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Governor and CM applaud IRCS Nagaland Branch

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3 shops ransacked in Kohima SN takes illegal immigrants issue to Nagaland Governor tPo calls for end to violence DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): portunities.”

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Three shops in Kohima, belonging to individuals from the Mao community, were ransacked on June 24, Wednesday. The Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAYO) has officially claimed responsibility for the incident and stated that this action was taken as a result of non compliance to its “eviction order” served to the Moa community on June 5, 2015. Two of the shops were located at Mohonkhola and IOC; while the other, located at New Reserve area, was run by a non Naga in a building owned by a person from the Mao community. The vandalised shop in Mohonkhola belonged to Loli, a 25 year old mechanic and owner of motor parts store. He reportedly lost goods worth 4 lakhs. Another shop, located near IOC, was owned by Athikho Chah, a businessman who lost goods worth Rs 5 lakhs. Police and IRB personnel were also present at the scene of the incidents, but according to eye witnesses, they did not intervene. When the President of the Mao Union Kohima, Athikho Lirute tried to intervene, the youth allegedly snatched his cell phone and assaulted him. Only after the assault did one IRB personnel intervene, sources informed. The MUK while condemning the incident expressed pain at “such kind of barbaric act.” “MUK had been tolerant and has been restraining in all our words and actions despite umpteen provocations in the form of verbal threats and material destructions and physical attacks in the past few days,”

Goods from one of the shops ransacked by SAYO volunteers strewn onto the road in Kohima on June 24.

it stated in a press note. The MUK called upon all “right thinking Naga brethrens” to introspect and initiate measures to bring about justice when “such acts of barbarism are being committed openly in the heart of Kohima town.” President of the MUK, L Athikho Lerute questioned: “If they take the law in their hands, how will we live?” “We are the mediators of the conflict. We sent our representations to the Mao Council requesting them to abide by the directives of Naga Hoho. We have been appealing the Mao Council not to go any further so that things can

Two persons were injured on Wednesday when a Dimapur bound truck collided with an oncoming autorickshaw at NH-29 near the Diphupar Village Gate, Dimapur at around 2:30pm. Police informed that the autorickshaw was trying to manoeuvre its way through traffic when the accident occurred. The two injured persons were taken to Referral Hospital for treatment. Gautam, the autorickshaw driver, is stated to be in critical condition with multiple fractures while the other injured, a 17 yearl old girl, escaped with minor injuries. Our Correspondent The truck driver, identified as Joinal Uddin, 24 years, has Kohima | June 24 been taken to custody along with the truck and the man- Parliamentary secretary for higher & techgled autorickshaw, police nical education, Deo Nukhu is learnt to have given ‘verbal’ assurance to All Nagainformed. land College Students’ Union (ANCSU) that he will look into the issues of irregularity in the selection of candidates for technical courses, which would then be forwarded to the Chief Minister and the State Cabinet. This was communicated to the media DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 by ANSCU officials after coming out of a (MExN): The Nagaland two hour meeting convened by the parliaPublic Service Commission mentary secretary at his office chamber. (NPSC) today informed The meeting was attended by representathat the questions for the tives from ANCSU, NSF and ENSF along cancelled examination of with officials of technical education deCivil Engineering (degree) partment. Following this development, ANCSU paper II of the CTE 2015 will not be uploaded in the web site of the Commission at this juncture “due to certain procedural formalities to be observed by the commission.” It may be noted that the Unemployed Civil Our Correspondent Engineers Association NaKohima | June 24 galand (UNCEAN) had asked the NPSC to upload Minister for School Education & the questions on the com- SCERT, Yitachu today revealed that mission’s website so that the same question may not Nagaland state has 70,000 excess govbe used in the re-examina- ernment employees which consume tion to be held on July 21. Rs. 200 crore from the state exchequer. The NPSC informed that in The Minister informed that all the order to pre-empt any fu- money in the state exchequer is used ture allegation of using the for payment of salary. Presently, Nasame set of question paper galand has a total of around 1.40 lakh or leakage, all the 350 ques- government employees. He said this while gracing 23rd antion booklets with the seal intact will have to be sealed, nual parting social of Post Graduate which was done by append- Students’ Union, Nagaland University ing the signatures of repre- Kohima Campus Meriema at State Acadsentatives of UCEAN and emy Hall, Kohima. Yitachu regretted that NPSC witnessed by Magis- many people/organizations are yet to trate on Duty. In a meeting, properly understand the actual system the NPSC further resolved and function of governance. The notion that should it be necessary, that “government should provide job to the sealed question papers everybody and everybody must get salshall be opened only after ary,” Yitachu said is a mistake. the conduct of the re-examThe Minister further termed appointination to be held on July 21.

be settled amicably.” The MUK President further dismissed rumours that the Mao people in Kohima were sponsoring and instigating the Mao Council in Manipur. “If they can identify any individuals who are doing such deeds, we are ready to take action. And if there is anyone who can mediate the conflict, we are ready to help,” he stated. Meanwhile, the Tenyimi Peoples’ Organisation (TPO) has appealed for a stop to any form of violence as a result of the interstate land dispute till the matter is settled in an established civil court or a Naga customary court.

KOHIMA, JUNE 24 (MExN): The Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) has claimed responsibility for what it admitted was a “rampage” carried out at IOC (Mohon Khola), Kohima and New Reserve Phesama on June 24. A press note from the SAYO President, Kekhrukhol Mekro and A/C Convenor, Khisanol Viswentso stated that the organisation’s action was “warranted” due to the non compliance of the SAPO’s “eviction order” served to the Moa community on June 5, 2015. The SAYO claimed that the “action executed” at IOC was in a commercial building owned by a Southern Angami. It further claimed that during the “process of eviction action,” SAYO did not “react against any individual physically.” It also expressed regret at any “inconvenience caused to others owing to the action carried out.” The SAYO notified all Southern Angami people “not to harbour or let out rooms/houses” to the Mao community “until the Kezoltsa Issue is settled.” It further cautioned that the SAYO would take “appropriate action” against any Southern Angami house owner failing to comply with this directive.

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Nukhu assures ANCSU on demands Set up committee or face legal action: NTTU

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members said they would wait till June 29 for fulfilment of their demands, adding that if the State government fail to give positive response, the college students’ union would be compelled to initiate own course of action. It may be recalled that ANCSU had submitted an ultimatum to Chief Minister TR Zeliang on May 29 against what it termed as “colossal corruption and deprivation of justice by department of technical education.” It had demanded ratification of their 5 point ultimatum within 30 days with effect from the day of submission. The college students’ union had rejected the High Power Committee (HPC) report constituted to inquire into the alleged irregularities, lapses and loopholes in the conduct of AIPMT, MBBS, BDS, Agriculture and allied courses exams.

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Reiterating the demand for setting up of a committee for allocation of wagons for transportation of timber, the Nagaland Timber Traders’ Union (NTTU) will be knocking on the door of Nagaland Governor for the second time before taking recourse to future course of action. “Last year on November 21, we submitted a memorandum to our Governor regarding the plight of timber farmers and traders and our demand for setting up of a committee and he gave positive assurance. But so far the committee has not been officially announced,” informed NTTU president, Kevise Sogotsu, at a press conference at Hotel Saramati Wednesday evening. Kevise said NTTU still has full

trust and confidence that the Governor would heed to NTTU’s memorandum pressing for setting up of a committee, which would ensure transparency in the Forest department as well look into the “genuine grievances” of Naga tree farmers and traders. “We have learnt that the committee has already been set up, but why has the State Government so far not announced it officially. NTTU will be compelled to take legal course of action if our plea for setting up of the proposed committee is turned down this time,” the NTTU president said. Among others, NTTU said the second memorandum to Governor, PB Acharya, to be submitted on Thursday would demand for setting up of a committee to oversee the allocation of wagons for transportation of timber; that the proposed commit-

tee which is to be headed by an official of the Forest Department as secretary, should also comprise of other government departments like Land Resources, Agriculture and Horticulture and members from NTTU. On allegations that some timber traders and farmers were importing timber from neighbouring states, the NTTU president said it is the responsibilities of the respective state governments to probe into such allegations. “Our main concern is the plight of the local tree farmers and timber traders who are always on the receiving end due to multiple taxation from all corners including from government departments. In Nagaland, every tree or plantation has an owner and trying to sell one’s own sweat of labour should not become a subject of corruption or controversy,” the NTTU president added.

NEW DELHI, JUNE 24 (THE INDIAN ExPREss): Close on the heels of NSCN-K faction announcing a bounty on the head of every Indian soldier “captured alive”, the Army has asked its personnel to remain extracautious while visiting their native places on holiday. “We have issued an advisory to our soldiers asking them to be extra-cautious during leave, when they visit their native places,” said a senior official. The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) faction announced the cash reward to the residents of border districts of Manipur and Assam, who capture alive Indian soldiers, after the Army destroyed several of the outfit’s camps located on Indo-Myanmar border on June 9, causing “significant losses”. The Army had on the intervening night of June 8-9 conducted a special operation inside Myanmar territory and killed several insurgents, be-

lieved to be responsible for the deadly ambush on an Army convoy on June 4 in which 18 soldiers were killed. According to sources, the Army’s offensive against the insurgent groups had forced them wreak revenge. “Anyone, who hand over an Indian soldier alive, will be rewarded with huge cash,” said the militant outfit. A large number of the Assam Rifles personnel are camping near the border areas of Assam and Manipur and the NSCN-K faction is likely to target them when they leave for their native places. The last three months had witnessed several deadly militant attacks on the Army and Assam Rifles, after the NSCN-K pulled out of the 15-year-long ceasefire agreement with the Centre in March. On April 2, a convoy of 4 Rajput Battalion was attacked by suspected NSCN-K cadre at Khonsa in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh in which four soldiers were killed and several others

were injured. A month later, the outfit struck in Nagaland’s Mon district, killing eight Assam Rifles soldiers. The NSCN-K was formed by S S Khaplang and Khole Konyak in 1988 to establish “Greater Nagaland”. According to sources in the intelligence agencies, the NSCN-K has been drawing financial and arms support from China and trying to attract other outfits operating in Manipur into its fold. The NSCN-K withdrew from the ceasefire agreement with the Centre after Ulfa chief Paresh Barua and Beijing persuaded Khaplang to walk out of the agreement. According to sources, the decision was opposed by two of its senior leaders, Y Wangtin Naga and P Tikhak, who subsequently decided to float a new Naga militant outfit. Significantly, the recent attack on the Army convoy was carried out with the support of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and a faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP).

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ment without post creation as an ‘economic crime,’ that can murder the economy. He called upon the public to speak out the truth and raise their voice to address such problems. “We need to really think and bring out corrective measure,” he said. Yitachu further revealed that in some places, there are 80 work-charge labourers for a stretch of one km road maintenance, while in some other roads, no workers are seen. Meanwhile, the Minister further stressed on the state’s need for proper a water and forest policy “if we are to survive as people.” He expressed concern that streams are drying up and ground water level is going down. He stated that people are now required to dig around 200 feet to get ground water in the plain areas, unlike in the past where water was available just 10 to 20 feet down. Fearing that the foothill and plain areas would turn into a desert one day, Yitachu called for action from all stakeholders before it is too late.

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Governor and CM applaud IRCS Nagaland Branch

Kohima, June 24 (DiPR): The 29th annual general meeting of Indian Red Cross Society Nagaland State Branch Kohima was held at Durbar Hall Raj, Bhavan Kohima on June 24. The Governor, PB Acharya who is also the President IRCSN in his presidential address said that the object of holding the annual general meeting is to pursue the activities of the society and the plans of the society for the future and to align their work towards achieving their target in coming years. He expressed happiness that besides relief being provided to victims of various adversities in the districts of Nagaland, the state branch could reach out to the flood victims of Jammu & Kashmir by donating an amount of Rs. 2,83,940 as relief, which is laudable. He deeply appreciated the active participation of the Red Cross Society in the Swachh Bharat Mission and hoped that the launch of sanitation drive that began last year in Ko-

hima would spread to the remaining districts. The Governor congratulated all the members and volunteers of NRC for their devotion, dedication and hard work and also thanked the Chief Minister for enhancing the grant-inaid from Rs. 18,00,000 to Rs. 25,00,000. He also said that the decision of the society to embark upon the inclusion of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in its activity is indeed an enormous task ahead and wished the society the very best in the noble venture. Chief Minister, TR Zeliang in his vice-presidential address urged the respective Deputy Commissioners who are the Chairmen of the district branches to take more pro-active role in finding suitable land and in constructing district offices in the society. Despite many constraints, including non-availability of own office buildings, all the district branches are faithfully and sincerely trying their best to carry out the seven principles of the society,

he Governor of Nagaland P.B Acharya and Chief Minister of Nagaland T.R Zeliang along with other Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and others, lighted the ceremonial lamp of the Indian Red Cross Society. The new patrons and vice patrons were decorated during the ceremonial function of the annual general meeting. The patrons include Howoto Jakhulu from Zunheboto District Branch, Puthai Longon Noklak Sub-divisional Branch, Rovilatuo Mor,IAS State Branch and Dr. Rovi Zhunyu Peren District Branch. The newly inducted Vice Patrons include P, Lipchem from Kiphire District Branch, Dr. Enrithung Kikon Wokha District Branch and Izierangbe Yalie Peren District Branch. The Indian Red Cross Society Nagaland State Branch Kohima General Secretary, Dr. Kepelhusie Terhüja highlighted on the 20th Annual general meeting minutes in the function where obituary references for Governor, P.B Acharya lighting the ceremonial lamp at the 29th Annual General Meeting of members who passed away in the intervenIndian Red Cross Society Nagaland State Branch Kohima held at Durbar Hall Raj, Bhavan ing period of 2014 and 2015. The members included Lt. Tiazulu Jamir, peon, Lt. Dr. R. Kohima on June 24. (DIPR Photo) namely, Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary service, Unity and Universality, the Chief Minister added. He also appreciated the active participation by the youths in the Junior

Red Cross and Youth Red Cross. He stated that such involvement will enable them to imbibe the spirit of understanding and acceptance of one’s civic responsibilities, friendliness and helpfulness to fellow

human beings and thus prepare themselves to become better citizens of tomorrow. He further implied that our state being in a high-risk earthquake zone, everyone should try to take better care of our

environment for the sake of future posterity through civic consciousness and safety consciousness. The Chief Minister remarked that in spite of the fund constraints faced by the society, it has been able

to successfully conduct state level first-aid training camps, as well as first aid posts at the district levels, distribution of leaflets and medicines etc were done, the displaced persons of Ralan area was visited by the

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Minister for school education & SCERT Yitachu and Pfutsero Government College principal Dr. Watijungshi Jamir during 23rd annual parting social of PGSU NU Kohima Campus Meriema at the State Academy Hall, Kohima on June 24. Kohima | June 24

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Minister for school education & SCERT Yitachu today graced the 23rd annual parting social of the Post Graduate Students’ Union, Nagaland University Kohima Campus Meriema at the State Academy Hall, Kohima under the theme “Excellence & beyond.” Wishing 243 passing-out students “prosperous and successful life,” the minister also asked them to take new step and move forward. Yitachu also welcomed those who want to join the school education department and asked them to work hard and bring value education.

Zinyü, Founding Member, State Managing Committee Member & Vice Chairman, IRCSN, Lt. M. Pusha, Life Member, Noklak Sub-divisional Branch, Lt. Rano M Shaiza, Founding Member and Lt. A.E Lotha, Vice Patron, IRCSN Nagaland. General Secretary IRCSN also highlighted the agenda of the Indian Red Cross Society on strategic development plan like systematically training and sharing the knowledge among the Red Cross Members, volunteers, governance and management, fundamental principles international humanitarian law and to provide students with the core knowledge, skills and attitudes to function on the capacity of a first responder. The house also observed two minutes silent in honour of Nirmala the successor of Mother Teresa who passed away on June 23. The programme was presided over by the Chairman IRCS Nagaland, Abeni TCK. Special songs were presented by the nursing students from the School of Nursing NHAK and Church Choir, Kohima Lotha Baptist Church.

Neighbourhood Orphanage Home children shares concern for cleaner city

He also called upon the students to project positive aspect in their assignments and stay truthful. “Only truth will enable us to overcome any problem and difficulty,” he said. Also speaking on the occasion as the guest of honour, Pfutsero Government College principal Dr. Watijungshi Jamir said “We are now living in the age of information technology.” In this, he called upon the students to imbibe with the fast developing mass media world. He also asked the students to see both the positive and negative impact of the modern gadget. Earlier, PGSU NUKC president Akumsunep

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PGSU annual parting social event held ‘I want to make Dimapur clean’

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Longchar delivered presidential address while Visato Yhoshii, associate pastor (youth) Union Baptist Church Kohima prayed for the outgoing students. Henshu Aeihly delivered valedictory speech while Yangertola Jamir presented a special number. Sekholu Tetseo chaired the formal session while Imlikokla Jamir proposed vote of thanks. Walu T. Imchen, president NUEU and A Konang Bangmei pronounced invocation and benediction respectively. The programme was followed by entertainment session with Asuvi Kiho and Angap Konyak as hosts.

DimaPuR, June 24 (mexn): Gloria Patri- the Worship Revolution started with an aim to bring ‘Glory to the Father.’ From social work in the morning to worship in the evening led by anointed men and women of God, many worshippers have been a part of this revolution. Gloria Patri has touched hundreds and hundreds of lives and it is continuing to do so. One such group of people would be the 'Neighbourhood Orphanage Home' children. They have been attending the social work and services since last year and the zeal and devotion that the children have shown are amazing. Their hunger and passion for God does not seem to have an end. When asked how they felt about doing social work in the morning, one of the children said, “We are working for God so it brings me joy. Also no one cleans and so if we clean, people will see and they will be happy and in return we will be blessed.” Another child

‘Neighbourhood Orphanage Home’ children with the proprietor, Rev Daniel and his wife. Neighbourhood Orphanage Home has children within the age group of 4-18 years and it is located at Midland, Dimapur.

added up by saying, “I want to make Dimapur clean. I want to see Dimapur clean so even if the social work happens every morning I will come along with sir and my friends.” When asked again, how they felt about worshipping God every 4th Saturday at IMC Hall, one of the children said, “I feel at peace when I worship Him at those time. I talk to God, praise Him and His presence gets stronger.” Another young girl said, "As I start worshipping God, it gets better and I long for more. I feel that God is happy because we worship

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and praise His name and because of that I know He'll bless us more." Yet another one said, "I feel more close to God while worshipping and my body starts to feel very light. It makes me very happy because God removes my burdens." Japhed, one of the children concluded by saying, "Gloria Patri's aim is to glorify God and to make Nagaland as a whole clean so this should never stop. In addition, it is not like any other events. We have the freedom to worship God the way we want. So this should continue always." Going by the testimo-

nies of these children, one can say that Gloria Patri has boosted their relationship with God and helped them to experience God in a different level. The Neighbourhood Orphanage Home has children within the age group of 4-18 years old and it is amazing to know that almost all of the children already know how it feels to be in God's presence and are aware that their little help can bring about transformation in their city, maybe not now but in the near future. (Article contributed by Tainla Longkumer)

Society and also the Society has been able to maintain reliable ambulance to help the people in times of need. He also urged the office bearers of Red Cross to intensify the enrolment drive for the coming year.

NSEE 2015 candidates selected

Kohima, June 24 (mexn): The Common Selection Board has provisionally selected NSEE 2015 candidates for undergoing studies in various medical and allied degree courses for the session 2015-2016. Selection list is posted on the Department notice board and can be accessed at the website- http://www. dtenagaland.org.in Candidates provisionally selected for B.V.Sc. & A.H, B.Sc. Agri, B.Sc. Horti, B. Sc. Fishery, B.Sc. Seri, B. Sc Home Science are hereby informed to submit their acceptance/refusal letter to the office of the undersigned on or before June 27- in order to meet the time frame of the concern university . Candidates provisionally selected for other courses may submit their acceptance/refusal letter to the office of the undersigned on or before July 6, 2015. Candidates who do not submit their acceptance letters by cut off date will be deemed to have declined their allotment and their seats will be offered to other candidates. This was informed in a press release issued by Er. Arjun Singh, Additional Director Directorate of Technical Education.

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Free medical camp at Orangkong conducted

“ A heart of steel has stopped beating, two shining eyes at rest. God broke our hearts to prove, He only takes the best ”

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OUR BELOVED, TIAKALA CHANGKIRI LEFT THIS WORLD BUT SHE LIVES IN OUR HEARTS. OUR DEEPEST HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO ALL RELATIVES, FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND EVERYPERSON WHO WENT OUT OF THE WAY TO HELP US IN OUR TIME OF NEED. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. DR. R. AKUM LONGCHARI AND LOVED ONES.

The medical team and others during the free health camp at Orangkong village, Longleng held on June 20.

LongLeng, June 24 (mexn): Orangkong Union Dimapur organized a free health camp at Orangkong village, Longleng, on June 20 where more than 600 patients were treated. Dr. Imnameren Phom gave a brief speech on behalf of the medical staff and

appreciated the Orangkong Union for conducting a free medical camp in a place where there is lack of medical facilities. It may be mentioned here that there is no medical sub-center in Orangkong. The union also donated the remaining medicines to the district hospital in Longleng.

The Union in a press release has acknowledged all who rendered their immense contribution towards the success of the health camp with special thanks to CMO Llg, Dr. Meren Phom, Dr. Waulong Phom, Dr. Manen Phom, Nurses and Lab. Technician.

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3 Bangladesh to receive 1,100 MW Strike supporters torch truck

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of power from India from January AgArtAlA, June 24 (IAnS): Electricity-starved Bangladesh will begin receiving 100 MW of power from Tripura from early January. This will be in addition to the 500 MW it already receives from West Bengal and a like amount that is on the cards from the state - for a total of 1,100 MW - as the two countries enter a new phase of bilateral cooperation for regional benefit. The power from Tripura will flow with the completion of 65 transmission towers in the northeastern state by December-end, a minister said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the power supply from Tripura with his Bangladesh counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, during his visit to Dhaka on June 6-7. Modi has declared that India would enhance the supply of power to Bangladesh from the existing 500 MW to 1,100 MW. The union government-owned Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) "has already completed 20 of the 65 transmission towers in southern and western Tripura. "The remaining 45 transmission towers and related works would be completed by December," Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey told IANS after holding meetings with PGCIL engineers and officials. "I have asked the PGCIL authorities to expedite the works to

The power from Tripura will flow with the completion of 65 transmission towers in the northeastern state by December-end fulfil our commitment given to Bangladesh about supplying 100 MW of power," he added. The minister said PGCIL would erect around 20 km of transmission lines in Tripura, while the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) would lay 27 km of transmission line on its side. Both the prime ministers welcomed the steps being taken to augment supply of power through Baharampur in West Bengal and Bheramara in Bangladesh, grid inter-connection from 500 MW to 1,000 MW and to operationalise the supply of 100 MW from southern Tripura's Palatana power plant to Bangladesh. "Both prime ministers directed the concerned officials to complete the work in a time-bound manner. To enhance power grid connectivity as envisaged in the framework agreement, Modi agreed in principle to consider Bangladesh's proposal to allow import from India to Bangladesh additional power in a phased manner through construction of an additional grid intercon-

Rejected by experts, Dibang hydro project gets green nod new delhI, June 24 (BS): India's largest hydroelectric project has been given all the requisite clearances by the environment ministry in spite of repeated rejections by its own experts. The 3,000-Mw Dibang river valley mega dam in Arunachal Pradesh, once fully built, will wipe clean 4,577 hectares of forest that is also the homeland of a small community of 12,000, the Idu Mishmi. The project worth Rs 25,000 crore was approved on September 22 last year without a study to understand the downstream impact. Instead, the ministry has asked that a study be carried out five years after the dam is commissioned. Likely to be completed in nine years, the study will be done, therefore, 14 years later. According to norms, such studies are to be carried out cumulatively for all hydroelectric projects on the river concerned before clearance is given. The dam is only one of 17 planned on the river that flows through the Dibru Saikhowa National Park. It was originally rejected by the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) in July 2013, the apex body advising the ministry on granting of forest clearances. Ultimately, talks between the environment and power ministries pushed the project by overruling earlier rejections. Repeated meetings and letters over the next one-anda-half years between the two ministries finally succeeded in clinching the forest clearance, government records show. FAC, in spite of comprising some of the most senior forest officials in the ministry, cannot give non-binding recommendations.

Serious discrepancies in releasing accurate data were repeatedly seen on the part of the state government and project developer, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, during the clearance process. This included failing to mention that chopping down 325,000 trees would critically endanger the refuge for animals such as elephants, tigers, fishing cats and snow leopards. The original report from the divisional forest officer had said the region was not important from a wildlife point of view. Important documents such as forest cover map, toposheet map and recommendations from empowered officials were also not submitted initially. The central government was told the project was 11 km from the Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary. This would have helped avoid an additional wildlife clearance as mandated by the Supreme Court. But the regional forest office of the environment ministry later clarified that it fell well within the sanctuary. The number of displaced people were also misrepresented. Although being a principally forested area, the place is the primary homeland of the Idu Mishmi people, a scheduled tribe. Initially maintaining that 68 families were to be displaced, the toll finally reached 155 families from five villages. The details of the rehabilitation plan are still not finalised. A total of 9,155 hectares of degraded forest land had been identified for compensatory afforestation in neighbouring areas. However, in April 2014, FAC raised doubts about the land not being suitable. These concerns have still not been addressed.

nection on western side of Bangladesh," said the India-Bangladesh declaration in Modi's visit. Tripura Power Minister Dey said that Indian and Bangladeshi officials, after a series of meetings, finalised the various technicalities and mechanisms to supply 100 MW of power from Tripura. "While erecting new power transmission lines from (western Tripura's) Surjyamaninagar power grid to Comilla (in eastern Bangladesh) power grid to supply the power, human habitations, forests and other vital installations would be avoided," Dey added. Officials and engineers of PGCIL, Central Electricity Authority, Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL), PGCB and Bangladesh Power Development Board are now in a close touch to complete the transmission lines between the two countries at the earliest. M.K.Chowdhury, the TSECL's director (Technical), said the Indian government has submitted a proposal to send power from the

northeast region to others parts of India via Bangladesh. "No formal decision has been taken so far in this regard," he added. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar had earlier said that after the completion of two mega gas-based power projects, at least 200 MW of power would be surplus in Tripura. The central government-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has commissioned its biggest 726 MW commercial power project at Palatana, 60 km south of Agartala, while the state-run North East Electric Power Corporation is setting up a 104 MW project at Monarchak in western Tripura, 70 km south of Agartala, and only eight km from the India-Bangladesh border. The Palatana project is a hallmark of the cooperation between India and Bangladesh, which ensured the smooth passage of heavy project equipment and turbines to Palatana through its territory by road and waterways from Haldia port in West Bengal. India had begun supply of power to Bangladesh in 2013 after the government-run Bangladesh Power Development Board and India's NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd (NVVN), a subsidiary of NTPC, signed a deal Feb 28, 2012, to supply electricity, following an agreement signed during Hasina's visit to New Delhi in January 2010.

who is also the president of Congress I Manipur should respect democratic principle and respect the mandate of the voters and accept the defeat instead of trying to buy MDC elect. It demanded that the Dy. CM should step down honorably as he failed to maintain law and order. Meanwhile, the NPF said that today, the State chief minister gave “another excuse” by saying that oath taking will be taken as soon as nominee is appointed. According to the NPF statement, nominee should be appointed only after the council is formed by the 24 elected members in each council. “Appointment of nominee is not mandatory as the Gover-

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One iron-laden truck was torched by suspected ATSUM volunteers in Sapermeina area of Senapati during the indefinite economic blockade called by the union that began on June 22 midnight. According to a report, the truck was burnt down by a group of bandh supporters suspected to be volunteers of All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) around 1:30 pm. Also yesterday, bandh supporters damaged one goods-laden vehicle along Imphal-Jiribam road in Tamenglong district’s Noney area and one more vehicle in Thamnapokpi area on Imphal-Moreh road. ATSUM has called the strike to mount pressure on the Manipur Government to fulfill its demands. The in-

SIlchAr, June 24 (tnn): The All Assam Tribal Sangh (AATS), an umbrella organization of a number of tribal communities, has expressed fear that 70% of 3 lakh tribals in the Barak Valley areas may not find a place in the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC). AATS includes Naga, Hmar, Khasis Dimasa, Karbi, Reang and other communities. "The authorities have been seeking documents from individuals and families to upgrade the NRC of 1951. But the tribals in the hills and forests do not have these documents.

They live a simple life unmindful of any such papers substantiating their existence. Most families live in the forests of the Barak Valley. Therefore, we are afraid of losing citizenship in the current process of NRC upgrade," said the organization's vice-president, Jamupao Kabui. Kabui said the organization submitted a memorandum to deputy commissioner (Cachar) on Tuesday and urged him to allow the tribal people of the region to fill up and submit NRC forms without the relevant documents. Kabui said tribals are

the sons of the soil and so there should not be any doubt or confusion over their Indian citizenship. "We have surveyed many tribal families in the Barak Valley areas over the period and found that most of them do not have valid documents relating to land, home, birth. We are afraid that the NRC upgrade will have a catastrophic impact on the group of the people," said a Sangh functionary. All Assam Rongmei Naga Students' Association president Kambi Rongmei said the Forest Rights Act of 2006 clearly mentioned that the tribals

Mizoram capital to be on railway map in three years AIzAwl, June 24 (the IndIAn expreSS): Hilly Mizoram’s capital city will be on India’s railway map in the next three years as line construction between Bairabi, a village on the Assam-Mizoram border and Sairang, a village 27 kms by road west of Aizawl, is set to be completed by then, a senior railway official said Tuesday. The Bairabi-Sairang broad-gauge line, a 51 km stretch that will include seven bridges and 23 tunnels, is currently under construction with a completion target of March 2018, North-East Frontier Railways General Manager (Construction) R S Virdi said. He is on a visit to Aizawl to oversee the progress of the ongoing work. Virdi said the NEF

Railways is also surveying a possible route between Sairang and Hmawngbuchhuah, a settlement neighbouring Zochachhuah. Zochachhuah stands at Mizoram’s southern tip bordering Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The underconstruction Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) passes through it. The KMMTTP is one of India’s largest infrastructure projects within the Look/Act East Policy. It will join Mizoram with Sittwe port in Myanmar by road and inland waterway, cutting down distance between Mizoram and Kolkata’s Haldia port by almost 1000 kms to become an alternative trade route between the North-East and the rest of the coun-

try. It will also be the NE’s first gateway to the sea since partition, which kept Bangladesh’s Chittagong port out of reach for the region’s population. The movement of goods between the NE and the rest of India is currently through the Chicken’s Neck corridor in northern West Bengal, a narrow strip of land (just 23 kms wide in some places) that connects the North-East to the rest of the country. The Bairabi-SairangHmangbuchhuah railway line will cut through the north-south length of Mizoram and bring Indian Railways at Myanmar’s doorstep, meaning it will likely supplement the upcoming trade route on the Kaladan river.

nor may or may not appoint nominee as per constitution of district council Section 4 (3). The Administrator may nominate not more than two persons. It is clearly stated that it is under the discretionary power of the Governor (administrator) whether to appoint nominee or not,” it said. “However, the congress government interprets as per their benefit.” The NPF Manipur further stated it will take the matter to the higher authority in pursuance of justice if the Manipur government continues to delay the oath taking. The NPF party will be compelled to launch peaceful agitation if Congress government tries to appoint

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definite economic blockade has been enforced along the key two supply lines of the State—Imphal-Dimapur road (National Highway-2 and Imphal-Jiribam road (National Highway-37)— which pass through tribal areas. The union demands include service regularization of 268 hill contract basis teachers and 333 adhoc basis teachers, filling up of ST reservation backlog posts at JNIMS, Manipur legislative assembly secretariat and other departments, setting up of scheduled tribes commission, bifurcation of power to additional director (hills), education(s) and complete transfer of land records to the hill districts. ATSUM’s strike covers closing down of all ongoing national projects such as the railway construction work in the State. The Meitei Youth Front

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ZUF, UNLF cadres apprehended Our Correspondent Imphal | June 24

Troops of Red Shield Division apprehended three cadres belonging to two different groups during separate counter insurgency operations conducted from June 21 to 22. A PRO Defence statement said on Wednesday that one Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) cadre identified as Pouganglung alias Jimmy was apprehended on the

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NPF Manipur slams govt. for delaying ADC oath taking WANTED ImphAl, June 24 (mexn): The Naga People’s Front (NPF) Manipur today termed as “mere excuse” the Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur saying that delay in oath taking of newly elected Autonomous District Council (ADC) was due to threat perception. “If there is such threat, why doesn’t he take up the matter? Is it enough reason to delay the democratic process?” questioned a statement issued by NPF Manipur president Awangbow Newmai. Delaying of oath taking, the NPF said, is nothing “but to buy time to buy people with money.” The party asserted that the deputy chief minister,

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intervening night of June 20 and 21. One 9 mm pistol with five live rounds and one magazine were recovered from his possession. On the following day, another cadre of ZUF identified as Latlungam Gonmei was nabbed from Nungba village in Tamenglong district. The same day, one cadre belonging to United National Liberation Front (UNLF) identified as Pvt Thounaojam Jinesher Singh alias Chikla was arrested from general area New Lamka in Churachandpur district.

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San FranciSco, June 24 (PTi): Promising a globally compatible business climate in India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said reforms have become “absolutely necessary” in the areas of land, labour and taxes to attract investors. Stating that the government is committed to these reforms, Jaitley also promised a permanent consultation mechanism to address the foreign investors’ concerns. The Finance Minister further said that the government has already begun implementing various tax reforms. “The aggression in the tax policy has been subdued and taxation structures are now becoming a lot more compatible and lot less adversarial,” Jaitley told PTI in an interview here.

‘No taxman can terrorise assesses of scrutiny’ new Delhi, June 24 (PTi): Seeking to allay concerns of taxpayers, CBDT has asked them not to get terrorised by threats of their cases being wilfully chosen for “scrutiny” by the taxman as the procedure is fully electronic and devoid of any human intervention. The taxman is empowered to undertake a scrutiny procedure, under section 143 (3) of the Income-tax Act, against any taxpayer if he/she is suspected to have not filed a correct return of his/her income or it is detected that the income has escaped proper assessment. Despite only 1% of cases coming under this procedure every year, an I-T summon in this regard creates uneasiness in the mind of the taxpayers for fear of harassment and a cumbersome procedure of visiting I-T office with piles of documents a number of times. CBDT Chairperson Anita Kapur, during her recent interaction with the me-

dia, took up this case for a special mention and assured that her department has vowed that no taxpayer would be terrorised by this power vested in the hands of I-T officials. “ You have to get this message across for us also that no AO can, at his choice, select a case for scrutiny. There are certain mandatory criteria and if you fall within that you will get selected which is done by our electronic platform called the Computer Assisted Scrutiny System (CASS). “The selection process is kind of taken away and there is no discretion involved (on the part of the taxman). There are certain risk parameters (fed in the CASS system). You hit a flag, you get selected. You don’t hit a flag, you don’t get selected,” she said, exhorting taxpayers not to unnecessarily fear of this stringent power executed by the taxman.

‘Economic recovery more statistical than real’ MuMbai, June 24 (PTi): Questioning NDA government’s claims of economic recovery since it came to power, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said that growth is up “only statistically” and there are serious issues which still need to be addressed. “We have recovered from the slowdown, at least statistically, if not really, because we have changed the norms,” Sinha, a former Union Finance Minister, said at an industry meet here late last evening. He said there is a need for debate on this and there should be comparable figures of economic growth from the previous years which can validate the claims of recovery.

“It cannot be that you prepare one year’s figures and say that now you’re doing 7.4 per cent or 8 per cent or 20 per cent,” said Sinha, whose son Jayant serves as a Minister of State for Finance in the Narendra Modi government. “What are the new norms (of computation)? Even the Chief Economic Advisor of the Government of India does not understand this. And we’ve put the same culprits (who initiated the change) to sit in judgement over this change,” Sinha remarked. There are “serious issues” in the economy which need to be addressed and the government can never say that it has tackled all the pressing concerns, he added.

Spice Mobiles introduces X Life series smartphones new Delhi, June 24 (ianS): Spice Mobiles on Wednesday launched its new X Life series of smartphones, targeted at firsttime smartphone buyers in tier II and tier III cities. Under X Life series, the company has launched four smartphones - XLife 404, XLife 431q, XLife 431qLite and XLife 512 offering features at very attractive price points starting from Rs.3,000 to Rs.4,499. Commenting on the launch, Amandeep Singh,

CEO, Spice Mobiles said: “After extensive market research, we observed a product gap and significant market opportunity in the sub Rs 5,000 segment of smartphones” The XLife 431q is equipped with 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, a 1,750 mAh battery, 5.0 megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 1.3 megapixel front camera. The Lite version of the same device is lso powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-

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Gmail users can cancel ‘sent mail’ immediately Menlo Park, June 24 (aGencieS): Google has announced it will formally add an “undo send” feature for Gmail users. “Undo send” allows user to cancel a sent mail if they have second thoughts immediately after sending. Web-based users will be able to retract an email within 5 to 30 seconds. The company experimented with the option for 6 years in the Labs section of Gmail’s settings. The feature is turned off by default for those not currently using the Labs version and can be enabled from the General tab in Gmail settings. Ted Cohen, managing partner of TAG Strategic, a digital entertainment consultancy, said the timing of Google’s launch was strategic. “It’s a smart time to do it with all the attention around Apple,” Cohen said. “If they did it absent the Apple service, it wouldn’t be the same story.” Google declined to say how many subscribers it has but said they more than doubled in 2014 from the previous year. But rivals Pandora, Spotify and Beats Music had far more mobile downloads than Google Play Music in 2014, according to data from analytics firm App Annie.

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San FranciSco, June 24 (reuTerS): Google Inc launched a free version of its music streaming service on Tuesday, as it sought to upstage the debut of Apple Inc’s rival service next week. Google Play Music has offered a $9.99 per month subscription service for two years but Tuesday’s launch is the first free version of the streaming service. It is available online and will be available on Android and iOS by the end of the week, Elias Roman, Google product manager, said. Apple said earlier this month it would launch a music streaming service on June 30 for $9.99 per month along with a $14.99 per month family plan, with a free threemonth trial. As with other streaming services, such as Spotify and Rhapsody, Google Play Music curates playlists. Users can tailor playlists based on genre, artist or even activity, such as hosting a pool party or “having fun at work.” “We believe this is a play that will expose a lot of people to the service,” Roman said in an interview. Unlike Google’s subscription music service, the free service will carry ads, be unavailable offline and exclude certain songs. Roman said millions of people look at Google Play Music each month but are not ready to pay for a subscription. By offering a free version of the service, he said, the search engine hopes more people will be compelled to pay for an upgraded version.

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levels are fully competitive. Investors want predictability. They do not appreciate uncertainties,” he said. Jaitley said that India stands out with a higher growth potential in “a slowed down global economic environment”.“There has been a considerable amount of fiscal discipline which has been introduced in India. Many sectors have been opened up and there is a huge potential for investment in infrastructure. “I think the cutting edge for India is that when rest of the world is slowing down and there are not many great investment avenues, India stands out as a good opportunity. “Therefore, if we can continue the reform story and improve ease of doing business, I think this is a great opportunity for India.”

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“Land, labour and taxation -- these are the three areas, where the reforms are absolutely necessary. This is what many investors have highlighted. “As far as taxation is concerned, quite a positive movement is going on in India, corporate taxes being made very competitive. The GST and various other instruments of investments are now coming up. So there is a sense of satisfaction,” he said. Wrapping up his sevenday US visit, during which he met a number of foreign investors and the US administration officials, Jaitley said investors here made a number of suggestions that he is taking back home. “We have to provide a globally compatible regime where there is ease of doing business and where taxation

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Travel portal launches dedicated pages about 200 airports new Delhi, June 24 (PTi): Travel portal TripAdvisor today launched dedicated airport pages on its website which provides information to travellers about 200 major airports around the world. When travellers search for an airport on TripAdvisor, they will be directed to a dedicated airport page with reviews, ratings and other information about hotels nearby as well as restaurants and attractions in both public and transit areas. Amenities, including duty free stores, boutiques and airport lounges, will also be listed on the page, the company said in a release. TripAdvisor airport pages will be available on its all 45 sites and in 28 languages globally and on the TripAdvisor mobile app.

Govt to put 8 coal blocks third round of auction new Delhi, June 24 (PTi): The government will put on the block 8 more mines after 10 mines are auctioned in the third phase, for which the process has already begun, a top official today said. “After these 10 mines (to be auctioned in third round in August), eight more mines are in the queue,” Coal Secretary Anil Swarup told reporters here on the sidelines of Minerals and Metals conference. He said it is likely that within a month they “have more and more mines coming in so that they would suffice for other sectors also.” The Coal Ministry had earlier this month kick started the process to auction 10 coal blocks in the third tranche, inviting bids from companies engaged in sectors like steel, cement and captive power generation. Government had earlier said that it would auction 10 coal mines with reserves of 858.19 million tonnes for steel, cement as well as captive power plants and the process will be completed by August-end. The government has so far auctioned 29 coal blocks in two tranches to private companies and garnered over Rs 2 lakh crore. The third round of auction will take place between August 11-17.

Facebook ties up with Kaspersky Labs, to rid malicious software waShinGTon, June 24: Facebook announced on Tuesday it has been using a new security tool to help detect and remove malicious software for users of the world’s biggest social network. Facebook said it was working with Kaspersky Lab, bolstering a program implemented with other online security firms including ESET, F-Secure and Trend Micro. “Thanks to the collaboration with these companies, in the past 3 months we have helped clean up more than 2 million people’s computers that we detected were infected with malware when they connected to Facebook,” said Trevor Pottinger, a Facebook security engineer. “In these cases, we present a cleanup tool that runs in the background while you continue using Facebook, and you get a notification when the scan is done to show you what it found.” Kaspersky Lab’s Kate Kochetkova said that Facebook users are often targeted in online fraud schemes such as “phishing,” which are faked emails designed to get recipients to download malware. “Facebook is a major aim for phishers: one in five phishing scams targets Facebook notifications” she added. DIMAPUR Civil Hospital:

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The Morung Express

Thursday 25 June 2015

Dimapur

MEx FILE 2 arrested with contraband ganja Kohima, June 24 (mexn): The Kohima Excise and Prohibition on June 22 received two cases of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) from 37 Assam Rifles. The detection and seizure of contraband ganja was made on NH-29 at Peducha area. In this connection, Mete Kapfo and Abi Kromeh were arrested. A total of 45 Kgs of Ganja were seized from their possession. Both the accused have been booked under the NDPS Act.

ASU consultative meeting Kohima, June 24 (mexn): The Angami Students Union has convened a consultative meeting with ASU seniors and Angami Leader scheduled on June 26, 5:00 p.m. at Hotel De Oriental Grand, Themezie, High School Road. ASU has requested all concern to attend the meeting.

NSF felicitation prog on June 30 Kohima, June 24 (mexn): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) will be organising a felicitation programme on June 30 at Zonal Council Hall, Kohima at 11 a.m. for ‘Bonafide’ Naga students who secured top 20 positions Children seen at the Vacation Bible School underway at Kiphire Town Baptist Lithro (KTBL) on June 22. Organized by the Christian Education Department, KTBL under the theme “Triumph Always,” the VBS has Lilongla Sangtam, Secretary, Christian Education Department as Camp Director and Lipise, Board Chairman, Christian Education De- in the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) Examipartment as camp Superintendent. More than 1900 children are participating in the one-week long camp, which has around 100 teachers. The classes were divided into Begin- nation 2015. Therefore, all the bona fide students and parents are requested to be a part of the programme. ners, Junior, Intermediate, Senior, and Young Adult. Students are requested to confirm their participation to Imtiyapang, Secretary Education, NSF, at 9856082145 and 8413847736 by June 29. Minister School Education, Yitachu, will be the chief guest on the occasion.

UTNA appeals for support No ill motive behind interaction SBC Council meeting Says there is a shortage of 348 posts of staff nurse + 30% leave reservation in the State

Kohima, June 24 (mexn): The Unemployed Trained Nurses Association has appealed for support in their move against what it called “the adamant attitude of the government.” While citing that the ratio of Patients to Nurses as per the norms of the Indian Nursing Council (INC), UTNA in a press release stated that on the basis of the findings of a survey conducted by the Association, presently, there is a shortage of 348 posts of staff nurse + 30% leave reservation in the State as per the given norms. According to INC norms, the patient-nurses ration in Hospitals should be 1 Nurse to 3 patients in Teaching Hospitals and 1 Nurse to 5 patients in Non-Teaching Hospitals + 30% leave reservation. For CHCs, there should be at least 7 regular Staff Nurse, while PHCs are required to have at least one regular Staff Nurse + 2 additional on contract basis. According to UTNA, there are over a thousand unemployed Trained Nurses in the State out of which 870 were trained

The ratio of Patients to Nurses as per the norms of Indian Nursing Council: i) Hospitals 1 Nurse : 3 bedded in Teaching Hospital 1 Nurse : 5 bedded in Non-Teaching Hospital + 30% leave reservation ii) C.H.Cs At least 7 regular Staff Nurse. iii) P.H.Cs At least 1 regular Staff Nurse + 2 additional on contract basis.

by the State Government. “However, due to non-creation of requisite number of post as per the norms given above, the career of the members of this Association are at risk,” UTNA stated. It further stated the non creation of the posts has, in turn, denied citizens of the state “rights to access medical services.” UTNA claimed that the Central Government sanctions enough fund every year to meet the demand for Medical facilities and services of the people of the state, but lamented that the state government’s response to the demand for creation of posts was a verbal “No Fund.” Further claiming that in the long span of 26 years from 1989 till date, only 17 post of Nurse were created, UTNA asked the public to be the judge if the reason of “No Fund” by the State Government for non-creation of post is justified or

not when the numbers of new PHCs, CHCs and subCentres have been increasing yearly and the existing one rapidly up-grading. In this regard, the association has called for Councils, Civil societies, NGOs, journalists, student community and the public to extend support and solidarity through the print media or join UTNA on the day of agitation as and when called for. “Our plights have been addressed to the Government many times through Representations and we have submitted an Ultimatum to agitate however, the Govt. is not responding in any way,” the association lamented. “Sensitizing our democratic welfare Govt. with our concerted voice will improve the health sector in the State and bring medical services to our doorsteps which is basic in a democratic welfare state,” UTNA stated.

programme: ANSTA asserts

Dimapur, June 24 (mexn): In an attempt to clear reservations voiced out by the Nagaland Government Higher Secondary School Employees Association (NGHSSEA), the Department of School Education (DoSE) and All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (ANSTA) on Tuesday clarified there is no ‘ill motive’ behind the interaction programme which is slated to be held on June 26. The interaction programme is being organised with the sole objective of ascertaining the factors responsible for the nil/ poor results of Government schools in the HSLC exam so as to work out remedial measures which

would be forwarded to the State government, a press statement issued by Ponchulu Wangth, president and Visato Koso, general secretary stated. ANSTA stated that in most of the 41 Government Higher Secondary Schools (GHSS), the results of High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) were on a decline as compared to HSSLC results, and therefore, the heads of the concerned schools were invited for the interaction programme. The association maintained that if higher secondary schools were concerned with the poor result of government schools in HSLC exams as mentioned in their June

24 statement which pointed out that the “overall pass percentage in HSLC result remained below 43% for the last 8 years,” then, they should come forward and support the cause by sharing positive inputs instead of playing the opposition. The association also questioned the resentment expressed by their higher secondary counterpart over the interaction programme and termed it as “unfortunate” and “unbecoming”. ANSTA added that the opposition by the NGHSSEA shows “they do not have any iota of concern for academic improvement of Government schools of the State.”

Guv condoles Sister Nirmala’s passing Kohima, June 24 (mexn): Nagaland Governor PB Acharya has expressed sadness at the passing of Sister Nirmala, the successor of Mother Teresa. “She had encountered people from all walks of life and of diverse religious beliefs. Her life was noble, inspiring and was devoted

to service and caring for the underprivileged,” a condolence message from Governor Acharya stated. Further stating that her work among the poorest of the poor has been acknowledged, Governor Acharya stated, “Her selfless and dedicated service to the needy will be remembered and honoured.

She will be missed by the countless whose lives she touched.” “I, on behalf of the people of Nagaland, as Governor, convey our heartfelt condolences to all the members of the Missionaries of Charity and pray that her departed soul may rest in peace,” the condolence message stated.

Dimapur, June 24 (mexn): An emergency meeting of Sumi Baptist Convention Council will be held on June 26 at 3 p.m. at Trinity Theological College campus to deliberate some urgent current issues. Therefore, the SBC Council members are requested to attend the meeting positively.

UTNA Kohima Unit Meeting Kohima, June 24 (mexn): The Unemployed Trained Nurses Association (UTNA) Nagaland, Kohima Unit has informed its unemployed members within Kohima district to attend an emergency meeting on June 27 at 1 p.m. at Auditorium Room, NHAK, Kohima, for a final discussion on the forthcoming Poster Campaign on July 2. Legal course of action and a fine of Rs. 500 will be imposed on the absentees, a press release from UTNA informed.

Three arrested under NLTP Kohima, June 24 (mexn): Kohima Police manning manning Phesama check gate while conducting routine checking and frisking on June 23 intercepted one Manipur bound truck B/R No. MN-01-7988 and recovered 25 cases of liquor. Accordingly, three persons identified as KS Kanmi (21 yrs), Ramngachan KS (22 yrs) and Thuimahung (40 yrs) were arrested for possession and transportation of banned IMFL, a press release from Kohima Sub – Divisional Police Officer & PRO Atu Zumvü informed. In this connection, a regular case under the NLTP Act is registered against them for further investigation.

Biometric exercise for students moKoKchung, June 24 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patil has informed all citizens of Mokokchung town that in view of the summer vacation and in interest of the students studying outside, priority is being given to all the students (above 5 years of age) of all schools, colleges etc. for ongoing Biometric exercise at Permanent Enrolment Centre (PEC), Deputy commissioner office, Mokokchung, till July 15. Therefore, all other public have been requested to avail the facility. Correction/Modification of Aadhaar Card shall not be entertained during this period, the DC informed.

TPO appeals to SAPO, Mao Council Debate competition on human rights held

Kohima, June 24 (mexn): The Tenyimi Peoples' Organization (Nagaland, Manipur & Assam States) has made an appeal to the Southern Angami Public Organization and Mao Council to stop any further violence arising out of the Land Boundary Dispute between the two parties over the Forest called "Kezoltsa/ Kozurii/Dziikotzuko" till the matter is settled by an impartial body/court. TPO President Timikha Koza in a press release stated that it had

taken the decision to make the appeal during its meetings on June 13 and 23 which were held following several rounds of discussion and consultation with SAPO, Mao Council and the Angami Public Organisation (APO). TPO stated that the present dispute between the “two brothers” is purely civil in nature as the matter relates to Land Dispute. “Hence, the matter should be decided either in the established Civil Court or a Naga Customary Court guided

by the Naga Customary Laws and its practices & usages,” TPO maintained. Further stating that the land holding system of the Nagas is totally different from other people in the Country, TPO felt that the Naga Customary Court would be the right platform to address the dispute. “The land of the Nagas are not cadastral land, and therefore, the Nagas are the best Judge to decide the present dispute,” TPO maintained. Pending the final settlement, TPO urged both parties to immediately

stop all kinds of blockage/ban "so that the attention of the enemies are not drawn into the present issue." TPO also urged upon the Mao Council to withdraw the memorandum submitted earlier to the Manipur Government without delay and SAPO to review the earlier decision in the best interest of the Tenyimi People. TPO offered its services to solve the problem if the two contending brothers repose their trust and confidence with the TPO Office.

Training on Sustainable Agriculture held Kohima, June 24 (mexn): Project level training on ‘National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture’ was organised by Agriculture Department, Kohima district on June 22 at Dziizie, Kohima Village L Khel. Vizonyii Liezie DAO & PD (ATMA) Kohima in the opening remark stated that climatic changes has affected agriculture in a number of ways, which will probably increase the risk of food insecurity for the people in the near future. He encouraged the department and farmers to share their knowledge of experiences and work together in adopting technology to improve the practice system and get better yield production. Dr. Vibeilie BTM, ATMA

presented on ‘Basic management on Poultry, Diary and Piggery farming.’ The resource person stated that to get success in any of the farming adopted one has to become animal lovers and should fully focus on it. Selection of breed, weeding, balanced ration and heeding are important aspects in farming. In general, management deworming, prophylactic vaccination and timely feeding has to be carried out says the resource person. Mhasikhotuo Mere AO-II and BTT Convenor ATMA, Kohima Block deliberated on the topic “System of Rice Intensification and Line transplanting”. Here, the resource person trained the farmers on the methods of SRI and line transplanting and encouraged the

farmers on adopting the practice as it has more benefit in yield production and easy weed management than the traditional system in cultivating paddy. Kethoneilhou Vimera AO-II and BTT Convenor ATMA, Chiephobozou Block spoke on ‘Citrus orchard management and demonstrated on Bordeaux mixture & paste preparation.’ The resource person said that to establish an orchard proper selection of site, selection of variety, planting system, maintenance of spacing has to be done. In order to avoid pest and diseases cleanliness in orchard is highly recommended. Intercropping can be done in order to get subsidiary income in the early period of the orchard. The resource

person also stressed on the importance of Bordeaux mixture as this is considered to be one of the safest chemical and is an effective fungicide and bactericide used against the diseases of fruits, grapevines, ornamental plants etc. A press note stated that in the later part the resources person also demonstrated on Bordeaux mixture and paste preparation to the farmers. The resource person did demonstration on preparation of nursery bed in banana sheath for SRI as this is easy in transportation and management is easier. The training programme concluded with distribution of paddy seeds (MTU 1010), copper sulfate and lime. Altogether 22 farmers attended the programme.

Dimapur, June 24 (mexn): Assam Rifles inter sector debate competition on human rights was organised at ARTC & School, Dimapur on June 22 and 23, wherein thirteen teams comprising all Assam Rifles Sectors and ARTC & School participated. The topic for the debate was “Protection of human rights helps in combating terrorism.” According to a press

release, a total of 53 speakers debated on the topic in Hindi and English. The main objective of the debate competition was to sensitise the troops on issues of Human Rights and the importance of strictly observing Human Rights while dealing with the public. The team of ARTC & School was adjudged the winner team and 22 Sector team was declared the

runners up. Assam Rifles team was also selected in this debate competition which will take part in the forthcoming “Central Police Organisation’s North East Zone Debate Competition-2015” scheduled to be held at ARTC & School, Dimapur on July 25. Addressing the participants and the gathering, guest of honour Brigadier Brijesh Dhiman, Commander, Headquarters 6

Sector AR, appreciated the presentation skills shown by all speakers and highlighted the importance of adhering to the norms of Human Right while dealing with the public and exhorted all ranks to strictly observe Human Rights and law of the land while combating terrorism. The Guest of Honour also gave away prizes to the participants in debate competition.

Banana Farm School at Niuland inaugurated Dimapur, June 24 (mexn): Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Dimapur inaugurated Banana Farm School at Zhekishe village on June 23 and Khekato Kiba, a progressive banana farmer was appointed its farm school teacher. Resource person HD Singh, SMS (Horticulture), KVK (ICAR), Jharnapani spoke on the topic “Cultivation practices of banana”. Jahaji (Dwarf Cavendish), Chini Champa, Malbhog, Borjahaji (Robusta), are some of the varieties cultivated in Nagaland. He said that its year round availability, affordability, varietal range, taste, nutritive and medicinal value makes it the favorite fruit among all classes of people. Khekato Kiba, a 52 year old progressive farmer said that he first started planting banana saplings (Amritsar variety) at his farm 6 years back which was brought from Nagaon district (Assam). Today, he has over

Khekato, a progressive banana farmer (extreme left), with ATMA & KVK officials at banana farm school in Zhekishe village.

1.5 hectares of land under banana cultivation and the total yield of bananas and its residues from the entire village comes in metric tonnes. Since then, he has been planting and selling and is looking forward to expand his farm. Today, other villagers too have been motivated by him and started the same for income generation, which is a great sign of his knowledge being imparted. Lack

of technical and marketing knowledge as well as concern from the department has been their main problems being faced, he said. They sell it to wholesalers and other middlemen from Assam and Dimapur who comes to their village and nearby villages to buy at a minimal price. During the programme, Demalu Hasnusa, BTM, Niuland Block, highlighted about the con-

cept of a farm school and the role of a farm school teacher. He also encouraged farmers from neighbouring villages to expand their unused lands in banana farming and SHGs to take up value addition methods in banana. Tissue culture banana saplings (Grand Naine variety) were distributed to all participants and farm tools were also distributed to the farm school teacher.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express THursDAy 25 JunE 2015 volumE X IssuE 172 By moa Jamir

Much Ado about Nothing?

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Andrew Lih NYT

Can Wikipedia Survive?

The curious coincidence that International Yoga Day falls on death anniversary of RSS Founder was lost in the din

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he purpose of Yoga is to put a smile on your face in spite of all the stress, tension and situations we face in our day-to-day life” wrote Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of the Art of Living Foundation on the eve of the International Yoga Day (IYD). By any measure, the proponents of the glorious Indian past heritage should be rejoicing having created among others things - 2 Guinness World Record titles for ‘Largest Yoga lesson' & 'Most nationalities in Yoga lesson.' But they are unhappy lot. For them, the buck never stops there. When some quarters expressed apprehension about the news of compulsorily implementation of Yoga in school by the government makes round, the bandwagon of ‘rebel with a cause’ raises their cudgel yet again. Before the event, BJP usual suspect MP Yogi Adityanath’s thundered that those who refuse to do “surya namaskar” should “either go Pakistan or must be drown in sea.” The original enfant terrible, VHP International Executive President, Dr Praveen Togadia warning against dilution of its essence said, Yoga was never secular, but more of "Vedic and sanatan' (ancient)" and without “Om and Surya Namaskar,” it is incomplete. “The use of word Allah during Yoga would be an insult to Lord Shiva... Those who are allergic to ‘Om’ and ‘surya namaskar’ should live with diseases,” he added. Not to be left behind, VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi kicks up another storm by asserting that Yoga critics “should go to Pakistan.” Coming right on the heels of BJP National General Secretary, Ram Madhav (in)famous twitter fiasco against Vicepresident, Hamid Ansari, one wonders what makes these brigade so “insatiable.” Do they not practice Yoga, which they claim, cures not only physical ailments but enables mental and psychological peace of mind. Or is it a clever assertion of crude majoritarianism in the ruling establishment, where “there is no separating the mainstream from the fringe” as an Indian Express editorial opined. Likewise, a Hindu editorial commented, “It is ironical that at a time when Yoga is increasingly being recognised around the world as an efficacious discipline… [It] is caught in a needless controversy, mainly due to its aggressive promotion by the Narendra Modi government. Going by their antics and the events surrounding the event, one cannot help wonder whether the whole exercise has been a prelude to a systematic proclivity towards cultural homogenization and assertion of Hindu hegemony as the Indian national identity. Cultural homogenization entails diffusion of way of being “from musical form, architecture, and modes of dress to eating habits, languages, philosophical ideas and disposition (Inda and Rosaldo, 2008) while Cultural hegemony, propounded by Antonio Gramsci, is a concept that a culturally diverse society can be dominated by one social class, by manipulating the societal culture - beliefs, explanations, perceptions, values so that its ruling class’ worldview is imposed as the societal norm, which then is perceived as a universally valid ideology and status quo beneficial to all of society, whilst benefiting only the ruling class (Columbia Encyclopaedia) When the BJP come to power last year, Narendra Subramanian, of McGill University wrote that, “Having ascended to power on its own for the first time, the BJP seems very likely to vigorously promote Hindu hegemony, as it has been inclined to do since it was formed” and Hindu nationalists on the contrary have shown a consistent determination to limit the rights and power of the religious minorities” The imposition of Hindi, Ghar Wapsi Campaign, Good Governance Day etc and now zeal for Yoga, all reeks of this strategy. In Indian Express, Historian Dilip Simeon argued the modus operandi of the Parivar’s is to "manufacture controversy" and thrives on creating animosity. “It is not wisdom that interests them, but the compulsory unification of thought and culture.” Right before the IYD, a group of academician led by JawaharlalNehru University Professor, Ayesha Kidwai started an online petition calling the celebration an attempt to "enforce cultural homogeneity" which received immense support from various sections of society. "Stop using Yoga to coercively enforce cultural homogeneity. Invest in our health and not in a media spectacle." reads the online petition. “We are even more alarmed about the government order addressed to university teachers and staff and school students to perform Yoga on 21st June in public, and construe this as a compulsion that amounts to misuse of state authority," it added. Back in our Nagaland state, the discourse was whether Yoga goes against the tenets of Christianity. The question that it fell on Sunday was a mere coincidence! Pro-Yoga brigade accused the Anti-Yoga camp of a world-view rooted in dogmatism and rigidity, while the latter consider it a dilution of the essence of Christianity. The political class, as usual, remained muted. If 177 (out of 193) countries in United Nations endorse IYD, why not Nagas? An editorial in a local daily, commenting on the hue and cry over the issue even questioned the apparent silence of the State Doctors over the health benefits of Yoga. The curious coincidence that it fell on the death anniversary of KB Hegdewar, who founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1925, was lost in the din. In a dazzling PR exercise as he is well known for, PM Narendra Modi at one stroke killed two birds firstly, bringing back Yoga to its natural identity and secondly, satisfying the hunger of the right-wing bandwagon in championing and succeeding what it consider a “Nationalist Hindu cultural Identity.” Thus, the apprehension over Yoga is valid and real. It is neither an insecurity over one’s faith nor the negation of its benefits. Rather, the apprehension arises from the way it is being propagated and imposed; and the contextual political undercurrents that are being played under its guise. For any comment drop a line at moajamir@live.com

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think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.” Noam Chomsky

IKIPEDIA has come a long way since it started in 2001. With around 70,000 volunteers editing in over 100 languages, it is by far the world’s most popular reference site. Its future is also uncertain. One of the biggest threats it faces is the rise of smartphones as the dominant personal computing device. A recent Pew Research Center report found that 39 of the top 50 news sites received more traffic from mobile devices than from desktop and laptop computers, sales of which have declined for years. This is a challenge for Wikipedia, which has always depended on contributors hunched over keyboards searching references, discussing changes and writing articles using a special markup code. Even before smartphones were widespread, studies consistently showed that these are daunting tasks for newcomers. “Not even our youngest and most computer-savvy participants accomplished these tasks with ease,” a 2009 user test concluded. The difficulty of bringing on new volunteers has resulted in seven straight years of declining editor participation. In 2005, during Wikipedia’s peak years, there were months when more than 60 editors were made administrator — a position with special privileges in editing the English-language edition. For the past year, it has sometimes struggled to promote even one per month. The pool of potential Wikipedia editors could dry up as the number of mobile users keeps growing; it’s simply too hard to manipulate complex code on a tiny screen. The nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, which oversees Wikipedia’s operations but is not directly involved in content, is investigating solutions. Some ideas include touch-screen tools that would let Wikipedia editors sift through information and share content from their phones. What has not suffered is fund-raising. The foundation, based in San Francisco, has a budget of roughly $60 million. How to fairly distribute resources has long been a topic of debate. How much should go to regional chapters and affiliates, or to groups devoted to non-English languages? How much should stay in the foundation to develop software, create

he encyclical of Pope Francis on climate change and many related themes, long surrounded by controversy and leaked to the press on the eve of publication, was formally released by the Vatican on 18 June 2015. The final version, hardly changed from the one seen earlier, places much emphasis on human responsibility both for climate disruption and for wider ecological damage. Laudato Si (“be praised”), On the Care of Our Common Home, is in the tradition of a small number of noted encyclicals dealing with issues far beyond the internal evolution of church thinking. In its desire to highlight (as one report says) "the threat that a warming planet, rising sea levels and more extreme storms pose to his community’s poorest and most vulnerable”, it is widely seen as a progressive document from a pope who, in his previous life as an Argentine cardinal, was considered a conservative on most issues. There are two earlier examples of unusually forthright encyclicals. The first was Rerum Novarum (“of revolutionary change”), Rights and Duties of Capital and Labour, which came from Pope Leo XIII in May 1891. It was prompted by the degraded state of working people in many industrialising countries, and largely concerned with economic issues. The document was progressive only in parts, and supported the right to private property; but in noting the duties of employers and the rights of labour to organise, it became known as the “workers’ charter”. Such points may seem mild now but in their day provoked not a little anger among ruling elites. The second example arrived more

mobile apps and maintain infrastructure? These tensions run through the community. Last year the foundation took the unprecedented step of forcing the installation of new software on the German-language Wikipedia. The German editors had shown their independent streak by resisting an earlier update to the site’s user interface. Against the wishes of veteran editors, the foundation installed a new way to view multimedia content and then set up an Orwellian-sounding “superprotect” feature to block obstinate administrators from changing it back. The latest clash had repercussions in the election this year for seats to the Wikimedia Foundation’s board of trustees — the most influential positions that volunteers can hold. The election — a record 5,000 voters turned out, nearly three times the number from the previous election — was a rebuke to the status quo; all three incumbents up for re-election were defeated, replaced by critics of the superprotect measures. Two other members will leave the 10-member board at the end of this year. Meanwhile, the foundation’s new executive director, Lila Tretikov, has been hiring developers from the world of open-source technology, and their lack of experience with Wikipedia content has concerned some veterans. Could the pressure from mobile, and the internal tensions, tear Wikipedia apart? A world without it seems unimaginable, but consider the fate of other online communities. Founded in 1985, at the dawn of the Internet, the Well, the self-proclaimed “birthplace of the online community movement,” hosted an influential cast of dot-com luminaries on its electronic bulletin board discussion forums. By 1995, it was in steep decline, and today it is a shell of its former self. Blogging, celebrated a decade ago as pioneering an exciting new form of personal writing, has decreased significantly in the social-media age. These are existential challenges, but they can still be addressed. There is no other significant alternative to Wikipedia, and good will toward the project — a remarkable feat of altruism — could hardly be higher. If the foundation needed more donations, it

could surely raise them. The real challenges for Wikipedia are to resolve the governance disputes — the tensions among foundation employees, longtime editors trying to protect their prerogatives, and new volunteers trying to break in — and to design a mobile-oriented editing environment. One board member, María Sefidari, warned that “some communities have become so change-resistant and innovation-averse” that they risk staying “stuck in 2006 while the rest of the Internet is thinking about 2020 and the next three billion users.” For the last few years, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Archives and other world-class institutions, libraries and museums have collaborated with Wikipedia’s volunteers to improve accuracy, quality of references and depth of multimedia on article pages. This movement dates from 2010, when the British Museum saw that Wikipedia’s visitor traffic to articles about its artifacts was five times greater than that of the museum’s own website. Grasping the power of Wikipedia to amplify its reach, the museum invited a Wikipedia editor to work with its curatorial staff. Since then, similar parternships have been set up with groups like the Cochrane Collaboration, a nonprofit organization that focuses on evidence-based health care, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These are vital opportunities for Wikipedia to tap external expertise and enlarge its base of editors. It is also the most promising way to solve the considerable and often-noted gender gap among Wikipedia editors; in 2011, less than 15 percent were women. The worst scenario is an end to Wikipedia, not with a bang but with a whimper: a long, slow decline in participation, accuracy and usefulness that is not quite dramatic enough to jolt the community into making meaningful reforms. No effort in history has gotten so much information at so little cost into the hands of so many — a feat made all the more remarkable by the absence of profit and owners. In an age of Internet giants, this most selfless of websites is worth saving. Andrew Lih is an associate professor of journalism at American University and the author of “The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World’s Greatest Encyclopedia.”

Pope Francis and climate politics Paul rogers than seventy years later, in April 1963. This was Pacem in Terris (“peace on earth”), from the elderly but surprisingly progressive Pope John XXIII. The main focus was on human rights, but its timing - two years after the Berlin wall began to be erected, and six months on from the Cuban missile crisis - drew attention to its commitment to the need for improved relations between states, not least in the form of east-west détente. John XXIII had been elected to the papacy in 1958 after numerous ballots. The former Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli had been one of fourteen children from a poor family, and reached the top job at the age of 76 and to the surprise of most Catholics. He was expected to be a caretaker after the twenty-year papacy of the austere and rigid Pius XII. But his short rule brought more than mere stability: it led to remarkable changes and reforms, culminating in the Second Vatican Council which started in 1963. The Catholic church had huge problems at the time, many of them stemming (as they do now) from issues around sexuality. Beyond these

the 1960s were notable for the rise of a strand of progressive thinking in parallel with the liberation-theology movement across much of Latin America. In western countries, many young Catholics were becoming markedly politicised, and decades later substantial numbers of them retain the outlook they acquired then - even if they may have long since given up the practice of their faith. It was said in the mid-1960s that if you subtracted the Jews, Quakers and Catholics from the ranks of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the movement would be set back many years. That strand of radical Catholicism has persisted, often in dedicated peace movements such as Pax Christi but also in more formally linked groups such as the many Justice and Peace Commissions.

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Fear and hope in America For these groups, Francis’s words will be especially welcome. Many exCatholics too probably feel quite a warmth towards him. But Laudato Si will likely have a very particular impact on one political community at a very

specific time: conservative American Catholics as the presidential-election campaign for 2016 approaches. This is already shown by the reaction to the pre-publication leaks, as Republican presidential hopefuls took issue with Francis while treading the narrow line between criticising his words without alienating Catholic potential voters. Their problem stems from their own deep doubts over, if not outright denial of, climate change. But an added concern is that Laudato Si links environmental issues to the state of the world economy and today's wide socioeconomic divisions. In this respect the encyclical both strikes at the heart of the denialist community and implies deep suspicion of dominant neoliberal ideology itself. Moreover, an added worry is the possible reaction of some American bishops. An early instance is the announced plan of the Archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, to undertake a series of sermons and homilies on climate-change issues and the demands of the encyclical. This is significant in two quite different ways. One is that Florida is particularly susceptible to sea-level rise and extreme-weather events; the other is that two of its most senior politicians, Senator Marco Rubio and former governor Jeb Bush, are Republican contenders for the White House - and Catholics. In terms of its worldwide influence and its support for a movement that is far more confident than ever before, this encyclical may already be regarded as the most notable event in the current papacy. But its most powerful significance may lie with the specific impact on just one part of the United States's political scene. Perhaps this was one of the main intentions all along.

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Kamikaze survivors debunk stereotype yuri Kageyama

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he pilots filed into the room and were presented with a form that asked if they wanted to be kamikaze. It was multiple-choice, and there were three answers: "I passionately wish to join," ''I wish to join," and "I don't wish to join." This was 1945. Many were university students who had been previously exempt from service, but now Japan was running out of troops. Hisashi Tezuka recalls that a few of his colleagues quickly wrote their replies and strutted away. But he and most of the others stayed for what felt like hours, unable to decide. He did not know then if anyone had dared to refuse. He learned later that the few who did were simply told to pick the right answer. Tezuka so wanted to be honest to his feelings he crossed out the second choice and wrote his own answer: "I will join." "I did not want to say I wished it. I didn't wish it," he told The Associated Press at his apartment in a Tokyo suburb. They were the kamikaze, "the divine wind," ordered to fly their planes into certain death. The U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey and data kept at the library at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo estimate that about 2,500 of them died during the war. Some history books give higher numbers. About one in every five kamikaze planes managed to hit an enemy target. Books and movies have depicted them as crazed suicide bombers who screamed "Banzai" as they met their end. But interviews with survivors and families by The Associated Press, as well as letters and documents, offer a different portrait — of men driven by patriotism, self-sacrifice and necessity. The world they lived in was like that multiple-choice form: It contained no real options. 'ALL SET TO DIE' First-born sons weren't selected, to protect family heirs in feudalistic-minded Japan. Tezuka, then a student at the prestigious University of Tokyo, had six brothers and one sister and wasn't the eldest. So he was a good pick, he says with a sad laugh. He was given a five-day leave to visit his parents. He didn't have the heart to tell them he had been tapped to be a suicide bomber. There was one absolute about being a kamikaze, he says: "You go, and it's over." He survived only because Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender on a radio broadcast, just as he was on a train headed to take off on his kamikaze attack. "I had been all set to die," he says. "My mind went absolutely blank." He was 23. Now, at 93, he notes that he has lived four times as long as many kamikaze. He loved flying the Zero fighter, so much so that he couldn't stomach flying a commercial jet after the war. And so sick of war that he didn't want to join the military, he started an import-consultant business. He often visited American farmers. He never told them he had been a kamikaze. A burly man with a quick wit, Tezuka hands a reporter a sepia-toned photo of himself as a Zero fighter, grinning in a helmet, the trademark white silk scarf at his neck. "That's to keep warm. It gets really cold up there," he says. He picks up a miniature toy Zero, a gift from his daughter, and smiles as he turns on its buzzing propeller motor. He recalls training, flying in a dazzling formation over forests and lakes. It was so breathtaking you could almost forget the war. "Do you know what a rainbow looks like when you're flying?" he asks, his eyes aglow with childlike excitement. "It's a perfect circle."

lay ahead. Their goggles are flipped cockily over their helmets, their scarves tucked under their jackets. The Zero won accolades, even from the enemy. Some Japanese enlisted just to fly the Zero. Masao Kanai died on a kamikaze mission near Okinawa in 1945. He was 23. Under a program that encouraged students to support the imperialist military, he had been pen pals with a 17-year-old schoolgirl, Toshi Negishi. All in all, they exchanged 200 letters. They tried to go on a date, just once, when he had a rare opportunity to get out of training and visit Tokyo. But that was March 10, 1945, right after the massive air raids known as the firebombing of Tokyo. So they never met. Before he flew on his last mission, he sent her two tiny pendants he had carved out of cockpit glass — one a heart, the other a tiny Zero. The hazy crystalline heart has the letters T and M, their initials, carved on top of each other. Negishi wore the pendants just once. She kept them in a box for 70 years. She recently donated the jewelry to a memorial for the Tsukuba Naval Air Corps, a command and training center for kamikaze in Kasama, north of Tokyo. Community volunteers determined to preserve the memory of the kamikaze are trying to block plans to tear down the building from that period. Though other memorials exist for kamikaze, no one, until recently, had bothered to look into or document the history of the Tsukuba building. "Someone has to remember. It hurts too much if we don't," Negishi says in a forthcoming film made by the volunteers. Volunteers have put up an exhibition of photos, letters, helmets, pieces of the Zero and other remnants from that period. Among them is Kanai's final letter to his family: "I don't know where to begin," he wrote. "Rain is falling softly. A song is playing quietly on the radio. It's a peaceful evening. We'll wait for the weather to clear up and fly on our mission. If it hadn't been for this rain, I'd be long gone by now." One of the eeriest photos on display is a woman decked out in a bridal kimono, sitting with dozens of family members and grasping a framed picture of her dead fiance, a kamikaze. The bride in that postmortem wedding, Mutsue Kogure, stares into the camera, expressionless. The last letter Nobuaki Fujita, 22, wrote to her is also on display. "In my next life, and in my life after that, and in the one after that, please marry me," he wrote. "Mutsue, goodbye. Mutsue, Mutsue, Mutsue, Mutsue, the ever so gentle, my dearest Mutsue."

A SURVIVOR'S GUILT Seventy years after the end of World War II, the runway that once stretched at Tsukuba is long gone. But the rows of cherry blossoms still stand. In another corner of the Tsukuba grounds, an underground bomb shelter winds in pitch darkness through several chambers. It was designed to serve as an emergency command, should the main building be demolished in a U.S. bombing. It's a reminder of the illusory determination that gripped the imperialist forces, to keep fighting, no matter what. In training, the pilots repeatedly zoomed perilously, heading practically straight down, to practice crashing. They had to reverse course right before hitting the ground and rise back into the sky, a tremendous G-force dragging on their bodies. When they did it for real, they were instructed to send a final wireless message in Morse code, and keep holding that signal. In the transmission room, they knew the pilot had died when a long beep ended in silence. Yoshiomi Yanai, 93, survived because he could PILOTS' SWEETHEARTS not locate his target — a rare error for a kamikaze opZero pilots were the heartthrobs of the era. In fad- eration. He visits the Tsukuba facility often. "I feel so ing photographs, they pose in portraits, hugging shoul- bad for all the others who died," he says, bemoaning ders, wearing big smiles, seemingly oblivious to what the fate of comrades who died so young, never hav-

1. Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals (1971) The McCarthy era decimated the ranks of American radicals, yet it did not stop the disillusionment that America’s young felt in the 1960s about politicians and institutions. When Saul Alinsky heard young people saying they wanted a better world, this pioneering community organiser felt like asking: exactly what kind of world, and how would you achieve it? He wrote Rules for Radicals for people who were committed to real change, not merely to talking about a world of peace and love. “The significant changes in history have been made by revolutions,” Alinsky asserts, but in their haste for change, radicals rarely understand the mechanics of mass movements and revolutionary change. “There are certain central concepts of action in human politics that operate regardless of the scene or the time. To know these is basic to a pragmatic attack on the system.” His rules included having a sense of humour and being willing to compromise and see things from the enemy’s point of view. The book is said to have inspired a young Barack Obama in his days as an organizer on Chicago’s South Side, and Hillary Clinton famously wrote her senior thesis on “the Alinsky model”. On becoming First Lady, she had Wellesley College change its regulations so the press couldn’t read it. Clinton of course has long been deradicalised, but the Alinsky name remains a byword for grassroots change. 2. Isaiah Berlin Two Concepts of Liberty (1958) Berlin, whose well-off timber merchant father had pulled his family out of Russia just after the Bolshevik Revolution and fled to England, had no such illusions. He wondered why those on the left in the United States and Britain hailed the new socialist states of the Soviet Union and in the East while turning a blind eye to the decimation of personal freedom that were a part of those regimes. Berlin defines “negative” liberty as freedom from something (coercion or in-

ing really experienced life. Yanai still keeps what he had intended to be his last message to his parents. It's an album that he keeps carefully wrapped in a traditional furoshiki cloth. He plastered the pages with photos of him laughing with colleagues and other happy moments. He got a pilot friend to add ink drawings of the Zero. "Father, Mother, I'm taking off now. I will die with a smile," Yanai wrote in big letters on the opening pages. "I was not a filial son but please forgive me. I will go first. And I will be waiting for you." Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, who wrote about the kamikaze in his 2008 book, "Danger's Hour," says the kamikaze were driven by nothing but self-sacrifice. When he started his research, he expected to find fanaticism. He was stunned to find they were very much like Americans or young people anywhere else in the world, "who were extraordinarily patriotic but at the same time extraordinarily idealistic." Kennedy stressed that kamikaze have little in common with suicide bombers today. Japan was engaged in conventional war, and, above all, kamikaze had no choice, he said. Civilians were not targets. "They were looking out for each other," he says, in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. "If he didn't get in the plane that morning, his roommate would have to go." KILLING WITH A PENCIL Though the Zero was used in kamikaze missions, it was not designed for the task. The Ohka was. It was a glider packed with bombs and powered by tiny rockets, built to blow up. They were taken near the targets, hooked on to the bottom of planes, and then let go. Ohka means cherry blossom, and to this day kamikaze are associated with the briefly glorious trees. Americans called it the "Baka bomb." Baka is the Japanese word for idiot. Because their cruise range was so limited, they were easily shot down. The job of overseeing and training Ohka pilots, and ultimately sending them to certain death, fell to Fujio Hayashi, then 22. Hayashi believes Ohka might never have happened if there had been no volunteers when the concept was first suggested. He was one of the first two volunteers for Ohka. Dozens followed. But he could never stop blaming himself, wondering whether his early backing helped bring it about. When he finally saw one of the flimsy gliders, he felt duped; many thought it looked like a joke. Over the decades, Hayashi was tormented by guilt for having sent dozens of young men to their deaths "with my pencil," as he put it, referring to how he had written the names for Ohka assignments each day. To squelch any suspicion of favoritism, he sent his favorite pilots first. After the war, Hayashi joined the military, called the Self-Defense Forces, and attended memorials for the dead pilots. He consoled families and told everyone how gentle the men had been. They smiled right up to their deaths, he said, because they didn't want anyone to mourn or worry. "Every day, 365 days a year, whenever I remember those who died, tears start coming. I have to run into the bathroom and weep. While I'm there weeping, I feel they're vibrantly alive within my heart, just the way they were long ago," he wrote in his essay "The Suicidal Drive." Hayashi hardly talked about his kamikaze days to his children. They remember him as a dad who loved classical music, took them to amusement parks and loved cats so much he adopted strays. "I think of the many men I killed with my pencil, and I apologize for having killed them in vain," he said. He often said he wanted his ashes to be scattered into the sea near the southern islands of Okinawa, where his men had died. Until then, he said, his war would never be over. He died of pancreatic cancer at age 93 on June 4. His family plans to honor his request.

Five politics classics every activist should know about Tom Butler-Bowdon terference), while “positive” liberty is the freedom to be someone or something. The problem with positive liberty is that there may be situations where I believe it is justified to coerce others to take steps that will lead to greater public health, or education, or justice. After all, I am just acting for their own good. Yet this view provides a licence to “bully, oppress, torture individuals in the name, and on behalf, of their ‘real’ selves”. Berlin was careful to note that he was not against all social and political movements that seek to improve the lot of mankind. He applauded them. What he was against was “the belief that some single formula can in principle be found whereby all the diverse ends of men can be harmoniously realised”. Such “single formulas” usually led to illiberal or nasty outcomes. Today, seekers of social justice must be prepared to defend themselves against Berlin-style objections about individual freedoms – no matter how compelling (in their eyes) the case for reform. 3. Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) The French Revolution caught the imagination of England’s thinking classes, stirring calls for political change. Man of letters Edmund Burke was considered a liberal and had supported the American colonies in their fight for independence. So his attack on the French revolutionaries came as a shock. Burke’s interpretation of 1789 became a classic statement of modern conservatism and a warning against the overpowering of any country by godless rationalists. He was the first to say that the excitement of revolution inevitably gives way to abuses of person and property. Liberty and equality

sound good, but if they are taken suddenly and by force, what is the cost? Revolutions always claim to be new beginnings for “the people,” but the price of destroying old institutions is instability and vulnerability to despots. Like Aristotle, Burke believed that societal stability rested on property ownership and a large middle class, and he was horrified by the looting of private and church property. Burke was vindicated by the Revolutionary Tribunal’s bloody zeal, seeking to finish off all who were perceived as “enemies of the state”, and his analysis was borne out by the way various communist revolutions from Stalinism to Maoism ended in a brutal fashion. Every radical must have a good answer to Burke’s question: what happens after the revolution? 4. Rachel Carson Silent Spring (1962) In the 1950s and 1960s nature conservation was a side issue. Most people were on the side of farmers who were, after all, in a fight against nature to feed the world. Chemicals were the future. But when, in the pages of Carson’s book, they read about food chain contamination, the wiping out of familiar birds and animals, and evidence that crop spraying could be causing cancer, what we now call environmentalism was suddenly a mainstream issue. Silent Spring marked the point when the environment became a political matter. When John F Kennedy’s Science Advisory Committee validated the book’s conclusions, it was a step towards America’s 1972 ban of DDT for agricultural use, in the face of public relations efforts from agricultural and chemical companies. Carson was one of the first to argue that Earth’s environment is a complex, holistic system that needs to be revered and respected. After her death would

come the Clean Air and Water Acts, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency. For those wishing to challenge the system, Carson’s book is a lesson that, to be credible, ideas have to rest on solid, new, and preferably scientific, information. For instance, the big effect that The Spirit Level (by British epidemiologists Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson) had on the inequality debate was thanks to exhaustive compilation and cross-referencing of studies in income and health. Today’s radicals need to be driven by data. 5. Emma Goldman Anarchism and Other Essays (1910) Though on the surface Goldman’s life was devoted to highlighting the dark side of the American Dream, in fact her political philosophy was universal, shaped by anarchist thinkers and activists including Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (famous for the line, “property is theft”), and Mikhail Bakunin. She had no faith in democracy to achieve social justice, and saw conventional politics as the playpen of the rich and powerful. Her vision of a society based on the fulfilment of the individual, her emphasis on love over marriage, and her highlighting of the dehumanising effects of capitalism continue to resonate. But as a person what people love about Goldman is her authenticity and her willingness to be jailed, attacked and abused throughout her life (she was called ‘the most dangerous woman in America’) for her beliefs. The usual argument against anarchism is that it goes against the human wish for organisation and hierarchy, and so would be hard to implement. Goldman never gave prescriptions for how it might work in practice, saying that each situation was different. The only time she felt at home was the brief period spent living in a self-governing anarchist collective in Spain. Today’s radicals are inspired by Goldman’s commitment, but they should not forget the need for concrete plans for change either. Saul Alinsky was right: even radicals need some rules.

Optical Illusion of Progress in nagaland

hen you see someone, without any earning or proper education, dressed in the latest designer clothes, driving a brand new car, and having lots of money to spend, … don’t be fooled because that person is most likely living in the shadow of someone else. His so-called “high standard of living”may not be real. Itcould be merely an illusion. When our highways from Dimapur to Kohima are given facelift repairs during our Hornbill Festival and our politicians are talking about how great Nagaland is, watch out. That’s only a show, an optical illusion, meant for our guests from other countries. Just as a person’s physical growth can be seen in his ability to stand on his own legs, so is societal progress---that is, the real progress of a society is more than outward shows. It always has substance and possesses at least a certain degree of self-sustainability. Having said all that, can we honestly say that Nagaland has progressed enough in the last 50 years of our statehood? We havea few private resorts, several well-furnished hotels, and a number of new shopping complexes in Dimapur and Kohima. We also have some of the most expensive mansions with huge gates and hundreds of the latest model vehicles on our roads. In addition, we now have many impressive structures newly built as residences and offices for our public servants. When we see new things such as the above, we think of them as signs of our progress. After all, we can see the new cars and the beautiful buildings because they are visible.So, our mind tricks us into believing that we are part of this “progress” because the things we see are right in front of our eyes. But we must remember that they only represent one side of the coin. In order to make a correct assessment as to whether or not we are truly progressing as a society, we must also accept the fact that there are invisible realities that escape our notice because, alas, they have never been permitted to come into existence.In fact, the things that could have happened but did not are closely “guarded secrets” which some government officials won’t share with the public because of the following reasons: First, the wealth they haveaccumulated came at a big cost to the public. For example, if the cost of purchasing a government vehicle was Rs.16 lakhs, the public has lost Rs.16 lakhs, which is an amount the people otherwise could have spent on the things they needed most. Similarly, for every public job created by the government, the potential to create a private job somewhere else is lost. In other words, what has happened is merely that one thing has been created instead of others. Second, they usedpublic office to serve themselves rather than the public. Although they were possibly aware that benefiting from a ‘conflict of interests’ situation is ethically wrong, still some would hijack government programs andfunds to set up their own private enterprises so they could get rich quickly. Or, third, even in the cases where the government started revenue generating business projects, certain politicians would turn them into employment houses for the benefit of their close-and-dear ones, rather than focusing on management efficiency and production output, which leads to more expenditure or costs on the public rather than profit-sharing. Sadly, this is how our State government runs things at the expense of the public or, at best, to feed itself rather than help the common people. So, what should or could have our government done with what Delhi had given in terms of funds or development programs? Perhaps, a lot of things, but let’s think of just three possibilities: (1) the amount of public funds spent for the purchase of government vehicles could have been utilized to build some world-class roads in Dimapur and Kohima; (2) the amount of public funds diverted to constructing private mansions and commercial complexes could have been used to repair our crumbling government school buildings; (3) the thousands of crore Rupees wasted in our Sugar Mill in Dimapur, Cement Factory at Phek, Nagaland Paper & Pulp Company at Tuli, etc. could have been given as loans to certain Naga individuals who might possess business acumen as well as personal integrity. Now, my last point of “What could we have done differently?” concerns the topic of employment in government services. For a moment, just imagine what we could have achieved if we were to have only 70,000 government employees instead of 140,000 employees who eat up 63 percent of our State budget. For example, even our Minister for School Education, Yitachu, acknowledged this problem a few days ago when he said, “Nagaland has an excess of 70,000 employees, who consume more than Rs.2000 crores. …. In education department, I can do away with more than 10,000 employees and give a perfect model, which means saving Rs.360 crores." According to another elected official of ours, more than Rs.3,580 croreswould be spent on the salary of our current government employees for the year 2014-15. Now if we take their salary expenditure since S.C. Jamirbecame our Chief Minister in 1993till Neiphiu Rio’s last year of rule in 2014, the accumulative total expenses on salary alonewould be overwhelming. For the sake of argument, let’s assume that the salary expenditure was only Rs.1,500 crores for each one of those years (19932015). Even in such case, the total expenses on the salary of our government employees for the last 22 years would come to at least Rs.35,000 crores. Let’s further imagine that the number of our government employees has always remained at 70,000since Jamir’s time and thus we had to spend only half of the Rs.35,000 crores. Then, we would have a balance of Rs.17,500 croresavailable in our public fund just from unspent salaries of government employees. Now, out of this amount, lets’ suppose that we were able to investthis entire amount for purchasesof manufacturing equipment and machines to grow our economy and provide employment. This could mean investing Rs.795 crores every year since 1993 as loans (with an interest rate as low as 4% per annum) to our own people in the private sector. Granted, not all those who would have taken loans would succeed in their business ventures. But even if some didn’t, or some people defaulted in their monthly payments, the government would still not lose much as it would have a lien on all those purchased machines and/or could assume claim over all collateral security assets. But, certainly, thousands of those who took government loans would have been successful. As a result, Nagaland could have become a land of machines and modern technology. And we could be having hundreds of factories and small business firms, employing tens of thousands of people, and raising the living standards of all, both government employees and private sector workers alike. And yes, our Naga society could have progressed far ahead in our race with other people today.

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Lalit Modi declares "war," rattles govt Government will play by rule book: Jaitley

Lalit Modi, former chairman of Indian Premier League (IPL), leaves an airport in New Delhi April 28, 2010. (REUTERS File Photo)

neW Delhi, June 24 (reuTerS): Pressure is growing on the foreign minister and a top member of the ruling party over help they gave to a disgraced cricket tycoon, as the first major scandal to touch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government begins to threaten his reform agenda. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has faced days of scrutiny for her ties to Lalit Modi, scion of an industrial family who almost singlehandedly turned the Indian Premier League into the world's richest.

"This is war," Modi, who is not related to the prime minister, has declared in recent days from a hotel in Montenegro. He has used Twitter to attack opponents, such as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and members of the opposition. Dissent bubbled up in Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday, with one member of parliament saying Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje were wrong to have helped the tycoon in his bid for British travel papers. The opposition Congress party, voted out last year amid

San FranciSco, June 24 (PTi): Government will "play by the rule book" and make sure that absolute standards of probity are maintained, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said as the Opposition continued its attack over the Lalit Modi controversy. Jaitley also said there is "no question at all" about the government going on the back foot on this issue, as it has done "nothing wrong". Asked whether the controversy was creating an impression that some leaders of the ruling party and the government were siding with corrupt people, Jaitley in an interview with PTI said, "There is no question at all." To a question on the Opposition planning to disrupt the Monsoon Session of Parliament on the Lalit Modi issue, Jaitley said Parliament is meant to discuss and not to disrupt business. "We are willing to have a discussion on any subject that the Opposition wants," he said. The Finance Minis-

corruption scandals, on Tuesday warned of plans to disrupt parliament after it opens next month, unless Swaraj and Raje resign. The government hopes to pass major economic reforms during the session. Modi fled India for London when tax and financial crime authorities raided his premises in 2010 in a money laundering and tax evasion investigation. He says his life was threatened by Mumbai mobsters. "He (Lalit Modi) is a fugitive. His passport was rejected, he should be brought back and

ter also said that the reforms can even take place outside Parliament, but its smooth functioning was important for many other reasons. "There are also some legislative reforms for which Parliament must function," he said. Under attack from the opposition, Jaitley had yesterday said the authorities would continue to do their job in probing the matter. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj have been facing flak for allegedly helping former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi in procuring travel documents in the UK, a country which he has made his home to avoid legal processes in India. Congress has accused Jaitley of doing a "clear-cut cover-up" on the entire issue and of influencing the Enforcement Directorate probe in Dushyant Singh and Modi's case.

made to face trial," said the MP, R.K. Singh, previously the top official in the home ministry. Swaraj says she met the British high commissioner in July 2014 to recommend that Modi be granted British travel papers, after his Indian passport was rescinded, and sent the same message to British Labour MP Keith Vaz. Swaraj, whose husband and daughter have worked as lawyers for Modi, said her intervention was humanitarian, because he needed to travel to help his ailing wife. There has been no suggestion of financial wrongdoing by

Swaraj, but opponents question the legality of her assistance. The foreign ministry did not respond to a query from Reuters whether Swaraj's help constituted a conflict of interest. London's Sunday Times reported on Sunday that Modi also sought help from British royal Prince Andrew. The case of Raje, an economic reformer from a royal family, is complicated by Modi's investment in her son's hotel, where he allegedly paid 96,000 Indian rupees ($1,509) each for shares with a face value of 10 rupees. Raje's son denies wrongdoing.

Parliament's monsoon session to begin on July 21

neW Delhi, June 24 (PTi): The Monsoon Session of Parliament will begin on July 21, but it will be a truncated three-week affair. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) is learnt to have recommended the dates for the monsoon session during which the government is expected to face an opposition attack over the 'Lalitgate' issue. The monsoon session is generally a four-week affair. The earlier proposal was to commence the session from July 20, a Monday. But as the festival of Eid may fall on July 18 or 19, a decision was taken to start it from July 21. The session is likely to be stormy this time with the government facing mounting criticism from the opposition on the Lalit Modi controversy and land acquisition ordinance issue. Home Minister Rajnath Singh heads CCPA which also has several senior ministers, including Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, as its members. Congress has been warning that the upcoming session could be in jeopardy if External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia were not made to resign on the Lalit Modi row. BJP has, however, rejected the demand. Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that it would virtually impossible to transact any business if the opposition demands are not met over the Lalit Modi issue. The amendments to the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, the Railways (Amendment) Bill, the Waterways Bill, the GST Bill, the amendments to the land acquisition bill, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill and Benami Transactions (Prohibition) amendment Bill, 2015 are some of the key measures pending in Parliament. Lok Sabha had 35 sittings during the budget session, the highest in the last five years, while Rajya Sabha held 32 sittings. During the last session, Lok Sabha lost six hours and 54 minutes due to interruptions but made up for the lost time by giving up lunch breaks and working beyond scheduled time for 42 hours and 41 minutes. Rajya Sabha lost 18 hours and 28 minutes but made up for 20 hours. The government is keen on a minimum of 100 sittings of Parliament each year as recommended by the last Conference of Chief Whips and Floor Leaders of Legislatures held in October 2014.

CPI-M warns of 'creeping authoritarianism' in India Cong, AAP target Irani over education row neW Delhi, June 24 (ianS): India is faced with "a creeping move towards an authoritarian order" and the correct lessons must be drawn from the 1975-77 Emergency, the CPI-M said on Wednesday. Having got a majority in the Lok Sabha, the Narendra Modi government has shown increasing contempt for parliament, Communist Party of India-Marxist journal "People's Democracy" said in an editorial. "The spate of ordinances, the attempt to denigrate the Rajya Sabha and the centralisation of all powers in the hands of the prime minister are part of the ongoing pro-

cess under neo-liberalism to restrict democracy and take away vital decision-making powers and policies out of the purview of the elected bodies," it said. "So what we are faced with is a creeping move towards an authoritarian order. "What is required is a multi-pronged fight against neo-liberalism, Hindutva communalism and authoritarianism. "They are all fundamentally linked together. Drawing the correct lessons from the Emergency of four decades ago will help us in this current struggle," the editorial said. June 25 will mark the 40th anniversary of the internal

emergency which then prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed and which lasted for 19 months. The editorial pointed out that the CPI-M was the first party to warn against the danger of one party authoritarian rule at its ninth party Congress held in 1972. It said a question was being debated on whether an Emergency like situation can recur again in India. "This question is being posed in the wrong way. "The issue to be considered is whether authoritarianism can once again threaten the political system. "Using Emergency powers to usher in an authoritar-

ian regime is not likely to happen again. But what is likely is that authoritarianism in other forms can threaten the democratic system," it said. It went on: "Just as the basic causes for the Emergency four decades ago were a crisis of the political system, problems of stability and economic discontent, at present too, all the ingredients for the rise of authoritarianism have matured. "The consequences of neo-liberalism, the rise of the Hindutva communal forces, the degeneration of the political parties and the corrosion of the institutions of the state have all combined to presage a creeping authoritarianism."

'50% of women with Endometriosis face infertility' neW Delhi, June 24 (ianS): Fifty percent of the women suffering from Endometriosis -- a condition wherein the tissue lining inside the uterus grows outside -- are likely to suffer from infertility, a study said here on Wednesday. "Around 50 percent of women suffering from endometriosis experience infertility. The disease can influence fertility in many ways, including distorted anatomy of pelvis -- scarred fallopian tubes and altered egg quality," said the study conducted by Kshitiz Murdia, fertility and IVF expert. Murdia is currently associated with Indira Infertility Clinic and Test Tube Baby Centre at south Patel Nagar, in central Delhi. The study state that endometriosis leads to formation of cysts known as endometri-

omas or 'chocolate cysts' in the ovaries. In extreme cases, there are possibilities of the growth of endometriosis on the peritoneum, the lining of the abdomen and pelvis. "In some cases, endometriosis grows deep beneath the peritoneal lining, in the area between the vagina and the rectum. In such circumstances there is often more severe pain," Murdia added. Murdia said endometriosis is a fast increasing disease. Its symptoms are painful periods, deep pain during penetrative sex, chronic pelvic pain and painful bowel motions or urination during menstruation. "There also could be no symptoms at all other than having difficulty getting pregnant. There are also cases where a woman suffering from endometriosis

have absolutely no symptoms," he said. This study later stated that due to the complications caused by the disease, many women have to undergo advanced fertility treatment like In vitro fertilisation (IVF). The stage-4-endometriosis, which is known as severe endometriosis, results in extensive scarring and damaged ovaries. Murdia said women wanting to get pregnant in such situations can go for medical therapy in which the doctor surgically removes the scarred tissue or destroys it. "This can help increase chances of pregnancy in women. The treatment also helps restore the normal anatomy," Murdia said adding that while the effectiveness of such treatment is highly individualized, IVF work wonders for most women.

neW Delhi, June 24 (ianS): The Congress and the AAP on Wednesday demanded HRD Minister Smriti Irani's resignation after a court took note of a complaint against her for allegedly distorting facts about her educational qualification in her election affidavits. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was embarrassed by the development but it defended Irani, asserting that the distortions presented before the court flowed out of typographical errors. Home Minister Rajnath Singh ruled out the resignation of Irani as well as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundara Raje over their alleged links to former IPL chief Lalit Modi who is in London while facing charges of financial irregularities in India. Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain considered a private complaint against Irani and fixed August 28 for recording pre-summoning evidence. "The arguments made on behalf of the complainant (Ahmer Khan) hold merit," the court said. A complaint was filed by Khan in April alleging that Irani, in her three affidavits before the Election Commission (for the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha polls), gave different details about her educational qualification. He sought action against the minister for allegedly lying on

oath. His lawyer K.K. Manan told the court that Irani declared herself to be a 1996 batch B.A. graduate from Delhi University's School of Correspondence in her affidavit filed for the 2004 Lok Sabha election. But in her 2014 Lok Sabha election affidavit, she stated she

be sacked by the prime minister. "It is apparent the country's education minister is lying about her own education. What will happen to the future of millions and millions of the children of this country?" Surjewala asked. Surjewala also attacked the Narendra Modi government. "It is most unfortunate that the degrees of both the education ministers are under question," he said, referring to allegations against Minister of State for HRD Ram Shankar Katheria. The Aam Aadmi Party, whose then Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar was arrested over his allegedly fake law degree, targeted Irani and the Bharatiya Janata Party. AAP leader Ashutosh sought Irani's resignation and arrest -- a la Tomar. "Delhi Police took quick action against Tomar. Similarly they should also arrest Smriti Irani," Ashutosh said. "Her case is very similar to that of Tomar." Referring to the manner Tomar was arrested, the AAP asked Delhi Police to "show similar urgency in Smriti Irani's case as well". BJP's Sambit Patra defended Irani and said she had filed no false affidavit. "It is not a fake affidavit case, it's a typographical error, similar to (Congress president) Sonia Gandhi's typographical error," Patra said.

BJP defends Irani, cites typographical error had done B.Com Part 1 in 1994 from Delhi University (open learning). In another affidavit of July 11, 2011 for the Rajya Sabha election, she said her highest educational qualification was B. Com part I from Delhi University's School of Correspondence. "It is evident from the contents of the affidavits filed by Irani that at best only one of the depositions by her on oath in respect of her educational qualifications is correct," said the counsel. The petition claimed that Irani also lied on oath about her assets and it sought action against her under the Representation of the People Act. Soon after the court order, Congress spokesman R.S. Surjewala sought Irani's resignation. "Irani has no moral or constitutional or legal right to continue in her post even for a day. Either she should resign or she should

Braving rain, hundreds pay homage to Sister Nirmala KolKaTa, June 24 (ianS): Braving heavy showers, hundreds of people from India and abroad bade adieu to Mother Teresa's successor Sister Nirmala here on Wednesday, recalling the nun's dedication and courage. Sister Nirmala's body, placed in a glass casket with candles and wreaths at her feet, was kept at the Missionaries of Charity's global headquarters Mother House where the funeral mass was attended by political and religious leaders, as also the poorest of the poor. Sister Nirmala, Mother Teresa's successor as superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, died on Tuesday following renal failure and heart complications. The mass was led by Archbishop of Kolkata Father Thomas D'Souza who spoke in glowing terms about the nun's life and achievements, her deep spirituality and her love for the poor and the needy. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recounted her affable personality and

service to the poor. "Sister Nirmala always had a smile on her face. Physically we may have lost her but she will be alive through her ideology and philosophy," Banerjee said as the nuns sang songs, including Rabindra Sangeet. Banerjee was accompanied by city mayor Sovan Chatterjee, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien and Kolkata Police Commissioner S.K. Purkayastha. Sister Prema, head of the MoC, described her as the embodiment of courage and compassion that Mother Teresa stood for. "She spread the message of love and compassion to all she met. There were no manipulations, no pretenses. She gave each one time and space to unfold their concerns. She welcomed all," said Sister Prema, who succeeded Sister Nirmala as the superior general of the catholic congregation in 2009. Cutting across class and religious barriers, a steady stream of visitors trickled in since 10 a.m. in south Kolka-

ta's Mother House where the body was kept for public viewing beside Mother Teresa's marble tomb. As rain pelted down on the narrow entrance to the building, close to 250 citizens, including the nuns, gathered around in the airy room to "celebrate her legacy". Several clicked photos and joined in singing hymns, amid tight security. Prominent among the visitors were the elderly who were helped by the nuns of the charitable organisation to approach the glass casket and offer flowers. Frail and wispy, but smiling, 83-year-old B. Collins walked in gingerly, aided by a nun. "She was ever-smiling and always helpful. How can I weep? She lived a full life and did her part for humanity," Collins, who is cared for by the organisation, told IANS. In the backdrop of hymns of 'Maria Tujhe Pranam' softly echoing across the room, Mohammed Parwez hobbled in clutching a garland. The physically-challenged man kissed the glass casket and bowed

before Mother's tomb. "Sister Nirmala is gone but I hope the sisters will carry on the good work they have been doing for poor people like me," he told IANS. Describing her as "holy" and "simple", an MoC nun from Argentina who has been living in the city for nearly a decade, said Sister Nirmala was "active" in managing the work of organisation even in failing health. Archimede Ruggiero, a doctor from Italy, who practices Ayurveda and helps train nurses in Kerala, happened to be in the city to offer tribute to Mother Teresa, but stayed back to learn about Sister Nirmala's work. "I met Mother Teresa and I have been inspired by her and I have been working with people in Kerala to do my part as a human being. But I am also praying for Sister Nirmala here today (Wednesday)," Ruggiero said in broken English. As the numbers of visitors swelled, one could spot army officers, office-goers and Muslim clerics in queue. In-

fants of the MoC'S Sishu Bhavan were also brought in by volunteers and made to touch Sister Nirmala's glass casket and Mother's tomb. Ringed by backpackers and volunteers from countries like Spain and the US, well-known citizens like singer Usha Uthup silently offered their last respects before her funeral at St.John's Church in the evening. Sister Nirmala became the second head of the order after its founder Mother Teresa stepped down from the post in March 1997. During her 12-year stewardship of the Kolkata-headquartered order founded in 1950, Sister Nirmala visited a large number of countries, opening new houses and drawing more people to the Missionaries of Charity, which now has under its fold over 4,500 religious sisters and activities spread across 133 countries. She was honoured with India's second highest civilian order 'Padma Vibhushan' in 2009 for her services to the nation.

Nuns and others walk beside the garlanded coffin of Sister Nirmala Joshi during her funeral procession in Kolkata on Wednesday, June 24. The Indian nun who replaced Mother Teresa as head of the Missionaries of Charity died Tuesday, June 23, the organization said. She was 81. (AP Photo)

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France calls in US envoy over spying PARIS, JUNE 24 (AP): Angry and embarrassed, France summoned the U.S. ambassador Wednesday to respond to the revelations by WikiLeaks that the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on three successive French presidents and other top officials. The release of the spying revelations appeared to be timed to coincide with a final vote Wednesday in the French Parliament on a bill allowing broad new surveillance powers, in particular to counter terrorism threats. French President Hollande, calling the U.S. spying an “unacceptable” security breach, convened two emergency meetings as a result of the disclosures about the NSA’s spying. The first was with France’s top security officials, the second with leading legislators, many of whom have already voted for the new surveillance measure. Hollande was to speak Wednesday with President Barack Obama on the issue. The documents appear to capture top French officials in Paris between 2006 and 2012 talking candidly about Greece’s economy, relations with Germany, and American spying on allies. While there were no huge surprises, the release of the documents late Tuesday

French President Francois Hollande, left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius chair a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday,June 24. Appearing more irritated and embarrassed than surprised, France’s government summoned the U.S. ambassador Wednesday to respond to Wikileaks revelations that the NSA eavesdropped on three successive presidents and other top officials. (AP Photo)

angered and embarrassed French officialdom. The top floor of the U.S. Embassy, visible from France’s presidential Elysee Palace, reportedly was filled with spying equipment hidden behind trompe l’oeil paintings of windows, according to the Liberation newspaper, which partnered with WikiLeaks and the website Mediapart on the documents. U.S. Ambassador Jane Hartley was summoned to

the French Foreign Ministry. Hollande is also sending France’s top intelligence coordinator to the U.S. shortly, to ensure that promises made after earlier NSA spying revelations in 2013 and 2014 have been kept, the spokesman said. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the U.S. must do everything it can, and quickly, to “repair the damage” to U.S.-French relations from the revelations, which he called “a very serious violation of the spirit

of trust” between the allies. “If the fact of the revelations today does not constitute a real surprise for anyone, that in no way lessens the emotion and the anger. They are legitimate. France will not tolerate any action threatening its security and fundamental interests,” he said. Government spokesman Stephane Le Foll told reporters “France does not listen in on its allies.” He added, “we reminded all (government) ministers to

Wind, rains cool Pak heat wave that killed at least 749 KARACHI, JUNE 24 (AP): Wind from the sea and pre-monsoon rains cooled southern Pakistan on Wednesday, likely marking the end of a scorching heat wave that killed at least 749 people, authorities said. Temperatures in hard-hit Karachi dropped to 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 degrees Fahrenheit), meteorologist Abdur Rasheed said. Hospital officials said admittances had dropped compared to previous days, when dehydrated patients lay in corridors and outside of clinics. The port city has been in the grip of a heat wave called the worst in at least a decade, with temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). Hourslong power outages, little running water and

the majority of people fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan had worsened the situation. Karachi, home to some 20 million people, suffers under an inefficient power grid and a shortage of potable water. The power outages also affected the sporadic water supply in Karachi, where those who can afford it rely on tankers of water being delivered to their homes. Mohammad Sabir, a top government official, said at least 749 people had died as a result of the heat wave in Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital. During the heat wave’s worst days, Karachi’s residents tried to find running water to cool off at public taps or broken pipes. Some bathed with their clothes on, while others washed their

Thursday. “Western solidarity in demeaning Africans is unacceptable!! It is an outrage to arrest Rwandan official based on pro-genocidaires lunacy!” Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo wrote on her Twitter account. The case will likely further strain ties between Rwanda and aid-donor Britain after Kigali suspended a local BBC radio service last year after a documentary by the British broadcaster questioned official accounts of the genocide.

Rwanda has long accused the West and others of doing too little to halt the genocide and then failing to do more to crush groups such as the FDLR “genocidaires”, a Hutu militia implicated in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide and blamed by the United Nations and human rights groups for atrocities in eastern Congo. About 800,000 people were butchered in three months of ethnic killings in 1994, most of them from Rwanda’s Tutsi minority as well as moderates from the Hutu majority. The mas-

sacre was halted by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the then rebel force led by Paul Kagame, who is now president. Britain’s embassy in Kigali said the arrest “was a legal obligation, following the issue of a valid European arrest warrant”, adding that it “greatly values the close relationship with Rwanda” and was committed to it for the long term. The Rwandan foreign minister accused Spanish NGOs, which she said were behind the arrest warrant, of backing the FDLR.

International Studies forum on Tuesday. Development finance for health swelled to $36 billion globally in 2014 from $7 billion in 1990, as the United States invested heavily to control the spread of HIV/AIDS and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation embraced global health issues. But global health finance stagnated between 2010 and 2014, and could decline in the years ahead, presenting new challenges for the health agenda, the experts at the CSIS forum said. “You don’t hear a lot of discussion today about people increasing their spending,” said Charles Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, who presented an interactive tool to monitor shifts in development assistance for health. That means health dollars must be wisely spent where they have the greatest impact, or achievements to date could slide. For example, maternal mortality has declined by 45 percent since 1990, but remains far short of its MDG target of falling by three-quarters by 2015, and universal access to reproductive healthcare remains out of grasp. The Ebola outbreak in West Afri-

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alaria likely killed many more people than usual in the West African nation of Guinea during last year’s Ebola outbreak, a new study suggests, as tens of thousands with potential signs of the mosquitospread disease probably shunned health clinics. The early symptoms of malaria — a fever and body aches — are similar to Ebola. Health workers said many people with malaria were afraid of catching Ebola at a medical facility or being mistakenly sent to an Ebola clinic. Experts based their conclusions in part on things like how many people with malaria symptoms were seen at health clinics in four regions hardest hit by Ebola, and how many malaria medicines were given out. They compared that to regions without Ebola and concluded there were about 74,000 probable malaria cases that went untreated. Malaria is the leading killer of children in Guinea. Since the Ebola outbreak was first identified in the forests of Guinea in March 2014, officials estimate the virus has killed more than 2,400 people in the country. In 2013, about 15,000 people in Guinea were killed by malaria, according to Nets for Life Africa, a U.S. charity. Mateusz Plucinski of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who led the study, said it was difficult to say how many people among the 74,000 suspected cases might have died of malaria but that it was probably “substantially higher” than the number of Ebola deaths. The research was paid for by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative. It was published online Tuesday in the journal, Lancet Infectious Diseases. In an email, Franco Pagnoni of the World Health Organization said “the collateral damage of epidemics is a known phenomenon” and that aid workers should try to lessen such effects. He said it was possible Ebola could have also caused spikes in malaria cases in the other countries heavily affected by Ebola, which could have undermined previous efforts to curb malaria. Health officials also worry the stress of the Ebola outbreak on Guinea’s weak health system also resulted in a drop in vaccination coverage, putting the country at risk of a resurgence of diseases like measles and polio.

Report: Colombia generals go unpunished in civilian killings

Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez, right, talks to newly appointed chief of staff Gen. Javier Florez, left, and army commander Gen. Jaime Lasprilla, center, after a press conference. Gen. Rodriguez and Gen. Lasprilla are among dozens of senior Colombian army officers implicated in the killing of 3,000 civilians falsely claimed to be rebels a decade ago. (AP File Photo) Joshua Goodman Associated Press

cer heading a brigade or anyone else higher up the chain of command at the time of the killings between 2002 and 2008, at the peak of the military offensive against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Among the senior officers singled out by Human Rights Watch are two of Colombia’s most distinguished soldiers: Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez, the current head of the armed forces, and Gen. Jaime Lasprilla, the army’s top commander. Both led brigades in different parts of the country that were accused of carrying out at least 76 of the killings while briefly under their command. Earlier this year, Chief Prosecutor Eduardo Montealegre said more than a dozen generals were under investigation, but so far none have been charged. Human Rights Watch said Lasprilla is not among those being investigated but Rodriguez is. The rights group said that while

senior officers were unlikely directly involved in the so-called “false positives” killings, documents obtained by prosecutors show the officers signed off on troop movements and payments to soldiers and fake informants involved in the slayings. That lack of scrutiny came during a period when reports were issued by the United Nations and others drawing attention to systematic executions taking place in several parts of Colombia. President Juan Manuel Santos fired three generals and several other top commanders while serving as defense minister when the scandal broke. As president, he has expressed support for the investigations of army personnel. But human rights groups want Santos to go further, especially as he negotiates a peace deal with leftist rebels that in order to stick will require a crackdown on abuses committed by all sides during the country’s half-century-old conflict. In addition to calling on the military to stop obstructing civilian prosecutors, Human Rights Watch’s report says more protection needs to be given to witnesses willing to implicate higher-ups in the face of death threats and other reprisals. The report highlights the case of a soldier, Nixon de Jesus Carcamo, who was slain last year at a military detention center while being held on charges involving “false positive” killings. Eleven days before his murder he told prosecutors that he feared for his life because he was accusing his superiors. The report also criticizes the lack of oversight by the U.S. and calls on the Obama administration to suspend the portion of military aid, around $7 million a year, which is conditioned on Colombia’s respect for human rights.

Dozens of senior Colombian army officers implicated in the killing of 3,000 civilians falsely claimed to be rebels a decade ago have risen through the ranks and are escaping punishment for their roles in one of Latin America’s worst atrocities, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. In a 95-page report titled “On their Watch,” the rights group offers the most extensive look so far at the pattern of killings by the U.S.-backed armed forces and the legal proceedings against military personnel who tried to present civilians as guerrillas killed in combat to inflate body counts that led to promotions and bonuses. While more than 800 soldiers have been convicted for such killings, most are low-ranking soldiers. No charges ca, which has killed more than 11,000 have been filed against a single offipeople, also highlighted how controlling infectious diseases remains a challenge, despite major gains made Applications are invited for setting up of Micro enterprises under on other diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, Kates said. In the wake of the Ebola crisis, development officials are discussing investing more money in clinics, hospitals and research centres, which Date of issuance of application Last date of submission of could siphon funds from diseasefrom: 01.07.2015 to 08.07.2015 application form: 22.07.2015 specific projects. “There is competition for the health dollar,” said Howard Bauch- On submission of 2 Passport size photographs application forms will be ner, editor of the Journal of the Amer- issued to the applicants at: ican Medical Association. • All District Industries Centre of Nagaland. Murray said there are some glim• All District Offices' of Nagaland Khadi & Village Industries Board. mers of hope on the health funding • KVIC's form for Dimapur District will be available at S.O., KVIC, Dimapur. front. As more countries graduate from the ranks of the poorest, it will • KVIC's form for Kohima District will be available at District Office of NKVI Board at Kohima. free up World Bank loans that can be invested in healthcare, a priority for N.B. Adhar Card No. of the applicant is mandatory. its president Jim Yong Kim. And as developing countries grow For Details please contact: • Khadi & Village Industries Commission, State Office, Super Market Complex, Dimapur. richer, they will generate more tax dollars that they can invest in health• Nagaland Khadi & Village Industries Board, Near New Secretariat Complex, Kohima. care. • Directorate of Industries & Commerce, Govt. of Nagaland, Kohima. But he shares the concern that the Issued by 17 SDGs are too vague. Goal three, for Khadi & Village Industries Commission example, says “Ensure healthy lives (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India) and promote well-being for all at all State Office, Super Market Complex, ages.” Dimapur-797112, Nagaalnd “There are so many goals now, it Phone/Fax: (03862) 226546, may be hard to maintain focus,” MurE-mail: athubakvic@yahoo.co.in ray said.

New UN goals lack focus, global health experts warn WASHINGTON, JUNE 24 (THOmSON REUTERS FOUNdATION): Shrinking aid dollars threaten the major advances made over the past decade in fighting disease and preventable deaths, a task that will grow even more difficult under new United Nations’ development goals, experts in global health said. Child mortality has plunged since the U.N. set a development goal of reducing under-five deaths worldwide by two-thirds, and the spread of HIV/ AIDS infections have fallen 44 percent in the last decade. These achievements reflect the $200 billion invested over the last 15 years in improving health in lower income countries after the U.N. Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) set global health targets. But the new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the U.N. is expected to adopt in September are more diverse, and lack the clarity and focus brought by the MDGs, experts say. “Health is one piece of a much more crowded space that will compete for attention and finances, when we still haven’t finished the job,” Jen Kates, Kaiser Family Foundation director of global health and HIV policy, said at a Center for Strategic and

confirmation on the accuracy of the documents, which covered intercepts from 2006-12. WikiLeaks, however, has a track record of publishing intelligence and diplomatic material. An aide to Sarkozy told The Associated Press that the former president considers these methods unacceptable. There was no immediate comment from Chirac. France is among several U.S. allies that rely heavily on American spying powers when trying to prevent terrorism and other threats, and the intelligence bill expected to pass Wednesday was intended to bolster French capabilities. The French government has repeatedly denied accusations that it wants NSA-style powers. Le Foll, who was heading Wednesday to Washington on a previously scheduled trip, said it wasn’t a diplomatic rupture, riffing that France was sending not an aircraft carrier to the U.S. but a replica of the Hermione, the ship that carried General Marquis de Lafayette from France to America in 1780 to offer help in the Revolution. But, he added, “when you see this between allied countries it’s unacceptable and, I would add, incomprehensible.”

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hands, faces and heads. As power outages rolled across the city, women and children walked down roads looking for shelter after leaving their small, hot homes. “We’re forced to sleep in the streets,” resident Muzafar Khan said. Political parties running the southern province and the federal government blamed each other for the disaster while debating the issue in parliament Wednesday. Some said those in Karachi couldn’t find cars to carry the coffins of their dead to the cemetery and even if they made it, gravediggers overcharged them. “I literally wept when I heard a poor man didn’t have money to pay to a grave digger,” opposition lawmaker Abdul Rashid Godil said. In this Feb. 18, 2014, file photo, the new Colombian armed forces commander

Rwanda calls arrest by UK of spy chief an ‘outrage’ KIGAlI, JUNE 24 (REUTERS): Rwanda said it was an “outrage” for Britain to arrest its intelligence chief at the request of Spain, which wants him on war crimes charges, and suggested Western states were swayed by those behind the 1994 genocide. Karenzi Karake, 54, director general of Rwanda’s National Intelligence and Security Services, was arrested at London Heathrow Airport on Saturday, British police said. He was remanded in custody to re-appear at the court on

be vigilant in their conversations.” The U.S. Embassy had no comment on the WikiLeaks revelations. U.S. National Security Council spokesman Ned Price released a statement Tuesday evening saying the U.S. is “not targeting and will not target the communications of President Hollande.” Price did not address claims that the U.S. had previously eavesdropped on Hollande or his predecessors, Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac. Two of the cables — dealing with then-President Sarkozy and Chirac, his predecessor — were marked “USA, AUS, CAN, GBR, NZL” suggesting that the material was meant to be shared with Britain, Canada and other members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence alliance. The disclosures, which emerged late Tuesday, mean that France has joined Germany on the list of U.S. allies targeted by the NSA. “This involves unacceptable acts that have already given rise to discussions between the United States and France,” Hollande said in a statement after an emergency defense council meeting. The statement said France has reinforced protective measures, without elaborating. There was no instant

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Thursday 25 June 2015

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Discrimination Against Kuki, Kachari, Garo & Mikhir

he recent notification on issue of Indigenous Inhabitant Certificate (IIC) to the above tribe by the Government vide JUD-8/12-DCD/368 dated 9th April 2015, Home Department letter No: HOME/ SCTA-9/98/359 dated 04/06/2015 and Commissioner Office Letter dated 8th June 2015 has brought to light the intent and discriminatory nature of the State Government in its treatment of the already marginalized minority tribes of Nagaland and Conspiracy to deny the rights of its citizens within its own Land. The Constitution (Nagaland) Scheduled Tribes Order of 1970 which is a Presidential Order and the State Home department Letter No: HOME/SCTA-1/86 (PT) dated 16.08.2002 are both crystal clear in its Identification of the recognized tribes and indigenous inhabitants of Nagaland, and as to the system and method of authentication to be done by the government, if required. The recent notification on issuing of IIC is nothing but an act of mischief solely intended to harass and discriminate the long-suffering, deprived and discriminated Minority Tribes of Nagaland. Over the five decades after attainment of statehood, the status of the people of the Kuki, Kachari and Garo, Mikhir/Karbi Tribes have been progressively reduced to that of SECOND CLASS citizens within our own home and land. The same has been achieved by a combination of overt and covert policies and pogroms systemically planned and executed by the legally constituted political governance apparatus. The success of such discriminatory policies were assured and facilitated by the silent acquiescence of the majority people, impelled and compelled by narrow parochial identities, vested interests and greed. ‘Why would such discrimination and harassment be deliberately perpetrated against one’s own brethren or neighbor? These are wild accusations made by the not so sane.’ is, presumably, the first and initial reaction of any person not belonging to any of the aforementioned Naga tribes. ‘Someone is trying to mislead the public and sow dissension!’, others would cry with outrage. As is the case in all conflicts and discriminatory pogroms throughout history, my friends, in the present case, too, the underlying cause of it all is economics and the continuation of the unceasing competition for limited resources in the form of land - land that is plain, fertile, accessible and exploitable; land of such a nature which was available and held in the state of Nagaland primarily and almost entirely in the areas inhabited, and as per prevailing customary laws and legacies, owned

by these very minority tribes in the Dimapur and Peren districts of the state who have been subjected to deliberate and sustained marginalization and victimization. What land was considered disease-ridden, worthless and un-livably hot in the past, now invites envy and jealousy in the modern era of urban and economic development. Greed has no end. And greed is the driving force in the hands of the powerful and the unscrupulous to obtain these desired ‘real estate’ at minimal input costs by coercion and exploitation. ‘Reduce them all to penury; or drive them out; or compel them to give up claim of ownership by threat to their survival;’ seem to be the ingredients of the Multipronged strategy adopted and being quietly executed by these vested interests. The KUKI’S : The Kuki’s in Nagaland are mostly concentrated in two district-Dimapur and Peren having about almost 30 Villages and 99 % of the Villages were established way before the attainment of our Statehood i.e prior to 1963. They have been actively participating and shouldering pain and responsibility with rest of our other Tribes from time immemorial in every aspect of our struggle and journey, Journey from formation of Naga Club to the Historical Petition like The SIMON Commission-which is the basis of our claim of independent/Sovereignty by various NPG’swhere Late. Lenjang Kuki was one of the Historic Signatories. The Kuki’s has bleed, toiled and Struggled from Phizo era till date under various NPG groups, shedding bloods and sweats AND dreaming what all tribes of Nagaland dreamed off. Today as claimed by few Tribes that Kuki’s are Outsiders is as Good as saying that Simon Commission petition is farce and concoctedwhich is the basis of our desire to be free and Sovereign nation before the creation of the Nagaland State within the Indian union. NCS& NPS officers: the last time a Kuki candidate clearing NCS officer was in 1991 and NPS 1994, ever since that not a single person had been selected till date. To say that the Minority Kuki Tribe are not capable and intelligent enough to clear such exam will be a false and concocted excuses as there are about more than 20+ Central Gazzetted officers from Nagaland itself FROM 1991 till date and not to mention the Grade II & III central government employees. It is a self-explanatory by itself that bias and prejudices exist in our mindset and system to deprive the minorities Tribes of our own Sate who had contributed equally if not more from Time immemorial to the growth

In solidarity with ACAUT

don't know if this is true for everyone, but let me true to myself that I wanted to tell you about my emotional state of reaction towards the nature of job recruitment in Nagaland. Unlike you, i am not a brilliant student, nor not even i have scored the highest the mark in my whole academic career. I was just an ordinary student getting an average mark and I'm satisfied with it to date. However, most of the deprived students in Nagaland are qualified, educated and well talented yet unemployed. In Nagaland, it is unthinkable for one to get a Govt job without paying money or without political influences. This illegal professional practice of greed and money power had always pulverize and crumble the self- conscious of those qualified individual into dust. It is true that there are many poor parents and many rich, but this does mean that man with large property and good political position ought to count for more than one. Equality of man and justice in the society has been murdered by those powerful man and haves groups. Remember there are thousands of poor parents who cannot even effort their children to go further studies! So the question of buying a job for their children does not arise here .It is out of dream. This is a bitter reality of Naga Today. The latest unearthing of various backdoor appointment in RD by ACAUT team

is just a dip of an iceberg. What about the other department? 36 BDO/RDO/APO bypassing NPSC despite repeated pleas from lakhs of educated Unemployed youths to ensure transparency has little to do with those sitting in throne. Yes very soon, the close kin of those politicians and bureaucrats will be directly appointed in Nagaland Legislative Assembly too. Similarly, When i come to think of education department, it doesn't give me any sense of contentment to say education plays a paramount role in our modern society. It is the most corrupt department of all the corrupted departments. So far, articles after articles have been put forward in local dailies begging the department to conduct RMSA viva voice, however the department keeps on ignoring of those thousands strong self-conscious individuals and students. On the other side, various appointment are made every day through backdoor in the concern department when thousands of educated unemployed are eagerly waiting for RMSA viva voice exam. After all, what on earth has the purpose of holding a TET professional certificate if such random appointment are to be made. This cause to feel anxiety that an opportunity may never serve the purpose to those who accomplished TET until the validity of TET certificate expires in 15.Feb.2019. Longeryanger Imchen, Mokokchung

and struggle of our State Nagaland. Today the famous products of the State of Nagaland universally known like the Nagaland Special rice, Naga Pineapple and Naga Raja Mircha- the handiwork and architect are the Kuki Tribe which we gladly and Happily produces on behalf of the whole Sate of Nagaland, the art and knowledge of cultivating and plantations of this products has been passed on to the other tribe with the passage of time without any bias or narrow mindset. The KACHARI ’S: The Kachari’s have about 20+ villages also established before Statehood most of them around Dimapur district itself only and the existences and ownership of their Land can be measured from the name of our only City itself-Dimapur, derived from Kachari King Dima Raja- and considered the heart and Lifeline of our State. The various ponds and now converted to fisheries all around Dimapur district itself speak of its era, Greatness and legitimate ownership of the Land and its Land owner and the irrefutable Monoliths and statues of 1000+ years still stand witness till date. The discrimination and biasness against this Tribe is clearly visible by such notification as the Government of Nagaland questioning the Land owner proof of their very existence in their own land-Dimapur. Whatever theories maybe told and made-up, it is a irrefutable facts with both documentary as well as factual facts that Dimapur is the Land of Kacharis but unlike other district or Land within Nagaland, they are not imposing or dictatorial about their ownership but rather very accommodating and Hospitable to all of the Tribes in Nagaland-in fact Dimapur due to the attitude and hospitality of the Kacharis Land owner-Dimapur is the only Place where all Tribes of Nagaland lives as Equal and as One, I would say it’s the only melting place of Nagaland irrespective of its Tribes or status. NCS & NPS Officers: the irony of the fact is that till date after attaining Statehood of Nagaland, IN almost 52 years of Statehood not a SINGLE NCS or NPS officers is honored or given to the Kachari Tribe inspite of being the inhabitant and Land owner of the only Developed and well connected town of Nagaland. The Deprivation and Discrimination against a Single Tribe cannot be more glaring and clear against a particular Minority Tribe as can be seen with the manners sidelined and discriminated. The GARO’S : The Garo Tribe has been living in Nagaland since time immemorial along with other Tribes of Nagaland as equal brother and sister, they have about 4-5 Villages within Dimapur but after attaining Statehood, the dis-

criminatory nature of the State Government against this Minority Tribe has led to depletion and shifting to other places in search of one’s livelihood. They have become almost extinct in once considered prosperous and hardworking Tribe of Nagaland. The MIKHIR/KARBI : The Mikhir or the so called Karbi Tribe in Nagaland is as good as extinct where they have almost all have migrated to Assam Karbi Anglong area, which has become the Lifeline of Nagaland State. The migrations have started due to sheer discriminatory nature of the Sate and its narrow sighted officers and leaders of other Tribes. Once considered as thriving Tribe of Nagaland especially in growing vegetables and food products for the whole State of Nagaland in Dimapur district has vanish . 1963 Electoral roll loopholes: The Government insistence of having names in 1963 electoral roll is not attainable looking at the atmosphere and conditions prevailing during that period. During the 1963, the air and the Naga national movement was still strong and much alive and many people irrespective of its Tribes have boycotted the enrolment during that period, to say that if someone does not have enroll during that period will be denied Indigenous Inhabitant certificate will be bias and discriminatory. Will the house Tax paid to NNC during that period be admissible as most people boycotted anything Government of India enforced upon, as patta was only applicable to the district of Dimapur even till date and to ask Patta from interior Villages is nothing but mischief and unattainable. Will the Government of Nagaland have the guts to deny IIC to major tribe like the Ao, Angami, Sema etc who had refused to be enrolled themselves or their families during the 1963 Electoral roll revision due to the Naga Nationalism movement. ATTITUDE of the Government & REALITY : The various Government of our state has been very narrow minded and discriminatory in their approach toward this above mentioned Tribes whether it may be in terms of opportunity in services or developmental works. The above mentioned Tribes even though they may be Minorities in Nagaland but in nearby Assam or Meghalaya Sate they are majority tribe, instead of using this Tribes living in Nagaland as channel of diplomacy to keep a good relation with our neighboring States have been sending Negative vibes by the manners they have been treated in our State as Second Class citizen.

The Government of Nagaland and its various Officers should known that the above mentioned Tribes are still living in Nagaland inspite of the various Discriminations and hardship faced by them, they are still struggling within their own state because they have NO where else to Go inspite of they may be recognized in other State, they are living and struggling inspite of not getting any Jobs as illustrated above and their Hospitality has been taken for being weak. The various Orders and Notification is clear enough how and whom to give Indigenous certificate and question of Naga or Non-Naga indigenous Certificate does not arise as clearly stated in various notifications. The question of Naga or non-Naga may be applicable to those community or tribe which are not recognized in Nagaland but for the above mentioned recognized Tribes, one has to simply mentioned their Tribes. The recent harassment to this Tribes are nothing but Discriminatory , bias, mischief amounting to Human Rights Violations and violations and tempering of various Orders and Notifications issued and passed earlier by the government. Affirmative Actions: The Government should chart out an affirmative action like giving Backward Quotas, Job Reservations and Economic packages to this much deprived and Discriminated Tribe of Nagaland to uplift them to the par of other Tribes as recognized by the Government. The protections and affirmative actions will not only be on humanitarian grounds but as seen from the above examples that they are in reality needs to be uplifted for the State to progress along with the rest of our other tribes. The Status of the Kuki, Kacharis, Garo and Mikhir are worst than that of even the Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants (IBI)where their names and facilities of state institutions like Electoral roll, Job cards etc are check and counter check unlike easily available even to the IBI’s. The above Tribes are the backbone of Nagaland Food products like Rice, vegetables, Fruits and even Labors for various works. The discriminations and Bias nature of the Government and its Officials has indirectly led to migration of thousands of Illegal immigrants in our State, if I am not mistaken even in Electoral roll the names of IBI in different forms even using local names but face of IBI will be more than that of this above mentioned Tribes in our State thereby posing a Clear and present danger for the future of Nagaland. K. Lun Tungnung, Social Activist & Consultant, Dimapur, Nagaland.

TO YOGA OR NOT TO YOGA?

irst of all let me congratulate the Nagaland Baptist Church Council and Nagaland Christian Revival Church Council for coming out boldly with proactive decisions regarding observance of World Yoga Day. The Churches' approach of 'Never on a Sunday,' is laudable, but begs the question, are we ok if it is on Monday or any other week day? The exercises involved in yoga, the meditations have deep spiritual significance. Their intention is different from other physical exercises. We are told by some Christians that practicing yoga has increased their well being and happiness quotient, so whats the fuss about? We are also told that these poses are going to fill our coffers, so why not? The target audience for this article is the committed Christian, young or old, who is in a quandary. To yoga or not to yoga? I want to help you make an informed decision by answering some basic questions. 1. Can a Christian practice yoga without getting caught up in the re-

ligious aspects of it? * The problem is that yoga is religious in nature. The intention of yoga is a way to earn salvation. It is taught within all sects of Hinduism as a means to earn salvation. Meditation is central to all forms of yoga. It is said that meditation helps its practitioners to find release from the endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Yoga is a physical exercise by which one works his or her way to God, a non physical uniting with God. The point of the practice of yoga is to unite oneself with God. Yoga is a practice, a life long practice and not a task or a goal to be completed. 2. Is there anything wrong in doing stretching exercises? * This is a question that needs to be answered since the major part of yoga is stretching. There is nothing wrong with stretching at all. In fact stretching is a very useful exercise to help people stay healthy. The problem comes when one meditates and focuses on the religious aspects of yoga. One needs to distinguish between purely stretching and yoga. So if one is purely stretching and is not practicing the philosophical and

religious nature of yoga, then feel free to go on. However, be warned that the very nature of yoga is such that you need to go further and further into it to get the feelings that you first got, and that's when you may not be able to help yourself. 3. If there are medical benefits from practicing yoga, then why should Christians not be able to practice yoga? * With any physical fitness programme there are bound to be some positive medical benefits. There are many other great physical fitness programs that are out there with great benefits. So if it is well being and medical benefits that you are after, and if you are a committed Christian, why take the chance in meddling with something that comes from and is associated with, a false view of salvation? Why do we feel like we have to use an exercise that has religious values that we do not subscribe to? Yoga is different from other exercise systems because it is more than just an exercise. The point of yoga is to combine body, mind and soul together. If you are a Christian that believes that Jesus is the only way to

have salvation, (John 14:16). Then the practice of yoga would be detrimental to your walk with the living God. Your relationship with Jehovah is precious and needs to be valued and protected. Our salvation cannot be earned. We know that it is by grace through faith, so we cannot meddle in belief systems that makes nothing of the cross of Jesus Christ, the highest price God paid for mankind. We cannot be saved by works, no matter how good that work may be. We as Christians are to be different from the world, we are not to do things the same way as the world. Rom. 12:1-2. When we try and use the methods of the world in order to get close to God then we are in direct disobedience to God and are dishonoring and trampling under our feet the Blood of the precious Lamb of God which was shed for our sins and trespasses. (Hebrews 6:4-6). Putting our Lord to an open shame is a very dangerous thing. Nini Sekhose, President, Chakhroma Christian Revival Church Women's Association, Chakhroma Sub Council Office Chumukedima. H.O. Chumukedima.

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

England end New Zealand's tour with T20 trouncing Faith in Action: 46 members awarded black belt

MANchEstER, JUNE 24 (AFP): England set themselves up for the Ashes by ensuring New Zealand's tour ended in a comprehensive defeat as they thrashed the Black Caps by 56 runs in the lone Twenty20 international at Old Trafford on Tuesday. New Zealand, set 192 for victory, collapsed to 135 all out as they lost their last five wickets for four runs in 12 balls. For England, it was the ideal way to sign off ahead of the Ashes after they had shared the two Test series 1-1 and defeated New Zealand, who humiliated them en route to the World Cup final, 3-2 in a thrilling one-day international series. The first Test against Australia starts in Cardiff on July 8. Tuesday saw left-arm paceman David Willey (three for 22) and fast bowler Mark Wood (three for 26) mark their England debuts at this level in style. England's Joe Root was named man-of-the-match

for his 68 in the hosts' 191 for seven. "This felt a million miles away after the World Cup," said England white-ball captain Eoin Morgan. "Now we have won this game and the ODI series, it reinforces to the guys that, it might not always come off, but we can beat the best in the world in any game of cricket." New Zealand were 101 for five at the half-way stage but then collapsed in spectacular fashion as England won with 22 balls to spare. 'Amateurish batting' "I thought that 190-odd was about par. I was not unhappy at half-time, but we batted a bit amateurishly to be honest," said New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum. "Credit to England, we wish them all the best for what is to come." New Zealand's Kane Williamson top-scored for the Black Caps with a typically elegant 57 but his side's hopes of victory effectively ended in a 15th over where they lost three wickets.

DIMAPUR, JUNE 24 (MExN): Faith in Action Taekwondo Academy has added another feather to their much applauded by registering in Academy of Kukkiwon in India where they have confirmed 46 Black Belts from their academy. The academy has obtained Second Dan holders and 35 First Dan holders have from International Taekwondo Certificate from Kukkiwon, World Taekwondo Headquarter, South Korea on May 7, 2015. The grading was conducted by the Director/ Coach Master Deep Kumar, Black Belt 4th Dan, International Instructor and Examiner under Kukkiwon. It may be noted that the Faith in Action Taekwondo Academy is a member of Kukkiwon, South Korea and World Martial Arts Council and UK have produced many national and international players in England's Joe Root hits a six off the bowling of New Zealand's Tim Southee during the International Twenty20 cricket the recent years with good match between England and New Zealand at Old Trafford numbers of Instructors. The 2nd Black Belt cricket ground in Manchester on June 23. (AP Photo)

Fighters from Faith in Action Taekwondo Academy posing for lens.

Holders are HushetoZhimomi, Thejaser Kevichusa, Toshimeren Imchen, Alice D. Chishi, ToluhoYeptho, Sanjay Chetri, Inausanai Sngha, Diana D. Chishi, Wasim Akram, Pankaj Das, Bajrang Wankhade, The 1st Dan holders are Jackson Phaomei, BohotoAcumi, Sentichuba, Lokivi Aye, Tia Yanger, Kevin D.

Chishi,Sangmai Chang, Anguvi K. Awomi, TakusunepImsong, Pongnyu M. Konyak, AyushGhosh, Imodangla, AnkitChhetri, RyionDuttPandey, Carne A. Raja, AnishChhetry, ShaibalSutradhar, Sherry Jindal, Edwin Joy, Calvin A. Raja, AkatoSumi, PremMech,MrinalDutta, Vishal Kumar Sharma, De-

bojit Das, PragatiGattani, BipranjoyMuchahar y, MontuDeory, PinkuDutta, NandiniGattani, PinkyDey, SiddhartSinha, Shubhangi, RakshyakSatpathy and ShivamArora. This is stated in a press note issued today by Husheto Zhimomi, General Secretary, Faith in Action Taekwondo Academy.

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Thursday 25 June 2015

Kids for Fame - 5

heto Music Association promotional event Kids for Fame season 5 will conduct its first district audition on June 25 at Pheto Music Association’s office in Dimapur at 3:00 pm. Interested contestants can come to the venue for direct audition without any registration. Participants can sing in English or Hindi without any musical accompa-

Beyonce

may star as marvel superhero

fter over six years away from the big screen, Beyonce could be set for a spectacular movie comeback as a comic book superhero in an upcoming Marvel movie. Yes, in news which is both surprising and perfectly logical, the singer is reported to be in talks with Marvel and Disney bosses over an upcoming asyet-undecided superhero role. Producers are said to be certain that the singer’s star power could bring millions more fans to the franchise, especially if she was to pair with current female stars Scarlett Johansson and Elizabeth Olsen. The Avengers’ next instal-

'Sanjivani'

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opular T V actor Sanjit Bedi, who rose to fame with popular TV serial 'Sanjivani', left for his heavenly abode yesterday. The actor was suffering from a brain virus and was in coma for some time. He was most popular for his doctor Omi in 'Sanjivani'. He was also a part of 'Jaane Kya Baat Huyi', 'Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasman', 'Kya Hoga Nimmo Ka', 'Kasautii Zindagii Kay' and a few more Balaji serials. The TV fraternity is in a state of shock after his sudden demise and posting their grievances on Twitter. Sanjit was married to Rekha Bhatia.

Patrick Schwarzenegger to play lead in 'Midnight Sun'

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ment will be Infinity War Parts 1 and 2, which are scheduled for release in 2018 and 2019, while spin-off films are also in the works. The roles bosses are said to be considering for Bey include that of, Boom-Boom, who is the alter-ego of Tabitha Smith, a secret agent with the ability to create lethal plasma bombs with her mind. In 2006, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for Dreamgirls and her other film Austin Powers in Goldmember and the Pink Panther. Earlier in 2015, the Crazy in Love singer moved with rapper hubby JayZ from New York to LA's posh Holmby Hills so she could reboot her acting career.

o l l y w o o d st a r Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Patrick Schwarzenegger has finally landed his first lead role in Midnight Sun. The movie directed by Step Up Revolution fame director Scott Speer will feature Patrick, 21, alongside The Duff actress Bella Throne, reported Aceshowbiz. The movie is based on a 2006 Japanese mov-

ie which centers on a 17-year-old girl named Katie who has a rare disease which forces her to stay indoor because even the smallest amount of sunlight could kill her. She then meets and falls in love with a young man named Charlie as they set off for a summer romance. Before Midnight Sun Patrick will be seen in horror comedy Scouts vs Zombies.

Audition stArts todAy niment. Dimapur audition will be followed by combined audition for Wokha and Kohima on June 26 at Kohima. Elimination Round will be held in Dimapur in the Month of July to choose the best contestants. Participants from Kohima can contact Lineage Enterprises, opposite New NST Bus Station or call 9856484156.

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om Holland, of Ki n g s t o n u p o n Thames, Surrey will be the next actor to play New York’s favourite webslinging son, Spider-Man, according to Variety. Holland, who co-starred with Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor in Boxing Day tsunami drama The Impossible, was one of six teenage actors being considered

for the role, three of whom were British. Among those he swung ahead of was rumoured front-runner Asa Butterfield, star of Hugo and Ender’s Game. The 19-year-old is likely to first appear as the character in a cameo role in Marvel’s upcoming Captain America sequel, Civil War, with standalone Spider-Man films to follow. Sony an-

of the second film’s story. The Amazing SpiderMan films were part of a reboot of a modern take on the character pioneered by director Sam Raimi with his trilogy, which ran from 20027 and starred Tobey Maguire. The first standalone film from the new SpiderMan franchise, directed by Jon Watts, will be released worldwide on 28 July 2017.

Rihanna's boyfriend Karim Benzema is her 'best friend' - who has 16-month-old daughter Melia from a previous relationship - and friends are astonished by her transformation. A source told LOOK magazine: ''Rihanna seems to have undergone a major transformation. She's gone from saying that she doesn't believe in monogamy at all, to talking about how she just wants to be with one guy. ''It's all because of Karim, he's completely swept her off her feet.'' They may have only been dating for a short while, but pals wouldn't be surprised if the couple take things to the next level very soon. Another source said: ''Secretly I think Rihanna would love a proposal. And Karim has hinted that he's got his eye on a diamond ring just for her. ''But at the moment, she's just enjoying it and seems to be truly happy for the first time in a long while.''

nounced a partnership deal with Marvel in February, allowing the character to join Marvel heroes on screen. Holland takes over the role from Andrew Garfield, who starred in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man and last year’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Garfield was critical of Sony Pictures, the studio that owns the property for “breaking the thread”

anadian rockers Nickelback are forced to cancel all remaining dates of the second leg of the 2015 "No Fixed Address" North American tour due to lead vocalist Chad Kroeger being diagnosed with an operable cyst on his voice box. Kroeger will undergo surgery in three weeks following vocal rest ordered by doctors. Ticket refunds will be available at the point of purchase. Nickelback cancelled shows over the weekend, hoping the additional rest and treatment would help, but an unfortunate diagnosis from Kroeger's doctor revealed a more serious scenario. "I am sorry I have to interrupt the party this summer and I am definitely not thrilled with the prospect of being silent for many weeks to come when I could be out there playing for our fans," said Kroeger. "I am relying on my doctor and his team to help get my voice back in good form as quickly as possible." Kroeger's medical team anticipates a full recovery and the "No Fixed Address" tour will resume with their previously scheduled European run, in Helsinki, Finland on September 30. Nickelback is expected to return to North America in 2016. Nickelback’s latest album, "No Fixed Address", sold around 80,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 4 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on November 17, 2014. The 11-song set is the first through the Canadian act's new deal with Republic Records. Nickelback has sold more than 50 million records worldwide since breaking through with its 2001 album, "Silver Side Up".

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Nickelback's Chad Kroeger to undergo Surgery; Band cancels NA Tour Dates

he 'Diamonds' singer has been on a string of dates with the Real Madrid soccer player in recent weeks after first meeting at the World Cup tournament last summer and the 27-year-old beauty has reportedly told friends the relationship feels very different to her past romances with the likes of Chris Brown, Drake, and Leonardo Dicaprio, because she got to know him well through calls and texts first. A source said: ''It's taken a long time for the relationship to get off the ground but she says that's what makes it so special. ''He's the first guy she's actually gotten to know before diving in head first. ''She's been telling people she's never experienced anything like this in her life and that she trusts him like her best friend.'' And Rihanna is said to have been ''completely swept off her feet'' by the French sportsman

Dimapur

HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY

REV. AND MRS. LANO LONGCHAR (25/06/2015)

golden aura between two chosen people symbolizes God’s love in the form of unselfishness, trust, generosity and love for one another. This aura surrounds you two, a couple representing all that is right about a marriage; a marriage which have triumphed over time, over challenges and still continue to serve and love with hearts together, bonded with God’s grace and mercy. You are role models for everyone who believe in eternal love and for those who trust that there is a ‘one and only’. You are role models for the benefit of a happy marriage through unconditional love for one person lasting 50 years. You are role models showing that two are better than one, that it is better to be a team in facing life’s challenges. You are role models for commitment, care and devotion. You are also role models for couples to walk with God in true faithfulness. Today as both of you look back with happiness and pride, upon the 50 cherished years that you’ve spent together, of dreams that you’ve seen come true, of God’s miracles unfolding before you, help make this golden day a happy one for you. You are an extra ordinary couple, admired and esteemed by many. We thank God for your lives and for being exemplary Parents to us. We wish you God’s unceasing love, peace, comfort and happiness all the years of your lives. May your love continue to be a golden beacon for the rest of us!

Your loving family

Sania, Hingis storm into Aegon Int'l quarters

terfinals of the WTA Aegon International, here. Sania and Hingis thrashed the unseeded Czech-Dutch pair 6-0 6-2 in the opening round of USD 731000 grass court tournament, the last before the Wimbledon. The top seeds saved both the break chances in the opening set and brok their rivals thrice to bagel them. In the second they dropped serve one time but capitalised on three break chances to close the contest in just 45 minutes. In the quarterfinals EaSTBouRNE, JuNE routed the pair of Karolina they face Hao-Ching Chan of 24 (PTI): Top-seeds Sania Pliskova and Michella Kra- Taipei and Flavia Pennetta Mirza and Martina Hingis jicek to sail into the quar- from Italy.

Japan beats the Netherlands to reach World Cup quarterfinal

Liverpool agree to sign Brazil forward Firmino

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BERLIN, JuNE 24 (REuTERS): Liverpool have agreed to sign Brazil international Roberto Firmino pending a medical that will take place after his participation at the Copa America, the Premier League club confirmed on Wednesday. The gifted 23-year-old attacking midfielder is moving to Anfield from Germany's Hoffenheim, where he played since 2010, scoring 47 goals in 151 appearances. No details were given regarding the transfer fee or length of contract, although the deal was reported to cost Liverpool around 28 million pounds ($44.13 million). Firmino has been outstanding at Hoffenheim, maturing from an exuberant teenager to team leader despite his young age and attracting the interest of several top European clubs in the process. "The Reds have seen off serious competition from rivals in the Barclays Premier League and across Europe to make it Anfield where the goalscoring instincts and creative flair of Firmino can continue to blossom," Liverpool said in a statement. "Liverpool had been watching all along and acted fastest to put together a deal for Firmino, who will be exhibiting his mesmerising skills at Anfield from August." Versatile and skilled, Firmino can play a variety of roles in attack and midfield and

his development in the past few seasons saw him earn a first Brazil cap last year. He has also started Brazil's last two fixtures at the Copa America, scoring the winner against Venezuela as his country advanced to the last eight of the competition. Following a disappointing campaign in which the club could only finish sixth in the league, Firmino is the latest player to join Liverpool in a hectic start to the summer transfer window after the departure of long-time captain Steven Gerrard. Midfielder James Milner, striker Danny Ings and goalkeeper Adam Bogdan have all completed Bosman moves, while promising defender Joe Gomez joined the club from Charlton Athletic for 3.5 million pounds.

Offroad Maestro cum AutoExpo from June 25

DImaPuR, JuNE 24 (mExN): The Association of Offroaders Nagaland (AON) is organising the 2nd edition of Offroad Maestro cum AutoExpo 2015 from June 25 to 27 at State Stadium, DC Court Junction, Dimapur. According to a press release received here, the ceremonial flag off will be

on June 26 at 8:30 a.m. Dr. Neiphrezo Keditsu, MLA, will be the chief guest on the occasion. This year, AON is also organising an AutoExpo which will be the first in Nagaland. Renowned Automotive manufacturers like Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra, Mitsubishi, Nissan, JCB, Mahindra

Heavy vehicles, Honda two wheelers and Polaris will be showcasing their vehicles with test-drives. HDFC will also be organising a Car/bike loan Mela at the event, the press release stated. Spectators will be allowed free entry to the Expo Site as well as the Offroading Arena.

India beat B'desh in third ODI

India crush Bangladesh by 77 runs in third ODI to avoid series whitewash

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NEW DELHI, JuNE 24 (agENcIES): Indian bowlers fired in unison to guide their team to a convincing 77-run victory over Bangladesh in the third and final match of the ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka on Wednesday. With this win, India salvaged some pride and prevented the hosts, who had already pocketed the series, from registering a rare clean sweep as Bangladesh won the series 2-1. For India, Suresh Raina (3/45), Dhawal Kulkarni (2/34) and R Ashwin (2/35) bowled superbly to give India an easy victory. Chasing a mammoth 318-run target, Bangladesh were bundled up for 240 in 47 overs despite maintaining a good run rate for major part of their innings. The only problem was that they lost wickets at regular intervals and their 50 plus partnerships couldn't blossom into big one. Bangladesh were 34/1 after 5 overs as they reached 100-run mark in just 15.1 overs. Bangladesh crossed the 200-run mark in 34.1 overs. Stuart Binny, who opened bowling for India, dropped Soumya Sarkar in the third delivery of the innings on his follow through. The ball flew to the left of Binny, who attempted to take the catch with one hand but the ball didn't stick to his left hand. Binny gave away 25 runs in his first three overs. In a rare incident, Paceman Umesh Yadav gave away 14 runs in his very first over that included 5 wides and two fours. Dhawal Kulkarni gave Bangladesh a denting blow early on as he trapped seasoned Tamim Iqbal in the second over of the innings to give India early breakthrough. Kulkarni's delivery swung sharply into Tamim, who was looking to block but missed it as the ball struck on the pads. Kulkarni was at it again to get rid of dangerous Soumya Sarkar, who scored a quickfire 34-ball 40 which included 5 fours and 2 sixes. Ravichandran Ashiwn took an easy catch at mid-on as Sarkar looked to

lift it over Kulkarni's head but mistimed it altogether and couldn't get the elevation. Soumya Sarkar and Litton Das added 54 runs for the second wicket. Mushfiqur Rahim was playing quite well before edging a Suresh Raina delivery which was well caught by Dhoni behind the stumps. Rahim, who scored 24 off 30 balls, added 50 runs with Litton Das for the third wicket. Axar Patel soon joined the party as he cleaned up Litton Das (34). Patel's slider sneaked through the gap between bat and pad and it crashes into the leg stump. Raina picked up his second when he got rid of Shakib Al Hasan (20), who played a reckless slog sweep on a flighted delivery which was well caught by diving Dhawal Kulkarni at long on. Bangladesh lost three quick wickets in a space of 36 runs as they were 148/5 from 112/3 at one stage. Raina got his third wicket when he dismissed Rubel Hossain. Stuart Binny broke the crucial 49run partnership stitched between Sabbir Rahman and Nasir Hossain for the sixth wicket when he unleashed an off-cutter that gripped and turned, Rahman pushed it away from the body but the inside edge crashed into Rahman's leg-stump. Ravichandran Ashwin too opened his account as he clean bowled Mashrafe Mortaza for duck. Ashwin scalped Nasir Hossain (32) to claim his second victim of the innings Earlier, brilliant knocks by skipper MS Dhoni (69) and opener Shikhar Dhawan (75) helped India post a mammoth total of 317/6 against Bangladesh. Skipper Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and decided to bowl against India. Umesh Yadav and Stuart Binny drafted in to the playing XI replacing Bhuneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja. Dhoni, who once again promoted himself at No. 4, was ably complemented by Ambati Rayudu (44) as the duo stitched 107-run partnership, the highest of the innings, for the fourth wicket. Dhoni played a fine knock as he scored his 59th ODI fifty off just 58 balls which included four boundaries and a six. Suresh Raina played a blistering knock of 38 runs off 21 balls towards the end to take India to a respectable score before becoming the second victim of Mustafizur Rahman.

Netherlands' Mandy van den Berg watches as goalkeeper Loes Geurts fails to stop a shot by Japan's Mizuho Sakaguchi during the second half of a round of 16 soccer match at the FIFA Women's World Cup on June 23, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Jonathan Hayward/ The Canadian Press via AP)

Janie McCauley AP Sports Writer

Mizuho Sakaguchi scored what turned out to be the deciding goal in the 78th minute on a pretty left-footed shot from the top of the 18-yard box, and defending Women's World Cup champion Japan held off a late attack to beat the Netherlands 2-1 on Tuesday night and reach the quarterfinal. Kirsten van de Ven scored for the Dutch in stoppage time when the ball went off goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori's right arm. Three additional minutes were added to the clock. The goalie put her gloves to her face in disbelief and said something to herself. Sakaguchi scored shortly after Japan nearly had an own goal. Sherida Spitse took a corner in the 76th and the ball deflected off Aya Sameshima toward her own net when Kaihori punched it away with her right fist. "We are in the knockout stage so if we lost there would be nothing left, so I'm happy that we won,"

Sakaguchi said. "I went for a strike and I thought it was a long shot and that's not my strength but I thought I should try it," she said of the distance. Saori Ariyoshi found herself in perfect position when the Netherlands flubbed a clear and scored from the top of the box in the 10th minute for Japan's initial goal. Japan overpowered the young Dutch squad for much of the evening at BC Place by controlling possession in the midfield to create chances, and the defense pushed far up the field. The Nadeshiko, who along with Brazil were the only teams to win all three group-stage games, advance to the quarterfinal against Australia on Saturday at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. They stuck with their familiar World Cup trend, too. Five of Japan's six goals have come in the 29th minute or earlier, and all six have been scored by a different player. Japan, with its hustle

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and fancy footwork on display for a crowd of 28,717, ran its game plan with precision to control all of the field against an overmatched Netherlands team making its World Cup debut. On the early scoring play, Aya Miyama dribbled down the left sideline and crossed to Yuki Ogimi, whose header hit the crossbar and Dutch defender Merel van Dongen couldn't clear the rebound. Ariyoshi then connected from about 15 yards out and put the ball in the lower corner past diving goalkeeper Loes Geurts. Japan had another solid chance in the 22nd minute on a pretty give-and-go from Sameshima to Shinobu Ohno that Sameshima struck over the bar. Ohno also missed an open header moments before the first-half whistle. Even when the Netherlands threatened early, it seemed a step slow. "We had a great start until it came to be 1-0 and then after the 1-0 the Neth-

erlands team was becoming a bit sloppy, with sloppy passing," Dutch coach Roger Reijners said. "Our team did all we could to get something going and not leave with nothing at all. After 2-0 we were a little lucky and managed to make it 2-1." Manon Melis took a great ball in the seventh minute but couldn't get a foot on it, whiffing as she knocked it out of bounds. In the 48th, 18-year-old forward Vivianne Miedema got the ball near the top left corner of the box and opted to dribble into traffic rather than take a quick shot. The Dutch missed making contact on two headers from the same ball high in the box in the 73rd minute. Japan started three different goalkeepers in the group stage as part of coach Norio Sasaki's liberal substitution plan to use his entire roster and have every player ready to contribute. Sasaki went with Kaihori, the only one to give up a goal in the group stage in a late score by Cameroon in Vancouver. Kaihori made

another save in the 86th minute Tuesday. Japan's Homare Sawa, playing her sixth and final World Cup, entered in the 80th minute after starting two of the team's three matches in the group stage. T h e Ne t h e r l a n d s missed a chance to qualify for next summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics as one of Europe's top three teams, but could still earn a berth into the 12-team Olympic field through a European playoff. The white teddy bear wearing an oversized No. 7 jersey that Japan keeps close to honor injured teammate Kozue Ando held its spot on the bench. Ando broke her left ankle in the World Cup opener against Switzerland in Group C play when she got caught up with Swiss goalkeeper Gaelle Thalmann and left in the 32nd minute. Japan returned to BC Place for the third time in four matches at this World Cup, having also beaten Switzerland and Cameroon in Vancouver.

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Bouchard retires injured in Eastbourne 3rd round

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard returns the ball to Switzerland's Belinda Bencic during day five of the women's international tennis tournament at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England, Wednesday June 24. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

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EaSTBouRNE, JuNE 24 (aP): Eugenie Bouchard said the abdominal injury that forced her to retire from a third-round match at Eastbourne on Wednesday would not stop her lining up next week at Wimbledon, where she was runner-up last year. "I'm going to play no matter what, even if I'm on one leg," said Bouchard, who was losing 6-4, 3-0 to Belinda Bencic of Switzerland when she retired. The player who beat Bouchard in last year's Wimbledon final, Petra Kvitova, pulled out of Eastbourne on Monday because of illness. Bouchard said she started feeling the abdominal muscle injury during the first set against Bencic. "I kept trying and trying," the Canadian said. "I mean, at the end it was hard for me to put a serve in, just because I felt that pain a little bit. "It just wasn't smart for me to take a risk, and potentially be out for a long time. It's something I want to kind of take care of right away." Bouchard said the injury was "something I have had in the past," and intends to take a few days off from serving.

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