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DIMAPUR, JUNE 28 (MExN): The NSCN (K) today termed the “unprecedented uproar of India’s Political and Military establishments” in the aftermath of June 4 Chandel ambush as “unjustified” and called upon India to “acknowledge the sovereign birthright of the Nagas...” A press note from the MIP of the NSCN (K) claimed that India’s uproar to the Chandel ambush would have been justified “had Indian leaders acted equally concerned for the plight of the Nagas who have been ceaselessly struggling under her yoke for more than sixty years.” From pre-historic times to the the present modern era, the NSCN (K) said that Nagas and Indians were civilisations Our new office building has “apart and had no affinity in any aspect, 50 rooms, 25 bathrooms, 2 the Nagas thus demands nothing of Inconference rooms, 1 library dia but only asks her forceful occupation and militarisation to stop.” There is no isand 32 back doors. sue to negotiate or to discuss but for India leave Naga country. The conflict shall The Morung Express to cease then and there on, it asserted. Poll QuEsTioN The NSCN (K) further stated that the Vote on www.morungexpress.com “sovereign birth right of the Nagas is an SMS your anSwer to 9862574165 inalienable truth that has been progressively nurtured and fertilised by the blood Do you support the Indian and lives of thousands of Nagas both civilGovernment’s decision to ians and armed patriots alike since Britintroduce Yoga as a subject ish intrusion well prior to any Naga-India in government run schools? contact.” “The Inhuman mass executions, torture, rapes, sacrileges etc committed Yes No others Do you feel any positive vibe since the formation of the ‘opposition-less’ Nagaland government? Yes No

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India must accept sovereign birthright of Nagas: NSCN (K)

DIMAPUR, JUNE 28 (MExN): Former MLA, K Yeshito Zhimomi passed away on June 27, Saturday after a brief illness at Zion Hospital, Dimapur. He was 84. Zhimomi was a member of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly from 1964 to 1973. Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang, in a press note, termed the former MLA as a “dedicated public leader who constantly worked hard for the upliftment of all sections of the people and for the Sumi community in particular.” The CM further extended condolences to the bereaved family.

by Indian forces upon the innocent Nagas over the decades of occupation can never be erased from the psyche of the Nagas except through reclamation of her inherent sovereign nationhood,” it said. The Nagas and the NSCN/GPRN in particular, it affirmed, are firmly determined and committed to undergo any extent of hardships, trials and sacrifices until the achievement of “total and complete independence even if it be in God’s own time.” The defiance against foreign rule shall continue to the last man standing, it added. Terming India’s reaction as a “...panic striken desperate exercise-running from pillar to post to condemn and to outlaw Naga’s legitimate struggle,” the NSCN (K) said India needs to be equally concerned for the “fate of her own citizens sustaining and well prospering in lives and spread in thousands over Naga inhabited country.” “Should ban on NSCN/GPRN takes effect, same measures shall be counteractivated and India’s illegal militaryand political oppression of the Nagas shall be presented in every appropriate International forum. The Nagas shall no longer remain naive and mute but aggressively pursue her God endowed right with every concieveable avenues at our disposal including international campiagns,” the NSCN (K) cautioned.

DIMAPUR, JUNE 28 (MExN): Nagaland is the only state in the North East without an operational Disability Rehabilitation Center, revealed the Nagaland State Disability Forum (NSDF) today. Expressing anguish at the plight of people living with disabilities in the state, the NSDF informed that the only District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) in Nagaland, located in Dimapur, stopped functioning in early 2013. The NSDF said that in all other NE states, the DDRCs/SRCs have employed rehabilitation professionals from their states to look after people living with disabilities. A disability rehabilitation centre provides comprehensive treatment, aids & appliances, therapeutic exercises, etc to persons with disabilities free of cost through government schemes. Disability certification can also be done provided there are specialists/medical doctors in different types of disabilities. According to the NSDF, the District Disability Rehabilitation Center (DDRC), Dimapur was set up in 2000 under a central government policy through the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and supported by the National Institute of Orthopaedically Handicapped

NSNA to begin second Phase of agitation today

DIMAPUR, JUNE 28 (MExN): The Nagaland Staff Nurses Association (NSNA), including the ‘Nursing sisters of RNRM without any other additional qualification,’ has decided to go ahead with the second phase of their ongoing agitation against non

fulfilment of various demands. The second phase of their agitation will include a three day mass casual leave from June 29 to July 1, informed a press note from the NSNA. The association has resolved to continue their agitation till the Nagaland state

government meet the demands regarding service rules and promotions. “The association is fully aware that the public and poor patients in particular will face difficult times, but we are painfully compelled to go to this extent,” it stated.

‘Look East’ to ‘Act East’, Modi govt means business: Sushma

BANgkok, JUNE 28 (IANS): The Narendra Modi government has elevated India’s “Look East” policy of the last two decades to “Act East”, and resolved to move with a greater sense of priority and speed to implement the same, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday. Interacting with Indian business leaders here, the minister said Thailand was a valued partner for India as relations between the two nations were “deep-rooted”. “We envisage a more vigorous and proactive engagement with this economically vibrant region of our extended neighbourhood. Thailand is an important pillar of our policy and a valued partner,” she said. Observing that she was “delighted” to be in Thailand and meeting leading Indian business leaders, she said: “Our bilateral relations with Thailand are based on deep-rooted cultural, religious and neighbourly association between the people of our two nations. “Our common heritage of Buddhism and the philosophy of compassion, tolerance, non-violence and peace have laid strong

foundations for this relationship.” Elaborating on how the Modi government has been developing and strengthening friendly relations with neighbours as well as other countries, Sushma Swaraj said it was engaged closely with the neighbourhood and has strengthened relations with major countries. “Our government is working on the simple 3C mantra -- commerce, culture and connectivity. “In all these three areas, I cannot over-emphasise the importance of Thailand. We have embarked upon ambitious projects for land connectivity with Thailand through Myanmar. “We are also working on enhancing our sea connectivity with Thailand which is a maritime neighbour of India,” she said. The enhanced connectivity with Thailand will help Indian traders and businesses in linking up with the markets of Southeast Asia, she said. “In particular, this would help India’s northeastern states in their development. “The enhanced connectivity will also help in further strengthening people-to-people contacts between our two countries. It would

nurture the common cultural and religious heritage between India and Thailand whose cornerstone is Buddhism,” the minister added. Reminding the Indian business leaders as to how, according to the latest World Bank forecast, the Indian economy was poised to grow 7.5 percent this year, she said it would make it the world’s fastest growing economy during 2015. “The fundamentals of the economy are very stable and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), credit rating agencies and other experts speak in one voice of optimism about India’s growth prospects,” she said. “Our government came with the slogan of ‘minimum government, maximum governance’. We have strived to offer a stable, predictable and transparent policy regime, making the country an attractive destination for investors. “The last one year of the new government has contributed to economic good governance and all-round development,” the minister said.

Disability Rehabilitation Centers in other NE states

1. Arunachal Pradesh: 1 DDRC (run by state) and 1 Regional Centre (RC) 2. Assam: 3 DDRCs (run by state), 1 Composite Regional Centre (CRC), Artificial Limb Manufacturing Cooperation of India (ALIMCO), Rehab Centre in every medical college 3. Manipur: 1 DDRC (run by state), RIMS, JNIMS and Composite Regional Centre (centrally approved which is to be launched soon) 4. Meghalaya: 4 DDRCs (run by state) and State Resource Centre 5. Mizoram: 1 DDRC (run by state), Artificial Limb Fitting Centre at Civil Hospital, North East Regional Centre (NIOH) and 7 crores approved for State Disability Resource Centre (SDRC) 6. Sikkim: 1 DDRC (run by state) and 1 Composite Regional Centre 7. Tripura: 1 DDRC (run by state) Provided by the Nagaland State Disability Forum (NIOH) from 2000-2005. After completing 5 years, the Nagaland state government was scheduled to take over the centre. However the state government failed to do so, said the NSDF. As such, the centre was taken up by the NIOH for another year (20052006). Following this period, the Indian Red Cross Society took over the centre from 2006 to 2010 with only one physiotherapist and one peon, it revealed. From 2010, the centre started functioning again with support from International Committee of Red Cross Society (ICRCS) with all the required raw materials and world class machineries for manufacturing prosthesis (artificial limbs), orthosis (supporting devices), crutches, etc. People living with disabilities could avail the services free of cost and at their con-

venience. However, the centre closeddownin2013andnow remains defunct, adversely affecting the disabled community in the state. Demand for rights As an example, the NSDF cited the case of a girl with a severe and multiple disability, who used to receive free medication, rehabilitation and therapeutic exercises from the DDRC Dimapur, until it went defunct. It lamented that now the girl’s parents cannot afford to take her for medication/rehabilitation outside the state, or spend Rs200 everyday to visit the private rehabilitation center for daily therapeutic exercises and Rs 50,000 to lakhs for prosthesis and wheelchair. The NSDF further informed that the girl’s family has been at loggerheads

with the state government, seeking revival of the only DDRC in Nagaland. The NSDF further informed that the girl’s “community” has submitted memorandums to concerned departments and concerned officials, but to no avail. “But the latter seemed to turn a blind eye and deaf ear on this little girl’s community on the pretext of lack of fund,” it stated. “This little girl represents all the persons with disabilities of Nagaland who are financially poor… and are unable to go outside the state for treatment, rehabilitation, counseling. The State Government must revive the DDRC at the earliest,” it demanded. In addition, the closing of the DDRC in Dimapur also led to the unemployment of the centre’s employees. The NSDF informed that the former DDRC members “started their own ventures as they did not want the Central Government to takeover the DDRC project where their salaries are meager (Specialists-Rs8000 p/m and Technicians-Rs5000 p/m, fixed by Central Government). Some of them, it said, started their own private rehabilitation centre while others found employment employed outside the state. The NSDF, while affirming to fight for the reopening of the only DDRC in Nagaland, further informed that the former DDRC employees are “ready to serve” again once the state government creates a post for them in the Medical Department like the other states in the country.

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BeYonD HiV/AiDs: the spirit to live on…for you and others Morung Express News Mokokchung | June 28

He was a footballer, quite a well known one in the local circle, for those who follow the annual MDFA (Mokokchung District Football Association) tournament. He was a goalkeeper for the Ongpangkong Compound Youth Association football team till the early years 2000’s. Today, at the age of forty three, a family man employed in the Medical Department, Toshi Sangpi has a unique story to tell: of courage and the spirit of living life. A graduate in B.Com, and an ardent sportsperson, he is the founder president of the Network of Mokokchung People Living with HIV/AIDS (NMP+). He was one among the many who first publicly declared his status of being a Person Living with HIV/AIDS and mobilized fellow PLHAs to come out as a community and fight against HIV/AIDS. That was the year 2007. Sangpi got to know about his status at the most unlikely moment, when his wife was pregnant. “When I first learned that I was tested HIV positive, I was shocked,” said Toshi while talking about his early days. “My wife was pregnant and the doctors asked us to go for blood test. After a little hesitation, I went for the blood test, and I learnt of my status,” said Sangpi. “I don’t dwell on the past. For me, whatever challenges

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that come my way, I can handle. My wife, after we knew about our statuses, used to cry often, and that also made me to wonder how many people like me (positive people) in the society, are silently crying,” said Toshi Sangpi, while speaking to The Morung Express. The Care and Support Society (CSS) was actively involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In 2007, Toshi Sangpi asked the director of CSS to call a meeting of the PLHAS. The Naga Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS was planning to open a ‘sister’ network at Mokokchung, and in 2008 the network of Mokokchung District People Living with HIV/AIDS was formally lunched. “The journey was tough. But I knew that something has to be done, because I have ac-

cepted my fate. It was a situation, where everyone knew that I was a positive person,” said Sangpi. He described the situation then, when stigma and discrimination was the biggest challenge a HIV positive person faced. “When you are tested as HIV positive, the virus does not affect you physically, it affects your mind and your psycho. Like what will my parent think, what will my villagers, or the neighbours think, and soon,” said Sangpi. “Just because of stigma and discrimination, people are not willing to come out and people are in denial. People are still afraid of HIV/AIDS. Whereas, you can live a very normal life, have a family,” he stated. Sangpi added that his biggest hurdle as a HIV/AIDS worker was to convince people to go for tests, know their status and go for the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART), which is equivalent to chemotherapy for cancer patients. Sangpi has been a ‘Positive speaker’ for the cause of HIV/AIDS and has covered more than sixty villages in Mokokchung district alone. He has even spoken at HIV/AIDS programme at Ukhrul (Manipur). Sangpi has also involved himself in the effort to remove discrimination faced by People Living with HIV/AIDS, by giving talks in schools. He is presently the project coordinator of the CSC (Vihaan) NMP+ project, and an active member of the NMP+.

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Kohima, June 28 (mexn): An event commemorating the first anniversary of Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) Centre, Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima (NHAK), was held at NHAK Auditorium on June 26. During her address as the chief guest, Dr. L. Watikala Ao, Project Director, NSACS lauded the selfless and dedicated services rendered by Dr. Viketuolie, Nodal Officer OST Centre, Dr. Seyiekietuo Angami, MO, and Managing Director and Medical Superintendent, NHAK. She mentioned the dedicated support received from the Linked IDU-TI, namely Kripa Foundation PR Hill DIC, by linking up clients with the OST Centre at the same time exhorted the OST centre’s staff to carry on their sincere work even in the days to come so that the centre may achieve a learning site’s caliber. She called upon all Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) and those individuals dependant on drugs to come forward and avail the services and hoped that, the OST programme will not only help divert the inject-

ing route but also provide treatment and recovery from drug use. Dr. Viketoulie Pienyü, Nodal Officer (OST, NHAK), presented a brief history on drug abuse scene in Nagaland including the functioning of the OST Centre at NHAK. He added that the OST centre initially started only with 3 clients but presently caters to 66 clients. P Thungbeni Ezung, Asst Director (TI), NSACS presented the current OST scenario in Nagaland, where she presented the status of OST Programme in Nagaland. As per the available statistics, there are currently 31 OST centres, out of which 26 are under government facilities and the remaining 5 are with NGOs. So far, the cumulative achievement of OST uptake is 3073 and cumulative successful treatment completed lies at 406. During the programme, Manen Ozukum and Visakol also shared on the impact of OST in their lives. The event coincided with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking that is being observed globally.

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The Tuensang Town Ao Baptist Church (TTABA) held a social work on June 27 to repair roads and drainages connecting the main town and the church compound. TTABA secretary Wati Walling in a press release stated that churchgoers and pedestrians have to take off their footwear while crossing the deplorable road. He also added that the particular road is the lifeline connecting three sectors including schools and churches belonging to Ao, Chang, Tikhir, Khiamniungan and Christ Church. The road has been unattended both by the public and the government for the last 20 years, the release added.

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DGC Community College empowering through skill development and vocational training

Students of Mass Communication, Nagaland University with Assistant Prof Arjun Das (second from left) at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata during their visit on June 16, undertaken as part of the four days excursion to Kolkata

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Rev. Dr. Wati Aier addressing the gathering during the ‘Leadership Talk’ programme organised by Ao Students’ Union Kohima on June 27.

Naga politics fully knowing the deploring condition of Naga political scene. I have been told not to enter politics if I did not know how to lie; that I needed to be alcohol tolerant if I wanted people to follow me. This sadly is the highlight of the Naga political scene”. At a time when the western world is being taken over by Islam,

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ASUK conduct lectures on ‘Leadership Talk’

Kohima, June 28 (mexn): The Ao Students’ Union Kohima on June 27 organised ‘Leadership Talk’, a series of lectures based on the theme, “The leader in you”. Attended by over 400 students, this event featured a series of speakers. The keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Wati Aier, Convenor, Forum for Naga Reconciliation, spoke on the importance of realizing one’s own worth, and understanding the role each individual can play towards a better society. He stressed on how a true leader is not afraid to venture into something new- something no one has done before, does not overlook even the smallest details, inspires people and has a vision for a better society. Amenba Yaden, Parliamentary Secretary Industries & Commerce provided insights on the challenges he face, as a political leader. “I entered

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and India by saffron clad believers, he stressed on the importance of being a leader with a firm stronghold on Christianity. P. Chuba Ozüküm, President Naga Hoho, while talking about leadership said, “Leadership starts at home. No one is born a leader, but life situations, hardships and expe-

riences make a leader”. He emphasized on integrity as the most important quality in a leader. A leader with integrity cannot be bought or bent, instead he stands firm in his principles and does what he needs to. Lipokmar Tzüdir, Director, North East Zone Cultural Center, spoke about the importance of knowing and understanding one’s culture. Laying emphasis on the nature of Naga culture, which is an oral culture, he stressed on how there should not be any room for a gap in the transmission of such cultures. He challenged the young leaders present to find one’s root, and to remember always where each one comes from. Imtiaküm, Public Prosecutor District & Sessions Court, Kohima, reminded everyone present to know one’s rights. Knowing the rights vested on us will go a long way in solving prob-

lems faced in the current society. Every individual should know one’s rights if we want to root out corruption from our land L. Mongküm Jamir, an Entrepreneur, spoke on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial attributes. Spoke about how an entrepreneur does not wait for problems to arise, but instead goes looking for the problem and finds solution beforehand. He also dwelled on how there are so many educated young people, but very less government jobs. That one should work and take risks instead of solely depending on Government jobs. The sessions ended with some thought provoking questions from the young leaders. These questions were mostly based in clean and fair elections, corruption as a major concern in the state, concerns on disappearing culture, and so on.

Dimapur, June 28 (mexn): Launched on August 20, 2014, Community College, functioning under Dimapur Government College, is part of a UGC initiative to facilitate vocational courses along with conventional training. The College offers a Diploma Course in Tourism and Hospitality Management as approved by the UGC with certification by Nagaland University. The duration of the course is 12 months. It includes a multidisciplinary field of study, which prepares students with the expertise, commitment, and skills necessary for positions in management, marketing and operations. “This initiative provides a platform for students to acquire knowledge and establish themselves within a growing Tourism Industry in the North-East. Once on board, the students are set to sail through various modules of training for effective and productive living,” stated a press note issued by Kuholi Chishi, Principal, Dimapur Government College. She also added that the Personality Development classes play a vital role. They build confidence, groom students in areas that would enhance their abilities, fine tune their

Community College Students during their Internship in the hotels.

speaking skills to erase flaws in their rhetoric, help in overcoming complexes during interviews, public interactions, etc. During the course of the study, students are sent for internship to various hotels in and around Dimapur. On completion of the course, they are assisted with placements at different sectors in the Hospitality and Service Industry. With an objective to provide an alternative system of education, Community College empowers individuals through skill development and vocational training, transforming trainees into productive and employable members of society. Various employment opportunities are explored for trainees, in collaboration with the local community and industry. “The younger generation is being ushered into an era of professionalism,

shedding the traditional vestiges of solely depending on the Government sector for generation of employment opportunities. With its task to channelize youth into diverse and multi-level occupational arenas, Community College has a vital role to play,” the Principal said. In the achievement of its aforementioned objectives, the College would be fulfilling the needs of today’s youth by empowering them with the skills necessary for sustenance, social status and recognition. The graduation of the first batch of Community College students will take place in July 2015. Admissions to the new batch will begin in July 2015 and classes will start by August 2015. Interested candidates may contact the office of Dimapur Government College during working hours for further assistance.

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Golden Crown College conducts ‘June Recital’ BTC 26th Fresher’s Day held pfutsero, June 28 (mexn): The 26th Fresher’s Day of Baptist Theological College was held on June 27. This year 50 students have enrolled to join the BTC Community. Dr. Hukato Shohe, Academic Dean, Trinity Theological College, Dimapur was the guest speaker. He expounded on the theme “Grain must be ground to make bread.” He exhorted the students on, “various opportunities that make people grow and how the differences become the catalyst for a fuller humanity.” He emphasized on the uniqueness of each individual and the stand as one body of Christ basing on the letter of Paul to the Romans 14:2. He

also encouraged the students to have concern for each other and not to be discouraged for ‘struggles strengthen us’. The programme began with a musical prelude and Welcome note delivered by Neiwalo-üLohe, President of the college Students’ Body. The BTC Community had a hearty laugh during the entertainment hours with items such as dance, country song, and drama. BD V displayed fashion show with their dresses made of used sackcloth and plastics under the theme “God wastes nothing.” The programme concluded with a closing prayer pronounced byTsohuyi Dr. Hukato Shohe speaking during the 26th fresher’s day of Hiese. Baptist Theological College held on June 27.

NLSA conducts prog on ‘Access to Justice for All’

Abigail Odyuo and Kalino Kinimi along with students of Short Term Music course and Choir Golden Crown College perform during the June Recital at Life Spring Corner, Dimapur. Morung Express News Dimapur | June 28

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Golden Crown College for Music and Theological Education, presented “June Recital” on June 15 on a serene evening at Life Spring Corner, Dimapur. Primarily a students’ recital, a couple of teachers also presented a few performances on the occasion. Golden Crown College provides a yearly crash course in Music from May 15 to June 15, specifically designed for church workers, college students, and ministry oriented people, who are not able to attend regular music classes throughout the year. In this intensive one-month course, the students are taught the basics of mu-

sic theory, Sight-Singing/ reading, basic conducting, basic vocal development, and choir. 32 candidates of this year’s Short-term Music course presented 5 choral pieces, in which 4 were given the opportunity to conduct. The recital was hosted by Avoni Odyuo, Music Director, and Honily Sumi, a student. The students of Golden Crown College enthralled the audience with Violin and guitar ensemble, piano solo, piano duets, solo voice, the melodious and angelic voices of the junior choir also enchanted the crowd. Among the teachers, Albert Kanken, Khristin Kimeri, Ajem, Igang Hemang, Abigail Odyuo, Kalino Kinimi, Mharhomo Kithan and Norman Villas

displayed their musical talents and mesmerized the audience. Pieces such as Trepak (piano duet) from the nutcracker suite, Nessum Dorma, M’apari tutt amor, Prelude and Fantango, Morning has broken (piano duet), Pie Jesus, Proclaim the glory (piano duet), and others were presented during the June recital. Golden Crown College offers Bachelor in Theology (B.Th) and Diploma in Theology under the Theology department. In addition, the college offers Piano, Voice, Guitar, Violin and Theory lessons. The college is located at Full Nagarjan House number 389. For details, one may contact 9856124314, and 9436658844.

Kohima, June 28 (mexn): The Nagaland Legal Services Authority under the aegis of Justice and Law Department has organised a programme on ‘Access to Justice for All’ held on Saturday at DC Conference Hall Kohima with Mayang Lima, ExMember Secretary, NSLSA & District & Sessions Judge, Mon as the speaker. The programme was chaired by Nino Iralu, Member Secretary, NSLSA, who gave the welcome address and also introduced the purpose of the programme held. She stated that the programme was one way of gathering all the District Legal Services Authorities and also to share the rich experiences of our former Member Secretary. Representatives from all the Districts Legal Services Authority including the Chairman/Secretaries, the Panel Lawyers, PLVs and Law College Students attended the programme

Mayang Lima addressing the programme organised by Nagaland Legal Services Authority on June 27.

and short speeches were delivered by them. Mayang Lima, in his speech highlighted on the topic of “ Access to Justice for All”, he said the Supreme Court of India as well as the High Court has several committees to look into legal aid matters, example Conciliation & Mediation and Alternate Dispute Redressal (ADR).

He stated that in Nagaland many districts do not even have a Bar, therefore, we centralized and appointed Retainer Lawyers to look into the different districts to carry out the legal aid work and cases. He further added that Legal Aid Scheme came into being in the year 2011, initially it was confined only to the courts in cases where legal aid

was to be extended. Then, came the provisions for setting up Legal Aid Clinics in Block and Taluks level, later it was extended to Law Colleges and Universities to make justice for all accessible to all the common men. In 2010, he added, ParaLegal Volunteer (PLV) Scheme came to assist common men to easy access to justice and later on revised to include students in College and Universities. Further, combine Front Office was introduced in the Court’s premise to make Access to Justice easier for all .The front Office functions to assist the court in helping people to get free legal service in and out of court. He rued that the State is yet to set up Special Homes in the districts of Nagaland except the home at Pherima. He stress the need to train the Police Personnel to handle the Juvenile cases. He said every child on the street is not in conflict with law. The child in need

of care and protection is not to be send before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) but before the Child Welfare Committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner of the District and be sent to Children Home and not to Observation Home. After the amendment of Section 279 of the Criminal Procedure Code, swearing an affidavit can be done by Executive Officers and not only the Judicial Officers and the same have to be informed to the common men, which is the job of the Panel Lawyers and PLVs. He said that the Ministry of Law & Justice is well to sponsor anyone who wants to compile the judgements of the Customary Courts that has been upheld by the High Court and the Supreme Court. Nino Iralu extended gratitude to Kohima District Legal Services Authority for the success of the programme and Deputy Commissioner, Kohima for providing the Conference Hall.

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REgional 3 affects Mnp sets up panel to help racism victims Monday

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KCP shutdown normal life in manipur Our Correspondent Imphal | June 28

Normal life was affected on Sunday in the valley due to a 24-hour Manipur wide bandh call given by the militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) faction led by Poirei Lup. The outfit has also announced for a 12-hour “public curfew” in and around PWD office building here tomorrow. KCPPoirei Lup has alleged that corruption is rampant in the PWD and that the Manipur shutdown was a clear message given to the de-

partment to stop corrupt practices. A few private vehicles were seen moving in Imphal roads. Both interstate and inter-district bus passenger services remained suspended due to the general strike. All shops in Khwairamband bazaar and Singjamei bazaar downed shutters. Even on Sundays, some shops and business establishments remain open in these two main markets of Imphal city. Manipur has already been reeling under an inde f inite e con omic

blockade enforced by All Tribal Students’ Union (ATSUM) on National Highways since June 22 midnight putting pressure on the Manipur Government to fulfill its various demands, among others, service regularisation of 268 contract basis lecturers and 333 adhoc teachers, setting up of a Scheduled Tribes Commission and transfer of land Records to the hill districts. Irked by the ATSUM strike, the Meitei Youth Front South East Asia and International Meitei Fo-

rum have called a counter economic blockade along the supply lines and some state highways since June 23 midnight. Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh at a recent function here had appealed to ATSUM to withdraw the strike in the interest of the public who were bearing the brunt. Ibobi said his Government was considering some of the demands, but made it clear that he needed time to fulfil them as the larger interest of the people must be taken into consideration.

Imphal, June 28 (Tnn): In a novel initiative, the Manipur government will set up a panel of 11 lawyers to provide legal aid to Manipuris who fall victim to racial attacks in New Delhi. In a June 16 order issued by the joint secretary, the state law and legislative affairs department appointed the 11 lawyers, including a woman, who are currently practising in different courts, including the Supreme Court, in New Delhi, sources said. "Though I'm yet to receive the government order, the lawyers on the panel will have to assist the victim(s) of racial crime, from filing an FIR with the respective police station to tackling law courts," Lenin Hijam, one of the lawyers enlisted in the panel, told TOI from New Delhi on Saturday. He added that a key task of the panel members would be to assist the prosecution in the court. Many social bodies and human

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government's initiative to set up the panel. Now, people of the state, especially women, can fight racial crimes," said the union's president Rukshar Chowdhury. Recently, the national capital witnessed a number of racial attacks on people from the northeast. On January 25 last year, two Manipuri women were assaulted in Kotla Mubarakpur. This was followed by the killing of Arunachal student Nido Tania at Lajpat Nagar on January 29. A few days later, two Manipuri youngsters were beaten to death at Ambedkar Nagar and, in July, a 30-year-old student, A Shaloni, from Senapati district was killed. Another tribal student from Ukhrul district, Z Kengo, was found with his throat slit inside his rented room in South Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur in November. Kengo was a PhD scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

rights activists lauded the government for its initiative. "It's a good step by the state government as many people from the northeast, particularly students, living in New Delhi are not aware of the legal aspects," said Delhibased social activist N Hanghal. "After filing an FIR with local police, moving on to the next legal step is crucial. This is where many people from the region face problems," she added. Hailing the government's initiative, All Manipur Muslim Girls Students' Union said it would help bring justice for victims of racial abuse. "We appreciate the state

Visits of central ministers Two militants killed, four Youth arrested for posting haven’t benefited NE: Gogoi nabbed in Meghalaya ex-girlfriend's nude pictures

GuwahaTI, June 28 (Tnn): Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said the frequent visits by Union ministers to the state seems to have a hidden motive of destabilizing the state government as these trips have so far not financially benefited the state in terms of central assistance. "It seems that the visiting Union ministers, instead of extending a helping hand to the state, are more interested in destabilizing the democratically elected state government," said Gogoi. He said, "The regular visit of central ministers to Assam is a new trend never

witnessed since Independence. But the state has not benefited from their visits as they are paying only lip service. The present central government has turned its back on the existing schemes and programmes.

ShIllonG, June 28 (IanS): Two militants were killed in a joint operation by the army and police and four militants were nabbed with a cache of explosives in two incidents in Meghalaya on Sunday, police said. In the first incident, acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the 19 Dogra Regiment and Meghalaya Police intercepted the movement of unidentified Garo militants Moreover, Assam and oth- in and around Pach Kilo er NE states are also hit by area in North Garo Hills cuts in financial assistance district. Pach Kilo area is from the Centre." about 300 km west of state He added that the Centre even denied special category status to Assam and other NE states.

rested on Sunday morning in the state's East Jaintia Hills district. A large quantity of explosive materials was recovered from them. The Bodoland militants Santosh Kharkekary alias K. Shimang, Bolashi Boro, Gambor Gayari and Deimalu Basumatary - were arrested by a joint police team from Assam and Meghalaya, Raju said. Baisa Deb Verma, was also arrested for supplying 144 gelatin sticks and 126 detonators, has been arrested from Byndihati area, the police official added.

mar nationals, were arrested. "The seized tablets are worth Rs 6 crore. Huge money is involved in the deals," an excise department source said. Crystal methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people snort, smoke, inject. Or even taken orally. Usually, its effects last from six to eight hours, but they can also last up to 24 hours. The drug, also called crystal, glass, ice and crypto, is sold in crushed or pill form. Last year, the police commissionerate here issued a lookout notice for at least seven drug peddlers. None has been arrested yet.

GuwahaTI, June 28 (pTI): An earthquake of moderate intensity of 5.6 on the Richter scale rocked Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal besides Bhutan on Sunday leaving three injured and a lion sculpture of an ancient temple damaged. India Meteorological Department officials said the quake shook Assam, including its capital Guwahati, Meghalaya, West Bengal and neighbouring Bhutan at 6.35am. The epicentre of the tremor was in Kokrajhar at a depth of 10km on latitude 26.5 degree north and longitude 90.1 degree

east, they said. "We have got information that three persons sustained minor injuries when an old wall collapsed near the Kokrajhar Railway station," Assam state disaster management authority chief executive officer Pramod Kumar Tiwari said. All the injured were vegetable vendors and being treated now, he said. "A lion sculpture at an ancient temple in Chirang district fell off its stand during the shock. District officials have visited the place and further information are awaited," Tiwari said.

new DelhI, June 28 (pTI): Over 600 people, including security forces personnel, have been killed in militant attacks and insurgencies in the north-eastern states of the country in last four years, an RTI query has revealed. According to an RTI reply by the Union Home Ministry, 614 people lost their lives, including 105 security personnel, in 3,493 militant attacks and extremist groups' violence. Also, as many as 721 militant and insurgents were killed by security forces between 2011 and May 31, 2015, the details elicited under the Right to Information (RTI) Act divulged.

kohIma, June 28 (DIpr): The Government of India, Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare on June 26 conducted the awareness programme on ‘Sankalp’ and ‘Pensioners’ Portal’ for the retired employee served under the central government services at Cinema Hall, 19th Assam Rifles. Interacting with IPR personnel Sr. Consultant, Prem Kumar said that the main objective of the training was to create awareness among the pensioners on the procedures for getting their grievances addressed at home through online and to how to lodge complaints to Pensioners’ Welfare Association for those who are not computer savvy. He further said that the department has so far conducted 16 such programmes across the country. The programme has already been conducted Shillong, Agartala and Aizawl and the fourth one being conducted at Kohima. The awareness programme is being organised all over the country with special emphasis to the Northeast region, he added. Altogether, around 300 pensioners from different central government services attended the one day training. The bulk of the pensioners are from paramilitary forces and interestingly most of them were from Sumi community.

hard disc from the accused. Deb, 24, graduated from a private IT institution in Kolkata, and is accused of posting on Facebook unclothed photographs of the woman who lives in Malda district of West Bengal. The woman's family had earlier filed a police complaint saying Deb posted some indecent photographs after she rejected his proposal. "Admitting to the crime, Deb told the CID personnel that the woman's family members abused his family members on phone and that he had taken revenge," the Tripura Police official added.

Another query under the RTI Act had the ministry stating that Rs 812 crore was disbursed among the north-eastern states in the last three years to strengthen the police network. Between the 2012-13 and 201415 fiscal years, Assam received Rs 374 crore under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme while Nagaland got Rs 169 crore. Among other states, Manipur and Tripura received Rs 83 crore and Rs 81 crore, respectively. Meghalaya in the meantime received a central funding of Rs 29 crore while Arunachal Pradesh got Rs 73 crore during this period.

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aGarTala, June 28 (IanS): A Tripura youth has been arrested for posting nude photographs of his former girlfriend on Facebook after she rejected him, police said here on Sunday. West Bengal's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) made the arrest. "A CID team from Kolkata with the help of Tripura Police arrested Arup Deb from Khowai (in western Tripura) and took him to Kolkata on Saturday," a police official said. The CID personnel seized four mobile phones and a computer

Quake rocks Assam and Meghalaya Over 600 killed in attacks in NE since 2011

Guwahati high on party drug GuwahaTI, June 28 (Tnn): Guwahati continues to receive a steady supply of popular party drug crystal meth, as crystal methamphetamine is popularly called, in spite of repeated attempts by the narcotic control agencies to seize consignments of the drug. Sources in the state excise department said illegal meth factories dot the IndiaMyanmar border and the drug makes its way to the city through Barak Valley via Mizoram. In the past one month alone, over 3.93 lakh tablets of crystal meth were seized from various areas of Assam and Mizoram in separate operations. Several persons, including Myan-

capital Shillong. The militants fired at the security forces, triggering a gunfight in which two unidentified militants were killed, Inspector General of Police G.H.P. Raju told IANS. Two pistols and rounds of ammunition, a mobile handset with 3 SIM cards and several documents and medicines were recovered from the site. In the second incident, four militants of the Assambased National Democratic Front of Bodoland-Songbijit (NDFB-S) faction were ar-

Medical workshop at Thekrejuma conducted

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NOTIFICATION Oking: Kohima the 1st June 2015 (LEFT) A low cost toilet under construction as part of the Total Sanitation of Thekrejuma Village. (RIGHT) A man undergoes eye check-up during the medical workshop at Thekrejuma village on June 26.

ThekreJuma, June 28 (mexn): A team of six Doctors, nurses and supporting officials of Chief Medical Officer, Kohima, Dr. Avino Mehta conducted a medical workshop at Thekrejuma village under the aegis of Village Adoption Committee (VAC), an innovative and smart programme under the DPDB, Kohima on June 26. During the feedback session, the doctors said that owing to sound ecological balance they are not exposed to serious epidemic and other diseases but suggested the populace to reduce salt intake, which is known as silent killer as there is tendency to develop such high pressure in the days to come and lacking of awareness on

dental health care. While speaking at the sideline of the camp, one of the doctors commented that the village is very special from the point of ecotourism attraction and that hunting should be banned at least for the sake of future generation and was surprised to see such a beautiful landscape in Kohima district being tucked or hidden between the green rolling hills. Not wasting much time and resources, the same day a demonstration and hands-on on construction of low cost toilet was carried on for the Village Sanitation Committee, a convergence program towards Total Sanitation of the village with the SPEED, Land Resources Depart-

ment taking as lead role; PD, DRDA; Eastern Green Tours, Village Sanitation Committee and VAC, DPDB, Kohima. The various committees gave period to complete the project by the month of August. Some Subject Matter Specialists from various agencies of VAC and local experts from the village who have immense knowledge of the village including traditional were put to brain storming session to prepare the Natural Resources map of the village. Kekrovil SCA said that it would be worth visiting all those important landmarks indicated on the map by recording Global Positioning System because each landmark speaks of its rich

heritage that will help to prepare accurate and authentic Geographical Information System map while preparing “Land Use Plan of the Village” and for other future references. The project also discussed as how to welcome and accommodate tourists in the coming days for which the house was informed by the chair that the collective convergence agencies have met the Minister for Forests and Climate Change, Dr. Niky Kire. He was requested to help the Biodiversity Committee of the village as to find ways and means to furnish a humble guest house and also to construct an attached kitchen so as to facilitate govt officials and

tourists to stay comfortably while visiting the village. A review and consultation meeting was held at the Panchayat hall. The participants during the discussion were from medical team led by CMO, Dr. Avino Metha; DPO, Land Resources, Dr. Menusetou; EE, I & FC and Team Leader VAC, Er. Thefphusalie; Managing Director, Eastern Green Tours, Neikedolie Hiekha and Village Chairman Rüünguto Kruse gave vote of thanks. The program was chaired by DSCO, Kohima & Team Member VAC, K. Khekiho Shohe. This was stated in a press release issued by K. Khekiho Shohe, District Soil Conservation Officer, Kohima.

This is to notify that, the 2nd Federal Assembly of the Naga Hoho (20132018) has been convened on the 1st of July 2015 at 11:00AM at the Conference Hall, Heritage (Old DC Bungalow) Kohima; Nagaland. Therefore, all the Federating Units, Sub-ordinate Bodies and Committees of Naga Hoho are requested to attend the Assembly without fail. Further, any important agenda from the tribe Hohos may be submitted in written to the Speaker F/A on or before 30th June 2015. Sd/(Medoselhou Keretsu) Speaker, F/A.

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MuMbai, June 28 (ianS): The Indian equity markets might be volatile over the Greek debt crisis, but continuation of a healthy monsoon, the government’s reform initiatives and conducive political climate before the July-August monsoon session of parliament will help soothe investors’ nerves, experts have predicted. “The Greek issue is a six-yearlong running drama. Markets around the world will be glued to it for the next couple of days until a final settlement is reached. In India though, the volatility may be seen in the initial few days, the markets seemed to have factored-in the possibilities and are expected to be range bound,” Devendra Nevgi, chief executive of ZyFin Advisors, told IANS. “A positive outcome will propel the markets, as it will renew the interest of the foreign investors, who are slowly coming back. The long-term investors such as

sovereign, endowment and pension funds, who look at a longer period for good returns, have not left India,” Nevgi added. According to him, the country’s strong macro-economic condition in terms of growth, inflation and current account and fiscal deficits will provide a reasonable degree of resilience in the case of spillover from global events such as the Greek crisis. Even the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its “Financial Stability Report” (FSR) for June pointed out that the developments on the Greek debt crisis and uncertainty over the timing of a rate increase by the US Federal Reserve remain the immediate possible triggers for global market volatility. The Greek government has called for a referendum to let the people decide on the terms and conditions of another bailout. However, the July 5 referendum will come after the June 30 deadline, when Greece has to re-

pay part of its debt to the IMF (International Monetary Fund). On June 4, Greece had deferred a payment of 300 million euro that was due to the IMF. Afer the default, the Greek banking system is expected to collapse, leaving the country at the mercy of the European Central Bank’s emergency funding. “It’s a case of being stuck between a rock and a hard place. If the default is averted then the risk of a US rate hike will be more imminent and could take place by September,” Dipen Shah, head for private client group research, Kotak Securities, elaborated to IANS. With higher interest rates in the US, the FPIs (Foreign Portfolio Investors) are expected to be led away from emerging markets such as India. The picture is however still not that rosy due to the Greek crisis. Analysts cite the short-covering and the low roll-over percentage

after the expiry of the June series futures and options (F&O) contract as a sign of investor anxiety. “For the week (just ended), FIIs were net buyers of more than Rs.8,000 crore ($1.26 billion) plus, albeit for the month they are net buyer of Rs.3,000 crore, therefore suggesting that there was some bit of short-covering by FIIs in derivatives segment during the last week,” Sachin Shah, fund manager and head, Emkay PMS, told IANS. But the prospects of the Indian market’s will only brighten if more rainy days continue, forecasted Anand James, co-technical head for research with Geojit BNP Paribas. “Even as the monsoon progresses, and surprises positively, some forecasters have again highlighted the impact that El Nino could have on the July monsoon. This fact will be keenly observed by the markets,” James told IANS.

“A good monsoon coupled with higher crop prices will increase rural incomes, douse inflation fears and renew hope of another rate cut by the Reserve Bank. This will all lead to the restart in spending cycle,” he said. Parliament’s upcoming monsoon session and the developing political climate in the interim will decide on the fate of many key bills that are expected to be tabled in the house, among them the ones on goods and services and land acquisition. Meanwhile, banking, capital goods and auto ancillary stocks are expected to gain in the coming week. “Bank stocks will be higher due to news of capital infusion in terms of tier-II capital. Capital goods will also see positive movements due to the announcement of governmentbacked infrastructure creation plans,” Gaurav Jain, director of Hem Securities, told IANS.

Indian Railways, Army Govt. mulls importing onions to control price rise Delhi, June 28 (PTi): The Commerce Ministry to look at the pos- Rabi onion crop is stored to meet the among the world’s new government is considering importing sibility of imports to boost supplies in demand in lean period. But this year, to boost domestic availability the market and keep a lid on prices,” most of the onion kept in storage is biggest employers onions of poor quality as the Rabi crop got of the commodity and prevent spike sources said. new Delhi, June 28 (PTi): Two Indian organisations — Army and Railways — are among the world’s biggest employers, together employing a whopping 2.7 million people, said a report. Though it is often said that Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, but it seems it is not. The organisation is ranked at the eighth place in the list of world’s biggest employers. Immediately after Indian Railways in the 8th rank with 1.4 million staff is the Indian Armed Forces with 1.3 million people. According to a research published by the World Economic Forum, the US Department of Defense is the world’s biggest employer which claims over 3.2 million employees on its roster. Second is People’s Liberation Army (the Chinese military) with 2.3 million, and in third is the US supermarket giant Walmart with 2.1 million workers, the report said, adding that “…175,000 of Walmart’s staff work for UK supermarket chain, Asda”. McDonald’s is the 4th biggest employer with 1.9 million employees, however, as the majority of its restaurants are franchises, this figure falls to 4,20,000 when they are excluded, the report said. UK’s National Health Service was ranked at the 5th place, with 1.7 million employees, followed by staterun China National Petroleum Corporation with 1.6 million. Another Chinese company, the State Grid Corporation of China was ranked 7th with 1.5 million. Hon Hai Precision Factory (better known as the electronics manufacturer Foxconn) comes in at 10th place with 1.2 million people.

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in its prices. Retail prices of onion have already risen by up to 40% in metro cities in the last one year. The maximum increase in prices is seen in Delhi, where onion costs Rs. 34/kg at present, as against Rs. 24/kg in a year ago during the same period, as per data maintained by the Consumer Affairs Ministry. “The issue was discussed in a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries last week. It recommended the

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new Delhi, June 28 (ianS): Amidst a flurry of releases of fitness bands-cum-activity trackers in the market, Goqii band, an Indian startup, turned heads with the price and services it offers. The company was formed under the leadership of Vishal Gondal, the CEO of Goqii and also known as the father of the Indian gaming industry. Here is our analysis of the band: Design: The band, which is medium in terms of thickness, doesn’t break away from the routine design of an activity tracker. It has a core which can be fitted into either of the two bands that come with the box. There is a charger included and the core has to be removed from the band each time this is plugged in. The core: The core is the central electronic unit which has a Bluetooth and pairs up with the user’s smartphone to track activities like distance walked or jogged and even sleep. The screen wakes up on being swiped and the user can check the duration of physical activity, distance travelled, number of calories burnt and the Karma points accumulated for a period of 24 hours. It also shows the amount of calories needed to be burnt to achieve the user’s fitness level. This is decided when the user sets up the band and enters the physical attributes like height and weight. Interestingly, the band can track sleep as well once the user manually puts it in the sleep mode and deactivates this on waking up. The personal coach and app syndication: Where Goqii differs from most available bands is with its has a personal coach, combined with an app which helps the coach monitor the user’s lifestyle. The app, which is also available for Windows and Mac’s new operating system, has to fed data on the user’s food intake, water intake and running/cycling activity. A picture of the meal also works but a small description about the food has to be listed. The logic behind this is that the coach can figure out the calories on seeing the picture of the food or reading the description. The band only synchronises with the smartphone when the user wants to, saving a lot of its battery life. The coach gets access to the data that the app has collected over the day and offers the most suitable solution or fitness tip that would aid the user maintain fitness levels and reach goals. Users can chat with the coach via the app, which has a instant messaging-like platform or via email notifications. The app also offers Karma or goodwill points that the user can choose to donate to the social causes listed in the app. Verdict: Goqii Life is aimed at serious goal-driven users and is not a casual fitness band. The coaches seems to know what they are talking about and are always ready to give sustainable solutions. While the band comes gratis, the subscription-based model allows the user to take advantage of the personal coach for six or 12 months. At Rs.6,999 for a six month subscription and Rs.11,999 for 12 months, including the personal coach, the Goqii Life is a more a on-the-go gymnasium. The user has the option of using it as a simple fitness band after the subscription is over.

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CM meets French Ambassador New Delhi, JuNe 28 (MexN): Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang today met France’s Ambassador to India, Francois Richier, at New Delhi. A press release from the Chief Minister’s Office informed that the chief minister held a long discussion with the French Ambassador on issues relating to investments in Nagaland. The French Ambassador evinced interest in investing in solar energy and cable car transportation and also investments in roads, oil and gas and piggery sectors, the release stated. The French Ambassador is likely to visit the State in August after being invited to the state by the Chief Minister, the release informed. The Chief Minister was accompanied by Parliamentary Secretaries Er. Levi Rengma and Dr. Imtiwapang Aier and Advisor to CM, Lalthara. On Saturday, the Chief

Minister visited the site of the Nagaland House at R.K. Puram and Staff Quarters being constructed at Dwarka, New Delhi to review the progress of the ongoing construction. After a detailed review of physical and financial progress

Condolences Zunheboto DCC: The Zunheboto District Congress Committee has expressed sorrow at the demise of Nikiye Zhimomi, G.B. of Lochomi Village. Informing that late Nikiye was associated with the Congress party for over 30 years, a condolence note from the DCC conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. Hukavi: Parliamentary Secretary, Jails, Science and Technology, S. Hukavi Zhimomi, has also expressed profound sorrow at the demise of Nikiye Zhimomi. Stating that they had been closely associated with each other for over four decades, the parliamentary secretary in a message extended condolences to the bereaved family. BJP Wokha: The Bharatiya Janata Party Wokha District has expressed grief at the demise of Yanpen Kikon, District Ex-Servicemen Cell President. The Party has lost a true, dynamic and dedicated leader, a condolence message from BJP Wokha stated. It further extended sincere condolences to the bereaved family.

of the projects, the Chief Minister gave directions that the projects need to be completed at the earliest. He urged the contractors and the officials to deploy additional manpower and complete the projects within the next few months.

The Chief Minister was accompanied by Lalthara, Additional Chief Engineer (Housing), Principal Resident Commissioner, Nagaland House, New Delhi and Deputy Resident Commissioner, Nagaland House, New Delhi.

Monday 29 June 2015

Dimapur

WSKH concerned over closure of bridge DiMapur, JuNe 28 (MexN): The Western Sumi Kukami Hoho (WSKH) has expressed concern over the closure of the RCC Steel Girder Bridge near Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR or Referral Hospital) by the office of the Dimapur Deputy Commissioner.

While appreciating the DC’s office of keeping in view the interest of public safety, the WSKH has said the closure of the bridge has caused untold inconvenience to the people living beyond the bridge which stretches as far as Ralan area of Wokha district. In a statement, WSKH

general secretary Kuhovi Zhimomi said people going to Dimapur and elsewhere are made to spend extra time and money. Kuhovi stated that the closure of the bridge has caused huge hindrance especially for students of nearby areas such as Kuhuboto, Ato and Niuland who come to Di-

mapur from their respective villages to attend schools and colleges on daily basis. In the interest of the public, the WSKH has appealed to the concerned department to look into the grievances of the people and initiate repair/ construction works of the bridge at the earliest.

A five-day long Vacation Bible School (VBS) organised by Children Ministry of Union Christian Revival Church (UCRC) for children of Kohima Orphanage & Destitute Home (KODH) and Union Christian Revival Church (UCRC) was held from June 24-28 at Union Christian Revival Church (UCRC), New Market, Kohima under the theme “Blessed”. Around 200 children participated in the VBS.

Advocacy campaign on Workshop on Environmental Pollution held HIV/AIDS at Suruhuto held DiMapur, JuNe 28 (MexN): scenario of pollution in Dima- vironment was also discussed ZuNheboto, JuNe 28 (MexN): Organised by Suruhuto Range Student Union and supported by Legislators’ Forum on AIDS (LFA) Nagaland, a one day advocacy campaign on HIV/ AIDS was held at Suruhuto under Zunheboto district on June 24. Altogether, 310 persons attended the meeting where misconceptions and misunderstandings about HIV/AIDS were clarified during an interactive session. The programme highlighted the importance of Community Responsibility in addressing the issues of HIV/AIDS. Community Leaders and Church

Leaders were also encouraged to take up the responsibility of creating awareness and for providing care and support for those who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The Village Council Chairman and members, Goan Buras from around Suruhuto Range, Government officials, Church Leaders, Village Elders, and Students attended the programme. The resource persons were LFA Officials, DAPCU, Zunheboto under NSACS and guest speaker was NPF Suruhuto Range President on behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary Shetoyi.

A workshop entitled, “Environmental Pollution a burden to life” today by C-Cerp for the colonies settled near Garbage dumping site, Dimapur where colony chairman, secretaries, GBs, CAN Youth, youth and well wishers participated actively. According to a press note received here, resource persons from Nagaland Pollution and Control Board, Department of Geology and Mining Government of Nagaland, and C-Cerp (Care Centre for Environment and Rural Poor) spoke on the occasion on diverse topics. While John Rosovil, Member Secretary of Pollution Control Board spoke on the prevailing

pur, Asingbou Newmai, from Geologist Geology and Mining, Ground water Cell, spoke on, “The Scenario of Ground water and its Quality in Dimapur”. Liangsi Niumai John, Director of C-Cerp spoke on ‘The Pollution Burden and Right to life”. Basing on the problems and issues of Environmental Pollution in Dimapur area, the resource person sensitised the participants the importance of segregation of waste in waste management; importance of rainwater harvesting and recharging; and necessity of a clean environment. A discussion on the impact lifestyle and ignorance on en-

where the need to check alarming chemical assault caused by human act was emphasised. A strong message of prevention is better than cure was also conveyed clearly to the participants. Among other things the participants agreed and endorsed the following strategy as follow up programmes in future: to think seriously and act wisely about lifestyle; concerted effort of all stakeholders for solid and liquid waste management; motivate the community and organise social work to keep the public property such as drains and roads clean; to create environment friendly infrastructures for healthy and sustainable livelihood for future.

Papaya farm school inaugurated IPM training launched in Farmer Field School

Participants during the inauguration of the new Papaya farm school in New Peren village.

DiMapur, JuNe 28 (MexN): The ATMA Peren block launched a Papaya Farm School at New Peren village on June 26. At the launching programme, Mapeuheile Ndang, AO and convener spoke on the concept of Farm School and

ANMs training in Mkg underway MokokchuNg, JuNe 28 (Dipr): Training on enhancing performance of Multipurpose Workers Female (ANMs) of Mokokchung District is being held from June 25 to 29 at IDSP Hall, Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital (IMDH) Mokokchung. The training is being held block wise where all health workers will be given training on Village Health & Nutrition Day VHND, Immunization, Home Visits and OPD Special Clinics also by providing Guideline books. Resource persons in the programme include Dy.CMO, Dr. Kibangkumba and DPO (VIP & RCH) Dr. Limatula. Hi Sir Pritam... On this special day, we wish you all the very best, all the joy you can ever have and may you be blessed abundantly today, tomorrow and the days to come! May you have a fantastic birthday and many more to come...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! From Mog (BP) Group...

encouraged the farmers to grow Papaya as it is easy to cultivate and provides more income, only next to cultivation of Bananas. Cultivation practices of Papaya were also imparted to the farmers and the many health benefits of Papaya was cit-

ed as one reason why one should cultivate and eat Papaya. Farm school teacher, Pauragum also shared his experience and farming tools were handed over to Farm school teacher. Altogether 64 farmers attended the programme.

tueNsaNg, JuNe 28 (MexN): The Department of Agriculture, Tuensang organised integrated pest management training (IPM) in Farmers Field School (FFS) at Hakchang village on June 26. During the launching programme the keynote address was delivered by Menungchetba SMS, where he stated about the concept and objectives of FFS and further highlights the importance of adopting IPM methods for better pest control and for achieving food security in the district. Agriculture Field Assistant Bumat highlighted on the topic control and management of grasshopper where he stressed on importance of soil solarisation, setting of light traps for controlling the pest. Topic on IPM methods for controlling the Rodents was discussed in detailed by Bangbe AFA with special reference to measures such as setting of local traps, using of chemicals poison etc. Agri Officer Chingmak sensitized the farmers on SRI technique for better crops production and stressed on better seed selection, early transplanting and fields sanitation etc. Topic on Do’s and does not at seedling/tillering stage of paddy was spoken by Menungchetba SMS. Altogether 25 farmers attended the training programme. Various seeds and rodenticides was distributed to the farmers after the programme.

Int’l Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking DiMapur, JuNe 28 (MexN): With the theme, "Let’s develop our lives, our communities, our identities without Drugs", the World Drug Day was observed at Private Bus Stand Mon Town with a formal programme followed by a march to DC office to submit memorandum. The two point memorandum includes the needs for one Detoxification/Rehabilitation Center in the District and opening of OST Centre at all ADC Hq. and sub-division. Speaking on the event, Dr. Chenjei MO, Phomching challenged the local NGOs not to engage only in supply control but to approach into the demand part ‘wisely’ as this menace is tricky. Everyone should support the issue or else the problem will reach every doorstep, he added challenging the organizers to bring significant changes through the observance of the event. The Konyak Students’ Union Action Committee Chairman, Manton updated the involvement of KSU in this issue where he seek help from every corner to support KSU in its effort to control the supply of drugs. He also assured its sup-

Bethesday Youth Livingstone Foundation Welfare Centre Higher Secondary School DiMapur, JuNe 28 (MexN): The Bethesda Youth Welfare Centre, Dimapur observed the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking at Centre for Community Transformation, Walford road, Dimapur. The theme speaker Temjennungsang Jamir, while sharing the significance of the day reminded the participants to recommit their life to fight against the drug addiction and its related menace. More than 70 participants, mostly recovering, along with the staffs attended the program. During the programme, two recovering addicts gave their testimonies and encouraged their peers to have firm commitment in trying to overcome their struggles against drug addiction. port to user’s community and NGOs in their capacity in tackling the issue. Vice-President of KNSK , Alem , in her speech expressed its concern over the inflow of drugs and alcohol in the district while Amos from MTSU reminded that drug addiction is a ‘silent terrorism’ killing precious lives every day and urges to fight its chaos.

DiMapur, JuNe 28 (MexN): The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2015 was observed at Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School with a painting and drawing competition for all the junior students (from Nursery to Grade-8) of the school. All together 576 students participated in the Competition held under 4 categories of themes - Say No to Drugs, Stop Human Trafficking, My Environment and My Imagination. A press note informed that the competition was held in the respective class rooms during the school hours under the coordination of Ani Yepthomi, the Junior Section Head of Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School. She encouraged the students to use their creativity and bring out their original work of art on the given themes and reminded them that ‘imitation is limitation’ and that their imagination can do far better than imitating others. The results of the Competition would be declared on June 29, the press note added.

Pangnyei from HADO shared about their activities particularly in opium addiction and Sashi Secretary of Mon Users’ Network request the common people to give them a space to live in while they struggle to join mainstream. According to him the present scenario is confusing as they see more corrupt environment with

general populace. Joseph of Shansham Organization who chaired the event also highlighted how the organization struggles to help the users by running Rehabilitation center which could not sustain properly in absence of assistant from any angle. However, he expressed the relief brought by the OST programme.

A day for social work to develop community harmony and bonding was held at Old Jalukie village, Upper /lower Sector A, B & C on June 26.

NU VC, Pro-VC visits Meriema village kohiMa, JuNe 28 (MexN): Nagaland University (NU) vice chancellor BK Konwar and NU pro vice- chancellor A Lanunungsang visited the Meriema village today and had interaction with village elders and leaders at Panchayat hall. Konwar in his address acknowledged the villagers for their cooperation extended to the Nagaland University and said any substantive development to the village would be looked into and further urged the Meriema villagers to set good example to other villagers in the state. He also discussed with the village leaders and elders various developmental activities of the university.

Refresher course on cash management kohiMa, JuNe 28 (MexN): A two day refresher course training on cash management and accounting procedures was imparted to accounts personnels/HAs of DRDA and Block officers of RD Department on June 25 and 26 at Rural Department Directorate with Alemla Chishi, Dy. Commissioner MGNREGA as Course Director and Neizovonuo Visa, Asst. Commissioner, MGNREGA as Course Co-Cordinator. On June 25, the training concentrated on Financial Management where Hilo Semp, Addl. Director, RD and Khinyi Woch, Financial Advisor, MGNREGA were the resource persons. The second day of the Training on Accounting Procedure was conducted by Khinyi Woch, Financial Advisor, MGNREGA and Imti Chang, Accounts Officer, RD. Two accounts officers from each DRDA and one accountant from each Block attended the Training.

Phek farmers club conduct tree plantation phek, JuNe 28 (MexN): The Phek Farmers' Club in collaboration with DRDA Phek carried out a tree plantation programme at the District Jail Phek on Saturday under the theme “Today's plantation, tomorrow's life,” with an aim to sustainably plant and manage the ecosystem for tomorrow's consumption. PFC president Ciekhunieyi Vero exhorted the gathering about the importance of Yongchak and social forestry and inaugurated the program with the first planting of the sapling. All together, 150 saplings of Yongchaak were planted in and around the jail compound. For the success of the program, the PFC and the Jail Authority Phek acknowledged the District & Session Judge, Phek, Ramlia Zeliang, BDO Phek, Kühücüyi D. Vadeo and especially APP Phek, Akole Mero for sponsor-

Participants during tree plantation programme organised by the Phek Farmers' Club in collaboration with DRDA Phek carried out at District Jail Phek.

ing the lunch and refreshment and all the logistic supports. The Jail Authority Phek has also acknowledged

the PFC and Thüputhiyi Venuh, the chief co-ordinator for carrying out such plantation program in the Jail.

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Missing Judges: Shocking figures for why justice is so slow in India

here is a reason why cases take long in India; why India's jails are bursting with under trials; why everyone wants a fast-track court. The Indian judiciary has a major number problem no one is paying attention to: it does not have enough judges. This is not an academic issue. The Delhi High Court has so many cases pending, it would take 466 years for it to clear its backlog. Imagine waiting for justice in that line. Indian judges have to apply their mind to more cases simultaneously than most of their global peers. To put it plainly, India has only 1/5th the number of judges it actually needs. The 120th report of the Law Commission flagged this manpower crisis and how successive governments have neglected it. The Narendra Modi government has allocated Rs 806 crore towards judicial upgradation this year. The staggering numbers that follow are an explanation why this just may not be enough. 63,843 • That's the number of cases currently pending in the Supreme Court 5 minutes • That was the average time available to the Delhi High Court for each case during 2011-12

2.7 lakh • Is the number of undertrials in Indian jails • That's 67% of the present prison population • This means 2 out of every 3 people in jail are there not because they are convicted but because they are awaiting the end of their trial 29% • Or 1 out of every 3 judicial positions in India's high courts is lying vacant • Only Tripura and Meghalaya High Courts work to full capacity • Jharkhand High Court has the highest vacancy 22% • That's how many posts are vacant in district and subordinate courts • What's worse is, of 18,123 such courts in the country, only 14,287 are operational 1,734 • Fast track courts were set up in 2000 • They could not be sustained; only 976 are functional today • These courts disposed over 3 million cases in 11 years 806 crore rupees • Or less than 0.05% of India's Budget has been allocated to fix this problem • Compare that to the statue of Sardar Patel in Gujarat, which is geared to cost approximately Rs 3,000 crore • But low budgetary allocation is not the only problem. Turns out, many states do not have the competence to spend what's allocated to them to build judicial strength • Until 2014, 18 states in India hadn't spent even 1% of their judiciary budget 1 • Quote that sums up the situation • Supreme Court advocate Colin Gonsalves says: "India needs at least five times more judges than its current strength to clear the massive backlog of cases. The public blames the judiciary for delayed justice. But it is the government that is responsible for the current state of the judicial system. The Supreme Court should take suo moto notice of this and pressurise the government to fix the situation" 3 cases • That give a random flavour of how cases progress in India • In 1973, a bus conductor in Delhi charged five paisa less from a woman passenger. The bus company is still fighting a case against him 41 years later • It's taken 23 years for UP minister DP Yadav to be sentenced for a murder committed in 1992 • The blackbuck case against actor Salman Khan has been on for 17 years 1 • Reason why it matters • Justice delayed is justice denied is not just a textbook axiom. An efficient judiciary is the bedrock for a coherent and peaceful society

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The City of Sorrow: Revisiting the 2015 Dimapur lynching

he pin code of Dimapur is 797112 and it will always remain ingrained on my soul. Like many of us, I do not remember a lot of things including passwords, telephone numbers of best friends, or for that matter, my phone number. Yet, 797112 was the first fascinating code I wrote down on an envelope as little girl and realised that it situated me to a place I called home. Today, when I say 797112, it is not solely about locating my life’s journey to an address, but it is also more about a connection to a place I continue to call home: my reservoir of memories. Type the words “The Dimapur lynching” on Google search, and numerous websites ranging from the British Broadcasting Corporation webpage to the prominent national newspapers like the Times of India, The Hindu, and the electronic media headlines would appear on your screen. On March 5, 2015, when an alleged rapist named Syed Farid Khan from the neighbouring state of Assam was taken out of the city prison Central Jail and lynched on the street of Dimapur, the global community turned its gaze on the city of Dimapur and condemned the killing. 'Xenophobic community' The lynching of Farid Khan unfolded like a horrifying act, as the mob in Dimapur captured the violence on their smart phones and posted it on the Internet. In the aftermath of the violence, editorial pages of newspapers and magazines across India carried several articles of news analyses and opinion on the Dimapur incident. Prominent commentators and scholars condemned the violence, going to the extent of calling the Naga people a xenophobic community. The emphasis on the deteriorating situation of law and order in Nagaland and across Northeast India was highlighted. The culture of violence and xenophobic nature of the mob that emerged during the 2015 Dimapur Lynching was defined as part of Naga culture, thus holding the entire Naga collective responsible for the brutal violence. Such an understanding of Naga culture is extremely male-centric, patriarchal, and reinforces the reactionary worldview of Naga culture. The commentators failed to see the contentious cultural and political issue of representation in contemporary Naga society. Many of us, who advocate for equal political participation of Naga women in the customary legal institutions and the parliamentary politics in Nagaland, do not make this demand on the basis of proclaiming or asserting an authentic and a pure Naga history. When I was growing up, I could never imagine that my hometown Dimapur would become a frontpage or a national television “breaking news” material, or for that matter, that it would be associated with a lynching incident. Dimapur, I thought, was a dusty commercial hub, which carried the proud title of being the “first” of several things in Nagaland: it had the first and only airport in the state, the sole railway station, and the only city in the state where you can get a rickshaw ride. In other words, the city was the economic centre of the state. Many of the villagers and residents from the 11 districts spread across the hills of Nagaland come to Dimapur to shop, receive medical attention, and scout for educational institutions for their wards. Unlike the manner in which tribal societies are portrayed – as dancing and singing mascots of diversity in contemporary India – the reality is quite different. The government of Nagaland states that 80% of Nagas living in the state are subsistence farmers and live in rural areas. For most rural Naga families, like others living across North East India, the experiences of poverty, sickness, and indebtedness are harsh everyday realities. They have arrived here after more than five decades of armed conflict and counter-insurgency. Thus, it is important to establish the history of structural violence in the long drawn IndoNaga armed conflict, with the thriving militarised economy in Dimapur. Imagine the flow of money and human relations, as goods and services exchange hands. Imagine the power brokers who negotiate for the various contracts and taxes on goods that arrive in Dimapur town. Imagine hundreds and thousands of rupees worth of commodities in the form of cars, grain, hardware, and medicine (to name a few) that are sold and purchased everyday in the city of Dimapur. Imagine the political patronage and the hierarchies of authorities. Who buys these goods and who are the moneyed people in this militarised economy? Where do small traders like Farid Khan, who sold used cars, operate in this hierarchy? I do not have answers to these questions, but those of us who have experienced life in such militarised economic hubs, will exercise caution before making reckless charges of xenophobia and insularity on those who live in such universes. After all, as we condemn the lynching of Farid Khan, we have to remember that his life as a resident and a businessman who dealt in used cards, was attached to larger financial structures and networks of this city. As we all know, markets do not exist in a vacuum, so we cannot think about the economy as autonomous or separate from society and the political life. Thus, the relationship between Naga buyers and non-Naga traders settled in Dimapur from the neighboring states of Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and places as far away as Rajasthan, and Gujarat, is not simply about economic transactions. As in other militarised societies, the social and political symbols and assertions of power in Dimapur are with the tribal elite and the trading communities who control the demand and supply chains ranging from salt, rice, life saving drugs, to fuel. On the night of February 23, 2015, it was a Naga man who invited a college girl – who was allegedly raped by Khan – for a drive and an ice cream treat. It might have been a story about a friend who was simply fixing a date for another friend who had a crush on a girl from the same neighbourhood. The neighbourhood in Dimapur where Farid lived was diverse, with people from different ethnicities and religions living

In characterising Naga people as a xenophobic community, the voices of the citizens of Dimapur, who were the first to condemn the gruesome action of the mob, were drowned out

The commentators who condemned the Dimain very close proximity to one another. In this dense, connected world, it is not possible to accept that Farid pur Lynching seemed to frame their position on this Khan’s life was detached from the everyday realities reactionary logic, thereby holding the entire Naga society accountable for the violence. It will be a tragand experiences of living in a militarised society. edy if the task of locating the dignity and purity of any society is unquestionably placed at the hands Voices from Dimapur In the aftermath of the Dimapur Lynching, a cur- of leaders and collectives who consider women and few was imposed on the entire city for approximately a the marginalised and poor as non-speaking subjects week. Markets, schools, offices and educational institu- without any agency. As we agree that the Dimapur lynching was vitions remained closed. An Indian Army truck patrolling the streets of Dimapur carried a banner declaring in olent, so also we ought to agree that the malicious Nagamese Morom pera shanti rakhibi (Please observe campaigns against the girl who filed the police report peace). That the banner was written in Nagamese, the for the sexual assault was unjustified. A sex worker, lingua franca of the border towns between Assam and a liar, a college girl looking for some fun, a consenNagaland, and not in English, captures the spirit of Di- sual sexual rendezvous gone bad, a blackmail on an innocent man – these were some of the allegations. mapur and the people who live in this city. As BBC reporters in London, television anchors in What is important to note is that the victim went to New Delhi and India’s intellectuals spoke to condemn a police station in Dimapur to file her complaint and the violence, they drowned the voices of the citizens of did not at any point approach the mob to take up her Dimapur, who were the first to condemn the gruesome case. She sought the assistance of the law and order action of the mob. On March 5, 2015, mothers wept and agency in Dimapur, the same agency that had failed fell on their knees to pray, shopkeepers pulled down to protect Farid Khan, and the same agency that had their shutters in protest against the violence, young failed to control the Dimapur mob on March 5, 2015. men and women rushed home from work, wiping their tears after they heard about the murder. Naga organ- Situating Farid Khan in Dimapur Perhaps what we need to critique, is the normaliisations, ranging from cultural associations to tribal fosation of violence and the culture of impunity that rums, condemned the lynching. The Dimapur Lynching will remain on the minds reigns large in such militarised societies where the of those of us who condemn violence and believe guilty – be it Indian security forces or the mob that that mobs can never deliver justice, for time to lynched Farid Khan – reiterate the necessity to escome. Among all the questions the lynching tragedy tablish a form of justice based on race, caste, or rebrought up, was the issue of rape – an allegation for ligion. If the nationwide condemnation of the Dimawhich the deceased had to pay for with his life. Ironi- pur Lynching and the initial media reports suggested cally, it was the issue of rape and Khan’s larger social that Farid Khan was killed because he was a Muslim identity as a citizen of a violent city like Dimapur that or an Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrant, we have to expose the culture of exclusion that predominates were politicised and eliminated from the debate. when such accounts are written. First, majority of the commentators and the meFetishisation of justice Many articles, that were written after the Dimapur dia reports distanced themselves from the social lynching, refused to read sexual violence and the cul- world that Farid Khan lived in in Dimapur. With the ture of impunity against the backdrop of the history of exception of few reporters like Dola Mitra, a journalmilitarisation, but referred to the failure of the law en- ist from the national new magazine the Outlook, who forcing agencies to do their duty. There is little doubt gave a voice to Farid Khan’s Naga wife, his neighbors, that the law enforcing machinery failed at their job, friends and associates, many articulate opinion makbut judging Naga society as a xenophobic collective ers and commentators treated the people closest to that reacted on the mere suspicion of sexual violence, Farid Khan as non-speaking subjects and assumed that they were unfit to bear testimony of his life. falls short of addressing a core issue at hand. By denying the importance of locating the DiIt fails to see how violent households and rapists do not belong to a single ethnic community, class, mapur Lynching to a culture of impunity, violence, caste, or race. Defining the characteristics and traits and militarisation, the events that unfolded chronoof the larger Naga society on the basis of the actions logically after Khan’s death showed us how a hostile of a frantic mob in Dimapur was striking. It exposed wave of nationalism, religious fanaticism, and xenohow the many well-intentioned political commen- phobia swept across Assam and Nagaland. Like many traders in Dimapur, Farid Khan tators and intellectuals were trapped by a parochial definition of culture as though it is a framework that moved within the labyrinth and nurtured friendis solely applicable to tribal people. Thus, many who ships and alliances to seek new contacts and confollowed the Dimapur Lynching story were fascinat- nections. Some commentators who painted the life ed and fetishised justice as the gory violence unfold- of Farid Khan solely as a family man, and a Muslim ed on the streets of Dimapur. Was that the Naga sav- victim who hailed from Assam, denied him the city ages' way of delivering justice? Did the bloodthirsty where he lived, made connections, and lost his life. head hunting traits come alive on the streets of Di- Such simplified renditions of reality are akin to recmapur? Was this a regular pronouncement of justice ognising the victory of the shrillest voice in the mob that demanded his blood. To recognize Farid Khan in Naga society? Was this customary law at work? Let me elaborate the point about the fetishisation as a foreigner and label him as solely belonging to of justice I note in the paragraph above. Both the mob Assam (or even as a citizen of Bangladesh had he that lynched Farid Khan and the political commenta- travelled across the border) is to oppose the choices tors who spoke about the breakdown of law and order, thousands of people who choose to settle down in Dimapur and call it their home. were speaking from the same moral ground. If we do not re-examine these positions, we too The mob reasoned that they were taking the law into their own hands because there was no order join the chorus of the violent mob in Dimapur and on the streets of Dimapur to handle cases of crimes elsewhere around the world to reproduce a dangeragainst women. While they touched upon the is- ous myth of ethnic and religious purity, and a fixed sue of sexual violence, the Dimapur mob seemed to notion of belonging and rootedness. We simply canframe only a Naga woman’s body as the site of rape, not afford to propagate these visions. To condemn thereby justifying their masculinist patriarchal be- the Dimapur Lynching is to bring the testimonies and liefs that they were out to protect the pride, glory, and lives of the neighbourhood which Farid Khan lived in, prestige of Naga society. This seemed to imply a pre- a locality where the poor, vulnerable and the marginposterous logic that those who are protectors could alised accommodate one another, as they struggle to survive in this city of sorrow, Dimapur 797112. not be perpetrators of the same crime.

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7 PERSPECTIVE African migrants find ‘uneasy’ Day of the White Cat III Eu shelter after rough journey

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

29 June 2015

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by Babu Ayindo

ast week, one reader from Fiji Islands sent me a message via Skype with a request: she asked that I complete the story of the White Cat. She began by telling me that she enjoyed reading part one and two but complained that by leaving the story open-ended, I raised, in her own words, “more questions than answers.”In fact, she went ahead and admonished me for causing her ‘anguish’ for not completing some of my stories in this column. A good storyteller, she concluded her case, should never do that. This is a great dilemma for me. The truth of the matter is that I do not know how the story of the White Cat ‘ended.’ I may have mentioned in a previous column that I was raised both in rural western Kenya and in urban Nairobi. Most of my visits to Koga village in western Kenya happened during school holidays in April, August and December. So, like many other events I write about, the story of the White Cat never ‘ended’ while I was in Koga village during that school holiday. By the time I left to return to school in Nairobi, the White Cat was back and still alive and well in spite of the various plots against its life. To find a balance between ensuring that no reader is left in ‘anguish’ like my reader in Fiji Islands and the reality that I do actually know what happened, I intend to theorize on various possibilities. I was very close to my grandmother who owned the White Cat as well as my uncle was the lead proponent for the cat’s immediate death. I also knew the alliances both my grandmother and my uncle had built towards addressing the problem of the disappearance of eggs. So, I actually would like to generate three hypotheses on what might have happened to the White Cat. Before, I pose the three possibilities, let us remind ourselves where the story ‘ended.’ After various meetings plotting to kill the White Cat, my grandmother took matters into her own hands, tricked the cat in a gunny bag and took it to her brother’s homestead in Ebusubi village, some 10 kilometers away. Her idea was that the cat would live in an area where there were many other cats that hunted the many snakes in the valleys of Ebusubi area. However, after about three weeks, the White Cat

returned to our village in one piece. And, this time, the little feline animal declared loudly its triumphant return while the entire family was having dinner. I can recall that moment. Uncle Caleb was tempted to walk out of the dinner table in anger. He looked at the cat, patched up on the wooden paling of my grandmother’s hut, and only clicked his tongue. I knew that click of the tongue; you only heard it when the anger was deep. You could tell that if the cat was within the reach of uncle Caleb, then we would not be theorizing about what may have happened to the White Cat. So, now, let us return the possibilities: One, it is likely that that uncle Caleb was able to mobilize another set of brigade who were more committed to the cause of terminating the life of the thieving cat. With me headed back to school in the city of Nairobi, thereby, suffocating the channel of ‘intelligence’ that my grandmother was receiving, it is quite possible that uncle Caleb’s conspiracy of a ‘final solution’ to a cat claiming a higher place in the food chain was implemented swiftly, diligently and clinically. I know uncle Caleb, he is the kind of person who once he sets his eyes on a goal and once a strategy is laid out then he would onlyrest when that goal is met. He can only change tactics but I know, he can stay the course.So, for those readers who love cats, I apologize but I need to be as realistic as I can in my theorizing. The second possibility is that my grandmother may have sought to protect the cat one more time. Tricking the cat into a gunny bag for a second time may have been difficult but she could have used other ways. For example, she would have used herbs that can keep put animals to sleep for a long period. She would sprinkle those herbs in the cat’s regular meal. Then, she would have carried the cat to yet another location, this time far away from the village and left it under the care of someone else. Or, she could have given the dozed off cat so someone else, someone whose scent the cat cannot easily recognize and trace back. Then, this person would take the cat to another homestead far away from ours. For sure, there is no way my grandmother would sit back and watch people plot to kill her cat. Why do I say this? Let me digress and

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tell you a story of how my grandma was committed to nonviolence. You see, one day, a snake entered grandmother hut during the day. My cousin brother Omondi was the first to spot it. When he raised the alarm, grandma was not near so all the cousin brothers got hold of whatever weapon – or anything that looked like a weapon – and gathered around the snake, placing ourselves in strategic locations so that we once we began the attack, the snake will be no more in minutes. But before we could act, my grandma showed up, I cannot remember from where. She barked an order and all of us stepped back. Then with a stick, only a simple stick, grandma guided the snake out of her house. Imagine, she instead of hitting the head as we had teenagers had all been taught, she comically escorted the snakeout of her hut and let it slither away into the bush! Of course, all of us cousin brothers were upset that grandma had not only stolen our moment of glory but had let a dangerous reptile walk away to freedom. So we demanded answers from grandma. Why did she do that? I can still remember her response: “when a snake comes to your house uninvited, chase it away peacefully; if it refuses the choice is yours.” According to my grandma, the snake had not refused to leave and, therefore, we had no justification to make ‘our choice’ (which we had already made when we gathered with our weapons!). So, to return to the cat story, I knew my grandmother loved animals and there is no way she would let her own cat die under her watch. The third and final possibility is that the chicken themselves may have noticed that their eggs were disappearing. The chicken, together, with other domestic animals may have done their investigations and realized it was the White Cat stealing the eggs. It is possible, is it not, that the animals seized the initiative themselves and found ways to protect their eggs and or deal with the thieving White Cat without relying on overprotective human beings. Of course, my reader in Fiji Islands might say this is an impossible ‘ending’ but let me tell you, in the world of stories, as my grandmother taught me, anything is possible.

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Do you feel any positive vibe since the formation of the ‘opposition-less’ Nagaland government? Some of those who fication toward solution to Indo-Naga but don't mean them? voted YES had this to say: problem. Our corrupt leaders have • "Opposition - less government for • Yes. Inspite of the greed involved been saying this over the years since early naga political solution" Huh! Is and the dictatorial style in which this Statehood. The truth is, they are dying this a choice of the people or foolish oppositionless government came to to mint money as election is half way. politician. Nothing has change and power, there is one positive vibe – It's time people rise up and change all nothing will change. Playing game that is – they are all the same. Irre- these moneymonger moniesters and with the naga And my answer is posispective of tribe or party tive a "BIG NO". affiliation, their decision • Everybody will get 100 to cast aside all demoby 100 if this Q is asked in cratic principles shows Exam...... NO is the answer. they don’t really care for • Situation abysmal- Road, the people. They are only electricity, law & order in after their own power and Tuensang/Kohima/Southself-interest. We the pubern Angami area etc. etc. lic must learn from this. All the hon'rable MLAs • Yes. Our kushi kushi athuddled together just not titude comes from such to miss their piece of cake absurd innovation. A in looting. govt. without an opposition shows that all of them Some of those who voted greed for power. No oppoOTHERS had this to say: sition only have a negative • Oppositionless governoutcome for the public. ment is meaningless. All • Yes, the only positive MLAs are just to grab monvibe is that the accusaey for next elections only tions and counter acand not for public interest. cusations are no longer The government is a funny making the headlines in laughing-stock to the public the local dailies. Atleast and nothing more. this is giving us a head• Too early to judge now ache free morning. • It is very sad to see our • This shows us that when political situation in our our leaders really want to, Nagaland to become so they can all come together. low in its moral principles. This is an example for our Nagas have always taken underground leaders. They pride in being politically can all stay in their own poaware. But now we are litical parties, but they can have become like fools to come together to form one the rest of the world. Our Naga national government politicians say that the opYES no OTHER if they really want to. positionless government pulluticians. is for the sake of peace and settleSome of those who • No, Required good argument to pro- ment. But we all know this is not true. voted NO had this to say: duce better avenue Settlement is not going to come any• Positive vibes? Nonsense! This is • No! The npf president and the cm time soon. This oppositionless govmurder. Murder of democracy. Mur- have made a fool out of nagas...its a ernment is for them to mint money der is a serious crime. To fool the gen- shame! and power. How long will they take the eral public, they came out with a justi- • Don't all of them say the same thing people for a ride?

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In this June 13, 2015 photo Jean Paul Apetey, right, stands in front of a defunct hotel which now serves asylum seeker shelter during a welcome party organized by the villagers of Otter, northern Germany. Apetey enjoyed a well-organized, warm arrival in the north German state of Lower Saxony. (AP Photo/Dalton Bennett) Dalton Bennett and Shawn Pogatchnik

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gainst the odds, Hamed Kouyate has achieved his childhood dream of escaping African poverty and reaching the wealthy heart of Europe. But like many fellow migrants who endured a clandestine odyssey marked by toil and terror, the teenager now questions whether he's just gambled his life on a cruel illusion. "Europe has no gold or diamonds for me. I've had to sleep rough and go without food for days since arriving in France. Nothing has been as I thought it would be," the 18-year-old says as he walks along the riverbank in the Parisian suburb of Creil, three years of travel and more than 5,000 meandering miles (8,000 kilometers) from his Ivory Coast home. "I regret leaving Africa. I would not recommend this route even to my worst enemy." Since January, The Associated Press has followed a 45-member group of West Africans as they traveled by foot and cramped smugglers' vehicles from Greece to Hungary via the Balkans. The route, accessed from a Turkey clogged with refugees fleeing Islamic State barbarism, is already the second-most popular way to gain illegal entry to the 28-nation European Union and its two biggest destinations: Germany and France. Unprecedented waves of Asian, Arab and African migrants are taking the slow, grueling route in preference to a sea crossing from North Africa, the quicker but reckless path to Italy. Thousands making that journey have drowned in the Mediterranean over the past year. Kouyate and several other migrants interviewed by the AP have documented the Balkans' own risks: deadly night trains that crush trekkers trapped on ridges, bridges and inside tunnels; robberies by criminal gangs and corrupt police lingering like vultures along the route; smugglers who hold their own clients hostage, raping women and beating men, until distant relatives wire extra cash; staggering hunger and thirst as hikes expected to take days stretch into weeks. That trauma was all supposed to be worth it, the travelers kept telling themselves with each brutal setback. By April they finally reached Hungary, from which they could travel by jitney cabs and public transport links within the largely passport-free EU to Germany and France. The vast majority of the West Africans reached their destinations by May, having paid a series of Asian and African smugglers more than 5,000 euros ($5,500) to cover every link in the chain from Turkey to the EU's eastern frontier. While Germany has proven to be comparatively generous to arrivals, France is posing a tougher test. Neither permits the asylumseekers to work while their cases are under review, but Germany gives the newcomers often high-quality housing in bucolic suburban settings along with monthly payments in the low three figures. Kouyate, by contrast, says he has received a single 40 euro ($45) payment in France, where he has bounced from sofa to bedsit to park bench and back again. Germany received 202,834 asylum-seekers in 2014 — nearly a third of the EU total — and expects to double that figure to reach another record high this year. Chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly committed to doubling federal government spending on asylum-seeker support and pledged an extra 1 billion euros this month to state and local authorities to ensure all newcomers have housing and can pursue German language education, mandatory for achieving residency. It's a starkly different picture in France, which already has accepted more than 250,000 foreigners as refugees — many of them French speakers from former colonial possessions such as Ivory Coast — and last year received another 101,895 asylum applicants, second-most in the EU, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The French Office for Protection of Refugees and Expatriates is able to house only a third of new applicants directly, while many sleep outdoors, in train stations or tent shantytowns. The waiting for state accommodation can typically last a year — by which time migrants already have lost their court cases and exhausted their right to stay. France's immigration tribunals now are accepting less than a fifth of applicants. They favor candidates from active war zones such as Syria, not economic migrants from impoverished but relatively peaceful Ivory Coast, where a decade of bloody coups and civil war has abated since 2011. The prospect of rejection has yet to sink in for Kouyate. He handed himself twice to police before getting a referral to child protection authorities, who helped him secure a state-funded spot in a youth hostel. He now hopes to win a job as a professional soccer player, a seemingly pie-in-the-sky ambition given that he failed to achieve this goal in less-competitive Turkey. He's already been rebuffed by a few French clubs who said

they couldn't consider giving him a trial without proper residency documentation. Kouyate, undaunted, appears to be disenchanted with everything about France except the football. "Soccer is my passion. It's because of soccer that I'm in Europe. In September I'm going to train with a team," he said, noting he currently lacks studded soccer boots. "The hostel will buy me soccer boots and they'll register me with a team," he insisted. Around 500 miles (800 kilometers) to the northeast, his Ivorian travel mates Jean Paul Apetey and Hilarion Charlemagne have enjoyed a well-organized, warm arrival in the north German state of Lower Saxony. Unlike Kouyate, they are much happier with their state-provided surroundings in farming towns south of Hamburg, where fields of strawberries and white asparagus dominate the landscape. Both are focused on learning enough German quickly to demonstrate their earnestness and impress their hosts, to win residency and start to earn cash that they can wire home to their children. Charlemagne held up the crumbling pair of shoes he has worn since Greece, including on more than two weeks of police-interrupted hikes through Macedonia. "I won't be needing these shoes much longer," said the 45-year-old teacher. German authorities have placed him and three other West African migrants in a newly refurbished, two-apartment residence in the town of Brietlingen, population 3,400. The neighbors, an elderly German couple, don't speak French or know where Ivory Coast is. Charlemagne calls the 70-something woman "Oma," German for grandma. The woman, who didn't want to be named, said her family fled their native Poland in 1945 as the Russians closed in, so she relates to the Africans' "feeling of the unknown" as newcomers. Charlemagne and Apetey, a 34-year-old former Ivorian soldier, each receive around 140 euros ($157) a month to cover expenses, and those benefits could rise next month to more than 300 euros ($335) monthly. Apetey has been placed in a refurbished former hotel in the center of Otter, a village of barely 1,500 residents, some of whom had never seen an African face in the flesh before. The college dorm-style facility opened just three months ago and already houses more than 40 migrants from across Africa and the Middle East. He shares a room with another Ivorian and two Bosnians, whom he freely admits to distrusting, chiefly because they cannot talk to each other. He suspects a neighboring Libyan of stealing a 20-euro note from his room, but he cannot confront him directly because he doesn't speak Arabic. Most annoying, he says, is the amateur Arab keyboardist down the hall. "He's awful," Apetey declared with a laugh. Relations with locals are better. In an expression of solidarity, about 20 villagers organized a welcome party in the refugees' new home, bringing cupcakes and board games and rebranding the residence's sprawling living room the "international cafe" for the night. "You can really never know what they have been through, but I can imagine and I can be compassionate about it," said Maduria Roeper, a 59-year-old lifestyle consultant, Apetey smiling uncomprehendingly at her side. "They definitely must have gone through hard times ... some sort of trauma." Roeper said some villagers opposed sheltering the foreigners in Otter, but most are determined "to make a bridge for the asylum seekers, to reduce the fear, the barriers ... and really show them from our heart we want to integrate them." Apetey says he appreciates German hospitality, particularly the informative and friendly approach of police, which he contrasts with every other EU force he's experienced from Greece to Austria. But he fears that his respite from homelessness could be short-lived, that German authorities could dismiss his case for refugee status. This already has happened to Ivorian friends pursuing appeals against deportation orders. He notes that his temporary residence card has an expiry date of just three months. "I know people who went on the same journey as me, who got the card and three months later, they received a letter saying they have to leave Germany," he said. "We are asylum seekers. We don't have anything! I don't have any contacts. I appeal to whom? With what money? You get a lawyer, that's money." In France, Kouyate suggests that part of him wouldn't mind going back home. He says Africans enjoy a happier environment and greater social solidarity, and contrasts that with the many times he's seen Europeans walk callously past street beggars. But Kouyate says he must remain resolute and make a European success of himself, because his parents have sacrificed many thousands in cash payments to smugglers and soccer agents. He doesn't want their investment to be in vain. "It's not a debt exactly. It's about pride," he said. "When parents spend so much to send their child to Europe, it's rare that the child shies from the challenge ... so I can't just go back."

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World keen to know about Indian heritage: PM

neW DeLHi, June 28 (ianS): Asserting that the world was keen to know about Indian heritage, including yoga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked IT professionals to undertake "online activity" giving more information on the ancient practice. "The world is keen to know more about India and our traditions and culture, our values. We should distribute our knowledge across the world. But we can do this only when we are proud of our heritage," Modi said in his monthly "Mann Ki Baat" radio address. He said there were many things which had been were bequeathed to Indians by their ancestors like yoga and family values. "Why don't we make the world aware of our family values?" he said, adding that in a similar manner, it was "our responsibility to give the world the knowledge of yoga". "I request all young people, especially IT professionals, to undertake some online yoga activity

Opposition rages as PM Modi asks for #SelfieWithDaughter but stays mum on 'Lalitgate' neW DeLHi, June 28 (PTi): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke about a number of social issues in his monthly radio address but chose to avoid any reference to the political storm that has been generated by Lalit Modi issue for which Congress warned him that the issue will continue to "haunt" him. CPI and AAP also attacked Modi for remaining silent on the controversy. In his 'Mann Ki Baat' programme on radio, Modi refrained from speaking on politics or the recent controversies surrounding Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over the Lalit Modi issue which some quarters were expecting. "Sometimes, some people feel that I should make big government announcements in 'Mann Ki Baat' which would provide information about yoga and its related benefits," he said. Speaking about the success of the first International Yoga Day on June 21, Modi appreciated the armed forces for joining the event and their efforts

programme. No. For that, I work day and night. With you, I do 'lighthearted talk and I get pleasure from that only," Modi said. Among various topics, he talked about the girl child, voicing concern over the depleting sex ratio in 100 districts of the country, with the situation being more serious in Haryana. He pitched for a mass campaign to save the girl child. During the 20-minute programme, he also spoke about the recently-launched three social security schemes and three developmental schemes, including 'housing for all' by 2022, as well as the Yoga Day celebrated on June 21. He also emphasised on the need for saving water and planting trees to preserve the environment. Speaking soon after the 'Man ki Baat' programme was aired, Con-

to make the day a success. "On June 21, when I saw glimpses of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon doing yoga at the UN headquarters, I felt very happy," he said. The prime minister said people suggested that he speak on monsoons,

gress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad expressed disappointment over the "failure" of the Prime Minister to speak on Lalit Modi controversy. His other senior party colleagues P Chidambaram and Digvijay Singh as also CPI's D Raja and AAP leader Ashish Khetan. "All over India, no one is ready to listen to 'Mann Ki Baat....Everyone wants to listen to voice of people in the programme," said Azad, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha. Taking a dig at Modi, Azad said he continued to be a "dream merchant" in the programme as he has been merely selling dreams in India and abroad. "It is in the interest of the Prime Minister to take immediate action against those involved in corruption. Otherwise nationally and internationally, it is going to haunt him wherever he goes," he told reporters.

which has arrived in many parts of the country. Pitching for rainwater harvesting, Modi said efforts should be made to conserve water. "This should be a mass movement." He gave the example of Mahatma Gandhi's

house in Porbandar in Gujarat, where there was a 200-year-old underground reservoir to store rainwater. In the run-up to the Raksha Bandhan festival, he asked people to ensure that women get benefits of social security schemes

launched by the government. "In August, we have Raksha Bandhan, we can begin a mass movement to ensure that all women and sisters of our country get all security scheme benefits before Raksha Bandhan," the prime minister said. "Whether it is a woman working as a maid in our house, or in our fields or whether it is our own sisters, we can ensure that they avail the social security schemes." Rakshan Bandhan is an Indian festival which celebrates the brother-sister bond. Modi gave the example of the 'selfie with daughter' contest undertaken by a village head in Haryana and asked others to take up similar initiatives which would help the government's 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign. He asked people to post on social media images with their daughters along with the hashtag "#selfiewithdaughter". The prime minster also asked people to coin slogans in any language on this topic, the best out of which he would retweet.

Opposition sees Advani remarks as hint for Swaraj, Raje to resign neW DeLHi, June 28 (PTi): In light of senior BJP leader L.K. Advani emphasising the need for probity in public life, opposition parties on Sunday said that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje must “own up responsibility” in the Lalit Modi controversy. “It is a very clear indication from the senior most leader of BJP that its Ministers, when they are implicated, when there are allegations against them, should own up responsibility. “The Prime Minister should come out with a clear explanation. Nothing is happening. It is in this context that he (Advani) has given this opinion. So, I think that Advaniji’s opinion is the reflection of thinking in general of the people,” said senior Congress leader P.C. Chacko. In what is seen as a veiled message to the Narendra Modi government in the wake of the row involving Swaraj and Raje, Advani had on Saturday said there is a need to maintain probity in public life and recalled how he had resigned soon after his name cropped up in the Hawala scam. “The very mention of Advaniji’s resignation now means what? It is a hint that he wants that these two people should own moral responsibility,” added Chacko. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said it was now clear that the ruling BJP does not intend to walk on the path of political morality. “They had claimed to be a party with a difference. What difference is that? They want to protect their own people... They might be feeling that if they take action against one it may trigger a process. By now, it is clear that they don’t intend to walk on the path of political morality. This is what Advaniji has also cautioned about,” Kumar said. Advani had resigned as an MP in 1996 following allegations of his involvement in the infamous Hawala scam. He was consequently re-elected in 1998 after his name was cleared. Entries found in the diaries of Hawala broker S.K. Jain were presented as crucial evidence against top politicians, including Advani, in the court by the CBI.

'Centrally sponsored schemes list to be cut to 30 from 72' neW DeLHi, June 28 (Tnn): The number of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) may be pruned to 30 from the current 72 after a panel of chief ministers which is part of the NITI Aayog's sub group on the issue appeared to have hammered out a consensus. "There is a broad consensus on reducing number of CSS and having two types of schemes," panel's convenor Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said after the meeting of the sub-group here at NITI Aayog. The issue of reducing the number of centrally sponsored schemes has assumed significance against the backdrop of the award of the 14th Finance Commission which has raised the transfer of taxes to states An exile Tibetan child, center, in a traditional attire joins elders to perform a dance as part of their spiritual from 32% to 42%. leader the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday celebrations, in Bangalore, on Sunday, June 28. The Dalai Lama who "Some more suggestions was born on July 6 according to the Gregorian calendar is scheduled to be giving talks in the United States have come. I have formed a on his birthday. (AP Photo)

Kashmiri youths joining militancy; funds flow from Gulf SRinaGaR, June 28 (PTi): Large inflow of hawala funds from gulf countries and more Kashmiri youths getting sucked into militancy are dangerously stoking terrorism in the Valley in a fresh test for security forces in their antimilitancy operations. This assessment has been made by security analysts with former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief AS Dulat summing up the situation to say, "there are dark clouds on the horizon and some things seem to be not right." He has been associated with the Kashmir desk in Home Ministry in various capacities since 1990. While Jammu and Kashmir authorities appear to adopt a reticent policy on the emerging situation and the state police is stumped by the new challenges, security sources said that militants are concentrating on two axes in South and North Kashmir. An axis from Tral, Batapora, Panjgaon and Yaripora in South Kashmir is witnessing a dominance of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen, while in the other axis from Palhalan to Sopore this group and few militants of Jaishe-Mohammed are calling the shots, say police officials, who have been on the forefront of fighting militancy. The worrisome aspect, the officials say, is that in both the axes the lead-

ership is in the hands of Kashmiri boys, who have joined the ranks of militancy recently, the sources said. Security analysts said that local recruitment, which had come down to a trickle, has picked up suddenly from January this year. The killing of two militants Javaid Ahmad of Redwini Bala village and Idrees Ahmad Nengroo of Budroo village of Kulgam in their home district a week ago

delivery of arms for all of them. "So far eight AK rifles have been smuggled into the area and we are sure that more may come in," a senior police official said. Another official said that the difference between today's militancy and that during early 1990's is that the ideological conviction of the present lot of militants is far more superior than that of the terror groups during the early days. Kashmir is witnessing a trend of "Pan-Islamisation" where the young boys are opting for the path of terrorism knowing fully well that they are at the risk of being killed, the official said. Ruling PDP which as an opposition party had been blaming the policies of the previous National Conference and Congress combine for the militancy during their rule appears to be struggling to come out with a clear-cut strategy for the anti-militancy operations, the official and analysts said. Simultaneously, the hawala funds, which had been curbed to a large extent, has now started flowing into the Valley especially from Gulf in abundance, they said. The over invoicing of goods by some Kashmiri businessmen doing trade in Gulf has also come to the notice of authorities in this regard, the sources said.

'There are dark clouds on the horizon and some things seem to be not right' has come as an eye-opener for security agencies as Ahmad had joined Lashkere-Taiba (LeT) a year back while Negroo only a month back, the sources said. Both of them were killed in a chance encounter with security forces in Kulgam areas of South Kashmir last week. Since March this year, nearly 50 boys have reportedly vanished from the Valley with Awantipora in South Kashmir accounting for nearly 15 of them followed by Kulgam (nine), Shopian (seven), Anantnag (eight) and 11 from North Kashmir. The missing boys belonging to average middle class are being described as the new faces of terrorism in Kashmir and they are believed to be waiting for

committee of NITI Aayog officials headed by its CEO. It will deliberate...prepare a final draft by July 5. After seeking all chief ministers consent on the draft, the final recommendations will be submitted to the Prime Minister," said Chouhan. The amount of funds in each CSS which states can spend on their discretion within the overall parameters of the main scheme. The panel has met several times and last met in Bhopal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the setting up of the sub-group in February to study the 66 centrally sponsored schemes and recommend which to continue, which to transfer to states and which to cut down. Some states still want the Centre to share a greater burden of the centrally sponsored schemes. A report prepared by the NITI Aayog for the panel was

dicussued in the meeting attended by chief ministers from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh and others. The report said that CSS should be divided into two groups—core schemes and optional schemes. The core schemes would include legislatively backed schemes such as MGNREGA, Swachh Bharat, poverty elimination and social inclusion schemes, national drinking water programme, rural connectivity including electrification, access roads and communication, health, nutrition, women and children, housing for all, rural and urban transformation and law and order and justice delivery system, agriculture including animal husbandry, fisheries and irrigation. It said that based on this principle, the current CSS will be turned into an um-

brella programme/scheme with a maximum number of 30. In each of the identified core schemes, the Centre may implement one umbrella programme with a large number of components. The funding pattern of core CSS should be 60% Centre and 40% states and those for optional schemes Centre share should be 50% and states 50%. But for schemes where the Centre's share is below 50% it should remain at the same level. The report said that for all projects under the CSS where 30% of the work has been completed funding should be continued. The sharing pattern under which the programme was approved should also continue till March 2017. If the projects still remain unfinished after that then state would have to complete them using their own funds.

130 held for Minorities can self-attest community public urination certificates to get benefits of govt schemes

aGRa, June 28 (ianS): A total of 130 people were detained for urinating in the open in and around Agra and fined Rs.100 to Rs.500. The Government Railway Police (GRP) carried out the crackdown in the past three days in railway station areas in Agra, Agra Fort, Agra Cantonment, Mathura and Tundla as part of the Swachch Bharat Mission. A total of 109 people were rounded up on Friday and spent a day in detention. On Saturday, another 21 were detained. They spent 8-10 hours in a lock-up and tendered written apologies. GRP's Superintendent of Police Gopesh Nath Khanna said the campaign would continue. "People have this bad habit of relieving themselves just about anywhere, without bothering about public hygiene," a railway official said. Agra has half a dozen railway stations and important trains pass through the city. But travellers and residents complain that the civic bodies pay no attention to cleaning up areas outside the stations.

neW DeLHi, June 28 (PTi): People belonging to minority communities will no longer have to secure certificates from officials to avail of benefits of welfare schemes, with the government making it clear that self-attestation was enough. "In this context, it is informed that minority certificate is not mandatory for getting the benefits of welfare schemes being implemented by the ministry," the ministry of minority affairs has said in a recent communication to the states. The government has notified six communities as minorities - Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains. The latter's inclusion was notified in January last year. The removal of requirement of minority certificates is in keep-

ing with the government's decision to accept self-attestation across all departments and educational institutes. The development came after the ministry received several representations from people belonging to minority communities, especially Jains, complaining about not being able to avail of benefits extended to them in the absence of certificates testifying to their communities from the concerned state government authorities. The ministry had last year done away with the requirement of submission of affidavits towards community certificate and income certificate under pre-matric, post-matric and merit- cum-means based scholarship schemes for students belonging to the notified

communities. It had stated that for community certificate, self certification by the student is sufficient. The decision also comes in wake of the ministry launching programmes for raising the socio-economic profile of the minorities. These include the USTAAD programme for capacity building and updating the traditional skills of master craftsmen and artisans who in turn will train the minority youths in various traditional arts and craft. The ministry is also in the process of launching a programme called 'Nai Manzil' which seeks to bridge the knowledge gap of students passing out of Madrasas and facilitating their admission into mainstream schools and colleges.

Almost half Indian millennials favour marriage equality MuMbai, June 28 (ianS): In a landmark judgment, the US Supreme Court on Friday guaranteed right to same-sex marriage nationwide. The legal milestone is in step with sentiment among millennials around the world, including India -- where nearly 49 percent of them support marriage equality, according to a recent study. The Next Normal, a study by Viacom International Media Networks Insights, spanned over 20 countries, included 15,000 interviews and revealed global trends among the generation belonging to the age group of 12-30 years at the turn of the century. A key trend revealed by this project was that a majority of global millennials agreed that “all people should have the right to

Activists of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights and their supporters participate in a Rainbow Pride Rally in Chennai on Sunday, July 28. The participants also hailed the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, giving same-sex couples the right to marry in all 50 states. (AP Photo)

marry whomsoever they In countries where the issue enjoys the widchoose, including same- same-sex marriage is al- est support. Some of the sex couples". ready legal and accepted, nations according wide-

spread support to samesex marriage are: the Netherlands - 83 percent, Spain - 81 percent, Sweden - 81 percent, Germany - 78 percent, Canada - 78 percent and Argentina 78 - percent. A study of web respondents of all ages by The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) found that the more tolerant a country’s legislation is toward same-sex marriage, the more the residents of that country support it. However, homosexuality remains illegal in India after the Supreme Court upheld Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code in 2013 and refused to read it down to exclude same sex relationships between consenting adults, calling the LGBT community "miniscule".

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Monday 29 June 2015

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Once unheard of, US-Iran talks become the new normal VIeNNA, JuNe 28 (AP): The top American and Iranian diplomats faced each other across a square table in a 19th century Viennese palace, the room austerely decorated and the atmosphere calm as they started the final push for a generation-defining nuclear agreement on Saturday. Running up against a Tuesday deadline for a deal, their declarations of optimism and pledges of diligence sounded routine. After two years of highpressure gatherings, a sense of predictability has emerged in the negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Neither is letting the pressure show even as they and other global powers are at the cusp of an agreement that could redefine security in the Middle East and beyond for decades to come. Just a short while ago, a snapshot alone of these two enemies engaged in discussions on nuclear and other matters would have been a bombshell felt in capitals around the world. Now, whether or not the U.S. and its negotiating powers can clinch a pact in Austria’s capital over the next several days, it’s hard to imagine the tentative U.S.-Iranian rapprochement ending anytime soon. It’s become the new normal. The U.S. and Iran are locked in ideological conflict and regional wars, from Syria’s seemingly intractable cycle of violence and instability in Lebanon and Yemen to Iran’s support

Nuke talks to miss target VIeNNA, JuNe 28 (AP): A senior U.S. official acknowledged Sunday that Iran nuclear talks will go past their June 30 target date, as Iran’s foreign minister prepared to head home Sunday for consultations before returning to push for a breakthrough. Iranian media said Mohammed Javad Zarif’s trip was planned in advance. Still, the fact that he was leaving the talks so close to the Tuesday deadline reflected his need to get instructions on how to proceed on issues where the sides remain apart — among them how much access Tehran should give to U.N. experts monitoring his country’s compliance to any deal. The United States insists on more intrusive access than Iran is ready to give. With these and other disputes still unresolved the likelihood that the Tuesday target deadline for an Iran nuclear deal could slip was increasingly growing even for enemies of Israel. But the U.S. and Iran also have found common cause: aiding Iraq’s government and Kurdish militia against the Islamic State group, and committing, at least publicly, to an accord that would remove the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran while ending the Islamic Republic’s international isolation. “I think it’s fair to say that we’re hopeful,” Kerry said as talks began at Vienna’s Palais Coburg. “We’ve a lot of hard work to do. There are some very tough issues and I think we all look forward to getting down to the final efforts here to see whether or not a deal is possible. I think everybody would like to see

before the U.S. confirmation. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met in Vienna for their third encounter since Saturday. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius are also in Vienna, and their Russian and British counterparts were to join later. China was sending a deputy foreign minister in a building diplomatic effort to wrap up the negotiations. For weeks, all seven nations at the negotiating table insisted that Tuesday remains the formal deadline for a deal. But with time running out, a senior U.S. official acknowledged that was unrealistic. “Given the dates, and that we have some work to do ... the parties are planning to remain in Vienna beyond June 30 to continue working,” said the official, who demanded anonymity in line with State Department practice. Asked about the chances for a

an agreement. But we have to work through some difficult issues.” For a relationship that was frozen after the 1979 Islamic revolution and subsequent U.S. Embassy hostage crisis, the long hours spent in nuclear negotiations clearly have helped each side build a grudging understanding of one another. Although neither will use the word trust, for the first time in decades, U.S.Iranian ties have in some ways “normalized.” The official goal of the nuclear talks is an exchange of decade-long curbs on Iran’s nuclear program for tens of billions of dollars in relief from international economic sanctions. Par-

deal, Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s top diplomat, told reporters: “It’s going to be tough ... but not impossible.” Steinmeier avoided reporters but told German media earlier: “I am convinced that if there is no agreement, everyone loses.” “Iran would remain isolated. A new arms race in a region that is already riven by conflict could be the dramatic consequence.” Both sides recognize that there is leeway to extend to July 9. As part of an agreement with the U.S. Congress, lawmakers then have 30 days to review the deal before suspending congressional sanctions. But postponement beyond that would double the congressional review period to 60 days, giving both Iranian and U.S. critics more time to work on undermining an agreement. Arguing for more time to allow the U.S. to drive a harder bargain,

ticipants say the talks could well drag on past Tuesday’s deadline. Iran says its activity is solely designed for energy, medical and research purposes; much of the world fears it harbors nuclear weapons ambitions. The U.S.-Iranian engagement started a couple of years ago in much more tentative fashion, with lower-level negotiators meeting in secret in the Gulf kingdom of Oman and elsewhere amid mutual suspicion. The discussions gained steam after Hassan Rouhani’s election as Iran’s president behind promises to take his country on a more moderate course and end its isolation. But

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — a fierce opponent of the talks — weighed in on Sunday against “this bad agreement, which is becoming worse by the day.” “It is still not too late to go back and insist on demands that will genuinely deny Iran the ability to arm itself with nuclear weapons,” he said. The goal of the talks involving Iran and the U.S., Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia is a deal that would crimp Tehran’s capacity to make nuclear weapons in exchange for sanctions relief. Iran insists it does not want such arms but is bargaining in exchange for sanctions relief On Saturday, diplomats told The Associated Press that Iran was considering a U.S.-backed plan for it to send enriched uranium to another country for sale as reactor fuel, a step that would resolve one of several outstanding issues.

the outreach in each direction grew slowly, and both sides closely guarded preparations for a historic telephone call in September 2013 between Rouhani and President Barack Obama. Two months later, world powers and Iran reached the first of two interim nuclear agreements. Since then, the interactions between Kerry and Zarif, and the two countries’ other negotiators, have expanded dramatically. They regularly chat in hotel breakfast halls before their daily discussions, hold regular calls and coordinate schedules. Beyond nuclear matters, the top officials have included in their discus-

sions matters related to Syria, Iraq, Yemen and other regional hot spots. The status of Americans detained or missing in Iran is another frequent topic of conversation. At their previous meeting in May, Kerry and Zarif even bantered in front of reporters about democratic progress in Nigeria, another country engulfed by insurgency but one far removed from the battlegrounds of the Middle East. Kerry, having just arrived in Geneva from the African nation, called the inauguration of a popularly elected president in Nigeria “very good historically for democracy.” Zarif, whose

government is routinely criticized by other countries and human rights groups for its democracy failings, offered his verdict: “They have serious difficulties.” But the limited snippets of public conversation often have been more personal in nature. In March, Kerry began a meeting by offering condolences to Rouhani after his mother died and wished the Iranians a happy Persian New Year with the traditional declaration of “Nowruz Mubarak.” Later, he approached Rouhani’s brother, a member of the Iranian negotiating team in Lausanne, Switzerland, and hugged him. On some occasions, the perceived coziness that has emerged has had repercussions for the Iranians. When Zarif was photographed walking across a Geneva bridge with Kerry, hard-liners accused him of catering to the enemy. Shortly afterward, stories appeared in Iran’s press with anonymous officials talking about Zarif losing his temper with Kerry in private meetings, as if to make amends. They also have spoken about bike riding — a regular pursuit of Kerry’s during the nuclear talks until a crash last month in France that broke his leg. Zarif, who was then dealing with a recurring back issue, called Kerry to commiserate. And the good will has spread to others in the negotiating team. For example, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Iran’s atomic energy

chief Ali Akbar Salehi, both MIT-trained physicists, have struck up their own understanding and, by all accounts, a well-functioning relationship. Salehi isn’t in Vienna because of illness. U.S. allies also aren’t entirely pleased as the warming to Iran has coincided with a fraying of some of America’s long-standing partnerships in the region. Washington clearly remains light years closer to Middle East allies such as Saudi Arabia and Israel, but their coolness or outright hostility to the Iran talks has taken a toll. For the Obama administration, it has created the strange dynamic of sometimes finding it easier to discuss nuclear matters with Tehran. Great tension remains between the U.S. and Iran. Only last week, many Iranian parliamentarians chanted “Death to America” as they passed legislation that would bar nuclear inspectors from visiting military sites — a key U.S. and international demand. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has delivered a series of speeches sharply denouncing U.S. intentions and tactics in the nuclear talks and on broader geopolitical matters. In recent days, the State Department has issued reports that included condemnations of Iran for its “undiminished” support of terrorist groups and for human rights violations at home, including hanging people without due process and systematic repression.

Learn from children how to Google smart contact lens to measure sugar levels? Pope Francis applauds ecology advocates from many religions settle rows, strengthen ties New York, JuNe 28 (IANS): Parents must look at how their kids negotiate and resolve fights so that they do the same to cement the relationship even stronger, says new study. According to a study led by an Indian-origin researcher, several parents, especially mothers, use how their kids are getting along as a barometer for how well they are doing as a parent. “When children fight with their siblings, they learn important lessons such as how to settle, negotiate and compromise. They begin to see conflict as a problem they can solve,” said lead study author Niyantri Ravindran from University of Illinois. “This is true even though virtually all siblings have some conflict,” said co-author Laurie Kramer, professor of applied family studies. The study compared parents of siblings with a control group composed of parents of non-participants. Parents reported that the intense negative emotions they experience when their children fight were reduced as their children learned to get along better. “Fathers tend to get more involved with their kids when they are playing whereas mothers tend to coach their children more,” Kramer said. Mothers appear to have incorporated the skills their children were taught into the way they manage their own emotions. In contrast, fathers who noticed more warmth between their children following the program were better able to manage their negative emotions when their children did squabble. The study appeared in the Journal of Family Psychology.

New mobile technology can help blind people ‘see’ LoNdoN, JuNe 28 (IANS): Computer scientists are developing new adaptive mobile technology that could enable blind and visually-impaired people to ‘see’ through their smartphone or tablet. A team from University of Lincoln in Britain plans to use colour and depth sensor technology inside new smartphones and tablets to enable 3D mapping and localisation, navigation and object recognition. The team will then develop the best interface to relay that to users -- whether that is vibrations, sounds or the spoken word. “If people were able to use technology embedded in devices such as smartphones, it would not require them to wear extra equipment which could make them feel self-conscious,” said project lead Nicola Bellotto. The researchers aim to develop a system that will recognise visual clues in the environment. This data would be detected through the device camera and used to identify the type of room as the user moves around the space. A key aspect of the system will be its capacity to adapt to individual users’ experiences, modifying the guidance it provides as the machine ‘learns’ from its landscape and from the human interaction. So, as the user becomes more accustomed to the technology, the quicker and easier it would be to identify the environment. “There are also existing smartphone apps that are able to, for example, recognise an object or speak text to describe places. But we aim to create a system that understands how people observe and recognise particular features of their environment,” Bellotto explained.

New York, JuNe 28 (IANS): Google is reportedly developing a smart contact lens that will measure a wearer’s glucose levels by testing their tears. In a patent application, Google showed off potential designs for how it could package a smart contact lens. Google has previously said it is speaking to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about potentially testing its lens, and

that general availability of the contact lens is most likely at least five years away, Quartz.com reported. The lens the company announced it is working on would be able to gauge a wearer’s glucose levels by just analysing tears. This could potentially remove the need for diabetics to prick their fingers and draw blood to check their blood-sugar levels. In response to a query whether

the company was preparing to make its contact lens more generally available, a representative for Google was reported as saying by Quartz that product releases cannot be inferred from patent applications. Google has so far been awarded 44 patents involving contact lenses, and has another 53 patents that it has applied for, which seems to suggest that work on the lens is certainly on.

‘Air strikes in northwest Pak kill 20 militants’ BANNu, JuNe 28 (reuTerS): Air strikes killed at least 20 suspected militants in Pakistan’s northwestern Shawal Valley on Sunday, intelligence officials said, more than a month after security forces moved in on Pakistani Taliban strongholds in the region. The deeply forested ravines are a smuggling route between Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan, and are dotted with militant bases used as launch pads for attacks on Pakistani forces. Two intelligence officials, who declined to be identified as they are not authorised to speak on the record, said the latest air strikes occurred in the Zoinari area of North Waziristan. “We got information that local and foreign fighters were hiding in this area,” said one of the officials. “Three hideouts were also completely destroyed.” Initially, 10 militants were reported killed but the intelligence officials later raised the toll to 20. The hard-line Islamist Taliban’s Pakistani wing used to control all of North

Waziristan, a mountainous region that includes the Shawal Valley and runs along the Afghan border. But the Pakistani military has recaptured most of it in an operation launched last June. NATO forces had long urged Pakistan for such an offensive, saying Taliban safe havens in Pakistan were being used to attack NATO and Afghan forces in Afghanistan. Since last month, the military has stepped up operations in Shawal Valley, where the Taliban still operates freely. The area is a stronghold of Khan “Sajna” Said, the leader of a Taliban faction whose name was added to a sanctions list of “specially designated global terrorists” by U.S. authorities last year. Most phone lines to the area have been cut and military roadblocks curtail civilian movement. The Pakistani Taliban mainly fight against the government in Islamabad and are separate from, but allied with, the Afghan Taliban that ruled Afghanistan in the late 1990s before being expelled in a U.S.led intervention.

VATICAN CITY, JuNe 28 (AP): Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged people of different religions to work together in caring for the Earth, which he called our “common house.” Speaking from his window in a Vatican palazzo to tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists, Francis singled out a few hundred people who had marched to St. Peter’s Square under the banner “One Earth, one family.” The marchers included Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and others who had walked from near the French embassy to remind people of a key U.N. climate change conference in Paris in December. “I encourage the collaboration between persons and associations of different religions on behalf of an integral ecology,” Francis said, offering good wishes to young people discussing what he described as “the care of the common house.” In a recent encyclical, or church teaching document, about the environment, Francis wrote passionately about the world’s moral duty to save the Earth and move away from business systems that pollute. For Francis, efforts to

People hold a banner reading ‘ Climate action Now ‘ in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican on Sunday, June 28. Greeting people Sunday from his studio window, Francis praised a few hundred people who marched to St. Peter’s Square under the banner “one Earth, one family.” Marchers included Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and others. Their route began near the French embassy to remind people of a climate change conference in Paris later this year. (AP Photo)

preserve the environment are an excellent way to bring together secular and non-secular forces, and especially members of various religions. Love for the environment also expands his papal agenda of highlighting social justice issues like poverty. In his encyclical, Francis noted how the poor often suffer the most from pollution and from other environmental damage in developing countries. The Vatican is putting

on a panel Wednesday to draw attention to a conference in Rome later in the week being organized by the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace and by Catholic groups that work on development issues. Scheduled to join a Vatican cardinal on the panel is Naomi Klein, an author whose recent book “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate” explored the relationship between economic powers and the environment.

Hundreds still in hospital after fire at Taiwan party

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou shakes hands with a victim injured in an accidental explosion during a music concert, as he visits a local hospital in New Taipei City, Taiwan on Sunday, June 28. A fire on a music stage spread into a crowd of spectators at a party Saturday night at a Taiwan water park. The cause of the fire is being investigated. (AP Photo)

TAIPeI, JuNe 28 (AP): More than 400 people, many of them seriously burned, remained in hospitals Sunday after a fire spread into a crowd of spectators at a music party at a Taiwan water park, authorities said. The fire late Saturday was sparked by an accidental explosion of a colored theatrical powder thrown from the stage in front of about 1,000 people, the local fire agency and media said. The powder for the one-time event called “Color Play Asia” ignited along the ground, mainly burning people’s lower bodies, said Wang Wei-sheng, a liaison with the New Taipei City fire department com-

mand center. The exact cause of the fire was still being investigated, but Taiwan Premier Mao Chih-kuo banned public activities that use the colored powder. A total of 519 people were injured by the fire at the Formosa Water Park in New Taipei City, according to a statement from the city government’s health bureau. It said that 419 remained hospitalized on Sunday afternoon, about half of whom were seriously injured, including 184 in intensive care. Apart from Taiwanese, the victims were four people from Hong Kong, two from the Chinese mainland and one each from Macau, Japan, Malay-

sia and Singapore. The nationalities of three other foreigners were not given. President Ma Ying-jeou visited burns victims at a hospital in Taipei on Sunday afternoon and said authorities would do their best to ensure victims receive “the best medical care” and find out who was responsible for the “tragic incident.” Taiwan’s Central News Agency said that police were questioning two park workers who had launched the powder as well as the party’s on-site organizer and two technicians. They may face charges of professional negligence causing serious injuries and endangering the public, it said.

The Morung Express 10 SPORTS Goswami powers Indian eves to victory Tim bradley beats Vargas for Wbo belt Dimapur

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29 June 2015

Bengaluru, June 28 (IanS): Indian eves recovered brilliantly to snatch a well-deserved 17-run win over visiting New Zealand in the first of their fivematch One-Day International (ODI) series here on Sunday and picked up two crucial points in their bid to qualify for the 2017 Women's World Cup. The Indians found their heroine in the six-footer Jhulan Goswami whose 67ball 57 (6x4, 1x6) lifted the hosts to 142 all out after being 87 for eight at one stage. In reply, the Kiwis faltered under pressure and were dismissed for 125. Opting to bat first after winning the toss, the Indians struggled against some accurate bowling and lost wickets at regular intervals

before former captain Goswami blasted a timely halfcentury that virtually took the game away from the Kiwis for whom pacer Lea Tahuhu, off-spinner Leigh Kasperek and left-arm spinner Morna Nielsen took three wickets apiece. The Kiwi innings never really took off and the early

Jwala-Ashwini storm into Canada Open final Calgary, June 28 (IanS): India's women's badminton doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa stormed into the final of the $50,000 Canada Open Grand Prix tournament after beating Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto of Japan 21-17, 21-16 in the semi-finals. The opening game saw fortunes fluctuating every now and then with both sets of players exchanging leads at different times here on Saturday at the Markin MacPhail Centre. With the game tantalisingly poised at 14-14, the Commonwealth Games silver medallist duo of Jwala and Ashwini pocketed four straight points to surge ahead at 18-14. The points proved crucial as they pocketed the game 21-17. In the second game, the Indian girls were in control as they did not allow their opponents to settle down and kept on collecting points. Jwala and Ashwini led in the whole game and eventually clinched it 2116 and with it the match. They will lock horns against the Netherlands pair of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek in the title round.

wickets took the momentum off their chase. Despite some resolute batting by opener and skipper Suzie Bates (28), Sophie Devine (24) and Kasperek (21), the visitors could not stop the marauding Indian bowlers who were well supported through smart catching and agile fielding.

For the hosts, off-spinner Sneh Rana came away with three wickets, while left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht, who opened the bowling, and seamer Harmanpreet Kaur took two apiece to complete a fine win. The teams meet again at the same venue Wednesday. The first three matches of the series count towards qualification to the 2017 World Cup. Brief scores: India 142 all out in 44.3 overs (Jhulan Goswami 57, Lea Thuhu 3 for 25; Morna Nielsen 3 for 24) beat New Zealand 125 all out in 45.3 overs (Suzie Bates 28, Sophie Devine 24; Sneh Rana 3 for 26, Ekta Bisht 2 for 18, Harmanpreet Kaur 2 for 16) by 17 runs. Points: India 2, New Zealand 0.

communicating with becker not cheating, says djokovic

lOnDOn, June 28 (reuTerS): Coaches will come under nearly as much scrutiny as the players over the next fortnight at Wimbledon with every facial gesture captured on the TV cameras and repeated in super slow motion. The relationships between the players and those in their box, which in home favourite Andy Murray's case is packed to capacity, makes for fascinating viewing. But with all forms of on-court coaching prohibited at grand slam tournaments, the line between offering support and passing on coded tactical messages can by blurred. Men's title-holder Novak Djokovic, who has former champion Boris Becker working as head coach alongside Marian Vajda, was asked at his pre-tournament news conference on Sunday whether Becker pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable -the insinuation being that instructions were being passed. "I don't think that we're cheating," the 28-year-old Djokovic, who has worked with the German since 2013,

said. "I don't think that's how you can call it. I mean, there are special ways of, I would say, communication. "As (Boris) mentioned, the way you look at each other, the way you feel your box, and box feels what you're going through on the court. I think that's something that just gives you that reassurance, gives you that confidence. "It's not necessary that he tells me where to serve or to which side of the opponent's court I have to play, because that doesn't happen. "But it's more, you know, encouragement, and more of a support and reassurance in those moments." With so many cameras following the matches of the top players Djokovic said it would be picked up immediately if a coach was offering specific tactical instruction rather than just psychological support. But he also said that there were times when the player leaned heavily on his support team. "We can't pretend like that's not happening in tennis," he said. "Of course, there are situations when it happens, and not just with the top players, with everybody.

Timothy Bradley, left, connects with Jessie Vargas during a welterweight boxing match for the interim WBO title, Saturday, June 27, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo)

CarSOn, June 28 (aP): Timothy Bradley got rocked in the final minute and survived a confusing finish to beat Jessie Vargas by unanimous decision Saturday night, claiming the interim WBO welterweight title. Bradley (32-1-1) controlled most of his bout against the previously unbeaten Vargas, but the former twodivision champion was hurt by a hard right that nearly knocked him down. The fight went on as Bradley recovered somewhat, but referee Pat Russell apparently stopped the fight 10 seconds early, thinking the 10-second warning was the bell to end the bout. Bradley won 117-111, 116-112 and 115-112 on the scorecards, bouncing back from a winless 2014 — but not before a wild scare at the end. Russell appeared to be deciding that the bout was over by stoppage when he stepped in, and Vargas' corner went into a wild celebration. Carl Moretti, the vice president of Bradley promoter Top Rank, went up to Russell immediately to find out what happened, and Russell said he thought the 10-second warning was

the bell to end the fight. The veteran referee was booed by the StubHub Center fans. Bradley acknowledged he was hurt by the overhand right, but said he would have survived the final 10 seconds. The bout was Bradley's first fight at the famed outdoor ring south of Los Angeles since his 2013 brawl with Ruslan Provodnikov in which he overcame a concussion from the first round and survived a knockdown in the closing seconds to win a unanimous decision. "I don't have to defend anything," Bradley said. "He landed a great shot, he hurt me, but I would have finished. Come on, I survived Provodnikov." Vargas (26-1) said he could have won the fight if he had those 10 seconds. During Bradley's in-ring interview, Vargas demanded a rematch. Vargas, the WBA light welterweight champion, knew he was stepping up in weight and class against Bradley, one of the world's top pound-for-pound fighters with victories over Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. But Vargas strug-

gled against Bradley's furious pace at the start, constantly attacking with multiple combinations and making him pay with counters. Vargas tried to keep up but was sorely behind in landing punches. At the end of the first and fourth, Bradley staggered Vargas. By the fifth, Bradley drew blood from Vargas' nose. The fight was for the WBO belt that Floyd Mayweather said he would vacate after beating Pacquiao in May. But Mayweather has balked at relinquishing the belt, and the WBO has demanded Mayweather declare his intentions by July 3. If he relinquishes, then Bradley would go from interim champion to world champion. It was the fifth time Bradley has won a championship belt. He won the WBO welterweight title twice, the WBC light welterweight belt twice and the WBO 140-pound belt once. Bradley and his wife, Monica, who also is his manager, recently had their fifth child, and Bradley said he wants each kid to have his or her own championship belt in their Christmas photo.

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STOP WILDLIFE CRIMES: Can we afford to lose our WILDLIFE?

he grave social, economic and environmental problems facing the world show that human beings have violated the laws of nature with impunity and woefully failed to protect God’s creation. Greedy consumption patterns have goaded us to abuse nature. We have not exercised responsible management of God’s creation. Unfortunately, we seem not to be learning any useful lessons that the problems confronting the world had resulted from the mistake in not considering the environment as the basis for the survival of humanity but had placed economic and financial considerations above environment issues. We are destroying the basis of our lives for a pittance and not taking counsel from the Biblical statement that it is unprofitable to gain the whole world and lose one’s soul. The misplaced priorities have been exacerbated already destroyed environment but by the development programmes whether these so-called development programmes would worsen environmental destruction or not. Issues relating to climate change, biodiversity destruction, natural resource extraction, gender, conflicts, social and environmental justice have caught up with us and become too important to be ignored. The high temperatures and phenomenal weather changes that we are experiencing have turned what was previously regarded as abstract global issues into real life experiences. Nagaland is rich with forests and biodiversity; it is one of the biodiversity hot spot falls under Indo- Myanmar biodiversity hotspot The forest cover in the State, based on Forest survey of India report 2013 is 80.33% of the State’s geographical area. In terms of forest canopy density classes, the State has 1,298 km2 area under very dense forest, 4,736 km2 are under moderately dense forest and 7,010 km2 under open forest. The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide. Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption. The World Environment Day theme this year is therefore "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about

doing more and better with less. It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth. Sustainable consumption is all about ‘doing more and better with less,’ through reducing resource use, degradation and pollution while increasing the quality of life for all. The massive consumption of both renewable and non-renewable resources contributes to a massive loss of biodiversity – with current extinction rates of birds, mammals and amphibians estimated to be at least 100 times, but possibly over 1,000 times, higher than pre-industrial rates. The poorest population is most affected by such changes giving that they rely directly on natural resources — such as fishing, small-scale agriculture or forestry — for their livelihoods. The number of wild animals on Earth has halved in the past 40 years, according to a new analysis. Creatures across land, rivers and the seas are being decimated as humans kill them for food in unsustainable numbers, while polluting or destroying their habitats, the research by scientists at WWF and the Zoological Society of London found. “If half the animals died in London zoo next week it would be front page news,” said Professor Ken Norris, ZSL’s director of science. “But that is happening in the great outdoors. This damage is not inevitable but a consequence of the way we choose to live.” He said nature, which provides food and clean water and air, was essential for human wellbeing.“We have lost one half of the animal population and knowing this is driven by human consumption, this is clearly a call to arms and we must act now,” said Mike Barratt, director of science and policy at WWF. He said more of the Earth must be protected from development and deforestation, while food and energy had to be produced sustainably. The steep decline of animal, fish and bird numbers was calculated by analysing 10,000 different populations, covering 3,000 species in total. This data was then, for the first time, used to create a representative “Living Planet Index” (LPI), reflecting the state of all 45,000 known vertebrates A second index in the new Living Planet report calculates humanity’s “ecological footprint”, ie the scale at which it is using up natural resources. Currently, the global population is cutting down trees faster than they re-grow, catching fish faster than the oceans can restock, pumping water from rivers and aquifers faster than rainfall can replenish them and emitting more climate-warming carbon dioxide than oceans and forests can absorb. The report concludes that today’s average global rate of consumption would need 1.5 planet Earths to sustain it. But four planets would be required to sustain US levels of consumption, or 2.5 Earths to match UK con-

sumption levels. It may come as a surprise to some, but the Bible has a great deal to say about the environment and its conservation some 20 centuries since it was written. Perhaps among the most surprised will be Bible-toting church goers who may have never heard a sermon related to the "environmental crisis" which has become such a concern to so many around the world. Based on the Bible, Christianity’s positive contribution to environmental conservation is consistent with its positive contributions to other fields such as literature, art, music, education, health, and science. Every Creature, Everything, is Part of God's Creation Psalm 96:10-13 - Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity. Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; they will sing before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth. Isaiah 43:20-21 - The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise. Job 37:14-18 - Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God's wonders. Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash? Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge? You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind, can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze? Matthew 6:26 - Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? God reminds us in Leviticus 25:23-24that “The land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants. Throughout the country that you hold as a possession you must provide for the redemption of the land”. According to U. Utah Phillips, “The Earth is not dying - it is being killed. And the people killing it have names and addresses.

Recently concluded NBCC platinum jubilee adapted a resolution III on environment. • Baptist churches will initiate climate change adaptation strategies and other eco-friendly action sensitive to conservation of forest and preservation of wildlife, and work closely with the community leaders and concern departments for addressing the environment alarm. • Abstain from using jungle meat during

church gatherings • Discourage churches from offering wild animals during thanks giving service Illegal wildlife trade is reportedly the third largest global illegal trade after arms and narcotics. It has evolved itself into an organized activity threatening the future of many wildlife species. The growing demand for wildlife from India has been threatening the future existence of not only the Tiger, Elephant, Rhino and various other flagship species but also of pangolins, monitor lizards, Tokay Gecko, turtles and tortoises, birds, corals, sea cucumbers and many more such species whose plight has remained largely under the radar. Credible studies have indicated that the global illegal wildlife trade is worth at least USD 19 billion per year. Every year in India, hundreds of pangolins, lizards and tortoises are poached, an estimated 700,000 birds are illegal trapped, and about 70,000 tonnes of sharks are caught, yet the levels of exploitation of these species are rarely reported. This large scale exploitation along with minimal information about their population status and poaching and smuggling trends has put the future of these lesser known species in doubt. Illegal wildlife trade has evolved into a complex activity and India being of the world’s biodiversity hotspots has emerged as a potential source country. The porous borders of India along with various gaps in wildlife law enforcement allow various protected species of wildlife and their parts to be trafficked. The Wildlife Crime Control Unit of Kohima police arrested one person for smuggling pangolin scales on 20 February 2015 at Peducha Check Gate, Kohima. The seized pangolin scales were smuggled into Nagaland from Assam and were supposed to be delivered to a client in Manipur for export to Myanmar. Pangolin scales used in the manufacture of traditional medicine, for which there is high demand in international markets. Also 62 number of Star tortoise were seized from Dimapur railway station. And elephant tusks were seized from women by excise department personnel. These are some examples of wildlife trafficking happening in recent days. It is known fact that wildlife trade is thriving in North East and the Dimapur to Imphal corridor is important route for smuggling wildlife to Myanmar and ultimate destination to south east Asia and china. All species of animals and products derived there from that find mention under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972 are considered to be protected under the legal system and the punishments for killing/possessing the same varies as per the degree of the crime committed and the schedule to which the animal belongs. And by law, all wild animals and products listed and protected under this act are considered a property of the Government of India and the responsibility to enforce this

law rests entirely on the state wildlife departments (wildlife inspectors/forest officers). However, Section 50 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, also empowers “a Police official of the rank of a Sub-Inspector or above has the powers to search, seize and arrest”. It is important to note that while undertaking a raid to nab wildlife criminals, one requires the help of the Police and/or the Forest/ Wildlife department for the power to search a spot seize the animals and arrest the accused lies with these government officials; representatives of the NGO circuit, individual activists or the common man don’t have legal powers to do so, but there exist a number of ways in which individuals/NGOs and the government machinery can assist each other to nab wildlife criminals by utilizing their respective skills/resources and legal powers respectively. To get the complete procedure and process of investigation of the Wildlife Crimes, Wildlife Crime Bureau of Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change is organising two days work shop in Dimapur on 29 and 30 June 2015 with Forest department Nagaland. All range officers of the forest department are participating in the work shop. I appeal to the people of Nagaland that it is our duty to protect the wildlife and people should refrain from purchasing the wild meat and inform the Forest Department officials and /Police when they got some information about wildlife trafficking. And make the Nagaland buzz with sound of birds and allow wild animals which are born free, roam free and live free. Everyone should do their bit in day to day life to save our wild life. Let us pledge to create awareness among people to protect our rich biodiversity of Nagaland and make planet earth a beautiful place to live.

I remember beautiful lyrics of the movie BORN FREE Born free, as free as the wind blows As free as the grass grows Born free to follow your heart Live free and beauty surrounds you The world still astounds you Each time you look at a star Stay free, where no walls divide you You're free as the roaring tide So there's no need to hide Born free, and life is worth living But only worth living 'cause you're born free M. Lokeswara Rao I.F.S Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force Kohima: Nagaland

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Monday 29 June 2015

Dimapur

Joe Hart ties knot with exquisite Kimberly Crew

ngland goalkeeper Joe Hart has married Kimberly Crew in a lavish Italian ceremony attended by some of football’s biggest names. The couple beamed as they left the romantic venue in Florence hand-in-hand surrounded by close friends and family who cheered and showered them with rose petals. Wearing a delicate white lace corseted dress which showed off her slender frame, Kimberly looked stunning as she gazed lovingly at her new husband. The thin spaghetti straps and embroidery on the bodice accentuated the 32-year-old's curves and she completed the look with a delicate lace veil. Hart looked dapper in a smart black suit and matching tie as he walked hand-in-hand with his new wife from the top secret venue. The goalkeeper's Manchester City team-mate Vincent Kompany was seen arriving at the ceremony along with West Brom player Joleon Lescott. England footballer Adam Johnson, who pleaded not guilty to four child sex charges earlier this month, was also seen at the exclusive event. Hart's England teammate Wayne Rooney is expected to make an appearance with his wife Coleen as well as Frank Lampard and his fiancee Christine Bleakley. Guests enjoyed a party on the Friday night before the official ceremony on Keren Sumi former Miss Dimapur 2006 & Gladrags Mega Model 2011 with Opang Jamir Supermodel & Saturday. Another postformer Mister international India 2012 on Sunday afternoon posing for Photographer Nazir Ahad from wedding celebration is expected to take place on the Doha at Bandra, Mumbai.

Sunday. A source told the Mirror that Hart had five wedding shirts ready as he was worried about sweating in the scorching heat. The England goalkeeper has been in a relationship with beautician Kimberley for around six years. He proposed to her while on holiday in Cabo, Mexico, popping the question while they were out on a yacht in 2013. They welcomed first child Harlow, a son, together last August and claimed to maintain a

'normal' life when he talked about his relationship with Kimberly in 2013. Hart gave a rare insight into home life when he spoke to The Telegraph that year, saying he liked quiet meals at his Cheshire home with Kimberly. 'I'm not good at DIY or cleaning but my cooking is OK,' he said. 'The club's kitchen staff are very good, they give you stuff to take home or baby-talk you through cooking, which is what we require – we're just lads try-

ing to look after ourselves. At home I can happily watch Test cricket all day. The England team are my heroes. I should say that I spend time reading but I don't, although my mum will kill me for that because she is into her arts.' Hart began his career with Shrewsbury Town, and proud parents Charles and Louise still live in Shropshire. He made his international debut in 2008 and was England's first choice keeper at the World Cup in Brazil.

Lindsay Lohan's chilly treatment Dev Patel, Eddie Redmayne invited to join Academy

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indsay Lohan has been having cryotherapy sessions to ease joint pain caused by the chikungunya virus. The 28-year-old actress - who contracted the rare, untreatable disease from a mosquito bite in Bora Bora in December - recently shared pictures of herself and friend Brittany Byrd emerging from a -230°F chamber after receiving treatment, and admits she turned to the therapy to help with the joint pain she has suffered in recent months. She said: ''I've started doing cryotherapy after I got the chikungunya virus. ''It's amazing. The virus I had attacks your joints and cryotherapy really helps.'' And the 'Mean Girls' actress has also found other benefits to the chilly treatments. She said: ''When I was doing community service in New York, from

8am to 8.30pm, I was having it once a day. ''It helps you sleep better and affects your functioning too. I like to be active all day, I love to cycle and walk.''

But with Lindsay now living in London, her access to the treatment is more limited so she is hoping a facility in the UK will open soon.

ctors Eddie Redmayne, Emma Stone and Dev Patel have been invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be its new members of 2015. After adding 271 people last year, the Academy sent out invitations to more than 300 people this year. The list consist of Oscar winners, nominees, and other notable names in the industry. The new list includes Redmayne, who won Best Actor this year for his role as Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything"; Emma Stone, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Birdman"; rapper Common who grabbed Best Original Song for his "Selma" soundtrack; and Patel, whose film "Slumdog Millionaire" won eight Oscars

in 2009, reports aceshowbiz.com. John Legend, who collaborated with Common in the "Selma" theme song "Glory", is also among the invitees. Another new member in the music branch is Nine Inch Nails' vocalist Trent Reznor who scored David Fincher's "Gone Girl". Other actors in the new list include Elizabeth Banks, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Tom Hardy, Kevin Hart, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Chris Pine, Daniel Radcliffe, Jason Segel and J.K. Simmons. The directors picked for this year's invitees are James Gunn ("Guardians of the Galaxy"), Justin Lin ("Fast and Furious 6"), Edgar Wright ("The World's End"), and Joe Wright ("Anna Karenina").

Brangelina enjoy tea with the Royal couple

ollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie met Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton for the first time on Friday at a tea party at Kensington Palace, it was officially announced. "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pitt at Kensington Palace on Friday afternoon. They discussed their shared interest in combatting the illegal wildlife trade,” the Palace's spokesman told usmagazine.com. Brangelina brought a gift for the Duke and Duchess to congratulate them for the birth of their daughter, Princess Charlotte. The royal couple joined by their son, Prince George, waited outside their apartment to greet the two stars. Before meeting the couple, Jolie attended a lunch at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on June 22 as part of her work on Britain foreign policy and her ongoing campaign to raise awareness for war zone sexual violence.

Junior students (Nursery-Grade 8) of Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur participating in a Painting and Drawing Competition, held in 4 categories on the themes - ‘Say No to Drugs’, ‘Stop Human Trafficking’, ‘My Environment’ and ‘My Imagination’ on occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2015, on June 26.

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Paraguay again eliminates Brazil from Copa America Pablo Elias Giussani

Schneiderlin to join Manchester United Manchester United have captured Morgan Schneiderlin in a £25m deal with the Southampton midfielder set to join the club on Wednesday. Source: Sunday Mirror

Benitez keen to keep Sergio Ramos C M Y

Rafa Benitez is concerned by the prospect of Sergio Ramos leaving Real Madrid for Manchester United and wants the defender to play a key role for the club next season. Source: AS

Pirlo to sign 18-month deal with NYCFC

Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo will sign an 18-month contract with New York City FC midweek. The deal will also contain an additional one-year option. Source: ESPN

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Paraguay defeated Brazil 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw on Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the Copa America, handing the fivetime world champions yet another disappointment a year after the humiliating World Cup elimination at home. Midfielder Everton Ribeiro and striker Douglas Costa each missed in the shootout for Brazil, and Derlis Gonzalez converted the winning spotkick for Paraguay, setting up a match against Argentina on Tuesday. Chile will face Peru on Monday in the other semifinal. It was the second consecutive time that Paraguay eliminated Brazil on penalties in the quarterfinals of the South American tournament. It went on to lose the 2011 final to Uruguay, but now it will have another chance at its second title, and first since 1979. "Nobody believed in us but we showed that we are more united than ever, and we want more," Gonzalez said. About an hour after the match, Gonzalez tweeted that a family member died of a heart attack while celebrating Paraguay's victory. He posted the photo of the man who died, saying he "couldn't believe" that it had happened. While the Paraguayans will try to reach the final for the second straight time, Brazil will go home still yet to achieve a success that would help bury the memory of the humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany at its home

Brazil's Thiago Silva hits the ball with his hand during a Copa America quarterfinal soccer match against Paraguay at the Ester Roa Rebolledo Stadium in Concepcion, Chile, Saturday, June 27. (AP Photo)

World Cup last year. The Copa America was the first official competition for Brazil since. Brazil disappointed from the start in Chile, where it was trying to win its third title in the past four Copa Americas. It needed a last-minute goal to beat Peru 2-1 in the opener, then lost 1-0 to Colombia in a match marked by a confrontation that led to Neymar's four-

game suspension and exit from the tournament. Brazil did beat Venezuela 2-0 in its last group match, but without playing well. Now coach Dunga's team will have to start focusing on the 2018 World Cup, as the South American qualifying tournament begins in October. "We know we'll have to work hard going forward,"

Dunga said. "There's a lot to learn from what happened here." Brazil opened the scoring with a goal by veteran striker Robinho in the 15th and maintained the lead until the 72nd minute when Gonzalez converted a penalty awarded for handball by defender Thiago Silva. In the shootout, Ribeiro

Manchester City are ready to bid £71m for Paul Pogba but are waiting for the Juventus midfielder to tell them he wants to move to the Etihad Stadium. Source: Sunday Mirror

Real refusing to meet De Gea asking price Real Madrid are refusing to meet Manchester United's asking price of £20m for David De Gea and the goalkeeper could be forced to see out the final year of his Old Trafford contract. Source: Daily Mail

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Roma consider Rabiot swoop The young midfielder has made no secret of his desire to leave PSG, with the player's agent seemingly now in touch with Roma over a possible switch. Source: Gazzetta dello Sport

SANtiAGo, JUNE 28 (iANS): The disciplinary tribunal of South American football confederation (Conmebol ) has opened proceedings against Gonzalo Jara for his actions during Chile’s 1-0 win over Uruguay in the Copa America quarter-finals. The defender was involved in a clash with Edinson Cavani that appeared to provoke the Uruguay striker on Thursday, whose subsequent reaction was punished with a second yellow card. It is expected that a decision will be made before Chile’s semi-final with Peru on Monday, June 29, giving the player time to present a defence. The tribunal has also received a complaint from the Chile Football Association (ANFP) against several members of the Uruguay team following their match on June 24. That case will be examined once the Copa is concluded, since any potential punishments levied against Uruguay will have no impact on the ongoing tournament, given their elimination. According to the FIFA Disciplinary Code, suspensions that surpass the duration of the Copa will carry over to the qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup. Without the suspended Neymar, Brazil again struggled to create scoring opportunities. It controlled possession but had difficulties getting close to the Paraguayan area during most of the match. Paraguay wasn't able to threaten much, although it had a few good chances on set pieces and counterattacks, especially in the second half.

England beat Canada in FIFA election monitor urges Blatter to commit to going World Cup Quaterfinal GENEVA, JUNE 28 (AP): Stop flirting with the FIFA presidency and say for sure you are going. Sepp Blatter got a clear message on Sunday from FIFA election monitor Domenico Scala to end speculation he wants to stay in office. "The times of flirting with the power are definitely gone," Scala said in a statement at the end of a week in which Blatter's toying with the word "resign" suggested the president of world football's governing body planned to hang on despite a growing corruption crisis. "I call on all concerned — including Mr. Blatter — to endorse in the interest of the reforms unequivocally the announced changing of the guard at the top of FIFA,"

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Manchester City ready to make £71m Pogba bid

missed his penalty wide right, and Costa sent his shot over the crossbar. Veteran Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz had the chance to end the contest but also fired his shot high, before Gonzalez sealed victory at the second opportunity. "We've done something great," Paraguay coach Ramon Dias said. "We know the quality of our rival."

Disciplinary action opens against Chile defender Jara

AP Sports Writer

Lucy Bronze had never played in front of anything she could compare to that flag-waving, drum-banging, deafening Canadian crowd. Jodie Taylor had to laugh as she looked around BC Place to see a few overwhelmed English fans in that rambunctious sea of red. It felt like England against the world in this World Cup quarterfinal. And that was nothing the Lionesses couldn't handle. Taylor and Bronze scored in the shocking first 14 minutes, and England eliminated Canada from its home World Cup with a 2-1 victory Saturday. "To play against a crowd that was basically about 54,000 of them against us and only 10 for us, was an unbelievable experience," said Bronze, whose header turned out to be the winner. "It's something that we'll probably never experience again. Credit to the Canadian fans, because it was hard to play in. We had to dig deep to get past that." The Lionesses dug to the depths of their training and spirit to survive, even navigating a second-half goalkeeper change to secure their nation's first trip to the semifinals in the women's tournament. With two early strikes and tenacious defensive play, England crushed the hopes of a host nation hoping to celebrate Canada's first World Cup title on this same field next month. Instead, England will face defending champion Japan in the semifinals in Edmonton, Alberta, on Wednesday — which also happens to be Canada Day. "Game by game, this team has more belief," said Taylor, a surprise choice for the starting lineup. "To be playing the hosts in front of 54,000 Canadian fans is quite a brutal environment to be in. We weathered the storm and dug deep, and we have every belief we can keep going."

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Scala said. Blatter announced his planned exit on June 2 amid a crisis provoked by American and Swiss federal investigations of alleged bribery, racketeering and money laundering, implicating senior FIFA officials. Three weeks ago, the newly re-elected FIFA leader insisted he would not be a candidate in a fresh ballot to be held between December and March. However, Blatter has since fueled talk of a U-turn at FIFA by saying he technically did not resign. Blatter's choice of words is that he "laid down his mandate" which a special election congress of FIFA's 209 member associations will reallocate within months.

Canada goalkeeper Erin McLeod makes a save in front of England's Katie Chapman (16) during the second half of a quarterfinal of the Women's World Cup soccer tournament, Saturday, June 27, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Japan advance to semifinals John Wawrow

AP Sports Writer

Japanese coach Norio Sasaki couldn't resist making a joke at Mana Iwabuchi's expense when explaining his decision to substitute the forward in during the second half against Australia on Saturday. Iwabuchi, Sasaki said with a laugh, went from "not yet" to right now. Some 15 minutes after entering the game, Iwabuchi scored during a scramble in front in the 87th minute to secure a 1-0 victory in the Women's World Cup quarterfinals Saturday. "Her first name is Mana. And in Japanese, 'Not yet, not yet,' would be 'mada,' so (the words) are very close," Sasaki said through a translator. "And it didn't take her too long as far as she's concerned."

The fourth-ranked Japanese will stay in Edmonton, where they will play England in the semifinals Wednesday. England beat Canada 2-1 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Patience and fresh legs paid off for the defending champions, as their ball-controlling style combined with the 90-degree temperatures gradually wore down the 10th-ranked Australians. Iwabuchi had nearly scored a minute earlier, but her shot was blocked by Elise Kellond-Knight, which led to a corner kick. Though Aya Miyama's corner kick was headed out of the penalty area, the ball bounced directly to Rumi Utsugi, who immediately sent it back toward the goal. Azusa Iwashimizu had her shot stopped by Lydia Williams, but the goalkeeper was unable to control the rebound.

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