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Two young boys are seen playing with their wooden toy car on a warm spring morning at Poilwa village, Peren, 50 km away from the capital Kohima. Poilwa village is one of the oldest and biggest Zeliangrong villages. The village is also well known for its aquatic wildlife and lush green hills. (Morung Photo)
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‘Apao Designated camp’ declares support to Kholi
DIMAPUR, MARCH 14 (MExN): Camp Commander of the Apao Designated Camp, Brigadier Shahwa Konyak today declared support for General Kholi Konyak and stated that “Apao Camp belongs to Baba Kholi Konyak and it shall stand with Baba Kholi.” A press note from the Brigadier, issued through the MIP of the NSCN (IM), claimed that General Kholi had the support of “senior leaders from Phom Region led by Kilonser Chuba Khamsik and Kilonser Shongyoung; senior leaders from Konyak Region, including Kilonser Moahba, Kilonser Angba, Kilonser Athrom and Kilonser Fight pollution? our gov- Pangloi; and high ranking Naga Army ofernment says there is no ficers led by Maj. Gen. Kossam and Desigscientist in nagaland. nated Camp Commander Brig. Shahwa.” “Leaders from military and civil authorThe Morung Express ities say that why should we reject our great Poll QuEsTion Baba Kholi’s love for Naga people? Baba’s Vote on www.morungexpress.com sMs your answer to 9862574165 Should theologians and Church leaders get involved in politics in Nagaland? Why? Yes
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KG Kenye elected unopposed as Nagaland MP to Rajya Sabha KOHIMA, MARCH 14 (MExN): KG Kenye from the Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) has been elected unopposed to the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Nagaland State. This was informed in a press note from the Returning Officer, N Benjamin Newmai. The Rajya Sabha seat for Nagaland seat fell vacant after former MP Khekiho Zhimomi passed away last year. Election to the vacant seat was scheduled to be held on March 21. However no nomination papers were filed by any candidate for the election, except form the NPF’s KG Kenye.
TR Zeliang case hearing on March 28 Morung Express news Dimapur | March 14
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The Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court has adjourned the hearing of TR Zeliang’s case to March 28. On February 29 last, the Kohima Bench had passed an order listing the hearing of the case regarding Nagaland State Chief Minister’s education qualification on March 14. However, the hearing today was deferred by the single-judge Bench to March 28. The petitioner in this case is TR Zeliang while the respondent is KK Kulimbe.
love for Naga people went to such a historical move to sacrifice his own chair as president of GPRN/NSCN (U) and join hands with Isak Swu and Th. Muivah to support and expedite the Indo-Naga talk,” it stated. Stating that “it may sound like betraying his own identity,” the press note however said that “the truth is Nagas cannot be united unless a true leader like Baba Kholi humbles himself to bow before Naga people and urge for early solution.” “How can we Nagas unite if we still go on to claim superiority for one’s own individual benefits and policies?” it questioned, while expressing hope that “Nagas will remember or say it is an act of true patriotism for the cause of Naga nation.” “We will remain loyal to Baba Kholi and stand firm to protect against all odds. We all shall die for Baba Kholi and live for Baba Kholi,” it declared.
With load demand growing at the rate of 10 percent per annum, electricity consumption in Nagaland has come a long way since 1963. A diesel generator set was what made up the power department back in 1960-61 with three towns having access to electricity. Five decades later, power lines have reached 1400 villages and Nagaland has 3 dedicated Load Despatch Centres (distribution and transmission centre) with an installed load capacity of 174 Mva. As per data compiled by the Power department, installed power lines run approximately 19,000 kms inter-linked with as many as 134 major transmission and distribution sub-stations (or power house) and over 2500 mini distribution centres. At present, there are 2.55 lakhs metered consumers and increasing. In addition, Nagaland has the state-owned 24MW Likimro HEP and the corporate-owned Doyang HEP and a few mini generating stations of 1MW capacity. Going by numbers and the existing infrastructure, it appears relatively wellset for a small state with a population of around 20 lakhs and hardly any industry. While it looks robust outwardly, the Power Department is staring at bleak times ahead, sooner or later, as upkeep funding for the existing transmission and distribution in-
In 2015-16, State Plan allocation to the Power Department was Rs. 7 crores against a projected requirement of Rs. 140 crores Year-wise State Plan allocation 2016-17: 12 Crore 2015-16: 7 Crore 2014-15 : 30 Crore 2013-14: 57 Crore 2012-13 : 70 Crore frastructure has witnessed a decreasing trend during the past one decade. Simply put, the power distribution system is running under over-loaded conditions on the brink of breakdown with no fund in sight for upgrades and replacements. The recent extended blackouts in Mokokchung, Kiphire and Pfutsero and during 2012 in Dimapur would give a fair idea of the grim situation the Nagaland power sector is in. Department personnel explain that it is running on a shoe-string budget with the annual fund allocated by the government rarely meeting the demands of exigencies as in breakdowns, repairs and replacements. While myriad of constraints continue to dog the department and infrastructure crumble, government funding on this crucial sector is dipping year after year. If the records are anything to go by, fund allocation to the power sec-
‘naga people work very hard; so should we’ With the love of collectives, women farmers show the way
Morung Express Feature Chizami | March 14
“The Nagas are very hard working people,” said Swarupama continually on her first visit to Nagaland from Yedakupalli village in Medak district of Telangana State. She is a senior leader among the team of Dalit women farmers, videographers and coordinator here for the International Women’s Day and Biodiversity Festival observed by the North East Network in Chizami, Phek district, on March 8 and 9. The women are part of the Deccan Development Society’s Women’s Sangams (collectives) that have a membership of 5000 farmers who have changed the landscape of their drought-hit region into a food secure area by growing millets. Their harsh struggles on a harsh geographical, social, economic and political landscape have resulted in zero farmer suicides, over the years, in a region otherwise known for them. The Telangana collective of women farmers has been celebrating a biodiversity festival of their own for the past 20 years. Her observations on Naga people come only after she chats with women of the village, aided by a translator, reviews the food systems and observes the lack of governance in sustaining livelihoods in Nagaland. “We are small farmers who conserve our own
Dalit women farmers from Telangana seen here during a Biodiversity festival held in Chizami village, Phek, on March 9, 2016. (Morung Photo)
seeds and food growing methods—they give us our food and fodder; they provide us with overall and multiple security. We cannot trust seeds brought into our land from outside,” noted Swarupama in a solidarity message to the women farmers of Nagaland, Manipur and Meghalaya. The farmers of their region, she informed, have also begun to switch to cash crops, forgoing traditional food systems. The biodiversity festival is an attempt to preserve and protect traditional seeds and methods, culture and sustainability. Noting the lack of government initiatives to promote indigenous life and livelihood in Nagaland State, Swarupama stated to the Naga women, “There is no one here to teach you all this, but in our area there
are many interventions from government and non government bodies to encourage millets and other sustainable seeds.” When the women hold their festivals/events, the media in Telangana floods them with exposure, spreading the message far and wide. They were surprised at the minute interest Nagaland State media showed towards such issues—the media presence at the Festival at Chizami was next to nil. The honouring of women leaders from the villages for their work towards gender parity, the vast showcase of indigenous biodiversity, thus, remained restricted to those who could, or would, carry the message forward. The biodiversity festival celebrated by the Telangana women farmers is not
just a call to preserve and promote traditional food and systems, but also an attempt to create a dialogue with the government. “The festivals have helped us dialogue with the government, so that we can tell them what we want. They have learned many things from us, particularly what to promote for the people. Through our efforts, scientists, bureaucrats and politicians have recognised our knowledge systems,” said the Dalit woman farmer. They have now asked the government for a “millet bonus” as the rapid growing of millets has helped save both water and electricity in the region. Millets are a wonder grain that can be grown on infertile land, with minimal irrigation. They need no chemical inputs; they
are traditionally grown by small, marginal farmers in central and south of the Indian sub-continent, while in Nagaland it is often planted in the second and third jhum cycle. It is a subsistence crop that allows for biodiverse farming and provides for a range of nutrition. Millets—the grain, songs and methods attached to it—are slowly disappearing from the Nagascape. Women farmers in different pockets of Nagaland are now trying to revive the indigenous systems of millet farming with a little encouragement from the North East Network in Chizami. “Since the past two days I have seen women working very hard. It shows in the buzzing life and livestock in Nagaland—please continue to celebrate this,” said Swarupama on a parting note, before a few of them sang a song of the women’s collective from Telangana. They were moved by the ageing Naga women, without footwear or aid, carrying on harsh physical labour, and the almost equal absence of men from traditional spaces of work. Their observations were echoed by farmers from the Garo hills and East Khasi hills of Meghalaya, and the representatives of Naga farmers in Manipur, who stood in solidarity at the Biodiversity Festival in Chizami. Encapsulating it, “In the Garo hills we say Naga people work very hard; so should we.”
2011-12: 55 Crore 2010-11 : 54 Crore 2009-10 : 74 Crore 2008-09 : 124 Crore tor has slipped to the bare minimum. According to records made available, the annual fund allocation to the Power department from the State Plan outlay dipped to Rs. 7 crores in 2015-16 from Rs. 124 crores in 200809 (See Box). The requirement projected by the department for 2015-16 was Rs. 140 crores. The Department also has pending bills amounting to Rs 17 Crores, incurred during 2015-16, which are due to suppliers. 2016-17 will not be any better either as an official from the department, who wished to remain anonymous, disclosed that the State government has proposed a measly 4.5 percent of the projected fund requirement for the coming financial year. The source said that the power sector has been allocated Rs. 12 crores in the State Plan outlay for 2016-17 which will likely be announced unchanged during the Assembly Budget Session on March 17.
Departmental projection on the other hand has indicated a requirement of Rs. 265 crores as operations and maintenance cost for 2016-17, excluding the cost of buying power. While repeated appeals from the department year after year have gone unheard, the source held that the government should seriously reconsider the proposed allocation of Rs. 12 crores. Further, the source said that the miserly annual allocations are not in tune with the 5-year Plan approved specifically for the period 2013-14 to 2018-19. As per the plan, the state government had proposed to pump in Rs. 707 into the power sector over a 5-year period. “The government disputes that it is spending crores running into the hundreds annually on the power sector,” the source said. While acknowledging the government’s argument, the source however maintained that it should make a clear distinction between maintenance cost and spending on buying power. “The government is misconceived to think that the money spent on buying power is contributing to upkeep of infrastructure. These are two different working units.” The government reportedly raked up a staggering Rs. 200 crores as bill for drawing power from the national Grid in addition to the Plan allocation of Rs. 7 crores during 2015-16. In return, it barely managed to collect 50 percent of the cost.
CBCNEI calls for constructive dialogue in Kiphire & Shamator DIMAPUR, MARCH 14 (MExN): The Council of Baptist Churches in North East India (CBCNEI) has appealed for the communities residing in Shamator and Kiphire towns of Nagaland to maintain peace and engage in constructive dialogue with “calm mindedness to thwart off any future escalation of violence.” A press note from the CBCNEI said that responding to conflict with violence “will not bring any solution or peace, rather it will only bring hatred and killings in society.” “Let the peace of God which surpass all understandings prevail upon our judgments against one another and forgive to over-
come bitterness and strive to work together towards peaceful co-existence.” Affirming that “forgiveness is the only way to achieve peace,” it called for initiatives to build a peaceful and friendly society in the state. “It is essential part of Christianity to spread God’s freedom and regenerate love, peace, unity, with an attitude of welcoming and merciful towards all tribes, races, or communities living together in a state where Christians are majority, so that everyone may encounter the goodness and mercy of God and have fullness of life in the state of Nagaland,” the CBCNEI stated.
Myanmar president to be selected today NAYPYITAW, MARCH 14 (AP): Myanmar’s parliament votes Tuesday to pick the country’s next president from a group of three final candidates, including a front runner who is a longtime confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi’s NLD won overwhelming majorities in both houses of parliament and its lawmakers are expected to confirm party nominee Htin Kyaw as the country’s next leader. The new president is to take office on April 1. Myanmar’s constitution blocks Suu Kyi from becoming president because of a clause that excludes anyone with a foreign spouse or children. Suu Kyi’s two sons
are British, as was her late husband. The clause is seen as having been written by the military with Suu Kyi in mind. Suu Kyi has said she will be “above” the president and rule from behind the scenes, meaning that any NLD candidate would effectively be her proxy. Myanmar’s electoral system requires that the president be chosen from candidates put forward by each of the two houses of parliament, and a third nominee from the military, which retains a quarter of the legislative seats. Parliament speaker Mann Win Khaing Than announced Monday that the vote would take place Tuesday.
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Drinking Water & Sanitation awareness week
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Need to promote artificial insemination in pigs
Kohima, march 14 (DiPr): State level launching of National Rural Drinking Water & Sanitation awareness week will be held from Mach 16 to 22, at 11:00 AM at PHED conference hall, Kohima where the chief guest will be Minister PHE, Tokheho Yepthomi. Secretary PHED, Anenla S. Longchari (IAS) will chair the programme. According to the programme keynote address will be delivered by Chief Engineer PHED, Kevisekho Kruse, special number will be presented by Dziesekhrienuo Keretsü. Vote of thanks will be delivered by Director WSSO, PHED, K. Ghushito Sumi.
Ketoukhrie Peli No. 11 informs Kohima, march 14 (mExN): The Ketoukhrie Peli No. 11 of T. Khel Kohima Village that Mechü Rühuo will be held on March 18 at Lerü Medi (Fishery Pond) and participate at the Inter Peli Annual Sports on March 19 at T. Khel Rüzie which will be followed by Sekrenyi Fest on March 20 in the Peli House. General Secretary Setsovinuo Solo in a press release has requested all members to participate on the said occasions positively.
Travelers cautioned on jhum burning TsEmiNyu, march 14 (DiPr): ADC Tseminyu, Vikhweno Meratsu hereby informed all concerned public that Tseminyu Village Community Union has fixed March 15 for setting of fire or burning the Jhum fields, stretching NH-2 to Tseminyu area by 10:30 am onwards. Travelers crossing this area and public general are therefore informed to keep away from the places during the period of setting fire as informed by the Tseminyu village community union.
DFP organizes programme on central schemes DimaPur, march 14 (mExN): The Directorate of Field Publicity, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India organized a special outreach programme on the flagship programmes of the Central government at Thekrejuma village on March 13. Addressing the gathering as resource person, Tekraj Sharma from the Indian Postal Department emphasized the need to create more awareness on all central government welfare schemes so that the real beneficiaries and the targeted communities can avail and reap its benefits. He said that the central government has launched several Schemes so as to help the common people. The resource person highlighted on the various central government schemes and its components such as PMJDY, Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Sukhanya Samridhi Account. Speaking on the occasion, L. Casavi, FPO, DFP pointed out that the main purpose of the programme was to sensitize people living in rural and media shadow areas on the various welfare schemes launched by the centre and to empower stakeholders through knowledge and information. Expressing the hope that through this programme the villagers are being benefited with information of numerous Central government schemes under one platform, Casavi urged upon the gathering to exercise the knowledge that they have gain during the programme and start availing the benefit by approaching the departments concern. He also dwelled on the subject of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and the newly introduced scheme such as Skill India. The second session of the programme included question and answers sessions and Quiz competition. A public rally was also held as part of the programme. This was stated in a press release issued by L. Casavi, FPO, DFP Tuensang.
Commissioner & secretary, Vet. & AH, MK Mero; director, Vet & AH department, Dr. RT Ezung; additional director, Dr. IP Khala and joint director (Livestock), Dr. K David Sema, at the awareness programme on ‘Artificial insemination in pigs.’ (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | March 14
An awareness programme on ‘Artificial insemination in pigs’ was organized by the State Department of Veterinary & Animal Hus-
bandry here at Hotel Acacia on Monday. Commissioner & Secretary, Vet. & AH, MK Mero who graced the programme as chief guest in his address stressed on the need to promote artificial
Health camp cum LLIN distribution at Zbto ZuNhEboTo, march 14 (mExN): District Health Society, Zunheboto organised a health camp cum LLIN distribution in collaboration with NVBDCP at Lizu SC covering Lizu Old, Lizu New and Lizu Avigato village on March 8. The camp was assisted by Dr. Mulasato Keyho, MO Asuto PHC, Dr. Kikato, MO, DH and assisted by ANM's and staffs of Lizu SC. The camp administered around 60 patients. The state monitoring team headed by Dr. Vethihulu Demo, Dy. Director (NVBDCP) with her team was also present during the camp cum distribution for monitoring of activities carried out in the district, she also shared about the awareness on LLIN's and the importance of Healthy lifestyle and living. On March 12, District team conducted a Health Camp at Asuto and Achikuchu headed by Dr. Alemwabang Aier, DPO (RCH &UIP), Dr. Mulasato Keyho, MO, Asuto PHC, Medosayi, Consultant (NVBDCP) assisted by nurses. The camp administer to around 70 patients.
insemination in a state like Nagaland, where people consume meat on a daily basis. Mero said since most Naga prefer choice local meat, especially pork, there is an urgent need to produce
state. “The cost of raising animals is also so high due to rearing of low performing, non-descript animals, with low reproductively and productivity. The rearing of such animal for meat production and/or for breeding purpose incurs heavy economic loss to the owner/farm”, the booklet stated. In order to improve the performance of animals and to attain self-sufficiency in pork production in the state, the department emphasized on the need to introduce superior quality germplasm (semen of Hampshire/Large Black/ Yorkshire/Ghungroo) at a faster rate in the state. Artificial insemination technique at this point can meet this demand at the farmer’s doorsteps, it informed.
DimaPur, march 14 (mExN): ICARAll India Coordinated Research Project on vegetable crops, Nagaland centre organised a farmer’s training on ‘Advance production and protection technology of summer vegetables’ under TSP (Tribal Sub Plan) programme at Department of Horticulture, Nagaland University, SASRD on March 10. Total 34 Farmers from four villages under Dimapur district including Zani, Domokhia, Urra and Bade participated in the training. The objective of this training was to create awareness to the local farmers with the improved farming practices of kharif vegetable crops for enhancing quality production. Welcome address was given by Dr. Pauline Alila, Associate professor i/c HOD, Department of Horticulture and the technical knowledge and field demonstration were provided to the farmers by the Project Incharge Dr. S.P. Kanaujia and other Scientists of AICRP-VC, followed by Wrap up and seed distribution of summer vegetables by Dr. C.S. Maiti, Associate Professor, i/c TSP, Resource persons demonstrates during the farmer’s training on ‘Advance production and protection technology of summer vegetables’ held on March 10. AICRP-VC.
‘Inspiring Young minds, Inspiring future’ Nagaland Adolescent Girls’ Club holds career guidance
Kohima, march 14 (DiPr): The Nagaland Adolescent Girls’ Club held a career guidance programme on the theme ‘Inspiring Young minds, Inspiring future” on March 14 at Mezhür Higher Secondary School auditorium, Kohima. EAC Phek, Thejakhrienuo Nisa speaking on the topic “Dreams don’t die; How to work towards your goal”, encouraged the students to work hard so as to become a successful person in life. NowaEAC Phek, Thejakhrienuo Nisa days “the competition become
very competitive where only the best few will be selected among thousands”, she said. She also shared her experience, failures and disappointments with special emphasis on NPSC. While encouraging the students she asserted that the four principles such as hard work, strong determination, perseverance and prayer are indispensable to become a successful person as such one should learn to inculcate these principles. Sharing on the importance of strategy for preparation of civil services exam, she urged the students to have thorough planning, proper time management, smart reading and most importantly to have clear un-
DimaPur, march 14 (mExN): Nagaland Community Conserved Areas Forum annual general meeting will be held at Hotel Japfu at 11:00 AM on March 16. The upcoming CCAs of Nagaland who are interested in affiliating with the Forum are also requested to attend the same with NOC from the Village Council and details of the CCA. For more information contact Tehomeli Phom, Information & Publicity Secretary, NCCAF @ 9774646259.
Deputy Commissioner of Wokha (seated fifth on left) seen along with village elders of Pangti and event organizers at the inaugural of the festival on Friday.
ing and stationary Shetoyi Sumi who consented to be the chief guest of the festival expressed his regret for not being able to grace the occasion due to official engagements. In his message, Shetoyi acknowledged the efforts of the association to introduce healthy practice of fishing to the people. He also assured to extend assistance for villagers to set-up angling zones in the area and through which, villagers could also earn income for their livelihood. Derek D’souza, an internationally acclaimed angler who also participated in the festival conducted workshop for the anglers during the course of the event. He shared his experience with fellow anglers of the state and other states as well. Also speaking at the in-
AI in pigs. This was followed by a technical demonstration of AI equipments and discussion hour. Highlights of the second session chaired by joint director, Vet & AH, Dr. SA Walling, included video display on AI in pigs and technical discussion. The main objectives of Artificial Insemination (AI) are genetic improvement of livestock, disease control mechanism, and increase in fertility rate and decreased breeding expenses. According to a handbook published by the state Vet & AH department, presently the pork production in the state falls far short of the demand, resulting in huge amount of money being spent for procuring meat from outside the
Farmer’s training on summer vegetables held
Tzuzha Angling Festival NCCAF AGM hook many participants
WoKha, march 14 (mExN): For the first time in Nagaland, Anglers Association Nagaland (AAN) successfully organized Tzuzha Angling Festival, at Doyang Wokha, on March 11-12 last. The event was organized with an intention to promote angling as an adventure sport at Doyang besides promoting eco-tourism. Deputy Commissioner of Wokha, Robin Lotha who was the guest of honour of the inaugural programme kicked off the festival by declaring the spot as angling zone. Addressing a gathering of anglers from different parts of the country and people of surrounding villages, DC Wokha lauded the initiative of AAN stating that it would go a long way in educating the people. Parliamentary secretary for fisheries, print-
more meat through artificial insemination. He also informed that the state Vet & AH department was planning to open a boar farm in the state to boost meat production. The Commissioner & Secretary further assured to extend all possible support to the department in all its activities. Joint Director (Livestock), Vet & AH department, Dr. K David Sema, in his keynote address said the awareness programme on artificial insemination is the first of its kind in the state and called upon the veterinarians and other stakeholders to make the most of such awareness programmes. In the first session, Dr. Yhuntilo Kent presented an overview of AI in pigs and Dr. Auto V spoke on the social impact and benefits of
augural programme of the festival, Chairman of Pangti Village Council was delighted to witness angling being introduced at Doyang. He assured cooperation towards promoting the activity in the area. The inaugural programme was chaired by Mhonbemo Ngullie, AAN members and invoked by Bijamo Yanthan, Associate Pastor, Pangti Baptist Church. President AAN Issac Zhimomi delivered the welcome address while Phukato Sumi, general secretary AAN proposed the vote of thanks. More than 100 anglers from Bangalore, Mysore, Kolkata, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Nagaland participated in the two-day event. More than 500 visitors including members of Nagaland
Motorcycle Club were also recorded during the event. Best Set-Up Angler was bagged by Kevin Yepthomi; Best Disciplined Angler was awarded to Merang Amri; Asang Jamir was adjudged angler with Best Set-Up Tackles. In the Biggest Catch of Carp category, Pradip Gogoi of Assam Game Fishing Association won the first prize and followed by Mhonbemo Ngullie in the second place. In the Biggest Catch of River Fish category, Toshi Jamir of Mokokchung won the first prize followed by Akavi Yepthomi in second place and Lhiche Mero in third place. In Angling Photography event, Ricky Ozukum was placed first and Deep Sengupta (AGFA) was placed second.
derstanding of fundamentals. Assistant Planning Officer, Kekhrie Mezhur spoke on the topic “Journey to success; competitive exams and success” where he encouraged the students to take time to identify one’s own strength and weakness as being good was not enough in this cut throat competition. He said that success could be achieved irrespective of sector provided one is passionate on what is into. Stressing on the definition of success, he said success is all about hard work, sheer determination, perseverance and accumulation of sweat and blood. In the second session, the resource person Assistant Professor, Science College Kohima,
Dr. Ruokuovikho Tase spoke on “Courage strength and passion; A perspective on Science stream while Chief Analyst, Youth Net, John Meyase spoke on “A perspective on the role of commerce”. Assistant State Coordiantor, SRCW, R. Juliana Medom spoke on the topic “The challenge; The role of young people in good governance”. Secretary, NSSWB, Daisy Mezhur delivered the welcomed note while NAGC of Mewi and Modern Schools presented special numbers. Assistant Coordinator, NAGC, Medochunuo Chielie chaired the programme while NAGC Coordinator, Ruovinuo Kiewhuo concluded the programme.
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M'laya budget: tax on liquor, petroleum hiked
North east Briefs Class 12 CBSE exams rescheduled in Assam, WB nEw DElhi, March 14 (pTi): With elections announced in five states in April-May, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has changed the dates of some class 12 exams to be held in West Bengal and Assam. According to a notice issued by the CBSE, the Class 12 Sociology exam will be held on April 23 instead of April 4 as announced earlier. Similarly, the Sanskrit (core) and Bengali exams have been rescheduled from the earlier April 11 to April 26.
Meghalaya Police manual will be amended: Sangma Shillong, March 14 (pTi): Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today said the state's police manual is under the process of amendment to ensure non-lethal weapons were not used for mob control. "The police manual has to be amended because it doesn't subscribe to the use of rubber bullets. In fact, the police manual is very scary as it says bullet should not be wasted," Sangma told the Assembly. He said since the police manual was considered to be "outdated", the process for amendment was already on. The Chief Minister was replying to queries raised by members on the use of nonlethal weapons such as rubber bullets for mob control.
Manipur blockade: Tear gas shell injures woman iMphal, March 14 (pTi): A 42-year-old woman was injured after she was hit by a tear gas shell canister when the police tried to disperse a mob which had blocked the arterial Imphal-Jiribam national highway in Senapati district, a police official said Monday. The blockade, put Sunday by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), was continuing Monday. JAC Members converged at Namthanjang in Senapati district Sunday, blocking movement of goods trucks carrying essential supplies for the land-locked state, the official said. Police used teargas shells to enforce a passage for the trucks coming from Jiribam side of Western Manipur, he said.The injured woman, Hoikim Hokip, was rushed to RIIMS hospital and is reportedly out of danger. The blockade along the national highway was put to protest against the arrest recently of three Church functionaries of the village by security personnel, the chairman of JAC T Kamei said.
He also raised the rate of cess on limestone from Rs.40 to Rs.60 per tonne. To generate an additional revenue of Rs.18 crore during the current financial year, Sangma informed the assembly that the government had increased tax rates under Meghalaya VAT on cigarettes, high speed diesel and other internal combustion oil excluding petrol. The state's total estimated receipts stand at Rs.9.013 crore and total expenditure is projected at Rs.10.103 crore, thus leaving a deficit of Rs.1.090 crore, which is around 3.6 percent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). Sangma accorded highest importance to community and rural development allocating Rs.811.85 crore
and earmarked a plan outlay of Rs.677 crore for the education department. An amount of Rs.471.80 crore was allocated for infrastructure like roads and bridges, Rs.470 crore for health and family welfare, and Rs.279.15 crore for agriculture and horticulture. Proposing a plan outlay of Rs.158.70 crore to the power department, Sangma said an amount of Rs.100.14 crore has been sanctioned initially to electrify 463 villages and 16,997 Below Poverty Line households through the grid in order to achieve 100 percent village and rural household electrification. He also informed the assembly that an amount of Rs.9.91 crore has been earmarked to electrify 77 villages and 1,541 rural households through the
stand-alone solar PV systems under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, besides sanctioning of Rs.8.28 crore for the electrification of 29 villages through stand-alone solar PV systems. Pledging a plan outlay Rs.811.85 crore to community and rural development, he also announced creation of four new civil sub-divisions at Mawshynrut in West Khasi Hills district, Pynursla in East Khasi Hills district, Chokpot in South Garo Hills district and Raksamgre in West Garo Hills district. Sangma also announced the creation of four new community and rural developments blocks at Mawlai in East Khasi Hills, Bhoirymbong in Ri Bhoi district, Dendema in West Garo Hills and
Rerapara in South West Garo Hills, besides establishing two new administrative units at Ranikor in South West Khasi Hills and Rongjeng in East Garo Hills. Reiterating his government's commitment to ensure safety and security of the people, the chief minister said his government will continue to provide all necessary support to police to achieve self-reliance in tackling insurgency and any other law and order situations. The special force 10 Commandos, who have completed their training, would be inducted for counter-insurgency operations, and 15 new police stations will be established in 2016-17 to strengthen the internal security apparatus.
NPF Manipur questions Speaker DiMapru, March 14 (MExn): The Naga Peoples’ Front, Manipur State Unit today questioned the Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly "as to why the resignation of four NPF MLAs are still kept in dark till today even after six months." “If enquiry to this effect is required why don’t speaker conduct enquiry as soon as he received the resignation letter from the four MLAs,” the President of NPF-Manipur State Unit Awangbow Newmai posed in a press note received here. The Four NPF MLAs have submitted resignation letter to the speaker of Manipur legislative Assembly on September 7 2015, it added. Three controversial
Organizations protest against Mapithel Dam at Chadong DiMapur, March 14 (MExn): As a part of three day observation of the International Rivers Day under the theme “Protection of River, Agriculture Land and Natural Resources of Manipur,” the Mapithel Dam Affected Villagers Organization (MDAVO), the Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur and the Human Rights Initiative today observed a protest at Chadong Village, Ukhrul District, Manipur. Among other things, the organisations are demanding the government to address the multifaceted impacts of Mapithel dam, to review the Mapithel dam and to let the Thoubal River flow freely. Chandong Village lies along the Thoubal River, which is now converted into a reservoir of the Thoubal Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project. In a press note received here, CRAM Presi-
dent Laishram Sanaton informed that the day was marked with protest meet and sharing from key representatives of MDAVO, Chadong Village Authority and several other environmental and human rights organization. During the protest, MDAVO Dominic highlighted how the Mapithel dam project submerged thousands of hectares of agriculture land, forest areas and grazing grounds
since January 2015 resulting in untold hardship on villagers He also pointed out how the Government has failed to conduct holistic impact assessments, which led to controversial and divisive rehabilitationof affected communities. Dominic also stressed the need for addressing the rightful demands for justice and fair rehabilitation of all communities affected by Mapithel dam.
CRAM Secretary Jiten Yumnam also shared how the key objectives of the observation of international Rivers day worldwide is rendered meaningless in Manipur with Barak River, Thoubal River and others already subjected to mega dams constructions. “It is destroying the dependence of indigenous communities and high level of pollution and contamination,” he further maintained.
Human rights of indigenous communities; adverse environment impact; rich flora and fauna; and other cultural and natural heritage of Manipur are undermined and neglected, he maintained further expressing concerns these steps are being done to serve the profit and business interest of corporate bodies. Chairman, Committee on Human Rights, Phulindro also emphasised on the need to rejuvenate the health of Thoubal River and other rivers of Manipur and to promote the intrinsic relationship of indigenous communities with the rivers. The CRAM further informed as a part of three day commemoration, a community meet is also scheduled at L Pabram Village, Tamenglong on March 15 and 16 to protect the Barak River.
Israel doubles budget for IAF boosts operational immigration of Indian Jews capability in Arunachal JEruSalEM, March 14 (pTi): The community is considered to be one of the 10 lost tribes of Jews with claims of being descendants of the ancient Israelite tribe of Menashe. Some 700 Indian Jews will be able to immigrate to Israel this year, a three-fold increase over last year, after the Israeli government decided to double the budget marked for their immigration to the Jewish-state. India’s Bnei Menashe community in the northeastern states of Manipur and Mizoram, believed to be descendants of one of the 10 lost tribes of Jews, were allowed aliyah (immigration of Jews to Israel) in 2005 after Chief Sephardi Rabbi had accepted them as descendants of Jews. Speaking in the Knesset (Israeli parliament), Immigrant Absorption Minister Zeev Elkin told the Immigration and Absorption Committee that the number of Jews com-
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ing from the Bnei Menashe community will be almost tripled this year. Some 700 Bnei Menashe immigrants will be brought during this year, compared to 260 last year, and the budget earmarked for their absorption will be doubled to 2.2 million shekels (about $550,000), Mr. Elkin told the committee last week. There are about 3000 members of the community currently living in Israel, about 600 of whom were born here. Close to 7,000 in Manipur and Mizoram are said to be waiting to immigrate to the Jewish state. The community is considered to be one of the 10 lost tribes of Jews with claims of being descendants of the ancient Israelite tribe of Menashe. However, members of the group have faced major
hardships in adjusting to life in Israel. In a recent report published in the daily Haaretz, it was reported that the social affairs bureau of the Kiryat Arba area, the Israeli settlement adjacent to Hebron in the West Bank, which is home to some 700 people of the community, said that the number of needy community members has risen by about 14 per cent from 2014 to 2015. Some 73 per cent of the community’s teenagers are classified as being at risk, the report said. “Their employment rate is also low due to their difficulty in speaking Hebrew and only 42 per cent of the community’s children go to school,” Malachi Levinger, head of the Kiryat Arba local council, was quoted as having said at the Knesset.
Office of the Thahekhu Village Council The Thahekhu Village will be celebrating its 65th Foundation Day on 15th March 2016 at 8 am at the Village Local Ground. Therefore, the residents of the village are informed to attend the function positively. I. Khekuto Yeputo, Village Council Chairman
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had filed a FIR against the Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang for saying that "these three bills are anti tribals." Why don’t he filed FIR against Manipur Chief Minister who is responsible for the death of nine innocent lives in Churachandpur? If he want to defend O Ibobi Singh why not file FIR against the whole tribal people for protesting against the three anti-tribal bills? NPF -MSU further posed. “It is high time for all to know what type of government we have under the present congress party and its alliance in Manipur. So long as all politicians failed to understand the sentiment of every section of people there can be no peace and development in the state.”
ZB (AMN) resolve to limits bandh & strike DiMapur, March 14 (MExn): The Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) has unanimously resolved to "limit and restrict " the number of bandhs and strikes in Zeliangrong inhabited areas along the ImphalJiri Road, the National Highway, national and international projects, railway construction and others. In a press note received here, ZB (AMN) General Secretary Dr. Gairiangmei Maringmei informed that resolution for the same was arrived its meeting on March 14 at Zeliangrong Baudi Office, Tarung, Imphal after a “series of consultations and discussions across the frontal organizations of Zeliangrong community.” Stating that frequent bandhs and strikes has greatly affected to the daily wage earners, labourers, small business, entrepreneurs, and common people, the ZB (AMN) maintained that it has "cost dearly" the progress of the developmental works of Tamenglong District, which set to complete in time frame.” “The issues of other districts should not bring to the Zeliangrong inhabited areas,” it said justifying their stand on the adverse economic impact. It further cautioned all the associations and other aggrieved parties not to take laws in their own hand without classifying the merit of the issue that really “compel to call bandh and strike” along the aforementioned areas. The ZB (AMN) further said that while the issues important to the common tribal issues, Naga political issue, and any matter related to affect the integrity and the unity of the Zeliangrong land & resources or attempt to further divide the Tamenglong District are top priority to be “defended" with all available means” it appealed its community leaders to differentiate them with the local issues and the intravillage differences. Appealing to all the concerned associations and the aggrieved parties to avoid calling bandh and strike on the said above area, ZB (AMN) stated that any association and group attempting to impede the developmental works of the district would be “considered as against the progress & development and it will be termed as anti-Zeliangrong people.” “If any association/organization is compelled by serious confronting issues that arouse the necessary to call bandh/ strike (it) must take the confident of the Zeliangrong apex organization and all the frontal organisations of Zeliangrong people” it cautioned adding that any consequences of their actions without its consent shall be borne by themselves. GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS IPR CITADEL, NEW CAPITAL COMPLEX KOHIMA, NAGALAND Attention to all Cable TV Operators & Cable TV Subscribers
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land bill - Protection of Manipur People Bill, the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Bill (Seventh Amendment), and the Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) passed in the state assembly on August 31, 2015 has lead to present situation. The hill people had strongly protested against the passing of three bills leading to the dead of nine innocent agitators in police firing in Churachandpur, it maintained adding that, the NPF/MSU has made it very clear that, the mentioned three anti-tribal bills are not acceptable to the tribal people, it added. In this context, it also questioned the continued “political immaturity and lack of knowledge” of L. Ibomcha MLA who
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Campaign to get ‘Antibiotics off the Menu’ Nagaland to observe World Consumer Rights Day 2016 Kohima, march 14 (DiPr): With the rest of the world, Nagaland shall celebrate the World Consumer Rights Day on March 15. The World Consumer Rights Day is an occasion of solidarity among consumers for promotion of the rights of consumers and to ensure that consumers are protected from unscrupulous traders and their consumer grievances are redressed. The theme for the World Consumer Rights Day 2016 is – “Antibiotics off the menu”. It is a campaign to stop the sale of meat raised with the use of antibiotics important to human medicine. According to a release by Joint Controller & HOD, Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection, Bizo M, Kuotsu, antibiotic resistance is driven by over use of antibiotics. About half of the antibiotics produced globally are used in agriculture to promote faster growth and to prevent diseases rather than treat dis-
eases. The use of antibiotics in agriculture is due to increase by two thirds by 2030, from 63,200 tons in 2010, to 105,600 tons in 2030. Antibiotics have been hailed as one of the greatest medical discoveries of the 20th century
when Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin in 1928. Deadly diseases like tuberculosis, typhoid fever and meningitis have been cured by antibiotics. However, the same life- saving drugs that are prescribed to treat infections and dis-
eases in humans are also used to fatten the animals that supply the chicken, beef and pork that are consumed every day by humans. But humans would bear the cost of consuming cheap meat in the long run. Studies showed that
animals that had the drugs in their feed put on more weight in lesser time than animals on a traditional diet. Pigs that got an antibiotic were shown to need 10 to 15 percent less feed to reach the same weight as pigs on regular diets. Therefore, large-scale meat production requires antibiotics. Its use in farming is threatening to make some common ailments untreatable as the indiscriminate use of antibiotics breeds antibiotic - resistance to lifesaving drugs, due to which common infections and minor injuries may once again kill. Routine use of antibiotics renders antibiotics powerless against deadly infections caused by bacteria. Drug resistant bacteria in animals inevitably spread to humans. Every year, 2 million people in the US get infections that are resistant to antibiotics, and at least 23,000 people die as a result. Studies suggest that elimi-
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nating the regular use of antibiotics on farms could have a dramatic, almost instantaneous, effect on animal and human health. Consumers therefore have an important role to play in persuading food companies and butchers to make the changes that are needed to stop the global public health threat for prudent use of antibiotics and protect the drugs for the future. The Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection Department enforces the Legal Metrology Act as well as the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 to enforce the sale of packaged commodities such as food products with mandatory declarations on the packages such as the name and address of the manufacturer or packer or importer, the month and year of packaging or import, etc. and defaulters are prosecuted under the Legal Metrology Act and Rules.
New Delhi, march the country,” he added. About the emoji-print14 (iaNS): Gearing up for the upcoming peak ed bottles, he said the season of India’s $1 bil- campaign has the tagline lion plus carbonated bev- “Jaisa Mood, Waisa Pepsi” erages market, PepsiCo and is aimed to particularon Monday announced ly attract the younger gena 150-ml mini can for its eration into grabbing the flagship cola, and pet bot- beverage based on their mood and emotions. tles printed with emojis. There will be 38 PepAddressing reporters here, PepsiCo India siMoji designs across the vice president, beverag- Pepsi product portfolio, es, Vipul Prakash said the including Pepsi and Diet 150-ml mini can has been Pepsi. This will also inmade a convenient size clude eight emojis parfor people to carry along ticularly designed for the in summers. It has been Indian consumers-- from the traditionally turbaned priced at Rs.15. “New packaging is al- man, the lunch box and ways exciting and Pepsi popular Indian snacks cans have always epito- like dosas and samosas, to mised ‘cool’. The Pepsi musical instruments and Mini is the perfect bite popular celebrities. The sized packaging that takes company said there will the ‘coolness’ a notch fur- be no television advertisement for the time being for ther,” Prakash said. “The mini cans will be the mini cans. available in 2 million outrendra Modi seeking his interven- lets in 30-40 major cities in tion in safeguarding their interest, laND FOr sale employees of Vijay Mallya’s now defunct Kingfisher Airlines are set 1. Rupees 95 per Sq.Ft. near Hope Academy to file a case in the Supreme Court School. in order to get their dues from the 2. Building Rs. 20 lakhs at Bajaj Pulsar 150cc company. Naga United. 3. Rupees 35 per Sq.Ft, 5-6 The employees are in touch Model: 2014(IND-07) minutes drive away from with senior lawyer MV Kini to put Price: `57,000 Foothill road, near Nagatheir case before the apex court and land Baptist College. (Negotiable) they have been assured by him that Contact: 7308615811 Contact: 9615221558 their case will be fought pro bono (for free), given their financial condition. The government had earlier told the Supreme Court that Mallya had left India on March 2 following Grabs the eyes. steals the heart. which the bench issued a notice to Brings you a wide range of home furnishing products him and sought his response within with variety of mind-blowing colours, two weeks on pleas filed by a conTextures and designs. sortium of banks seeking direction It’s no wonder, you will fall in love with it. UPhOLSTERY, CURTAINS, CARPETS, WOOLEN for freezing his passport and his FLOORINgS, WALL COVERINgS, presence before the apex court. BLINdS, mATTRESSES, In a series of tweets on Friday, dRAPERY ROdS, BEd & BATh. Mallya said that he was not an abOpp. daily Bazar, Near Bank of maharashtra, sconder and was not fleeing from Purana Bazar dimapur India adding that he firmly believes Contact: 03862-225047 the law of the land.
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Nagaland University, krishi Vigyan kendra conducted exposure trip for farmers of Zunheboto district where 25 farmers from four different villages of Akuluto block led by dr. Visakho Shunyu (SmS, Agronomy) and Edenly Chishi (SmS, horticulture) visited ICAR (Jharnapani), NRC-mithun (Jharnapani), SASRd (NU, medziphema), CIh (medziphema) and Nagaland Bamboo Resource Centre (dimapur) on march 8 and 9. The main objective of the exposure trip was to make the farmers aware about the latest technology available which can be adopted at their own field for maximizing their profits.
Govt to appoint 10,000 new LPG distributors in 2016-17 New Delhi, march 14 (PTi): The Minister said following an appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, more than 85 lakh consumers have given up their LPG subsidy and subsequently more than 50 lakh new LPG connections have been given to BPL families. As many as 10,000 new LPG distributors will be appointed across the country in 2016-17 while 2,000 of them will be appointed in the next three months, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday. Pradhan said in Lok Sabha that the new LPG distributorship will solve the problems of consumers, including reducing the waiting period. The Minister said following an appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, more than 85 lakh consumers have given up their LPG subsidy and subsequently more than 50 lakh new LPG connections have been given to BPL families. Till 2014-15, burden sharing was finalised every quarter taking into consideration the quantum of under recoveries incurred to oil marketing companies, he said.
Revised pensions under OROP disbursed: Government New Delhi, march 14 (iaNS): Revised pensions under the ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) scheme have been given to over two lakh defence pensioners along with the first installment of arrears, the government said on Monday. It said “revised pensionary benefits” were released to 221,224 pensioners drawing service and disability pensions from the Defence Pension Disbursing Offices, functioning under the Controller General of Defence Accounts. “The amount along with the first instalment of arrears had been released and credited by the defence ministry to the accounts of these pensioners on March 1,” the statement said. In the case of the remaining 146,335 family pensioners drawing pension from the Defence Pension Drawing Officers, payment along with arrears was expected to be released by March-end. The ministry said the additional annual financial increase in grants for OROP came to Rs.7,488.70 crore. The total arrears to be paid from July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015 was Rs.10,925.11 crore. The increase in pensions will cost the defence ministry an additional Rs.4,721.34 crore, with the defence pension liability coming to Rs.64,959.34 crore for 2015-16.
Harley-Davidson hikes prices of select models by Rs 30,000 New Delhi, march 14 (PTi): Cult-bike maker Harley-Davidson today announced the increase in prices on select models sold in India by Rs 30,000 to offset the impact of foreign exchange rate fluctuation. The price increase will be applicable on Street 750, Sportster family and Softail range of bikes in India, Harley- Davidson India said in a statement. The new prices will come into effect from April 1.
New Delhi, march 14 (aNi): Vijay Mallya on Sunday claimed that the banks gave him loans after evaluating all aspects. He is currently in the United Kingdom and is being sought out over charges of money laundering. Mallya added that he is not trying to run to evade law enforcement agencies but is on a personal visit. In an email interview with the Sunday Guardian, the business tycoon said that he feels that he already been branded as criminal in the country and therefore, it was not the right time for him to return. “There was a lookout notice issued against me last year. But I didn’t “escape”. Why am I being portrayed as a criminal now? Loan defaults are a business matter. When the banks give out loans, they know the risk involved. They decide we don’t. Our own business was flourishing but plummeted suddenly. Don’t make me the villain. I have the best intentions. I’m quiet because I fear my words will be twisted like of
others,” he said. Asserting that he was being victimised, Mallya alleged that there was a big agenda that some people were pushing against him. In the interview, he also said that he wanted to return but feared that he might not get to fair chance to present his side as he was already branded as a criminal. When asked about the current location at which he was residing presently, he said that it was not wise for him to reveal his whereabouts, asserting that all he wanted was to feel safe. Earlier, Mallya had said that all the efforts by the media, who were trying to hunt him down, were useless as he was not going to speak to them in any case. “I am being hunted down by media in UK. Sadly they did not look in the obvious place. I will not speak to media so don’t waste your efforts,” Mallya had tweeted. Meanwhile back in the country, after writing to Prime Minister Na-
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‘Nagas should seriously take up business as profession’ Kohima, march 14 (mExN): A consultation meeting of the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), Angami Students’ Union (ASU), and Naga Business Association Kohima (NBAK) held on March 11 here emphasized that Nagas should sincerely and seriously take up business ventures as professions as business plays one of the most vital roles towards building the economy of the Nagas. A press release from NBAK Media Cell Convenor, Atou Liezietsu informed that the meeting held at Hotel Eastgate also stressed that Nagas, be it consumers or business dealers, should encourage each other as “our economy has been drained out from our state.” Further, deliberating on the role played by the businesspersons and entrepreneurs towards building the
State economy, the meeting highlighted that about 80 percent of the market transaction is circulated outside the state. Therefore, it appealed to the Naga public to uplift and encourage one another. Meanwhile, the three organizations also discussed that about 80 percent registered business establishments out of the total 3600 shops under Kohima Municipal office is in Naga names. However, in reality, only about 20 percent are genuinely owned by Nagas. Therefore, the three bodies decided to “hammer out” these practices and also appealed to the Nagas to discourage such trend “which will ultimately be a threat to the society for the future generation.” The meeting also viewed that with this trend, the State is losing its revenue as Nagas are exempted
from the income tax, the release said. In this regard, it maintained that the government also needs to seriously ponder upon which and what is owned and run by Nagas. The meeting also appealed to the commercial house owners to encourage Nagas while leasing out their house. Meanwhile, the two student bodies and the Naga business community decided to work hand in hand for the welfare and uplift of the Naga society, the release said. The meeting was attended by officials of NSF, ASU and NBAK besides other senior student and social work activists. The release mentioned that NBAK has been formed purely for the genuine Naga businesspersons and entrepreneurs for the welfare and uplift of the society.
Kitovi Zhimomi assures women members equal status with men
GPRN/NSCN Ato Kilonser, N. Kitovi Zhimomi with some of the members who attended the interaction session at council headquarters Khehoi.
Dimapur, march 14 (mExN): The Ato Kilonser of GPRN/NSCN, N. Kitovi Zhimomi today assured that GPRN/NSCN has always considered its women at par with the men and will continue to do so regardless of whether there is a 33% reservation for women or not. Zhimomi said this dur-
ing an interaction with him organized by the National Socialist Women Wing (NSWW) of GPRN/NSCN for its women members, the wives and widows at the council headquarters Khehoi on March 14. A press release from MIP, GPRN/NSCN said that during the interaction, the
Ato Kilonser also recalled how the Naga national movement started and reached the political situation this day. Urging the women to be more vigilant, patient and humble, Zhimomi also said that women can be the biggest path breakers when it comes to nation building. The Ato Ki-
Watsü Mungdang support MTLT’s action Workshop on research methodology m o K o K c h u N g Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) on the district administration underway at NU Kohima Campus march 14 (mExN): Stat- March 9 alleged that it had concerned from the top to ing that there are reports from several places in India about children’s death or hospitalization after consuming food provided under Mid Day Meal (MDM) Scheme, the Watsü Mungdang today lauded the MTLT for preventing such a hazard by detecting worminfested rice being distributed under the scheme in Mokokchung Town. The Mokokchung Town
discovered worm infested rice being distributed to different schools in Mokokchung Town under the MDM Scheme by the School Education Department. Stressing that the safety of the children is everyone’s primary concern, the apex Ao women organisation in a press note issued by its President Moachila and General Secretary Toshimenla Walling said that
bottom must take priority and responsibility to ensure the safety of the children. “Any organisation or individual who stand against such malpractice should be endorsed and supported by all to get rid of the menace in the society,” it added in a veiled reference to district administration’s apparent displeasure over MTLT’s action.
NBSE, Trinity College hold teachers’ training
Kohima, march 14 (Dipr): The inaugural function of the ten-day workshop on research methodology for Ph.D students in Social Sciences was held at Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema on March 14 with Pro-Vice Chancellor, Prof. Pardeshi Lal as the chief guest and former Pro. Vice Chancellor, Prof. A. Lanu Ao as the guest of honour. The workshop’s primary objective is to define research problem, formulating research design, designing data collection instruments, hypothesis framing and testing, hands on training with suitable software packages and research report writing and presentation. The course was sanctioned under the ICSSR special component plan for ST category
and preference was given to the applicants belonging to ST category from the state of Nagaland and its neighbouring states. The chief guest expressed happiness over the availability of training provision for students which started in 2009. While stressing on the basic issues of research, he said that the problems lie in finding the area of interest, need for review of literature and the need for assumptions. He said that research is a formal, systematic and intensified approach of a subject matter in a scientific manner Research is important for development, but it also gives side products which can be harmful like nuclear energy, Prof. Lal added. He urged the researchers to work without fear while
adding that they have a moral responsibility to be free and fair. Course Director, Department of Commerce, NU, Dr. Ratan Kaurinta mentioned that the workshop on research methodology is being organised with the aim to facilitate the Research Scholars, where knowledge can be shared through interactive sessions and discussions with eminent experts in the field. He also said that the workshop will improve the research skills and theoretical knowledge and give the scholars hands-on training via plethora of learning modules. The workshop was organized by Department of Commerce, NU, Meriema campus and sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
More condole SC Jamir’s mother’s death Dr. John Bentley and Soma Podder with the English teachers during the third annual teachers’ training programme in English communication skills at NBSE office conference hall, Kohima. (DIPR Photo)
Kohima, march 14 (Dipr): The Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) in collaboration with the Trinity College, London conducted the third annual teachers’ training in English communication skills on March 11 and 12 at NBSE office conference hall, Kohima. Dr. John Bentley, Trinity Academic Support Specialist, India and Soma Podder, Trinity faculty, India were
the resource persons of the training, which was attended by 32 teachers from 22 institutions affiliated for the programme. The training focused on orienting teachers to prepare students for Trinity College’s Graded Exam in Spoken English (GESE) as well as on classroom management and ways to integrate communication skills into their classrooms. The GESE, which is
highly sought-after qualification with international validity and is accepted for entry into universities throughout Europe and the US, has unique form of assessments focusing on 1-1 interactions between the examiner and the examinee with graded approach to language acquisition. In the last two years, students of Nagaland who took the exam have a record of 100% pass percentage.
Capacity building for MCC teachers Kohima, march 14 (mExN): Model Christian College (MCC) in Kohima organised a one day capacity building programme for its teachers on March 12, where resource persons from Nagaland University and State College of Teacher Education delivered lectures on various topics. A press release received here informed that Meyiesül Chaya, Head, Department of Political Science of the college, chaired the programme in Session I, while Dr. Nungshikokla, Vice Principal, MCC, delivered the welcome address. In the Resource Session I, Dr. Lungsang Zeliang, Head, Department of Education, Nagaland University spoke on ‘Research Methodology’. She elaborated on research methodology concerning what actually is research, how to select a research topic, what, why, how, and when of research and finally basic characteristics of research, the release said. In the Resource Session II, Dr. Limala from the Department of Education,
Nagaland University delivered on the topic “Effective Classroom Management”. She spoke on how to develop fundamental strategies and techniques of effective classroom management. In the Resource Session III, Kevileno Zao, Head of Department, Sociology chaired the programme. Dr. Bendangyapangla, Principal, State College of Teacher Education, was the resource person, who dwelled on the topic “Lesson preparation at higher education level”. She spoke on how to cater to the students who have different attitudes, abilities etc in the classroom. She also gave an instruction to the teachers on how to prepare their lessons in order to make the classroom an interactive classroom opening scope and avenues, clearing the doubts of the students and encouraging them in their desired field of study. She also conveyed that well planning and delivery of the lessons is the most important job for the teachers in teaching- learning process.
In the Resource Session IV, Alemla Longkumar, Asst. Professor, State College of Teacher Education, spoke on the topic “Effective use of ICT in teaching- learning”. She informed that UNESCO has implemented strategies and objectives to develop education system in the world with the help of Information Technology. She stated that with the advancement of science and technology, it is time for the teachers to be acquainted with the surroundings and make efficient use of technology in teaching-learning process. Teachers have to be well aware of the information and the need to transform information with knowledge; expanding access and availability of resources has to be maintained and utilized in maximum ways to enrich the education system, she added, according to the release. The programme ended with words of gratitude by Jankhanmoi, Dean of Academic, Model Christian College.
Kohima, march 14 (mExN): Governor of Nagaland & Assam, PB Acharya today expressed grief at the death of Takatula, mother of SC Jamir, Governor of Odisha and former Chief Minister of Nagaland. Describing Takatula as the guiding pillar of the family, Acharya in a condolence note addressed to SC Jamir said, “Your mother was a wonderful woman and was cherished by everyone who knew her. It is really great fortune for the people in general and the family in particular to be guided by her long life. Her long life for more than 100 years is really a great blessing to all.” The Governor and his wife further conveyed condolences to Jamir and the bereaved family members and prayed that God will grant strength
to bear the “irreparable loss”. NPCC President K Therie also expressed sadness at the passing away of Takatula, who is also mother of SI Jamir, Advisor, Urban Development and grandmother of C. Apok Jamir, Parliamentary Secretary, Tourism and Asenla Jamir, Director, SIRD. “She lived a life enriched in righteousness and was a blessed woman for her legacy remains through her children, grandchildren and great grand children who have worked hard for and contributed immensely to the social uplift of the Nagas,” Therie said in a condolence message. “The Nagas in general and the Ao Community in particular have lost a role mother figure which will be
difficult to replace.” Therie and all the rank and file of NPCC further expressed condolences to the bereaved family members. The NPF Central Youth Wing has also mourned the demise of Takatula. “Grandmother Late Takatula’s expiry has been a great loss not only to their near and dear ones but to all the Nagas, as she has lived an exemplary and inspiring life,” stated a condolence note from NPF Central Youth Wing Working President, Bendangtoshi Longchar and President, N. Vihoshe Swu. The NPF Central Youth Wing further offered heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased and prayed to God to grant them solace and comfort.
AR 181st anniv cycling expedition
lonser further stated if “Behind every successful man, there is a woman,” there must be a “wicked woman” behind every man who has failed. In this, he questioned each member whether they are a peacemaker or a wicked one, the release said. The Envoy to Collective Leadership, Alezo Venuh
and Home Kilonser Seochung Sangtam also exhorted the gathering, while the women present also delivered short speeches to the Ato Kilonser. Around 500 women attended the gathering, which was chaired by Holitoli Aye, Chairperson of the NSWW, the release said.
MEx FILE NIDA calls off agitation Kohima, march 14 (mExN): The Nagaland InService Doctors’ Association (NIDA) today informed that the issue of appointment of Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM) has been amicably resolved; therefore, the agitation has been called off. In a press release issued by its President, Dr Kedozeto Punyu and General Secretary, Dr Vezokholu, NIDA appreciated the State Chief Minister, Health Minister, Chief Secretary, and Commissioner & Secretary of Health & Family Welfare for their timely intervention in resolving the issue of Mission Director of NHM. The NIDA also thanked all well-wishers and NIDA members in all the district units for “unflinchingly” upholding the principles of the Association.
Pochury Hoho Dimapur District meet Dimapur, march 14 (mExN): The Pochury Hoho Dimapur District will have a general meeting on March 26, 11:00 am at the residence of Southsutho Amon, President, Pochury Hoho Dimapur District at 4th Mile. A press release from the Hoho further informed that there will be a collection of membership fee of every household. Therefore, the Hoho has informed a male member from each household to attend the meeting.
Liangmai Council (N) general meet pErEN, march 14 (mExN): The Liangmai Council (Nagaland) has convened its general meeting on March 31, 10:00 am at Tepun village. Therefore, fivemember representatives from all the subordinate units, Literature Committee, Liangmai Pui Baudi Nagaland, student bodies and three-member representatives from all the denominational organizations have been requested to attend the meeting positively. A press release from Liangmai Council (Nagaland) President, Kingudi Joseph further extended invitations to leaders in various capacities.
LBA ordains Rev. Kitanwi Chewang pErEN, march 14 (Dipr): Liangmai Baptist Association (LBA) has ordained Executive Secretary Rev. Kitanwi Chewang as the sixth ordained minister of the Association. The ordination service was held on March 13 at Tening Village Baptist Church in the presence of all the Nagaland Liangmai Baptist Church pastors, LBA ordained ministers, LBA office bearers, LBA president and his colleagues, well-wishers and the church congregation. Former Executive Secretary of LBA, Rev. Kamwang Rentta ministered the ordination, while Development Secretary LBA, N.K. Joseph extended his appreciation to the Tening Village Baptist Church for co-operating with and supporting the LBA.
BJP appoints State office bearers; meeting on March 17 Dimapur, march 14 (mExN): President of BJP Nagaland State unit, Visasolie Lhoungu has appointed 20 party State office bearers in different positions for the term 2016. A press release from Jaangsillung Gonmei, General Secretary, BJP Nagaland (Media) informed that the list of office bearers is not conclusive and additional office bearers will be appointed in due course of time for all the remaining posts. Lhoungu wished all the newly elected and appointed office bearers at the State, District, Mandals and Local Area Committees, National Council member, State Council members and hoped that they will continue to work hard for the party and the society through their assignments unfailingly. Meanwhile, the release informed that a state office bearers meeting has been scheduled for March 17, 11:00 am at the State party office. All the newly elected officials as well as senior leaders K. Medom Angami, M Chuba, Yambos Murry, HK Khullu, R. Sopu, and Vizopal have been requested to attend positively.
The AR cycling expedition team, which was flagged off from Kohima on March 14 on occasion of the AR’s 181st Raising Day to be observed on March 23.
ANEFWA Dimapur zone meeting
Dimapur, march 14 (mExN): The Assam Rifles has flagged off a cycling expedition in commemoration of the para-military unit’s 181st founding anniversary. It is being jointly organised by the IGAR North and IGAR South with the objective of promoting unity and integrity in the north-eastern region. The cycling team com-
Kohima, march 14 (mExN): All Nagaland Electricity Field Workers Association (ANEFWA), Dimapur zone has informed all the Field Workers under Dimapur zone that as per the executive meeting resolution of the Association, a general meeting will be held on March 19, 9:30 am at Electrical colony, Full Nagarjan. A press release from ANEFWA Dimapur zone General Secretary informed that since the tenure of the present office bearers of the Association expires, a new team will be inducted and introduced at the meeting. All the members are required to attend the meeting, according to the release.
prising 20 AR personnel took off from Kohima on March 14. The journey will culminate on March 20 at Shillong after covering a distance of approximately 437 kms. The team reached Dimapur today for an overnight stopover after which they will proceed to Shillong passing through Doboka, Jagi Road, Nong-
poh and Umroi. According to the AR, more cyclists will join the expedition enroute, which is regarded as among the biggest events of its kind in the region. More than 500 personnel from the different AR units are expected to join the expedition along the way. The AR will celebrate its Raising Day on March 23.
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IN FOCUS The Power of Truth
The Morung Express volume Xi issue 72
THE MORUNG EXPRESS
C O M M E N T A R Y
Scott Soames NYT
Philosophy’s True Home
A Changing World in our unchanging reality The idea that philosophy was and still is isolated
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ver the years visible changes are evident in Naga society. One can say that these changes are part globalization, and, possibly, the natural process of human development. We also need to acknowledge that the occurrences of historical events are contributing to germinating conditions that have propelled these changes. A growing number of regional and international companies and brands have come to invest in the Naga economy, which have, in turn, caused a ripple effect around issues of production and consumerism. The presence of materialism and consumerism cannot be denied, and yet, one must critically assess and examine whether the pace and degree of materialism is essential to the progress of human development among the Nagas. There is no doubt a growing consciousness in the people’s minds, particularly amongst the youth, who are now more aware of global realities and the changing times in which we live. And, all of a sudden, there seems to be present a Naga ambience of entrepreneurial openness with growing interaction with the world. However, one must question whether similar notions of change and interaction are occurring around issues of human development and human growth. In other words, the ongoing change taking place is only at a superficial and mechanical level with materialism fed by consumerism, and one that has not quite translated to the areas of human development and human relations. This phenomenon results in creating a culture of wanting more. We now have Naga elitism – in materialism, attitudes and in thinking. What we find is that the modern Naga is in tune with the latest happenings in the world, equipped with modern gadgets, dressed in the latest fashion and humming to the most recent music. Yet in spite of all the demeanor of being modern, when in crisis, the modern Naga turns to one’s own primordial self for refuge. This invariably reveals the superficiality of one’s modern sophistication. Consequently, we continue to experience and perpetuate a dogmatic viewpoint of our existential realities which is constantly reinforced by a hierarchical perception of human relations, derived from an abused form of tribalism, which manifests as an extended form of feudalism. In essence, the lack of human development has limited the spirit and values of inclusion to the Naga self. The consumerism and ensuing materialism create a very misleading perception in understanding the overall progression of Naga people. Materialism and consumerism can in no way be a substitute for human development. In fact, they squander human resources – individual, social, economic, cultural and political – in order to support a façade of being progressive, modern or developed. And therefore, in spite of all the materialistic growth, the Naga heart has not strayed far from its primordial sense of security, which is strongly attached to a stereotype insular image of tribalism. The image of an insular Naga heart wrapped in the finest modern clothing best demonstrates the contradiction between Naga progress and Naga materialism. The need for holistic human development cannot be undermined, and, both the distinction and methods for attaining materialism and human development need to be clearly understood and not confused. When Nagas begin to give important attention to the issues of human development, then perhaps the desire for better roads, quality education, responsible social services, inclusive, participatory democracy and self-governance will become a possibility. For the Naga reality to evolve and meet the growing aspirations it is crucial that development is seen through the lens of holistic, sustainable activities that fully engage the society in all areas of human growth. Materialism and consumerism are an illusion, representing trends that will not support the society from one moment to the next. In essence it requires us to, in the words of the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, to practice “Development as Freedom” in which freedom is both the agent and the goal of human development.
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Mari Marcel Thekaekara New Internationalist
Dalits, Adivasis protest their unequal share in 2016 budget The new scheme lacks understanding and will continue to marginalize the most vulnerable
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udgets all over the world roll out with regular monotony. Almost as regularly, they fail to excite us. India has seen a great deal of hype about how the country will soon see ‘Acche din’ or ‘good days’, after voting in the current government. Two years down the line, voters feel cheated and let down, especially so because of the unprecedented hype before the 2014 elections. All politicians promise the earth before an election, and voters who’ve seen it all several times before, are a cynical lot anyway. The BJP though has mastered the art of spin. So the billboards, advertisements and larger than life projections of the Supreme Leader at a national level, were unprecedented. So the bigger the noise, the more disappointing the failure to deliver. Dalit leader Paul Divakar telephoned me complaining about the treatment of dalits and adivasis in the 2016 budget. He explains: ‘Though we applaud the allocation of $74 million under the stand-up India scheme for dalit or Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) entrepreneurs, the overall allocation under the SC and ST Sub Plan is extremely poor. The allocation for dalits under Union Budget 2016 is only 7.6 per cent when the due amount under the dalit sub plan budget should be 16.8 per cent or $13.5 million and 8.6 per cent under the adivasi plan which should be $7 million. Thus denying them a total of $11.3 million. The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) condemns this denial in allocation.’ The NCDHR press release went on to point out that the budget comes at a crucial moment, after the University Grants Commission withdrew underprivileged students fellowships and the subsequent suicide of Rohith Vemula, a dalit PhD student, at Hyderabad University. The underlying issue of both these instances has been the denial of mandatory funds to research scholars. Paul Divakar, NCDHR General Secretary, holds the finance minister accountable and asks, ‘Where is the missing $11.3 million? Yet another massive denial and disinterest to bridge the growing development gap.’ Dr. Ambedkar, the dalit leader who wrote India’s constitution, argued that public and higher education was critical for the empowerment of dalits. Indeed it is crucial for them to regain their dignity and freedom from dominant class bondage. The access to educational institutions by the historically excluded groups has seen a violent backlash from the dominant community. We are at a historical juncture in Indian history. The events of the previous months – denial of fellowship money to PhD students in Hyderabad and other universities, dalit students’ suicides – are an example of this violent reaction from the dominant community.
from other disciplines ignores much of its history
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e’ve all heard the argument that philosophy is isolated, an “ivory tower” discipline cut off from virtually every other progressmaking pursuit of knowledge, including math and the sciences, as well as from the actual concerns of daily life. The reasons given for this are many. In a widely read essay in this series, “When Philosophy Lost Its Way,” Robert Frodeman and Adam Briggle claim that it was philosophy’s institutionalization in the university in the late 19th century that separated it from the study of humanity and nature, now the province of social and natural sciences. This institutionalization, the authors claim, led it to betray its central aim of articulating the knowledge needed to live virtuous and rewarding lives. I have a different view: Philosophy isn’t separated from the social, natural or mathematical sciences, nor is it neglecting the study of goodness, justice and virtue, which was never its central aim. The authors claim that philosophy abandoned its relationship to other disciplines by creating its own purified domain, accessible only to credentialed professionals. It is true that from roughly 1930 to 1950, some philosophers — logical empiricists, in particular — did speak of philosophy having its own exclusive subject matter. But since that subject matter was logical analysis aimed at unifying all of science, interdisciplinarity was front and center. This was followed (in Britain) by two decades in which leading philosophers identified philosophy with informal linguistic analysis. Fortunately, this narrow view didn’t stop them from contributing to the science of language and the study of law. Now long gone, neither movement defined the philosophy of its day and neither arose from locating it in universities. The idea that philosophy was and still is isolated from other disciplines ignores much of its history. From 1879 to 1936 the philosopher-mathematicians Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, Kurt Gödel, Alonzo Church and Alan Turing invented symbolic logic, helped establish the set-theoretic foundations of mathematics, and gave us the formal theory of computation that ushered in the digital age. In the field of linguistics, from roughly 1945 to 1975, the philosophers Rudolf Carnap, Saul Kripke, Richard Montague and David Kaplan developed ideas relating logic to linguistic meaning that provided a framework for studying meaning in all human languages. Others, including Paul Grice and J.L. Austin, explained how linguistic meaning mixes with contextual information to enrich communicative contents and how certain linguistic performances change social facts. Today a new philosophical conception of the relationship between meaning and cognition adds a further dimension to linguistic science. Decision theory — the science of rational norms governing action, belief and decision under uncertainty — was developed by the 20th-century philosophers Frank Ramsey, Rudolph Carnap, Richard Jeffrey and others. It plays a foundational role in political science and economics by telling us what rationality requires, given our evidence, priorities and the strength of our beliefs. Today, no area of philoso-
phy is more successful in attracting top young minds. Philosophy also assisted psychology in its long march away from narrow behaviorism and speculative Freudianism. The mid-20th-century functionalist perspective pioneered by Hilary Putnam was particularly important. According to it, pain, pleasure and belief are neither behavioral dispositions nor bare neurological states. They are interacting internal causes, capable of very different physical realizations, that serve the goals of individuals in specific ways. This view is now embedded in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Philosophy also played a role in 20th-century physics, influencing the great physicists Albert Ein-
stein, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. The philosophers Moritz Schlick and Hans Reichenbach reciprocated that interest by assimilating the new physics into their philosophies. Today, leading philosophers — including David Albert, Hans Halvorson, Laura Ruetsche, Hilary Greaves and David Wallace — explain quantum physics to outsiders, while conceptualizing issues in ways physicists find useful. Philosophy of biology is following a similar path. Today’s philosophy of science is less accessible than Aristotle’s natural philosophy chiefly because it systematizes a larger, more technically sophisticated body of knowledge. Philosophy’s interaction with mathematics, linguistics, economics, political science, psychology and physics requires specialization. Far from fostering isolation, this specialization makes communication and cooperation among disciplines possible. This has always been so. William of Ockham, Descartes, Leibniz and Kant were heavily informed by the science and mathematics of their day. Locke
and Hume responded to Newton not with envy and a sense of inferiority (which Frodeman and Briggle wrongly attribute to philosophers responding to 20th-century science), but with a desire to apply Newton’s lessons to their natural philosophies of mind, which were then psychology-in-the-making. Nor did scientific progress rob philosophy of its former scientific subject matter, leaving it to concentrate on the broadly moral. In fact, philosophy thrives when enough is known to make progress conceivable, but it remains unachieved because of methodological confusion. Philosophy helps break the impasse by articulating new questions, posing possible solutions and forging new conceptual tools. Sometimes it does so when sciences are born, as with 17th-century physics and 19th-century biology. But it also does so as they mature. As science advances, there is more, not less, for it to do. Our knowledge of the universe and ourselves expands like a ripple surrounding a pebble dropped in a pool. As we move away from the center of the spreading circle, its area, representing our secure knowledge, grows. But so does its circumference, representing the border where knowledge blurs into uncertainty and speculation, and methodological confusion returns. Philosophy patrols the border, trying to understand how we got there and to conceptualize our next move. Its job is unending. Although progress in ethics, political philosophy and the illumination of life’s meaning has been less impressive than advances in some other areas, it is accelerating. After an erosion of faith in ethical theory in the first third of the 20th century, and calls for its abolition in the middle third, John Rawls and Robert Nozick revived theories of justice in the early 1970s. Comprehensive ethical theories, including Thomas Scanlon’s and Stephen Darwall’s, have also reappeared. Even discussions of death and the meaning of life have returned, led by Thomas Nagel, Samuel Scheffler, Shelly Kagan, Susan Wolf and others. As my colleague Jake Ross observes, the advances in our understanding because of careful formulation and critical evaluation of theories of goodness, rightness, justice and human flourishing by philosophers since 1970 compare well to the advances made by philosophers from Aristotle to 1970. The knowledge required to maintain philosophy’s continuing task, including its vital connection to other disciplines, is too vast to be held in one mind. Despite the often-repeated idea that philosophy’s true calling can only be fulfilled in the public square, philosophers actually function best in universities, where they acquire and share knowledge with their colleagues in other disciplines. It is also vital for philosophers to engage students — both those who major in the subject, and those who do not. Although philosophy has never had a mass audience, it remains remarkably accessible to the average student; unlike the natural sciences, its frontiers can be reached in a few undergraduate courses. Far from being years of “enduring failure,” the last 150 years have been philosophy’s best. Scott Soames is director of the school of philosophy at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He is the author of “The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy.”
Time short to protect Africa's food supply from climate change megan Rowling
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ithout action to help farmers adjust to changing climate conditions, it will become impossible to grow some staple food crops in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, with maize, beans and bananas most at risk, researchers said on Monday (March 7). In a study of how global warming will affect nine crops that make up half the region's food production, scientists found that up to 30 percent of areas growing maize and bananas, and up to 60 percent of those producing beans could become unviable by the end of the century. Six of the nine crops - cassava, groundnut, pearl millet, finger millet, sorghum and yam - are projected to remain stable under moderate and extreme climate change scenarios. "This study tells where, and crucially when, interventions need to be made to stop climate change destroying vital food supplies in Africa," said Julian Ramirez-Villegas, the study's lead author who works with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). "We know what needs to be done, and for the first time, we now have deadlines for taking action," he added
in a statement. For example, the study warns that around 40 percent of maize-growing areas will require "transformation", which could mean changing the type of crop grown, or in extreme cases even abandoning crop farming. Sorghum and millet, which have higher tolerance to drought and heat, could replace maize in most places under threat. But for 0.5 percent of maize-growing areas - equal to 0.8 million hectares in South Africa that now produce 2.7 million tonnes - there is no viable crop substitution, the study said. In a few places, the need to adapt to climate change is already urgent, the researchers said. Those include pockets in highly climate-exposed areas of the Sahel in Guinea, Gambia, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Niger. Banana-growing regions of West Africa, including areas in Ghana and Benin, will need to act within the next decade, as the land is expected to become unsuitable for bananas by 2025. And maize-growing areas of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Tanzania also have less than 10 years left to change tack under the most extreme climate change scenarios, the study added.
"If we don't do anything now, farmers are no longer going to be able to grow certain crops in certain sites," Ramirez-Villegas told the Thomson Reuters Foundation from Colombia. "But we know there are several adaptation options ... with which farmers should be able to carry on growing these crops for a longer period of time than we project."
HARDIER CROP VARIETIES Those options begin with shorterterm actions like improving irrigation and weather information services for farmers, and developing new varieties of maize and beans that can better tolerate heat and drought. Such measures are already underway in parts of Africa, including the "Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa" initiative that has released 160 varieties, benefiting up to 40 million people in 13 countries. But governments will still need to re-assess agricultural and food security policies to see whether bigger transformations are needed, such as switching to different crops or livestock. If so, they will need to help farmers access markets or build processing and storage facilities for new crops.
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CCAFS researcher Andy Jarvis, a co-author of the paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change, noted adjusting national policies can take decades. "Our findings show that time is running out to transform African agriculture. This will require not only increased funding but also a supportive policy environment to bring the needed solutions to those affected," he said. A separate study released on Monday, by researchers from Brown and Tufts universities, suggested scientists have overlooked how two important human responses to climate will impact food production in the future: how much land people choose to farm, and the number of crops they plant. Looking at Mato Grosso, a key soyproducing state in Brazil, they found a temperature rise of 1 degree Celsius was tied to substantial decreases in crop area and double cropping, accounting for 70 percent of the overall loss in production. Only 30 percent was attributable to falling crop yield. "If you look at yields alone, you're not looking at all of the information because there are economic and social changes going on as well," said Leah VanWey, professor of sociology at Brown and one of the study's senior authors. "You're not taking into account farmers' reactions to climate shocks."
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Shifting Ground? State and Markets in the Uplands of Northeast India
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THE BLEAK POLITICAL SYSTEM
Erik de Maaker, Dolly Kikon and Sanjay Barbora
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n India, shifting cultivation has been controversial for decades. To administrators, agronomists and conservationists, it has primarily been ‘primitive’, ‘wasteful’ and ‘inefficient’. “(…) (A)n extravagant and unscientific form of land use”, that is “degrading the environment and ecology”, as some critics put it . Even as policy makers point out the precarious nature of this agricultural method, anthropologists and environmentalists have identified shifting cultivation as a technique that is exceptionally well suited for the uplands climate and soil, and ecologically sustainable . Obviously, growing population pressure, and the acquisition of land for other agricultural purposes, has reduced the viability of jhum cultivation. But even as the odds are against it, people make great efforts to continue practicing jhumming. Encroaching upon areas that where hitherto not cultivated, jhum farmers move towards steeper slopes, and less fertile plots. How can this sustained commitment towards jhum farming be explained, particularly since an increasing number of studies also show that subsistence peasants are rapidly becoming landless daily wage labourers or migrant workers in urban centres across India? What can we learn from these developments regarding the radical transformations that the economies and societies of the uplands are subjected to? The critics of shifting cultivation continue to be vocal and well represented both among policy makers and in the public domain, and quite a few government policies are in place that aim to discourage it. Large-scale programmeshave been initiated aimed at the expansion of capital-intensive commercial crops, such as rubber and tea, to improve the profitability of upland agriculture. In addition, and to some extend contradictory to these measures, over the last decade and a half several initiatives to sustain and improve shifting cultivation have also gained ground in Northeast India.From the middle of the 1990s onwards, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has worked with the North Eastern Council in the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for Upland Areas, encouraging community development projects (in Meghalaya, Manipur, and parts of Assam). Comparable projects have started in Nagaland: the Canadian sponsored Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development (NEPED), as well as a large program funded by the UNDP (Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management in Shifting Cultivation Areas of Nagaland for Ecological and Livelihood Security). In 2011, the World Bank supported North East Rural Livelihoods Project (NERLP) started, which aims to improve rural livelihoods in Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. These various development interventions draw our attention towards the uneasy equation between shifting cultivators and the state. For decades, contractors, traders, and agents from the Brahmaputra valley and beyond exploited the hills for timber, bamboo, sand, pebbles and other natural resources. Yet, from the perspective of the state, thehills used to be places with little economic value and its societies as self-sufficient and simple. It was only with the largescale hydrocarbon and hydro-dams projects that the hills were pushed into visibility as a significant economic zone. For example, a huge number of hydroelectric dams are in process of being constructed (168 dams of 25 MW or more have been scheduled for Northeast India), while mining is likely to expand significantly as well (oil and gas reserves in Manipur and Nagaland). In addition, Northeast India has been and is at the centre of national policies such as earlier ‘Look East’and more recently ‘Act East’, that propose to open up the region as a corridor to forge land-based connections (road, rail, pipelines) between South Asia and China. These developments have a great impact on the uplands in terms of economy, demography, and resource utilization. The increasing state encapsulation of the uplands of Northeast India has many consequences. As road connectivity improves, private educational facilities develop, and the electrical grid is extended, people increasingly aspire towards modernity. The conspicuous absence of the state as a service rendering entity, notwithstanding its overwhelming visibility as a security force in the region, has resulted in a growing presence of private players. Private healthcare, education institutes, loan companies, and consumer agencieshaveproduced a debt culture and rural populations across the hill states of Northeast India are increasingly becoming indebted and are mortgaging homes, jhum lands and crops to attend to health emergencies, children’s education, or pay agents for securing jobs in urban centres across India and abroad. The growing demand for cashis gradually drawingsubsistence cultivators from the uplands deeperinto a money and market oriented economy. In this new economy, they are becoming visible as the poor, dispossessed, and the landless. It is within this context that the ongoing state interventions to integrate the jhum uplands need to be examined. Particularly measuresaimed at the promotionof plantation economy and the commercialization of crops in the uplands appearto be dangerous since these undermine the political textureof local communities.
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the breakup of communal land tenure, replacing it by individual ownership. The privatization of land titles providesindividual upland cultivators with a valuable asset (land) that can be mortgaged, sold and bought. Growing income disparities, land alienation, and out-migration are a consequence. On a different note, the growing popularity of new religious groups weakens the redistributive mechanisms embedded in society, resulting in communities becoming increasingly stratified along economic lines. Although the distribution of resources such as land continues to be etched upon preceding social patterns, the current economic developments result in a redefinition of terms of entitlement. This is most articulate in those parts of Northeast India that are exposed to a substantial in-flow of capital, be it as part of large scale territorialized resource exploitation (hydroelectric dams, mining), the in-flow of development related money, or the increasing importance of plantation crops such as tea, coffee and rubber. While the initiatives aimed to increase the sustainability and profitJhum in the Uplands The uplands of the eastern Himalayas and its hilly south- ability to specifically benefit the rural poor, recent research ward extensions have over the last decades been subject to suggests that even these projects inevitably contribute to extensive ‘state-making’. This region, a single ecological zone, the growth of income disparities. is crisscrossed by the international borders of India, China, Bangladesh and Burma/Myanmar. These states are actively Towards a trans-regional perspective Compared to Northeast India, shifting cultivators of the consolidating their borders, and expanding their political and economic presence in the once semi or ‘lightly’ administered Chittagong Hill Tracts have very limited access to capital and uplands. Throughout these uplands, shifting cultivationhas markets, resulting in the perseverance of prior social and economic arrangements. The same holds for the Chin Hills of historically been an important economic activity. Shifting cultivation, as the name suggests, is a method of Burma/Myanmar, reputedly one of the most deprived regions farming on temporary fields. Throughout a growth season, of that country. There, people who entirely depend on swidwhich lasts for about six to eight months, the rain-fed fields den cultivation tend to be poor, but can nevertheless have a carry both subsistence crops (maize, vegetables, pulses, rice, high level of food security (as among the Konyak Naga, or in tubers) and cash crops (cotton, ginger, turmeric). The sheer parts of the Chittagong Hills tracts), due to the variety of crops diversity of these crops, and their ripening over a period of that can be harvested spread across many months. Does this several months, spreads the risk of a failed harvest. The seeds explain the remarkable commitment of shifting cultivators to derive from previous harvests (no dependency on seed mer- absorb‘statist’ efforts aimed at controlling their ‘traditional’ chants), and many are unique varieties, that are well attuned practices, and to continue with these against many odds? Upland communities have a history of self- governance. to the specificities of soil and climate. The fields are abandoned after one or two years of cultivation, allowing shrubs Their encapsulation by the states of which they have beand trees to grow back. People thencultivate a next plot. The come part in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries has alternation between periods of ‘cultivation’ and ‘fallow’ en- resulted in complex legal configurations that encompass sures the continuation of a jungle cover thathelps to main- both customary lawsas well as state laws. The extents to tain biodiversity .The longer the rotational cycle, the better which localized customary arrangements are recognized at the harvest. But where this cycle would previously encom- the state level differ significantly. For instance, official land pass ten to fifteen years, increased population pressure in records exist only for certain parts of the uplands. Where many places has brought it down to three to four years, or there are no land records, as in most of Arunachal Pradesh, even less. As a result, harvests are becoming less prosperous, but also in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Chin Hills, the state informally recognizes customary arrangements. and the pressure on the environment is increasing. Amajor trend in the region is the creation of small-scale Such arrangements are vulnerable, since they can easily be plantations that are permanently cultivated. This triggers challenged when competing claims to land are advanced
by commercial companies or the state. The contiguous uplands of Northeast India, Burma/Myanmar and the Chittagong Hills Tracts constitute the ‘last enclosure’(to quote James Scott): perhaps the last area in the world that due to its earlier impenetrable terrain has remained outside the realm of state administrations, national laws, and the commercialization of natural resources.Bringing development to the uplands implies their integration in lowland oriented political and administrative schemes, and an opening up of their resources for national if not global extraction. India, Bangladesh and Burma/Myanmar are advancing hegemonic claims over the uplands thathave triggered the emergence of ethnic movements that counter these claims. In turn, this has resulted in (frequently violent) counter reactions from the various states. States have also confronted upland ethnicity in other ways. In India, government policies distribute large amounts of subsidies along ‘ethnic’ lines (in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Chin Hills, ethnicity has not become a vehicle for preferential discrimination). This has resulted in political appreciation for local cultural practices, languages, and social institutions. On the flipside, ethnic politics have contributed to the reification of differences and the reiteration of exclusionary visions and political claims. These have also set the stage for developmentalist interventions in which ethnic elites play a central role. Significantly, the impact of ethnic policies on state regulated development and capitalist interventions still goes largely unacknowledged, and the political dimensions of ethnicity are urgently in need of being explored. Conclusions Jhum farmers in Northeast India face increasing economic pressure, which challenges existing social and political textures. The increasing presence of the modern state in Northeast India and the growth of market oriented monetarised economic activities marginalizes jhum agriculture. Yet, people go at great lengths to continue to cultivate swiddens. One reason for this seems to lie in the fact that this long-proven agricultural technique keeps them—at least partly—outsidethe realm of the market. While market prices fluctuate, subsistence jhum crops retain their food-value. In addition, jhum cultivation seems to provide much more than a subsistence base, since it also allows for the anchoring of social and political configurations that connect the present to the past. Particularly in this latter respect, the relevance of jhum cultivation has so far remained ill understood. Gaining better insights in its continuing, yet changing, social and economic relevance is a prerogative for a better appreciation of the radicaltransformations that the Northeast Indian uplands are currently subjected to.
s in any states of the country under the umbrella of India, Nagaland is also given equal rights to practice clean and fair election and vote for one's individual choice. But how far is it true? How reliable is it in Nagaland? Is very much the need of the hour to be analyzed? Nagaland political system may be as confusing as it seems, to understand. For many years, the so called freedom fighters or insurgents has always been a part of this side of the country. We have seen politics in Nagaland getting murkier over the years. Almost every vote in Nagaland is bought by money. This practice is developing faster and Materialism has gripped us on hold. It is also the Election system in Nagaland which has contributed to this gun culture, money power and also the free distribution of alcohol, freebies and the rampant practice of immorality during elections. Our society had put up the issue of alcoholism; this culture of elections in Nagaland has destroyed many young people’s lives. It is the elections in Nagaland that has corrupted the people especially the growing youth by setting examples and creating greed corruption and a society without conscience. Many people are more interested in dirty politics than of seeking and paving way to their future. Their focus on education has lost and seems to be more motivation in involving in elections campaigns. We are losing a generation through politics. Politics is meant to build master minds not destroy and corrupt people’s minds. But the easy money has pampered many people. Unfortunately the people are not willing to publicly condemn this. Nagas are democratic people, but this Indian electoral system is divisive and has corrupted Nagaland. We have become spendthrift, living beyond one’s income. People nowadays are fond of keeping side pocket, and election is one of the good options. Another issue is created by the political groups who in many places use their gun power to control the election process in the favour of the candidates who have paid them the highest. In such a scenario who is to be blamed after the election for all the corruption that is involved in the state of Nagaland... is it the people, the politicians, or the Political groups...? The candidates’ pours in money beyond compare to the size of the population of the state. Thus, after they come to power all they want is to recover the money spent to come to power. Majority of Naga educated youths do not want to go out for competitive exams but only depend on ruling candidates to fulfill their promises made during election. It has become a culture of give and take policy.
The Political Groups on the other hand as an open secret will always follow the party that pays them the highest as today. Political Party just stand to take money away from the Nagas who only pays to them not because of their actions but because of the respect to the cause "Naga Political Struggle"... The people of Nagaland with much diversity has become a background with music of complains with no action. So much money misused prior to election in total by all people and to stand and act clean, is a guilty conscious all should have. How far can Nagas truly unite in practicality becomes a serious concern because of so many different tribes and the existence of 'isms'. Nagas are blinded by wealth with their involvement to corruption and destruction. To this entire situation the political leaders as always takes all the advantages possible to have their way going. The blame game in Nagaland politics is the daily bread of the people with none to take the blame and none at fault. The churches itself has failed to produce radical Christians who are serious enough to think for their future generations. We do not give time to ponder upon because we have become selfish within ourselves. Success is equivalent to the amount of cars and houses you built. Our status in the society has become more important. Officials are regarded like Gods’, bribery is a trend, and so the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. It is high time for us to check where we are today and what needs to be done for our future. Venus Kikon. Asst. Prof. (Dept. of Sociology) St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama.
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Lok Sabha panel serves notice Dalit man who married upper on Rahul Gandhi on nationality caste girl killed in Tamil Nadu chennai, March 14 (ianS): A 23-year-old Dalit man who married into the politically influential Thevar community was hacked to death in front of a large number of people in a Tamil Nadu town, police said on Monday. CCTV visuals showed three or four men attack V. Sankar, a third year engineering student, when he and his wife Kausalya, 19, were on a walk in Udumalaipettai town in Tiruppur district on Sunday evening. The unidentified killers came on a motorcycle and appeared to have been shadowing the couple. Before escaping, the killers also thrashed the young woman, leaving her badly wounded. The attackers used sickles as they repeatedly slashed Sankar, who died on his way to a hospital. As the attack took place, many people on the street stood watching, frozen by terror, residents and police officials said. Some ran away from the scene. Sankar's family said he and his wife had just fin-
Girl’s father surrenders, video of attack goes viral chennai, March 11 (PTi): The father of the girl whose husband was brutally hacked to death in full public view in a suspected case of honour killing surrendered on Monday even as a video clip showing three persons attacking the dalit youth in Tirupur district, triggered outrage. The father surrendered before a local court in Nilakottai in Dindigal district of the state, about 380 kms from Chennai. Kausalya, who too was assaulted, has ished shopping when the chilling attack took place. Sankar and Kausalya married about eight months ago. Police said Kausalya's family was unhappy over her marriage outside the caste. A shaken Kausalya later told a Tamil news channel that she would be able to identify the killers. She said she and her husband were threatened earlier too by some people. "On one occasion, they tried to abduct me. I raised an alarm and police intervened," she said from her hospital bed in Coimbatore
blamed her father for the attack. The video that was aired across TV channels of the gruesome attack on 22 year-old Shankar showed his killers approaching him while he was with his wife, at Udumalpet in Tirupur district yesterday. The men were seen attacking Shankar and his wife in a fit of rage, dealing repeated blows on the couple. Scared bystanders remained mute witnesses to the carnage on the busy road.
town. The dead man's family and other Dalits showed their anger over the brazen murder by raising slogans against the government when police handed over his body to them. Sankar's distraught father Velu Samy told journalists that he had felt his son would be eventually accepted by the girl's family. "But that did not happen," he said. "We have lost him." The young woman's father later surrendered to police. He said he had
Social activists attack Centre on Aadhar bill new Delhi, March 14 (PTi): A group of social activists today attacked the Centre on the Aadhar bill, saying the proposed legislation may be misused for "mass surveillance" as it does not address concerns over privacy. At a press conference, the activists said the government will have "sweeping powers" to make Aadhar mandatory to avail benefits of various welfare schemes which will be "extremely unfair". "It will used for mass surveillance. The law will be an infringement on the rights of privacy of people," activist Kavita Srivastava said. The Lok Sabha last week had passed the Aadhaar (Target Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016' which the government says will help save thousands of crore rupees by routing subsidy through the Aadhaar system. The Bill gives statutory backing to the unique identity number scheme. Nikhil Dey, a social activist, said government must delink Aadhar from welfare schemes. "In Rajasthan, you can see long queues in the shops as it takes almost eight minutes for a person to scan his or her fingers," he said adding "Public monitoring of implementation of the schemes is the best way." During the debate on the bill in Lok Sabha last week, some parties too had raised questions about provisions of the Bill, insisting that there is apprehension that it can be used for "mass surveillance" and "ethnic cleansing".
JNU panel finds 21 students guilty of violating rules new Delhi, March 14 (ianS): A high-level inquiry committee, constituted by the Jawaharlal Nehru University to investigate the February 9 happenings on the campus, on Monday found 21 students guilty of violating rules and norms in the JNU. "The high-level inquiry committee constituted by the vice chancellor to inquire into the incident on February 9 on the JNU campus has submitted a unanimous report, as per which some students have been found to have violated the university's rules and norms," the university administration said in a statement here. "There are standards and provisions in the university rules to take action in such cases. The high-level inquiry committee's recommendations are based on the rules of discipline and proper conduct in the JNU," the statement said."The vice chancellor has apprised the Dean's Committee of the summary of the inquiry committee recommendations. The office of the Chief Proctor will take further action by issuing show cause notices to the students found violating rules and norms of the university," it said. The committee was set up on February 10, initially with three members. Later, two more members were added. The university had suspended JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, JNUSU general secretary Rama Naga, Anant Prakash Narayan, Anirban Bhattacharya, Ashutosh, Umar Khalid, Ashwarya Adhikari and Shwetha Raj on February 12.Last week, the administration revoked the suspension of all eight students after the committee submitted its report on the February 9 incident on the campus wherein anti-national slogans were raised.
no hand in the crime and surrendered after learning that police were looking for him. Informed sources said police were also looking for some other members of the woman's family. The Thevar community to which the young woman belonged is closely aligned with Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK party. A party spokeswoman denied the murder was the result of caste conflict. "It is a problem between two families, not between two castes," she said in Chennai.
NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu over honour killing The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu over the alleged honour killing of a young Dalit man who married an upper caste Hindu woman. According to the commission, which took cognizance of the incident following media reports, on March 13 three unidentified men hacked the couple with sickles and fled. The man died on the way to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital while the woman is undergoing medical treatment. The commission said the incident raises serious concern about the safety of a person belonging to the lower caste in the country. "In this case, the man belonged to a Scheduled Caste and had married an upper caste Hindu girl. The matter was in the knowledge of police but it failed to provide them adequate security," said a statement from the commission.
new Delhi, March 14 (ianS): The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee has served notice on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, asking if he had ever declared himself a British citizen. "The ethics committee has served Rahul Gandhi a notice and will act on the matter only after a reply from the Congress member," BJP MP Arjun Ram Meghwal told reporters here on Monday. Meghwal is a member of the ethics committee headed by senior party leader L.K. Advani. In response, Rahul Gandhi told reporters: "We will deal with that."However, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party over the notice and said that the "campaign by the BJP leadership was mala fide and defamatory". "As for the repeated questions being raised outside parliament about Rahul Gandhi's citizenship, particularly by BJP leaders, these are nothing more than the continuing political vendetta of the BJP and its leadership against the Congress leadership," Surjewala told the media. He said the facts in this matter
seek his response if he had once declared himself a British citizen. "The complaint was received by the speaker (Sumitra Mahajan) and she forwarded the complaint to the ethics committee," Meghwal said. Surjewala said Rahul Gandhi need not prove his credentials as an Indian. Instead of trying to malign the image of the Congress, the government should focus on bringing back to the country the likes of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is accused of defaulting on bank loans, the Congress leader said.
Govt sets up probe panel on missing files of Ishrat Jahan case new Delhi, March 14 (PTi): A one-man inquiry committee of Additional Secretary B K Prasad will probe the issue of missing files related to the case of alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan, government today said. Prasad, Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry, will inquire into the circumstances in which the files related to the case of Ishrat Jahan, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Gujarat in 2004, went missing. The panel will find out the person responsible for keeping the files and relevant
issues, a Home Ministry official said. The papers which went missing from the Home Ministry include the copy of an affidavit vetted by the Attorney General and submitted in the Gujarat High Court in 2009 and the draft of the second affidavit vetted by the AG on which changes were made. Two letters written by the then Home Secretary G K Pillai to the then Attorney General late G E Vahanvati and the copy of the draft affidavit have so far been untraceable. Home Minister Rajnath Singh had disclosed in Par-
liament on March 10 that the files were missing. The first affidavit was filed on the basis of inputs from Maharashtra and Gujarat Police besides the Intelligence Bureau where it was said that the 19-year-old girl from Mumbai outskirts was a Lashkar-eTaiba activist but it was ignored in the second affidavit, Home Ministry officials said. The second affidavit, claimed to have been drafted by the then Home Minister P Chidambaram, said there was no conclusive evidence to prove that Ishrat was a terrorist, officials said.
Former Union Home Secretary G K Pillai had claimed that as Home Minister, Chidambaram had recalled the file a month after the original affidavit, which described Ishrat and her slain aides as LeT operatives, was filed in the court. Subsequently, Chidambaram had said that Pillai is equally responsible for the change in affidavit. Ishrat, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed in an encounter with Gujarat Police on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on
June 15, 2004. The city crime branch had then said those killed in the encounters were LeT terrorists and had landed in Gujarat to kill the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Last week, Rajnath Singh had accused the erstwhile UPA government of hatching a "deep conspiracy" to frame Modi when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister in the Ishrat Jahan case. Singh had claimed that the previous regime had done a 'flip-flop' on the links of Ishrat Jahan with terror outfit LeT.
'No intention to change reservation policy' Samir Bhujbal arrested by "The government policy is clear, reservanew Delhi, March 14 (ianS): The govEnforcement Directorate ernment on Monday reiterated in the Rajya tion will continue... And the proposal you are
Sabha that it does not intend to change the reservation policy in the country. The clarification came as the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party sought to know from the government about the issue, after the RSS said demand for reservation by the affluent sections of society only reflected deviation from the spirit of the Constitution. The issue was raised soon after the house met, but Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien said the RSS is a private organisation and members should not be concerned. "There is no difference in RSS and government," Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav said while describing it as a "conspiracy to end reservation". BSP leader Mayawati alleged it was a plan for systematic destruction of reservation. Leader of the House Arun Jaitley, however, clarified that the government has no intention to end reservation.
talking about does not say what you are saying," said Jaitley. Mayawati, however, said that the RSS has sought reservation on economic, and not social basis. "I want to remind the leader of the house, in Indian constitution... there are three criteria - social, education and economic backwardness. Sadly, every other day RSS is giving statement that reservation should be given on economic basis and not social," she said, to which Jaitley immediately responded: "This is not going to happen." The RSS on Sunday said demands for reservation by the affluent sections of society only reflected deviation from the spirit of the Constitution. "Reservation has helped weaker sections of the society and if the affluent sections demand reservation, it does not sound good," RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi told media persons at Nagaur, Rajasthan.
Kerala hamlet finds place on global sanitation map T h i r u va n a n T h a P u r a M , March 14 (ianS): Pulluvila, a sleepy hamlet located close to the airport here, has earned a place for itself on the global sanitation map -- it boasts of the world’s first eToilet which also uses technology that turns waste into fertiliser, generates power and even makes potable water. Since January, a local church-run school here is successfully hosting a pilot project where over 150 students use two eToilets that have incorporated technology developed by the University of South Florida (USF) called NEWgenerator -- with NEW standing for nutrients, energy and water. This is the first time that the awardwinning automated electronic toilet, or eToilet -- developed by local firm Eram Scientific Solutions using a Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation grant -has been married to the NEWgen technology, also funded by grants from the foundation. Eram’s eToilets see the convergence of electronics, mechanical, webmobile technologies to control the entry, usage, cleaning, exit and remote monitoring of the toilet. And NEWgen is a machine in a box that recycles water, harvests energy, creates fertilisers and, ultimately, turns waste into profit. In simple terms, said Anvar Sadath, CEO of Eram, what NEWGen does is to
can be easily verified by the government. Surjewala said Gandhi has always been an Indian citizen. "Rahul Gandhi has since his birth only been an Indian citizen. He has never applied for or acquired the citizenship of any other country," he said. Surjewala said the Congress will reply to the notice on a complaint of ethical misconduct in conformity with parliamentary procedures and the party shall not comment on it in the media. Meghwal told reporters that Rahul Gandhi had been issued the notice to
process the entire waste from the two eToilets. “The water that comes out as waste from the toilets is recycled and goes back in and is used for flushing, while the solid waste is converted into nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium which can be stored and used as fertilisers. The gas from urine is converted into methane and can be used for burning,” Sadath told IANS. The eToilet itself is revolutionary. A coin opens the door for the user and switches on a light -- thus saving energy -- and directs the person with audio commands. It is programmed to flush 1.5 litres of water after three minutes of usage or 4.5 litres if usage is longer. They are also programmed to clean the platform with a complete wash down after 10 or so uses. Eram is the sole manufacturer of eToilets in India and has set up more than 1,600 eToilets in around 19 states. The Pulluvila pilot project is part of an India-specific programme modelled on the Gates Foundation’s global Reinvent the Toilet Challenge and is called RTTC-India. Daniel H. Yeh, associate professor at USF’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, first came up with the idea of a “resource-recovery machine” while he was working on his post-doctorate at Stanford University.
“So what that means is it converts the waste materials -- either human waste or food waste, various types of wastewater,” Yeh is quoted as saying on the USF website. “We will convert that to beneficial products: nutrients, energy and water.” “We’re mimicking what nature does very efficiently, but in a very compact, engineered system, so nothing goes waste and everything is repurposed.” “Both Eram and USF are hopeful that the system would promote sustainable sanitation services for both the poor and urban regions. It is a truly
inspirational next generation product that everyone will want to use in developed as well as developing nations,” said Yeh. For these two organisations the biggest impetus was a statement that Bill Gates made in January 2015, after drinking a glass of recycled water. “I watched the piles of faeces go up the conveyer belt and drop into a large bin. They made their way through the machine, getting boiled and treated. A few minutes later I took a long taste of the end result, a glass of delicious drinking water,” Gates had said.
MuMbai, March 14 (PTi): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested former MP Samir Bhujbal, nephew of NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, in a money laundering case in Mumbai after the agency conducted multiple searches in connection with its probe against Bhujbals and others. Samir Bhujbal was arrested after over six hours of questioning under the provision of the PMLA at the agency’s office in Ballard Tiar here. He will be produced in court today, official sources said. They claimed he was not cooperating with the investigators and hence his custodial interrogation was necessary. Earlier in the day, the ED conducted searches on at least nine premises, including properties and offices, belonging to former Maharashtra PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal, son Pankaj, nephew and ex-MP Samir and few others. A team of 20 officers of the Mumbai zonal unit of the agency conducted the operation. Meanwhile, the NCP described the searches as “political vendetta”. The agency’s action came days after the Bombay High Court on January 28 sought progress reports from the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau and the ED in four weeks on their probe against Bhujbal and his family members.
70 pc Indians support abortion under all situations, says study MuMbai, March 14 (PTi): Even as the issue of abortion remains a sensitive one, a latest global report showed that 70% respondents in India support abortion and said it should be permitted under any circumstances. "Seven in 10 (70%) of Indian respondents say abortion should be permitted whenever a woman decides to have one, while 30% said it should be done under certain circumstances, such as if a woman has been raped," Ipsos, an independent market research company based in France, said in a study. The poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs via Ipsos Online Panel system in 23 countries sheds light on the global citizens' views on the controversial subject of abortion. Currently, abortion in India is legal only upto 20 weeks of pregnancy under specific conditions and situations. The report further showed, 20% respondents said abortion should not be permitted under any circumstances, except when the life of the mother was in danger. Only 2% said it should not be permitted under any circumstance. Globally, three quarters (74%) of respondents in 23 coun-
tries said abortion should be permitted while 45 per cent said it should be permitted whenever a woman decides. Only 5%said abortion should never be permitted, regardless of the circumstances. "It is a woman's fundamental right to have control over her own body, and purely her own decision on whether to opt for abortion or not," Monica Gangwani, Executive Director, Ipsos Healthcare, said. "While right to abort continues to be a contentious issue, there are certain situations that necessitate this - could be medical- where there is a known harm to mother or baby; financial- where the mother (or family) is not able to support the child financially; or in case of unplanned pregnancy (either married/ unmarried) due to failure of contraception, rape, etc," she said. "As long as the woman is an adult of sound mental health, she should be empowered to take this decision," she added. Abortion has been a matter of debate worldwide with many countries still consider it as murder, while women rights insist it to be a fundamental right to have control over one's own body.
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Turkey carries out airstrikes after deadly bombing in Ankara ANKARA, MARch 14 (AP): Turkey’s air force hit Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Monday, hours after a suicide car bombing in the capital killed 37 people and heightened tensions with the militants. Nine F-16s and two F-4 jets raided 18 positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in northern Iraq, including the Qandil mountains where the group’s leadership is based, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. Ammunition depots, bunkers and shelters were among the targets hit. Police, meanwhile, carried out raids in the southern city of Adana, detaining suspected 38 suspected PKK rebels, the agency reported. Fifteen suspected Kurdish militants were also detained in Istanbul, Anadolu said. Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said three more people died overnight from wounds suffered in the Sunday night’s suicide attack that targeted buses and people waiting at bus stops in the heart of Ankara. Around 125 people were wounded in the blast, with 71 people still hospitalized. Of those, 15 were in serious condition. A senior government official told The Associated Press that authorities believe the attack was car-
Forensic officers work on the site of a suicide bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey on March 14. (REUTERS Photo)
ried out by two bombers — one of them a woman — and was the work of Kurdish militants. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing. It was the second deadly attack blamed on Kurdish militants in the capital in the past month and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to bring “terrorism to its knees.” On Feb. 17, a suicide car-bombing in the capital targeted buses carrying military personnel, killing 29 people. A Kurdish militant group, which is an offshoot of the PKK, claimed responsibility.
Turkey is grappling with a host of issues, including renewed fighting with Kurdish rebels, tensions with a Syrian Kurdish militia group which is affiliated with the PKK, threats from the Islamic State group and a Syrian refugee crisis. About 210 people have died in five suicide bombings in Turkey since July that were blamed either on the Kurdish rebels or the Islamic State group. “All five attacks are linked to the fallout of the Syrian civil war,” said Soner Cagaptay, a Turkey expert at the Washington Institute in emailed comments. “Ankara’s ill-executed Syria
policy ... has exposed Turkey to great risks.” “The question, unfortunately, is not if there will be a terror attack again, but when the next attack will be,” Cagaptay said. Sunday’s blast came as Turkey’s security forces were preparing to launch large-scale operations against militants in two mainly Kurdish towns after authorities imposed curfews there, prompting some residents to flee. The operation in the town of Nusaybin, on the border with Syria, began on Monday, Anadolu reported. Tanks have also been deployed at the town of Yuk-
sekova, near the border with Iraq, but it wasn’t immediately clear when the offensive there would start. Authorities on Monday announced another curfew, to go into effect at 2100 GMT (5 p.m. EDT) in the city of Sirnak, near the border with Iraq, signaling that the military was also preparing to battle Kurdish militants there. Turkey has been imposing curfews in several flashpoints in the southeast since August to root out militants linked to the PKK, who had set up barricades, dug trenches and planted explosives. The military operations have raised concerns over human rights violations and scores of civilian deaths. Tens of thousands of people have also been displaced by the fighting. Last week, Turkey’s military ended a three-month operation against the militants in the historic Sur district of Diyarbakir — the largest city in the country’s mostly Kurdish southeast. On Sunday, authorities eased the curfew in some streets and one neighborhood of Sur, but the siege over the district’s main areas was still in place. The PKK has been designated a terror organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union. A fragile peace process between the PKK and the
China steps up war of words with US over human rights BeIJING, MARch 14 (ReuteRS): China hit back at the United States over its human rights record on Monday, bringing out government-backed academics to accuse Washington of everything from promoting Islamic State to being a racist plutocracy. China was infuriated last week when the United States and 11 other countries at the United Nations criticised China’s crackdown on human rights and its detentions of lawyers and activists. At a press conference arranged by the Cabinet’s news department for mostly Chinese reporters, four academics at government-run bodies lambasted the United States for what they said was hypocritical criticism of China and others.
Liu Hainian, director of the Human Rights Institution under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, blamed Europe’s “refugee wave” on the United States’ military involvement in the Middle East which was forcing people to leave their “beautiful homes”. “Think about it: certain extremist groups that now exist, including Islamic State, wasn’t it the Americans who first off promoted them from behind?” Liu said. Closer to home, the United States has a terrible problem with racism, with police in 2015 killing about 1,000 people, he added. “Most of those were people of colour,” Liu said. Chang Jian, vice director of the human rights research centre of Tianjin-based Nankai University, said the U.S. electoral system
was being increasingly controlled by Super PACs, committees wellfunded by corporate interests. “There are fewer and fewer opportunities for ordinary people to participate in elections,” he said. Chang made no mention of China’s own tightly-controlled political system, which was run by the Communist Party without interruption since the 1949 revolution. Asked about China’s own record, Chang said he was not there to talk about China but to talk about the United States, though he said China did not shy away from admitting its own problems. Both he and Liu avoided answering a question about televised broadcasts of confessions by suspects, often those involved in sensitive human rights cases, which
have angered the United States and Europe. Liu admitted some websites were “probably” blocked or deleted in China, though said this was being done for the sake of protecting the country’s young people from pornography, gambling and drugs. “I’m really worried about my grandchildren. I hope they can growth up healthily. This kind of information needs to be removed,” he said. When asked why Chinese media were not allowed to rigorously criticise China’s rights record in the same way the U.S. media were able to do in their home country, Liu criticised instead U.S. reporters for their slanted view of China. “Their reports on China are very few and very negative.”
Australia ‘deeply concerned’ over arrest of 2 journalists in Malaysia cANBeRRA, MARch 14 (ReuteRS): Australia is deeply concerned over the arrest of two Australian journalists in Malaysia after they attempted to question Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak over corruption allegations, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday. The journalists from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) flagship investigative journalism programme, Four Corners, were arrested in the Borneo state of Sarawak on Saturday night after approaching Na-
jib outside a mosque. Malaysian police said in a statement the pair had been arrested for failing to comply with police instructions not to cross a security line. They were released on bail on Sunday and charged with “obstructing a public servant in the discharge of his public functions”. Bishop told ABC radio Australia was “deeply concerned”. “We are providing consular support to the ABC crew and certainly raising this issue at the appropriate level with the Malaysian
government,” she said. Najib has faced sustained pressure to resign since the middle of last year over allegations of corruption linked to the debtladen state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), and deposits into his private accounts worth around $680 million. He has denied any wrongdoing and maintains he did not use the funds for personal gain. Malaysia’s attorney-general closed all investigations into Najib last month, after reviewing reports from the Malaysian
Anti-Corruption Commission. The government has also cracked down on media organisations that have published critical reports on the 1MDB scandal. Last month, it blocked the widely read news portal The Malaysian Insider, prompting the United States to voice concern. Sally Neighbour, the programme’s executive producer, wrote on Twitter that the journalists had been in Malaysia reporting on the corruption scandal and denied any allegations of wrongdoing on their behalf.
“Our journalists were doing what journalists do in countries with a free press,” she wrote. Reporter Linton Besser and camera operator Louie Eroglu have had their passports returned, Neighbour said, but have been barred from leaving the country. Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad cranked up pressure on Najib to quit earlier this month, marking a seismic political shift by joining hands with long-standing foes, including the party of the jailed Anwar Ibrahim.
UN rights envoy urges prosecution of Jong Un GeNeVA, MARch 14 (ReuteRS): The United Nations human rights investigator for North Korea called on Monday for leader Kim Jong Un and senior officials in the country to be prosecuted for committing crimes against humanity. Marzuki Darusman told the U.N. Human Rights Council that North Korea is devoting huge resources to developing nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction while many of its citizens lack sufficient food and others work in “slave-like conditions”. “We are now at a crucial stage, therefore there is a fundamental need for countries to make that next step in ensuring accountability is undertaken,” he said. The delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) boycotted the session. The European Union, United States and Japan supported Darusman’s
call for accountability, although they did not refer to Kim by name. Ambassador Robert King, U.S. envoy on North Korea, denounced the “egregious human rights violations committed by the DPRK” and said that the United States would work with other countries to “seek ways to advance accountability for those most responsible”. China, Pyongyang’s ally, took a more conciliatory tone, saying human rights issues should not be politicised and calling for a comprehensive approach to dealing with North Korea. China also rejected Darusman’s findings that North Koreans who flee across the border to China were being forced back to their homeland illegally. North Korea Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong, in a speech to the Geneva forum on March 1, said it would boycott any session that examined its record and would “never, ever”
be bound by any such resolutions. Darusman, referring to a report he issued last month, said: “I would like to reiterate my appeal to the international community to move forward to ensure accountability of the senior leadership of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including that of Mr. Kim Jong Un.” This could be via the International Criminal Court (ICC) but failing consensus among major powers, North Korea’s leadership could be prosecuted in a third country, he said. He called for the Council to set up a panel of three experts to look into “structure and methods of accountability”. Political prison camps, torture, “slave-like labour” and religious persecution remain features of the state apparatus, two years after a landmark U.N. investigation into crimes against humanity, Darus-
man said. North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January and launched a long-range missile the following month. “The denial of human rights to its citizens internally and this aggressive behaviour externally are basically two sides of the same coin. The country is pouring a large amount of resources into developing weapons of mass destruction, while large parts of its population continue to suffer from food insecurity,” Darusman said. John Fisher of Human Rights Watch said that North Korea had “horrific” forced labour camps, public executions and a history of mass malnutrition and even “mass starvation”. “Generations of North Koreans have suffered at the hands of the Kim family and its elite,” Fisher said.
Turkish state collapsed in July, reigniting a battle that has cost tens of thousands of lives since 1984. As Turkey on Monday began to hold funeral services for at least 17 of the people who lost their lives, details emerged about some of the victims, which included the father of Galatasaray soccer team player Umut Bulut. Anadolu said the player’s father, Kemal Bulut, had watched Galatasaray play Ankara-based team Genclerbirligi in the city — after visiting his son at his hotel — and was returning home when the explosion occurred. Umut Bulut had returned to Istanbul in the evening unaware that his father had been caught up in the blast and learnt of his father’s death as he prepared to start training on Monday. Police officer Nevzat Alagoz, who also perished in the blast, was waiting for a bus to take him home after policing the game, Anadolu reported. Another victim, Ozan Akkus, a 19-year-old engineering student, had lost his close friend in deadly twin suicide bombings that targeted a peace rally in the capital in October, Hurriyet newspaper said. Soon after Sunday’s blast, Ankara residents rushed to hospitals and morgues for news of missing loved ones.
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Beware! Binge drinking can kill you in sleep New YoRK, MARch 14 (IANS): Perceived as a lighthearted, fun and humorous rite among college students, binge drinking may lead not only to impaired judgment but also increase the risk of dying in one’s sleep, say experts. Binge drinking is defined as four drinks in two hours for women and five drinks in two hours for men. Alcohol acts as a depressant, impairing basic bodily functions, such as the gag reflex, leaving people vulnerable to choking on their own vomit and dying in their sleep, researchers from University of Alabama at Birmingham in the US explained in an official statement. Alcohol can also irritate the stomach, making the suppression of the gag reflex especially problematic, the researchers said. Overdose of alcohol can occur when a person has blood alcohol content (BAC) sufficient to produce impairments that increase the risk of harm. “As BAC increases, so does alcohol’s effects and the risk for harm,” said Megan McMurray from University of Alabama at Birmingham in the US. “Even small increases in BAC can decrease coordination, make a person feel sick and impair judgment. This can lead to injury from falls or car crashes, leave one vulnerable to sexual assault or other acts of violence, and increase the risk for unprotected, unintended intercourse,” McMurray pointed out. “When BACs get even higher, amnesia or blackouts occur. If a person has signs of alcohol poisoning, it is very dangerous to assume that an unconscious person will be fine by “sleeping it off,’” McMurray explained. Critical signs and symptoms of alcohol poisoning include confusion, vomiting, seizures, slow breathing, irregular breathing, hypothermia, the experts said. The researchers estimated that each year 1,825 US college students ages 18-24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries. Moderate drinking is defined as no more than one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks per day for men, translating to seven or fewer drinks per week for women and 14 or fewer drinks per week for men. “It is important to understand what alcohol is, why it’s problematic, and what a person can do to minimize the risk should they choose to drink,” associate professor Peter Hendricks said.
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND
DIRECTORATE OF SAINIK WELFARE & RESEETTLEMENT No. HOME/SSA/8/81 (Vol-V) (PT-I)
Dated, Kohima the 29th February 2016
NOTIFICATION Applications are invited from eligible retired Army, Navy and Air Force commissioned officers and personnel below officers rank (PBOR) so as to reach the undersigned by name by 30 Mar 2016 for re-employment against the following vacant posts in the Directorate of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement, Nagaland and Zila Sainik Welfare Offices. Serving officers and PBOR retiring within 03 (three) months may also apply through their respective official channel with copy to the undersigned:Ser No
Name of Post
(a) (b) Class-I (Gazetted)
(1) Zila Sainik Welfare Officer Class-III (Non-Gazetted) (2) Steno Grade-II (Dte) (3) UDA (Dist) (4) Accountant (Dte) (5) LDA (Dte) (6) LDA (Dist) (7) Typist (Dte) (8) Typist (Dist) (9) Welfare Organizer (10) Drivers
No of post (c)
Scale of Pay plus other allowances (Rs.) (d)
Grade Requisite rank held in the Pay Army or equivalent rank (Rs.) in Navy & Air Force (e) (f)
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15,600 – 39,100 Col/Lt Col or Maj (in case Or non-availability of retired ofFixed Honorarium p.m 5,700/- ficers mentioned at column (i) Col – Rs. 55,000/(d) above, Capt may be ap(ii) Lt Col - Rs. 50,000/pointed) (iii) Maj - Rs. 45,000/-
01 03 01 01 01 01 02 02 01
9,300-34,800/5,200-20,200/5,200-20,200/5,200-20,200/5,200-20,200/5,200-20,200/5,200-20,200/5,200-20,200/5,200-20,200/-
4,200/2,600/2,800/2,000/1,900/1,900/1,900/2,600/1,800/-
JCO/Hav Clk JCO/Hav Clk JCO/Hav Clk NCO Clk NCO Clk NCO Clk NCO Clk JCOs (GD)/Hav(GD) Retired ESM drivers holding Driving Licence.
Eligibility Criteria 2. The selection and appointment of candidates shall be regulated by the provisions contained in the Guidelines for appointment of officials in the Directorate of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement, Nagaland issued by the Kendriya Sainik Board, Ministry of Defence. 3. Reservation of Ex-servicemen. All posts are reserved for Ex-servicemen and widows of Ex-servicemen who have retired with full pension. 4. Domiciliary Status. While all eligible criteria being equal, priority shall be given to local candidates, permanent resident in the State of Nagaland and from other States in that order. 5. Character of Antecedent. They should have clean record of character and antecedent during and after service in Defence Forces and should not have involved in any criminal case in any manner which should be certified to such effect in their application. Details/simple verification as the case may be, shall be done from both civil and defence authorities in respect of those candidates selected for appointment as per the existing instructions contained in the Govt of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Dept of Personnel & Training vide O.M No. 18011/10(5)-Estt. (b) dt 23 Jul, 1987. 6. Age Limit as on 31 Mar 2016. (a) Class-I (Gazetted Post). Not more than 57 years. (b) Class-III (Non-Gazetted Post). 55 years. How to Apply 7. Simple application in plain paper with following details/documents may be submitted by registered post to the undersigned by name so as to reach by 30 Mar 2016. Application by hand will not be accepted. Enquiry regarding result of application will not be entertained and canvassing in any form will disqualify for empanelment:(a) No, Rank, Name, Regiment, present and permanent address. (b) Dates of enrolment/commission and retirement with reason. (c) Photocopy of release/discharge certificate/book. (d) Other requisite information specified in this Notification. Method of Selection 8. Applications for Class-I gazetted will be short listed and only eligible candidates approved by the Kendriya Sainik Board, Ministry of Defence and the State Govt, will be empanelled and shall be called for interview for selection before the Selection Board constituted for Rajya Sainik Board/Dte of Sainik Welfare & Resettlement, Nagaland and date and place to be decided by the Govt. Such candidates are required to produce original documents at the time of interview (written and typing test for clerical posts will be conducted to assess the suitability for re-employment). 9. Those Ex-servicemen whose cases were not considered by the State Govt/ MOD or not selected by the Selection Board held earlier need not apply. Sd/- x x x (L . SINGSIT) Special Secretary (Home), Government of Nagaland
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real beat las palmas 2-1 in la liga Djokovic and Nadal tested in Zidane worried despite late win
Real Madrid's Casemiro celebrates after scoring a goal with team mates. (REUTERS)
Las PaLmas (sPain), march 14 (ians): Real Madrid beat Las Palmas 2-1 in the Canary Islands, but the La Liga game was on tenterhooks as things heated up with a tying goal in the 87th minute and the capital football squad's game-winner two minutes
later, re-securing a victory from the jaws of an unexpected potential draw. The visitors on Sunday got on the board first in the 24th minute via a great header by Sergio Ramos before some 26,000 fans at the Gran Canaria stadium, and Madrid remained
ahead virtually the entire match until Willian Jose tied things up in the 87th minute, reports Efe. But just two minutes later it was Casemiro scoring the decisive tally for Zinedine Zidane's side, knocking in a brilliant header after a corner kick
madrid, march 14 (ians): Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has admitted he was worried by the Spanish football giants' performance despite seeing them win 2-1 away to Las Palmas in La Liga. "I am worried about our second half performance, It's important to go home with the three points, but our second half display tonight bothers me," said Zidane in declarations reported in the Spanish press. "We're not thinking about the Champions League. The players are only thinking about what they need to do," he said. However, the coach added that a repeat performance could end their hopes in Europe. "If we play like we did tonight, then we're going nowhere: especially if we play as we did in the second half. That's all I can say," said Zidane. Finally Zidane admitted that Las Palmas had also performed well in the game. "They gave us difficulties and they have good players who manage the ball well. As for us, I'm bothered by what I saw," he concluded. Real Madrid will have another difficult game next weekend when they entertain Sevilla, who are fifth in the table and hoping for a top-four finish after a thrilling 4-2 win at home to Villarreal on Sunday afternoon. by Jese Rodriguez. In the moments after the final goal, Ramos, Madrid's team captain, was then expelled for garnering a second yellow card, but the capital squad had managed to claw its way to 63 points in the La Liga standings. They are within four
points of its crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid -- and 12 points in back of Barcelona, all alone way out in front after its 6-0 galloping of Getafe on Saturday. Because of the expulsion, Ramos will miss next week's match-up with Sevilla, his former squad.
Indian Wells, Serena strolls
indian WELLs. march 14 (rEUTErs): World number one Novak Djokovic survived a stern test from qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo to make the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, with Spaniard Rafa Nadal also needing three sets to advance from a tricky opening clash. American Fratangelo, the world number 149, showed no early fear against double defending champion Djokovic, racing out to a 4-0 lead as the rusty Serb struggled to halt the unforced errors. However, Djokovic, who helped his country beat Kazakhstan in the Davis Cup last week, used his vast experience to overcame the early onslaught and secure a 2-6 6-1 6-2 victory at a breezy Indian Wells venue. "The fifth game of the third (set) was the deciding one," the Djokovic told reporters. "That break obviously meant that I can start to feel a bit more comfortable, play a little bit more aggressive on the court. "It was swirly conditions. Trying to win with experience and with toughness in the clutch moments. That's what helped me to prevail." Djokovic, 11-times a grand slam singles champion who is bidding for a record fifth title in Indian Wells, will next face Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, who dropped only one game in beating American Denis Kudla. Fourth seed Nadal also had a fight to make the third round in the day's late match, saving 11 of 14 break points to edge
out Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-2 2-6 6-4. "I'm very happy for the victory after the last three matches that I lost have been in three sets or five sets. So I needed a victory like this,” said the three-times champion, who will now face his doubles partner Fernando Verdasco. Women's top seed Serena Williams looked like she was in for a battle but the early challenge of Yulia Putintseva wilted as the American eased to a 7-6(2) 6-0 third round win. As boxing great Mike Tyson watched on, Williams punched below her weight in the first set, making 29 unforced errors and had to break the Kazak’s service to force a tiebreak. The second set was not a fair fight as Williams overwhelmed her opponent. "I started to get more confidence to continue to go for it,” Williams told reporters. The 34-year-old American ended with seven aces and moved closer to her first title at Indian Wells since her infamous win in 2001, after which she boycotted the event until returning last year. Serena was booed throughout the 2001 final by a crowd that assigned her the blame for the withdrawal of her sister Venus before their scheduled semi-final. While Williams got a good workout on Sunday, world number three Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland barely raised a sweat as she continued her bid for a first Indian Wells crown by beating Monica Niculescu 6-2 6-1.
public discourse
Open letter to Parliamentary Secretary, Youth Resources and Sports
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hope this letter finds you in good spirit and sound health. Without beating around the bush, I would like to bring forward my point out straight. That Sir, whilst the other north-eastern states like Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya , Assam, Sikkim and the lot have been growing at rapid pace in bringing about development with regards to sports management and infrastructure, Nagaland is lagging way behind. I would like to point out to one sport in particular, Sir, which is football. There is no lack of talented players in Nagaland. It is hugely popular in our state. There is always a football tournament going on every now and then. However, the tragedy of our present time is that as popular as it might be, the state of Nagaland does not even have a single modest or proper football stadium, forget about state-of-the art stadiums. The football pitches are no worse than potholes present on the roads of Nagaland. When it rains, the pitches are muddy; fit only for off-road motor racing. There are hardly any blade of grass on our football pitches. Sir, the reason why I’m addressing this letter to you is because I, like many, believe in your leadership and quality. The rest of the states are surging ahead. If provided the proper infrastructure and guidance, who’s to say our fellow Naga brothers and sisters can’t make it on the big stage? Such an initiative would also go a long way in reducing the unemployment level of our state. It is indeed a sad state of affairs that our Naga brothers and sisters are deprived of opportunities when they clearly have the skills and the appetite to make it through. Sir, in consultation with the Nagaland Football Association, you can help realize the dreams of many a Naga footballer. We are living in interesting times in a rapidly changing world and I, for one, believe that Nagaland and its people deserve a fair shot at the prize. The sooner, the better. Thanking you In hope and prayer, I Longkumer, Dimapur
FAlleN sTArs... Ningyangwungkhai Muinao
The sky is empty and Stygian, Without those natural glow and lights. When shooting star weary and decay, It left a murky dark spot on its favorite trek. The journey of human life coequal with it, It shine and prosper while it breath and track the destine. Without life on earth it's empty and deserted. Oh! Givers of breath, creator of life, How grateful and excited was I, When you inhale breath in me, So many dream, so many buckets of wishes, To succeed and to accomplished, To failed and to learn, to love and to cry, Overwhelm and driven by the charisma of life. With a hope to see the wonders, With a zeal to experience the beauty, I was ready to evolve and undergo; The cycle of life to see the real realm. But, Oh cruelty and caliginous act of men. Before the curiosity and eagerness; Venture and indulge into that much anticipation, My eyes got blinded, my voice benumbed. Oh, mothers of love, care and affections, What though had fed me with? My muscles are tightening, my breath suffocating, All my veins and nerve are exploding and breaking up, Oh Mother! Help me to let me see my world, Let my feel and sense my dreams and vision. I'll never disappoint and dismay your tender heart. Isn't mother love unbound and fathomless, What made thee so cruel and heartless today? What crime of mine let thee drift away from thy flesh and blood? Oh! Another fallen star without a trace and trek. Without setting foot on the race has faded again. A fallen star without memoirs and records, For the world to see and remember.
politics of Jesus toward Human liberation
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esus life and teachings invite us to be very realistic in our struggle for liberation. It strikingly reveals the depths of sin in human hearts and the resistance of various people to change institutions and structures. It dispels illusions about the possibility of easily building up of a world community in which people do not economically, socially, politically and ideologically, exploit one another. It emphasizes the individual and collective selfishness of man and shows the inevitability of suffering in our efforts for a more fraternal human and just world. It also indicates that, men and social groups being what they are, oppression always tends to reappear in new forms. Even if we success to build up a structurally better society, the task of liberation will always have to be carried on. The followers of Christ should never imagine that they have reached their final goal on earth; they should always remain vigilant and alert. Like in our context in Nagaland today when all kinds of systems are utterly shattered and confused what do we need to learn from Jesus who is the greatest liberator of the whole universe? In order to bring liberation to mankind; Jesus selected to be a prophet rather than a politician. According to the tradition of Israel, prophets dared to speak God’s message and to denounce evil and injustice in society. By their condemnations as well as by their call to repentance and change, they revealed God’s designs for mankind.
This is to a great extent, the role that Jesus decided to assume in Jewish society. Jesus historical choice does not however exclude the possibility of other options for Christians. In fact, the prophetic and the political constitute two complementary and necessary approaches to society. In a way prophets are usually weak and vulnerable. They do not possess economic and political power and do not try either to influence mankind through these means. They rely only on God’s word and on the power of truth. They battle alone against injustices and evil. They boldly speak out even when their message is highly unpopular. They can not be easily silenced. They very often antagonize the powerful of this world, while the poor and humble recognize the truth of their message, but fear to take a firm stand. Consequently, prophets have often to face sufferings and persecutions. Their death becomes their most powerful and sincere witness. For various reasons, Jesus did not choose the path of political organization and power, but that of prophetic denunciation and annunciation. Instead of conceiving the new Israel as a pressure-group, he tended to see it as a community of prophets. In this way, Jesus had practically no use for political pressure, force and violence and even self-defense. As a prophet, Jesus placed himself at the mercy of his opponents and became a witness and martyr. The historical choice of Jesus does not however
mean that he excluded other forms of action in the world. The world will always need prophets who will select Jesus contribution to liberation. It will also always require politicians, pressure groups and political parties, which will build upon the foundations of the prophets and give more flesh and stability to their vision. Jesus proclaimed values of great significance and relevance for society of all ages. His message questioned the basic assumptions of our lives. It invites each one to a radical conversion: the good and pious people from their hypocrisy and self- righteousness, the teachers and preachers from their casuistry and legalism; the rich from their greed and unconcern for the poor; the intellectuals from their dogmatism and fanaticism; the priests from their exaggerated concern for rituals and prayers and their indifference for things that matter; the police, the army and the bureaucracy, from their harsh and contemptuous treatment of the people; the politicians from their corruption and ambition. To all, Jesus also offers forgiveness and the possibility of a new life. In his work Jesus gave much emphasis to the creation of NEW MEN AND WOMEN. Interestingly rather than organizing a movement to defend human rights, Jesus opted for the establishment of a community of people who promised to reflect upon their own attitudes and to live according to their duties. On the other hand Jesus did not condemn or un-
dervalue movements for the defense of human rights. Jesus insistence on certain values remains a permanent necessity. It creates the people needed for a new society. It fosters the type of conversion required so that today’s oppressed will not become tomorrow’s oppressors. That is the reason why Jesus chose the path of non-violence. Though he spoke plainly and placed mankind before clear options, Jesus consistently refused the use of military force and political pressure to establish God’s kingdom. He did not want, through brain-washing and propaganda to impose his ideas on others. His whole approach to teaching was indeed respectful of others and gave full scope for the slow growth of truth in human hearts. Historically Jesus therefore chose the path of non-violence and this decision was fully consonant with his prophetic approach. In short, Jesus preferred bearing suffering to inflicting it on others. With an extraordinary courage, Jesus followed the non-violent ministry of prophetic annunciation and denunciation and, in less than three years was put to death. Faithful and emotional Naga Christian, please let us learn the art of politics from our Master to whom we have devoted our lives and check the foundation of our faith first before we take any further steps. We are chosen to build a new social order in which every citizen can share and enjoy equal treatment. Dr. Tsuktimeren Ao
Women and Human development
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omen and men share many aspects of living together; they collaborate with each other in complex and ubiquitous ways. Yet they end up with different rewards and deprivations. Women, despite being playing a very important role in building up a society, are still striving for being treated less than equal. They play physically demanding roles. However, they are deprived of access to basic services. Moreover, they are regarded as the “second sex” as they undergo many challenges and hardships within families as well as in societies. Asymmetry and inequity are unfortunately a fact of life for women despite their unquantifiable contribution towards refining a society. According to National Family Health Survey -2 (1998-99), among the female respondents, 84.1% decide what items to cook. But when it comes to obtaining health care, only 32.1% participate in making decision with their husbands. The United Nations Development Pogramme in 2010 through its Human Development Report identified that women’s lack of power and voice are the main reasons behind gender inequality in South Asia. It has been estimated that the global loss in economic growth due to gender inequality was fifty-six per cent, mostly concentrated in South Asia, Sub-Saharan, Africa and the Arab States. The loss in South Asia was estimated to be two times higher than that of developed countries such as UK, Germany, Japan, Australia, etc. Among the South Asian nations, the poorly performing countries were Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Despite being lesser privileged, women have significantly contributed towards human development, particularly in raising income, taking care of the households and improving health. Women play a very important role in improving human development and, at the same time, improvement in human development enhances the welfare and status of women. Therefore, women and human development are closely related subjects. Women affix many benefits in the family and the society such as improvement in the standards of hygiene, reduction in infant
and child mortality rates and raising income levels. Women’s contribution, particularly women education, plays significant role in improvement in infant survival and nutrition which ultimately enhances human development. It improves health due to behavioural pattern of women income, knowledge and control within the household. When these variables are added, social expenditure has become lesser significant on improvement in health as female education has greater impact on it. A study by Ranis and others (2005) has shown that increase in 1% of female primary gross enrolment rate is estimated to reduce the life expectancy shortfall by 0.1%. Another research by Kingdom and Theopold (2008) concluded that higher economic returns had a positive substitution effect for girls, while the negative income effect was stronger for boys in poorer households in India. The fact is that girls’ education was substituted by household work while boys participated in economic activity and earned supplementary incomes for the household. There is no open discrimination against women in the Naga society. But it is an undeniable fact that the gap between the genders still persists. In one of the interviews by this writer, a village leader was asked whether he cooks, where he responded “No”. Then, he was asked if he fetches water, he said “No” and he was asked again, if he mops rooms, he responded with an irate face saying, “Don’t ask what you are not supposed to ask, this is insulting”. This indicates that household activities are not men’s job. In Nagaland, it is found through research that stringent patriarchal system and biased attitude against women are observed to be more severe in rural areas. The main factors are law of inheritance drawbacks, wage discrimination, ‘men are men’ attitude, domestic tasks assignments, etc. The gender disparities in education (literacy rate & enrolment ratio) and health (Infant Mortality Rate - IMR) are found to be declining but in economic workforce participation it is found to be widening (0.13% per annum during 1981-2011). Alfred Marshall’s research pointing out to “invisible hand” of
women is still valid in the Naga society as women’s works which are fundamental for keeping family members physically healthy and creating congenial atmosphere for education have been least acknowledged. Further, as far as Nagaland is concerned, this writer through research discovered that there is a strong regression coefficient of female literacy rate on income and health. It has been found that 1% increase in the female literacy rate has a great positive impact on Per Capita Income, as sure as by 7.25%. It has also been proven that the same female literacy rate has reduced IMR by 8.95%. In such a situation, female education needs to be given importance; not only in primary education, but also in higher education and in providing skills and vocational trainings that can create employment avenues other than household chores. Studies have shown that short-term training courses and awareness programmes for women especially on sanitation, child care, nutrition and health particularly to the remotest rural villages will bear positive impact on human development. Further, this writer has observed that in the Naga society, both men and women should be given equal space in policy formulation in the family as well as in the society - such as on education, economy, etc., so that the policy intervention will be more effective for enhancing human development as well as in tackling gender sensitivity issues. It has also been found that the patriarchal and attitudinal bias against women in the family and the society must be corrected. Also it is imperative to include gender issues and concern in the curriculum in the formal institutional set ups. Mahatma Gandhi once stated, “You educate a man and you educate an individual; you educate a woman and you educate a family.” It may also be noted that the erstwhile Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru asserted, “To awaken the people it is the women who must be awakened, once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves and the nation moves.” Dr. Yelhi Vero Duncan Basti, Dimapur.
Where are the guardians of the state??
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here are some parents and individuals quietly shedding tears as they watch young people drive up and play their car stereo as loud as they can and begin to drink some beer /hard liquor. This happens almost every day. If you ask where this place is, it is the State Stadium by the DC court junction. It is about the only place in Dimapur city where one can run and do a bit of exercise or play with your children. Even before 4 P.M. young boys and girls are getting their cars lined up for their great alcohol experience and perhaps sex on the sly. Our authorities are aware of this favourite haunt by the boozers. We would like to remind the Excise Commissioner's Office and the DC office that the state stadium is hardly half a kilometer from your offices. We still have a law that says alcohol is prohibited in the state of Nagaland. The state stadium is about the only place with space to breathe freely and have an open sky that young and old can come for walks or jogging or a little game of football with friends. We the Watchman are requesting young people to not drink and cause bad behavior in the State Stadium. We would also like the authorities that are in place to patrol around the area. The public is asking for security as is the case that when people are drinking there is obnoxious behavior whether it is fights or teasing of girls. We are also requesting the government and that the concern minister and youth and sports department to look into improving this beautiful open space so that our precious young can spend their energy in sports and healthful activities. If we leave it idle it will become a Devil's playground. So we are requesting those that are in authority right now that can do something to take the initiative. It will save our youth in the long run. THE WATCHMAN MEDIA CELL
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ashion designer Anupama Dayal, who feels India is a “mysterious land of diverse culture”, is set to showcase a line inspired by Naga tribes, at the forthcoming Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) AutumnWinter 2016. “I have always been fascinated with different customs, heritage and this made be explore the Naga tribes for this season. A couple of months back, I visited Nagaland and met with a lot of different tribes which made it easier for me to understand the history better and was helpful in implementing it into my collection,” said the designer. Titled 'Fight & Feast by Anupama Dayal', the collection is centred around the concept of 'compositions'. “I have used the distinctive Naga tribal colours of red, black and white... Also, accents of an ultra marine
blue that I spotted on the Rengma costume and was mesmerised by. (I have used) Some tangerine and a spice green to complete the colour palette for this collection. Some of the fabrics used are khaki and different blends of silk,” Dayal told IANS. The designer stressed that she believes in "close integration with our roots and customs". "There is so much to explore and gain knowledge by involving ourselves in the rich cultural taste of our country rather than following what the west is doing,” Dayal added. Her new collection targets the fierce warrior in every woman, who stands up for herself and for injustice. Dayal is excited about her showcase at the fiveday fashion gala, which will begin from March 16 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. Source: IANS
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Miandad hits out at Afridi for 1st DDWA wrestling meet comments over love for India march 14 (Ians): Former shocked and hurt to hear such comments on March 23 KarachI, Pakistan captain Javed Miandad lashed from our players," Miandad said. dImaPur, march 14 (mexn): The Dimapur District Wrestling Association (DDWA) is set to organise its first wrestling meet on March 23 at the DDSC complex. A press note from the DDWA informed that MLA, Zhaleo Rio of Ghaspani 5 constituency has consented to grace the occasion as Chief quest and Kesonyu Yhome Deputy Commissioner Dimapur will be the guest of honour.
out at his compatriot Shahid Afridi after the latter commented that Pakistan's cricketers were loved more by Indians than fans back home. Afridi had made the statement while addressing a press conference in Kolkata where the Pakistani team landed on Saturday evening to take part in the World Twenty20 tournament, to be held across seven Indian cities from March 15 to April 3. He had said that he always enjoyed playing in front of Indian fans and that they received more love in India than in Pakistan. "These cricketers should be ashamed of themselves for saying such a thing. Shame on you," Miandad was quoted as saying by Pakistani channel Aaj TV on Monday. “What have the Indians given us? Speak the truth even while in India. For the last five years what have they given us or done with Pakistan cricket. Having served Pakistan cricket for so many years I am
“The job of this team is to go and play well in India and not make such unnecessary comments," the former Pakistan skipper added. A petition was also filed against Afridi in the Lahore High Court over his latest remark. The petition was filed by advocate Azhar Siddique on Monday who argued that Afridi's statement has hurt Pakistani sentiments and the court must ask the skipper to explain his remarks, reports Daily Pakistan. "The Lahore High Court should issue a notice to Shahid Afridi seeking an explanation in 15 days," Siddique requested the court. Pakistan play a warm-up match against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday before their campaign starts against Bangladesh on Wednesday. Pakistan will take on arch-rivals India in a high voltage clash on Saturday at the Eden Gardens.
Martial keeps Manchester United's cup hope alive
London, march 14 (reuters): Manchester United striker Anthony Martial kept their FA Cup hopes alive when he struck eight minutes from time to salvage a 1-1 draw with West Ham United in Sunday's quarter-final tie at Old Trafford. West Ham playmaker Dimitri Payet looked to be sending the 11-times Cup winners tumbling out of the competition with a wondrous, 30-metre curling free kick in the 68th minute. But with time running out, United's young French starlet Martial hooked Ander Herrera's cross on the volley back into the net from the narrowest of angles. Just like holders Arsenal's exit earlier on Sunday in a 2-1 home defeat by Watford that heaped more pressure on manager Arsene Wenger, a United exit would have raised more questions about the future of boss Louis van Gaal. With United 2-0 down after a dismal first leg performance in ther Europa League last 16 tie with Liverpool on Thursday and 13 points adrift of Leicester City in the Premier League title race, Martial's strike offered blessed relief for Van Gaal. "I am very happy that my team showed their spirit after a nasty week," a
Anthony Martial celebrates scoring the first goal for Manchester United. (Reuters)
relieved Van Gaal told BT Sport. "We have played a game against Liverpool on Thursday and they (West Ham) had the whole week to prepare. I have to give a lot of compliments to my team. They were mentally tired after Liverpool and also in the body." Both Van Gaal and his West Ham counterpart Slaven Bilic agreed it had been a thrilling finale, with Payet's extraordinary skill with the dead ball decorating proceedings. "It was one of the best free kicks I've scored, and to score in one of the most beautiful stadiums in the league, it's a great day for me," said Payet, whose curler past David de Gea
via the post was just the latest masterpiece of his exceptional breakthrough season. Yet Bilic felt two "crucial" decisions had gone against the Hammers, costing his side a semi-final tie at Wembley. Bilic felt Marcos Rojo had "clearly" brought down Payet in the box in the second half and was also convinced Bastian Schweinsteiger had fouled West Ham's keeper Darren Randolph, knocking him over into the net as Martial struck the equaliser. "It's an obvious foul from Schweinsteiger on Randy. He would have definitely got to the ball," Bilic told BT Sport. Now, United face a
tough task in a replay, the date of which has still to be arranged, but it is bound to be an emotional occasion -- the last Cup tie to be staged at their famous Boleyn Ground in London's East End before West Ham move to the Olympic Stadium next season. "With the history of our stadium, it's going to be another historic game and you can't ask for more," said Bilic. He knows a Hollywood ending is required, though. "We won't put it in the books if we lose the last game. Another epic home FA Cup match and we couldn't ask for more," added the Croatian. "It's like Spielberg."
plans to Ibrahimovic's PSG future Nadal sue over doping uncertain after title triumph accusation
Paris St Germain players Zlatan ibrahimovic (R) and David Liuiz celebrate their French Ligue 1 title after winning against Troyes. (REUTERS)
ParIs, march 14 (reurters): Paris St Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 100th Ligue 1 goal as they thrashed Troyes 9-0 on Sunday to win a fourth straight French league title but his future at the Parc des Princes remains uncertain. "As things stand, I won’t be at PSG next season,” the forward told beIN Sports after scoring four times against the league's bottom side. “I still have a month and a half here. "If they put a statue of me in place of the Eiffel Tour, of course I'll stay," he added. His
contract runs out after this season and, while his influence at the club he joined in 2012 is as great as ever, his future is up in the air. PSG's hierarchy and his team mates want Ibrahimovic to stay with club president Nasser al-Khelaifi leaving the door open for the Swede to remain at the Parc des Princes beyond this season. “Paris is magic, Ibra is magic,” he told Canal Plus. “He’s a great player and I know that all the clubs want him. “We want him to stay, we want to talk to him.” PSG's Brazil defender
David Luiz told Le Parisien: “I’d be happy if he stayed. He’s not old yet!” Ibrahimovic completed a perfect week by scoring a nine-minute hat-trick before adding PSG’s ninth goal against Troyes, having also netted when Laurent Blanc’s side eliminated Chelsea in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday. The 34-year-old Sweden striker’s second goal on Sunday took his tally to 100 in 115 Ligue 1 matches. “We’ve been winning everything for almost four years,” Ibrahimovic told Canal Plus. “I don’t know how long it will go on for, but I’m making the most of it.” Ibrahimovic has scored 27 goals in 24 Ligue 1 games this season, 13 clear of team mate Edinson Cavani. PSG’s triumph was the 13th league crown of Ibrahimovic's storied career, with the striker having won Ligue 1 four times, La Liga once with Barcelona, Serie A on six occasions with three clubs and the Eredivisie with Ajax Amsterdam twice. “This title has a special taste,” he said. “I am very happy to play with all of these fantastic players."
IndIan WeLLs, march 14 (Ians): Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal plans to sue an ex-French government minister who alleged his seven-month absence in 2012 was "probably due to a positive doping test". The comments were made by France's former Minister for Health and Sport Roselyne Bachelot who was in the chair from 2007 until 2010 in the Nicolas Sarkozy government. "When you see a tennis player stopping for months, it's because there's been a positive control," the French politician had said. Reacting to it, the 14-time Grand Slam winner also said he will sue anyone else who alleges "something similar in the future". Nadal added he is tired of the allegations and won't allow them to go unchallenged. "A minister of France should be serious," he was quoted as saying by the BBC on Monday. "This time is the time to go against her. We are going to sue her." "This is going to be the last one, because I'm going to sue her," the 29-year-old said.
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