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God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one Five MP farmers die in police firing; CM orders judicial probe
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Dimapur | June 6
WHO ranks antibiotics to counter drug resistance GeneVa, June 6 (ReuteRS): The World Health Organization published a new classification of antibiotics on Tuesday that aims to fight drug resistance, with penicillin-type drugs recommended as the first line of defence while colistin should not be used unless absolutely necessary. In its annual “model list of essential medicines”, the WHO also said Roche’s well-known flu drug, oseltamivir, may be removed from the recommended list unless new information supports its use in seasonal and pandemic influenza outbreaks.
Development of NE put on fast track: Union Minister
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ImPhaL, JuIne 6 (PtI): The Modi government has successfully transformed the Northeast and retrieved the region from several decades of continuous neglect, within three years, Union minister Jitendra Singh said today. Addressing a public meeting to highlight the achievements of the three years of the Narendra Modi government here, Singh said the development of the Northeastern region was put on fast-track so that it could grow at par with the rest of India. Effective and visible steps were taken to bridge the physical and psychological gap between the Northeast and the other parts of the country, he said. The minister of state for the development of the north eastern region (DoNER) said each of the eight Northeastern states today can rightfully claim to be progressing and growing like any other state. This itself was a huge physical as well as psychological redemption of what was left undone or half-done in the past, he said. Singh said the extent of priority extended by the NDA government to the Northeast was borne out by the fact that in the last three years, the Prime Minister has made nearly a dozen visits to the region and he chose Guwahati to address a public rally to commemorate the three years of his government on May 26. Statistically, Singh said, the budget for the Northeast received a hike of over 25 per cent in last three years. Over Rs 40,000 crore has been earmarked for road development. A special road corporation namely the ‘Northeast Road Development Scheme’ was launched to take care of the neglected roads of the region.
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Acting on the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)’s report 2016, the Nagaland State Vigilance Commission has taken up a number of cases for further investigation in different departments of the Nagaland State Government. On June 1 Thursday, the Vigilance Commission raided the residence of the Additional Director of Department of Municipal Affairs Cell at Chandmari, Kohima, which was followed by another raid in the office of the Municipal Affairs Cell. The raid was conducted based on the report from CAG, which alleged that the Additional Director, Department of Municipal Affairs Cell arbitrarily altered the specification of Roto Crates for use in solid waste management and also extended undue benefit to the supplier. Further, the Additional Director was also alleged to have paid the full amount of Rs 1.11 crore to the
supplier without actual receipt of the material. Speaking to The Morung Express, State Vigilance Commission Director and DIGP, Meyionen confirmed the raid and said they were on the lookout for relevant files and documents as well as the quantity of the supply of the roto crates in connection to the report of the CAG. “During the raid, we took some samples and are in the process of examining things,” the Director informed while refusing to provide more details on their findings cited that the case was under investigation. According to the CAG finding, the Department of Municipal Affairs, invited quotations (May 2014) from registered contractors and suppliers for supply of Roto Crates for use in solid waste management. A purchase committee of three members with Additional Director, Municipal Affairs Cell, Urban Development as the Chairman recommended a supplier, being the lowest bidder, for supply of 1611 Roto Crates having
• Raids residence of Additional Director Municipal Affairs Cell • Fund misuse for implementation of MDM scheme under scanner a capacity of 100 litre at a cost of Rs 6905 per unit. Examination of records (March 2016) revealed that the Additional Director asked (April 2015) the supplier to supply Roto Crates having a capacity of 60 litre instead of the approved model of 100 litre capacity, at the same rate (Rs 6905 per unit). However, no formal supply order indicating the terms and conditions of the supply and regulating the payments was issued to the supplier. The supplier was asked to submit the bill for payment, which was to be released after receipt of funds from the State Government. No reason for change in specification was on record and also no approval
from the competent authority was obtained. As per the price list submitted (June 2014) by the supplier, the price of 60 L1 was Rs 2327 per unit. Thus, by altering the specification the Additional Director Municipal Affairs Cell, Urban Development extended an undue benefit of Rs 0.74 crore to the supplier, the CAG report stated. Further, it was noticed in audit that the Supplier was paid (24 April 2015) the full amount of Rs 1.11 crore in advance by the Additional Director on the basis of a letter of assurance given by the Supplier. It was also observed that the Supplier did not supply the Roto Crates and therefore, the Department issued (September and October
2015) a notice asking the Supplier to repay the full amount and also explain why his firm should not be blacklisted.
the fictitious withdrawal of arrears in a number of government department and recovered 70 lakhs from 41 DDO’s. “The treasury officers involved in the false MDM scheme also withdrawal of arrears have been under the scanner issued administrative warnings Meanwhile, the Director and we are waiting to initiative also revealed that the Vigilance action against the erring DDOs,” Commission is investigating the Director informed. an important case in the Department of School Education Anomalies and corruption in connection to mishandling cases investigated of funds meant for the impleThe Vigilance Commission mentation of the Mid Day Meal Director pointed out that the (MDM) scheme. department has investigated a “We are in the middle of a number of cases on the anomamassive exercise on the MDM lies and corruptions in the state in Nagaland. Out of 26 Sub- government departments even Divisional Education Officer though it could not be made (SDEO), we have already cov- known in the public domain ered 15 SDEOs for physical veri- due to government strictures. fication. We will resume our verAnd while fingers continue ification of the rest SDEOs from to point at the Vigilance DepartJune 12 onwards,” the Vigilance ment for being just a “poster Commission Director informed. department,” the Director said In 2016, the Vigilance Com- it was not distracted by such almission had also taken up a num- legations- “We know very well ber of cases basing on the CAG re- that we are the only organ to fight port. Among others, the Vigilance against corruption in the state, Commission investigated into and we will plough ahead.”
Deuba returns as Nepal PM BJP targets 5 lakh members in Nagaland
Kathmandu, June 6 (IanS): Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba was on Tuesday elected the new Prime Minister of Nepal -- returning to the post 12 years after he was removed from the post by then King Gyanendra. Immediately after his election, he said his priorities would be holding the local elections and the constitution’s implementation. On foreign policy, he said he will maintain good relations with both India and China. He had, while presenting his candidacy, said he will honestly work for implementation of the new constitution, and will brace his political acumen to address the grievances of the Madhesis and other outstanding political issues. Seventy-year-old Deuba, who was elected for his fourth stint as Premier exactly a week short of his 71st birthday, received wide political support during the voting in parliament. Of the total 593 voters, 388 voted in his favour as opposed to 170 votes against -- the main opposition Communist Party of
Nepal (Unified Marxists-Leninists), as expected, cast their votes against him. Two Madhes-based political parties also extended their support after reaching an agreement with him and outgoing PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, but ruled out joining the government. Deuba’s victory was a foregone conclusion as none of the political parties fielded a candidate against him. On May 24, then Prime Minister Prachanda had announced his resignation, in keeping with his agreement with the Nepali Congress, which had propped up his coalition government since last August. The two parties had agreed that their respective leaders would lead the government on a rotational basis where Prachanda would take the first nine months and the remaining nine would be of Deuba. Deuba faces a huge domestic political challenge but foreign policy is more settled as his predecessor had almost brought relations with India and China almost back on track.
Our Correspondent Kohima | June 6
Amidst a crisis among certain party ranks, the Nagaland State Unit of the BJP today remained adamant towards strengthening the party and boosting its membership. Launching its membership drive at the Kohima district BJP office today, the Nagaland State unit BJP President, Visasolie Lhoungu announced that a minimum of five lakh membership is being targeted by the unit in Nagaland, under the party’s ‘Great Membership Drive programme’ in digital form. “We should try to achieve this target,” he said adding that this should be achieved within the coming general elections in the state due in 2018. The membership drive began on June 6 and will continue till June 25. So far, Lhoungu informed that about 1.5 lakh members have already registered with
Government using state power to stifle voices of dissent: Sonia
neW deLhI, June 6 (IanS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday mounted a stinging attack on the government, accusing it of using state power to stifle voices that express different thoughts and ideas while divisive issues are being whipped up. She said there is an assault on the livelihoods and food habits of those who follow different tenets and beliefs. Addressing the Congress Working Committee meeting, Sonia Gandhi said whether it is politicians, institutions, students, civil society or the media, there is growing intolerance and active persecution of divergent voices in blatant disregard of the law of the land. “It is a matter of grave concern that there has been a rise in lynch mobs; there exists a close ideological affinity between these mobs and the ruling establishment, she said, adding women, Dalits, tribals, minorities and other oppressed people were facing perilous times. She said the government was using the power of the state to stifle voices that express different thoughts. “Divisive issues are being whipped up, and there is an assault on the livelihoods and food habits of those who follow different tenets and beliefs. This government is using the power of the state to stifle voices that express different thoughts and ideas, or speak out for alternative policies
and philosophies. “Whether it is politicians, institutions, students, civil society or the media, there is growing intolerance and active persecution of divergent voices in blatant disregard of the law of the land.” she said. Gandhi alleged that there was a systematic attempt to undermine the judiciary and suppress dissent and accused the government of concealing corruption. “The systematic attempt to blunt tools of accountability, undermine the judiciary and suppress dissent, serves this government in the larger purpose of concealing corruption. “Cronies and individuals close to the establishment have either seen dramatic increase in wealth and influence in the last three years, or have escaped the wrath of the law and managed to flee the country,” she said. Gandhi accused the government of seeking to push “regressive, narrow-minded world view” and said that after three years of the Modi government, harmony has been replaced with discord. “Where there was harmony, there is discord. Where there was tolerance, there is provocation. Where there was relative calm, as in Kashmir, there is growing confrontation, tension and fear. Where there was economic potential, there is stagnation. Where there was rich diversity, there is a brazen campaign to strait-jacket
the whole country into a regressive and narrow-minded worldview,” she said. She said the government’s policies were characterised by poor planning and shoddy implementation. “They have been disastrous for our social and economic fabric.” Gandhi said the ‘Make in India’ scheme of the government has failed to create jobs or attract investment and unemployment was rampant. “Farmers throughout the country are in severe distress, forcing them to commit suicide. Manifesto promises that should have been fulfilled in 2019 are now being shifted to 2022,” she said. Gandhi said whatever progress the government has scored has come from programmes and projects that were started by the UPA government. “But even there, they have abandoned the social welfare underpinning of all that we had sought to achieve and failed to provide any benefit to the vast majority of the poor and deprived.” Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad briefed reporters after the CWC meeting and accused the Modi government of “crushing voices of dissent”. He attacked the government over its performance in the last three years, saying it was a “hero on TV and zero on the ground”.
the BJP in Nagaland, adding to the 13 crore BJP primary members in the country. The Nagaland BJP President further stated that under the party’s new digital membership drive, paper will not be used for registration. People who want to join the party as primary members can register their names by dialing the toll free number 18002661001 and get the registration done. Lhoungu informed that once any person dials the toll free number, they will get a message from the head office and their names will be automatically registered as BJP primary member. Under this new system, there is no need to make any payment or fill forms, he said. Lhoungu further informed that anybody who wants to join the party as a primary member can do so even after June 25. And those who are not using mobile phones, especially in the grassroots level, can still
use paper registration cards. Lhoungu also said that as per instructions given by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, central leaders will have to visit every state, the state legislators/leaders will have to visit every district, district level party leaders are required to visit the mandals, and even the mandal leaders are required to visit the villages and apprise how membership is to be done. ‘Our govt policy is to work with everyone’ Lhoungu said the policy of the BJP government at the Centre is to work with everyone under the banner of “Saabka Sath Saabka Bikash” (Development for all). “Our government is for everyone that is why equal opportunity, equal service and equal development is the main priority of the government,” he said. He claimed that the BJP’s main focus is to uplift the grass root
level people, for which the Modi government has launched various programmes for the poor and weaker sections. He however expressed concern that several pro-poor schemes launched by BJP government at the Centre was not reaching the grass root level people in the state. Stating that the BJP party is trying hard to come to power in the state in 2018, the BJP unit President stated that once the party comes into power, it will connect with the people at the grassroots level, and make sure that all programmes and beneficial schemes of the party government reach them. “BJP is striving hard to come to power and given the opportunity after the 2018 elections, all the pro-poor programmes will reach the actual beneficiaries and we will carry forward equal development, create equal opportunity throughout the state,” he said.
In UP, cattle smuggling, slaughter to be punishable under NSA & Gangsters Act
LuCKnOW, June 6 (PtI): The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday issued a terse warning that those involved in cow slaughter and illegal transport of milch animals will be booked under the stringent National Security Act and Gangsters Act. The directive has been conveyed to all district police chiefs by the state Director General of Police Sulkhan Singh. A Government Order to ban cow slaughter and illegal transport of milch animals was passed during the previous Akhilesh Yadav government in the state but was never strictly implemented. “NSA and Gangsters Act is to be invoked against those involved in cow slaughter and trafficking of milch animals for slaughter,” the DGP’s orders said. Under NSA, the government can detain a person for as long as it wishes and the authorities need not disclose the grounds of detention. A person booked under the provision of Gangsters Act becomes part of a gang listed in police records. It entitles the police to keep track of those booked under the Act and issue summons to them for attendance at the local police station for questioning even if no fresh case is lodged against them. The Act permits the police to seek remand of an accused for a maximum of 60 days as compared to a maximum of
14 days under normal circumstances. The DGP also directed SSPs and SPs of all districts to “effectively control” illegal activities committed by “vigilantes” in the name of cow protection, morality, religious conversion or illegal trafficking of milch animals. Singh asked the officers to register FIRs against vigilantes when they violate the law and to prepare dossiers on them after identification with the help of intelligence networks. “These people/organisations should be informed that they do not have a right to act illegally by taking the law into their hands,” he said. The directive comes against the backdrop of incidents in which ‘gau rakshaks’ or such organisations reach a spot where cow slaughter has taken place and cause traffic jams, assault people and indulge in arson. Similar incidents have been reported about the illegal trafficking of milch animals in which ‘gau rakshaks’ damage vehicles and assault the driver. The DGP has given directions to make police station in-charges aware about such trafficking and improve their intelligence networks. The order comes amid a raging heated debate on the Centre’s notification which bans the sale of cattle for slaughter in market places.
The notification has triggered protests from various quarters, including the Kerala government andcertainBJPleadersinMeghalaya. The Madras High Court had on May 30 stayed the notification for four weeks. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had last week written against the notification to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He had also written a letter to counterparts in other states, including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saying the notification was “nothing but a covert attempt to usurp the powers of the state legislature”. Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan has said the Centre may consider any vital proposal on the new law on cattle trade and slaughter. The Centre’s new notification has imposed a blanket prohibition on the slaughtering of cattle (cows, bulls, buffaloes, camels, heifers) brought from animal markets. The notification bans the sale of cattle for culling and also restrains sacrificing the animals for religious purposes. The MoEF notified the stringent Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, on May 25, banning the sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter.
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The Management, Staff and Students congratulate the Nagaland University Toppers and Rank Holders of Under-Graduate Examination, 2017. The Principal Rev. Dr. Sebastian Ousepparampil commented: “These best ever results are richly deserved. Our students have worked with great determination and focus in order to achieve these excellent outcomes and we share their delight. Results like this testify to the dedication and expertise of our staff who work relentlessly to help our students to achieve their optimum potential.”
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The Eco Club Agape School, Kiphire observed World Environment Day on the theme ‘Connecting people to nature’ with painting competition in the school campus where 38 students took part in the competition. Encouraging the students taking part in the drawing competition, the School Administrator shared on the value of environment and said that everything we have and every daily use that we are enjoying comes from environment. He urged the students Students of Agape School, Kiphire display the paintings created on the to take care of environment by keeptheme ‘Connecting people to nature’. (Morung Photo) ing ones surrounding clean and to
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You took an oath before God forty years ago and the celebration continues to this day.Your relationship taught us how to trust, how to take care of the ones you love and how to stay together through it all. We are so blessed to know what true and abiding love is because you lived it by example. We would be so lucky to pass the same example to our children, only because of you.
this he said it should not end in dustbin alone. He also asked the students to enjoy nature by take care of it by way of preserving birds and animals and also advise the students to adopt hobbies like butterfly watching, bird watching and gardening which are healthy and contributing to environment. The school administrator also gave away the prizes to Vika of Cl-8, Yanpise of Cl-8 and Sutiba of cl-7 for the painting competition as first second and third respectively. The school also took part in planting decorative tree saplings as part of the day.
Symphony Academy of Music Kohima opens new branch
Proprietor Melekhoto Pucho along with the other musicians during the launch. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Kohima | June 6
Happy 40th Anniversary Loving Children, Inlaws & Grandchildren
Symphony Academy of Music Kohima, one of the largest and the fastest growing Music institution in Nagaland opened its new branch at Tinpati on June 6. The Institution which offers both Classical and contemporary Music courses opened in the year 2011 with a vision to promote Music Education in Nagaland, and to train Music lovers to master the gift of Music. The older branches are located at Mohonkhola and Jail colony.
The Academy offers all kinds of Music courses both for Beginners and advanced students and conduct music exams under some of the Top international Music exam boards. The school is also the exam centre for Trinity Guildhall, Trinity Rock and Pop and Rockschool UK. The new Music Academy at Tinpati was officially launched by six popular musicians- Virie, Zubeni Kikon, Sanen kichu, Sunup-oz, Mhaseve Tetseo and Yanpvuo Kikon. Courses offered at the academy are piano, vocal, Viloin, Guitar, Drum,Cello, Bass Guitar and Music theory.
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Assam floods: Second BJP leader in Meghalaya Over one lakh quits over cattle slaughter rules affected tura, June 6 (IanS): I cannot mislead the peo- government is to ensure all GuwahatI, June 6 (PtI): Over one lakh people have been affected by flood in Assam's Lakhimpur and Karimganj districts, while four rivers are flowing above the danger mark across the state. According to a report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 1,01,809 people are reeling under the floods in the two districts, where 140 villages are under water. The calamity has damaged crops in 385.67 hectares of land. Karimganj is the worst affected with over 97,000 people affected by the flood, while more than 4,500 people were hit in Lakhimpur, the report said. The authorities have opened a relief camp, where about 113 people are taking shelter. A total of 130 relief distribution points have also been set up. Dhansiri river is flowing above the danger mark at Numaligarh in Golaghat, Barak river at Badarpurghat in Karimganj, Katakhal river at Matizuri in Hailakandi and Kushiyara river at Karimganj town are flowing above the normal level, they added.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Meghalaya suffered yet another major political setback when one more senior party member quit over the Centre's new cattle trade and slaughter rules. Bachu Marak, the district president of the BJP in North Garo Hills, alleged that BJP leaders were "attempting to impose its non-secular ideology on the indigenous people in Meghalaya". Bachu Marak's resignation came after Bernard Marak's, who as the district president of the BJP in West Garo Hills, had accused that the leaders of the party were "not respecting the tradition and culture of the indigenous people". "As a responsible leader,
ple and allow them (BJP) to impose the non-secular ideology on us. They cannot impose the beef ban in our state," Marak told IANS over phone. "Beef is one of our traditional diet and no government can restrict people's food habit. The moment they impose such restriction the ruling party would surely lose people's confidence," he said. State BJP President Shibun Lyngdoh, however, dismissed Marak's claim. "He (Bachu Marak) is making such statement to mislead the people. The party has no intention to impose any anti-constitutional measures to the people. The objective of (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi
round development across India," Lyngdoh told IANS. Last week, some BJP leaders in the state had threatened to quit the party if the central government refused to repeal the new cattle trade and slaughter rules. "Most party leaders in Meghalaya are not happy with the new rules which are directly affecting the socio-economic status of the people," BJP Vice President John Antonius Lyngdoh said. "We cannot accept the new rules on cattle trade and slaughter. We cannot go against our food behaviour besides putting the economic interest of those people dealing in cattle trade and slaughter in jeopardy," he said.
GJM threatens to revive Gorkhaland demand KolKata, June 6 (IanS): Hundreds of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters led by party chief Bimal Gurung waved black flags and burnt effigy of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as they brought out a protest rally in Darjeeling district demanding the state government come up with a written circular about not making Bengali compulsory in the hills. Slogans like "Didi go back" were heard from the rally, held a day after Banerjee accused the GJMrun Gorkhaland Territorial Administration - the development body in the north Bengal hills - of "spreading falsehood" about "imposition" of Bengali language. Stating that the people of the hills are with them, Gurung claimed their party members would resign from
Indefinite blockade in Mizoram's National Highway - 54 Newmai News Network Aizawl | June 6
The traffic flow between Mizoram and the rest of the country has been severely affected as the indefinite blockade on National Highway-54 called by the Joint Action Committee of NGOs and student bodies in Kolasib town bordering Assam came into force since 5 am today. They have been agitat-
ing against the transfer of a surgeon (doctor) from the Kolasib District Hospital without a replacement. All vehicles stayed off the roads in Kolasib town. All government offices and education institutions were also closed in protest. However, all business establishments, and private sector offices remain opened, sources from Kolasib said. The bandh has been
strictly observed with several volunteers being on guard at several locations, a leader of JAC told NNN. “The blockade will continue as no positive response was received from the State Government till late this evening,” the leader also said. Meanwhile, many travellers faced inconveniences as they could not move to their destinations due to the blockade.
A villager from Kolasib district, who came to consult doctor in Aizawl said that he could not return to his home due to the agitation. National Highway-54 is considered as lifeline of Mizoram. The 850 km long national highway connects Assam and Mizoram. The blockade, if prolonged, can create problems on the availability of essential commodities.
Manipur CM reviews 100 days action plan AMTU mulls consultative meet of Manipur tribes Newmai News Network
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Imphal | June 6
To ensure timely completion of various developmental projects taken up by different government departments under the 100 days action plan programme, a review meeting was today held at Chief Minister's Secretariat. The review meeting was chaired by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh. The meeting discussed the status and progress of the various developmental projects being undertaken by different departments under the 100 days programme of the new government. Chief Minister Biren instructed that already indentified developmental works should be completed on time. He also asked all the Administrative Secretaries and Head of Departments to submit the progress and development of works on a daily basis to CM's office. Action plan taken up under the 100 days programme include among others providing free wi-fi in public areas, connecting District Headquarters under SWAN to enable video conferencing facilities, Jeewan Praman for Pensioners, launching of Manipur Journalist Board, medical insurance schemes for Journalists of the State etc. Later, a review meeting on action plan taken up under the "State Mission on Employment, Drinking Water and Housing for All by 2022" was also held.
Imphal | June 6
The All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU) said today that it is planning to hold a consultative meeting with tribal village chiefs, tribal leaders, tribal intellectuals and tribal scholars on ‘Land ownership (patta/ right) in hill districts under Autonomous District Council (ADC) within the purview of Article 371(c)’. Other agenda of the proposed meeting are ‘Warrant of precedence status for hill village chiefs and assistance chiefs’, and also on the current ban on gazette notification of hill villages recognition by the State Government of Manipur. However, a specific date is yet to be fixed for the consultative meeting. To make the proposed meeting “more conve-
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the semi-autonomous administrative body soon and fight for the cause of the separate state of Gorkhaland. "The people of the hills are still with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha. We are unitedly fighting for Gorkhaland. "Within the next 15-20 days, our board members will resign from the GTA and fight for the cause of Gorkhaland. We will also take forward our protest against the recent dispute on the language issue," he said. The GJM leader hinted that the situation can become more hostile in the coming days. "Let alone bandh (shutdown) in the hills, anything can happen here in the present situation. Nothing
can be said in this regard," he warned. On the other hand, the Trinamool Congress activists took out a rally in adjoining Kurseong district demanding arrests of the culprits in the murder of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League chief Madan Tamang in 2010. Tamang, a prominent hill leader opposed to the GJM, was stabbed to death in broad daylight in Darjeeling on May 21, 2010 while he was preparing for a public rally. Senior GJM leaders including Gurung have been charged in the case. Gurung however, was given bail by the Calcutta High Court. Banerjee on Monday viciously attacked the GJM claiming they are spread-
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WED 2017: More pledges to connect with natures
Dimapur, June 6 (mexn): PWD Rental Housing Campus, Dimapur observed the World Environment Day on June 5. On the occasion the K. Shohe, Chairman, PWD Rental Housing Campus, Dimapur encouraged the residents of the Rental Housing to plant more tress and sapling. They also conducted social work to mark the day. Tuensang: World Environment Day held at Tuensang on June 5 under the theme ‘Connecting People to Nature’ at Town Hall was organized by Tuensang Town council with ADC Tuensang, Dr. Manazir Jeelani Samoon IAS as special guest. The function was attended by agri and allied departments, school students and teachers, citizens, leaders of all ward and many more. Dustbins and tree sapling were given to all the offices, schools and wards, and Inter School Painting competition was also held. Students from St. John Higher Secondary School later participated in a street drama show at Clock Tower, Tuensang. The closing of the function was marked by the street rally from clock tower point to main traffic point Tuensang led by the special guest. . St. John Bosco Church Phek: Church leaders of St. John Bosco Church Phek Town observe World Environment Day on June 5 on the theme Connecting People to nature. Clearing
of grass and tree plantations in and around the community cemetery were the activities done in observance of the day. Forest Department Phek provided tree saplings for plantation. NU SASRD, Medziphema: The Eco Club, NU: SASRD (EC: SASRD) in commemoration of ‘World Environment Day, 2017’ conducted an essay competition on the theme ‘Globalization and its impact on the environment’ and a Painting Competition on the topic ‘Connecting with nature’ on May 31. The club also undertook a plantation drive on June 3 and planted 34 trees in the campus. 32 students and a faculty took part in the plantation drive for which the plants were provided by the Campus Beautification & Landscaping Committee and the Department of Horticulture, NU: SASRD. Highland Hall School: Eco Club of Highland Hall School numbering 240 took up cleanliness drive in Diphupar Weekly Bazaar and the CIHSR Hospital on the World Environment Day under the theme ‘Connecting People to Nature.’ The Chairman, DVC and his colleagues also joined in the cleaning drive. NU Hq. Lumami: World Environment Day was celebrated on June 5 in Nagaland University Headquarters Lumami and it was attended by Universityofficials,teachers,administrativestaff members, and students. Short speeches were
made by university officials and teachers. The programme came to a close with the planting of trees by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pardeshi Lal, Prof. M.K. Sinha, and Prof. A.K. Singh, in front of the main administrative building. Leshemi Students Union & GMS Leshemi: Leshemi Students Union in collaboration with Government Middle School, Leshemi observed World Environment Day with the theme, ‘Connect with Nature’. A small awareness programme was held before the tree plantation. 163 students and Teachers participated in the programme and more than 500 Tree Saplings and flowers were planted around the village. Kohima Law College: Kohima Law College conducted special session of presentation on the subject as well as plantation in its college premises to mark the occasion of ‘World Environment Day’ on June 5. Five students from LL.B final year did paper presentation on the subject. Every teacher had substantiated the student’s performance. Several pledges and slogans were suggested by the students in order to spread better awareness in the society. The observance followed with plantation of trees and plants in the college compound. Zakiesato Memorial Hr Sec School: Zakiesato Memorial Hr Sec School observed
World Environment Day on June 5 with activities including Placards display, slogans, posters, calligraphy, drawing and essay competition relating to the theme ‘Connect people with nature.’ Lonunuomi Clan: The Lonunuomi Clan under Zapami Village observed world Environment in coincide with a month long plantation drive under the theme ‘Green Phek- Connecting to Nature.’ Around 300 tree saplings were planted at Dizüloho below the road from Pfütsero to Tatubi N.E Road. Forest Department DFO Phek and Forest Ranger Pfütsero donated the tree saplings. NCC Kohima: 1 Nagaland Girls Bn NCC under the aegis of NCC Group HQ Kohima has observed World Environment Day with great zeal across the Nagaland in 52 Schools and 20 Colleges covering 11 district of Nagaland. Approximately 4000 Girls Cadets of Nagaland participated in the event conducted in various Institutions by means of Tree Plantation drive, Rallies, Nukkad Natak to educate masses, Musical Drama, debate competition and in certain part of Kohima Cadets have distributed cloth bags with a slogan ‘Say No To Plastics Bags’ and save environment. Rusoma Village Vision Cell: Rusoma Village Vision Cell (VVC) observed World En-
vironment Day on June 5 by organizing Tree Plantation from Rusoma Village approach road to Dzu-u River, in collaboration with Rusoma Village Council, VDBs, GBs, Rusoma Village Youth Organization, Chazu Krotho (Kohima), on the theme ‘Preserve Environment’. Pranab Vidyapith Hr. Sec. School: Pranab Vidyapith Higher Secondary School, Dimapur observed World Environment Day on June 5 with enthusiasm in the school premises, the day was observed with various program, like display of paintings, placards, posters, cleaning, discussions etc. To create the awareness about the environment and its protection, the students of Vidyapith displayed paintings, posters and placards. Livingstone Foundation Hr. Sec. School: Livingstone Foundation v School, Dimapur observed the World Environment Day on June 5. The programme was held at the school premises during the morning assembly and was marked by a special pledge by the students and teachers to take care of the environment. The programme was organized by the Eco Club of the school. The programme culminated with the planting of tree saplings in the school compound by all the school heads. Eco Club Members also put up posters on Environmental issues for display.
Legal Services Authorities plant trees in all 11 districts Awareness programme on Human- Mokokchung adopts Kohima, June 6 (mexn): With ing and Alongse Sangtam, Princi- ment College and Saksi, 3rd NAP resolution on WED the aim to preserve and protect the pal ITI Mon spoke on importance Sector, Ward-13 in collaboration Animal Conflict Mitigation held
environment, all 11 District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs) across the state commemorated World Environment Day with the theme ‘Connecting People to Nature’ by organizing tree plantation, awareness programme and painting competition on June 5. Kohima: Launching the tree plantation campaign organized by Kohima District Legal Services Authority in collaboration with Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change at Panchayat Hall Phesama Village, Justice LS Jamir, Judge Gauhati High Court and Executive Chairman NSLSA underscored the duty of society to protect environment for co-existence of men and environment. Students of Government Middle School Phesama and St. Paul School Phesama, Village Council members and public attended the programme. Mon: Mon District Legal Services Authority conducted tree plantation at Industrial Training Institute Mon, where NeikoKanuo, Chairman DLSA Mon spoke on the concept and importance of World Environment Day. M. Moba Konyak, Panel Lawyer MDLSA spoke on Environment Protection Act 1982, while Dominic Kaiba, Panel Lawyer MDLSA spoke on Wildlife Protection Act 1972. Vito K Chishi, APP spoke on global warm-
of tree plantation. Peren: Peren District Legal Service Authority in collaboration with the District Forest Department and District Administration conducted awareness programme at Ngwala, Peren and tree plantation at the New District Court premises and EAC office, Ngwala. Advocate Italang, Panel Lawyer PDLSA highlighted on the various laws and Acts made for protection of forest and wildlife in India and the Nagaland state policy of environment and forest. EAC Yanthungbemo Kikon reminded the participants about the significance of Peren being the Green District and the theme for 2017 and encouraged the Peren District people to safeguard and protect its natural forest and its resources. Zunheboto: Zunheboto District Legal Services Authority conducted social work and tree plantation at the premise of District Court Complex Zunheboto. Niechochiyi Suyie, District and Sessions Judge and Chairman ZDLSA planted the sapling and delivered a short speech on the significance of the day. Senior Panel Lawyer Akato Yepthomi spoke on the adverse effects of environment pollution leading to climate change and the need for conservation efforts. Tuensang: Tuensang District Legal Services Authority planted tree saplings at Sao Chang Govern-
with Sao Chang Government College Authority and Chang Students Union Saksi, 3rd NAP Sector. N. Kano, Secretary TDLSA planted the first sapling. Longleng: Longleng District Legal Services Authority conducted painting competition at St. Mary’s school Longleng. Keynote address was delivered by Imlichuba Phom, PLV LDLSA, while speech on environmental issues was delivered by Headmaster St. Mary’s School. Wokha: Wokha District Legal Services Authority conducted inter middle school painting competition at DC Conference hall Wokha. Short speech was delivered by Advocate David Ezung, Panel Lawyer WDLSA, while significance of world environment day was highlighted by Advocate RenponthungTsanglao, Panel Advocate. Phek: Phek District Legal Services Authority along with Chakhesang students planted saplings at Government Higher Secondary School Phek. Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority (MDLSA) conducted social work at Mokokchung Law College and distributed tea saplings among the members for adoption and care. The remaining district legal service authorities also conducted environment law seminar with students.
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Dimapur, June 6 (mexn): The Wildlife Division, Dimapur organised an awareness programme on HumanAnimal Conflict Mitigation on the occasion of World Environment Day 2017 at Government Higher Secondary School, Chumukedima. The programme is part of Wildlife Divisions continuous campaign, “Maximum awareness with effective enforcement.” A press note informed that the focus of this campaign has been on school and college going students so that they understand and value the importance of wildlife and grow up with the right mindset with a right sense of responsibility towards nature and wildlife. The officials of the Wildlife Wing explained to the participants about the threat to wildlife, its importance and their role in maintaining ecological balance and how to safeguard it from extinction. The officials appealed to teachers and students to be enthusiastic and contribute, involve and take action
towards protection, preservation and conservation of wildlife so as to ensure its sustenance and continuity for the generations to come. The Principal thanked the department for taking the initiative and conducting the awareness programme in the school and asked the student to practise in real life whatever they have learned from the awareness programme and added that in olden times, people lived for hundreds of years because of cleaner air and fresher environment but regretted that at present, our life span has been reduced to 60-70years because of pollution and environmental hazard. The programme saw the participation of students from class VII-XII, teachers, lecturers’, headmistress and Principal beside officials and staffs from Wildlife Division, Dimapur. As part of the awareness programme, plantation was carried out within the school jurisdiction by the students where more than 100 saplings were planted. std code: 03862
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Mkg DPDB new chairman to visit offices Tuensang DPDB discusses
Mokokchung, June 6 (DiPR): Merentoshi R Jamir, the new chairman of Mokokchung District Planning and Development Board (DPDB), today informed that he will visit offices in Mokokchung town as well as the sub-divisions and interact with officers to acquaint himself with the activities of the various departments. In his first address as the new chairman at the monthly meeting of the board at conference hall of ADC (Planning) here, he also insisted on maintaining punctuality in offices. DC and Vice Chairman of the DPDB, Sushil Kumar Patel welcomed the new chairman and assured to maintain punctuality in the offices. He also shared
his expectations to get further improvement in the DPDB activities under the new chairman. Parliamentary Secretary, Industries & Commerce Amenba Yaden expressed hope that the Mokokchung DPDB, one the most important bodies in decision making in the district, will see difference in delivering service to the people under the new chairman. Meanwhile, Parliamentary Secretary in charge of CAWD, Dr. Benjongliba, informed the members that the people of Mokokchung district will soon have a new Deputy Commissioner’s complex. He apprised of the efforts taken to get fund for the construction soon. He also informed
that the much talked about Goods and Services Tax (GST), which will be implemented from July 1, 2017, will benefit and improve the tax regime in the state. During discussion of the agendas, ADC, Mokokchung, Sachin Jaiswal highlighted the implementation of Atal Pension Yojana and the appointments with regard to CSS/flagship programmes in the state. He pointed out that Atal Pension Yojana which is meant to cover workers under unorganized sectors will also cover the casual and workcharged employees. The house approved and forwarded the registration of the Young Women Christian Association, Mokokchung to the department concerned.
DiMaPuR, June 6 (DiPR): The monthly Dimapur District Planning & Development Board meeting was held on June 6 at the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur. DC, Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome welcomed and felicitated the new Chairman of Dimapur DPDB, SI Jamir, the Advisor of Urban Development. DRDA Dimapur and Dimapur Government College gave their departmental presentation, highlighting the various activities and programmes implemented by them. Meanwhile, the Board after discussion and based on the verification reports recommended registration of the following societies: CEdge College Alumni Association, Naga United Village, Wild Berries Society, Vidima Village, Helping Hand Foundation, Toulazouma, Widows and Orphans Empowerment Society, Sunrise Colony Burma Camp, Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong, Dimapur unit, Kuda Tego Union, Murgi Patti Di-
mapur and Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj, Millennium Market Dimapur. The House also recommended for shifting of Mount Hermon School from Model Colony, Purana Bazaar to Darogajan village, Dimapur. With regard to the agenda for change of nomenclature and ownership of Union Christian School, Purana Bazaar, the house decided to send the documents to the concerned officer to get in touch with the proprietor as no alternative name of the school was given. On obtaining NOC for running B.Ed, M.Ed etc. at Isaac Newton School Dimapur, the Board suggested the proprietor to get detailed clearance from the Education Department. The Board also recommended for the up-gradation of Government High Schools to Higher Secondary Schools in Dimapur city. MLA Tokheho, who was also present at the meeting, while expressing concern for the education sector apprised of the dilapidated
conditions of the school buildings and problems of posting lecturers. He maintained that the people’s representatives as well as the education department are responsible for the welfare and future of the children. Tokheho felt that the education department should come out with a road map to do away with the past mistakes and create a better education system for the welfare of the students in future. Apart from the agendas, the DC informed the house that issues relating to land encroachment will be discussed in the DPDB meetings and requested members to flag issues of land encroachment during the meetings. Slides on doubling farmers’ income were presented by KVK, Jharnapani. The house further entrusted Irrigation and Flood Control and Taxes Departments to give their departmental presentation in the next DPDB meeting.
kohiMa, June 6 (Mexn): MLA CM Chang, chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) with six other members of the committee accompanied by Commissioner & Secretary and seven other officials and staff of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly will undertake an ‘on the spot verification’ of various projects carried out by Home Department (PEP) for the 11th, 12, 13th, and
14th NAP (IR) battalions on June 12, 13 and 14. The verification is in connection with examination of report of the CAG for the year 2013-14, informed a press release from NLA Deputy Secretary, Razoulenuo. The committee will visit the 14th NAP (IR) battalion Okhezung, Kiphire on June 12 and the 11th NAP (IR) battalion Aboi, Mon on June 13. On June 14, it will
visit the 12th NAP (IR) battalion Chingtok, Longleng and proceed to 13th NAP (IR) battalion Yachang, Mokokchung. All the PAC members have been requested to participate in the tour. The committee has also directed the concerned department representatives to be present at the project sites with relevant information to assist the committee as per the tour schedule.
DiMaPuR, June 6 (Mexn): Eight BJP district & unit presidents in Nagaland today clarified that the party district presidents did not sign the representation for removal of the State BJP president. In a press release, the BJP presidents of Kohima, Kiphire, Pughoboto, Mokokchung, Peren, Phek, Mon, and Longleng recounted that the BJP district presidents were suddenly called to attend the district presidents’ meeting on May 9 in Dimapur. “The district presidents discussed the problems and grievances faced by the district and mandals and decided to submit charter of demands to the State president. However, the district presidents did not sign the representation for the removal of the State BJP president,” it added. The release was appended by Khriezovolie Kesiyie, president, Kohima district; Hobbs, president, Kiphire district; Jevito Achumi, president, Pughoboto; L Temsu, president, Mokokchung; Huzantad, president, Peren district; Nuchütso, president, Phek district; Nyawang, president Mon; and Ajoy, president, Longleng.
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ADC Tuensang, Manazir Jeelani Samoon, IAS addresses the Tuensang District Planning and Development Board meeting held at DC’s conference hall, Tuensang on June 6. (DIPR Photo)
Tuensang, June 6 (DiPR): Tuensang District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) in its meeting held on June 6 discussed the improper disposal and dumping of garbage in Tuensang town and decided to undertake the task of clearing the area urgently. The Administrator, Tuensang Town Council and ADC, Tuensang meanwhile highlighted the plans to shift the site for dumping garbage.
mental work activities for the house in the next meeting. The DPDB also welcomed the new members- SDO(C), Tuensang, Thungbemo Patton, EAC, Tuensang, Tsidi, EAC, Tuensang, Vikhoto Richa, and SDO(C), Noksen, Atsungba Walling to the district. The meeting, chaired by ADC Tuensang, Manazir Jeelani Samoon, IAS, was held at the DC’s conference hall, Tuensang.
PeRen, June 6 (DiPR): District Planning and Development Board meeting of Peren was held on June 6 at DC’s conference hall. DC and Vice Chairman, DPDB, Peren, Zarenthung Ezung urged the HoDs to utilize the digitization facilities in the district. He also informed about the Aadhaar enrollment in the two Aadhaar Centres at ADC Office, Peren and SDO(C) Office, Jalukie. He also ap-
prised of Aadhaar facilities available for children from 0-5 years of age. Executive Engineer PHED highlighted about the latest status of the department’s works which are in progress. The meeting reviewed the last DPDB minutes, including the creation of a SubCentre at Jalukie ‘B’ Village. The Board recommended the same for consideration to the higher authority.
Earlier, four new officers, ADC Tening, Holohon Yepthomi, SDO(C) Jalukie, T. Lankosen Tsanglao, SDO(C),Peren, Dr. Kuzunyi Tsideo, and J.E. PWD (Housing), Tekhewe Therie, were introduced to the board. A PowerPoint presentation was given by NIC. The Excise Department will present a PowerPoint of their departmental activities in the next DPDB meeting.
Mon, June 6 (DiPR): An IEC/awareness programme on open defecation sponsored by Swachh Bharat Mission through Urban Development, Nagaland was held at United Christian Higher Secondary School, Naginimora on June 5. Vice Principal, Government Higher Secondary School, Sobungtula Aier delivering a speech on open defection and its impact on environment defined open defecation as a practice in which people go to fields,
forest or open spaces to throw human waste. Lamenting the lack of toilets as one of the leading causes of illness and death among children and adults, she stated the elimination of open defecation to be an important aspect of development. She also maintained that open defecation leads to spread of harmful diseases like diarrhea, cholera, and typhoid, including environment impact like water, soil and air pollution. She called on the gathering to shoulder the
responsibility to work and create awareness among the people against open defecation. The programme was chaired by Principal, UCHSS, Shoiang Konyak. Students of UCHSS presented a special song. Painting competition and plantation cum mass social work was also held. Chingyong of Class 10 emerged as the winner of the painting competition, while Pangloi and Henkao won the second and third prizes respectively.
DiMaPuR, June 6 (Mexn): Commander-inChief, Naga Army, Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) has on behalf of the Naga Army conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members of Col. Tariyang, products as Essential Ser- 2nd Bn. 1st B'de. WIC, Naga vices under Section 2 (a) Army, FGN, who passed (ii) of the Nagaland Es- away on June 6 at 3:30 am at sential Services (Maintenance) Act 1978 with immediate effect.
Chiulon Village, Zeliangrong Region. The C-in-C Naga Army, Lt. Gen. Tavecho Lala in a condolence note said Tariyang joined the Naga Army on April 20, 1970 and “faithfully served the Nation till his death as a true Naga Army officer.” Stating that his untimely death is a great loss for the Naga
Army and the communities, he however noted, “yet his true sacrifice and patriotic service rendered to the nation will always remain alive in the living history of the Naga Nation.” The Naga Army prayed that God will give peace and solace to the bereaved family members and relatives.
Public Accounts Committee to conduct on the spot verification
Peren DC apprises of Aadhaar facilities
Awareness campaign on open defecation
FGN condoles Col. Tariyang's death
BJP district AH&VS department informs June 6 presidents kohiMa, (DiPR): The Government of Nagaland, Department of Animal Husbandry and clarify Veterinary Services has
Yaongyimchen, Alayong and Seminars, plantation Sanglu villagers plant trees
drive and more at DGC DiMaPuR, June 6 (Mexn): Dimapur Government College (DGC) organized several activities in the college recently. On May 28, the college RUSA Committee organized a workshop on fresh flower arrangement with Sashirenla Aier, Assistant Horticulturist, CIH, Medziphema, as resource person. Attendees included DGC students of vocational course on floriculture and faculty. A workshop on Stem Cell Therapy and its advantages was organised by Career Guidance Cell, DGC in collaboration with Eden Medical Centre on May 30. Kapil Gupta, Founder and Project-Coordinator of Gene Bandhu interacted with students during the workshop, informed a press release from the college. Further on May 31, DGC observed World No Tobacco Day with a seminar on 'Tobacco and its ill-effects'
organised by No-Tobacco Zone Committee, DGC. Dr. Moatoshi of Eden Medical Centre was the resource person. Dimapur Government College Teachers' Association with Eco and Beautification Club, DGC organized a plantation and beautification drive in commemoration of World Environment Day on June 5. Around 110 trees and shrubs were planted in the college campus and along the Highway leading to the campus, the release said. The DGC-family has made a special appeal to the neighbourhood around the campus to help DGC maintain cleanliness in and around the campus. On June 5, DGC also welcomed a fresh batch of over 400 students of BA 1st Semester, Arts and Commerce, at a general orientation programme. The principal and senior faculty members welcomed and briefed the newcomers on life at DGC, it was informed.
MVC appeals to speed up firing case Phek, June 6 (Mexn): The Matikhru Village Council (MVC) has appealed to speed up the case of firing incident, where citizens of the village were allegedly fired upon while working in their paddy fields on May 27. A case (Case No. PS Mlr R/G.DE No. 233/17 Dt. 28/05/17) regarding the incident has been registered at Meluri Police Station, the council informed in a press statement issued by its chairman, Masi Katiry. “Enough evidence from the place of occurrence has been collected and witnesses are ever ready to testify the truth and the truth alone,” it asserted.
Financial assistance for teachers
The house also discussed the renewal of Rural Women Society, Angangba. The concern raised by the Principal, SCG College regarding security fencing of the college was also discussed. The district administration agreed to give a standing order on the same to the citizens. The house further entrusted the PWD (R&B) to come up with PowerPoint presentation of the depart-
Registration of societies in Dmp recommended
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kohiMa, June 6 (DiPR): The Principal Director, School Education, Smita Sarangi, IAS has informed all teachers concerned that the prescribed application forms for financial assistance under the scheme of ‘Support for Professional Education of Children of School Teachers’ for the academic year 2014-15 are available in the Directorate of School Education, Kohima. The deserving candidates can apply by collecting the forms from the Directorate of School Education, Kohima between June 7 and 17. Application forms duly filled up should be submitted between June 19 and 30. Application received beyond this date will not be considered.
Excise raids Supermarket, New Market; seize liquor DiMaPuR, June 6 (Mexn): The Special Surveillance Team of Excise Mobile Squad, Dimapur raided Supermarket and New Market areas here on June 6 and seized 645 bottles of assorted liquor and 15 litres of country liquor. A press release from Superintendent of Excise (MS), Katoho Sumi informed that the country liquor was destroyed on the spot, while the assorted liquor have been deposited in the Malkhana.
Committee formed to assess loss caused by wild animals kohiMa, June 6 (DiPR): The Government of Nagaland has constituted a committee for assessment of the loss of human life/ domestic animals/ crops/ properties by wild animals for compensation in the State. The committee comprises of the following people: Concerned Deputy Commissioner – Chairman; concerned Wildlife Warden – Member Secretary; concerned Territorial DFO, District Agriculture Officer, District Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Officer, District Horticulture Officer – Members.
MTLT condemns murder Mokokchung, June 6 (Mexn): The Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) has condemned the murder of Moarenla by her own husband, Lolenwati on June 2. Asserting that such “inhuman act of killing” by one’s own spouse is “unacceptable to the society”, it demanded the accused should be punished as per the law. A press statement from Imkummeren Jamir, President, MTLT further appealed to the judicial authorities not to grant bail to the accused under any circumstances. It also extended sympathy and condolences to the bereaved family.
Meetings & AppointMents
BJP State Election Committee meeting postponed All the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State Election Committee members have been informed that the committee’s meeting has been postponed to June 9 due to the BJP Central leaders visit. The meeting will be held at 11:00 am at Hotel Japfü, Kohima. All the committee members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.
Awareness prog on energy efficiency measures The Electrical Inspectorate as the Nagaland State Designated Agency (NSDA) on Energy Conservation is conducting an awareness programme on Energy Efficiency Measures in Domestic Sector and BEE Star Labeling at Hotel Europa Inn, near Golaghat bus stand, Dimapur on June 9, 11:00 am with Sarah Jamir, NCS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur as the chief guest and Moa Sangtam, NCS, Administrator, Dimapur Municipal Council as special invitee. Chief Electrical Inspector, Electrical Inspectorate, Er. IV Chishi has requested all the dealers of electrical & electronics appliance and electrical contractors, Dimapur Zone to attend the programme positively.
UT-I NSCN (IM) prayer and fasting With the directive of the CAO caretaker UT-I, Rangkhamung Anar, Deputy Kilonser has informed all the Steering Executive Members, Steering Members, Kilonsers, Deputy Kilonsers, Tatars, and from Leacys to RSI of UT-I, NSCN (IM) to attend the fasting and prayer programme at Diphupar-A, Sumi Baptist Church on June 9 from 6:00 am.
Oriental College alumni meeting
Yaongyimchen, Alayong and Sanglu villagers during the tree plantation drive in Longleng on June 5.
LongLeng, June 6 (Mexn): Marking the World Environment Day, Yaongyimchen, Alayong and Sanglu villagers planted more than 3500 trees in a stretch of about 9 kilometres. Deputy Commissioner of Longleng, Dennagan Avennoho also joined the plantation campaign. A short programme was conducted at Namba Point, Yaongyimchen, where the DC acknowledged that the Yaongyimchen Community Biodiversity Conservation Area which started in 2010 has become a district asset.
Stating that the satellite tagging of two Amur Falcons, Phom and Longleng, have given the district an honour of finding a space in the global map, he appreciated the single handed initiatives of the Yaongyimchen villagers. On the occasion, Yaongyimchen Village Council chairman, Yangpong Phom expressed gratitude to the community for their untiring contribution. “We haven't received any support from any sector and so we should be proud that with our own initiatives, we could contribute for a
better environment,” he stated. Meanwhile, churches under the Phom Baptist Christian Association, Nyengching, Longleng observed Green Environment Sunday on June 4. The campaign started since 2010. The entire worship order including sermons, responsive reading, a play song, poems, prayers of repentance, and thanksgiving are prepared cradled around the occasion. PCCF Chief Wildlife Warden attended the Longleng Town Baptist Church for the occasion.
The Alumni Association, Oriental College, Kohima is conducting its 2nd general meeting on June 10, 10:00 am at the college conference hall. The college has invited all the passed out students of the college from the year 1998 till date to attend the meeting positively.
Philimi Welfare Dmp prayer meet The monthly prayer meeting of Philimi Welfare Dimapur will be held on June 10, 6:30 am at the residence of Hekiye at Nagarjan. The prayer meeting will be conducted with agenda of utmost importance. Therefore, all members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.
GPPK General Body Meeting The General Body Meeting of the Gorkha Public Panchayat Kohima (GPPK) will be held at the Gorkha Public Panchayat Complex, Chandmari, Kohima on June 11 at 11:00 am. RN Lama will be the resource person. The meeting will have two sessions – the first session will include presentation of reports by various secretaries apart from speeches by GBs, Heads of Gorkha NGOs, Advisors, Convenor Audit committee. The Panchayat has invited all the members of the GPPK residing within and outside Kohima district to attend the meeting positively.
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THE MORUNG EXPRESS
The Power of Truth
The Morung Express volume Xii issue 154 By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir
A Counternarrative Politiking
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he BJP is being seen as a possible threat to the very foundation of Christianity if it comes to power in the next Nagaland General Assembly election. It has created a fear psychosis which is largely because of their politics of counter narratives in their quest to strengthen its base. Their counter-narrative politicking has been surreptitiously applied through their application of ‘imagery’ which is also supplemented by the Modi wave that finds hard to be discounted even without analysing the success and failure of his form of governance. Demonetisation and Aadhaar are couple of pointers shrouded within the veil of ‘achhe din’ employed as a tool to control and govern over the people of India. Christmas is Good Governance Day and Good Friday is now Digital India Day. Closer home, certain inauguration has been done with the performance of Hindu rituals. Such kind of ‘imaging’ has created so much of trepidation. On another higher plane of imaging, the BJP has constructed a counternarrative to Christianity by glorifying Rani Gaidinliu through the construction of a memorial museum-cum-library in the state capital Kohima. It was the late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru that bestowed on her the title ‘Rani.’ It is said that she took an antiNaga stand in the Naga self-determination movement, and also resisted the Naga conversion to Christianity and defended Heraka, a religious reform movement rooted in ancestral practice. The Sangh Parivar now claims that Heraka is part of the larger Hindu family bickering that certain practices of the Heraka are rooted in Hinduism. Such appropriation creates a force that can dismantle the dominant image of Nagaland as a Christian State through the construction of a counter-narrative premised on Hindutva ideology. Such glorification and imaging of a figure as Gaidinliu also creates a communal polarisation among the Nagas. Currently, the hullabaloo created by the BJP bandwagon is on the issue of cow as a hindu god and therefore ‘protecting’ the ‘sacrednes’ of cow. It has taken both heightened, if not violent as well as comical overtones. In an attempt of defence, the state BJP President has categorically stated that the “BJP is not a religious Party and neither is it against any religion.” The claim of the BJP that it is not against any religion only undermines their defence as it has seriously hurt the sentiments of the Christian Community in the state for which proofs tells a different story. Within their politics of counter-narrative imaging, the larger question of whether the BJP poses a threat to Christians should serve as a self-reflective question for the Christian Community in Nagaland. Looking at the state of affairs, the general status of ‘Christianity’ and ‘Christianism’ has reached such a state that ‘Christians’ themselves have become a threat to the image, moral foundation, principles and the religiosity of Christianity. It is time for the Christians to sincerely address the identity that makes one a Christian and stand true to their faith and beliefs and be able to defend Christianity. As a firm Christian, why should there be any fear of threats? If the Christian Community in the state is in fear of BJP, then one can only assume that the status and function of Christianity is such that it cannot defend Christianity and therefore the need to ‘find’ themselves. Forget about the BJP threat, for a time will come when Christian persecution of the highest order will test the faith of Christians. For now, corruption is the greatest enemy of the state rather than the seeming threats posed by BJP because corruption in all its forms and manifestations is a ‘willing’ creation of and by the people. (Dr. Asangba Tzüdir contributes a weekly guest editorial to The Morung Express. Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)
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Astronomers find hottest giant planet
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stronomers have discovered the hottest planet ever known, with a dayside temperature of more than 4,300 degrees Celsius. In fact, this planet, called KELT-9b, is hotter than most stars, according to a study published in the journal Nature. "This is the hottest gas giant planet that has ever been discovered," said Scott Gaudi, Professor at the Ohio State University in Columbus who led a study. KELT-9b is 2.8 times more massive than Jupiter, but only half as dense. It is nowhere close to habitable, but Gaudi said there is a good reason to study worlds that are unlivable in the extreme. "As has been highlighted by the recent discoveries from the MEarth collaboration, the planet around Proxima Centauri, and the astonishing system discovered around TRAPPIST-1, the astronomical community is clearly focused on finding Earthlike planets around small, cooler stars like our sun," Gaudi said. "They are easy targets and there's a lot that can be learned about potentially habitable planets orbiting very low-mass stars in general. On the other hand, because KELT-9b's host star is bigger and hotter than the Sun, it complements those efforts and provides a kind of touchstone for understanding how planetary systems form around hot, massive stars," he explained. Because the planet is tidally locked to its star -- as the moon is to Earth -- one side of the planet is always facing toward the star, and one side is in perpetual darkness. Molecules such as water, carbon dioxide and methane cannot form on the dayside because it is bombarded by too much ultraviolet radiation. The properties of the nightside are still mysterious -- molecules may be able to form there, but probably only temporarily. "It's a planet by any of the typical definitions of mass, but its atmosphere is almost certainly unlike any other planet we've ever seen just because of the temperature of its dayside," said Gaudi, worked on this study while on sabbatical at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. Its star, called KELT-9, is even hotter -- in fact, it is probably unravelling the planet through evaporation. It is only 300 million years old, which is young in star time. It is more than twice as large, and nearly twice as hot, as our sun. Given that the planet's atmosphere is constantly blasted with high levels of ultraviolet radiation, the planet may even be shedding a tail of evaporated planetary material like a comet. "KELT-9 radiates so much ultraviolet radiation that it may completely evaporate the planet," said Keivan Stassun, Professor at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. The KELT-9b planet was found using the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope, or KELT.
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Bertil Lintner Asia Times
A question of race in Myanmar
The military asserts there are 135 different races in the ethnically diverse nation, a spurious claim rooted in numerology that masks a divide-and-rule strategy
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major sticking point in ongoing negotiations between the Myanmar government, the autonomous military and the nation’s many ethnic armed groups concerns how much autonomy should be granted to frontier areas and how that devolution of power should be distributed among various ethnic groups. Despite recent elections and a transition to quasi-democracy, the military, also known as the Tatmadaw, remains the most powerful institution in the country. Successive military leaders have belittled, denied and squelched the grievances of ethnic minorities, including chronic complaints of military abuses and insensitivities that have perpetuated armed conflict. Those attitudes have carried over to de facto national leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her ongoing 21st Century Panglong peace initiative. Armed forces commander Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said in his opening address at the conference on May 24 that it was necessary to move past the “misjudgments and misunderstandings” among ethnic groups that have led to “the armed conflicts that have sprung up from those wrong opinions.” Internally, however, the military must be aware of the many problems independent Myanmar, previously known as Burma, inherited upon achieving independence from colonial rule. The former British colony awkwardly lumped together peoples with little in common or entrenched in conflicts that predated the colonialists’ 19th century arrival. The British exploited those centuries-old ethnic tensions in divide-andrule fashion– a tactic the Myanmar military later adopted to maintain the status quo of ethnic Burman rule in a highly-centralized political system. That cynical approach to peace and reconciliation is most clearly seen in the official military claim that Myanmar is home to “135 national races.” It is unclear, however, what the military really means by “race.” An official list of the supposed 135 races was compiled in a 2014 census — even though it does not, as some military spokesmen have asserted, date to the British colonial era. The 1931 Census of India, the last census conducted during British rule, lists no more than 20 ethnic groups, including people of Chinese and Indian descent. The 1982 Citizenship Law, which controversially defined different types of citizenship and deprived certain groups of that right, does not explicitly say that there are 135 national races. Rather, it specifies different degrees of citizenship depending on how long an ethnic group has been settled within the current national boundaries. The law also states that ethnic
An ethnic woman takes a selfie with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi after the opening ceremony of the 21st Century Panglong Conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar May 24, 2017. (Reuters Photo)
groups such as the Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine, Shan and others that resided in Myanmar prior to the 1824-1826 Anglo-Burmese War are considered full Myanmar citizens. No first date of arrival is mentioned in the law. Others who arrived after that war could be recognized as “associate” or “naturalized” citizens, according to the law. The 135 national races concept was first advanced in the early 1990s, when Myanmar was ruled by the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) military junta. But those precise ethnicities were not specifically identified at the time. Myanmar expert Martin Smith wrote in his 1994 study “Ethnic Groups in Burma: Development, Democracy and Human Rights” that the SLORC mentioned “135 national races” but “has produced no reliable data or list of names.” One of the earliest references to 135 national races was in an article written by an unnamed “high-ranking Tatmadaw officer” published on August 7, 1991 in the then official organ, Working People’s Daily. “The fact that there are 135 national races living in Myanmar… is a hindrance to the idea of drafting a constitution based on the ‘big race concept,’” the article said. The seminal article’s underlying, though not overtly stated, premise was that all major ethnic groups should be split into smaller sub-groups to avoid
recognition of and negotiation with “big races”, namely the Chin, Kachin, Karen, Mon, Rakhine and Shan ethnic groups, among others. The first official list of all 135 national races was produced just prior to the 2014 national census. The list mentions a dozen different “national races” in Kachin state, nine in Kayah state, 11 in Kayin state, 53 in Chin state, nine separate ethnic Bamar groups, one in Mon state, seven in Rakhine state and 33 in Shan state. Ethnic lines are blurred in nearly all the classifications. A closer examination of the Shan state list, for example, reveals that Tai Long, or “big Shan”, is listed twice: once as Tai Long and the other as Shan Gyi, which have the precise same meaning in Shan. In Kachin state, the Hkakhu is classified as a separate ethnic group, although it refers only to people living “up the river”, i.e. above the confluence of the Mali Hka and the Nmai Hka Rivers, which form the nation’s main Irrawaddy River. Gauri, a clan rather than an ethnic group, is also listed as a separate race. The list of 53 national races in Chin state, meanwhile, is actually a compilation of various dialects spoken among the Chins. The rest of the racial list is similarly fanciful in its creation of separate races from coherent large ethnic groups. Some suspect the military divined the supposed number of national races through numerology. When the
SLORC junta declared there were exactly 135 national races, some analysts noted that the three digits – 1, 3 and 5 –summed equal the number 9, the military’s supposedly lucky number symbolizing unity. Under previous military regimes, major decisions were almost always taken on dates whose digits added up to the number 9. The 1988 military takeover occurred on September 18 of that year. Then pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was put under house arrest on July 18, 1989, while the later annulled 1990 election her party won was held on May 27. At one point, Myanmar even had 45 and 90 kyat banknotes. Using numerology as a guide to national peace and unity in a nation with as many diverse ethnic groups as Myanmar, and where civil war has been raging since independence in 1948, hardly seems like a sensible way forward. A more realistic, fact-based approach, one which examines why all previous attempts to establish peace and reconciliation have failed, is clearly needed. Whether the country should be a federal union, as most ethnic minority groups demand, or maintain a highly centralized national structure, as the military believes necessary to prevent disintegration on ethnic lines, the issue will not be settled any time soon if there are as many as 135 seats representing each supposed national race at the peace talks table.
Asia: 260 Million Indigenous Peoples are Marginalised and Discriminated Baher Kamal
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sia is home to the largest number of indigenous peoples on Earth, with an estimated 260 million of a total of 370 million original inhabitants worldwide. In spite of their huge number-equaling half of the combined population of Europe– they are often victims of discrimination and denial of their rights. With its 4.4 billion inhabitants, Asia is, in fact, one of the most culturally diverse regions in the world. “Indigenous peoples live in all the Asian countries,” said to IPS Signe Leth, Senior Advisor on women and land rights in Asia at the International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA). However, Asian indigenous peoples face problems such as denial of self-determination, the loss of control over their land and natural resources, discrimination and marginalisation, heavy assimilation pressure and violent repression by state security forces, she explained. “Several countries have legislations that to some extent protect the rights of indigenous peoples, like the Philippines, India and Nepal, Signe Leth said. “These rights are, however, systematically watered down, often simply ignored or overruled.” Asked about the Asian indigenous peoples knowledge and their contribution as custodians and protectors of nature, the IWGIA’s expert explained to IPS that they fight against forest degradation, protect biodiversity, and lead a sustainable life with respect for the surrounding nature. “However, they are often fighting highly powerful forces trying to ex-
ploit their areas – even paying for it with their lives.” The Copenhagen-based IWGIA on 25 April launched its report “The Indigenous World 2017,” which focuses on the state of indigenous peoples worldwide, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The IWGIA report, elaboration of which counted on over 70 contributors from all over the world, was released during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues meeting (24 April—5 May). India’s “Scheduled Tribes” In India, 461 ethnic groups are recognised as “Scheduled Tribes.” They are considered to be India’s indigenous peoples, according to IWGIA‘s independent authors. In mainland India, the Scheduled Tribes are usually referred to as Adivasis, which literally means indigenous peoples. With an estimated population of 84.3 million, they comprise 8.2 per cent of the country’s total population. “There are, however, many more ethnic groups that would qualify for Scheduled Tribe status but which are not officially recognized. Estimates of the total number of tribal groups are as high as 635.” The largest concentrations of indigenous peoples are found in the seven states of North-East India, and the socalled “central tribal belt” stretching from Rajasthan to West Bengal, according to the IWGIA Indian chapter’s
independent authors. “India has a long history of indigenous peoples’ movements aimed at asserting their rights”. This Asian giant has several laws and constitutional provisions, such as the Fifth Schedule for mainland India and the Sixth Schedule for certain areas of North-East India, which recognise indigenous peoples’ rights to land and self-governance. “The laws aimed at protecting indigenous peoples have, however, numerous shortcomings and their implementation is far from satisfactory.” The International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs also reminds that the Indian government voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the UN General Assembly in 2007. “However, it does not consider the concept of “indigenous peoples”, and thus the UNDRIP, applicable to India.” “Indigenous Peoples” in China Meanwhile, China officially proclaims itself a unified country with a multiple ethnic make-up, and all ethnic groups are considered equal before the law, IWGIA notes quoting the independent authors of this chapter on China, adding that besides the Han Chinese majority, the government recognises 55 ethnic minority peoples within its borders. According to China’s sixth national census of 2010, the population of ethnic minorities is 113,792,211 persons, or 8.49 per cent of the country’s total population.
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“However, there are still “unrecognised ethnic groups” in China numbering a total of 734,438 persons (2000 census figure), according to the Copenhagen-based Group. Most of them live in China’s South-West regions of Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet.” The officially recognised ethnic minority groups have rights protected by the Constitution, remind the IWGIA China chapter’s independent authors, explaining that this includes establishing ethnic autonomous regions, setting up their own local administrative governance and the right to practise their own language and culture. “Ethnic autonomous regions” constitute around 60 per vent of China’s land area. The Term “Indigenous Peoples” Anyway, IWGIA clarifies, the Chinese (PRC) government does not recognise the term “indigenous peoples”, and representatives of China’s ethnic minorities have not readily identified themselves as indigenous peoples, and have rarely participated in international meetings related to indigenous peoples’ issues, say the independent authors of the IWGIA’s chapter on China. “It has therefore not been clearly established which of China’s ethnic minority groups are to be considered indigenous peoples.” “The Chinese government voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) but, prior to its adoption, had already officially stated that there were no indigenous peoples in China, which means that, in their eyes, the UNDRIP does not apply to China.
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Know Your District: Mokokchung
ounded by the State of Assam in the north, Tuensang in the east, Zunheboto in the south and Wokha and Assam in the west, Mokokchung District lies between 25° 56’ to 27° 40’ north latitude and 93° 53’ to 94° 53’ east longitude with moderate and pleasant climate throughout the year. With a total area of 1,615 sq. km. representing 9.74% of the total area of the state, Mokokchung occupies the sixth place among the eleven districts of the State. The district headquarter Mokokchung, situated 1,325 m above sea level, is 152 kms away from State Capital Kohima and 254 kms (approx) from Commercial capital Dimapur. History and People The area under the erstwhile Mokokchung district came under the British administration for the first time in 1876 when the headquarters of the Naga Hills District were set up at Wokha. Mokokchung was created as a subdivision in 1889 and remain so till 1956. It was upgraded as a district in 1957 out of the erstwhile Naga Hills-Tuensang Area (NHTA), then under Central Government. The entire District of Mokokchung sub-divided into 6 Ranges namely - Tzurangkong Range adjoining the plains of Assam mostly along the valley of Dissai and Jhanzi rivers; Japukong Range - the outermost Range stretching from Northeast to South-west lying to the interior south of Tzurangkong Range; Jangpetkong Range (formerly Changkikong)- a parallel Range east of Japukong Range; Asetkong Range – a Central Range running from east to west lies between Melak and Menung rivers,and resembling an island and hence the name Asetkong (Island); Langpangkong Range – the easternmost range skirting along the course of Dikhu river which forms a natural boundary line of Mokokchung with Tuensang and Mon districts. It is spread like a bed or table (Langpang), and thus the name; and Ongpangkong Range – the southernmost range forming
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an irregular boundary of the Ao area Lothas, Semas and Sangtams. It is called so as it is higher (Ongpang) and cooler than the other ranges. The nomenclature of the district originated from the name of Mokokchung village. According to 2011 Census Handbook, the name literally means going away (chung) in defiance (mokok) of the wishes – a group of early Ao people who had scattered to different places away from their original settlement in defiance of the wishes of their parent village, namely Koridang, came to a new place and established a new village which they named as Mokokchung. According to Mokokchung District Human Development Report (MDHDR, 2014), the Ao tradition gives an account of their origin from ‘Longtrok’ (six stones), from which emerged six persons, who came to be the progenitors of the Aos. The first settlement known to the tribe is ‘Chungliyimti village’. As the village became overcrowded in due course of time, a large number of them migrated across Dikhu River and settled in the present territory of Ao. Thus, these people were called as ‘Aor’ or ‘Ao’ meaning ‘going ones or gone’. Traditionally, the Ao celebrated two premier festivals in a year related to agriculture – one was the sowing festival called Moatsü and the harvest festival called Tsüngremmung. Moatsü is celebrated in the first week of May every year after the sowing is done. The festival provides them a period of recreation and entertainment after the stressful work of clearing fields, burning jungles, sowing seeds, cleaning up the Tsübu (wells) and repairs and construction of houses by elders of the Putu Menden, stretching over a week. It is also marked by songs and dances. Tsüngremmung celebrated in the first week of August every year, when the fields are ripe and ready for harvest. A thanksgiving festival to God for an abundant blessing, the essence of Tsüngremmung is sanctification of the self and society for
obtaining blessings from God. Flora and Fauna Mokokchung district is a hub for biodiversity. A variety of animals, herbs and plant species is found to co-habit in this region. Milak, which is the longest river, starts right at the Deputy Commissioner’s residence at Mokokchung town runs through the hills of the district in northward direction then turns westward to the plains above Amguri, where it is known as Jhanzi in Assam. Dikhu (Tsüla in Ao) is the biggest river in the district that rises from Sema area, flows westward into Ao area (west of Longsa village) then turns northward forming the boundary between Ao on one side, and the Sangtam, the Phom and the Konyak on the other, finally draining into Brahmaputra in Assam. Other River includes Menung, Tsurang, Tzüvi river (mother water), Tzüza (baby water); Tsürong, Nanung, Tsümok etc. Among other, birds like Kaliji Pheasant, Red Jungle Fowl, Common hill Partridg, Green and Royal Pigeon, Common Jungle Fowl, Emerald Dove etc are found in the District while wild animals like Flying, Five striped Pam and Himalayan squirrel, Barking Deer, slow Lorries, Cape hare, Palm Civet Indian Fox, Stump Tailed and Rhesus macaque and hoolock Gibbon etc are common. Mokokchung district offer many tourist attractions. One hot spot is Longkhum Village, with its unique natural features and history. The village is located at the highest altitude of the district. Some important spots includes Longlangpa (‘long- rock and langpa – bridge’);‘Fusen kei’ and‘Mongzu Kei’ (Eagle caves) located at the edge of a cliff where the legend suggest that after the dead, the departed soul take the form of an eagle, and on its way to the land of deaths, takes shelter in those caves; ‘Longritzu Lenden’ (boundary between dead and living) or the river valley of the departed soul, located little below the cliff is supposed to contain an underground rive. Another spot is ‘Tang-
kum marok’ (the cup of life). Ungma Village is the oldest and the largest of all the Ao villages and the second largest village in Nagaland, next only to Kohima village (Bara Basti) and is seeped in history. It is said that the whole Ao tribe founded this village when they first entered the land from their ancestral home at Chungliyimti (now within the Sangtam NagaTerritory). Chuchuyimlang is one of the tourist villages in the district where Moatsü is particularly celebrated elaborately. Another tourist village is Mopongchuket Village with spot such as Monuments (Jena Monument and Etiben Mitsa), Longrang Tenem, and Süngkotenem. Süngkotenem is a hillock located at the fringe of the village have great significance for the villagers because many of their legends are associated with the spirit/God of this hillock. An Awatsüng (pond) at the lower part of the hillock is of great significance and legend suggests that the spirit of pond was the provider and protector of the village. A Süngkotenem Festival also held annually with great fanfare. E.W. Clark, the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (presently called International Ministries) was responsible for the introduction of "The Gospel" among the Aos in particular and Nagas in general. He first reached Molungkimong Village and later Molungyimsen. Along with these villages, the First Baptist Christian mission Centre in Impur serve as an ideal pilgrimage distination. Vital Statistics According to 2011 Census, the District had 108 villages out of which 107 villages are inhabited and 1 uninhabited. It has three statutory towns, namely, Mokokchung Town, Tuli Town and Changtongya Town and one Census Town namely Tsudikong. Mokokchung town became a statutory towns during 1961 Census while Changtongya and Tuli Towns were notified after Census 2001. At 94,622
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As a border area with Assam, there are also two check post at Watiyongpang (Tuli) and Tsutapela ( Merangmen). The District has also one Beat Post at Longthu. The District also serves as the 2nd NAP Battalion at Alichen which was raised by converting the Mokokchung District Wing of the then V.G. (Village Guard) on August 1 1964. Initially named as 2nd Bn. Spl. Nagaland Armed Police, it was renamed as 2nd NAP Bn in October 1966. The permanent Bn. Hqr. was established at Alichen on May 31, 1969. The 12th NAP (IR) Battalion at Tuli was Union Home Ministry on March 22, 2006 and subsequently by the Goverment of Nagaland, Home Department on August 17, 2006. The office of the Commandant 12 NAP(IR) Bn started functioning w.e.f 12/10/2006 from the office complex of 9 NAP (IR) Bn Rear HQ, and later Chumukedima was declared as the temporary HQ of the Unit under Dimapur Treasury. Did You Know • The Aos traditionally used the pulp of shizung (sword bean) for bathing and Rüjenjang (soap nut) for washing clothes. During community fishing in olden days, a creeper called arr and leaves of walnut trees used any other forms of chemicals, not any other forms of chemicals. • Birds in olden days were used as time keepers - Piakbolong for Time of sowing in old Jhum field; Akok makok for Time of sowing in New Jhum field; and Yangpang metsula as Day time keeper.
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1. in a significant development for healthcare in nagaland, four major health projects were launched recently in the state. One of the projects aim to provide essential generic drugs at affordable rates. which one? a) Nagaland Health Project b) Jan Aushadhi c) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana d) Generic drug project
persons, the District was placed 5th Place in terms of population and 4th Place in terms of density of population (121 persons per sq. km). The village with highest population was Ungma at 9,443 persons while the lowest was Puneboto Compound at 36 persons. The District had the distinction of being the most literate districts in Nagaland at 91.6%. administration: The district is looked after by a Deputy Commissioner under whom there are nine administrative revenue circles each headed by either an Addl. Deputy Commissioner/ SubDivisional Officer (Civil) or an Extra Assistant Commissioner. The names of the administrative circles are Longchem, Alongkima, Tuli, Changtongya, Chuchuyimlang, Kubolong, Mangkolemba Ongpangkong and Merangmen. Mokokchung Town is directly under the Deputy Commissioner and is not included in the above administrative circles. The District has six Rural Development Blocks namely - Longchem, Mangkolemba, Changtongya, Kubolong, Ongpangkong (S) and Ongpangkong (N). District executive Force According to Nagaland Police directory, the DEF Mokokchung started to function as a full-fledged unit with effect from 25.02.1966 with SR Dey as the first S.P. of Mokokchung district. Presently, the DEF Mokokchung Officers consists of Superintendent of Police, Mokokchung; Additional SP; SDPO (Mokokchung); SDPO (Tuli) & SDPO (Mangkolemba); and Dy.SP (Reserve). It also has one Office of the Dy. Inspector General of Police (Range) Mokokchung. The District has nine police stations - Mokokchung PS-I, Mokokchung PS-II; Tuli PS; Mangkolemba PS; Changtongya PS, Kobulong PS; Longchem PS, Tsurangkong PS, and Anaki ‘C’. There are four Police Outposts at Paper Mill Tuli Police, Chuchuyimlang, Alongkima amd Longsa.
“Mr. President, I’m helping put a man on the moon,” said the janitor when asked what he was doing. The janitor knew his role had a purpose towards the success of something bigger. - Dr. Hewasa Lorin, Vice Principal
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hen Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook,gave his commencement speech for Harvard’s Class of 2017, his message to the graduates was to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose. He said with technology and automation coming in rapidly, the meaning of purpose is changing with many people feeling disconnected and depressed, where the need is not just to create new jobs but to create a renewed sense of purpose to be truly happy. I don’t see why anyone would disagree with this, because having a sense of purpose is the truth of why we do what we do or even don’t doeveryday. I think to take a look back at our lives, or a jump forward, is one way of measuring if we are able to fully live that sense of purpose. Zuckerberg mentioned a story which corroborates the true meaning of accountability and having a sense of purpose. “When John F Kennedy visited the NASA space center, he saw a janitor carrying a broom and he walked over and asked what he was doing. The janitor responded: “Mr. President, I’m helping put a man on the moon.”” The janitor knew he
was part of a larger system, and that his role was integral to the success of something bigger the man on the moon. He knew his purpose. In the context of Nagaland, I think for some it makes complete sense, but for some others it mightnot at all. And it is that section of population who cannot relate, either because they really do feel like they are doing nothing at all – because of a number of reasons - they’re unemployed, they’re drop-outs or they can’t relate because they live on a hand to mouth existence, are frustrated with the whole system, feel alack of equal opportunities, or are unsure if they’re in the right profession or aren’t exactly passionate about what they are doing. To an observer, this already says a lot about the state of affairs in our State. If we were to trace back the reasons for having reached our current state, I think the magnitude of the problems would be overwhelming. It beginsfrom the policies we already have in place to the way they are executed, where most times even the rule of law does not serve any purpose, and the checks and balances we desperately need to ensure efficiency. Then
there are the tribal idiosyncrasies practiced in Nagaland, the power of brawn, might and money which we have just not been able to move away from. How do we deal with this? Apart from some individuals breaking through the iron barriers, I believe it is so important to haveleaders, managers, supervisors, visionaries who can bring everyone together to inspire, encourage, empower, and give hope to others that there is a sense of renewed purpose in why we do what we do everyday. It’s not that we don’t have any, it’s just that we need more, in every single industry; where we are all working together, supporting each other and not going against each other. Just starting from the grassroot is not enough, it is through the right advice, the right guidance and the right knowledge and information that actually reaches the grassroot that empowers everyone to start hoping and aspiring for something better. And, not to undermine anyone here, but I don’t think it’s possible for everyone to perform that role either. Our social dynamics is complex in Nagaland. I believe that it is those who have the insight, intellect, ability and are alsoin a position of influ-
ence, are the ones who can create a greater sense of purpose for others too. But this also does not mean that the restof us can’t and must sit and wait for our sense of purpose to be served on a platter either. But that these could be the first steps towards building a support system to be enablers for each other. It is never easy that’s for sure. Adversities and challenges prevail everywhere. What Sheryl Sandberg wrote is very poignant - “The sad truth is that adversity is not evenly distributed among us; marginalized and disenfranchised groups have more to battle and more to grieve.” I think what she says is pretty accurate. But what’s equally important to remember is that what’s in our control is how we decide to respond to it our attitude, our perseverance. We can learn and we can grow. When we are growing we have a greater sense of selfworth. This is where I believe, education comes in, and not only of the formal kind. It is the kind of education that we learn from life’s experiences. The kind that can reason, critique and allow one to make sound judgements and the best choices. Mark Zuckerberg may have dropped out from Harvard, but
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the fact is that formal education systems across the world vary so that by the time we have reached a certain stage, some can thrive even on their own. It doesn’t mean that every student can drop out and be a Mark Zuckerberg. What’s essential are support systems too. In Nagaland right now, the existence of different industries – commerce, education, and government functionaries, organisations, NGO’s and more are shaping the future direction of our State.We need all of these to be support systems for each other - working together andacknowledging each other’s ideas when credit is due or swapping them for someone else’s. Learning and growing together towards a common goal is so important to building that support system, so that we all feel a renewed sense of purpose; just like the janitor who helped put a man on the moon. Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. The editors are Dr. Hewasa Lorin, Anjan Behera, Dr. Salikyu Sangtam, Nivibo Yiki, and Kvulo Lorin. For feedback or comments please email: dot@tetsocollege.org.
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Govt's top economist cautions over cattle slaughter ban new deLhI, June 6 (Ians): The government's Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian has sounded caution over the cattle slaughter ban, saying such policies could "adversely" impact the economics of livestock farming in India. Addressing fellows of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) here on Monday evening, Subramanian said while the governments had the right to frame social policies but considering economic costs of such policies was also imperative. "On dairy and livestock, two points are worth emphasizing. The governments have the right to choose their social policies. But in doing so, they must be fully aware of the economic costs of these policies. If social policies impede the workings of the livestock market, the impact on the economics of livestock farming could be considerable. These must be costed for appropriate choices to be made," the economist said. He stressed that the economics of livestock farming "must be recognised" also
because "the fate and future of this source of livelihood will depend critically on the terminal value of ... the no-longer-productive livestock. "If social policies drive this terminal value precipitously down, private returns could be affected in a manner that could make livestock farming less profitable." Subramanian said the declining terminal value arises because of two factors -- loss of income from livestock as meat and the additional costs to maintain an unproductive livestock. "But there is more. It is possible that social policies could affect social returns even more adversely. Stray cattle, and a lot of it, will have to be looked after, otherwise diseases (like foot and mouth) could spread, leading to health hazards and social costs." He said Indians who under-consume proteins "to the detriment of their health" needed "both reduced cereal-centricity and at the same time promoting - not hindering - alternative sources of protein from pulses, dairy and livestock".
Five MP farmers die in police firing; CM orders judicial probe
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh), June 6 (Ians): Five farmers were killed and several others injured on Tuesday in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh as police opened fire on peasants who indulged in violence and pelted police with stones. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered a judicial probe after holding a meeting with senior civil and police officers. Mandsaur city and Piplya Mandi area were put under curfew after violence. The state government also announced Rs 10 lakh compensation to the kin of each of the killed farmers. Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh Chairman Shivkumar Sharma identified the dead as Bablu Patidar, Sarender Patidar, Kanhaiya, Satyanarayan, and Akhilesh, who is said to be a college student. After the police firing, protestors became more violent and set a number of vehicles afire. Even though authorities clamped a curfew in the area, mobs of protestors were on the
roads indulging in arson. Chouhan blamed the Congress for the violence by farmers while Congress state unit President Arun Yadav and Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh dubbed it as failure of the government. The Congress said it has formed a panel of MLAs to probe the Mandsaur violence. Earlier, Home Minister Bhupendra Singh told reporters that not the police but anti-social elements who mingled with the crowds opened fire at the farmers, who are demanding loan waiver and fair prices for their produce. However, eyewitnesses said a clash between the police and farmers was followed by stone-pelting from both sides and firing by the police. "Police had to open fire around 2 p.m. to control agitated farmers, killing two farmers and injuring several others," Ujjain Divisional Commissioner B.M. Ojha earlier told IANS. Protestors also surrounded Piplya Mandi
'India should leverage statistics for geo-political advantage'
KoLKaTa, June 6 (Ians): India, which offers a unique statistical training programme for participants from least-developed and developing Asian and African countries, should cash in on the geo-political advantage of the course that is being run by the prestigious Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) since 1950, says a veteran statistician. International Statistical Education Centre (ISEC) at the ISI provides training in theoretical and applied statistics at various levels to selected participants from the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the far east and the Commonwealth countries of Africa. According to S.P. Mukherjee, Chairman, Board of Directors of ISEC, these nations could be made to depend more on India in the area of planning of their economic activities rather than banking on the bigger powers. "In this region, without any economic or political benefit in mind, India has been extending cooperation to strengthen their planning activities. Each country has a national statistical body but their staff members are not well equipped in that discipline. So how do they get their staff equipped and that too at a subsidy? So India came in," Mukherjee told IANS. For the 70th term of the course (2016-2017), there were 28 trainees from 15 countries including 10 African nations. The primary training programme is a 10-month regular course in statistics leading to a statistical training diploma. In addition, special courses on different topics of varying duration are
also organised. In the current batch of pass outs, 23 trainees were supported by fellowships under the ITEC/SCAAP of India while five trainees availed fellowships of Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The ISEC was founded at the initiative of Indian scientist and applied statistician, P.C. Mahalanobis. "Whatever training they need we can help them in applying in their respective economies without them being influenced by some other bigger powers who could channel their economic activities in possibly a different direction. We can tell them that there are better ways of planning economic activities," Mukherjee observed. In this way, he explained, "They could be made to depend more on India in terms of their actual planning of their economic activities rather than depending on big powers for subsidies or trade, etc." He said that in terms of economic activities, trade -- bilateral or multilateral -- could also be enhanced. "I don't mean they should be clubbed with political activities," he added. Whatever political happenings take place, they mostly have their impact on the economy. That economy is being influenced by the support that India had been providing, without really getting any return or without asking, he said. He strongly believes India should leverage the collaborative advantage. "This (cashing in on) has not happened yet. All these countries have been consistently getting help from ISI. Otherwise they would have failed to plan their own economic activities. The countries of the region who are a
bit handicapped in not having strong scientific, technological and statistical basis, they have been consistently deriving adequate support from India... that's the geopolitical importance." The ISEC draws most of its teachers from the ISI and uses all ISI facilities, including its library. In Asia, apart from India, Japan's Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) conducts training. "This is not as academic as ours. Statistics started in India and we have an edge," he said. Vouching for the popularity of the course, Mukherjee said Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre (EASTC) housed in Tanzania has approached the ISEC to enrol their faculty members for the institute's regular PhD programme. "They want our help to train their faculty members and so their director came and met me as well. In fact, they would like to have some of their faculty members enrol for the regular PhD programmes of ISI through an examination but for some reason the examination could not be held in their countries," Mukherjee informed. In the last 10 years, Afghanistan has sent 23 officials, while as many as 72 participants from 16 African nations have graduated from the ISEC. Over the past decade, India's bilateral trade with Africa has more than quadrupled, growing from $12 billion in 2005 to $56.7 billion in 201516, largely due to strong government support. India is Africa's fifth largest investor. This year, the African Development Bank for the first time held its annual meetings in India.
police station after which heavy police reinforcements were sent to control the situation. On Monday night, farmers held a protest on the Mandsaur railway crossing. "On Monday night, farmers stationed near the Dalauda police station came out on the roads to
On Monday, the Chief Minister had assured farmers that onions would be purchased by the government at Rs 8 per kg and 'moong' pulse at agreed price, and that a Rs 1,000 crore stabilisation fund would be set up. Though the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh has called off its strike, other farmer or-
ganisations have continued the agitation. The state has been facing shortage of milk and vegetables, leading to a price hike. Farmers poured milk on the Agra-Malwa road last week and stopped trucks from carrying vegetables to markets. Several parts of the state faced a similar situation.
China says no Indian airspace violation, calls for peace on border
Youth killed in clash with security forces in Kashmir
BeIJIng, June 6 (Ians): A day after India said it will take up the alleged violation of its airspace by two Chinese helicopters, China on Tuesday denied any incursion while calling for peace on the border. Reacting to the alleged incursion by the People's Liberation Army helicopters, the Defence Ministry said media reports "do not match the facts". "The Chinese Army carried out routine training activities on the side of the Sino-Indian border control line. Media reports do not match the facts," it said.
protest and vandalised a railway crossing. They also tried to damage the rail track. However, train services on the route were not affected," Mandsaur Police Superintendent O.P. Tripathi told IANS. Farmers are observing strike from June 1 to June 10 to press their demands with the government.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Foreign Ministry called for peace and stability along the border. "I think we should communicate and coordinate with each other through the border consultation mechanism to uphold peace and stability across the border," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying. "I want to reiterate that China and India have disputes on their border. Chinese patrol guards have also conducted patrols," she added. On Monday, China defended the incursion, saying Beijing could patrol in the disputed area.
Describing the flight by the choppers as "unacceptable", India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that New Delhi will take up the matter with Beijing. The two Chinese military choppers were sighted hovering over Barahoti in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Saturday. Since March this year, there have been four such incursions into Indian airspace. Barahoti was designated as disputed area by both China and India in 1958. It was agreed that neither side would send troops into the area, which is a sloping pasture.
Rocket hits Indian diplomatic compound in Kabul
KaBuL, June 6 (reuTers): A rocket struck an Indian diplomatic compound in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, causing no casualties, police said, as representatives of about two dozen international delegations met a kilometre or so away to discuss efforts to end violence. Sirens and warnings of "incoming" missiles sounded in a number of embassies, followed by a dull thump as the rocket exploded. Police said no one was
injured in the blast, which struck a tennis court, a few blocks away from where the Indian ambassador and other foreign dignitaries were meeting with senior Afghan officials. A Taliban Twitter account said the group had targeted a "command centre of foreign invading forces" with a "missile". Notoriously inaccurate, rockets are an occasion fired into the city, often towards the fortified downtown area that houses not only the Indian embassy, but a number of other for-
eign delegations, the headquarters of the international military mission and Afghan government ministries. On May 31, a huge truck bomb detonated outside gates leading to the fortified area, killing more than 150 Afghans and wounding hundreds. That blast caused serious damage to the German embassy and lighter damage to the Indian and other embassies nearby. A bomb attack on the Indian embassy in 2008 killed more than 40 people.
Highest number of stunted children, child workers in India: Report Swagata Yadavar
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ndia now has the highest number of children stunted due to malnutrition -- 48.2 million, equivalent to the population of Colombia, as per the latest global report on childhood. Also, 31 million of its children are a part of its workforce, the highest number in the world. These two factors, along with early marriage and parenthood and lack of education, have pushed India to 116th position among 172 nations assessed for threats to childhood, according to the recent Stolen Childhoods report by Save the Children, an international non-profit working for marginalised and deprived children. Globally, 700 million children have had their childhood curtailed early, said the report which was released on June 1, the eve of International Children's Day. Three of India's neighbouring countries did better on the index -- Sri Lanka
was ranked 61, Bhutan, 93 and Myanmar, 112. Nepal (134), Bangladesh (134) and Pakistan (148) fared worse than India. The index focuses on a set of life-changing events and uses certain indicators to assess countries: Mortality among children under five years of age, malnutrition that stunts growth, lack of education, child labour, early marriage, adolescent births, displacement by conflict and child homicide. India with the highest number of stunted children and child labourers in the world fared badly on most indicators. Stunted growth is caused by chronic malnutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child's life, from early pregnancy to age two. India reports highest figures for stunting and one-third of all girls in the country suffer the condition, according to the report. "Chronic malnutrition at this stage of life is largely irreversible, and stunted children face a lifetime of lost opportunities in educa-
tion and work. They are also more likely to succumb to illness and disease, and can die as a result," the report said. Only one child among 10 in India gets adequate nutrition, India Spend had reported in May 2017. As a result, mortality is high among children under five years of age. Nearly half of all deaths in children under five years of age are
attributable to malnutrition according to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Also, one child in every 21 dies before reaching the fifth birthday in India. For every 1,000 live births, 50 children under five die, a figure comparable to the poorer African island nation of Madagascar. In India, 18.6 per cent of
children are out of school in the primary and secondary age group and 47 million youth of upper secondary age are not in school, said the report. Children who are excluded from primary education will earn significantly less over their lifetimes than their educated peers. "The economic cost of not educating these out-of-
school children -- estimated at 0.3 to 15.2 per cent of GDP in these countries -- is far greater than what it would cost to achieve universal primary education" the report said. Among Indian children in the 4-14 years group, 11.8 per cent are working. That is 31 million children, the highest in the world. Children working to support their families don't just miss out on education, they also miss out on rest, play and recreation. They lose opportunities to engage with their community, and participate in cultural, religious and sports activities. This effectively means missing out on childhood. Half of all children in India living on the streets or from coming from homeless families work for a living -- at construction sites, hotels -- and do not study. In India, 21.1 per cent of all girls between 15 to 19 years are married while 103 million girls were married before they turned 18, according to the report. Early marriage has dev-
astating consequences for a girl's life, effectively ending her childhood by forcing her into adulthood and motherhood before she is physically and mentally ready. Child brides frequently feel disempowered and are deprived of their rights to health, education and safety. "Child brides are at greater risk of experiencing dangerous complications in pregnancy and childbirth, contracting HIV/ AIDS and suffering domestic violence. With little access to education and economic opportunities, they and their families are more likely to live in poverty," the report said. Further, 23.3 girls per 1,000 gave birth between ages 15 and 19, as per the report. Early childbearing impacts the nation's economy and communities. If adolescents in India waited till their 20s to become mothers, they would have greater economic productivity of up to $7.7 billion or Rs 49,600 crore, the report calculated.
srInagar, June 6 (Ians): A youth was killed and at least 12 others injured on Tuesday in massive clashes between the security forces and protesters in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said. Police sources said clashes broke out in Ganowpora village of Shopian when security forces cordoned off the village after specific inputs about the presence of militants there. "Thirteen protesters were injured in clashes when they resorted to heavy stone pelting at the security forces to obstruct the operation against hiding militants. "An injured youth identified as Adil Farooq Magrey was taken to Shopian district hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries," said a source. Reinforcements have been rushed to the area as the clashes intensified following the death.
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Philippines: Video shows militants in siege plot
MAnILA, June 6 (AP): It was an audacious plot sketched out in chilling detail with blue pens on the back of a paper calendar: Islamic militants in the Philippines, including one of the world’s most-wanted militant leaders, would take over a key southern city in their boldest attack to date. With unsettling calm, they spoke of taking hostages from a school, sealing off roads and capturing a highway “so the people will get scared.” Video footage and a separate screen-grab image of that secret meeting, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, offer a rare glimpse into the clandestine operations of insurgents who followed through two weeks ago with an unprecedented assault on the lakeside city of Marawi, parts of which they still occupy today. The images also provide the first visual proof that a nascent alliance of local Muslim fighters are not only aligned with the Islamic State group, but coordinating and executing complex attacks together. Among those at the table was the purported leader of the Islamic State’s Southeast Asia branch, Isnilon Hapilon, who is on Washington’s list of most-wanted terrorists and has a $5 million bounty on his head. The footage is believed to be the first of Hapilon since
he and several other Filipino militants pledged allegiance to IS in 2014. The military had said he was wounded in a January airstrike; in the video, however, there are no indications that he is injured. Hapilon appears sitting with other militants at a table, wearing a yellow and black headscarf with a pistol beside his folded arms. Military chief of staff Gen. Eduardo Ano confirmed the identities of those present, including Hapilon, who resembles other images said to be of him, such as those on FBI wanted posters. The militants have no spokesman and do not generally issue statements. The images show that the insurgent alliance “has this intention of not only rebellion, but actually dismembering a portion of the Philippine territory by occupying the whole of Marawi city and establishing their own Islamic state or government,” said Ano. The military has an interest in allowing the AP to make the footage public. On Monday, six lawmakers petitioned the Supreme Court to nullify President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of martial law in the south — homeland of minority Muslims in the largely Roman Catholic country — casting doubt on the gravity of the crisis there. Ano said the reality that “a full-blown rebellion” is underway should convince
This image taken from undated video shows the purported leader of the Islamic State group Southeast Asia branch, Isnilon Hapilon, center, at a meeting of militants at an undisclosed location. The images offer a rare glimpse into the clandestine operations of insurgents who followed through two weeks ago with an unprecedented assault on the lakeside city of Marawi, parts of which they still occupy today. (Photo via AP)
skeptics that this is not just “a small problem.” Government troops discovered the video on a cellphone they seized during a May 23 raid on a Marawi safe house where Hapilon and other militants were believed to be hiding. They said the video had been filmed a day or two earlier. It was not possible to independently verify that claim. But a separate screen grab of the same meeting, obtained by the AP from an anti-terrorism
agent, showed a calendar the militants were writing on that was dated 2017. An army official allowed the AP to record the video as it played on a laptop computer. Ano said the insurgents had been planning to attack Marawi on May 26, the start of Ramadan in the south. But the raid cut their preparations short and triggered instant clashes. Had the assault not been pre-empted, the militants likely would have seized
more territory and inflicted far more damage. As it stands, the fighting has been unprecedented; while militants have launched major attacks before, never before has any group occupied territory in the heartland of the Philippines’ Islamic faith for this long. Two weeks after the conflict began, at least 178 people have been killed and the army is still battling to regain control with airstrikes and artillery. The militants, who
are believed to be holding a Catholic priest and many other hostages, have torched buildings and destroyed at least one church. Ano said they occupy 10 percent of the city and have positioned snipers in tall buildings. Much of the city center has been devastated. The crisis in Marawi, combined with fears that the Islamic State group is breathing new life into Muslim insurgencies in Southeast Asia, has put the Philippines and the region
on edge. On Friday, when a masked gunman began shooting and burning gambling tables in a Manila casino, terrified patrons immediately assumed an Islamic State siege was underway. The radical group claimed responsibility for the attack, in which dozens of people died of smoke inhalation, but there has been no evidence to back that claim. Police insist the motive was robbery, and the gunman’s family says he was a disgruntled gambling addict. Still, the episode highlighted what House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez described as the “unsettling inadequacy” of public security in the capital. The attack, he said, should “serve as a wake-up call” to do something about it. A security conference this past weekend in Singapore attended by defense ministers and experts from 39 nations produced a flurry of alarmed statements. Among the topics: a fear that places like Marawi could become a new base for the Islamic State group as it loses territory in the Middle East. “If the situation in Marawi in the southern Philippines is allowed to escalate or entrench, it would pose decades of problems,” said Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen. “All of us recognize that if not addressed adequately, it can
prove a pulling ground for would-be jihadists.” Of the 120 militants killed in Marawi so far, at least eight are known to be foreign fighters, including a Chechen, a Yemeni and several Malaysians and Indonesians, according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Hapilon’s pledge of allegiance, meanwhile, may have already paid off. His faction has received a “couple of million dollars” from the Islamic State, Lorenzana said. In the video clip obtained by the AP, which runs for just over two minutes, a long-haired man identified by the military as Abdullah Maute addresses other militant leaders gathered around a white plastic table. Pointing to a crude sketch of Marawi’s main streets and speaking in Tagalog and Marawi’s Maranao dialect, he declares, “We’ll take this first and then here.” “Or,” he says, “we can go here first. We seal this off so you’ll have a passageway. But we need to capture a highway so the people will get scared.” Another militant can be seen videotaping the clandestine meeting. Maute is the leader of a militant group called the Islamic State Ranao — one of about 10 small armed Muslim groups that have also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and have forged a loose alliance that now flies IS-style black flags.
Third London Bridge attacker an Italian national Qatar says Kuwait trying to LOndOn, June 6 (IAnS): The third of the three London Bridge attackers was on Tuesday named as Youssef Zaghba, a 22-year-old Italian national of Moroccan descent, who was on Italy’s list of persons at risk after being held last year while on his way to Syria. Zaghba had an Italian passport and his mother’s name is Valeria, informed sources told Italian media Adnkronos, reports Efe. Zaghba was shot dead by police along with two other accomplices after Saturday’s deadly rampage in which seven people were killed and 48 were injured. British police said on Tuesday they believed Zaghba to be the third attacker, that he was an Italian national of Moroccan descent and that his family had been informed. “He was not a police or M15 subject of interest,” the statement said. At the time of the London Bridge attacks, Zaghba had been working in a London restaurant and was in touch with his mother. There were conflicting reports on the mother’s whereabouts, with some sources
Italian national Youssef Zaghba, 22, identified by Italian and British law enforcement bodies as the third man shot dead by police officers during the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market is seen on right with the other two men named, Khuram Shazad Butt on left and Rachid Redouane, in an undated image handed out by the Metropolitan Police, June 6. (REUTERS)
saying she was in Bologna in Italy and others claiming she was in Casablanca, Morocco. Zaghba’s parents reportedly lived in Morocco but then separated and his mother settled in Bologna. Zaghba spent a lot of time with relatives in East London but visited his mother several times in Bologna. When Zaghba was stopped at the city’s Marconi airport in March 2016, he had told his
mother he was going to Rome. At the time of his arrest, Zaghba was travelling with just a backpack and his passport was impounded. His mobile phone was also confiscated and was found to contain religious videos and images but no violent jihadist images. He was, however, charged with international terrorism and recorded on intelligence files as a suspected foreign
fighter. Although the charge was later withdrawn, he remained on file as “a person at risk”, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported. Italy’s intelligence services had reported Zaghba and his frequent movements to Moroccan and British authorities, Corriere reported. Zaghba’s fellow attackers were named as Pakistan-born British citizen Khuram Butt, 27, and Rachid Redouane, 30, a Moroccan-Libyan pastry chef who had an Irish wife. All 12 people arrested on Sunday after the attack have now been released without charge while a 27-year-old man was held in Barking near London on Tuesday in connection with the investigation, police said. The Islamic State jihadist group claimed Saturday’s attack in which Zaghba, Butt and Redouane drove a hired van into pedestrians on London Bridge at around 10 p.m. before stabbing people in the area around the nearby Borough Market. Zaghba, Butt and Redouane were all shot dead by police at the scene within eight minutes of receiving an emergency call.
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dOHA/duBAI, June 6 (ReuTeRS): Qatar’s ruler postponed an address to his country on Tuesday over its sudden and damaging diplomatic isolation from other leading Arab nations, in order to allow Kuwait some time and room to mediate. In a sign of the potential consequences for the Qatari economy, a number of banks in the region began stepping back from business dealings with Qatar. Qatar’s foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman alThani, said Doha was ready for mediation efforts after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations in a coordinated move. They said the break was prompted by Qatari support for Islamist militants and Iran, something Doha vehemently denies. Yemen, Libya’s eastern-based government and the Maldives joined later and transport links were shut down. Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad AlThani spoke by telephone overnight with his counterpart in Kuwait, which has maintained ties with Qatar, and decided to post-
pone the speech, the minister told Qatar-based Al Jazeera television. Doha has also decided not to retaliate against its neighbours’ moves, he said. In one sign of the impact of the measures, some Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates commercial banks were holding off on doing business with Qatari banks, such as letters of credit, because of the diplomatic rift, banking sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Qatar’s stock market rebounded in early trade on Tuesday after plunging the previous day but the Qatari riyal fell against the U.S. dollar. Qatar wants to give Kuwait’s Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah the ability to “proceed and communicate with the parties to the crisis and to try to contain the issue,” Sheikh Mohammed said. Kuwait’s emir had an important role in a previous Gulf rift in 2014 and Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim “regards him as a parent and respects his desire to postpone any speech or step until there is a clearer picture of the crisis,” Al Jazeera quoted the foreign minister as saying.
Sheikh Mohammed told the channel that the measures taken against Qatar affected its citizens and family ties in the Gulf Arab region, but said Doha would not take counter measures. He said Qatar “believes such differences between sister countries must be resolved through dialogue” and proposed holding a session to exchange views and narrow differences, while respecting each other’s views, without giving details. Kuwait’s emir, who has spent decades as a diplomat and mediator in regional disputes, hosted Sheikh Tamim last week as the crisis was brewing. Monday’s decision forbids Saudi, UAE and Bahraini citizens from travelling to Qatar, residing in it or passing through it. Residents and visitors of those countries must leave Qatar within 14 days. Qatari citizens also have 14 days to leave those countries. The measures are more severe than during a previous eight-month rift in 2014, when Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE withdrew their ambassadors from Doha, again alleging Qatari support for militant groups.
Russia hacked 2016 US Bob Dylan ponders literary links in ‘extraordinary’ Nobel speech prez election, reveals NSA
WASHIngTOn, June 6 (IAnS): Intelligence officials around the world on Tuesday were jolted by revelations in a top-secret report from the US National Security Agency that Russia made hacking attacks to influence the 2016 American presidential election. The NSA report published on Monday by online news organisation The Intercept said that Russia’s military intelligence conducted over 100 cyberattacks on voting software providers and local election officials. According to the leaked document, which was dated May 5, Russia’s Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU) allegedly launched an attack in August 2016 against a US company “evidently to obtain information on elections-related software and hardware solutions”. “The actors likely used data obtained from that operation to launch a voter registration-themed ‘spear-phishing’ campaign targeting US local government organisations,” reported Efe news, citing the classified NSA report. Spear-phishing is an information-gathering technique directed at specific individuals or companies, which often uses fake e-mails as a way to extract passwords from unwitting targets. A 25-year-old US government contractor, Reality Leigh Winner, was accused by au-
thorities of leaking the NSA report and charged with mishandling classified information. Winner was arrested last week and remains in jail pending a detention hearing this week, according to her attorney Titus T. Nichols. Nichols called for the release of his client, saying: “She has no criminal history; it’s not as if she’s a threat to anyone.” Winner worked for the Pluribus International Corporation consulting firm and had top secret clearance, which allowed her to handle classified information. Pluribus International’s clients include the Defence Intelligence Agency, the US Army and US Central Command. The US Department of Justice said in a statement that Winner printed out a classified document from her office computer on May 9 and mailed it to The Intercept. However, the indictment shows that investigators managed to track down the suspect when they noted that the document posted on The Intercept’s website showed folding marks. They then deduced that the document had been sent by mail and further determined that six people had access to the document. Authorities found that only Winner had made email contact with The Intercept.
STOCKHOLM, June 6 (AFP): Jewish music icon Bob Dylan has delivered his longawaited Nobel lecture, citing Buddy Holly and “The Odyssey” among his inspirations, a relief for the Swedish Academy after it honored the songwriter with its prestigious literature prize for the first time. “The speech is extraordinary and, as one might expect, eloquent. Now that the lecture has been delivered, the Dylan adventure is coming to a close,” Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, wrote in a blog post on Monday. The Academy, which stunned observers in October when it announced Dylan as the winner, had to wait for more than two weeks before hearing Dylan’s reaction to winning the award. He later declined to attend the December ceremony because of “pre-existing commitments.” In the speech, sent to the Academy with an audio link in which Dylan reads it aloud, with a musical backdrop, the enigmatic rock star reflects on the possible links between his lyrics and literature. “When I first received this Nobel Prize for Literature, I got to wondering exactly how my songs related to literature,” Dylan said. He then cited musicians who inspired him — including Buddy Holly, whose music
“changed my life” and made him want to write songs when he was a teenager, and Leadbelly’s “Cottonfields,” which transported him “into a world [he’d] never known.” He also analyzed the three classic novels that made a big impression on his life — “Moby Dick,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” and “The Odyssey.” Referring to the main character Odysseus, the writer of “Blowin’ in the Wind” said in the speech: “He’s tossed and turned by the winds. Restless winds, chilly winds, unfriendly winds. He travels far, and then he gets blown back.” Dylan draws themes from the books — that people only see the surface yet interpret
what lies below, the futility of war, and the constant quest to return home. The songwriter has lived an intensely private life. He was born Jewish, then converted to Christianity, and has since affiliated with “no organized religion,” though he’s been notably present at some Jewish synagogue events, including his sons’ bar mitzvahs. He draws out the biblical, Judeo-Christian themes in Moby Dick, contrasting them with the pagan aspects of the work. ‘What it all means’ Dylan had until June 10 to submit the lecture, the only requirement to claim the 8 million kronor (NIS 4.3 million, $923,000) that comes with the prize.
The lecture can take nearly any form, including a short speech, a performance, a video broadcast or even a song, and must be held within six months of December 10, the date of the Nobel prize ceremony and the anniversary of the death of the prize’s founder Alfred Nobel. Dylan was honored “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” the Academy said in October. “If a song moves you, that’s all that’s important. I don’t have to know what a song means,” Dylan said in the speech. “I’ve written all kinds of things into my songs. And I’m not going to worry about it –what it all means,” he added.
‘Spirits were high’ After months of uncertainty, Dylan finally accepted his gold medal and diploma on April 1 at a private ceremony with 12 members of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, where he held two concerts at the time. “Spirits were high, champagne was had,” Danius said after the meeting. “The Swedish Academy will be more careful in the future with handing out a prize to huge rock stars who may not come and pick up the award,” said Maria Schottenius, a literary critic and senior columnist at the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. “Even though one would not regret giving the prize to Bob Dylan… it has undoubtedly caused some hassle,” she told AFP. Other previous winners of the literature prize have also skipped the Nobel ceremony for various reasons. Doris Lessing, who won in 2007, did not attend because of her advanced age; Harold Pinter (2005) because he was hospitalized; and Elfriede Jelinek (2004) refused to attend because of social phobia. But each of these winners delivered their lectures, which were either sent to Stockholm or read aloud abroad. In 1964, the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre became the only person to decline the literature prize, rejecting the 273,000 kronor awarded at the time.
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European leagues agree new Manipur raises remuneration for Sportspersons cooperation deal with UEFA Newmai News Network Imphal | June 6
GENEVA, JuNE 6 (AP): Europe's top soccer leagues will renew a working agreement with UEFA that avoids clashes between domestic and Champions League games. European Professional Football Leagues chairman Lars-Christer Olsson said Tuesday that the cooperation deal is being finalized, and UEFA should ratify it in September. The leagues group will get “proper recognition” and seats in UEFA's decision-making bodies including voting rights in the executive committee, Olsson said after a meeting of the 32-member leagues' group. The previous deal ended in March, amid leagues criticizing UEFA about the way it consulted before making changes to the 2018-21 Champions
League seasons that favored clubs in Europe's four wealthiest and strongest soccer countries. Access to the lucrative 32-team group stage for Europe's mid-ranked leagues was squeezed by UEFA guaranteeing four places to each of Spain, Germany, England and Italy. Having made peace with UEFA, European leagues now will not schedule midweek games headto-head with the Champions League next season. The deal also makes it tougher for clubs to push for regular Champions League games on Saturdays from 2021. The traditional day for national league games would be attractive to Champions League broadcasters in Asia, where top European clubs have strongly targeted new fans and sponsors.
“This is not a decision UEFA can make on its own,” Olsson said. “If there is no (leagues') agreement, there will be no changes.” The working deal runs through May 2022 and could be confirmed in September at a UEFA meeting in Geneva. Olsson praised UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, and said the leagues hope to be influential in upcoming talks to shape the 2021-24 Champions League seasons. The increase agreed last year - before Ceferin was elected - for 24 instead of 22 directly qualified teams in the group stage was too many, Olsson said. “Qualification for the Champions League should mean more and should give more opportunities for more teams,” said the former UEFA CEO.
Underscoring the need to promote sportspersons of Manipur, the State Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Letpao Haokip today announced that the daily remuneration given to sports persons of any disciplines who represent the State in the national level will be increased to Rs. 1,000 per day from the existing amount of Rs. 200 per day. The Manipur Sports minister was speaking as the chief guest of the felicitation function organized by Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation (MKRBF) in honour of its students who won medals in the recently concluded State level boxing championship today at Mary KomSAI Boxing Academy, National Games Village. Regardless of the players winning medal or not, sportspersons of any dis-
Manipur Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Letpao Haokip felicitates students of MKRBF who won medals in the recently concluded State level boxing championship.
ciplines who represent the state in the national level would be given daily remuneration of Rs 1000, the Minister said while adding that officials of the department would be directed to implement the same immediately. Emphasising that nutritious diets are must to every sportsperson, Haokip also said that the Government will do its best to ensure
that quality food/diets are served to trainee sportspersons under Special Area Games (SAG). He said that the existing practice of awarding tender to caterers for sportspersons would also be streamlined so that the quality of food served to the players/ trainee sportspersons is enhanced. Exhorting the budding boxers, Haokip urged them
Pepe unhappy with Real Madrid exit Merhulietsa beat Mustang in MPL
mAdrid, JuNE 6 (AFP): Portugese defender Pepe confirmed he has had offers from Premier League clubs after announcing he will leave Real Madrid when his contract expires this summer. Pepe, 34, has spent 10 years with the European
champions, but has fallen down the pecking order under Zinedine Zidane this season as Madrid won a La Liga and Champions League double for the first time in 59 years. "What Madrid have done is spectacular, but there are things that I still
don't understand," the Brazilian-born told Spanish radio station Cope. "I don't know why I have disappeared from the team. "Real Madrid's way of doing things hasn't been correct." French giants Paris Saint-Germain and Ita-
ly's Inter Milan have both been rumoured as Pepe's possible next destination. "There are more offers. Not just from PSG or Inter, but England for example." Pepe has won three La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues in his decade in Spain.
Rain pushes Nadal, Djokovic French Open quarter-finals back to Wednesday
The Philippe Chatrier court is covered by a tarp during a downpour at the Roland Garros 2017 French tennis Open in Paris June 6, 2017. (AFP Photo)
PAriS, JuNE 6 (AFP): Torrential rain forced Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic's quarter-finals at the French Open to be delayed until Wednesday. Play was suspended on Tuesday just before 1530 local time (1330 GMT) during
the first two women's quarter-finals at Roland Garros. Jelena Ostapenko was serving for the second set in her match against Caroline Woznacki after the Dane clinched the opener 6-4. Timea Bacsinszky was a set up on France's Kris-
tina Mladenovic on Court Philippe Chatrier, with a resumption not expected before 1830 (1630 GMT). Nine-time champion Nadal is due to take on compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta, while title-holder Djokovic faces sixth seed
Dominic Thiem in a repeat of last year's semi-final. As a result of the downpours, all four men's quarter-finals will be played on Wedneday with Andy Murray against Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka facing Marin Cilic.
KohimA, JuNE 6 (mExN): Two goals from Imti helped Merhulietsa FC ease to a comfortable 3-0 win over Mustang FC during the Morning Premier League encounter at the Local Ground, Kohima on Tuesday. Imti scored on either sides of teammate Zakie’s goal as Merhulietsa temporarily climbed to fourth in the league table with 27 points – two behind joint leaders Power Comm and All Blacks who played out a
2-2 draw on Monday. Mustang FC with 9 points remain second bottom. Tuesday’s match saw a goalless first half with both teams unable to find the net. However, Merhulietsa were an invigorated side after the restart scoring three goals and registering a clean sheet. Imti scored in the 54th minute before Zakie doubled the lead ten minutes later. Imti completed the rout in the 84th minute to finish with a brace.
Peter Bosz named new coach of Borussia Dortmund
BErLiN, JuNE 6 (AFP): Dutchman Peter Bosz has been named as the new coach of Borussia Dortmund, the German giants announced on Tuesday. "Peter Bosz is the new BVB Head Coach. Contract will last until 2019. Further info in a press conference this afternoon," Dortmund said on their English-language Twitter account. Bosz, 53, arrives from Ajax after leading the Dutch side to the final of the Europa League, where they lost 2-0 to Manchester United last month. Briefly a player in Germany with Hansa Rostock in the 1990s, he replaces Thomas Tuchel, who was sacked despite Dortmund winning the German Cup --
their first major silverware in five years -- and finishing third in the Bundesliga in the season just finished. Switzerland's Lucien Favre, formerly in charge at Borussia Moenchengladbach, had been linked with a return to the German game with Dortmund but his current side Nice refused to let him go.
to dream big and pursue their dream with grit, determination and perseverance in order that the State as well as the county continues to bask on their glories. “If Mary can, why can’t you do?” the Minister said while encouraging the young boxers to shine in the National and International arenas. Lauding the MKRBF for mentoring many prom-
ising boxers mostly from economically weak background, the Minister also wished the foundation produces many fine boxers in the days to come. Boxers of MKRBF who represented their respective district and won laurels in the recently concluded State level boxing championship were feted. 15 boxers of the foundation won gold in the championship, while 19 won silver and another 19 won bronze. Gold medal winners were presented a cash reward of Rs. 10,000 each while Rs. 7,000 and Rs. 5,000 were given to the silver and bronze medal winners respectively. Amongst others, founder of MKRBF MC Mary Kom, MP (Rajya Sabha) and five time World boxing champion and SK Sharma, DIGP, CRPF, Range Imphal exhorted the young and promising boxers of the academy during the programme.
Kolasinac joins Arsenal on a free transfer
LoNdoN, JuNE 6 (AGENCiES): Arsenal have confirmed Sead Kolasinac will join the club in the summer on a Bosman free transfer, their first capture of the transfer window. The Gunners have announced he will sign a fiveyear contract and "subject to the completion of all regulatory processes, the defender will start pre-season training in July". Kolasinac said: "It feels really good and I'm pleased to be here. Arsenal has a huge tradition and I followed the club as a young boy, in the days of Jens Lehmann and Thierry Henry." Everton, Manchester City and Milan also made offers to Kolasinac, but the defender chose a move
to north London despite uncertainty over Arsene Wenger's future as manager, which has now been settled. Arsenal currently have two senior left-backs in their squad - Nacho Monreal and Kieran Gibbs, with the latter approaching the final year of his contract. AC Milan's new Chinese owners were also keen to sign Kolasinac, who made 31 appearances for Schalke last season, but Sky in Italy believed he would sign for Arsenal. He has represented Germany at youth level, but decided in 2013 to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country where his parents were born, and has a total of 17 caps.
Cavaliers seek answers as Warriors eye perfect NBA title run Hazard ruled out for three months
CLEVELANd, JuNE 6 (AFP): LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers desperately seek a way to beat the Golden State Warriors, but they are running out of time to prove their NBA Finals rivals aren't invincible. The Warriors, on an NBA record 14-game playoff win streak, lead 2-0 in the best-of-seven championship series entering Wednesday's third game at Cleveland. No team has ever rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win an NBA playoff series. "We have to defend our home court," said Cavaliers forward Kevin Love. "It definitely is a must win." Golden State could become the first NBA team to make an unbeaten playoff run to the crown, having swept Portland, Utah and San Antonio and overpowered the Cavaliers twice at home to open the finals. "We're going to go home and watch the film to see ways we can be better," James said. "Do things, I don't want to say differently because you work so hard to get to this point, but make a couple of changes to see if we can be a lot better defensively and offensively." Warriors forward Kevin Durant, who left Oklahoma City for Golden State last July in hopes of winning his first NBA crown, had
12-1 in the playoffs this year until facing the Warriors. "We definitely have a sense of what they're capable of," Love said. "We're hoping it's going to be a different story at home. We're plain and simple going to have to play better."
LeBron-like numbers -- 33 points, 13 rebounds, six assists, five blocked shots and three steals -- in a 132-113 romp Sunday in game two. Asked the difference between this year and last year, James simply said, "K.D." and added, "They are a different team." The Cavaliers forced 20 turnovers compared to a finals record-tying four in game one, for all the good it did them. "We forced them to 20 turnovers and they still beat us pretty good, so we got to be much better too," James said. "I'm not a past guy too much. I'm more of a present guy so we just got to figure out how we can be better in game three."
Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry added 32 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in his first finals triple double. Curry's pairing with Durant is already being compared to Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan with Scottie Pippen as among the greatest duos in NBA Finals history. - 'It's fresh in our minds' Durant wants to prove he's a champion after years of big numbers but no titles while Curry and others want to prove last year's finals loss to Cleveland, when the Cavaliers rallied from 3-1 down to win in the
greatest comeback in NBA Finals history, was a bump in the road for a dynasty team. "We still remember what happened last year," Warriors guard Klay Thompson said. "It's fresh in our minds." So while the Cavs cling to hope based on what they did before, the problem is what else do the Cavs have up their sleeves against a team now powered by Durant that has been unbeatable in the playoffs. "We'll win the next game and see what happens from there," said Cavs forward Tristan Thompson, who might be pulled from the starting lineup to add more scoring punch and defensive versatility. The Cavaliers had been
- Irving must improve Cavs guard Kyrie Irving, who had 19 points in game two, needs one of his best games to help counteract the Warriors' production. "I would imagine Kyrie's going to come out and have a great game," Love said. The Warriors have dominated the third quarter in both games and built a big lead the Cavaliers could not threaten, a script Irving said the Cavs must rewrite to win. "We just have to sustain effort over the entire game. We understand how dangerous they are," he said. "Down 0-2, going home, you have to live with those odds. You have to remain non-wavering whatever the outlook looks like." Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said a full 48 minutes of defensive focus will be needed to contain the Warriors. "Having awareness -can't relax, can't fall asleep," he said. Their offense is constant movement, so you got to be locked in, you can't take a peek somewhere and lose your man. They make you pay."
LoNdoN, JuNE 6 (AFP): Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard is likely to miss the beginning of next season as the Premier League champions announced on Monday he is sidelined for three months after undergoing ankle surgery. The Belgium international fractured his ankle training ahead of the friendly with the Czech Republic and the 2018 World Cup qualifier with Estonia on Friday. "Eden Hazard successfully underwent surgery today after sustaining a fracture to his right ankle
while training with the Belgian national team," read a statement on the club website. "He is expected to return to training in approximately three months." The 26-year-old, who was a driving force in Chelsea's title win, posted a picture of himself in his hospi-
tal bed on Twitter. A message alongside read: "Everything went well with my ankle operation, now I start the road to recovery! I will be stronger. Thank you for your support!!" The Premier League season gets underway on August 12.
Liverpool set to smash transfer record to sign Virgil van Dijk LoNdoN, JuNE 6 (AFP): Dutch international defender Virgil van Dijk is set to become the world's most expensive defender and join English Premier League giants Liverpool from rivals Southampton, according to British media reports. The 25-year-old -- who joined Southampton in 2015 after impressing at Scottish champions Celtic -- will cost around £60million (69m euros, $77m), according to reports. He would also be Liverpool's most expensive ever signing -- striker Andy Carroll having cost £35m
in moving from Newcastle in 2011. Celtic would be in line for 10 percent of the fee having included a sell on clause in the £11.5m transfer to Saints. David Luiz is presently the most expensive defender in the world having been sold to Paris Saint
Germain by Chelsea for £50million in 2014. According to the "Sun" newspaper, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has convinced the Liverpool owners van Dijk is deserving of earning a weekly wage of almost £200,000 (230,000 euros, $258,000) -which will make him their highest ever paid player. Van Dijk -- who also caught the eye of both Manchester City and champions Chelsea -- is keen on a move to Liverpool not only for Champions League football but to join compatriot and close friend Georginio Wijnaldum.
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