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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself —George Bernard Shaw

Pastors convention Dhawan-Vijay put India dwell on role of Church on top on rain-marred day leaders in society

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china dismisses military links to nscn (K)

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BEIJINg, JUNE 10 (PTI): China on Wednesday dismissed as “completely groundless” the media reports accusing its army officials of having links with a militant group involved in an attack on Indian troops in Manipur that left 18 soldiers dead.

“Relevant report is completely groundless,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in response to an e-mail query from a news agency. “The Chinese government consistently upholds non- interference in other country’s internal affairs, and will not support any antigovernment forces in any country,” he said.

In one of the worst attacks in two decades, insurgents last week had ambushed a military convoy in Manipur, killing at least 18 army personnel and injuring 11 others. Hitting back at rebels, special forces of the Indian army yesterday carried out a surgical strike inside Myanmar, killing nearly 20 insurgents.

Elite commandos of the Indian Army also went a few kilometers inside the Myanmar territory to destroy two camps of insurgents hiding there after their attacks in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh last week by NSCN (K) and KYKL outfits.

Earlier, officials from state-run think-tanks refuted allegations of China’s army assisting militants in northeast India, saying such charges are “absurd”.

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DIMAPUR, JUNE 10 (MExN): The NSCN (K) on Wednesday said the ‘unsubstantiated’ claim of cross border raid by Indian Army was a conspiracy at the highest political-military-intelligence of Government of India (GoI) to coerce Myanmar government to act upon NSCN/GPRN and also to exude confidence on her demoralised and frustrated soldiers deployed along IndoNaga-Myanmar border.

“The zealous effort of GoI to garner popular public opinion to justify the demonic and inhuman AFSPA is the reason behind all these desperate bogus operation which never happened,” the NSCN (K) said in a press statement.

The NSCN (K) also said it was a self-mockery on the part of GoI in attempting to brand NSCN/GPRN as a ‘terror group’ since no ‘legitimate representative government ever signs official ceasefire pact with terror group or would admit the terror problem as that of political.’

“Having acknowledged the Naga issue as political by successive Indian political heads over the last six deIn this AP File Photo Indian paratroopers are seen marching down Rajpath during the main Republic Day parade in New cades, no drastic change of stance by the present government can relegate the issue,” it further stated.

Delhi. Paratroopers on Tuesday carried out operations against North East insurgents inside Myanmar. (AP File Photo)

HPC on illegal taxation submits report to CM DIMAPUR, JUNE 10 (MExN): Members of the High Powered Committe (HPC) on illegal/unabated taxation submitted their report and recommendations to the Nagaland state Chief Minister today in Kohima. The report was submitted to the CM by HPC members Justice HK Sema, former Justice of Supreme Court of India; Khekiye K. Sema, IAS (retd) and Joel Nillo Naga. Nagaland state Home Minister, Y Patton was also reportedly present during the submission of the report.

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70 commandos involved in Myanmar operation More aggressive military

NEw DELHI, JUNE 10 (PTI): A crack team of about 70 commandos from 21 Para of the Indian Army carried out the surgical strike inside Myanmar territory in the thick of the night that killed 38 insurgents belonging to NSCN (K) and KYKL militant groups on Wednesday.

The commandos, equipped with assault rifles, rocket launchers, grenades and night vision goggles, were divided into two groups after they slithered down from Dhruv helicopters just inside the Indian territory near the border with Myanmar.

Once divided, the commandos of the Army’s Spe-

cial Forces headed for two camps being run by NSCN (K) and KYKL, believed to be responsible for the deadly ambush on June 4 which killed 18 soldiers and wounded 11 others The teams trekked through the thick jungles for at least five kilometers before they reached the training camps.

“Each of the two teams were further divided into two sub-groups. While one was responsible for the direct assault, the second formed an outer ring to prevent any of insurgents from running and escaping,” security sources said.

The actual operation (hitting the camp and de-

stroying it) took about 40 minutes. Not only did the commandos kill those present at the camps in gun fight, during which rocket launchers were also used, one of the camp was also set afire.

Sources said thermal imagery was also used to track the operation.

They maintained that the Myanmarese authorities were kept in the loop.

Mi-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force were put on standby, ready to be pressed into service to evacuate the commandos in case anything went wrong.

“The operation was carried out based on specific

and very accurate intelligence” and the operation was overseen by General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Dimapurbased 3 Corps Lt Gen Bipin Rawat, the sources said.

Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, who had postponed his trip to UK for the operation, was coordinating from the Army headquarters.

The decision to go in for a hot pursuit was taken just hours after the ambush on June 4 in a meeting that was chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Suhag and others.

ops likely in the future

NEw DELHI, JUNE 10 (IANs): As the well-planned and surgical strike against terror camps across the IndiaMyanmar border sent a clear message that New Delhi will not tolerate the scourge, highly placed sources said Wednesday that more such operations could be mounted in future if the situation warrants.

“More such attacks may take place if there are intelligence inputs of a threat (of the kind of attack May 4 in Manipur that claimed the lives of 18 Indian Army soldiers and injured many more). The forces are always ready for such operations,” a senior officer told IANS, on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday described the Indian Army’s precision strike against insurgents inside neighbouring Myanmar as a “lesson to those who incite terror”. “The military action against the insurgents, with help from the Myanmar government, speaks volumes about India’s resolve to fight terror...this is a lesson and a message to all terror groups...that India will not hesitate in going beyond her geographical boundaries to eliminate terrorists,” Javadekar told the media here.

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No retributive violence by security forces: Defence Wing CM urges Chang & Yimchunger fearing reprisals.

Musavi said such fears were unfounded and unnecessary since the security forces were aware of their responsibilities towards civilian population and contemplating such course of action was against the ethos of the armed forces.

On the reports of four villagers who went missing due to security forces operations in the area, as per media reports, the Defence PRO clarified this was far from true because there has been no retribution of any kind and these persons have returned safely.

The PRO also stated that despite severe provocation and highly agitated emotive state of the soldiers, care was taken not to round up or trouble villagers in the current operation. All counter insurgency operations of the Army are intelligence based surgical operations causing minimal inconvenience to the people, it claimed. It has therefore advised the villagers to return and live peacefully.

The PRO Defence also maintained that the Indian Army will always remain a ‘people’s army working ceaselessly for the safety and security of the people.’

communities to cease hostilities

KOHIMA, JUNE 10 (MExN): Nagaland state Chief Zeliang toefmeefMinister, ìpesve TR íelee day expressed hopemaythat the Chang and Wholesalers contact CITIZEN UMBRELLA MANUFACTURER LTD. anYimchunger tribes would formally 147, cenelecee ieebefOe jes[, JeÀueJeÀelee - 7 nounce cessation of all hostilities Ph. No. 033-2268-1396, 2271-2152 and Fax : (033) soon.

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A press note from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) informed that the meeting was attended by Legislators from Eastern Nagaland, ENPO, ENSF, ENWO, Chang Khulei Setsang, Yimchunger Tribal

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NSCN (K) on cross border raid ‘which never happened’

DIMAPUR, JUNE 10 (MExN): The Defence Wing, Government of India has allayed apprehensions of the general public over fears of retribution following the June 4 ambush and killing of a number of security forces by underground outfits in Manipur.

PRO, Defence, Kohima Lt Col Emron Musavi in a press release issued on Wednesday said there have been concerns expressed by various segments of the civilian society advising the Indian Army I didn’t say you’re too old against retributive violence and for politics. I said you’re old reports of locals vacating the area

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Liberation Army (PLA) officers may be in touch with the leaders of (NSCN-K) is “absurd”, state-run Global Times reported quoting officials of the governmentrun think-tanks.

Experts believe that the existence of ties between the PLA and Indian militants is impossible, the report said. Earlier, reports in Indian media quoted a senior Indian official as saying that NSCN-K abrogated its ceasefire pact with the Centre following instructions from PLA. “The Indian media has long been a rumour monger when it comes to China’s support for the insurgent groups in north eastern India,” said Zhao Gancheng, director of the Centre for Asian-Pacific Studies at the state-run Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. “A connection between China and the Indian rebels is impossible, especially after India and China resumed diplomatic relationships in 1988,” he said.

Li Li, deputy director of the Institute of South and Southeast Asian and Oceania Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, termed such reports as “absurd”. “It is impossible for China to intervene in the domestic affairs of India, especially when the two countries’ relationship is developing very well after (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi’s visit (last month),” Li added.

Seeks help from public and NGOs to curb menace

DIMAPUR, JUNE 10 (MExN): The Nagaland state department of School Education today issued a strong warning to government teachers indulging in the practice of proxy.

“It has come to the notice of the School Education about the Govt School teachers keeping proxy teachers in their place. But till date no such cases has been reported to the department with concrete and documentary evidences,” stated the department in a notification from its Director, Zaveyi Nyekha.

The notification cautioned that if such practices of engaging proxy teachers by any employee are detected the depart-

ment would initiate stern disciplinary action. “Such practice is one of the reasons responsible for poor academic results of Government schools in Nagaland,” the Director stated.

The department has also sought help from all citizens, NGOs and Church organisations in curbing this menace.

In the interest of public services and the student community in particular, the Department of School Education has appealed to all concerned citizen to extend their full co-operation and active support to help the department “cleanse this unwanted practice and promptly give unbiased report address to the Director School Education without hesitation for further necessary action.” The reports received by the department of School Education shall be kept as “top confidential,” the department issued.

LONDON, JUNE 10 (THOMsON REUTERs FOUNDATION): Almost 170 million youth are trapped in child labour, deprived of education and facing a life without decent jobs, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday. From India’s brick kilns to the cotton fields of Uzbekistan and Bolivia’s sugar plantations, child labourers are more likely to have to settle later in life for unpaid work for the family or low-paying jobs, the ILO said in its annual “World Report on Child Labour”.

“Children who drop out of school and join the labour force early are more disadvantaged later in life because of a lack of education and basic skills,” Patrick Quinn, a senior ILO advisor told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Despite an overall decline in child labourers by onethird since 2000, some 5 million children remain in slavery-like conditions, making up a quarter of the world’s modern-day slaves,

in Dimapur are of deep concern’

DIMAPUR, JUNE 10 (MExN): In Dimapur, more than 70% of cases regarding children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with the law, involves children from across neighboring states of Assam and others.

This was informed through a concept note on the interstate consultation of stakeholders on trans-border protection of child rights, which is scheduled to be held on June 12 at Bokajan.

With particular reference to Dimapur, it stated that issue of vulnerable children from across the bordering state of Assam to Nagaland is of deep concern.

The supply of children particularly to work as child domestic labors in homes the ILO said.

The Asia-Pacific region has the largest number of child labourers with almost 78 million, or 9.3 percent, while sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate with 59 million or more than 21 percent. Many of them are working under conditions that deprive them of a nurturing and protective envi-

in Dimapur, Nagaland is a gross violation of Child Rights, stated the note and asserted that this has to be addressed at the earliest by all stakeholders concerned. “Poverty and ignorance of parents, poor education system, weak enforcement of anti child labour law and other child protection laws, weak border monitoring seems to be the root cause of this problem. As such a collective effort of all stakeholders is the need of the hour.”

The June 12 consultative meet in Bokajan is being organized by the Assisi Centre for Integrated Development in partnership with Childline-1098 Dimapur and Dimapur Police.

ronment, and expose them to stress and trauma, the ILO said.

More than half of all child labourers - 85 million - put their health at risk by working in hazardous jobs, such as mining and construction, said the report, released ahead World Day Against Child Labour on Friday. Rising youth unemployment

can also drive child labour as poor job prospects may stop parents from investing into their children’s education, the report said. The ILO urged world leaders when they decide on new development goals in September to come up with a coherent policy to tackle child labour and the lack of decent jobs for youth.

Quality Education Is Key A global push for access to primary education as part of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals has helped to push the overall child labour numbers down, Quinn said. The number of child labourers aged five to 14 dropped to 120 million in 2012, from 186 million in 2000, he said.

The decline has been less rapid among older children, as many leave school early and are forced to work to make money for their impoverished families, particularly in rural areas. “It will not be possible to achieve overall child labour elimination without addressing child labour among older children,” the report said.

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Pastors convention dwell on role of Church leaders in society Morung Express News Dimapur | June 10

“Should the Church be concerned and involved with the various kinds of malaises in the society and if at all the Church must involve, to what extent should it involve?” This was the topic exhaustively dwelled amongst Pastors of Sumi Churches including SBAK, WSBAK and SABAK, by Y. Kikheto Sema, Secretary, Finance, Government of Nagaland at Sumi Baptist Church, Kohima on Wednesday.

Speaking under the main topic, “Role of Church leaders in society,” Kikheto opined that much was left to be desired in the society today even if the Church was involved to some extent in the activities of the society. “So if the Church leaders stop working for the good of the society and stop advising the people, then we would not have much to look forward to,” he added. Having said this,

Kikheto maintained that there was a huge responsibility upon the Church leaders regarding various happenings in the society.

Elaborating on his topic further, Kikheto said there were three main institutions installed by God – Family, Government and Church. According to Kikheto, Family was the most important institution as anything that goes wrong in the family could affect the functioning of the Government and the Church both of which compromises of people who also have a family. In this regard, he said that the Church leaders should also reach out to people who are weak spiritually and socially and then nourish them accordingly so that their works in Government and Church would be fruitful.

Quoting from Romans 13:17 in the Bible, Kikheto said that Government was one of the institutions installed by God and that every person should

Secretary to Government of Nagaland, Y. Kikheto Sema addressing Pastors in Kohima on Wednesday. (Morung Photo)

be subject to the governing authorities. He was of the view that many people sincerely work for the Church but lacks the same when it comes to government.

Kikheto also pointed out the general tendency to criticize the government or authorities without ascertaining the issue and said such behaviour should

be discouraged.

“Even in your thought, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom, curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your

voice, or some winged creature will tell the matter,” he extracted it from Ecclesiastes 10:20. He spoke about the need to respect and adhere to rules and regulations set in place by the government which he reminded was installed by God. Dwelling on the Church, Kikheto said that in the context of Nagaland, the Church today was the most influential and powerful institutions having the capacity to convince people like no other institution.

Lamenting on the materialistic colour, which the Church was developing, Kikheto urged upon the Church to use its powerful position to focus on holistic development of a person. He said that a Church leader has a dual role to play as a preacher and a teacher.

Citing the examples of Jesus who also used most of his time in teaching while being a preacher, Kikheto said the Church leaders, in their preaching and teaching, should incor-

Directorate of E&CT Technical Education Department notifies on NSEE 2015 invites for training

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Kohima, June 10 (DiPR): The Directorate of Employment & Craftsmen Training is issuing admission forms for bonafide local candidates to undergo training at various government industrial training institutes under craftsmen training scheme for the session commencing from 3rd August 2015. The minimum educational qualification and duration of the course will depend on the various courses offered under engineering and non-engineering trades.

Candidates applying for the admission should be above 14 (fourteen) years of age as on 3rd August 2015. There is no upper age limit, application forms can be obtained from and ITI on any working day during office hours with a payment of Rs. 50. Seating capacity in each trade is 20 except for carpenter and knitting trades in ITI Kohima is 40 each. Only women candidates can apply for the women ITI at Dimapur.

Selected candidates will be paid stipends of Rs. 500/- per month. Last date of submission of application is 30th June 2015. The entrance test will be held on 7th and 8th July 2015 while the results will be declared on 15th July 2015.

Kohima, June 10 (DiPR): The Directorate of Technical Education has in a notification informed that the Common Selection Board (CSB) in its meeting convened on 5th June, 2015 has decided to conduct another NSEE to give another opportunity to the candidates to improve their performance and get the minimum qualifying marks prescribed by the medical council of India (MCI) for filling up the remaining MBBS and BDS seats of the State quota under the following terms and conditions.

i. The 22 candidates who qualified through NSEE 2015 will automatically be eligible for selection to MBBS and BDS courses. ii. Only those candidates who took the NSEE 2015 held on 19th May 2015 will be eligible to appear for the NSEE Re-examination, iii. The Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) Nagaland will conduct the re¬examination of NSEE on 4th July 2015. iv. The NSEE re-examination will be utilized for filling up only the re-

maining MBBS and BDS seats of the State quota. v. Selection of candidates for admission to the Agri and Allied courses will be made on the basis of merit in the NSEE 2015 which was conducted on 19th May 2015. vi. In the event of candidates not getting qualifying marks for admission to MBBS and BDS course as per MCI regulations, the state reserved seats may go wastage.

Only those candidates who appeared NSEE 2015 and are desirous of availing the remaining State re-

served seats for MBBS and BDS courses are, therefore requested to collect fresh application forms to be filled up and submitted to the office of the Directorate of Technical Education along with two recent passport size photographs on or before 20th June 2015.

The notification further stated that applications through post will not be entertained nor accepted.

The Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) Nagaland will issue the Admit Cards for NSEE reexamination 2015 on 30th June 2015.

MCC issues directives on law and order Govt invites citations for Governor’s awards

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DimaPuR, June 10 (mexn): Model Colony Council (MCC), East Dimapur while maintaining peaceful environment and tranquility in the colony for the betterment of citizens and tackling the law and order issue within its jurisdiction, has informed to the public that the council warns any person(s) bringing bad images to the colony by creating nuisance, disturbing and unfavorable situation in locality.

MCC Chairman David

Zhimo and Press Secretary Solomon L. Awomi in a press release said that the outsider youth or students grouping coming to challenged the colony youths and students in school or doing any antisocial activities within its jurisdiction will be taken stern action against the defaulter.

The Council also asks all the shops in Model colony to put up proper signboard, clean in around shop and maintain proper dustbin. However, the Council will straightly check

Training on office procedures conducted at Tseminyu

Tseminyu, June 10 (DiPR): A 2 day training programme on office procedures which was initiated by ADC Tseminyu, purposely for ministerial staff under Tseminyu subdivision was conducted from 8th June 2015 to 9th June 2015 at ADC conference hall Tseminyu.

Altogether 36 participants including head of offices from various department attended the training programme and enriched with rules and proce-

dures of government office establishment and its functioning.

Renchamo Lotha, Additional Secretary (Rtd) as resource person of the training programme imparted office procedures which include fundamental rules (FR), norms and procedures of establishment file usage to the participants. While speaking about duties and responsibilities of government servant the resource person, stated

I&FC department highlight issues hampering implementation of prog

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any shops doing malpractice or illegal activities. The Council also stands against any form of harassment meted to any business establishment by any individual, union and organization for their vested interest will not be appreciate and accepted.

Hence, any kind of problem been faced by colony resident or any business establishment should inform to the council or may contact to these numbers: 9436432847, 8575654464, and 9862448541.

Kohima, June 10 (mexn): Parliamentary Secretary, Irrigation and Flood Control, Jacob Zhimomi paid visit to the Office of the Chief Engineer and held an interactive session with officers and staff on June 10. during the interactive session, the officers raised issues, which hampered the implementation of the programme and activities. A press note stated that one of the issues was delay in release of central assistance. According to the guidelines, fund sanctioned by the Government of India should be placed to the department within fifteen days of sanction failing which the grant amount is to be converted into loan component. However, many sanction could not be release to the department in time resulting in delay in obtaining subsequent releases. Another issue was salaries of casual employees. The fund for casual employees during 2014-15 is yet to be released to the department causing immense hardship to the 162 numbers of casual employees in the department.

Jacob Zhimomi gave assurance to the department for re-dressal of issues raised.

The Parliamentary Secretary in his address stressed on the importance to co-ordinate with Agriculture & Allied Department particularly Soil & Water Conservation, Horticulture department for full utilization of the irrigation benefits in the field and to avoid duplication of the developmental schemes implemented by various departments. He also advised the department to gear up both in paper works as well as implementation of project in the field for timely submission of proposal to various funding agencies and avail maximum fund for the development of the State.

Bendangkokba IAS, Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, department of Irrigation & Flood Control, who chaired the session, delivered the welcome address. Er Njilo Kemp Chief Engineer, I&FC Department highlighted the overall function and activities of the department.

that negligent in his or her duties by the government servants is crime.

The training programme was successfully conducted through which had benefited many government servants in the sub-division. Offices and staff of all departments acknowledged their appreciation towards ADC Tseminyu, Vikhweno Meratsu for her taking initiation for the training programme.

Kohima, June 10 (DiPR): Government of Nagaland has invited deserving cases for award of Governor’s Gold Medal/Governor’s Commendation Certificate’s on the Independence Day, 15th August, 2015. Special Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, L. Singsit, IPS in a circular stated that Citations/ Recommendations of deserving cases may be forwarded to Special Secretary (Home) Nagaland, Kohima latest by 30th June 2015.

While forwarding the citations/ recommendations, the following guidelines are to be strictly observed:1. Details of candidates recommended should be submitted according to format given in Annexure – “A”.

2. Citations/Recommendations should be submitted by the Head of Department for Non Gazetted Staff.

3. Citations/Recommendations in respect of Gazetted Officers working under various Departments/Directorates should be submitted through proper channel as under:- Head of Department to Administrative Head of Department to Special Secretary, Home.

4. In the case of Police, Home Guards, Prison and Fire Services the recommendations should come through

their respective Director Generals/ Head of the Department to Special Secretary, Home.

5. 6 (Six) copies of the Citations/Recommendations duly signed by Head of Department in respect of Non Gazetted Staff and Head of Department & Administrative Head of Department for Gazetted Officer along with soft copy may be forwarded.

6. Citations/Recommendations should be precise highlighting the performance and achievements of the individual recommended.

7. Integrity Certificate to be signed by forwarding authority.

8. For NGO’s/Individuals and employees working under the Establishment of the Deputy Commissioners’ deserving candidates should be submitted through proper channel as under :- Dy. Commissioner of the District Concerned to Commissioner, Nagaland to Special Secretary, Home.

9. No Citations Recommendations will be accepted from the Deputy Commissioner directly.

10. Citations/Recommendations received after the last date i.e, 30th June, 2015 and any deviation from the above guidelines will be summarily rejected.

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porate various social concerns such as clean election, conservation of flora and fauna, to work and eat etc.

Emphasizing on election, he felt that the Church should continuously sensitize on clean election and start working for the next election too and not only shout during electioneering. Kikheto urged the Church leaders who are highly respectable to have the courage to call a spade a spade and not shy away from their responsibility of speaking out the truth whether it concerns the powerful people or not. He appealed the Church to also give more care and attention to Sunday School as proper upbringing of a child could pay rich dividends in the future both socially and spiritually.

A convention of Sumi Baptist Pastors is underway at Sumi Baptist Church Kohima, which is organized by Sumi Baptist Convention. The convention started on June 9 and will culminate on June 11.

MEx File Additional District & Session Judge re-designated as principal judge

Kohima, June 10 (DiPR): The Governor of Nagaland on the recommendation of the Gauhati High Court, has re-designate the post of Additional District & Session Judge, Family Court, Kohima held by Khrulto Koso as Principal Judge, in the same scale of pay with effect from 25.5.2015. This was issued in an order by Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, K.N. Chishi.

ANGPTA Phek Unit informs

PheK, June 10 (mexn): All Nagaland Graduate Primary Teachers Association (ANGPTA) Phek Unit has informed those teachers serving as Primary Teacher under Phek District with Post Graduate and Graduate qualification (Excluding RMSA and SSA Teachers) and who fails to submit their documents and contingency funds are requested to submit it on or before June 30. Thereafter, the Association will not entertain or take any responsibilities. For further information, contact @ 9436204958, 8974321393 and 9436645534.

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Gas agency at Pungro inaugurated

PungRo, June 10 (DiPR): A gas agency was inaugurated at Pungro on June 8 with Torechu MLA 60th Pungro/ Kiphire A/C as the chief guest. In his address, the chief guest said, “Opening of gas agency was like preserving the bio-diversity in our district.” He called upon the people to give their co-operation for the benefit and welfare for all. ADC Pungro Wennyei Konyak also expressed his wish that the agency should remain friendly with customers and provide timely delivery to all its consumers.

Justice (Retd) BD Agarwal retained as chairman judicial inquiry

Kohima, June 10 (DiPR): The Home Department (Political Branch) in a notification informed that in continuation to the Department’s notification of even number dated May 16, 2015 Justice (Retd) B.D. Agarwal is hereby appointed as Chairman, Judicial Inquiry, with headquarters at Police Complex, Chumukedima Dimapur. Justice (Retd) B.D. Agarwal is being appointed as Chairman, in the rank of sitting High Court Judge and his Pay and Allowances shall be governed accordingly. This was issued in a notification by Chief Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, Pankaj Kumar, IAS.

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Kohima district meeting on COTPA

Kohima, June 10 (DiPR): District Nodal Officer (NTCP), Kohima, Dr. Arenla Walling has informed to all the members of Kohima District Level Coordination Committee on Tobacco Control, that there will be a consultative meeting on 17th June 2015 at the DC’s Conference Hall, Kohima, in connection with the violation of the main provisions of COTPA 2003 (section 4 & 6). All the concerned members are requested to make it convenient to attend the meeting positively.

HCHSS passion for excellence prog held NCTSR calls for in-house training

Kohima, June 10 (DiPR): The National Council for Training & Social Research (NCTSR) has launched several training programmes throughout the country with special emphasis for Junior Engineers/ Assistant Engineers (Civil, Mechanical & Electrical) serving under the State or Central government. Therefore any department(s) willing to avail these training programmes may send its officers and staff for in-house training. For more details about the training visit www.nctsr.com or contact 919911295435, Email:- office@nctsr.in, edc1977@gmail.com

NERPAP special camp for Kohima

Kohima, June 10 (DiPR): DC & DEO Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor IAS has informed that 3rd special camp for National Electoral Rolls Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP) will be organized under Kohima district in all polling stations on 13th June 2015 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In this regard the general electors of Kohima district are informed to contact their respective polling station, BLOs or visit the polling station location for the purpose of furnishing AADHAR number, correction of error in electoral role, volunteering disclosures of multiple registration of names existing in the electoral role and making Holy Cross Hr Sec School, Dimapur students attending the one-day passion for excellent programme for Class X and XII deletion, providing mobile number and email address etc. held on May 22.

The DC also directed BLOs to organize the special camp in DimaPuR, June 10 Principal of NEISSR and life. As we learn and interact our life can enhances one’s their respective polling stations and to ensure timely sub(mexn): Holy Cross Hr Sec Director of Peace Chan- with our friends, we need to performance level, makes mission of report format 1A and 1B as intimated earlier.

School, Dimapur organised nel and his team were the work consciously to build one happy and generous. a one-day passion for excel- resource persons. While peace and positive energy It controls ones’ feelings lent programme for Class X addressing the youth, the around us. It should begin and emotions and it helps and XII students on May 22. resource person said that from us by being a proactive one to be focused.” He also While welcoming the gath- we all have a mission and person in the school and stressed on the importance Kohima, June 10 (DiPR): The Government of Nagaering Rev Fr Philip Magh, purpose to live and need in the family respectively. of facing fear and convert- land, Department of Justice & Law in a notification stated Principal, HCHSS said that, to accomplish certain mis- He also introduced the ten ing the negative energy into that on the recommendation of the Gauhati High Court, magic formulas for success- positive. we can achieve if we are sion in our life.

Guwahati, the Governor of Nagaland has appointed Nino He said, “Education ful life. One of the ten prinJudith Huidina and Iralu, Judge TDP as Member Secretary, Nagaland State rightly motivated even beyond what seems to be im- should enable all of us to ciples of success driven life NEISSR students kept the Legal Services Authority in addition to her present assignlive our life happily and help was the importance of goal students energized with ment for a term not exceeding 5 (five) years w.e.f. 1.6.2015 possible.

Rev. Dr. Fr CP Anto, people to live a contented setting. Setting a goal in games and other activities. or till her transfer whichever is earlier.

Nino Iralu appointed as member secretary NSLSA

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Manipur ambush a setback to Nearly two lakh hit by Assam floods AFSPA repeal cry: Gaikhangam Imphal, June 10 (agencIes): The killing of 18 Dogra Rifles personnel by Myanmar-based militants on June 4 may upset the campaign by several organizations for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Manipur.

While Manipur deputy chief minister Gaikhangam said the attack on the convoy of 6 Dogra Regiment near Paraolon village dampened the state government's move to scrap the Act, Lt General Bipin Rawat, GOC, 3 Corps, underscored the need for the law to remain for smooth counter-insurgency operations.

Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu has been on a fast for the last 14 years demanding repeal of the Act, which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces, including shooting people on mere suspicion.

Condemning the attack, Gaikhangam, who holds the home portfolio, said, "The government would not be in a position to scrap the Act if such subversive incidents continue

to occur in the state."

Stating that the state government had begun studying ways to scrap AFSPA in view of mounting pressure from people, particularly rights bodies, Gaikhangam said the move has received a setback following the deadly attack.

Lt General Rawat, who commands the Army troops operating in Manipur and Nagaland, said the AFSPA was only an enabling provision which was helping the Army to operate.

He said the aim of the Army was to conduct a people-friendly operation without causing any hardship to civilians.

"Our aim is to work with the people of the state in whatever we are doing here," the Army officer said.

"While AFSPA will remain, we will continue with our operation in the way we have been operating in the past. It is not that we will suddenly start harassing the people — that is not our idea," he added.

Manipur rights activists renewed their anti-AFSPA campaign a day after the Tripura government lifted

the military law on May 27.

Joining the chorus, over 3,000 Manipuri children petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal the Act. Regarding the Chandel ambush, Sharmila said violence would not bring peace in the land.

The anti-AFSPA campaigner questioned whether some people were attempting to change Manipur into a place of mindless killings.

In the aftermath of the brutal rape and killing of Thangjam Manorama Devi

by Assam Rifles personnel in July 2004, the Okram Ibobi Singh government had lifted the AFSPA from Imphal municipal areas covering seven assembly segments.

During his recent visit to the state capital, Union minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju had said AFSPA would be withdrawn from Manipur if law and order improved.

He said that the Act was withdrawn partially from his home state Arunachal Pradesh after the situation improved considerably.

guwahatI, June 10 (Ians): Close to two lakh people have been affected by floods in 13 districts of Assam, officials said on Wednesday, as over 200 people took shelter in relief camps in Tinsukia and Sonitpur districts.

Heavy rains have also lashed most parts of the state since Tuesday.

Floods hit many parts of Baksa, Dibrugarh and Kamrup districts on Wednesday, even as many villages in Barpeta, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur Tinsukia, Darrang, Nalbari, Golapara, Jorhat and Kamrup (Metro) districts continue to remain under water.

A flood bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said 1,95,243 people have been affected as flood waters submerged 533 villages.

The state government has opened toll free phone numbers -- 1070 for the State Emergency Operation Centre, and 1077 for the District Emergency Operation Centre.

Flood waters have also affected over 8,245 hectares of crop land, officials said.

Col. Newton said.

Security forces launched a joint operation against militants in Parbatjhora area in Kokrajhar district on Tuesday night.

A fierce gunfight took place early on Wednesday between a group of militants and security forces.

However, the rest of the militants managed to escape, he said.

The security forces also recovered a pistol, two grenades, and some ammunition from the slain cadre, who was sent to Kokrajhar with the responsibility to revive the Dhubri platoon of the militant outfit, the official said.

ment (WAD) and its allied organizations (COWF, CSD, WEJ, Serviours Forum Manipur, DWC-UNM, M I/E) today drew attention of all the concerned departments/ authorities to the “increasing crimes against humanity” in Manipur for over a decade.

“The crime against humanity, crime against women and children, are the most common crimes happening in Manipur,” stated the organizations in a press release. “People of Manipur have been experiencing the grave of human rights violation since the unsolved conflict has been in process.” The crimes, it lamented, are increasing despite bills for the protection of vulnerable groups passed in the parliament.

The release informed that the total number of recorded cases of “crime against humanity” in the last

KohIma, June 10 (mexn): The Mao Students’ Union (MSU) today alleged that its representatives were “humiliated and intentionally meted harassment” by “volunteers” of the Southern Angami Peoples Organisation (SAPO) and the Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) on June 10.

A press note from the MSU informed that its President and Secretary (Education and statistic)’ along with the Poumai Naga Students’ Union and Maralui Karalimei Swijoikang (Maram students

union) were travelling to attend the NSF emergency/special assembly at Kohima, when they were allegedly “stopped, questioned and obstructed” from proceeding further at Khuzama. The incident reportedly occurred at around 11:10am.

The MSU alleged that the student leaders were “aggressively abused and even attempted to physically assault them when personnel of the Nagaland police intervened and the Mao students leaders were turned back given passage to the Poumai students

and Maram students leaders.”

The MSU reminded that it had taken heed of the Naga Hoho and “proceeded with confidence that attending the NSF sessions would help bridge misunderstanding and give full cooperation and participation to the activities of the federation.”

“If anything had happened; will Naga Hoho be responsible for this irresponsible act?" it questioned.

Such acts are distorting our very fabric of democracy and Naga brotherliness.”

Poor tribal couple 'sells' newborn, officials say they 'gifted' KhowaI, June 10 (Ians): Did grinding poverty force a poor tribal couple living in western Tripura's Khowai district to sell their oneday-old son since the expenses for bringing him up were too much for them to bear? It depends on which way you look at it.

Officials in Left-ruled Tripura maintain that the poor parents, who already had three children, did not sell the infant for a mere Rs.4,500 but "gifted" him to a childless couple living in the Madhabbari area of the Mandai block in west Tripura district.

As a controversy erupted, the authorities "rescued" the newborn with an NGO's help a week later and lodged him at a government-run shelter, away from his biological as well as adoptive parents. The incident was reported from the remote tribal-dominated Munda Basti, 125 km north of Agartala.

Ironically, the week-old newborn's fate is still in the hands of the biological parents who "sold" the child in the first place, since they would soon be asked by authorities if they wish to raise the infant on their own or not.

"When my wife was three months pregnant, we asked a local government doctor to abort the foetus. However, my neighbours advised us not to terminate the pregnancy. They assured us that I will be put in contact with someone who will ensure a better life for the baby," the infant's father, Ranjit

Tanti, told IANS. The 48-year-old said he eked out a living by selling firewood.

"My son was born on June 2 and we handed him to a childless couple (in western Tripura) the very next day. They gave me Rs.4,500," Tanti said.

Local villagers corroborated Tanti's version.

As the local media got wind of the issue that acquired political overtones, the Manik Sarkar-led government ordered an inquiry to "find out the actual facts".

"In fact, the tribal couple did not sell the newborn. They gifted him to a childless couple. With the help of NGO Child Line, we rescued the infant and put him in a governmentrun home in Agartala," Khowai subdivisional magistrate Sumit Roy Chowdhury told IANS. "The rescue efforts were very tough as the childless couple was reluctant to return the baby. If the biological parents are keen to raise the newborn, we will return the child to them," the official added.

"Both the couples were unaware of the illegality of the deal. The adoptive parents admitted that they gave a few thousand rupees to the biological parents," he maintained.

"The whole process was videotaped and statements of both the couples were recorded," Roy Chowdhury said.

The Congress demanded a Below Poverty Line (BPL) card for the poor tribal couple to ensure govern-

mental support to it.

Tripura Congress president Birajit Sinha, who met the tribal couple, had a different take on the incident.

"The family admitted they sold the child as it was extremely impossible for them to feed the newborn out of the family's very meagre income. We had earlier heard of such incidents in other states of India.

But we are now witnessing child trade in Tripura," said Sinha, a legislative assembly member and a former minister.

"The adoptive couple even gave an advance of Rs.1,000 to the infant's biological mother when she was eight-month pregnant," Sinha maintained.

Child Line official Prasanna Chakraborty, who was part of the team that rescued the child, told IANS, "The Tanti family is very poor, and does not even have a proper house to live in. The couple already has three children. The newborn is their fourth child."

"The child's fate will be decided soon as the biological parents will be asked if they want the newborn back," he added.

Social Welfare and Social Education Minister Bijita Nath refused comment on the issue.

Tribal Welfare Minister and veteran tribal leader Aghore Debbarma, who represents Khowai in the legislative assembly, said that "he had heard about the incident and ordered an inquiry".

ADC poll results: NPF wins 24 seats so far Imphal | June 10

A flood affected family moves on a makeshift raft at Paka Betbari Pam village about 130 kilometers (about 81 miles) west of Guwahati, Assam on Tuesday. According to local news reports, the monsoon rains have caused floods in several districts of northeastern Assam state affecting thousands of people. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)

Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Bhumidhar Barman, and Water Resource Minister Basanta Das on Wednesday reviewed the flood situation, and asked the district

stands at 207. The crimes include torture of civilians by the Indian security forces and armed groups. Meanwhile, total cases recorded for crime against women and children is 128, and number of recorded bomb blast cases in the last five months is 96.

“All the existing situation clearly speaks that Manipur has become “A Land of Dead" in which the people feels more insecure to live in,” the release decried. “The basic Human rights are needed to be protected by the concerned authorities but it seems like the people are protected by the River of Blood.” Besides all the above, the organizations lamented that “Manipur is brutally ruled in the hand of the Army with the deadly draconian law AFSPA since 1958 in the so called greatest democratic country in the world.”

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administrations to take up flood mitigation measures immediately.

The ministers asked the district administrations to arrange relief and rescue material, and take stock of

the infrastructural damage.

According to the water resources department, embankments have been breached in Sonitpur, Nalbari, Dhubri, Darrang and Goalpara districts.

Myanmar-trained NDFB Manipur: Increasing ‘crimes against humanity’ highlighted Bomb blast in Imphal, June 10 (mexn): Ma- five months (January to May 2015) manded the following from the prime Chandel district militant killed in Assam nipur’s Women Action for Develop- covering all nine districts of Manipur minister of India: guwahatI, June 10 (Ians): Security forces on Wednesday killed a hardcore cadre of Bodo militant outfit NDFB who was trained in Myanmar during a counter-insurgency operation in Assam's Kokrajhar district, officials said.

The slain cadre of the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was identified as Prajit Brahma alias B. Laodar, defence spokesperson Lt. Col. Suneet Newton said.

"He was a Myanmartrained cadre of the outfit and was very close to the outfit's newly appointed commander-in-chief B. Rongjabaja," Lt.

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• Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) 1958 • Constitute a special investigation team to make sure that perpetrators of crimes against women and children are brought to justice • Direct the Government of Manipur to start functioning of State Human Right Commission • Initiate the Fast Tract Court in all 9 districts of Manipur within 6 months • Establish a separate department and budget to deal with gender based discrimination • Direct the Government of Manipur to fill up two Judges of Manipur High Court which remain lying since full flagged High Court • Direct the Government of Manipur to investigate the gang rape and murder of Miss Rebika of Heirok properly and sincerely

DelhI, June 10 (agencIes): A day after Indian Army carried out surgical strikes deep inside Myanmar, a bomb blast took place today in Moreh town of Manipur’s Chandel district. No casualty was reported from the blast site. Earlier, on June 4 Indian Army trucks were attacked by a team of armed groups killing 18 Army men and injuring 15 others in Moltung area of Chandel district.

The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has so far won 24 seats in the Autonomous District Council (ADC) polls in Manipur for which results of 67 seats were declared on Wednesday.

The INC came out victorious in 18 seats trailing behind NPF. Till 7 pm, results for 67 seats in the six ADCs of Senapati, Ukhrul, Chandel, Churachandpur, Sadar Hills and Tamenglong were declared. Polling for 132 seats was held on June 1. The six ADCs have a total of 144 seats, but 12 seats had already been declared elected uncontested.

The total number of candidates was 506, but seven from INC, four from Naga People’s Front (NPF) and one from BJP were declared elected uncontested before the poll schedule.

The counting of vote started at 8 am. NPF got five seats in Senapati, seven in Tamenglong, one in Sadar Hills, eight in UKhrul and three in Chandel.

INC won one in Senapati, seven in Tamenglong, three in Sadar Hills and four in Churachandpur.

The BJP came victorious in six seats in Senapati, three in Tamenglong, two in Sadar Hills, two in Chandel and one in Churachandpur.

One Independent candidate each was successful in Senapati, Chandel, Churachandpur and Tamenglong. But two Independent candidates were elected from Sadar Hills.

Results of the remaining seats will be declared on June 11.

Government of naGaland

directorate of HealtH & family Welfare naGaland: KoHima

Dated Kohima; 6th of June, 2015

NO.DHFW-13/109/Vo1-II/14/2166-67: Department of H&FW, GoN invites interested applicants to fill 2(two) post of Tutor Technician at PMTI, Kohima with pay scale of Rs.(5200-20200) with grade pay Rs. 2600/- P.M. Application with complete address & contact number is to be addressed to Principal Director, DHFW, Nagaland; Kohima. The last date for submission of application is June 17, 2015. Short listed candidates will be intimated through calling letter for interview.

Educational qualification: B.Sc/M.Sc (MLT in Pathology & Microbiology) (preferably M.Sc (MLT) from recognized Institution.

(DR. NEIKIETUO CHIESOTSU) Principal Director, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare

Government of naGaland directorate of tecHnical edUcation naGaland : : KoHima NO. DTE/ TECH-A/ 14/ 2015/

Dt. Kohima the 9th June 2015.

NOTIFICATION Applications are invited from local candidates for admission to Ist Year B. Sc. In Hospitality and Hotel Administration for the Academic Session 2015-16. The total number of seats reserved for the State of Nagaland is 8 (eight), out of which 6 (Six) seats are for Institute of Hotel Management, VIP Road, Upper Hengrabari, Barabari Guwahati and 2 (two) for Institute of Hotel Management, Bishop Cotton Road, Shillong.

A. Eligibility: 1. Education Qualification- 10+2 Pass in any stream.

2. Age as on 1st July 2015- Maximum 22 years for General/OBC/ PH categories and 25 Years for SC/ST Categories.

B. Criteria for selection: Based on merit of qualifying examination.

Last date of submission of application form along with documents such as education and caste certificates to the undersigned is 22nd June 2015.

Selected list of candidates will be declared on 1st July 2015 in the Office of the undersigned.

Candidates selected for the course shall report to the respective institute on or before 20th July 2015.

(A. KATHIPRI) Director.

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NO.DTE/ESTT-101/08 (pt): It is hereby informed that the following candidates who have appeared written examination on 6th June '2015 for the post of LDACum-Computer Assistant at Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu vide No. DTE/ESTT-101/08(pt) Dt. 26th Feb'2015, are called for interview/practical test to be conduct on 16th June'2015 at 11:00 a.m in the office of the Directorate of Technical Education Kohima.

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The written examination result is also available on Directorate Notice Board and Website www. dtenagaland.org.in No individual calling letter will be issued.

The above selected candidates also informed to bring their original Documents during the interview.

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Govt to import pulses to check prices; crack down on hoarders

New Delhi, JuNe 10 (PTi): To check rising price of pulses, the government today said it will import lentils in large quantities to boost supply and also asked states to take action against hoarders.

In a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cabinet expressed concern over rising prices and decided to increase imports, among other measures.

Pulses prices have risen by up to 64 per cent in the last one year as the domestic production fell by nearly two million tonnes in 201415 crop year due to unfavourable weather conditions.

“The government is very serious on rising pulses prices. There has been less production of pulses.

We will import pulses whatever quantity is required,” Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan told PTI. “We have asked state governments to take action against hoarders,” he added.

When asked which agencies which will import pulses, Paswan said the modalities will be finalised soon.

Pulses production is estimated to have fallen to 17.38 million

tonnes in 2014-15 crop year (JulyJune) from 19.25 million tonnes in the previous crop year due to deficient monsoon last year and unseasonal rains and hailstorms during March-April this year. India imports about four million tonnes of pulses, largely through private trade, to meet domestic shortfall.

Motor pact among four SAARC nations approved The Cabinet has approved the signing of a motor vehicles pact between India and three other nations of the SAARC grouping Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal on June 15, which will enable seamless transit of passenger and cargo vehicles among these nations.

Following the nod, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will visit Bhutan where the pact is scheduled to be signed by transport ministers of the participating nations.

“The Cabinet has approved signing of the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicle Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger, Personal and Cargo Vehicular Traffic amongst BBIN. The agreement will be signed on

15th June at the BBIN Transport availability of gas through pipeMinister’s meeting in Thimpu, lines or any other means.

Bhutan,” an official statement said “The Cabinet Committee on after the meeting.

Economic Affairs (CCEA) today okayed the continuation of proRs-4,721 cr projects in duction of urea from Madras FertilMP, Telangana izers (MFL), Mangalore Chemicals The government has approved and Fertilizers (MCFL) and SouthRs 4,720.92 crore highways proj- ern Petrochemical Industries Corects in Madhya Pradesh and Telan- poration (SPIC), using naphtha as gana under its flagship highways feedstock,” Fertiliser Minister Anbuilding programme NHDP. anth Kumar told reporters.

The CCEA “has given its ap“The decision has been taken proval for development of the four to ensure smooth supply of fertillaning of the Guna-Biaora and iser in the southern states. The total Biaora-Dewas section of National requirement of Karnataka, Tamil Highway – 3 in Madhya Pradesh Nadu and Kerala is 23 lakh tonne with an estimate cost of Rs 2,815.69 (LT), and the annual production crore”, the statement said. of these three units is 15 LT per anThis will be done under the num.”

National Highways Development Under the Modified New Pricing Project (NHDP) Phase-IV in De- Scheme (NPS)-III, the three units -sign, Build, Finance, Operate and MFL-Manali, MCFL-Mangalore Transfer (DBFOT) basis in BOT and SPIC-Tuticorin -- were allowed (Toll) mode. to produce urea from naphtha as feedstock till June 30 last year, which Nod to 3 naphtha-based was later extended twice by the Cabiurea plants net to April 16 this year.

To ensure smooth supply of On the basis of NPS-III, the urea in southern states, the gov- total cost of production of urea ernment approved continuation or concession price is calculated of its production from three plants while the selling price is fixed at Rs that use naphtha as feedstock till 5,360 per tonne.

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Indian Railways changes Tatkal ticket timings, 50% refund on cancellation New Delhi, JuNe 10 (AgeNcies): Indian Railways has changed the timing for the booking of Tatkal tickets, and said that customers can get a refund of upto 50% on cancellation for the same. As per the new schedule, the Tatkal booking for AC classes will commence at 10 a.m. and close at 11 a.m., while for the non-AC classes, the

Tatkal booking will commence at 11 a.m and close at noon.

Railways will soon launch its ‘Tatkal Special’ train service, travelling on which will be dearer than on normal trains. The cashstrapped public transporter will make special trains on tatkal fares operational for certain busy routes.

While ‘Premium’ trains

-- tickets for which are priced as per a dynamic fare structure -- are already operational, the Tatkal Special trains will be an additional service to cater to the rush. The Railways has also relaxed the advance reservation period for Tatkal Special trains. The advance reservation period is of a minimum 10 days and a maximum of 60 days.

‘Passenger car sales up 8% in May’ New Delhi, JuNe 10 (iANs): The domestic passenger car sales grew by 7.73% in May and stood at 160,067 units from 148,577 units sold during the corresponding month of 2014, industry data showed on Wednesday.

According to the data furnished by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the total passenger vehicle sales, which include cars, utility vehicles and vans, went up by 4.67% to 217,671 units from 207,953 units sold in May 2014.

SIAM data showed that sales of utility vehicles fell by 2.27%t at 43,260 units. The offtake of vans declined by 5.06% and stood at 14,344 units.

The industry data for the last month

reported a 3.95% growth in the overall commercial vehicles segment sales, which is a key indicator of economic activity. The commercial vehicles segment off-take for May stood at 48,841 units from 46,986 units sold during the corresponding month of 2014.

However, the sales of three-wheelers declined by 9.71% in the month under review at 36,500 units from 40,425 units sold in May of 2014. Sales of two-wheelers went marginally down last month by 1.25% to 1,380,950 units from 1,398,376 units sold in the like month of 2014. Total automobile sales in May slipped by 0.58 % at 1,683,962 units from 1,693,740 units sold in the corresponding month of 2014.

‘Maggi controversy stepping India gives loans to sugar mills to help NDTV signs pacts for stone for packaged food industry’ clear $3.3 billion owed to farmers e-commerce ventures New Delhi, JuNe 10 (PTi): The Maggi controversy is likely to be a stepping stone in the evolution of country’s packaged and processed food industry, which could result in better labelling, packaging and testing norms for the entire sector, a Nomura report said.

“We see the entire controversy as a stepping stone in the evolution of India’s packaged and processed food industry,” Manish Jain and Anup Sudhendranath of Nomura said in a research note, adding similar tests are likely to be conducted on other similar products and companies.

According to the Japanese financial services firm, the next logical step for the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) would be to tighten the labelling, packaging and testing norms for the entire sector, which in turn is positive for the consumer.

“This is a positive from the consumer’s perspective and would help expedite the migration from the unorganised to the organised sector,” Nomura said.

Maggi brand has been under the regulatory scanner due to allegations that the product contains higher than permissible levels of lead and traces of monosodium glutamate (MSG).

While Maggi’s brand equity has more

than likely been dented from a near to medium-term perspective, Nomura believes the company is taking all the right actions and will rebound strongly from the same.

“We strongly believe that Nestle India will rebound with a revamped product and packaging, which will slowly rebuild the brand equity,” Nomura said and added that some other bigger brands of the company like infant nutrition portfolio and coffee business are likely to remain “insulated”.

In October 2003, Cadbury brand was marred by a controversy when worms were found in their chocolates. However, recovery for the chocolate giant started by late 2004 and by June 2014, things were back to normal, Nomura said.

Another such incident was the coke pesticide issue.

In 2006, the Centre for Science and Environment alleged that Coca Cola and Pepsi were among a dozen soft drinks that contained high levels of pesticides and insecticides.

However, as was the case with Cadbury, the giants emerged strongly from the controversy with sales of the brand doubling between 2008-14 at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 17 per cent, Nomura added.

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Farmers welcomed the move, and shares of companies like Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd, Sree Renuka Sugars Ltd, Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd,Andhra Sugars Ltd, Mawana Sugar and Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd jumped as much as 17%. A senior industry official said the loan will do little to prop up sugar prices critical to sustaining the industry.

“Instead of the loan, the government should have created a buffer stock,” said the official,

who declined to be named.India, the world’s biggest sugar consumer, is likely to start the 2015/16 marketing year starting Oct. 1 with carry-forward stocks of 10.3 million tonnes, up 37 percent from the current year, an industry body said last week.

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Mills in India, the world’s biggest sugar producer after Brazil, have been lobbying the government for months seeking relief as prices of the sweetener have fallen below the cost of production due to ample supplies.

Sugar cane prices, meanwhile, have jumped over the years due to the populist policies of state governments to raise minimum support prices for farmers.

The federal government earlier this year approved a subsidy to export raw sugar, although that failed to boost shipments amid a global glut. On Wednesday, a ministerial committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to provide a loan of 60 billion Indian rupees ($940 million) to mills for which the government

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The Morung Express

Thursday 11 June 2015

Dimapur

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Organisations condemn June 7 AR assault CSU: The Chakhesang Students’ Union has vehemently condemned the June 7 assault of 5 Naga Youths including the President and Representative to CSU of the Khutsami Students’ Union who were detained for no fault of theirs and tortured till 4:00 am the next morning.

Expressing shock at the blatant disregard of the public outcry voiced in the media by the Assam Rifles in claiming the incident to be “a case of mistaken identity,” a condemnation note from CSU stated, “They cannot wash their hands off the incident with the verbal apology given to the victims.”

The Union disclosed that the youths were detained based on an intelligence report received by the Assam Rifles stating there were 5 NSCN (K) cadres in a red bolero carrying IEDs intended for use on civilians.

Narrating the sequence of events, CSU stated that three youths had already been apprehended and was followed by the arrest of the two student leaders. “It brings to question ‘Were the five youths apprehended in order to fulfill the five nos. of persons as per the intelligence report?’” CSU asked revealing that there were actually three persons returning from a hospital in the second arrest.

“One was threatened and asked to leave and the other two were arrested,” CSU disclosed.

Empathising with the victims, CSU stated, “It was unfortunate for those youths to have been present/passing by at very place and at that very time be-

cause as per the incident, the arrest were made at random and any other civilians could have ended up being victims.”

“Had the Assam Rifles personnel’s that evening ‘out of concern for civilians’ done some basic enquiry as to the owner of the vehicle, and the identity of the individuals, this incident could have been avoided,” CSU stated. However, CSU maintained that this was not an isolated incident. “It has happened in the past and may continue to do so. The only difference being that other incidents have not been brought to the knowledge of the public,” the student body stated.

Taking exception to the nature of the arrest and the subsequent treatment meted out to those youths violating their civil rights, CSU questioned, “How can civilians feel safe when ‘security forces’ are the culprits to human rights violations?”

The Union urged the Government to take this and other related incidents in all earnest and bring the guilty to justice. It also appealed to all concerned citizen to stand together to fight against these atrocities.

AYO: The Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) has condemned the high handedness and brutality of the Assam Rifles in picking up five Naga Youths from the heart of Kohima Town “on their standard stand of being Suspects” and perpetrating physical assault/torture beyond tolerance.

“Afflicting such extreme

acts even after establishing the virtues of the youths will provoke situations that will be detrimental to peace and tranquillity,” a condemnation note from AYO stated while extending wishes of speedy recovery to all the victims of the assault.

It maintained that Security Forces indulging in such unprovoked acts had bore bitter reactions in the past too. “And it won’t be a distant incident for the peace loving people to stand up to defend their inherent rights if such barbaric and inhuman acts are not being immediately stop once and for all,” AYO cautioned.

AYO lamented the role of the state government in administration and security. “In as far as security initiatives and measures are concerned for the subjects pertaining to areas inhibited and populated by civilians’, priority operation response and actions must be addressed and reacted to by the local (State) authorities/agencies. Security operation levels and parameters of the different forces must be clearly looked and adhered with the interest of all,” AYO stated. It added that the State government has to stop giving condemnations through the press “on fall out incidents only” and maintained, “Competent and committed actions from the governments end will go a long way in securing peace and wellbeing of the subjects.”

“Kohima is a Town inhabited by people from all walks of life and profession, people

from within and outside the state. And by all standards and means the citizens of Kohima want and urge for peace and tranquility. The citizens abhor violence and speak up/register their resentment against any acts/ agencies that intrude/ peril and infringe upon their security and peace,” AYO stated.

“And AYO as a morally obligated civil organization that represents the citizens of the district will persistently pursue peace, Harmony and Human Dignity for all,” it added.

MSKU: The Mongsenyimti Senso Kohima Union has also condemned the June 7 incident. “[It was a] sheer display of barbarism by the inebriated troops of 19 Assam Rifles under sadist commanders, venting their frustration on five innocent Naga youths,” a condemnation note from the union stated. The five included Subongwati, a bona fide citizen of the Union, the note informed.

The union stated that the act displayed the savagery and utter disregard for human rights by the so called “Friends of the Hill People.”

The union expressed their disillusionment with the AR in their act of blindfolding and assaulting the innocent victims “with boots, butts and fists” without even bothering to identify the victims’ credentials and forcing the victims to sign bonds under threat and duress and demanded the erring Jawans to be brought to book. It also demanded that AR come out

clean on the whole episode.

SNSU: The Siithozu Nasa Students’ Union (SNSU) has condemned the “vile behaviour” of the 19 Assam Rifles Personnel in assaulting five innocent youths out of suspicion of being NSCN (K) cadres on the night of June 7.

In a press release, SNSU stated that the 19 AR Jawans “have no right or authority” to inflict such forceful assault to any civilians in the whole of Nagaland anymore. It stated that two of the victims, namely, Miidotuzo (27 years) and Vetasho (28 years) are both student leaders and were on duty on the day.

The union maintained that the tag “Friends Of The Hills People” was something of a “misnomer” and and compared it to “old fairy lines”. The union also stated that it will not tolerate such assaults being repeated.

NLSF: The Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) has strongly condemned the “barbarous” June 7 assault on civilians by the Assam Rifles in Kohima.

NLSF reminded all citizens that, there is “no law” in India which empowers the “Assam Riffle Uniform” to arrest and physically torture any civilian, anywhere.

A condemnation note from the NLSF asserted that the AR personnel have been employed by the government “to protect and safeguard the citizens.” However, instead of protecting the public, they are harassing and torturing the innocent student leaders and civilians with no reason, NLSF maintained.

Highway robbers apprehended Kohima, June 10 (mexn): Kohima Police on June 9 apprehended three persons involved in highway robberies on commercial vehicles.

A press release from Kohima Sub – Divisional Police Officer & PRO Atu Zumvü informed that credible information was received at Chiephobozou P.S. regarding commission of highway robbery on commercial vehicles at three different locations i.e., Nerhema Junction, Zhadima quarry and Nachama lake (Line hotel area) on NH-2 by some unknown miscreants.

On receipt of the information, Police personnel rushed to the spot but the miscreant fled from the scene in two motorbikes.

Accordingly the Police personnel manning Chiephobozou check gate were alerted and after giving a hot pursuit by the police, they were intercepted from Chiephobozou check gate, the PRO informed.

The following articles were seized from their possession: Rs. 3650, Demand slip – 39 leaflets, and two black colour Bajaj Pulsar Motorbikes. The three were identified as Leacy Ketholetuo Angami (36 yrs) of NSCN (IM), a resident of Botsa, Kohima; Videsielie Kense (26 yrs) and Asou Angami (44 yrs), also resident of Botsa, Kohima.

In this connection, a regular case under IPC R/W 7 NSR 62 is registered against them for conducting further investigation.

NPF visits Dima Hasao

NPF Minority Wing president with others in Dima Hasao.

Dimapur, June 9 (mexn): The president of NPF Minority Wing, Nagaland, Bishnu Bhattacharjee visited Tribal Hostel and Institute of Raja Govindchand Arya Gurukulam at Dima Hasao in Assam.

He attended the students’ felicitation programme as chief guest.

A press release informed that the president paid tribute to Dimaraji martyrs with other guests and appreciated the noble works of Arya Samaj in imparting higher education to ST students in the hill areas of North East.

The institute was initiated for orphans and children of poor parents of Dima Hasao district, according to the release, which noted that Arya Samaj Organization has eight tribal hostels cum education centre (Arya Gurukulam) to help needy tribal (ST) students of Nagaland, Karbi Anglong and NC Hills in particular and North East India in general.

The Arya Samaj is also extending support with scholarship and hostel facilities to ST students in other parts of India for higher education, it added.

A special prayer for all people May the sacred heart of Jesus be adored, glorified and loved today and everyday, throughout the world, now and forever.

Amen !

Hail Mary full of Grace.

The Lord is with you.

Blessed are you amongst women and Blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Revati Narayanan

KVYO: Kohima Village Youth Organization has also condemned the June 7 assault and torture of 5 innocent Naga youths by 19 AR in Kohima on mere suspicion of being NSCN (K) cadres and has termed their act ‘cowardly’. Also questioning the Motto of the Assam Riffles, KVYO asked the higher authorities to take action against the errant commander of 19 Assam Rifle and the Jawans involved.

NAYO: The Northern Angami Youth Organization (NAYO) also condemned the June 7 assault of 5 Naga youths by 19 AR at Kohima town.

“NAYO is extremely angered by the racial taunts and verbal abuses indulged by the AR personnel, besides the extreme physical torture that has been inflicted upon the innocents during their unjustified interrogation for over 18 hours,” a condemnation note from NAYO stated.

“NAYO would like to enlighten the 'Friends of the hill people?' that the trust and respect of Naga public can best be earned during times of conflict rather than through the various 'military civic action projects' and other development programs that have been initiated during periods of ceasefire,” NAYO stated. “For the record, neither the Assam Rifles, Indian Army or 'Naga Army' will benefit from battles waged upon non combatants,” the organisation maintained. “Picking on soft targets and civilians by any

ANPEPWCEA demands release of pending salary

Zakiesato Memorial Higher Secondary School, Dimapur observed World Environment Day on June 5 with the theme “Sustainable Consumption and Production.” Several competitions pertaining to environment protection and preservation were held during the day.

Medical Council meets doctors in Wokha WoKha, June 10 (Dipr): A three member team led by Nagaland Medical Council President, Dr. LM Murry visited Wokha and held a meeting with the doctors fraternity of Wokha District at Chief Medical Office Conference Hall Wokha.

Dr. Murry while interacting with the doctors said that the purpose of their visit was to let them know the proper perception and functioning of the Medical Council. Earlier, Nagaland did not have a Medical Council. Medical practice

was therefore free for all without any rules and regulations. With the constitution of the Nagaland Medical Council, every practitioner of Allopathic system of medicine is required to register by law.

He also pointed that, it has now become illegal to practice modern medicine without registration in the council. He also added, government has no power to deregister a doctor or by a court of law. The council is the sole authority for this.

Once the State Medi-

PCNI appeals for ‘goodwill’

DTBWS marks 10th Foundation Day

Dimapur, June 10 (mexn): The Peace Coalition of North East India (PCNI) has appealed for “goodwill and amicable settlement” on the land dispute between Southern Angami People Organization (SAPO) and Mao Council over Kozürü/ Kezoltsa and Dziikou “in the truest spirit of Naga brethren.”

PCNI reiterated that violence only begets violence and that there are no victors in any form of violent behaviour and action.

“Resolving the conflict through mutual respect and dialogue by the conflicting parties may be the best alternative way out,” a press release from PCNI stated.

Further, PCNI appealed to all concerned organisations, Civil Societies, Churches Associations, Students bodies and individual to look into the matter and bring about an amicable solution at the earliest.

Dimapur, June 10 (mexn): The Dimapur Tamang Buddhist Welfare Society celebrated its 10th Foundation Day at the society monastery premises at Padumpukhri, Dimapur on June 5, a press release received here informed. A mass prayer for victims of the Nepal Earthquake was undertaken during the programme.

cal Council de-registers a member, the Medical Council of India will atomically de-register them.

Government cannot appoint in the service a candidate who is not a registered member of Nagaland Medical Council.

The council has different committee to assist the functioning, interest and welfare of the council namely, Executive Committee, Ethic, member’s protection, CME, Anti-quackery, finance, disciplinary and nursing home etc.

Meanwhile, the society has expressed gratitude to the Nagaland Government for providing post matric scholarship for students belonging to the minority communities i.e., Buddhists, Muslims etc. The welfare society was formed in June 5, 2005 and got registered under the society act, Government of Nagaland on January 11, 2008.

Dimapur, June 10 (mexn): The All Nagaland Police Engineering Project Workcharge Employers Association has demanded the release salaries pending for 6 months in three divisions.

A press release from the ANPEPWCEA stated that the workcharged staffs under Police Engineering Project under three divisions are facing a lot of problems and hardships for maintaining their families due to non-release of monthly salaries for 6 months w.e.f. December 2014 to May 2015.

“Our school and college going children are sent out of school due to non payment of admission fees and monthly tuition fees,” the workcharged employee association stated. “Even shopekeepers have stopped giving ration due to non payment of credit,” it added.

The w orkcharg e d staffs requested the higher Departmental authorities to look into the matter seriously as early as possible and release the pending salaries.

The w orkcharg e d staffs stated that it had tolerated and performed their daily duties without any complaints. “But now we cannot bear any further,” the staffs warned and stated that it will be left with no alternative but to take their own course of action if its request go unheeded.

ATMA Kikruma conducts training

military formation is a sure sign of weak training, misguided bravado, frustration and cowardice,” it added.

NAYO requested all concerned public to be aware of the reality that 5 innocent Naga youths have become victims of AR incompetence based on inputs given by ‘spies’. “Spies who in all probability are Nagas themselves doing it for monetary benefits,” it stated.

Further requesting the Assam Rifles to exercise utmost restraint at this period of uncertainty, NAYO stated, “Abrogation of ceasefire is between GOI and NSCN/GPRN (K). It does not even involve the other 7 odd NPGs. Therefore it is most illogical and foolhardy for the Assam Rifles in opening up another war front with Naga civilians as well.”

“Even the NSCN K which has been labeled as a 'terrorist organization' has never behaved in such a manner against any indian citizen as done by the AR on the innocent Naga youths,” NAYO maintained.

SASA: The Sekruzu Area Sports' Association (SASA), Phek District, also strongly condemned the high handedness of the Assam Rifles jawans in physically assaulting its General Secretary, Mudotuzo of Khutsa Village and one of its members Vetacho on the night of June 8 at Kohima without any rhyme or reason. In a condemnation, the association asked the AR to seek public apology from the illfated duo.

MEx FILE Dimapur Pangti Ekhung fellowship Dimapur, June 10 (mexn): The half yearly fellowship of Dimapur Pangti Ekhung will be held on June 13, 10:00 am at Diphupar Lotha Baptist Church.

Therefore, all the members have been requested to attend the fellowship.

‘Naga Market’ on June 13 Dimapur, June 10 (mexn): Survival Nagaland, in collaboration with the District Administration, Dimapur, Developmental Authority of Nagaland and Dept. of Handloom & Handicraft has invited local entrepreneurs/ food item sellers etc to open limited number of stalls at Supermarket, Dimapur on June 13 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. A press release from SN informed that forms will be available at: Bajaj Showroom, City Tower; PS 23, Behind Traffic Control Room, Holy Cross Junction; Tribal Hut Restaurant, Next to Jal Mahal Hotel & Opp. Hotel Acacia; High Noon Restaurant, Next to Town Hall, Supermarket. For further information, one may contact 9436654182, 8794271840, and 9774020040.

ACAUT informs villages, colonies Dimapur, June 10 (mexn): ACAUT Nagaland has called a meeting on June 12 at 11 a.m. at Anaki Conference Hall, Anaki Building, Khermahal Road, Dimapur, to deliberate on rampant extortion and corruption issues. A statement from the ACAUT Media Cell has requested all the concerned Chairmen and GBs of villages/colonies under Dimapur district to attend the meeting “in Naga interest”. ACAUT also appealed to all the leaders from all the sub-divisions under Dimapur district to attend the meeting.

ENSUK informs candidates Kohima, June 10 (mexn): The Eastern Naga Students’ Union Kohima has informed all the candidates who have taken the confirmation letter from the ENSUK for admission to undergo various courses of Engineering and Nursing at Mewar University and Hyderabad that the admission date has been extended till June 13.

A press release from the union stated that the extension was especially for those candidates who have not yet completed arranging necessary documents required.

ENSUK informed that the admission date will not be extended any further hereafter and requested all the students to inform of their admission at the earliest.

NPYC meeting Kohima, June 10 (mexn): The Nagaland Pradesh Youth Congress has convened a meeting on June 13 at Congress Bhavan, Kohima at 11 a.m. A press release from the youth congress has requested all concerned to attend the meeting positively.

SFS Parish music camp Tening, June 10 (mexn): The Catholic Youth Association (CYA) SFS Parish, Tening will hold a music camp cum election of the office bearers at the Parish Centre on June 22 at 5 p.m. The camp will conclude on June 29. A press release received here informed that Rev. Fr. John Barman will “animate” the camp with a team of CMC Sisters and Lay Music Directors. It has further requested all CYA members of the Parish to attend the camp.

Training on office procedures, accounts held

pheK, June 10 (mexn): The Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Kikruma Block conducted a one day training and demonstration programme on June 5 at Pusa-

chodu village. Imtilapzuk, SDAO Pfutsero and Dzüthorü, FD Fishery, Phek were the resource persons during the training and demonstration programme. The topics covered were soil and crop

health management, common carp breeding etc. Later, Kiwi Farm School was inaugurated and Food Security Groups (FSGs) were also selected. Altogether 31 participants attended the program.

Kohima, June 10 (mexn): A two-days training on office procedures and accounts for Principals of Government Colleges organized by the Directorate of Higher Education , Nagaland, was held on June 4 and 5. G. Kevishe Pucho, Jt. Secretary, School Education Department and Khinyi Woch, Rtd. Sr. Accounts Officer from Treasuries and Accounts were the resource persons. The training was mostly for the new Principals to update them in matters of office procedures/record keeping/role of DDOs and other accounts matters.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express THursDAy 11 JunE 2015 volumE X IssuE 158 By moa Jamir

Bunga Bunga Naga Style?

Note on a Scandal

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ocial media outrage on the moral credibility of politicians’ ran a story in The Morung Express (June 10), assessing the raging debate over a ‘perceived’ misdemeanour of some politicians, as revealed by photos that have gone viral over the social media during the weekend. Ironically, the reactions from representatives of some leading mainstream organisation were ‘subdued,’ to say at least, earning acerbic denunciation from the readers, with the charges of complicity and hypocrisy among others.

The present piece, however, is not treatise on the morality in relation to the unfolding event, but rather tries to ascertain whether it has the making of a scandal. John B. Thompson (2000) argued that a scandal has five characteristics - it must involve some sort of transgression of certain values, norms or moral codes; an element of secrecy; some sort of disapproval of the action surrounding it; accompanying the disapproval must be a public denouncement of the actions; and the actions must damage the reputation of the individual.

If we were to follow that yardstick, the politicians have joined the illustrious list of those politicians who were in the eye of storms for their personal and moral transgressions. Italian Servio Berscusloni’s (in)famous Bunga Bunga parties and Clinton-Lewinsky affairs immediately strike a chord. Such antics, however, are not restricted to politician alone - sportsperson plays it; rock star croons it; actor performs it; and celebrity flaunts it; and the general public literally savours a ‘scandalous’ palette.

Therefore, is the apparent moral infidelity of politician justified?

'A man is only as faithful as his options,’ quipped comedian Chris Rock once, which may go a long way toward explaining the promiscuous tendency of certain prominent men (or women). Former US Secretary of State Lt. Henry Kissinger once told The New York Times that "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.”

Likewise, Machiavelli in his doctrine of ‘reasons of state’ maintained that morality has no place when the interests of the state are at stake,; but what such interest constitutes is often the moot question. Similarly, others argued that morality belongs to the individuals and is independent of their public life.

However, In Morality in Leadership, and Public Policy, Eric Thomas Weber opined that if morality is the answer to the question 'how ought we to live' at the individual level, politics can be seen as addressing the same question at the social level.

An intense public scrutiny usually follows such event, but the ultimate outcome often depends how the general public perceives the transgressions. In a piece in Foreign Policy, Elaine Sciolinojune maintained that the French don't just tolerate their politicians' sexual dalliances -- they demand them - contrasting with the Americans who have time and again shown that they consider a politician’s moral discretions as tantamount to cheating on the voters (trust), public office and the country. Even the most innocently playful banter can have negative consequences, she added.

Take for instance, a poll by the Pew Research Centre in 2013 shows that only 47% of the French say it is morally unacceptable for married people to have an affair while an overwhelming 84% Americans finds infidelity unacceptable.

Finally, Alison Dagnes (2011) argued that Political scandals (of sexual nature or otherwise) are different from other types though they can garner the same level of extreme media attention.

“A politician may be famous, but h/she is famous for the leadership role he plays in government and for the promises he makes to the public in terms of good character and model behaviour” and therefore act as a representative of the greater public.

Bringing it into the Naga context, without making any assumptiom or passing any moral judgment to the nature of the alleged transgression, if we were to measure it strictly from the yardstick of probity and ‘scandal’ described at the outset, it is certainly a ‘scandalous’ event; but the big question is, does the public has moral credibility to hold them accountable?

For any comment, drop a line to moajamir@live.com

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Ebola virus not becoming more dangerous: Study

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he Ebola virus circulating in West Africa for the past year, deadly as it is, is not showing any evidence of being more dangerous than the first one that emerged in 1976, according to a US study.

Instead, researchers from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that the current strain, called Makona, might have "a decreased ability to cause disease" in an animal model compared to the original Mayinga strain, which was isolated in Central Africa in 1976, according to the study published on Tuesday. In an animal model called cynomolgus macaques, the current strain, still present in Sierra Leone and Guinea, takes roughly two days longer to cause terminal disease when compared to the 1976 strain, they said.

The results provide important information to scientists, as they wondered if the Ebola virus in West Africa is becoming more severe, the NIH researchers reported in the US journal Emerging Infectious Disease.

In the new study, the researchers infected three cynomolgus macaques with the 1976 strain and another three with the current strain, Xinhua news agency reported.

While both groups were spreading the virus three days after being infected, those with the 1976 strain developed a rash on day four and became extremely ill on days five and six.

Those with the current strain did not develop a rash until six days after infection, and severe disease appeared on days seven and eight.

Further, liver damage -- typical in Ebola disease -- was delayed by about two days in the current strain-infected group compared to the group with the 1976 strain.

In humans, the current outbreak, which has killed over 11,000 people, has a case-fatality rate of 50 percent, while the 1976 one has a case-fatality rate of 90 percent.

"It seems fair to conclude that virulence of the strain from West Africa in macaques is not increased compared with other EBOV (Ebola virus) strains," the researchers wrote.

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Ted Widmer NYT

Did the American Civil War Ever End?

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hen did the Civil War end? Many have answered never. As late as 1949, in an address at Harvard, the writer Ralph Ellison said that the war “is still in the balance, and only our enchantment by the spell of the possible, our endless optimism, has led us to assume that it ever really ended.”

Still, there was an ending of sorts, in 1865. Sometimes, it came cleanly, as with Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox on April 9. At other times, the war just seemed to give out, as soldiers melted away from their regiments and began to find their way home. Other generals in more distant theaters fought on gamely: Not until June 23 did Stand Watie, a Cherokee chief and a Confederate brigadier general, sign a cease-fire agreement at Doaksville, in what is now Oklahoma. The last Confederates of all were the furthest away: After evading capture in the North Pacific, the confederate raider Shenandoah sailed all the way to Liverpool, where its crew surrendered on Nov. 6, the fifth anniversary of Lincoln’s election.

Then there was Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

This sickening act of violence, when added to all the others, brought a definitive feeling that an era had ended, as surely as Lincoln’s election in November 1860 had precipitated it. The funeral train that carried Lincoln’s remains home to Springfield, Ill., drew millions, and while the tragedy felt senseless, it also offered the nation a chance to mourn something much larger than the death of a single individual. To the end, Lincoln served a higher cause.

After he was laid to rest, on May 4, the armies united for an epic display of glory, worthy of Rome. Over two days, on May 23 and 24, more than 150,000 soldiers marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington before a reviewing stand where President Andrew Johnson and Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant stood.

That was a political as well as a military statement, for this vast army did not exactly disappear.

The Grand Army of the Republic, founded in 1866, would become a potent lobbying force for veterans.

Its immense gatherings helped to choose Lincoln’s successors for decades.

More than a year later, on Aug. 20, 1866, President Johnson proclaimed that final pockets of resistance in Texas were “at an end.” We could call this, too, the close of the war.

But much remained “in the balance,” as Ellison said; uncomfortable, unfinished. Certainly, the presence of so many veterans was a new fact for Americans, and kept the war alive, simmering, for decades.

More than a few required help to cope with their trauma, and the federal government, which had grown so much during the war, grew again to address their needs. It paid out pensions, it built hospitals, it maintained service records, and it assumed more responsibility for the mental and physical health of those who had given so much. That was an important precedent for the New Deal and the Great Society.

To this day, as a recent Wall Street Journal article reported, an elderly North Carolina woman, Irene Triplett, collects $73.13 a month for her father’s pension. He served in both the Confederate and Union armies: His tombstone avoids that complexity by saying simply, “He was a Civil War soldier.”

Reintegrating these former soldiers took decades.

What we now regard as the best Civil War fiction, such as the work of Stephen Crane and Ambrose Bierce, did not even appear until the 1890s, as if the war’s memory was too potent at first.

A new product, Coca-Cola, was introduced in 1885 by a former Confederate officer, John Pemberton, who had been slashed by a saber in the final fighting of the war, after Appomattox, then wrestled with an addiction to morphine, to dull the pain. A pharmacist, Pemberton experimented with a mysterious formula that derived from the coca leaf and the kola nut, to ease his suffering. The early marketing for the elixir suggested that it could reduce the symptoms that veterans suffered from, including neurasthenia, headaches and impotence.

Many veterans retained their sidearms, including Confederate officers, and weapons were easily available, thanks to an arms industry that had done great service to the Union cause. They could hardly be expected to voluntarily go out of business. With new

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he battery never runs out; you never have to worry about getting a bad signal; it can’t get hacked.

When this new device was launched, crowds lined the streets, desperate to get their hands on it. “A window-shattering, hell-raising, no-holds-barred fracas”: That was how Nation’s Business magazine described the American debut of the ballpoint pen in 1945.

At $12.50 a pen—around $160 today—the Reynolds International ballpoint wasn’t cheap, but that didn’t stop thousands from queuing up outside Gimbels department store in New York City on Oct. 29 of that year to buy this “fantastic, atomic-era, miracle pen.”

According to the New Yorker, Gimbels sold $100,000’s worth of the pens— nearly $1.3 million today—on that one day alone.

Seventy years later, the ballpoint pen isn’t making headlines, but it’s still hugely popular. The pens are cheap, long-lasting and extremely portable.

They’ve come a long way from that first day in Gimbels—because the Reynolds International, frankly, didn’t work.

The ballpoint pen came to the U.S. from Budapest, by way of inventor László Bíró. Born in 1899, Bíró tried several careers—from studying medicine to practicing hypnotism to selling insurance—until he stumbled into journalism. That led to his great invention. One day, while visiting the printing room of the newspaper where he worked, Bíró grew frustrated when the heat of the presses made his fountain pen leak. He watched the machine

A giant bust of Lincoln by the artist David Adickes in a field outside of Williston, North Dakota.

products (like Winchester’s Model 1866 rifle), sophisticated distribution networks and a public eager to buy, the industry entered a highly profitable phase.

Winchester’s repeating rifles needed hardly any time for reloading, and sold briskly in Europe, where American arms tipped the balance in local conflicts.

The Winchester was easily transported to the West, where new military campaigns were undertaken against Native Americans, and few could be blamed for wondering if the Civil War had in fact ended. Many of the same actors were present, and it could be argued that this was simply another phase of the crisis of Union, reconciling East and West, rather than North and South.

This tragic epilogue does not fit cleanly into the familiar narrative of the Civil War as a war of liberation. Peoples who had lived on ancestral lands for thousands of years were no match for a grimly experienced army, eager to occupy new lands, in part to reward the soldiers who had done the fighting.

Natives called the repeating rifles “spirit guns,” and had no answer for them. They fought courageously, but in the end had no choice but to accept relocation, often to reservations hundreds of miles away. Adolf Hitler would cite these removals as a precedent for the Nazi concentration camps.

In other ways, the war endured. The shift westward created a huge market for building products, furnishings and all of the technologies that had advanced so quickly during the fighting. One skill that amazed observers was the speed with which Americans could build railroads and the bridges that they needed to cross. Between 1865 and 1873, more than 35,000 miles of tracks were laid, greater than the entire domestic rail network in 1860.

This activity was very good for business. Huge profits were made as those who had become wealthy supplying the war effort adapted to the needs of a civilian population eager to start anew. Indeed, it is difficult to tell from the 1870 census that any war had taken place at all. The 1860 census had valued the total wealth of the United States at $16 billion; 10 years later, it was nearly twice that, $30 billion. So many immigrants came between 1860 and 1870 that the population grew 22.6 percent, to 38.5 million, despite the massive losses of war dead.

To careful observers in 1865, it was palpable that something important had already happened during the war. To organize victory, a grand consolidation had taken place, in which leading concerns had improved their organizations, crushed their smaller rivals and strengthened distribution networks. The railroad was a key part of this consolidation; so was the telegraph, often built along the tracks. Military goods needed to move quickly around the country to supply armies, and all of those skills were instantly transferable to private enterprise. One firm, an express freight delivery service founded in Buffalo, moved its goods slightly faster than the competition.

It was, and is, known as American Express.

Information was vital to make all of these systems work. During the war, the Military Telegraph Corps built 8 to 12 miles of telegraph line a day; and the military alone sent 6.5 million messages during the war.

By the end of 1866, more than 80,000 miles of line existed, and these were rapidly extended into the West and South, reknitting some of the strands of Union.

Entirely new sectors of the economy had sprung up as well. In 1859, on the eve of the conflict, oil was discovered in northwestern Pennsylvania, and throughout the war, its value became clear to a war economy that urgently needed to lubricate the machinery of production. John D. Rockefeller bought a refinery in Cleveland in 1863, a major step on the way to the creation of Standard Oil. As soon as the war ended, the search for oil in new locations began: The first well in Texas was dug in 1866, in Nacogdoches County.

Many veterans, having paid so dearly for freedom, were troubled to come back from the war, only to find a new economy, dominated by industrial barons, quite a few of whom had paid substitutes to do their army service. Lincoln’s words about freedom continued to move people, but his emphasis on equality seemed to fade as the power of money rose to new heights. It was not only that a small elite had become extremely wealthy; but money itself seemed to move in new ways, fast and loose.

In other words, it was unclear to many Americans what, exactly, they had won. A great evil had been defeated; and Union forcibly defined and defended.

But so rapid were the changes unleashed by the war that soldiers blinked their eyes in amazement when they returned home. Like Ulysses, the Greek hero their commander was named after, they often did not recognize the country they came back to.

Perhaps the most complicated legacy of the war was its claim to have liberated millions of AfricanAmericans from slavery. This was not the official purpose of the war when it began in 1861, but it became so, especially after the scale of the war required a cause worthy of so great a sacrifice.

But when did slavery actually end? Was it the national ratification of the 13th amendment, on Dec. 6, 1865? Or the day Mississippi ratified it, in 1995? Or the gift of full citizenship (including voting rights) to African-Americans? There are those who would argue that we are still waiting for that Day of Jubilee.

To read the stories that came out of Ferguson, Mo., Cleveland and Baltimore in the last year — all communities that remained in the Union — is to realize how distant the victory of the Civil War feels to large numbers of African-Americans.

Of course, that does not minimize the importance of the Confederacy’s defeat. It ended forever a way of life and politics that had dominated the United States from its founding. It accelerated the demise of slavery where it still existed, in Cuba and Brazil, and encouraged liberals around the world to push for greater rights. In the fall of 1865, Victor Hugo wrote in a notebook, “America has become the guide among the nations.”

In France, Napoleon III was destabilized by Lincoln’s victory, and pulled back from his adventure in Mexico, where his puppet, Maximilian, was shot by a firing squad in 1867. Three years later, he was removed after his defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, and the transfer of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany left a bitterness that would fuel the world wars of the 20th century.

Without the Civil War, and its tempering of the national character, would the United States have been able to mount a great global campaign against fascism? Surely it would have been feebler, without the manufacture of war matériel across all the regions, or the rhetoric of freedom Franklin D. Roosevelt used to inspire the world.

Nearly all of the national triumphs of the last century, from the civil rights movement to the exploration of space to the birth of the digital age, stemmed from the contributions of Southerners, Northerners and Westerners working together. We have had failures too — we see them on a daily basis. But the refusal to fall apart in 1861 made a difference.

Ted Widmer is an assistant to the president for special projects at Brown University, and the editor of “The New York Times Disunion: Modern Historians Revisit and Reconsider the Civil War from Lincoln’s Election to the Emancipation Proclamation.”

The Enduring Genius of the Ballpoint Pen James Ward The Wall Street Journal cylinders apply ink to paper and wondered if he could develop a pen that worked similarly. He spotted one issue: A cylinder could only roll backward and forward, while a pen needs to move in all directions.

Bíró sat in a nearby Budapest cafe, trying to solve this puzzle. Looking out the window, he saw a group of children playing marbles in the street. It had been raining, and one boy rolled a marble through a puddle. As it rolled along the pavement, it left a line of water in its wake. With that inspiration, the ballpoint was born: By using highquality ball bearings and creating minute grooves in the head of the pen to draw the ink to the tip (through a process known as capillary action), Bíró was able to create a reliable product.

As Bíró’s pen became popular around the world, the American entrepreneur Milton Reynolds decided to launch his own version and capture the U.S. market. Having failed to

buy the U.S. rights to Bíró’s pen, he got his hands on a British version and attempted to copy it. The Reynolds International was rushed into production after just five months of development, and Reynolds’s desire to be first on the market drove him to cut corners with his version. While Bíró’s design used capillary action, Reynolds’s relied on gravity alone. It would blotch, blob, leak and scratch. Its main selling point was that it came with a two-year guarantee.

Reynolds replaced 104,643 faulty pens in the first eight months alone, according to author L. Graham Hogg, and other opportunistic manufacturers began flooding the market with even less reliable designs.

A few years after those frenzied October 1945 scenes in New York, U.S. sales of ballpoint pens had collapsed entirely.

Still, one U.S. businessman, Patrick Frawley, kept faith with the idea of the ballpoint. His first Paper Mate pen,

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launched in 1949, restored consumer confidence in ballpoints with its innovative retractable nib and quick-drying ink. Now part of the Newell Rubbermaid conglomerate, Paper Mate remains one of the most popular pen brands today.

But it was a Frenchman, Marcel Bich, who truly perfected the ballpoint—producing an icon of modern industrial design. He dropped the last letter of his surname to avoid mispronunciation and called his new pen the Bic Cristal.

With its hexagonal body (inspired by the shape of a traditional wooden pencil) and instantly recognizable lid, the Bic Cristal is familiar to millions around the world. It was launched in 1959, when it sold for just 19 cents—$1.50 in today’s money. The Bic’s promise that it “writes first time, every time” made it an enormous success. More than 100 billion have been sold to date, the company says, and half of all ballpoint pens sold around the world are Bics. The Museum of Modern Art in New York even has a Cristal in its permanent collection, celebrating the pen’s simple, utilitarian design. Bic’s products are available in 160 countries, and it boasted sales of more than $2 billion last year.

Most of us use a ballpoint every day, but few of us ever think about its revolutionary design or its inventors. Thanks to Bíró, Frawley and Bich, anyone can write anything anywhere.

Their mighty little pen made writing accessible to all.

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7 PERSPECTIVE Why photography matters

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NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

Parvati Nair

It is no longer the extraordinariness of the image, but rather its familiarity that lends credibility to the representation of how these immigrant women have made new lives in the city

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n a world where the selfie has become ubiquitous and where images constantly drift past our line of vision, it seems reasonable to wonder if photographs matter. Thanks to the advent of the smartphone, we can all be photographers. This technological dexterity serves to remove whatever trace of the magical there remained in photography against the grain of modernity’s emphasis on rationality. There was a time when a photograph was an event. When the sitter surrendered to timelessness for an instant and when the photographer, in a representative act that sought to capture experience, demonstrated the alchemy of time and place.

All that has long since changed.

Photography in the digital era exemplifies modernity’s narcissism and unstable fluidity. In entering the muddy waters of the ordinary and the everyday, it risks anonymity, even irrelevance. This may fundamentally alter the place of photography in our world, but it does not in any way lessen it. Against the grain of a surfeit of the visual and in the face of a surplus that threatens to obscure it, the photograph has shifted to assuming a vernacular that speaks of, and to, the world around us. In so doing, we constitute ourselves via the image as much as through experience. With the ambiguity and ambivalence that has always been part of this medium, images both make up the everyday as much as human subjects do and, simultaneously, announce the uniqueness of the everyday. Yes, most images sorely lack punctum – that ability to pierce the viewer and leave an imprint that Barthes wrote about – but to imagine the world devoid of images is also to imagine the world halved through the loss of its reflection in the mirror. It is to imagine the world halved again by the closing in of horizons of memory and possibility, and halved yet again by the loss of the face of the other. It is to imagine a world unable to progress due to the breakdown of a vital medium that helps us make sense of reality, or even just glimpse it perhaps, through representation.

When photography was first invented in the nineteenth century, it was hailed as a revolution in man’s relationship with time and place. The power to intervene in the passage of time, to rupture the latter in the closing of a shutter, saw photography become a vital tool for intervening in the world. Its documentary power made the camera a companion of travellers, early anthropologists and explorers. Documentary photography became a medium through which inequalities or injustices were exposed, a witness to suffering that drew the viewer in. In bringing into focus those who might otherwise have been relegated to obscurity, photography mediated inequalities and opened a space where otherness could be framed and engaged with. The result was often pedagogical, if not charitable, as in the case of Dorothea Lange’s iconic image of the Migrant Mother, a photograph that did more to raise funds for those affected by the Depression than many newspaper reports on the same topic.

Images today still retain something of that aura that made the topic, if not the subject, memorable.

More to the point, the visual has become a key instrument in mediating the world around us. It is as vital as language itself, and equally potent in symbolic significance. Furthermore, in the same way as the self now engages with the selfie and evolves through and around it, so do images provide us with a means

"Migrant Mother", California,1936. Wikicommons/ Dorothea Lange.

to navigate social contexts and engage with them.

We, as photographers, are also our own subjects. We have become the other who occupies the space of the frame – the other whom we cannot distinguish ourselves from, but whose image spurs us on to negotiate the complexities of time and place.

The Women of the World: Home and Work in Barcelona project is conceived within this context where alterity features in the everyday, and in the here and now. Few figures can match that of the migrant in signaling the presence of the other in our midst. The Women of the World project sought to trace the paths of subjects who are otherized in numerous ways, on account of immigration, gender and ethnicity. The oral narratives of their trajectories that were collected would have been incomplete without the visual, that other vernacular that empowers the scattered subjects of globalization to give meaning to their world.

A fundamental method that the project rested on was to ensure that the subjects determined how and where they were photographed. Their approval was also sought in the final selection of images, turning these into collaborative acts that echoed the narrative act of engaging in interviews. In this sense, it is no longer the extraordinariness of the image, but rather its familiarity, indeed

its necessity, that lends credibility to the representation of how these immigrant women have remade home, found work and made new lives in the city. The visual and the oral act as two media that complement one another, in an effort to map the voice onto the face, and so also give a face to the voice, of the subject.

If photography matters today, it is not because it heralds big revolutions or because it marks the extraordinary. On the contrary, it is because it marks the ordinary, the everyday, the transient subjects of modernity, seen most emblematically in the context of migration. The French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, a master of the everyday, once said that ‘it is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… They are made with the eye, heart and head.’ He might have added that it is not the photographer alone who makes the image, but the viewer too. To see and to listen is to know and to feel. It is to engage in the adventures of alterity and to enter into the imaginative realms of the familiar unfamiliar. This, then, must be why photography matters.

Parvati Nair directs the United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility. She is also Professor of Hispanic, Migration and Cultural Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.

Handling A Challenging Conversation Getting caught in a difficult conversation!

Probably, we would agree that at one point of time in life we had found ourselves in a situation where we don’t want to be personally or professionally in a state of nervousness, anxiety, doubt, and worried while in a difficult conversation.

It would be safe to say that as human beings, it is natural, we don’t want confrontation, we don’t enjoy confrontation, we don’t want to be in a confrontation situation and we don’t want to offend anybody but it does not have to be that bad in trying to handle a difficult conversation.

The question is how can we handle this kind of difficult conversation to make it slightly easier?

Handling a situation in a state where we don’t want to be could be really challenging and difficult particularly if we tend to assume the expected outcome to be negative because of misperception or misjudgement of the situation.

Considering Few Challenging Situations and Conversation, In a meeting environment, we are always too rigid and closed off things that we think might bother others or will be bothering in our/their works. As a result, the thoughts or concerned to share gets delayed which can create a more stressful situation leading to misunderstanding, miscommunication, and even to the extent of mistrust.

In a working environment, when we have an unhappy situation due to unhappy boss in a working environment, we have a tendency to follow the rule of “wait and delay” in sharing the thoughts or opinions which bothers us to avoid any awkward conversation. Similarly, when it comes to salary package / increment conversation, probably we delay the topic due to lack of confidence and negative presumption.

As a result, this strategy of “prolong and wait” can create unhappiness and stress in the working envi-

ronment forcing to the extent of even quitting the job.

In career choice / plan, depending on the society / region / country it might differ, however, in general, we are not ready to explore and express the thoughts on what interests us and follow our choice of career fearing family disagreement / disapproval; instead we often follow the surrounding trend probably due to various pressure factors ranging from family to society in relation to position, respect, money, and power. As a consequence, the long term result is that most of us end up living an unhappy life in a stressful environment by doing what we don’t want to do it.

Why Stressful Situation?

Considering the situations as mentioned above, a common factor can be seen and understood is the common avoidance factor which is “FEAR”. The fear of sharing thoughts, choices, ideas; the fear of saying the wrong thing; the fear of bothering; the fear of upsetting someone; the fear of being ignored; the fear of coming across too tough; the fear of speaking the truth….the list goes on.

Understanding FEAR

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feeling of insecurity feeling of negativity

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Understanding Fear © Augustine READING, NAHAN Business Solutions understanding Fear © augustine reading, NahaN Business solutions

Figure Representation: Understanding the representation - FEAR is the feeling of anxiety, insecurity, and negativity which causes nervousness, or worries, or uneasy, or doubt in various occasion and situations.

How to Tackle Fear in a Challenging Conversation To avoid fear or to overcome stressful situation, first we need to tackle the Fear. A lot of these fear are a result of delaying the inevitable and over-complicating the situation by prolonging the action to be taken; and by not

taking the action at the appropriate time and moment.

Just like taking any decisions in any given situations where a strategy for a right place, right environment, right timing, etc. is important, there should also be a strategy behind conversation. Some steps that could help in tackling fear in difficult conversation are: Be Prepared: Think about your key points before expressing it, and avoid beating around the bush.

Be Positive: Avoid negative presumptions even before you begin the conversation. Start approaching the situation or difficult conversation with an open mind.

Be Yourself: Stick to the facts, and be honest. If you have something to share in your mind, the best way is to be honest and express your thoughts and opinions to let the other person know about it.

Be Flexible: Pick and choose your battles; go with the flow instead of unnecessarily over-complicating the situation.

As a conclusion, at the end of the day, it is what it is; it all depends on how we would like to tackle the situation. If something is bothering and creating a stressful situation, have some courage and get straight to the point instead of thinking about it for days, weeks, months, years, hours and contemplating the right approach of “they might understand”. By not addressing the situation we are creating a way for disaster. So, take control; initiate the conversation even if the other person may not want to hear it; don’t let fear get in the way as it can be very difficult if you make it more complex in a challenging conversation.

About the Contributor Augustine Reading, MBA is an entrepreneur based in FRANCE and CHINA. Studied, worked in FRANCE, CHINA, and INDIA, he is the Founder / CEO of NAHAN Business Solutions Co., LTD. Headquarter in Shanghai, P.R. China, the company provides Business Solutions for Sourcing, Procurement, Trading, and Business Management Services for Corporate Strategic Management and International Business Expansion Solutions of SMEs.

he economic goal of any nation, as of any individual, is to get the greatest results with the least amount of effort. It is for this reason that men began putting burdens on the backs of mules and bullocks instead of their own. Then, they went on to invent the wheels and the wagons, the motor trucks, and the trains. Indeed, men used their ingenuity to invent millions of other labor-saving devices. Today, many of the manual works previously undertaken by men are done by computers and other machines at much higher speed and greater accuracy. In this sense, the progress of civilization has meant the reduction of human-labor or employment, not its increase.

All advanced countries are now employing more technology and machines to do all kinds of work. This has resulted in wealth and created higher standard of living. As such, people in wealthy nations can confidently talk about eliminating child labor or removing the necessity of work for their senior citizens. For example, a much smaller proportion of the American population needs to work than, say, of China or of India. Therefore, the real question is not how many employment opportunities a country can create, but how much it can produce, and what, in consequence, will be their peoples’ standard of living.

In Nagaland, we do many things in reverse: we are more concerned about employment, not production. When maximizing production should have been our real goal, we have instead chosen employment, which is merely the means, to be our all-consuming goal. This is why we have ended up with an over-bloated bureaucracy that has 140,000 employees, which is far above the figures in other comparable states such as: Manipur – 65,000 employees; Meghalaya – 55,000; Arunachal Pradesh – 45,000; Sikkim – 35,000; and Mizoram – 75,000.

The creation of an over-bloated bureaucracy in Nagaland is a result of our short-sightedness. In most cases, we the people have unduly pressured our elected leaders to invent projects and create government jobs. Or, sometimes our leaders might have thought that they were only doing a good thing whenever they added more people to the bureaucracy. On the other hand, they didn’t realize that putting more people on government payroll is irrational in the absence of production or revenue generation. After all, nobody can distribute more wealth than is created. Furthermore, our leaders have not understood that an unproductive worker is a liability to the public because he or she takes away a portion of public funds. In a sense, any unproductive worker is like a thief: when our money is taken by a thief, we get nothing in return. Similarly, the same situation exists when public money is taken to support needless government employees: we get nothing in return. Thus, we have brought this huge burden upon ourselves: causing our government employees to eat up at least 60 percent of our State budget, which is almost double the 35 percent limit recommended by the 13th Finance Commission of India.

So, how do we solve these problems? Can we come up with a good solution that will benefit everyone in our society so that the general populace will get more out of public funds without adversely affecting our current government employees?

My answer is an emphatic yes. But some may ask, how?

Well, I would say … by transferring all superfluous officeholders and unproductive government employees into the private sector, thereby reducing our bureaucracy to a more appropriate size. (Note: I am fully aware that such a recommendation will initially scare off many people, so I’ll attempt to ease that anxiety in my next article because my desire is certainly to see everybody as well off as possible, and yet to do so through the proper means of achieving it.)

Generally speaking, the smaller the size of the government, the better it is for the public. Here I am not referring to the public workers whose services are really needed. For example, certain public services need a certain number of people to serve as public servants. These may be police personnel, firemen, health officers, judges, legislators, and key employees in the various Departments, to list the bare minimum. These are people whose primary responsibility is to make it possible for the public, and the private businesses, to function in an atmosphere of law, order, freedom, and peace.

Therefore, the need of the public for their services justifies their employment by the government.

As for many other government employees, their services may not be an absolute necessity for the welfare of the public.

For that matter, an empowered public can take better care of itself. Also, public funds are better invested in development projects rather than spending on the salaries of government employees whose services are not productive.

Contrary to popular opinion, the system of granting “permanent job security” in the government service is bad for productivity and output because workers don’t have to necessarily compete or constantly innovate to survive in the workplace. A more rational approach can be seen in the deployment of soldiers depending on situations or needs. After every great war, for example, many nations would disband most of its soldiers in the armed forces. Initially, this would always create fear to the soldiers. But this fear of unemployment is often unfounded since it is based on a one-sided perspective. To assume that the disbanded soldiers will get no other employment opportunities as soon as the government ceases to employ them is an over-stretched conclusion. Yes, the government will cease to pay their salaries, but the public will now retain the funds that were previously taken from them and use the amount to support the former soldiers in some other ways. Some civilians, for example, will be able to hire some of these ex-soldiers. Other war-time soldiers who were previously supported by public funds will become selfsupporting civilians. As a result, the total national production---the wealth of everybody---will be higher.

The same reasoning applies to civilian employees in the public sector whenever they are retained in excessive numbers and do not perform services for the community in proportion to the value of the remuneration they receive. But, once again, we mistakenly assume that if these public workers were laid off from active government service, they would have no other source of income to support their families. But the good news is this: many government employees can be relocated into the private sector for gainful employment by using their acquired professional skills and knowledge. For example, they can set up private businesses and be more successful on their own, or serve in some public-private partnership ventures, or work directly under the leadership of local communities with partial government support. Thus, they can become productive men and women instead of being parasites on our public system.

So then, what should be the policy of a progressive government? The answer is, minimize employment in the public sector and maximize production for the private sector. In the end, this will make our society, and Nagaland as a State, more prosperous.

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Sweden gains speed in Indian arms race

New Delhi, JuNe 10 (ReuteRS): India and Sweden were in talks on Wednesday over a bigger role for Swedish firms in India's defence manufacturing, including jet fighters worth billions of dollars, after a deal with French giant Dassault Aviation was scaled back.

Sweden's Saab has clawed its way back into the race to equip the Indian Air Force's ageing squadrons after Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck a pact to buy 36 French Rafale planes, instead of 126 originally planned, to cut costs.

Saab has offered to produce its single-engine Gripen plane locally under Modi's "Make-in-India" programme, after an earlier version was passed over in favour of the French aircraft.

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist held talks with Indian government leaders in New Delhi, and was due to meet his counterpart, Manohar Parrikar, later on Wednesday to resume defence supply talks after a gap of four years.

With India allowing up to 49 percent foreign participation in the defence sector, Sweden is looking at India as a manufacturing base, Navtej Sarna, Secretary (West) in the foreign ministry, said.

An Indian defence ministry official said the Swedes had shown interest in a range of military hardware, not just aircraft, including shipyards in In-

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist (C) inspects an honour guard during his ceremonial reception in New Delhi on June 10. (REUTERS Photo)

dia where the next generation of warships and submarines will be built for the navy.

"They are very keen to set up shop here," the official said, asking not to be named in line with defence ministry policy. Saab declined to comment on its offer of fighter planes, saying it would rather wait for India to spell out plans for any potential purchases.

Between 2010 to 2014, India was the world's top arms buyer, according to the Stockholm In-

ternational Peace Research Institute, importing three times more weapons than China to equip a military for a two-front war including Pakistan.

As well as France and Sweden, the United States has been active in India, and was one of the top three arms suppliers in recent years in a challenge to Russia's traditional dominance.

But Modi has vowed to slash India's dependence on arms imports, saying it weakened its strate-

gic autonomy, and vowed to build a domestic industrial arms base.

FRENCH FALTER One reason the Dassault deal faltered was that the French firm and state-run Indian partner Hindustan Aeronautics could not agree on terms under which 108 of the proposed 126 Rafale planes would be manufactured in India.

Saab India chairman LarsOlof Lindgren told Indian military website StratPost last year

that the firm had done the ground work to build the Gripen in India.

"We already have a Make in India plan for our aircraft," said Lindgren, a former ambassador to India. "We have all the designs for a factory ... how it would look like and how the flow of products would work, and we have also prepared for sub-contractors being in the same area."

India's air force says its needs 42 squadrons to face the threat from nuclear rivals Pakistan and China, but because of years of delays and budget constraints, it is currently down to 34 squadrons, each of around 18 aircraft. The main reason is that an indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) meant to form the backbone of the air force is nowhere near completion, 32 years after it was proposed.

Saab has offered to help in the development of the newer version of the LCA, which the Modi government says remains the top long-term priority for the air force.

Defence Minister Parrikar told parliament in March that the LCA's parameters were better than foreign competitors in terms of thrust and speed. The one aircraft that scored better was the Swedish Gripen, he said, although it costs much more.

"There is no way the government can ditch the LCA, it will be political suicide," said retired air vice marshal Manmohan Bahadur. "They could, however, look for supporting it (from external sources), the avionics etc."

Jaya, 49 others in fray for key bypoll

CheNNai, JuNe 10 (Pti): The filing of nomination for the byelection to R K Nagar assembly constituency, being contested by AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa after her acquittal in the wealth case, came to an end today with a total of 50 contestants throwing their hat in the ring.

Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be taken up tomorrow. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is June 13. Polling is scheduled on June 27 and counting of votes will be taken up on June 30. The election is expected to be a cakewalk for the 67 year-old Tamil Nadu Chief Minister who seeks to represent a city seat for first the time in her political career.

The Election Commission said that a total of 50 candidates, including Jayalalithaa, have filed nominations, which started on June 3. All major opposition parties DMK, BJP, Congress, MDMK and PMK have announced boycott of the election largely alleging that the ruling party would use money power.

They had also reasoned that there was no need to contest the bypoll as the assembly elections are due early next year. CPI with the support of CPI(M) is the only recognised party that is likely to give some fight to Jayalalithaa, who has to fulfill the constitutional requirement of getting elected to the assembly within six months of taking over as Chief Minister.

Bypoll to the constituency in north Chennai was necessitated due to the resignation of AIADMK's P Vetrivel as MLA on May 17, paving the way for his party chief to seek election.

With the Karnataka High Court acquitting the AIADMK supremo in the disproportionate assets case that threatened to derail her political career, Jayalalithaa returned as Chief Minister on May 23.

She was earlier disqualified as MLA of Srirangam on being convicted in the assets case by a Bengaluru trial court in September last year.

Jayalalithaa was subsequently acquitted of all charges by the High Court on May 11, allowing her return as Chief Minister for the fifth time.

CPI's senior state leader C Mahendran and wellknown activist K R Ramaswamy, popularly known as 'Traffic' Ramaswamy are the other candidates who have filed nominations.

Cabinet approves ordinance to amend Negotiable Instruments Act Tomar moves bail plea, claims arrest illegal New Delhi, JuNe 10 (iaNS): The union cabinet on Wednesday decided to promulgate an ordinance to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act to provide for filing of cases about dud cheques at places where these are presented.

"The cabinet has given its approval for the proposal to promulgate the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015," an official release said.

It said that the proposed amendments to the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 ("The NI Act") were focused on clarifying the jurisdiction related issues for filing cases for offence committed under section 138 of the Act. "The clarification of jurisdictional issues may be desirable as this would be in the interests of the complainant and would also

ensure a fair trial," the release said.

It said that clarity on jurisdictional issue for cases of cheque bouncing would increase the credibility of the cheque as a financial instrument. "This would help the trade and commerce in general and allow the lending institution, including banks, to continue to extend finance to the economy, without the apprehension of the loan default on account of bouncing of a cheque," the release said.

Section 138 of the NI Act deals with the offences related to dishonour of cheque for insufficiency of funds in the drawer's account. The release said that various financial institutions and industry associations have expressed difficulties due to recent legal interpretation by the Supreme Court of

the place of jurisdiction for filing cases to be the place of drawers' bank.

"To address the difficulties faced by the payee or the lender of the money in filing the cases because of which, large number of cases were stuck, the jurisdiction for offence under Section 138 has been proposed to be clearly defined," it said.

The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was passed in the Lok Sabha last month but could not be taken up in the Rajya Sabha.

The release said that the objective of the ordinance is to ensure fair trial keeping in view interests of the complainant by clarifying the territorial jurisdiction for cases for dishonour of cheques. Officials said the move will benefit 18 lakh people.

Foreign fund curbs on 4,470 NGOs; Organisations say no notification New Delhi/KolKata, JuNe 10 (iaNS): The home ministry has barred 4,470 NGOs from receiving foreign funds for not adhereing to the guidelines but many affected organisations across the country say they have not been formally informed about this.

After scrutinising the records of 9,000 NGOs, the home ministry has cancelled the licenses of 4,470 NGOs for noncompliance with the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA). According to the FCRA of 2010, which sets the guidelines for foreign contributions received by NGOs, any such transfer has to be be reflected in the prescribed returns by the transferor and the recipient.

"These NGOs have violated

the FCRA and have not been filing their returns. So, their licenses to receive foreign funds have been cancelled," a home ministry official said, adding that some of the organizations have not been filing their returns for over 10 years.

According to the notification put up on the home ministry's FCRA website, these 4,470 organizations have not filed their returns from the financial years 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 20112012. The Supreme Court Bar Association was one of the 400 organizations in Delhi whose licenses to receive foreign funds have been cancelled.

"We have been caught unawares on the issue. We haven't received any notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs so

Centre attacks collegium system in SC New Delhi, JuNe 10 (Pti): The Centre today sharply criticised the erstwhile collegium system of appointing judges saying that it did not follow the principle of meritocracy in which many "undeserving" persons became judges, some of whose names it gave in the Supreme Court.

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who was yesterday asked to give a list of "bad appointments of judges" made under the collegium system, today gave seven to eight names of judges who were appointed despite adverse reports from the Intelligence Bureau.

He claimed that when the collegium insisted on such recommendations, the Centre was bound to accept them.

"The collegium did not follow the principle of meritocracy in appointing judges and hence, many undeserving persons got appointed as judges," Rohatgi told a five-judge bench headed by Justice J S Khehar hearing petitions challenging the validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act. "In 2013, the proposal of appointing a judge was dropped. Then, why should the Chief Justice of India revive the same proposal before demitting the office. I say how and why it was done.

"The proposal was earlier opposed by two judges of this court long back. Then why was it revived. I am just responding to a short query," he said to a bench which also comprised justices J Chelameswar, M B Lokur, Kurian Joseph and Adarsh Kumar Goel.

On the plea that the appointments were insisted upon by the collegium, the bench said, "You (Centre) had all the means. What was the IB doing. It is not the job of the IB to choose a man of choice..."

far," said Aishwarya Bhati, Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association.

Similarly, 1,441 organizations from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have also been seized of their foreign fund licenses.

"We have received no formal information from the officials regarding this," said Nageshwar Rao, an official at Hyderabad's Osmania University.

As per the FCRA website, for West Bengal, during June 9-10, as many as 748 NGOs, art, culture, religious establishments and educational institutions figure on the aregistration cancelled' list.

Prominent among them are the Academy of Fine Arts, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, the Meghan David Synagogue, International Society for Krishna

Consciousness (ISKCON) and St. Xavier's College.

However, some like the Academy of Fine Arts say they have not been formally informed about the issue. "The cancellation of licence will not be a major setback because there was no foreign funding in the last ten years, Basab Ray, a member of the Academy's trust committee told IANS in Kolkata.

Among others similarly affected are Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Gujarat National Law University, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's Kabir NGO, All India Human Rights Association, Consumers' Forum- Delhi, Indian Institute of TechnologyDelhi, Osmania University and University of Hyderabad.

New Delhi, JuNe 10 (iaNS): Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar on Wednesday moved his bail application in a sessions court here, alleging that Delhi Police did not comply with the requisite legal formalities before arresting him.

Seeking bail, Tomar told the court that he has been falsely implicated in the case.

"The question of absconding of the applicant/accused (Tomar) does not arise as he is sitting MLA and has deep roots in society, has a family and is permanent resident of Delhi," said the bail application moved by Tomar's advocates C.L. Gupta and Neha Rastogi.

It added that Tomar was law minister of the Delhi government and police did not comply with the requisite legal formalities before his arrest.

"The applicant (Tomar) was never served with any prior summons or notice before his arrest and police obtained his signature today (Wednesday) on some documents and have created documents to show that he was served with the said documents," the bail application said.

The advocates said the entire case was based on documentary evidence and Tomar had also handed over all documents whatsoever were available.

He fully cooperated with the investigating agency and would continue to cooperate, they added.

Tomar's advocates told the court he would not try to tamper with evidence.

"The college has already filed an affidavit before the Delhi High Court, where the High Court is also seized of the matter, to the effect that the degree of the applicant (Tomar) is genuine," the application added.

Tomar moved another application to challenge his arrest in the alleged fake degree case.

The applications were mentioned before Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Jain, who refused an early hearing on Tomar's plea and posted the matter for Thursday.

In his application, Tomar called his arrest illegal, saying police did not follow proper procedure while apprehending him.

A magistrate court on Tuesday sent Tomar to fourday police custody following his arrest in the alleged fake law degree case. The court also rejected his bail application.

Delhi Police arrested Tomar on Tuesday and slapped a case of cheating, forgery and conspiracy against him.

Police also told the court that the investigation in the case was at its initial stages and the documents pertaining to the law degree obtained

by Tomar were "fake".

BJP accuses another AAP legislator of forged degree Meanwhile, the BJP on Wednesday accused another Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leg-

islator of allegedly giving false information about his educational qualification in the election affidavit.

A day after Delhi's law minister Jitender Singh Tomar resigned over an alleged fake degree case, Bharatiya Janata Party's former lawmaker Karan Singh Tanwar said he has filed a complaint that the educational certificate of AAP MLA Surender Singh is forged.

"I had already met Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi, deputy commissioner of police and gave them a written complaint along with all relevant papers in connection with the forged, fake and frivolous degree of AAP MLA Surender Singh," Tanwar said here on Wednesday.

"A criminal case must be registered against Surender Singh and he should be arrested immediately," he said.

The Delhi High Court on a petition oif Tanwar on May 19 issued notice to Surender Singh for allegedly giving false information about his educational qualifications in the election affidavit.

Tanwar said that a reply obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) query from the Sikkim University said it did not have any record of a student named Surender Singh.

Tanwar sought the court's directions to declare Singh's election "void and the same be set aside".

Give Chhotu's childhood back to him Munish Kumar Raizada

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IANS

hildhood is the most wonderful phase of one’s life.

You are the centre of attraction at your home and wherever you go, people can’t stop playing with you, your wishes are their commands and all your tantrums are fulfilled in a jiffy. But unfortunately, this isn’t true for all children.

For a large proportion of children in India, childhood is a time to forget. They are treated as labourers and their day depends upon the whims and fancies of their employers. And, for all the hard work that they put in, they are paid peanuts. Welcome to the dark world of child labour.

Amidst the fast upcoming high-rise residential and office apartments in India, are a number of small shops that make a handful of profits despite tough competition from glitzy shopping malls. One common feature of all such shops is a ‘Chhotu’.

Usually a boy between 6 to 14 years, Chhotu is an indispensable feature of almost all Indian shops, ranging from small dhabas and ration shops to auto-

repair workshops and medical kind, the IPEC has been instru- tweaked the country's child lastores. The sight of such Chhotus mental in cutting down child la- bour laws and allowed children have become so common that we bour in many nations by form- below 14 to work in family busifail to acknowledge the fact that ing partnerships with a number nesses and the entertainment he should have been in a school, of NGOs, universities and other industry, sans circuses. While shaping a bright future for him- influential groups. It was the ILO education activists criticized this self rather than washing utensils which, in 2002, called for marking move and termed it contrary to and serving tea at the commands June 12 as the World Day against the provisions of Right to Educaof a grumpy employer.

Child Labour. tion Act, the government justified Disguised as it as “a balance be"financial help to June 12 is World Day Against Child Labour tween the need the poor family", for education for child labour is, in a child and reality fact, a rampant form of slavery In 1991, a World Bank report of the socio-economic condition that can be found in many de- gave India the dubious distinc- and social fabric in the country”. veloping nations. According to tion of being home to the highest The government added that the 2001 census, India is home number of child labourer popula- this provision would only be valto over 1.26 crore working chil- tion in the world - 44 million! Ac- id if it doesn’t interfere with the dren who are in the age group cording to the report, one of the child’s school hours. The amendof 5 to 14 years. Just to put this major reasons behind this shame ment also introduced a new defiinto perspective, this number is was that a large portion of India's nition of "adolescents" - children higher than the entire population juvenile population did not go to between 14 and 18 years - and of Belgium! Data from the NSSO school. Extremely high popula- barred them from working in any (National Sample Survey Organi- tion, where even a child was seen hazardous industry. It would be zation) reveals that in 2004, there as a potential earning member of immature to arrive at any conwere 90.75 lakh working children the family, was another signifi- clusion on the impact of these in India. cant reason. There are enough changes as of now. But such age In 1992, the International La- recorded instances to believe regulations have been in place bour Organization came out with that child labour is the first step in the country for quite a while the International Programme on towards greater evils such as hu- now but have failed to reduce the the Elimination of Child Labour man trafficking and physical and number of child labourers. The (IPEC) that aimed to completely mental abuse inflicted upon chil- population of child labourers is eradicate this across the world. dren. only getting stronger with each The largest programme of its Last month, the government passing year.

Interestingly, it was in 2006 that the government banned child labour at places such as dhabas, hotels and other recreational places. But did you see any change in the number of child labourers around you since then? Probably not!

Our knee-jerk reaction to all the problems is to blame the government for them. But this, perhaps, is one of the few instances where common people need to share as much blame as the government, if not more.

An extremely minimal number of households in the country have never employed a child in any form. Even lesser would be the number of citizens who have raised their voice against child labour. While "feeling bad" for those unfortunate children seems like a good deed, it won’t improve their situation one bit.

In fact, the next time you feel like going back to your childhood days, spare a thought for those helpless kids who will never see their childhood even once. On this World Day against Child Labour, let us remind ourselves: “Children are meant to learn, and not earn.

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Top leaders to host Suu Kyi on her maiden visit to China

BEIJING, JUNE 10 (AP): Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will meet with Chinese leaders in Beijing this week to build ties with her country’s giant neighbor, while China hopes to shore up its declining influence in the Southeast Asian nation following recent democratic reforms there.

The secluded, fiveday visit, which started Wednesday and includes no scheduled public appearances, gives the Beijing leadership a chance to get to know Suu Kyi at a time when her country has shifted toward Western countries, Japan and other potential investors.

Myanmar’s citizens, now freer to protest, have stalled a Chinese-backed dam and other projects out of environmental concerns, and China is upset about fighting between Myanmar’s military and rebels in the border area.

“There are question marks on both sides as to where that relationship is headed,” said Jurgen Haacke, a political scientist at London School of Economics. “It is useful for (the Chinese leadership) to play the Suu Kyi card to try and have a different approach, a different avenue to get their message across.”

Suu Kyi is an interna-

Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Wednesday, June 10. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi will meet with Chinese leaders in Beijing this week to build ties with her country’s giant neighbor, while China hopes to shore up its declining influence in the Southeast Asian nation following recent democratic reforms there. (AP Photo)

tional democracy icon for her yearslong defiance of, and imprisonment at the hands of, an authoritarian military government in Myanmar that was supported at the time by China, which still keeps fellow Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo imprisoned for his calls for democracy.

However, Suu Kyi has maintained since her release in 2010 that her country must maintain friendly relations with China, and the trip demonstrates her

determination to accumulate the diplomatic credentials to potentially contest Myanmar’s presidency no matter how it might clash with her past role.

When asked Wednesday whether Suu Kyi’s visit might be an occasion for China to release Liu, convicted in 2009 of subversion and sentenced to 11 years in prison, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said no. “There’s no reason to backpedal on the verdict that has been made by Chi-

nese judicial authorities according to law,” Hong said.

Suu Kyi’s first trip to China is a party-to-party meeting between China’s Communist Party and her opposition National League for Democracy, which is expected to perform strongly in elections later this year. She is constitutionally barred from contesting the presidency because of a provision barring people who have been married to foreigners, but has campaigned

for a change that would allow her candidacy. She will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, NLD spokesman Han Tha Myint said.

Chinese officials have not confirmed which leaders she will meet, nor released details of her itinerary. In contrast to state visits, such party-to-party visits to China often are kept semi-secret, with little or no media access. Suu Kyi arrived late Wednesday afternoon at Beijing’s international airport and was taken straight into a car with a police escort.

China began reaching out to Suu Kyi’s party when she became a member of parliament in 2012, said another NLD spokesman, Nyan Win. Chinese media now cover the party’s events and news conferences, something they rarely did before 2010, he said.

As Myanmar has opened up, citizens have been emboldened to display anti-Chinese sentiment and protest Chinese-backed projects, succeeding in delaying some of them. Building of the Myitsone dam — a joint Chinese-Myanmar project on the Irrawaddy River — has been suspended since 2011.

Analysts expect the two

sides to discuss controversial joint projects, also including a copper mine that has led to violent crackdowns by the Myanmar government on protesters, including Buddhist monks who were injured by smoke bombs. The sides also are likely to discuss fighting between Myanmar’s military and rebels along the border that occasionally spills into China, and how Suu Kyi sees Myanmar developing.

Qu Jianwen, a Southeast Asian affairs expert at China’s Yunnan University, said Suu Kyi will be able to take “objective and reliable information” back to Myanmar’s people about China’s intentions in their country to counter their negative image of China.

China considers Myanmar strategically important as a gateway to the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal, and wants to secure oil and gas pipelines in its Southeast Asian neighbor. “In the medium-term, China is likely to remain the largest investor,” said Omar Hamid, London-based head of Asia Pacific Country Risk at IHS, an independent economic consultant.

Meanwhile, Suu Kyi will seek to position herself as a leader who can draw support from both the West and China, Hamid said.

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US proposes to expand work permits of foreign students WAShINGTON, JUNE 10 (PTI): Aiming to attract more students from abroad, the Obama administration has proposed to provide six-year work permit to certain category of foreigners who come to study in the US. The move, likely to benefit Indian students the most is being opposed by a top Republican lawmaker.

According to new regulations proposed by the Department of Homeland Security, foreign students in science, technology, engineering and maths collectively called STEM would be allowed to work in the US for six years — three years after finishing an undergraduate program, and then if it is needed, another three years after a graduate programme.

Currently, foreign students are authorised to work for a 12-month period after graduation from a US degree programme. Foreign students graduating from Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) degree programmes are granted an additional 17 months of employment.

The new proposals have been submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to which the students in non-STEM category would get work permit for three years if they had an earlier STEM degree. Given that students from India are mainly in STEM courses, the proposal if implemented would highly benefit Indian students.

However, the proposal has met its first tough hurdle from Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee.

4 Westerners held for stripping on Malaysian mountain KUALA LUMPUR, JUNE 10 (IANS): Two Canadian siblings, a Dutch and a Briton have been taken into custody by the Malaysian authorities for allegedly stripping naked on Mount Kinabalu, an act which the locals believe angered the spirit of the mountain and caused an earthquake which killed 18 people. Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman, police commissioner for the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah, said that the four Westerners were detained on Tuesday and they were still searching for the other six tourists. The detainees might be charged for causing public nuisance, Xinhua news agency reported.

Several days before the earthquake, a group of foreign tourists stripped to take pictures at the top of Mount Kinabalu, which infuriated many local people who regarded this act as disrespectful.

UN: Sex exploitation by peacekeepers strongly underreported Pope approves new office to investigate bishops on sexual abuse UNITED NATIONS, JUNE 10 (AP): Members of a U.N. peacekeeping mission engaged in “transactional sex” with more than 225 Haitian women who said they needed to do so to obtain things like food and medication, a sign that sexual exploitation remains significantly underreported in such missions, according to a new report obtained by The Associated Press.

The draft by the Office of Internal Oversight Services looks at the way U.N. peacekeeping, which has about 125,000 people in some of the world’s most troubled areas, deals with the persistent problem of sexual abuse and exploitation. The report, expected to be released this month, says major challenges remain a decade after a groundbreaking U.N. report first tackled the issue.

Among its findings: About a third of alleged sexual abuse involves minors under 18. Assistance to victims is “severely deficient.” The average investigation by OIOS, which says it prioritizes cases involving minors or rape, takes more than a year.

And widespread confusion remains on the ground about consensual sex and exploitation. To help demonstrate that, investigators headed to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

A year ago, the report says, investigators interviewed 231 people in Haiti who said they’d had transactional sexual relationships with U.N. peacekeep-

ers. “For rural women, hunger, lack of shelter, baby care items, medication and household items were frequently cited as the ‘triggering need,’” the report says. Urban and suburban women received “church shoes,’ cell phones, laptops and perfume, as well as money.

“In cases of non-payment, some women withheld the badges of peacekeepers and threatened to reveal their infidelity via social media,” the report says. “Only seven interviewees knew about the United Nations policy prohibiting sexual exploitation and abuse.” None knew about the mission’s hotline to report it.

Each of those instances of transactional sex, the report says, would be considered prohibited conduct, “thus demonstrating significant underreporting.” It was not clear how many peacekeepers were involved.

For all of last year, the total number of allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against members of all U.N. peacekeeping missions was 51, down from 66 the year before, according to the secretary-general’s latest annual report on the issue.

The draft report doesn’t say over what time frame the “transactional sex” in Haiti occurred. The peacekeeping mission there was first authorized in 2004 and, as of the end of March, had more than 7,000 uniformed troops. It is one of four peacekeeping missions that have accounted for the most allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation in re-

cent years, along with those in Congo, Liberia and South Sudan.

The U.N. doesn’t have a standing army and relies on troops contributed by member states. The states are responsible for investigating alleged misconduct by their troops, though the U.N. can step in if there’s no action.

In their response to the report’s findings, which is included in the draft, U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous and field support chief Atul Khare point out that while the number of peacekeepers has increased dramatically over the past decade, the number of allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation have gone down.

The U.N. prohibits “exchange of money, employment, goods or services for sex,” and it strongly discourages sexual relationships between U.N. staff and people who receive their assistance, saying they are “based on inherently unequal power dynamics” and undermine the world body’s credibility.

But that has led to some confusion on the ground, the new report says, with some members of peacekeeping missions seeing that guidance as a ban on all sexual relationships with local people. The report says the guidelines need to be clarified.

“Staff with long mission experience states that was a ‘general view that people should have romantic rights’ and raised the issue of sexuality as a human right,” the report says.

WHO recommends reopening South Korean schools closed over MERS SEOUL, JUNE 10 (AP): Experts from the World Health Organization and South Korea on Wednesday urged the reopening of more than 2,700 schools closed over fears of the deadly MERS virus.

South Korean officials this week said the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak may have peaked but that the next several days would be crucial to determining whether their efforts to isolate infected patients had stymied the disease.

President Park Geun-hye’s office announced earlier Wednesday that Park had postponed her planned U.S. visit to focus on dealing with the outbreak.

The outbreak has killed nine people and infected more than 100 in South Korea, but has occurred only at hospitals. MERS spreads through close contact with sick people, not through the air Even so, there have been widespread fears and rumors, and more than 2,700 schools remain closed and about 3,440 people were isolated Wednesday because they have had contact with infected people.

“Strong consideration should be given to reopening schools, as schools have not been linked to transmission of” the MERS virus in South Korea, said

a release from the joint WHO-South Korea mission tasked with reviewing the outbreak.

Other South Korean doctors have already described the massive school closures as nonsensical because there has been no evidence of the virus’ transmission in the community.

It was not immediately known how many schools would follow the recommendation. But South Korean officials hope the outbreak will come under control around Friday, the last day of the virus’ maximum two-week incubation period for those infected by a patient considered as the main source of the second round of the MERS outbreak. Officials say the first wave of the outbreak has ended.

But critics say the outbreak will continue if infected people evade government quarantine measures and spread the virus.

MERS has mostly been centered in Saudi Arabia. It belongs to the family of coronaviruses that includes the common cold and SARS, and can cause fever, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.

The South Korean outbreak originated from a 68-year-old man who had traveled to the Middle East before being diagnosed as the country’s first MERS patient last month.

VATIcAN cITY, JUNE 10 (REUTERS): Pope Francis on Wednesday approved an unprecedented Vatican department to judge bishops accused of covering up or not preventing sexual abuse of minors, meeting a key demand by victims’ groups.

A statement said the department would come under the auspices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s doctrinal arm, “to judge bishops with regard to crimes of the abuse of office when connected to the abuse of minors”.

Victims groups have for years been urging the Vatican to establish clear procedures to make bishops more accountable for abuse in their

dioceses, even if they were not directly responsible for it.

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told reporters that the bishops could also be judged if they had failed to take measures to prevent sexual abuse of minors.

The complaints against the bishops would be initially investigated by one of three Vatican departments, depending on under whose jurisdiction the bishops fall, before being judged by the doctrinal department.

The Vatican said the pope had approved proposals made to him by a commission advising him on how to root out sexual abuse of children.

Part of the task of the commission,

which is made up of 17 clerics and lay people from around the world, is to help dioceses put in place “best practices” to prevent abuse and work with victims in a process of healing. Eight members are women.

The worldwide scandal, which first became prominent in Boston in 2002, has seen known abusers shunted from parish to parish instead of being defrocked and handed over to authorities.

Last February, Francis ordered bishops the world over to cooperate as a matter of priority with the commission to root out “the scourge” of the sexual abuse even if it unearths new scandals.

Maintain positive mood for long-term health NEW YORK, JUNE 10 (IANS): Adults who fail to maintain positive moods such as cheerfulness or calm when faced with the minor stressors of everyday life appear to have elevated levels of inflammation that can undermine their longterm health, says a study.

Inflammatory responses are part of the body’s ability to protect itself via immune system. However, chronic -- long-term -- inflammation can under-

mine health and appears to play a role in obesity, heart disease and cancer.

“A person’s frequency of stress may be less related to inflammation than responses to stress,” said researcher Nancy Sin from Pennsylvania State University in the US. “It is how a person reacts to stress that is important.”

In the short-term, with illness or exercise, the body experiences a high immune response to help repair itself.

However, in the long term, heightened inflammatory immune responses may not be healthy. Individuals who have trouble regulating their responses may be at risk for certain age-related conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, frailty and cognitive decline, Sin said.

The study published in the journal Health Psychology and involved 872 participants who reported daily stressors and emo-

tional reactions for eight consecutive days.

Blood samples of participants were obtained during a separate clinic visit and assayed for inflammatory markers. The researchers evaluated a person’s emotional response on days when they experienced stressors, and compared it to days when they did not.

“We calculated reactivity scores to see how participants generally reacted to stressors

Pak, brushing aside mercy pleas, executes man convicted at 15 ISLAMABAD, JUNE 10 (NYT): The prison authorities executed a Pakistani Christian man on Wednesday who human rights groups say had been tortured by the police into confessing to a murder while he was still a teenager. The execution, which took place despite pleas for mercy from rights activists and religious leaders, was the latest in a series in Pakistan that has prompted international condemnation.

Pakistan lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in December after at least 150 people, mostly children, were killed in an attack on an army school that jolted the country. Initially, officials said the executions would be limited to convicted terrorists, but within weeks, they began to include all manner of death row prisoners.

In the latest case, Aftab Bahadur, 37, was hanged in Kot Lakhpat Jail in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday morning. Bahadur was convicted of killing a woman and her two children in 1992 during an alleged robbery attempt. Bahadur was 15 years old when he was convicted, and the minimum age for the death penalty was raised to 18 in Pakistan only in 2000. This week, Reprieve, a group that campaigns against the death penalty, said that two witnesses in the case had recanted their statements and declared Bahadur innocent. It sought a meeting with

Bahadur but said that prison officials had turned down the request.

A day before his execution, the British newspaper The Guardian published a letter by Bahadur in which he passionately defended himself. “I doubt there is anything more dreadful than being told that you are going to die, and then sitting in a prison cell just waiting for that moment,” he wrote. “For many years — since I was just 15 years old — I have been stranded between life and death. It has been a complete limbo, total uncertainty about the future.”

Also on Wednesday, the Pakistani Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Shafqat Hussain, another death row prisoner, whose case has become a cause célèbre in the country. Hussain was sentenced in 2004 by a court in the port city of Karachi after it found him guilty of killing a boy based on a confession. But according to the Justice Project Pakistan, a law firm specializing in human rights cases that is representing him, the confession was extracted after he was brutally tortured by the police. His lawyers also say that Hussain was younger than 18 when he was sentenced to death, but a federal investigation rejected that claim.

Hussain was scheduled to be hanged on June 9, but his execution was halted, for a fourth time, at the 11th hour. It was not clear who

Relatives reacted to the execution of Aftab Bahadur, 37, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday. (AFP)

ordered that stay of execution. On Wednesday, however, the Supreme Court said that Hussain’s earlier appeals had already been rejected by courts and that it could not interfere in determining his age.

While rights groups have championed Hussain’s cause and have urged the Pakistani authorities to put a halt to capital punishment, there has also been criticism of those efforts. “The death penalty needs to be debated and rationalized in Pakistan,” said Moeed Pirzada, a political commentator and television talk-

show host. “At the country’s creation in 1947, ‘death’ was awarded for only two counts. Now it’s 27.”

He said that some Western nongovernmental organizations, mostly funded by the European Union, which opposes capital punishment, were spearheading a campaign against the death penalty in Pakistan. Pirzada said that campaign would not help in the country’s fight against terrorism. “Rather it’s fueling anti-Western feelings in a country already troubled by terrorism and violent insurgencies,” he said.

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AFSPA: What it means to North-East?

Promises & Reality: One year of the NDA Govt - 2015

A Citizens’ Report

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ada Na Todo Abhiyan (WNTA) has been facilitating a fact based and objective assessment of the performance of governments since 2009. The basis of our assessment is electoral promises made by the government, the Millennium Development Goals and the national development goals. We have also been assessing the governance from the prism of the provisions of the Constitution of India.

In the months leading up to the General Elections 2014, more than 16,00,000 citizens, from 250 parliamentary constituencies across 24 states, scripted the People’s Manifesto - a national agenda for development, rights, services, governance and accountability, through direct and indirect consultations. The demands, aspirations and needs of the people were shared with all political parties as inputs for their upcoming election manifestos. When the manifestos of various parties were published, WNTA undertook a comparative review of the commitments/promises.

On the occasion of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s completion of 100 days in power, WNTA presented the civil society and people’s assessment of the government’s performance on September 1, 2014.

As the NDA government completes one year on May 25, 2015, WNTA has made an attempt to assess the progress made on the fl agship schemes of the current regime e.g. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Smart Cities, Jan Dhan Yojana, Make in India etc. The key promises of the Bharatiya Janata Party before the election has been to bring ‘Achhe Din’ (Good days) to the people.

It rode to power with the slogan of ‘Sab Ka Saath Sabka Vikas’ (Development for all and with all). Effort has been made to make assessment on the slogans too and on other themes like MGNREGA, right to food, transparency and accountability etc.

Several groups and campaigns have been consulted right from the stage of planning the report card. WNTA through its partners across the country undertook the process of getting opinion of the citizens on the governance by holding district level consultation in 100 districts spread across 15 states. Experts and members of civil society have contributed to the process by writing papers on different schemes, slogans and themes. The Citizens’ Report has been prepared by appropriately taking people’s inputs and inputs from the expert and CSOs. The first year of a government’s life carries ample symbolism.

More so in a society obsessed with celebrating anniversaries. The counterpoint is that 365 days, out of a mandate for good 1,825 days, constitute small a period for fair assessment of any government. That argument would have held ground had the NDA regime, which assumed office on May 26, 2014, abided by the maxim of ‘continuity’ in governance. But that was not to be. Armed with an absolute majority, which comes for any government after three decades, the BJP took charge with the promise of a definite ‘break’ from the past; it pledged to undo all “wrongs” of the two successive UPA regimes that ruled India for 10 long years since 2004. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call was clarion: It wasn’t just about putting governance back on track, but also about restoring “Achhe Din” (good days) that would make everyone—most particularly the teeming millions—prosper and smile.

By now, the direction in which the new dispensation is headed has become pretty evident. The takeaway is a mixed bag of emotions, ranging from too good to too bad. Then, of course, is the quintessentially Indian middle path whose proponents would go by the give-it-more-time dictum. Wada Na Todo Abhiyan attempts to test these very emotions on empirical coordinates, encompassing all key components of governance, economy and society.

The first rubric is the BJP’s promise to bring back black money stashed away in far away safe havens. The task is daunting, timeconsuming and relies on striking a note of cordiality with many foreign countries.It goes hand-in-hand with the government’s obvious stress on economic diplomacy, which comes in the backdrop of the Prime Minister’s one-too-many trip abroad to win friends among world leaders. Stringent laws have come restrict hoarding black money, but the names of people having bank accounts in foreign banks are evading public gaze.

On an essentially socio-economic note, the government’s flagship Jan Dhan Yojana, which promises unprecedented financial inclusion of the people through the banking route, constitutes a key area of judging performance. The government’s defence here is that the scheme is still in its nascent stage. General cleanliness, hygiene and provision of toilets—or the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan— is another novel domain, primarily because it has been categorized as a full-fledged scheme backed by a very visible media blitzkrieg. Is it backed by adequate fund and speed of implementation?

Skill development in the rapidly liberalizing Indian economy, which the Prime Minister has chosen to club with foreign direct investment, is another sphere that must stand the test of time. Interestingly, to spread its schematic messages with ease and aplomb, the government is relying on visual signals too. If a logo inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s spectacles symbolizes the Swachh Bharat initiative, the image of a mechanical lion describes the Make in India push.

Yet another flagship effort, the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign, intends to tackle a sensitive pitfall of Indian demography.

Reversing an abysmally low child sex ratio, which has a distinct pro-male tilt, is as challenging a task for the new regime as is the ever-eluding goal of ensuring quality education for girls and arresting their school dropout rate. While the thrust here might well be rural India, the drawbacks of unplanned urbanisation are intended to be addressed through the government’s “smart city” initiative. The write-up on it wonders whether there will be place for poor people in it and questions the ongoing demolition of slums across the country under the current regime.

Has the civil society been pushed back to a not-so-relevant position in the government’s scheme of things? An attempt is made to answer that poser too, evidently since most of the new programmes rely on grass root inclusion, where the challenge is to bring about a change in social behaviour as well. Obviously, the Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas initiative, which aims at universal inclusion and development, cannot operate in isolation, lest it gets lost in procedural red tape. It is in this context that Union Budget 2015-16 has been analyzed. Similar has been a check on the performance of Parliament when much dust has been kicked up over the government taking the ordinance route to achieve its legislative objectives.

Continuing the social inclusion debate, the state of religious minorities under a regime said to be rightwing has been scrutinized, as it were, through a magnifying glass. This is important since too many discordant voices have emerged from within the government on issues relating to minorities. The Prime Minister’s call for religious tolerance and harmony, therefore, has to pass the test of time too. Similar is the need to take a look at government’s orientation towards the Dalit population.

The last basket of performance indicators relates to policies that are largely a legacy of the past regimes. The land question, for instance, has generated much heat and increased the gap between the ruling and the opposition sides. Consensus eludes this critical issue, pending which the Indian farmer waits to become the focus of the growth story. Is the government going soft on the statutory rural job guarantee scheme and the right to food programme? The indicators, so far, have been vague with an evident gap between the spoken word and tangible action.

In the same bag falls the NDA’s intent to abide by its promise to uphold transparency and accountability. The treatment meted out to the Central Information Commission, which has gone headless for months now, is not a good omen. At the least, the government must generate confidence among the people that it has no plans to dilute the near-magical Right to Information while evolving an effective public grievance redress mechanism too. This puts the focus on making the utopia of a corruption-free system turn into reality.

On the whole therefore, the experts engaged in examining these key questions have made their assessments. The people’s voice has been captured through consultations which has become a part of the report. But the final verdict has to be delivered by the people whose aspirations have soared, perhaps like never before.

That is exactly what this humble effort aims to supplement.

Dr. Hesheto Y.Chishi, National Coordination Member Wada Na Todo Abhiyan

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he recent attack on the 6 Dogra Regiment, killing 20 army personal, has once again put Manipur on a major spotlight in India for better or worst. Honestly, it has also created a new platform for many Indian bloggers out there, who are wasting no time to give their own version of what the attack means. Unfortunately, most of these blog post are either copy paste version from the news or from one another. So without even mentioning it, we should be able to predict the kind impression it leaves behind to an ignorant person. And as a matter of fact, this is the actual problem which the people from North-East are facing today and, these are the type of news that the rest of the Indians gets to read and made believe.

And to add up to the already worst situation, pictures of the recent dead army personal are being spread across social media sites, which has created an invisible form of hatred towards the people from North-East. But what is the true story behind all this mayhem, unrest and killing? This is that story in layman terms and the story of AFSPA. To understand the present situation that is prevailing in the North Eastern states of India, we have to take the road back to history when the then young country "India" got it's independence from the British rule.

Pre-Independence, North-East was a free land rule by no forces. But by the time when India almost got its independence, things changed drastically.

The new emerging nation, India, had to find a way to protect its border against a very powerful neighbour, China. The only possible solution was to occupy the Naga Hills bordering Burma under its wing. But there was a problem, the people of the from the North-East didn't wanted to be a part of India. Instead, they was fighting for their own free country.

This was a blow India couldn't accept.

Soon large reserves of natural resources were discovered all over North-East.

Now North-East became even more precious to a young developing nations which needs a lot of resources for its development. Soon India got its independence and MK Gandhi reluctantly agreed to let the Naga decide their own future. However it took an unexpected turn when Gandhi was shot dead. Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister, the Nagas were forcefully included under the new nation and those indigenous people fighting for freedom were declared anti-nationalist.

As expected, the people from the Naga Hills opposed to this idea under the banner of NNC (Naga National Council), who was then fighting for their own independent nation. Believe it or not, this was how the NSCN (Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland), that we know today came into picture and why they are still fighting for a free nation and why the Indian Government still holds talks with the Naga leaders. A free nation was a birth right to the Nagas which was violated and denied by Indian government from the very start of its nation.

Post independence, the young nation was in a chaos. Culturally, India was dominated by high caste feudal system which was totally incompatible with the ethics of the North-East culture. To make matter worst, India created a cultural gap by naming them as Schedule Tribes against the upper caste elites Indian. And this was not the END. Only recently or more precisely, until the later part of the eight schedule of Indian Constitution, none of the Tibeto-Chinese language were not accepted as Indian language. What does this means? This means that the languages of the NorthEast which is totally a Tibeto-Chinese and not Indo-Aryan or Dravidian was never accepted as Indian until recently.

Soon after the Indian Independence, the traditional trade routes of NorthEast with South East Asia and Bangladesh was closed but no solution was provided. Instead, the Indian government started exploiting North-East for its rich natural resources and made sure that the North East always remains dependent to Indo-Gangetic plains. This

was how India made it sure that NorthEast remain under India. For example, Assam which produces one fourth of all petroleum for India, yet it is processed outside Assam and the state is deprived from its major source of revenue.

Today we talk of "BODO" like it's some sort terrorist organization, not realizing the above fact on petroleum was the sole reason why Bodo came into existence. It's the Indian government who is being a terrorist to the state of Assam and it's neighbouring states, not the Bodo.

As time passes, soon the problem with large scale illegal immigration from Bangladesh and Nepal came into picture. This led to the insecurity of the indigenous people who were scared that whatever small amount of jobs they have at hand will be taken over by the illegal immigrants, but the government did nothing and the effects was widespread. For example, in Tripura the indigenous population has reduced to only 25% while the rest 75% consist of illegal Banladeshi Muslims.

The prime interest of India to North east was totally strategic and political.

Soon after independence a number of repressive laws were passed by the Indian government to deal with the rising nationalist movement. And in 1958, the "Armed Forces Special Power Act" or AFSPA was passed.

As the heading says what AFSPA means to NE, we will look at what this draconian law is and what it has done to North East in the name of counter insurgency by the world largest democratic country in the world.

This is what AFSPA is: An officer of the armed forces has the power to 1. Fire upon or use any kind of force even if it causes death, against any person who is acting against the law within the disturbed area to maintain public order.

2. Destroy any arms, hide-outs or shelter or training camps of any antinationalist movements.

3. To arrest anyone without a warrant, if he/she is suspected and to use force if necessary.

4. To enter any premises and search without a warrant.

5. To stop and search any vehicle, if found suspicious.

6. Army officers have legal immunity for their actions. What this means is that there can be no prosecution, suit and any other legal proceeding against anyone acting under the AFSPA law.

7. If a government questions why a particular area is termed disturbed, it is subjected to judicial review.

8. Only under the direction of the central government, person protected under the AFSPA, their can be prosecution or any form of legal proceedings.

Now for any reasonable person, they should be able to see why AFSPA is against all form human rights violation. And the question as to why India, the largest democratic country in the world, still tolerate such an inhuman and dictatorial form of law, is a question of joke, integrity or irony.

Back in the summer of 1987, the Indian army suffered in its history the biggest loss in arms and ammunitions when forces led by NSCN-IM attack the Assam Riffle base in Oinam village of Manipur. To avenge their losses, they launch an operation under the name of "Operation Bluebird", a reign of terror, towards the innocent Naga public. Or as a matter of fact, it was the largest act of genocide by the Indian government against the Naga populations.

Under the umbrella of AFSPA, the Assam Riffle sealed off the area around Oinam village. The whole area was under curfew. Any form of media coverage was strictly prohibited and media personal were denied entry. Villagers were drag out of their houses and forced to gather in open, exposed to torrential rains and scorching heat for weeks. The army went on searching from house to house and looting valuable things.

People were not allowed to go to their fields or feed their animal, causing a loss of crops and cattle worth in millions.

Villagers were group and abled young

man were tortured after stripping them naked before the public view and later kept them in concentration camps for weeks without food or water. Not even the infants, women, sick and old men were spared. Many were shot dead and many kids died because of sickness and starvation. Man were blind folded, tied upside down, buried alive, given electric shocks, put chilly powders to the eyes and nostrils, beaten with whatever they can find their hands on, leaving many paralysed, hearing impairment.

Houses were burnt down in the name of counter insurgency. Several churches and schools included. Many women were raped and sexually exploited.

Two women were forced to give birth in open air in front of the army personal.

Man and woman were forced to labour for months for the Assam Riffles without payment. Interrogation were made at gun-point.

Such were the treatment met towards innocent Naga's by the Indian Army in the name of counter insurgency protected by AFSPA. So why am I taking this as an example, one may question!

Because this was the only case in the history of North-East when the Indian Army was put on trail after many international Human Right organizations intervened.

I cannot be sure about the year, but I still remember that morning. I was just a kid back then. It was nearing early dawn. It was still dark outside and everyone was sleeping. Suddenly there was loud bang on our door. Next thing I remember, everyone in our colony were forced to stand outside in groups.

Girls, women, boys and men. While we were still outside, these army personal went inside every houses searching for whatever it is they were searching. Later women and kids were ask to go and remain inside. Outside, the army personal were on torturing spree to some unfortunate not very good looking (you know what I mean by this right) young man. It was their way of questioning. Later we also heard that many youths were taken to custody. Some of whom were my elder brother friends. Later we also heard, some youths been shot death, "because they were found with guns". That was the biggest lie, we knew, and somehow that impression remained somewhere inside me and that's the main reason why I could never comprehend the idea to join the army.

Well, now the questions is "Who is at fault?" You decide for yourself.

Coming back to where we started, the recent attack was a shame to every Indian and a real big blow to us NorthEast, because we have been fighting for so long for AFSPA to be removed from our homes and one such stupid act crashes it all down. Now I'm even not sure if the "Iron Lady" of Manipur "Irom Sharmila" who has been on a hunger protest for over 15 years, will ever live to see the day when AFSPA is removed from our lands.

Today, if people are using those pictures of dead army personal to spread hatred towards us NE Indians, that's the worst idea that has ever come up in their minds. Some of you may not realize this, that right now while you are reading this, the nearby villages where the ambush took place on the 4th of June is already been sealed out by the Indian Army and villagers are being tortured and questioned. You don't get to read this on the newspaper because journalist are not allowed to enter the area for any kind of media coverage. Talk about human rights now!

We have all read from all the major and local newspapers front page, dated 4th June'15, claiming that this particular attack against the Indian Army by any insurgent groups within India, as one of the biggest or even the most ruthless in the past decade leaving behind 20 army personal death. Is it true? NO. This is a total false propaganda spread by the Indian Government who in a way were just waiting for such an incident to happen. If we trace back just five years from now, in April of 2010, the Indian Army actually suffered one of its biggest loss in the history, when forces led by Naxalite-Maoist ambush and killed 76 army

personal in Chhattisgarh. Now this is a very questionable act to what the media is trying to convince the ignorant people. Right now, the Indian Army is engaged in full swing "Operation FlushedAll" against all the insurgent groups in North East after the recent attack. Torturing innocent villagers. But why not in Chhattisgrah and the surrounding states where Naxalites are playing active? Every Indian knows what Naxalite is. They have released a reign of terror in areas where they are active. Killing, raping, torturing and collecting illegal taxes from innocent villagers and as a matter of fact, within the areas where Naxalites are playing active even the states police department lives in state of constant fear of being killed. If the Indian Army decides to flush out every single person associated with the Naxalite-Maoist insurgent, they could have finished the job within a day. But they will not, because the area where this Naxalite are active is within the mainland (Gangetic plains) of India. Any such combing operation would certainly effect and destroy the lives of many Indian innocents. So why the Indian Army is taking so much interest in North East? Why the Indian Government is not declaring those areas under Naxalite as disturbed? And why is AFSPA not imposed in such areas?

To answers these questions, the Indian Army Chief has given the best comment a few years ago. Here is a rough translations of that comment, "AFSPA cannot be imposed within the troubled mainland India because they are Indian citizens"...Do I need to say more?

The simple fact about all the insurgent groups that exist today in NorthEast was a consequence of the Indian Policy towards the North-East and especially AFSPA. Before AFSPA, there were barely two/three such groups who were genuinely fighting for their birth right.

The reality today is, the Indian Army is more threat to us NE then our own insurgents groups.

Finally, let us all put ourself in a situation and see what will we do. Let's say that someone from outside come to our homes, take advantage of our resources and worst, murdered one of our family members but there was no law that will protect us. What will we do to protect our family? The result is what we are seeing today in the North-East.

Yes in the past, we the North-East people were uneducated, ignorant and cut out from the rest of world. But that doesn't give anyone the right to exploit us. Over the years we have slowly come to terms with India and accepted it as our country, but the Indian government didn't come to terms with us. In the name of giving protection (by declaring our land as disturbed), our own Indian government made sure that no tourism flourishes in the North-East.

Or else, every Indian knows that NorthEast is the most beautiful place in India and so much talent remains hidden which the Indian government is taking no interest to nurture. And in the name of giving protection, Indian government declared NE a free tax heaven. But they din't leave us with any opportunity to earn and developed. Instead we are being forced to live in a country were our own basic rights are being violated on everyday basis. And if these continues, that day is not very far when North East will raise up against India and fight for a free nation. And trust me, that day will not be the best day in the history because there is no denying that today North-East has the most literate number of people then any part of India and though slowly our economy is coping up on our side. India better decide fast and not let this happen.

Last Word: I truly condemn the recent attack against the Indian Army which was a total act of blunder and unacceptable. This was the last thing we the North-East people would expect. So please don't spread any form of unwanted rumours that will have a negative effect on someone else life. And lastly, I want to extend my deepest condolence to the families of all the brave soldiers who gave their live for the safety of the North-East. My Salute.

Zhoniu Pfozhe, Delhi-110009

A case of mistaken identity: A hated crime in a hated world

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randing themselves as close as they could to the hill people, and on the pretext of maintaining public order – which is reversely a coward act of self-defence, the notorious Assam Rifles had earned a cap to its expanding feather of exploitative militarism in the so-called Switzerland of the East. We are alarmed to have learned yet another commissioning of extra-judicial torturing of innocent youth, some of which happened to be leaders of the esteemed students’ organisation, not forgetting the other innocent commuters who suddenly fell to the trap of the vengeful AR patrolling party, on the night of June 7.

Mention may be made that leaders of various students’ bodies wrestle against time and space right after the declaration of various board results, mainly for facilitating stranded students to get admission and consequent arrangement

for felicitating programs and other welfare sessions vis-à-vis fresher students.

In such a case, it becomes almost impossible for them to discharge duties at day time, which forces them to carry out their works even at night time. By virtue that the student leaders were mostly from those who completed their formal education, their respective identity cards are co-terminus with the duration of the course of studies thus invalidated it or rendered without ID cards. Such must be the case with the functionaries of the Khütsami Students’ Union when the AR troops mishandled them. We expressed our solidarity to the victims.

Notwithstanding the above justification, we the students in particular and the general public in general have a natural right of free movement in our own land without being conditioned to external pressure nor at the whims and fancies of the occupational forces. Our

survival does not depend on how we remain subdued and intimidated which would ultimately confine us to a fourwalled environment while leaving aside our prime works undone. What is most perplexing in this latest episode is the lack of tolerance and reasoning power on the part of the paramilitary troopers at the sight of their dying colleagues, which is the by-product of the imperialist design of New Delhi and which has nothing to do with the life and security of the innocent students.

As per media report, the AR troops even employed derogatory words aiming at Nagas wherein the victims were made to bear the brunt. Underlining this observation, an ironic question arises as to why the occupational forces continue to frequent the vital strategic locations in Nagaland instead of withdrawing their forces and station somewhere they cherished most. The political virtue

must be upheld that we openly resented your attitude in our land, and one must leave us when one does hate us.

Pondering upon the imminent situations which could be accrued to the latest political development in Nagaland, one ought to activate a mechanism which would guarantee us security from aggressive forces as the case of fake mistaken identity would continue and the pretence of apologizing after committing human rights violation is predictable as all Mongoloid share more or less similar facial structure. It is a matter of great concerned and everyone must do a homework on why army could not be used against the naxalite yet it could be used against the innocent student leaders in Nagaland. We were deeply anguished by the June 7 episode.

Khrühücho Rhakho, President Khulazu Basa Students’ Union (AG Colony, Kohima)

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

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opular T V show "Comedy Nights with Kapil" is all set to take over USA and Canada with their funny antics. The small screen's popular funnyman Kapil Sharma took to twitter to share the news with his fans abroad. "Coming to USA

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imon Cowell may have made Leona Lewis a global star and helped her earn a £13 million fortune, but the singer hasn't pulled any punches about her ex boss' music empire in a new interview. The X Factor winner has spoken out on her departure last year from Simon's music label Syco in an interview with FAULT Magazine, revealing that the 'pressure' was too much to handle.

Stepping out at the Entourage movie premiere on Tuesday, Leona has hit the spotlight again as she prepares to release her fifth studio album, and her first under her new label. The 30-year-old star has been hitting the party circuit recently, enjoying a trip to the Cannes Film Festival last month, as she gets ready to release her new music. It's been a rollercoaster year for Leona, who shot to fame when she won the third series of X Factor in 2006.

Last June music mogul Simon announced he and his protege had parted company after over eight years following a decision made by Syco Records not to renew her contract. Leona has now given her side of the story in an interview with FAULT Magazine, explaining it was her decision to part ways with Simon's label.

'I started off at Syco nine years ago when it was a very intimate label, and we did amazing things,' she explained. 'But then the company blew up and became massive. Then there was pressure. I felt I had to fight a lot. Really, really fight for what I wanted.'

'In that process, there are so many people with different opinions, people you need to wait to get answers from, and that weighs on you, especially when you’re just trying to create something that’s totally you and genuine. It’s a much easier

and Canada with my galatfamily..." Kapil tweeted. Tickets for the live show will go on sale soon, the comedy star informed.

The show, which has become one of the biggest platforms for promoting movies, will be travelling to various cities like Atlanta, New Jersey, New York, Toronto, Houston, San Jose and Van-

process now. But they make amazing records. I just needed to do it in a different way this time.'

After the global success of her second single Bleeding Love, which topped the charts in 30 countries back in 2007, Leona says she felt 'overwhelmed'. 'I didn’t realise how huge everything would be and how demanding it was. It was crazy. Just crazy. I had to be around the world, everywhere, at the same time,' adding that ultimately it was her close relationship with her family that helped her through the early days of fame.

She adds that she tries not to let criticism get to her, and regaining creative control with her next album has helped her gain in confidence.

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In a series of tweets, the Bajrangi Bhaijaan urged fans to not waste their time and energy on Twitter indulging in ugly fan wars and other unimportant things.

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app only when their free or over the weekends. He confessed his surprise on the fact that people react to his tweets so instantly, like they have nothing else in life to do. While it is agree-

able that people should get busy with other, more important things in life, we are not sure how his fans will interpret their Bhai’s message. Will they understand or take offence?

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Here are a few facts you ought to know about yellow-billed fellah 1. Donald Duck made his first appearance in The Wise Little Hen, a Silly Symphony cartoon, on June 9, 1934. He had a small role, but his plucky (and less than noble) personality had a chance to shine.

2. He lost his temper for the first time on August 11th, 1934 when he appeared in the Mickey Mouse cartoon Orphan’s Benefit. Donald Duck is one of several characters helping to put on a show for several orphans. Donald tries to recite Little Boy Blue, but ends up throwing tantrums when the orphans keep heckling him. Donald was an immediate hit with audiences who loved his fiery temper 3. The original voice of Donald Duck was provided by Clarence “Ducky” Nash. The distinctive semi-intelligible speech that he created helped promote both Nash and Donald to stardom. Nash went on to voice Donald Duck in over 120 shorts and films over the next 50 years before eventually giving way to Disney artist Tony Anselmo. Donald was voiced by Clarence “Ducky” Nash from 1934 to 1983. Tony Anselmo has been voicing Donald Duck since 1985.

4. Donald Duck’s full name, Donald Fauntleroy Duck, was revealed in the 1942 cartoon Donald Gets Drafted.

5. Gladstone Gander is Donald Duck’s cousin. He is also renowned for his incredible good fortune and holds the title of “Luckiest Duck in the World.”

6. From 1942 to 1944, Walt Disney released six short films depicting Donald Duck’s life in the US Army. This series of films came to be known as the Army shorts. Cartoons in the series include Donald Gets Drafted (1942), The Vanishing Private (1942), Sky Trooper (1942), Fall Out Fall In (1943), The Old Army Game (1943), and Commando Duck (1944).

7. Donald Duck’s parents are Hortense McDuck and Quackmore Duck. Donald’s sister is Della Thelma Duck. You may recognize his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie from the popular cartoon show DuckTales.

8. In 2005, Donald Duck received his own star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

9. There is an asteroid named after Donald Duck.

10. Donald’s name is rumoured to be inspired by cricket legend Donald Bradman. In 1932, Bradman and Australian team were on tour of North America. In a match against New York West Indians, Donald Bradman was dismissed for duck.

This is the time around when Walt Disney was in the process of creating a friend for Mickey Mouse.

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Donald Duck turned 81! isney cartoons have been a part of the lives of millions of childhoods and will continue to be for many a generations to come. Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Daisy and quick-tempered Donald make up the classic and evergreen Disney gang.

Donald is always seen in a sailor shirt with a flat cap, red bow-tie, and no pants! The temperamental duck celebrated his 81st birthday yesterday (May 10, 2015).

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arie-Louise Carven-Grog, born Carmen de Tommaso, passed away in Paris yesterday. She founded the house of Carven in

1945 with one objective: to make haute couture outfits that would fit her 5ft 1' frame. "I was too short to wear the creations of the top couturiers, who only

ever showed their designs on towering girls," she once said, according to WWD. "But I wanted to retain my style - sober, practical and young, with a lot of sports garments."

A contemporary of Christian Dior and Pierre Balmain, she was a pioneer in many areas of fashion - including readyto-wear, fragrance (of which Ma Griffe is the most iconic), swimwear, children's clothing, bridalwear and lingerie, even patenting the first pushup bra. Additionally, she created costumes for films, including 1955's Les Diaboliques,uniforms for more than 20 airlines, and in 1977 was contracted by the City of Paris to dress its female traffic wardens.

"I never did it for myself," she said of her brand in 2009. "I did it for the youngsters that came to see me, to teach them how to dress, to give them confidence in their own beauty - how to show themselves

off through colours, styles, everything.

"Designers [today] unfortunately think about making their mark on their design," she continued. "I didn't think of my designs like that. I thought about the young girls, the young women that I dressed, even my models, to show off their beauty to the maximum."

He achieved the name of her famed fashion house by creating a portmanteau of her first name and the surname of her aunt Josy Boyriven, who introduced her to couture.

The brand changed ownership numerous times between 1993, when Madame Carven retired, and 2009, when young Frenchman Guillaume Henry was bought on board as creative director.

Since then it has achieved great commercial success.

Henry left the brand last year and was succeeded by Alexis Martial and Adrien Caillaudaud.

wo young Tibetan women from Nepal will sashay down the ramp during the Miss Tibet pageant here to highlight the plight of the Nepalis after a strong quake hit the Himalayan nation in April. Two of the three contestants for the Miss Tibet Pageant 2015 are from Nepal. "I was in Kathmandu just for a few days last week.

It was really terrible to see the plight of the quake-hit people," Lobsang Kyizom, 21, from Kathmandu, told IANS on Saturday.

She is here for the 13th edition of the pageant that will be held on Sunday at McLeodganj near Dharamsala, home to the Tibetan government-inexile. "The people in Nepal are yet to come out of the trauma. They still need help not only to rebuild their houses but also to rebuild their lives," Kyizom, a recent graduate in journalism from an institute in Bengaluru, said. Her parents are settled in Kathmandu.

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Tsering Dolma, 23, is from Pokhara in Nepal.

"Through the ramp I want to highlight the cause of millions of homeless in Nepal," said Dolma, who is doing post-graduation in nursing from Mangalore.

The third contestant Pema Choedon, 24, from Dehradun in Uttarakhand, wants to become the role model for the young generation of Tibetans. "It is not only a platform to empower women, especially the Tibetans, but also to showcase self," she said.

Choedon did her postgraduation in English (honours) from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and is planning to pursue a doctorate. Lobsang Wangyal, the event's directorproducer, told IANS that as there are only three contestants, there would be five rounds of competition -talk, talent, gown, costume and interview -- instead of seven. He said all the three participants are novices to the pageant.

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inger-composer Bappi Lahiri will be conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Francisco Global Movie Fest. He says this "adulation" keeps veterans like him "alive and going". "It feels great when the audiences love you. It is

this adulation that keeps us alive and going. (I am) Eagerly looking forward to the San Francisco Global Movie Fest this August," Lahiri, known for songs like "Tamma tamma loge" and "Oh la la la", said in a statement.

The event is scheduled

Actress Zhao Wei sued for 'Spiritual Damage'

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op Chinese Actress Zhao Wei has been slapped with a Bizarre Lawsuit from a disgruntled Tv viewer amid allegations her intense stare on new Show Tiger Mom caused the man "Spiritual Damage". The programme, locally known as Hu ma mao ba, debuted in May (15) and follows the lives of two parents with differing approaches to raising their

daughter.

Zhao plays the stern mother, but the Red Cliff star's performance appears to have offended one Shanghai viewer, who has taken his complaint to Shanghai Pudong New District Court. The plaintiff claims watching Zhao on the show has caused him "spiritual damage" and he is seeking compensation, reports China's Legal Daily

Tibet Pageant will receive Rs.100,000 (approximately $1,600). The first and second runner-up will receive Rs.50,000 and Rs.25,000, respectively. Last year, only one model, Tenzin Yangzom from Sikkim, participated in the Miss Tibet contest that started in 2002 amid a mixed response from the exiles. Many opposed the pageant, saying it does not adhere to the principles of the Tibetan culture. Even the Tibetan government-in-exile, based in this hill town, has condemned the pageant, saying it is not part of their tradition.

In 2011, the pageant saw the highest number of six participants. Over 150,000 Tibetans live in exile, a majority of them in India and Nepal. According to the UN, there are 20,000 Tibetan refugees living in Nepal, mainly in the Kathmandu valley and Pokhara in western Nepal, with an additional 1,500 Tibetans living in "refugee-like situations".

newspaper.

It is not known if the lawsuit was accepted by court authorities, amid new government rules aimed at putting "an end to obstructive behavior by courts and officials meddling in cases", making it harder for them to reject frivolous cases.

However, Supreme Court official Gan Wen has blasted the plaintiff, insist-

ing the case is a prime example of citizens abusing their right to sue. Gen says, "It's not necessary to waste our judicial resources on cases like these."

The news of the lawsuit emerges days after Zhao featured in a Forbes.com article, naming her "China's billionaire actress", thanks to her shared fortune with husband Huang Youlong.

to be held from August 7-14. Also, Lahiri will create a buzz for his latest album "Slumstars". "I have been in Mumbai for 36 years and 'Slumstars' is my tribute to little children with fire in their heart and melody on their lips," he added.

Dhawan-Vijay put India on top on rain-marred day Cavaliers beat Warriors

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FATULLAh (BANgLADEsh), JUNE 10 (IANs): It was a perfect toss to win for captain Virat Kohli as India openers Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan piled on runs at a good rate to end at 239 for no loss in what turned out to be a rain-marred first day of the lone Test against Bangladesh here on Wednesday.

Left-hander Dhawan (150 not out) was in rollicking form as he notched up his third Test century in only 101 balls, his first since February 2014. Vijay was a little slow off the blocks but gradually found his rhythm to end the day at a solid 89 not out, his 11th half-century.

Dhawan looked in sublime touch as he caressed 21 boundaries in his 158ball innings while his partner eked out eight fours and a six at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium to put their team in a commanding position despite only 56 overs being bowled. This is also the duo's second 200run partnership.

India’s Shikhar Dhawan, left, celebrates with his teammate Murali Vijay after scoring hunThe Bangladeshi bowl- dred runs during the first day of their test cricket match against Bangladesh in Fatullah, ers were hapless as none of Bangladesh, Wednesday, June 10. (AP Photo)

FIFA to kick off Blatter succession process in July

ZURICh, JUNE 10 (REUTERs): Scandal-hit FIFA will hold an extraordinary executive committee meeting in July to discuss dates for the election to replace president Sepp Blatter, who announced his resignation last week.

Soccer's governing body said in a statement that there were "various date options" for the extraordinary Congress and did not confirm a report by the BBC that the election would take place on Dec. 16.

Last week, Domenico Scala, head of FIFA's audit and compliance committee and the man responsible for overseeing the election, said it could take place any

time between December and March. "It requires an extraordinary Executive Committee that needs to confirm a date and agenda for the extraordinary elective Congress," said a FIFA spokesperson in a statement sent to Reuters.

"This extraordinary Executive Committee will convene in July, the precise date to be confirmed within this week. For this extraordinary elective Congress (to elect Blatter's successor) there are currently various date options for discussion."

Blatter tendered his resignation last Tuesday, less than a week after Swiss police staged a dawn raid on a luxury hotel in Zurich and arrest-

ed several officials on corruption charges filed by U.S. prosecutors in New York. However, Blatter is intent on staying in office until his successor is appointed and wants to lead the effort to clean up his federation.

The BBC said that mid-December was Blatter's preferred option for electing a new president.

Jordan's Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, who lost out to Blatter in the election, is tipped as a possible candidate while Chung Mongjoon, the billionaire scion of South Korea's Hyundai conglomerate, is also weighing up a bid to replace Blatter. Scala said last week that at

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them succeeded in taking wickets. To add salt to their wounds, the fielders did not back them as they dropped a couple of sitters. Pacers or tweakers, Dhawan and Vijay hammered the bowlers all over the ground. There was early movement for pacer Mohammad Shahid at the start of the innings but the Indian batsmen saw him off and started plundering runs.

India were going at a good rate, batting at 107 for no loss, when the skies opened up after only 23.3 overs were bowled in the morning. The rain forced the players to rush back to the pavilion as covers came on the ground. Minutes later, the umpires declared lunch.

The second session of play was completely wiped out by the showers and play only started after almost an hour into the third session.

In the 32.3 overs that were bowled in the last session, India scored 132 runs with Dhawan bringing up his ton and Vijay crossing Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova (8) shoots in front of Golden State Warriors his fifty. Play will start half an guard Klay Thompson (11) during the second half of Game 3 of basketball's NBA Finals in Cleveland, Tuesday, June 9. B hour earlier on Thursday.

least four months' notice was required for a presidential election to be held.

"FIFA must also consider appropriate time to vet candidates and allow them to present their ideas for the organisation that set forth their vision," he said at the time. The executive committee must also decide the on the deadline by which candidates must formally declare their intention to stand. Candidates need to have written backing from five national associations to be eligible. The president is elected by FIFA's 209 member associations, which each hold one vote.

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Ravens (Blue Jersey) and Rünümole (White Jersey) vie for the ball during the Challengers Cup Open Basketball Championship, which started on June 9 will continue till June 12. Altogether 23 teams are participating in the Championship including six girl teams. (Morung Photo)

CLEVELAND, JUNE 10 (AP): Cleveland's chances of taking a long overdue championship rest largely upon the shoulders of LeBron James, and he carried the load impressively Tuesday, scoring 40 points to lead the Cavaliers to a 96-91 win against Golden State, and a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals.

With Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving out injured, James takes on even more responsibility than is standard for one of the all-time greats, and he and city of Cleveland — which has not won a major sports title for 51 years — now stands two wins from the championship. James and the Cavaliers survived Golden State's furious fourth-quarter comeback led by league MVP Stephen Curry.

James added 12 rebounds and eight assists in 46 minutes, his third stellar performance in his fifth straight finals. The Cavs, who won Game 2 at Golden State for their first ever finals win, got their first at Quicken Loans Arena, which shook from start to finish. They'll have a chance to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series in Game 4 on Thursday.

Cleveland, which led by 20 points in the third quarter, nearly threw the game away. The Cavs looked certain winner when they led 92-83 with 51 seconds left, but then came a scoring flurry by Curry.

The visiting team looked capable of pulling off an amazing comeback after it appeared to force a turnover with 17.5 seconds to go. However a review of the play showed Klay Thompson was out of bounds when he made contact with the ball that Dellavedova was holding in his hands. From the inbound pass, James was fouled and made two free throws with 16.8 seconds left. On Golden State's last possession, Andre Iguodala appeared to get

fouled on an errant 3-point attempt and the Cavs pulled down the rebound to close out a win that nearly slipped away.

Curry finished with 27 points but had three turnovers in the final minute. Iguodala scored 15, Thompson, 14 and Lee, who didn't play in Games 1 or 2, had 11.

Despite the loss, Curry feels he's now in a rhythm. James once again was helped

by Dellavedova, who hounded Curry for three quarters, dived on the floor for loose balls and came up with a huge three-point play, flinging in a layup as he fell with 2:27 left to put the Cavs up 84-80.

Dellavedova was treated for cramps and did not appear at the postgame news conference. The Cavs said he was on an intravenous drip before being taken to the Cleveland Clinic for further procedures. After two overtime games in Oakland, Game 3 didn't have quite the same last-second drama, but it didn't lack any intensity as players were sprawled on the floor fighting for loose balls.

The Cavs seemed to take control in the third, building their 20-point lead with a breathtaking 12-0 run that included 3-pointers by James and J.R. Smith. Curry ended the spurt with a 3 and the Warriors opened the final period with a 13-2 blast to make it 74-68.

Curry, who went just 2 of 15 on 3s in Game 2, hit a couple of 'did-he-really-justdo-that' 3s in the fourth before the Warriors ran out of time.

Still, they're confident they can come back again. As if Cleveland didn't have enough injuries, Iman Shumpert, one of the team's top defenders, hurt his left shoulder in the first quarter. It's the same shoulder Shumpert injured while he was with New York earlier this season, sidelining him for six weeks.

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Marta breaks scoring record at Women's WCup

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MONTREAL, JUNE 10 (AP): Marta scored her 15th career Women's World Cup goal to become the all-time leader in tournament history, leading Brazil to a 2-0 win over South Korea on Tuesday.

In the day's other games, France dominated play and beat England 1-0, Costa Rica and Spain played out a 1-1 draw in a first-ever appearance for both sides at the event, and a late long-range goal gave Colombia a 1-1 draw with Mexico.

Marta, the five-time world player of the year, converted a penalty in the 53rd minute to put Brazil up 2-0, taking her past the previous record of 14 World Cup goals scored by Germany's Brigit Prinz.

In another piece of history, 37-year-old Formiga — playing at her sixth World Cup — became the oldest scorer in tournament history when she put Brazil ahead in the 33rd minute.

Marta's penalty came after Formiga was fouled by South Korea's So-hyun Cho. Brazil plays its second groupstage game against Spain on Saturday, while South Korea faces Costa Rica. France's Eugenie Le Sommer scored in the 29th minute and that was enough to secure a 1-0 win against England.

Le Sommer scored her 45th career international goal in the 29th minute. Gaetane Thiney forced a turnover and Le Sommer won the loose ball, took two touches and hammered in a shot from 20 yards.

France, which beat England in

Brazil's Marta (10) holds off South Korea's Kim Hyeri (20) during the first half of a FIFA Women's World Cup soccer match on June 9 in Montreal, Canada. (AP Photo)

the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Le Sommer had chances to exCup, has not lost to its Channel tend the lead but shot directly at rival in the women's game since the keeper in the 46th minute and 1974. sailed a volley over the goal in the

56th.

France was much more aggressive in the attacking half, outshooting England 16-3.

Spain and Costa Rica rapidly exchanged first-half goals but could not find the net thereafter in a 1-1 result.

Vicky Losada put Spain ahead in the 13th minute but just a minute later Costa Rica drew level when Raquel Rodriguez Cedeno steered home a centering pass from Katherine Alvarado.

Spain controlled the possession for much of the second half, with Jennifer Hermoso and Sonia Bermudez narrowly missing chances soon after halftime.

Losada had another late opportunity, but Costa Rica goalkeeper Dinnia Diaz saved a shot headed to the top left part of the goal.

Colombia's Daniela Montoya scored a booming goal from outside the penalty area in the 82nd minute to salvage a 1-1 draw against Mexico.

Veronica Perez put Mexico up 1-0 in the 35th minute, turning after a corner and firing a shot that the Colombian goalkeeper could not prevent crossing the line.

Yoreli Rincon nearly equalized for Colombia in the 59th minute, but her free kick over the outstretched Mexican goalkeeper Cecelia Santiago hit the post. However, Montoya tied the game in the final 10 minutes.

Mexico next plays against England on Saturday, while Colombia faces France.

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