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of new system and time constraints, formalities could not be followed for preparation of the Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B) 2015-16. For timely plan sub!§!ê˛ˆÏç l SÈyï˛y mission to the Government of India, the Wholesalers may contact AWP&B was MANUFACTURER prepared ‘centrally’ at KohiCITIZEN UMBRELLA LTD. 147ñ Ù•ydy ày!¶˛ ˆÓ˚yí˛ñ ˆÜ˛y°Ü˛yï˛y ÈüÈ 700007from the SDEO ma by involving officials Ph. No. 033-2268-1396, 2271-2152 officesFax in: consultation with the DEO,” the (033) 2271-2151 E-mail : citizenkolkata@gmail.com Department stated in its reply. To another query in the RTI seeking “action taken report” against erring subordinate officers who had bypassed the ‘notification’ of the Department and not submitted their SDEO level AWP&B to the district nodal officer (DEO), Depart!§!ê˛ˆÏ çl the SÈyï˛y ment replied that the case does not arise in view of the replyWholesalers given tomay thecontact first query. CITIZEN UMBRELLA However, when contacted, couple of MANUFACTURERaLTD. 147ñ Ù•ydy ày!¶˛ ˆÓ˚ yí˛ñ DEOs confided that they were never “conˆÜ˛y°Ü˛yï˛y ÈüÈ 700007 sulted” when the AWP&B was prepared Ph. No. 033-2268-1396, ‘centrally’ at Kohima. A2271-2152 DEO on condition Fax : (033) 2271-2151 of anonymity informed that earlier in FebMail : citizenkolkata@gmail.com ruary the Department had called a meeting of all DEOs in Kohima, where they were informed of the new guidelines and their assignment as district nodal officers. “But that was it. After that we were not given any official intimation or reason why we were not consulted during preparation of AWP&B 2015-16 (mid day meal scheme).” The moot question is: are the DEOs prepared to append their signatures in the AWP&B of their respective districts, which they have no idea of? After all, if any allegations against the MDM surfaces, the DEOs will be the first to be questioned. As per the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme, Dimapur district’s annual share of food grains (rice) comes to a staggering 16, 00,000 kilograms. As per the AWP&B 2015-16 chart, there are 48,518 students (Class A-VIII) in the 292 government schools (GHS, GMS and GPS) under Dimapur district who are entitled to the MDM scheme. Calculating the daily ration of 15 gm (rice) for each student multiplied with 220 working days, the annual share of rice under MDM scheme for schools in Dimapur alone comes to approximate 16,00,000 kilograms. When contacted, Chishi said he had CITIZEN UMBRELLA filed the RTI in public interest, especialmay contact ly with regardWholesalers to transparency and acCITIZEN UMBRELLA MANUFACTURER LTD. countability inH.O.: implementation of MDM 147, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kolkata-7 No. 033-2268-1396, 2271-2152 scheme. The FCIPh.consultative committee Fax : (033) 2271-2151 : citizenkolkata@gmail.com member also saidE-mail he is willing to provide information to any school management committee on their due share/quota under the MDM scheme.

Ph. No. 033-2268-1396, 2271-2152 NEW DELHI, JUNE 1 The Nagaland stateFaxdepartment : (033) 2271-2151 for School : citizenkolkata@gmail.com (MExN): Nagaland state Education hasE-mail come under the scanner Chief Minister, TR Zeliang once again, as revealed through an RTI today called on the Prime filed with the department by a member of Minister of India, Narendra the Food Corporation of India, Nagaland. Modi to apprise the latter of The Department has attracted controrecent developments in the versy this time by flouting the guidelines state. issued by the Ministry of Human Resource A press note from the Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, with regard to the Mid Chief Minister’s Office inDoctor. Is there any ‘scopy’ Day Meal (MDM) scheme. formed that the meeting treatment for dysentery? Earlier, the Directorate of School Eduwas held at the Prime Mincation in a Notification dated January 15, ister’s office in New Delhi 2015, stated that as per the guidelines of on Monday. During the MDM 2015-16 issued by the MHRD, Demeeting, the Nagaland CM partment of School Education & Literacy, expressed concern that the which emphasized on a “bottom up aprecent Ceasefire abrogaproach” for preparation of Annual Work tion between the GovPlan and Budget (AWP&B), there was a ernment of India and the need for “revision” in the present funcNSCN (K) was done withtioning and structure of midday meal out any consultation or forCITIZEN UMBRELLA scheme in the State. mal intimation to the NagaWholesalers may contact Accordingly, the district education land state government. CITIZEN UMBRELLA MANUFACTURER LTD. officers (DEOs) were assigned to act as H.O.: 147, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kolkata-7 Since, most of the Ph. No. 033-2268-1396, 2271-2152 district nodal officers (NDO) for MDM in Fax : (033) 2271-2151 NSCN (K) cadres are across their respective districts, their role to act E-mail : citizenkolkata@gmail.com the border in Myanmar, the In this image released to the media, Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang is seen talk- as “supervisor and facilitator between the CM lamented that security ing to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday, June 1. Directorate and the District.” The nodal arrangements and move- the Ceasefire abrogation, Tuensang district, Mimi in cussions were held with officer or DEO was also entrusted the rement of people across the so that the on-going peace Kiphire district and Avan- the Union Home Minister sponsibility to compile the Annual Work border has been tightened, process is not disturbed by gkhu in Phek district, Ze- and it was decided that a Plan and Budget. The notification also clearly stated MON, JUNE 1 “which has created vari- the law and order situation liang stressed on the need meeting will be convened to make this centres opera- by Home Secretary within that the sub-divisional education offi(MExN): Prohibitory ous problems, affecting the in the state. Zeliang then empha- tional. These measures, he a week with the State Gov- cer (SDEO) shall compile the SDEO level orders from 6:00pm to normal life of the people 5:00am under Section living in the border areas.” sised on the need to de- stated would help amelio- ernment and other con- AWP&B and submit it to the DEO. However, the School Education deThis abrogation of the velop the Indo-Myanmar rate the socio-economic cerned officials to take 144 CrPC within the one partment seems to have nullified its own Ceasefire, the CM stated border areas of Nagaland. conditions of the people on stock of the situation and km belt along the Indo‘Notification’ as revealed through a RTI Myanmar/Nagaland- has created ‘law and order “There is a need to build a both sides of the interna- finalise steps to be taken for filed by Kisheto Chishi, member, consulgoing forward. Arunachal Pradesh bor- problems’ in the state, in- road along the Indo-Myan- tional border. tative committee, Food Corporation of Inder under Mon district cluding several attacks on mar border that will help in Later, the CM along Meanwhile, it was also dia (FCI) Nagaland. remains in force. This personnel of the Assam Ri- opening up this backward with Home Minister, Y Pat- informed that interlocutor to Chishi in the RTI dated March 26, 2015, in continuation of an fles by armed cadres of the and land-locked region ton and Advisor to CM, the Indo-Naga peace talks, sought details of AWP&B (2015-16) of each earlier order which was NSCN (K), leading to loss of of the state, and also help Lalthara met Union Home RN Ravi, called on the Naga- district in Nagaland submitted by the passed on May 19, 2015 lives on both sides. in better patrolling of the Minister, Rajnath Singh land CM at Nagaland House NDO or DEO, along with “district nodal by the Mon district adModi was also informed border areas by the police and also apprised him of Delhi, and apprised him of officer forwarding file No., issue No., sigministration. that the Nagaland state gov- and security forces,” stat- the situation in Nagaland. the latest position regard- nature and seal submitted to the Directorernment, as well as most of ed the Nagaland CM. In- Union Home Secretary, ing the peace talks. The CM ate of School Education.” the NGOs in Nagaland, have forming that border trade LC Goyal and Joint Secre- has reportedly asked Ravi to The Department in its reply admitted already appealed to both points have already been tary (NE), MHA, Shambhu bring out a formula for reso- that the DEO was assigned to act as district the Government of India identified at Longwa in Singh were also present in lution of the Naga problem nodal officer as per the ‘Notification.’ “However, due to the introduction DIMAPUR, JUNE 1 and NSCN (K) to reconsider Mon district, Pangsha in the meeting. Detailed dis- as early as possible. (MExN): “We are Nagas by blood and will remain so till our last breath,” asserted the Mao Council today, while clarifyMUMbAI, JUNE 1 (IANS): A classes A and B, with 59 percent tein by vegetarians, are milk, ing that the total bandh whopping 80 percent of all Indi- non-vegetarians and 41 percent green leafy vegetables and pulslaunched by the council ans were protein-deficient, a new vegetarians, said Cumballa Hill es, while non-vegetarians prewas not against any tribe survey has revealed. As many as Hospital consultant nutritionist ferred eggs, chicken and fish. or community but a Morung Express News nipur Assembly election 2017, 91 percent vegetarians and 85 Niti Desai on Monday. “The pro- PRODIGY found that in the west democratic form of agiwitnessed a triangular contest percent non-vegetarians among tein requirement of an average zone, 73 percent respondents Imphal | June 1 tation against the state among the INC, BJP and NPF. government. “Though Over 79% polling was record- The JD-U and several Inde- Indians were deficient in pro- adult per day is 1 gram per kg of were unaware of the ideal prothe Mao people are ed in the ADC polls held in pendents candidates were teins, the survey titled ‘Protein the body weight. One of the key tein intake for an average adult, Consumption in the Diet of adult symptoms of lack of proteins is as compared with 98 percent in presently demarcated Congress-ruled Manipur’s also in the fray. Indians Survey’ (PRODIGY) said. weakness and fatigue. The epi- the north zone. under the State of Ma- politically important five hill The BJP does not have The sample showed that the Conducted by IMRB in sev- demic of lifestyle diseases - cennipur, this does not in districts, amidst extremely MLA in the 60-member legistral obesity, diabetes and high protein intake of 88 percent of en major cities among 1,260 reany way determine that tight security on Monday. lative assembly. On the other spondents, it revealed that ma- triglyceride levels - in urban In- the people was less than the ideal we are Manipuris or MePolling began at 7:00am hand, there are 47 Congress ities,” stated a press note and ended at 4:30 pm. Voter MLAs while the NPF has five. jority of Indians were not getting dia can also be addressed if we consumption amount, pointing increase our dietary protein in- to a wide gap in the requirements from the Mao Council. participation was scant at Out of the 60 legislator, 40 are the right amount of proteins in take,” Desai said on the survey versus consumption of each indiIt reminded that their diet daily. many places, with reports of from the valley while 20 are that the Mao Counoutcome. vidual. On this count, the gap was The survey included men and from the five hill districts. cil had acknowledged irregularities, mismanageThe most popular food items, lowest (68 percent) in the west women aged between 30 and 55, The weeks leading up to the ment and even violence. There and honored appeals belonging to socio-economic considered best sources of pro- compared to north (99 percent). made by civil society were also reports of unidenti- polls has also seen allegations organizations includ- fied people burning down that the NSCN (IM) were intering the Naga Hoho and polling materials, capturing fering with the council polls. Reports of candidates bethe UNC to “maintain booths and rigging votes. Secretary for the Manipur ing kidnapped and violence the age old fraternal relationship in order to state Election Commission, perpetrated by political party targets of 100,000 MW of solar agency. uphold peace and tran- Th Chitra has announced re- workers also emerged in the KOLKAtA, JUNE 1 (IANS): power, 60,000 MW of wind pow“The biggest resource India Improving education and creatrun up to the polls. polls for six polling stations in quility for the best interFor the Naga dominated ing favourable living and work- has is obviously its people and in- er, 10,000 MW of energy from est of the generations Churachandpur on June 6. Ballot papers were used ADCs, the council polls were ing conditions are essential for vestment in education and sup- biomass and 5,000 MW from to come in particular and the Nagas in gen- instead of EVMs in the single- considered crucial in view of India’s transition to a society with porting decent living and work- small hydroelectric projects (175 eral.” The Moa Council, phase polls this time. Polling the ongoing Indo-Naga peace minimal greenhouse gas (GHG) ing conditions would unlock this GW of total renewables) by 2022. it informed, had also took place at 1,082 booths process. Political analysts emissions, said an expert who resource,” Schandl, a senior prin- Currently, India’s clean energy “resolved to shelve any spread across the six ADCs of have observed that most of authored UNEP’s latest report on cipal scientist at Australia’s Com- capacity is 33,000 MW. Schandl said India’s thrust on monwealth Scientific and Infuture activities till May Senapati, Tamenglong, Ukh- the Nagas are in favour of the resource use in Asia-Pacific. A buzzword in climate nego- dustrial Research Organisation, RE is of “utmost importance.” “Al31 and wait upon the rul, Churachandpur, Chan- Nagaland-based NPF. They Naga Hoho and UNC del and Sadar Hils, which however concede that results tiations, the concept of low car- told IANS. This would “support lowing India to service its growing to arrive at an amicable have 144 seats altogether. A of the ADC polls are ‘unpre- bon society or development, has a knowledge-based low carbon energy needs with renewables solution, a letter of en- total of 7,09,283 voters exer- dictable’ as massive irregular- its roots in the United Nations development path for which In- will help mitigate climate change dorsement given to the cised their franchise in the ity and mismanagement have Framework Convention on Cli- dia is better suited perhaps than and hence reduce costs and interPresident UNC.” How- council polls contested by been reported. ruptions of the Indian economy mate Change (UNFCCC) adopt- other countries,” he said. ever it lamented that the 495 candidates. Schandl is the chief author of through climate impacts that can Heavyweights from BJP ed in Rio de Janerio in 1992 and Southern Angami Youth All 206 polling booths in had been campaigning in fa- is now generally expressed using the recently released United Na- only become more severe and Organisation (SAYO) UKhrul were identified as hy- vour of party candidates for the term low-emission develop- tions Environment Programme costly if climate mitigation fails. had launched a five day persensitive and sensitive. (UNEP) report “Indicators for a Investing in low carbon renewthe council polls. Meanwhile, ment strategies. economic blockade For India, the way ahead is Resource Efficient and Green Asia able energy is in the best interest of The actual number of can- the Manipur Pradesh Conagainst the Mao Com- didates was 506, but 12 had gress Committee (MPCC) through exploiting the low car- and the Pacific”. For “inclusive hu- the Indian economy and people,” munity from May 29. “Is already been declared elect- headed by Deputy Chief Min- bon (or low emission) renewable man development in the country the scientist said. this the kind of fraternal ed uncontested—seven from ister, Gaikhangam was forced energy sector which would be in without accelerating emissions”, “This gap cannot be filled relationship that Mao’s INC, four from Naga people’s to cancel names of several the “best interest” of the people he said renewables are the key. with traditional energy generaare expected to linger Front (NPF) and one from BJP. party candidates fielded for and the economy, according to India, under Prime Minis- tion relying on high-carbon enupon?” the Mao Counthe polls after threats were al- Heinz Schandl, a senior scien- ter Narendra Modi, has set am- ergy sources of the past but need The council polls, considcil questioned. ered the semi-final to the Ma- legedly meted to them. tist at Australia’s national science bitious renewable energy (RE) investment into modern, renew-

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GoI-NSCN (K) ceasefire abrogation The Mid Day Meal Mess? School Education department creating ‘law and order problems’ flouting MDMS guidelines Nagaland CM expresses concern to Prime Minister

We are Nagas by blood: Mao Council

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Over 79% cast ballot 80 percent Indians suffer from protein deficiency in Manipur ADC polls

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But a staggering 67 percent in the west zone who didn’t consumer protein supplements said their regular food provided them with sufficient protein nutrition, pointing to a lack of knowledge about protein as a compulsory body requirements and its importance in accelerating body growth and bulding a person’s immunity system, Desai said. She explained that most people associated increased protein intake as ideal for bodybuilders, or the sick and malnourished, adding that it was high time people started incorporating protein-rich foods in their regular diet.

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able energy that once installed, comes at a very low additional cost,” Schandl pointed out. This investment is crucial because energy use and GHG emissions are set to shoot up as people move to higher-paid jobs and demand better and reliable energy sources. Further, Schandl drew attention to the non-availability of electricity in many parts of India. Also, from examining the trends in industrial transformation of countries, it can be said that India may go through a similar transition process as China has done, resulting in much higher per-capita resource use and emissions in the future, Schandl suggested. But India is in an advantageous position in terms of pumping in money to develop higher efficiency infrastructure (buildings, transport systems and manufacturing capacity), courtesy the know-how present in the country, he said.

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Dimapur

Tuesday 2 June 2015

Projects under SAGY programme approved for Seluophe Village

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): Seluophe Village was declared to be adopted by Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Neiphiu Rio under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. Since then, there has been survey and analysis taking place from SAGY functionaries and different departments as to how the village should be uplifted to a higher level in terms of sustainable livelihood, economic development, civic and amenities, infrastructure, education, health etc., through joint efforts from different departments and organizations to make it a model village in roughly eighteen months. The district administration under Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome IAS with the SAGY Charge Officer Pfukrulhou Koza and SAGY functionary, Ransom Lungleng (Prime Minister Rural Development Fellow) in consultation and intensive discussion with the village community under the Village Council and various line departments have perceived to take up as much as 37 projects. SAGY Charge Officer Pfukrulhou Koza added in a press release that the projects range from infrastructure development, economic development, and improvement of civic and amenities condition, ed-

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ucation quality, health care accessibility, ecology and environment protection, skill development etc. in the months to come on strict priority basis. Accordingly, MP Lok Sabha, Deputy Commissioner, Village Council and respective line departments, has approved the village development plan for Seluophe jointly to begin the execution. The press release also added that most of the projects like amphitheatre cum gallery, weaving centre, fishery pond, playground with rostrum and table sawmill for mechanized carpentry unit has already been started by MP Lok Sabha and now some are nearing completion. The rest of the projects required in the village will be taken up mostly in convergence of different centrally sponsored schemes and programmes from different concerned line departments and even with state sponsored schemes. “Our MP Lok Sabha is adopting this village to become a model village, he has wanted to declare the village as a vegetable village for livelihood improvement and economic development of the villagers as the soil is fertile enough to sustain a productive farming Students of St Stephen’s Higher Secondary School, Dimapur form a huge no-smoking sign during the World No Tobacco Day observed on May 30 in the without any chemical fertilizers,” Koza added. School Campus.

DCPU Wokha conducts Street to School Campaign St. John College and Indisen Youth Ministry observes WNTD

Wokha, June 1 (mexn): The District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) Wokha, under the Department of Social Welfare held a one-day sensitization programme on May 28 and 29 at Chukitong and Whozuro block, Wokha with the Village Council Chairman, Church leaders, Student leaders, Women leaders and Youth leaders respectively. Neinguvotuo Krose, C M Y K

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Legal cum Probation Officer was the resource person. He spoke on spoke on child right, role of village level child protection committee (VLCPC), Protection Of Children From Sexual Offence Act in dealing with the children in conflict with law, missing and found children, orphaned abandoned destitute children, differently able children, children from fami-

mokokchung, June 1 (mexn): On the occasion of Ungma Theological Association Conference held at Ungma Baptist Church, a new book entitled, Sites in Tribal Cultural Studies authored by Dr. L. Imsutoshi Jamir, Associate Professor of Communication, media and cultural studies, Clark Theological College, Aolijen was dedicated and released by Rev. Noklen Longkumer Pastor, Ungma Baptist Church. The author while introducing the book said that the book is the outcome of his long years of trying to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ relevant to our own tribal cultural context. He also asserted that attempt has been made in this book to consciously propose few unavoidable methodological directions

Rev. Noklen Longkumer (left) with the author of the book Dr. L. Imsutoshi Jamir (right) releases the book ‘Sites in Tribal Cultural Studies.’

in doing tribal cultural studies. Jamir said that such attempt is necessitated due to the fact that most of the research done by the ‘outsiders’ though biased still remains as powerful docu-

mon, June 1 (Dipr): The ADC Mon has informed to all the Arms License holders under Mon district that the verification of Arms License for creation of Unique Number for all the existing and new Licences will continue. He informed that the Ministry of Home Affairs has amended the Rule of the Arms Rules, 1967 to provide creation of Unique Number for all the existing and new license and no License shall be considered valid after 1st October 2015 without the said Unique Number. Therefore, all the License holders are directed to submit their arms license for verification under the ongoing National Database of Arms License (NDAL) exercise on or before July 22, 2015.

Khamkeria village nomenclature changed kohima, June 1 (Dipr): The Home Department, General Administration Branch in a notification informed that the Government of Nagaland has change the name of Khamkeria village to Kupuhe village under Dimapur District with immediate effect. The notification issued with the approval of Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India vided letter No. 11/10/2014-M&G dated 29th April 2015.

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process by incorporating child friendly mechanism in reporting, investigation and speedy trial through a designated Special Court. He also stated the role of the stakeholders like Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU) Child Care Institution (CCIs) and Village Level Child Protection Committee (VLCPC) in the district

are to contribute in the well being of the children in difficult circumstances. In this regard, Krose also made an appeal to the public to report any child related cases to the nearest police station so that the Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU) can refer the matter to the JJB or CWC within 24 hours and take necessary corrective/ rehabilitative measure for the children.

‘Sites in Tribal Cultural Studies’ book released

Arms license holders under Mon dist informed

lies at risk, affected by conflict and disaster, street children, working children, trafficked children and abused children. The resource person highlighted about POCSO Act 2012 stating that it is a special law for the protection of children from sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography. This Act safeguards the best interest of the child in every judicial

mangkolemba, June 1 (Dipr): The monthly meeting of the Mangkolemba Sub Division Planning & Development Board (SDPDB) will be held on June 5 at the customary court hall at 11:00 a.m. All Head of offices of various Departments under the sub division are informed to attain the meeting without fail.

ments and in fact remembered as primary sources. Therefore, the present book is a humble attempt to develop methodology, rather methodologies and methods to re-read, re-right and

re-write tribal culture and history from tribal perspective. He further said that, this humble attempt is not just another anthropological proposition or academic fad, but is very much a part of the

struggle to understand ‘who we are’ and ‘who we are not’ and for a better society and a better life for the people in the North East India. The book comprises of eleven chapters and covers subjects such as, “History of Tribal Cultural Studies”, “Methodological Challenges for Tribal Cultural Studies”, Developing Tribal Face in Tribal Cultural Studies”, ‘Who is not Us: the Politics of Tribal Identity”, “Politics of Rewriting the Past in Contemporary Tribal Cultural Studies”, Morality of Inter-subjectivity: Towards Inclusive Tribal Community”, and “Making the Tribal Cultural Studies More Political”. The book is published by Tribal Development and Communication Centre (TDCC), Mokokchung. This was stated in an official communiqué.

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Students of St. John College and members of Indisen Youth Ministry, Dimapur during the World No Tobacco Day observed on May 31 at Indisen Ao Baptist Church.

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): World No Tobacco Day event organised by St. John College in collaboration with Indisen Youth Ministry, Dimapur was observed on May 31 at Indisen Ao Baptist Church. Senkatoshi, Vice Principal, SJC made a power point presentation on the significance of the World No Tobacco Day where he highlighted about the ill effects of tobacco. He said that tobacco contains poisonous chemical called nicotine- it is one of the more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes and its smoke. It is the chemical that makes tobacco addictive or habit forming. “Once we smoke, chew, or

sniff tobacco, nicotine goes into our bloodstream, and our body wants more,” he stated in the PPP. Sharing on the concerns of tobacco consumption, Senkatoshi presented the WHO data, which stated that tobacco is the second leading cause of death in the world. He said that 70% of these deaths in developing countries, tobacco also take an enormous toll in health care costs, the global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each year and unless we act, the epidemic will kill more than 8 million people every year by 2030. While stating that, “Nagaland has earned the dubious distinction of be-

coming the second highest tobacco consuming states in the northeast,” Senkatoshi quoted the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), which states that Nagaland has 57% of current tobacco user out of this 32% in the smoking category and 45% in the smokeless. According to Nagaland School Oral Health Survey in Nagaland use of tobacco starts at a very young age of 8-13 years. He also added that, “To say no to tobacco in a liberal society is not an easy one. Often, we are confronted with counter questions.” I Lima Jamir, Youth Pastor, Indisen Youth Ministry delivered the vote of thanks.

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Forest Minister visits Intangki Reserved Forest

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire, Minister, Forest Environment & Wildlife undertook a field visit to the Intangki Reserved Forest on May 22. The Chief Wildlife Warden, Additional PCCF, DFO Dimapur, James Liezietsu (PS to Minister) and other officials accompanied him. The visit was undertaken as a part of the Minister’s Nagaland tour progamme, an attempt to reach each and every district so as to acquire firsthand information of the prevailing conditions and to find better, effective and more acceptable methods for the promotion of and at the very least, for Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire, Minister, Forest Environment & Wildlife during the field visit to the the preservation of our rich Flora and Fauna. Intangki Reserved Forest on May 22.

The Minister explored the Reserved Forest, on foot, right upto the Border with Assam. He also checked the condition of the orphaned elephant calf that was donated and placed under the care of departmental staff at Intangki. Dr. Nicky exhorted the staff to attend to their duties with utmost sincerity and discipline. The nature of assignments is one of those types of service, where the commendable, tireless efforts largely remain unnoticed, let alone appreciated. “However, failure is bound to be widely noticed, for all the wrong reasons and result in even more painful consequence, of a permanent, irreversible damage to our environment,” he added He urged the staff, not to

consider their jobs to be merely another form of earning a livelihood. Complacency should not be allowed to creep in, rather to keep the larger picture in mind and constantly re-motivate themselves and continue rendering quality service to the cause. Dr. Nicky assured all possible help to the staff in removing difficulties and aid in the prompt and efficient execution of duties. Earlier, Dr. Nicky also visited the office of DFO, Dimapur and other projects being undertaken by the department and assessed the position and progress made. This was stated in a press release issued by Hukato Chishi, Press Secretary to Minister Forest Environment & Wildlife.

Electricity field workers appeal for cooperation

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The All Nagaland Electricity Field Workers Association, Dimapur Zonal members has brought to the notice that with the arrival of mid-summer the usage of electricity is high causing the transformer to get over loaded leading to load shedding and failure of power supply of HT and LT Lines, which take time to restore. While stating this ANEFWA Dimapur Zone president Talimoa Ao and general secretary Mego Angami in a press statement said, “As a responsible department, we understand the hardship the public are facing due to power cut off and we are trying our best to restore the power supply as earlier as possible and at the best as we could.” “However, despite working days and nights (24x7) throughout the

year, skipping our meals and sleeps it is learnt that our staff who is on duty round the clock at control room, maintenance work and fuse call room are manhandled and threatened even to the extent of killing,” ANEFWA Dimapur Zone said. Therefore, Dimapur Power Department Field Workers Association has resolved that, “if any of our staff get life threatening calls or manhandled by any public during duty, it will compel us to go for complete power shut down.” The Association has appealed to the citizens of Dimapur to co-operate with the staff in restoring power failure instead of harassing and manhandling them and added, “It is also to be noted that our family is also lying within the vicinity of Dimapur and are facing the same problem as faced by everyone.”

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Distribution of oil seeds (Soyabean) programme was held at DAO’s office Zunheboto on May 27. Kivika Chophy, AO-II and Benoto Kiba (AI) were the resource persons of the programme, which was chaired by G Kiyevi Ayemi, DAO Zunheboto. Al the distribution programme, the farmers were highlighted about technical know-how on various topics and knowledge to boost the production of oil seeds and pulses. Seeds under NMOOP-1 (RKVY) Scheme 2014-14 were distributed for free.

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Bru repatriation process to resume today AizAwl, June 1 (PTi): The process of repatriation of Bru refugees to Mizoram from relief camps in Tripura would resume tomorrow, a senior official said. The final briefing was held at Mamit district deputy commissioner's office during the day, he said adding around 20,700 Brus, including 11,446 minors belonging to 3,455 families were proposed to be repatriated this time, Mizoram additional secretary to the home department Lalbiakzama said. Identification of bonafide Bru residents of Mizoram would begin at Kaskau relief camp from tomorrow while the actual repatriation would begin from June eight. The process would continue till September, Lalbiakzama said. The state government

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Man sentenced to 10 yrs RI for raping minor AizAwl, June 1 (PTi): A 54-year-old man was today sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor several times over a period of three months in Mizoram last year. Additional District and Sessions Court here convicted Ranju Malakar (54) of Saipum village bordering Assam and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000. While delivering the judgement, the judge, Vanlalenmawia, said that Malakar had raped the minor a number of times during January to April, 2014.Malakar was arrested after the girl told her relatives following which an FIR was filed.

3 Assam rivers flow above 'warning' level GuwAhATi, June 1 (iAns): With the monsoon season setting in, three rivers in Assam are flowing above the 'warning' level in three districts, a step short of 'danger' level, an official said on Monday. The Puthimari, the Beki and Jia Bharali rivers were flowing above the warning level in certain places, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) chief P.K. Tiwari said. He said that as per the Central Water Commission (CWC), no river was flowing above the danger level. He said the ASDMA has reviewed its preparedness and had asked the National Disaster Response Force to ready its teams in Barpeta, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia and Cachar district.

Will try to ensure creation of Garo Autonomous Council: Gogoi GuwAhATi, June 1 (PTi): The Assam Government is in the process of ensuring the procedural requirements to create the Garo Autonomous Council, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said here. "The matter will come up in the next Assembly session and we will try to ensure the creation of the Council in the coming session," Gogoi told a 12-member delegation of the Garo National Union (GNU), who called on him today. The Union, led by its advisor Dr M S Sangma, requested the Chief Minister to take steps for implementation of their demand. Gogoi passured the delegation that adequate measures would be taken to fulfill their demands.

had asked for Rs 68.60 crore as expenses for the repatriation of which Rs 4.70 crore was already released by the Centre, he said. Those who return to

Mizoram would be resettled in 61 villages in three districts - Mamit, Kolasib and Lunglei districts. According to records of the state home depart-

ment 8,573 Brus belonging to 1,622 families have returned to Mizoram since November 2, 2010, which was the first phase of repatriation.

Meanwhile, president of Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Forum (MBDPF) A Sawibunga told PTI over phone from Naisingpara relief camp in Tripura that MBDPF would not resist the proposed resumption of repatriation. "I do not know whether our people would agree to return to Mizoram while the Centre and Mizoram government failed to concede our demands like increasing rehabilitation and resettlement package to Rs 1.5 lakh and resettling the refugees in large cluster of villages," Sawibunga said. The decision to return to Mizoram or remain in the relief camps would be made by the inmates, he said. Thousands of Brus left Mizoram and migrated en masse to Tripura in October 1997.

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High corruption in the state: Arunachal newly inducted Guv iTAnAGAr, June 1 (PTi): Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prashad Rajkhowa, who was sworn in today, has admitted high corruption in the state and called for concerted efforts to root out the menace. "Corruption in the state is high and the state government and civil societies should put concerted efforts to root it out," Rajkhowa told reporters after swearing-in as the 19th governor of the state. Corruption is a "chronic disease" in all the states of the country but the magnitude is more in Arunachal Pradesh. "The menace needs to be stopped immediately," he stressed. On the decades-old

border dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, Rajkhowa, a former chief secretary of Assam, said they were created by people with vested interest but those living in interstate border areas always live peacefully and have family relations. "The issue is pending with the Supreme Court. The one-man boundary commission has already submitted its report to the apex court and the judgement is awaited," he said, adding after the judge-

ment, the matter would be resolved amicably by the state governments of the neighbouring states. On his priority areas, Rajkhowa said he would tour the state to know the people's problems and act accordingly. Assuring his assistance to the state government, Rajkhowa said that Arunachal has immense potential in horticulture and tourism sectors, especially cultural tourism. He also stressed on the need to improve education in the state and added that the literacy rate was below average. The new governor in his message urged the people to strive hard in education and to raise their standard of living

CM Gogoi takes on Smriti Irani, slams EPFO upgrades offices in NER Mizo govt mulling delhi, June 1 (PTi): EPFO members belonging to powers to police to Centre for slashing development funds new As part of its effort to reach out to the states of Sikkim, Manipur, GuwAhATi, June 1 (PTi): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday alleged that Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani was misleading people by saying the Centre has not slashed development funds for Assam. "A responsible minister should not mislead the people without verifying facts by asserting that the Centre had pumped huge funds into Assam for development," Gogoi said in a statement on Monday. "There is vast difference between what the HRD Minister said and the actual picture on the ground. The Centre has slashed development funds under centrally sponsored schemes," he said. The centre may have cut central funds to Assam but the state government will continue with the implementation of

schemes out of its own resources, he said. "We will not allow development to slow down and the people of Assam will witness more development and pro-poor activities in the coming days," Gogoi added. Meanwhile, Gogoi taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling the erstwhile UPA dispensation a 'suitcase' government and wondered whether his "expensive" election blitzkrieg last year was "possible without receiving suitcases". In a tweet, Gogoi said, "Poll blitzkrieg spearheaded by Modi was too expensive. Is it possible to run such a campaign without receiving suit cases????" Reacting to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's aggressive "suit-boot ki sarkar" barb at the BJP-led NDA government, Modi had on May 30 said "suit boot is definitely more acceptable than suitcase

Mother outperforms son at Hr Sec exam GuwAhATi, June 1 (new indiAn exPress): Nayanmoni Bezbaruah, a 37-year-old resident of eastern Assam's Dibrugarh district has taken many people by surprise with returning to studies after decades and secured first division with a score of 69.8% in her higher secondary arts exam. A mother of four, Nayanmoni outperformed a number of regular students with her results, one among them being her own 18-year-old son, Ankur. Ankur, is said to have barely managed to pass the third division. Speaking on her success, Nayanmoni said that the efforts she had put in had borne fruit but she would have enjoyed the results more if her son had scored better. Ankur is the eldest of

her four children - three sons and a daughter, who is the youngest. He sells vegetables along with his father to make both ends meet. The principal of the Khowang Pithubor Girls’ HS School, Sontora Gogoi expressed happiness over Nayanmoni's performance and credited it to her dedication. She said that Nayanmoni slogged more at home and in school to become an inspiration for women who have to abandon studies to raise their family. The daily chores of Nayanmoni would start at 4 am as she

had to finish her household chores before cycling 12 km to school from her village Dikhowkinar Changmaigaon. The village is 12 km from the nearest town Moran, which is 404 km east of Guwahati and would become inaccessible during the rainy season.

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imPhAl, June 1 (Tnn): Three disqualified Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs joined BJP on Sunday and announced of fighting the ruling Congress in the yet to be decided midterm polls. Invoking the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution and relevant laws, Manipur speaker Th Lokeshwar on Wednesday disqualified the three MLAs — Khumukcham Joykishan Singh of Thangmeiband constituen-

cy in Imphal West, Th Biswajit Singh (Thongju in Imphal East) and Oinam Lukhoi (Wangoi in Imphal West). BJP's Manipur unit president Th Chaoba Singh formally inducted the trio after a small function at the party's Imphal office. Of the 60-member assembly, Trinamool had won seven seats in the 10th Manipur assembly election in 2012. Following the demise of senior party MLA Maibam

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AizAwl, June 1 (PTi): Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today said the state government has been contemplating on giving powers to the police to arrest and fine those who smoke in prohibited places. Speaking at a function in Aizawl on the observation of the World No Tobacco Day, Lal Thanhawla said the government was mulling giving authority to all ranks of the police to prosecute smokers who smoke in public places. He lamented that 67%t of the people of Mizoram were using tobacco and tobacco products resulting in the state having the shameful distinction of being the highest incidence of cancer in the country. This year's theme of the World No Tobacco Day was 'Stop Illicit Trade of Tobacco products'.

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India’s road, rail drive could lay doubts to rest

New Delhi, JuNe 1 (ReuteRs): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reformist, but hard-up government has begun a splurge on road and rail building that analysts say could remove doubts over whether economic growth in India really is overtaking China. Having roughly doubled spending allocations for roads and bridges in fiscal 2015/16, and raised the rail budget by a third, Modi is banking on India going faster. “They have acknowledged that infrastructure is the big elephant in the room,” said Vinayak Chatterjee, head of infrastructure services company Feedback Infra. “Once these measures are implemented, the el-

ephant would start dancing, and with it the overall economy.” Modi’s chief economic advisor, Arvind Subramanian, reckons growth could increase by more than one percentage point this year provided ministries don’t underspend, though the central bank saw it adding just half a point. Data released on Friday showed the economy grew 7.5 percent in the quarter ending in March, easily outpacing China. Many economists suspect, however, that the government statisticians’ new way of counting GDP overstates how well India is doing. Those worries might fade if Subramanian is right about the impact infrastructure spending will have on India’s under-

achieving economy. Success rests on whether ministries spend the extra $11 billion they were allocated for infrastructure this fiscal year. They got off to a fast start in April, spending $6 billion of the $38 billion capital expenditure budget for 2015/16.

while public sector banks may require recapitalisation before they are ready to lend the sums needed. That has made the government step up to the plate. Take Delhi’s Eastern Peripheral Expressway, for example. Part of a six-lane ringroad for the capital, the project was first mooted nine years ago but failed to attract private bidders. Unwilling to wait any longer, the road ministry intends spending almost $1 billion building the 135 kilometre loop. Last month, the cabinet approved a policy that will provide private developers with a $470 million bailout in order to complete 16 highways. The government has also put $3 billion of seed capital into a new infra-

STEPPING UP The government has prioritised unblocking infrastructure projects that had gathered dust because of either an obstructive bureaucracy, a lack of private sector investment, or in some cases public interest litigation. Weighed down with heavy debt, and having posted their worst results in five years, big Indian corporates are in little rush to make fresh investments,

structure fund, with the hope of attracting up to $30 billion of private money. Some rules have been eased for the private sector, and financially stressed companies are now allowed to exit projects. And in future, public tenders will only be launched after all approvals have been secured - addressing a major reason why so many projects stalled. As a result the government hopes road building will accelerate to 30 km a day by the end of next year from 12 km at present, as it plans to award projects for 10,000 km of road this year, up 25 percent from a year earlier. Some bureaucrats suspect that the government has underestimated how much money is needed.

Planned road projects alone will cost $17 billion this year compared with a budget allocation of about $7 billion. To cover most of the gap, the road ministry plans to raise a $7 billion loan. “We don’t have enough money to build all these roads,” Rohit Kumar Singh, a mid-level bureaucrat at the ministry, told Reuters. “We need to leverage private sector funding.” A clear, consistent policy on tolls needs to be put in place for the private sector to become more active, Virendra Mhaiskar, managing director of IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd, one of India’s largest road builders, told Reuters. “You have to create an environment where investors and lenders can make a return,” Mhaiskar said.

Indian chicken prices surge record high MuMBAi, JuNe 1 (ReuteRs): Chicken prices in India soared to a record high after a heat wave killed more than 17 million birds in May, as temperatures regularly above 40 degrees Celsius led to mounting casualties among livestock as well as humans. May and June are typically India’s hottest months but this year temperatures have been above normal in some regions partly due to the emergence of an El Nino weather pattern, which in 2009 brought the worst drought in four decades to the country. The millions of dead birds will be a major blow both for the growing poultry sector in the world’s secondmost populous country and for local corn producers who were hoping rising feed consumption would soak up their grain supplies. India has been struggling to export corn after global prices hit fiveyear lows late last year on record U.S. and South American production. And the outlook has now been further muddied by indications the country’s poultry producers may not consume as much of the grain as previously expected. “In the last two-three weeks poultry feed demand has fallen nearly 30 percent,” said K V Krishna Charan, general manager at feed producer Komaral Feeds and Foods Pvt Ltd. Prices of corn and soymeal have dropped nearly 4 percent in May due to the weak demand driven by higher bird mortality. Usually bird mortality rate remains around 2-3 percent during summer, but it rose to 10 percent

last month amid the scorching heat, said Prasanna Pedgaonkar, deputy general manager at chicken processor Venky’s. With more than 17 million broiler chickens dying in May - the highest ever deaths per month - wholesale chicken prices in western India jumped to a record 95 rupees ($1.49) per kg, up 35 percent over a month. A ban imposed by the western state of Maharashtra on beef also contributed to the rise in chicken prices, offsetting a drop earlier in the year when a bird flu outbreak pushed down prices to below production costs. Chicken is set to become more costly as mercury levels continue to rise in June, industry sources said. Broiler chickens cannot survive if the temperature stays above 45 Celsius for long, said Vasant Kumar, president of the Poultry Breeders Welfare Association of Maharashtra. Maximum temperature in the southern states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, which account for a third of India’s poultry output, rose above 47 degrees Celsius last week, 3 to 7 degrees above normal, killing more than 2,100 people. India was expecting monsoons to bring some relief, but the arrival of the June-September rains over the southern coast of Kerala has been delayed. The rains are now expected to reach by June 4, instead of May 30, a weather department official said. “Temperatures need to go down. Further extension of the heat wave by a week can kill a few more million birds,” said Pedgaonkar from Venky’s.

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New Delhi, JuNe 1 (the hiNDu): After many years of sourcing diesel engines for its cars from rival manufacturers, Maruti Suzuki India will later this week introduce the Celerio DDiS125 with a diesel burner developed and manufactured entirely in-house. And the company claims that it will be the most fuel-efficient car in India with a rated mileage of 27.62 kmpl. The 793cc, allaluminium diesel engine will also have a few surprises tucked under its cylinders. Quite apart from being the first diesel engine developed by Suzuki Motor Corporation, it will be one of the first mass-manufactured ‘two-cylinder’ diesel engines. The engine has been under development for more than four years and though it is under consideration for multiple applications in many potential markets, the first car to get this new engine will be the Celerio in India.

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Police find unconscious man; dies in hospital Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): Dimapur police on June 1 found one man, aged around 40 to 45 years, in an unconscious state from Railway bazaar area here around 7:45 am. The unidentified victim was taken to Civil Hospital, Dimapur, but he died at 4:00 pm while undergoing medical treatment. A press release from PRO, Dimapur police informed that the victim is 5’ 6” to 5’ 7” (approx.) tall with fair complexion, wearing a black track pant, black & white striped shirt. As per the medical report, no injury marks or foul play was detected on the victim’s body, according to the release. The dead body is kept at Civil Hospital morgue for identification. Two women arrested with banned drugs In a separate incident on June 1, Dimapur women police personnel raided a house at Burma Camp, Dimapur and recovered 750 capsules of banned drug ‘Spasmo Proxyvon’ and one 170 tablets of ‘Nitroson’. Two women were arrested in this regard. The arrested persons have been identified as Tokali Aye (34) and Mughali Kiba (32). A case has been registered at East PS for further investigation.

BJP holds workshop on MSA in Dimapur

Dimapur, June 1 (mexn): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Dimapur district organised a workshop on Maha Sampark Abhiyan (mass contact programme) at its office premise at Supermarket complex on May 30. The programme had state co-convener of Maha Sampark Abhiyan (MSA) and state secretary, Makuram Rongmei and district convener (MSA), Ghotoi Awomi as resource persons. The resource persons explained the benefit of MSA and how it will bring strength and empowerment to the party in the State in particular and across the country. The workshop also stressed on how the party workers should devote and dedicate their time and energy for the party. It also emphasized on moral and social responsibilities of the workers towards bringing strength to the party in their own constituencies first and then in their respective districts. Further,

the programme highlighted the various schemes introduced for the welfare of the poor and common people under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his speech, BJP Dimapur president K. Nikhevi Yeputho stated that at this juncture, the party workers in the State should not expect anything from the party. Rather, the party is in need of generous contributions from the party workers such as dedication, devotion, sincerity and spirit for the party, he added. He also stated that BJP is not only a political party, but also a platform for the common and poor people to have leadership. Further, the BJP district president informed that the party office in Dimapur will remain open for six days a week from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. He said that it has been made compulsory for the leaders of Morchas to attend the office twice a week, i.e., Wednesday and Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

LOCAL ‘Cong will continue to solve Naga pol issue through peaceful means’

Tuesday 2 June 2015

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MEx FILE KDCC meeting

Kohima, June 1 (mexn): The Kohima District Congress Committee (KDCC) has convened its executive meeting on June 3, 11:00 am at its office. Therefore, all the KDCC office bearers, ACCC president and frontal chief have been requested to attend the galand, Therie said that the meeting positively. BJP government blaming the 14th Finance CommisDSE informs sion will not convince anyone. “One can clearly see Kohima, June 1 (mexn): The directorate of what BJP has done for the school education, Nagaland has directed the 175 NE States within one year teachers whose names were recently cleared and apof its rule. It has not done proved vide letter No. dated 18th May 2015 in complianything for the people as ance with the High Court Order, Kohima bench vide yet. They are busy for the order dt. 15-7- 14, 08.08-14 and 02-12-14 respectively rich and have no time for to submit their photo copies of educational certifithe poor.” cates documents along with recently taken passport He further expressed photos (9 copies) to the office of the DSE latest by that he does not under- June 10, 2015 for appointment to Primary Teachers, stand why the NPF led DAN Graduate Teachers and placement of posting places. government is so inclined Time extension will not be entertained, school edutowards the BJP despite cation director Zaveyi Nyekha stated in a press reits open discrimination of lease. minorities and North East states. He appealed to the people to show both the Twenty two ILP defaulters arrested NPF and BJP that “we do Kohima, June 1 (mexn): A total of twenty two not accept the activities of ILP defaulters were arrested by Kohima police from the BJP that has brought us May 1 – 31 for not possessing Inner Line Permit (ILP). more harm than good.” In this connection, 22 Non-FIR cases were registered in the month of May. All the 22 arrested were booked under section 3 and 4 of Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act, 1873 (BEFR) and forwarded to the Court, informed Atu Zumvü, SDPO/PRO, Kohima police in a press release. ILP checking is regularly carried out by various police stations and check-gates under DEF Kohima to check entry of illegal immigrants in Kohima district, the PRO added.

NPCC president addresses public meeting in Phek town pheK, June 1 (mexn): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president K Therie today stated that Naga political struggle has achieved more than 75% of “our” aspiration as “today Nagaland has its own State Assembly, wherein we determine our future.” He assured that the Congress will continue its endeavour to solve the Naga political problem through peaceful and constitutional means. “We should not feel that we have not achieved anything yet.” Addressing a public meeting in Phek town, the NPCC president also said that the Congress party in Nagaland has inherited rich achievements such as Article 371 A “that has pro-

tected our interest in being the most independent state of India.” A press release from NPCC Media Cell also said that Therie declared the Congress will uphold the 10-point modalities which the founding members of NPCC had agreed with Indira Gandhi in presence of AR Antulay, General Secretary AICC on October 12, 1978. As part of 10-point modalities, the congress shall continue to uphold the principle of regional in content and national in outlook, he said. Expressing concern over the rise of BJP, the Congress president cautioned that the nation is under serious threat as BJP is the political wing of RSS

and all its party workers in the national level are cadres of RSS. “Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, the founder member of the RSS adopted the concept of racial purity from Adolf Hitler,” he alleged. “In a land of Hindu majority, the BJP believes that it should rule so as to impose the sentiments of majority on minority. The religion intolerance that has gripped the country after the BJP came to power has invited anger and backlash from the people as was shown in recent Delhi assembly election,” he stated. Touching on the recent issue of BJP government scrapping the special category status to states like Na-

Shopping made easier in Kohima Morung express News Kohima | June 1

To make shopping more convenient for the citizens, Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) has started Night Bazaar in five locations of Kohima town. The Bazaar will be open from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at PHQ junction, Old MLA Hostel Junction, Old NST, North Block Kieziekie and High School/ New Secretariat junction. Inaugurating the Bazaar on June 1, Rovilato Mor, deputy commissioner of Kohima, stated, “Our state capital is like a sleeping town.” He hoped that through the Bazaar, transformation will happen and the town will come alive. Pointing out that 6070% of adults are working people, the DC cited the inconvenience caused to them due to markets opening late and closing early. “When we go early in the morning for marketing, the shop is not opened. In the evening the shop is closed.

Night Bazaar opens in various locations of Kohima

PPC to celebrate 63rd Phom Day on June 6 LongLeng, June 1 (mexn): People of Longleng district are all prepared to celebrate the 63rd Phom Day, the Peace Day, under the aegis of Phom People’s Council (PPC) on June 6 with MLA S. Pangnyu Phom as the chief guest. Some highlights of the programme include exhortation by Nikhashe Sema, Deputy Commissioner Longleng, presentation of N.I. Jamir Academic Excellency Award, re-affirmation of peace and invocation by Y. Nuklu Phom, Executive Secretary, PBCA, folk dance presentations by different villages, exhibition of football match between Longleng District Veteran Football Team versus DEF Rovilato Mor, Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, inaugurating the Night Bazaar on June Longleng. The PPC has invited all peace loving citi1 in Kohima. (Photo by Zhovezo Resu) zens to come and witness the celebration. People have to sacrifice own marketing sheds by the offices. This also leads their office hour and face earmarking some area or to employees leaving their Second Naga Hoho a lot of problem,” he stated. approach the government work places early. He further lauded the to construct marketing The Bazaar is also ben- federal assembly KMC and KTC (Kohima sheds. eficial for the farmers and Town Committee) for their The fundamental mo- cultivators, as they can Kohima, June 1 (mexn): The second Federal initiative. tive of the Night Bazaar is work during the day and Assembly of the Naga Hoho (2013-2018) has been Kikruselie Pienyu, Sr. to benefit people from all bring fresh vegetables for convened on July 1, 11:00 am at the conference hall, Heritage (Old DC Bungalow), Kohima. Therefore, all Marketing Inspector, KMC walks of life, especially the sale by evening. gave a brief introduction office goers who do not get The inauguration pro- the federating units, sub-ordinate bodies, and comabout the Night Bazaar. He enough time for shopping gram was chaired by Kovi mittees of Naga Hoho have been requested to attend appealed to the leaders of as most of the shops are Meyase, Administrator, the Assembly without fail. Further, any important agenda from the tribe Hohos may be submitted in colonies to establish their closed while they are still in KMC. written to the Speaker, Federal Assembly on or before June 30. This was informed in a press release issued by Medoselhou Keretsu, Speaker, Federal Assembly, Naga Hoho.

BJP Peren launches Maha Sampark Abhiyan

peren, June 1 (mexn): The BJP Peren district launched Maha Sampark Abhiyan at Jalukie Town on May 26. The function also marked the completion of one year of NDA government in the Centre. Chaired by NC Max Dailiam, president, BJP Peren district, the meeting was attended by party workers from the State, district mandals and committee convenors and co-convenors. The district president in his address highlighted the efforts of the district team to enrol new members and

expressed gratitude to the people of the district as well as the district party workers for extending their full cooperation. He maintained that the party will grow even bigger for the welfare of the society; however, it is prime importance that the party workers work for the society diligently. He also requested all party workers to focus and work on their assigned tasks. Prasant Arora, general secretary (Org), thanked the newly enrolled members for reposing their faith in the party and asked

them to remain steadfast to the party's programme for developing every corner of the country rapidly. Meanwhile, K. Medom Angami, BJP National Executive member, encouraged party workers to work hard to achieve the nation’s goal of development under the leadership of Narendra Modi. “For a very long time we have waited for this opportunity to better our society and the time has come and so now we must not slack but work harder to bring about development,” he stated.

WTPE and WTPEO condemn WoKha, June 1 (mexn): Wokha Town Pongidong Ekhung (WTPE) and Wokha Town Pongidong Eloe Okho (WTPEO) have strongly condemned the “barbaric act” of Renbi Yanthan, presently residing at NST, Wokha Town, who allegedly attempted to rape a girl on May 22 at Tsumang Lake Area. A joint press condemnation issued by WTPE chairman Yama Humtsoe, general secretary Zachamo Lotha and WTPEO chairperson Thungdeno Tsopoe demanded the law enforcement agency to take stern action and give befitting punishment to the accused. Meanwhile, the two organisations thanked all individuals who rescued the girl on hearing her cry and the Wokha Police team for their swift action in apprehending the accused.

57 students graduate from Kohima Bible College Southern Angami Youth Organization (SAYO) has been enforcing total economic blockade since May 29 on Mao community. Seen here are SAYO volunteers enforcing the blockade. (Morung Photo)

Morung Express News Kohima | June 1

“You are the answers of so many prayers of those who have gone by and those who are still living. So many prayers have gone into the making of what you are today,” said Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao, Senior Pastor, Chakesang Baptist Church (MH) during the Graduation Day of the Kohima Bible College, Class of 2015. Phesao was addressing to the 57 graduates of Master of Divinity and Bachelor of Theology. While lauding the faculty for the ‘passionate and noble calling’ to equip the youngsters, Phesao also exhorted the graduates to work with a positive attitude despite the many ugly pictures depicted by society. “There is no greater joy in life than winning souls. Ministry is not much of technical dealing but of Minister for rural development & REPA CL John and others during the inauguration of Chingji (Jiimwang) at Wakching as the chief guest on May 28. Parliamentary secre- spiritual dealings,” stated tary for land resources & excise BS Nganlang Phom and parliamentary secretary for Phesao. Quoting William Booth, Phesao also pointCAWD, YM Yollow Konyak also graced the occasion as guests of honour.

The 2015 graduating students of Kohima Bible College.

ed out the dangers that Naga theologians confront today such as studying theology without God, ‘calling themselves theologians without an iota of God in their lives,’ ‘disciples without following the real master.’ “It is not your degree which will make you pow-

erful. It is the power that comes from the word of God, meditating and consuming the word of God,” he added. Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo in his presentation encouraged the graduates that their dedication should be proven not just in their

academic performances but in their ministry. It should be proven not just in the sight of God, but in the sight of men too, added Kiewhuo. The program was chaired by H. Athew, Asst. Professor with a bible reading by Meriyani

Kinghen, Asst. Professor. ‘Greetings’ from the graduating class was shared by Rhovi, Bachelor of Theology, while the presentation of the 2015 awards was given away by Abeiü Neihulie, President, Kohima Bible College. Special numbers were presented by the graduating class of 2015 and Meno Phira. The graduation address was delivered by Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao. The closing remarks were given by Pete Z Krose. Among the graduating students, the Rev Neihulie Memorial Award was bagged by Rhovi and Khrükütülü Shijo, Rev David Nunn Memorial Award by Moses Ramai and Idizeung. Rev CB Anderson Memorial Award was bagged by Thejasetuo Kapfo and Sarah T, The President’s Award bagged by Khrükütülü Shijo and Rhovi and The Principal’s Award was awarded to Leechon Vashum and Tiajungla Tzüdir.

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express TuEsDAy 2 JunE 2015 volumE X IssuE 149

A Naga Dialogue

oday, the power of culture is finally assuming some relevance and gaining recognition towards world stability, human security, holistic sustainable development and justpeace. Promoting, protecting, developing and asserting the values and expressions of a people’s culture in the modern world has become necessary so that the overwhelming ‘modern global culture’ does not erode or negate indigenous and traditional values and beliefs. Policies towards indigenization are being taken up at various levels of human interaction particularly at the global and people’s levels. Such initiatives begin with the view of broadening and enriching a people’s culture through internal dialogue and cross cultural learning. Recognizing that the true spirit of equality, inclusiveness and dignity requires sufficient concern and deliberate dialogue towards enriching and vitalizing a society, there is an urgent need for a Naga Dialogue. This should embody a safe space for Naga youth, women and men to come together and exchange ideas on cross-cutting issues and create moments of possibilities to harness creativity and imagination towards a new Nagahood. A Naga Dialogue will help to identify a common point of reference in understanding and evolving a shared Naga future. In effect, it should focus on preparing the people for more proactive roles towards selfgovernance, exercising rights with responsibilities, evolving human development paradigms and nurturing peacebuilding capacities both within the Naga context and in the region as a whole. For instance, one of the issues that require urgent attention and focus is gender relations in the Naga context. Engaging with this crucial issue on an ad-hoc basis is only leading to more confusion and complications. A Naga Dialogue is essential in acknowledging that historical processes have shown that Naga culture and Naga women have been involved in a complex interplay of interdependence with a complimenting task of ensuring the continued existence of a democratic Naga society with honor and dignity. Naga women are carriers of culture, builders of homes and society, and sustainers of the economy. Yet, elements of patriarchy, a parochial system and discrimination have narrowed women’s roles and contributions. Nonetheless, the future informs us that women’s roles have never been more crucial in Naga culture and society than it is today. As cultivators and transformers in the many different realms of human life, a shift in thinking is required for creating new gender relations in the Naga context. In order for a future that is respectful to human worth and dignity, it is essential that culture – as an act of cultivating and interacting with fellow human – the youth, women and men need to be nurtured together to be life giving contributors for a healthy democratic society with rich cultural and historical expressions. The Naga Dialogue is not the answer to all problems, but it could be a starting point where Nagas can take responsibility in owning and understanding the many challenges confronting them today. Invariably, the Dialogue should be a process that represents a fusion of modern and traditional thinking which are both necessary for consolidating Naga values and a dynamic and imaginative knowledge system. Finally, the question, who will initiate A Naga Dialogue? It certainly should not be left to the governments!

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Renny Cushing CommonDreams

Why the Death Penalty Should Die

Killing killers won't bring back victims

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n hauntingly similar but unrelated crimes, separated by 23 years and a thousand miles, my father Robert Cushing and my brother-in-law Stephen McRedmond were murdered, both at their own houses. Family homes became crime scenes; horror displaced happiness; and homicide, as it always does, brought to my family pain for which there are no words. Nothing prepares a person for the murder of a loved one– to have what is most precious taken, forever, by another human being. Murder is the ultimate disempowerment, for both the victim and the survivors. And every family responds differently to murder and its traumatic wounds. The challenges are many: Finding the strength to get out of bed. Figuring out what to do with the empty chair at the kitchen table. Working to understand–and avoid being crushed by– police investigations and court systems. And honoring the life and the memory of the deceased while seeking justice. But I do not believe the needs of crime victims or their survivors are met by killing the killers. In 2004, I helped create Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights, an organization of survivors of homicide victims who oppose the death penalty. As a New Hampshire state representative, I work to promote policies that enhance public safety and meet the needs of crime victims. My father’s murderer, who had been a local police officer, is serving life without parole; my brother-inlaw’s murderer, his nephew, took his own life. Our society is conflicted about the death penalty. I recognize and respect the diversity of opinions about capital punishment among survivors of murder victims. Unlike those of many death-penalty opponents, my views are victim-centered. My opposition is not rooted in what an execution does to a condemned prisoner but in what a system that embraces the ritual killing by government employees of an incapacitated prisoner does to me–to us, as individuals and as a society. Arguing that an execution is the solution to the pain of victims’ families does not reflect an understanding of the journey of surviving family members after a murder, and it completely ignores the reality of our broken capital-punishment system. Most important, executions do not do the one thing we all really want: bring our loved ones back from the dead. For any person, the worst murder is the murder of a family member. A system that purports to execute only those who commit heinous murders creates a hierarchy of victims. Families devastated by crime become revictimized by a system focused on criminals, while the impact of crime itself and the needs of victims are all too often ignored. Sadly, some victims’ survivors spend so much time focusing on how their cherished one died that they end up forgetting how the person lived. As a society, we can and we must do better by victims of violent crime. We can live without the death penalty. Renny Cushing is a five-term New Hampshire state representative and a founder of Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights. His father's murder in 1988 influenced his work as an advocate for victims of crime and as a leading voice in the anti-death penalty movement.

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Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer

Climate of change: The Catholic Church's dance with the science

rom Galileo to genetics, the Roman Catholic Church has danced with science, sometimes in a high-tension tango but more often in a supportive waltz. Pope Francis is about to introduce a new twist: global warming. The field of genetics was started by a Catholic cleric, Gregor Mendel. Entire aspects of astronomy, including the genesis of the Big Bang theory, began with members of the Catholic clergy. While some religions reject evolution, Catholicism has said for 65 years that it fits with the story of creation. But when lay people think of the church and science, one thing usually comes to mind: The prosecution of Galileo Galilei for heresy because he insisted that the Earth circled the sun and not the other way around. The Catholic Church "has got an uneven and not always congenial relationship with science," said science historian John Heilbron, who wrote a biography of Galileo. But after ticking off some of the advances in science that the church sponsored, the retired University of California Berkeley professor emeritus added, "probably on balance, the Catholic Church's exchange with what we call science is pretty good." The Catholic Church teaches that science and faith are not contradictory and even work well together. After lukewarm opposition to the theory of evolution in the late 19th century, the church has embraced that field of science that other faiths do not. There are remaining clashes about the ethics of scientific and medical practices — such as abortion and using stems cells from embryos — but that's more about morality than reality of science. "The Big Bang, which nowadays is posited as the origin of the world, does not contradict the divine act of creating, but rather requires it," Pope Francis said last October, echoing comments made by his predecessors. "The evolution of nature does not contrast with the notion of creation, as evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve." With that complicated history looming, Pope Francis, once a chemist, will soon issue an authoritative church document laying out the moral justification for fighting global warming, especially for the world's poorest billions. Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography climate scientist, briefed the pope on climate change. He said scientists felt they were failing in getting the world to understand the moral hazard that man-made warming presents. Now, he said, scientists who don't often turn to religion are looking forward to the pope's statement. "Science and religion doesn't mix, but environment is an exception where science and religion say the same thing," Ramanathan said. "I think we have found a common ground." The church found little such common ground with Galileo 382 years ago. "Everything you know (about Galileo) is wrong but the truth unfortunately doesn't make the church look any better," said Brother Guy Consolmagno, an astronomer and president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation in Arizona. Galileo was put under house arrest for the rest of his life after he continued to publish work showing the Earth orbiting the sun, despite warnings from the pope and the Inquisition. But it was more than a theological issue, said Heilbron and University of Wisconcsin science historian Ron Numbers.

ILE - In this April 15, 2011 file photo, Brother Guy Consolmagno, a Jesuit astronomer at the Vatican's Observatory, right, shows to visitors the Globe of planet Mars from the collection of the Specola Vaticana during an exhibition celebrating the 400th Anniversary of demonstration of Galileo's telescope on the Gianicolo hill, at Rome's American Academy in Rome. From Galileo to genetics, the Roman Catholic Church has danced with science, sometimes in a high-tension tango but more often in a supportive waltz. Pope Francis is about to introduce a new twist: global warming. The field of genetics was started by a Catholic cleric, Gregor Mendel. Entire aspects of astronomy, including the genesis of the Big Bang theory, began with Catholic clerics. While some religions reject evolution, Catholicism has said for 65 years that it fits with the story of creation. (AP Photo)

It was partially a personality conflict between Galileo and Pope Urban VIII, former friends. The pontiff felt betrayed personally by the astronomer because Galileo had promised to include in a postscript the pope's philosophy that contradicted Galileo's work, Heilbron said. Galileo didn't. And it was also about geopolitics, because the church was trying to fight back against the Protestant Reformation and felt the need to show that it would not permit dissent, he said. Galileo wasn't sent to prison and "he had his meals catered from the Tuscan embassy so he didn't have to eat Inquisition food," said Numbers, editor of the book "Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion." That past had receded until the mid-19th century when in the United States, several books on the conflict between religion and science cited Galileo's experience to make the church look bad, said Numbers, grandson of a president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Now politicians and others who reject mainstream climate science, like Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, compare themselves to Galileo because scientists scorn them. In fact, Galileo was persecuted for espousing science, not denying it, said Harvard University science historian Naomi Oreskes. For centuries before and after Galileo, the Catholic Church was the main supporter of astronomy, often

using the rooftops of churches to study the heavens. "The church has promoted science in different ways. Thanks to Galileo we are here," said the Rev. Jose Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory in Italy. "Thanks to the Catholic Church, Galileo exists because he was a Catholic, a good Catholic." The pioneer of solar astronomy, Angelo Secchi, was an Italian priest who observed the sun and planets from a telescope on a church roof, Consolmagno said. The man who came up with the idea of the Big Bang theory, Georges Lemaitre, was a Belgian priest. The then-pope, Pius XII, didn't squelch the Big Bang theory, but wanted to adopt it as proof of God's handiwork. Lemaitre convinced him to dial it back. Science evolves, he said, and was not an immutable underpinning for church doctrine, Numbers said. The Vatican even has a science academy. "Our job in principle is to follow scientific developments closely and then inform on particular occasions the Vatican about new development," said the academy's president, Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist Werner Arber. He is a Protestant and academy members include non-Catholics, like Ramanathan, and even atheist Stephen Hawking. For Consolmagno, astronomer and cleric, that's no big deal: "If you believe in truth, you are worshipping the same God as I am."

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After complaints, Chinese hotelier gets his govt's ear Didi Tang

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n the wee hours of a March morning, a Chinese hotelier wrote a 5,000-word open letter to his country's premier and posted it on social media. The delicate topic: how local regulators capriciously enforce rules and extort bribes. Within days, officials came knocking. Wu Hai wasn't admonished, though. Instead, he was invited to the inner sanctum offices of China's leadership in Beijing to offer more of his thoughts after his writing caught the attention of Premier Li Keqiang and other senior leaders. "It was so unexpected," Wu said after returning from his first-ever visit to the secluded Zhongnanhai political compound in the Chinese capital. In a country where ordinary people often say their voices are never heard and where critics of the government routinely get silenced, harassed and even jailed, Wu's experience seems exceptional: It suggests a leadership that, in its efforts to stamp out corruption and improve government efficiency, is willing to hear unflattering accounts. "I have come to believe that the Chinese government, like any other government, really cares about what people think and wants to hear different voices," said Wu, who also sits on a political advisory board for a city district in Beijing. Wu, who owns 65 hotels in more than 20 Chinese cities, was motivated by his desire to fix problems in the country's vast local bureaucracy as the country tries to give private enterprise a more central place in the economy. That aligns him squarely with stated priorities of the central government. Wu is likely to have been vetted and deemed a friendly critic rather than one who is hostile to the ruling Communist Party, said Willy Lam, an expert on Chinese politics at Chinese University in Hong Kong. "Unlike other critics, Mr. Wu does not question the ruling party's legitimacy," Lam said of Wu's opinions. "It's also possible this is propaganda warfare to show that the authorities are not intolerant but can tolerate criticism." "I think Premier Li Keqiang is using this example to press home the case to put more pressure on provincial bureaucrats," Lam said. State media outlets have picked up on the story as way of expressing support for private businessmen and the need to streamline government bureaucracy. "As they have created social wealth, China's entrepreneurs have made great contributions to China's economic development, but some government

Chinese hotelier Wu Hai poses for a portrait in his office at his company's headquarters in Beijing Thursday, May 28, 2015. In the wee hours of a March morning, Wu posted an open letter to Premier Li Keqiang on social media criticizing government mistreatment of private businesses, but instead of an official reprimand, he received an unexpected invitation to China's central leadership compound to offer more of his thoughts. (AP Photo)

officials make the entrepreneurs feel like servants before them," the major business newspaper National Business Daily wrote. There are reasons to be cautious about being outspoken. More than once in its history, China's communist government has encouraged a bit of open discourse and then cracked down, and Wu's experience comes at a time when appearances suggest the government is going in the other direction. The Beijing leadership has come under international scrutiny for exerting increasingly tighter ideological controls over Internet discourse and university education. Authorities have rounded up dissident artists, bloggers and activists who do little more than call for officials to disclose their assets. Authorities recently indicted a well-known rights lawyer over online posts that were both satirical and critical of the government. Wu's article, which he estimates has been read several million times, also contained criticism, both figurative and explicit. To vent his frustration, Wu used the metaphor of a family to describe the hierarchy of government officials, state-owned enterprises and private companies. Government officials, he said, are like the legitimate children

of the prevailing power. State-owned enterprises are the children of favored concubines, and private companies are bastard children birthed by prostitutes. The private companies "dare not speak, because we need to live," he said. "If we say something that may make a legitimate child feel uncomfortable, we could be chided, jailed, and other legitimate children will torture us to death." He lauded Beijing for disciplining the legitimate children but said that, despite the stern anti-corruption campaign, they are still misbehaving. Wu gave examples of local authorities extorting bribes during holidays, fining local businesses without clear guidelines, retaliating against those who speak up, and using power to force private companies to hire favored companies. He did not name any government offenders but took aim at policies and regulations which he said were so vague as to allow for the abuses of power. "I think the problems are common, and my suggestions help the government," Wu said. "It just so happens that the government itself is pushing for a streamlined bureaucracy, and those writing up rules happen to be eager to learn more about the issues, and I provided the perspectives they did not know but would very much value." The experience, Wu said, has allowed him to get into closer contact with rule makers. That firmed up his conviction that Beijing is sincere in soliciting input for its drive to streamline the economy. "I think every voice has the opportunity to be heard," said the hotelier, who also sits on the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body. Voices are heard, it's true. Chinese governments at all levels have employed an army of online monitors to comb through online speech and analyze them, helping government officials gauge public opinions. Beijing also has the authority to ask Internet companies to delete comments and even accounts for speech it deems offensive, and authorities have been paying countless numbers of commentators to post comments that can help swing public opinion in favor of the state. Earlier this month, Chinese authorities indicted the prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang for his online speech that questioned China's ethnic policies and derided several political figures. Whistle blowers who have turned to social media to expose government corruption often see themselves harassed or jailed for disrupting social order or provoking trouble. Unlike them, Wu is not considered a threat to the state power, Lam said: "He is not attacking the party rule."

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No exit: For female jihadis, Syria is ‘one-way journey’ Lori Hinnant Associated Press

hen three British schoolgirls trundled across the Syrian border; when a pregnant 14-year-old ran away from her Alpine home for the second time; when a sheltered girl from the south of France booked her first trip abroad — they were going to a place of no return. Only two of the approximately 600 Western girls and young women who have joined extremists in Syria are known to have made it out of the war zone. By comparison, as many as 30 percent of the male foreign fighters have left or are on their way out, according to figures from European governments that monitor the returns. In interviews, court documents and public records, The Associated Press has compiled a detailed picture of European girls and young women who join extremists such as the Islamic State group — a decision that is far more final than most may realize. The girls are married off almost immediately, either in Turkey or just after crossing into Syria. With an estimated 20,000 foreign fighters — among them 5,000 Europeans — in Syria, there is no shortage of men looking for wives. That number is expected to double by the end of the year. Once among the jihadis, the women are not permitted to travel without a male chaperone or a group of other women and must remain fully covered outside, according to material published by Islamic State and researchers who follow the group. Otherwise, they risk a lashing or worse. European women who blog about their lives under Islamic State tend to be chipper about the experience, but reading between the lines of an e-book of travel advice shows a life that will be radically circumscribed, with limited electricity, lack of even the most basic medicine, and practically no autonomy. Women do not fight, researchers say, despite the Hunger Games-like promises of recruiters. "The lives of those teenage girls are very much controlled," said Sara Khan, a British Muslim whose group Inspire campaigns against the dangers of extremist recruiters. "I don't think that discussion ever comes up. It's so romanticized, the idea of this utopia. I don't even think those young girls have necessarily considered that there's no way back now." The two exceptions to the rule of no return are perhaps most revealing in the very paucity of details about their journey — driving home how murky life is behind the Islamic State curtain. Sterlina Petalo is a Dutch teenager who converted to Islam, and came to be known by the name Aicha. She traveled to Syria in 2014 to marry a Dutch jihadi fighter there and managed to return months later — apparently mak-

FILE - In this still taken from CCTV issued by the Metropolitan Police in London on Feb. 23, 2015, 15-year-old Amira Abase, left, Kadiza Sultana,16, center, and Shamima Begum, 15, walk through Gatwick airport, south of London, before catching their flight to Turkey on Tuesday Feb 17, 2015. The three teenage girls left the country in a suspected bid to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State extremist group. When the three British schoolgirls trundled across the Syrian border they were going to a place of no return. Only two of the approximately 600 Western girls and young women who have joined extremists in Syria are known to have made it out of the war zone. (AP Photo)

ing her way to the border with Turkey, where her mother reportedly picked her up and brought her back to the Netherlands. Back home, she was immediately arrested on suspicion of joining a terror organization. Her family, lawyers and prosecutors refuse to discuss the case. She was released from custody last November and has not been formally charged. The second woman known to have made it out of the grip of Islamic State reconsidered after just a few weeks. The 25-year-old Briton, whom police have not named, had taken her toddler son all the way to Raqqa, the group's stronghold, when she decided she had made a mistake and called home. She made her way back into Turkey and her father met her there. How she was able to travel the 250 kilometers (150 miles) from Raqqa to the Turkish border city of Gaziantep is not clear. Back in Britain, she was detained and is now free on bail pending formal charges. Without knowing how the two escaped, it is difficult to say whether other girls and women could follow their path out of Syria, said Joana Cook, a researcher at King's College London who studies the links between women and jihad. "There are clearly many human smugglers working within Syria right now, helping Syrian civilians escape the violence, and I wonder if there is a simi-

lar, perhaps even growing market, for those trying to escape after joining ISIL," Cook told The Associated Press in an email, using one of the acronyms for the Islamic State group. "There is great disillusionment for many who have traveled to Syria to join ISIL and you'll find many stories of those who went abroad noting 'this isn't what we signed up for.'" The question is whether the girls understood from the beginning how limited their choices would be once they crossed the frontier. The case of a 15-year-old Avignon girl exemplifies such doubts. The girl hid her second Facebook account and Islamic veil from her moderate Muslim family, thereby managing to join a jihadi network, according to the family's lawyer. Once within a unit of the al-Qaida offshoot Nusra Front, she was not permitted to leave, according to her brother, who went into Syria to fetch her and was turned away by the extremists. A French boy who joined the group around the same time was allowed to go home. "I think they understand the premise of that, but not that they understand it in reality," said Melanie Smith, another researcher at King's College ICSR. The networks that bring the women into Syria are increasingly organized around the extremists' dream of building a nation of multinational jihadis, mean-

ing European girls are particularly prized. Each new Facebook post, each new cheerleading Twitter account — and they pop up by the hour — helps them subvert government efforts to prevent young people from radicalizing and leaving. The doggedness of jihadi methods for recruiting girls can be seen in the case of Amelia, a 14-year-old girl from France's Alpine Isere region. Amelia was first contacted on Facebook by a French fighter on Jan. 14, 2014 and within a month agreed to go to Syria and marry the man, who identified himself as "Tony Toxiko." After she was turned back by airport border police in Lyon on her first attempt, "Tony Toxiko" persuaded another French adolescent girl to join him in Syria. Amelia, meanwhile, ran away from home to Belgium, where an imam performed a religious ceremony that wed her to a different man, an Algerian jihadi. She returned to France homesick and pregnant, just long enough to speak to investigators building a case against a middleman who helped her run away. This winter, Amelia managed to deceive her family and left again — making it to Syria with the Algerian fighter, who is more than twice her age. "It's particularly difficult for these families. For them, radicalization is happening on the Internet and outside the family sphere," said Sebastien Pietrasanta, a French lawmaker working on a program to de-radicalize young people. "For a girl of 14, I believe we can clearly save her from herself and save her from these barbarians." A French journalist got dangerously close to jihadi recruitment methods by creating a fake Facebook account that attracted a marriage proposal from a fighter in Syria. Under the pseudonym Melodie, the journalist shared a video on the account, almost immediately getting a message from a man identified as Bilel, who asked how she'd liked the montage of him showing off in a 4X4 and with his weapons. "I passed myself off as a 20-something, not stupid but a little lost, who suddenly found a huge response from a man in Syria," said the journalist, who wrote a book "In the Skin of a Jihadist" under a pseudonym. Bilel's doubts about her began to grow as her reluctance to join him became clear. She ended up getting threats that she said would likely frighten a bewildered young woman into submission. As it was, the journalist, who never met Bilal in person, remains under constant police protection a year later. "We'll find you, we have the best operators here, you don't know what you're getting into, you're messing with a terrorist group, you and your family will pay," the woman said, recounting the litany of threats she received after returning to France. "If they were speaking to a 20-year-old, it would be very hard for her."

The transformative visions of William Blake Christopher Rowland

The ‘poetic genius’ inside of everyone creates a springboard for self-inquiry and social struggle

illiam Blake (1757-1827) lived most of his life in London, with a short spell on the Sussex coast, during which he was charged with sedition because of what he said to a soldier and for which he was put on trial. His life spanned the turbulent years that saw the independence of the American colonies and the French Revolution, both of which inform his prophetic understanding of history. Blake’s two prophecies, America and Europe, were ‘prophetic’ not because Blake sought to predict what was going on—indeed they were written following these events. Rather, he sought to plumb the depths of the historical and social dynamics which were at work in them. He was part of a tradition of radical nonconformity in English religion, with different ways of reading the Bible. In many ways Blake is an obvious choice of someone whose life’s work was to link ‘the personal and the political,’ but his work for justice and equality in the world was less through political activism or a practice which seeks to bring about societal transformation, and more about the intellectual task of changing hearts and minds. His Descriptive Catalogue of 1809 indicates that he wanted to make a pitch for a role as a public artist. But his exhibition met with the derision of the only reviewer of the exhibition (Robert Hunt), who disdainfully dismissed it as a “farrago of nonsense ... the wild effusions of a distempered brain,” and Blake as “an unfortunate lunatic.” This initiative on Blake’s part not only shows his sense of vocation but also the difficulties which attended the recep-

tion of his work. His illuminated books are as challenging today for the reader or viewer as they were when they were first published, and there will be many who continue to react like Hunt. But this complexity only underlines the difficulty of the interpretative tasks Blake undertook as he explored relationships to the past, and the cul-de-sacs which can so easily attend the journey of personal and political transformation. Throughout his work he remained committed to the following task as expressed in the Marriage of Heaven and Hell: “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite.” Arguably, all of Blake’s works are designed to facilitate the process of change in the individual and in society. Transformation is key to everything he undertook. This takes many forms. In his early works Blake sought to prioritise the “Poetic Genius, the Spirit of Prophecy,” in order to ensure that people don’t end up repeating the “same dull round over again.” He challenged the pervasiveness of ways of thinking in culture and society which separate and condemn. As far as Blake was concerned, “Without Contraries is no progression.” Any neat separation into sacred and secular, for example, is questioned, as is the perennial tendency to negate difference rather than accept it. “I pretend not to holiness! yet I pretend to love,” Blake wrote in Jerusalem. It comes as no surprise therefore that he came to see the forgiveness of sins as fundamental to a life in which difference and ‘the Other’ are sources of creativity rather than reasons for rejection, aloofness or suppression. In Blake’s later work, the complex effects of the “two contrary states of the human soul” are teased out in a quest for personal and social integration. This quest reaches its climax in Jerusalem. Blake believed that he wasn’t writing “Poetry Fetter'd” in this masterwork. Instead he offered words and images which addressed the national torpor, thereby initiating a necessary and long drawn out

process of awakening, with all its false starts and attendant difficulties—an arduous journey towards the fulfilment of the hope that “Heaven, Earth & Hell, henceforth shall live in harmony.” If the balance in Jerusalem tilts more towards text rather than images, the later Illustrations of the Book of Job prioritise images over text. Blake reads this biblical book in terms of the transformation of an individual who is locked into the habits of received wisdom by the disturbing experiences of life and vision. These experiences enable people to see the divine within, and to demonstrate their redemption through the practice of love for their enemies. According to Blake, that meant the “annihilation of Selfhood”—by which he didn’t mean self-denial but recognising that true human flourishing is possible when we realise that “every kindness to another is a little death In the Divine Image nor can Man exist but by Brotherhood.” It also means allowing “the Poetic Genius, the Spirit of Prophecy,” full rein to do its work, rather than co-opting it into promoting a self-centred ego trip. The promotion of a cause, however worthy, can lead to its betrayal when the ego attaches itself and becomes the very opposite of poverty of spirit, fuelled by selfrighteousness and self-promotion. Blake stressed the importance of the imaginative engagement of the reader or viewer—meaning anyone, not just the academic elite. All could allow the “Poetic Genius” within to stir them into an imaginative engagement with life through human relationships as well as self-understanding. His attempts to expedite human transformation in this way anticipate many modern movements such as Latin American liberation theology. This movement was a central part of the resistance to military dictatorship in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s, especially in Brazil. It played a key role in preparing a wide-ranging pastoral programme of support and accompaniment to those living in favelas on the margins of large conur-

bations like São Paulo. The starting point of liberation theology was the centrality of human experience: the reality of life was key to the interpretation of the Bible and church tradition. Popular education materials embraced the importance of images as well as texts, and formed important components of pastoral programmes in many Brazilian dioceses. Liberation theology was inspired in part by the work of the distinguished educator Paulo Freire (1921-1997), who stressed the links between learning and action, experience and reflection. He criticised a view of education in which students become mere accumulators of information or depositories of knowledge. Ordinary people were encouraged to allow their experience to inform their reading of the Bible, and to draw on their insights and experiences. As Carlos Mesters puts it (a theologian based in Brazil), “the emphasis is placed not on the text itself but rather on the meaning the text has for the people reading it...Life takes first place!…ordinary people are showing us the enormous importance of the Bible; and at the same time its relative value—relative to life.” Similarly, Blake’s concern throughout his work was the interaction of all aspects of human experience, exploring how they were connected and showing that working with one required working with all the others. To this end he drew on many resources, including the Bible, though he was very much aware of its weaknesses as well as its strengths. In words that lead up to what has become England’s unofficial national anthem, the so-called Jerusalem (in fact the Preface of Milton: A Poem), Blake advocates the “proper rank” of “the Sublime of the Bible,” where “Inspiration” gains priority over “Memory.” His aim was to restore the balance of power, whether in society or in one’s personal life. Justice and love, the personal and the political, need to be in a dialectical relationship if they are to ensure transformation rather than stagnation or oppression.

“Arena of Mind” portrays a space for idea germination, a field where ideas from multi-disciplinary viewpoints fertilize the world of intelligence. The writers aspire to envision a new future by exploring the mind, discovering new seeds of insights and unleashing them to enlightenment.

Nagaland; a land of duty

he land of the furious ancestors; fought, earned and nurtured, all that is in existence by sweat." Modernism is a new type of contagious disease which infects aged old civilizations both in positive and negative dimensions, and our State is not immune to this disease. The Run-After ideal we initiate in order to create ourselves a foriegn land on an un-ready soil, is the root cause for the trampling way of life. It is an agreeable fact. Everyone isn't accountable to this mistake. Yet! The rotten apples are in the crowd and they stink. We should discard the conventional idea that success and happy life is only meant for the rich or privileged. Although in the very broad sense, providing equal lavish-economic-aid to all people is sensibly impossible, and this thought cannot be a bleak philosophy. Abide by the saying, 'Too many hands spoil the curry', likewise, excessive population is also the reason for a shrinking economy, meaning low standard of living. To add up, consider the point of start, the point from where we transcended our culture to a foreign one, and realise the mysteries and questions as to how ruthlessly our society has been bombarded with unknown cultures. Being a son of this spell bounding soil, it hurts to hear and experience feedbacks such as, "pride comes before necessities for the Nagas..", "very little of Nagaism but more of Tribalism and Egoism", "intellectual pride of the people are flaunting...", "easy going people" and so forth. Hark! There is a buzz. Whom shall we blame for all these? What is the secret behind all these? We should contemplate and introspect; upon the living scene. Let's wit-out some reasons as to why I call our state a land of duty? Despite of the fact that our beloved land is the motherland of festivals, colours and cultures. But even worst, the land that was then, 'Charismatic' has lost its caliber. However, the land is not responsible for the loss but we are apparently indebted upon. Firstly, the Switzerland of the East remains in the east, and India as our motherland, she herself is a land of Duty. Mahatma Gandhi has also envisioned Indians to be honest and hard working citizens, restraining themselves from violence and upholding brotherhood and love.We have abundant forests, landscapes, deposits of mineral etc.,Of course, the Nature is so much with us. But, to transform them into utilities, what role do we have to play? If you don't have an idea, you are a part of the problem. Secondly, Offices and many other fields of work in our state are on the verge of transformation, but we cannot rely on the least people who are putting enough efforts to ensure security of responsibilities. We need more professionals, because the ideologically flattening world will not wait. Who will quench the thirst of the growing population? A small state, with one commercial district, many villages with its people tilling the land for living, many youths with education but with no jobs, who will help us? Our land has everything that a human being with the highest possible aspirations can want. Manual works are not the only areas of scope for putting sacrificial efforts. It is required in all the fields of work. Suppose, the bureaucrat reaches the office on time and do his day work on time, how sweet a day will that be? What if the policeman show little more decency and professionalism in his field of work? What if the teachers dig into the minds of the students and impart quality education? There is quantity, but quality is far from achieving. It’s time that we mesh up together different perspectives and learn to navigate. I believe, the younger generations has abilities to restructure our pathetic situation. Thirdly, in the Social context, parents of today, be careful with the duties you are to perform. The world has learned to run and fly. Globalization has duped the children. Duties of the parents are least performed, for feeding alone isn't the need of the hour. Children of today need models. Therefore, instructions don't ring a bell in their minds. Fouthly, the primary sector in our state produces the least of all products. The long self sufficient economy of our state has taken the shape of deterioration. Our ancestors never knew about tractors yet, harvested plenty and managed a pleasant life but modern Naga farmers crave for the easy methods alone. Thus, markets are packed with inorganic veggies and products of its kind. Sad, all that was great is now taken from us. Our land is crying for hard working people to work on it. Relinquish this, "It takes courage to face challenges, but to gain courage we need to feed our mind and health first, and to get fed, we have to be laborious." Finally, look into the eyes of our state's politics; it is dark and self destructive. Solution comes along with money. What an endorsement? It is a pain in everyone's eye. Scholars have opined, 'if a state's civilization fails, it will be because of a breakdown in the field of administration.' Citizens don't handle a file or a pen to sign a diplomatic planned policy. Therefore, have courage to be sincere enough, have down to earth kind of attitude while nesting on the top of the hierarchical pyramid of our society. So, let us persevere and keep reminding ourselves; "No valour can be directed to a state by a single person, department, bureaucrat nor optimist. But, it is of integrated efforts to fulfill and check that, duties be performed in the best possible manner, simply to rejuvenate our Nagaland."

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Mhao Kikon, Dept. of English St. Joseph's College Jakhama

Dimapur

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Tuesday 2 June 2015

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Modi says attacks on minorities will not be tolerated Criticism of land bill is politically motivated, the Prime Minister said in his interview to UNI

NeW DeLhi, JUNe 1 (bUsiNess staNDaRD): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said unequivocally today that no discrimination or violence against minorities in India will be tolerated. He agreed that some statements made by elements in his party were “totally uncalled for” and said “We stand for every one of the 1.25 billion Indians regardless of caste or creed and we will work for the progress of every one of them. Every faith in our country has equal rights: it is equal not only before the law but also before society”. He made these remarks in an interview to news agency UNI. Although Modi has made these statements before, for the first time today he said baldly that he neither endorsed nor approved of those elements in his party who were spreading hated along communal lines. There was no mention of pseudo secularism, no jibes at those who speak for the rights of minorities. Modi’s statement comes

days after his government celebrated one year of being in office at Mathura and the PM did not mention the liberation of the Krishna Janmabhumi even once on soil that celebrates itself as being the land of Krishna. “My government’s focus has been on governance and development. Our focal point is clear: Vikas, Vikas, Vikas; jobs, jobs, jobs,” he said, listing his priority. To a question about the perception that the government was a pro-corporate, anti-farmer and anti-poor government, Modi was pithy. “Those who gave away precious natural resources like coal and spectrum to their favourite industrialists have no right to say this. Everyone knows where the country stands after sixty years of Congress rule. They have been sustaining their politics only in the name of the poor. But what have they actually done. Poverty is still widespread in the country. You should ask them - If you were pro-poor, why does poverty still exist in India?" By contrast, he listed all the

steps his government had taken to lift India out of poverty: the JanDhan scheme that opened bank accounts for more than 14 crore people, becoming the largest bank account opening exercise in the world; the Universal Account Number for workers so that they can avail their EPF benefits and a pension scheme of Rs. 1000 for them; the launch of the MUDRA Bank for financing 6 crore small vendors and businesses 61% of whom are SCs, STs, OBCs and minorities; the use of technology to prevent leakage in LPG subsidy and scholarships; coal auction that channelized more than Rs three lakh crore to the poorer states of India ; and for the children of the poor, toilets in all the schools. A day after he said the passage of the Land bill was not a matter of life and death, Modi underlined how important it was to get the land bill passed. “In this country, the Land Acquisition Act was almost 120 years old. The Congress-led governments used the same Act

after independence. Suddenly, before the last Parliamentary elections, the Congress went to the other extreme by legislating an Act which is neither in the interest of farmers nor in the interest of the country's development. At that time, we supported the Bill, thinking that if it benefits the farmers, let us not come in the way. However, there were shortcomings in it. After we took over, many state governments, chief ministers and public representatives, made representations against various provisions of the 2013 Act. Tell me, in a federal system, should we have ignored concerns voiced by States? Through our amendments, we have only tried to correct anomalies pointed out by States, which were increasing red-tapism. While doing so, we protected the compensation payable to farmers” Modi stuck to his earlier argument: that it would be impossible to take urban facilities to rural areas unless land was made available to site these

facilities. “The world is changing fast. Even farmers need canals to irrigate, roads to transfer products from farms to markets. They need hospitals, schools and houses. This is what the Bill strives to do while safeguarding the interests of farmers”, he said. He said discussion with political parties would be initiated for consensus. Modi defended the JanDhan yojana and denied that there was any trade-off between NPAs of banks and inclusive banking. “he problem of NPAs in banks is not new. It is definitely not due to the Jan Dhan accounts. It has been there even before Jan Dhan Yojana was launched. In fact, my experience is that a poor person seldom defaults a bank loan. This is a question of management efficiency of the banks. I have focused on that. I have personally spoken to Bankers and we are committed to give them full functional efficiency”, he said. He added that Jan-Dhan accounts were not ‘high-volume, low-value’ – on the contrary Jan

Dhan accounts have got more than Rs. 15000 crore as deposits. On the crisis in the farm sector and the charge that the the key sector of economy has not received as much attention as it deserved or has been given to the corporate sector. Modi rebutted the suggestion vigorously. “We have responded to the recent agrarian crisis with alacrity. We have undertaken steps on the ground as well as at the level of policy reforms. The Union Government has enhanced the relief norms for compensation against crop loss by 50%. The limit of minimum crop damage, for grant of compensation, has been reduced from 50% to 33%. Norms have been relaxed to allow procurement of damaged food grains at MSP rates. The target of agricultural credit has been enhanced in our two consecutive budgets”, he said. “We need to recognize that the problem in agriculture is endemic, and decades of mismanagement have led to the present situation. We have started long-term steps for the

farm sector. Unlike the previous Government, we were successful in defending the interests of the farmers at the WTO. To address the issue of access to irrigation for every farm, and efficient utilization of water, the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) has been started. We have launched the soil health card scheme.” Modi was guarded about commenting on India’s relations with China and said President Xi Jinping and he were of one mind on resolving the border conflict with China. On the arrival of 'acche din’Modi said: “The country was passing through such a bad phase that every day, a new scam was unfolding. The government was stunned and the nation was desperate and disappointed. If you can recall that bad phase, misdeeds and wrong doings, you will feel that the country got rid of 'bure din' (bad phase). Now, I, leave it for you to decide how you view our success in bringing the country out of that bad phase.”

Army kills four militants in Beef ban row: 'Respect sentiments of majority also' J&K after 16-hour gun battle NeW DeLhi, JUN 1 (Pti): Against the backdrop of the row on ban on beef, Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla today said the sentiments of majority community should also be respected. Heptulla, a former Congress leader, also accused the previous Congress-led government of talking only about the sentiments of minorities. "I have one principle in life, I should not hurt anybody's sentiments. You are talking about the sentiments of minority community. Shouldn't we also

think of the sentiments of the majority community," Heptulla said when asked about the ban on beef in some states during a press conference organised on the occasion of inauguration of Central Waqf Bhawan here. The minister said there are people who have special feelings for cow, and those sentiments of the majority community should also be respected. "What is there, after all, in food? You can eat anything. But if you are prohibited to eat one thing why

should you feel so hurt? By hurting some other people's sentiments you eat it, it is not fair. I am of that view. "Unfortunately, the previous government had always talked of the sentiments of minority. But, we should also look at the sentiments of my neighbour," she said. Terming as "unfortunate" the recent incident of communal violence in Atali village near Faridabad in Haryana, Heptulla said such incidents should not happen. "We should live har-

moniously, the fabric of our country is such," Heptulla said, adding that she had already discussed the incident with Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. She also said that the constitutional principles have to be upheld and the government should act against those who work against the spirit of the Constitution. To a question on encroachment of Waqf properties, Heptulla said presently, a Bill in this regard was with the Standing Committee of Rajya Sabha,

which would provide the required powers to remove illegal encroachers from Waqf properties. Heptulla, however, said that these encroachments would not have happened in the first place had proper attention been paid on this issue in past six decades. When asked how many Waqf properties were encroached, Heptulla said, "approximately 40 per cent". She said Modi government was honestly trying to do things which earlier only appeared to happen on paper.

Lalu throws alliance ball in Nitish's court Food inspectors file case against PatNa, JUNe 1 (Pti): With the politi- alliance," Prasad, a former Bihar chief minister, said. Prasad's sudden insistence on quick talks on alliance comes in the backdrop of Congress' overtures to Kumar and doldrums, RJD president Lalu Prasad to- his JD(U) before the Bihar Assembly polls. Congress is currently supporting JD(U) day threw the ball in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's court saying it was time to decide government in Bihar and several of its state leaders, including Bihar Pradesh Congress about the alliance. "I telephoned Nitish Kumar one week Committee president Ashok Chaudhary, ago and said days were passing and that have repeatedly imposed faith in Kumar's we should now sit together quickly and leadership and expressed willingness to decide about alliance, elections, seats and contest the coming polls with him providother such issues. Various kinds of talks ed they are given a respectable treatment doing the round in the market about us in seat sharing. Clarifying his position, Prasad said he are making the environment unpleasant," was "positive and not negative" on the alliPrasad told reporters. Kumar, he said, could not come as he ance but said trust was important between was recuperating from an eye ailment but RJD and JD(U) to take ahead any talk on the Janata Dal (United) National Presi- it. "Otherwise the enemy will benefit and dent, Sharad Yadav, met him at his resi- we will be in trouble".The RJD chief said there was need to ensure that there was dence to talk about the issues. "I am now saying we should hurry no doubt or confusion among the people up over the mega-alliance. JD(U) should about the alliance. "We are rising against the BJP. The entalk to Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) also about their demands and tire country is hopeful about it. The talk wishes. If you want merger between Rash- of Janata Parivar merger originated from triya Janata Dal (RJD) and JD(U) then I am here and the talk of mega-alliance is also ready. Let us let us sit together today itself emanating from here itself," he said. Prasad also cautioned leaders of both and finalise it. "All issues including that of leadership RJD and JD(U) to avoid giving statements and chief ministerial candidate will be about alliance in public as it created consorted out once there is finality about the fusion and doubt.

An Indian police officer inspects a damaged window of a private vehicle after an explosion cal scenario in Bihar heating up in view in Srinagar on Monday, June 1. Suspected militants targeted a mobile transmission tower of approaching Assembly polls and the with a grenade causing panic Monday, according to local reports. (AP Photo) much-publicised Janata Parivar merger in

sRiNaGaR, JUNe 1 (ReUteRs): The Indian army killed four militants during a sixteen-hour gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir region that ended late on Sunday, foiling an attack on a military base after the men crossed the heavily militarised border from Pakistan, police said. The fighting erupted near the border town of Tangdhar after the men were spotted approaching the base and then took shelter in two homes, said a police officer, who asked not to be identified because he is not authorised to discuss the matter. The army fired mortars and machine guns at the buildings and airlifted 40 soldiers from an elite commando unit to battle the men, the officer said. The army is searching for two

militants who may have escaped, he said. "There were multiple blasts in these two houses as the militants were carrying a large quantity of ammunition that went off in the army operation," the officer said. Senior police official Garib Dass confirmed that the four had been killed in the clash. India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars since independence in 1947 over Muslim-majority Kashmir, which they both claim in full but rule in part.Muslim separatists have been fighting Indian forces in the Indian portion of Kashmir since 1989. India accuses Pakistan of training and arming the rebels in the portion it controls and sending them to the Indian side.

Pakistan denies that, saying it only offers diplomatic support to Kashmir's Muslims who face human rights abuses at the hands of Indian security forces. India denies rights abuses. This was the second major attack on the Indian army in the last week after three soldiers were shot dead by militants. Militants in Kashmir also shot dead two men and threatened to kill employees working for mobile phone companies in the last week. In May, a previously unknown militant group called Lashkar-e-Islam put up posters demanding phone companies shut down their operations amid concerns their cell towers were being used to locate and target fighters

'80% Indians suffer from protein deficiency' MUMbai, JUNe 1 (iaNs): A whopping 80 percent of all Indians were protein-deficient, a new survey has revealed. As many as 91 percent vegetarians and 85 percent non-vegetarians among Indians were deficient in proteins, the survey titled 'Protein Consumption in the Diet of adult Indians Survey' (PRODIGY) said. Conducted by IMRB in seven major cities among 1,260 respondents, it revealed that majority of Indians were not getting the right amount of proteins in their diet daily. The survey included men and women aged between 30 and 55, belonging to socioeconomic classes A and B, with 59 percent non-vegetarians and 41 percent vegetarians, said Cumballa Hill Hospital consultant nutritionist Niti Desai on Monday. "The protein requirement of an average adult per day is 1 gram per kg of the body weight. One of the key symptoms of lack of proteins is weakness and fatigue. The epidemic of lifestyle diseases - central obesity, diabetes and high triglyceride levels - in urban India can also be addressed if we increase our dietary protein intake," Desai said on the survey outcome. The most popular food items, considered best sources of protein by vegetarians, are milk, green leafy vegetables and pulses, while non-vegetarians preferred

eggs, chicken and fish. PRODIGY found that in the west zone, 73% respondents were unaware of the ideal protein intake for an average adult, as compared with 98% in the north zone. The sample showed that the protein intake of 88 percent of the people was less than the ideal consumption amount, pointing to a wide gap in the requirements versus consumption of each individual. On this count, the gap was lowest (68%) in the west compared to north (99%). To a query whether people took protein supplements to make up the deficit, the response was positive from only five percent respondents, of which nearly 3.5 percent were women. But a staggering 67 percent in the west zone who didn't consumer protein supplements said their regular food provided them with sufficient protein nutrition, pointing to a lack of knowledge about protein as a compulsory body requirements and its importance in accelerating body growth and bulding a person's immunity system, Desai said. She explained that most people associated increased protein intake as ideal for bodybuilders, or the sick and malnourished, adding that it was high time people started incorporating protein-rich foods in their regular diet.

Nestle India over Maggi noodles

LUCKNOW, JUNe1 (ReUteRs): Food safety inspectors in Uttar Pradesh have filed a criminal complaint against Nestle's Indian arm, after spot checks earlier this year found excess lead in some packets of Maggi instant noodles. A court hearing has been set for July 1, an official at the local Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. The Uttar Pradesh FDA had ordered a recall of a 200,000-pack batch of noodles at the end of April, after a spot check which said showed elevated levels of monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavour enhancer, and lead 17 times above the permissible limit. Nestle, which says it does not add MSG to the noodles, disputes the order and has said the noodles are safe to eat. The FDA official confirmed on Monday that the complaint included Nestle India, as well as the manufacturing unit, the retailer selling the tainted packs, two Nestle managers and even Bollywood stars who promoted the 2-minute snack. Nestle has said the batch in question was manufactured in February 2014, so was already past its sell-by date in April this year, and automatically collected from retailers by the time the recall was announced. A spokesman for Nestle, which is now carrying out independent tests, said on Monday the company has not yet been notified of the complaint, and had no further comment. The noodles, which sell at roughly a dozen rupees per single-serving packet, are a hugely popular "homemade" snack in India, and Maggi has long been the market leader.

Monsoon rains delayed, to arrive by June 5 NeW DeLhi, JUNe 1 (ReUteRs): This year's monsoon may arrive on India's southern Kerala coast in the next five days as the rains have missed their normal start date of June 1, weather officials said on Monday. The annual rainy season is vital for India as half its cropland lacks irrigation. The farm sector accounts for 15 percent of India's $2 trillion economy. The rains support twothirds of India's 1.25 billion population who live in rural areas and rely on farming. After arriving over the Kerala coast, the monsoon starts its four-month long season. "We hope conditions will become favourable for the monsoon onset over the Kerala coast on around June 5," said B.P. Yadav, director of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Men ride on a motorbike through a busy road during a heavy rain shower in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, April 23, 2015. India's monsoon rains could be below average in 2015 due to an impact of El Nino weather pattern, which can bring on a dry spell in the region, the weather office said. Picture taken April 23, 2015. (REUTERS Photo)

Last month, the weather office had forecast that the monsoon would arrive on the Kerala coast on May 30, give or take four days. The monsoon arrived

last year on June 6, a day after the forecast and five days after the usual date, and the season ended with deficient rains that trimmed grain output.

The farm ministry has put in place contingency plans for about 580 districts to meet any exigencies arising due to a delay in the annual rains.

The monsoon typically covers half of the country by mid-June, and the entire country by mid-July, helping farmers to plant summer crops such as rice, soybean, cane and cotton. "Contingency plans contain specific advisory to meet delay or deficiency in rains," said K.K. Singh, head of the agromet division of the weather office. In April, the weather office had forecast less than usual rainfall due to El Nino, an event marked by warming of the sea surface water in the Pacific Ocean that can lead to droughts in Asian countries like Australia and India A research model of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology predicts a delay in the advance of the rains towards soybean areas of central India by about a week due to the late start.

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US Senate lets NSA spy program lapse WASHINGTON, JuNe 1 (ReuTeRS): The legal authority for U.S. spy agencies’ collection of Americans’ phone records and other data expired at midnight on Sunday after the U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation extending the powers. After debate pitting Americans’ distrust of intrusive government against fears of terrorist attacks, the Senate voted to advance reform legislation that would replace the bulk phone records program revealed two years ago by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Although the Senate did not act in time to keep the program from expiring, the vote was at least a partial victory for Democratic President Barack Obama, who had pushed for the reform measure as a compromise addressing privacy concerns while preserving a tool to help protect the country from attack. But final Senate passage was delayed until at least Tuesday by objections from Senator Rand Paul, a libertarian Republican presidential hopeful who has fulminated against the NSA program as illegal and unconstitutional. As a result, the government’s collection and search of phone records terminated at midnight (0400 GMT on Monday) when key provisions of a post-Sept. 11, 2001, law known as the USA Patriot Act expired.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), (C), is questioned by reporters as he departs a meeting of GOP senators on a rare working Sunday, on Capitol Hill, in Washington May 31. (REUTERS Photo)

In addition, U.S. law enforcement and security agencies will lose authority to conduct other programs. Those allow for “roving wiretaps” aimed at terrorism suspects who use multiple disposable cell phones; permit authorities to target “lone wolf” suspects with no connection to specific terrorist groups, and make it easier to seize personal and business records of suspects and their associates. Still, eventual resumption of the phone records program in another form, and the other government powers, appeared likely after the Senate voted 77-17 to take up the reform legislation, called the USA Freedom Act.

“This bill will ultimately pass,” Paul acknowledged after the procedural vote. The Senate abruptly reversed course during a rare Sunday session to let the bill go ahead, after Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reluctantly acknowledged that Paul had stymied his efforts to extend the Patriot Act provisions. Intelligence experts say a lapse of only a few days would have little immediate effect. The government is allowed to continue collecting information related to any foreign intelligence investigation that began before the deadline. Obama strongly backed the Freedom Act, as have

most Democrats. It passed the House of Representatives on May 13 by 338-88. After the Senate adjourned, the White House issued a statement calling on the Senate to “put aside partisan motivations and act swiftly.” The measure could face more debate in Congress. Republican Senator Richard Burr offered several amendments, including one to extend the existing program for 12 months to provide more time to adopt changes mandated by the Freedom Act. That could be a problem for some House members, because it doubles the transition period in their version of the bill.

‘DEMAGOGUERY AND DISINFORMATION’ Republicans have been deeply divided on the issue. Security hawks wanted the NSA program to continue as is, and libertarians like Paul want to kill it altogether. The Senate debate was angry. Paul said the Patriot Act provisions wasted resources better spent targeting those planning attacks. He even accused some of his critics of wanting an attack on the United States “so they can blame it on me.” McConnell accused Paul, his fellow Kentucky Republican, and other Patriot Act opponents of waging “a campaign of demagoguery and disinformation” based on revelations from Snowden “who was last seen in Russia.” McConnell has endorsed Paul for president. But he wanted to extend the Patriot Act provisions, unchanged, for five years, and agreed only reluctantly to allow a vote on the Freedom Act despite what he called its “serious flaws.” Several senators accused Paul of using the issue to raise money for his presidential campaign. “He obviously has a higher priority for his fundraising and political ambitions than for the security of the nation,” Senator John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, told reporters. The Senate resumed

China to hold live fire drills along tense border with Myanmar BeIJING, JuNe 1 (ReuTeRS): China’s military will hold land and air live fire drills along a part of the border with Myanmar where shells have fallen during fighting between the Myanmar government and ethnic Chinese rebels, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. China has been angered by repeated incidents of shells or bombs from the fighting falling in Chinese territory, in which at least five Chinese have died, and thousands of refugees have crossed into China’s southwest-

ern province of Yunnan to escape the clashes. The Chinese military’s drills will begin on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said, and take place in two Yunnan counties which lie right next to Myanmar’s Kokang region. China had informed Myanmar about the drills, it said. The drills will not affect the normal lives of residents, though they will have to follow instructions on which parts of the county will be off limits, the ministry said, adding that the end of the exer-

cises would be announced later. Myanmar’s parliament last month extended martial law for three months in the Kokang region. China has repeatedly demanded that Myanmar take greater steps to prevent fighting from spilling over to its side of the border. Myanmar government soldiers have been battling rebels who were dug in as close as 500 metres (yards) from the border area, Myanmar’s Information Ministry said in April. The main rebel group in Kokang is called the Myanmar Na-

tional Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), which is led by ethnic Chinese commander Peng Jiasheng. The MNDAA was formed from remnants of the Communist Party of Burma, a powerful China-backed guerrilla force that battled the Myanmar government until it splintered in 1989. The group struck a truce with the government which lasted until 2009, when government troops took over their region in a conflict that pushed tens of thousands of refugees into China’s Yunnan province.

Up to 70 killed in Nigeria fuel tanker crash

Pakistan’s top model, Ayaan Ali, center, arrives in tight security to appear in a court in Rawalpindi on Monday, June 1. Ali is under detention since her midnight arrest on March 14 at Islamabad airport and faces money laundering charges after authorities seized over $500,000 before she boarded a Dubaibound flight. Pakistani law makes it illegal for a passenger carry over $10,000 on a flight. (AP Photo)

App developed to cure poor eyesight LONdON, JuNe 1 (IANS): One of the major causes of blindness in remote areas is lack of access to healthcare. Now, a new smartphone app will soon change that. Developed by British ophthalmologists, the Portable Eye Examination Kit (Peek) app is likely to change the lives of people living with poor eye sight but without access to care in remote areas. Peek uses a smartphone camera equipped with a 3D printed adaptor and an acuity app to conduct eye examinations. The clinical trials, conducted on 233 people in Kenya by a team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, proved the app was just as effective as traditional eye charts used by optometrists, BBC reported. “The main reason for most people not getting eye treatment is simply that they don’t access the services and that’s usually because the services are so far away from them or are unaffordable,” project leader Andrew Bastawrous was quoted as saying by BBC. “If we can detect people with blindness beforehand, we have a much greater chance of increasing

awareness and ensuring an appropriate treatment,” he added. Instead of a static chart with letters that go from large to fine print, the acuity app displays a shrinking letter on a smartphone screen. Peek also utilises the camera flash and auto-focus function to allow ophthalmologists or trained care workers to examine the retina. “The high image quality means you can view cataracts clearly enough for treatment classification, detect signs of glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and signs of nerve disease,” the developers wrote on the Peek Vision website. Iain Livingstone, an ophthalmologist and senior fellow at the Glasgow Centre for Ophthalmic Research, was the acuity lead on the project and one of the founding partners of Peek Vision. Also, healthcare workers deployed in remote areas can be easily trained to use Peek. If the technology can be harnessed effectively, it means a smartphone costing a few hundred dollars, replaces tools and equipment worth thousands of dollars. The findings were published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

ONITSHA, JuNe 1 (ReuTeRS): Up to 70 people were killed in Nigeria, many of them burnt alive, when a fuel tanker crashed into a busy bus station in the southeast city of Onitsha and exploded, Red Cross officials said on Monday. Dozens of others were injured in the Sunday afternoon incident, in which 13 nearby vehicles were also incinerated. “Most people were burned beyond recognition,” said Emeka Kachi, vice-president of the local Red Cross. “We are transferring the corpses to a teaching hospital for DNA testing so that their relatives can identify them for a proper burial.” A police spokesman said the tanker was speeding before it veered out of control. He put the death toll at 23, with seven injured. The accident came five days after the end of a strike by fuel marketers who halted distribution as part of a pay dispute with the outgoing government, which was replaced on Friday by an administration led by former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari.

consideration of the legislation at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT), just as security officials said they had to begin shutting down the NSA program to meet the deadline. The Freedom Act would end spy agencies’ bulk collection of domestic telephone “metadata” and replace it with a more targeted system. The records would be held by telecommunications companies, not the government, and the NSA would have to get court approval to gain access to specific data. Neither the current nor proposed new system gives the government access to the content of phone conversations. Many civil liberties groups feel the Freedom Act does not go far enough in protecting privacy. “Congress should take advantage of this sunset to pass far reaching surveillance reform, instead of the weak bill currently under consideration,” Michael Macleod-Ball, acting director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington Legislative Office, said in a statement. A review panel Obama established in 2013 concluded that the metadata collection program had not been essential to preventing any terrorist attack. Security officials counter that it provides important data they can combine with other intelligence to help stop attacks.

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B’desh files murder charges in 2013 building collapse dHAKA, JuNe 1(AP): Authorities in Bangladesh filed murder charges Monday against dozens of people for their roles in the 2013 collapse of a garment factory building that killed more than 1,100 people. The charges were filed against 41 people, including the building’s owner, Sohel Rana, and his parents and more than a dozen government officials, for their direct role in the deaths of 1,137 people in the collapse of Rana Plaza, said the lead investigator, Bijoy Krishna Kar of the Criminal Investigation Department. Investigators initially had said the accused, who also include the owners of the five factories that the building housed, would be charged with culpable homicide, but they later changed their plans due to the gravity of the accident, Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster. If convicted of murder, the defendants could face the death penalty. The maximum punishment for culpable homicide is seven years in jail. Investigators said the shift from the culpable homicide charges came after the investigation found that Rana, his staff and the management of the five factories had forced the workers to enter the building despite their unwillingness to work on the day of the accident after the building developed major cracks a day earlier. The police report called the deaths a “mass killing.” About 2,500 people were injured in the disaster. Kar, who submitted the charges to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, said a hearing would take place June 28 to decide on further proceedings. In a separate case, the accused will also face charges of violating safety rules in building Rana Plaza because additional floors were added to the original five-story building, which was basically meant for office and shopping malls. Later, illegally built upper floors were transformed into factories. The April 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza, located just outside Dhaka, highlighted grim conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry. Extremely low wages in the poor South Asian country have led global brands and retailers to prefer Bangladesh over China and other developing countries. The building collapse triggered an uproar at home and abroad for reforms in a sector that helps Bangladesh earn more than $20 billion a year from exports, mainly to the United States and Europe.

Vietnam and US discuss land reclamation in South China Sea HANOI, JuNe 1 (ReuTeRS): U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter discussed his call for an end to island-building in the South China Sea in talks on Monday with his Vietnamese counterpart, who said Vietnam had not expanded its islands but had done work to prevent wave erosion. The response appeared to fall short of the immediate halt to land reclamation activity and further militarization of the islands that Carter sought in an initial appeal last week in Hawaii, and again at a security conference in Singapore. Carter told a joint news conference with Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh that he and the general had discussed his proposal for a permanent halt to reclamation and militarization of the islands and that Vietnam was considering the idea. The U.S. defense secretary, who is on an 11-day trip to the Asia-Pacific, has focused on maritime security in his public remarks amid concerns about the implications of China’s massive island-building effort, which has added 2,000 acres (809 hectares) of land in about 18 months, most of it this year. Carter has acknowledged that other countries have conducted reclamation projects in

the region, including partners like Vietnam, and urged them all to stop. But he said China’s activity had outstripped the others and was undermining security, a charge that Beijing has rejected. At the news conference, Thanh and Carter were questioned whether the U.S. defense chief had asked Vietnam to stop land reclamation activity. Thanh said the two sides had discussed the issue. “Vietnam has recently conducted consolidation on the islands under Vietnam’s sovereignty,” Thanh told reporters, noting that Vietnamese troops were stationed on nine “floating islands” and 12 “submerged islands” in the region. “On the floating islands, we conducted embankment (consolidation) to prevent them from waves and erosion, to ensure safety for the people and the soldiers stationed on the islands,” he said. “On the submerged islands, we only built small houses, which can accommodate a few people and we are not expanding. The scope and characteristic of our work is purely civilian.” Submerged islands feature underwater reefs, while floating islands are those with sur-

faces above the water or which can be built from submerged islands, by adding steel structure, soil, rocks and concrete. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said later that Vietnam distinguishes its activity from that of China’s, saying that it conducts work to maintain buildings erected some time ago and work to prevent wave erosion. The official indicated that Carter would like to have clearer distinctions between what is new construction that would be barred and what is maintenance that might be permitted. Carter and Thanh also signed a Joint Vision Statement to guide future military cooperation between the former foes, who fought a 19551975 war and only normalized ties 20 years ago. As part of the expanding cooperation, Carter announced the United States would help Vietnam set up a site to train troops for U.N. peacekeeping operations and would send a U.S. expert on peacekeeping to Hanoi. On Sunday, Carter visited the Vietnamese navy and coast guard headquarters and pledged $18 million to help Vietnam buy U.S. patrol boats.

Cancer treatments gentler & kids’ survival improved Marilynn Marchione AP Chief Medical Writer

he move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend: More kids are surviving than ever before, and without the longterm complications that doomed many of their peers a generation ago, new research shows. Radiation and chemotherapy have saved countless children from leukemia and other types of cancer, but some of these treatments can damage the heart or other organs, problems that prove fatal years later. In the 1990s, a push began to try to prevent these “late effects” by giving smaller, more targeted doses of radiation, avoiding certain drugs and changing the way chemo is given. But doctors worried: Would gentler treatments hurt a child’s survival odds? The new study, which tracked more than 34,000 childhood cancer survivors

over several decades, gives a happy answer: No. Survival continued to improve, even with scaled-back treatments. And fewer kids died from second cancers or heart or lung problems 15 years after their initial treatment ended. “The field needs good news” and this study gives it, said Dr. Greg Armstrong of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He leads the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, funded by the National Cancer Institute. “We have actually reduced treatment, reduced therapy,” and yet improved survival, he said. Results were discussed Sunday at an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago. Treating childhood cancer is “one of the miracles of modern medicine,” Armstrong said. “Fifty years ago less than 30 percent of kids would survive childhood cancer but now we know that over 80 percent will.”

Landon Kimich, 2, sleeps as he receives a chemotherapy treatment for neuroblastoma at Houston’s M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on Friday, May 22, 2015. The move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend: more kids are surviving than ever before, and without the long-term complications that doomed many of their peers a generation ago, new research shows. (AP Photo

That high success rate allowed doctors in the 1990s to scale back certain treatments for certain types of patients to try to spare them late effects. The study compared survival odds before and after that change. Researchers found that the death rate 15 years after treat-

ment ended kept declining, from about 12% for those treated from 1970-74 to 6% for those treated from 1990-94. Deaths from late effects of cancer treatment, such as heart problems, also declined over that period, from 3.5% to 2.1%. Garrett and Gatlin Stringer, brothers from Huntsville,

Texas, benefited from the change, said their physician, Dr. Michael Rytting at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. The boys had acute lymphocytic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer. When doctors first described their treatment, “we didn’t really ask longterm effects, to be honest, because at the time it was really just kind of day to day,” said their mother, Marsha Stringer. Garrett, now 20 was diagnosed at age 7 and is now a 13-year survivor. Gatlin, now 14, was diagnosed at age 3 and is 11 years past his treatment. The boys got chemo but because scans showed the disease had not spread to their spinal cords, they were spared having to have radiation. Now, they are “amazing ... no side effects at all that we know of,” their mother said. “They’re very athletic and active and have good grades.”

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Tuesday 2 June 2015

public discourse

Stop illicit trade of To be or Not To be: An iAs Tobacco products officer versus a musician!

bservance of World No Tobacco Day globally on the theme “Stop illicit trade of Tobacco products” was celebrated to draw public attention globally to spread the message of harmful effects of tobacco use as well as its complications to others. The celebration concluded with a contemplating thought for all the tobacco users as well as the traders. The illicit tobacco market may account for as much as one in every 10 cigarettes consumed globally, according to studies, Illicit trade is not a problem just in high-income countries; almost all countries throughout the world are subject to illicit trade in some form or another.

Key public messages Illicit tobacco products hook young people into tobacco experimentation and use because they are more affordable. Such illicit products also mislead young tobacco users by not displaying health warnings and sometimes involving children in illegal selling activities. Illicit trade takes tax revenue away from the Government, which could have otherwise been spent on the provision of public services, instead directing such funds into the hands of criminals. Illicit trade strengthens corruption and weakens good governance. Tobacco companies have been known to use loopholes in tobacco control governance systems and indulge in the illicit trade of tobacco products. Nagaland Tobacco scenario (2003 survey): Male smoking 55% Female smoking 18% School children smoking 37% Male smokeless users 50% Female smokeless users 33% School children smoking 37% Overall smokeless users 28.3% Overall smoking 14.8% Children buying tobacco for parents 41.2% Most common used tobacco products : cigarette 26.3%, khaini 26.2%, Betel 25%, Bidi/Biri 11.8%, Panmasala10.3%. Overall Quit attempts 22.5% Second-hand smoke exposure at home 79% Second-hand smoke exposure at work 64.6% Second-hand smoke exposure in public places 32%. The above tobacco status shows the alarming scenario of Nagaland the second highest Tobacco consumer state in India with 57%, we as concerned adults and parents have a responsibility to adhere to as far as the theme “Stop illicit trade of tobacco products” is concerned. With no tobacco cultivation/tobacco industry, Nagaland has fewer hurdles to bring down consumption percentage. Policy makers need to recognize that the illicit tobacco trade not only exacerbate the global tobacco epidemic and its related health consequences, but that it has security implications through financing organised crime, including drugs, human and arms trafficking, as well as terrorism. Ratification of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products is necessary to respond to the financial, legal and health impacts of the illicit trade of tobacco products. IEC BUREAU Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Nagaland Kohima

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elf – understanding” - I let the meaning of it sink in. How well do I know myself? Sure, I have heard of it but never really pondered on what it actually means. Am I aware of my strengths and my weaknesses? Do I know what my capabilities are? What am I really good at? What really are my interests? So, I’m in the middle of a Career Skills Workshop at our workplace and the facilitator was talking about the importance of self –understanding and its connection with one’s career development. As the session progressed, it suddenly struck my mind about how important it is for each one of us to fully know ourselves – our interests and our capabilities. By being aware of these, we can choose the right career path. How I wish I was made aware of this during my school days! Your family might wish for you to become a doctor or an IAS officer, which as we all know, is the case in every household in Nagaland. But think really hard. Do you really think you are meant to be a doctor or an IAS officer? Do you think that’s really where your interest lies? Is it your dream or your parents’ dream? What if your heart lies in baking or in music? What if you sketch exceptionally well? What if your dream is to become a wildlife photographer? What if all you want to do is to teach kindergarten kids? The sad reality is, our society has come to place such great importance on the career status of one’s family, clan and village. “Become an IAS Officer. Crack the NPSC exam. Make us proud!” This is usually what young people are bombarded with today on a regular basis. This is so disheartening because it places great pressure on the person to achieve the goals, which has sadly, been set by one’s family and society. As a family and the society as a whole have we ever thought about an individual’s abilities and interests? It is an extremely alarming situation whereby many young people in our society have been driven to feelings of hopelessness and depression because of this. It takes me back to a line I read recently in “Tuesdays with Morrie”, an international bestselling book, which says “Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else”. I think it pretty much sums up the dilemma that the youngsters are facing today. We need to understand that academic grades and failure or success in competitive exams do not define a person. Why not tap into a person’s other capabilities and potentialities in other career options? Recently, I had the privilege of attending a seminar on Entrepreneurship organized by Pan Confluence, Shillong, where the Hon’ Consul General of Germany, Mr. Rainer Schmiedchen stressed on how we need to see “beyond the White Collar job perspective”. He spoke about how many young people in Germany were taking up various vocational courses like automobile technology, roof making and milk technology. Shri. P.B.O Warjri, Chief Secretary, Government of Meghalaya, also called for a change in our attitude. I fully agree with him when he said “Don’t respect someone because he’s the Chief Secretary. Respect a person because he’s a good Mason”. Some years back, I was reading a book “The

Seven Spiritual Laws of Success” by Deepak Chopra, a world renowned speaker and author. In the book, he talks about how livid his wife was with his son who spent all his time reading comic books instead of studying. He calmly reassured her that something good will come out of it. Today, Deepak Chopra’s son runs Liquid Comics, a multi-million comic book company (formerly known as Virgin Comics). So you see what I am getting at, right? All of us are blessed with different talents and abilities. It is so important that we all do some personal introspection. When you fully understand yourself, you will know how to choose a career based on your capabilities and your interests. Your career is going to dictate most of your life. If you’re not going to love what you do for a living, I would say it is going to be a pretty miserable life. I wonder how many people today sit in their offices and wish that they had chosen a different career path- chosen a course that they really loved and, better yet, went ahead and pursued a career in that respective line of study. Coming back to the workshop that I was at, I did a lot of introspection during the session and, for the first time, really questioned myself on how well I understood myself. As I focused on my own sense of self -understanding, I realized that ‘I love Psychology!’(translated as ‘Interest’) and ‘I’ve always done academically well’ (translated as ‘Capability’) added to that of my other interest, which is, reading. My world revolves around books. This was my Aha moment! After my own bit of confusion for a couple of years, I had ‘stumbled ‘upon the right profession. Today I can say, without, a doubt, that I love my job. I couldn’t have asked for a better job, a better work environment and better colleagues. I have to admit that I gave my parents a hard time when I told them that I wanted to opt for the Arts stream and not the Science stream. Again, when I told them that I decided to pursue Psychology, which wasn’t really a subject that many were opting for, I did not make their life any better at that moment. Some would say I was a disappointment to my parents however; I am glad I stood my ground and pursued what I really love. My parents did come around eventually and were extremely supportive throughout my college years. Topping my Psychology classes all through college proved to be a positive reinforcement. I know I would have barely made it through graduation had I opted for a degree in some other course. All I’m trying to say is, YOU know yourself better than anyone else does. Parents actually have your best interest at heart and an open discussion with them especially on your interests and capabilities might eventually enable you to get their support. Therefore, take time to introspect - discover your strengths and weaknesses; know your capabilities and your abilities. Nobody can tell you where your interest lies and what you are truly capable of. Think hard. Decide wisely. What you choose to study now will affect the rest of your life. Choose the right career path and rest assured that you will have a wonderful and happy life ahead of you. Aren Longkumer, Assistant Professor Dept of Counseling Psychology Martin Luther Christian University Shillong. Meghalaya Feedbacks can be sent to renren.3110@gmail.com

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n Nagaland there is not a single inch of land without a Landowner and not a single citizen is without a small land of his own and thus, people live in peace without disturbing each other since time immemorial. However with the advancement of modern civilization Govt. is doing all round development by acquiring land from the land owners either in the form of land donation or sale. Yet all the acquired lands are more or less free particularly in rural area and unrecognized towns. However, there is not a single inch of land is without land compensation in the recognized Towns & Cities. Therefore, in lieu of the land being freely donated by the Landowners should be compensated in the form of IV Grade employment or offer of mini contract works like repairing or supply

works. However as of now, the so called politicians, MLAs or Ministers control everything even in appointment of Grade IV or fixed paid employee leaving the Head of Deptt. (HOD) and bureaucrats as a mere spectators, Peon or a messenger depriving them from exercising their power of appointing authority. Everything is controlled and handled by such big bosses from top to bottom. So also, whenever a Grade IV post falls vacant due to retirement or dead as the case may be many applications are received claiming to be a landowner refusing to compromise to each other even leading to physical confrontation. In such a situation the Village Authority/Leaders face an embarrassing situation who try their best in solving the problem who is to be first and who

is next and recommended such cases and forwarded to the competent authority through proper channel for their necessary action. When it reaches the department the so called political bosses never look into details in the file noting but randomly approve the wrong candidate due to hard pressure of supporter as a political favour depriving the rightful and genuine land owners by ignoring and total disregard to the decision and recommendation of the local authority but throw them into dustbin as if the land belongs to them which is very discriminating and hurting. The Village Council is a Govt. Set up under the Area & Village Act 1974 as amended from time to time passed by the State Govt. which is the smallest Govt. in the grassroots level tackling all problems solved before it goes to the higher author-

ity and therefore, Govt. should also respect the Village Level Authority and act according to the procedure. Therefore, when any person approaches them for appointment on landownership basis the case should be verified whether it comes from the Village Authority and if not, insist the right procedure lest the situation goes out of the hand of the authority. Moreover, there is provision for the landowners where land has been acquired by Govt. Subject to land compensation as has been laid down in the Article 371A, Clause (I)(a)(IV) of the constitution of India. So also, in the Nagaland Land requisition & Acquisition Act 1965 where the right of the landowner should be protected and not deprived. Khrinyio Leruo Village Council Chozuba, Phek Dist

most always I find them most touching, edifying, fulfilling and lifting to the Spirit. The words flow out freely, honestly in reality from the deepest, humblest recesses of the Soul in soft voice. They are lowly and contrite, pleading God in reverence in the words of an undeserving person in overflowing gratitude. The Prayer covers many things: the sick, the invalid old, the luckless, the suffering, the participants, Workers and the leaders, the Church, of the Village, of the Tribe, of the State and the Government; sometimes it is for the remembrance of the suffering Christians in other States of India today for their Faith. The Prayers that come from the Trained, the formally qualified, on the other hand, are most often correct, formal, ecclesiastical and the language from the pool of Church vocabulary already familiar to most congregations, than realistic

or personal to the hearers. It has a dry appeal mostly. Today Christians in the Church in Nagaland are most nicely dressed, of good spirit, are nice and good, sprite and happy, courteous and generous in giving, and a willing heart to do his or her mite for the Church. Many wealthy Contractors are enormous Donors voluntarily without any expectations of any in return from the Church. A Church however is known not much for its Congregation than for its Leaders and its Workers. The reputation of the Church rests mostly on its Leaders and Workers than with the lay Congregation. And it happens there are Ananias and Safiras in modern Christian Church in Nagaland as there were Anania, Safira and unfairness in some of the 7 Stewards in the first Christian Fellowship in Jerusalem immediately after the death of Jesus.

There were erroneous doctrinaires in some of the Leaders initially of the Church at Jerusalem till, notoriously opposed to the Church at first but later converted to a courageous and fearless Paul, confronted Peter, Barnabas and the other Jews "in the public" for their wrong attitudes and conceptions. The Church or its Organization is a very Powerful Body even while in mammon's world and there is great potential danger in this Power. Those who use the Power of the Church as their own personal power or Rent the Power of the Church for their Interest, are in danger of damnation as those who use the Power of the Church for the glory of its Founder, have Blessings even in this Mammon's World. The Individual Believer continually needs renewal in Christ; the CHURCH also must continually seek for RENEWAL. Thepfulhouvi Solo

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always want to reach the Sunday morning Service in time and I mean 'in time' means at least some 5 minutes or so before 9:30 AM. I have an old Watch purchased when I first joined College 58 years ago; it still gives me Time very accurately; ruefully however, every often Sundays, I reach the Church only in the nick of time. Of course that suits me quite well; for my Wife and I are most comfortable at the back of the Pews in the big Church. The Service starts with the singing of any 2 selected songs of the Hymn Book, one after another and people in the congregation take various parts of the music automatically spontaneously and a harmonious rendition results, followed by a Prayer from an entrusted untrained common lay man or lay woman of good standing in the Church. I listen to the Prayers; and al-

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Brazil beats Nigeria, Germany routs Fiji

Brazil's Judivan celebrates after scoring a goal with teammate Malcom, right, during their U20 soccer World Cup match against Nigeria in New Plymouth, New Zealand on June 1. (AP Photo) Steve McMorran

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triker Judivan scored twice as Brazil beat Nigeria 4-2 on Monday in a thrilling start to its FIFA Under-20 World Cup campaign. The lead changed hands twice during the first half, and the teams went to halftime locked at 2-2 before Judivan clinched the match with his second goal eight minutes from fulltime thanks to a rare Nigerian defensive blunder. Brazil's win gave the five-time champions an early advantage in Group E, but they were overtaken later Monday by Hungary, which beat North Korea 5-1. Hany Mukhtar scored a hat trick as Germany took early control of Group F with an 8-1 win over outclassed Oceania champion Fiji. Honduras beat Uzbekistan 4-3 in the group's second match later on day three. The clash between Brazil and Nigeria at New Plymouth was forecast to be one of the best of the group rounds and lived up to that billing as the teams went blow for blow. There were flowing attacking moves, brilliant displays of individual skill and great goals which lifted the tone of a tournament that has been relatively low key to date. "We had expected to face a really good side in Nigeria and we weren't mistaken on that front," Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said. "We started very well, but then the opposition gradually got on top and prevented us from playing our game. "We shored things up in the middle of the park again in the second half and then looked to exploit the wings, which paid dividends," Micale added. Judivan was a hugely influential figure, not only for his goals, but for his tenacity and playmaking ability. He featured prominently in a move in the fourth minute that also saw Joao Pedro and Gabriel Jesus combine for the opening goal. An early strike from Nigeria hit the post but they equalized after only 11 mintues when Musa Yahaya sent a superb pass to Success Isaac, who rounded the 'keeper before slotting the ball into an open goal. Nigeria took the lead in the 28th minute from a slick breakaway, at the end of which Yahaya cut inside a defender and

drove the ball into the goal from the edge of the box. After scoring Brazil's opening goal, Gabriel Jesus became the provider of the second, back-heeling the ball through the legs of Onyinye Ndidi and into the path of Judivan, who scored with a low shot. The tempo flagged a little at the start of the second half before Boschilia put Brazil ahead 3-2 just before the hour mark. Judivan then made the game safe with the final goal after an error by goalkeeper Joshua Enaholo. Nigeria coach Manu Garba called his team's loss a "huge disappointment." "We carved out the better chances in the first half and we should have led at the break," Garba said. "The first 45 minutes reflected what we're capable of. "We simply made two mistakes that cost us dearly in the second period," he added. "All in all we played our part in a really great match and I'd like to congratulate Brazil on their victory. They're a very good team." Mukhtar scored in the 34th, 40th and 89th minutes as Germany overwhelmed Fiji, racing to a 6-0 lead at halftime. Fiji defended stoutly until the 18th minute when Niklas Stark scored the first of his two goals. Marc Stendera scored two minutes later from the penalty spot after a hand ball and goals flowed freely until halftime with Grischa Proemel scoring in the 23rd minute, Stark completing his double in the 27th, then Mukhtar scoring twice before the break. Fiji had a moment of celebration in its first match at an Under-20 World Cup when Iosefo Verevou scored with a header just after halftime. Marvin Stefaniak scored in the 68th minute and Mukhtar completed his hat trick with a penalty a minute before fulltime. Hungary's Bence Mervo scored the second hat trick of the day in his team's win over North Korea. Mervo scored in the 17th, 49th and 82nd minute, while Zsolt Kalmar and David Forgacs also scored. Bryan Rochez' second goal in the second minute of stoppage time clinched Honduras's opening win over Uzbekistan. Rochez' late strike put Honduras ahead 4-2, but Zabikhillo Urinboev pulled the margin back to one goal by scoring seconds before the final whistle.

DDBA meeting on June 6

DIMAPUR, JUNE 1 (MExN): The Dimapur District Badminton Association (DDBA) will be holding its Annual General meeting (AGM) at Hotel Saramati on June 6 at 1:00pm. The meeting will deliberate on various agendas concerning the welfare of the association. All concerned members, executive members and all advisory board members are requested to attend the meeting positively.

Veteran football tournament underway

DIMAPUR, JUNE 1 (MExN): The first ever Veteran Football Tournament above the age group of 40 years organised by the Veteran Football Association Dhansiripar area got underway on May 30 at Doyapur Local Ground. The opening ceremony was grace by ceteran political leader K Hollohon as the chief Guest. In his address, K. Hollohon encouraged that the veteran football tournament should continue for the long run so that the different communities of the area can unite through this game and also can maintain their physical fitness. The programme was

Chief Guest K Holohon addressing the first veteran football tournament held at Doyapur football ground.

chaired by Thangnodao Naiding, General Secretary, and began with Pastor Dimasa Baptist Church Doyapur, Nijora Thausen invoking God’s blessing. Welcome song was pre-

sented by the students of Little Daffodils School Doyapur and welcome note was delivered by Bedusai Thulu-o President of the Association followed by a presentation.

Vilasier Khate of Nagaland won the Men's Singles Title of the 'India-Bhutan Friendship Championship' held at Bhutan from May 25 to 31. In the finals, Khate beat Abhinansu Borthakur 7-5, 6-4 to seal the title.

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'Friday the 13th' actress Betsy Palmer passes away

ctress Betsy Palmer, who is best known for playing Jason Voorhees' mother Pamela Voorhees in the 1980 "Friday the 13th", has died. She was 88. Her longtime manager Brad Lemack confirmed the sad news. According to Brad, Betsy died of natural causes at a hospice care center in Connecticut, reported Ace Showbiz. Betsy, who was born on November 1, 1926 in East Chicago, Indiana, had appeared in some films, Broadway and on TV shows for years before she took the role of Pamela Voorhees in "Friday the

13th" alongside Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram and Kevin Bacon. She returned briefly in 1981's "Friday the 13th Part 2". Her film credits included 1955's "Mister Roberts", "Queen Bee" and "The Long Gray Line", 1988's "Goddess of Love", and most recently 2007's "Bell Witch: The Movie". She also appeared on some TV shows like "Knot's Landing", "The Love Boat", "Newhart", "Just Shoot Me!", "TJ Hooker" and Murder, She Wrote". Betsy is survived by her daughter Melissa Merendino.

Kendall Jenner on latest cover of Vogue China

he's on top of the world, and there just seems to be no stopping Kendall Jenner from continuing her ever-thriving modelling career. The 19-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star just unveiled her latest feature, taking to Instagram to boast about her place on Vogue China. In the image, the brunette beauty appears sultry and chic while wearing an eclectic long-sleeved sequined mini dress. Kendall

has one hand on her hip, as the other is subtly placed on the shoulder of Chinese actor and singer-songwriter, Kris Wu. Kris, 24, is clad in a funky black suit detailed with red piping and holding onto an teenie tiny red guitar. The cover was shot by famed Peruvian fashion photographer, Mario Testino, 60, who previously featured Kendall in his star-studded Towel Series. Kendall has been on a roll with landing covers, as she

was recently featured on Harper's Bazaaar and GQ. She's also a fresh face of cosmetics company, Estee Lauder, as well as the lingerie line, Calvin Klein. In past weeks, the model additionally launched a campaign with casual wear brand Penshoppe. Kendall has continued with her and her 17-year-old sister Kylie's PacSun collection, Kendall And Kylie. Plus, the driven duo have exclusive ranges for Steve Madden shoes and

now TopShop. And these are just a few of the modelling and endorsement gigs Kendall can list on her resume. Though, Kendall has admitted that living in the fast lane does have its drawbacks. Speaking in an interview with the Sunday Times' Style Magazine, she said that the thought of turning 20 in November is 'terrifying.' She added: 'It's scary. Life is scary. It's just scary how fast everything is rolling and you can't stop it. It's rolling right now.'

sylVester stallone's daughter trying 'very hard' to become model

he 'Expendables' actor has taken to his social media accounts to boast about his beautiful 16-year-old daughter Sistine and reveal she's desperate to kick off her career in the fashion industry. Alongside a photograph of him and his daughter, he wrote on Instagram: ''Me with my daughter Sistine who wants to be a serious model. I believe you can do it. When my children were card which I'm grateful for. (sic)'' The 68-year-old star then posted a close-up of the same shot, in which his daughter can be seen wearing a corset-style gold dress

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nrique Iglesias was recovering Sunday after some of his fingers were sliced when he grabbed a drone during a concert in Tijuana, Mexico. A representative for the singer said in a statement to The Associated Press that Iglesias was 'semi-treated' after the accident at the side of the stage to stop the bleeding on Saturday night. He was advised to end the show but went on to perform for an additional 30 minutes. 'During the show a drone is used to get crowd shots and some nights Enrique grabs the drone to give the audience a Point of View shot. Something went wrong and he had an accident,' the statement read. 'He decided to go on and

with her hair tied back in a low bun while her father looks down at her with pride. He added: ''My daughter modeling She's trying very hard to attain her dreams (sic).'' Sistine - who is one of Stallone's three daughters with his third wife and former model Jennifer Flavin has previously spoken about how she's prepared for the attention that comes with being a famous actor's daughter. She said: ''I have to be careful of the things I do - otherwise they'll come back and bite me in the butt. ''Sometimes you just want to hang out without worrying about looking your best. ''I'm old enough.

If I want to be out there in front of the cameras, I will be; if I don't, I'll stay inside.'' However, the blonde beauty insists she has no plans to follow her father into acting and has instead been shown the ropes of modelling by her mother. She explained: ''I'm a horrible actor! I hate seeing myself on camera - I look ridiculous!'' Speaking about her mother, Sistine added: ''She's like my wingman. She's taught me my good side, my bad side, how to walk for the runway, and how to become someone else in a certain outfit.''

enrique iglesias slices finger during concert continued playing for 30 minutes while the bleeding continued throughout the show.' 'He was rushed to the airport where an ambulance met him there. He was then put on a plane to L.A. to see a specialist,' the statement read. Concertgoers at Plaza de Toros de Playas posted photos on social media of Iglesias, 40, with blood all over his white T-shirt. The heartthrob was just 50 minutes into his performance halfway through the song Escape - when the incident occurred. While the drone hovered just above him, he was jumping and clapping into its mounted camera, urging the audience to do the same. He then reached up with his left hand and

holds the drone before adjusting the camera with his right. But when he does it a send time, his right hand gets pulled into the blades and he suddenly tosses the drone to the ground like it was an animal that had just bitten him. The screams of those close enough to realise what had happened can be heard in the video. Whether through serendipitous timing or a swift thinking stage technician, the confetti cannons immediately discharge, giving the Spaniard a few moments to lick his wounds behind the curtain of fluttering white. Fans claimed after the incident the singer attempted to draw a heart on his T-shirt using his own blood - with surprisingly artistic results.

Most witnesses sent well wishes and get well soons to the singer via social media, although many more questioned the wisdom of plucking a machine propelled by rotary blade from mid air.

As well as worry (and bewilderment) the reaction on Twitter was mainly one of respect, that the performer didn't cry off midway through the concert and soldiered on in-

stead. 'I've seen artist cancel whole gig due to small hurts but @enrique305 "He's one of a kind" cuts his fingers but still continues with the show,' one fan admired.

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Adele creates history post recording back to back Bond theme for 'Spectre'

dele is on the verge of making history as she will become the first singer to perform the title track on back-to-back James Bond flicks. According to sources, the 'Rolling In The Deep' hit-maker, who won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and a BRIT for 'Skyfall,' is one of the few artists who were asked to write and record the title track for ' Spectre,' reported the Daily Star. The insider noted that Sam Smith was the favourite to be picked among insiders, but the 27-year-old singer has got the nod, adding that it is huge pressure for her after the unbelievable success of 'Skyfall.' As per the source, the song will also be a massive scoop for the 'Skyfall' sequel as the world awaits her third hugely-delayed album.

Sam Smith joins The Beatles in official chart history books

inger Sam Smith has a reason to rejoice as his debut album 'In The Lonely Hour' has spend a whole year in the top 5 of the UK's official albums chart, a feat previously achieved by The Beatles. The 23-year-old singer's maiden album celebrates its first birthday this week. The last, and only other, debut album in Official Charts history to manage this kind of performance in its first year of release was The Beatles' 'Please Please Me' in 1963, which remained in the Top 5 for 51 weeks of its first year on sale (and 56 weeks overall), according to Official Charts Company records. "Seeing this statistic genuinely makes me feel very weird, but also insanely happy and just so thankful to everyone who has purchased the album. Not so lonely anymore!" Smith said in a statement. The singer is currently recuperating from a throat surgery.

Tanu Weds Manu Returns earns Rs 98.37 crore, becomes the highest grossing film of 2015!

angana Ranaut and R Madhavan’s latest outing has stormed the box office and how! Tanu Weds Manu Returns which released on May 22 has turned out to be the biggest hit of this of this year. Yes, the film was expected to do well but what’s surprising is that it has got cash registers jingling abroad as well. The sequel of Tanu Weds Manu is in its second week and its already inching towards the Rs 100 mark at the Indian BO. And with this, the Kangana starrer will be the first film of 2015 to become the part of the elite Rs 100 crore club. Before Tanu Weds Manu Returns hit the screens, it was Akshay Kumar’s action flick Gabbar Is Back which was highest grossing film of this year. But now its Kangana and R Madhavan’s film which is dominating the box office!

Robert Downey Jr. is 'head over heels' in love with his furniture!

Horror as Enrique Iglesias's fingers are SLICED by drone during Mexico concert - but bloodied singer continues performing for 30 minutes before being airlifted to LA hospital

Jean-Claude Van Damme Mila Kunis' stalker escapes from Psychiatric facility and wife call off Divorce rofessional bodybuilder Gladys filed official papers in Los Angeles in March (15) to end their marriage, but she has since had a change of heart, according to Van Damme. When asked about the divorce proceedings, the Belgian martial arts star suggests the couple is working out its differences for the sake of its two adult children. He tells TMZ.com, "The JCVD family is strong, the kids are strong, the wife is strong."Well, you know, so much divorce around the world and it's very bad for the children, that's the problem. Couples, they have to work their stuff together, no matter what they have to do. I've been divorcing before, it's not funny. If people can stick together like the old times... the value will come

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man, who was twice convicted of stalking actress Mila Kunis, escaped from a secured mental health facility in Pomona, California, over the weekend. According to the New York Daily News, authorities are searching for Stuart Lynn Dunn, who made an "unauthorised departure" from the Olive Vista Behavioural Health Center on Saturday. Dunn, 30, was accused of breaking into the actress' West Hollywood condo and remaining inside for two weeks. She was not living there at the time. Dunn also showed up at Kunis' gym, forcing her to hide in her vehicle until security and police could arrive. Fearing for her safety, Kunis took out a restraining order against Dunn, but he violated it. Dunn pleaded no contest to unauthorised entry of a dwelling in 2012, and was sentenced to six months rehabilitation and five years probation. He was also ordered to stay away from the star of "That '70s Show" and her staff. Kunis, who recently had a baby with actor Ashton Kutcher, has been notified of Dunn's escape, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deback." He continues, "Di- partment Lt. Martin Rodriguez vorce is a word and love is a told the Los Angeles Times. feeling. It's very hard to mix both... Of course we love each other." The couple was previously wed for five years until 1992, but divorced after Van Damme had an affair with actress Darcy LaPier, who he went on to wed in 1994. They subsequently split and Van Damme rekindled his romance with his first wife, Gladys, in 1999.

obert Downey Jr. wants to feel like home wherever he goes and, therefore, carries the same furniture to every house he rents while on location for films. Sources told Us Magazine that whenever the 'Iron Man' star rents a place, he has all the same furniture sent so there was consistency from rental to rental. Sources continued that the furniture comes in big semis and the American actor does it for a sense of comfort. The 50-yearold actor recently traveled to Atlanta to film 'Captain America: Civil War', and he had an entire houseful of furniture shipped from L.A. to his temporary home.

Fans want Kim K to name her second child 'South West'

oon after Kim Kardashian declared that she is expecting her second child with rapper husband Kanye West, her fans started debating on all the possible names and 'South West' seems to be trending. Most of the fans zeroed in on the name 'South West' as her daughter is named North West. The name of the second baby of Kardashian diva became a trending topic on Twitter, reported Ace Showbiz. "If Kim Kardashian doesn't name her child South West i'm going to be very disappointed," a fan wrote on Twitter. There were others who came up with interesting suggestions. "Kim & Kanye having another baby?... What will it be named? East West, South West, West West?! We'll find out, next time on Dragon Ball Z..."

Sharapova loses to Safarova at French Open; Federer wins

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PaRiS, June 1 (aP): Defending champion Maria Sharapova's bid for a third French Open title in four years is over. Coughing between points on an overcast day, the second-seeded Sharapova was outplayed throughout a 7-6 (3), 6-4 loss to 13th-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic in the fourth round Monday. "My opponent had a different gear than I did," Sharapova said. It is her earliest defeat at Roland Garros since 2010, when she was beaten in the third round. Since then, the Russian won the clay-court Grand Slam tournament in 2012 and 2014, was the runner-up to Serena Williams in 2013, and reached the semifinals in 2011. Safarova dictated much of the action and held her nerve as the far more experienced and accomplished Sharapova tried to mount a comeback in the second set. "Maria is an amazing player. I needed to play aggressive and to come forward for the points," Safarova said. The left-handed Safarova wound up with a considerable edge in winners, 34-20, including forehands on the last two points to break Sharapova. "I felt like I had small openings, and I just wasn't able to ... play a good few points. I just wasn't able to keep that level up today," Sharapova said. "She was able to do that for a longer period Russia's Maria Sharapova reacts as she plays Lucie Safarova of the Czech of time. ... She took the time away from Republic during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tour- me, created her angles and I didn't. nament at the Roland Garros stadium, Monday, June 1 in Paris. (AP Photo) That was the difference today, in my

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PaRiS, June 1 (aP): Serena Williams came back to edge Sloane Stephens 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 and reach the French Open quarterfinals, managing to avoid joining Maria Sharapova on the way out of the tournament Monday. In a riveting matchup between the last two American women in the draw, the No. 1-ranked and No. 1-seeded Williams overcame her own wildness — she made 43 unforced errors, more than twice as many as Stephens' 21. For the third match in a row, Williams dropped the first set thanks to messy play before righting herself. This season, she is 10-0 in three-set matches, 29-1 overall. The 40th-ranked Stephens eliminated Williams' older sister Venus in the first round and was trying to become only the fourth woman to beat both siblings during the same Grand Slam tournament. opinion." She did not use the cold she's been dealing with as an excuse, saying: "I don't like to talk about it, and I don't think it really makes a difference. I'm still a competitor, no matter what." In her first French Open quarterfinal, Safarova will face No. 21 Garbine Muguruza of Spain, who beat No. 28 Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-3, 6-4. Both of those fourth-round matches were originally supposed to be played Sunday, but were postponed after a rain delay in the afternoon. They instead became part of a Monday full of tennis' biggest names, with Williams and the Big 4 of the men's game — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray — all on the schedule. Federer, whose record 17 Grand Slam titles include the 2009 French Open, needed only about an hour to

finish off his 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over 13th-seeded Gael Monfils of France in a match that was suspended because of darkness after the second set Sunday night. In truth, this one might have been over after the very first game when they resumed: Monfils led 40-love, then tried to showboat a little and got broken. Federer broke to open the fourth set, too, en route to his 11th Roland Garros quarterfinal, where he'll play Swiss Davis Cup teammate Stan Wawrinka. Sharapova, a five-time major champion who completed her career Grand Slam in Paris three years ago, started things off at a mostly empty Court Philippe Chatrier. Years ago, Sharapova famously described herself as a "cow on ice" when playing on red clay, troubled by the tricky footing. But she overcame that well enough to win 65 of her last 71 matches

on the surface entering Monday. Sharapova also had not lost to Safarova anywhere since 2010, winning their four most recent matches. Still, from early on, it was clear Sharapova was not going to have her way this time against Safarova, who won the Australian Open doubles title in January but whose best career showing to date in singles was a semifinal run at Wimbledon last year. Safarova grabbed 12 of 15 points in one stretch while taking a 3-1 lead. Sharapova steadied herself and broke back, then faltered in the tiebreaker. Safarova controlled lengthy exchanges at the baseline, opening the tiebreaker with three groundstroke winners in a row, and also benefited from Sharapova's lone double-fault of that set. The second set began similarly, with Safarova breaking to go ahead 2-0, then holding for 3-0. But Sharapova, gritty as can be, did not give up, and when Safarova double-faulted on break point, suddenly it was 3-2. In the next game, Safarova had a break point but flubbed a swinging forehand volley off a floater. It was a bad mistake, and Sharapova wound up holding for 3-all, yet Safarova managed to smile at her own gaffe. She stayed calm from there, even after another bad miss on her first match point, slapping a forehand into the net. Soon enough, though, Safarova earned a second chance to close it out, and she did.

Tendulkar, Ganguly, Laxman join BCCI advisory committee

MuMb ai, June 1 (ianS): Batting legends Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman were named to the newlyformed advisory cricket committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday. "The president of the BCCI, Jagmohan Dalmiya, has nominated Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman as esteemed members of the Cricket advisory committee of the BCCI, with immediate effect," the BCCI said in a statement. The trio's "areas of immediate focus will be to

provide guidance to our national team as we set out to enhance our performance on overseas engagements, provide direction to improve our talent pathway and take steps to strengthen domestic cricket to better prepare our players to handle the rigours of international cricket", it said. Many feel the inclusion of former captains Ganguly, Tendulkar and ex-vice captain Laxman -- who have a combined experience of 447 Tests among them -- is a big move as India head into a critical phase where their Test team will be led by young

batsman Virat Kohli, while in the shorter formats Mahendra Singh Dhoni will continue to lead the side. In the last couple of years, India's Test performance has been marked by overseas series losses in England, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand that resulted in India dropping to the fourth spot in the Test rankings. They were the No.1 team from December 2009, till August 2011. "I am happy to note that our eminent cricketers have come forward to lend their experience and insights as we work towards a common goal of taking

FIFA patronage endears Blatter to 196th-ranked Fiji

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ZuRiCH, June 1 (ReuTeRS): The unflinching support of tiny, developing countries has long been a vital plank of Sepp Blatter's political base and those in any doubt of the impact of FIFA's patronage need look no further than the Pacific Island nation of Fiji. With a population of just 900,000, Fiji is famous for punching above its weight in international rugby but remains a minnow in global soccer, its men's team a lowly 196th out of the 209 nations in world rankings. Still, Fijian football officials have beamed with pride this week with their youth team's debut appearance at the under-20 World Cup tournament in New Zealand. The achievement in qualifying for the first time has raised hopes of a brighter future for the game in a tropical country long dependent on tourist dollars and foreign aid. It would also have been unthinkable without FIFA's financial help in funding development projects, according to Fiji Football Association chief executive Bob Kumar. "We were very proud because it was the first time in our history that we have qualified at the World Cup level and this will be a push for development and participation," Kumar told Reuters by telephone after Fiji were trounced 8-1 by Germany in their World Cup opener in Christchurch on Monday. "We thank FIFA because it’s because of their help with development that we have come all this way. "It would have been very dif-

ficult (without FIFA). "We wouldn’t have been able to match anything. Our development funds are all dependent on FIFA funding. We are very much dependent on FIFA, about 80 percent.” Though re-elected for a fifth term in office on Friday, Blatter's premiership remains under a cloud following the arrests of seven high-ranking soccer officials in Zurich last week on corruption charges. But the 79-year-old Swiss, who has run FIFA for nearly 20 years despite allegations of corruption from other people associated with the administration, remains determined to ride out the storm. Blatter's confidence in his ability to do that will be boosted by the support countries like Fiji have shown in the wake of the bribery allegations which have plunged FIFA into its worst crisis in 111 years. "We do support FIFA and we support Blatter," Kumar said, adding that he had "no concerns" about the game's global governance or that corruption might be undermining it. "We’re quite happy with what’s going on. FIFA is helping quite a bit to the development of other countries and we support Blatter in that area." Four years ago, Fiji's former FA chief Sahu Khan showed his loyalty to Blatter in 2011 when British delegates tried to delay the Swiss's uncontested election in the wake of allegations of impropriety surrounding the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Khan, a former member of FIFA's all-powerful executive committee and deputy chairman of its ethics committee, delivered a 15-minute speech urging the rubber-stamp vote to go ahead. Since, Fiji has applied for and received development grants of over $2 million, including a $500,000 upgrade to facilities at its national soccer academy in Suva. Lawyer Khan, however, was disbarred by Fiji legal authorities for professional misconduct soon after the 2011 election and later stripped of his soccer roles. Another $500,000 has been approved, but not yet paid, for a technical facility as part of FIFA's Goal programme, a fund for soccer development projects. "We are now in the process of getting another academy in the north island (Vanua Levu) in Labasa," Kumar said. "We are now negotiating on the land and everything else but the funding has been approved by FIFA. It’ll be US$500,000. It’s very, very handy.” Former FIFA vice-president Mohamed Bin Hammam was head of Goal's committee until he was banned for life in 2011 amid bribery allegations. Among the many accusations dogging the Qatari power-broker was that he improperly diverted funds from the programme to projects in sympathetic nations to boost his influence. Fiji, however, points to its under-20 team as a sign of money well-spent. "We look forward to getting more and more," said Kumar.

Indian cricket to greater heights," Dalmiya said on Monday. "The coming generations are bound to benefit from the guidance that will be provided by these luminaries and will go a long way in strengthening our existing system." The three former cricketers, who played for India from 1989 till 2013, are also expected to have their say on the selection of coaches. Interestingly, the BCCI is yet to appoint a new head coach following Duncan Fletcher's departure and the absence of former captain Rahul Dravid from the

advisory committee, has fuelled further rumours. BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said: "On behalf of all my colleagues in the BCCI, I thank Sachin, Sourav and Laxman for having accepted our invitation to be part of this prestigious committee, and I am confident that their invaluable advice will help Indian cricket regain its leadership position in all formats of the game." "Their participation augurs well for the future of the game in our country and the noble intention to 'give back to the game' is commendable."

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PCB ex-chief withdraws as ICC president nominee

LaHoRe, June 1 (ianS): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) executive committee chairman Najam Sethi on Monday withdrew his nomination to the International Cricket Council (ICC) presidency with immediate effect, at the same time "requesting the board of governors of the PCB to nominate a great Pakistani ex-Test cricketer" in his place for the 2015-16 term. Najam Sethi wrote a letter to ICC chairman N. Srinivasan on Monday morning, which said: "Since the ICC announced that from next year the post of ICC president will be open only to iconic Test cricketers nominated by member Boards, I have increasingly felt that it is only fitting that this rule should be implemented straightaway so that one of Pakistan's great iconic cricketers should be so honoured." "Under the circumstances, I am withdrawing my nomination to ICC presidency with immediate effect and requesting the board of governors of the PCB to nominate a great Pakistani ex-Test cricketer in my place," he said. The ICC had asked the PCB to nominate an ex-cricketer in September last year but Pakistan came up with Sethi's name. Sethi, the former chairman of the PCB, was slated to take over from Mustafa Kamal as the ICC president for a period of 12 months from July 1. The ICC after its April board meeting said it would consider Sethi's appointment as ICC president during its meeting in Barbados June end. Sethi was also briefed about the role of the ICC president and explained the responsibilities six months ago.

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