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Assam bandh today Dimapur, June 16 (mexn): A 12-hour bandh has been called in Assam by the Bengoli Yuva Federation on June 17. Therefore, Dimapur police has advised commuters to take necessary precautions. A Dimapur police advisory note said security arrangements are reportedly being arranged by the Assam Police.
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Dimapur, June 16 (mexn): Home Department, Government of Nagaland on Tuesday clarified that no orders have been issued by the State government for shifting of the Office of Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur to Chumukedima. A press communiqué from Home Commissioner Neihu C Thur informed that the DC has only been instructed to supervise shifting a few offices that are accommodated in rented buildings to the new Complex.
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Dimapur, June 16 (mexn): In pursuance to the decision taken during the meeting of the District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) on July 5, 2014, all Heads of Office under Dimapur district has been informed that no taxes should be given to any Naga Political Group (NPG) as it is illegal and in total violation of the Government rules. Informing this in a circular, Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Keosnyu Yhome has cautioned that any Head of Office/DDO found deducting salaries from the employees for payment of tax to Naga political groups shall be dealt as per provision of the law.
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An elderly woman holds a placard during a rally to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in ukhrul on June 15. organised by service for Elders and Tangkhul Kharar long, about 600 elderly citizens aged over 60 years, participated in the rally. Following the rally, a function was held at the Tnl Hall during which Dr. nelson Vashum, Director, Compassion in Action Ministries, shared about how, in the olden days, elders were treated with much respect and their blessings were highly valued. (Photo: Kahorpam Horam)
Never mind lowering the rate of death from air pollution in India and China. Just keeping those rates steady will demand urgent action to clear the skies, according to a new report published Tuesday. The findings — gleaned from a new global model for how changes in outdoor air pollution could translate into changes in disease rates — highlight a demographic quirk of Asia’s two fastest-growing economies, where young populations have so far kept pollution-related mortality relatively low even amid breakneck economic development at steep environmental cost. Both countries have looked to coal-fired power plants to boost electricity and fuel growth. Both have seen explosions in the number of vehicles on the roads. And both have hundreds of millions of impoverished people still relying on burning wood, kerosene or whatever they can grab at the garbage dump to build fires for cooking or keeping warm on winter nights. But as their populations age, more people will become susceptible to conditions such as heart disease, cancer or stroke that are caused or exacerbated by air pollution. Already, Asian nations led by India and China account for 72 percent of the total 3.7 million annual deaths from outdoor air pollution — more than AIDS and malaria combined. Neither nation is anywhere
Prevalence of elder abuse lowest in India among Asian countries
washingTon, June 16 (pTi): India has the lowest prevalence of elder abuse in Asian countries, according to a new global review which found that 14 per cent older adults in the country may face psychological, physical, and sexual abuse and financial exploitation compared to 36 per cent in China. The researchers said that in Asia, the highest prevalence of elder abuse was found among older adults in China (36 per cent), while the lowest was reported among older adults in India (14 per cent). The study found that elder abuse is common among community-dwelling older adults and is especially prevalent among minority older adults. Older adults with cognitive and physical impairments or psychosocial distress are also at increased risk of elder abuse. In North and South American epidemiological studies, the prevalence
of elder abuse ranged from about 10 per cent among cognitively intact older adults to 47 per cent in older adults with dementia, researchers found. In Europe, the prevalence varied from 2 per cent in Ireland to 61 per cent in Croatia. In Africa, the prevalence ranged between 30 per cent and 44 per cent. “The epidemics of elder abuse and our societal inability to sufficiently protect the most vulnerable population are only compounded by their increased risks for premature death, psychosocial distress, use of emergency departments, hospitalisation, and nursing home placement,” said Dr XinQi Dong, lead author of the review published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. “Systematic, coordinated and targeted research, education, advocacy, and policy efforts are needed to protect, prevent, and serve our golden population in diverse communities,” Dong said.
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Vehicular movement along ImphalDimapur road has been brought to a grinding halt and normal life hit on the National- Highway-2 following the Monday assault on three people from Mao area in Manipur and damage to six vehicles reportedly by volunteers of Nagaland-based Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO). There has been a tense standoff between the Mao Council and Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) over Dzuko Valley. Nagaland-based SAPO and SAYO have been barring people from Mao community from entering the Nagaland over the land dispute. Meanwhile, a Manipur-bound sand-loaded truck was torched by unidentified people in Kohima area late Monday evening, reports said. SAYO is reportedly unhappy at the deployment of 4th IRB Battalion at Dzuko by the Manipur Government.
The decision on deployment of security forces in the area was taken recently by the Manipur State Cabinet following mounting public pressure. Passenger service and transportation of goods along the NH-2 has been brought to a halt following the damage of vehicles and assault on Mao Nagas that took place in Kohima area of Viswema, an Angami village on the Kohima-Imphal highway around 4 pm Monday. Viswema is located about 10 km from Nagaland-Manipur border.
UNC 48-hour bandh on highways underway
The 48-hour chakka bandh along National Highways which pass through the hill areas of Manipur, announced by the United Naga Council (UNC) began Tuesday midnight. The UNC has called the strike while pressing for its long-pending demand for ‘Alternative Arrangement’ for the Nagas in Manipur. In this connection, the council has
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appealed to all Naga frontal and regional apex organizations to enforce the strike in their respective jurisdiction. However, it informed that educational institutions, medical, water supply, electricity and media will be exempted from the purview of the bandh. Meanwhile, All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) has forced all government higher secondary schools in the hill districts to close down since June 15 to protest against the Manipur government’s failure to meet its longpending demands. ATSUM president Muan Tombing announced the fresh strike at a press meet at the union office here on Saturday last. Tombing said that the State government was ignoring ATSUM’s demands. The key demands of the union include establishment of ST Commission, regularization of contract lecturers of Higher Secondary Schools and bifurcation of power from Education (s) Director to Additional Director (Hills).
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Post cross-BorDer rAiD JIC appeal gets poor response
Intellectuals attack jingoist sentiments new Delhi, June 16 (pTi): A group of eminent intellectuals have expressed deep concern over the “thoughtless articulation of jingoist sentiments” by high-level representatives of the government and BJP in the wake of the army operation in Myanmar and urged it to disassociate itself from them. They also asked the government to take advantage of the first opportunity available for resuming dialogue with Pakistan. The statement was apparently referring to remarks of Minister of State Rajyavardhan Rathore suggesting that Indian could carry out surgical strikes across the border in Pakistan after the Myanmar strike against north east insurgents. “We are profoundly disturbed by the thoughtless articulation of jingoist sentiments by high-level representatives of the government, prominent spokespersons of the ruling party and strategic thinkers and experts associated with the think tanks close to policy makers, following the Indian army’s seemingly successful operation against the militants in the north east along the Indo-Myanmar border. “We are deeply concerned about its dangerous implications for peace and security in
South Asia and for relations with our neighbours, particularly Pakistan,” said the statement by the group including journalist diplomats, jurists and journalists. They said this ran counter to the policy of peace and amity with the neighbours spelt out time and again by the leaders since independence. “The threats implied in these statements can be a prescription for disaster in a region which is heavily armed including with nuclear weapons. Such statements can but jeopardise the prospect of resuming dialogue with Pakistan, a goal which we presume is shared by the government,” they said. The group urged the union government to publicly disassociate itself from such statements, reiterate its objective of promoting cooperation and goodwill among the governments and peoples of South Asia in general, and India and Pakistan in particular. The signatories included Kuldip Nayar, Muchkund Dubey, Justice Rajindar Sachar, Mrinal Pande, Manoranjan Mohanty, Zoya Hasan, Johan Dayal, N D Pancholi, Mohammad Salim Engineer, Seema Mustafa, Jawed Naqvi and Sumit Chakravartty.
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Only three organisations has so far responded to the Public Notice issued by the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) constituted to probe the March 5 Dimapur incident. The JIC, headed by Justice BD Agarwal (Retd) as chairman and Veprasa Nyekha, District & Sessions Judge (Retd) as member, had issued a notice on March 18 inviting written statements from individuals, NGOs and family members of victims with regard to the March 5 incident. Chairman Agarwal, during a media briefing at Nagaland Armed Police Training Center, Chumukedima today disclosed that June 16 was the last date for submission of statements. It received only three statements during the stipulated period. The JIC had also written to the families of the lynching victim Syed Farid Khan, the alleged rape victim, and late Inito Swu, who succumbed to gunshot wound at the Clock Tower on the evening of March 5. The let-
ters despatched could not reach the intended individuals, said Agarwal. The family of Farid Khan declined to accept the letter on grounds that it was addressed to his father, who had passed away; while the current address of the others was not ascertained. Stating that the JIC will re-despatch the letters, Agarwal added that
MArcH 5, 2015 INcIdeNT Probe this time it will be through the police. As the first Public Notice received poor response, Agarwal informed that the JIC has extended the period for submitting statements till July 16. “We (JIC) will re-issue a fresh public notice in this regard.” “The Commission is unbiased… we just want to ascertain the facts. Our endeavour is to give equal opportunity to all (in concern),” said Agarwal, while asserting that the documents filed will remain confidential. Agarwal also sought the coopera-
tion of student bodies, stating, “No student organisation has so far come forward with any written statement.” Queried what would be the next step of the JIC if it does not receive sufficient statements during the extended period, Agarwal replied that it can issue summons and “if need be can even issue warrants” as empowered by law. Government officials will be next in line to submit statements (or record statements) following the expiry of the July 16 dateline. Asked whether the JIC is satisfied with the resources provided by the government, Agarwal declined to comment, while adding, “Certainly we will request the government if required.” It is to be noted that the inquiry commission, which preceded the current JIC was marred by dearth of clerical staff and those, who were assigned, reported to work long after the government notification, while replacements could not report to duty at all. This aspect of the first inquiry commission is however not acknowledged by the State government.
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Farmers sensitised on SAGY scheme
DimaPuR, June 16 (mexn): ATMA Dimapur organized one-day district level training on Saansad Adarsh Grani Yojana (SAGY) for farmers at Selouphe village under Dhansiripar Block, Dimapur District on June 16. Ronchamo Kikon, BTT Convenor (ATMA) & AO II (Agri Dept) chaired the programme. SK Khemprai, SDAO Dimapur, delivered the keynote address encouraging the villages to sincerely lead and dedicate themselves in all sound development by availing all the round development by availing all the schemes allotted to them. He also outlined that SAGY aims at instilling certain valves in the villages and their people so
that they are transformed into models for others. The SAYG unlike other schemes does not look at the beneficiaries as receivers and the Government as the doers. The Yojana aims to empower the villagers to make choices and provide them with opportunities to exercises those choices. The SDAO also lauded the village for being declared as vegetable village and stated that the training programme has chosen on king Chilli cultivation, as it does not require large cultivable land and labour intensive rather high on economic packages. A welcome address was delivered by VEC. At the first session of the training Asenla Walling Technical
Officer ICAR deliberated on Agro-met advising and stated that locality is important for farming practices and asked them to register their phone number to avail necessary information from ICAR through SMS’s. At the second session, Veronica Yeptho, AO – II (Dept of Agri) imported a training on package & practices in king chilli, She elaborated all the necessary information of King Chilli cultivation starting from nursery bed making to transplantations and harvesting. The villagers were all enthusiastic and participated in interaction summing up of the programme was done by delivering vote of thanks from. Tonikali DPD (ATMA) Dimapur.
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ASU ‘Non-local verification drive’ commences Our Correspondent Kohima | June 16
The Angami Students’ Union (ASU) has started the first phase of “Non-local verification drive” from June 10 at ASU Office HQ, below AIR Station, Kohima. The month long verification drive will continue till July 10. “In its pledge to thump the unabated and alarming inflow of illegal migrants, Angami Students’ Union sensing the impediment and threat posed to our ethnicity by the menace of uncurbed immigrations from the bordering states and countries particularly Bangladesh, has been initiating the check
“Non-local” wait for their turn in the ongoing “Non-local verification drive” at ASU office Kohima held on Tuesday. (Morung Photo)
of overwhelming influx of illegal immigrants and Inner Line Permit defaulters in form of ‘Non-Local Verification drive,’” ASU stated. “This initiative is
also necessitated to ascertain the actual populace of non-locals inhabiting in our ancestral land,” it added. Upon reaffirming its
stand to tackle the demographic threats both socially, economically or otherwise, the ASU will be coordinating the Verification Drive again, the
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release informed. In this regard, the Union urged the denizens of Kohima District to actively partake and support the cause, “to preserve and protect our society from the looming threats.” While welcoming “any constructive contributions,” the ASU strongly discouraged individual(s) sheltering or protecting immigrants in any form or manner. Further, ASU asked all non-locals to “physically” bring all relevant proof or documents such as photocopies of their ILP card, identity proof, two passport photos, workplace permit and trade-license for business communities.
Zbto Dist Level Annual Conference conducted Parliamentary Secy Khekaho exhorts IPR officials
Award recipient with others during the District Health Authority, Zunheboto VHC Award cum District Level Annual Conference at VDB Hall held on June 16.
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Zunheboto, June 16 (mexn): District Health Authority, Zunheboto organized a VHC Award cum District Level Annual Conference at VDB Hall on June 16. Temsu Longkumer, Deputy Commissioner, Zunheboto graced the Conference as chief guest. Temsu Longkumer, DC Zunheboto encouraged all health workers to be responsible and emphasized on the importance of the VHCs and its roles in bringing about changes in society. He explained about the importance of community participations. Stating health is wealth, he motivated the VHCs and health workers
for more institutional deliveries and importance of timely immunizations so that children are free from encumbrance. The DC also suggested for more interactive sessions in days to come. Dr. G Hokishe Sema, Chief Medical Officer, Zunheboto in his welcome address encouraged the VHCs for active participation in improving the health service in the district. He motivated the participants to keep the society active and progressive. In a short power point presentation, he also highlighted a brief activities carried out in the district. Shekho Sophie, Media Officer, Zunheboto in
a press release said that Sapotimi SC, Suruhoto block bagged the best performing Sub Centre followed by Apukito SC, Zunheboto sadar and Satami SC, Aghunato block. Cash prize and certificates were given in honour of their valuable contributions. DPMU & BPMU staffs presented special song. Valerie Kiba, BPM Zunheboto sadar, chaired the programme. DC, CMO, DPO (RCH & UIP), VHCs Chairman and Member Secretary, BPMs, BAMs, ASHACo, Church Workers, NGOs and DPMU staffs, attended the conference cum Award Ceremony.
Kohima, June 16 (DiPR): The Directorate of Information & Public Relations held an introductory meeting with the newly inducted Parliamentary Secretary for IPR, K. Khekaho on June 16 at the IPR Conference hall, Kohima. Addressing the IPR officials, Khekaho emphasized on bringing about positive change and developments in the department with determination and hard work. He said that we should change the circumstances and emerge stronger in whatever positions we are put into and take the department forward. He said that he really wants to do good for the department during his tenure, for which he sought the support of the entire fraternity. He urged upon the officers of the department to accelerate the works to get things done at an opportune time. While interacting with the officials he also welcomed any officer or staff to visit his chamber to develop a sense of bonhomie thereby sorting out differences or
problems faced by the department while delivering assignments. Director, IPR, Pausui Zeliang in his speech stated that the Department of IPR is a channel of communication between the government and the people. He said that it is the duty of the department to highlight the government’s activities, thereby projecting a positive image of the government and this is what the department has been successfully implementing over the years through various programmes and activities. Jt. Secretary, IPR, Sotsula Yimchunger chaired the programme while Additional Director IPR, Limawati Ao proposed vote of thanks. Under Secretary IPR, Mhalo Humtsoe also attended the programme. DPRO, Mokokchung, Chuba Walling spoke on behalf of district officers where he highlighted on the district activities and expressed grievances faced by the district offices. DIPR staff, Dan Khing and Ayimla, presented special number.
Satellite tagged Amur Falcon Naga and Pangti are in inner Mangolia after completing their second cycle of migration route on July 16, 2015. They are expected to reach Doyang, Wokha by first week of October 2015.
NCC prepares for International day of Yoga
Kohima, June 16 (mexn): National Cadet Corps (NCC), the premier youth organisation of the nation is preparing to organise the largest ever demonstration of Yoga by a uniformed organisation on a single day concurrently at multiple venues all across India NCC will achieve this feat on the International Day of Yoga on June 21 by participation of more than ten lakh cadets simultaneously at about One Thousand Nine Hundred centres/locations across India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the NCC cadets during the PM’s NCC Rally at New Delhi on January 28 this year exhorted the NCC to participate in Yoga on International Day of Yoga and create a world record. The NCC was encouraged by his words and through a coordinated effort aims to achieve this feat. From April to Jun this year, the NCC
trained its cadets in yoga over a period of fifteen days each. For this, nearly 2700 venues pan India were utilized and about 1800 instructors employed. The mammoth task of training over ten lakh NCC cadets was accomplished by all the 17 NCC Directorates covering all the States and Union Territories of the country. NCC has been at the forefront of “Nation Building” by grooming the youth into disciplined citizens. It has been conducting social awareness and community development programmes and adventure activities aimed at all round development of its cadets. This unique record on the “International Day of Yoga” will add another feather to the cap of this largest uniformed youth organisation in the world. This was stated in a release issued by Lt Col Emron Musavi, PRO(Def) Kohima.
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Kohima DPDB discuss NHAK activities, welfare NBDA welcomes new adviser
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Kohima, June 16 (DiPR): The monthly meeting of the Kohima District Planning and Development Board was held on June 15 at DPDB Conference Hall, Kohima under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman, Kohima DPDB & DC Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor. Minister for Forest & Wild Life, Dr. Nicky Kire and MLA, Neiphrezo Keditsu also attended the meeting. Medical Superintendent NHAK, Dr. Neikhrielie Khimiao gave a power point presentation on the activities of the NHAK where Dr. Nicky acknowledged the activities performed by the NHAK and further suggested to come up that small operation cases should not be referred out as the hospital has good equipment and facilities with experienced doctors. In this regard, the MS also assured to discuss the matter and try to do it in whatever capacity. The
Medical Superintendent NHAK, Dr. Neikhrielie Khimiao presenting the departmental activities at the monthly meeting of the Kohima DPDB held on June 15. (DIPR Photo)
DC also said that various sophisticated equipments and facilities are now available in the NHAK and felt that the DPDB members should sensitise and spread awareness to the public to avail the facilities at the doorstep instead of spending money outside the State. He also acknowledged the doctors, nurses and staffs of NHAK for rendering their valuable ser-
vices to the public and further wished them to keep up the good work in future. The DC Kohima also reminded all the district offices to submit the list of its activities inorder to initiate require co-ordination between the departments which undertakes the same activities. The DC further appraised the members that the committee on Cleanliness under the DPDB Ko-
hima had preliminary discussion on the issues to be taken up for extensive action plan to be taken up. In this connection, he requested the DPDB members to contribute an inspiring slogan on cleanliness of the capital town for the committee. The DC further requested all the members to attend the monthly DPDB meeting regularly. On the agenda of
We the bereaved family member of Lt. Haizeteule Pame of Jalukie ‘B’ Village would like to express our deepest gratitude to all individual churches, Unions, friends, relatives and well wishers for supporting us through prayer as well as assisting us physically, materially and financially during the prolonged illness and at the sad demise of our beloved mother.
Special thanks goes to:-
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Heraka Paileu Baudi Jalukie B Heraka Woment Society Jalukie B Baptist Church Jalukie B Baptist Church Women Society Jalukie B Nkwareu Zeme Baptist Church Njaunalui Union Jalukie Valley NPF Youth Wing Peren Division (N) T.R. Zeliang Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland D.K. Zeliang, Retd. IFS Dr. Tumda Dr. Lungkeuding Pame.
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Naiba Konyak MLA, the new Adviser to Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency with others during his visit on June 15.
DimaPuR, June 16 (mexn): Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency organised an introductory meeting was for its new Adviser, Naiba Konyak MLA on June 15 at the Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre, Dimapur. Naiba Konyak exhorted the gathering and
expressed his confidence with the Mission Director, the Team Leader and all Team Members of the Agency. Imkonglemba, APC and Mission Director, NBDA, Khrienuo C. Metha, Secretary to GON and Team Leader, NBDA along
with the team members and other officials, attended the meeting. Dr. Tolto Metha, member, NBM-IT, NBDA in a press release said that later, the MLA visited all the units in the Resource Centre and encouraged the different entrepreneurs and craftsmen.
LSHSS celebrates fresher’s day
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school issues, grant-in-aid for St. Peter’s School, Kohima; Holy Family School, Kohima; Nagaland Police Central School, New Reserve Phesama and for opening of new School Police Public School 10th NAP (IR) Zhadima, the Board discussed and recommended the matters to the concerned authority for further necessary action. The Board also recommended for opening of Examination Centre at Tseminyu for Classes 11 and 12 to the NBSE which was also recommended by the SDPDB Tseminyu. A power point presentation on the roles and responsibility of District Aids Prevention Control Units (DAPCU) in the district was also presented in the meeting. The Kohima Municipal Council was asked to give power point presentation on its activities in the next DPDB meeting.
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We deeply regret our mobility to thank each and every one of you personally but may the almighty God bless you all abundantly for your selfless deeds and sacrifices. Loving sons, daughters, grandchildren and relatives.
DimaPuR, June 16 (mexn): Little Star Higher Secondary School celebrated fresher’s day on June 13 at the School Hall with the theme, ‘Responsible Living.’ A press note stated that the Chairman of the School, Nini Sekhose spoke on the theme and exhorted the students to take responsibility for their own lives. She reminded the students of the just concluded celebration of giving called ‘Joy of Giving,’ initiated by the Principal, Christina Neikhrienuo, during which time both the students and teachers experienced anew the joy of sharing our blessings with others and the value of making promises to ourselves and keeping it. The highlights of the show were the talent hunt, which was won by Diana D. Chishi, of Class 11 ‘C’. Diana won the hearts of the judges by an energetic Taekwondo performance. I.
Winners with the chairman, judges and principal during the Little Star Higher Secondary School fresher’s day held on June 13.
Ayem, Class 11 ‘C’, won the Miss Ethnic title. The title of Miss Fresher 2015 went to Binthu Newmai of Class 11 ‘B’. This year the title of Miss Congeniality was introduced to encourage overall good behavior and friendliness shown by students. The students themselves voted for their friends and Moasenla of Class 11 ‘C’ won the title. The judges were Kos
Zhasa, fashion and textile designer from Delhi, Kekhrieleü Mezhii, lawyer, Freda Angami, Parent, Er Ketoulhou Sekhose Paira, administrator LSHSS & entrepreneur, Thejavituo Sekhose, artist and designer. In between the contests, the students gave performances. Class 12 hostellers and day scholars separately performed choreographies, solo ren-
dition of ‘How Great Thou Art’ was sung by Longrizung of Class 8 and special performance by Kekhrielezo Kire, Music Teacher of LSHSS. Last year’s Miss Talent, Imsuienla Longkumer of Class 12 also preformed a solo. The event concluded with a prayer from the School Chaplain PV Francis and followed by lunch for everyone.
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Never-ending Naga peace talks: Delay might be counter-productive Amitava Mukherjee
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elay and procrastination often become favourite catchwords with policymakers, particularly when a formidable and intractable enemy is sought to be defeated on the negotiating table. But the Indian policymakers should have realized that with the ongoing Naga peace negotiations any goslow approach might turn out to be counter- productive. This is exactly what has happened with the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (Khaplang) breaking out of the negotiation process in April and then leading a massive attack on Indian army personnel in Manipur, killing 18 soldiers. S.S. Khaplang, the group's leader, is reported to have concluded that no purpose would be served by remaining in the never-ending peace talks. Of course, the Indian Army retaliated and killed even a greater number of Naga and Manipuri insurgents after attacking their bases in the jungles of Myanmar. But this has put a question mark on the ultimate fate of peace negotiations over the Naga insurgency, one of the first to erupt in India. Interestingly R.N. Ravi, the interlocutor and government representative in the Naga peace talks, is known to be skeptical about the justi-
fication of the effort. Ravi has a point. The Indian government has all along held the NSCN (Issac-Muivah) faction as the principal stakeholder on behalf of the Nagas. This is wrong. There are 25 to 30 separate tribes which constitute the Naga society and all of them are militarily strong. According to Ravi, between 1997 and 2013, 1,800 Nagas had died in 3,000 fratricidal wars. The need of the hour was to create an atmosphere of cordiality among different tribes rather than accepting the NSCN (I-M) as the sole representative of the Nagas. It should have been kept in mind that some time back, six Naga tribes - the Chang, Konyak, Phom, Khaimniungan, Yimchunger and Sangtam - had decided to bury the hatchet and become independent of the NSCN. Khaplang comes from the Konyak tribe and the latter's decision to become independent of the NSCN indicates that he no longer commands total allegiance from his own tribe. Similarly, some time back the Sema tribe had attacked NSCN (I-M) camps, although its chairman Issac Swu is himself a Sema. These two examples indicate that vertical fissures exist within Naga society. Certainly the Indian government has committed a grave mistake while assessing the strength of S.S. Khaplang.
Of the two NSCN groups, his one is numerically inferior. But the man has terrific fire power and has his fingers in the illegal arms trade that goes on in Southeast Asia via the northern part of Myanmar. Most of the northeastern Indian insurgent groups, including the ULFA (Paresh Barua) and all the major secessionist outfits of Manipur, get their supply of small arms through him. According to available reports, the NSCN (I-M) has now scaled down its demand from 'sovereignty' to 'greater autonomy'. But it is demanding a greater Nagalim by including the Naga inhabited areas of other contiguous states. Thuingaleng Muivah, the general secretary of the NSCN (I-M), is a Tangkhul Naga and hails from Manipur. The Nagas dominate the hill districts of Ukhrul, Senapati and Tamenglong which constitute a great part of the state while the valleys are under the control of the Meiteis. It is a fact that Muivah's influence on the Naga tribes in the Nagaland proper is tenuous and if these hill districts of Manipur are not brought within the ambit of his demand, then his position will become shaky. This became evident as the apex bodies of the Ao and Sumi tribes in Nagaland boycotted the reception for Issac Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah when they had visited Dimapur some years ago. The Naga imbroglio is re-
ally complex and still there are not many indications that the union government has been able to cross any significant hurdle. The United Naga Council, the apex body of the Nagas in Manipur, has raised the demand for an 'alternative 'arrangement in the hill districts of the state which means that finance, development and administration will remain in the hands of the hill district people while the state government will control security and police. But the Nagas will have to drop their unjust demands over some other areas like Cachhar, North Cachhar and Karbi Anglong in Assam. According to the 1991 census, the Nagas have practically no representation in Cachhar. In North Cachhar they constitute only five percent of the population while in Karbi Anglong, their share is only 0.37 percent. However realizing that their hopeless numerical inferiority will scuttle the demand for inclusion of these areas in the proposed 'Nagalim', the Nagas are sneaking in their own people in some border areas of Assam. They are also allegedly indulging in proselytisation of tribals in the Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh. Amitava Mukherjee is a senior journalist and commentator. The views expressed are personal.
The Khaplang-Myanmar deal that India missed New Delhi, JuNe 16 (AgeNcies): The Intelligence Bureau can no longer take the issue of North East militancy lightly. While the attack on the army at Manipur which killed 18 soldiers was an intelligence failure, there have been some developments in Myanmar which the Indian agencies have missed. What appears to have missed completely the striking of a deal between NSCN-K chief S S Khaplang and the Thein Sein government in Myanmar. This was a major development that took place recently which gave Khaplang the protection he needed. It appears as though this development was either not picked up by the Indian intelligence or was taken lightly. What the Khaplang-Thein Sein deal means? Khaplang who heads the NSCN-K one of the most dangerous militant groups is currently in Myanmar. He had ensured protection for himself and his troops when he signed a cease fire agreement with the Thein Sein government. As a result of this agreement, he was assured protection. Further the agreement also ensured that his base in
Sagaing, Myanmar was protected. The Myanmar government however ensured that there would be raids at his camps, but none of it would be serious. Basically what was ensured that these raids would be just an eye-wash. Myanmar has done more than it ought to have where Khaplang is concerned. He was moved with the protection of the Myanmar army into a hospital just ahead of the raids that the Indian army conducted on June 9th. While it was stated that he was unwell, many feel that this was a move in a bid to protect him. How Khaplang's deal benefitted the rest? Khaplang's deal with the Myanmar government was beneficial to the 14 other militant groups that operate along the Indo-Myanmar border. However the one who benefitted the most was Paresh Baruah the chief of the ULFA-I who has a considerable number of troops stationed at Myanmar. Baruah however is in China and remote controls the outfit from there. Baruah and Khaplang have a good relationship. Several reports from the Indian Intel-
ligence would suggest that Baruah is the one who remote controls Khaplang. Baruah clearly has a stronger force and is backed by the Chinese. He is the one who ensures the supply of arms and ammunition to the NSCN-K. When Khaplang's men moved out of India After the strike by the NSCNK at Manipur, several members of the groups stationed on the Indian side of the border moved out. They all moved into Myanmar and this was something that the intelligence missed entirely. The move by the NSCN-K cadres was a deliberate one and they were aware that moving into the Myanmar side would make it harder for the Indian army to track them. The other aspect that needs to be taken note of is the tracking of Khaplang himself. While the deal between Khaplang and the Myanmar government was missed or not taken seriously, the Indian agencies believed that the NSCN-K leader was still in the jungles of Myanmar. What the Indian agencies did not realize was that he was in a comfortable position and under the protection of the Myanmar government.
Meghalaya tribesmen to In Manipur's border villages, Myanmar provides what India does not approach UN over India- ukhrul, JuNe 16 Indian headquarters. Chi- Naga Revolutionary Front, too,” says a senior govern- is one small hospital but UG groups in the Kuki vilinstead of the sanctioned lage of Phaikoh, close to (The iNDiAN ex- hanphang Keishing’s fa- is the other outfit with a sig- ment official in Ukhrul. Two months ago, the seven doctors, there are where the Indian Army repress): Very little has ther, Ringshi Keishing, was nificant presence, thanks to Bangladesh land deal changed in this corner of a leader in Netaji Bose’s In- its thriving extortion rack- Kuki village of Chorokhur- only two. The teachers who taliation against insurgents shilloNg, JuNe 16 (iANs): Describing the ratification of the land swap deal between India and Bangladesh as violation of the human rights of the indigenous people, tribal villagers in Meghalaya on Monday threatened to move the United Nations if the Indian government fails to revisit the bilateral agreement. "We will petition the concerned state and central authorities to immediately conduct a review of the agreement, and if this does not fructify, then as indigenous people, a petition will be sent to the United Nations for intervening and overseeing a fresh boundary survey under its mandate," said John F. Kharshiing, chairman of the Grand Council of Chiefs of Meghalaya. Land owners and traditional heads residing near the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya went into a huddle in Dawki village on Saturday over the recent ratification of the
No Bru appears for identification for second day AizAwl, JuNe 16 (pTi): Not a single Bru appeared for the second consecutive day today before the Mizoram officials at the Khakchangpara relief camp in North Tripura district for identification. Mamit district deputy commissioner Vanlalngaihsaka told PTI over phone that the makeshift verification office was closed by the officials at 3 pm after no one came forward for identification as bona fide resident of Mizoram. Vanlalngaihsaka said that though no one came forward for identification, the process would continue as scheduled till June 18. Earlier, the proposed repatriation of Brus from Kaskau relief camp, scheduled to be taken up between June 8 and June 12 could not be undertaken as no one came forward for identification during June 2 to 4. State additional secretary for home Lalbiakzama said that the efforts to repatriate would continue as per scheduled even if no one comes forward for identification in the relief camps.
land swap deal. The chairman said the agreement was arrived at in the absence and ignoring the claims of the landowners and traditional heads, which is a violation of human rights of the indigenous people. Kharshiing said the "faulty" Radcliffe Line was drawn in two months in June-July 1947 in Delhi, due to the urgency to divide India and Pakistan. He said the boundary between India and Bangladesh along Pyrdiwah was supposed to be midstream on the Piyan river, and pillars were erected on the Indian side of the river as "reference pillars", but on a number of occasions, the pillars were washed away by strong currents of the Umngot and Piyan rivers. The chairman also said the land swap would affect the sacred forest of the Ryngksai clan at Umkrem, and "there is a possibility that this precious biodiversity will be lost to Bangladesh".
Ukhrul district in Manipur. Bordering Myanmar, the group of volatile villages in the district’s Chassad subdivision has for decades been a hub of militant activity. With no fence defining the border, the villages of Chassad, Kamjong, Grihang, Ningchao, Nampisha, Phaikoh, Chrokhurnao and Aishi serve as a thoroughfare for militants as well as villagers. The link between Ukhrul’s villagers and their Myanmarese counterparts is centuries old. Villagers on both sides engage in a flourishing barter trade. “The trade for us is now mainly of wood — prized Burmese teak. In exchange we give them whatever they need — blankets, sewing machines, bicycles,’’ says Chihanphang Keishing of the Tangkhul Naga village of Kamjong. Kamjong has historically been a stage for war. During the Second World War, in their attempt to capture India, the Japanese had made Kamjong their
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dian National Army. “My father went to Burma and brought the Japanese. He was their guide to Manipur. He escorted them to Kohima,’’ says Keishing, adding the roads today are only marginally better since that war. It’s easier to go to Myanmar than to some parts of Manipur. Until recently, the villagers would procure even salt or clothes from the other side of the border. The villages are packed between steep hills and thick forests. An elephant will occasionally stray in from Myanmar and be hunted down by villagers for meat. The treacherous terrain makes the area ideal for insurgent camps, many of these a stone’s throw away on the Myanmar side. But while this area is predominantly Naga, it’s the Meitei valley’s underground groups that hold sway here, primarily UNLF, while MNRF, the Manipur
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ets. Last year, an ambush at the village of Konkram by UNLF killed two civilians. Aishi, 1.5 km from the Myanmarese village of Molvailuk, is a meeting point for many insurgents and UNLF cadre members are known to visit there frequently to gather information about the Indian Army. In the 2012 Manipur assembly elections, a CRPF convoy was ambushed and attacked by insurgents. “Each of these villages has seen ambushes and attacks. The insurgents have specifically targeted Indian security forces. They have declared that their target is not the Manipur police but if they find Manipur police accompanying the Assam Rifles, they will attack them
nao became a bone of contention between India and Myanmar. Villagers had left several years earlier due to alleged harassment by the Myanmarese army. Two months ago, they came back to resettle but were chased away. The issue is now being resolved through diplomatic channels, says a government official. It is this village that is most frequently used by Meitei underground groups to enter India, attack and then retreat into Myanmar. Kamjong village authority head S D Thomas says violence aside, Kamjong and its surrounding villages are victims of the conflict. “There is an SDO’s office here but the SDO is never there. There
are supposed to be posted here have sublet their jobs to locals who may or may not be qualified to teach. The government officials who are posted here never come; they are afraid as this region is a known haven of insurgents,” he says. Thomas says government schemes such as NREGS and PMGSY rarely take off and, even if they do, the projects are never completed because of the amount paid to militant groups from these schemes as extortion. This is true of the rest of Manipur too but the threat here is more potent, with the militants camped at their doorstep. It’s a similar disenfranchisement with India that has earned sympathy for
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took place. “Electricity came to our village in 2005. We have had three years of electricity since. There are no medical facilities. And there is no pharmacy. We go to Myanmar and buy medicines. We get no rations, no funds for roads or any assistance from the state government. We don’t depend on India at all. We depend on Myanmar,” says Phaikoh “minister” Hemkhoshei. So when UNLF comes and holds “medical camps’’ in the village, bringing their in-house doctor, or distribute medicines in this malaria-infested area, they are more than welcome. “They talk of development, which is more than our state government has ever done for us,” adds Hemkhoshei.
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India, other emerging markets to drive $5 trn aircraft demand PARIS, June 16 (PTI): Growing passenger traffic in India and other emerging markets would help generate aircraft demand worth about US $ 5 trillion in 20 years and the fleet across aviation industry would more than double by 2034, Airbus said on Tuesday. The domestic traffic flow in India alone is estimated to grow nearly 6 times in this period, making it one of the fastest growing markets globally, even as a survey by Airbus has identified Mumbai and Delhi airports among the largely congested ones across the world. Releasing its Global Markets Forecast here at the 51st Paris International Air Show, Airbus said that “from the world’s first commercial flight in 1914, to today’s 32 million flights annually, aviation has become part and parcel of our everyday lives. “With some three billion air passengers, and 50 million tonnes of freight
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carried every year by planes, it is estimated that aviation contributes USD 2.4 trillion annually to global GDP.” In the next 20 years, global passenger traffic will grow at an average 4.6 per cent a year, driving a need for some 32,600 new aircraft above 100 seats (31,800 passenger and 800 freighters greater than 10
tonnes) worth USD 4.9 trillion, it said. “By 2034, passenger and freighter fleets will more than double from today’s 19,000 aircraft to 38,500. Some 13,100 passenger and freighter aircraft will be replaced with more fuel efficient types,” Airbus said. Emerging economies which collectively account
for six billion people, are the real engines of worldwide traffic growth. They will grow at 5.8 per cent a year compared to more advanced economies, like those in Western Europe or North America, which are forecast to grow collectively at 3.8 per cent. Emerging economies also account for 31 per cent of worldwide private con-
sumption which will rise to 43 per cent by 2034. “Economic growth rates in emerging economies such as China, India, Middle East, Africa and Latin America will exceed the world average. A knock on effect is that middle classes will double to almost 5 billion people,” Airbus said. The tendency to travel by air is increasing, it said, adding that in emerging economies, 25 per cent of the population take one trip per year, and this will increase sharply to 74 per cent by 2034. In advanced economies, such as North America, the tendency to travel will exceed two trips per year. “Asia-Pacific will lead in world traffic by 2034 and China will be the world’s biggest aviation market within 10 years, and clearly Asia and emerging markets are the catalyst for strong air traffic growth,” said John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers.
‘Mobile subscriptions in India States’ views on GST submitted to RS panel DelhI, June 16 sources said, various as- meeting Jaitley. likely to touch 1.4 bn by 2020’ neW The Centre proposes (PTI): Chairman of the pects of the legislation were
MuMBAI, June 16 (PTI): The number of mobile subscriptions in the country is expected to increase to 1.4 billion by 2020, against 970 million in 2014, driven by rise in affordable devices and services, according to a report by telecom equipment maker Ericsson. The India appendix of the Ericsson Mobility Report, released today, shows key trends and forecasts on mobile traffic, subscriptions, consumer behaviour and technology uptake in the country. GSM/EDGE subscriber base is expected to peak in 2015 and likely to decline thereafter as subscribers migrate to 3G services, the report said. LTE subscriptions are likely to top 230 million, forming around 17 per cent of the total subscription base by 2020, it said. The WCDMA/HSPA subscriptions are anticipated to grow from over 120 million in 2014 to around 620 million by 2020, and will account for 45 per cent of the total subscription base by that time, it added. GSM/EDGE technology has the widest reach in India with 95 per cent population coverage while WCDMA/ HSPA is expected to cover approximately 90 per cent by the end of 2020. Additionally, around 40 per cent of the population will be covered by LTE networks by 2020. “Affordability of smartphones will drive the overall affordability of mobile broadband in India,” the report stated. The number of smartphone subscriptions is expected to reach over 750 million by 2020, up from 130 million in 2014. The global Ericsson Mobility Report released earlier this month stated that India added the most net mobile subscribers in the first quarter this year at 26 million.
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Trade deficit narrows to three month low, exports contract neW DelhI, June 16 (ReuTeRS): India’s trade deficit narrowed to a threemonth low in May, helped by lower gold imports, bolstering the outlook for its current account balance. But in a worrying sign, weak global demand as well as persistent domestic bottlenecks led to a sixth straight annual fall in merchandise exports. Exports account for about a fifth of India’s $2 trillion economy. The trade deficit shrank to $10.41 billion last month, its lowest since February, from $10.99 billion in April, data released by the trade ministry showed on Tuesday. The data comes days after India’s current account deficit, the broadest measure of its trade with the rest of the world, narrowed to a one-year-low of 0.2 percent of gross domestic product in the January-March quarter. Economists at Barclays said an improvement in
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neW YORK, June 16 (PTI): India is home to the fourth largest number of ultra-high-networth households that have more than 100 million dollars in private wealth, according to a new report topped by the US. The Boston Consulting Group’s ‘Global Wealth 2015: Winning the Growth Game’ report said continued economic expansion of China and India was driving growth in wealth in the Asia— Pacific region. The US remains the country with the largest number of ultra-high-networth (UHNW) households at 5,201, followed by China (1,037), the UK (1,019), India (928) and Germany (679) in 2014, it said. India’s UHNW households grew manifold from 2013 when the number stood at 284. The private wealth in the Asia-Pacific region expanded by a steep 29 per cent in 2014 to reach USD 47 trillion, enabling it to overtake Europe (Eastern and Western Europe combined) to become the world’s second-wealthiest region, the report said. With a projected USD 57 trillion in 2016, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) is expected to surpass North America (a projected USD 56 trillion) as the wealthiest region in the world and will be the largest pool for client acquisition. “At such a pace, the region is expected to overtake North America as the world’s richest region in 2016, with
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fell 16.52 percent from a year earlier to $32.75 billion. Exports, meanwhile, continued to struggle, contracting 20.19 percent year-on-year to $22.35 billion in May. Growth in goods exports, both in terms of value and volume, has been steadily slowing since 2012, reflecting local bottlenecks that have rendered Indian firms uncompetitive. A report published by HSBC last month showed that electricity shortages and poor rail, road and port connectivity are compounding the problems Indian exporters are facing amid weak global demand as well as a relatively strong rupee. “Fall in exports is becoming a trend and it is really worrying,” said Anupam Shah, chairman of the Engineering Exporters’ body, EEPC India. “Indian exporters need significant (fiscal) stimulus to become competitive.”
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the trade shortfall will help keep the current account gap in check in the AprilJune quarter. “Overall, we think India’s external sector is on a strong footing and will remain so in the coming quarters,” Barclays said in a note. India is reaping the benefits of a slump in global commodity prices that helped reduce gold imports by nearly 23 percent from April to $2.4 billion last month. The slump also brought down the cost of crude imports, which account for nearly a third of India’s total imports, by about 41 percent in May from a year earlier to $8.5 billion. But in a sign of a pick-up in oil demand, imports jumped 15 percent from April. Global crude prices have gained in recent months, but analysts say the upside potential is limited due to ongoing oversupply. Overall imports in May
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Stop playing party politics with Naga political issue: BJP to Cong Dimapur, June 16 (mexn): The BJP Nagaland today stated that Congress in its more than decades rule in Nagaland “meddled so much in Naga political issue that solution became impossible.” Responding to a Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) statement, the BJP said Congress has the mentality that none, but it understands the Naga political issue. The rejoinder issued by BJP spokespersons questioned why the Congress is opposed to inclusiveness in the effort to find lasting solution. “Was the Indo-Naga talk during the UPA regime transparent? If the Congress had all the patience to make the Naga people wait sixty years to find an elusive solution they promised, why are they so impatient to see the result within a year of NDA’s regime?” Maintaining that Naga political issue is not Congress’ play-thing, BJP stated, “If they (Congress) have realized that the issue is above party politics, they should stop playing party politics with it.” “Congress should not think that others have no right to enjoy the fruits of the statehood. Or, are they implying that Congress was the architect of sixteen point agreement that dichotomized Naga National Council (NNC) into undergrounds and over-grounds?” BJP questioned. “That division was the mother of all divisions among the Nagas. NPCC is the direct off-shoot of NPC and NNO.” Further, the rejoinder said when the national BJP president said Congress and BJP could never sail together in the same boat, it didn’t mean BJP could not remain in the DAN government. BJP has been in the DANIII government because it is a pre-poll alliance party of DAN, it added. “But what
is the Congress doing in the government?” it queried. BJP claimed that Congress MLAs had “gate-crashed in, defying even their own high command’s order.” If the Congress MLAs had even a "grain of principle and personal integrity," there was absolutely no room for them to go in where BJP is an active participant in the government, BJP said. "Congress party could not fully absolve itself from the MLAs’ actions.” BJP demanded that Congress declare whether its legislators who joined the DAN government are still Congress if disciplinary action deemed fit had been taken against them by suspending their memberships. “Suspension has no meaning because the same party constitution and disciplinary rules are binding on them like the active members. Why is the Congress not acting on the show cause notice? Is it not a political ploy to buy time?” it added. Meanwhile, BJP accused the Congress of hypocrisy. If the Congress legislators were serious for Naga political solution, it asked, why they did not join the DAN-I or II governments when UPA was in power at the Centre. “And why now, when NDA has come to power? Had they joined during UPA’s regime, it would have been golden opportunity for them to work for the people of Nagaland both developmentally and politically.” Stating that Congress by joining the government, have lost the opposition’s role, BJP added, “No matter for how long they stay in the NDA government at the pleasure of the Chief Minister, they should not criticize their own government or their own Union Ministers. They should learn to behave like members of the treasury bench.”
Wednesday 17 June 2015
‘Domestic Workers are Workers’ International Domestic Workers’ Day observed in Dimapur
tion. The participants observed how the farmer friend Methaheto was successfully growing maize, chilly, flowers and other vegetables in his farm school, according to the release. ATMA Kohima Block also monitored and reviewed the activities of Golano FIG based in the village the same day. After visiting the fields of the group, ATMA functionaries held an interaction with the Farmers’ Interest Group (FIG) to discuss the latter’s progress and deliberate on the future plans of the FIG. ATMA also launched a Food Security Group (FSG) in Khonoma. The main ob-
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MEx FILE Police inform to report of ‘involuntary contributions’ Dimapur, June 16 (mexn): Office of the Commissioner of Police, Dimapur has informed all government departments based in Dimapur, business community, and public in general to inform the police about demands for any “involuntary contributions” by the NPGs, Trade Unions, Associations, NGOs, groups of individuals, etc. “Such demands by putting the victims under fear of threat or intimidation cannot be termed as voluntary and would necessarily fall within the legal definition of extortion,” stated a press note issued by Addl. Dy. Commissioner of Police/ PRO. “As such, such activities must be reported to the police for necessary legal action.”
Domestic workers attend a programme on International Domestic Workers’ Day in Dimapur on Tuesday. (Morung photo) Morung Express News The NDWMNR submit- manded that the domestic a domestic worker spoke
workers in the country be protected through a Comprehensive National Legislation besides the demand to include them in the Minimum Wages Act 1948. Further, the charter of demand mentioned about a Separate Social Security Board for Domestic Workers. During the programme,
on, “Life and Struggles of Domestic Workers in Nagaland.” She spoke about how domestic workers were illtreated by their employers, and highlighted various incidents of sexual advances made by their employers. The day was observed under the theme, “Domestic Workers are Workers.”
Dimapur police crack down on crime
Forum demands early conduct of RMSA viva-voice
Dimapur | June 16
Organized by National Domestic Workers’ Movement Nagaland Region (NDWMNR), the International Domestic Workers’ Day was observed at Town Hall here. Around 400 domestic workers attended the programme.
Dimapur, June 16 (mexn): Dimapur police seized two motorcycles and one Bolero plying with fake registration documents on June 12. In this connection, three persons were arrested and cases registered in Sub-Urban Police Station and East Police Station for further investigation. The same day, one Hokugha Zhimomi was arrested while serving demand note of the NNC (NA) to the Railway Authorities in Dimapur, a press release from PRO, Dimapur police informed. The case is under investigation at the GRPS. Meanwhile, on June 13, personnel manning Chumukedima check gate seized six cases of IMFL from one NST bus (NL111521). In this connection, Anjali Devi and Denandi
ted memorandum to the Governor and other departments through Dimapur district administration, which was represented by SDO (C) James Swu. In the memorandum, the domestic workers urged upon India to ratify ILO C-189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. They also de-
Devi, both residents of Kohima, were arrested for transporting the same. According to the release, Dimapur police have been carrying out raids and seizures of IMFL across the town. Within the week, as many as five cases under the NLTP Act have been registered across various police stations and five persons arrested. Over thirty cases of IMFL were seized. Further, personnel of B/13 NAP (IR) performing routine checks at City Tower intercepted a motorbike and found 14,000 capsules of Spasmo Proxyvon from the possession of the occupants on June 12. The two arrested are Pongsaba Kichu and Rajiv Uddin @ Babu. A case under Drugs & Cosmetic Act has been registered at West Police
Station for investigation. Three ILP defaulters were detained at Chumukedima Check Gate and forwarded to the court for necessary prosecution on June 14. Again on June 15, three more defaulters were detained and forwarded to the court. On June 15, Dimapur police busted a storage house of stolen bikes located along the Dimapur– Karbi Anglong border area. Three stolen bikes which were reported to the West Police Station on earlier dates were recovered from the place alongwith tools and equipments used to interchange bike parts. In this connection, one Ismail Sumi was arrested. Efforts to arrest the other absconders are underway, the release said.
ATMA reviews activities, launches FSG Stolen vehicle recovered Kohima, June 16 (mexn): ATMA Kohima Block visited the Alder based farm school in Khonoma village, which is managed by Methaheto, on June 4. The farm school was established in 2008-2009 under the aegis of ATMA Kohima Block. Over the years, the farm school has had many visitors from within and outside Nagaland. It has the potential to serve as an epicenter for Alder based training among Naga farmers, a press release informed. A training and demonstration on vegetable cultivation was also organised at the farm school focusing on potato and cabbage cultiva-
Dimapur
Kohima, June 16 jective of the Food Security Group, the release said, is to (mexn): One Hyundai encourage kitchen gardenSantro car, which was stoing among the women folk len from Assam in the year so they can support their 2008, has been recovered by families. the Kohima police. A press Meanwhile, ATMA Korelease from SDPO/PRO, hima Block monitored and Kohima police informed reviewed the activities of the that case regarding the stovegetable farm school at Jotlen car bearing registration soma on June 16, followed by number NL-07-6904 was review of Pekro FIG in the vilregistered at Dispur, Assam lage. The review of the activiP.S. The OC of Dispur, Asties was followed by an intersam has been informed to action with the farmers and make claim of the said vehideliberation on the future cle from Kohima Police with plans of the farm school and all relevant documents, the FIG. To further encourage PRO said. The original registhe farmers, seeds of broctration number of the stolen coli, Chinese cabbage, cori- The recovered vehicle, car is ML-01C-6930 as per ander and pea were given to which was stolen from As- available official records, it the farm school and FIG. sam in 2008. was informed.
Dimapur, June 16 (mexn): The Nagaland RMSA Written Exam 2014 Qualified Candidates Forum has requested the chairman of Nagaland Education Mission Society (RMSA) to “immediately” notify about viva-voice of the RMSA teachers recruitment exam held in 2014 latest by June 30 and complete the whole process of the exam by July 31 in the larger interest of the students’ community. The Forum held a meeting on June 13. In a representation to the chairman, officials of the Forum recounted that the Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Secondary Teachers Written Exam was conducted on May 24, 2014 and almost a year has gone since the declaration of the result on June 29. However, despite several appeals made to the department through various media by many candidates for early conduct of the viva-voice, the Forum stated, “the department has turned a deaf ear and has remained silent without giving any valid reason which has caused untold hardships to the aspiring candidates as well as the students’ community.” The representation was appended by Kakika Z Sumi (Convenor), Nitoka V Swu (Co-convenor), Verato Swuro (Co-convenor), and Rüvotuonuo Ruth (General Secretary).
UTNA Dimapur unit calls emergency general meeting Dimapur, June 16 (mexn): Unemployed Trained Nurses Association (UTNA) Dimapur unit has convened an emergency general meeting on June 18, 2:00 pm at chapel hall, District Hospital Dimapur. The unit president has informed all the responsible UTNA Dimapur unit members to attend the meeting. The Unit also informed the members who have not paid the collection of Rs.500/- to pay on the same day. All those who fail to attend the meeting will be fined, a press release from the unit cautioned.
PNTMK seminar on career guidance Kohima, June 16 (mexn): The Poumai Naga Tsüdoumai Me Kohima (PNTMK) (Poumai Students’ Union Kohima) will be organizing one day career guidance seminar on June 27, 10:00 am at Poumai Baptist Church, Midland colony, Kohima. Advocate at Gauhati High Court Kohima bench Ashipri Zho and consultant community mobilization regional Resource center for North Eastern states Rajesh Khartu Monsang will be the resource persons. PNTMK president Rakovi Rosü has requested all the Poumai students studying in Kohima town to attend the seminar.
MYO cautions Kohima, June 16 (mexn): The Merhülietsa Youth Organization (MYO), Kohima has cautioned all who organise late night party, sell liquor, inhale dendrite or indulge in “immoral activities” within its jurisdiction that strict action would be taken against them. Stating this in a release, MYO president Thepfuvio Zatsu stated that the Organization would conduct surprise checking in the colony.
IRCSN annual general meeting Kohima, June 16 (mexn): The 29th annual general meeting of Indian Red Cross Society, Nagaland State Branch (IRCSN) will be held on June 23 and 24. A press release from IRCSN general secretary informed that the Business Session will be conducted on June 23 at 11:00 am in the conference hall of Red Cross Complex, Kohima, while Ceremonial Function will be held on June 24 at 11:00 am in the Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan. The IRCSN has invited all Founding Members, Patrons, Vice Patrons, Life Members and well wishers to attend the meeting.
CANSSEA Peren unit to tour district peren, June 16 (mexn): The executive members of CANSSEA Peren unit will be undertaking circle wise tour to interact with the employees of the district highlighting some of the major on-going activities of the Association and matters pertaining to annual contributions. In the first phase, the members will tour Tening Circle on June 19 and have an interactive session at Government High School Tening at 11:30 am. Therefore, all the employees under Tening circle have been requested to attend the session positively. In the next phase, the executive will cover Ahthibung circle, for which, the members have been requested to contact their Circle Representative for detailed information. A press release from CANSSEA Peren unit general secretary stated that the unit reaffirms to strengthen the Central CANSSEA Body Kohima for the general welfare.
Public SPace Clarification on the submission of memorandum to the Government of CAKU rejoinDer Manipur for intervention in the Koziiri-Dziiko land dispute: Mao Council
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he submission of memorandum to the Government of Manipur for its intervention in the Koziiri-Dziiko land dispute was neither conceived to by-pass Naga customary law in dispute resolution nor intended to hurt or undermine any legitimate aspiration of the Nagas unrelated to the dispute. It was an appeal to the Government to intervene and stop the activities of the Southern Angami Public Organization (SAPO) in a land that the Mao people consider as belonging to them from time immemorial, and not for the final resolution of any dispute through it. The Mao Council fully understands that the larger issue of demarcating the political boundary between the two neighbouring states of Manipur and Nagaland is different in nature from and not co-terminous or co-extensive with the dispute over the land ownership of Koziiri and Dziiko between the Mao people and the southern Angami people. The Mao people reposed their trust in the competence of the Tenyimi People's Organiza-
tion (TPO) to resolve the dispute until the case was abruptly dropped from TPO's traditional customary law court on 24 August 2012 due to the decision of SAPO to walk out from the case being arbitrated by the said Court. The events and developments from there onwards will bear out the nature of circumstances under which the Mao Council was compelled to take up its own course of action. In the month of September 2012, the Mao Council sent a letter to the Naga Hoho, apprising it of the status of Koziiri dispute in the TPO Court and earnestly appealing for timely intervention to avert any undesirable eventualities taking place in the Naga family and to safeguard Naga unity at such a trying and crucial time in the history of the Nagas' struggle for self-determination. In response to this appeal, the Mao Council was made to understand that the Naga Hoho has no court. However, the Mao Council waited with hope that the Naga Hoho would intervene and facilitate the settlement of the case between the two parties, i.e., the
Mao Council and SAPO. Sometime in October 2014, over two years from the date when the case was dropped from TPO Court, SAPO began road construction aggressively in the so-called disputed area in Koziiri. When SAPO brought in heavy machineries to carry out its plan and armed volunteers to keep guard over its activities, the Mao people did weigh the options whether to confront or to seek intervention. After much thoughtful consideration of the options and possible outcomes, the Mao Council decided to seek intervention. We are fully convinced that our decision was to avoid a very unhappy situation, although some may consider it as our weakness. For reasons that are not decidedly our creation and whether we like it or not, the traditional homeland of the Mao people is almost wholly in the state of Manipur and we send our elected representatives to the Manipur Legislative Assembly to safeguard our interests and to register our grievances. The Government of Manipur, therefore, has
the competence and a duty to act on matters that concern our interests. The memorandum sent to the Government of Manipur by the Mao Council and the Committee for Koziiri and Dziiko Land Boundary Resolution must be understood in the light of this reality and the circumstances leading up to it. Until recently after the Mao Council adopted its own course of action to appeal to the Government of Manipur for intervention, the Naga Hoho remained silent to the appeal of the Maos. For clarification's sake, it must also be noted that the Government of Manipur neglected our appeal for many months during which SAPO extended the road construction by some 9-10 kilometres. Our memorandum set the deadline of 7 May 2015 for positive intervention, and failing to receive a response from the Government by that date, we called for a 24-hr total bandh on 23 May and subsequently an indefinite economic blockade from 1 June 2015 against the Government of Manipur and not against any community.
On 3 June 2015, two Ministers of the Manipur Government and a local MLA visited the area where road construction had been going on. They asked SAPO workers to stop the work and go back which the workers complied with. Thereafter, the Naga Hoho, the United Naga Council and the Naga People's Organization met with the Mao Council at Mowzhu Prayer Centre the same day. As the Government made the required intervention to stop the road construction, which was the primary demand in the memorandum sent by the Mao Council, the indefinite economic blockade was called off at 6.00 pm the same day. Therefore, there is no rationale for the demand, made from some quarters, that the Mao Council withdraw the memorandum, as the matter raised in the memorandum has already ended. Now the Maos are open to any Naga organization to help settle the issue, through mediation, arbitration or adjudication in Naga customary law and tradition. Publicity wing Mao Council
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he Chakhro Angami Kuda Union (CAKU) conveyed our disapproval to various news articles against the shifting of DC Office Dimapur. Therefore, we hereby request the State Government to immediately initiate the shifting of Deputy Commissioner Office Dimapur to its lawfully constructed building at Chumukedima without further delay. In the meanwhile, we also appeal the citizens of Dimapur not to create any propaganda nor manipulate the issue for the interest of individual or community gain as this will hamper the developmental activities in Dimapur particular. Further, we would like to make it clear that, whoever is appointed as DC of Dimapur District irrespective of its Office Location, He/She is for all communities irrespective of tribes, caste or sex etc. Therefore, CAKU
strongly view that such cheap misapprehension of ism should be removed from the thought of every right thinking citizens. Further, we would also like to appeal all the leaders and elders of different NGO's in and around Dimapur not to mislead the younger generation in any manner by distorting the traditional historical facts and its circumstances of Dimapur District as because, the price of the repercussion will be intolerable which will have to be bear by our own children and grand children in the future. Hence, CAKU once and for all make its stand clear that any move or action against any developmental works in its traditional jurisdiction by any organization, union or association etc shall never be accepted. Luola-o üsou President CAKU Thejangulie Angami General Secretary CAKU
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The Power of Truth
The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 17 JunE 2015 volumE X IssuE 164 By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir
Swachh Bharat and Naga Civic Sensibility
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agaland seems to have awakened to the tune of PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat mission along with the 4,041 statutory towns (Census 2011) coming under this project that aims, at least in concept, “to make the country clean by October 2, 2019.” Evidenced by the abysmal failure to deliver the promise, many have censured this mission as just another sweeping ‘photo-opportunity.’ Within our fold, the ‘new found zeal’ for a clean environment through Swachh Bharat requires a careful scrutiny of our mindsets and civic sensibilities. That, it should not be merely taken as a clean campaign in reverberation with Modi’s ‘political’ game plan but one that addresses the intrinsic relationship between humans and the environment and subsequent perusal in effect. If not, we will end up just promoting the Swachh Bharat as a symbolic mission without really touching the core essence of our sensibilities which is found wanting to bring about a clean and healthy environment. We need to go beyond symbolism and the desire for media and people’s attention just to be in good books. Cleanliness and hygiene are universally regarded as indispensable but in our state personal and environmental cleanliness is inadequately evident. There have been talks and awareness campaigns but eventually nothing concrete or permanent have transpired to get rid of the menace of deterioration of the environment due to indiscriminate throwing of garbages and littering around. It is imperative to sincerely address the prevailing deplorable condition of civic sense as reflected through our actions that seems to have gone down the drain and flowing in equal measure with the garbage. In one way or the other, we are all guilty of creating conflict between humans and our environment through our act of pollution. There are the spitters, the Paan and tobacoo chewers who spits at will, the urinators, the litterers and the garbage dumpers. Where is our civic sensibility? Nobody cares enough or feel guilty about it. We should remember that our ‘uncivilized’ acts only create conflicts and violence with our environment. Consequently, we suffer from the ill-effects of pollution and its associated diseases. Maybe calculating the cost because of the lack of civic sense might bring a positive effect. Do we even realise the medical expenditure and deaths caused through unhealthy environment? These are issues concerning both social and moral, and the human-environmental relationship. I believe, our forefathers held the environment with much reverence and were more conscious of the importance of keeping a healthy and ‘balanced’ bonding with the environment. The deplorable standard of civic sense among the people can also be attributed to improper orientation towards cleanliness and hygiene, and also the lack of basic amenities like proper dumping places or means through which wastes can be treated. Simply put, civic sensibility is about realising that our surroundings and the environment where we live need to be clean; that we need to breathe good air for healthy living and that it is necessary to have a healthy relationship with the environment and for what it offers to us. A clean environment not only creates a healthy outlook but also a lasting relationship between humans and environment. Otherwise it results in disturbing the harmonious relationship and creates various forms of conflict not only between man and environment but also violence amongst humans. There is need for ‘sweeping’ changes beginning with our mindsets with a heart and mind for promoting a clean and healthy environment and its associated praxis. In pursuit of this end, an urgent resurgence of our civic sensibility is thus paramount. (Dr. Asangba Tzüdir is an Editor with Heritage Publishing House. He contributes a weekly guest editorial to Morung Express. Feedback and comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)
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Controversial play sparks debate in Israel
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decision by Israel's new education minister to halt the performances for high school students of a controversial play, inspired by the life story of an Arab who murdered an Israeli soldier, has rekindled a fierce debate in the country over the limits of artistic expression. The minister, Naftali Bennett, says it is inappropriate for the state to expose students to a play that humanizes a killer and disrespects the family of the victim. Critics, however, warn against censorship, saying the new nationalist government is limiting the freedom and vibrancy of Israel's democracy. The issue emerged when the family of Moshe Tamam, a soldier who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1984, discovered that the al-Midan theater in the city of Haifa was staging a play inspired by the prison experience of his killer, Walid Daka, a member of Israel's Arab minority, and that it was being shown to high school students as part of their state-funded culture and arts program. Ortal Tamam, the niece of the murdered soldier, choked up with tears as she described her feelings about the play, entitled "A Parallel Time." "We are just saying a very simple thing: Don't fund this play. Our government shouldn't be the one to fund this play and honestly I don't understand all those people who think that someone who kidnapped a 19-year-old kid should be called a hero," she said. Bennett immediately ordered the performances be stopped, saying Israel should not be funding or endorsing something so offensive. "I support pluralism and have no desire to interfere with culture and arts," Bennett told The Associated Press. "The question here is whether the Ministry of Education in Israel should pay for school children to go see a play that shows sympathy to a murderer and a terrorist." "And my answer is no; I wouldn't expect America to send its school children to a play that shows sympathy with Osama Bin Laden and so the same thing will not happen in Israel," he said. The controversy comes on the heels of Culture Minister Miri Regev's threat to halt government funding for a small theater after its founder, an Arab Israeli, refused to perform in a Jewish West Bank settlement. Regev says she will also examine financial support for other institutions that attack the state. Both Bennett and Regev are prominent figures in a new government that is backing a number of measures opponents say are aimed at stifling critics. Israeli artists have come out against the measures, saying the country's pluralism is strong enough to cope with artistic performances that get under its skin. Salwa Nakkara, the artistic adviser of al-Midan, said some 700 students have already seen the play and had in-depth conversations about it. She said those who were attacking it hadn't seen it and were motivated by political interests that were harmful to freedom of expression. "This is contradicts a state that considers itself democratic," she said. Bashar Murkus, the writer and director of the show, defended the play, saying it shows the "human angle" of the prisoner. "Neither side treats him as a human being, but on stage it's beautiful and important to look at the human depth of each prisoner," Murkus said. Columnist Ben-Dror Yemini said that the freedom to provoke was "the heart and soul of democracy." But to have the government fund and promote a controversial play was something else and he said Bennett was justified in his actions.
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Margaret Owen
Conflict Widows: Agents of change & peacebuilding
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am always at a loss to understand why the status of widows continues to be so neglected, especially in conflict and post-conflict environments, given their basic and long-term needs, and their crucial roles as sole supporters of families, as key players in peace building and the restoration of the social fabric of society in their communities and countries generally. Widowhood is not just the root cause of poverty and inequality across the generations but also the reason that millions of children of widows, daughters as well as sons, vital to a society’s prosperity and future, are denied education and well being. Without any qualifications, they will become a cost and not a benefit to their society. Apart from the human rights and ethical issues, this neglect will have irrevocable social economic and political consequences. For poverty, inequality – especially gender inequality – and injustice, if not addressed in peace processes, will fuel future conflicts. Never has the world witnessed such an increase in the numbers of widows as we have seen in the MENA region in the last decades. They and their children are the poorest of the poor, exploited, wretched, and abused, with little or no acknowledgement or support for their important social and economic contributions to the development of peace negotiations, and the stability of communities. Conflict, revolutions, sectarian strife, violent extremism, lawlessness has created uncounted millions of widows, of all ages, as well as wives of the forcibly disappeared or “missing”. Abandoned, without adult males to protect them and negotiate for essential services, mostly devoid of pensions or other social security, these female heads of households, their children and other dependents, are vulnerable to many diverse forms of discrimination, exploitation and abuse, including sexual violence, during conflicts – and long after conflicts are formally concluded. Widows, in particular rural widows living in traditional communities, even in times of relative peace, may lose rank and status on the death of their husbands, as cultural practices and discriminatory attitudes take precedence over modern laws, constitutional guarantees and international standards about gender equality and the empowerment of women. They may be forced to remain secluded within their husband’s family home, as domestic or agricultural slaves, “inherited” by a husband’s brother in a forced remarriage, or excluded and abandoned if they do not adhere to such customs, losing all rights to inheritance or share in land and property. In which case they have few alternatives for survival, except exploitative informal sector labour and begging, and are at high risk of violence and sexual exploitation. But conflict situations exacerbate widows’ vulnerability, particularly when they are internally displaced or become refugees. The rise of religious fundamentalism in the present unstable environments perpetuates and extends discriminatory patriarchal attitudes and harmful traditional practices relating to widowhood. These intensify the stigma, diminishing widows to the status of a chattel, someone without any rights, or access to justice. Yet widows should never be seen exclusively as victims of patriarchal oppression, but recognised, in conflict environments, as agents of change, and potential peace builders, often more able than married women to empathise and make contacts with other bereaved women across ethnic and religious divides. For widows, whatever their background or the political, religious, ethnic identity of their dead husbands, have so much in common, in their fervent wish for peace, and for a future for their children. The violence, revolutions, invasions, occupations, civil wars and insurrections in the MENA region have caused millions of civilian deaths
in addition to the loss of life among the armed forces and other militias. Moreover, unknown numbers of men are missing, and their wives may never discover whether they are held in prison, or are lying nameless in some mass grave. The dearth of reliable statistics on the numbers, ages, and situation of widows is one of the main obstacles to galvanising the UN, governments, and aid agencies into actions to address this topic. It is vital that data, quantitative and qualitative, is gathered, using methodologies that are appropriate to safeguard the dignity of the women interviewed so that all aspects of their lives that need addressing, including such details as support systems, coping survival strategies, and experiences of violence, including sexual violence, are properly documented to inform policy makers. And, in the case of violations of the law, especial-
en, mainly widows, head more than 145,000 Syrian refugee households. Possible estimates for the numbers of widows in Iraq range between one million to four million, or 10% of all adult women. We have no figures for child widows. The Iraq-Iran war, the killings under Saddam Hussein, the invasion and the occupation and now the barbaric murders by ISIS, suicide bombings, and general violence have hugely increased the numbers. In the KRG also, apart from the refugee influx from Syria and Iraq, there are some 50,000 Kurdish widow survivors of the Halabja and Anfal chemical weapons atrocity of 1988, who have still many unmet needs as they age and their health further deteriorates. Recently, at a Parallel Event hosted by Palestinian women at the 2015 UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, I was told that in Gaza two thirds of all women there were widows.
There have been several reports that impoverished refugee widows, unable to find the rents demanded for accommodation in their host countries, are forced into prostitution, and are targeted by traffickers for sexual exploitation. Some of these women have been arrested as prostitutes; in Iraq there have been reports of young widows recruited as suicide bombers. A common survival strategy of destitute widows is to withdraw children from school, to provide some income from exploitative child labour, or sell or give away their daughters in a child marriage. This is happening in the KRG, and in Lebanon. Widows unable to feed all their children choose to marry off their young daughters, hoping and praying that such marriages will at least keep them safe from sexual violence. In the KRG camps and in Iraq there are reports of marriage agencies arranging marriages of young girl brides, often the daughters of refugee widows, to older Arab men from the Gulf States who will pay a dowry. An Iraqi project was offering 10 million Iraqi dinars (about $8,500) to men in their late 30s or 40s if they would marry a widow. Hanaa Adwar, who heads Al-Amal, a Baghdad-based NGO, rejected this proposal for tackling the vast numbers of widows as “cruelty” – forcing the widow to marry another man just to get government help.
The rise of religious fundamentalism and conflict is diminishing widows to the status of a chattel. Their key role as sole supporters of families must be prioritised in negotiations for conflict prevention and resolution ly sexual violence, forced remarriage, sexual slavery, the evidence must be gathered as a strong basis for criminal prosecutions of the perpetrators under national or international laws. The richest source of information is the widows themselves, and a wealth of anecdotal and narrative material exists, gathered through the initiatives of grass-roots women’s associations undertaking their own surveys and research, securing the trust of traumatised bereaved women, many of whom, having witnessed the murder of their husbands, are also victims of rape. A shocking common feature of war is the separation of men and boys from the women and girls, the killing of the former and the rape of the latter. Conflict widows suffer multiple stigmas, as women, as widows, as rape victims, refugees, IDPs and also members of ethnic minorities in situations where sectarian strife prevails. Widows are of all ages, including elderly grandmothers, young mothers, and even young girl children coming from communities where child marriage is still a prevalent practice. Widows’ voices are rarely heard, and so fail to inform the national or international policies concerned with conflict resolution and peace processes. It is also not recognised that widows are frequently the sole breadwinners, supporting children, and other dependents, often the elderly, the sick, and the wounded. We all had hopes that the UN SCR 1325 and the subsequent eight UN SCR Resolutions on Women Peace and Security would ensure that gender issues, which should accommodate those relating to widowhood, would be made central in conflict resolution, prevention and peace building negotiations, but 15 years after this Resolution was agreed by Member States, implementation is poor. If the requirement to analyse the impact of the conflict on women and girls were fully complied with, then the complex cross-cutting issues of widowhood would be prioritised, and where peace tables are established, widows would be represented on them. Lebanon is now home to over 1.3 million registered refugees from Syria, 80% of them women and children, of whom many are widows or wives of the “disappeared”. There are many widows among the Palestinian refugees who have lived here since the Naqba of 1948, and stateless widows and asylum-seeking wives of the disappeared from Iraq, adding to the numbers of Lebanese widows. Lebanese hospitality is being stretched to the limit. The UNHCR reports that wom-
The international community needs to recognise the semi-autonomous cantons of Rojava, Syrian Kurdistan, which now host over 1.5 million internally displaced persons among who are many female headed households dependent mainly on the services and support of the Rojava women’s NGOs. These women and children are refugees in all but name, but are unregistered by the UNHCR and, to date, no UN or Red Cross humanitarian aid has been forthcoming to support them. They include not just Kurds, but Arabs, Turkmen, and Assyrians, including Christians. Rojava’s Charter gives all of them equal protection and rights, for it is based on freedom of belief, gender equality, and pluralism. A model for all of Syria and other countries in this region when, in due time, peace accords must be drawn up in which guarantees of gender equality must be central if lasting peace is to be secured. Many Kurdish fighters from the People’s Defence Units (YPG and YPJ) have lost their lives defending Rojava against ISIS, and Rojava is also home to many Kurdish women whose husbands died in the regime’s prisons. Half the People’s Defence Units are women. The ways in which the gender equality provisions in the Charter are actually implemented from the centre down to the village is a model for best practice everywhere. There is another fact that we must face, however difficult. If it is true that at least 5,000 ISIS fighters have been killed in the last two years in Syria and Iraq, then we must address the situation of thousands more widows including the women who were abducted and forcibly married to the fighters as “trophy wives”, or taken in “temporary marriages”. Their fate is unknown but all these women deserve our concern and help, whatever faction their dead husband was allied to or the circumstances of their marriage. Nor can we, actually, turn our backs on the “Jihadi widows”, the girls who were lured from other countries to join these terrorists. Refugee widows whether living in camps, or struggling to survive and care for their children in other basic accommodation, in Lebanon, KRG, Jordan and Turkey, are all experiencing very challenging times. The majority have never had to work outside the home, have been totally dependent on their husbands, many are illiterate, and have had no income-generating training, to help them survive. They are vulnerable to economic and sexual exploitation, forced prostitution, and to sexual slavery.
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What needs to be done: filling the data gap • Data should be disaggregated by marital status as well as by age and gender, so as to obtain reliable statistics on the numbers of widows. Support should be given to widows to form their own associations, so they have to have a collective voice to articulate their needs, describe their roles, and influence policy developments and help fill the data gap through mapping and profiling their members in every town, village, refugee and IDP camp, wherever they are. Their experiences of human rights violations, including sexual violence, require expert documentation and there should be full compliance with the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security, 1325 (and subsequent ones) and the - International Protocol on the Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict. Widows should be represented at Peace Tables, Law Reform Commissions and Constitution Redrafting Committees, the development of National Action Plans(NAPs) and implementation of the CEDAW (UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) to ensure that widowhood issues are addressed when countries make their four-yearly reports. Article 5 of the CEDAW requires the use of all available methods to modify social and cultural patterns of conduct such as attitudes to widows. Given the huge increase in the numbers of widows, Member States should support the opening of a special desk at UN WOMEN headquarters in New York. The UN WOMEN regional office should be asked to host a conference on widowhood and FHHs in the Middle East, in view of the huge numbers of widows and wives of the missing among the refugee population and living precarious lives in their own war-torn countries. The UN should appoint a Special Representative to address Widowhood in Conflict. The UN Secretary General should commission a special report on Widowhood in Conflict - on the lines of the Graça Machel Children in Conflict report. Margaret Owen is the Director of Widows for Peace through Democracy. She is the Patron of Peace in Kurdistan, a UK barrister and an international women’s human rights activist.
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7 How Khasi tribes protect their forest WEdnEsday
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17 June 2015
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Khasi tribes enjoy a wonderful reciprocal connection with nature. They conserve the environment and preserve its rich biodiversity; in exchange, nature fulfils their daily needs arpita Chakrabarty
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he government is trying to build cable cars for tourists inside this forest,” Byron’s voice quivers. His long eyes look frightened with worries on the fate of this vast subtropical forest that he calls his home. Byron is a man of 35 years with a short, slender figure and bright eyes. He wears a blue t-shirt that proudly announces “Love is energy”. He married his girlfriend 10 years back and moved to her home here in Nongriat. While his wife teaches at a primary school in a nearby village, he takes care of his three children and runs a backpackers’ lodge in this deep forest. His little son rests on the carrier wrap on Byron’s back and wipes a fine trickle of drool off himself, as Byron goes about finishing his daily work. “The government wants to build a road to this village. Once the road comes, thousands of tourists will come and it will destroy the beauty of this nature.” His cheeks grow tight. We are talking at the breakfast table on a warm Sunday morning in Nongriat. It is one of the five villages scattered across the mountainside jungle in the southern part of the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, India. Five clans of Khasi tribes settled here in the five villages. Byron mentions his ancestors were migrants from Cambodia and northern Thailand, which is why they share more cultural similarities with south-east Asia than the rest of India. I enquire if he shouldn’t be delighted because the road would increase his business. “The government wants to earn profits from tourism. Tourists will come and throw rubbish everywhere in this beautiful jungle. We are fine with climbing up and down. We would not be happy if the road comes down here.” He appears enraged. I met Byron on a pleasant February evening after climbing down 3,000 steps near Sohra in Meghalaya. It took me nearly two hours to reach the depths of the forest where the world’s only double decker root bridge stands mightily. The trek was strenuous, but the trail was extraordinary with lush green forests on both sides, smells of papaya and jackfruit, and the eternal sounds of birds and insects. Bottles of honey and wild black pepper are spread out on large sheets in the sun. The rivers change colour with the sky at different times of the day, and their music reverberates throughout the forest. It was a different world, unlike any other that I experienced in my previous travels. Byron and his ancestors have been living in this forest for the last 500 years. They protected its rich biodiversity and prevented it from destruction. The forest provided them with everything they needed to live and meet their daily needs. Although a few people initiated shifting cultivation here and burnt parts of the land, the practice died down gradually as awareness grew of its adverse effects on environment. Tree-felling here is a mark of disrespect to nature, which gives them their livelihood. During the harvesting season, villagers collect bay leaves, wild black pepper, which has medicinal value, and honey from the forest and sell them at Sohra market. At other times of the year, they gather areca nuts and betel
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o fuel my level of less than moderate physical activities, a 1,800-calorie diet is good enough for me. But Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps, during training, consumes a massive diet of 12,000 calories. As I struggle for a lateral view of myself in front of mymirrorwith less than a 2,000-calorie diet, I wonder how these Olympicathletesguzzle thousands of calories per day. Upon farther enquiry, I find that most of these athletesalso eat pizzas, pastas and other junk food, which you and Iwill think twice before indulging in. These world class athletes need thousands of calories as fuel, since they burn all of it during training sessions. Ateam of nutritionists have tailor-made special diets for these athletes to help them perform at their peaks. Similarly, in investments, for a special few, tailor-made products can be bought and these are known as portfolio management services (PMS). As people are getting richer day by day, it has become common for them to ask for above average returns from their investments. Although a PMS can be a combination of debt and equity, but in practice, equity options are more popular in the market. To be able to qualify for a portfolio man-
wonderful reciprocal connection. They associate trees with gods and folk legends, and the religion of Khasi exhibits a deep respect for nature. Mountains and water are considered deities in their religion, which is practised in the large number of sacred groves found around the Khasi hills. “Felling, hunting and foraging of trees are prohibited in sacred groves, which are believed to be the abode of deities and spirits. These forests are natural and possess a very rich biodiversity,” Manjunath, the divisional forest manager of East Khasi Hills district, informs me. One of the significant factors behind this shared bond between Khasi and nature is even today Khasis largely rely on the forest for medicinal plants for basic healthcare and curing diseases. Headaches, fevers, stomach aches, nausea and other minor ailments are treated with the help of valuable medicinal plants that grow in the forests. Khasis believe man is the custodian of their gods and must preserve forests. Having lived in close proximity over many years, Khasi tribal people have developed traditional ecological techniques and forest management practices. Villagers collectively conserve biodiversity and medicinal plants, and protect upper catchments of watersheds in community forests such as Nongriat. Springs and streams are kept clean because they are the main source of drinking water. No garbage is thrown in this water and no cattle are allowed near water sources. The heads of the community forests impose fines on individuals for illegal cutting and selling of trees and burning forests. Extraction of forest products on one patch of land by villagers is allowed only for a defined period of time. After that it is prohibited to make way for regeneration of the forest. “Only a limited area of forests in Meghalaya is controlled by the forest department. The larger part of the forests belong to village communities and private entities,” says Manjunath. “But felling of trees anywhere is not permitted without permission of the forest department and a royalty has to be paid.” But, however splendid the picture looks on paper, it isn’t in reality. About one-third of forests owned by Khasis have been degraded. The huge arable lands owned by Khasi communities are also treasure houses of coal, iron and limestone. Between 2000 and 2005, the region lost about 28% of its dense forest cover. The government is planting 100,000 saplings of local species in and around Sohra every year. Also, villages shut down hundreds of community-owned hectares of degraded forest land to allow natural regeneration. “The deep connection once shared between Khasis and nature is now diluted”, warns Prof OP Singh, head of environmental studies at North Eastern Hill University in Shillong. Because of modernity and the arrival of Christian missionaries, who disregarded many Khasi beliefs as superstitions, very few Khasis practise their Like young James. Khasi tribes and the nature enjoy a indigenous religion today. Churches
leaves, and different fruits. The villages of this forest are nearly self-sufficient. Villagers depend on locally grown vegetables and fruits, and freshwater creatures such as fish, frogs and tadpoles for their food. Once a week, they climb up the steep ascent to get their weekly supplies of rice and oil and sell their produce. Monsoons here are different from anywhere else. This is the forest where perhaps it rains the most in the world. The incessant drum of raindrops on countless tree leaves, with occasional notes of annoyed birds and the clamour of heavy clouds create an orchestra that is matchless to human ears. The steady rains feed gushing, unruly rivers. In order to cross these rivers, Byron’s predecessors trained the roots of the rubber trees to form bridges that grew stronger with time. If one bridge was inundated with rainwater, they handcrafted another above the original one to facilitate movement across the river during the monsoons. Life in the forest comes to a near standstill when it pours endlessly. It’s time to relax and eat and sleep more until the rains stop intruding into the simple lives of this forest. “I don’t like going up to Sohra”, James declares as he takes a deep draw from a cigarette. We have finished our dinner of a hearty Indian vegetarian meal and are sitting outside on stairs under the cover of a starlit night sky. The treetops are fluttering in the cool breeze and the only light we can see is from one of Byron’s guesthouses. It is like a dim light from a slow-moving ship in the deep, vast darkness of the oceans. A little further away, Byron’s boys are scaring each other with Indian-made fireworks, while Byron’s other guests are discussing India’s train journeys. “There is people everywhere in Sohra. Shillong is worse. It is much more quiet and private here”. James is 17 and also from Nongriat, although he looks older. Probably the physical hardship that comes with being dependent on nature for everything has weakened his health. He studies in a college in Sohra and tomorrow he has his science exam there. He climbs up to Sohra only when he has some work or an exam like this time. James is Byron’s brother-in law. Theirs is a matrilineal culture like the rest of Khasi, where husbands move to their bride’s homes and the youngest daughter inherits family property. I enquire if he is going to marry soon. “Of course, in the near future. Probably someone from my clan.” Marriages outside the clan in these villages are not preferred. All villagers are literate and can speak English; most of them are also educated in colleges in Sohra and Shillong. But they choose to come back and stay and work with their families inside this forest, away from the cacophony of this world.
have swept across Meghalaya and the majority of the Khasi population now practises Christianity. “Greed for money and economic progress drive the same Khasis to destroy their forests and mine coal, limestone and iron,” observes Singh. Massive mining, unplanned forest harvesting, deforestation and illegal extraction of forest products have led to biodiversity loss. “It is very difficult to maintain a balance of ecology and economic development and most villagers fall in that trap,” Singh sums up. He is, however, hopeful that not every one wants to trade forests for money and not all Khasis have lost that bond with nature. Tambhor Lyngdoh is one such Khasi, who has been working extensively with villagers and school children to restore their faith in nature. He says: “For centuries Khasis have lived in close harmony with nature. It is only in the recent past that mining and deforestation have ruined our societies and broken that shared relationship.” Lyngdoh has had a long journey of campaigning for forest conservation and restoration. At 17, when the rest of young Khasi boys were charting out their bright careers, Lyngdoh was going door to door in every village and talking with communities on traditional practices of forest conservation. He is now the director of country’s first REDD+ project, which attempts to improve the livelihoods of more than 4,000 indigenous families by generating income from carbon credits. Launched in 2011, REDD, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, aims to protect and restore 27,000 hectares of forest and offset more than 860,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. The project is supported by Community Forest International, US, and certified under Plan Vivo, UK. There has been a good change, Lyngdoh says. “People are now conscious about things that may interfere with forest conservation. They are happy to follow the rules laid down by indigenous governments on the management of shared natural resources.” The proposed cable car tour of Meghalaya would show all major places of interest to tourists. It would be a comfortable journey, and would reduce travel time to a minimum, the government’s note mentions. Nongriat’s unique double-decker root bridge falls under the government’s multi-crore rupees project. “This Nongriat forest belongs to its inhabitants, neither the government nor tourists.” Byron’s voice becomes assertive for the first time. Arpita Chakrabarty is an independent journalist and a writer based out of Almora in India. She writes for The Times of India newspaper, The Alternative magazine and Brainfeed children’s magazine. She broadly covers culture, travel and politics. As a writer, she has taken creative writing training from University of East Anglia and written short stories and poems for various literary publications.
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agement service, you have to have deep pockets, and the services start from an investment of 25 lakhs.The investor can either provide cash or stock of 25 lakhs to the service provider. PMS are offered by banks, brokerages houses, independent investment managers and asset management companies. To begin with, investors and portfolio managers enter into an agreement, detailing investment strategy, goals and other aspects. The services can be offered in both discretionary and nondiscretionary manners. In discretionary arrangement, the portfolio manager has the power of attorney to take investment decisions on behalf of the investors. In non-discretionary arrangement, the portfolio manager acts as a mere adviser and the onus of following or not following the advice falls into the investor. Although PMS are very similar to mutual funds,it differs on fees structure, SEBI regulations, risk-reward profile, etc. It is a highly tailored service, aimed at high net worth individuals. Customers can choose from different models according to one’s risk appetite and time horizon.
Holdings: In PMS, the holdings of shares are done by the individual investor, unlike mutual funds. At any given time, an investor in PMS can ask how much he has invested in which company and when. This is very unlikely in case of mutual funds. Fees: The investor can negotiate the fee with PMS providers. “Most PMS charge a two per cent annual fee and get 20 per cent profit beyond a hurdle rate,” said MrigeshBaruah, Manager ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company. The hurdle rate varies, but can be settled at the current fixed income rates. Suppose, the current fixed income rate is ten per cent, then any profit beyond ten per cent will be shared between the investor and the service provider. If the PMS provider doesn’t break the hurdle rate, then he has to stay satisfied with only the annual fees. However,the investor can negotiate for a lower fee if assets are big in size. Unlike mutual fund managers, PMS Managers are directly accountable to the client, who can seek clarifications, especially in the discretionary portfolio.
Needless to say, PMS services are highly personalised and specialised investment services - meant only for high value investors. Since extra incentives are involved for performance, fund managers are supposed to put extra efforts to squeeze extra return from such funds. But having said it all, it is a diet only for Olympic players. For you and me and countless others, the road to equity is a good mixture of mutual funds in a timetested way. Follow the writer on twitter @d_jakharia
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As Nagaland continues to battle the rampant problem of proxy teachers and unsuitable learning environment and infrastructure in some areas, the high demand for education increases every year. Students want an education and parents want a future for their children. There is a growing demand from parents and students for quality teachers who are committed with a passion to their professions, and in return a suitable amount of respect demanded towards the profession itself. Teachers have the difficult task of engaging the minds of a diverse group of students that sometimes requireone to extend their knowledge beyond the textbook and the confines of the classroom. It leads one to question, what exactly makes for an ideal teacher? This question is frequentlyasked tostudents in the classroom and surveys indicate that students also require adapting to teaching styles that may be suitable to one but which are not for the other. As an educator, we must also ask ourselves how far are we willing to commit ourselves towardstrying to become an ideal teacher for a vast majority of students or a select few?
Proxy Teacher versus the Ideal Teacher Monjit Roy, assistant Professor
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teacher plays the most important role in the life of every person. According to the Hindu mythology the importance of a teacher is greater than the importance of God. Kabir Das, the great poet of medieval India also said that, “it is right that God is the master of the world. Every function of the world is regulated by the order of God and the main target of the human being is to secure his place near the foot of God but one cannot reach God without the proper guidance of teachers.”Even the great personalities like Rama, Arjuna, Tulsidas, Chandragupta Maurya, Mahatma Gandhietcwere great because of the guidance of their teacher or Guru. A teacher is a respectable profession in our society because it is the teacher whomolds a child into an established person. It is the responsibility of a teacher to make a person become a good citizen. What the child learns from a teacher has great impact on his/her future.Teaching is a noble profession but nowadays we see that people opt for this profession only as a means of their livelihood and without giving a thought to the sacrifice, commitment and dedication it demands. However, it is not true in the case of those teachers who have the passion for teaching. One can be a good teacher but to become an ideal teacher one needs to have the spirit of devotion and dedication.An ideal teacher is rare to find but it is not impossible either. We have allhad a teacher in our life who played an important role in molding us into who we are now; or maybe we still have one whom we look up to and who has impacted our life a great deal.I had one such ideal teacher who inspired me in many ways and his name was P.K.Chakraborty. He was my English teacher during my school days. He was the one who influenced me the most. I steer the ship of my destiny by his examples and advice. He once told me that, knowledge is not the end but the end of all knowledge is wisdom. Every book is our book. We should keep our eyes and ears open at all times and never stop learning as long as we live. He was a guide in all walks of my life. He was a person of noble character, a man who believed in the idea of simple living and high thinking. He was thorough in his subject and his method of teaching was very impressive. He taught with care in a clear and audible voice. Whenever there was any problem with the students or if any studentcommitted a mistake, he would handle them tactfully. He is one person who is responsible for molding my character and my career. I can never forget him as long as I live and I am still very proud of my English teacher. Academic achievements are not the only requirement for a teacher but an ideal teacher should help in developing the all round personality of the student. A good teacher brings into play the hidden mental power of the students and must be a man of ideas.Thus, letting the students acquire self-respect and dignity from the teacher.He should be creative and not only spread information but also developthe love for learning. A teacher should not allow discipline to be taken lightly for the sake of showing love to a student. He should be a cultured man, honest to himself, to his student and to his profession; while having a sense of duty and responsibility. Teachers are regarded as the backbone of the society.They are the greatest contributors in building up the character of the student and helping them to become an ideal citizen of the country. Teachers arouse the students with the light of knowledge and remove all kinds of ignorance. Yes, teaching is not an easy profession. There are many problems for a teacher that makes the profession more complicated than it has to be.The work of a teacher is physically and mentally challenging. A teacher needs to use a lot of energy in the classroom coupled with his personal and family commitment. Also,dealing with the students with difficult behavior can be stressful. However, there are also substantial benefits and awards for those who choose this career with passion and work hard to become a role model and inspire the students. An ideal teacher is the greatest asset of a country; and if the role of a teacher is to teach then the role of a student must be to learn.
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Modi's yoga offensive gets Muslims stressed
New Delhi, JuNe 16 (ReuTeRs): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to seize on yoga as India's signature cultural export have his Hindu nationalist allies swelling with pride, but are leaving minority religious groups feeling marginalized. An enthusiastic practitioner of the regimen himself, Modi set up a new ministry for yoga last year. He also persuaded the United Nations to declare June 21 International Day of Yoga - the first of which will be celebrated in New Delhi on Sunday with a mega yoga event, with schools encouraged to take part. "After the number zero this is India's biggest contribution to society," said Anil Ganeriwala, a joint secretary in the ministry. "It is a symbol of our cultural richness." The ministry says yoga is "widely considered as an 'immortal cultural outcome' of the Indus Saraswati valley civilizations," which date back to 2,700 B.C. Hindu nationalist groups, including Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), have said they want to resurrect India's past glory, a concept based on a mix of history and Hindu myth. "Yoga is part of ancient India's cultural heritage," said Manmohan Vaidya, an RSS spokesman. "By celebrating yoga on a mass scale we are validating our glorious past." The glory days, however, precede Islam and Christianity, and the yoga push comes at a time of heightened fears among religious minorities that the BJP and
Railways makes yoga compulsory New Delhi, JuNe 16 (PTi) Railways has made yoga mandatory at all its training centres across the country and plans to cover all its employees by 2020. Steps are being taken for providing mandatory yoga training at all railway training centres to cover all employees by 2019-20, Railway Board Member (Staff) Pradeep Kumar said here today. Railways has several
A woman practices yoga at a public park ahead of World Yoga Day, in Ahmedabad, June 14, 2015. (REUTERS Photo)
legged on a cotton mat for yoga and meditation. He spends 20 minutes in a room overlooking manicured lawns and palm trees. "For several years it has been his way to streamline his thoughts ahead of a gruelling schedule," an aide said. Some proponents of yoga argue that it is an exercise regimen that transcends religion, and so Muslims are wrong to oppose the government for encouraging it. Yogi Adityanath, a Hindu priest who is now a prominent BJP legislator, said last week minority groups that oppose yoga should OMITTING ‘OM’ either leave the country or drown Every morning when at his of- themselves in the sea. ficial bungalow, Modi sits crossThe RSS last year passed a reso-
New Delhi, JuNe 16 (PTi): CBSE will soon issue a notification for a fresh conduct of All India Pre-Medical Test 2015-16 and preparations have started for the test despite shortage of time, said a CBSE official. The Supreme Court had yesterday ordered a re-conduct of the test in four weeks. Nearly 6.3 lakh students registered for All India PreMedical/Pre-Dental Entrance Test (AIPMT)AIPMT had taken the test at centres across the country on May 3 last. The Supreme Court, while hearing petitions alleging large- scale irregularities in the exam, directed reconduct of AIPMT, 2015 within four weeks despite Board officials' contention that they needed at least four months to do so. It is a daunting task to hold the test again in a very short time, said a CBSE official. Haryana police had nabbed four persons from Rohtak in connection with leakage of AIPMT answer keys two days after the test was held. Answer keys to AIPMT questions,
EC suspends recognition to PA Sangma's NNP New Delhi, JuNe 16 (iaNs): The Election Commission on Tuesday suspended the recognition of former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma's National People's Party (NPP) for its failure to file its election expenditure statement. It is the first case that recognition of a party has been suspended by the poll panel under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order 1968, for its failure to follow the lawful directions of the commission, the Election Commission said in a statement. The commission had earlier issued instructions to all political parties to file their election expenditure statement within 75 days of the assembly elections and 90 days of the Lok Sabha polls. As per the commission's instructions, the political parties were required to submit their election expenditure statements by August 26, 2014. The commission had issued two reminders to the NPP to submit the required statement for the 2014 Lok Sabha election after the due date had long expired, the statement said. Finally, the commission issued a notice on March 17 to the NPP to show cause as to why action should not be taken under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order 1968 for failure to follow the lawful directions and instructions of the commission. On receipt of the notice, the NPP requested time to submit its expenditure statement by April 15, 2015 and again for time up to by May 15, 2015 but failed to honour the deadline and did not file the expenditure statement.
JM leaders' arrest in Tamang murder case put on hold KolKaTa, JuNe 16 (iaNs): The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the CBI not to execute arrest warrants issued against Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders in a murder case till the disposal of their pleas for anticipatory bail. A city court on June 6 issued the arrest warrants after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its charge sheet indicted 23 GJM leaders, including chief Bimal Gurung, for the murder of All India Gorkha League (AIGL) president Madan Tamang, who was stabbed to death in Darjeeling on May 21, 2010. Gurung and several of the GJM leaders approached the Calcutta High Court, seeking anticipatory bail. Besides Gurung - the chief of the autonomous hill council Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) - the others facing arrest include his wife Asha, party legislator from Kalimpong Harkabahadur Chettri, assistant general secretary Benoy Tamang, GTA chairman Pradeep Pradhan and deputy chief executive Ramesh Allay, among others. The development comes in the wake of Tamang's widow Bharati Tamang launching a hunger strike for indefinite period, pressing for the arrest of the accused.
issued to all our zonal headquarters, divisions, field units and centres to be part of the yoga camp on June 21, he said. Kumar said directions were also issued to keep rail premises clean and environment-friendly. Railways has also appointed food safety officers at all 78 divisions in the country to ensure hygienic food at railway premises and in trains, he said.
Yoga does not discriminate, brings satisfaction: UN chief
its right-wing allies are trying to change India from a secular nation to a Hindu country. Members of India's minority groups say the move to promote yoga is a ploy to whip up Hindu pride and marginalize the country's 175 million Muslims. India's main opposition Congress party has also attacked the yoga event as a political gimmick. "It is a campaign to enforce Hindu rituals on all non-Hindus," said Abdul Rahim Qureshi, the assistant general secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
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training centres for imparting training to its officers, loco pilots, technicians and other services' employees across the country. As per the action plan, now yoga has become compulsory as part of training for which instructors are being hired. Railways is also gearing up to participate on the international yoga day on June 21 in a big way. Instructions have been
lution calling for yoga to be made compulsory in schools and universities. Rafiq Ali, an administrator at the Fatehpuri Muslim senior secondary school in Delhi, said the school recently introduced yoga in its curriculum and at least 350 Muslim students take lessons every week. "We teach yoga but have excluded the prayers and Hindu chants," Ali said, referring to "Om", a Hindu chant evoked during yoga. "Why end the event with a Hindu prayer?" Ali said. "The government can end it with the national anthem if they believe yoga belongs to India."
uNiTeD NaTioNs, JuNe 16 (PTi): Emphasising that yoga does not discriminate, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he discovered the "simple sense of satisfaction" it brings when he tried his first "asana" during his visit to India. In his message for the first International Day of Yoga to be observed on June 21, Ban recalled that it took him a while to gain his balance when he tried yoga for the first time in New Delhi during his visit in January but soon realised it can be done by anyone. "And yoga does not discriminate; to varying degrees, all people can practise, regardless of their relative strength, age or ability. I discovered this for myself on trying to do my first asana, a tree pose suited to beginners. It took a moment for me to gain my balance, but once I did, I appreciated the simple sense of satisfaction that yoga can bring," the UN chief said in the message.
He said during his visit to India, he had the opportunity to practise yoga with one of his senior advisers. Ban's adviser on Myanmar, veteran Indian diplomat Vijay Nambiar had given the UN chief his fist yoga lesson as a preparation for the International Day of Yoga. The UN spokesperson had also tweeted a photo of Ban trying to imitate Nambiar while doing his first yoga asana. As the world gears up to host the first International Day of Yoga, Ban called on the nations to "see the benefits of this practice in terms of individual well-being, as well as our collective efforts to improve public health, promote peaceful relations and usher in a life of dignity for all." The International Day of Yoga was a brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had mooted the idea in his maiden address to the General Assembly in September last year.
Jaitley backs Sushma, says allegations baseless New Delhi, JuNe 16 (iaNs): Allegations against External Affairs Minster Sushma Swaraj on the Lalit Modi issue are "baseless" and the government has a "collective responsibility" for all decisions taken, Finance Minster Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday. "Our ministers are capable of taking decisions and all decisions are collective responsibility of the government," he said at a press conference here jointly addressed with Home Minister Rajnath Singh. "Let me clarify, all allegations are baseless. The minister and the party chief (Amit Shah) have given statements... whatever she did she did with good intentions - she acted bona fide. The whole government and party have the same view on this," he said. The finance minister also confirmed that notices have been issued against for-
mer IPL chairman Lalit Modi in 15 out of 16 cases. "ED has directed several cases against person concerned... show cause notice have been issued in a number of them. These notices are quasi-judicial function of ED," he said. Jaitley clarified on the blue corner notice on Lalit Modi, saying "there is confusion about shades of blue". "Department of revenue intelligence had issued a light blue corner notice on the request of enforcement directorate to Lalit Modi in 2010 and that notice still stands," he added. Sushma Swaraj has been in controversy for helping out the controversial former IPL chief. She has said she helped Lalit Modi, after he approached her last July, An Indian Air Force (IAF) person walks past the debris of an IAF Jaguar fighter aircraft that saying his wife was suffering from cancer crashed on the outskirts of Allahabad onTuesday, June 16. According to local reports both and was to undergo surgery in Portugal. the pilots ejected safely and no casualties have been reported. (AP Photo)
Record 3.2-Lakhs applications pour in for 54,000 DU UG seats New Delhi, JuNe 16 (PTi): Delhi University has received a record 3.2 lakh applications for admission to its undergraduate New Delhi, JuNe 16 (iaNs): Delhi Univer- For students under the SC/ST, the cut-off for Engcourses, an increase of around sity's St Stephen's College on Tuesday announced lish stood at 97% for Commerce students and its first cut-off list for the 2015 academic session, 95.75% and 95.5% for Science and Humanities 50,000 over last year. The registration process for with the percentage set at a staggering 99%for students respectively. For pursuing Mathematics, the cut-off was 54,000 seats on offer at DU ended Commerce students for admission in English 97.25% for students from Commerce and Scicourse. last midnight. According to the list, the cut-off for English ence streams, while it was 96% for Humanities, "While over 4 lakh candidates was 99% in best-of-four subjects for Commerce with Mathematics included in the best-of-four registered, a total of 3,20,799 completed application forms have students, while it was 97.75 and 97.5% for Science subjects. The cut-off for Philosophy was set at 96.75%t for all the three streams. The cut-offs for been received," said DU's Media and Humanities students respectively. Chemistry and Physics were above 96% for stuThe cut-off for Economics was 98.5% for ComCoordinator and Joint Dean of merce students, while it was 97.5% and 97% for dents under the general category and over 91%for Students' Welfare, Malay Neerav. The varsity last year had re- Science and Humanities students respectively. candidates under SC/ST category. ceived a total of 2,74,381 applications. This year, while the online istration centres on June 5. Neerav said, adding that, "11,848 17,300 applications have been registrations began on May 28, "While 2,32,049 online appli- forms have been received for the received for BMS, BBA and BBE the sale of offline application cations were received, the num- varsity's one-of-its- kind four- programmes". forms got underway at eight reg- ber of offline forms was 88,750," year B.El.Ed programme, while Registration for admission
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also concluded yesterday at St Stephen's College and Jesus and Mary College, which have a separate admission process by virtue of being minority institutions. The centralised fitness tests for sports admission will be conducted from June 18 to June 20 at the DU polo ground. The tests will start from 9 A.M. with their results to be uploaded on the DU website. The aspirants will get a certificate which will be valid for all the sports trials to be conducted by individual colleges. The first cut-off list will be announced on June 25 and will be followed by 6-7 such lists. The candidates will have three days to take admission after the release of each list.
"Linking rivers won't Sikh college student wins battle with Army over hair and turban make India drought free" MiNeola, JuNe 16 (aP): A Sikh college student from New York said Monday he is excited about a federal court decision that will permit him to enroll in the U.S. Army's Reserve Officer Training Corps without shaving his beard, cutting his hair, or removing his turban. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued the ruling Friday in Washington, D.C., saying 20-year-old Iknoor Singh's adherence to his religious beliefs would not diminish his ability to serve in the military. "I didn't believe it at first when I heard about the decision," said Singh, who lives in the New York City borough of Queens. He told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Monday: "This is something I have been fighting for for two or three years." Singh, who will be a thirdyear student next fall studying
finance and business analytics at Hofstra University on Long Island, said he has had a lifelong interest in public service. He speaks four languages — English, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu — and he said he wants to work in military intelligence. "Becoming an officer is not an easy thing," he conceded. "You have to be proficient in many areas." Sikhism, a 500-year-old religion founded in India, requires its male followers to wear a turban and beard and keep their hair uncut. Under a policy announced last year, troops can seek waivers on a case-by-case basis to wear religious clothing, seek prayer time or engage in religious practices. Approval depends on where the service member is stationed and whether the change would affect military readiness or the mission. Currently, only a few Sikhs serve in the U.S. Army who have
been granted religious accommodations. In her ruling, Jackson said, "It is difficult to see how accommodating plaintiff's religious exercise would do greater damage to the Army's compelling interests in uniformity, discipline, credibility, unit cohesion, and training than the tens of thousands of medical shaving profiles the Army has already granted." Army spokesman, Lt. Col. Ben Garrett, said in a statement the decision is currently being examined. Gurjot Kaur, senior staff attorney for the Sikh Coalition, said the decision was "an important victory in the fight for religious freedom. We urge the Pentagon to eliminate the discriminatory loopholes in its policies and give all Americans an equal opportunity to serve in our nation's armed forces." The American Civil Liberties Union and a group called the United Sikhs jointly represented Singh in the case.
New Delhi, JuNe 16 (PTi): River-linking projects will not make India drought free and are being undertaken to support urbanisation and industrialisation rather, Magsaysay award winning water expert Rajendra Singh said here today. Reacting to the Centre's reported plan to launch the river-linking project from December this year, Singh suggested the Government to instead link mind and hearts of people to water to ensure its security. "These people (Government) say something and do something (else). River-linking project will not make us drought-free. By undertaking the project, their intention is clear that they want to divert water meant for agriculture to industries. "Through this project, they are only trying to centralise the (presently) decentralised management of water meant for agriculture to help industries and megapolis," Singh told PTI. Terming the project as "model of industrialisation and urbanisation", he said the plan was "very dangerous" from environment perspective too.
"Instead of linking rivers, the Government should try to link mind and hearts of people to rivers, so that the rivers which have dried can be resurrected... Drought will end only when society associates itself with water," said Singh, who is also known as 'Water Man of India'. To ensure water security, he said it was required it was necessary to recharge ground water reserves with rainwater, and prevent evaporation of rainwater was the only solution to achieve higher levels of ground water. "We can fill stomach of mother earth with water by holding rain water (recharge groundwater). This stops water from evaporation... We need to recharge surface and ground water with rainwater and then use it for agricultural purpose. This is the only solution which can be done through decentralised water management," he said. According to reports, Government plans to start work on its project by linking Ken and Betwa rivers to make available water for irrigation purpose in Vidisha and Raisen districts of Madhya Pradesh.
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Al-Qaida confirms US strike killed No. 2 leader CAIRO, June 16 (AP): A U.S. airstrike has killed AlQaida’s No. 2 leader, who commanded its powerful Yemeni affiliate, dealing the global network its biggest blow since the killing of Osama bin Laden and eliminating a charismatic leader at a time when it is vying with the Islamic State group for the mantle of global jihad. In a video statement dated June 14 and released Tuesday by the Yemeni affiliate, a senior operative announced the death of Nasir al-Wahishi, a veteran jihadi who once served as bin Laden’s aide-de-camp, and said his deputy, Qassim al-Raimi, has been tapped to replace him. “Our Muslim nation, a hero of your heroes and a master of your masters left to God, steadfast,” Khaled Batrafi said in the video, vowing that the group’s war on America would continue. “In the name of God, the blood of these pioneers makes us more determined to sacrifice,” he said. “Let the enemies know that the battle is not with an individual... the battle led by crusaders and their agents is colliding with a billionmember nation.” Yemeni security officials had earlier said a U.S. drone strike killed three suspected militants in the al-Qaida-held southern
This image from video released Jan. 23, 2009, by al-Malahim Media Foundation and provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 30, 2009, shows the leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, identified by the IntelCenter as Nasir al-Wahishi, in Yemen. Al-Qaida on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 confirmed that al-Wahishi, its No. 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, was killed in a U.S. strike, making it the harshest blow to the global militant network since the killing of Osama bin Laden. (AP File Photo)
port city of Mukalla last week. U.S. officials had said they were trying to verify whether al-Wahishi was killed. Al-Qaida’s Yemen affiliate has long been seen as its most lethal, and has been linked to a number of foiled or botched attacks on the U.S. homeland. The group claimed responsibility for January’s attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people. In addition to leading the Yemeni affiliate, known as al-Qaida in the Arabian
Peninsula, al-Wahishi also served as deputy to Ayman al-Zawahri, al-Qaida’s top leader, who succeeded bin Laden in 2011. Al-Wahishi’s death is a major loss for al-Qaida as it struggles to compete with the Islamic State, a breakaway group that has seized vast swaths of Syria and Iraq and spawned its own affiliates elsewhere in the region. Both groups are dedicated to bringing about Islamic rule by force, but al-Qaida does not recognize the IS group’s self-
styled caliphate and has maintained that the priority should be to wage jihad against America in order to drive it out of the Middle East. Batrafi vowed to make the United States “taste the bitter flavor of war and defeat until you stop supporting the Jews, the occupiers of Palestine, until you leave the lands of the Muslims and stop supporting apostate tyrants.” Al-Raimi, the new leader of AQAP, is thought to have masterminded a 2010 plot in which bombs
UN not equipped to tackle today’s ‘global challenges’ Edith M. Lederer
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he United Nations and other global institutions aren’t equipped to tackle today’s global challenges ranging from massive violence in fragile states to runaway climate change and global economic shocks, a highlevel commission said in a report released Tuesday. The Commission on Global Security, Justice and Governance issued a series of proposals aimed at reforming the U.N., strengthening cooperation at all levels of society to deal with these challenges, and putting greater focus on preventing conflicts and restoring peace to countries emerging from violence. “World leaders must grapple with new ways to approach 21st century threats posed by climate change, conflict and cross-border economic shocks,” said former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who co-chaired the commission. “A failure to adapt effectively risks prolonging and deepening these global crises.” The release of the 158-page report coincides with the 70th anniversary of the United Nations and September’s gathering of world leaders to adopt new goals to reduce poverty, promote development and address the root causes of climate change. “Our small, dense, interconnected world cannot prosper if more than a billion inhabitants
fail to cross a basic threshold for a safe, dignified life, or if rising sea levels, extreme drought, powerful floods and storm surges, trafficking gangs, and networks of violent extremists threaten the security, well-being, and survival of millions,” the report said. It said climate change, economic shocks and cyber-attacks are likely to have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences, and “the marked and visible increase in mass atrocities in one country after another has reversed the trend of declining political violence that began with the end of the Cold War.” The commission called for the creation of a cadre of experienced U.N. mediators to prevent crises and conflicts, and transformation of the U.N. Peacebuilding Commission to a more powerful and better financed Peacebuilding Council. To help tackle global warming, it called for “a green technology licensing facility” within the Green Climate Fund, which is intended to become a key channel of money to help poor countries take action to fight climate change and deal with its impacts, and an advisory board to review all experiments involving atmospheric modification. The commission also called for improved coordination between the Group of 20 major economies and the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to prevent the spread of cross-border financial shocks. And it urged increased Internet access in poor countries
and development of a global network of cybercrime centers to help deal with cyber-attacks. As for global institutions, the commission backed an expansion of the U.N. Security Council and restraint in the use of the veto by its five permanent members, the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France. It called for expanded acceptance of the World Court’s jurisdiction and a new U.N. Global Partnership to give a greater voice to underrepresented policy issues such as women’s rights, migration and workforce training. “These proposals offer a smart path forward for regions, states, and peoples facing challenges of conflict, climate change, and a volatile globalized economy, toward solutions that promote both security and justice,” said commission co-chair Ibrahim Gambari, a former Nigerian foreign minister and U.N. undersecretary-general for political affairs. The 14-member commission — including leaders who have served in government and nongovernment posts — said just presenting their proposals to world leaders isn’t enough. It called for action to mobilize global support to implement the reform program by the 75th anniversary of the United Nations in 2020, and said its partners, The Hague Institute for Global Justice and the Stimson Center, a Washington-based global security think tank, will be tracking implementation.
concealed in printers were shipped to the U.S. on cargo planes before being detected and defused. Yemen’s government has mistakenly announced al-Raimi’s death three times since 2007. He is believed to direct training camps in Yemen’s remote deserts and mountains, where he organizes cells and plans attacks. AQAP’s master bombmaker, Ibrahim Hassan alAsiri, is also believed to still be alive. He is thought to have designed the bombs used in the cargo planes plot and in a failed attempt to blow up a U.S.-bound passenger plane in December 2009 by a man who had explosives concealed in his underwear. Al-Asiri is also believed to have dispatched a suicide bomber in 2009 to assassinate Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, then head of Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism agency. The attack failed, and Mohammed bin Nayef is now the crown prince. Al-Wahishi had fought alongside bin Laden at Tora Bora in Afghanistan in late 2001 before the al-Qaida leader slipped across the border into Pakistan. AlWahishi fled to Iran, where he was detained and deported to Yemen in 2003. He was among 23 alQaida militants who broke out of a detention facility
in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in February 2006. Three years later, al-Wahishi announced the creation of AQAP, which gathered together Yemeni and Saudi militants following a sweeping crackdown on the extremist group by Riyadh. AQAP has been able to expand its reach in recent months as Yemen has slid into chaos. Shiite rebels known as Houthis captured Sanaa last year and are battling southern separatists, Islamic militants, and local and tribal militias across the country. Yemen’s military, once a close U.S. ally against al-Qaida, has split between opponents and supporters of the rebels, and a Saudi-led coalition has been bombing the Houthis and their allies since March. In April, AQAP took advantage of the chaos to seize Mukalla and freed several prisoners, including Batrafi. It then struck a power-sharing deal with local tribesmen. But despite such gains, it is engaged in battles with the Houthis and allied forces on at least 11 fronts, Batrafi said. And Mukalla has proved something of a death trap, with U.S. strikes killing al-Wahishi, two senior militants and scores of fighters there since the city fell in April.
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new YORK, June 16 (IAns): Deficiency of vitamin D - the sunshine vitamin - can help individuals to fight against the infections caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a research has found. High-dose vitamin D supplementation can reverse the deficiency and also improve immune response, the results showed. “Vitamin D may be a simple, cost-effective intervention, particularly in resource-poor settings, to reduce HIV-1 risk and disease progression,” the researchers reported in the online issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers examined two ethnic groups of South Africa’s Cape Town to see whether high-dose vitamin D supplementation improved deficiencies and the cell’s ability to repel HIV-1. “Cape Town has a seasonal ultraviolet B regime and one of the world’s highest rates of HIV-1 infection, peaking in young adults, making it an appropriate location for a longitudinal study like this one,” said lead researcher Nina Jablonski, professor at Pennsylvania State University in the US. The researchers found that both groups exhibited vitamin D deficiency during the winter, with women in both groups being more deficient, on average, than the men. Because of vitamin D’s impact on the immune system, the researchers provided six weeks of supplemental vitamin D3 to 30 of the Xhosa participants, which brought 77 percent of the participants to optimal vitamin D status. Jablonski and her team determined that diet, genetics and other variables played very small roles in vitamin D status, although some genetic variations did influence the success of supplementation. To test how vitamin D status affected the immune system and HIV-1 in particular, the researchers exposed the blood samples taken during the summer and winter when the participants were vitamin D sufficient or deficient. They found that after nine days, the winter blood samples had greater infection than those taken in summer. After six weeks of vitamin D supplementation, the blood sample levels of HIV-1 infection were same as those during the summer. “High-dosage oral vitamin D3 supplementation attenuated HIV-1 replication, increased circulating white blood cells and reversed winter-associated anemia.”
Filipino rebels lay down arms to reinforce peace deal
An official inspects assault weapons handed over by the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front in a symbolic decommissioning ceremony Tuesday, June 16, 2015, near a southern rebel stronghold in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao province in southern Philippines. The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines handed over dozens of assault weapons Tuesday in a symbolic gesture to reinforce a peace pact stalled by a public outcry over the recent killings of dozens of anti-terror police commandos in a fierce battle with insurgents. (AP Photo)
suLTAn KuDARAT, June 16 (AP): The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines handed over dozens of assault weapons Tuesday in a symbolic gesture to reinforce a peace pact stalled by a public outcry over the killings earlier this year of dozens of police commandos in a fierce battle with insurgents. President Benigno Aquino III and Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, the leader of the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front, witnessed the handover of 75 assault weapons, including mortar and rocket launchers,
by the guerrillas near a southern rebel stronghold, along with the identification of a first batch of 145 guerrillas, who agreed to return to normal life with promises of government support. The autonomy deal, signed by the government and the rebels last year after yearslong talks brokered by Malaysia, was expected to be one of the major legacies of Aquino, a reformist leader whose six-year term ends next year. But the involvement of the Moro rebels in fierce clashes that killed 44 police
commandos, who hunted and killed a top Southeast Asian terror suspect on Jan. 25, ignited public criticisms of the Moro insurgent group and the peace agreement. The passage of a law in the Philippine Congress that would authorize the creation of a more powerful Muslim autonomous region in the country’s south has been delayed. It is uncertain if the guerrillas would accept a watered-down version of the autonomy bill drafted by government and rebel representatives. The uncertainty has led to fears that impatient guerrillas may return to violence. A few hundred rebels broke off from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front about five years ago when the main insurgent group pursued peace talks with Aquino’s government. Murad said while Tuesday’s event is about statistics for some people — 145 guerrillas and 75 firearms — “this is something deeply personal to us.” “As I look at the faces of each of our 145 brothers here this morning, I see 145 stories of struggle, of pain, of hopelessness and even of death, yet I also see 145 stories of hope and faith that indeed peace is near and that all the sacrifices have been worth it,” he said. Aquino defended the arms turnover,
saying some legislators were trying to stop or stall passage of the law creating the autonomous region. “We are not talking of just one or a couple or a dozen firearms. These are highpowered firearms, modern and have not aged. These arms can deal and have dealt extreme suffering,” Aquino said. He said the arms turnover showed the rebel group’s “readiness to turn their backs to armed struggle.” The guns, which comprise the first batch of weapons to be laid down, will be turned over to an independent decommissioning body. They will be stored in a mutually designated depot in the south. The United States and several Asian and European countries have backed the peace deal as a way to prevent impoverished rebel strongholds from turning into breeding grounds of Islamic extremists. At least 4 smaller and more hardline armed groups, including the alQaida-linked Abu Sayyaf, are not involved in the peace talks and have continued sporadic attacks, including kidnappings in the south and neighboring Malaysia. More than 120,000 combatants and civilians have died in the Muslim rebellion that has stalled progress in many resource-rich areas.
Myanmar election: Radical Buddhism heightens tension MeIKTILA, June 16 (ReuTeRs): When religious violence erupted in Meiktila in central Myanmar two years ago, local politician Win Htein spoke up for the minority Muslims who bore its deadly brunt. Many of his fellow Buddhists have never forgiven him. At least 44 people were killed in March 2013 after a rampage by Buddhist mobs that Win Htein, a lawmaker for the National League for Democracy (NLD), tried to stop. Led by Aung San Suu Kyi, the NLD will soon contest a general election, and Win Htein admits that memories of his actions then could lose the party votes among Myanmar’s Buddhist majority. “I was accused of bias against Buddhists,” he told Reuters. “I have never regretted my decision to protect a minority.” For parties contesting the election, likely to be held in November, race
and religion are both central and incendiary. They pose a special challenge for Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi, who has been criticised overseas for not speaking up for Muslims and other minorities. Religious tensions simmered in Myanmar for almost half a century of military rule, before boiling over in 2012, just a year after a semi-civilian government took power. Hundreds died in clashes between Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists that year, which led to the organised expulsion of Rohingya by Rakhine mobs. Some 140,000 Rohingya now live in squalid internment camps, while thousands more have fled by boat for nearby countries, sparking a regional migration crisis. Anti-Muslim unrest later spread to central Myanmar. It was fuelled by monks who claimed Islam was eclipsing Bud-
dhism and urged a boycott of Muslim businesses and interfaith marriages. The violent combustion of Buddhist nationalism and anti-Muslim sentiment “could happen again in the politically charged context of an election”, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said in April. Suu Kyi’s Silence Win Htein, 74, a Suu Kyi confidant and former political prisoner, defends his party leader’s apparent reluctance to speak up for Muslims. “If she speaks in favour of Rohingya, she’ll be accused of being a Muslim lover,” he said. “If she speaks for the (Rakhine) people, she’ll be accused of being a nationalist and a racist. That’s why she has stayed quiet.” Meanwhile, Buddhist nationalist groups such as the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion, led by monks and
known by its acronym Ma Ba Tha, grow increasingly vocal. In May, President Thein Sein signed into law a population control bill that Human Rights Watch warned could be used “to repress religious and ethnic minorities”. The law, which would require some women to wait at least three years between pregnancies, was one of four “Race and Religion Protection Laws” introduced to parliament with Ma Ba Tha backing. The NLD opposes them. Myanmar’s reforms have brought new freedom of expression, but criticising Buddhism remains perilous. On June 2, a court jailed Htin Lin Oo, a writer and NLD member, for two years for “insulting religion” in a speech promoting religious tolerance.
an argument involving a Buddhist at a Muslim-run gold shop. Buddhist mobs, monks among them, were soon attacking Muslims and their properties. Further incensed by a deadly assault by Muslims on a monk during the ensuing violence, they massacred at least 20 students of an Islamic school. When Win Htein later declared he was “ashamed” to come from Meiktila, a group of constituents petitioned for his removal as their member of parliament. The NLD is expected to do well nationally in the election, but local party member Khin May Si said some Meiktila Buddhists were now “totally against” the party and supported Ma Ba Tha. Baddanta Ottara, a monk and Ma Ba Tha’s deputy chairman in Meiktila, said the violence had united Buddhists. “Ashamed” Of Meiktila He said Win Htein’s The 2013 bloodshed in Meiktila started with stance was an “insult” to
A Buddhist monk walks down a road on his way to collect alms near a Muslim community affected by anti-Muslim violence and unrest, and temporarily sheltered, at Thiriminglar quarter in Meiktila May 15, 2015. (REUTERS Photo)
Buddhism, and characterised Muslims as aloof, furtive and menacing. “Not every Muslim is an extremist, but most extremists are Muslims,” he said. Muslims told Reuters they felt besieged and fearful.
Thae Thae Mar, 53, lives in a shack in a community destroyed by mobs in 2013. Many Muslims had since returned to build simple homes amid the ruins, but she still feels vulnerable. The authorities have
shut down the local mosque. Thae Thae Mar said dogs got inside and barked from the minarets. “It makes me want to cry,” she said. “We’re not even allowed to go in and chase them away.”
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MElbOURNE, JUNE 16 (IANS): Kookaburra, the manufacturer of cricket's new pink ball, on Tuesday declared it is Test match ready, if the inaugural daynight contest goes ahead in Australia in November. Cricket Australia (CA) hopes to stage the first day-night Test against New Zealand later this year, with Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart among the possible venues. Kookaburra managing director Brett Elliot said he had been pleased with the results of extensive testing, including in the Sheffield Shield last season when
a ball with a green seam was used, reports Sydney morning herald on Tuesday. Elliot said the pink ball had been tested by CA, the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). "The Kookaburra turf pink ball has been extensively tested over the past five years by the MCC, ECB, CA, and I believe the ball is ready for an international Test match," Elliot said. "We have also supplied a number of other ICC members like CSA (Cricket South Africa) and WICB (West Indies), and have been equally happy with its
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dIMApUR, JUNE 16 (MExN): The State Coaches’ Annual General Meeting will be held on June 20 at State Stadium, Dimapur at 11 a.m. Therefore all the coaches are requested to attend the meeting.
UEFA opens proceedings against Croatia NYON, JUNE 16 (IANS): European football's governing body UEFA has announced the opening of disciplinary proceedings against the Croatian football federation for "racist behaviours" and "improper conduct" after the Croatia-Italy 1-1 draw in a Euro 2016 qualifier. The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body will discuss the case on July 16, but it did not specify the nature of the racist behaviours, while it may be related to the Nazi symbol on the grass at the Stadion Poljud, reports Efe. After the game, the Croatian football federation apologizes to the spectators, Italians and the players of both national teams after a Nazi swastika symbol was imprinted on the field by miscreants on Friday.
performances at domestic level," he said. There have been some concerns from batsmen and bowlers about the visibility of the ball during the dusk period, particularly when it began to scuff up, while spectators and even state coaches said they had struggled to see the ball race along the field at night. In the most recent Sheffield Shield trials, the ball swung and seamed for longer and it retained its hardness. "To ensure the best visibility whilst also preserving the natural wear characteristics of the ball throughout
lONdON, JUNE 16 (IANS): Chelsea football club, which plans to redevelop its Stamford Bridge stadium into a 60,000seat stadium, could see it play its home matches elsewhere for at least two seasons should the go-ahead be given for work to begin on its home of 110 years. The English Premier League champions are set to reveal proposals to residents and fans at an exhibition at the stadium running from 30 June to 2 July. The consultation meeting will include an explanation of "the rationale for expansion", with Chelsea, who are restricted by a site comprising around 12 acres when around 20 acres would normally be required for a stadium of the proposed size, likely to build over the adjacent railway tracks. They are also considering digging below street level, reports The Guardian on Tuesday. The cost of the project, which would increase the capacity from 41,798
the course of the game, we add additional colour to the pink ball and also the white ball. This enhances the brightness of the ball although some say also encourages early swing," Elliot said. CA hopes the day-night format will eventually encourage more people to attend matches after work, particularly in countries where the traditional format is struggling attendance-wise. It will also provide a boost for television broadcasters, as the final session will be held during prime time.
and effectively allow the club to house a new generation of younger fans, could stretch to 500 million pound, which the owner, Roman Abramovich, would have to meet. Chelsea could rebuild the arena piece by piece, a project which could drag on for three or four seasons while the team continue to play at there, but are more likely to seek to undertake the extensive redevelopment all at once with the team temporarily moving out. "The study also began to assess the feasibility of an expansion of the stadium capacity within the existing historical site boundary, based on the principles of improving site access, benefiting the neighbourhood and enhancing the spectator experience,” the club said in a statement. "Abramovich has appointed a professional team to assess, in more detail, the feasibility of expanding the existing stadium capacity at Stamford Bridge grounds," the statement said.
Milan sack manager Inzaghi, hires Mihajlovic
MIlAN, JUNE 16 (Ap): AC Milan fired coach Filippo Inzaghi and immediately replaced him with Sinisa Mihajlovic on a two-year deal on Tuesday. Milan informed Inzaghi he was unwanted earlier this month, but was hoping to terminate his contract under mutual terms. The talks apparently failed. "AC Milan communicates that Filippo Inzaghi has been dismissed," the club said in a statement. In his first season in charge, Inzaghi led Milan to a dismal 10th-place finish. Still, having been a standout striker for Milan, Inzaghi commanded respect within the club. Mihajlovic has an option for a third season, at a reported 2.5 million euros ($2.8 million) per season. The 46-year-old Mihajlovic coached Sampdoria for the
past two seasons, leading the Genoa club to seventh this year. Mihajlovic previously coached Bologna, Catania, Fiorentina and Serbia's national team. The Serbian was also a standout fullback as a player for Sampdoria and Lazio, known for his skill on free kicks. Sagging financially and with club president Silvio Berlusconi no longer buying the world's top players, Milan has been on a downward spiral. Since winning Serie A in 2011, Milan has finished second, third, eighth, and 10th — thus failing to qualify for Europe for a second consecutive season. Berlusconi is close to selling a 48 percent stake in Milan to a Thai investor, in a deal that could reportedly be worth up to 470 million euros ($530 million).
ZURICH/NEW YORK, JUNE 16 (REUTERS): Sepp Blatter could go back on his promise to stand down as FIFA president, a former adviser said on Monday, even as U.S. prosecutors revealed a plea deal with a past FIFA executive who told investigators about bribes and kickbacks. Klaus Stoehlker, who advised Blatter during this year's FIFA election campaign, told Sky News that Blatter could remain head of world football's governing body if a "convincing candidate" to replace him did not emerge. FIFA said in a statement that Stoehlker, who was in a meeting when contacted by Reuters and unable to comment, was no longer working with Blatter. Blatter said on June 2 that he would step down as FIFA president. He is under pressure to leave sooner rather than later as U.S. and Swiss authorities widen investigations into bribery and corruption at the organisation. European Union lawmakers are among those calling for his immediate departure. Also on Monday, U.S. prosecutors revealed their plea agreement with Chuck Blazer, showing that the former FIFA executive committee member secretly provided authorities with information for nearly two years before he admitted guilt in court in November 2013. Blazer was the former general secretary of CONCACAF, football's governing body in North and Central America and the Caribbean and a FIFA executive. As the international probe intensified, pressure mounted at the Swiss body to stabilise its leadership. But Blatter has changed his mind in the past. In 2011, he said his fourth mandate would be his last but he stood again this year. A Swiss newspaper on Sunday, the Schweiz am Sonntag, reported that Blatter had received messages of support from African and Asian football associations, asking him to
Blatter not going to New Zealand for U20 WCup final
FIFA President Sepp Blatter will not go to New Zealand for the Under-20 World Cup final on Saturday. Amid speculation that Blatter risks arrest in many countries, FIFA confirmed on Tuesday that he will remain in his native Switzerland instead of traveling to Auckland. "Due to his current commitments in Zurich the FIFA president will not be able to travel to New Zealand to attend the final," the governing body said in a statement. Blatter's plans have been uncertain since seven football officials were arrested in FIFA's home city three weeks ago in an American investigation of corruption. They face extradition to the United States. FIFA said on Tuesday that
Blatter could yet attend the Women's World Cup final on July 5 in Vancouver, Canada. Blatter and FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke have not been to Canada for the 24-team tournament, which kicked off 10 days ago. Valcke has been linked to the American case for helping to transfer $10 million from FIFA accounts in 2008 to accounts controlled by then-FIFA vice president Jack Warner of Trinidad and Tobago. American prosecutors allege the money was bribes agreed by South African officials to pay Warner and two other FIFA voters for supporting the country's 2010 World Cup hosting bid. (Asscociated Press)
FiFA bitter over Nobel center’s decision to end cooperation
FIFA reacted with bitterness on Tuesday over the Nobel Peace Center's plan to end cooperation over the Handshake for Peace initiative, saying the decision was "not fair play" and obstructed anti-discrimination. In an unusually strongly-worded statement, soccer's governing body added that it was disappointed to hear about the news through the media. "We are disappointed to have learned from the media about the Nobel Peace Center's intent to terminate the cooperation with FIFA on the Handshake for Peace initiative," said FIFA in a statement. "FIFA is reluctant to accept this unilateral approach on what is a joint initiative between the football community and the Nobel Peace Center (NPC). "This action does not embody the spirit of fair play especially as it obstructs the promotion of the key values of peacebuilding and anti-discrimination." The NPC announced on Monday that it was ending its link with soccer's scandalplagued governing body and did not give a specific reason. FIFA said NPC executive director Bente Erichsen phoned president Sepp Blatter on Tuesday morning and that she "continued to believe in this initiative and hoped it would live on in football with FIFA". rethink his decision to step down. Blatter was honoured by the support and had not ruled out remaining in office, the newspaper reported, citing an anonymous source close to him. Africa's football confederation (CAF) said on Monday that it had not heard of any of its members asking Blatter to stay on. "At CAF level we are not aware of any African countries who have written to ask Blatter to stay on," Kalusha Bwalya, a CAF executive committee member
The Oslo-based NPC was behind the Handshake for Peace Initiative, something that had been enthusiastically promoted by Blatter for three years. SIMPLE GESTURE FIFA encouraged pre-match handshakes between team captains and officials as the Handshake for Peace and was also hoping to introduce it at the end of matches. "The Handshake for Peace initiative combines football’s international reach with the simple gesture of a handshake to promote peace and fair play," said FIFA. "At FIFA’s tournaments, players and officials use the Handshake for Peace to set a good example in front of both the fans inside the stadium and the wider public watching games on television." FIFA said the Handshake for Peace would remain protocol at the under-20 World Cup in New Zealand and the women's World Cup in Canada. The NPC's announcement came three days after Interpol suspended a 20 million euros ($22 million) arrangement with FIFA on fighting match-fixing as allegations of corruption continued to rain down on the ruling body. (REUTERS)
and president of the Football Association of Zambia, told Reuters. Insiders at the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) told Reuters that European football's governing body was left perplexed by the reports that Blatter would stand again and that the plot would be too outrageous even for a Hollywood script. Officially, European football's governing body did not want to comment, but the German football association (DFB) called on
Blatter, who is staying on until the election, to leave quickly. "We only know the media reports which strengthen our clear position," spokesman Ralf Koettker told reporters. "Blatter's announced resignation must be formally completed as soon as possible." Domenico Scala, the official overseeing the process of choosing a new president, said that Blatter's departure was an "indispensable" part of planned reforms to football's governing body.
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Military brutality among other things i'm Mahatma Gandhi of Nagas
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t was shocking to see the brutalized face of one of the victims of June 7 assault. It could have been any one of us, not least our loved ones. Just what kind of professionalism is this? An institution established to protect the people of the country, turning its rage against its own citizens, just because it lacks competence and courage to deal with the ‘real enemy’. This happens only in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and the North Eastern part of India, as the Government of India has a principled policy of not using the Army against its own people. We have certainly not forgotten what these security personnel can do to us, in our long walk with insurgency. The biggest villain, AFSPA or the Armed Forces Special Power Act, shields security personnel from all its criminal activities (rape, murder, torture etc). AFSPA is a short cut strategy of the Government to rein in insurgency. This Act has been in existence for pretty long time, despite its inability to achieve any substantial result. For some time we saw some semblance of peace in the state, not because the security strategy was working, but the overwhelming majority of people in the state wanted peace. We still remember how, after every ambush or casualty on security personnel, they come down heavily on the public-as anticipated by villagers in Chandel District, hence to flee after the NSCN led ambush. This is not saying one violence is better than the other-violence in all its forms is unquestionably evil, no matter who perpetrates them. Had AFSPA been successful, insurgency would have disappeared a long time ago. Legislations like AFSPA create a situation where a cycle of violence is unleashed-people don’t just sit down to be beaten and pushed around just because the other person wields a gun and wears a uniform. From any point of understanding, AFSPA is not only an assault on the fundamental rights of citizens, but also an instru-
ment that undermines Democracy to its core. In a democratic government, every individual should be held accountable for their actions, which is lacking in legislations like AFSPA. Democracy cannot make unprincipled exceptions, and AFSPA shortcircuits all norms of democratic governance. Unfortunately, the central Government sees AFSPA as the only security tool to control insurgency. They have little or no knowledge of ground realities, and their decisions are informed and Influenced by the views of ‘security experts’, who are none other than serving or retired security personnel, with biased and one dimensional simplistic view of national security. Imagine a situation where our esteemed MPs (Members of Parliament) and policy makers find themselves at the receiving end of draconian laws like AFSPA. Despite decades of ceasefire with different insurgent groups in the state, nothing has changed and nothing will ever change. The government of India is only waiting for the various insurgent groups to disintegrate and wither away or tone down their demands. If it negotiates, it will only do so on its own terms. A country like India listens only to two things- hype in the National media and numbers in the parliament. For instance, it took just few days of fasting and daredevil theatricality for the Central Government to grovel at the feet of Anna Hazare to pass the Lokpal Bill (the merit of Lok Pal is not being questioned, the point however should not be missed), whereas anti –AFSPA activists like Irom Sharmilla, fasting and campaigning for fifteen years, have received no such honour, least attention. After all, there is no much drama in a real life tragedy, and who has that kind of luxury (read numbers) in the esteemed Parliament? To make matters worse, we have our very own ‘National Workers’ – around 8-9 factions by now and still counting-competing for taxation space and area of power and influ-
ence. To make themselves relevant, we see their daily lofty write ups in various News Papers and articleswho reads them anyway? While saying this, many people still honour the thousands of Naga National Workers who have set us up to this level. While luxuriously wriggling on our fortunes today, their contributions should never be forgotten. The differences between various factional groups, as we all know, are not based on any fundamental economic, political or social principles like Capitalism, Socialism etc, but on petty political and economic interests. Today, one factional group has abrogated it’s more than a decade long Cease Fire with the government of India. It has gone gun-ho with blitz pace- a frightening scenario for the general public, sandwiched between a spirited trigger happy group and the brutal Indian Military. The latter has vividly exhibited to us, what it can do for the ‘security’ of its citizens. To add to problems, tribalism in our society flourishes under numerous guise of unity and pretence of bonhomie. The composition of various factional groups also serves the point. Individuals or groups with vested interests have exploited these fault lines time and again, but who can we blame? The assault on innocent people should be taken very seriously by the leaders and the Government. Justice cannot be achieved merely by sending out press statements of condemnation and displeasure, rather a proactive and activists- like approach is called for. Let this assault be a warning to series of hardships that peaceful citizens would probably face in the future, if the current situation continues. Legislations like AFSPA that thrives on ambiguous phrases like National Security has no place in a civilized country-but who listens? Who is civilized in this country? Really looking forward to Narendra Modi’s ‘Aache Din’. Seyiechiilhou Suohumvii Kiruphema village, Kohima.
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know the struggle and how it begin, how we struggle under the same umbrella when British rule. Indians has really fought well, they are TRUE patriots. Its time for us to set free as for everything there's time and its time but deaf incline has been prolonged for us to remain silent. We are still yet to begin our path as like Britishers left the soil of Indians, Nagas have waited for long and if it goes far nothing is going to happen except war among Nation. Violence is not my blood and I have a brave heart to forgive the past mistake between us as past will only be a revenge of violence. We have nothing to be fear as we are claiming our right that has been defended by our ancestors. They have gone like Nitaji, Sardar Patil leaving bright future. Nagas were not under any outer control if not Britishers then Indian. Our political struggle for Sovereignty has killed us like virus that we are under, even after this Seven decades of struggle. This is the right time to let me think of brave patriots like Nitaji Shubas Chandra Boss, Sir Sardar Patil and others who really sacrificed themselves for their life with the hope that there is better tomorrow. They have paid their blood for their soil, as they knew and were sure they will go through pain if they don't shed their precious blood and they are even remembered till today as like we remember our ancestors who has done the same. There was illiterates among them like present Naga society, Patriotic like Indians but the humblest personality among them was Mahatma Gandhi who really was a blessing for the generation to have peace within them and so even Britishers couldn't kill the humblest person even though he was taken to prison several times. They deserve respect, the eye opener who hate violence. Mahatma Gandhis image is still in my wallet and even Indians fought for their justice? If they did then why not respect when I say non-violence movement to FREE NAGALAND! Gandhi has
rightly said, If Nagas don't want to be part of India than why not now, as he was wise that he knew we were different. Gandhi was a man who has rightly fought with the bullet of peace why not Sir. Modi hear my Country’s pain. Do I have to be an Russian to have sophisticated Weapons to fight for my own soil, its not a time to begin with weapons but with wise understanding passion. Like Gandhi I respect every human creation and don't feel like to see people killing people just because of not knowing what has really happened but I stand here in reality knowing the history of Indians struggle and not forgetting our ancestral tombs. Yes, It was our land and no any thing was between except neighbours. If we were wrong then why not claim us and forgive that we can maintain peace with. Britishers have left and we were also under their power but were not in their soil then why now claim to be called as Indians. Truth has long way and I'm with truth not bearing false in me. I humbly pray that our soldiers will put their gun down to lift white flag towards India thanking them by forgiving their past. Where my dream is to see Indians soldier shaking hands as good neighbour with gifts of laughter together one day without carrying guns. We know that soldiers are patriots of Nation and they all deserve respect as normal human, they are all innocent and their innocence must treasure as mom cares for the son. We are going far with revenge and revenge is harmful when it give birth to Hitler as one man! Every man is to die once and to live once so why not set free to its time. What are we sowing? Mine bombs or Forgiveness. Incident like Hiroshima and Nagasaki should never happen again as its know to the world how bitter it was, incident like British rule must never happen as it goes on killing where only tombs are kept for the wage of war is only destruction that destroys. With respect to race, religion, sex and culture we are different as said, Indians were In-
dians and Nagas were Nagas and not also admitted by our own but with Nehrus disappointment we were set under, at times we were illiterate but were not ignorant to claim our right as soil was right under our feet. Different sounds might have hurt our neighbours, harshness of our act during II World War as we were also forced by Britishers to fight against our own neighbour without knowing that they are our enemy and its still continuing with our soldiers. We were also harsh towards Britishers as it was our soil and were even killed without knowing just only because they enter our land without knowing that we were warriors of tribal boundary. Nagas among Nagas fights its justice only through media as we are no more warriors to count heads. Everything is done through rights and right things has been going today. The past of our culture has known even by Britishers and they even have forgiven our mistakes I hope as they are with their smile towards us realising that Nagas were wrong too. We being in this small country may find difficult but hoping that better seeds will grow in our land to share its fruits with neighbour country forgetting the bitterness of the past. Digging our past has long history starting from 1947 till today and if we don't count our own mistakes that surely misunderstanding will find its way to temp us into nothing. Nagaland bring a small territorial land is known to people and world must also know our rights as we were never Indians before WW II. There was confusion among the nation but we were never confused of our territory so why not return to the owner when he comes to claim the thing is his belonging. I pray that non- violence which was used by Gandhi as key to open doors of India nation will be shared by their people to Nagaland to share its fruit of peace! Peace be with you all! Hirato Y Chishi-Gandhi, Non-Violence. Dimapur, Nagaland.
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mila Kunis' chicken Lawsuit is dropped Kristina Karo who accused Mila of stealing her chicken has finally dropped her bizarre lawsuit, saying, 'There is only one judge and that is God. I pray for her soul and the soul of Doggie.'
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hicken theft lawsuit filed against Mila Kunis has finally been dismissed. The accuser, Kristina Karo, who claimed to be the actress' childhood friend dropped her bizarre lawsuit after "learning to forgive" the star and chose to let God handle the case. "I've learned to forgive in my heart the people who have wronged me, like Mila," Kristina shared with TMZ. "There is only one judge and that is God. I pray for her soul and the soul of Doggie, that he
has found peace finally in chicken heaven." Kristina filed the lawsuit in April. In the legal documents, Kristina accused the "Jupiter Ascending" actress of stealing her beloved chicken named Doggie over 25 years ago when they lived in Ukraine. Kristina demanded $5,000 to cover emotional damage over the lost of the chicken. In response to the weird lawsuit, Mila released a video with the help of her partner Ashton Kutcher via Meerkat. "I was devastated.
I was weeping. I was dumbfounded," the mother of one jokingly addressed the accusation. "I was like, 'Which chicken did I steal?' I apologize to this woman, who was maybe or not a month old." In the video, the couple alleged that Kristina intentionally created the issue because she was having "Give Me Green Card" music video coming out at the same time she accused Kunis. "I would like to launch a counter $5,000 lawsuit for making me sit there and
Dwayne Johnson hits parked truck, calls incident 'fun story'
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we wrestlerturned-actor Dwayne Johnson recently hit a parked pickup truck in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The 43-year-old actor took to Instagram to share with fans about the incident, which he dubbed "a fun story." "Here is a fun story to start your week off," the "San Andreas" actor wrote in the caption for the picture of himself with the truck owner. "I am driving to set in my pickup truck music blasting - I'm singing away like I am having a one man party in my truck
- then I hear a loud BANG," read the excerpts from the story. Instead of running away from the scene, the actor made his way back to that truck. As the truck's owner came, he explained the incident and expressed his intention to give compensation. "Life is funny cause you never know who you are gonna run into... And sure as hell never know whose truck you are gonna sideswipe while driving to work," the "Furious 7" actor concluded his lengthy note.
watch your music video shamelessly," Mila added. "My body hurts. My eyes hurt, they're burning. That requires money."
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heto Music Association Promotional Singing Event, Kids for Fame season-5 district auditions will begin from June 25. Dimapur and Peren audition will be held at PMA office at Padumpukhuri National Highway 39 on June 25 at 3:00 PM. Kohima District audition on June 26 followed by combined audition for Wokha and Mokokchung on June 27. Interested contestants from other district can join their nearest district auditions or can get the information from their respective district Co- organisers: Dimapur School of Music & Art Puraana Bazar-9862509755; Kohima Lineage Enterprise opp new NST Bus Station-9436001665,9856484156; Wokha LifeLIne Medico-9862931155. After the district wise auditions, there will be an elimination rounds in the month of July second week to chose the best contestants to go through to the next elimination rounds and to the Grand Finale to Chose the Ultimate winner of Kids For Fame Season 5 Title. The language of the contest will be in English and Hindi. Local languages will also be encouraged during the shows.
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ohima audition for Kids for Fame Season 5, 2015 will take place soon. The date and venue will be disclosed soon in local newspapers. The reality show is in Season -5, is organized by Pheto Music Association and the Kohima district co-organizer are Lineage Enterprise. Kohima District co-partner Lineage Enterprise informed that the response from participants is quite encouraging and expected that more participants will turn for the audition, which is scheduled in Kohima soon. For more details contact Khriezo Suokhrie (9856484156/9774023065 ). More information and forms for each contestant is charge at Rs.500 can be obtained from Lineage Enterprises, SDS Metro Market, new NST Area Kohima.
Contact or Email at phetomusic@yahoo.com or call to: 91+ 9436405817 for further information of the Event. During audition, only voice will be allowed with no additional music accompaniment. Contestants can sing any types of Songs either in English or Hindi registration is still going on.
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he R.I.P. hitmaker joined the The Voice last year (14) but has now exited after just one series to take up a place on the panel of Simon Cowell's talent competition The X Factor. She will be joined by returning judges, pop star Cheryl Cole, also known as Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, and music mogul Cowell, plus new addition, British radio DJ Nick Grimshaw. Ora, who worked as a guest judge on The X Factor in 2012, says, "I am excited to be coming back to The X Factor - I had a ball here in 2012. This is a journey I can't wait to embark on to find some talented singers. It's the new generation taking over. Booooom (sic)." Cowell writes on Twitter.com, "The best kept secret in TV is out!! But I am really happy with the new judging line-up for X Factor this year. It's going to be a lot of fun... We met a lot of people. I really believe everyone on the show this year is excited about finding someone who has star potential... We have always had great judges. And I will always be thankful for their passion and expertise... I have (no) idea what the show will look like but I feel both excited and nervous. It's going to be very different! Embrace the madness."
lough. Dutt was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment by the Supreme Court for illegal posSinger/actress Selena Gomez has been appointed a session of arms in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. new brand ambassador for Pantene hair products. The Since he had served 18 months in jail from 2007 to 2008, Come and Get It hitmaker's Strong Is Beautiful cam- he was required to complete his remaining jail term. paign will debut in August (15). She says, "I've always loved using Pantene, so it's a dream come true to be the brand's newest ambassador. Not only because Pan- Juhi Chawla now sells pizzas! tene stands for strong, healthy hair but also because it Actress Juhi Chawla, who has been juggling with actencourages women to be their best selves. "My style is ing, singing, motherhood, radiation and entrepreneurconstantly evolving and I love to take risks, so I'm always ship, has recently ventured into the restaurant business changing my hairstyle. I rely on Pantene to keep my with her husband. We hear that the duo, in partnership hair strong and healthy so I can take on each day with with a few others, has opened up a restaurant called confidence." Gomez follows in the footsteps of Gisele Pizza Metro Pizza at Kemps Corner in Town. Juhi has Bundchen, Eva Mendes, Queen Latifah and Zooey De- never been a foodie, but has always enjoyed the business side of things with IPL, film production and now schanel as a spokesmodel for the beauty brand. the restaurant business. Speaking about Pizza Metro Pizza, Juhi said, "It's sanjay Dutt applies for parole yet again become one of my favourites these days as you get the Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has reportedly applied for best Italian food and especially pizzas at our restaurant." a parole once again. Son of late actor-politician Sunil Speaking about her involvement, the actress said, "I am Dutt, Sanjay, is serving is remaining 42-month jail term not very active due to the lack of time, but yes I am hoping in Pune’s Yerwada Jail since May 2013. He has appar- the restaurant will do well. It's actually my husband Jay's ently applied for a 30-day parole to the divisional com- baby and hence that's how I have gotten associated with missioner. Reports suggest that senior officials have the restaurant. The quality of the food is excellent and confirmed the parole application and the request is hence we are sure that the restaurant will grow through apparently under process. Brother of politician Priya word of mouth." Interestingly the actress is a hardcore Dutt, Sanjay returned to jail after being granted fur- vegetarian and loves both Italian and Thai food.
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Marc Jacobs has revealed the latest stars of his autumn/winter 2015 campaign – and the curveballs continue. Following in the footsteps of iconic singer Cher and 14-yearold actress and singer Willow Smith, Red Hot Chilli Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis and his brilliantly-named, seven-year-old son Everly Bear, are the next to pose nonchalantly in front of the scarlet backdrop. The New York-based designer has been drip-feeding images from his latest campaign vis his official Instagram page, promising that there are "more to come" over the next few weeks.
Germany beats Thailand 4-0 to advance
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Winnipeg, June 16 (ap): Top-ranked Germany beat Thailand 4-0 at the Women's World Cup on Monday to claim top spot in Group B. The Germans finished top on goal difference ahead of Norway, which beat Ivory Coast 3-1. In Group A, host Canada conceded a late equalizer to draw 1-1 against the Netherlands but still claimed top spot ahead of second-placed China, which advanced after a 2-2 draw against New Zealand, eliminating the Kiwis. The Netherlands and Thailand finished third in Groups A and B and will be sweating on Tuesday and Wednesday's results which will determine which four of the six third-placed sides will progress. Germany's Melanie Leupolz scored the opening goal in the 24th minute but the tournament favorite was repeatedly thwarted by Thai goalkeeper Waraporn Boonsing. The Germans finally made it 2-0 on Lena Petermann's header in the 56th minute, and she scored again two minutes later to effectively end the contest. Sara Daebritz later closed the scoring by tapping the ball into an open net. Norway's Ada Hegerberg scored twice to lead her team to a 3-1 win over Ivory Coast and passage to the knockout stages. Hegerberg scored the opening goal for Norway in the 6th minute, beating Ivory Coast goalkeeper Cynthia Djohore at the near post. Hegerberg added her second in the 62nd minute, and Solveig Gulbrandsen put Norway up 3-0 in the 67th minute. Ange Nguessan scored a consolation with a booming right-footed blast from well outside the penalty box in the 71st minute. Netherlands substitute Kirsten Van De Ven scored in the 87th minute and the Dutch earned a 1-1 draw with host Canada. Ashley Lawrence scored early for Canada, but the Dutch were a threat all night with their counterattacking game and deserved the late equalizer. A crowd of 45,420 at Olympic Stadium saw coach John Herdman make four lineup changes looking to boost the potency of a side that had not scored from open play in its first two games. China's Wang Shanshan scored on a perfectly timed header and the Chinese benefited from a questionable penalty to earn a 2-2 draw against New Zealand. New Zealand went up 1-0 through Rebekah Ashley Stott in the 28th minute, but China drew level after Wang Lisi converted a penalty awarded for handball against Betsy Hassett. The replays showed the ball hit her chest and head. China went ahead 2-1 on Shanshan's goal in the 60th minute. New Zealand equalized five minutes later through Hannah Wilkinson but they Thailand goalkeeper Waraporn Boonsing (1) knocks down the ball as Germany's Lena Lotzen (9) could not find the winning goal that would have goes up for a header during the second half a FIFA Women's World Cup soccer match in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on Monday, June 15. (AP Photo) given the side second place in the group.
Tiny Guam slay India in World Cup qualifier
Singapore, June 16 (reuTerS): Tiny Guam maintained their fairytale start to World Cup qualifying by beating India 2-1 at home on Tuesday to jump to the top of Group D after their second win in a week. Brandon McDonald and Travis Nicklaw scored the goals as the U.S. territory in the North Pacific Ocean with a population of little more than 170,000 followed up their first ever qualifying win on Thursday against Turkmenistan with another. McDonald, without a club, heading home a long throw seven minutes before halftime, while Nicklaw swivelled away from his marker and lashed home a second just after the hour mark in front of 4,000 fans at the National Training Center. India, boasting a population of 1.2 billion and long dubbed the sleeping gi-
ants of world football by FIFA, snatched a 93rd minute consolation when Sunil Chhetri bagged his 50th international goal but it was too little too late. Guam, coached by Englishman Gary White, now have six points from two matches in the pool, ahead of Oman who beat India away on Thursday. Three-times Asian champions Iran kickoff their campaign later on Tuesday in Turkmenistan. Prior to this joint World Cup and Asian Cup qualifying campaign, Guam's first and last attempt to qualify for a major tournament ended in a 19-0 loss to Iran in 2000, followed two days later by a 16-0 defeat by Tajikistan. Guam, ranked 174th by FIFA, face a return to Iran in their next qualifying match in September.
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Bolivia upsets Ecuador in Copa America
VaLparaiSo, June 16 (ap): Bolivia scored three unanswered first-half goals and held on for a 3-2 victory over Ecuador on Monday in Group A of the Copa America to record its first victory in the competition in 18 years. Bolivia has four points from its first two matches in the South America championship, while Ecuador has lost its first two games and is in danger of going out in the first round. Ronald Raldes scored in the 5th minute, heading in a corner behind Ecuador goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez. Martin Smedberg scored with a low, 25-meter (yard) shot in the 18th. And Marcelo Moreno converted a penalty in the 43rd as Bolivia took total control of the first half. "There are a lot of people who didn't have faith in Bolivia," coach Mauricio Soria said. "But we showed we can fight." Trailing 2-0, Ecuador pressed and had several clear chances to get back into the match. The best came when Enner Valencia converted a penalty in the 38th, but referee Joel Aguilar waved it off for encroachment. Valencia took the kick again, but Bolivia 'keeper Romel Quinonez guessed correctly and dived to his right to make the save. Moreno converted a penalty at the other end minutes later to make it 3-0. "This is the greatest game of my career,"" Smedberg said. "Now finally, we have something beautiful." Ecuador got back into the match in the 48th when Valencia chipped in a close-range shot. The early goal inspired Ecuador to continue pressing with Quinonez forced to make several key saves. Miller Bolanos cut the deficit to a single goal in the 82nd, scoring from a 30-meter (yard) shot that soared over the head of Quinonez. Ecuador had half a dozen chances to equalize or win the match with 10 players pressing forward in the final minutes. Christian Noboa hit the crossbar in the 85th, and Juan Cazares forced Quinonez into a leaping save two minutes later. Cazares also had a key chance in stoppage time. On Friday, Ecuador plays Mexico and Bolivia face Chile in the final Group A matches.
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Bolivia's Damian Emanuel Lizio , left, and Ecuador's Frickson Erazo fight for the ball during a Copa America Group A soccer match at the Elias Figueroa stadium in Valparaiso, Chile on Monday. Center is Ecuador's Walter Ayovi .(AP Photo)
Chile held to draw by Mexico
SanTiago, June 16 (ap): Arturo Vidal scored two goals and set up another, but host Chile was held to a 3-3 draw by Mexico in a thrilling Copa America match on Monday. Striker Vicente Matias Vuoso scored twice for Mexico, including the 66th-minute equalizer that frustrated a home crowd which was also angered by the referee's decision to disallow two Chile goals on contentious offside calls. Chile would have progressed to the quarterfinals had it won, but still leads Group A with four points along with Bolivia, which defeated Ecuador 3-2 earlier Monday. Mexico has two points after two draws, while Ecuador is last with zero points. Chile, seeking its first Copa America title, is ahead of Bolivia on goal difference. The top two teams in each of the three groups advance, plus the twobest third-place finishers. Chile's final group match is against Bolivia
on Friday, the same day Mexico faces Ecuador. Chile had the better of Mexico but defensive mistakes and missed opportunities were costly. "We are improving match after match and we hope to be at 100 percent against Bolivia, then we will think about reaching higher goals," said Vidal, who already has three goals after two matches. "We improved a lot, created a lot of chances and attacked from both sides, that was important." Vuoso opened the scoring with an easy close-range shot after a set up by Juan Medina in the 21st, and a minute later Vidal equalized with a firm header off a corner. Mexico went ahead again with Raul Jimenez's header in the 29th, right after Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo made a brilliant save off another header by Gerardo Flores. Eduardo Vargas tied the game for the second time with a header off
a perfect cross by Vidal in the 42nd. Vidal was fouled by Flores inside the area, then converted a 55th-minute penalty to give Chile the advantage before Vuoso equalized on a breakaway, beating Bravo with a single touch inside the box. "The truth is we played against a strong opponent," Bravo said. Just a minute earlier, Chile playmaker Jorge Valdivia had a goal disallowed after Vidal was ruled offside in a very close call, and Alexis Sanchez's goal in the 80th also was called back even though replays showed he was not offside. Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli was furious on the sidelines. Valdivia had Chile's best chance to break the deadlock with a rightfooted shot that missed just wide of the left post in the 72nd. Mexico played without veteran defender Rafael Marquez, who was injured in the scoreless draw against Bolivia.
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