who observes that a “pen that is always writing ends up losing the awareness of what it is doing. So let it rest whenever possible, and concern yourself with living and meeting your friends.” Coelho does not stop there. He reminds us that while pens have no conscience they are, in his own words, “an extension of the writer’s hand and desire.” For the last 20 weeks I had held the pen, sharing the stories of my education at the feet of my elders. It has been a great run but I also recognize that it is time to take a break. Before, I take a break though, I want to respond to a question so many readers have asked. What inspired me, in the first place, to tell the stories passed on to me by my grandparents, or stories of my educational encouters while living with my grandparents in our home in rural western Kenya? I will trace how it all began. About this time last year, I visited with my cousin brother, Omondi Opiyo, at his home in Kitengela in the outskirts of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. My cousin and his wife had just been blessed with a baby girl, Krystal Hawi, and I needed to do the blessings of an Uncle as required by tradition. By the way, Hawi is a special name as it means “blessing” or “good luck” in Dho’Luo. While having lunch with my cousin we began reminiscing about the many dramatic encounters we had growing up in rural Koga village. Both of loved our grandparents deeply and we knew that both of us were also the favorite grandchildren of our grandparents. So, we began joking how “unfortunate” the children growing up in our extended family today would not have the such opportunities of getting the best of the formal education and the more potent informal education through stories and various encounters with our elders. Would children like Krystal ever sit around the fire and listen to a narrative piece retold by an elder? Would they be admonished using metaphors and other beautiful language of our people? Would they be told of the feats of our ancestors all the way from Sudan, Uganda and Kenya? With the changing times, it is unlikely. They will perhaps try googling their genealogy and find very little. My cousin then wondered aloud: “why can’t we write up the stories? We owe it to Krystal and the other great grandchildren of Dana and Kwara to document these stories.” We continued discussing this subject but in a general terms with no one committing to take the next concrete steps. That evening, when saying farewell to my cousin brother, his wife and Krystal, my cousin brother and I reminded ourselves about the tacit pact we had made: to document the stories we either lis-
by Babu Ayindo tened to or learned through our encounters with our grandparents, Dana Josephina Ongecha and Kwara Odera K’Okwande. I did not give much thought to this promise until I began my studies at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand. One morning in early September last year, while taking my 45 minute walk from my flat towards the university, I stopped at a traffic lights. The lights were red indicating pedestrians should be patient. You see in Aotearoa New Zealand, traffic lights are the law. In Kenya, traffic lights are a suggestion. As I waited for the lights to turn green, I looked across the street and saw this elderly couple also waiting to cross the street. For some reason, the elderly man reminded me of my grandfather. He has this cap, that in Kenya is associated with the Luo people. My grandfather liked a similar cap. He also had this permanent grin like my grandfather. I looked at the couple chatting to each other as the waited for the green lights on opposite ends of the road. When the lights turned green accompanied by that growling sound, I knew that I was not only crossing that road but it was time to dare commit pen to paper. That evening, on 8 September 2014, wrote and posted my first story on my Facebook wall. This was followed by several other stories in succession. During certain weeks, I wrote up to three stories. The momentum was good. A friend encouraged me to publish the stories on my blog page rather than Facebook. I was encouraged by this as I was able to improve the layout of the stories. Part of the response surprised me. The people who enjoyed readings my stories most, and who wrote to encourage me to continue “telling my stories” were the ones I least expected as they hardly commented on anything I posted on Facebook. I will mention a few of them: my childhood friends, Wilfred Kioko, Adero Pauline, Irene Opwora, Fred Wachiaya, Susan Njeri and Willis Okul. I got regular feedback from these friends that encouraged me to
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keep the momentum. Another source of inspiration was a great friend Adi Vasulevu Levu who read each story and called me up or requested that we Skype whenever she had some feedback. In some instances, she also offered suggestions on storylines I should pursue. And, Aküm Longchari, for the encouragement and support as I never imagined I would publish the stories in a weekly column. On 3 July, collated all the 18 stories that I had written by that time into one document. I wanted to test if all the stories put together in one document could be weaved into a book. I clustered the stories into themes and worked out a flow. I emailed the document to my cousin brother OmondiOpiyo. This was his response after a few hours of skimming through: “Hey Bro. This is a great way of honouring these two people who had such a profound effect on our lives. I have just left Nairobi for Kisumu by bus. I hope to read all the stories en route. I also hope you have captured the genealogy stories somewhere, not a boring straight forward manner but in your usual humorous and witty way!” Part of the reason why I need the break is to begin working on the book project. My hope is that I can make it a collective effort within the family so that the language can be “Luo-nized” some more in the manner our grandparents spoke or told their stories. My counsin would be very helpful in this. In addition, I am also thinking of using cartoons and illustrations so that the stories can appeal to yonger readers. My intention is to spend a good part of the next three months writing more stories that would resume in this column in early October 2015 as well as work on the book project. However, as my cousin hopes that I have done justice to the memory of these two ancestral figures, I also remember the words of Peter Nazareth when he said: “always trust the story, not the storyteller!”
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Do you agree with the Union Home Ministry that conditions in Nagaland State are disturbed and dangerous? tian State? Should have considered a Some of those who voted lot before creating terror and bad imYES had this to say: 78% age to the outsiders. • Yes. Lets be honest. Nagaland is not in a normal state. Naga problem is more than 60 years old. The question really should be who is making Nagaland disturbed and dangerous? Is it the Nagas or is it India? Why should Nagas make their own land disturbed and dangerous? But for India they have no reason not to. • For those who don’t want Nagaland to be free, they will always look at the Nagas who want justice to be disturbed and dangerous • Yes, Due to safety of naga people from insurgents • To some extent its yes because we don’t develop Peace in our land • Yes for those Indian armed forces Nagaland is surely a dangerous place and to the GoI its surely politically very disturbing cos once the world know their true intent and exposed, india is going to be in a real big trouble. But at the moment it is also true for the naga populace as long as GoI keeps reinforcing their armed forces. However it is a big no as long as tourist and businesses are concerned.. the general nagas are so hospitable that any guest with no evil intend are so so welcome and treated with highest respect. We all know that even for the business people Nagaland is heaven otherwise wy should’nt the outsider continue to run their legal and illegal businesses so happily and prosperously? • I repeat...Its YES..Nagaland is a disturbed and dangerous state because of the presence of Security Forces and AFSPA..
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• Not at all as compared to those Maoist dominated states ... • The 'disturbed area' tag is uncalled for and most unfortunate. This reflects the mindset of a mentally insecure and insincere person. The overall situation in the whole of Nagaland when compared with many cities and places in India is a haven of peace. Under the pretext of occasional fights between contending armies which is expected, declaring Nagaland total area as 'disturbed' and imposing AFSPA is totally insane and exposed the game plan of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Armies. The process involves huge money where MHA and Armies make their fortunes without accountability whatsoever. What a great shame that the largest democratic nation endorses this draconian law for ulterior motive! • We need them to leave us to our own fate and not to impose any law of outsiders,why can't the GOI leave us alone and let us live our own life whether its good or bad.... And its absolutely a vain move of the GOI in tagging my Motherland as disturbed area...
Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say: • Its a strategy to get more fund from centre... if not the state can pass the law or state home minister can condemn it and pass the law, like Tripura YES state, Tripura legislative pass the law no OTHER and they repel the AFSPA • Its the government of India and NagaIndia, eg, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, land government creation only. Its not but they Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, etc, etc, many Para military forces die in this want to make it dangerous Some of those who voted NO had this to say: states. If Nagaland state is keep under AFS- • This is what we call DAN & NDA alliance bo• No. Union Home Ministry is revealing its PA then, all the naxal's influence states should nus. • Yes considering myself as responsible citiblack – heart towards Nagaland. Nagaland is treated the same. the most peaceful state in the NE. Home Min- • No, will only increase our (Nagas) alienation zen violence at any place or area is a matter of concern but I don't think that Nagaland is a istry’s eyes and its reading always go different to GOI from reality. It seems Union Home Ministry will • The Local people have nothing to do with the dangerous place or state. Declaring the entire not be at peace unless it put innocent Nagas situation. It is a problem between the so called region as a disturbed area is totally a false proin peril. nationalist and the selfish Government of India. paganda. In fact even the tourists or journalists • It is the 'exception' within the law that tags cer- Go and fight somewhere else and let the poor could still find Nagaland as a safe place. India is one of the largest democracy in the world, tain area as 'disturbed' so as to legitimate 'ex- Nagas be in Peace. traordinary' law (without legality) like AFSPA. • I don't think so, it's too early to brand as a can one considered this AFSPA as a part of Its their own creation. Its the military manning disturbed area just by taking into account a few democracy? Absoluty big NO. Such act would around which is more disturbing than the land. incidences that occurred. Nagaland shouldn't indirectly threatens the rights of it's citizens. • NO. not every parts of the state is disturbed be declared as disturbed area just because we First, Cease-fire abrogation and now come to • If Nagaland is disturbed and dangerous area have numerous factions. Is there some kind of the point of disturbed area. I think this would then what about the naxal's in many states of political agenda because Nagaland is a Chris- again going to pollute the healthy environment.
Thailand under military rule
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eturn happiness to Thai people” was the promise made by the general Prayuth Chan Chan-ocha one year ago when he seized power in Thailand. On 22 May 2014 the Thai military staged its second coup d’état in eight years and assumed full control of the country after several months of political turmoil and street protests. “The Thai people, like me, have probably not been happy for nine years. But since May 22, there is happiness”, he said triumphantly. Thai society has been increasingly polarized in the last decade by a political crisis that has pitted two groups against each other. On one side are the “red shirts”, mainly poor farmers from the rural areas in the north and northeast of the country. On the other side are the Democrat Party, the oldest party in Thailand, and the “yellow shirts”, a group mostly formed by middle class urbanites from the capital, Bangkok, and people from the southern provinces in the country, the stronghold of the Democrat Party. While the red shirts are supporters of the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed by a military coup in September 2006 after winning two elections in a row with his social policies, the “yellow shirts” and the Democrat Party are ultra-royalist nationalists who see Thaksin and his associates as a threat to the old order. In the aftermath of the 2014 coup, the Army tried to create an atmosphere of celebration organizing festivals and concerts in the streets and squares in Bangkok. In those events, Thai citizens were treated with free food, drink and even haircuts, and were given the chance to pet a pony or take a selfie with soldiers singing and dancing. Mr. Prayuth also composed a ballad called “Return Happiness to Thailand” and launched a TV program with the same title in which today he still explains to the public some of the plans his government is devising for the country. The coup and its aftermath would look somewhat like a soft political satire if there was not hidden a quasi-totalitarian agenda behind Mr. Prayuth’s policies. The military has consistently silenced any criticism since it assumed power, and has summoned or arrested dissidents to undergo what has been termed as “attitude adjustments”. In a report entitled “Attitude Adjustment: 100 days under martial law”, the human rights watchdog Amnesty International denounced hundreds of arbitrary detentions of academics, activists, students or journalists, by the military regime. Most of them have been arrested for more than seven days without formal charges or access to a lawyer. Moreover, the organization has documented that some detainees suffered beatings, death threats, suffocation or even mock executions while in custody. And, after one year of military dictatorship, the harassment against any kind of opposition has not abated. “The junta’s orders to the media to abstain from criticizing them are still in effect and three weeks ago, Voice TV pulled off its morning news talk program which is critical of the military regime”, says a journalist who prefers to remain anonymous. “As for myself, I have to seek permission from the military junta whenever I wish to travel abroad and an Army colonel who ‘looked after’ me while I was detained without charge last year had sent me a friend request on Facebook, which I accepted”. Most recently, the military government announced that it will hold a meeting for 200 local and international journalists to teach them how to ask “constructive questions” and “not distort facts.” “There has been no order from any of my bosses, but it is my duty to build healthy relationships and mutual understanding with the media”, said the Army Signal Department Commander, Lieutenant-General Suchart Pongput, when he made the announcement. The control of the media started shortly after the coup. Back then, the junta instructed journalists to stop interviewing academics critical with the military arguing that they could “cause confusion” in society. The voices of these academics remain silenced in the universities, and many of them have been summoned by the military to refrain from carrying out activities that might prove to be “divisive” and “disrespectful to the law.” According to Human Rights Watch, the repression and persecution against dissidents that has followed the coup have forced to leave Thailand the highest number of academics, activists, journalists and politicians since the successive crackdowns on pro-democracy movements during the 1970s. “An academic who thinks differently about the military government has to censor himself if he wants to work and live in Thailand. The main reason is [the current law], which allows detention for up to seven days without charge”, says a law scholar who also prefers to remain anonymous. Apart from the repression of dissidence, the new regime is trying to mold the minds of the Thai children through indoctrination in the education system. In schools throughout the country, kids are now required to memorize a list of “Twelve Values” dictated by Mr. Prayuth in a new poem released by the Ministry of Education. Among these “Thai Values”, figure prominently the love for the nation, the Buddhist religion and the monarchy, and through them the junta is trying to teach Thai people from an early age a “correct understanding of democracy.” On March 20, the martial law that was imposed two days before the coup was lifted with the aim of giving confidence to the tourism sector. However, military power has been strengthened. The junta replaced the martial law with the Article 44 of its interim constitution, which has been widely criticized by human rights groups. The Article 44 actually broadens the junta authority and confers it an unlimited and unchecked power. For instance, it allows the military to carry out detentions without any warrant or formal charges. “There has been real resistance to the coup from day one. But this has come in the form of small protests and civil disobedience, and has not been organized and mobilized by well-established movements. Even though the actions of these individuals have been quickly suppressed by the Thai authorities and the dissidents have been sent to prosecution in military courts, we still see that many in the Thai society still refuse to accept the legitimacy of the NCPO junta”, says Sunai Phasuk, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. The military has arrested citizens who staged symbolic and peaceful protests seemingly as innocuous as reading George Orwell’s novel 1984, or using the three fingers salute from the Hollywood blockbuster The Hunger Games, which has been adopted as a defiant gesture of protest against the coup. “When I made this greeting I was stopped by a plainclothes police and taken to the military club. They made me sign a document ensuring that I would not do so again”, explains Nachacha, a 21 years old student. More than one year after a coup carried out “to restore democracy” to the Thai people, that seems a prospect more distant than ever. Promised elections have been delayed indefinitely and, while Prayuth explains to the Thai people how happy they should feel, many are wondering when their democratic rights will be restored.
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Land bill unlikely as govt fears stormy session
New delhi, July 19 (iANs): The monsoon session of parliament is expected to be stormy, which is why the government is likely to put off the controversial land bill this time, sources said on Sunday. The joint parliamentary committee -- which was supposed to table its report on the first day of the monsoon session on Tuesday -is set to seek an extension of two more weeks to finalise the report, the sources said. "The report will not come immediately... while any final decision will depend on when the report is tabled, the bill is unlikely to be taken up in this session," a Bharatiya Janata Party leader said. With the 19-day session expected to see an uproar over issues ranging from the Vyapam scam to the Lalit Modi controversy, sources said there was a feeling that the land bill will only increase troubles for the government. With little hope of getting it passed, the government is rather focusing on re-promulgating the ordinance for the fourth time.
BJP decides to brazen it out over Raje, Sushma & Chouhan New delhi, July 19 (PTi): Setting the tone for the upcoming Monsoon session, BJPtoday decided against being defensive over the controversies related to Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and would brazen it out in Parliament which is set to be stormy over these issues. BJP chief Amit Shah held strategy meetings with various party colleagues, including union ministers Arun Jaitley, Swaraj, Smriti Irani, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Piyush Goyal as well as party spokespersons during which Raje, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, was also present. Making it evident that there will be no resignations, the meeting disThe opposition Congress sent out a warning on Sunday, saying the government must make "scam-accused" ministers resign if it wants to get bills passed. "Hope Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi announces resignations of scam-accused ministers... Passing bills would become very easy," Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Sunday. The list of
cussed how to counter the opposition attack in Parliament during the session beginning on Tuesday and harmonising of the response of the government and the party on these issues, sources said. Congress has threatened to disrupt Parliament if its demands for ouster of Raje, External Affairs Minister Swaraj andMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Chouhan are not acceded to. Raje is under attack for her links with former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi who is facing ED probe. Swaraj is also accused of helping Lalit Modi. Chouhan is under the opposition fire in Vyapam scam. BJP does not want to be seen on
government business, according to sources, has 35 items, including nine bills pending in the Rajya Sabha and four in the Lok Sabha. Besides, 11 new bills are to be introduced, as per the government's plan. Bills pending in the Lok Sabha include the land bill, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014, the Delhi High Court (Amendment)
the defensive on the controversial issues plaguing the party for the last few months, the sources said. Among the party's media faces who met Shah were M J Akbar, Shrikant Sharma and Sambit Patra. Besides pressing for removal of Swaraj, opposition has indicated that it will also target HRD MinisterSmriti Irani, who is facing charges related to an educational certificate. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh may also be targeted in connection with a rice scam. The ruling BJP, on its part, is likely to train its guns on Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singhof Congress, who is embroiled in a disproportionate assets case.
Bill, 2015, and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014. Crucial among the nine bills pending in the Rajya Sabha are those related to GST, the Whistle Blower Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015, the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2015. The new bills which the government plans to in-
troduce include the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015, for changes in consumer protection laws; Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015, to settle commercial disputes outside courts; the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Services), which seeks to redress their long-pending demand of high court judges of one rank one pension.
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AAP activists protest against Delhi Police New delhi, July 19 (iANs): Police sprayed water at hundreds of AAP activists who staged a noisy protest here on Sunday against alleged police inaction over the brutal murder of a young woman. Some 250 Aam Aadmi Party members staged the demonstration near the Delhi Police headquarters in the heart of the city. As some of them tried to break through a police cordon, the police sprayed water at them, effectively dispersing them, witnesses said. The AAP was protesting against what it said was police inaction that led to the murder on Thursday of a young woman who was repeatedly stabbed by allegedly two neighbours after she objected to their verbal abuse. The woman had earlier complained against the assailants, saying they stalked her. The AAP said the police needed to probe the issue without any political influence. "The only reason the girl died is due to police inaction," an AAP supporter told IANS at the protest site. "Despite complaints from the
the Muslim-majority region of Kashmir. But not this year. "The Pakistan army started shelling and firing on forward villages in Poonch sector when the people were busy celebrating Eid ... targeting army posts and civilian areas, creating panic among the civil population," said Indian defence spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Manish Mehta, referring to an area in the south of Kashmir. Five civilians on the Indian side were injured and several houses damaged, officials said. Pakistan said Indian forces had fired small arms, rockets, mortars and heavy machine guns across the border. "Pakistan lodges protest at the provocative act," the Pakistani government said in a statement, adding that the violence contradicted the "spirit of the understanding" the two prime ministers reached at their recent talks in Russia. Majority-Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan have fought three wars since becoming separate nations in 1947, two of them over Kashmir, which they both claim in full but rule in part.
New delhi, July 19 (PTi): Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today pitched for setting up a commission to bring changes in functioning of Delhi Police following outrage over the gruesome murder of a 19-year-old girl here. Diskhit said systemic changes were required to deal with the issue of women security in the national capital and a panel must be constituted to oversee the changes which were needed to be done to improve policing here. "There is some shortcoming in the system which is why it is not able to handle. Politicising it and blaming each other will not lead to solutions," she said. "A commission must be set up to oversee what change must be brought about in police training, how police responds to situations like these and also to look at how various gadgets can be used such as drones and CCTVs so that quick action can be taken," Dikshit said. girl, they didn't take the matter seriously. We now want the police to investigate the matter and take action against the killers." Meenakshi, a Class 11 student, was murdered in central Delhi's Anand Parbat area. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday called on the victim's family and announced a compensation of Rs.5 lakh to her family. The AAP leader also hit out at the police, saying
they needed to report to the Delhi government. Delhi Police now reports only to the central home ministry. "Delhi Police comes under the prime minister," Kejriwal said, referring to the home ministry's control over Delhi Police. "Either they (central government) should devote time to improve the law and order situation in Delhi, or they should hand over Delhi Police to the state government."
'Don't meddle with Muslim personal law'
Indian, Pakistani troops exchange gunfire sRiNAGAR, July 19 (ReuTeRs): Indian and Pakistani forces traded fire across their disputed frontier over the weekend, when Muslims celebrated the festival of Eid al-Fitr, injuring several civilians and raising tension despite a recent agreement aimed at improving ties. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, at a summit in Russia this month and they agreed that their top security officials would hold talks. The nuclear-armed neighbours also agreed to expedite the trial of people charged in connection with a 2008 attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, which India blamed on Pakistani-based militants. Modi also accepted an invitation from Sharif to visit Pakistan. But clashes on their disputed northern frontier in recent days have raised doubts about any real thaw. Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, has in the past been an occasion for gestures of reconciliation between the two sides, such as an exchange of festive sweets, in
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Indian boys display their muscles during the annual Rath Yatra, or Chariot procession, in Ahmadabad on July 18. Rath Yatra was celebrated in various parts of the city on Saturday with colorful chariots of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balaram and sister Subhadra, being pulled by thousands of devotees that moved through the major city roads amid the joyous religious chants. (AP Photo)
PATNA, July 19 (iANs): The central government is trying to influence Muslim personal law, a senior leader of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said on Sunday. Maulana Wali Rahmani, the Board's working general secretary, accused the government of taking steps that amounted to interfering with Muslim personal law. This, he said, was "a matter of serious concern". "We have to keep a close watch over this situation," he said. "In Islam, issues related to marriage, divorce and property are dealt through personal law. "But in recent times, the way the central government has initiated some measures, an attempt is being made to affect or influence Muslim personal law," Rahmani said. He urged Muslims to follow the directives of the Board. Rahmani said that last month he wrote to Muslim groups and individuals demanding constant vigilance against what he said were attacks on Islam's teachings. "Muslims should always remain cautious as there are organisations that are attacking Islamic beliefs and trying to impose Brahmin dharma on them," he said. Yoga, Surya Namaskar and Vedic culture were part of "Brahmin dharma" and "totally against Islamic beliefs", he said.
Man held in Delhi for raping, killing 15 children New fish species discovered in Kerala New delhi, July 19 (iANs) :In a replay of the chilling Nithari killings, a man has been arrested from south Delhi for sexually assaulting and killing at least 15 children since 2008, police said on Sunday. His latest victim was a six-year-old girl a few days back. The 24-year-old man, Ravinder Kumar, was arrested on July 16 for raping and murdering the six-year-old girl in Begumpur area of south Delhi. "On July 14, we received a missing complaint about the minor girl in Begumpur, and arrested Ravinder Kumar after investigation on July 16," Deputy Commissioner of Police Vikramjeet Singh said at a press conference. "During interrogation, he confessed to the crime and also
revealed that he sexually assaulted and killed at least 14 other children since 2008," the official said. Ravinder Kumar, who hails from Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh, lived in Karala village in Delhi. "Ravinder seems to be a person with a perverted mindset. At the time of arrest, his mental condition was normal. If needed, we will opt for a brain mapping test along with his psychological profiling," the DCP said. The official said police were able to establish Ravinder Kumar's involvement in seven such cases. The victims were mostly from Delhi's outer areas like Begumpur, Kanjhawala, Samaypur Badli, Mundka and Vijay Vihar. "This brings back memories of the Nithari murders of
2005 and 2006 in Noida, where many young girls reported missing were murdered by Surinder Koli," the police official said. During interrogation, Ravinder Kumar told police that he would lure children, both boys and girls, with toffees or money, take them to isolated spots and rape them before murdering. He then dumped the bodies in drains or buried them in fields. The DCP said that on July 14, a complaint was lodged at Begumpur police station of a minor girl missing. During a search, the girl's body was found in an abandoned house. Police also found a driving licence issued in the name of a man named Sunny, who at that time was being interrogated in
Fifteen persons ended life every hour in India during 2014: NCRB New delhi, July 19 (PTi): At least 15 suicides took place every hour in the country during last year, which saw over 1.31 lakh people ending their lives, with government data also noting that Maharashtra saw the highest number of such cases while Chennai heads the list among cities. Data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) also said that as many as 69.7% of those who committed suicide had an annual income of less than Rs 1 lakh, while 26.9% had an annual income of between Rs 1 to Rs 5 lakh. One out of every six persons who took the extreme step last year was a housewife. Maharashtra saw 16,307 suicide cases in 2014 followed byTamil Nadu at 16,122 and West Bengal at 14,310, the data said. The percentage break-up of the three states' share vis-a- vis the suicide tally stood at 12.4, 12.2 and 10.9, respectively. Among the mega cities, which have a population of over 10 lakh, Chennai reported the highest number of suicides with 2,214 deaths followed by Bengaluru (1,906), Delhi (1,847),Mumbai (1,196) and Bhopal (1,064).
The rate of suicide in cities was marginally higher at 12.8% as compared to the all-India suicide rate of 10.6%, the report added. It said that 'family problems' (other than that linked to marriage) contributed to 21.7% of the suicides, while illness related-issues were behind suicides in 18% of the total cases reported last year. Data also show that one out of every six suicide cases was a housewife and the overall male-to-female ratio for suicides during the 2014 was 68:32. The highest cases of suicide, 19.7%, was seen among the self-employed with housewives accounting for 15.3% of the total, daily wagers 12%, salaried persons 7.4%, students 6.1% and retired people 0.7%. Talking about patterns, 41.8% committed suicide by hanging, 26% by taking poison, 6. 9% by self-immolation, 5.6% by drowning themselves and 1.1% by jumping off buildings or in front of trains. While 20.2% were matriculate, 19% were primary school pass-outs. Also, 14.3% persons whao committed suicide lat year were illiterate with another 11% being intermediate pass-outs, the report added.
another case in Kanjhawala police station. Sunny revealed that he recently had a scuffle with Ravinder Kumar, who ran away with his motorbike and also snatched his driving licence. "We launched a manhunt and nabbed Ravinder Kumar from Kanjhawala area. On being questioned, Ravinder confessed to having murdered many more children earlier," the DCP said. Last year, Ravinder Kumar was arrested for assaulting a minor boy in Begumpur. He abducted the boy near his house and then fled after slitting his throat. He assumed the boy was dead, but he was saved as police found him bleeding in a septic tank of an under-construction building, the DCP said.
ThiRuvANANThAPuRAm, July 19 (iANs): A new cyprinid fish, Puntius Dolichopterus has been discovered in Kerala's Kayamkulam city, a media report said. The new fish species has been discovered, named and described by Mathews Plamoottil, head of the department of zoology, Baby John Memorial Government College, near Kollam city, according to the latest issue of 'International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology'. The new freshwater fish was collected from a small water stream flowing in the heart of Alappuzha district's Kayamkulam city. "It is characterised by the longer pectoral fin, shorter
dorsal fin, unusually elongated dorsal spine, longer head, lesser number of lateral line scales and pre-dorsal scales. It can be further differentiated from its relative species in having 3-4 longitudinal lines present below lateral line," said Plamoottil. Describing the new fish, Plamoottil said the body is silvery, dorsal fin is light orange red, pectoral and anal fin greenish yellow, ventral fin yellow, caudal fin dusky and an inconspicuous dusky spot present on 21 and 22 scales. The spine of dorsal fin in this fish is rigid, strong and long. They have a pair of small barbels. They are between 7.3 and 8.7 cm in length. The fish, found in small
and shallow water channels, is edible and can be utilised as ornamental fish. The fish is included in the fish family Cyprinidae. Its congeners (relative species) are Puntius nigronotus, Puntius viridis, Puntius nelsoni and Puntius parrah found in Kerala, Puntius dorsalis found in Chennai and Puntius chola and Puntius sophore residing in the water bodies of the Ganga river. "All these fish were compared and examined for proving the identity of this new fish. This new barb has received Zoo bank register number from International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature, the official body approving the new names of animals.
India shared protocol to tackle black money abroad Addis AbAbA, July 19 (iANs): Following agreements with countries on automatic exchange of tax information, signing of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) with the US and working with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), India has established some shared protocols in tackling black money stashed abroad, union minister Jayant Sinha has said. "We made it clear that if the tax-payers have stashed assets or income offshore which they have not paid taxes on, there is no place to hide any more as far as India is concerned," the Indian minister of state for finance, leader of his country's delegation to the UN-sponsored Third International Conference on Financing for Development here, told IANS. Referring to the new Indian law that taxes foreign asset or income and penalises
non-disclosure if undeclared by the end-September deadline, the minister said: "If the tax-payers do not disclose their assets by then, the government can take a 120 percent of that as a penalty payment and they are going to be subjected to rigorous imprisonment." "And in addition to that, if indeed they disappear and leave the country, we can attach their domestic assets in lieu of the payment deficiency," he said. "Our dilemma is that tax to GDP ratio in India is about 10 percent, whereas the OECD is close to 34.6 percent central tax to GDP. In India, the highest was 12.4 percent, which is coming down now to 10 percent," Sinha said. "This is a serious problem and we have to collectively work together -- both developed and developing countries -- to really be able to increase our tax collections, otherwise we cannot do the job that people have elected
us to do which is to provide them the necessary public services," he added. Earlier this month, India and the US signed an intergovernmental agreement to implement the FATCA towards greater transparency between the two countries on tax matters. As per this agreement under a new US law, Indian financial institutions would have to reveal information about US taxpayers to the revenue department which would be passed on to the US tax authorities. In turn, the US will also share financial information with India. The Black Money Act, for the first time, allows levy of tax in India on assets kept abroad. Unlawful, undisclosed income abroad has been taxed under this law at the rate of 30 percent with an additional 30 percent penalty. The law provides for a compliance window for declaring and paying penalty.
Failure to meet the compliance timeline will attract an additional penalty of 90 percent for a total tax liability of 120 percent on the quantum of black money stashed abroad. According to a 2014 report by the Global Financial Integrity, India -- with $95 billion -is among the top three countries in black money outflows after China ($250 billion) and Russia ($123 billion). The report also states that the cause of black money and illicit financial flow from India lies in a "complex web structure and governance issues". An unofficial estimate of India's illegal money stashed overseas puts it somewhere between $466 billion and $1.4 trillion. Speaking earlier to the media, Sinha said a consensus has been reached on the so-called "Addis Ababa Action Agenda". "We have managed to forge global consensus on
some very crucial issues related to the need for balanced development, and also managed to ensure a commitment of 0.7 percent of GDP from developed nations towards official development assistance (ODA), so the overall outcome has been quite successful," he said. "ODA globally is $135 billion, whereas various estimates by the UN and other bodies estimate tax revenue lost to poor countries at over $300 billion annually, so the importance of tax revenues far exceeds the potential of ODA to tackle development," Sinha said. "The tax-to-GDP ratio in developed economies is 2535 percent, while it is only 1020 percent in poor countries," he added. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda has more than 100 concrete measures addressing a range of issues including technology, science, innovation, trade and capacitybuilding.
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Donald Trump stirs up new controversy AMES, July 19 (AP): Donald Trump blustered his way into more trouble as he criticized U.S. Sen. John McCain’s war record at a conservative forum, overshadowing fellow presidential candidates promoting their credentials to evangelical Christians. The 10 Republican hopefuls in the 2016 presidential campaign who converged Saturday on early-voting Iowa offered broad support for a crackdown on illegal immigration, a forceful approach to the Islamic State group that could include ground troops, and a devotion to Christian values. They were vying for support from the more than 2,000 religious conservatives crowded into an Iowa sports arena at the annual Family Leadership Summit to listen to the candidates less than seven months before the Iowa caucuses kick off the state-by-state nominating contests. Trump overshadowed a more substantive conversation by heaping fresh criticism on McCain, the party’s 2008 presidential nominee. It was the latest example of the real estate mogul’s willingness to take on his own party, a practice that both excites his party’s most passionate conservatives and worries Republican officials.
Republican presidential candidate, real estate mogul Donald Trump, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa on Saturday, July 18. (AP Photo)
Pressed on whether his recent criticism of McCain went too far, Trump went further. “He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured,” Trump said when the moderator described McCain as a war hero. McCain spent more than five years in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp after his plane was shot down. The comment drew some boos from the audience — and quick condemnation from rivals who have been waiting for such an opening to reign in the outspoken reality televi-
Prolonged standing as bad as sitting lONdON, July 19 (IANS): While health detriments associated with sitting for long stretches of time at the office are well documented, it has been found that jobs that require people to stand for long may be equally harmful for health, shows research. Nearly half of all employees worldwide are required to stand for more than 75 percent of their workdays. Prolonged standing is associated with short-term adverse health issues, including reports of fatigue, leg cramps, and backaches, which can affect job performance and cause significant discomfort. The new study published in the journal Human Factors suggests that, over time, this type of sustained muscle fatigue can result in serious health consequences -- musculoskeletal disorders and back pain. “The work-related musculoskeletal implications that can be caused by prolonged standing are a burden not only for workers but also for companies and society,” said Maria Gabriela Garcia, doctoral candidate at ETH Zurich. For the study, the researchers asked participants of two age groups to simulate standing work for five-hour periods. Participants could take brief seated rest breaks and a 30-minute lunch. The authors found evidence of significant long-term fatigue following the five-hour workday, even when it included regular breaks, and that adverse symptoms persisted for at least 30 minutes following a seated recovery period. Moreover, young adults ages 18 to 30 were just as likely to experience long-term fatigue as were workers over the age of 50. “Current work schedules for standing work may not be adequate for preventing fatigue accumulation and this long-lasting muscle fatigue may contribute to musculoskeletal disorders and back pain,” Garcia added.
Screaming triggers alarm bells in the brain NEw yORk, July 19 (IANS): Screaming has not only inspired various Hollywood blockbusters but it also has a remarkable power of piercing through other sounds to provoke an urgent sense of danger, says a study. “If you ask a person on the street what’s special about screams, they’ll say that they’re loud or have a higher pitch,” said study senior author David Poeppel from New York University. “But there’s lots of stuff that’s loud and there’s lots of stuff that’s high-pitched, so you’d want a scream to be genuinely useful in a communicative context,” Poeppel said. To find out that special something about screams, Poeppel and his colleagues listened to a lot of screaming. The team looked for a quality in screams and screamed phrases that sets them apart from other loud or highpitched noises. They used a new method of sound analysis called the modulation power spectrum (MPS). According to the MPS, screams exhibited a quality called roughness, which means their volume rises dramatically and quickly, lead author Luc Arnal, neuroscientist at the University of Geneva, was quoted as saying in a Live Science report. Normal speech has a roughness that ranges between four and five hertz (Hz). But screams can modulate much faster, ranging from 30 to 150 Hz. “We found that screams occupy a reserved chunk of the auditory spectrum, but we wanted to go through a whole bunch of sounds to verify that this area is unique to screams,” Poeppel said in the journal Cell Press. The researchers also monitored brain activity in study subjects as they listened to screams and other sounds. Screams triggered increased activity in the amygdala, the region of the brain that processes fear response. When scientists manipulated non-threatening sounds to increase their roughness, the listeners’ apprehensive responses increased and this results in with more activity in the amygdala.
sion personality. Several national polls show Trump leading the crowded Republican presidential field — with 15 candidates and counting — with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker also in the top tier. Despite his strong showing in the polls — which should secure him a spot in the first Republican presidential debate next month — Trump is still considered a long shot for the nomination. Trump and McCain traded barbs earlier this week. McCain said Trump’s controversial comments about Mexican immigrants
had “fired up the crazies” at a rally in Phoenix. Trump retorted that the Arizona Republican was “a dummy” who graduated at the bottom of his class at the U.S. Naval Academy. During a news conference after his appearance, Trump did not apologize but sought to clarify his remarks. “If a person is captured, they’re a hero as far as I’m concerned. ... But you have to do other things also,” Trump said. “I don’t like the job John McCain is doing in the Senate because he is not taking care of our veterans.” A spokesman for Mc-
Cain, Brian Rogers, declined to comment when asked about Trump’s latest remarks. Trump said he avoided service in the Vietnam War through student and medical deferments. He added that he did not serve because he “was not a big fan of the Vietnam War. I wasn’t a protester, but the Vietnam War was a disaster for our country.” Trump’s comments about McCain drew rapid criticism from other 2016 hopefuls. The front-runner for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton, not only harshly criticized Trump but accused the Republican field of being slow to repudiate his other controversial rhetoric. “There’s nothing funny about the hate he is spewing at immigrants and their families, and now the insults he’s directed at a genuine war hero, Sen. John McCain,” Clinton said at a fundraiser in North Little Rock, Arkansas, for the state Democratic Party “As an individual who has worn the uniform of this country, I was highly offended by what Donald Trump said about John McCain and his years of sacrifice in a dirty, dingy terrible prison in North Vietnam,” former Texas Gov. Rick Perry told the audience later in the day. “Donald Trump
owes every American veteran and in particular John McCain an apology.” Bush tweeted: “Enough with the slanderous attacks. @SenJohnMcCain and all our veterans — particularly POWs have earned our respect and admiration.” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who recently retired from the Air Force, said early state voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina would dispense with Trump soon enough. “Here’s what I think they’re going to say: ‘Donald Trump, you’re fired,’” Graham said, borrowing a line from Trump’s reality television show. Trump’s outsized role in the Republican presidential primary began when, during his announcement speech last month, he described Mexican immigrants as “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some, I assume, are good people.” Trump was not alone in his hardline approach on illegal immigration. Once a leading advocate for an immigration overhaul that included an eventual pathway to citizenship, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio focused almost exclusively on the need to crack down on immigrants in the country illegally as he addressed the conference.
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China deports twenty foreigners for watching ‘terrorist’ videos BEIJING, July 19 (AP): China has deported 20 foreigners from Britain, South Africa and India for watching video clips that advocated terrorism and religious extremism, the official state media reported, while two of the tourists reportedly blamed their detentions on a documentary about Genghis Khan. Xinhua News Agency said late Saturday that the foreigners watched an unspecified documentary in a hotel room and later some of them watched video clips that advocated terrorism. Police also found similar clips on a cellphone belonging to one of the South Africans, Xinhua said. It cited the foreign affairs office of Ordos city in China’s Inner Mongolia region, where police had stopped the 10 South Africans, 9 Britons and one Indian on July 10 as they were going to fly to Xi’an, home of the terracotta warriors and their next stop on a 47-day tour of the country. The British Embassy had said the group included nine Britons and two with dual British-South African nationalities. Britain’s Press Association reported that the documentary was a BBC production on the 13th century Mongol warrior Genghis Khan, citing a statement from two of the British tourists, husband and wife Hoosain and Tahira Jacobs. They said that the video “may have mistakenly been deemed as ‘propaganda’ material.’” “It can only be assumed that junior officials who made the initial arrest in Inner Mongolia made a mistake, due to perhaps their unfamiliarity of the English language,” the statement said. The Jacobs also said that the group was a mixture of Muslims, Christians and Hindus who had traveled together in the past, including to Israel and the United States. They had visited the Genghis Khan Mausoleum in Ordos the day before they were stopped at the airport. Xinhua said that five South Africans, three Britons and one Indian national were criminally detained on July 11 in connection with a law that “stipulates punishment for allegedly organizing, leading or joining terrorist groups.” It said the nine “admitted to their illegal acts and repented,” without elaborating. It said police treated the case leniently and deported them on Saturday. The other 11 were deported Wednesday. Calls to the foreign affairs office in Ordos rang unanswered Sunday. A man on duty at Ordos police, who only identified his surname, Han, said he had no information on the case.
As polls loom, Myanmar remembers independence hero on Martyr’s Day yANGON, July 19 (REutERS): The Myanmar public got a glimpse into one of the country’s darkest moments on Sunday as visitors were given rare access to the compound where Aung San, the country’s independence hero and father of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was killed. Aung San has remained a powerful force in Myanmar’s politics in the 68 years since his death. His image has been used not only by his daughter but also her political rivals to give themselves legitimacy and gain popular support among a public that still largely reveres the fallen leader. As Myanmar heads toward a crucial election on Nov. 8, his image is poised to become a campaign tool among hopeful politicians. Security officers watched on Sunday as hundreds of visitors, some wearing black ribbons and carrying flowers, scrambled up staircases at the Secretariat building in Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon and held their phones through broken windows to take pictures of the compound’s sprawling courtyard. For most it was their first time inside the building that had been off limits to the public for decades. While grateful of the chance to step inside, some remained critical of the past government’s efforts to keep the public at bay. “They should know that even if
they lock the building in which our national heroes were assassinated, they cannot erase them from our hearts,” said Aye Lwin, 58, a visitor. Aung San fought with the Japanese against the colonial British who ruled Myanmar, then Burma, during World War II, before switching sides to drive out the Japanese and set Myanmar on the path to independence. On July 19, 1947, Aung San, 32, was gunned down along with several colleagues by political rivals as they held a meeting in the Secretariat. The assassination plot has never been fully explained. A year later, Aung San’s dream of an independent Myanmar was realised. In death, Aung San became a symbol of Myanmar’s struggle for independence, but use of his image was curbed by the military junta starting in 1988 for fear of bolstering his daughter who had returned to Myanmar from England and emerged as the leading figure in the country’s democracy movement. A quasi-civilian government that took power in 2011 began easing restrictions on media and political activity, fuelling a resurgence in his image. Last year, the public was allowed into the Secretariat for the first time on July 19, known as Martyrs’ Day. It remains closed to the public the rest of the year.
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a ceremony to mark the 68th anniversary of Martyrs’ Day at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy Party as portraits of independence heroes including her late father Gen. Aung San, left, are displayed in the background in Yangon on Sunday, July 19. (AP Photo)
‘88 student leader joins Kyi’s party to run in polls yANGON, July 19 (REutERS): A leader of student protests in Myanmar in 1988 that grew into a nationwide pro-democracy movement will run in a general election in November for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, a party spokesman said on Sunday. The decision is likely to bolster the chances of Suu Kyi’s party in the much-anticipated polls, the first since the end of direct military rule, as it takes on the military-backed ruling party. “Ko Ko Gyi and some other
members from the ‘88 Generation students group will run in the next general election representing our party,” Nyan Win, a spokesman for Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), told Reuters. Ko Ko Gyi was a leader of the 1988 protests that the military eventually crushed. He spent more than 17 years in and out of prison before being released on 2012 as part of reforms initiated by the military. Activists who took part in the 1988 protests are loosely allied in a movement known
as the 88 Generation, which has kept some distance from Suu Kyi’s party even though they share many aims. Ko Ko Gyi confirmed to Reuters that he would run in the election but declined to give further details until the NLD made an official announcement. The NLD said this month that it would contest the election, ending months of uncertainty about its participation, even though Suu Kyi is barred by the military-drafted constitution from becoming the country’s leader.
2 women to vie in Taiwan prez election for first time Ralph Jennings Associated Press
Taiwan’s top two political parties have each nominated a woman for president in 2016, a historic first signaling acceptance of female leadership and kicking off a campaign highlighted so far by clashing views on ties
with rival China. The ruling Nationalist Party on Sunday picked as its candidate Hung Hsiuchu, a former teacher and the current deputy legislative speaker. Hung, who supports friendly relations with China, will run against Tsai Ing-wen, the opposition Democratic Progres-
sive Party chairwoman and an advocate of more cautious relations with Beijing. Tsai leads in opinion polls ahead of January’s election. Ties with Beijing, long icy but cordial since 2008, have shaped up as an early campaign issue. Voters in Taiwan, which has been democratic since
Backed by the ruling Nationalist Party members, Hung Hsiu-chu, a former teacher and current deputy legislative speaker, waves as she is nominated as the party’s candidate in the January presidential election on Sunday, July 19, in Taipei. The top two political parties in Taiwan have each nominated a woman for president in 2016, a historic first signaling acceptance of female leadership and kicking off a campaign highlighted so far by clashing views on ties with political rival China. (AP Photo)
the late 1980s, have never elected a woman as president nor had a choice between two female candidates backed by the major parties. Joanna Lei, chief executive officer of the Chunghua 21st Century Think Tank in Taiwan, said that some younger women struggle to advance in Taiwan. However, she said society accepts the leadership of women over age 50 because they historically ran clans in China, where Taiwan’s culture originates. Women manage 10 government departments and some of Taiwan’s top companies. One third of Taiwanese legislators are female, compared to 13 percent in Japan and 16 percent in South Korea, said Sean King, senior vice president with Park Strategies, a New York-based consultancy firm. Elsewhere in Asia, Park Geun-hye took office two years ago as South Korea’s first female president, and Sheikh Hasina is currently the prime minister of Bangladesh. Women have also been elected to the highest office over the years in the
Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and India. China claims sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan, where Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists based their government in the 1940s after losing the Chinese civil war to the Communists. China insists that the two sides should eventually reunite, though opinion polls on the island say most Taiwanese prefer autonomy. Elected in 2008, President Ma Ying-jeou set aside the political dispute to start dialogue with Beijing and sign economic agreements. He agreed with Beijing to negotiate on the basis that both sides belong to one China, though with different interpretations. Hung supports a similar understanding with China, but Tsai’s party rejects that basis for talks as a slight to Taiwan’s autonomy. Without a framework for dialogue, tensions could rise again, making new agreements difficult. Hung’s Nationalists lost nine mayoral and county magistrate seats in November, with younger voters accusing Ma’s government of getting dangerously close
to China while ignoring a wealth gap at home. Ma must step down in May due to term limits. Tsai, a 58-year-old lawyer by training and once Taiwan’s top policymaker on mainland China affairs, lost the 2012 presidential race to Ma by six percentage points. Hung, 67, has been dubbed a “little chili pepper” for her biting, humorous style of grilling government officials in parliament. “The usual way to win, of course, is to try to capture the pivotal political middle,” said Denny Roy, senior fellow at the East-West Center think tank in Honolulu. “In this respect, Hung is an unexpected, even odd, choice for nominee. What seems to be most clear is that Taiwan’s voters are ready for a female president.” The Nationalist Party’s best-known figures, including the chairman, did not enter their names as potential nominees. Analysts say those would-be candidates are waiting until the 2020 race, when they stand better odds of winning.
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n the aftermath of the re-promulgation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958, (revised at least twice later) this time on the whole of Nagaland State, probably as a fall-out of the attacks by the NSCN –K on the armed forces, many Nagas, and non-Nagas, have been writing and shouting against this draconian law. And they should. But we need to go a little beyond just shouting against what we don’t like. I am writing this at this time not just because it is topical but with a hope that we all can do a little more reflection so that the best emerges for everyone. This undemocratic legislation was dusted up, formalized and brought back into operation in order to contain Naga Insurgency. And it has been despised by Nagas for as long as one can remember. Numerous Nagas, including innocent civilians, including women and children, have suffered and died sometimes for little or no reason under this hated law. But Nagas must accept the fact that had it not been for Irom Sharmila and neighbouring Meiteis, most Nagas had only been making token noises for several decades. A little more cohesive action was started at the time of the formation of the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) by Naga student leaders in Delhi in late 1970s and early 1980s -- many of the stalwarts of the time are now college teachers and/or Government officers including some who have retired – but there was no real organized fight and later the fight became very low key. Nagas must also know that the Nagaland Security Regulation Act, 1960, is even worse for Nagas than the AFSPA but hardly any Naga ever raises his/her voice against this despicable Act. It was under the NSRA that “concentration camps” were made possible and all rights of the individual were not only curbed but additional penal actions that were reminiscent of Colonial Rule were made possible. This law is also meant to be exercised by the civilian authority, as opposed to “army” or “armed forces” of the Indian Union. It was under this law that more Nagas suffered and died. True, it is not applied today. The point is, why should this draconian legislation continue to remain in the statute books? It is under these circumstances I have often written that these inhuman legislations are deep blots/blemishes on the otherwise ancient and great Indian civilisation. The late V S Naipaul had written about the “underdeveloped ego” of the Indian! I would not go so far although the caste system has created havoc on India and Indians and the lower rungs of the system have found very difficult to come up to even a mental state of equality with the upper castes while some upper castes strutted around as if they were God’s gift to their fellowmen! The bottom line is that Hindu India remained largely immersed in itself and stayed introverted. In contrast the Chinese, the other ancient civilisation that could come close to Indian civilisation, called their country the Middle Kingdom, meaning that the rest of the world revolved round it! This, of course, is humbug. But the mental state of a nation very often decides whether it becomes successful or fails and how it progresses or slides backwards. As they say, the mind of a nation is in ruins before the nation is in ruins. In this case, I guess,
what is meant is a deficient or inadequate state of mental health which could mean an inferiority complex or simple arrogance from a sense of false superiority. Neither is adequate. At this time, with the massive BJP win in the last elections, and Narendra Modi at the helms, most Indians have started to have a sense of pride again! This factor had been missing among most Indians at least for several decades. Modi’s successes in his ventures abroad and the goodwill and investments he has been bringing in have only cemented the image of India and what Indians have been longing for. For the first time, in a long while, many Indians are feeling proud to be Indians again! What a difficult climb and what a great achievement. But the time is not to relax but to reach out further. The time is not to become proud and show how great or powerful you are and impose your wills on others but to become more humble and show statesmanship of the humble heart so that more blessings will flow in. So, at this juncture, when India and Indians ought to be focussing on moving forward and playing the role that India is meant to play on the world stage, and with Naga Peace Talks in progress, why should the Government of India (GoI) distract itself by promulgating a self-defeating and hated legislation over entire Nagaland and shaming itself before the world as well as making all Nagas angry in the process? Government must know that although decades have passed and new generations are born every day, most Nagas who have had personal experiences of suffering and eye-witness to such sufferings under these legislations are still alive and instances like this gives opportunities for “stories” to be retold! On the other hand, this simply does not make sense except to perpetrate the long known fact that GoI only pays attention when you create trouble for it and/or you can show your ability to create trouble – and the more the better from the point of view of “troublemakers”?! Such action can only benefit those who want to keep the trouble going on! The other reason that makes no sense for continuing to use the AFSPA or other outdated draconian legislations, which are violative of not just international human rights rules but also the Constitution of India itself, in the Northeast region, not just Nagaland, is the Look East Policy which the present BJP Government has renamed as Act East Policy to give it more substance. As per this policy the North East is to become the launch pad of trade and commerce to South East and Far East Asia. Does it make sense to be telling these East Asian nations to come and do business in North East India which is a “disturbed area” and one which Government of India herself thinks is a dangerous place?! If India wants to be a great nation, and a world power, it cannot do so by making other nations look like fools! It may also be worthwhile remembering the saying that the goodwill and friendship of neighbours is the best defence of a nation! How much more important for the family/nation to be remain united?! Sadly, most Indians, including some officials, seem to continue to remain prisoners of their “introverted” upbringing! Seemingly too, Kautilya/Chanakya, the Indian Mechiavelli, continues to remain the hero to emulate for a large, or at least a significant and/
or powerful, segment of mainland Indians. His mantra of Aam, Daam, Danda, Bhed, is well-known. They don’t work in this day and age anymore although in the Naga case they seem to work due to group and tribal divisions. Even if they do, they bring in their wake irreparable damages to the victims certainly but also to the perpetrator/s. You cannot really do massive damage and evil to someone and remain unaffected. What has happened to Dharam? What about Asoka? What about Mahavira and Gautama Buddha? What about Gandhi? The personalities were reaching out to the world and winning it as well – the work of Buddhism in China is an easy example. What is happening now is certainly not worthy of a civilization that boasts of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro or even Nalanda and Takshashila – I am a little loathe to mention the latter because it also produced Kautilya/ Chanakya but he is one person (a bad apple?!). India must remember that spirituality is her greatest strength. Religion and spirituality are two different things and, sometimes, completely separate although they also complement each other very well because they naturally exist, and thrive, in the same environs. But, sometimes, religion can become the biggest enemy of spirituality! This is often created by religious leaders whose personal ambitions, or other motivations, could over-ride their own sense of what is right, human as we all are. Kautilya/Chanakya’s own life, prompted by his animosity against the Nanda dynasty, is a potent example in this case. GoI, and its agencies, have been practicing the last three tenets of Kautilya’s mantra all these years but have not managed to settle the Issue. What about the first tenet, practised sincerely and with right motives, and about winning hearts and minds of the people? Would this not be better and more lasting? I think it is inevitable that Nagas will be part of the Union of India. And, may be, it will be in their best interest too. This does not mean that Nagas had no rights. GoI too must respect the history of the Naga people which it started doing, to some extent, during the Vajpayee Government when it recognized the unique history of the Nagas. But there is need for deeper reflection so that India can live up to its greatest potential. From Naga National Political perspective and the Naga Political Groups (NPGs), the recognition of Nagas’ unique history from Vajpayee’s BJP Government can be said to be an achievement of the NSCN-IM. If so, what did they do with this achievement? Instead of becoming humble and reaching out to all other groups and to the Naga people, because the Naga people are their hands and legs, they became proud and decided that they will have no truck with the other groups unless the other groups came forward and joined the NSCN-IM – a complete surrender from the point of view of the other groups. Threats and intimidations to the public also became every day affairs. The result was that opportunities for real understanding among the NPGs and with neighbours were squandered and the Naga Issue is still waiting to be settled. Late as it is, will the NSCN-IM dare to invite all the other Naga Political Groups (NPGs) to join hands and sit across the table as equals and work out what will be best for
the Naga people? Such a move will give the NSCN-IM moral authority if done without ulterior motives and self-promotion desires. Certainly, such a move will have the support of the vast majority of the Naga people and those other groups who do not respond will begin to decline in the eyes of the Nagas and naturally support to them would reduce. The question is whether the NSCN-IM leadership will dare to do such a thing honestly. Due to suspicion and working with people who have less than adequate understanding of the regional dynamics, things have become more difficult than it was at one time. But we cannot end the story there. We all have to think about the Naga people and their future. Back to the Indo-Naga front, without mutual respect for each other’s history and present practicalities, no solution can be arrived at that will be whole-heartedly embraced by all. Naga people may be small and hopelessly divided. They can always be made to divide and even fight and kill one another – perhaps, for a very long time unless Nagas themselves are willing to change their attitudes. The point is, “Is the Government of India willing to carry the Naga Thorn in its side for a long time to come?” Coming as it does from a Naga like me, most “Indians” may take this with a pinch of salt, may be a big one?! But a people’s collective sentiments should not be underestimated on the strength of present possibilities. Naga Insurgency has lasted because the Nagas believed they have a right. The Naga National Movement, with all its weaknesses, could not be termed as “secessionist” by Government of India unlike the other movements in the region – How can you say someone is breaking away from you if that someone has never joined you? Remember August 14, 1947 when Nagas declared their independence? This is the main reason why the Naga Issue has remained till today despite the Nagas often destroying themselves, and hurting others, like a headless chicken! I do love my people and respect their will and ability to fight. But this fight must be for what is right for all the Naga people as well as what is right for everyone else including the rest of India. I have already written in my book “The Naga Imbroglio” that nationalism has become too small in today’s world. I continue to hold that view. But rights which are universal, prima facie, ought to be respected by all for everyone’s good. I also hold the view that while we must love our own people we should not hate others. Hate begets hate and it serves no one and has no useful purpose. The evil you do to others always comes back to you! We may dislike the actions of people but we must understand that all of us are people and fallible – “wretched beings” as my late friend, R M Lala, former executive director of Sir Dorabjee Tata Trust and best-selling author, would say! Now why should Government of India and the Naga people want to settle the Naga Political Issue once and for all? (i) Naga people will become finally find some peace, to the extent possible, about where they belong! Otherwise they have a chance of always suffering what an Assamese friend called “dual personality” – Nagas claiming their Naganess but being compelled to be “Indians”! From this position, the immense Naga talents and potentials cannot
be released but remain pent up! This pent up feeling will remain simmering and creating problems for everyone and themselves most of all. (ii) With settlement of the Naga Political Problem, there is every possibility that the insurgency in the Northeastern region may subside. There was a piece in the media, sometime ago, by a Guwahati-based journalist in a national daily, that there were some elements in the Home Ministry and Defence Forces who wanted the insurgency in the region to continue and that these elements did not even want the present BJP Government’s proposition to largely withdraw the armed forces and let the States Police handle most of the problems. The argument was that once the Naga Issue was solved the other insurgent movements in NE cannot be sustained and these elements within GoI wanted the trouble to continue. This was how the abrogation of the ceasefire agreement with the NSCN-K was provoked through a motivated advance leak that GoI may not renew the ceasefire and to which the NSCN-K responded by abrogating the ceasefire unilaterally. I do not know how true this report is but I am inclined to agree that without the Naga Issue the others (insurgencies) may peter out as they may have no “leg” to stand on! But this is up to the Government of India. (iii) Side by side, GoI of India must have a vision for peoples of the North East on how they may play a beneficial role for India and in the life of India. For example, what roles can the Mongoloid and Christian communities of NE play to reach out to Mongoloid East and Christian West? Wouldn’t it be interesting to explore the possibilities? (iv) In line with what has been said above, once the problems in NE have been settled, the Government of India will be in a position to focus its attention to more and bigger issues. GoI must not allow narrow vested interests from any quarter to divert its attention from its main objectives of India’s true destiny and the role India is meant to play to bring the world together. From Government of India’s point of view, India’s soul should not be bartered away through false pride. In the past there had been several Indian army GOCs who had come to Kohima and arrogantly declared they would “solve” the issue within a certain period, even months! They all went back and all of them have, as far as I know, retired now and some passed on, but the Issue remains. Right and Wrong somehow do not disappear despite efforts to destroy them. This is a lesson from history and not a self-serving philosophy dredged up for short term gain. We may come and go but our people will go on. It is up to us what we want to leave behind when we go. Everyone has free choice and no one has real authority to over-ride individual choice whether it leads to personal/collective damnation or salvation. True friendship is always better than trying to prove what a powerful enemy/adversary you can be. If you win hearts and minds, you win the War or else any “win” will remain at the level of “battle” however significant. But I leave it to you who will be kind to read this to judge for yourselves and for the future to tell. Charles Chasie
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eace is possible when Leaders have strong incentives for Peace, Democracy, Openness, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Opinion. These are some of the fundamental ingredients of Peace, and by Peace we mean Peace in the Soul of the Citizens, not of the corporal only! Nagaland today does not seem to strongly have the incentive for Peace, neither in the Leaders nor in the blissful Public. The State has irresponsible Silence and the Society has loud Silence against evils in the land: it is a glaring sign of the ominous lack of Peace in the Soul of man and woman in the land. Silence in NAGALAND is the silence for the Fear of the Gun toting freedom Fighters. This fear is assisted by a generous sample of Naivety, Ignorance of Personal Civil Rights awareness in the Public together with an unconscious Selfish attitude of: 'am I my brother's Keeper?' particularly in the higher echelons of the Naga Public today. This is a distinctive mark of an uncaring Society. Let us be scathingly honest: my perception is that a good part of the share of the origin of these shortcomings in Naga Society today can be traced to have originated mostly from the Role Model the NSCN (IM) and the Indian Security Forces that behaves, acts and the unbelievable statements they very often make claiming themselves preserver of the Naga Political History and Friends of the Hill People respectively. India is the greatest military Power in all the lands East of the Middle East and west of Korea, then why does this Goliath needs more Armed Forces Special Powers to deal Lilliputian Naga people fighting for their political Rights? Perhaps I do not have much Ethical Space to say much on the Indian Security Forces, but the NSCN (IM) being our own flesh and blood; let me have some room to express my opinion on them. Going through most of the Writings, Statements and Pronouncements of the NSCN (IM) that appear in the local News Papers for the instruction of the Public for many years; its language appear to come from a 'holier than thou attitude in national Politics', a se-
rious lack of Tolerance, Intemperance and absence of Consistency. A Governor of Nagaland once personally and privately expressed the IM is not amenable to Reason! A perusal of the original written Statements, Manifestoes and pronouncements of the IM shows its infallible unchangeable Revolutionary dependence on Maotsetung's dictum of the Barrel of the Gun for the salvation of the Naga Political Aspiration; and now, in some 18 years of Ceasefire with Indian Security Forces, the IM Supremo has publicly stated there is no talk of Integration or Sovereignty and praises the Preservation of its Negotiations with India as the mother of all Guidelines to all of its actions including unconscionable extortion of Taxes from all sundry sources. The IM now seems to select thinly veiled nice civil words for all purposes praise of the Peace Process. The IM and the GoI now both seem to treat the other as the only begotten Son of Providence and this is for the consumption of the Public and 'all right thinking man'. But the central core of the language and tone of most of the statements of the IM still is, more often than not, poorly camouflaged Threat of Force, Violence, Imposition and assumed attitude of Authority over all the populace of Nagaland, Nagas or Non Nagas. Its threat is often directed to specific non-violent NGOs and Groups particularly the ACAUT and the NTC who have the unconscionable habit of not toeing the IM blindly. I never ever had the fortune pleasure of hearing humility, accommodativeness, generosity and magnanimity neither in Words nor in Action ever coming out from the Authorities of the IM. Like Father: Like Son; from the top down to the mere seasonal monopoly Tax Collectors, they breathe dragon flames and thunders at their opponents. Peace driven by recognition of threats and impositions to every one's survival is most likely Salvation for a short sighted Society not able to think and see beyond the immediate. Thepfulhouvi Solo
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he July 16, incident in which two little children of class-7 standard, a boy and a girl, were shot dead point-blank and a woman sustained bullet injury in a reckless firing on the street of Wuzu village under Meluri administrative division of Phek district, is a self explanatory account of the wild atrocity and blatant violation of Human Rights committed by the Indian army under the benefaction of AFSPA. To express our solidarity with bereaved families and to console them my colleagues and I drove our way to Wuzu early the following morning. Bullet marks on the house wall and fresh blood on the ground at the spot of the incident were nerve-jangling testimonies of the crime. A small village of less than a hundred families with three separate funeral programs in a day in three different locations, including one NSCN-K cadre of the same village killed from Avakhung, comes like a bolt from the blue. Scuttling from one burial ground to another the whole day in an inclement weather, even before we could realised,the sun had almost set by the time the last funeral got over. Having to stand the sight of their parents and siblings weeping and agonising over the loss of their loved one, particularly the two innocent children for no reason of their fault, one is left speechless and helpless. Like the proverbial Biblical story at Ramah, following the massacre of children by the despotic King Herod, howling and wailing of the families soaked the atmosphere of the whole village in anguish that nightmarish day at Wuzu and its adjoining villages. Nearly everyone present in those funerals was literally reduced to tears. One human being killing another human being is never good, but the killing of unarmed children and women without any provocation is a crime of the highest degree by any measure.This story is definitely a blot on the face of India in the international record of human rights violation. Such act of depravity is beyond tolerance in a civilised society.In a context such as this, can India be a signatory to the UN Declaration of Human Rights? Going by its track record, time and again, security forces in our land has betrayed our confidence in them. Trust is a valuable but fragile human virtue which when tarnished once is hard to varnish. No amount of justification can redeem the trust and good faith of the people when deadly weapons designed for defence of the nation is turned back on the defenceless and harmless children and women of its own citizens. What a dastardly and gutless act of the so-called security force who instilfear psychosis and insecurity on the public mind! A tragedy of this magnitude demands justice of equal proportion. The central government’s recent tag on Nagaland as a highly dangerous and disturbed area is a misnomer. When interpreted from the perspective of the innocent victims, the cause and source of danger is the man who has drawn the first blood from an unsuspecting civilian. Such a coldblooded murderer should be put in the dock and an unbiased trial should be allowed to take its own course of action in the court of law. As the voice of the voiceless, the district and state administration should leave no stone unturned in their effort tobook perpetrators of the heinous crime and full justice should be delivered to the innocent victims. Life will remain dangerous and disturbed so long as the wolves in sheep’s clothing remain at large. By: Rumatho Nyusou, Meluri
study Lodha Committee order MuMbai, July 19 (iaNS): The Governing Council (GC) of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Sunday decided to abide by the Lodha Committee verdict and will constitute a panel to study the order suspending two franchises and banning two team officials. The Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee on July 14 suspended Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals for two years from the IPL in the spot fixing and betting scandal that rocked the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament in 2013. Former CSK team official Gurunath Meiyappan and Royals coowner Raj Kundra, both of whom were earlier found guilty of betting, were banned for life from any cricketing activity. "BCCI respects the verdict of the Lodha Commission and will abide by their decisions, in toto. The members recognised that there is an urgent need to understand the impact of this decision and the wider ramifications for BCCI in detail, so as to uphold the paramountcy of the game in our country," BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said. Meiyappan is the son-in-law of former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president and current International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman N. Srinivasan. Kundra, an
Indian-origin British businessman married to Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, owned 11.74 percent of shares in Royals before he gave them away in March earlier this year. "The IPL GC hence authorised the chairman, Shri Rajeev Shukla, to constitute a working group which will study this verdict, in consultation with all our key advisors and explore all the possible measures to be adopted, with an objective to protect the interests of all the stakeholders involved," Thakur said in a statement. This group will submit within six weeks a report on its findings and recommendations to the GC which will then deliberate and share their views with the working committee of the BCCI for further action. The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal panel to probe the 2013 IPL spot fixing and betting scandal had found Meiyappan and Kundra guilty of betting. The apex court on January 22 set up the Lodha Committee comprising former chief justice of India R.M. Lodha (retired), Justice Ashok Bhan (retired) and Justice R. Raveendran (retired) to determine the quantum of punishment for Meiyappan, Kundra and their respective franchises.
Mueller's brace helps Bayern beat Valencia 4-1 beiJiNg, July 19 (iaNS): Star German forward Thomas Mueller scored twice in the first half to help Bayern Munich beat Valencia 4-1 in a football friendly at the Bird's Nest Stadium here. Mueller on Saturday scored the opener in the 16th minute as he collected the ball from captain Philipp Lahm and twisted his body to smash in a right-footer on the edge of the penalty area, reports Xinhua. Ten minutes later, Valencia equalised through Rodrigo who nodded in a pass from close range. Mueller put the German champions ahead again be-
fore the break after he cleverly dodged his markers and stroked home with his left foot. Midfielder Thiago Alcantara poked in a low cross in the 54th minute to extend Bayern's lead, and Polish striker Robert Lewandowski then sealed the win for the German club with a curling shot mid-way through the half. After the win, Bayern will on Sunday fly to Shanghai where they will play Italian side Internazionale on Tuesday. They will end their three-game China tour after playing with Chinese champions Guangzhou Evergrande next Thursday.
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Kids for Fame: Three eliminated
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he first elimination round of Kids for Fame was held on July 18 at Town Hall, Dimapur. Out of 16 contestants, the best 13 were chosen to go through to the next round which will be held in the month of August - date and venue will be declared very soon in the daily newspapers. Based on the judges’ choice, best performance award was given to Kimli K. Kinnimi, Contestant No 07. The selected Top 13 contestants will go for Public Voting starting July 23 onwards. Public Voting will be available at School of Music & Art, Purana Bazar, Dimapur; Lineage Enterprise, opposite NST Bus Station, Kohima. The Kids for Fame contest is organized by Pheto Music Association.
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Maroon 5 cancels China tour, fans link it to Dalai Lama meet
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ock band Maroon 5 has scrapped its upcoming China concert, sparking rumours that it was refused permission after a group member met Tibet's exile spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on his 80th birthday. Tour organiser Live Nation, yesterday, abruptly cancelled a September concert in Shanghai by the band, without giving an explanation, reported CNN. Disappointed fans linked it with the band's musician Jesse Carmichael's meeting with the Tibetan leader. He attended a star-studded event on July 4, Independence Day in the United States, near Los Angeles to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Dalai Lama. In a Twitter post from that evening, the musician sounded excited. "Happy
Birthday America (and The Dalai Lama too) sang happy birthday to his holiness today with a...," followed by a link to Instagram, the photo-sharing site. Both the tweet and the photo have been deleted, but a cached version of his post is still available online. The show was scrapped "for a reason," said Live Na-
tion in a vaguely worded statement, before apologising to the public and promising ticket buyers a quick refund. Forced into exile after a failed uprising against Beijing's rule in 1959, the Dalai Lama, a Nobel peace laureate, is despised by the ruling Communist leadership as a separatist, who is trying to split Tibet from China.
In 2011, Linkin Park, another popular American rock band, was barred from China after it was photographed embracing and shaking hands with the Dalai Lama at a youth conference in Los Angeles. Linkin Park will finally make a return after a five-year hiatus, holding concerts in Shanghai and Beijing next week.
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C/DC's estranged drummer Phil Rudd is back behind bars, just over a week after being sentenced to eight months' home detention. The 61-year-old rocker was arrested at his Tauranga home in New Zealand on Saturday night, the NZ Herald reported. While Bay of Plenty police would not confirm the arrest, it is understood Rudd is still in police custody. According to the NZ Herald,
Rudd's lawyer Craig Tuck confirmed the arrest but would not comment further. It was also reported that prostitutes were present at Rudd's Tauranga home at the time of his arrest. The circumstances surrounding Rudd's arrest remains unclear with more information expected to come to light when he appears in Tauranga District Court on Monday morning. Just over a week ago, the 61-year-old drummer was
sentenced at Tauranga District Court to eight months' home detention. He had admitted to threatening to kill an employee as well as possessing methamphetamine and cannabis. It is not yet known if Rudd's most recent arrest will affect an appeal filed against his eight month sentence. The rocker was warned that he would be sent to prison if he breached the terms of his home detention.
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loNDoN, July 19 (aGENCiES): England descended to an embarrassing 405-run defeat inside four days at Lord's as Mitchell Johnson hastened their collapse and Australia levelled the Ashes at 1-1. The hosts, set a notional 509 to win after Australia declared on 254 for two shortly before lunch in this second Investec Test, were all out for a hapless 103 in 37 overs by late afternoon. England's costly habit of losing their top order cheaply was revisited, and then Johnson's doublewicket maiden immediately after tea cast aside any remaining doubts. Australia had piled up 146 runs in 23 overs of a sunny morning as David Warner (83) and Steve Smith (58) revelled in a position of utter dominance. Home openers Alastair Cook and Adam Lyth therefore had the added inconvenience of having to face three overs before lunch. They survived that initial test, but both were gone within half an hour of the afternoon - Lyth for the second time in the match caught behind on the back foot off Mitchell Starc and then Cook tamely edging an attempted cut also to the wicketkeeper, from only the fourth delivery from first-change Johnson. It was Cook's 96 that had helped to give England's first innings relative
Johnson's direct-hit throw came in from mid-on and neglecting to run his bat in with his feet off the ground albeit past the crease, it was hard to escape the foregone conclusion. Five wickets had fallen for 22 runs, and there remained only details which included Johnson, who took three for 27 and was of course the 2013/14 destroyer of England, being stuck on 299 career Test wickets for a little longer. Warner took the lead past 400 with a back-foot punch for four off Mark Wood, and Smith was entirely at ease - so much so that he felt able to step outside off stump and successfully paddle-sweep Stuart Costa Rica's Johnathan Scott, back, is dropped by Venezuela's Cristian Sacro during a Broad. men's freestyle 74 kg bronze medal wrestling match at the Pan Am Games, Saturday, July The fifty partnership 18 in Mississauga, Ontario. (AP Photo) came in just 47 balls but ended when Warner picked out Cook at extra-cover to gift Moeen a wicket. Smith remained almost comically in control. No matter how hard Broad tried to hang the ball Kohima, July 19 outside off stump, Austra- (mExN): The Angami lia's number three had all Sports Association has the answers - twice with expressed deep sadwhat appeared to be only ness to learn of the unsemi-intentional deflec- timely demise of Late Medozhase Sale on the England's James Anderson is bowled by Australia's Josh Hazlewood on the fourth day of tions to fine leg for four. the second Ashes Test match between England and Australia, at Lord's cricket ground in He was eventually night of July 17. London, Sunday, July 19. (AP Photo) In a condolence bowled trying to hit Moeen substance, and they lost his first delivery after mid- Johnson, only to then go into the pavilion, leaving message, ASA informed another feasible saviour session drinks. bat-pad instead to Nathan Marsh to advance the dec- that Late Medozhase’s when Gary Ballance was Ian Bell survived one Lyon. laration with successive served the association third out - caught behind tough chance at slip, Adam When Ben Stokes was sixes off England's off-spin- as its general secretary again when Mitch Marsh Voges unable to hang on run out just before tea, tak- ner as Australia signed up during 2004-06 and found extra bounce with diving to his left at slip off ing minor evasive action as for the fast track to victory. was the ASA representative to the Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA) where he was Karnataka batsman Uthap- holding the post of SechararE, July 19 (iaNS): A lone battle as Indian bowlers took nership that ended when the leftwickets at regular intervals to keep hander offered a return catch to pa found boundaries at will even retary, Publicity & Inforgritty Zimbabwe overcame a below-par India by 10 runs to draw the hosts in check. The 28-year-old young left-arm spinner Axar Patel. though others were failing. He hit mation at the time of his their two-match Twenty20 Inter- in-form batsman completed his The hosts' innings struggled even nine fours before offering a return demise. ASA stated that Late national (T20I) series at the Harare half-century in 38 deliveries and hit in the death overs with Charles catch to left-arm spinner Williams. nine fours during his stay. Conventry (4) failing to trouble the Middle-order batsman Kedar Jad- Medozhase’s ideas and Sports Club here on Sunday. Chibhabha, who scored two Indians as he was ruled leg before hav (5) found himself short of the suggestions were always Opener Chamu Chibhabha's fighting knock of a 51-ball 67 lifted fifties in the three-match One-Day wicket (LBW) against all-rounder crease at the bowler's end while constructive and highly Zimbabwe to 145/7 in 20 overs. In International (ODI) series, and Binny. Chibhabha also perished, taking a Binny's double. Taurai valued by the associareply, India managed only 135/9 Hamilton Masakadza (19) started being bowled by medium fast Muzarabani's direct throw from tion, for which he was deep mid-wicket forced India to sent to a higher level asin the allotted 20 overs to lose their positively. But India drew the first bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar. blood when Masakadza edged a Bhuvneshwar repeated his act slump to 69/5 in ninth over. There- sociation – the Nagaland second T20I match. Robin Uthappa's breezy knock medium-pacer Sandeep Sharma- when he dismantled the stumps of after, Binny (24) and young Kerala Wrestling Association. ASA stated that his of a 25-ball 42 gave India immense delivery to wicketkeeper Robin Craig Ervine (7). Lower-order bat wicketkeeper-batsman Samson impetus but the visitors were re- Uthappa off the second ball of the Prosper Utseya (1) was dismissed (19) forged a 36-run stand for the passing away has creby Mohit. For India, Bhuvneshwar sixth wicket to revive India's hopes. ated a “great loss” to duced to 69/5 in nine overs. Stuart third over. Later, medium pacer Mohit and Mohit took two wickets each, But Cremer struck again, tak- the whole Angami and Binny (25), debutant Sanju Samson (19) and Axar Patel (13) gave Sharma reduced Zimbabwe to while Binny, Sandeep and Axar ing his third wicket as Binny of- Naga sporting fraterniIndia a lot of hopes but their con- 2/48 in the sixth over by getting picked a wicket apiece that helped fered a catch to Chibhabha. Axar ty. “However, his legacy rid of Sikandar Raza (8), who cap- the visitors restrict Zimbabwe to and Samson did their best but it in the association will tributions were not enough. Zimbabwe came into the match tained the hosts after regular skip- 145/7. In reply, India got off to a was not enough. For Zimbabwe, always live on,” it added. available at Trends Home Depot desperate to salvage some pride as per Elton Chigumbura got injured. poor start, losing openers Ajinkya Cremer was the pick of the bowlers Extending condothey were blanked 0-3 in the One- The right-handed batsman played Rahane (4) and Murali Vijay (13) as he gave away only 18 runs while lences to the bereaved ABC Building 1st floor Nahabari Day International (ODI) series and but not with enough force to beat early. While skipper Rahane ran taking three wickets in four overs. family and assuring solhimself out, Tamil Nadu star Vijay Christopher Mpofu, Williams and idarity and prayers, ASA Junction, opp. Hollotoli School. also lost the first T20I by 54 runs. Samson at deep third man. Chibhabha found support from was bowled by leg-spinner Graeme Muzarabani picked up a wicket prayed for the departed They found their hero in rightFor more info. 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Turaco wins 1st Futsal championship Our Correspondent Kohima | July 19
Turaco, Kohima Science College, Jotsoma lifted the 1st Futsal (Five aside) Championship, organised by Rüziezou Colony Youth (RCY) on Saturday at D. Khel Ground, Seikhazou, Kohima Village. In the final, Turaco beat Silver Knights via tie-breaker to lift the championship. Earlier, in the first semifinal match, Turaco beat Zeikezou Sporting Club via tie-breaker while Silver Knights overpowered Kohima Raiders 2-1 in the
second semifinal match. Champions Turaco and runners-up Silver Knights pocketed cash prizes of Rs. 30,000 and Rs.15,000 respectively. Neiphrezo Kire of Silver Knights was declared as the best goalkeeper and pocketed cash prize of Rs. 2500. Kekhrie Tsira of Zeikezou Sporting Club with 11 goals won the highest scorer award and also pocketed Rs.2500. Altogether, 28 teams took part in the championship. The organisers intend to make this tournament an annual feature.
Turaco players posing lesn with official at the 1st Futsal championship.
Veteran, sub-veteran badminton tourney concludes
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The duo of Amardeep Gurung and Arep emerged as champions in the veteran’s category of the 2nd All Nagaland Veteran and SubVeteran Badminton Tournament, which concluded here Saturday at Indoor Badminton Stadium. They pocketed cash prize of Rs. 20,000 while Runners-up Kevin and M. Threnso pocketed Rs. 10,000. In sub veteran category, Raju and Aomulong bagged the champion’s
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title and walked away with Rs. 20,000. Runners-up Joseph Sumi and Transo won Rs. 10,000. The tournament was organized by Evening Club Kohima under the theme “Health and fitness is the new fashion.” Altogether, 40 teams joined the tournament. Meanwhile, the organisers have informed that the Inter-District Badminton tournament will be held from August 4 to 7 at Zunheboto. In this connection, selection for Kohima Winners of 2nd All Nagaland Veteran & Sub-Veteran Badminton Tournament 2015 and others district would be held on July 25. pose for camera after the closing ceremony in Kohima on July 18. (Morung Photo)
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