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• Agri & allied sector allotted Rs. 154.79

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Nagaland Commissioner notifies on encroachment DIMAPUR, JULY 22 (MExN): Nagaland state Commissioner, Temjen Toy today notified that any encroachment in the areas of Doldoli reserved forest will invite action as sanctioned under the relevant law and that such acts of encroachment shall be liable to prosecution as per the provision of the law.

The notice informed that it was made necessary for the Dimapur district magistrate to impose Section 144 CrPC in the village areas of Rilan, Indesen, Aoyimkurn and Dikhoi under Dimapur district, bordering the Doldoli Reserve Forest as “certain groups of people are entering the Doldoli Reserve Forest with the intention to settle in those area(s).” It further cautioned that “any encroachment into the area is an offence which is liable for action under the provisions of the relevant rules.”

NSF office broken into

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DIMAPUR, JULY 22 (MExN): The office of the Naga Students’ Federation in Dimapur was reportedly broken into and ransacked. NSF President, Tongpang Ozukum informed that the entry to the office was found broken into on the morning of July 22. He informed that the miscreants also broke into the office of the All Nagaland College Students Union. While informing that nothing was found stolen, the NSF President stated that the federation “cannot tolerate such senseless acts.” “There are record files and some old furniture, which of course are important for us, besides that there is nothing in our office. We really wonder what they were looking for in a students’ office,” stated a press note from the NSF. NSF stated that it would lodge a complaint with the police and called for the arrest of the culprits.

nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang presenting the state budget at the 5th session of the 12th nLA in Kohima on July 22. (DIPR Photo)

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Presenting his maiden budget after assuming office as Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang, who also holds the finance portfolio, today estimated the gross receipts for the state at Rs. 12, 127.59 crore and gross expenditure at Rs. 12, 431.57 Crore for the financial year 2014-15.

The CM informed that the current year’s transaction is estimated to result in a negative balance of Rs. 928.86 crore. However, because of the negative opening balance of Rs. 323.59 crore, the year 2014-15 is estimated to close with a negative balance or deficit of Rs. 1252.45 Crore, Zeliang said in his budget presentation during the 5th session of 12th NLA here today. The CM appealed to the Union Government

for a one time grant of Rs. 1234.54 Crores to erase the state’s huge cumulative deficit, enabling it to “start from zero deficit.”

While the GoI is yet to finalize the state plan outlay, Zeliang informed that he has decided to proceed with a tentative state plan outlay of Rs. 2300 crore, an increase of nearly 10% over last year’s outlay of Rs. 2100 crore.

When state plan discussions are held with the GoI, Zeliang informed that his government will place the revised plan before the state planning board for recommendations, allocation and revisions wherever necessary. “The plan budgets of various departments indicated in the Demands for Grants are only tentative figures,” he added.

A new development that will affect the state significantly is the GoI’s announcement that, with effect from

2014-15, all flagship and direct funding programmes shall be routed through the consolidated fund of the state, i.e, in the ‘treasury mode’ instead of releasing funds directly to the project implementing authorities,

Crores; of which Rs. 24.89 is earmarked for SPA projects.

• Rural development sector allotted Rs. 57.72 Crores.

• Irrigation & flood control sector allotted Rs. 201.50 Crores.

• Energy sector allotted Rs. 64.61 Crores, of which Rs. 44.21 Crores is for improvement of power transmission, generation, distribution and revenue mobilization under SPA. • Industries and Mineral sector allotted Rs. 40.70 Crores under state plan. The sector will focus on setting up of SDZs along the foothill areas.

• Implementation of Nagaland Coal Policy being streamlined; royalty on coal enhanced to Rs. 290 per MT. • Government working to implement however said that revenue generated within the state needs to be augmented without increasing rates of taxes. “This would be possible only when we effectively plug evasion,” he said. He further said that

• Closing deficit for 2014-15 estimated at Rs. 1252.45 Cr • CM appeals to centre for one time grant to erase huge cumulative deficit • Nagaland state’s salary expenditure 25% more that 13th FC recommendation missions etc. The CM stated this “will go a long way in bringing about transparency and accountability.”

While no new taxes were presented, the CM

the first step would be to fix circle rates for property so that the ad valorem stamp duty is levied on such minimum property rates. He also proposed amend-

Nagas do not appreciate forceful intrusions: GPRN/NSCN

DIMAPUR, JULY 22 (MExN): The GPRN/NSCN today demanded that the agreement between the Nagaland state government and the Metropolitan Oil and Gas Pvt Ltd (MO&GPL) be kept in “abeyance till the company in question agrees to invest in infrastructure and install refinery machines in Nagaland and positively declare the quantum of job opportunities for Naga youths.”

“Till such clarifications comes to the public domain and promptly initiated, not an oil tanker with crude oil shall proceed out of Na-

galand,” stated a press note from the MIP, GPRN/NSCN. The GPRN/NSCN asserted that oil deposits anywhere in Nagaland “belong to the people and the coming Naga generations.”

It reminded that the “GPRN/ NSCN under the leadership of Gen (Retd) Kholi Konyak and N Kitovi Zhimomi has issued four press statements in the last four years making it crystal clear that under no circumstances will the exploration of oil be allowed in Nagaland unless oil refinery is set up first by the company.”

Stating that “Nagas do not appreciate forceful intrusions,” the GPRN/NSCN advised the MO&GPL “against proceeding to Champang and Tsori oilfields as it would tantamount to insulting Naga history and their decades of resistance.”

It further asserted that “the present [state] government cannot be allowed to draw the Naga people’s precious oil to wipe away huge fiscal crisis resulting from embezzlement of people’s money into their own pockets.”

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Ceasefire with the NSCN (IM) is ‘under considerable stress’

DIMAPUR, JULY 22 (MExN): The Chairman of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group (CFMG), NK Singh today stated that the “Ceasefire with the NSCN (IM) is under considerable stress.” A press release from the office of the CFMG stated that “repeated, deliberated and frequent serious violations of the Ceasefire Ground Rules (CFGR) have taken place in the recent past that does not augur well and brings the sanctity of the CFGRs itself into question.”

The CFMG stated that the NSCN (IM) has “formally stated recently that they will not stop/ prevent forcible collection of money by their persons, though they had given an undertaking in the CFGRs signed by them that they will prevent such activities.”

It further claimed that the NSCN (IM) has “formally accepted that they killed Major Athong Yimchunger of the GPRN/NSCN on July 1…” and “…has also tacitly accepted their cadre’s involvement

in the murder of nine innocent Indian citizens at Pachaspura in January this year…” It added that the group “has not taken any action to hand over the accused to Nagaland Police, despite formal intimations.” The CMFG lamented that “such activities severely

molestation carried out by cadres of NSCN (IM),” which it stated were violations of clauses (e) and (i).

Reminding that on July 19, the NSCN (IM) had “rubbished NK Singh’s claim that the ceasefire between the GoI and the NSCN (IM) was operational only within the state of Nagaland,” it informed that on July 21, the Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister of Manipur had stated that “the ceasefire is not extended to Manipur.” “This is the ground reality and should put to rest any doubts in this matter,” it added. Referring to the 2004 incident where Kraibo Chawang and 13 to 14 armed cadres were “led off by Manipur commodes due to pleas made by the Union Home Minister,” the CMFG stated that the incident does not “alter the actual position.” It further clarified that NSCN (IM) camps in Manipur “are not designated camps,” but are rather “taken note of camps existing as ambiguous legacies of the past.

Chairman of CFMG points out ‘frequent serious violations of ceasefire ground rules’ set back the peace and reconciliation process…”

The CMFG further noted that the “accused in the December 23, 2013 Sumo taxi incident, which snowballed into the Mukalimi camp destruction later that month, have not yet been handed over to Nagaland Police for further lawful action.”

It further lamented that the past few months have seen “several cases of forcible collection of money, illegal demand notices, harassment, intimidation, even rape and

NP&NG legal framework and to take up pre-production, production and post-production activities .

• Transport sector allotted Rs.137.99 Crores.

• Rs 40 Crores provided for initial works regarding construction of road along foothill areas.

• Science and Technology sector allotted Rs. 10.67 Crores.

• General & Economic Services sector allotted Rs. 639.81 Crores.

• Social service sector allotted an outlay of Rs. 445.09 Crores.

• Higher Education Department to move for upgrading Kohima Science College to an autonomous college.

• General services sector allotted of Rs. 25.33 Crores.

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ments of relevant rules for compulsory billing and digitization of sale transactions to receipts from sales tax. Similar measures will be proposed in regard to all other tax collection.

The CM further stated that Nagaland having the highest ratio of government employees to population in the country, has become a problem. He said the 13th Finance Commission had recommended that the ceiling on salary expenditure should be within 35% of the total receipt expenditure excluding interest and pension payments. In contrast the state’s actual salary expenditure was 60%.

“If we follow the recommendations of the 13th FC, we would have to retrench about 54, 869 state government employees as of date which is not feasible,” Zeliang said. He added that net shortfall in salary expenditure over

the award period from 201011 to 2014-15 is estimated to be around Rs. 5755.60 crore.

He further lamented that the 13th FC refused to consider losses suffered by the departments of power and NST, which comes to Rs. 1169.03 crore during the latter’s award period.

Pointing to the states meager revenue of only 7 to 8 percent of its total expenditure, the CM said that Nagaland is overwhelmingly dependent on the central government. He further said that Planning Commission of India had added to the increasing budgetary deficit by including unrealizable resources in the scheme of financing the State Plan, such as Additional Resource Mobilization (ARM) and Cash Drawdown. This caused a budgetary deficit of Rs. 329.58 crore during the last four years.

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reconstitute JLF Our Correspondent Kohima | July 22

Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang, in his budget speech, informed that the Political Affairs Committee of DAN III has requested the NLA speaker to re-constitute the Joint Legislators Forum (JLF) in the Naga political issue.

Stating that Nagaland struggles to attract investments, the CM informed that his government has decided to constitute a State Investment Board to act as a state nodal agency for attracting private investments. “However, without peace, economic progress will always be an uphill task,” Zeliang said.

He stressed on the need to create a peaceful and congenial political climate, free from extortions and illegal tax demands etc. “Towards this end, we continue to stand committed to play the role of facilitator in the peace process, and to pave way for any alternative arrangement that may be necessitated by such a peaceful resolution of the Naga political issue,” he said.

The CM further acknowledged the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) for their efforts to unite the different Naga Nationalist groups and to maintain peace. Zeliang also expressed optimism that the NDA government would display the required political will to finally resolve the Naga political issue and ensure peace.

‘review modalities of nP&nG rules’ DIMAPUR, JULY 22 (MExN): The Kyong Students’ Union (KSU) today expressed “shock” that Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang in his statement had “defended” Metropolitan Oil & Gas Pvt. Ltd (MO&GPL), the company selected to carry out oil exploration in the Changpang and Tsori areas under Wokha district.

A press note from the KSU cited the Nagaland CM saying there was “no evidence” for the company to be “blacklisted from operating in India.”

It however said that the “Company itself had never clarified in any manner with regard to the universal allegations against its company’s activities wherein, its promoters were associated in other ventures such as the 10 Million tons per annum petroleum refinery at Haldia, West Bengal operated by CALS refinery, 2000 MW thermal power plant in Tamil Naidu operated by SRM Energy Limited and Auto LPG dispensing stations operated by Spice Gas and Oil sands concessions at the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

The KSU alleged that the “promoter of MO&GPL has been found to have been involved in fraudulent and unfair trade practices through the Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) and therefore banned from raising equity in India for a period of 10 years by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) vide order No.WTM/PS/ISD/02/2011, dated September 21 2011.”

The KSU further informed that

MO&GPL was incorporated as a private company only on September 14, 2012, which it stated “is not listed in any stock exchange in the world and has no record of experiences in oil business anywhere in the World.” It further added that the company was “only three months old when it filed its Expression of Interest (EOI) on January 7, 2013.”

The KSU further expressed concern at the Nagaland Home Minister, Y Patton’s statement terming the former’s agitation as “illogical.” It questioned the Home Minister as to why 144 CrPc was promulgated. The

meeting with the Kyong Hoho, Kyong Eloe Hoho, Lotha Youth Hoho, Kohima Lotha Hoho, Lotha Hoho Dimapur, Lotha Gazzetted Officers Association, every village council and range public organizations, religious community leaders, elders and intellectuals on July 25.

Meanwhile the Kohima Lotha Hoho (KLH), in a press note, questioned as to why the Nagaland state government is in “such a hurry to launch the oil exploration before addressing the legitimate demand for review of the Modalities on NP&NG, Rules and regulation as well as without clearing the credentials of the MO&GPL.” It queried how such a programme could be launched “in the absence of the nodal department such as Geology & Mining, Government of Nagaland.”

“These gross discrepancies are proofs of vested interest…” the KLH asserted. The KLH further alleged that the “unreliability and discredit” of MO&GPL “has been time and again exposed in the public domain but the Company has not clarified the charges publicly so far.”

On the disclosure by the state government that that ONGC had “betrayed the trust and confidence reposed by the people and the state,” the KLH urged the government to “pursue the matter in earnest.” It further stated that the “the way Nagaland Government is handling the customary ownership rights of the people in the state in regard to its resources is not at all in the interest of the people.”

KSU, KLH questions credibility of company selected for oil exploration students union further sought a “logistic answer” from the Nagaland state government for “stopping and manhandling only the KSU innocent volunteers on the way to Changpang at Baghty and Bhandari areas.”

The union affirmed its presidential council meeting resolution dated, July 11 to serve a 15 days ultimatum to the state government for the “subsequent failure in responding to its earlier representation submitted to the Chairman, Nagaland Petroleum & Natural Gas Board on June 25, 2014.”

It asserted that the union would not “succumb to any invitation or meetings with the government” and informed that it has convened a consultative

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Chief Minister TR Zeliang briefing the press on his maiden budget at the NLA Committee Hall on July 22. (DIPR Photo)

Broad item-wise statement of the estimated of gross receipts and gross expenditure A. RECEIPTS State’s Own Tax and Non-Tax Revenue State’s Share in central taxes Central Assistance (Grants & Loans) Internal debt (Including WMA from RBI) Recovery of loans and advances by State Government

(Rs. in crore) 592.60 1202.83 7753.65 2576.06 2.45

B. EXPENDITURES Non-Plan Expenditure (excluding serving of debt) Servicing of Debt (including repayment of WMA) State Plan expenditure CSS (including erstwhile flagship programmes)

5013.78 2913.75 2300.00 2204.04

C. BALANCE (A-B) D. PUBLIC ACCOUNT (NET) E. CURRENT TRANSACTIONS (C+D) Kohima | July 22 (MExN/DIPR)

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Realistic and people’s budget: TR Zeliang The Chief Minister of Nagaland T.R.Zeliang who is also Minister incharge for Finance termed the budget for 2014-2015 as realistic and people’s budget.

We need the cooperation of the people for the budget to be realistic and to be people’s budget, Zeliang said at a press conference held at NLA, right after presenting the budget speech on the floor of the House during the fifth session of the Twelfth Assembly on July 22.

Zeliang projected hope for improvement in the state’s financial health and looked forward towards a new step to take place in the State.

When queried on his plans about the NLTP Act, Zeliang said that the Government has not contemplated to withdraw the Act as of now, due to the strong reactions from the Church, but he however mentioned that opinion of the people will be sought on this issue.

Zeliang explained that the Government has decided to take up new policies for resource mobilization.

He spelled out areas like coal mining policy, oil and natural gas operation and digitalized billing of sale transaction in the market, circle rate fixation of cadastralised land sales as areas where we could generate revenue for the state. The chief minister during the press conference also clarified to a query raised on reactions from NGOs expressing views against the government’s policies saying that when the landowners and the village authority had given the clearance to the government, such organisations should not create obstructions He sought the cooperation of the NGOs, Media and the general public for effective implementation of the policies.

Proceedings of first day The 5th session of the 12th NLA proceedings started with starred

Total 12, 127. 59

Total 12,431.57 -303.98 - 624.88 - 928.86

question on 22nd July 2014. In the first session, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education Yitachu replied to the leader of the Congress Legilslature Party Tokheho MLA that midday meal is not being served to student on regular basis in both primary and upper primary schools. He said due to meager amount of Rs. 3.34 per child per school day for primary stage and Rs. 5.00 per child per day for upper primary stage provided by Government of India as per MDM norms. To a query raised byTokheho on whether state government is in a position to give its share regularly, Yitachu replied that the state share has to be provided to let the scheme get going. The Parliamentary Secretary also replied that the state share for 2013-14 will depend on the fund received from MHR. Tokheho also suggested to the Parliamentary Secretary in the August House that the government should give priority and due share on time so that the students do not suffer.

Apok Jamir MLA asked about the transferring out of 8 teachers from GHSS Mayangnokcha Mokokchung where vacancies has not been filled till date. Replying to Apok Jamir, Yitachu said that department of School Education is in a transitional stage with upgradation of more schools and added that rationalization policy will come at the earliest. He further said that rationalization of teachers in every school and the exercise taken by the department would directly fill the shortfall of teachers.

CM on civil deposit In a starred question, the Chief Minister of Nagaland T.R. Zeliang replied that an amount of Rs. 604.02 crore has been kept under civil deposit during 2013-14. Chief Ministersaid these amount are being released to the department as and when proposal are submitted accompanied by certification of progress of work along with photographs and other supporting documents such as checklist and original copies of the Treasury

More highlights from Nagaland state Budget 2014-15

• Focus on increasing • Land resource depart-

to achieve faster growth ones will be modernized ings at Kohima, Mon, and development of the • My government considMokokchung and Peren productivity and movment will continue to state’s economy ing towards its commitfocus on promotion of ers the motto of Modi Ji • In school education sected target of “Food for rubber plantation in the • During 2014-15, District tor, effort are underway of ushering in Skill, Scale all” by 2015 state, with a target area Legal Service Authorito place 5 additional and Speed in all enterties will be set up in all teachers of mathematprises as highly relevant • Soil & water conserva- of 675 hectares the districts tion sector will continue • Efforts to revive Naga• During 2014-15, 525 ics, science, social science, second language land Pulp and Paper Mill • In water and sanitation to focus on promoting additional Anganwadi and English subjects are going on sustainable agriculture Centres sanctioned for sector, 89 villages are in all the 122 GHS to be and carry out extensive • In Geology and Mining the state will be made earmarked for providfunded through RMSA soil survey and testing operational ing water supply during sector, the department is activities to help farm2014-15 under CSS and • CAWD will focus on • In urban development working to establish miners increase productivity sector, focus will be on state plan, while water eral reserves in the state completion of DC’s of• Veterinary & Animal Hus- such as magnetite, pure quality issues will be ad- fice complexes at Mo- improvement of town roads, creation of badressed in 38 habitations bandry sector will also limestone and marble kokchung and Zunhesic infrastructure in continue to focus on en- • Government decided to • During 2014-15, new boto, construction of the small and medium hancing milk production District Employment DC’s residence at Phek, give priority to promotowns, construction of and livestock and poultry Exchanges will be set up Wokha, Kiphire and Tution of industrialization drainage, culverts and production through peoat Longleng, Kiphire and ensang and construcand urbanization, particprotection walls ple participation Peren, while existing tion of flat type buildularly at the foothill areas

Challan. He added that releases are the department of Taxes on the target normally made in proportion to the of Revenue in the Taxes department in the year 2013 for Dimapur district, progress of work. whether the department achieved the targeted revenue income and the CM on achievements of amount of target set for 2014 for Divarious departments The Chief Minister of Nagaland mapur district.

In reply to his question, Parliawho is also Minister incharge of Finance in his budget speech,2014-15 mentary Secretary for Taxes, Tovipresented in the Assembly of Naga- hoto Ayemi said that the target of revland Legislative Assembly on 22nd enue has been achieved for the Taxes July 2014 said that in the Tourism department in the year 2013-14 for sector, the Department is presently Dimapur district was Rs. 15346.28 in the process of developing key in- lakhs as per the revised budget estifrastructure to made Nagaland an mated and the target set for the year attractive tourist destination .He ap- 2014-15 for Dimapur district is Rs. prised that the department will also 20669.23 lakhs.

Meanwhile in a starred question focus on promoting eco- tourism, rural tourism and tourist destination , asked by Leader of the CLP, Tokheho and also take up activities for import- Yepthomi on deduction made on the ing knowledge and awareness pro- public payment, Chief Minister T.R grammes on tourism during 2014-15. Zeliang replied that there are standThe C.M said that our sportsman ing orders for realization of departare continuing to perform well and mental charges, works contract tax secure medals at the International (VAT) less for the welfare of construcand national levels. He also said that tion workers deduction for payment under the sports and Youth Resource of work charge salary and forest roydepartment , A cultural team from alty. In his reply healso mentioned Nagaland will be performing at the “ issues on recoveries, deduction Royal Edinburgh military Tatto” 2014 and percentage. The departmental in Edinburgh Scotland ( UK) under charge 13%, works contract tax 4.75% or 13.25%, workers welfare less 1%, the Folk Residency during 2014.

In the budget speech,the Chief work charge salary 5%.

To a starred question asked by Minister T.R. Zeliang mentioned that The Department of Information and Tokheho Yepthomi MLA on the total Public Relations has recently pub- cost of High Court Building construclished the much acclaimed coffee tion at Kohima, Parliamentary Secretable book titled ‘ Nagaland -50 Year- tary for Justice & Law, N. Jacob Zhison’ in commemoration on the 50th momi said that the total amount of anniversary of Nagaland Statehood the High Court building is Rs. 3687.71 on 1st December 2013. He added that lakhs. He further informed that the video documentaries highlighted the tender was floated by the Chief Endevelopment and growth of the state gineer PWD (H) Nagaland and the during the last 50 years were also pro- work has been progressed up to duced and are being telecast through plinth level with erection of columns.

Jacob Zhimomi also mentioned Doardarshan Kendra Kohima, Local networks in districts Headquarters’ that the works were executed by the and the departments mobile Audio Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) construction Division Chiephobozou.

Visual.

He also said that an amount of Rs. 6,57,80,000 spent on construction of Replies to starred questions During the 5th session of the 12 approach road for National Highway NLA, congress MLA, K. Khekaho As- 61 and the approach road for NH 61 to sumi asked the starred question to High Court office is just 2.0 kilometer.

Nuklutoshi on periodical repair money During the 5th session of 12th NLA, Minister for National Highway Nuklutoshi while replying to leader of CLP Tokheho that the total sanctioned amount from Government of India for both improvement and periodical repair of National Highway NH 61 (New

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2) and NH 155 (New 202) in Nagaland during 2013-14 was Rs. 43.71 crores. The Minister said that the periodical repairmoney is used through tendering process. Giving reply to a supplementary question raised by Tokheho, the Minister informed the House although he had requested the Ministry in Regional Office Guwahati to use the PRM departmentally, the ministry replied in negative stating that Rs. 5 lakh above should go through tendering process. However, the Minister said that he wouldconvince the Ministry to highlight on the issue.

The leader of CLP Tokheho suggested for use of PRM departmentally to maintain potholes and side drains instead of giving to contractors.

Obituary references in the NLA Both the leader of the House T.R. Zeliang and leader of CLP, Tokheho made obituary references to the passing away of two leaders Late Scato Swu, Former member of Rajya Sabha and Late Gopinath Pandurang Munde, sitting Union Minister of Rural Development. Both the speakers narrated the life histories of the two departed leaders and their contributions to the society. They also proposed that the condolences be conveyed to the members of the bereaved families. The Speakers informed the Members of the House that the profound sorrow and sympathy expressed by the members of the NLA would be conveyed to the respective bereaved family members by the Secretary NLA. The House observed two minutes silence as a mark of respect to the departed souls.

Business proceedings in NLA List of business Proceedings of Nagaland Legislative Assembly on July 22, included assent to bills. Secretary NLA reported the assent of the Governor of Nagaland to the following bills .

1. The Nagaland Farmers’ Participation in Management of Irrigation Systems Bills.

2. The Nagaland State Council of Higher Education Bill , 2014.

3. The Nagaland Medical Council Bill, 2014.

4. The Nagaland State Paramedical Council Bill, 2014.

5. The Nagaland Board of School of Education Amendment Bill, 2014.

6. The Nagaland Appropriation ( No.1) Bill,2014.

7. The Nagaland Appropriation (

No.2) Bill,2014.

Other Business in the House included laying of Reports /Papers/ Rules where the Chief Minister T.R.Zeliang laid on the table a copy of – 1. Annual Report 2007 -2008 of the Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation Limited.

2. Annual Report 2008-2009 of the the Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation Limited .

Laying of Annual Administrative reports for Urban Development and Art & Culture , Printing Stationery were laid by the parliamentary Secretary Urban Development Zhaleo Rio and Parliamentary Secretary Art & Culture , Printing Stationery Er.Kropal vitsu respectively .

Minister Azo on Mon-Namtola road Minister for PWD (Roads & Bridges) Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu today assured the floor of the House that the work for improvement of Mon-Namtola road will be completed within the stipulated time of 2 years as and when fund is made available.

Replying this to supplementary question, the minister said the government take stock of the situation and the chief minister has convened a meeting on July 17 with the contractor and department and there it concluded that fund will be placed in this 2014-15 budget and the contractor will be allowed to complete the work within the stipulated time.

The minister was replying this to Congress MLA Eshak Konyak as well as supplementary question from CLP leader Tokheho Yepthomi in the assembly session here this morning.

In starred question, Eshak raised that Mon- Namtola road which stretches around 44 km is the only lifeline for the local inhabitants which connect Assam, adding that at present the said road is completely in deplorable condition, as it has been neglected for decades.

The minister said the government is aware of the deteriorating condition of the road. He said the improvement of the road was initiated during 2010 and the works are still in progress. However, the works are now temporarily suspended due to the onset of the monsoons.

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MEx File cise check gate with effect from July 1. According to a press release from Pitongse Sangtam, Deputy Commissioner of Excise (NC), the Cell has arrested 18 persons and seized 570 bottles of IMFL from the raids conducted at different pockets of the town and at Excise check gates so far. The arrested persons have been booked under the relevant section of D&C Act 1940 and NLTP Act’89, it added.

Dimapur, July 22 (mExN): The Care Centre, People’s Development Society (PDS) in collaboration with Legislature Forum on AIDS (LFA) is conducting one-day advocacy campaign on HIV and AIDS at Burma Camp, Dimapur on July 26 at City Law College. Tovihoto Ayemi, parliamentary secretary will be the chief guest. PDS director Kevi Z Stephen in Drama on a press release has requested youth, Folklores at Tenning women and council member representatives to attend the programme. Dimapur, July 22 (mExN): The Department of Art & Culture in collaboration with NEZCC Dimapur is Cough syrup seized organizing a programme on ‘Drama at Excise check gate on Folklores’ at Tenning, Peren on Dimapur, July 22 (mExN): The July 26. This was informed in a press Excise Narcotic Enforcement Cell release issued by Art & Culture Depteam on July 21 detected 89 bottles of uty Director Mulia Khiam. cough syrup and arrested one person at Excise check gate, Chumukedima Family Health under the command of Thathang Mela at IMDH Mkg and Mainshila (AIE). The Narcotic Enforcement Cell, in its effort to mokokchuNg, July 22 check illegal flow of drugs and liquor (mExN): Under the theme “A in Dimapur district has stepped up planned Family- Source of happiits surveillance, patrolling duty in all ness” , a free family planning camp the entry, exit points, and at the ex- was conducted successfully on July

22 at Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital, Mokokchung on account of the ongoing Population Stabilization Fortnight (PST) 2014 which has been observing from July 11 to 24.

During the Camp,Focus Group Disscussion (FGD) was conducted by the IEC personnel with the eligible couples,leaflets & posters on family planning was distributed and counseling was also given on a planned family. IUCD insertion and Tubectomy & Vasectomy was also carried out during the camp where 4 Lap ST,1 MTP Lap ST and 2 Vasectomy was done. The ASHAs has been referring for IUCD Insertion and Tubectomy& Vasectomy after motivating and given counseling to the eligible couples in the villages.

RSU second Union Assembly Dimapur, July 22 (mExN): The Rengma Students’ Union (RSU) second Union Assembly will be held on July 26, 10 a.m, at RSU office, Tseminyu. RSU Speaker Tsonga Kemp in a press release has requested all the unit presidents/representatives and senior members of RSU to attend the meeting.

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‘Racial slurs, discrimination - we face it all’ Killing of youth raised in parliament Three sent to custody, one more arrested

New Delhi, July 22 (iANS): From being overcharged to racial abuse, people from the northeastern states have to fight it out in their daily life in the capital and with the killing of a Manipuri youth Monday, their grievances and anxieties have again come to the fore.

"Delhi is becoming unsafe for everyone, especially for people from the northeastern region. We are cheated everywhere, with local shopkeepers quoting increased prices just looking at us. Even autowallahs fleece us by overcharging and refusing to go by the meter rates," Taba Doni, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, told IANS. Doni, a student, added that he and his friends end up paying high rents "as compared to other people" living in the same building.

Agreed 27-year-old Swapan Bebbarma who attributed such "racial" attacks to their "different looks".

"We are attacked maybe because we look different.

Cases of people from the northeast being attacked either verbally or physically - are nothing new now," Bebbarma, who is from Tripura, told IANS. More than 10,000 people from

the northeast come to Delhi every year for education and jobs because of poor opportunities in the region.

A 29-year-old BPO employee was beaten to death in south Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area early Monday by five youths. The shocking incident comes six months after a 19-yearold Arunachal Pradesh student, Nido Tania, died after being beaten with iron rods and sticks by some men after an altercation with a shopkeeper in a south Delhi market, not far from Kotla Mubarakpur.

Though these incidents were highlighted because of adequate media attention, there are many that go unreported, the members of the community feel.

Bebbarma added that the lack of proper education and employment opportunities in the northeastern region brings the young to the national capital.

"I have many such incidents to narrate where we have been targeted.

Though such cases occur in other states as well, surprisingly it is higher in Delhi, which is the national capital," Gary Thouthang, general secretary of student organisation of the Kuki tribe, told IANS. "We possibly cannot report all

‘No plans to review AFSPA’

‘Northeast people under constant threat’

New Delhi, July 22 (Pti): Government has no plans to review the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. "At present there is no such proposal. If the situation so warrants that areas be declared as disturbed, the same is done. This is examined/assessed periodically," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said. He was replying to a question whether the government proposes to review the AFSPA Act, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof. The Minister said for preventing misuse of powers under the AFSPA, guidelines containing 'Do's and Don't' for the armed forces deployed in counter insurgency operations have been issued as per the directions of the Supreme Court.

imPhAl, July 22 (mexN): The Kuki Students Organisation - General Headquarters (KSO - GHQ) has strongly condemned the murder of Shaloni Akha on July 21 at Kotla Mubarakpur in Delhi and in this regard, demanded that the government in Delhi come up with foolproof security measures for the northeast people in Delhi.

A press release from KSO General Secretary Seiboi Haokip called the murder ‘most appalling’ given that authorities in Delhi had claimed to have taken up various measures to provide safety and protection to people hailing from the northeastern states.

“The incident shows that the people of the northeast are reeling under constant threat. Safety is still a far cry for the northeasterners. Aside

Japanese Encephalitis claims 43 lives in Assam GuwAhAti, July 22 (Pti): Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 43 lives and affected 311 people so far in nine districts of Assam this year with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi directing health department officials to effectively tackle the spread of the disease.LowerAssamdistricts of Barpeta, Kamrup (Rural), Darrang and Nalbari districts have been worst affected by the disease. Barpeta reported eight deaths and 54 positive cases while Kamrup (Rural) reported four deaths and 34 cases of Japanese Encephalitis during the last week, according to health department data. Vaccination drives were carried out in the districts of Tinsukia, North Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Dhemaji and Golaghat in Upper Assam early this year.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had directed state Chief Secretary Jitesh Khosla to ensure that health department gears up the vaccination drive and ensure regular flow of medicine to hospitals and health centres. Gogoi also directed Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Sanjeeva Kumar to take all possible preventive measures to check the spread of Japanese Encephalitis. Kumar had apprised the Chief Minister that the situ-

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According to the report by the North East Support Centre and Helpline (NESCH), there are more than 200,000 people, of whom around 50 percent are females, from the the northeastern states of India in the capital.

M.P. Bezbaruah, chairperson of the Bezbaruah Committee formed by the government after Tania's attack to suggest remedial measures, told IANS that "only police action and reforms cannot lower crime against the people

from the northeast". He further attributed such incidents to "mindsets of the people and the ideology they adopt against a certain community". "There is a need for the government to make policies that prevents the culprits from getting away after committing the crime, which does not happen in many of the cases. "A wide range of policies need to be improved so that crimes against people from the northeast, and equally from against other states, should reduce," Bezbaruah told IANS. A student from Assam, Cheeranjib Daulaguphu, mentioned a few areas across the city where he says such incidents are more

New Delhi, July 22 (iANS): The North East MPs Forum (NEMPF) Tuesday condemned the killing of a 29-year-old man from Manipur in the national capital and demanded that recommendations by the Bezbaruah Committee be implemented. Led by former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma, the NEMPF is a group of all parliamentarians from the eight northeastern states. The Bezbaruah Committee was set up to look into the security of the people from the northeast living in various parts of the country. the murders and killings, rape, physical assault, molestation, eve teasing, racial and verbal abuse are the brutalities that the northeasterners of Delhi are forced to live with, in their day to day lives.

“It is a matter of grave concern that the safety of northeastern people in Delhi cannot be assured.

Assault and murder of northeasterners are repeatedly committed at the drop of a hat, without any rhyme

or reason. There is no let up in the feeling of alienation among the northeastern people due to the brutalities the northeast are subjected to in the hands of the mainland Indians,” KSO stated.

While appreciating the Delhi Police for arresting the culprits, KSO demanded that the murderers be given capital punishment to set an example and to dampen homicidal crime from further happening. KSO further

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in Delhi. BJP leader Tarun Vijay raised the issue during zero hour in the Rajya Sabha.

"This is not the first incident.

What are people in Delhi doing to the people from the northeast? They are making them feel this is not their home," Vijay said.

Several other members joined him in expressing concern over the situation. Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien said it is a very serious matter and the government should make a statement on it.

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New Delhi, July 22 (iANS): The killing of a BPO employee was raised in parliament Tuesday with the government assuring that efforts were on to arrest all the accused.

Manipuri youth Akha Salouni, 29, was beaten to death Monday by five youths, of whom three were arrested.

The brutal attack sparked outrage in the northeastern community.

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In the Lok Sabha, leader of the Congress in the house Mallikarjun Kharge demanded a statement from the home minister on the matter.

Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said: "Delhi Police have examined all the eyewitnesses as well as the CCTV footage."

"Efforts are on to arrest the remaining two assailants. A special investigation team has been constituted," he said, adding investigations into the incident are on.

"rampant" "Places like Munirka, Kotla Mubarakpur and also Lajpat Nagar (all in south Delhi) are the hub of such attacks," the resident of Saket told IANS. Alana Golmei, founder of the NESCH, said that earlier women were asked to be "careful", but now, she said "even men are not safe".

"It has now become a security issue. Our police needs to undertake genuine investigations as it is the police and the judicial system who can help avert such incidents by playing an important role," Golmei told IANS. However, unlike popular opinion, people of the Delhi are sympathetic to the cause. "I would not call Delhi unsafe per say, but

there are certain social elements which don't understand the confluence of cultures that takes place in a metropolis," communication consultant Bhaskar Pant told IANS. Suggesting measures, advocate Sandeep Mahapatra said that there is an "urgent need" to probe the situation and rectify it. "Unfortunately, there is some (kind of) disconnect with northeastern people.

There is an urgent need to rectify the situation. Media needs to report and follow up the cases, thus being an important medium to bring in some sensitisation," Mahapatra told IANS.

urged all student bodies of Manipur to come together irrespective of Nagas, Kukis or Meiteis to protest and fight against the racial attacks.

New Delhi, July 22 (iANS): One more person was arrested Tuesday in connection with the murder of the29-year-old Manipuri man here, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to four, police said. A fifth man is on the run. Azad Choudhary, 24, a driver by profession, was arrested from his hideout in Delhi. Choudhary was apprehended a day after three of his friends - Sanjay Basoya, 24, Shakti Basoya, 21, and Raju, 25 were arrested on charges of attacking the Manipuri BPO employee Akha Salouni. Police said all the four arrested belong to Garhi area in south Delhi. Metropolitan Magistrate Ashok Kumar Tuesday sent Sanjay Basoya, Shakti Basoya and Raju to police custody till July 24. Police said they were looking for the fifth accused in the case who is absconding. Salouni was assaulted around 1 a.m. Monday following a spat with the assailants while he was going to a friend's house in Kotla Mubarakpur area in south Delhi to spend the night. Police later took Salouni to a hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.

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MEC loan to 17 entrepreneurs

moKoKchung, July 22 (mexn): Seventeen young entrepreneurs of Mokokchung were given financial assistance in the form of micro-loan by the Mokokchung Entrepreneurs Consortium in the presence of the president of Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Moasangba Jamir, here today at Hotel Metsüben.

This is the seventh batch of entrepreneurs being extended financial assistance by the MEC who have till date given micro-loan to seventy four local young entrepreneurs since May 2013.

In a brief ‘micro-loan distribution ceremony’ attended by the beneficiaries and their respective guarantors and members of the MEC, Moasangba Jamir handed cheques to the beneficiaries and encouraged them to invest the loan judiciously. He also reminded the beneficiaries to prove their integrity and win the confidence of the MEC by repaying the

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NEC Secretariat calls for deputationist

Kohima, July 22 (DiPR): The North Eastern Council Secretariat is looking for the services of suitable Officers for filling up the post of Under Secretary (Planning) on deputation in the pay scale of Rs. 10,000-325-15,200/-(Pre revised) (Revised) PB-3, Rs. 15,600-39,100 + GP Rs. 6600/-. The maximum age limit for the post should not exceed 56 years as on the closing

date of receipt of applications. The pay and other terms and conditions of deputation will be regulated in accordance with DOPT’s OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt. (Pay-II) dated 17.06.2010 as amended from time to time. Cadre authorities/Head of Departments are requested to forward applications of eligible and willing candidates whose services can be spared on deputation basis

immediately so as to reach the Director (Admn.) within 60 days from the date of publication of this advertisement.

Director (Admn) I/C, Dr. S. Chaudhari has informed that for eligibility criteria, job requirement, qualifications and experience, Applications Forms and other details, one may visit the NEC website http:// necouncil.gov.in.

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The micro-loan recipient with others at Mokokchung on July 22.

loan on time. He also showered praises on the MEC for their effort in entrepreneurship development in Mokokchung. The president of MCCI also took the opportunity to award all the ten founding members of MEC with commendation certificates in recogni-

tion of the service rendered by the MEC. Moasangba also mentioned that the MCCI is working on a plan to make Mokokchung the next commercial hub of Nagaland and wished the entrepreneurs present success in their respective business.

The proceedings of the ceremony was chaired by Sangkong Jamir, Treasurer of MEC while Tsukti Longkumer, chairman of MEC delivered the key note address. Two of the beneficiaries also spoke at the function on behalf of the beneficiaries.

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The 2014 legal rights awareness campaign team at Capital College, Kohima on July 21.

Kohima, July 22 (mexn): The 2014 legal rights awareness campaign was held at Capital College, Kohima on July

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taxation. The team also reminded the various district administrations to maintain law and order problem where they termed extortion as law and order problem and the random collection of cash on highways/ check-gates is extortion.

The team has appealed all the district administration to check the practice of black marketing in LPG cooking gas and ensure that no domestic connection is used for commercial purposes to solve the problem of shortage of supply. The citizens are requested to call consumer helpline toll free number - 1800345-3701 for proper guidance related to daily problem faced by consumers in their dealing with traders especially while buying goods or availing services.

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Zunheboto, July 22 (mexn): Government Higher Secondary School, Satakha was inaugurated on July 21 by Hoshito Sema, District Education Officer, Zunheboto as Chief Guest. On arrival the Chief Guest unveiled the foundation stone. The programme started at 10: 00 AM at school campus. Chaired by Abetoli Murru G/T GHSSS, Invocation pronounced by Rev. Hukugha Jimo pastor STBC, Higher Secondary School anthem sung by students.

Message of G. Kaito Aye, Minister Industries and Commerce were read out by chairlady. Short

speeches was also delivered by Ninoto Awomi, President SRSU, N. Chisho Swu parents representative to school managing committee and Vihozhe Jimo GB, schools colony Satakha, followed by speech by the Chief Guest. The Chief Guest in his speech congratulated and hoped that the upgradation of high school to higher secondary school level will make much more positive impact on the students’ community. He also exhorted that the success and glory of the institution depends upon the unity and team work from the Prin-

cipal to 4th grade staff, students, NGO’s and parents.

Vihozhe Jimo GB, in his short speech expressed his dissatisfaction to some officials and staff for not making it up even on the auspicious day. He also warned that the people will not tolerate any insincerity and urged upon the principal, teachers and staff to their best dedication and sincerity in shaping the students.

During the programme the Headmaster felicitated and congratulated the four new subject teachers deputed for Higher Secondary Classes. However it was learnt that the Eng-

lish teacher deputed by the education department refused to follow up by the order. Chairman’s remark was read out by Vikuto Jimomi, Headmaster Government Higher Secondary School, Satakha. The programme was attended by various NGO’s, various department officials of Satakha Town, Leaders, Elders, GB’s, Well Wishers and all the 40 students of the first batch of Class 11 Students, Headmaster, Teachers and Staff of GHSSS. The programme concluded with Benediction pronounced by Aboka Jimo, Youth Pastor UBC, Satakha.

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GprN/NSCN to oppose oil exploration in Nagaland

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he GPRN/NSCN under the leadership of Gen. (Retd) Kholi Konyak and N. Kitovi Zhimomi has issued four press statements in the last four years making it crystal clear that under no circumstances will the exploration of oil be allowed in Nagaland unless oil refinery is set up first by the company. The oil deposits anywhere in Nagaland belong to the people and the coming Naga generations. The present government cannot be allowed to draw the Naga people’s precious oil to wipe away huge fiscal crisis resulting from embezzlement of people’s money into their own pockets. Irrespective of political affiliations, irrespective of tribes, the agreement between the Nagaland state government and Metropolitan Oil and Gas Pvt. Ltd. (MO & GPL) is utterly against Naga people’s aspiration. GPRN/NSCN demand that the agreement with MO & GPL be kept in abeyance till the company in question agree to invest in infrastructure and install refinery machines in Nagaland and positively declare the quantum of job opportu-

nities for Naga youths. Till such clarifications comes to the public domain and promptly initiated, not an oil tanker with crude oil shall proceed out of Nagaland.

The interest of the Naga people is greater than the personal benefits and interests of the Chief Minister or any cabinet. Any firm or company desirous of venturing in Nagaland for oil exploration is cautioned that the Indo-Naga political struggle is more than sixty years old. The blood and guts of thousands of patriots have been spilled. MO & GPL is advised against proceeding to Champang and Tsori oilfields as it would tantamount to insulting Naga history and their decades of resistance. The struggle is ongoing and it is to protect and defend the Naga people, their ancestral land including natural resources above and below the ground.

Before the drilling machine makes its first noise in Champang and Tsori areas, the Chief Minister and MO & GPL must think twice prior to going on a honeymoon as Nagas do not appreciate forceful intrusions.

How can one forget the calamitous action in proposing to roll out red carpet to so-called investors through NSDZ and allowing immigrants to permanently settle in Nagaland? It has horrified all tribes in Nagaland.

The students community and young people must come out of the shadows of party politics and protect their prized possessions for the future.

GPRN/NSCN will not be silent anymore. Clearly the present government is attempting to fill up Nagaland with immigrants from other states on all empty fields and empty Nagaland of all its underground mineral wealth as well. Somebody must tell the Chief Minister TR Zeliang that thousands of Nagas did not sacrifice their lives over sixty years to allow him to play these haphazard games today. As Chief Minister, he shall be solely responsible should Nagas decide to confront and protect their wealth. When the thieves ransack the house, must the owner simply watch and lose his lifelong possessions? Surely not!

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Hindi teachers issue clarification to Finance dept

Kohima, July 22 (mExN): In continuation to the representations submitted earlier, the All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (2012-13 Batch) has issued further clarification to the Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, Finance Department, Nagaland, Kohima.

Onbehalfofthe1379Hindi Teachers 2012-13 Batch, Convener Kekhrieneilie Tsikhano and Secretary Nelson Yhokha stated that the Government of India issued sanctioned for financial assistant to the Government of Nagaland for appointment of 1379 Hindi Teachers for the year 2010-11 under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme by granting salary for two months amounting to

Rs. 3,34,03,690. (Copy of letter dated 28.3.2011 annexed for ready reference).

Thereafter, as per letter No EDS/FIN/1/2010 (Pt) dated 15.5.2013, after obtaining clearance and concurrence of the State Government, the first batch of recruitment of 918 Hindi Language Under-Graduate Teachers and 67 Hindi Language Graduate Teachers was done in January, 2012 and appointments were made in March 2012.

The remaining 394 UnderGraduate Hindi Teachers were appointed from February 2013. (Copy of letter dated 15.5.2013 annexed for ready reference).

The union mentioned that by a letter No. ED/CSS/ HINDI/APPT/2012-13, the

Director of School Education has specifically stated that, “It is to be clarified that the first financial sanction order at Annexure-1 was done as per our proposal in line with the 5th ROP (1999), whilst at the time of issuing appointment order for 1379 HT, the Government of Nagaland has adopted the 6th ROP following the pay pattern of Central Government, which resulted an enhancement of Salary”. (Copy of letter dated 9.5.2013 annexed for ready reference).

“From the said letter it is abundantly clear that the Government of Nagaland has adopted the 6th ROP in respect of the 1379 Hindi Teachers. However, till the month of February, 2014

the Hindi Teachers (CSS) are paid their salaries as per 5th ROP (1999),” the union stated. It also added that till date as per the financial statement issued by the Director School Education issued vide letter No. ED/HT/ROP-1/3/2014-15 dated 3.7.2014, the total amount of salary received from Government of India during 2012-13 & 2013-14 of Hindi Teachers (CSS) amounts to a total of Rs 58,11,03,690. (Copy of the statement annexed for ready reference).

The union while stating that the sanction order amounting to Rs. 54.77 crore as stated by Secretary to the Government of Nagaland Finance Department, in the press release

did not include the amount of Rs. 3,34,03,690 which was sanctioned for the year 2012-13 issued vide letter No. F-7-4/2010 ALT dated 28.3.2011, requested the office to clarify with regard to the said missing amount.

“Further, the question of whether the Government of India shall fund the entire service of the 1379 Hindi Teachers does not arise, as the 1379 Hindi teachers has been appointed on regular basis and as the Circular issued by the Director, School Education, while issuing the appointment order for the 1379 HT, the Government of Nagaland has adopted the 6th ROP following the pay pattern of Central Government,” said the union. It

also stated that, “the Government of Nagaland are therefore factually stopped from going back against its word by stating that the salary structure of the 1379 teachers are fixed as per 5th ROP (1999).”

“In the facts recited above, we demand that our pending salary from the month of March 2014 till date be released forthwith as per the 6th ROP with all consequential arrears. We further, state that in the event of your failure to pay our salaries as stated, we shall have no other option but to take appropriate legal remedies for redressal of our legal and constitution rights,” the All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (2012-13 Batch) stated.

NSEAOA, NISSEOF and ANSTA CM writes to Rajnath on NE youth’s killing to go on mass casual leave Kohima, July 22 (mExN): Several associations of School Education Department including Nagaland School Education Administrative Officers Association (NSEAOA), Nagaland Secondary School Field Officers Forum (NSSFOF) and All Nagaland School Teachers Association (AMA) are availing mass-casual leave on July 28, 30 and 31.

This was stated in a joint press release issued by ANSTA president Ponchulo Wanth, NSSFOF Convenor Mezhü-I Hozeye and NSEAOA vice president Ekonthung Lotha. The associations are imposing the mass-casual leave in view of Government not review-

ing the promotion order of an ex-cadre officer to the post of Additional Director, which was demanded by the three Associations through an ultimatum that expired on July 7.

It may be mentioned that there is only one post of Additional Director (zenith point) for ex-cadre officers in the department.

However, another ex cadre has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director, which is also against the cadre vacancy in violation to the Government notification NO.DSEMS/2011 Dated Kohima, the 21st July 2011, restructuring of the Department of. School Education procedure to

be followed in the chain of command and re-designation, promotion etc, thereof rule No49 and Mode of appointment and promotion under the Department of School Education, Nagaland as on 01-08-2011.

Therefore, all members of NSEAOA, NISSEOF and ANSTA are directed to comply with the resolution taken in the joint meeting held at CANSSEA conference Hall on July 22 and avail 3 days mass casual leave on July 28, 30 and 31, 2014 in protest against non compliance of the ultimatum served to the Government, Department of School Education on June 23, 2014.

PTVCO writes to SBI General Manager DimaPuR, July 22 (mExN): The Pfütsero Town Voluntary Consumer Organization (PTVCO) have written a letter to the General Manager, State Bank of India, on the problems faced by customer at State Bank of India, Pfütsero Branch, and urgently calling for prompt and necessary action to address the problems. The letter released to the media was signed by

the PTVCO’s President, Vetsurayi Tetseo and Secretary, Ngotso D Sakhamo.

While appreciating the bank for being a ‘tremendous help’ to the community and for introducing ATM to the town, PVCO brought to the attention of the General Manager that for the last few years, the bank has not been functioning properly due to different reasons. Mentioning

a few, like, regular link failure, power problem, updating machine, computer technical problem, no full-fledged Bank Manager etc. PTVCO stated that the bank has not been functioning for five consecutive days due to link failure and customers from villages, business communities and the public were facing immense hardships affecting their day to day activities.

Kohima, July 22 (mExN): Nagaland Chief Minister T. R. Zeliang has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the brutal killing of Akha Salouni, a youth from Manipur, in New Delhi on July 21 morning. Zeliang’s letter to Singh urged the union home minister to personally intervene and ensure that the guilty does not go unpunished.

Zeliang’s letter made available to the media stated, “It is indeed unfor-

tunate that such incidents of discrimination and physical assault against people of the North Eastern region residing in National Capital Region of Delhi, continue to recur without any sign of reduction. The apparent singling out of people from the North East for such attacks is highly condemnable and does not augur well for the country.”

While appreciating the prompt action taken by the Delhi Police, Zeliang felt

the need to address the root cause of such incidents and remedial actions taken. “I do hope that the M.P. Bezbaruah Committee which was set up by the Government of India to identify measures to address issues of ‘racism’ concerning people from the North Eastern region, would have made appropriate recommendations in the report which is learnt to have been submitted and that the same will be acted on,” Zeliang’s letter to the senior BJP leader stated.

‘World Population Stabilization Fortnight’ loNglENg, July 22 (mExN): In Longleng district, ‘World population stabilization fortnight’ activity is being carried out since July 11 and will continue till July 24 under the theme “A planned Family - source of Happiness”.

Family planning camp is being undertaken at all the

health units in the district. In order to mobilize the people, IEC personnel along with the District Media Officer, BPM’s and Asha coordinators have been visiting villages and conducting Focus Group Discussions, IPC sessions on the importance of family planning. IUCD and Female

sterilization services are being provided in the District Hospital, Longleng. Till July 15, IUCD and 8 female sterilizations were performed.

Condoms, contraceptives pills, posters and leaflets in local dialect are also being distributed to all the respective health units.

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Mex FIle WAWO condemn July 11 incident Kohima, July 22 (mExN): The Western Angami Women Organisation has strongly condemned the July 11 incident. In a press release from the organisation’s President Abaii Jiinyii and Publicity Secretary Sieno Sakhrie, WAWO expressed shock at the barbaric act of Kevizasielie Nagi and Vidilhoulie Nagi on the night of July 11 and stated, “It is too inhuman for men together attacking a helpless woman in a very extreme action.” The organisation requested law enforcing authorities to take proper action against the perpetrators of the crime. The organisation further wished the victim a speedy recovery.

SP Mon notifies moN, July 22 (DiPR): As reported, the residential areas of DC, SP and the Helipad ground has become breeding ground for immoral activities and other social evil. The Superintendent of Police, Mon has notified to all that these areas are restricted areas from 6.00 pm to 6:00 am with immediate effect. Any person or group of persons found loitering in and around the restricted areas, creating nuisance and doing anti social elements or immoral activities would be arrested and booked under appropriate sections of the law, the SP informed.

CPO Consultative Meeting Kohima, July 22 (mExN): The Chankhesang Public organization has convened a consultative meeting with its frontal organizations on July 25 at 1 pm at Heritage, Kohima. A press release from CPO General Secretary Kekhwengulo Lea has requested office bearers of CSU, CYF, CMA, CGOF, CCO and GB association to attend the meeting.

Bamunpukhuri-I VC resolution on purchase or sale of land DimaPuR, July 22 (mExN): Bamunpukhuri-I Village Council held a meeting on July 5 and resolved that any person who sells or purchase land within the village area without the proper consent or knowledge of the village council will be doing so at his/her own risk, in case of any disputes. A press release from the village council’s G.B. Bimal Jigdong and Chairman Ronju Johori stated.

Interactive session of GHSS/GHS heads

Kohima, July 22 (DiPR): With a view to coordinate the equal growth and improvement of academic results of Government Schools in HSSLC/HSLC under Kohima district, a one day interactive session will be held on July 23 at 10:00 Am at DC’c Conference Hall, Kohima.

In this context, Joint Director, School Education and DEO Kohima, Ruovihulie Angami has directed all the Principals and Vice-Principals of GHSS/HMs/AHMs of Government High Schools and even Head Teachers of the newly upgraded GMS to GHS to attend the session positively. They are also asked to bring valuable suggestions for remedial measures so as to accelerate the academic results of the schools. ADC Planning and Member Secretary, Kohima DPDB, Ketoho Luho will new portable machines are also be speaking at the programme. especially given by DAC due to frequent breakdown Kohima Excise seizes of the four old machines.

She further informed that ganja and alcohol the DAC has promised to DimaPuR, July 22 (mExN): The Kohima Excise provide four new CD4 ma- Personnel at Khuzama interstate check gate manned chines by the end of Sep- by AIE Akum detected and seized 85 kgs of contraband tember to replace the old ganja on July 21 and arrested Ngaopulo Yuomai for viomachines. A CD4 machine lation of NDPS Act’ 85. The accused has been forwarded is used for testing an HIV to the court and further investigation in on. Moreover, positive person, to know the same duty party arrested one Kamal for possestheir body’s immunity level. sion of six cases of beer. The accused was arrested and booked for violation of NLTP Act’ 89. The seized items have been deposited in the malkhana of the Superintendent of excise office, Kohima. This was stated in a press release issued by Katoho Sumi, Superintendent 19 Assam Rifles to tender of excise office, Kohima. public apology and initiate necessary measures with- SJCS Council Election held out any delay to ensure that Kohima, July 22 (mExN): St. Joseph’s College such things never happen Students’ Council Elections for the tenure of 2014-15, again in future. The Union came to a befitting end after three active days (July 17also appealed to all the right 19, 2014) of election campaigns and public speeches. thinking citizens and organ- The SJC Students’ Council headed by the new Presiisations to condemn such dent, Njulo Kent, received wishes of congratulations act as “it creates tension and encouragement for a bright and successful future among our society.” by the Principal, Fr. Abraham Lotha, as well as from the Ex-Council President, Menosele Yhoshü and the Ex-Interim President, Kiuton Simon. The closing ceremony took place on the last day after the casting and counting of ballots held on the same day. This special occasion was graced by the Ex-Council Members of munity as a whole.”

The union requested the 2013-2014, including the Interim Council of Januarychief minister to look into the July 2014, who formally handed the official documents matter asked that the schol- to the new Office Bearers. arship be released on or before July 31 after which the SSUB freshers’ meet on July 26 union warned, it would re- DimaPuR, July 22 (mExN): The Sumi Students’ sort to taking steps necessary Union Bangalore (SSUB) is organizing its 24th freshso as to uphold its demand ers’ meet at United Theological College (UTC), Benson for the welfare and prospects Town at 11.00 am on July 26. This was informed in a of the general students. press release issued by SSUB President, Boqhito Chishi.

New portable CD4 machines for Nagaland Kohima, July 22 (mExN): The Department of AIDS Control (DAC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Delhi has provided three new portable CD4 machines to the Districts of Kiphire, Zunheboto and Tuensang on July 10, 2014. While thanking the DAC, Dr. L Watikala, Project Director, Nagaland State AIDS Control Society

in a press note said that this is a major breakthrough in Nagaland since for years the frequent breakdown of the old CD4 machines was causing many problems to the people living with HIV/ AIDS. She informed that already there are four old CD4 machines currently functioning in Mokokchung, Tuensang, Dimapur and Kohima and that the three

Kohima, July 22 (mExN): The Western Angami Students’ Union (WASU) has strongly condemned the act of 19 Assam Rifles in forcibly raiding the residence of Ketusielie Kuotsu in the wee hours of July 12 at Officers’ Hill Colony Kohima. “It was really an unfortunate incident be-

cause the innocent are the victims of the draconian act of AFSPA,” stated WASU president Kedoroko Casavi and information & publicity secretary Petsulhubi Nagi.

The union asserted that it will fully support Ketusielie Kuotsu and the question raised by him in the local dailies. If further asked the

Common induction programme of IAS, NCS and allied service WASU condemns July 12 AR’s raid

Officers during the Common Induction Programme pose with Chief Secretary Banuo Z Jamir and others on July 21.

Kohima, July 22 (mExN): The inaugural function of Common Induction Programme for IAS, NCS and Allied Service Probationers 2013 Batch was held on July 21 at Administrative Training Institute, Kohima with Chief Secretary Banuo Z Jamir as the chief guest.

The training is being attended by 4 IAS, 20 NCS, 1 Lecturer of Administrative Training Institute and 2 Inspector of Excise of 2013 Batch, informed a press release. C. J. Ponraj, Additional Chief Secretary, P & AR Department gave the keynote address. The programme was chaired

CondolenCe Nagaland Legislative Assembly Speaker Chotisuh Sazo has expressed condolence at the demise of Rev. D. N. Soho on July 19.

“In his death we have lost a person of high integrity, socially conscious, and a God Man who is concerned for the spiritual well being of the citizens,” a condolence message from Sazo stated.

Sazo recalled his association with the Reverend which he stated dated back to when he was with the Chakhesang Baptist Churches Council. Sazo’s message stated, “When-

ever I meet him, he was vibrant and full of energy and always held the approach for the overall well being of our society. During his life time he has held innumerable positions with ease and commitment and that distinguishes his character of discharging responsibilities.”

“My wife and I join the bereaved family at this hour of grief and pray that God grants them peace and serenity to them,” Sazo’s condolence read and further prayed that his soul rest in eternal peace.

by Neihu C. Thur, IAS, Director, ATI and Lithrongla G. Chishi delivered the welcome address. The probationers shared their expectations from the training and vote of thanks was proposed by L. Youdang Jamir, Joint Director (Public Administration), ATI, Kohima.

Disburse scholarships: ANCSU to CM Kohima, July 22 (mExN): In a representation addressed to the Chief Minister of Nagaland, the All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) pointed out that the delay in releasing scholarships has affected the student community and stated it was, “unjust on the part of

the Government and the concerned department.”

ANCSU stated that, “Since the students rely much on the scholarship for their academic requirement to many extent, the cold silent delay in the disbursal of scholarship has created further confusion and discouragement to the student com-

NTC concerned by attempts to ‘impose’ Hindi DimaPuR, July 22 (mExN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has expressed concern at attempts by the central government to “impose Hindi language on the nation.”

While stating that it “neither detests nor has it failed to understand the importance of the language of the majority in the sub-continent,” the NTC however felt that “attempt to make Hindi language acceptable by all should be more meticulous.”

A press note from the NTC acknowledged the “advantage of learning

Hindi and disadvantage of not learning Hindi in India.” However, it advised the GOI to incorporate a “comprehensive and more intensive scheme to introduce Hindi language in the field of education as the existing system is found wanting in many counts.”

The NTC reminded that the first attempt at this was “to use Hindi in social media.” However owing to sharp reaction from Tamil Nadu, this was not done.

The second and latest attempt, the NTC said, is the order for schools affiliated

to CBSE to observe “Sanskrit Week” between August 7 and 13, 2014. “The intention is to popularise Hindi language in Schools.

This attempt too is nothing less than imposition of Hindi on every student under CBSE,” the NTC stated.

It further stated that the “such action will tantamount to undermine the minorities and non-Hindi speaking sections which in turn will injure the principle of Unity in Diversity.”

It asserted that India “remains a great democratic nation not only because of

Hindi speaking populace but because of giving due recognition to ethnic minorities of those non-Hindi speaking groups since during the last 67 years of Independence.” “The moment the minorities are discriminated, the strength of India as a nation will be weakened,” it added.

The NTC expressed hope that the central government “instil sense of security to all minorities in the country by accepting each other as inalienable part of the great Republic of India.”

VKTSU joint meeting DimaPuR, July 22 (mExN): The V.K. Town Students’ Union has convened an urgent joint meeting with all the heads of Departments under V.K. jurisdiction and its advisory board on Friday, July 25 at 10 am at V.K. Town Students’ Union Banker. A press release from the union President Abito K. Sumi has asked all executive members, HoDs to attend the meeting without fail.

Training held for Singirijan farmers DimaPuR, July 22 (mExN): Bharatiya Farmers Agro Business Development Cooperative Ltd. (BFABDC) organized a training for the farmers of Singirijan village on “Soil Rejuvenation and Productivity Enhancement” at Singirijan Govt. High School on July 11. A press release from Media & Publicity, BFABDC informed that Bhatacharya (Scientist) IFFCO Guwahati and Ronchamo, Agriculture Officer from District Agriculture Office, Dimapur were the main resource persons. National Cooperative Union of India, New Delhi, sponsored the programme.

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

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

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 23 July 2014 volumE IX IssuE 200

Comfortably numb?

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ven after decades of sacrifice, suffering, endurance and struggle, Nagas find themselves in yet another crucial transition stage where it needs to ask itself, what kind of future it wants for future generations. Though there is realization that the status quo is stifling, the inability to take tangible steps in responding to it has further demoralized the people, creating a feeling of helplessness. The silence is deafening and the stench of passiveness alive.

It is quite difficult to not only believe but accept that a people who strongly asserted their belief in values of freedom and free will and resisted all forms of domination have become complacent. You can sense that despite their frustration, people are giving in to a status quo that is neither of their making nor choosing. And yet, one to which they are now comfortably numb. Hence, one must actually question whether the Naga will has been completely dissolved? Have Nagas lost their sense of direction?

Indeed, who is asking the existential question about the Naga future as a people? This is not a question of party or faction or tribe or ideology. It really is a question of seriousness! Sadly, despite the rich cultural worldview, traditional wisdom, faith and experiences one can turn to for inspiration and guidance, there seems to be no voice or transformative leadership willing to tap into it and bring the people to its attention. In the midst of the precarious situation, many leaders are busy engaged in self-justifications rather than self-criticisms and self-interest rather than common interest.

Just like the land, water and air are dependent on each other, the Naga people too need to lean on to each other for their existence. Political, social, community and church leaders need to rise and empower one another to overcome this unacceptable helplessness and guide the people to prevail over their passivity and to find their strength when it is most needed. This is the opportune time for Nagas to come collectively and formulate a genuine Naga alternative to the status quo that engulfs the present.

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Erin Niemela PeaceVoice

The Problem Isn’t Conflict, Its Violent Conflict Management

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n 2014, the growing list of suffering by violent conflict management includes (but is not limited to): more than 10,000 murders and kidnappings in Nigeria, civil war in Syria, escalated terrorism in Iraq, an asymmetrical bombardment in Gaza, and now somebody, some faction, some government shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet and killed 295 human beings. The cause of the tragedy – a missile confirmed by a U.S. official, will guide at least one week of media coverage. We’ll bicker and brood about who done it, how and why until the next tragedy and the next and the next. All the while, we’ll ignore the underlying assumption: that violence is natural, inevitable and an acceptable method for problem solving – so long as it’s done by our guys with our weapons on their guys and their ground.

I don’t care who did it. I care that the victims and their families find justice – at least knowing the absolute truth and receiving reparations and support. But, I don’t care who’s to blame, what weapons they used, which countries/ leaders are allies/enemies, who hates Malaysians, Americans, Russians, Ukrainians or any of the typical issues fueling analyses from political science talking heads on mainstream media. There’s only one most important problem anyone should care to address: All violence, from state to non-state to domestic varieties, all weapons, from small arms to nuclear bombs, and all industries profiting from human violence, from manufacturers at every level to dealers of every “legal” degree, have only ever caused more violence, war, destruction and suffering all over the world.

This global pro-violence worldview will shoot us all down from the sky unless we – as international citizens of rational mind – reject the outdated, illogical idea that violence is an acceptable, or possible, means for achieving peace.

Let’s finally start listening to and joining with the voices of positive peace – defined by my mentor and dear friend Tom Hastings, author and professor of conflict resolution, as: “peace and justice by peaceable means.” World Beyond War, a nonviolent international movement to abolish war and build a truly sustainable global peace, has a plan in which we can all participate. Physicians for Social Responsibility have been working for more than 50 years on campaigns to ban nuclear weapons, reverse or mitigate climate change (a current cause of violent conflict in some areas – especially when violence is the preferred method of conflict management choice) and eliminate toxic waste that violently threatens our very existence on Earth. Online university, media service, research institute and peace development network Transcend International, founded by Prof. Dr. Johan Galtung, father of Peace and Conflict studies, aims to educate the global public on current peace and conflict research and peacebuilding practices, including peace journalism, that will create a positive-peace world. There is also the United States Institute for Peace (can you believe it?!), established by Congress to “increase the nation’s capacity” to use nonviolent conflict management methods. USIP had its funding completely eliminated and reinstated between February and April 2011 – a flagrant message to our peacebuilders that proviolence politicians can and will cut you – if we let them.

These are just four examples of organizations and people who have been tirelessly working for peace and nonviolence against the raging current of a pro-violence worldview. Let’s give these four, and the many, many others out there, some jet skis already before the fan simply breaks and we’re all just covered in the feces of this big white elephant we’ve raised.

We’ll always have conflict – it’s absolutely natural and inevitable. It’s our beliefs about how we should properly manage, resolve and transform that conflict that determine whether or not hundreds of innocent people are murdered at 32,000 feet, are kidnapped from their homes and schools, or hear a “knock on the roof.” I’ll let Oxfam America sum it up: “…it is not conflict but conflict management that should be of utmost concern; that is, the ways in which environmental and political stressors interact in the presence of ameliorative or exacerbating institutions are the keys to overcoming violence.” We’ve got the knowledge, we’ve got the tools, we’ve got the capacity, we’ve got the motivation and we’ve got each other – so let’s get to it.

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David Bollier YesMagazine

Hidden Treasures of the Commons

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ention the commons and most people conjure up the image of a bucolic English pasture. The commons were the fields and forests where medieval commoners farmed, raised sheep, gathered firewood, and in other ways met their everyday needs. That was before aristocrats and landed gentry evicted millions of people from their traditional lands and began the large-scale, industrialized abuse of nature. But commons are alive and well today—not at all medieval and not just about pastures. They most certainly do not result in a “tragedy of the commons,” the term coined by Garrett Hardin in a famous 1968 essay. He argued that any farmer who uses a shared resource like a pasture will have no reason to limit his use, inevitably resulting in the overuse and ruin of the resource.

But the problem is that Hardin was not describing a commons. A commons consists of a community with rules, social norms, and accepted practices for managing a shared resource. Hardin was describing a free-forall in which there is no community, no rules, no communication, and no punishment of “free riders”—in truth, something more akin to a free market. Commons are typically run by a group of people who choose to manage a resource in a collective manner, with a special regard for equitable access, use, and stewardship.

Self-organized commons are undergoing a renaissance today as one of the most robust alternatives to contemporary capitalism. They include such diverse endeavors as seed-sharing cooperatives in India, community gardening in major cities, open source software programming, D.I.Y. hackerspaces, FabLabs, scientific disciplines that publish their research in open-access journals, and local food initiatives such as community supported agriculture, Slow Food, and permaculture.

The “Invisible” Commons Commons remain mostly invisible in modern life, at least in the United States, because our mainstream political language is so fixated on markets and government. Even though an estimated two billion people around the world rely on commons— forests, fisheries, farmland, water, and other natural resources—for their livelihood, introductory economics textbooks ignore the commons.

This “invisibility” makes commons highly vulnerable to outright theft and seizure by what I call the “Market/State”—the deep alliance between corporations and the investor class who work hand-in-glove with elected officials and bureaucracies. Both the market and state share a deep commitment to the premise of neoliberal economics that human progress is best served by privatizing and monetizing everything. This ideology has given rise to the private plunder of our common wealth: the privatization of groundwater for branded bottled water, the patenting of the human genome, and the replacement of shareable agricultural seeds with proprietary GMOs (genetically modified organisms) that must be bought year after year.

The conversion of our shared resources into private commodities is often called “enclosure”—a term that originated from the English gentry’s seizure, in the 16th–19th centuries, of village pastures, forests, and waterways for their private use and profit. Dispossessed of the resources they needed to survive, millions of commoners migrated to cities like London and Manchester, where they became paupers, beggars, and wage slaves in the emerging industrial order.

Enclosures are not a distant historical curiosity, however; they are a defining feature of our modern political economy. They can be seen in attempts by telecoms, cable companies, Google, and Facebook to control Internet traffic; in Big Pharma’s privatization of taxpayer-financed research to produce new drugs; in television broadcasters’ free use of our airwaves; and in construction on wetlands, shorelines, and other ecologically sensitive areas. In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, investors and hedge funds are seizing vast areas of forests and farmlands from traditional communities that have managed them for generations—a savage replay of the English enclosures.

All of this is justified by economists as essential to “wealth creation,” as pursued through private property rights and markets. The idea that people may actually choose to cooperate with each other in managing important resources, and to reap their gains in nonmonetary forms, is “irrational” to economists. It flies in the face of the stereotype of human beings as homo eco-

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t the same time, values and ideas which were considered universal, such as cooperation, mutual aid, international social justice and peace as an encompassing paradigm are also becoming irrelevant.”

Maybe this piercing observation

by Roberto Savio, founder of the news agency Inter Press Service, is the cruelest cut of all. Geopolitically speaking, hope — the official kind, represented, say, by the United Nations in 1945 — feels fainter than I can remember. “We the peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war . . .”

I mean, it was never real. Five centuries of European colonialism and global culture-trashing, and the remaking of the world in the economic interests of competing empires, cannot be undone by a single institution and a cluster of lofty ideals.

As Savio notes in an essay called “Ever Wondered Why the World Is a Mess?,”: “The world, as it now exists, was largely shaped by the colonial powers, which divided the world among themselves, carving out states without any consideration for existing ethnic, religious or cultural realities.”

And after the colonial era collapsed, these carved-out political entities, defining swatches of territory without any history of national identity, suddenly became the Third World and floundered in disarray. “. . . it was inevitable that to keep these artificial countries alive, and avoid their disintegration,

nomicus, a utility-maximizing, self-interested creature.

What we might call the Commons Sector is pioneering the idea of stewardship over ownership. Cooperative activity that bypasses predatory markets and centralized bureaucracies is developing a new vision of “development” beyond consumerism and capitalist “progress.” Here are a few examples of this diversified, alternative realm of “common wealth.”

Subsistence Commons Traditional commons usually revolve around natural resources—gifts of the earth that must be actively managed for the survival and well-being of all. These are the commons of history and the ones most studied by contemporary academics. The recurring question is, how should access and use of shared resources be managed? How can free-riding and abuse of a commons be prevented? What governance systems work best? Specific communities have explored such questions through trial and error and active stewardship over long periods of time.

This has produced socio-ecological systems that blend social customs and practices with the natural dynamics of a river, forest, or farmland. This is why commons tend to be so eco-friendly over time.

In New Mexico, native Hispanic Americans have managed community-based waterways known as acequias since the 1600s. This “biocultural” institution has shown how even in a very dry region such as the American Southwest, a commons can align community usage of water with ecological limits. Remarkably, acequias have the sanction of New Mexico state law. All acequia members are expected to participate in maintenance responsibilities—it is the community itself that manages and protects the water supply.

While nearby towns in New Mexico are plagued by unchecked suburban development and voracious demands for water, the acequias have succeeded in allocating their water allotments to meet people’s needs fairly while conserving soil and water, recharging aquifers, and preserving wildlife and plant habitat. Subsistence commoners take only what they need while protecting the resource. To develop this ethic of sufficiency is a singular achievement in modern times.

Indigenous Peoples’ Commons A decade ago, Peruvians created the Potato Park as a “landscape conservation commons” so that indigenous tribes of the Andes could have full stewardship rights over a tremendous diversity of native potato species and varieties. This was a major achievement because multinational ag-biotech firms were eager to acquire patents on some of the 900 genetically valuable potato varieties that Andean tribes had developed over thousands of years.

Officially known as an Indigenous Biocultural Heritage Area, the Potato Park authorizes 7,000 villagers from six indigenous communities to jointly manage their communal land for their collective benefit—protecting their livelihoods from “development” (especially international patents and trade) while conserving the agro-ecological landscape. India and Southeast Asia are home to another type of indigenous peoples’ commons, the many “traditional knowledge commons” (or “TK commons”) that protect and use highly specialized types of knowledge about local plants and medicinal treatments.

Some multinational companies are attempting to appropriate this knowledge in order to patent it for genetically engineered crops or drugs—a type of enclosure often known as “biopiracy.” In India, there have been notorious cases in which multinational companies tried to patent neem seeds and turmeric.

Such commercialization poses a serious threat to TK commons because people may be reluctant to contribute to a commons if they fear that their knowledge could be taken and sold for money.

Legal scholar Rebecca Tsosie has noted that indigenous peoples’ commons tend to reflect “a perception of the earth as an animate being; a belief that humans are in a kinship system with other living things; a perception of the land as essential to the identity of the people; and a concept of reciprocity and balance that extends to relationships among humans, including future generations, and between humans and the natural world.”

Indigenous peoples’ commons have been remarkably hardy precisely because they are socioecological models that focus on long-term social re-

lationships, not impersonal market transactions.

Social and Civic Commons Human beings’ natural propensity to cooperate is a powerful source of innovation that has given rise to a rich variety of social and civic commons. That is demonstrated by the many thriving commons of creative works and knowledge on the Internet. Besides the dramatic expansion of free and open source software, some of the most significant digital commons include hundreds of millions of document, video, and music files that can be shared under Creative Commons licenses; more than 10,000 open-access journals that are free to use and copy in perpetuity; the extensive music remix and video mashup communities; and collaborative websites and archives such as Wikipedia and its hundreds of offshoots.

The Internet is also spreading “collaborative consumption” as a new hybrid sector of the market economy. Artfully designed web systems let people coordinate the (cash-based) “sharing” of cars, rides, bikes, and tools. One of the more remarkable Internet-based gift economies is CouchSurfing, a free, informal system of overnight hospitality used by travelers (and the people who host them) in more than 97,000 cities and towns around the world.

Cities are an especially fertile environment for social commons because of their great diversity and density of people. San Francisco has been something of a leader. After Shareable magazine issued a policy paper, “Policies for a Shareable City,” Mayor Ed Lee appointed a Sharing Economy Working Group to explore ways to encourage a “shareable city.” Among the ideas: resource-sharing among citizens (ride sharing), coproduction assisted by the city government (urban agriculture), and mutual aid among citizens (eldercare).

In Naples, Italy, Mayor Luigi de Magistris has appointed an Assessor of the Commons to take account of local commons systems and has rallied municipal officials throughout Italy to improve city government support for local commons. The city is also exploring an alternative to the public/private partnership—the public/commons partnership, in which the city contracts with self-organized collectives to manage such resources as parks and other urban amenities.

Gift Economies The international “time banking” movement (sometimes known in the United States as “time dollars”), is a great example of a social commons. It’s a system that lets people earn “time credits” for providing services to others in their communities. Examples include mowing lawns, babysitting, providing household help, or driving someone to a medical appointment. People can then spend their time credits for other services provided by members of the community. Blood and organ donation systems have often been likened to a “gift economy” in which people give with no expectation of direct personal benefit, out of a sense of social duty or as a tribute to loved ones. Some famous studies show that gift economies for blood and organs are more likely to avoid the ethical conflicts that can plague markets.

Academic disciplines are a significant, highly productive social commons. Researchers do not generally use cash or legal contracts to exchange knowledge; their universities and disciplines amount to hosting infrastructures for gift economies. A discipline advances through a community ethic of sharing, open debate, and peer review, not cash purchases among individuals.

Markets usually do not nourish elevated ethics because they typically focus on transactions. Relationships tend to be impersonal, fixed-term (or one-time) in nature and based on a strict “even-steven” exchange of value.

In gift economies, as Lewis Hyde noted in his classic book The Gift, social boundaries are blurred or even eradicated through gift exchange.

There is no self-serving calculation of whether the value given and received is strictly equal; the point is to establish ongoing social relationships and sympathies. So long as gifts continue to circulate among people, without a clear reckoning of what one is “owed,” the social commons thrives. This brief survey can’t truly do justice to the variety of commons in the world. But it can help us reimagine a working, inclusive society beyond neoliberal economics. A commons is quite literally something that money can’t buy. It is something that people—perhaps you and others—must make together; the seed for a very different kind of world.

The oxymoron of Peace Robert C. Koehler CommonDreams

strongmen would be needed to cover the void left by the colonial powers. The rules of democracy were used only to reach power, with very few exceptions.”

Whatever noble attempts at eliminating war the powers that be made in the wake of World War II — Europe’s near self-annihilation — didn’t cut nearly deep enough. These attempts didn’t set about undoing five centuries of colonial conquest and genocide. They didn’t cut deeper than national interest.

And global peace built on a foundation of nation-states is an oxymoron. As historian Michael Howard noted in his book The Lessons of History (quoted by Barbara Ehrenreich in Blood Rites): “From the very beginning, the principle of nationalism was almost indissolubly linked, both in theory and practice, with the idea of war.”

All of which leads me to the $400 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the most expensive warplane ever built, or not quite built. The aircraft, designed

by Lockheed, is now seven years behind schedule, but the Pentagon had planned to display its new baby this week at the Royal International Air Tattoo and the Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K. This debut has now been called off because the engine of

one of the planes caught fire on a runway in Florida in June, and officials feared the problem was systemic.

In other words, it could happen again.

It could happen at the airshow, with the jet’s prospective customers — Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan and eight other U.S. allies — in attendance. Grounding it was a business decision. Indeed, it was a decision made at the delicate intersection of business and war.

“The setbacks follow a series of technical problems and development delays that have affected the F-35, one of the world’s most ambitious weapons programs, with estimated development costs of around $400 billion,” Nicola Clark and Christopher Drew wrote this week in the New York Times. “Analysts said the timing of the problems, just as Lockheed Martin was hoping to demonstrate the plane to prospective export buyers here, could not have been worse.”

What I found interesting — well, overwhelmingly depressing, actually — was the fact that this story ran in the Times’ International Business section.

When Savio writes, “Attempts to create regional or international alliances to bring stability have always been stymied by national interests,” this may be

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what he’s talking about. National interests are business interests. In the mainstream media, this is simply a given.

And the ongoing setbacks and escalating cost don’t matter. The F-35 project is still going forward, even though, as Kate Brannen wrote recently in Foreign Policy, “over the course of the aircrafts’ lifetimes, operating costs are expected to exceed $1 trillion.”

The warplane’s supply of funding is inexhaustible, apparently. Congress is behind it all the way. And it’s hardly news. “Lockheed has carefully hired suppliers and subcontractors in almost every state to ensure that virtually all senators and members of Congress have a stake in keeping the program — and the jobs it has created — in place,” Brannen wrote.

Austerity is for losers. There’s always money to wage war and build weapons, indeed, to continue developing weapons, generation after generation after generation. The contractors are adept at playing the game. Jobs link arms with fear and patriotism and the next war is always inevitable. And it’s always necessary, because we’ve created a world of perpetual — and well-armed — instability.

The problem with the United Nations is that it’s a unity of entities defined by their hatred of one another and committed to the perpetuation of “the scourge of war.” We won’t begin creating global peace until we learn how to bypass nationalism and the single, unacknowledged agreement binding nation-states to each other: the inevitability of war.

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HERE does creativity come from? For centuries, we’ve had a clear answer: the lone genius. The idea of the solitary creator is such a common feature of our cultural landscape (as with Newton and the falling apple) that we easily forget it’s an idea in the first place.

But the lone genius is a myth that has outlived its usefulness. Fortunately, a more truthful model is emerging: the creative network, as with the crowdsourced Wikipedia or the writer’s room at “The Daily Show” or — the real heart of creativity — the intimate exchange of the creative pair, such as John Lennon and Paul McCartney and myriad other examples with which we’ve yet to fully reckon.

Historically speaking, locating genius within individuals is a recent enterprise. Before the 16th century, one did not speak of people being geniuses but having geniuses. “Genius,” explains the Harvard scholar Marjorie Garber, meant “a tutelary god or spirit given to every person at birth.” Any value that emerged from within a person depended on a potent, unseen force coming from beyond that person.

As late as the Renaissance, people we’d now consider quasi-divine creators were more likely to be seen as deft imitators, making compelling work from familiar materials. Shakespeare, for example, did not typically dream up new ideas for plays but rewrote, adapted and borrowed from the plots, characters and language of previous works. “Romeo and Juliet,” as Mark Rose, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, notes, is an episode-by-episode dramatization of a poem by Arthur Brooke.

Of course, theater is inherently collaborative. But the Elizabethan stage was more like the modern film industry, where the writer is generally less an auteur than a piece of a machine. Surviving records show three or four or even five playwrights receiving pay for a single production, according to the Columbia professor James Shapiro. The irony is that Shakespeare, whose world serves so well to illustrate a collaborative (or networked) idea about how good work is made, would become the icon of the solo creator.

The big change began with Enlightenment thinkers, who sought to give man a dignified, central place in the world. They made man’s thinking the center of their universe and created a profoundly asocial self.

Meanwhile, as the feudal and agrarian gave way to the capitalist and industrial, artists needed to be more than entertaining; they needed to be original, to profit from the sale of their work. In 1710, Britain enacted its first copyright law, establishing authors as the legal owners of their work and giving new cultural currency to the idea of authors as originators.

This is when we start to see the modern use of “genius.” In an essay published in 1711, Joseph Addison cited Shakespeare as a “remarkable instance” of “these great natural geniuses” — those lit up by an inner light and freed from dependence on previous models.

But it was during the Romantic era that “the true cult of the natural genius emerged,” Ms. Garber writes — with Shakespeare as its signal example. He was a convenient case; so little biographical material existed that his story could be made up.

Paradoxically, the most potent illustration of Shakespeare-as-genius manifested itself as an apparent challenge to it. How could the son of a glover with a provincial education have written so knowingly of kings and queens and faraway lands? It must have been another, dissenters said, with the Earl of Oxford emerging as a favorite candidate. What’s remarkable here is the underlying assumption that Shakespeare’s plays emerged entirely outside the give-and-take of the theater.

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7 PERSPECTIVE The End of ‘Genius’

s our political leaders leave London behind for the summer tranquillity of their country houses and French and Italian villas, they and we might do worse than to reflect on what is happening to the nation.

It is a long time since Britain was governed well. Many of us have ascribed that to systemic problems in Parliament, Whitehall and local government. My own pamphlet on New Labour, The Economic Consequences of Mr. Brown, was subtitled How a Strong Government Was Defeated by a Weak System of Governance.

The systemic problems are very much with us, but to explain Britain’s current slide to decline we need to add another component: a government and prime minister unusually prone to misjudgement and to compounding mistakes with more mistakes.

First calamity The first possible calamity is a vote for independence in Scotland. It might be that come September the United Kingdom will no longer exist. The union should not have been put at this risk.

It is an injustice that a small number of Scots have been given the power to decide the future of the United Kingdom. Out of a population of 64 million, the Scots are only just over 5 million.

England’s 54 million have no say in the destiny of their country, nor do the 4 million people of Wales and Northern Ireland. The vast majority of the people were never asked or even consulted. 2 million votes in Scotland for independence, or even 1.5 million or less, could be enough to bring the union to an end.

The government in London did not need to make this concession to a vocal minority. It could have pointed to the numbers and to the injustice of a unilateral Scottish vote. It could at the very least have made the future of the union a matter of a consultative process between its constituent parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

It could have let the Scottish nationalists know that neo-nationalism has no place in a modern Europe.

Of course, there are systemic defects involved. The Blair government made the mistake of handing Scotland

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Shakespeare doubters, the Cleveland State University scholar James Marino says, “are taking the lone genius idea and doubling down.”

Today, the Romantic genius can be seen everywhere. Consider some typical dorm room posters — Freud with his cigar, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the pulpit, Picasso looking wide-eyed at the camera, Einstein sticking out his tongue. These posters often carry a poignant epigraph — “Imagination is more important than knowledge” — but the real message lies in the solitary pose.

In fact, none of these men were alone in the garrets of their minds. Freud developed psychoanalysis in a heated exchange with the physician Wilhelm Fliess, whom Freud called the “godfather” of “The Interpretation of Dreams”; King co-led the civil rights movement with Ralph Abernathy (“My dearest friend and cellmate,” King said). Picasso had an overt collaboration with Georges Braque — they made Cubism together — and a rivalry with Henri Matisse so influential that we can fairly call it an adversarial collaboration. Even Einstein, for all his solitude, worked out the theory of relativity in conversation with the engineer Michele Besso, whom he praised as “the best sounding board in Europe.”

Now, from disparate directions, a new view of the self has been gathering steam that allows us to begin seeing these old stories as though for the first time.

Many factors are at play, not least the rise of the Internet, both for its actual mechanisms that bring people together and for its potency as a metaphor. And the social science of relationships is flourishing, starting with the relational foundations of human development.

Consider what happens when 4-month-olds interact with their mothers: They mimic one another’s facial expressions and amplify them. A baby’s grin elicits a mother’s smile, which leads the baby to a fullon expression of joy — round mouth, big eyes. “Both parties,” writes the psychiatrist Susan C. Vaughan, “are processing an ongoing stream of stimuli and responding while the stimulation is still occurring.” The implication, Ms. Vaughan argues, is that emotions

are “peopled” from the start, centered in an interpersonal exchange rather than in an atomized self.

This is just one piece of an impressive body of research in social psychology and the new field of social neuroscience, which contends that individual agency often pales next to the imperatives of a collective.

The elemental collective, of course, is the pair.

Two people are the root of social experience — and of creative work. When the sociologist Michael Farrell looked at movements from French Impressionism to that of the American suffragists, he found that groups created a sense of community, purpose and audience, but that the truly important work ended up happening in pairs, as with Monet and Renoir, and Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In my own study of pairs, I found the same thing — most strikingly with Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

WHY is this? For one thing, given that our psyches take shape through one-on-one exchanges, we’re likely set up to interact with a single person more openly and deeply than with any group. The pair is also inherently fluid and flexible. Two people can make their own society. When even one more person is added, roles and power positions harden. This may be good for stability but problematic for creativity.

Three legs make a table stand in place.

Two legs are made for moving.

Pairs also naturally engage each of the two people involved. In a larger group, an individual may lie low, phone it in. But nobody can hide in a pair.

It’s going to take some time to truly accept the significance of pairs in creative life, in part because so many partners, if they do their job well, remain hidden to the outside world.

Most Vera Nabokovs never get acknowledged.

Partnership is also obscured when the two people have distinct public identities. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t “collaborate” in the traditional sense, but, as a scholar of their work, Diana Pavlac Glyer, has shown, the influence of each on the other was critical to the work of both.

The pair is the primary creative unit — not just because pairs produce such a staggering amount of work but also because they help us to grasp the concept of dialectical exchange. At its heart, the creative process itself is about a push and pull between two entities, two cultures or traditions, or two people, or even a single person and the voice inside her head. Indeed, thinking itself is a kind of download of dialogue between ourselves and others. And when we listen to creative people describe breakthrough moments that occur when they are alone, they often mention the sensation of having a conversation in their own minds.

This phenomenon is so uncanny that the writer Elizabeth Gilbert has proposed that we return to the myth of the muses to help characterize it.

That doesn’t mean there literally are “fairies who follow people around rubbing fairy juice on their projects and stuff,” Ms. Gilbert has said. But the core experience described by the muse-creator interaction — that of one entity helping to inspire another — is almost always true.

This raises vital questions. What is the optimal balance between social immersion and creative solitude? Why does interpersonal conflict so often coincide with innovation? Looking at pairs allows us to grapple with these questions, which are as basic to the human experience as the push and pull of love itself. As a culture, we’ve long been preoccupied with romance. But we should also take seriously something just as important, but long overlooked — creative intimacy.

Britain – the state of the nation stein Ringen a government of their own with nothing equivalent in England. The English majority has no political instrument through which to promote their interests. If Mr. Cameron felt the need to do something on this account, he could have rectified the mistake of his predecessor government and established some form of long needed regional governance in all of the union.

Second calamity The second possible calamity is that Britain leaves the European Union. If the first one happens and Scotland goes independent, the second one is all the more likely. Mr. Cameron claims that he wants Britain to stay in the EU, but on different terms.

If that is his goal, he should have told his European partners that Britain is in the EU to stay and on that basis demanded a reform of the union. The EU is ripe for reform and everyone knows it. This strategy would have given Britain a stronger bargaining position and many allies among the EU countries.

Instead, Mr. Cameron chose to threaten the EU with destruction, then wasted what little political capital he had preserved in the Junker affair, and in the process destroyed the coalition he could have built. The EU will reform, but as a result of Mr. Cameron’s mistakes, more likely in a direction he does not want. As a result, Britain’s exit has become more probable.

The injustice here is that Mr. Cameron is not only reducing the stature of Britain but doing damage to Europe more widely. The EU is not just a trading block but a historical project in the spirit of Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan and Edward Heath. The British government must defend British interests but also has a duty of friendship.

What Mr. Cameron has achieved defies belief: he has both undermined the defence of Britain’s interests and failed in his duty of friendship.

Third mistake His third great mistake is in his dealings with China. Last year, he was able to pay an official visit to Beijing, having assured his hosts that he would not embarrass them about human rights. He had had to cancel a previous planned visit after he met with the Dalai Lama in 2010 and was told by the leaders in Beijing that he was not welcome. He has subsequently stuck to his assurance by keeping quiet about Beijing’s manoeuvres against Hong Kong’s rights.

These were enshrined in the ChinaBritain Joint declaration in 1996, and Britain then committed to being their guarantor. Now, the people of Hong Kong are on the streets in defence of their rights – and Britain is silent.

During his visit, Mr. Cameron begged the Chinese leaders to invest in Britain’s development of nuclear energy and high speed rail. At his return visit to London in June 2014, the Chinese premier Li Keqiang confirmed that they would. Presto, the Chinese state will now become a co-owner of Britain’s strategic infrastructure, not Chinese investors but the Chinese state.

The mistakes here are one on top of the other. The Chinese state guards its own energy and transport as ‘strategic sectors’ over which it itself retains absolute control. To allow that same state partial control over these sectors here is against the national interest. This is not just a matter of selling the family silver, it is to reduce the Britons from owners to tenants in their own home.

To beg the Chinese state for these investments is to represent Britain as a poor developing country that cannot afford to make its own necessary investments. For a British prime minister, a leader of the democratic world, to crawl on his knees in front of the masters in Beijing, is to do damage to the standing of democracy in the world.

It is also a strategic mistake. In a

recent interview, the Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop (on July 10 and not speaking about the British case), said that it is “a mistake to avoid speaking about China” in a hope of gaining favour, and that “China does not respect weakness.” Australia has more experience than most in dealing with China.

It is not easy to understand how a government and its leader can stumble into such grave mistakes. But there is a common thread in these three misadventures, not of bold gambles but of weak appeasement. The Scottish nationalists make themselves difficult and the prime minister seeks to appease them with a referendum. The europhobes inside and outside of his party make themselves difficult and the prime minister seeks to appease them with demonstrative and nasty gestures vis-á-vis European partners. The Chinese leaders set the terms and the prime minister seeks to appease them by bringing them the tribute of servility.

But appeasement never works. The vote in Scotland may not be lost, but the schism will not go away, as it did not go away with the appeasement of devolution. The Conservatives may lose the next election and we may escape the threat of a referendum, but the damage has been done to Britain’s standing in Europe and Europe’s standing in the world. At home, where he one day wants a restoration of ‘British values,’ one of which is supposed to be ‘tolerance of others,’ he the next day fails to stand up to the voice of xenophobia. The leaders in Beijing are hard men.

They do not respect a pushover. Time may come that Britain needs China’s political support. She will not get it.

If we do take some time in the quiet of summer to reflect on the state of the nation, we will see a nation diminished, diminished in cohesion, standing, friendship, respect and self-esteem. We will see a nation that on this prime minister’s watch has been put at risk of diminishing yet further into a small and marginal country in Europe and the world.

The New York Times has called it a ‘crisis of identity.’ I think that is to put too much blame on the British people.

I would call it a crisis of leadership.

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Nagas are interested in politics.

Discussion almost always veers towards politics when socialising and friends meet to sip tea and other beverages. We cannot really ignore politics because of how it affects each of our lives. Politics actually has a culture of its own which is broadly divided into - Parochial, Subject and Participant. This political culture is strongly shaped by our attitudes and values. Nagaland needs the right values and attitudes to develop the right political culture. So which political culture does Nagaland follow? Opinions may vary, but read on to find out.

The Culture in Politics Zuchano Khuvung, Asst Professor, Department of Political science

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t is common knowledge that human nature expresses itself in the form of certain values, beliefs and emotional attitudes which pass on from one generation to another, with minor and major modifications to eventually constitute the general culture of a society. Thus, political culture of a country consists of the people’s political attitudes and beliefs, norms and practices and their orientation towards politics. It defines the relationship between citizens and government, and citizens to one another. Beliefs about economic life are also part of the political culture because politics has a remarkable impact on the economic progress of a country. The term was popularized by leading American political scientists like Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba. The term political culture is a very important concept while analysing any political system.

It has a great influence in the way people see their political administration, their expectations and also helps in shaping people’s roles and behavior within their political world.

The concept of political culture can be broadly categorized into three – Parochial, Subject and Participant. People exhibiting parochial political culture are confined to the local and internal world of their own family or group, hardly identifying themselves with the larger political system. Here the people are ignorant of their political governance and therefore they do not have any orientation towards their political set up. Subject political culture on the other hand, is where the citizens are aware of the existence of a political system but they may have very little connection or interaction with their political system. The reason for this is the lack of opportunity and interest. Under such a type of political culture, the citizens may not be satisfied with their political governance which may be corrupt, irresponsible or even inefficient.

Therefore, citizens are never active participants but they are undeniably affected by the system. Countries like United States of America, the so called successful democracy, fall under the third category which is a participant political culture. The citizen’s political culture is strongly based on participation, especially in the input functions, as in, the demands or expectations of the people from the governing authority. The individuals are very active as political participants and they constantly interact with the political system. These individuals have high expectations of their political administration and are aware that their participation will bring about the changes needed. Citizens have the responsibility to choose their officials thoughtfully and wisely, and likewise the elected officials are accountable to the people. However, besides the above classification, we often witness a mixture of the three political cultures in many societies.

Now, if we are to analyze the Indian political system, we undoubtedly fall under subject political culture. This is one of the reasons why we still have to strive to achieve what is known as “Successful Democracy”. In India, our political culture is characterized by non participation in the formation of government or ineffective political orientation. Weak governance, on the other hand is also another factor for inefficient democracy. In our society, the mechanism of democracy has become more destructive rather than constructive. From what we have experienced, it is a kind of conversion from democracy to mobocracy, where all that counts is number. The right means needs to be adopted in order to achieve our end, which has to be successful democracy in this prevailing phenomena.

So, if successful democracy is our end, then, democracy itself is the means which will comprise of the various techniques of democracy like franchise or suffrage, representation, political accountability, etc. Persuasion is another inevitable technique of democracy which, used in a proper way, will bear effective and favorable results. Mahatma Gandhi showed the best example of how to make effective use of the means of persuasion during the freedom struggle. If by making use of this particular tool, the Indian state can establish a totally different governmental system, i.e. a transition from colonial territory to a new sovereign state, then, why not make use of it in reforming the already established democratic order.

Although each democracy has its unique political culture, various studies over the years have shown that the political culture of successful democracies share several common characteristics which are a high level of political awareness, a strong sense of competence, cooperation combined with rational participation in civic and political life.

Therefore, it is evident that all democracies are strongly influenced by their particular political culture. For instance, in his classic work, ‘Democracy in America’, Alexis de Tocqueville argued that American democracy was shaped by Americans’ values and attitudes. This practice, which stemmed from the American political culture, gave the Americans a valuable experience on how to best run their democracy. Thus, a study of different political systems of the world, whether western and developed or eastern and developing, leaves the impression that political culture plays a very important role in the sphere of political stability and change. The builders of a state should keep in view that the political system should be in consonance with the pattern of their political culture. A good understanding of a country’s political culture can help make sense of the way a country’s government is designed, as well as the political decisions its leaders make. A political system would not get the required quantity of stability if its institutions clash with the norms of political culture. Apter rightly said, “high congruity in the political culture equals great stability in the political system”.

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faces crisis Bangalore rape case: Goonda Act to India over dwindling numbers of girls: UN be used against accused, says CM BANgALoRE, JuLy 22 (AgENcIEs): The Karnataka state government now seems determined to show that it will take action to deal with the rising incidents of rape in the capital city. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said in the assembly that “the school was guilty of negligence, tried to hush up the case, and failed to provide CCTV footage of the campus”, reports Times of India.

Bangalore has been rocked by protests ever since the story of the sixyear-old’s rape inside the school premises broke.

Then there were reports that a 22-year-old woman in Fraser Town was raped on 11 July.

According to IANS, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told lawmakers in the state assembly that the Goonda Act would be invoked against the rape accused in the six-year-old girl’s case. The accused named Mustafa was allegedly involved in similar crimes in other schools where he was employed in the past.

“The Goonda Act would be amended soon and invoked on Mustafa for raping the girl in Vibgyor High School because he was also involved in such cases in previous schools where he was employed,” Siddaramaiah said. Invoking the Goonda Act makes getting bail much tougher for the culprit.

The TOI report adds that the Karnataka CM said on the rape incidents, “I cannot even imagine how

Accused sacked earlier for ‘misconduct’

An Indian girl holds a placard during a demonstration to protest against police inaction after a 6-yr-old was allegedly raped in a school, in Bangalore on July 20. The rape has raised questions about the safety of India’s schoolchildren and sparked nationwide outrage over rampant sexual violence against girls and women. (AP File Photo)

people have the mindset to rape a child. It’s high time we instilled a sense of fear in males who resort to such violent crimes without fear.”

In addition, Karnataka’s Home minister KJ George and education minister Kimmane Ratnakar separately met a delegation of parents, adds the TOI report. The report also says that “home minister George said the proposal to amend the Goonda Act is before the law department,” in order to make it tougher and aloo first-time rapists to be charged with this act.

The school has re-

mained closed since 17 July. The police chief has advised the school management to resolve the safety issues raised by parents. “I visited the crime scene in the school. I was guided by my team. I also had a detailed conversation with the parents and the management. We have advised the managment to resolve the safety issues quickly,” Reddi told CNNIBN. Reddi also said that the school may reopen on Monday. “In the interest of children who are missing school, the school has to reopen,” Reddi said. The Ban-

BANgALoRE, JuLy 22 (PtI): The main accused arrested for alleged rape of a 6-year old student was sacked at a school earlier for “gross misconduct” with girls, the institution disclosed, even as protests over the outrageous incident persisted for the sixth day on Tuesday.

A day after taking over as city Police Commissioner in the top level police reshuffle following the incident, MN Reddi visited the scene of crime at Vibgyor High School, which has been asked by the government to reopen tomorrow after being shut down for nearly a week.

“After repeated warnings by way of counseling and memos, when it was found that Mustafa continued to touch girls while he guided them through their sporting activity, his services were terminated forthwith,” Deens Academy Principal Shanthi Menon said in a statement released on the school’s Facebook page.

“There was no culpable incident

galore Police on Sunday arrested the school’s skating instructor and is now on the lookout for the second accused. Police said that a laptop seized from the accused also contained child pornography.

While the state government has finally shown some seriousness in dealing with the case, at least where the accused is concerned, it is yet to take any action against the school in question. It should be remembered that rape actually took place on 2 July, the school management chose to hush up the case. It was only when the incident was

whatsoever that required Deens to report him to the police,” she added.

Mustafa, who joined Vibgyor High School in 2011, was arrested on Sunday, with police saying they had found pornographic content relating to children in the laptop recovered from him.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar, who held a meeting with a group of teaching and non-teaching staff of the school and parents said, it will be asked to reopen tomorrow keeping in view the interest of about 3,500 students. “....Keeping in view children’s future and to clear confusion among parents we will ask them to run the school, but the government will supervise it...,” he said.

On Government’s letter to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations Board to derecognise the school as it comes under its ambit as an ICSE school, Ratnakar said,”...It will go as per the inquiry procedures....”

reported by the media and that other parents learnt about the incident having taken place in the school.

As Aravind S Kamal had noted in this earlier piece for Firstpost, the state government “it is yet to make any move against the school management, which the parents feel should be held accountable for the incident”.

Till now the state government had only recommended that the school’s ICSE Board affiliation should be de-recognised.

However as Kamal pointed out, “experts believe that the recommendation is

merely academic and unlikely to take effect in light of the future of hundreds of other students studying in the school. Besides, the school comes under the purview of the ICSE Board and the state government has to invoke a different law in case action has to be initiated against it”.

Moreover given that there have been reports that Mustafa was an alleged serial sex-offender, the school’s laid-back attitude when appointing staff is apparent. And it seems the state government is yet to pull up the school and its management for their acts.

NEW DELHI, JuLy 22 (tHomsoN REutERs FouNDAtIoN): The dwindling numbers of Indian girls, caused by the illegal abortion of millions of babies, has reached “emergency proportions”, fuelling an increase in crimes such as kidnapping and trafficking, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.

Despite laws that ban expectant parents from running tests to determine the gender of unborn children, female foeticide remains a common practice in parts of India, where a preference for sons runs deep.

“It is tragically ironic that the one who creates life is herself denied the right to be born,” said Lakshmi Puri, deputy executive director of U.N. Women, at the launch of a new study on sex ratios and gender-biased sex selection.

India’s traditionally male-dominated culture views sons as assets -- breadwinners who will provide for the family, carry on the family name, and perform the last rites for their parents, an important ritual in many faiths.

Girls, however, are often seen as a liability, with families having to dig deep for a substantial dowry to ensure a desirable match. In a culture that views pre-marital sex as bringing shame to the girl’s family, parents also worry about their safety.

India’s 2011 census showed that while the overall female-to-male ratio has improved marginally since the last census a decade ago, fewer girls were born than boys and the number of girls younger than six plummeted for the fifth straight decade.

“The sharply declining child-sex ratio in India has reached emergency proportions and urgent action must be taken to alleviate this crisis,” Puri added.

A May 2011 study in British medical journal the Lancet found that up to 12 million Indian girls were aborted over the last three decades, resulting in a skewed child sex ratio of 918 girls to every 1,000 boys in 2011, versus 962 in 1981.

Activists blame ultrasonography for the rise in abortions, saying the technology is used for sex determination. But the crime is tough to check, they add, resulting in few convictions. There were 221 cases of foeticide reported in 2013, up from 210 in 2012, the National Crime Records Bureau says.

U.N. officials said India’s economic and social progress had failed in the area of sex selection, and the unbalanced sex ratio was contributing to crimes such as rape, abduction and trafficking.

The entire social structure will have to change, with a battle waged against the root causes of a preference for sons, said Lise Grande, the U.N. resident coordinator in India. “This may be one of the hardest, most difficult struggles India faces, but it is arguably one of its most important,” she added.

India to probe corruption in healthcare after TV sting Three found unconscious in car in Delhi, die NEW DELHI, JuLy 22 (REutERs): India has ordered an investigation into doctors and laboratories suspected of offering kickbacks for referring patients for medical tests, following a sting operation by a TV news channel.

Hindi news channel News Nation TV showed laboratories in the national capital offering commissions as high as 50 percent to doctors who referred patients to their diagnostic centres. The diagnostic market is the fastest growing segment of India’s $74 billion healthcare industry, according to consultancy PwC, with the segment forecast to grow to $17 billion by 2021 from $3.4 billion in 2011.

Newly appointed Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has vowed to clean up the health system, which he says is riddled with corruption, a problem that pervades public life in India. India was ranked 94th in a list of 177 countries on Transparency International’s 2013 global corruption index, lower than China, South Africa

‘Nefarious practices rife in medical sector’ NEW DELHI, JuLy 22 (IANs): “Nefarious” practices are thriving in the medical sector and the patient needs to be protected from them, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told parliament Tuesday.

The health ministry accepts that “the patient or consumer of the medical economy needs protection from such nefarious practices that have come to thrive under conditions created by lack of implementation of existing laws,” Harsh Vardhan said in a statement in parliament.

The minister’s statement comes after a TV programme which exposed the nexus between dishonest medical practitioners and the managements of pathologiand Brazil.

Officials at one laboratory visited by News Nation’s undercover reporters said they had kickback arrangements with 10,000 doctors, with monthly payments running into tens of thousands of rupees for some neurosurgeons who prescribe expensive tests. (bit.ly/Ul7PBD) “Nation shamed by sting operation on doctors taking commission for referring tests. Have ordered high level probe.

cal laboratories and diagnostic centres in Delhi.

Harsh Vardhan said he has directed the union health secretary to conduct an impartial inquiry into the facts brought out by the programme.

“I have also written to the president of the Medical Council of India pointing out that the practice of accepting commissions is in clear violation of MCI’s code of ethics, 2002,” he said.

The health ministry is also drawing up a panel of reputed medical practitioners and consumer law experts to suggest measures for introducing greater transparency and accountability in medical practices, he added.

Ethics need of the hour,” Vardhan wrote on his Twitter account late on Monday. “Doctors should treat News Nation TV expose on commissions/ kickback as a wake up call,” he wrote.

In the last few weeks, leading doctors and advocacy groups in India have teamed up to try to eradicate corruption from the industry, forming antigraft panels at hospitals and writing open letters to Vardhan.

“You can’t make a difference in one day,” said Balram Bhargava, a doctor who is forming a ‘Society for Less Investigative Medicine’ at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

“It has to be a gradual process.”

The anti-corruption debate gained momentum in India after Australian doctor David Berger wrote a column in May describing his encounters with corruption at a charitable hospital in the Himalayas.

NEW DELHI, JuLy 22 (IANs): Three young men were found unconscious and frothing from their mouths here Monday evening in a car with its air conditioner on. They were taken to a hospital where they were pronounced dead, police said Tuesday.

The three men were found inside a Honda City car around 9.30 p.m.

Monday in Sector 4 of R.K. Puram area in south Delhi.

An earlier report said the car was spotted at 7.15 p.m.

The three have been identified as Lakshman Singh, 34, Balvinder Singh, 35, and Nishant Datta, 25, all residents of south Delhi. The car, which belonged to Lakshman, was spotted by his brother Kanhaiya. The car was parked opposite Kanhaiya’s shop. After the three did not respond despite his repeated knocking, Kanhaiya informed his family members who live nearby. They took the three, who were unconscious and frothing at the mouth, out of the car.

The family then informed the police and rushed the three men to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where they were pronounced dead.

Lakshman was a resident of R.K. Puram, Dutta lived in Laxmi Bai Nagar, while Balvinder stayed at Vasant Kunj. They were in the catering business and were to make a payment of around Rs.1.5 lakh. But the money was not found in the car, a relative of Datta said.

“They had also vomited

in the car,” Manoj Kumar, Datta’s brother-in-law, told IANS. Manoj Kumar added that Lakshman had bought packets of chips from Kanhaiya’s shop around 7.30 p.m. “The three were sitting inside the car. A few items recovered from the car include packets of chips, noodles and pasta,” Manoj Kumar said.

Another relative quoted the police as saying that the car windows were rolled up and the air conditioner was on.

SC turns down Subrata Roy’s parole plea

NEW DELHI, JuLy 22 (IANs): The Supreme Court Tuesday turned down Sahara Group chairman Subrata Roy’s plea for release on 40 days parole to arrange the sale of three overseas hotels to generate Rs.10,000 crore as part payment of investors’ money that were raised by its two companies.

Mobilising Rs.10,000 crore for part payment of investors money is also a condition of Roy and two directors being released on bail.

A bench of Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice A.K. Sikri said that in case a concrete proposal came before the court regarding the sale of the overseas property, then it

would examine it and permit Roy to be released from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to undertake the negotiations for sale of overseas properties.

Soon after the pronouncement of the order by Justice Thakur, senior counsel Rajiv Dhawan appearing for Roy told the court that he was “deeply pained” by its order. “I am really astonished by the order and deeply pained” that the court continues to take “so strict a view after so many months of incarceration”, he said.

At this, Justice Thakur retorted: “Your astonishment that started with the earlier bench (Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan - since retired - and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar) and

continues. We are not sitting in an appeal. Had it been so we would have reduced your astonishment.”

The apex court had July 4 reserved its order on Roy’s plea seeking the court’s nod for selling three overseas hotels located in New York and London to generate Rs.10,000 crore and also for his release on 40 days parole to put through the international transaction. This is the fourth time in this year that the apex court has declined Roy’s plea to be released on bail.

Sahara’s three overseas assets included its three hotels - Grosvenor House Hotel in London and the New York Plaza and Dream New York hotels in New York.

Restaurant run by Tihar convicts wins praise for politeness, hygiene Bird droppings can be mosquito busters!

NEW DELHI, JuLy 22 (REutERs): As India’s capital baked in a heat wave, banker Gaurav Gupta sat down for lunch at a new air-conditioned restaurant, to be greeted by a smiling waiter who took his order for a traditional “thali” meal of flatbread, lentils, vegetables and rice.

Nothing unusual, except that the employee, like most of his colleagues, is a convicted murderer serving time in South Asia’s largest prison complex.

“Tihar Food Court” in west Delhi, a rehabilitation effort kicked off by the Tihar prison, opened in the first week of July on an “experimental basis” while awaiting formal clearances. It is sited half a km (0.6 mile) away from prisoners’ dormitories.

With a spacious interior lined with wooden tables and walls adorned with paintings done by prisoners, the 50-seat restaurant has been praised for the polite behaviour of its employees, who were trained by a prestigious nearby ho-

tel management school.

“The food is average,” said Gupta. “But the hygiene factor is really good, very clean. And it’s a good thing they are employing prisoners.”Restaurant manager Mohammad Asim said there are around 50 customers every day, with each worker paid 74 rupees for the day’s work.

The vegetarian menu features mostly northern Indian food items, such as samosas and kidney beans with rice. The deluxe thali is the priciest item, costing 150 rupees, while samosas are among the cheapest, at 10 rupees.

“Those who come once to have our food come back again,” said Asim, who has spent 14-1/2 years in jail for murder. To be eligible to leave prison and work in the restaurant, inmates must have kept up an “unblemished record” through at least 12 years of imprisonment, besides a high school education.

Prisoners eligible to be released within two years are picked

for the job, to minimise their temptation to escape. They travel to work by cycle or on foot, as authorities “trust them enough” not to need a security escort.

Comments in the visitors’ book are mostly encouraging. “The food was simply delicious,” wrote one guest, Bhoomika Dabas. “The service provided was also commendable ... 10/10 for cleanliness and humble service. Suggestion: include more variety of cuisine.”

Revenue from the non-profit restaurant, flagged under the TJ’s brand of products made by prisoners, is earmarked for prisoner welfare and vocational training, said Sunil Gupta, a spokesman for the Tihar jail.

Once notorious for corruption, drug problems and prisoner abuse, the Tihar jail complex has ushered in several reforms, with vocational training and painting featured among the rehabilitation programmes offered to its 13,552 inmates. “The restaurant was set up to give employment to the in-

mates and project the positive aspects of prison work to the public,” said spokesman Gupta.

A similar experiment has run for more than two years in Kerala, where prison inmates dish up food sold at a counter near the jail, or distributed by mobile vans. Customers had few qualms dealing with the Tihar prisoners.

“I think that Tihar authorities have observed them for years and have decided they can be placed in front of the public ... so I don’t think there is a need to be worried,” said first-time customer Atul Singh, who works with the Indian unit of South Korean electronics giant Samsung.

Bal Krishan Grover, 49, wearing the restaurant uniform shirt of red and white stripes, said he was an electrician before going to prison 13 years ago for “accidentally killing” someone in a quarrel.

He says he enjoys working at the restaurant and plans to switch careers as soon as he is a free man.

“My aim is to set up a branch of the Tihar restaurant,” said Grover.

BANgALoRE, JuLy 22 (IANs): Don’t get upset if birds mess up your courtyard or your home garden with their dropppings. These winged creatures may actually be helping to protect you and your family from dengue and other mosquitoborne diseases.

Researchers at the Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) in Pondicherry have discovered that bird droppings contain certain bacteria that kill mosquitoes. They say they are now working to develop a formulation based on bird droppings for mosquito control. “Mosquitocidal bacteria are environmental friendly alternatives to chemical insecticides,” says their report published in the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology.

“Therefore, there have been efforts worldwide to identify such bacteria from the natural environment,” the report says.

Because wild birds consume food from a variety of environmental sources like soil, water, fruits and decaying animals, VCRC scientists decided to look for potential mosquito killing bacteria in the bird droppings.

And they did not have to go too far to get the stuff. According to their report, they collected droppings from 1,000 dif-

ferent locations in the tree garden in the institute’s own premises. The samples were then carefully screened in the laboratory for potential bacterial isolates of all the three species of mosquitoes that cause dengue, filariasis and malaria.

The report says that toxicity screening of all isolates out of the 1,000 samples identified 12 bacterial strains as mosquitocidal. Further analysis of their gene sequence showed these isolates belonged to “Bacillus” species - B.Sphaericus, B.thuringiensis and B.cereus.

All the isolated strains with mosquito killing ability have been identified as new and their gene sequences have been submitted to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, which is part of the United States National Library of Medicine in Washington, the report says.

“The study is exceptionally useful in the assessment of microbial diversity from bird excreta in addition to assessing the effect of microbial organisms to control mosquito vectors causing vector borne diseases,” the report says, adding: “Studies are in progress to evaluate the formulated product of these new bacterial isolates in field conditions to examine their efficacy.”

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Egypt calls for Israeli, Palestinian peace talks CAIRO, July 22 (AP): The U.S. and Egypt sought Tuesday to find an end to two weeks of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, and officials raised the possibility of restarting stalled peace talks between Israel and Palestinian authorities as a necessary step to avoid sustained violence.

It’s unlikely that Washington is ready to wade back into the morass of peace negotiations that broke off last April after nearly nine months of shuttle diplomacy by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. But the new round of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants who control Gaza has reached the level of violence that U.S. officials warned last spring would happen without an enduring truce.

Kerry, meeting with Egypt’s president and other high-level officials, stopped short of advocating a new round of peace talks. Still, he left open the door for broad negotiations between Israel and Palestinian officials once a cease-fire is reached.

“Just reaching a ceasefire is clearly not enough,” Kerry told reporters after meeting with Egyptian

President Abdel Fattah alSisi. “It is imperative that there be a serious engagement, discussion, negotiation, regarding the underlying issues and addressing all the concerns that have brought us to where we are today.”

Egypt has proposed a cease-fire plan that is backed by the U.S. and Israel but been rejected by Hamas. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said Tuesday’s talks were focused “to not only resolve this issue, but also to set in motion once again the peace process that Secretary Kerry has been so actively involved in so as to end this ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis.”

In a separate meeting with Kerry, Arab league President Nabil Elaraby called the Gaza bloodshed a “massacre.” More than 600 Palestinians and 29 Israelis have been killed since the new war began July 8.

“People are dying in the streets in large numbers,” Elaraby told Kerry.

“And what is needed is for all hostile acts should end as soon as possible. Just like someone is bleeding,

and you need a Band-Aid, but that is not enough. You need more to be able to survive.”

Israeli aircraft have hit more than 70 targets in the Gaza Strip in the last day, including the home of the late leader of Hamas’ military wing, five mosques and a football stadium, according to a Gaza police official. At the same time, an Israeli defense official told The Associated Press that an Israeli soldier is missing following a deadly battle in Gaza over the weekend, and it is not known whether he is dead or alive. In the past Israel has paid a heavy price to retrieve soldiers captured by its enemies.

The peace talks withered in April after a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic maneuvers between Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that eroded all trust or progress the two sides had built up over negotiations that began a year ago. In the final blow, Israel shelved the talks after Abbas struck a deal to create a reconciliation government with Hamas.

Hamas has called for the destruction of the state of Israel, and is considered a terrorist organization by

the U.S., European Union and other counties worldwide. However, among Palestinians, the new agreement was hailed as a potentially historic step toward mending the rift that has split their people between two sets of rulers for seven years.

At the time, experts said all sides should wait and see if the Palestinian unity government would fall apart before declaring an end to the peace process with Israel. The Obama administration also warned that tensions would only get worse if the peace talks were abandoned.

Kerry also met with Palestinian intelligence chief Majid Faraj early Tuesday morning, and it was expected he would travel to Israel later this week. The U.S. is sending $47 million in humanitarian aid for tens of thousands of Palestinians who have fled their homes in Gaza to escape the fighting.

The ongoing war in Gaza is the third outbreak of violence between Hamas and Israel since 2009, and the last cease-fire was negotiated in November 2012. It’s not clear exactly what Israel and Hamas would each de-

A relative bursts into tears as mourners try to comfort him as they gather around the bodies of seven members of the Kelani family, killed overnight by an Israeli strike in Gaza City, during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, July 22. Ibrahim Kelani, 53, his wife Taghreed and their five children, were killed in the strike on a Gaza City high rise. Ibrahim’s brother Saleh Kelani said Tuesday that his brother and his brother’s children, ranging in age from four to 12, had German citizenship, while his wife had not. The family had rented the apartment in the high-rise after fleeing their home in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya which came under heavy shelling by the Israeli army. (AP Photo)

mand in return for agreeing to a truce now, or even if a cease-fire agreement could be reached this week.

Having already deployed an estimated 1,000 ground troops, Israel’s military has pushed farther into Gaza than it had in 2012 and the conflict is farther along now than it was then.

At the same time, the State officials noted, Hamas be-

lieves it was not given what it was promised in 2012 to lay down its arms, making it more skeptical of a ceasefire now.

Finally, Hamas’ relationship with Egypt, which is negotiating directly with the militant group, has deteriorated since President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in last year’s coup.

Egypt has since outlawed

lar leaflets forbidding women to leave their homes without a male guardian - known as “mahram” and threatening to punish those who fail to comply with sharia. AlQaida in the Arabian peninsula, or AQAP, is active across several parts of Yemen, taking advantage of a collapse o f central authority during a 2011 uprising that ousted veteran president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

AQAP is considered by Washington as the most dangerous affiliate of the jihadist network because of its role in failed attacks against the United States. In addition to launching regular attacks on the security forces, AQAP has also murdered several people it accused of sorcery or being homosexual, citing Islamic law.

A girl struggles with winds from approaching Typhoon Matmo along the eastern coast of Keelung, northeastern Taiwan on Tuesday, July 22. The eye of Typhoon Matmo is expected to make landfall in eastern Taiwan early Wednesday bringing heavy rain and winds with gusts over 130 kilometers per hour. (AP Photo)

HIV pills show promise to prevent infection MElbOuRNE, July 22 (AP): There is more good news about HIV treatment pills used to prevent infection in people at high risk of getting the AIDS virus: Follow-up from a landmark study that proved the drug works now shows that it does not encourage risky sex and is effective even if people skip some doses.

The research was discussed Tuesday at the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, and was published by the British journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.

It involves 1,600 gay men and transgender women who took part in the original study showing that daily use of the drug Truvada lowered the risk of getting HIV. After

Israeli territory to kidnap and attack Israelis, but President Barack Obama on Monday said the infrastructure has already felt “significant damage” from Israel’s military assault.

Obama also said Israel has the right to defend itself against a barrage Hamas rockets, but repeated U.S. concerns about civilian casualties.

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Al-Qaida vows to sever hands of ‘corrupt’ officials

ADEN, July 22 (AFP): Al-Qaida has threatened to sever the hands of “corrupt” officials in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, where the jihadists have been trying to impose their strict version of Islamic sharia law. “After we eliminated agents of the United States in Hadramawt and after we fought witchcraft and sorcery, we warn all corrupt officials in Hadramawt... that we will apply Allah’s law by kidnapping them and severing their hands,” said a statement signed by Ansar al-Sharia, the name under which al-Qaida in Yemen sometimes operates. The statement was printed on leaflets distributed in the province, residents said.

Earlier this week, members of the network distributed simi-

Morsi’s party, the Muslim Brotherhood, which has ties to Hamas.

Senior State Department officials said the issue of opening border crossings from Gaza — potentially into Israel and Egypt — was under discussion.

Israel has said it wants to shut down a network of tunnels that Hamas has dug from Gaza and into

the study ended, they were offered the chance to keep getting the pills for free, and three-quarters of them agreed. All were studied for another 17 months.

None who took the pills at least four days a week became infected.

Even use two or three days a week lowered the risk of infection compared to taking the pills less often or not at all. Researchers could tell how often the drug was taken because they measured it in blood samples.

“We’re encouraged,” said study leader Dr. Robert Grant, an AIDS expert at the Gladstone Institutes, a foundation affiliated with the University of California, San Fran-

cisco. “There’s a demand, there’s some forgiveness for missed doses.

And it’s safe.”

Mitchell Warren, who heads a nonprofit group that works on HIV prevention research, said in an email from Melbourne that “the story is now clear” that this approach “is real, it works, and it should be made available to people at risk now as part of high-impact combination prevention.”

Some health officials had worried that taking Truvada might give a false sense of security and make men less likely to use condoms or to limit their partners. However, study participants reported no increase in these behaviors, and there was

no rise in syphilis or herpes, other sexually spread diseases that might suggest risk-taking.

The study was done in the United States, South America, Africa and Thailand, and paid for by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Truvada already is sold for treating HIV. It’s a combination of two drugs, tenofovir and emtricitabine, or FTC, made by California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. Its wholesale price is $800 a month in the U.S. but generic versions are available in other countries and they cost as little as 31 cents a day in Africa, Grant said. “The main challenge is to find a way to make it more available,” he said.

JAKARTA, July 22 (AP): Jakarta governor Joko Widodo, who captured the hearts of millions of Indonesians with his common man image, won the country’s presidential election with 53 percent of the vote, final results showed Tuesday.

Widodo, a former furniture exporter known to most as “Jokowi,” is the first candidate in a direct presidential election with no ties to the former dictator Suharto, who ruled for 30 years before being overthrown in 1998.

The other contender, former general Prabowo Subianto, declared he was withdrawing from the contest shortly before the numbers were released by the Election Commission, saying there was massive fraud during the election and that it was unfair and undemocratic.

Widodo had maintained a slim lead of about 4 percentage points in unofficial “quick counts” by polling agencies released after the July 9 election. But Subianto, who has declared assets of $140 million and was on his third bid for the presidency, repeatedly claimed that polling firms with links to his campaign showed he was ahead.

“We reject the 2014 presidential election which is illegitimate and therefore we withdraw from the ongoing process,” he said. Observers of the July 9 election said they were generally fair and free, with minimal abnormalities. Maswadi Rauf, a political professor at the University of Indonesia, said he saw no sign of significant fraud, as alleged by Subianto.

Subianto’s rejection of the results “reflects the real attitudes of the elite, who have not yet ready to accept losing,” Rauf said. “We are still in transition to democracy, which is indeed not our culture. And what is happening in-

dicates we still immature, we need to learn.” There were no immediate reports of violence. About 100 Subianto supporters held a peaceful protest about 300 meters (300 yards) from the Election Commission building in downtown Jakarta, chanting “Prabowo is the real president” and holding banners saying that the commission should stop cheating.

The building was surrounded by thousands of policemen to maintain security after a particularly nasty presidential campaign marred by smear tactics from both camps. Widodo blamed his drop in opinion polls in the weeks before the election on character assaults that accused him, among other things, of not being a follower of Islam — which he denounced.

Subianto, meanwhile, came from a wealthy, well-known family. He had a dubious human rights record during his military career, but was seen as a strong and decisive leader. His campaign was better financed and he also got endorsements from most of the country’s major political parties.

Despite Widodo’s lack of experience in national politics, he built a reputation as being a man of the people and an efficient leader who wants to advance democratic reforms and was elected to run the capital in 2012. He is widely viewed as untainted by the often corrupt military and business elite that has run Indonesia for decades.

Final results showed that Widodo won 70,997,859 votes, or 53.15 percent of the nearly 133 million valid ballots cast, while Subianto won 62,576,444 votes, or 46.85 percent. Voter turnout topped 70 percent. The commission was to formally declare the winner later Tuesday evening.

MH 17 Crash: Bodies, black boxes handed over

DONETSK, July 22 (REuTERS): A train carrying the remains of many of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine arrived in Ukrainian government territory on Tuesday as a separatist leader handed over the plane’s black boxes to Malaysian experts.

The train carrying around 200 body bags arrived in the eastern city of Kharkiv, which is in Ukrainian government hands. The bodies will then be taken back to the Netherlands to be identified.

The train left the crash site after the Malaysian prime minister agreed with the separatists for recovered bodies to be handed over to authorities in the Netherlands, where two thirds of the victims came from.

The handover and reports by international investigators of improved access to the wreckage of the airliner four days after it was shot down, came amid calls for broader sanctions against Russia for its sup-

port for the rebellion, although Western leaders are struggling to agree on a response.

Early on Tuesday, senior separatist leader Aleksander Borodai handed over the black boxes in the city of Donetsk.

“Here they are, the black boxes,” Borodai told journalists at the headquarters of his self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic as an armed rebel placed the boxes on a desk.

Colonel Mohamed Sakri of the Malaysian National Security Council said the two black boxes were “in good condition”. Shaken by the deaths of 298 people from around the world,Western governments have threatened Russia with stifferpenalties for what they say is its backing of proRussianmilitia who, their evidence suggests, shot the plane down.

At the United Nations, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution demanding those responsible “be held toaccount and that all states

cooperate fully with efforts toestablish accountability”. It also demanded that armed groups allow “safe, secure, full and unrestricted access” to the crash site. “We owe it to the victims and their families to determine what happened and who was responsible,” said Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Australia lost 28 citizens in the crash.

The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin spoke to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte by telephone, with both giving a “high assessment of the resolution passed by the U.N. Security Council on the investigation into the catastrophe.”

Meanwhile, European Union foreign ministers were scheduled on Tuesday to discuss further penalties against Russia, but the most they are expected to do is to speed up implementation of sanctions against individuals, and possibly companies, agreed in principle last week before the plane

was brought down.

France is under pressure from Washington and London over plans to deliver a second helicopter carrier to Russia.

Diplomats say more serious sanctions against whole sectorsof the Russian economy will depend largely on the line taken bythe Dutch, because of the high number of Dutch victims.

“It is clear that Russia must use her influence on theseparatists to improve the situation on the ground,” the Dutch prime minister said.

‘What are they trying to hide?’

U.S. President Barack Obama said it was time for Putin and Russia “to pivot away from the strategy that they’ve been taking and get serious about trying to resolve hostilities within Ukraine.”

He said Putin and Russia had a direct responsibility to compel separatists to cooperate with the investigation, and that the burden was on Moscow to insist that separatists

stop tampering with the probe, he said. “What are they trying to hide?” Obama said at the White House.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott described what was happening at the scene as a cover-up. “After the crime, comes the cover-up. What we have seen is evidence tampering on an industrial scale and obviously that has to stop,” Abbott told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday.

Russia’s Defence Ministry has challenged Western accusations that pro-Russian separatists were responsible for shooting down the airliner and said Ukrainian warplanes had flown close to it. The ministry also rejected accusations that Russia had supplied the rebels with SA-11 Buk anti-aircraft missile systems - the weapon said by Kiev and the West to have downed the airliner - “or any other weapons”.

Putin said the downing of the airliner must not be used for political ends and urged sepa-

ratists to allow international experts access to the crash site.

His ambassador to Malaysia said the rebels did not trust the Ukrainian government and that was why they did not want to hand over the black boxes to them.

“This situation is quite unique, the area is a war zone.

I think the international community should be flexible about that and act in a way acceptable to all sides,” Lyudmila Vorobyeva said in a news conference.

The International Air Transport Association said governments should take the lead in reviewing how risk assessments for airspace are made after airlines called for a summit to discuss the downing of the airliner.

Recovery Efforts European security monitors said gunmen stopped them inspecting the site when they arrived on Friday, and Ukrainian officials said separatists had tampered with vi-

tal evidence. But the spokesman for the European security monitors said they had unfettered access on Monday, and three members of a Dutch disaster victims identification team arrived at a railway station near the crash site and inspected the storage of the bodies in refrigerated rail cars.

Peter van Vliet, whose team went through the wagons dressed in surgical masks and rubber gloves, said he was impressed by the work the recovery crews had done, given the heat and the scale of the crash site. “I think they did a hell of a job in a hell of a place,” he said.

As they went about their work, fighting flared in Donetsk,s ome 60 km (40 miles) from the site, in a reminder of the dangers the experts face operating in a war zone. Four people were killed in clashes, health officials said. The rebels’ military commander Igor Strelkov said on hisFacebook page up to 12 of his men died in Monday’s fighting.

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KP willing to play for England again

LONDON, JULY 22 (PTI): The bitter circumstances in which his England career was cut short notwithstanding, Kevin Pietersen has still not given up hopes of playing for the national team insisting that he can revive the beleaguered side.

England lost by 95 runs to India in the second Test at Lord's, adding to their woeful run in recent months. The 34-year-old Pietersen, who was left out of the team after dressing room problems with some of his teammates including skipper Alastair Cook, said he is open to coming back.

"I'd love to play for England again but we might to have for a few things to change before that could possibly happen," Pietersen told 'BT Sport'.

"Over the next 12 months there's an opportunity to win a World Cup in Australia and to get the Ashes back. To pick up a trophy with the England team would be sensational and to avenge what has happened over the past

12 months would be what dreams are made of," he said. Pietersen said he can help the younger members of the team regain some of the lost confidence.

"What I know I could bring to that England team is helping those youngsters play a brand of cricket which would develop their games," he asserted.

"Having a player in the middle order that plays a positive brand of cricket, helps a lot of the players around him too.

"You look at (Ian) Bell, who's struggling at the moment. I know how Rooty (Joe Root) feels about his batting and he's going to be a superstar. I worked with him for a while and it would be nice to continue that work," he added. The maverick batsman said he always gave his all to the team. "I always gave 100 per cent to the England team in training and on the cricket field and who knows, maybe in the dressing room I could have helped a few of the others play differently," he said.

Badminton stadium to be inaugurated

DIMAPUR, JULY 22 (MExN): A Badminton Stadium cum Chiechama Village Youth Organization (CVYO) office at Old Ground, Chiechama Village will be inaugurated on July 24. A press note informed that the structure will be inaugurated by at 9:30am by Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha, Neiphiu Rio. All villagers residing both in village and outside and well wishers are requested to attend the august function positively, informed the Chiecham Village Council

2nd Altrura open football tournament

DIMAPUR, JULY 22 (MExN): The Altrura Society is all set to conduct its 2nd Altrura Open Football tournament at Chumukedima Local Ground Dimapur with Enoli.

Abei-ii Meru, president Naga Mothers Association (NMA) as the chief guest on July 26. A press note informed that teams from different districts of Nagaland and prominent teams from Dimapur district will be participating the tournament this year. A total prize money of Rs. 1.20 lakh is set for the tournament. The champion will walk home with Rs. 50,000 and trophy and the runners up will receive Rs. 30,000 and a trophy. Cash awards and citations will be awarded for the best disciplined team, best goal keeper, best defender, highest goal scorer, best player, first hattrick of the tournament etc. The Society has informed all participating teams to attend during the fixture draw on July 24 in the office premises at 10.00am from Chumukedima Ward No.4, Opposite Saturday Weekly Bazaar. It further informed that the Peren District Referee Association will be conducting the fixture outcome and the whole tournament. For further information interested teams or persons may contact 8575127849; 9615264166, 8575661006.

Shakhtar midfielder says players' lives at risk

MOSCOW, JULY 22 (AP): Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa says he and his fellow players who refused to return to the Ukrainian champion did so because the conflict in the country puts their lives at risk. Costa and five other South American players refused to travel with the rest of the team to Ukraine for Tuesday's first match of the season.

The players "all run a deadly risk if we are in the region," Costa said on his Instagram page. He said he and the other five absent players wanted to train in Switzerland during the conflict and were not seeking a transfer.

"I like the club, the people, the city, but I'm afraid," he said in comments posted alongside a picture of the Shakhtar badge. "We want to stay at the club, but we must have risk-free working conditions."

Costa, 23, has been with Shakhtar since 2010, winning five straight Ukrainian titles and reaching the Champions League quarterfinals in 2010-11. The city of Donetsk is held by pro-Russian rebels who are battling advancing Ukrainian forces, and around 60 kilometers (38 miles) from the site where Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crashed Thursday with almost 300 people on board.

Costa's comments run counter to claims made

by Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu, who has accused agent Kia Joorabchian of convincing the players they could use the conflict to sign new contracts with other clubs. "It's a true scandal," Lucescu told French newspaper L'Equipe. "He took advantage from the situation to abduct them."

Shakhtar's billionaire owner, Rinat Akhmetov, has warned that the club could take legal action to force the six players to come back to Ukraine. "If they don't come then in the first instance they will suffer," he said in

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013 file photo, Donetsk's Douglas Costa, right, gets away from Manchester United's Alexander Buttner during their Champions League group A soccer match between Manchester United and Shakhtar Donetsk at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England. Six South Americans - including Costa - have refused to return to Ukraine to play for their football club in Donetsk as conflict rages around the city, risking possible fines and suspensions for breach of contract. (AP Photo)

a statement Monday on the Shakhtar website.

Refusing to fulfil their contracts could cost the players "tens of millions of euros" in compensation payments to the club, he warned.

The players did not return with the team following Shakhtar Donetsk's friendly against French team Lyon

on Saturday. Shakhtar plays a Ukrainian Super Cup match against Dynamo Kiev in the western city of Lviv on Tuesday. As well as Costa, fellow-Brazilians Alex Teixeira, Ismaily, Fred and Dentinho have not reported back with the club, along with Argentine striker Facundo Ferreyra.

The six represent less

than half of Shakhtar's large South American contingent, which also includes Brazil internationals Bernard, Ilsinho and Fernando.

Shakhtar will play its home fixtures outside of Donetsk in the coming season, with Akhmetov expressing a preference for the nearby city of Kharkiv, which is majority Russian-speaking and

held by the Ukrainian government, although there has been some unrest there in recent months.

The safety of players in Kharkiv has been put in the spotlight after a total of four players refused to return to the city's Ukrainian Premier League side Metalist Kharkiv, whose stadium Shakhtar would share un-

der Akhmetov's plans.

The four players are all Argentinian, named as Jose Sosa, Jonatan Cristaldo, Alejandro Gomez and Sebastian Blanco in Argentine media. FIFA can impose strict penalties in breach of contract cases.

Players can be suspended for four months and clubs can face a one-year transfer embargo which prevents them from registering and fielding any new signings.

As Ukrainian champion, Shakhtar has qualified for the group stage of this season's Champions League. The Ukrainian Premier League season, which starts Friday, has been reduced from 16 teams to 14 after its two Crimean clubs withdrew at the end of last season following Russia's annexation of the peninsula. Besides Shakhtar, three other teams — Metalurh Donetsk, Olimpik Donetsk and Zorya Luhansk — are based in cities controlled by rebels. They will use stadiums in other cities because of the conflict.

Another club, Illichivets Mariupol, is based in a city claimed by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic but under Ukrainian government control.

New Crimean clubs have been created since the Russian takeover, but have yet to be admitted into the Russian league system. Last week, UEFA announced it would keep Ukrainian and Russian clubs from playing each other "until further notice" because of the continuing unrest. The ruling meant that Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg and Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk cannot be paired against each other in the Champions League qualifying draw.

UEFA said the turmoil would not prevent matches from being played at home by Dnipro and Chornomorets Odessa. UEFA also said a security assessment showed that Lviv and Kiev can continue to host matches.

Tiago signs new twoWe concentrated on players from year deal with Atletico Northeast only: John Abraham MUMBAI, JULY 22 (PTI): Bollywood actor John Abraham who co-owns the North East United FC, the Guwahati franchise of the upcoming Indian Super League, on Tuesday said his team management's aim was to concentrate on Indian players from that region only.

"We were very clear that we would select players from the Northeast. Most of the players in our team are from the under-19 lot and also players from under-20," he said.

North East United FC have retained a set of 14 domestic players from their tie-up with the I-League club Shillong Lajong FC. He added that in the first year the team would play its matches in Guwahati and then look at Shillong and Sikkim as possible alternate venues.

Abraham said the franchise's focus is on grassroot level and would like to pro-

duce a strong team for the future, keeping in mind the U-17 World Cup that would be held in India in 2017, adding that the team is looking to rope in young international players.

"We have put success secondary. We are concentrating on grassroots. We know that India would be hosting the U-17 World Cup in 2017. We want to concentrate on the young talent. We have got a very formidable U-19 team in Shillong Lajong, which is our partner.

"We want to pull out all the talent from there and hone those skills and it may take a couple of years. We don't mind taking a beating at this point of time, which is actually not the case but we would rather have a very strong Indian team for the future," he said.

Praising the organisers for selecting the Northeastern city, he said, "Policy wise, Northeast

has always been kept away from the rest of India. It is time now for people to realise that Northeast is the true region where football is born in this country.

"We are concentrating a good mix of players. At any given point of time, there could be six international players and five Indian players and that mix could change. We are looking at a good healthy mix with probably more Indian players than international players."

"Development is an area we are concentrating on. It is not just about buying out players and trying to win in the first year.

We want to sustain and we want to develop a strong team for the future. We want to have a great youth team which can play in the U-17 World Cup," he said.

The franchise has signed Spanish defender Joan Capdevila as its marquee player.

Abraham said the ISL is a

place where Indian football players would get a platform to showcase their talent.

Agreeing with Abraham, Indian goalkeeper Subrata Paul, who was picked by the Mumbai team, said the ISL would benefit the Indian national team.

"I have played a few matches in Denmark and I feel the Indian players have the ability to play in European leagues.

The ISL is a good platform and there is a good interest among the players about it. It will also help the national team," Paul said. National team player Syed Rahim Nabi was also selected by the Mumbai franchise and he said it would be a challenge for him to play outside Kolkata.

The Mumbai team's spokesperson Anirban Blah said they have identified a few venues and would announce the name of the team, the coach and the venue in two weeks' time.

Djokovic retains singles top spot Serena tops WTA rankings

Mongmong Football Championship

DIMAPUR, JULY 22 (MExN): The 11th Organizing Committee of the Mongmong Football Championship, organized by the Kiphire Area Sangtam Students' Union will kick off in the third week of August. This tournament is a running championship to signify of the traditional Sangtam festival of Mongmong. A press note from the organizing committee has informed interested Clubs/Associations/Unions that Registration Forms will be available from July 25 at United Sangtam Students' Conference Office. Registration form will cost Rs 150, registration fee will be Rs 50,00 plus a security deposit of Rs 1,500. The first prize is set at Rs 50,000 while the runners up will receive Rs 30,000. In addition individual awards will also be given. For more information, contact 9612505702 and 8974279666.

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NEW DELhI, JULY 22 (IANS): Serbian Novak Djokovic sits atop the ATP singles rankings with 13,130 points while Spaniard Rafael Nadal is not far behind in second place with 12,670 points. Meanwhile, with 4,250 points Leander Paes is the top ranked Indian in men's doubles, retaining his 13th place.

Rohan Bopanna remains in 20th place as the next best Indian. India's top singles player Somdev Devvarman slipped further down by two places and is now ranked 133rd. Two months back, Devvarman was ranked 93rd but a string of poor results coupled with injury problems have seen the Indian fall down the pecking order steadily.

Swiss maestro Roger Federer is still third

NEW DELhI, JULY 22 (IANS): American star Serena Williams continued to occupy top spot in the singles WTA rankings while former world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki climbed two places to 13th. India's Sania Mirza maintained her careerhigh fifth place ranking in the doubles. Sania, who turned pro in 2003 and overcame a career-threatening wrist injury in between, had entered in the rankings with 6,070 points. the top five for the first time in her caThe only change in the top 10 of the men's reer earlier this month. singles rankings was Spain's David Ferrer, WTA singles top 10 who jumped one place to sixth.

1. Serena Williams, United States, 9,231 points ATP singles top-10: 1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 13,130 points 2. Li Na, China, 6,960 3. Simona Halep, Romania, 6,785 2. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 12,670 4. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 3. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 6,070 6,070 4. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 5,770 5. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4,410 5. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 5,330 6. Maria Sharapova, Russia, 4,881 6. David Ferrer, Spain, 4,085 7. Euginie Bouchard, Canada, 4,460 7. Milos Raonic, Canada, 3,920 8. Juan Martin Del Potro, Argentina, 3,360 8. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 4,365 9. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 3,900 9. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 3,270 10. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 3,812 10. Andy Murray, Britain, 3,040

MADRID, JULY 22 (REUTERS): Portuguese midfielder Tiago has signed a new two-year deal with Atletico Madrid, the La Liga champions confirmed on Tuesday, ruling out a possible return to former club Chelsea.

The 33-year-old originally turned down offers of a new contract at the Calderon and was widely reported to be set for a switch back to Chelsea at the end of last season as a free agent, but the move failed to materialise.

"The Portuguese player will continue at our club for two more seasons after the agreement he has made," a club statement said.

Valencia were also interested in Tiago, who was a key member of Atletico's La Liga winning side last season, but he preferred to remain in Madrid, where he initially arrived on loan from Juventus in 2010, making the move permanent the following year.

"The club offered me the chance to stay. I feel proud because we had an

incredible season and then I thought it was the right moment to move on. I had the chance to play in different international leagues," Tiago said.

"I took my time to look at the different options during the summer but when it came to making the decision, I felt that only with Atletico would I be sure of not making a mistake."

Tiago also denied rumours that he had walked away from the club on bad terms at the end of the last campaign.

"Over the weeks, a lot of false things have been written about me but that doesn't change anything," Tiago added.

"Since the end of the season, I did not forget about Atletico and neither did the club forget about me." Tiago spent a season at Chelsea during Jose Mourinho's first stint at the west London club and also had spells at Braga, Benfica and Lyon. He ended his international career after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

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apper Nicki Minaj is getting animated for a role in children's cartoon Tv series Steven Universe. The Starships hitmaker voices a new character called Sugilite in the Cartoon Network show, about

a group of intergalactic warriors who use the power of special gem stones to protect the world from evil threats.

The episode, titled Coach Steven, is due to air in America next month (Aug14). It's not the

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he Indian institute of Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Wokha District Craft Association is conducting a onemonth free fashion designing training at Wokha, on July 22. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise sponsored the training programme. The inaugural function was graced

by Deputy Commissioner, Wokha, Vyasan R as the chief guest.

Addressing the trainees during the inaugural function the chief guest, appreciated the initiative of the President (WDCA) Wokha

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District Craft Association Zubemo for opening such programme in the district, he said to get government job is very difficult, where this kind of training is required as replacement for jobs which will give an opportunity to earn income.

He urged the trainees to put more effort in learning the skill as it will open avenue for them to become economically independent and self-depended. During the function President WDCA, Zubemo Lotha gave a brief introduction of the programme.

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first time Minaj, who also acted in romantic comedy The Other Woman, has helped to bring an animated character to life - she played a mammoth named Steffie in 2012's Ice Age Continental Drift.

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inger Beyonce Knowles and rapperhusband Jay Z are reportedly planning to part ways following the end of their joint `On The Run` world tour this September.

The couple are said to be working out a way to breakup without divorcing and have already removed their wedding rings, reports contactmusic.com.

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ocialite Paris Hilton insists cruel comments do not hurt her any more as she prefers to laugh them off. If people want to be mean, that's their problem. It used to be really hurtful. I would call and cry to my mom all the time but now I just laugh, she told Stella magazine.

However, Hilton insisted that a lot of girls try to be her friend simply to make a name for themselves, reports contactmusic.com.

So many people have bad intentions, so many girls want to hang out (with me) to be someone. I weed those people out of my life.

I call them hungry tiger, Hilton said.

Six quoted a source as saying. They are trying to figure out a way to split without divorcing. This is a huge concert tour and they`ve already gotten most of the money from the promoters up front,” the source added.

The source also added that the tour will be the last for Jay Z, 44, and Beyonce, 32, after marriage counsellors failed to help them get their relationship back on track. It is believed the couple, who have a twoyear-old daughter Blue

Ivy, thought that having their first child would bring them closer again but they soon started to go their separate ways.

For just a split moment, things got real for them and she was even talking about adding to the family. But, after a while, Jay was out doing Jay and Bey was out doing Bey. They made the classic mistake of thinking a child would change everything and help to rekindle the initial fire, and it didn`t,” said the source.

are going to release the expected "biggest concert movie ever". The 'Little Things' hitmakers who released a film about their lives on the road, 'This is Us', last August will bring out 'Where We Are: The Concert Film' in over 50 countries on October 11 and 12, promising a huge global audience for the screenings. A source told The Sun newspaper: "This could become the biggest concert movie ever -- there's going to be more than 10,000 screenings internationally. "So many 1D fans didn't get the chance to buy tickets to the band's show be-

cause the stadium tour sold out - but this means no one will have to miss out." The concert was filmed in Milan's San Siro Stadium on June 28 and 29 as part of the Italian leg of their current world tour, and will also include behind-the-scenes footage captured by the group's friend Ben Winston and a previously unseen interview with band members Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan.

The film is executive produced by Simon Cowell and has been made by Fulwell 73, the same company behind 'This Is Us'.

The group's last film drew in over £40 million at the UK and US box office.

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17 kgs for football biopic A ctor-producer John Abraham is experimenting with his looks in `1911`, a sports biopic on footballer Sibdas Bhaduri, where he will be seen in a leaner avatar. The 41-year-old soccer enthusiast, who is currently 92 kgs, will transform himself to play the former skipper of Mohun Bagan in the Shoojit Sircar-directed period drama.

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projects carefully and experimenting with my looks.

Each role requires a lot of method and I need time to adopt. I am playing a footballer in 1911 and for the film I have to become 75 kgs by mid next year after ending a film. Now, I am 92.

I really have to work hard on my body, John said.

Apart from `1911`, John will also be seen in three different looks in Sanjay Gupta`s `Mumbai Saga`.

Sanjay is very experimental

with his films and looks. This is the third time I am teaming up with him after `Zinda` and `Shootout at Wadala`, said John, who was in the city for the launch of a new branch of Toni & Guy saloon at South Extension.

Shooting for `Mumbai Saga` will start from November and in the film I will be seen in three different looks as it shows the three stages of a person`s life. It is one of the breathtaking scripts I have read in a long time, John said.

John, however, admits that it is physically taxing for an actor to go through weight changes for films.

It affects your body immensely. But I am bit lucky in this case because I am actually an ectomorph.

I have a tendency to lose weight. I just need to get into a proper diet, he said.

John, who is often touted as a style icon, said physical fitness is important to look good. Gym is like a religion to me. I go to gym the way people go to church.

When I was growing up there were no actors whom I could look upto because they were larger than life.

When I decided to become an actor, I wanted to be stylish and concentrate on my fitness first, he said.

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very Salman Khan film always has a dialogue that has the viewers hooked. This time around, the superstar's dialogue in Kick, 'Dil mein aata hoon, samajh mein nahin', has resonated with the audience. This line from Sajid Nadiadwala's directorial debut has become so popular that some vendors at Fashion Street in Mumbai have been spotted selling T-shirts, with it printed on them. Salman's fans have been seen sporting these T-shirts.

At the launch of the film's trailer, this dialogue was also cheered by the audience with whistles.

Ever since, the trailer has received a high number of views online. Many have even put it up on their social networking profiles.

Interestingly, this line holds true for Salman and comes the closest to describing his personality. In

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Newcastle United’s Jack Colback, right, controls the ball as Emmanuel Riviere holds back Sydney FC’s Bernie Ibini-Isei, center, during the first match of the Football United Tour at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand on July 22. (AP Photo)

Dunga hired as Brazil football coach

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 22 (AP): Brazil is bringing back Dunga to coach the national football team, four years after he last held the job.

Tuesday's hiring comes two weeks after Brazil was eliminated from the World Cup in a humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals.

The 50-year-old Dunga is replacing Luiz Felipe Scolari, who resigned last week after Brazil failed to win the football's premier event on its home soil. The Brazilian football confederation confirmed the appointment during a press conference at its headquarters in suburban Rio de Janeiro.

Dunga was the captain of Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning team, and coached the national team at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He was dismissed after Brazil lost 2-1 in the quarterfinals to the Netherlands.

"He has shown his capacity to lead

Dunga (AP file Photo)

the Brazil team, not only in words but also in numbers, that he has all the requisites and the capacity to lead the Brazil team again," confederation president Jose Maria Marin said. "It

was a decision made with the participation of everyone here at this table in a show of unity and total integration aimed at great conquests in the future." Dunga was in charge of 60 matches as national team coach in his first stint. Brazil won 42, drew 12 and lost six. Dunga came to the job for the first time in 2006 with no management experience. He was criticized for the team's physical style of play and conservative tactics.

Brazil's image took another battering in the 7-1 loss to Germany.

Many said it was worse than Brazil's 2-1 loss to Uruguay in the final game of the 1950 World Cup, which was played at the Maracana Stadium in Rio. The loss against Germany broke several records and was one of the worst in Brazil's history. The loss was also the first in a competitive match at home since 1975.

MADRID, July 22 (AGENCIES): Real Madrid have agreed a deal to sign World Cup Golden Boot winner James Rodriguez from Monaco.

The Colombia international has agreed a six-year contract with Madrid and underwent his medical with the club on Tuesday morning. He will be presented on Tuesday evening. Neither club have confirmed the fee for the 23-year-old, but reports suggest Madrid have paid about £60million, which would make Rodriguez the fourth most expensive transfer of all time after Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez.

A Real Madrid statement read: 'Real Madrid have reached an agreement with Monaco for the transfer of James Rodriguez, who will join the club for the next six seasons.

'The player will be presented today, Tuesday 22 July, at 20:00 (Spanish time), in the Santiago Bernabeu's presidential box.

'Following that, James Rodriguez will take his first steps on the Santiago Bernabeu's pitch wearing the Real Madrid shirt and will attend the media in the press room.' Rodriguez was one of the revelations of the World Cup, scoring in each of Colombia's games as they reached the quarter-finals of the competition for the very first time, eventually losing 2-1 to hosts Brazil. In total Rodriguez scored six

goals at the World Cup to finish as the leading scorer one clear of Thomas Muller - while his stunning 25-yard volley against Uruguay was voted goal of the tournament on FIFA.com.

His signing comes less than a week after Madrid brought in another of the World Cup's star performers in Germany's Toni Kroos, who moved from Bayern Munich for a reported £24m. It also means that, if the reported figure is correct, Madrid now boast three of the four most expensive signings in history, having spent a worldrecord £80m on Bale last summer and the same on

Ronaldo in 2009.

The Champions League winners would hold a clean sweep of the top three signings but for arch-rivals Barcelona, who splashed out a reported £75m on Liverpool striker Luis Suarez earlier this summer.

Rodriguez began his professional career with Colombian side Envigado before moving down to Argentinian club Banfield aged 17. His performances for the Buenos Aires outfit attracted the attention of Porto, who signed him for £4m in 2010, and three years later he joined Monaco for £38.5m after helping the Portuguese side win a

hat-trick of league titles and the 2011 Europa League.

The left-footed forward scored 10 goals in 38 matches in all competitions for Monaco last term as they finished second in Ligue 1 behind Paris St Germain. Big-spending Monaco said they had not been looking to sell Rodriguez but described the deal as 'one of the most significant transfers in football history'.

Monaco vice-president and CEO Vadim Vasilyev said: 'AS Monaco is proud to have helped James Rodriguez reveal his talent to the world as he notably made his mark on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil winning the Golden Boot. James is a fantastic player who achieved great things with AS Monaco.'

A statement on www. asm-fc.com read: 'The club would like to take the opportunity to thank James for the role he played in getting the club back to the Champions League and wishes him the very best for the future. 'The club had no intention to sell the player, however the time came when the solution of a transfer was considered to be the most beneficial solution for all parties. 'Monaco is proud to be a party to one of the most significant transfers in football history. 'Monaco is a club that will continue to grow and remains focused on the future. More than ever it has the ambition to strengthen the team and continue to progress for next season.'

Alastair Cook will never Ishant, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Schumacher communicating with family in an advanced electronic July 22 improve, says Ponting climb up ICC Test rankings chart lONDON, wheelchair, that he can (ANI): After surviving a control with his mouth, in near fatal accident, ForSyDNEy, July 22 100 Tests. "He`ll try and (AFP): Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting piled more pressure on under-fire England skipper Alastair Cook Tuesday by saying he will not improve as a player for the rest of his career.

England`s 95-run defeat by India in the second Test at Lord`s on Monday made it 10 successive Test matches without victory for the team -- their worst winless streak in the format for 21 years.

Cook, 29, has failed to score a Test hundred in 27 innings and has totalled a meagre 129 runs in nine Test innings this calendar year, sparking calls for him to be fired. Ponting, who retired last year after playing 168 Test matches, said most players find it hard to perform after their first

find ways to sort of hang on and maintain a certain level," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

"There`s no doubt that the struggles of his team will be having a big impact on the way that he`s playing. "I don`t think he`s going to get any better as a player." Former England captain Nasser Hussain has urged Cook to stand down, although immediately after the match he said he had no intention of resigning.

Michael Vaughan, Hussain`s successor as England skipper, has also been scathing about the way England have been playing under Cook. "It`s been absolutely pathetic from England," he told BBC Radio`s Test Match Special.

DubAI, July 22 (PTI): India`s historic win at Lord`s, only their second at the home of cricket in 82 years, has seen Indian players Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Murali Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane make noticeable improvements in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings, released on Tuesday.

Ishant, who took a matchwinning seven-wicket haul in the team`s 95-run win in the first Test against England, jumped three places to return to the top20 of the Test bowlers` chart for the first time in three years.

Ishant, who is now 20th, now trails off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (11th), the highest-ranked India bowler, by 139 ratings points. The 24-year-old

Kumar, in his maiden Test at Lord`s, returned with productive overall match figures of 6/103, with all his six scalps coming in the first innings. He has vaulted 12 places to claim 34th position with team-mate Ravindra Jadeja in 28th position.

In the Test batting chart, Vijay rocketed 11 places to claim a career-best 19th spot following his contributions of 24 and 95 in the first and second innings respectively. Vijay, 30, is the third India batsman behind Cheteshwar Pujara (eighth) and Virat Kohli (14th) to feature inside the top 20, a list that is led by South Africa`s AB de Villiers. Rahane, 26, who scored a masterly 103 in the first innings, has gained 11 places on the table and is now sitting in the 35th position.

Meanwhile, despite ending up on the losing side, there was some positive news for the England camp with pace spearhead James Anderson and some of the young guns continuing to make upward movement. Anderson, who picked 4 wickets in the first innings and 1 in the second leaped 5 places to be ranked 8th in the Test bowlers chart led by South Africa`s Dale Steyn.

Ben Stokes, who took five for 91, claimed 11 places to rise to 41st position. Liam Plunkett also jumped 5 spots to be ranked 45th in the list.

Amongst England batsmen to head in the right direction, Joe Root has gained one more place and is now in 15th position following scores of 13 and 66.

mula One star Michael Schumacher is now showing signs of revival. A report has revealed that he is now communicating with his family members by fluttering his eyelashes.

The recovery shown

by Schumacher may allow him to go back home soon but he will still require round-the-clock medical care to recover completely, reported the Mirror.

Doctors who are treating the Formula One star in they hope Schumacher Switzerland have said that will be able to sit upright

a few weeks.

After he is discharged from the medical care facility, Schumacher is likely to occupy a new building in his mansion that has been constructed without stairs, keeping his medical condition in view.

The sport star woke up from a medically induced coma last month after sustaining life-threatening injuries when he smashed his head against rocks while skiing in the French Alps on December 29.

Sachin's special to mark CWG opening

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GlASGOW, July 22 (PTI): Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar is set to play a "special" part in tomorrow's opening ceremony of the 20th Commonwealth Games, which will herald the beginning of what promises to be a star-studded event. Tendulkar, who retired from international cricket after a glorious career spanning 24 years, will make his presence felt during the ceremony in his capacity as the Global Goodwill Ambassador of the UNICEF, which has partnered with the Glasgow CWG organisers and Commonwealth Games Federation in a firstof-its-kind initiative to spread awareness about the childrens' problems facing all over the world.

But how Tendulkar will be part of the ceremony, to be graced by Commonwealth Head Queen Elizabeth II, British Prime Minister David Cameron and his cabinet colleagues, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond and his colleagues in the government and other dignitaries from Commonwealth nations, is not known as the organisers are tightlipped about the details. "There will be something special from Tendulkar, wait and watch tomorrow," Lord David Puttnam, UNICEF UK Ambas-

sador, told said today after a programme on the partnership.

"Tendulkar is a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and he is happily involved with the work of the organisation (UNICEF)," said Puttnam without answering whether Tendulkar will be present in person tomorrow.

The media in the UK had earlier reported that a UNICEF campaign will be featured on the night showing special films recorded by the likes of Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Alex Ferguson and Tendulkar, aimed at raising funds for projects being run

across Commonwealth countries.

The Opening Ceremony will also feature a near 100 metre wide and 11m high LED screen erected in front of the South Stand at Celtic Park to broadcast images of the night. In 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games the aerostat which cost crores of rupees was the showpiece during the opening and closing ceremonies. The turf of the home of Scotland's famous football club Celtic has been completely covered by wooden flooring while the scoreboard, set to make way for the giant LED

screen, will reduce the capacity of the ground to 35,000.

The Opening Ceremony, to be produced by Global events specialists Jack Morton Worldwide involved in the Ceremonies for Manchester 2002, Melbourne 2006 as well as the Athens Olympics and the 2010 World Cup, is expected to attract a global audience of more than one billion and is set to feature more than 2,000 volunteers taking part in the event to be broadcast live by the BBC. The Queen Elizabeth II will read out the message written on the Queens Baton which has travelled to 71 nations and territories of the Commonwealth in a relay for 248 days before declaring the Games open. Scottish singing legend and Grammy Award winner Rod Stewart will perform on the night in over two hour show starting 8pm British Summer Time (00:30 IST). Joining the rocker on July 23 will be Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who shot to fame in the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2009 and has gone on to sell millions of albums worldwide. The opening ceremony will also be available live on Youtube, for the first time in any CWG.

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