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Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country —Bertrand Russell

No flip-flop on Pakistan policy, no cricket diplomacy either: Sushma

Bangladeshi migrant families await ransom calls

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reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

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Bane of chewing tobacco haunts india SAYO ‘total blockade’

Despite regulation, India sees alarming increase in manufacture of chewing tobacco items

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no. You’re punishing us for not having money to buy helmets.

The Morung Express Poll QuEsTion

Vote on www.morungexpress.com sMs your answer to 9862574165 Are you aware of the seriousness of the HIV/ AIDS situation in Nagaland? Yes

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Are Christian churches losing influence in Naga society as its voice is no longer the dominating voice shaping social morality? Yes

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Prez gives assent to re-promulgate land ordinance NEW DELHI, MAY 31 (IANS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday gave his assent to repromulgation of the land ordinance, which was to expire next month. Rashtrapati Bhavan officials told IANS the President signed the ordinance before leaving on an official visit to Sweden and Belarus. The recommendation for re-promulgation of the ordinance was sent to the President after the union cabinet cleared it on Saturday. The move was strongly criticised by opposition parties, mainly the Congress. The land bill is currently with a Joint Committee of Parliament for detailed discussion on the provisions of the controversial legislation. This is the third time the land acquisition ordinance has been promulgated. The ordinance was first promulgated in December last year to amend the act passed by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2013. It was again re-promulgated in April.

NEW DELHI, MAY 31 (PTI): There has been a steady increase between 2012 and 2015 in the volume of chewing tobacco manufactured in the country which “does not match” with the domestic regulatory environment on smokeless tobacco products, the WHO has said. Citing Finance Ministry data, a World Health Organisation paper released ahead of World No Tobacco Day also states that there has been a sudden 71-fold increase in the manufacture of other smokeless tobacco products between 2013-14 and 2014-15. “This does not match with domestic regulatory environment on smokeless tobacco products wherein most states and Union Territories in the country began banning the manufacture and sale of gutka and other forms of smokeless tobacco in 2013. “Their manufacturing would, therefore, be expected to decrease in the last two financial years,” said the paper on illicit trade of tobacco. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence detected 16 lakh gutka pouches of foreign origin between January and April, 2015, closely after the ban on gutka across states. A study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and WHO India office across seven states and the national capital, where gutka is banned, indicated that 15 per cent of

school children offer candy to an autorickshaw driver and requests him to quit smoking during an awareness drive on World no smoking Day in Kolkata, sunday, May 31. (AP Photo)

the respondents reported consuming pre-packaged gutka (as opposed to mixing contents of separate pouches to make gutka) in 2014. “Notably, the assessable value of gutka exports from India during the same period increased from Rs 186 to 300 crore. “This gains significance given the fact that with the exception of Gujarat, no Indian state or Union Territory that has banned the manufacture of gutka permits its production for exports,” says the paper. In 2013, the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) seized 9,93,600 pouches and 8,254.43 kg of illegally manufactured gutka, implying a tax evasion of Rs

7.90 crore. DGCEI detected 78,666 pouches and 10.87 metric tonnes of illegally manufactured khaini (in 2012), 5,871 kg of other smokeless tobacco products (in 2013), a further 1,50,000 pouches and 10,000 kg in 2014 and 3,969 kg in 2015. However, the manufacturing data for cigarettes in the country indicates that production decreased consistently from around 11 crore in 2012-13 to 9.5 crore in 2014-15. The manufacturing figures need to be examined in the context of domestic consumption and exports to determine the level of illicit manufacturing and trade in cigarettes. DGCEI has detected 5.15

million illegally manufactured cigarettes in 2013 and 27.67 million sticks in 2014. Excise tax evasion by contraband cigarettes detected during the same period amounted to Rs 4.53 crore and that by gutka manufacturers totalled at Rs 7.90 crore along with Rs 42.15 crore by khaini producers. “It is important to note that these evasion figures are limited to those detected by the enforcement agencies and do not indicate the overall tax evasion by manufacturers of various tobacco products and the resultant total loss of government revenue,” says the paper. Syed Mahmood Ahmad, Director, Tobacco Institute of India (TII), said, “The trade in illegal ciga-

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rettes in India is growing rapidly. This clearly shows that extreme regulations and discriminatory taxation policy against cigarettes does not decrease overall tobacco consumption. It simply catalyses the growth of the illegal cigarette trade and compels people to switch to cheaper illegal cigarettes or low quality, cheaper forms of tobacco consumption. “There is therefore, an urgent need to have a moderated view on tobacco regulation...and to create resistance and public awareness against illegal cigarette trade and for the government to ensure stricter surveillance and harsher penalties against illegal operators.”

on Mao community

DIMAPUR, MAY 31 (MExN): The Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) has decided to impose a “total blockade on the Mao Community” within the southern Angami territory beginning 5:00am of June 1. This decision was taken during a meeting held on May 31, after learning that the Committee for KoziiriiDzukou Land Boundary Resolution (CKDLBR) was set to impose an economic blockade in Manipur state beginning from the midnight of June 1. It may be noted that the CKDLBR had imposed the blockade in protest against the alleged encroachment into parts of the Duzkou valley belonging to Manipur by the southern Angami people from neighbouring Nagaland. The CKDLBR had also demanded that the Manipur government deploy security forces in the Dzukou areas and immediately put a stop to the road construction works being taken up by the people from Nagaland state. A press note from the SAYO reasoned that the total blockade has been called on the ground that the Mao Council has “dragged other non Nagas into the issue by constituting CKDLBR which include the Meteis who are alien to Naga customs.” The SAYO stated that the southern Angami “uphold and stand by the Naga traditions and customs in every spheres including

traditional land holding systems.” However, it alleged that the “Mao Council encourages and supports the Metei traditions and customs.” It further alleged that the Mao Council had “distorted with the facts, truth and history of Kezoltsa and Dzükou in order to snatch our ancestral properties.” The SAYO also termed that CKDLBR economic blockade as an “act of extreme provocation.” Therefore, it reasoned that total blockade on Mao community “is the demand of the situation.” The SAYO demanded that the Mao Council spell out in clear terms “whether Kezoltsa and Dzükou are Manipur land or not.” It also called upon the Mao Council to “immediately stop any developmental activities and projects (road construction) at Kezoltsa; be it funded by private, State or Central Government.” It asked the Mao Council to declare before the public “whether they respect and honour Naga traditional boundaries.” The SAYO also demanded that the Mao Council make a “public declaration whether they are Meteis or Nagas.” Meanwhile, the SAYO has asked travellers passing through the southern Angami territory during the duration of the blockade to keep in their identity proof in their possession. This, it stated would be necessary in order to “avoid inconveniences.” Related statement on page 10

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1 dead, 5 injured as truck rams roadside shop fighting HiV/AiDs and discrimination Morung Express news Dimapur | May 31

Tragedy struck a family of seven as a truck fell on top of a house after ramming a roadside shop at Jharnapani, Medziphema. The accident occurred around 1:30 am, Sunday, May 31. The eldest child of the family died on the spot, while three other siblings survived with injuries. The youngest child, an 8 year-old survived unharmed, while the parents sustained minor injuries. The deceased victim was identified as Sunita (21 years), a student of Government Higher Secondary

School, Medziphema. The deceased along with her two siblings, one 14 year old and another 12 year old, were found trapped beneath the wheels of the truck. It took rescuers two hours to free the trapped victims without further harm, the traffic police said. The fourth injured sibling was identified as a 19 year old. The parents, identified as Somy and Jusili, ran the shop located on the side of the road just above their house, which was rammed by the truck. According to the traffic police, the unidentified driver of the truck went missing after

the mishap and was yet to be traced. The truck (AS 01 DD 6603) was proceeding towards Assam from Manipur. The driver reportedly lost control of the steering as it approached the curve alongside which is located Vivoli Services (petrol pump). It veered to the right ramming a shop, tumbled down and landed on top of a house where the family of the shop owner resided. A team of traffic police personnel returning from another accident site responded to the scene. The injured were admitted to the district hospital, Dimapur before being referred to CIHSR.

Heat wave: Rain brings little Safeguard each & every relief as death toll nears 2,200 inch of our land : YAN

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HYDERABAD, MAY 31 (AP): Despite hopes that weekend thundershowers would help end a raging heat wave in southern India, the rain brought only limited relief as the death toll since midApril approached 2,200. Officials said Sunday that the intense heat was likely to continue for another day in worst-hit Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. Daytime temperatures hovered between 45 and 47 degrees Celsius (113-116 Fahrenheit) in some parts of the two states over the weekend, 3 to 7 degrees Celsius above normal, said K.Y. Reddy, director of the Meteorological Center in Hyderabad. Thundershowers brought relief to people in other areas. Andhra Pradesh has been hit the hardest, with 1,636 people dying in the state from the heat over the past month and a half, a gov-

ernment statement said. Another 561 people have died in neighboring Telangana, said Sada Bhargavi, state disaster management commissioner. Meanwhile, 22 heat-related deaths have been reported in northern Uttar Pradesh state over the past two weeks, said Raj Shekhar, a state government official. 21 people have died from the heat in eastern Orissa state, seven in western Gujarat state and two in New Delhi, India’s capital. Cooling monsoon rains are expected this week in southern India before gradually advancing north. The monsoon season will last until the end of September. Forecasting service AccuWeather warned last week of prolonged drought conditions inIndia, with the monsoon likely to be disrupted by a more active typhoon season over the Pacific.

DIMAPUR, MAY 31 (MExN): The Youth Association of Nagaland (YAN) has reminded the Nagaland state government on the importance of safe guarding “every inch of our traditional and ancestral land.” A press note from the YAN expressed serious concern at the recent incidents of conflict in Ralan and the alleged harassment meted out by Assam Police to farmers of Yajang village in the border areas. This, it stated poses “serious threat towards our dreams and determination to live our future in our own land with peace and tranquillity.” The YAN lamented that, “in every given opportunity and in all successive agreements,” Assam has already grasped “thousands of square miles of our ancestral and traditional land.” All these incidents and activities, it claimed, are “clear evidence and indication of discriminatory attitude of the Government of India towards Nagas.” It further lauded the United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) for trying to bring about the sincerity and commitment of the Nagaland government with all valid documents. “It will be a total failure and the names of individuals and the people in the chairs will be questionable if at all our people and our generations have to suffer insecurity in our land,” stated the YAN. Meanwhile, the YAN has also urged the Nagaland government to take up extra measurements for checking illegal encroachment of government land and property, and regulate allotment orders to individuals or groups by the district administrations of the state.

Morung Express news Dimapur | May 31

Lucy, (name changed) aged around 45, is a mother of 4 children. Her husband died 12 years ago from HIV/AIDS and was given a quick burial. Following the husband’s death, Lucy’s village authorities had warned villagers not to visit her house. Villagers were also warned against speaking with her even when crossing paths. “Pukka lagi jabo,” (the virus will get to you) she quotes the village authority’s warning to villagers. In 2007, Lucy got to know of her HIV positive status. Her four children, though, are “lucky”. None are infected by the virus. Lucy has faced discrimination in society, in the village and even within the church. “It hurts,” she says. “Friends who have come to know of my HIV status have stopped being friends with me,” she adds. Even while getting treatment at the District Hospital in Dimapur, Lucy has faced discriminations “from doctors to the nurses and even people we know.” However, she is highly appreciative of the ART doctors. “The ART doctors understand us and look after us well,” she says. “The other doctors and nurses are disgusted by us,” she adds. For this reason, Lucy chooses to get her treatment from Chavara Home, a care and support centre for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs). “Here we are not discriminated,” she says. Chavara Home in Purana Bazaar, Dimapur, is run by Sanjoe Society for Welfare Development and Research under the Congregation of Mother of Carmel (CMC). The home started in 2007 supported by the Population Foundation of India (PFI) and National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) through Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS). NACO’s funding, however, stopped in 2012-13 and the Home has since been independent. At present, the Home gets assistance from the Central Government scheme “Vihaan” – a Sanskrit term meaning “dawn’s first light.” Vihaan is a national initiative establishing and managing 350 Care & Support Centres (CSCs) across India to expand access to essential services, increase treatment adherence, reduce stigma and discrimination, and improve the quality of life of people living with HIV (PLHIV). And through Vihaan, Chavara Home, having a capacity of 10 inpatients, gets visits from

doctors of District Hospital, Dimapur to check on the patients. The sisters in Chavara Home are all trained nurses and help look after the patients. 50% of all patient medical expenses are borne by the sisters. The Home gets its ART supply from the District Hospital, Dimapur – which is also the District ART Centre – and has so far treated about 3900 patients. The Home also houses 13 girl children – infected and affected by HIV/AIDs. These 13 children go to a nearby school. While the home makes an effort to see that PLHAs do not face discrimination in getting treatment, “self stigma” amongst PLHAs is a major problem. Sister Florence and Sister Rosalia from Chavara Home inform that people infected with HIV are scared of revealing their status and sometimes unwilling to get treatment. And being infected with HIV is not always a case of having “low morals”. “More than half of the people infected are victims,” Sister Florence informs. In all these, it is the wives who suffer the most as they are often the ones taking care of the family. Sister Florence explains that it is often a husband having extra-marital affairs infecting the wife and the wife in turn the children. However, there are cases of people receiving HIV through blood transfusion. There are also cases of doctors and midwives getting infected while attending to childbirth. The home has also faced its share of discrimination. Sister Florence informs that while trying to avail the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) – a centrally sponsored scheme – for HIV positive children, the official had refused to entertain them. Sister Florence and Sister Rosalia point to a need for churches, NGOs, schools and colleges to createawarenessonHIV/AIDS.“Therearesomany churches but there is little compassion,” Sister Florence says. “Church alak, morom alak,” (church one side, compassion the other side) she adds. Meanwhile, Lucy is not afraid of being HIV positive. The numerous counselling she received has helped and encouraged her. “I have nothing to fear. My trust is placed in God,” she says pointing above. She has a little message for people who aren’t aware of the virus. “HIV does not spread through contact, or conversations,” she says, barely able to conceal her emotions.

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BJP reiterates NDA govt’s achievement Consultative meet of Dimapur orgs Mon | May 31

The launching programme of ‘Maha Sampark Abhiyan’ (Mass contact programme) organized by BJP Mon district was held at the BJP office, Mon town, on Saturday, with Nagaland State BJP general secretary and spokesperson, K James Vizo, addressing the party workers. The BJP Mon simultaneously organized the ‘Jan Kalyan Parv’ (People’s welfare festival) to commemorate NDA government’s completion of one year under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The State BJP general secretary-cum-spokesperson at the outset told party workers not to believe in “cheap political propaganda” spread by rival political parties that BJP is a communal party. Vizo iterated that BJP is the most secular

Officials and leaders of BJP Mon district along with Nagaland State BJP general secretary, K James Vizo, at the launching programme of ‘Maha Sampark Abhiyan’ in Mon district, on May 30.

political party in the country and the party’s constitution is a living proof of the BJP’s secular credentials. Vizo quoted the BJP

PHC Panso imbroglio settled: PRSU

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TuENsaNg, may 31 (mExN): The issue of Primary Health Centre (PHC) Panso under Noklak sub-division of Tuensang district, which had remained dormant for some time, has finally been settled in “binding agreement” with the initiative of the Pathso Range Students’ Union (PRSU) and in consensus with the village councils and well wishers of the adjoining villages. Informing this in a press release, PRSU warned that “any individual or organisation trying to distort the serenity of the village by creating unwanted grudge or misunderstanding among self will be seriously dealt by the PRSU.” The students’ union further exhorted the village leaders and elders to be optimistic and march together rather than “drowning in the sea of animosity.” Meanwhile, the PRSU lauded the Village Council Chairmen from different villages, GBs, DBs, and well wishers who turned up to settle the imbroglio. It also urged the staff of government department to report to their offices and discharge duties as usual without delay for the interest of the public.

national president, Amit Shah’s message to party workers, “You are one among more than ten crore members who have

decided to be part of walk the talk of nation building,” and urged the party workers of Mon district to remain steadfast despite

temporary setbacks. He highlighted the achievements of Modi government in the past one year and also informed on

various welfare schemes and programmes initiated by the NDA government including Jan Dhan, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Pahal and Beti Bachao. The spokesperson urged the BJP Mon district party workers to spread the various welfare schemes of the government to each and every village in Mon district. Further, Vizo called upon party workers to start working actively and prepare for the 2018 assembly elections to ensure a BJP government in the state by 2018. State executive member, Nagaland BJP, Chumbemo Ezung, also attended the launching programme. BJP Mon district president Phongwang Konyak, senior BJP leaders and mandal presidents of all nine assembly constituencies in Mon district also spoke on the occasion.

Expired goods seized from shops in Kiphire

kiphirE, may 31 (mExN): Student unions of Kiphire district along with district administration and police conducted surprise checking in shops located in and around Kiphire town on May 29 and seized huge quantity of expired goods. The student unions included Kiphire Area Sangtam Students’ Union, Singti Area Students’ Union, Seyochung Area Students’ Union, Amahator Range Students’ Union, and Longmatra Area Students’ Union. The expired goods which included biscuits, mineral water, medicines, sweets, channa, Mimi noodles, cold drinks etc. were burned at KTC dumping site the same day. The student unions have appealed to all the general public of Kiphire to be aware while buying eatable goods and medicines from the shops. They further asked all the shopkeepers to dispose off

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KVK Mon organises training moN, may 31 (mExN): Krishi Vigyan Kendra Mon organized training programme on "scientific management on crops/enterprises" on May 23 at SDAO office, Aboi. The resource persons were Imtinuksung, Subject Matter Specialist, Dr. MS Sachan, Subject Matter Specialist, and Dr. Paihem Michui, SMS (Animal Science). The training, sponsored by ATMA, Mon, was attended by 33 farmers.

SBC pastors’ seminar from June 9 Dimapur, may 31 (mExN): The Sumi Baptist Convention (SBC) will be organising a seminar for Sumi Baptist pastors under three Sumi Baptist Associations (SBAK/SABAK/WSBAK) from June 9 to 11 at Sumi Baptist Church, Kohima. A press note from SBC Director, Rev. Dr. Khehovi Shohe, informed that during the seminar the following persons will present the contextual topics: Kikheto Sema (IAS); Hoto Yeptho, Additional Director, Land Resources; Dr. Hotokhu Chishi, Joint Director, Health & Family Welfare; Shiwoto Wotsa, Sr. SP Vigilance and Anti Corruption; Dr. Botoholi Kupto, Secretary Education and Communication, NBCC; and Ghovili Achumi, President, Sumi Baptist Convention. Apart from the contextual topics, the word of God during the worship services will be shared by Rev. Zuhokhu Kiba, Sr. Pastor, Sumi Baptist Church Kohima; Rev. Dr. Vitoi Kappo, Sr. Pastor, Sumi Baptist Church, Purana Bazar; and Rev. Kiyeto Zhimo, Pastor, Sumi Aphuyemi Baptist Church, Kohima. All the pastors under three Sumi Baptist Associations have been informed to attend the seminar positively.

JalukiE, may 31 (mExN): An emergency consultation meeting of the Zeliang people of Peren district and the United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) has been convened by the Zeliang People’s Organisation Nagaland on June 5, 10:00 am at Town Hall, Jalukie. The meeting will deliberate the “serious” issue of inter-state boundary between Assam and Nagaland based on traditional and historical facts, informed a press ADC Kiphire and student union leaders along with the seized goods at DC office compound in Kiphire. release issued by ZPO(N) general secretary Kiesamyi expired goods, while warning Meanwhile, Tino Jongshi also appealed to the unions to Iranggaung. All concerned public leaders, officers, polithat stern action will be initi- Chang, ADC Kiphire lauded the continue the same even in days ticians, village leaders and intellectuals of Zeliang comated if expired goods are found student unions for their initia- to come for the welfare of the munity, irrespective of different affiliations, have been again in the shops. tive in checking the shops. He general public. informed to attend the meeting positively.

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Dimapur, may 31 (mExN): All the frontal organizations of Dimapur have been informed that there will be a consultative meeting with regard to the shifting of offices from Dimapur to Chumukedima village on June 4, 10:00 am at Unity Hall, Naga Council building. In this regard, the following organisations have been requested to send five members each to attend the meeting without fail – Naga Council, CNTC, CNSA, ENPUD, Dimapur Bar Association, DCCI, BAN, Dimapur Naga Women Hoho, East Dimapur Business Association, East Dimapur Tribal Council, ANPSA Dimapur Chapter, DUACCF, GB Union Dimapur, all non-Naga communities, etc. Any other “responsible” organization(s) not mentioned have also been requested to attend for the love and welfare of the people of Dimapur. This was informed in a press release issued by Dimapur District Citizens Forum (DDCF) president N Joseph Lemtur.

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A first in Mokokchung, an exclusive tiles and sanitary fittings showroom, Eastern Tiles & Sanitary, located near Police Point was inaugurated on May 31. Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel (centre) and proprietor of the new showroom, Shyam Sunder Dayama (second from right), a third-generation businessman in Mokokchung, with others at the newly opened showroom.

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‘One Stop Architectural Solution’ showroom in Dimapur Dimapur, may 31 (mExN): Lunglung Enterprise inaugurated its ‘One Stop Architectural Solution’ showroom at Bank Colony, opposite Hotel Saramati in Dimapur on May 30. Elizabeth Ngully, ADC, Dimapur, was the special guest at the function, which was attended by Thungbemo, Chairman, Business Association of Nagaland (BAN) and other local entrepreneurs, With its motto ‘Fashioning Smarter Safer Homes,’ Lunglung Enterprise (LLE) focuses on bringing profes-

sionalism in ensuring safer and resilient homes/ buildings for local builders, according to a press release. The objective of Lunglung Enterprise is to provide wider choice and option by providing package deals of various building materials which will reduce risks during disaster. It deals in Notion Wooden Floorings, CG Fiber Cement, smart wood, concrete brick, concrete pavement blocks, and Forbo flooring system. Speaking on the occasion, the

staff of Lunglung Enterprise invited anyone building homes or planning to build one to drop in and select products from the showroom, which will ensure safety in any circumstances. The showroom at Bank Colony is the third of Lunglung Construction Pvt. Ltd; the first one is located at 4th Mile, Agri Expo Junction, Dimapur and the second one at Razhu Point, Kohima. Earlier, Rev. Fr. Joshua Kamei, Principal, DBS Higher Secondary, Dimapur invoked God’s blessings.

Skills training held for govt employees in Dimapur

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YouthNet members with staff of Dimapur government offices.

Dimapur, may 31 (mExN): YouthNet conducted a two-day professional skill development training at DC conference hall, Dimapur on May 29 and 30. The training was initiated by Kesonyu Yhome, IAS, Dimapur DC, with a vision to build the

efficiency and professional skills of the administration workforce, informed a press release. The facilitator of the training was Training Consultant Nuneseno Chase accompanied by Ebibeni Humtsoe and Thejanguzo Terhuja.

According to the release, the training was a mix of real time situation and practices common in the work place. The training emphasized on professionalism in the workplace, teamwork, effective communication, time management, work - life balance,

motivation and pro-activeness and ownership. It also focused on honing the key soft skills required to excel and be valuable and add good value to the different stakeholders. The training was attended by respective staff from various departments.

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‘NSCN (IM) putting pressure on candidates for ADC elections’ Esha Roy

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he tumultuous campaign for the elections of the Autonomous District Councils came to an end on Sunday afternoon. The elections for the ADCs will take place on Monday. The Autonomous District Councils are councils for the devolution of powers from Imphal to the five tribal hill districts in Manipur where development is poor. Each of the five districts have one autonomous district council which comprises of 24 elected members and two additional members who are nominated. In Manipur however, the ADCs, have no financial power whatsoever. Yet, these are stiffly contested elections. This time round, like previous years, there have been allegations of kidnappings and coercion by underground groups who have

been used to pressurize voters on behalf of candidates. The Indian Express acquired the copy of a letter distributed in Ukhrul district by the NSCN (IM) coercing voters to cast their votes for all NPF candidates. In its letter, signed by retired Lt General Markson, now convener NSCN (IM), the banned outfit says: “All absentee votes should be cast in favour of NPF for the Naga National issue. This responsibility has to be borne by the Chairman/Women Society/ Students Union. You cannot fail.” In a second letter addressed to all village chiefs, Markson has said, “I could not come personally to your village but take this letter as my presence being there. With you as the head and your village authority/women society/students union all should ensure that the total votes in your village, because of the present

Naga issue, your franchise must be cast in favour of the NPF.” Speaking to The Indian Express, a Congress worker from Ukhrul district said that there has been tremendous pressure from the NSCN (IM) in this year’s local district elections. “A staff member and Congress supporter in Ukhrul town was picked up yesterday by the IM at around 4 pm. He was then thrashed for several hours and released by 7 pm in the evening,” he said on condition of anonymity. Reports of brief abductions have been filtering in the past week – where candidates or their supporters have been picked up and released only after insurgents have been paid out. Village chairman of Taningjang village was abducted by three suspected cadre members of the NSCN (IM) yesterday. He had purportedly been supporting the BJP candidate

of the Magulong district council in Tamenglong district of Manipur. According to BJP state president Th Chauba Singh, NSCN (IM) Kilonser Major Agim is involved in the kidnapping incident. BJP candidate from the Sadar Hills M John Thangal was also abducted in Senapati district Friday afternoon but was released yesterday morning. On May 26, Congress candidate from Ukhrul district Ngachonmi Chamroy was allegedly abducted by NSCN (IM) cadre members while he was on his way to his campaign. He was travelling in a Ford Figo with five of his workers. The workers were freed soon after while the candidate was detained. Chamroy was freed later that evening. The same day a Congress worker in Tamenglong district was kept under house arrest again by the NSCN (IM). A team of polling personnel

was transporting polling material to Chothe Munpi, Ukha and Mongpen polling stations when they were overpowered and the material including ballot boxes were taken from them by unknown persons. “In most of these cases, the candidate or worker is freed once money is paid off to the cadre members,” says a Congress insider. But it’s not just the Congress which seemed to have suffered at the hands of the NSCN (IM). BJP general secretary Tapir Gao has been in Manipur for the past few months and has alleged that BJP candidates are being threatened by both the NSCN (IM) – which supports the NPF, as well as by Kuki groups who have entered Suspension of Operation Agreements with the Centre. “For the 144 seats we are fielding candidates from, we

have 340 applicants which is a really good sign for the BJP. For us it’s more of a dress rehearsal for the next assembly elections so that Manipur can finally have a BJP presence. Because of the local elections, we have an organized set up and workers in every district. But the underground groups have been interfering in this democratic process. In all the districts, they have been making rounds of villages with arms and ammunition. They are under suspension of operation. How can they be openly roaming about armed – how can the state and the Center allow this to happen? It’s as if the underground groups have grown in power,” said Gao while talking to The Indian Express. “One of our candidates was beaten publicly in Chandel district. All the houses in another village were plundered and bro-

ken. A BJP candidates wife was kidnapped and then later released in a third village. In many areas the Assam Rifles is assisting the SOO insurgents in their coercion tactics. Often making rounds just ahead of them and in one case I have come to know that jawans of 25 Assam Rifles actually escorted the insurgents on their rounds – publicly pressing people to support the Congress,” alleges Gao claiming that just as the NPF has been using the NSCN (IM), the Congress has been using the Kuki groups to put pressure on voters. “These cadres of the SOO groups are roaming around freely, whereas they are supposed to be confined to their designated camps. The Indian Army and Assam Rifles are doing nothing to contain them. Their (UG groups) morale seems to be very high, they seem to know nobody will touch them,” adds Gao.

NPF MLA slaps govt officer in Manipur Manipur's plea to Modi to repeal AFSPA i M P h a l , M ay 3 1 (tnn): Barely 20 days after Manipur speaker Th Lokeshwar Singh's security guards thrashed a police official in Imphal city, an MLA slapped a senior government officer in Chandel district on Friday evening. District Supply Officer (DSO) of Consumer Affairs Food and Pubic Distribution System SA Halim was in the corridor of his office when Naga People's Front (NPF) MLA ST Nunghlung Vic-

tor slapped him. Halim's office is located inside the DC office complex. "The main reason behind his assault was because I did not allow transportation and distribution of rice in Chandel constituency by his men," Halim told reporters here on Saturday. "I cannot obey his (MLA's) diktat as the government has already appointed transport contractors after issuing formal tenders. It would be totally illegal for me to issue such

orders and hence I categorically refused to give in to his demands," the officer said. Halim added that there is a Supreme Court ruling which says that MLAs should not interfere in the public distribution system. The MLA had written to him on several occasions to allow the monthly transportation and distribution of 1,500 quintals of rice allocated for Chandel assembly constituency, said Halim, a resident of Imphal East.

guwahati, May 31 (EnS): After the Congressled government in Imphal failed to deliver on its poll promise to get the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) scrapped in Manipur, more than 3,000 schoolchildren from the state have sent postcards to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to repeal the alleged draconian law. “…We urge you to make a commitment to ensure a world that is equal, just

and secure for the people of Manipur as well as the world. And as an indication of the commitment, please repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and save democracy in India,” the children wrote. The missive to the Prime Minister was part of the Mobilisation of the Global Campaign of Action, 2015. “We all know that the AFSPA is not the solution. So, the children ex-

pressed their desire to the Prime Minister for an AFSPA-free Manipur,” activist Babloo Loitongbam of rights body Human Rights Alert told Express. The demand for repealing the Act in Manipur grew louder following its recent revocation in Tripura. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said his government decided to withdraw the Act in view of a significant improvement in the law and order situation. The Act in the Left-ruled

guwahati, May 31 (Pti): Vinod Kumar Pipersenia today took over the charge of the chief secretary to the Assam government following retirement of the incumbent Jitesh Khoshla. Pipersenia, an IAS of 1980 batch of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is the 45th chief secretary of the state, an official statement said today. Before taking over the charge of the CS, he was working as the Additional Chief Secretary of Agriculture, Irrigation and PWD Department.

Militants injure 4 in M'laya According to the district police chief, a group of armed militants came to the weigh bridge and lobbed a grenade outside the room before opening fire from their light machine guns. In the melee, three workers were injured along with a CRPF personnel posted in the transport office, he said. The CRPF personnel, who were posted at the weigh bridge retaliated but the militants escaped taking advantage of the dark- A farmer uses cows to thrash paddy after harvesting at Roja Mayong village about 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Guwahati. ness, the SP said. Farmers in Assam are busy harvesting their crop ahead of the anticipated monsoon rains. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Tribal villages not to cooperate with Meghalaya Govt Shillong, May 31 (ianS): Tribal village chiefs in eastern part of Meghalaya on Saturday decided to end cooperation with the state government until it legally empowers the traditional institutions. This decision - which is likely to have a major impact in tribal state Meghalaya - was adopted at the Dorbar Bah Ka Bri U Hynniew Trep (assembly of people of Hynniew Trep land), organised by the Synjuk ki Rangbah Shnong or chief of the federation of villages. More than a lakh people from across the eastern part of

Meghalaya on Saturday attended the assembly and demanded the Congress-led government to approve two bills passed by the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) and the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) to empower the traditional institutions. Almost all shops in the state capital remained closed on Saturday. Only a few local taxis were seen plying on the roads. Saturday's assembly was significant in the wake of an order of the Meghalaya High Court curtailing the powers of the tra-

ditional heads in issuing certificates to people unless empowered by legislation. Adopting six resolutions, the assembly resolved to take further action if the two bills failed to get the governor's assent by June 10. The meeting also resolved to bring all village councils under one umbrella -- that would be known as Dorbar Khasi Jaintia -- with the sole intention to bring unity and preserve the customs and traditions of the indigenous people. On Friday, Governor V. Shanmuganathan gave his assent to an

ordinance to provide legal recognition to the functions of traditional institutions in the entire state. Following the approval, the Meghalaya Local Administration (Empowerment of Traditional Institutions, Traditional Bodies and Headmen in Governance and Public Delivery System) Ordinance, 2015 was notified in the gazette. The traditional intuitions include that of the Syiem, Lyngdoh, Sirdar, Wahadar, Dolloi, Rangbah Shnong in the Khasi - Jaintia Hills and that of A'King Nokma in the Garo Hills.

In a nutshell, the ordinance empowers traditional institutions to issue certificates to villagers within their respective jurisdictions. The certificates may relate to proof of residence, life certificate of pensioners, no objection certificate for running hotel or guest house, and any other matter to be notified by the government. The ordinance also provides protection on action taken under it as no suit or legal proceeding would lie against the headmen or traditional institutions in the discharge of functions.

Pre-monsoon rain continues to lash North East guwahati, May 31 (agEnCiES): Most parts of the Northeast continue to receive pre-Monsoon showers. Cherrapunji in Meghalaya recorded a whopping 121.2 mm of rain in a span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Saturday, followed by Gangtok in Sikkim which recorded 71.8 mm of rain. According to Skymet Division in India, a cyclonic circulation has been persisting over Assam and Meghalaya region. This system combined with the moist winds from Bay of Bengal is giving

moderate to heavy rain over the northeastern states. As per the latest forecast by Skymet, fairly widespread rain will continue to lash the region for the next three to four days, with varying intensity. Isolated places are expected to receive very heavy rainfall. In the wake of such weather activity, people across the region are witnessing pleasant weather conditions. Maximum temperature in the region is settling in the high 20s, while minimum temperature is recording in the low 20s.

and order front,” he said. Bowing to pressure, the state government had in 2004 withdrew the Act from seven Assembly constituencies falling under Imphal Municipal area. It continues to remain in force in other parts of the state, despite incidents of alleged extra-judicial killings of civilians. Manipur’s ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila Chanu has been on a hunger strike since 2000 demanding the repeal of the Act.

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Shillong, May 31 (Pti): Four persons, including a CRPF commando, were injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade and opened fire at a transport weigh bridge in Meghalaya's North Garo Hills district early today. The incident took place at around 3:20 AM at Sarangma village on the NH 62 in the district and about 30 km away from Resubelpara, the district headquarter, Superintendent of Police Ramesh Singh said.

state was enforced in 1997 in the wake of a series of violent acts carried out by the militants. Loitongbam said the Manipur government was averse to the Act’s withdrawal due to the vested interests. “The Manipur government is corrupt. It wants the state to continue to wear the ‘disturbed area’ tag and the AFSPA to stay as that will ensure the uninterrupted flow of funds from the Centre on the law

guwahati, May 31 (Pti): A suspected NDFBSongbijit militant was killed in an encounter with a joint team of Assam police commandos and CRPF's Cobra personnel at Ripu Reserve Forest in Kokrajhar district of Assam today, a police official said. The security forces under the command of Kokrajhar district Superintendent of Police had launched an operation last night in a forest area, 9 kms

north of Sorabil under Gossaigaon police station, IGP L R Bishnoi told PTI. The insurgent was identified as Khwmthe (Khwmthe) alias Dada (28) and a 7.65 mm pistol, one magazine, four rounds of live ammunition, three fired cases and two 36-HE hand grenades were recovered from him, Bishnoi said. NDFB-S Gossaigaon 'platoon commander' Medang narrowly escaped during the encounter, the IGP added.

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MuMbai, May 31 (iaNS): Hopes of a policy rate cut by the apex bank coupled with encouraging news on monsoon progression might cheer the markets during the week starting from June 1. Lately, the Indian equities markets have been subdued due to disappointing weakerthan-expected quarterly results, Greece’s pay-out crises, crude oil price rally and currency fluctuations. “The markets are going to be volatile for the first few days. Greece’s paying its dues to the IMF (International Monetary Fund) is the major global event, this week. It will have the markets world over on their heels,” Devendra Nevgi, chief executive of ZyFin Advisors, told IANS. “Crude oil and other commodity prices too can play a major spoiler, if their upward progression continues. Currency fluctuation and dollar strengthening vis-a-vis rupee is another cause for concern during this period,” Nevgi elaborated. But, the one major factor that can make or break the momentum of the markets will be the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) deci-

sion on a policy rate cut. The RBI will conduct it bimonthly monetary policy review on June 2, 2015. “The mood and expectations right now is of a 25 basis points cut. But the markets will rally if there is a 50 basis points cut,” Nevgi pointed. The markets are hopeful that the better-than-expected retail and wholesale price data will prompt the apex bank to cut rates and kick-start the consumer cycle in the country. The retail inflation eased nearly 40 basis points to 4.87 percent in April, official data showed. The annual rate of wholesale price inflation (WPI) decelerated further to its lowest in the last six months at (-)2.65 percent for April from (-)2.33 percent for the month before. However, industrial recovery hopes have been belied with the growth in India’s factory output slowing to 2.1 percent in March. “A 25 or 50 basis points cut will stabilisethe markets after the initial downtrend that is expected to take place due to the Greece crises,” Nevgi said. Analysts said that the rate cut

will lead the foreign investors back into India, as it will be one amongst a few growing countries that still have the potential of a rate cut. The outlook and language used by the governor will also be very important to see the traction of RBI’s strategy vis-a-vis US Fed moves on rate hike. “Any statement by the RBI governor has the power to either boost the markets or sink them,” Nevgi jibed. The RBI is cautious about the US Fed’s stand that the rate hike might take place in the latter part of the year. With higher interest rates in the US, the foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) are expected to be led away from the emerging markets such as India. Dipen Shah, head of private client group research with Kotak Securities, predicted high levels of volatility in the markets, due to so many local and global factors which will impact investor sentiments. “Many investors will be on the sideways during the next week. Short perspective wise, we can expect high levels of sector specific sell-outs in the week ahead, especially with those sectors

whose major company’s results are expected,” Shah told IANS. “After the major results and the policy review, the markets will focus mainly on the international cues and commodity price rise if any. Government moves on reforms and investments will also be looked at closely,” Shah added. According to Alex Mathews, head-research with Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services, the US-based data such as monthly services PMI (purchasing managers index), non-farm jobs data and housing sales figures will also be the key drivers for the markets. “Domestically, the vehicle sales numbers are on Monday, followed by other major figures for May. Plus Friday’s gross domestic product (GDP) data at 7.3 percent growth will also add in positive cues for the markets,” Mathews said. Mathews added that many domestic investors are waiting for the government to off-load stake in Indian Oil and NTPC. “Domestic investors will be interested more in the markets, now because of the cheap valuations and the upcoming stake sales by the government in Indian Oil and

NTPC,” Mathews told IANS. With the RBI rate cut, quarterly results, crude oil and international volatility factored-in by the market, analysts fell that the markets will literally be looking at the sky to known the next major movement cue. “Monsoon predictions right now is of less-than-average rainfall. This is a bad news, but if this prediction deteriorates further, than we can see a gradual buildup of pressure in the markets in the coming 2 weeks,” said Gaurav Jain, director with Hem Securities. “Monsoon holds promises right now as all other major cues have been factored in. The monsoon performance will give a picture of either an increase or decrease in rural incomes. This will also tell us about the growth potential sectors like auto ancillary and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and the country’s GDP,” Jain told IANS. Last week, the barometer index S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex index fell 129.06 points, or 0.46 percent. At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader 50-share Nifty settled lower by 25 points ot 0.3 percent.

New Delhi, May 31 (PTi): People will have to shell out more from tomorrow while using mobiles, eating out and travelling as the service tax rate goes up to 14%. Finance minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget had proposed to raise service tax from 12.36% (including education cess) to 14%. The proposal takes effect from June 1. The tax is levied on all services, expect a small negative list. Some of the key services that will attract higher tax and hence become costlier are: railways, airlines, banking, insurance, advertising, architecture, construction, credit cards, event management and tour operators. Mobile operators and credit card companies have already started sending messages to subscribers conveying the increase in service tax rate which will have a bearing on the bills. According to railway ministry officials, fares for first class and AC classes in passenger trains, besides freight charges, will go up by 0.5% from June 1. “Currently, 3.7% service tax is levied on train fares for AC class, first class and freight. This will go up to 4.2% from June which means the rise is only 0.5%,” the official said. Currently, there is abatement of 70% on passenger services. Jaitley had proposed to raise the service tax rate to 14% to facilitate a smooth transition to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, which the government wants to roll out from April 2016. Once implemented, GST will subsume service tax, excise and other local levies. “To facilitate a smooth transition to levy of tax on services by both the Centre and the States, it is proposed to increase the present rate of service tax plus education cesses from 12.36% to a consolidated rate of 14%,” Jaitley had said in Budget speech. Education cess, which is levied on service tax, will be subsumed in the service tax rate with effect from June 1. Although the Budget also proposed a 2% Swachh Bharat cess on selected services, the government is yet to come out with a notification in this regard.

‘Want to create army IT forms simplified, date for filing returns extended to Aug 31 Thanks to mobile internet, IP Delhi, May 31 of poor against poverty’ New traffic in India to grow fourfold (PTi): The finance ministry Rs 2 lakh penalty for not answering tax authorities’ queries New Delhi, May 31 (iaNS): With an empha- on Sunday came out with sis on creating an army of poor against poverty, new three-page income tax New Delhi, May 31 (PTi): Failure to an- jya Sabha on May 13, two days after it got the from 2014 to 2019, says Cisco Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday ex- return (ITR) forms, dropping swer questions from the tax department can Lok Sabha nod. pressed satisfaction on the recently launched social security schemes. “Over 8.52 crore people have joined the schemes in just 20 days. This shows people’s faith in central government’s social uplifting initiatives for them,” Modi said in the 8th edition of his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’. The schemes - Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana - were very important initiatives in the direction of ensuring social security, he added. He said it was unthinkable of security scheme at a token payment of Rs.1 per month and added: “The government wants to see the poor self-empowered so that he need not depend on others for self survival”. Modi said he wants to create “an army of poor against poverty”. On the occasion, the prime minister said Yoga has become a catalytic agent to connect the world and is very much relevant in the context of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (the world is one family). Modi appealed to the countrymen to make ‘International Yoga Day’, to be celebrated on June 21, a success. He also urged them to become Yoga ambassador and make this important knowledge easily available to the world for the welfare of mankind.

the controversial provision for mandatory disclosure of foreign trips and dormant bank accounts, while it also extended the last date of filing to August 31. The new forms — ITR 2 and ITR 2A — will have only three pages and other details will have to be filled in schedules, said a finance ministry statement. A new form ITR 2A has been brought out by the ministry which can be filed by an individual or HUF who does not have capital gains, income from business/ profession or foreign asset/foreign income. The statement also said that the last date for submission of tax returns will be extended to August 31, 2015. With regard to the controversial provision of disclosing details of foreign vis-

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ACAUT allegation of forceful taxation a figment of illusion: NSCN (I-M) Dimapur, may 31 (mExN): Outrightly denying the allegation of ‘forceful taxation’ leveled against it by ACAUT, the NSCN (I-M) today stated that it was only a “figment of imaginary illusion” concocted by the ACAUT while “day dreaming.” Maintaining that the accusations by ACAUT “does not have an iota of truth and holds no waters,” the Secretary of Crime Supersession Department, Ministry of Kilo Affairs GPRN, A Akaho Assumi in a press rejoinder informed ACAUT to refrain from wondering like a ‘nomad’ but to collect proper information and verification before going to press. “The CSD is well aware about commodities that can be sold with or without MRP… [And] has nothing to do with MRP,” it said adding that the CSD deals only with controlling and suppressing of crime related activities. It must be noted here that, ACAUT Nagaland, in an earlier press communiqué to the media, had maintained that it had received numerous complaints of “forceful taxation” by the NSCN (I-M) causing undue harassment to the business community. It also asked the “appropriate

ACAUT condemns ‘forceful taxation’ Dimapur, may 31 (mExN): The Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland today expressed concern at what it termed as the “forceful taxation by NSCN (IM) without challan or receipt, causing undue harassment to the business community.” It informed that ACAUT Nagaland has received “numerous complaints” regarding this. A press note from the ACAUT Nagaland asserted that this “forceful collection” is against the wishes and resolve of the people. It further questioned whether under the Ceasefire agreement, “they can go on rampant collection of taxes.” Terming these acts as “anti people activities,” the ACAUT Nagaland appealed to all Naga Political Groups to “desist from collection of any taxes and heed to the voice of the people.” authorities” whether the office of the NSCN-IM, namely, its Ceasefire Monitoring Office (CFMO) at 4th mile, Dimapur, “is to monitor the ceasefire ground rules between the GoI and the NSCN-IM or an establishment to summon the business community and collect tax? “What is this Crime Suppression Department (CSD) of the NSCNIM?” ACAUT Nagaland wondered adding that, “CSD is levying tax as fines upon traders selling, say, utensils, without MRP rate.” It further contended that there are

8 to 9 factions operating in the State, and the issuance of ID Cards/work permits to non-locals by NPGs has, “Nothing to do with identifying legal or illegal migrants but everything to do with filling up their coffers.” The ACAUT, thus, appealed, to all the colonies/villages to be on guard against the NPG factions issuing ID cards to non-locals residing in their jurisdictions. It further requested CFMO not to “spread fear and apprehension” in the business community or “meddle in activities beyond its mandate.”

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The Sungkomen Ward Authority members are seen cleaning and repairing road side drainages from AOC to Tongdentsuyong ward, Mokokchung Town on Saturday, May 30. The work was carried out in line with the ward’s theme for the year of 2015 “The Year of Sanitation.” During the work, the Ward Chairman, Limanungsang Kichu and Imchatoshi donated a JCB Excavanger and Dipper Truck respectively, while Mokokchung Municipal Council and Highway Department Mokokchung also donated Dipper Truck for clearing the wastes.

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Dimapur, may 31 (mExN): With the objective of promoting angling as an adventure sport in the state, a new angling location known as Eco Lake Angling Zone (ELAZ) was opened for angling on Saturday at Kiyeto village under Dhansiripar sub-division. The opening also coincided with a day-long competition organized by the management of ELAZ, where 88 anglers from Assam, Kohima and Mokokchung, competed for the biggest catch as well as most ‘hook-ups’. Issac Zhimomi, president, Anglers' Association of Nagaland who inaugurated the lake, kick started the competition while Rev. Ghokhevi Zhimo, pastor Kiyeto Baptist Church offered dedication prayer. Akai Awomi chaired the programme. After the day-long event, in the category of ‘Highest Total Weight’ Nungshi with a total haul

Winners alongwith their prize catch pose for lens at the day-long competition organized by the management of ELAZ at Kiyeto Village Dimapur on Saturday.

of 13.90 kgs won the first prize and closely followed by Lawrence in the second spot with a total catch of 13.41 kgs. In the category of ‘Highest in Number’ John emerged on top with a total number of 28 fishes while Moalong and Aboi shared

the second prize with 25 pieces respectively. However, the day belongs to one of the veteran angler, Hokiye who snared the largest catch of the day at 1.43 kgs walked away with first prize of the Single Biggest Catch category.

BJP launches mass contact prog in 3 districts Dimapur, may 31(mExN): The BJP Nagaland state unit launched Mahasampark Abhiyan or mass contact programme along with celebration of one year achievements of NDA government in Zunheboto and Mokokchung districts on May 30. On the occasion, Dr Chuba Ao, State BJP president, stressed on the achievements of the NDA government at the Centre. Stating that NDA government has launched the most pro poor schemes in India in the past one year, the president mentioned Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Make in India, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Digital India, smart cities, Sukanga Yojana, Ariday Heritage Yojana, Amirat, Adrash Grama Yojana, Mudra bank, health insurance, self attestation, USSTAD, Jan Dhan Yojana, Jun Suraksha Bima Yojana, Atal Pension Yojana, Soil Health

Card, food map of India, food parks etc. He also pointed out that to eradicate corruption in the State, emphasis has to be given from top level to the grass roots, while adding that the NDA government is all out to contain the menace of corruption from all levels. He further urged the party workers of Zunheboto and Mokokchung districts to help the poorer section of the society to avail the facilities provided by the government. Dr. Chuba Ao meanwhile appealed to the legislators of Zunheboto district to come forward by contributing from the LADF in building the road in and around the district headquarters instead of waiting for central schemes to build the road. On the mass contact programme, Avi Zeliang, central vice president, encouraged the district office bearers of Zun-

heboto to reach out to all levels and enroll as many members as possible to achieve the dream of the NDA government. Later, a workshop was conducted to educate the office bearers of the district on how to enroll and confirm the membership through mobile phone. The state president was accompanied by Avi Zeliang, state vice president, Mhalo Yanthan, state secretary. In the evening, Mahasampark Abhiyan programme was conducted at Mokokchung district office with district office bearers, Yuva Morcha, Mahila and Kisan Morcha and others wings of the BJP. Meanwhile, BJP President Dr M Chuba Ao also launched the Mahasampark Abhiyan cum celebration of one year of NDA government in Tuensang district on Friday, a press release received here informed.

Kohima, may 31(mExN): The first Vincentian Retreat Centre - Ave Maria Divine Retreat Centre - at Zhadima, near Kohima, was blessed and inaugurated on May 29. Rev. Fr. Mathew Vattakuzhy VC, Asst. Superior General of Vincentian Congregation inaugurated the Centre after which Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima, blessed it with an act of prayer. According to a press release received here, Ave Maria Retreat centre will be a place where people from all walks of life from Nagaland and around will come to experience Jesus, to be healed physically, spiritually, emotionally and mentally. “Here God will provide for his people,” the release stated. Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, the Bishop presided over the first Eucharistic celebration at the Retreat Centre, concelebrated by many Priests. The Bishop before concluding the Holy Mass said that the Divine Retreat Centre is a “long awaited dream” of the Catholic Church and very relevant and needed for our people. “Often time our people are led to various prayer centres where instead of really experiencing the healing and for-

giving power of God, receive only judgment and condemnation. They experience God as a God of punishment and often are told that what has happened in one’s life was due to sin and consequent punishment,” the Bishop stated. Bishop Thoppil expressed hope that people will experience wholesome healing, genuine conversion and total renewal in this Centre. The construction of the centre took just one year and one month. The Centre will hold prayer and healing service on every second Saturday (9.00 am to 4.30 pm) of every month beginning from July, the release informed. Rev. Fr. Francis VC, spoke on behalf of the Vincentian Congregation and thanked the bishop, priests and people for the great support extended in building up the Centre. The Youth Choir of Christ King Church, Kohima led the singing. E. Kikon, Additional Director, Geology & Mining, inaugurated a bore-well constructed by the department at the campus and handed over the documents to Fr. Sony, the Director. Rev. Fr. James VC, the Provincial Counselor blessed the new well.

Training on beekeeping held for ATMA officials

Students of GMS Khushiabil stand in queue for their Mid Day Meal on May 29.

On seeing the pathetic road condition leading to the school, Queen Mary Higher Secondary School Parents Association voluntarily collected donation in cash and kinds amongst themselves and repair the road from Mokokchung Police point to the school. The same road which leads to Mokokchung Village also connects Hotel Metsuben, Mokokchung Radio Station and Queen Mary Higher Secondary School and has been a regular tussle for the parents mainly during rainy season.

State anglers compete for aquatic ‘hook-up’

‘Ave Maria Divine Retreat Centre’ inaugurated

Members of HS&G are seen carrying out training programmes at its headquarters. According to M Ghana Nirmala, State Secretary-cum-Organizing Commissioner, Hindustan Scouts & Guides, it has been been carrying out training programmes regularly on Saturday, which includes activities for Scouts & Guides, Cubs and Bulbuls such as Yoga classes, Art classes, Martial Arts and other programmes as per the various sections of the syllabus of HSG.

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D i m a p u r , m ay 3 1 (mExN): The State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Nagaland in collaboration with Nagaland Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) organised a three-day trainers’ training on “Capacity Building and Skill Up gradation on Beekeeping” from May 28 to 30 at conference hall, NBHM. Altogether, 25 ATMA officials from all eleven districts of Nagaland attended the training program. At the inaugural function, Wonchio Odyuo, Team Leader, NBHM encouraged the participants to converge agriculture and allied activities to create greater impact on the target group and making Vision 2025 a reality. He stated that NBHM strives towards conservation of nature as well as increasing production level of honey in the State by identifying potential resources. Quoting the phrase “Bee a Friend of Nature”, he reminded the participants to emulate (the bees) and “Be a Friend of Nature.” Director, SAMETI & Jt. Director of Agriculture Nguzonyi Wetsah in his speech opined

The Eco Lake Angling Zone, Kiyeto village is located near Oriental Theological Seminary and opposite Chakeshang Baptist Church Council prayer house. It is open for angling on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

wDeA to observe foundation day WoKha, may 31 (mExN): The Wokha District Entrepreneurs’ Association (WDEA) will be observing its first foundation day on June 15 at Wokha Town. The association was formed with aims and objectives to – “uplift, protect and to avail the rights and benefits of the local business enterprises of the district, sharing ideas, thoughts and impart knowledge through entrepreneur skills & self dependence” stated a press note issued by Zarench Murry, Convenor, programme committee & member, WDEA and Achoni Odyuo, General Secretary, WDEA. The association called also called upon the “young trade interested” but un-employed youth to come forward in setting up-own project/units and to fully concentrate on “self-earning & self-employment” instead of hunting white collar job alone by envisaging a lines; ‘be a provider not a Job seeker’. The association further invited all prominent business units in the district to support and co-operate in making the day a grant success.

Kohima DDMA meeting held Kohima, may 31(Dipr): The Kohima District Disaster Management Authority held a meeting on May 28 at DC’s conference hall, Kohima under the chairmanship of ADC, Kohima, Lithrongla Tongpi. After the review of the last meeting minutes, the meeting deliberated on the district level Incident Response System (IRS) structure which has been set up as per the guideline by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). District Informatics Officer, Kohima, G. Lorin gave a detailed briefing on the Indian Disaster Resource Network (IDRN). Discussions were also held on the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) cell, where the ADC informed that the DDMA cell is operational at the DC’s office, Kohima since April. Nodal officer for SDMA, Kohima district, Theja apprised the house on CFR trainings and also trainings for the Village Level District Management Cell and Village District Management Core Committee (VDMCC). Deliberations were also held on mock drills to be carried out in the districts and for briefing of officers concerned for the proposed mock drills.

wild life watch Tower at Khulazu Bawe

that agriculture would take a backseat without bees as they are the main agents of pollination and play an important role in agriculture and allied activities. He encouraged the participants to gain maximum learning experience from the training programme in order to act as facilitators in the respective districts. The technical sessions covered topics on Introduction to Bees & Beekeeping by Chubanungla Shilu, Team Member, NBHM; Life Cycle & Caste of Bees by Bokali Chike, Team Member, NBHM; Tools & Equipment, Apiary Site Selection by Letgong Patrick, Team

Member, NBHM; Apiary Management-Routine Management by Neilazono Terhuja, Team Member, NBHM; Seasonal Management, Colony Transfer & Colony Division/Uniting, Pests, Predators and Diseases by Dr. Thungben Yanthan, Team Member, NBHM; Swarming & Absconding by Nzambemo K Lotha, Team Member, NBHM. Hands on practical sessions on Colony Division & Identification on Caste of Bees and Brood; Working with Brood and Super Chambers & Routine Management; Demonstration, Home scale processing of honey were given by Bodevi Shuya, Team Member NBHM.

phEK, may 31(Dipr): Rongsenlemla Imchen, DFO, Phek inaugurated a Wild Life Watch Tower at Khulazu Bawe Village on May 27. Presently Tizu Forest (K-Bawe) is covered under Biodiversity Project sponsored by Forest Department. The DFO while appreciating the effort shown by the community in conserving the forest also highlighted that the sustainability of the mass conservation effort is important for the community and for the future generation as the forests belong to the village community. She also stressed on strict on-field implementation of the forest resolution passed by the Council. The Council acknowledged the department for creating conservation awareness in the village and also for their guidance in implementing the project. To mark the occasion a tree plantation programme was organised by the department wherein local fruit bearing species were planted. Others present in the function were Ranger Chozuba Ruvesuh, executive staffs of Phek Forests Department, Village Council, local functionaries, youth, etc.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express MonDAy 1 JunE 2015 voluME X IssuE 147 By Aheli Moitra

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Chris Hedges CommonDreams

Our mania for hope is a curse

hen The Morung Express started speaking to government doctors and other officials about HIV/AIDS in Nagaland, there was panic. The doctors were looking at an increasing number of cases every month, and the goal of zero new cases by 2020 seemed laughable to most. The general population, with an HIV prevalence of 0.88 as of 2012-13 (ANC), is reportedly hazy about the world of HIV. Educated people, who have presumably learnt about HIV in school, are not getting tested voluntarily. The actual prevalence may vary if they did, or made their hidden status known. Patients drop out of treatment regimes frequently, leading to drug resistance and failure. Proper testing machines that help doctors put patients on the right line of treatment are either falling apart (CD4 machine) or are entirely missing (Viral Load Testing). So we asked the Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS), the executing body of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) in Nagaland, for data. After two weeks of cracking our knuckles on that door (for some autocratic reason, only the Director is authorised to share any information about HIV in the State), we were given data from the Computerised Management Information Systems (CMIS). We made rigorous calculations and deductions from this, only to be told by sources that the CMIS is the direct reporting of HIV cases by the different centres in Nagaland to the system. The sampling was unstructured, and showed a bizarre prevalence rate of 1.14 as of 2014-15 (ANC). The data was irrelevant. Only then we realised that the HIV Sentinel Surveillance will provide the correct estimate as this report is used by policy makers. The latest such report available was of 2012-13, which we used for our reports, apart from some other data that NSACS shared with us. The HIV prevalence among the general population was showing an upward trend—at times falling but not too low. So we asked the HIV doctors hired by the government, what is the solution? This is what one said: S – Safe sex and no sex before marriage T – Treat women with respect O – Offer treatment through the church P – Partner with only one person for life; be faithful His message was “moral behaviour” can stop the spread of the Virus. The NSACS has a similar campaign with posters all over asking the population for: A— Abstinence B— Be faithful C— Use a condom An official at one of the District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU) was asked the primary lesson she gives when on field, while distributing condoms or educating the people about HIV. “We must always teach our children never to have sex before marriage,” she said. Alas, it was observed by an Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART) doctor that 80% of the pregnant women who had contracted HIV were faithful to their husbands. They had no idea how, apart from through their husbands, could they have got the Virus. They were not involved in sex work, nor were they injecting drug users. They were portraying, in essence, “moral behaviour.” Yet life did not show sweet results. HIV in Nagaland operates in a high stigma zone. While doing our small research on HIV, it was learnt that a whole neighbourhood somewhere in Peren district refused to go the funeral of their neighbour known to have been living with HIV. In yet other zones, it was assumed that people living with HIV (PLHIV) had in some way been “immoral.” This is reflected even in the inner turmoil that a person living with HIV deals with—will I be discarded now that my “immorality” has been established through an HIV+ status? Self stigmatisation, among other factors, leads to PLHIV shying away from timely treatment, and often skipping getting their ART for fear of being seen by someone they know. These two stigma cycles lead to the “silent spread” of HIV though India has a highly successful HIV/AIDS program. It has a particularly debilitating effect on women affected by HIV who have the haunting and consistent fear of facing violence. In such a scenario, the government needs to promote, first of all, that condoms and ART are for all. “Use a condom, and this is how you do it,” the government should say. “If you are positive, get timely ART.” It is good to be faithful to a partner. However, when something like HIV is on the spread, at the rate that it is in Nagaland, it is important for a public service body not to go into issues of morality but control the spread of the Virus first of all. Saying that abstinence and faithfulness are the first points to avoid HIV, creates the imagination that if a person is found to be positive, there must have been promiscuity and unfaithfulness involved. This adds an unnecessary burden on the patient, and instead of offering the essential public health service that the government should (or else why should it be there at all?), it gives an invisible rap on the knuckle first of all. This violates the right of PLHIV access to their human rights. It puts the life of a whole new generation at risk. It deters people, especially influential ones who could set the example for the general population, from getting tested voluntarily and becoming HIV activists. It puts the efforts by NACO and NSACS, with its officials and doctors putting in commendable effort, on the back foot. The Naga people form a small nation population-wise. As long as the government in Delhi is funding this mega HIV program, it is essential for governments here to utilise this opportunity and be able to plug the gaps and be realistic, not moralistic, about HIV. Teaching a child about condoms, sex and HIV in school does not amount to promoting frivolous promiscuity—it is empowering the child, male or female, to make the right decisions as an adult, for when they find love. It will help them choose and build safe and empowering relationships for life. Comments: moitramail@yahoo.com

Because of the lack of education on “AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.”

--Ryan White (19711990) was one of the first children in the United States to come down with HIV. He was 13 when diagnosed in December 1984. He and his mother fought for his right to attend school, gaining international attention as a voice of reason about HIV/AIDS.

he naive belief that history is linear, that moral progress accompanies technical progress, is a form of collective self-delusion. It cripples our capacity for radical action and lulls us into a false sense of security. Those who cling to the myth of human progress, who believe that the world inevitably moves toward a higher material and moral state, are held captive by power. Only those who accept the very real possibility of dystopia, of the rise of a ruthless corporate totalitarianism, buttressed by the most terrifying security and surveillance apparatus in human history, are likely to carry out the self-sacrifice necessary for revolt. The yearning for positivism that pervades our corporate culture ignores human nature and human history. But to challenge it, to state the obvious fact that things are getting worse, and may soon get much worse, is to be tossed out of the circle of magical thinking that defines American and much of Western culture. The left is as infected with this mania for hope as the right. It is a mania that obscures reality even as global capitalism disintegrates and the ecosystem unravels, potentially dooming us all. The 19th century theorist Louis-Auguste Blanqui, unlike nearly all of his contemporaries, dismissed the belief, central to Karl Marx, that human history is a linear progression toward equality and greater morality. He warned that this absurd positivism is the lie perpetrated by oppressors: “All atrocities of the victor, the long series of his attacks are coldly transformed into constant, inevitable evolution, like that of nature. ... But the sequence of human things is not inevitable like that of the universe. It can be changed at any moment.” He foresaw that scientific and technological advancement, rather than being a harbinger of progress, could be “a terrible weapon in the hands of Capital against Work and Thought.” And in a day when few others did so, he decried the despoiling of the natural world. “The axe fells, nobody replants. There is no concern for the future’s ill health.” “Humanity,” Blanqui wrote, “is never stationary. It advances or goes backwards. Its progressive march leads it to equality. Its regressive march goes back through every stage of privilege to human slavery, the final word of the right to property.” Further, he wrote, “I am not amongst those who claim that progress can be taken for granted, that humanity cannot go backwards.” Blanqui understood that history has long periods of cultural barrenness and brutal repression. The fall of the Roman Empire, for example, led to misery throughout Europe during the Dark Ages, roughly from the sixth through the 13th centuries. There was a loss of technical knowledge (one prominent example being how to build and maintain aqueducts), and a cultural and intellectual impoverishment led to a vast historical amnesia that blotted out the greatest thinkers and artists of the classical world. None of this loss was regained until the 14th century when Europe saw the beginning of the Renaissance, a development made possible largely by the cultural flourishing of Islam, which through translating Aristotle into Arabic and other intellectual accomplishments kept alive the knowledge and wisdom of the past. The Dark Ages were marked by arbitrary rule, incessant wars, insecurity, anarchy and terror. And I see nothing to prevent the rise of a new Dark Age if we do not abolish the corporate state. Indeed, the longer the corporate state holds power the more likely a new Dark Age becomes. To trust in some mythical force called progress to save us is to become passive before corporate power. The people alone can defy these forces. And fate and history do not ensure our victory. Blanqui tasted history’s tragic reverses. He took part in a series of French revolts, including an attempted armed insurrection in May 1839, the 1848 uprising and the Paris Commune—a socialist uprising that controlled France’s capital from March 18 until May 28 in 1871. Workers in cities such as Marseilles and Lyon attempted but failed to organize similar communes before the Paris Commune was militarily crushed. The blundering history of the human race is always given coherence by power elites and their courtiers in the press and academia who endow it with a meaning and coherence it lacks. They need to manufacture national myths to hide the greed, violence and stupidity that characterize the march

of most human societies. For the United States, refusal to confront the crisis of climate change and our endless and costly wars in the Middle East are but two examples of the follies that propel us toward catastrophe. Wisdom is not knowledge. Knowledge deals with the particular and the actual. Knowledge is the domain of science and technology. Wisdom is about transcendence. Wisdom allows us to see and accept reality, no matter how bleak that reality may be. It is only through wisdom that we are able to cope with the messiness and absurdity of life. Wisdom is about detachment. Once wisdom is achieved, the idea of moral progress is obliterated. Wisdom throughout the ages is a constant. Did Shakespeare supersede Sophocles? Is Homer inferior to Dante? Does the Book of Ecclesiastes not have the same deep powers of observation about life that Samuel Beckett offers? Systems of power fear and seek to silence those who achieve wisdom, which is what the war by corporate forces against the humanities and art is about. Wisdom, because it sees through the facade, is a threat to power. It exposes the lies and ideologies that power uses to maintain its privilege and its warped ideology of progress. Knowledge does not lead to wisdom. Knowledge is more often a tool for repression. Knowledge, through the careful selection and manipulation of facts, gives a false unity to reality. It creates a fictitious collective memory and narrative. It manufactures abstract concepts of honor, glory, heroism, duty and destiny that buttress the power of the state, feed the disease of nationalism and call for blind obedience in the name of patriotism. It allows human beings to explain the advances and reverses in human achievement and morality, as well as the process of birth and decay in the natural world, as parts of a vast movement forward in time. The collective enthusiasm for manufactured national and personal narratives, which is a form of self-exaltation, blots out reality. The myths we create that foster a fictitious hope and false sense of superiority are celebrations of ourselves. They mock wisdom. And they keep us passive. Wisdom connects us with forces that cannot be measured empirically and that are outside the confines of the rational world. To be wise is to pay homage to beauty, truth, grief, the brevity of life, our own mortality, love and the absurdity and mystery of existence. It is, in short, to honor the sacred. Those who remain trapped in the dogmas perpetuated by technology and knowledge, who believe in the inevitability of human progress, are idiot savants. “Self-awareness is as much a disability as a power,” the philosopher John Gray writes. “The most accomplished pianist is not the one who is most aware of her movements when she plays. The best craftsman may not know how he works. Very often we are at our most skillful when we are least self-aware. That may be why many cultures have sought to disrupt or diminish self-conscious awareness. In Japan, archers are taught that they will hit the target only when they no longer think of it—or themselves.” Artists and philosophers, who expose the mercurial undercurrents of the subconscious, allow us to face an unvarnished truth. Works of art and philosophy informed by the intuitive, unarticulated meanderings of the human psyche transcend those constructed by the plodding conscious mind. The freeing potency of visceral memories does not arrive through the intellect. These memories are impervious to rational control. And they alone lead to wisdom. Those with power have always manipulated reality and created ideologies defined as progress to justify systems of exploitation. Monarchs and religious authorities did this in the Middle Ages. Today this is done by the high priests of modernity— the technocrats, scholars, scientists, politicians, journalists and economists. They deform reality. They foster the myth of preordained inevitability and pure rationality. But such knowledge—which dominates our universities—is anti-thought. It precludes all alternatives. It is used to end discussion. It is designed to give to the forces of science or the free market or globalization a veneer of rational discourse, to persuade us to place our faith in these forces and trust our fate to them. These forces, the

experts assure us, are as unalterable as nature. They will lead us forward. To question them is heresy. The Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, in his 1942 novella “Chess Story,” chronicles the arcane specializations that have created technocrats unable to question the systems they serve, as well as a society that foolishly reveres them. Mirko Czentovic, the world chess champion, represents the technocrat. His mental energy is invested solely in the 64 squares of the chessboard. Apart from the game, he is a dolt, a monomaniac like all monomaniacs, who “burrow like termites into their own particular material to construct, in miniature, a strange and utterly individual image of the world.” When Czentovic “senses an educated person he crawls into his shell. That way no one will ever be able to boast of having heard him say something stupid or of having plumbed the depths of his seemingly boundless ignorance.” An Austrian lawyer known as Dr. B, whom the Gestapo had held for many months in solitary confinement, challenges Czentovic to a game of chess. During his confinement, the lawyer’s only reading material was a chess manual, which he memorized. He reconstructed games in his head. Forced by his captivity to replicate the single-minded obsession of the technocrat Czentovic, Dr. B too became trapped inside a specialized world, and, unlike Czentovic, he became insane temporarily as he focused on a tiny, specialized piece of human activity. When he challenges the chess champion, his insanity returns. Zweig, who mourned for the broad liberal culture of educated Europe swallowed up by fascism and modern bureaucracy, warns of the absurdity and danger of a planet run by technocrats. For him, the rise of the Industrial Age and the industrial man and woman is a terrifying metamorphosis in the relationship of human beings to the world. As specialists and bureaucrats, human beings become tools, able to make systems of exploitation and even terror function efficiently without the slightest sense of personal responsibility or understanding. They retreat into the arcane language of all specialists, to mask what they are doing and give to their work a sanitized, clinical veneer. This is Hannah Arendt’s central point in “Eichmann in Jerusalem.” Technocratic human beings are spiritually dead. They are capable of anything, no matter how heinous, because they do not reflect upon or question the ultimate goal. “The longer one listened to him,” Arendt writes of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann on trial, “the more obvious it became that his inability to speak was closely connected with an inability to think, namely, to think from the standpoint of somebody else. No communication was possible with him, not because he lied but because he was surrounded by the most reliable of all safeguards against the words and presence of others, and hence against reality as such.” Zweig, horrified by a world run by technocrats, committed suicide with his wife in 1942. He knew that from then on, the Czentovics would be exalted in the service of state and corporate monstrosities. Resistance, as Alexander Berkman points out, is first about learning to speak differently and abandoning the vocabulary of the “rational” technocrats who rule. Once we discover new words and ideas through which to perceive and explain reality, we free ourselves from neoliberal capitalism, which functions, as Walter Benjamin knew, like a state religion. Resistance will take place outside the boundaries of popular culture and academia, where the deadening weight of the dominant ideology curtails creativity and independent thought. As global capitalism disintegrates, the heresy our corporate masters fear is gaining currency. But that heresy will not be effective until it is divorced from the mania for hope that is an essential part of corporate indoctrination. The ridiculous positivism, the belief that we are headed toward some glorious future, defies reality. Hope, in this sense, is a form of disempowerment. There is nothing inevitable about human existence except birth and death. There are no forces, whether divine or technical, that will guarantee us a better future. When we give up false hopes, when we see human nature and history for what they are, when we accept that progress is not preordained, then we can act with an urgency and passion that comprehends the grim possibilities ahead.

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The Day of the White Cat – Part II Girls seek sisterhood –

Mirembe! by Babu Ayindo

ou remember the story of the Day of the White Cat that I was I telling you about last week? If you remember well, I told you about Uncle Caleb and how he had mobilized my four cousin brothers and I to plot the assassination of my grandmother’s only white cat. You seen, the cat had committed the grievous sin of stealing chicken eggs from several huts in our village. And, by stealing chicken eggs, the White Cat, according to Uncle Caleb, was threatening the food security of our entire village. Though I was part of the conspiracy to kill the cat, I had committed a cardinal sin as well: by revealing the secret of the plot to my grandmother, I had betrayed the brotherhood. Though through the revelation I had felt a heavy burden lifted off my shoulders, moments later I had to bear the burden of guilt. I had become a traitor. In our village culture, betrayal was a serious criminal offence. I decided that in order to camouflage my guilt, I would be very vocal in the next meeting. I would ensure I would be the first to propose ways in which we could quickly dispatch the cat to its Maker. In fact, I decided that I would propose that we kill the cat through poisoning its food. Simple! The next meeting was scheduled for late afternoon, after we had completed all our farm chores, taken the domestic animals for a good drink of the cool waters of river Dhene, and had a light meal. The brigade comprising my four cousin brothers and I arrived at Uncle Caleb’s house almost at the same time using sophisticated codes of oral culture. No one else in the village seemed to notice anything odd in our movements. Our body language did not betray we shared a deep conspiracy. Soon after the meeting was called to order, I made my proposal that we should poison the cat and that I was ready to do it myself as long as someone got me some poison. Another cousin of mine suggested that we should try and make it as painless as possible, so, we should simply use a bow and poisoned arrow. But we all thought an arrow might be traced back to us and it may end up being more painful. We need an instant method. Another cousin proposed we should find a way to catch the cat by tricking it to enter a gunny bag then we could throw the bag into one of our pit latrines. This proposal was applauded but no one could explain how we could trick a cat that steals eggs into entering a gunny bag. After a round of back and forth arguments, eventually my proposal was adopted. Problem now was what kind of poison and how to do it without the Owner of the Cat noticing. Then it occurred to Uncle Caleb that if

we timed the plot very well, it would look like it was the Owner of the Cat, my grandmother, who killed her own cat. My grandmother usually fed the dogs and the cats in the village after we all had had our dinner. So, I would only need to pretend I was helping out then drop the poison in the cat’s food. No one would notice in the darkness. The other advantage it was pointed out was that the White Cat, because of itsgreed and arrogance, always ate alone. The White Cat would have its own plate so killing it without endangering other cats and dogs would be easy. Uncle Caleb then explained how he would manufacture the poison himself. He told us, in the tone of an experienced laboratory technician, that dry battery cells – the ones we normally use in our transistor radio – is real poison. I can still remember his words: “I will get two or three battery cells, then I will peel off the outer layer and then grind the black part inside, together with that black rod at the centre. I tell you, if you mix that black part with just a little water, the cat will not survive a minute.” The meeting was dismissed with the consensus that Uncle Caleb would prepare the poison and I would ensure the cat dies over the weekend. That evening, after the family had had dinner and everyone had retired to their huts, my grandmother worea curious silence, anxiously waiting for my “report.” Like an experienced traitor, I calmly laid out the details from our meeting starting from the three options we had considered and how we had settled on poisoning the cat, who would prepare the poison, and how I would poison the cat and make it look like she did it herself. Again, my grandmother, Dana Josephina Ogecha Nyo’Tenda, did not say much. She smoked her Kali cigarette calmly as she listened. You see, Dana smoked by inserting the lit side of the cigarette inside her mouth. As a child I always found that so amusing. And, that night, she seemed to smoke more than usual. Having received my report, my grandmother went insider her bedroom carrying her Nyangile lamp. She returned moments later with a gunny bag, the kind we used to store maize cobs during great harvest. What was Dana plotting? She proceeded to prepare the meals for the dogs and cats. The dogs and cats in our village knew their right to food and, more importantly, when they should feed. Any delay resulted in impatient growls from the dogs and cats. Dana carried the food for the animals tray by tray but warned me to stay inside. I believed Dana did not want me to be a witness of how she had opted to make it easier for herself and her cat by killing the

cat herself. While Dana was outside feeding the animals in the darkness, I had this loud growl. It was obvious an animal was fighting for its life. Did Dana decide to take matters into her own hands and killer her own cat? The growling of the cat continued and other animals growled in solidarity. Before long, my grandmother returned to the house holding the gunny bag with its contents. Inside the gunny bag was the live White Cat, evidence that it had caught the bait somehow. How Dana managed to do this I can never explain up to this day. That night was long as the cat kept fighting for its freedom but Dana had hanged the gunny bag in such a way that the cat became more tired every time it tried fighting for freedom. Inside the gunny bag was some food so the cat fought then ate. Fought again and ate some more. Eventually the cat gave up and decided, like the rest of us, to sleep. The following morning, at the crack of dawn, Dana left with the gunny bag containing the White Cat. I did not ask any questions as she prepared to leave. I was too afraid. My grandmother returned around midday, without the gunny bag and without the cat. Again, I did not ask any questions. Later that day, while working with Dana on her kitchen garden, she told me she had taken cat to her brother who lived in Ebusubi village, some 10 kilometers away. She explained that this brother of hers loved keeping cats because they lived in an area with many snakes. There, she was sure that the cat would not only have enough to eat but would also not be able to trace its way back to our home. A week passed and everyone in the village was happy. No more chicken eggs were disappearing. I was happy because I did not need to commit murder. Even Uncle Caleb’s seemed reasonably happy with the outcome even though at some point her had wondered aloud if any one of us had leaked the information to Dana. Another week passed, and the story of the White Cat was now entering the library of oral history. Towards the end of the third week, as the family gathered for dinner in Dana’s hut, we all heard that distinct miaow. This was no ordinary miaow. It was the kind of miaow that announced a triumphant return. We all looked towards the origin of the sound – the grass thatched roof. And, there, comfortably patched on one of the wooden palingsthat holds the roof was the White Cat. It was looking down at us with a dare in its eyes. The White Cat had returned. The White Cat was prepared to reclaim its space and place in the food chain!

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not just marriage - in IS Danica Kirka

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he notion that young women are traveling to Syria solely to become "jihadi brides" is simplistic and hinders efforts to prevent other girls from being radicalized, new research suggests. Young women are joining the socalled Islamic State group for many reasons, including anger over the perceived persecution of Muslims and the wish to belong to a sisterhood with similar beliefs, according to a report released Thursday by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the International Center for the Study of Radicalization at King's College London. Western societies must understand these varied motivations if they hope to prevent more women from joining the militants and potentially returning to their home nations to commit acts of terrorism, argue the report's authors, Erin Saltman and Melanie Smith. Thinking of them as all being brainwashed, groomed, innocent girls hinders understanding of the threat they pose. "They're not being taken seriously," Smith said. "It's inherently dangerous to label people with the same brush." The researchers suggest that while the term jihadi bride may be catchy from a media point of view, the young women who are traveling to Syria see themselves as something more: pilgrims embarking on a mission to develop the region into an Islamic utopia. Many would like to fight alongside male recruits, but the group's strict interpretation of Islam relegates them to domestic roles. The primary responsibility for a woman in Islamic State-controlled territory may be to be a good wife and a "mother to the next generation of jihadism," but the study concluded that women are playing a crucial propaganda role for the organization by using social media to bring in more recruits. "The propaganda is dangerous," Smith said. "It draws vulnerable or 'at risk' individuals into extremist ideologies ... simplifying world conflicts into good versus evil which allows someone the opportunity of being the 'hero' - an empowering narrative for a disenfranchised, disengaged individual." Young women are often vulnerable to this kind of rhetoric because they are questioning their identities as they grow into adults. Many of the young women observed said they felt socially and culturally isolated in secular Western society, and saw the region controlled by Islamic State as "a safe haven for those who wish to fully embrace and protect Islam," according to the report. About 550 young women, some as young as 13, have already traveled to Islamic State-controlled territory, according to the report. The authors combed the social me-

dia accounts of more than 100 female profiles across platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. To grow their sample, they used a "snowball" technique in which female Islamic state migrants were identified among networks of other Islamic State networks. Photos, online chats and other accounts helped place the women geographically in Syria or Iraq. Researchers say the women came from 15 countries and were largely operating in English. They consistently talked about the camaraderie they experienced after moving to Islamic State territory, and often used social media to post images of veiled "sisters" posing together. "This is often contrasted with discussions about the false feeling or surfacelevel relationships they iterate they previously held in the West," the authors said. "This search for meaning, sisterhood, and identity is a primary driving factor for many women to travel." They are also searching for romance in the form of marriage. "Online, images of a lion and lioness are shared frequently to symbolize this union," the report said. "This is symbolic of finding a brave and strong husband, but also propagandizes the notion that supporting a jihadist husband and taking on the ISIS ideology is an empowering role for females." One woman identified only as Shams and who is a qualified doctor, found her husband through an arranged meeting. He proposed immediately. She posted an image of her wedding, which features the Islamic State flag in the background. Her bearded husband wears a tie. She wears a white burqa with only a slit for the eyes. She captioned the picture: "Marriage in the land of Jihad: Till Martyrdom Do Us Part." While they are enticed by romantic stories about groups of women eating by candlelight and bathing in the Euphrates, most of the young migrants quickly find that the reality of their lives belies the rhetoric. While life in Syria is difficult, few women voice their grievances directly. Islamic State has relied on a decentralized network of "messengers" to proliferate its world vision, and the network snaps into action to quickly reprimand anyone who speaks out. The hashtag "#nobodycaresaboutthewidow," didn't last long. But the women do warn those who may follow them that they should be ready to "be tested" by intermittent electricity, water shortages, bitter winters and the travails of life in a war zone. Health care is a particular concern, with one Western woman describing her experience of having a miscarriage in an Islamic State hospital because she couldn't communicate with the doctor. "These anecdotes serve to disprove the idea of the well-integrated, utopian society that is so strongly emphasized by ISIS propaganda," researchers said.

POLL RESuLTS

Are Christian churches losing influence in Naga society as its voice is no longer the dominating voice shaping social morality?

Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes! because they are directly or indirectly a part of well corrupted state govt. as they have just turned to be puppets. What Council of Ministers says is always right and what elected members does is always correct. They don't agreed in public or officially, but does agreed in secret. • Yes And the biggest flaw yet remains the prohibition act. • Yes, only the decision making governing group of church leaders seem invisible....goes by the name of some so-called board of etc.,etc.. • Yes. They poke their nose wherever it is not required and preferred to keep mum when required. Everyone knows NLTP Act is a failure. The younger generations are honest and do not like sarcasm. The younger generations are also aware of the high life standards of the Churches Officials and this gives a negative image. We are angry that we have to pay Rs. 10/- for a short ride in a bus while these Church Officials zoom past in their Boleros (purchased from our Offerings) with (illegal) nameplates. Rape, Abortion, Alcohol is everywhere but it seems like they are turning their eyes and mind away and pretend that alcohol, rape and abortion does not exist in Nagaland. • Sadly, yes ... they now talk 'bad politics' n money • Indulging in politics, preaching what they don't practice, using the name of God for personal gain, corrupt church administration, etc. are few factors among many that led to eroding influences of Churches in Naga Society. • Yes. The Church itself is at chaos • Many so Christian leaders take money from corrupt politician. They go to the rich and famous to pray and don't care for the poor and weak.

This has become common in Nagaland. • The churches are growing by the number in Nagaland. If we go by the number of churches in our state, one would think that it is a very peaceful place where everyone respects and loves each other. But this is not true. The churches are no doubt very active in preaching the word of God, but what it does not do it actually teach the congregation to lead Christian lives.

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credit to the Church where it is not due. • Christian churches are not losing influence in. naga society ,as itz voice is no longer the dominating voice shaping social morality in misunderstanding the Christian etc • Churches are of the people, made by them and nurtured by them. It is the people who are ignorant about the fact that Nagas are at high risk and the Nagas need cutting edge revolutionary people to enhance the present scenario. The Churches nor other religious institutions can be blamed for the lacking influence over its propagators. The teachings have been there, and it always has been on the move. However, it is the people who are ignoring the principles of the Church and the others Religious institutions.

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Some of those who voted no had this to say: • The church cannot always be held responsible for everything that goes on in the state. People have the freedom to choose what to do and what not to do. Religion is also a choice. • In places like Nagaland where the whole society is morally and spiritually Some of those bankrupt, the Churches become an easy target who voted OTHERS and are often blamed for had this to say: YES no OTHER their inactiveness. The • The church can do Church has also allowed this to happen. I don’t many things for the people of Nagaland. It is the think the Church was ever the dominating voice best platform for social change. The problem is in shaping social morality in Nagaland, it was pre- that they play too safe and are not taking a stand dominantly the village. Let us not give too much on key issues. If only the church leaders can ac-

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cept criticism for failures and learn from it, they will become better leaders. • Christian churches are interested in building costly structures and not concerned to build peoples lives. Example, there are many poor naga children who cannot afford to go to school, churches are not concerned about them. • A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.. Albert Einstein. . • The question itself seems incorrect • they are npf party , they pray only for npf and against bjp! • Naga society will grow the day individuals like this admin stop learning to play the blame game • Religions have never been a source of morality. Religion takes credit for moral behaviors but denies its role in immoral ones. That's nonsensical and understandably a big fraud. We human beings are empathic in nature and develop reason to distinguish between "the good" and "the bad". • Who exactly are the Christian churches in Nagaland? The churches are not separate entities. The same people who are part of public life are also members of the church. Surely then if the people are losing their moral values in public life, the same holds true in their church matters too. It is the people who are the basic unit of all social institutions- religious, social, economical, educational. So, it is the people who are part of this institutions that are to be blame and not the institution for no institution can stand its ground without its members- the people.

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Monday 1 June 2015

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No flip-flop on Pakistan policy, no cricket diplomacy either: Sushma

New Delhi, May 31 (iaNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday denied any "flip-flop" in India's policy towards Pakistan and said talks with the neighbour can only be held in an atmosphere of "sadbhavna" or goodwill and without the involvement of a third party. Addressing a mega press conference here on the completion of the NDA government's one year in office, Sushma Swaraj said there were no talks planned with Pakistan as of now and also discounted media reports about cricket diplomacy being launched between the two countries. Answering a question on perceived wavering regarding its stance on Pakistan, she said the three ministries of home, defence and external affairs have different roles. "If there is firing on the border, the home ministry will not sit quiet but speak strongly, the defence ministry will speak in a similar vein; but it is the ministry of external affairs' role to see the positives in the entire relationship... that is our role. There is no flip-flop," she said in Hindi. She said that since the

Modi to visit Israel, 1st by an Indian PM New Delhi, May 31 (PTi): Narendra Modi will be travelling to Israel, the first by an Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish country with which bilateral defence cooperation is on an upswing. No dates have been finalised for Modi’s visit which will take place on mutually convenient dates, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said. Swaraj said she will be travelling to Israel this year, besides Palestine and Jordan. India had established “full” diplomatic relationship with Israel in 1992 though it had recognised the country in 1950. No Indian Prime Minister or President has ever visited that country. The then Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had become the first premier from that country to visit India when he came here in 2003. He is credited with transforming bilateral relations from diminutive defence and trade cooperation to the strategic ties of today. “As far as my visit is concerned, it will take place this year. I will visit, Israel, Palestine and Jordan. As far as Prime Minister’s visit is concerned, he will travel to Israel. No dates have been finalised. It will take place as per mutually convenient dates,” she said replying to a question at a press conference. At the same time, she asserted, “There was no change in India’s policy towards Palestine.” time Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif came to India a year ago to attend the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and held talks with him, the government has based its policy for talks with Pakistan on three principles -- which it has often reiterated. "We are ready to resolve all issues in a peaceful manner through dialogue. The dialogue will be between two sides, no third party will be there or present in the talks; and talks cannot be held in the shadow of violence and terrorism, only

in the atmosphere of goodwill," she asserted. "There is no change in our policy, we have told this to Pakistan always," she said. Sushma Swaraj also said that with the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi out of jail, there can be no talks with Pakistan. "If Lakhvi is outside and he is free and Pakistan thinks we will speak, will India ever accept that," she asked. On India's efforts to seek UN Security Council sanctions against Hizbul

Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin -- which are facing a roadblock from China, the minister said New Delhi has told Beijing that the terrorism targeting India and China comes from the same source and both should work together to tackle the scourge. "We told China that we are not the only victim of terrorism, and China is also a victim of terror. We both are the victims of only one source of terrorism," she said, adding that India asked China to keep this factor in mind while voting in the UNSC.

She said any future engagement with Pakistan will be based on the three principles she had mentioned. To a question on how India has agreed to launch cricket diplomacy with Pakistan, Sushma Swaraj said no decision has been taken on resuming cricketing ties with Pakistan. Asked about the government's stand on Pakistan's links with Kashmiri separatist group Hurriyat, Sushma Swaraj said the Hurriyat leaders always seek appointments to meet the Pakistani envoy in Delhi. But last August, ahead of the foreign secretary-level talks, the Pakistani envoy had "invited" the Hurriyat leaders for a meeting with him, which India objected to, leading to cancellation of the talks. "They (Hurriyat) did not seek a meeting, the Pakistani envoy invited them... and just four days ahead of the foreign secretary level talks. We said how can you invite them at this stage? That means that you consider them part of the official talks; and that is why we cancelled the talks. We will never accept a third party in talks," she said

An Indian paramilitary soldier gives directions as he stand on a fire engine, as firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a building in Srinagar on Sunday, May 31. The cause of the fire that broke out on Sunday morning could not be ascertained, according to fire officials. No casualties were reported. (AP Photo)

DUTA supports students' demand for right to accommodation New Delhi, May 31 (iaNS): Delhi University teachers on Sunday urged the city government to agree to the demands -- including implementation of the Rent Control Act and right to accommodation -- raised by students in the capital from across the country. Supporting the Delhi Room Rent Control Movement -- an initiative started by university students to seek right to accommodation, the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) has sought provision of basic facilities for students. DUTA said even as the students manage to secure admissions in various Delhi University colleges, the university has

"not felt the need to provide them minimal boarding and lodging facilities and the safety required to pursue higher studies under such trying conditions". "Despite the fact that the DU Act (Section 33) provides for every student's accommodation as a compulsory duty of the university, the DU administration remains indifferent," the DUTA said in a statement. "The DUTA also urges the HRD (ministry for human resource development) to increase the financial outlay for the necessary infrastructure and to ensure that the DU administration complies with Section 33 of the DU Act," the statement said.

Ban row: National Commission for After PM assurance on OROP issue, ex-servicemen want timeline Scheduled Castes sends notice to IIT Madras, DMK seeks PM help New Delhi/CheNNai, May 31 (PTi): The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has sent a notice to IIT Madras over the controversial ban of a students group whose members are mainly Dalits even as DMK Chief M Karunanidhi sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “direct intervention” for revocation of the order. IIT-M is in the eye of a storm over derecognition of Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle(APSC) on Friday following a complaint that it was critical of Modi. The action had led to protests by political parties including Congress and AAP. BJP, meanwhile, said the Union Government was not behind the decision as it was taken by the administration of the institute on grounds of misuse of privileges and violation of guidelines. NCSC Chairman PL Punia told PTI on Sunday that a notice has been issued to IIT-M and a reply has been sought. ”I have issued a notice to the institute and sought its reply after taking note of the incident myself. We will take action in this regard,” Punia said, adding, “Youngsters must get freedom of speech on campuses. Imposing bans thus is like suppressing their voices. This is completely wrong.” He further accused the Centre of being “insensitive” towards the marginalised sections and claimed that the number of anti-Dalit incidents had increased ever since the Modi

government came to power. ”Such incidents have increased. These are not minor incidents, but serious ones,” said Punia, who is a Congress Rajya Sabha MP. While seeking Modi's intervention for revoking the order immediately to ensure that peace and a healthy atmosphere prevailed at the institute, Karunanidhi castigated Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani for “authoritarian” interference that allegedly led to the derecognition of the students group. ”Because of this incident, the otherwise peacefully functioning institute has turned into a war zone,” he said. Without naming Irani, he said that “unilateral” and ”authoritarian” interference by Modi's ministers on such issues will impact both the youth of the country and the nation's peace. ”Though it seems that Prime Minister Modi doesn't place importance on needless issues like banning a democratic group, his ministers interfering unilaterally and in an authoritarian manner in such issues will impede youth's thought process and affect the nation's peace,” Karunanidhi said in a statement released in Chennai. BJP National Secretary H Raja said the Union Government was not behind the ban on APSC. ”The decision to derecognise and ban the students' group was taken by the IIT- Madras administration on grounds of misuse of privileges and violation of guidelines,” he told PTI.

New Delhi, May 31 (PTi): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assurance on the issue of roll-out of 'One Rank, One Pension scheme today was met with skepticism with ex-servicemen seeking a firm timeline and the Congress saying he has further compounded the problem by saying it was a "complex issue". Though Modi vowed to address the "vexed" OROP issue in his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on radio and said he should be given some time, the miffed exservicemen also appeared to

be in no mood to call off their planned protest on June 14 over the delay in its implementation. "Assurance without a firm date does not really satisfy the ex-servicemen community. What we are looking for is a date? Assurance has never been in doubt. We are wanting to know when. We are not looking for 'Khairaat'(doles). We are looking for sense of justice for our due demand," Lt Gen(retd) Raj Kadyan said. He said the only way the protest can be deferred is if the government gives a firm date.

"We dont want to protest, it's not good for the country but we should not be compelled to do it," he added. Congress leader Ajay Maken said the prime minister has chosen to further "compound" the problem, "confuse" the entire issue by creating another "flutter" by saying OROP is a "very complex issue." "So, isn't it surprising Prime Minister after one year that one of your important demands OROP earlier, which was implemented by the UPA Government and Rs.500 crore set aside for

Vote on Account in February 2014. Now, one year after assuming power, you tell the country that it is the complexities, of which you never knew earlier," Maken told reporters. Lt Gen (retd) Shankar Prasad saide Modi's comments were an "excellent projection" by him and this is not the first time he has done it. "This is the third or fourth or fifth time he is doing it and it seems that people are now beginning to feel that we are just being fooled," he added. "How long is the Prime

Minister and his party is going to fool us, we are not very sure. The fact that OROP has been reiterated by everybody in the government but nobody is willing to give a date for it," he said. Lt Gen (Retd) PN Hoon said the OROP issue has been a "mess" and now that mess has to be sorted out. Congress leader Ashwani Kumar said OROP scheme was initiated by the UPA government and even after one year there are so many delays over it. "The PM is saying we will do it but when," he said.

Make raising Pak flag a Modi introduces new work culture at PMO Delhi, May 31(iaNS): Narendra 'continuous improvement'. It comes from the heinous crime: Shiv Sena New Modi has brought about a transformation in Japanese words 'kai' which means 'change' or

JaMMu, May 31 (PTi): The Shiv Sena today demanded the government to declare 'raising Pakistani flags and chanting pro-Pakistan slogans' by the separatists a heinous crime equivalent to murder and make provision for harsher punishment for such act. Led by its leader Dimpy Kohli, Shiv Sainiks today protested against raising of Pakistan flags and chanting of pro-Pakistan slogans by the separatists in Kashmir valley, in Srinagar and other south Kashmir areas. Amid anti-Pakistan and separatist slogans, they also burnt the effigies of separatists. Kohli said waving of Pakistani flags and chanting of pro- Pakistan slogans was becoming a routine in Kashmir, which cannot be tolerated. "We appeal to lawmakers to make stringent laws to deal with such anti-national activities. It should be treated as heinous crime equivalent to murder, and death should be the punishment for such acts," he demanded.

the day-to-day functioning of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the last one year. He has changed the work culture by introducing the practice of Kaizen, a time-tested Japanese system of 'continuous improvement' in quality, technology, processes, work culture, productivity, efficiency and leadership. Modi has also tried another Japanese practice, that of Quality Management System emphasizing on regular improvement in all departments of the Prime Minister's establishment. It has cut red-tape and made the office responsive, pro-active and effective. The Kaizen principles involve every employee in the PMO - from Principal Secretary and all IFS, IAS & IPS officers to the subordinate functionaries. The word Kaizen means

'to correct' and 'zen' which means 'good'. Everyone in the PMO has been encouraged by the prime minister to come up with suggestions on small and simple improvement. This is not a one-time, monthly or yearly exercise, but something to be practised on a regular basis. As a response, he has been receiving a large number of suggestions from his team members. These ideas are recorded, shared, and discussed and, if found valuable and practical, are implemented by the PMO. The staff at PMO has been urged not to limit their suggestions to any specific area of government functioning. Modi's philosophy for good governance is "Do it better and improve it, even if it isn't broken, because if we don't, we can't compete with those who do."

Indian-American Youngsters need to have strong will power to break trap of tobacco scientist finds new way Vandana Singh,

and even oral cancer etc., in a person who consumes it.” “Many times when I treat patients for such diseases, then it is after much questioning that young patients admit that he/she smokes or uses tobacco,” Dr Mittal said.

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Despite all laws and policies framed by government to stop tobacco use and its products among masses, youngsters are still falling in its trap. Experts find that number of smokers or tobacco users in young age have been increasing over the time, and factors like, peer pressure, wish to maintain social status and family history are contributing to it. On this World Tobacco Day, World health Organisation (WHO) has given a call to stop illicit tobacco trade and its use among youngsters. Dr Tarlochan Singh, consultant psychologist at Guru Teg Bhadur Charitable Hospital, said, “At young age, children use tobacco and its products for experimenting. But, the composition of the tobacco is such that it makes neurological effect and slowly youngsters find it hard to quit smoking or

School boys, wearing masks and painted bodies in the likeness of skeletons, participate in an awareness rally on World No Smoking Day in Kolkata on Sunday, May 31. (AP Photo)

chewing tobacco. Nicotine that is present in tobacco and its products increases the release of dopamine, a hormone for pleasure and stops the release of acetylcholine hormone, which regulates dopamine hormone. Thus, youngsters become addictive to it.”

Dr Tarlochan said, “Besides, peer pressure is also the main cause behind tobacco use. Due to media's effect tobacco is considered as a status symbol.” Dr Neeru Mittal, associate professor in department of pulmonary diseases at Christian Medical College

Quit slowly and gradually Dr Mittal said, “Quitting tobacco is not impossible, but it is a slow and gradual process. We use many alternate measures for nicotine that help the patients quit. But, still relapse cases are even more, because once the patient becomes normal, chances are there he/she starts using tobacco again. Dr Tarlochan Singh said, “When parents bring their children to us, we try to instill will power in them so as to help them quitting smoking. We just make them aware of the side effects and after effects. If they realise it, it becomes easy for them to get rid of tobacco.”

and Hospital, said, “Cases of tobacco use in youngsters as well as in females are increasing. Tobacco usage often leads to chronic bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD), lungs infection and cancer, heart diseases, Tobacco number 1 cause allergies, chronic cough for oral cancer

Dr Pardeep Sharma, district dental officer and oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital, said, “In India, oral cancer is the number one killer disease among cancers, and constitutes 40% of all cancers diagnosed. He said, “Unfortunately, there is total disconnect among dentists, oral oncologists and oncologists at large, which leads to delay in detection of oral cancer. We need to evolve definitive clinical guidance outlines on this. Dr Sharma said, “In a mega medical checkup camp held at Mansa recently, doctors' team detected 25 cases of precancer and two confirmed cases of oral cancer. Due to lack of proper technological tools, patients were referred for biopsy and further observation. But if cryo surgical unit is provided to dental surgeons, it could be treated on the spot. Early detection, counselling and early intervention can save a lot of lives.”

for kidney diagnosis

waShiNgToN, May 31 (iaNS): In a major success, an Indian-American scientist and his colleague have identified a new, less-invasive method to provide diagnostic information on kidney disease and its severity. They used an optical probe and Raman spectroscopy to differentiate between healthy and diseased kidneys. "There are some molecules that must be responsible for these different Raman signals, but we don't need to know what those molecules may be," said Chandra Mohan, professor at University of Houston in the US. "As long as there's a difference in the signal, that's good enough -- you can easily differentiate between a diseased kidney's Raman signal and a healthy kidney's Raman signal," Mohan said. Apart from the potential side effects, the number of renal biopsies a patient can undergo is limited because of damage to the kidney tissue. For the study, Mohan and his colleague Wei-Chuan Shih, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, relied upon the fact that a healthy kidney and a diseased kidney produce different Raman signals. "Raman spectroscopy provides molecular fingerprints that enable non-invasive or minimal invasive and label-free detection for the quantification of subtle molecular changes," Mohan and Shih said. "By adapting multivariate analysis to Raman spectroscopy, we have successfully differentiated between the diseased and the non-diseased with up to 100 percent accuracy, and among the severely diseased, the mildly diseased and the healthy with up to 98 percent accuracy," concluded Mohan and Shih. The study was outlined in the Journal of Biophotonics.

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Bangladeshi migrant families await ransom calls TEKNAF, MAy 31 (REuTERs): In Bangladesh’s southernmost tip, families cling to scraps of paper with Malaysian and Thai hand phone numbers scribbled on them as their only links to loved ones missing after boarding fishing boats, lured by hopes of a brighter future overseas. Some of the families have received calls from those numbers, from people claiming to be holding their husbands or sons and asking for ransom to get them home. Sometimes the captives have phoned themselves in all-too-brief calls, pleading for their families to heed the demands. The families call back but either nobody answers or, if they do, the phone goes dead. In recent weeks, as reports of mass graves of migrants emerged from Malaysia and Thailand and images of hundreds of starving people abandoned at sea spread around the world, the calls to families in Teknaf have become more persistent. Khaleda Banu, from a dirt-poor fishing settlement, said a man phoned her four days ago saying her 19-year-old son, missing since November, was alive. She could have him back if she handed over 30,000 taka ($385) as part payment. But she had already paid that amount months ago when the first call came and nothing had happened. The man hung up

In this Thursday, May 21, 2015 photo, 19-year-old Mohammed Rubel looks outside from his living room as his wife stands holding their son, in Ukhiya, near Cox’s Bazar, a southern coastal district about 296 kilometers (183 miles) south of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rubel, who used to work as a laborer in a steel factory, was confined to an island near Teknaf, which borders Myanmar, along with 12 other people. His journey took him through jungles and hills in Thailand. Rubel says he finally returned home after a mysterious American man paid the airfare for 38 people jailed in Thailand. He never made it to Malaysia. (AP Photo)

and wouldn’t answer her calls and now the mother, surrounded by neighbours, is sick with worry. “My son just slipped away. I was sleeping when he left,” she said. She found out later a man claiming to be a recruiter had persuaded him that his carpentry skills would earn him 10 times more money in Malaysia than at home. She filed a case against the agent who has since been arrested. But the

agent can’t help her find her son. Thousands of people, mostly Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, but also Bangladeshis have been trying to slip into Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia for years through people-smuggling networks. More than 4,000 migrants have landed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh

in recent weeks since Thailand launched a crackdown on people-smuggling gangs. Around 2,000 may still be adrift in boats on the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, the United Nations said. The journey for a large number begins in the coastal town of Teknaf bounded on one side by Myanmar from where the Rohingya cross over, and the Bay of Bengal on the other. A hub of the narcotics and smug-

gling trade from Myanmar, Teknaf is the shortest route to Thailand and Malaysia. “MALAYSIA AIRPORTS” The traffickers use a route along the edges of Bangladeshi and Myanmar’s waters, darting across the border back and forth to dodge security forces of the two countries, taking advantage of the lack of joint patrolling, officials say. Some 3,000 fishing

boats, most of them longbowed, ply the waters that are used by traffickers to move their people cargoes. There are 60 jumpoff points along a 100-km (60-mile)stretch of powder-white sand, reputed to be the world’s longest unbroken beach. Locals refer to the departure jetties as “Malaysia airports”. Some families said that the traffickers had lured their loved ones by not asking for money at the beginning of the voyage to Southeast Asia. To many in Bangladesh, which exports tens of thousands of workers each year across the world, that seemed too good an offer to turn down, having seen friends and relatives had over huge amounts in previous years to go abroad. Mohammad Hassan said agents told his sonin-law, who earned a living making fishing nets, that he could pay for the journey after he had found work in Malaysia. Then, months after he went away, the call came: the agents demanded that Hassan pay a ransom of 220,000 taka ($2,830) to get him freed from a Thai camp where he was being held. “I told the man I am a daily wage labourer. Where can I arrange that money? I don’t have things to sell.” A week ago, Hassan said, tears welling up, he received a call saying his son-law-law and a father of three had been killed and his body buried on a hill-

side in Thailand. “This has become an extortion racket. They are preying on gullible people,” said Mohammad Abuzar Al Zahid, commanding officer of the Border Guard Bangladesh responsible for the defence of the Teknaf area. “These brokers have spread everywhere, in the villages, in towns. They are like veins in your body.” Authorities say the traffickers are part of a network that for years has preyed on the Rohingya, a largely stateless minority in Myanmar. The gangs promise to deliver the refugees to Muslim-majority Malaysia and in recent years targeted Bangladeshis too. Typically there are about 500 to 600 Rohingya on a boat along with some 200-300 Bangladesh nationals. FACELESS MIDDLEMEN Sometimes the gang members don’t even bother taking their victims to the sea, keeping them confined below decks in a fishing boat moored in the placid waters of the Naf River and making ransom calls to their families, Zahid said. From the man who makes the first contact with a potential migrant to the international agents into whose hands he is finally passed, its a web of faceless middlemen who don’t know each other and cannot ensure their security, said Zahid based on

the interrogation reports of traffickers who had been caught. “There is a whole support group, the boatmen who take these victims to the cargo ships, the people who sell foodstuffs for the journey and then the people who collect money.” A newspaper quoted the owner of a trawler as saying that his entire 17-member crew, supposed to have gone fishing, had sold the vessel to traffickers in return for getting them into Malaysia. In Teknaf, there are shops selling large water containers, sacks of puffed and flattened rice, fruit, biscuits and drinks for the job seekers embarking on the journey. “The administration has only now woken up when graves turned up in Thailand and people are floating in the sea,” said former MP from the area, Mohammad Ali. “Law enforcement has been negligible.” But Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said migrants trying to leave the country illegally were partly to blame for their predicament. “They are tainting the image of the country in the international arena and putting their life into danger,” state media quoted her last week as telling government officials, calling the migrants “mentally sick”. “There is sufficient work for them. Still they are leaving the country in such disastrous ways.”

Your smoking habit may Hong Kong democrats intent on vetoing vote Asia security summit under guard impoverish your child LONdON, MAy 31 (IANs): Smoking is bad not only for the smokers’ health, it annually pushes thousands of children into poverty in England, a study has revealed. Smoking places a financial burden on low-income families, suggesting that parents are likely to forgo basic household and food necessities in order to fund their addiction. “Smoking reduces the income available for families to feed, clothe and otherwise care for their children living in low-income households,” said lead author Tessa Langley from the University of Nottingham. Smoking is an expensive habit that impoverishes millions of people around the world. In the US, smokers spend less on housing than non-smokers and recent research in India showed that smoking cuts spending on food, education and entertainment. “This study demonstrates that if our government, and our health services, prioritised treating smoking dependence, it could have a major effect on child poverty as well as health,” Langley added. This new study estimates that 1.1 million children in England, almost half of all children in poverty, were living with at least one parent who smokes. A further 400,000 would be classed as being in poverty if parental tobacco expenditure were subtracted from household income. Although many smokers save money by opting for budget brands, the cost of their smoking is still a substantial drain on the budgets of families living on low incomes. “The poverty threshold income level for a two parent household with two children is 392 pounds. If both parents are smokers, these households will be spending an average of 50 pounds on tobacco per week, which is a big drain on an already tight budget,” Tessa Langley said. The findings are based on national surveys which estimate the number of children living in poverty by household structure. The study was published in the open access journal BMC Public Health.

Why women are better at remembering tasks-to-do LONdON, MAy 31 (IANs): Now is the time to finally listen to your wife as women are better than men at remembering things to do, a new study finds. The study involved putting 100 men and women through a battery of memory tests. These judged prospective memory; that is remembering to carry out plans. The volunteers, who were aged between 15 and 40, found it harder to remember to do things the further they were into the future, Daily Mail reported. The females also excelled at remembering plans that involved doing, rather than saying, something. “A real life example of this would be, in a family, you would expect the woman to be the one to remember to buy some milk after work,” researcher Liana Palermo from the Aston University in Birmingham was quoted as saying. “Or she will remember to give a book back to a friend when she sees him next. She will be better at all of these kind of tasks than a man,” Palermo added. Palermo said the gender difference may be down to differences in hormones or brain structure. The brain’s memory hub shrinks in men, but not in women, between the ages of 20 and 40. “An alternative hypothesis is that the sex differences we found could be due to the care-taking role often assumed by women and the fact that in addition to work responsibilities, women also have more responsibilities at home,” Palermo said. “As a consequence of this social role, in daily life women might perform tasks involving prospective memory more than men, enhancing their performance in remembering to remember.” The study was published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

HONG KONG, MAy 31 (REuTERs): Talks between Chinese officials and Hong Kong democrats ended in stalemate on Sunday, with democrats sticking by plans to veto a vote on political reforms in mid-June that could become a fresh flashpoint after last year’s massive pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, was roiled by 79 days of mass demonstrations and street occupations late last year over how its next leader is chosen in 2017. Democrats want a leader chosen by universal suffrage, rather than from a list of pro-Beijing candidates as China is insisting. The talks held in luxury hotel in Shenzhen represented a rare face-toface meeting between the two sides before the keenly anticipated vote in the legislature in mid-June. But as on previous occasions, China refused any shift from its proposed blueprint for Hong Kong’s next leadership election in 2017. Under the blueprint, a 1200-person committee stacked with Beijing loyalists will vet two to three candidates before the public is allowed a citywide vote. Speaking after the nearly four hour meeting with democrats on Sunday, one of China’s top officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs said Beijing couldn’t possibly allow a “die-hard” democrat to be elected a Hong Kong’s chief executive. “We cannot let these people be elected,” Wang Guangya, director of

the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, told reporters, without mentioning specific names. “Because if they are elected as chief executive, it will be a disaster for the country (China), it will be a disaster for Hong Kong.” The electoral blueprint requires a two-thirds majority in the 70-seat legislature to pass, with Beijing failing again on Sunday to persuade enough of the city’s 27 pro-democracy lawmakers to back the package, and allow it to pass. “The central government is intent on a fake election, they won’t let Hong Kong have true universal suffrage, so the democrats have no choice and must persist in vetoing the (electoral) package,” said Alan Leong, one of 14 pro-democracy lawmakers who attended the talks in Shenzhen. No specific data has been given for the mid-June vote, but it risks becoming another flashpoint, and police have been carrying out drills to prepare for possible protests on the day. The demonstrations that erupted in Hong Kong last year marked one of the boldest populist challenges to Beijing’s Communist Party rule since the former British colony returned to Chinese control. Hong Kong returned to China’s rule under a principle of “one country, two systems” allowing it broad autonomy and far more freedom of speech, assembly and religion than exists on the mainland. But China has made it plain that Beijing’s sovereignty cannot be questioned.

sINGApORE, MAy 31 (AFp): An Asia-Pacific security summit was briefly put on lockdown Sunday after police shot dead a local motorist who tried to flee a checkpoint in a car later found to contain drugs, officials said. The three-day Shangri-La Dialogue attended by US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and counterparts from around the world along with top military officials ended at midday Sunday. But before dawn, police opened fire at a car with three Singaporean men after they tried to crash through a barricade outside the annual summit’s venue, the Shangri-La Hotel. The 34-year-old driver was killed and one passenger was wounded and hospitalised. Both passengers are now under arrest. “Substances believed to be controlled drugs and an item believed to be a drug-taking utensil were found on the men arrested,” the police said in a statement. “The driver and one of the passengers are wanted by authorities for various offences,” the statement said, adding that no weapons or explosives were found in the vehicle. Shootings are extremely rare in Singapore, which

Singapore Gurkha policemen guard the grounds surrounding the venue of the 14th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, Asia Security Summit on Sunday, May 31, in Singapore. (AP Photo)

boasts one of the world’s lowest crime rates, but the city-state considers itself a potential terrorist target. The city-state’s drug laws are among the toughest in the world, with courts allowed to impose the death penalty for people convicted of trafficking large amounts of certain drugs like heroin. “Preliminary investigations indicate that this is an isolated incident. Police investigations are ongoing,” the statement added. After the shooting, police officers initially told people attending the summit that the hotel was on complete lockdown, with

no entry allowed. Roads and pathways leading up to the hotel, located in Singapore’s leafy diplomatic quarter, were shut off with barricade tape. But access to the venue was gradually eased on Sunday morning. The conference resumed at 9:00 am (0100 GMT) with no signs of alarm in the main lobby. Security had been heightened for the summit with roadblocks and checkpoints set up in the vicinity of the venue. Some were manned by members of the Gurkha Contingent -- elite Nepalese fighters who are part of the local police force.

US Vice President’s son Beau dies of brain cancer

WAsHINGTON, MAy 31 (REuTERs): Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, died on Saturday after battling brain cancer, the vice president said. He was 46. “The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words,” Vice President Biden said in a statement released by the White House. “We know that Beau’s spirit will live on in all of us, especially through his brave wife, Hallie, and two remarkable children, Natalie and Hunter,” he said. Beau Biden had announced last year he planned to run for governor of Delaware in 2016. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in August 2013 and underwent surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. After getting a “a clean bill of health” in November of that year, his cancer recurred in the spring of 2015, the vice president’s office said. He sought aggressive treatment and had been hospitalized this month at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington. His family was with him when he died. “Beau embod-

In this Saturday, July 4, 2009. photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Beau Biden, at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Vice President Biden announced the death of son, Beau, from brain cancer. (AP File Photo)

ied my father’s saying that a parent knows success when his child turns out better than he did,” the vice president said. “In the words of the Biden family: Beau Biden was, quite simply, the finest man

any of us have ever known.” Beau Biden was very close to his father and a familiar presence in his political campaigns. After eight years as attorney general in Delaware, Beau Biden joined the

investor law firm Grant & Eisenhofer in 2015. He served a yearlong tour in Iraq as a member of the Delaware Army National Guard. He suffered a mild stroke in 2010. President Barack Obama said he and his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, were grieving. He paid warm tribute to Beau Biden, saying he took after his father. “He studied the law, like his dad, even choosing the same law school. He chased a life of public service, like his dad, serving in Iraq and as Delaware’s Attorney General,” Obama said in a statement. “Like his dad, Beau was a good, big-hearted, devoutly Catholic and deeply faithful man, who made a difference in the lives of all he touched, and he lives on in their hearts.” The vice president has not publicly ruled out a run for president in 2016, but he would face tough odds to gain an advantage over his friend, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is far ahead in public opinion polls in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton expressed condolences over Twitter on Saturday.

“My heart is broken for the family of Beau Biden - a wonderful man who served his country with devotion and lived his life with courage,” she wrote. The vice president has faced family tragedy before. Shortly after winning election to the U.S. Senate in 1972, his wife Neilia and three children were in a car crash. Neilia and their daughter were killed, while their two sons, Beau and Hunter, were injured. Biden opted not to move to Washington, choosing instead to make the 2 1/2-hour daily round-trip train commute from Delaware to his Senate job so he could spend more time with his sons. He married Jill Jacobs some five years after his first wife died. Biden took office as vice president when Obama entered the White House in January 2009. He has a deep knowledge of Washington politics after decades in Congress and a folksy, avuncular style that contrasts with what many consider Obama’s more aloof manner. Biden regularly mentions his family in speeches and sometimes has his grandchildren accompany him on diplomatic trips abroad.

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Arsenal beats Aston Villa 4-0 to defend FA cup title

LONDON, MAY 31 (AP): Theo Walcott ended a frustrating season by scoring the first goal asArsenal won a record 12th FA Cup title Saturday with a dominant 4-0 victory over Aston Villa in the final at Wembley Stadium. Walcott, who missed most of 2014 with a knee injury sustained in an FA Cup game, volleyed home a shot in the 40th minute to put defending champion Arsenal ahead. Alexis Sanchez doubled the lead with a fierce 25-yard shot that dipped in via the underside of the crossbar before Per Mertesacker scored with a header in the 62nd. Olivier Giroud completed the win in injury time. "It was amazing," Walcott said. "Any win is fantastic. The manner we did it today was great, we played great football and kept a clean sheet. We always knew if we kept a clean sheet we were going to score goals and win the game." After a nine-year trophy drought, Arsenal has now won the Cup two years in a row, overtaking Manchester United's record of 11 titles. The win also meant Arsene Wenger tied the record for Cup victories by a manager with six, level with Villa's George Ramsay, who won his last title in 1920. "It's something I'm very proud of," Wenger said. "If no one has done it (in modern times) it means it's very difficult." This victory was a lot more comfortable than last

Arsenal can win Premier League title again: Wenger

Arsenal's Per Mertesacker, centre, holds the trophy after the English FA Cup final soccer match between Aston Villa and Arsenal at Wembley stadium in London, Saturday, May 30, 2015. Arsenal won the match 4-0. (AP Photo)

year's, when Arsenal had to come from two goals down to beat Hull 3-2 in extra time. Saturday's result never looked in doubt as Arsenal dictated the game from the start and Villa — which had to fight against Premier League relegation until the penultimate round of the season — didn't have a clear scoring chance in the

entire game. "They deserved to win the game, no arguments about that," Villa manager Tim Sherwood said. "Today we couldn't nullify their threat and we couldn't manage to impose ourselves on them either." Arsenal, meanwhile, had created a handful of chances before Walcott fi-

nally scored. Shay Given made a good one-handed save to deny Laurent Koscielny's header in the 15th minute, Aaron Ramsey lifted a volley over the bar in the 20th and Walcott was denied from point-blank range by a diving clearance from Kieran Richardson in the 24th.

Walcott has struggled for playing time even since returning to full fitness, with just four Premier League starts this season. However, after scoring a hat trick in the last game of the league season, he was preferred up front to Giroud. His speed proved decisive after Nacho Monreal sent in a cross from the left that

Sanchez met by the far post and headed back across the area. Walcott beat two defenders to the ball and volleyed home inside the near post, before racing with both arms outstretched to celebrate with theArsenal supporters. The Gunners kept pouring forward after the break, with Mesut Ozil dic-

LONDON, MAY 31 (IANS): English Premier League club Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his side's recent FA Cup triumph over Aston Villa will boost them for serious title challenge next season. Goals from Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez, Per Mertesacker and Olivier Giroud crushed Aston Villa at the Wembley Stadium here as the Gunners won the competition for a record-breaking 12th time on Saturday. "I'm not in the buying mood tonight. I will buy a drink for my players. We'll see what's going on in the transfer market but we have a good basis," Wenger was quoted sa saying by goal.com on Saturday. "We have some time to prepare because we won't be playing a Champions League qualifier. We have a good confidence level, so let's show that we can be intelligent during the summer," he said. Arsenal suffered a worst ever start to a Premier League season last season, going on to finish third, and Wenger said there is no need to rock the boat over the summer after an impressive victory over Aston Villa. "Of course we can push on. Why not? We have won the league in the past when we've had the potential to do it and that's what we want to do again," the 65-yearold said. "We want to show that we can match anybody next season but we don't know how good the other teams will be. It is about consistency at the top level and we have shown signs of consistency. "In the past when we have won leagues, we have been consistent. We didn't lose for 49 games. Nobody else has done it. When we have a good confidence level and the quality, we can be consistent," Wenger concluded. tating play in midfield. Sanchez's goal was a pure solo effort, though, as he picked the ball up 35 yards from goal, drifted forward and unleashed a superb strike that dipped past Given in the net. Prince William, an Aston Villa fan, shook hands with the players from both teams before the match,

but even he had a disappointed look on his face by the time Mertesacker headed in the third. After Walcott was taken off for Giroud to a standing ovation, the Frenchman was left unmarked to tap home a cross from fellow substitute Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain in injury time.

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UK says Europe should weigh FIFA WC boycott to oust Blatter SAPO on Kezoltsa and Dzükou

LONDON, MAY 31 (REUTERS): Britain said Europe should consider boycotting future World Cups if Sepp Blatter doesn't quit as head of soccer's governing body over a corruption scandal, while Swiss authorities denied they would soon question the newly re-elected FIFA president. The Swiss-born FIFA chief complained on Sunday he had been shown "zero respect" in recent days, revealing how he had rejected advice from one of his main critics, the head of the European governing body, to quit at last week's FIFA congress. John Whittingdale, the British government minister with overall responsibility for sport, renewed calls for Blatter to step aside on Sunday, saying all options should be considered when it came to pressuring him to resign, including boycotting the World Cup - something that could split the sport and be calamitous for the tournament. Blatter, 79, won a vote on Friday to serve a fifth term as FIFA president even though the U.S. Department of Justice has charged nine soccer officials with corruption and Swiss authorities are conducting their own criminal investigation. He has played down the impact of

the scandal on one of the world's most powerful sports bodies, which takes in billions of dollars in revenue from TV marketing rights and sponsorships. Blatter is not accused of any wrongdoing personally and has implied that the United States timed news of the charges to try to scupper his re-election. Asked how he had coped with the criticism in the past few days, he told the Swiss newspaper Sonntagsblick: "Let me put it this way: I've been shown zero respect." Blatter's future could yet depend on the reaction of FIFA's major sponsors and stakeholders such as CocaCola and McDonald's, who have been dismayed by the arrests and U.S. prosecutors announcing indictments of officials and companies. Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported Swiss prosecutors would question Blatter, who has led FIFA for nearly 20 years, as part of a criminal investigation into votes to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively. A spokesman for Switzerland's attorney general dismissed the possibility of immediately calling in Blatter as "nonsense". The Sunday Times reported

Blatter would be the last of 10 FIFA officials to be questioned. Michel Platini, the president of the European governing body UEFA, and Vitaly Mutko, the Russian sports minister, would also be interviewed, it said. In the Swiss newspaper interview, Blatter described a meeting he had on Thursday with Platini, when the former French international star encouraged him to quit honourably. "He said in all seriousness: 'Sepp, hold the congress and at the end say you're stepping down. You'll have a gigantic party thrown for you, and you can keep your office here at FIFA'," Blatter said, adding that he had refused Platini's invitation to have the conversation over a glass of whiskey. Blatter comfortably won the FIFA vote with strong support from developing nations, which have received generous funding from FIFA to develop the sport under Blatter's leadership. Britain - which has been one of Blatter's fiercest critics, especially since England lost a bid to host the 2018 World Cup - stepped up the pressure on Sunday. Prime Minister David Cameron and Greg Dyke, the chairman of England's Football Association,

have urged Blatter to quit. Prince William, who lobbied for Britain to host the 2018 tournament along with star player David Beckham, has also spoken of the need for FIFA to reform. Germany, the reigning world champions, also called for change. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Die Welt am Sonntag newspaper that soccer brought people around the world together. "That should be the real legacy of FIFA. I have serious doubts, whether FIFA is up to this great task without a clear new start," he said. Many soccer experts regard a European-led boycott as unrealistic proposition believing that if it went ahead it would be a disaster for a sport that has avoided the kind of splits which have weakened others. Boxing for instance is now governed by four world bodies. Dyke said it would be "ridiculous" for England to boycott the next World Cup in 2018 in protest because it would not have an impact. "We've got to do it alongside other countries, other large footballing nations," Dyke said, adding it would be a "good idea" to pressure other footballing nations and sponsors to make sure any effort was concerted.

Wolfsburg beats Dortmund 3-1 in German Cup final

BERLIN, MAY 31 (AP): Wolfsburg defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-1 to win the German Cup for the first time Saturday, denying Juergen Klopp the perfect sendoff in his final game as Dortmund coach. "Yeah, a 3-1 defeat, now we're second. That feels better at the Olympics than it does in the German Cup," Klopp said. After seven years at the club, the 47-year-old coach was unable to inspire his side to victory despite going ahead in the fifth minute through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Luiz Gustavo equalized on a rebound against the run of play in the 22nd after Mitch Langerak had saved Naldo's powerful free kick, Kevin De Bruyne put Wolfsburg ahead in the 33rd, and Bas Dost completed the scoring with a header from close range five minutes later. Dortmund fought hard in the second half, only to struggle against Wolfsburg's well-organized defense with goalkeeper Diego Benaglio in fine form. "I'm simply proud of the team," said Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking, who celebrated his first title and was doused in beer by his players in the post-match

Wolfsburg's head coach Dieter Hecking, right, celebrates after his team won the German soccer cup final match between Borussia Dortmund and VfL Wolfsburg in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, May 30. (AP Photo)

news conference. Hecking's players wore jerseys with a green heart and the No. 19 on the left chest side to remember teammate Junior Malanda, the 20-year-old Belgian international killed in a traffic accident during the winter break. "We wanted to win this game for Junior," Benaglio said. "He is still a part of this team and will remain so. He also played this season so he is also a real cup winner." Dortmund fans set off

flares that sent clouds of yellow smoke around the stadium before kickoff, while Wolfsburg supporters took part in an impressive choreography under a banner that said, "The time is right." Volkswagenbacked Wolfsburg finished runner-up to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and was playing its first final. Aubameyang opened the scoring when he prodded Shinji Kagawa's cross past Benaglio after Erik Durm eluded two Wolfs-

burg defenders on the edge of the penalty area. Dortmund goalkeeper Mitch Langerak had to make a good stop to deny Ivan Perisic an immediate equalizer against his former club. Wolfsburg appeared shaken by the early setback but Dortmund failed to turn its early superiority into goals and was left to rue missed chances when Gustavo equalized. Then De Bruyne latched onto Daniel Caligiuri's lay-

off and fired it through Mats Hummels' legs and inside the left post, and Perisic outsprinted Marcel Schmelzer to cross for Dost to score Wolfsburg's third. "We conceded three goals in 16 minutes," Klopp said. Dortmund had a penalty claim waved away before the break, when Aubameyang appeared to be fouled by Ricardo Rodriguez. It was Wolfsburg who looked likelier to score in the second half despite Dortmund's endeavors. Langerak denied Caligiuri just after the interval and Durm came to his side's rescue with a goal-line clearance midway though the half. Kagawa came closest for Dortmund only to see his effort clip the outside of the post. Klopp applauded the Dortmund fans as Wolfsburg's supporters were celebrating, and was applauded in turn as he received his runner-up medal and bid another farewell. "Leaving hurts a lot. I've tried to express my thanks to each of my players. It was a huge honor to work with these guys and I've noticed that it hurts a lot to leave them," Klopp said. "I know life goes on, but still, you need a few moments."

he Southern Angami Public Organisation would like to issue this press statement in connection with the issue of Kezoltsa and Dzükou in order to clarify our stand and position against the baseless allegations leveled by Mao Council. The Southern Angami had been in possession, occupation and ownership of the Kezoltsa and Dzükou since time immemorial. To be precise, this area was occupied by our ancestor when he migrated out from Makhel prior to any other village or tribe, and since then our occupation, possession and ownership had been intake till date. Accordingly, the Southern Angamis especially the neighbouring villages of Kezoltsa had levied royalties (taxes) from the Mao peoples in the form of kinds or meat in acknowledgement of land ownership whenever they availed forest resources such as banana leaves, bamboos, canes etc. Therefore, the claim made by the Mao Council that Kezoltsa and Dzükou is their hunting ground, logging etc. is completely baseless because whenever they do so they do with prior permission from Southern Angami villages by paying royalty. The Mao people should not forget the royalties paid to the Southern Angami villages as history cannot be re-written as per one’s wish. It is stated that in 1985 Mao people along with some Meteis had violated our standing resolution by trying to enter Dzükou without prior permission from Southern Angamis (Southern Angami Students’ Union/SASU) who were then looking after for the protection and preservation Kezoltsa and Dzükou. And when the volunteers questioned these intruders, the intruders voluntarily apologized in written to the SASU and Southern Angamis leaders which read as “…… hereby apologise to the Southern Angami Public for illegally trespassing to Dzükou valley which is under the jurisdiction of the Southern Angami Area of Nagaland State without prior permission from the land owners”. Therefore, it is well known to every Mao and Meteis that Kezoltsa and Dzükou belonged to Southern Angamis. It is true that Southern Angami Public Organisation had constructed a rest house at Kezoltsa but unfortunately this rest house was destroyed by suspected Songsong villagers and the tension arose between Mao people and the Southern Angamis, and on enquiry made by Memai Council of Mao, it was found that some youths from Songsong village (Kravomi) had destroyed this rest house and the written report was intimated by Memai Council of Mao to the then Japfuphiki Public Organisation which is renamed now as Southern Angami Public Organisation. During this relevant time of tension, the then Tenyimi Central Union (TCU) intervened and directed the defaulters (Songsong village) to reconstruct the rest house of the Southern Angamis which read as “the destroyed rest house should be re-constructed to its original shape by Songsong village within 20 (twenty) days with effect from 15th February 2001”. Accordingly, the destroyed/damaged rest house was re-constructed to its original shape by the Songsong village within the stipulated time. Therefore, Southern Angami ownership of Kezoltsa and Dzükou is undisturbed till date. It is further stated that, in 2010 some people from Mao community were caught for stealing our properties by way logging in Kezoltsa, during this time Tenyimi Peoples Organisation (TPO) took up the matter and gave a written assurance on 19/07/2010 to settle the issue within 4 (four) months time

in the presence of Angami Public Organistion (APO) and Mao Council. It is relevant to mention that at that relevant point of time Mao Council was not a party to it but only three or four villages were party to the issue before TPO, and these villages made baseless claim over our ancestral property of Kezoltsa and Dzükou. Instead of four months TPO dragged the issue for 25 months (two years and one month), with the passage of time Mao Council was made and became the full fledged party in the matter in the later part of 2011. Although it is much beyond the time limit as assured by TPO, SAPO had pursued the matter to permanently settle the issue. But later on TPO hidden agenda came out in the air, the agenda of TPO was to make Kezoltsa forest a common property of Tenyimi; instead of adjudicating the matter between the parties (Southern Angamis and Mao) the mediator/arbitrator (TPO) wants to jointly own our ancestral property. On learning this, SAPO had lost confidence on TPO and withdrew our matter on 23rd August 2012. The claim of Mao people spread like a communicable disease amongst Mao villages and community because firstly it was only Songsong village, secondly three other villages neighbouring to Songsong village joined and lastly, the whole Mao community joined and participated in this issue. It is unbelievable that the Mao people were guided by Songsong village in this issue whose origin is not a Mao Naga. The Songsong villagers are the outside people who came very lately and settled at the present village barely for about 200 years back. However, almost all the Southern Angami villages viz. Viswema, Kigwema etc. are several thousand years old villages. The Southern Angami Public Organisation states that road construction at Kezoltsa (Southern Angami ancestral property) had been going on in full swing for the last two years; therefore, the road construction is taking place in Southern Angami traditional territory and not in Manipur land. This road construction is SAPO initiated project only and has no connection with Nagaland Government as alleged by Mao Council. The Construction cost is funded by the Southern Angami public fund and no central or state government financial assistance is availed till date, so don’t try to implicate Nagaland government without any basis. The hard earned fund is being utilized by SAPO for this construction for the welfare of the public; therefore, no authority whatsoever can stop SAPO from doing so. Regarding the 22nd November 2014 and other later times when Manipur government officials visited Kezoltsa and Dzükou, the official sought permission to enter our ancestral property from SAYO volunteers who were guarding and protecting Kezoltsa and Dzükou round the clock. It is reiterated that the Southern Angami Public Organisation shall not allow any person/village/tribe/government or its agency to take up any survey/analysis/expedition/ investigation and/or any developmental activities such as private or government project(s) at Kezoltsa and Dzükou in any manner without the prior permission and proper approval of SAPO. Whoever violate this will be punished befittingly as deem fit. It is learnt that, the some contractors are constructing road towards Kezoltsa from Mao side, therefore, the SAPO cautioned anyone execute or take up any construction at Kezoltsa without obtaining prior permission. Khrievisa Chale, Press Secy. Mhashekhol Tsukru, Gen. Secy.

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Documentary on A.R. Rahman Special scholarship screened at White House named after Vidya Balan

detailed account on musical influences of double Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman found its way inside the White House in Wash-

ington through a special screening of "Jai Ho", a documentary on his work. The 60-minute documentary was screened on Friday. The "Mozart of Madras", who has hit the right

notes with each of his compositions with examples like “O rey chhori” and “Tum tak”, became a part of the special moment. “On the way to the White House for a screening of 'Jai Ho',”

Rahman tweeted on Friday night as per Indian Standard Time. Directed by Umesh Aggarwal, the film celebrates Rahman's achievements through his career, which spans two decades. Considered one of the world's most influential people by Time magazine, the music maestro's work includes over 120 film scores worldwide. Rahman is a name to reckon in the international circuit and has also done India proud by getting two Oscars for his music in "Slumdog Millionaire" in 2009 -- Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song, which he shares with lyricist Gulzar. The documentary explores the evolution of his style of music -- a fusion of eastern sensibilities and western technology.

owerhouse performer, National award winner and Padma Shri winner Vidya Balan, is probably amongst the most versatile actors the country has ever seen. The actress, who will next be seen in Mohit Suri’s 'Humari Adhuri Kahani' , is soon to be conferred with a honorary doctorate for her contribution to Indian cinema and for empowering women in

the country. If that wasn’t all, Rai University who will be bestowing Vidya Balan with the title will, also launch a special scholarship program in her honor. The “Vidya Balan University Scholarship” , is a scholarship which includes free education for under privileged girls. This includes completely free University education for the entire du-

ration of degree program at Rai University, including boarding and lodging for one underprivileged girl nominated by Vidya every year. Confirming the news Dr.Harbeen Arora, Chancellor, Rai University said, “In my capacity as Chancellor, Rai University, I extend my deepest respects for Vidya’s exceptional contribution to Indian Film Industry. Among the league of iconic actors, she truly is a pioneer in every way. As a distinguished recipient, Rai University will also institute a special scholarship in her name as “Vidya Balan University Scholarship”. The Scholarship in Vidya’s honor will be fully funded by Rai University and Vidya herself will nominate a under privileged girl for the same every year”.

Broadway can make you feel Bruce Jenner to model for Vanity Fair as woman crazy: Vanessa Hudgens T he former athlete is currently transitioning to a female and is set to undertake a photoshoot with world famous photographer Annie Leibovitz this summer to show off his new image. The news - confirmed by gossip website TMZ - comes after it was revealed the 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' star has undergone surgery to make his face more feminine. According to Radar Online, the 65-year-old star has had surgery ''to give Bruce's jawline and chin a softer look''. Although the father-of-six - who was previously married to Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner - only

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ctress Vanessa Hudgens says starring in Broadway show "Gigi" has been "tough" and that it can "make you feel a little crazy". The 26-year-old actress, who found fame in the "High School Musical" movies, is currently starring as the title character in the Broadway show in her debut run on the New York stage. "I've never worked this hard before in my life. It's a lot of work, doing the same thing over and again, it makes you feel a little crazy at times... But everyone has been so warm, so welcoming. My cast is like my family. I lean on them, I love them," Hudgens told people.com. She was speaking at a reception after the Broadway.com Audience Awards here. She was honoured with the award for Favourite Breakthrough Performance. Although performing in front of an audience every night is gruelling, the actress has found it one of the most rewarding experiences of her career. She said: "But it's so much fun. Whenever I have my day off, I look forward to coming back to the stage and doing it again."

confirmed his plans to undergo gender reassignment surgery last month when he recorded a special interview with Diane Sawyer, he has reportedly already had a lot of work done and is hoping to be living as a woman within months, with the process being documented in his own reality show. The source added: ''Bruce had put the time aside and wanted to get as much done as possible. ''His physical transformation into becoming a woman is now almost complete... ''Bruce wants to be living his life as a woman physically and emotionally by the time the docuseries finishes airing this summer.''

iPhone text crash bug targets Twitter

f you're a victim of Apple's text messaging bug and have suffered an iPhone crash, there is more shock in store. The bug that can strike with simple text, also affects Twitter and permanently breaks Snapchat text chat. The malware causes Apple's text handling system to choke on certain characters from Arabic, Marathi and Chinese and crashes the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Mac. It also affects apps running on iOS, The Guardian reported. The malware message can be sent over Twitter either using direct

Bappi Lahiri receives the Humanitarian and Goodwill Ambassador Award

messages or public mentions. If the recipient uses an iPhone and has notifications turned on, a message will instantly crash their smartphone. When sent a text chat with the offending string, it permanently crashes the iPhone when the user attempts to read it. The bug means that the user cannot open their chat history with the person who sent the message without crashing their iPhone. The message cannot be cleared, but other messages can be sent to and received from other contacts.

When you're the best, you get hated the most: Kanye West

fter earning a degree of his own earlier this month from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, rapper Kanye West returned to school to give an inspiring commencement speech. West, 37, spoke to graduates at Los Angeles Trade Technical College and dished out some hard-earned advice, reported MTV online. "When you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most. It's a tough world out there. You're going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees... Even for me as a successful musician, to make the transition (into fashion), it was really all but impossible. People really try to box you in to what they know you best for," he said. The father of one continued by praising the budding designers for following their lifelong dreams. "The most successful artists are as close to who they

usical genius Bappi Lahiri received the Humanitarian and Goodwill Ambassador Award for Slumstars, a music album dedicated to the slum children of Mumbai, at the 4th Garifuna Festival in the USA. Bappi is one man panned by critics, loved by

audiences and caricatured for being showbiz’s Bling King. The singer-composer is still revving up the charts. Bappi is the man behind quirky dance numbers such as 'Yaad aa raha hai', 'Tamma tamma loge' and 'Oh la la la' and the latest one being 'Ghoomketu'.

were when they were five years old or four years old or three years old, or when my daughter wakes up and decides to change her career seven times a day," he

said. "So I feel extremely honoured to see new talent fighting for their voice that I can only imagine they've been fighting for since age three," he added.

Michael Jackson’s ghost spooks Neverland ranch?

ing of Pop Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch is up for sale but potential buyers are reportedly being warned off from beyond the grave. It is said viewers of the mansion and 2,700 acre estate - which he bought in 1987 and lived in for more than 15 years - have been put off by a ghostly presence, reported Daily Mirror. “Local people say Jackson’s spirit has been haunting his estate since he died. Investors and visitors considering buying the property are warned that workers on the ranch have claimed the King of Pop haunts the premises,” a source said. It was revealed earlier this week that the estate, which includes six bedrooms, a 50 seat cinema and two lakes, has gone on sale.

Apple issued recovery instructions for its Messages app, which involves using Siri to reply to a message allowing users to then delete that conversation. A similar recovery method can use the Photos app to send a picture to a contact and gain access to the message history so it can be deleted. The company said that a fix for the bug via a software update will be provided. You can disable notifications to protect your device from the mischievous text, but that will not prevent Snapchat and other third-party apps from being disabled.

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Jessica Alba's company hits billion-dollar valuation

ctress Jessica Alba has landed on the cover of Forbes magazine's America's richest self-made women issue after her natural lifestyle firm The Honest Company was valued at USD 1 billion. The 34-year-old "Sin City" beauty co-founded the business, which sells non-toxic items including diapers, household cleaners and beauty products, in 2012 after previously suffering a bad reaction to chemicals used in a baby detergent while pregnant with her first child in 2008. In just one year, it raked in USD 10 million in revenue. The Honest Company's profits continued to soar and last summer, experts valued the firm at just under USD 1 billion - a figure which has since been surpassed, but Alba insists she is only getting started. "If we really want to make a difference in the world and people's health, it's billions and billions of dollars, not just one," Alba told Forbes. Ironically, despite being the cover girl for the America's Richest SelfMade Women issue, Alba just missed out on making Forbes' top 50. Oprah Winfrey is the highest-placed celebrity at five with a net worth of USD 3 billion, while Madonna is at 28 with USD 520 million and Beyonce ties with TV's Judge Judy for 49th place, with USD 250 million.

Pop Up Sale: Clothes, shoes, fashion accessories at throw away prices Dimapur, may 31 (mExN): People of Dimapur will be treated to variety of fashionable clothing and accessories at throw away prices at a sale scheduled to be held at Jumping Bean Cafe, Ana Ki from June 3 to 5, 2:00 pm-7:00 pm daily. Pop Up Sale will offer wide range of collection from short hemlines to long elegant dresses, sensual and daring cuts and details. There will also be a fusion of ethnic/ contemporary designs and materials, flats, pumps, heels, accessories to just fit in perfect with the dresses, and blending of colours that are just right for the season. The clothing stores and designers participating in the sale are The Peonies Closet, Precious Melove (PML), LIYING, Aben (Jewellery), Flow (In House Store), Bonita (online store). The sale is an initiative of young fashionista Lenti Aier, who wishes to promote fashion designers/ entrepreneurs by giving them platform to collaborate and showcase their creative designs through the upcoming sale event. Products of clothing lines participating in the Pop Up Sale.

Ivanovic back to quarterfinals at French Open Barcelona lifts Paes-Hingis knocked out of French Open

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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic clenches her fist as she defeats Russia's Ekaterina Makarova during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Sunday, May 31in Paris, France. (AP Photo)

PARIS, MAy 31 (AP): Former champion Ana Ivanovic returned to the quarterfinals of the French Open for the first time since her triumph at Roland Garros seven years ago after beating ninthseeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 on Sunday. Ivanovic will face 19thseeded Elina Svitolina, who overcame strong resistance from local hope Alize Cornet to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-

final with a 6-2, 7-6 (9) win. For the first time this year play was disrupted by rain, with both matches suspended for 2 hours, 40 minutes before midday, and players had to deal with gusts of wind after play resumed. The seventh-seeded Ivanovic, who won the French Open the year after losing in the final, last made the quarterfinals of a major at the Australian Open in 2014. "Amazing really. To be

honest, coming in to the tournament I didn't expect it at all," Ivanovic said. Playing on court Suzanne Lenglen, Ivanovic made up for her lack of consistency in the second set with an aggressive display in the decider and closed out the match with a big forehand, her 30th winner of the match. The nervous Cornet was off to a bad start in her fourth-round match against Svitolina on center court, trailing 3-0 after

dropping her serve twice when their match was suspended after 21 minutes. The rain gave her the chance to refocus in the locker room but she lost the first six points when play resumed. In a match featuring 12 breaks of serves, Cornet did not go down without a fight and saved five match points before a final backhand out of bounds sealed her fate. Th e 2 9 t h -s e e d e d Frenchwoman lost her

PARIS, MAy 31 (IANS): Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis have crashed out of the French Open after losing in the mixed doubles prequarterfinals here. Eighth seeded Indo-Swiss pair went down fighting to Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik and Romanian Horia Tecau 7-6, 3-6, 6-10 on Saturday at the Stade Rolland Garros. The first set was a tight contest which went into a tiebreaker that was eventually won by Paes and Hingis. However, the SlovenianRomanian pair came back strongly to win the second set 6-3 and push the match in to the decider. But PaesHingis failed to make an impact in the super tie-break, easily losing 6-10. Srebotnik-Tecau next face Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Robert Lindstedt in the quarter-finals of the tournament. Paes-Hingis earlier paired to win the Australian Open in February.

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temper near the end, remonstrating with the umpire over a shot that was called out in the 11th game of the second set. Cornet complained to the umpire, saying "you look in my eyes and you know it" was in. She also dared the umpire to "give me a warning after you stole me a point." Sunday's showcase match on center court pitted second-seeded Roger Federer against home favorite Gael Monfils.

Chen, Marin winners in Australia Superseries finals

SydNEy, MAy 31 (AFP): World number one Chen Long was taken to three games before downing Denmark's Viktor Axelsen to win the Australian Open Badminton Superseries final in Sydney on Sunday. The Chinese star defeated the world number nine Axelsen 21-12, 14-21, 21-18 in one hour and 17 minutes. Chen now leads Axelsen 4-0 in their tournament meetings. Chen had reached the men's final after beating 10th-ranked Tian Houwei in an all-Chinese semi-final, 21-14, 21-19 on Saturday.

(LEFT) Chen Long of China smiles with his victory medal and trophy after winning his men's singles final against Victor Axelsen of Denmark at the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney. (RIGHT) Caroline Marin of Spain holds her trophy and medal after she won her women's singles final against Wang Shixian of China at the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 31. (AP Photos)

Spain's world number three Carolina Marin took the women's singles in a tight contest with China's sixthranked Wang Shixian 22-20, 21-18 in just under an hour. It was a big week for the Spaniard, who beat South Korea's world number seven Sung Ji-Hyun 21-13, 2114 to reach Sunday's final after losing to India's Saina Nehwal in last year's tournament decider. The Australia Open is the fifth event of the BWF World Superseries circuit and counts towards qualifying for next year's Rio Olympics.

Wood slows New Zealand charge in 2nd test vs England

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LEEdS, MAy 31 (AP): England seamer Mark Wood removed Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor just before tea to slow New Zealand's charge on day three of the second test, leaving the tourists on 143-4 as they looked to build a big second-innings lead on Sunday. Earlier, Stuart Broad smashed 46 off 39 balls before England was dismissed for 350 — the same total as New Zealand's first innings — after resuming on 253-5. Broad moved seamlessly from bat to ball to dismiss Tom Latham (3) and Kane Williamson (6) to restrict the Black Caps to 23-2 at Headingley. Guptill (70) and Taylor (48) repaired some of the damage with a third-wicket stand of 99 that raced along quicker than a run a ball, only to fall late in the session in Wood's second spell. Captain Brendan McCullum was unbeaten on 8 and B.J. Watling on 2, with the result still in the balance. Tim Southee was irresistible in the first half-hour of the morning, getting swing and seam move-

ment on a cold morning to entice edges to the slip cordon from Ian Bell (12), Jos Buttler (10) — the two overnight batsmen — and Moeen Ali (1). Bell didn't add to his overnight score to continue his poor form. Broad and Wood (19) counter-attacked in a 51run stand for the ninth wicket that pushed England toward first-innings parity. In reply, Latham and Williamson edged Broad to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler to depart in the space of 12 balls. Taylor was dropped on 6 by Gary Ballance at third slip off Jimmy Anderson and went on to take the game to England's attack as if it was a limited-overs match. New Zealand's second fifty came off 44 balls and Guptill — a star of the recent 50-over World Cup — brought his 50 up with a six down the ground. Wood was brought back into the attack and removed Taylor with his first ball, with Ben Stokes taking the catch to end Taylor's run-a-ball knock. Fifteen balls from Wood later, Guptill edged to Joe Root at third slip to set New Zealand back even further in a nip-and-tuck contest.

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Barcelona's Lionel Messi poses with the trophy after winning the final of the Copa del Rey soccer match between FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 30. (AP Photo)

BARCELONA, MAy 31 (AP): Lionel Messi scored a stunning opener before adding a second goal to lead Barcelona to the Copa del Rey title with a 3-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, giving the Catalan club its second of three possible trophies before it turns to the Champions League final. Messi did it all by himself in the 20th minute when he dribbled past four Bilbao defenders to put Barcelona in charge. The star forward added a second goal after Neymar doubled the lead to build a 3-0 advantage as Barcelona claimed its record 27th cup title — and third in seven years, all at the expense of Bilbao. Barcelona won the Spanish league two weeks ago and, led by Luis Enrique, has now won two major trophies for the first time since 2011. It finished last season without a major piece of silverware under former coach Gerardo Martino. It will have a chance to make it a rare treble when it plays Juventus for the European Cup in Berlin next Saturday. "We have two, and now we want the third. That is the mentality of this team and this club," Luis Enrique said. "Messi is the best player in the world, even

though we are used to him. I saw his first goal up close, but I am eager to watch it again later." That goal was pure Messi: A unique combination of skill, speed and daring. The Argentina forward appeared to be hemmed in when three defenders surrounded him on the right sideline but, instead of passing, Messi took them all on. He dribbled through the semicircle formed by Mikel Balenziaga, Mikel Rico and Benat Etxebarria, streaked into the area, changed foot to avoid Aymeric Laporte's challenge, and then slotted a left-footed strike between the goalkeeper and the near post. "If Messi isn't unstoppable, he is almost unstoppable, he conditions everything you do," said Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde. "His first goal was incredible." Messi's goals were his 57th and 58th of the season as he recorded his 23rd trophy for Barcelona. He has scored in all three Copa del Rey finals Barcelona has won with him. With Neymar's 38th goal, the trio of Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez have tallied 120 through all competitions this season. One more victory over Juventus will let Barcelona

match the feat of winning the three most important competitions of the season, first achieved under Pep Guardiola in 2008-09, when Barcelona became the only Spanish club to ever sweep the Champions League, Spanish league and Copa del Rey in the same season. Down 1-0, Bilbao's Iago Herrerin saved attempts by Neymar and Gerard Pique, but the goalkeeper could do nothing to stop Neymar from tapping home Suarez's cross after Ivan Rakitic played the striker through in the 37th. Messi sealed the title when he sped in front of two defenders to stab in Dani Alves' pass with his left boot in the 74th. Inaki Williams headed in Bilbao's goal on its first shot on target with 10 minutes left. Xavi Hernandez played his last match at Camp Nou and took his club record for total appearances to 766 after going on as a second-half substitute. Instead of reflecting on his farewell after 17 seasons, the 35-year-old midfielder lauded more praise on Messi. "Only Messi can do what he does when he is marked individually like that," he said. "It's a privilege to play with the best player in the world."

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Real Madrid vice-president lets slip signing of Benitez as coach

BARCELONA, MAy 31 (REUTERS): Real Madrid vice-president Eduardo Fernandez de Blas has accidentally let slip at a meeting of a fans group that Rafa Benitez will be the new club coach. Benitez will leave Napoli at the end of the season and has been hotly tipped to take over from Carlo Ancelotti at the Bernabeu but so far there has been no confirmation. "Ancelotti is an absolute phenomenon and we give him all out appreciation," Fernandez de Blas told the Madrid members group. "Until three days

ago he was the best trainer in the world as two years ago it was Jose Mourinho and from this week onwards it will be Rafa Benitez." Italian Ancelotti was dismissed a year after he ended 12 years of Champions League failure and led Real to a record-extending 10th European crown, as well as a King's Cup triumph. Former-Liverpool and Chelsea boss Benitez, who once had a stint as a Real youth team coach, is expected by local media to be named as the new man at the helm of Real next Wednesday.

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