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You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain — Miyamoto Musashi Gurmehar Kaur steps back after threats, students denounce ABVP
Promoting purposeful interaction among youth
PAGe 08
reflections
By Sandemo Ngullie
You were dropped from your ministerial post? Oh, God, I’m dead!
One killed in car accident KIPhIRE, FEBRUARY 28 (MExN): One person aged around 20 years was killed on the spot and the driver injured on February 27 when a Tata sumo in which they were traveling rolled down around 100 ft below the road. The unfortunate incident happened at around 4:30 pm when they were on their way to Sitimi town from Kiphire.
CMO clarifies on 7th ROP DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 28 (MExN): The Nagaland State Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) today issued a clarification regarding the implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission (RoP) for Nagaland government employees. A press statement from the CMO stated that the Cabinet “simply agreed in principle to implement the 7th central RoP for the state employees with the rider that the effective date from which it will be implemented shall be decided by the Cabinet at a later date.”
NPRAAF asks F&CS department to cancel “backdoor appointments”
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DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 28 (MExN): The Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) today demanded that the Nagaland State Food and Civil Supplies Department immediately cancel three appointments for LDA posts, which it alleged “were filled by 3 individuals through backdoor appointment dated 10/03/2016.” A press note from the NPRAAF informed that following its intervention, the department had “reissued office corrigendum vide office order (part-II) No/294, 295, 296 Dated 18th July 2016 making the appointments on contract basis.” The NPRAAF asked that the posts be requisitioned to departmental board/ NPSC for an open competition, thereby giving “the chance to thousands unemployed youth of the state who are deprived of fair competitive exams for jobs.” The competitive exam must be conducted without partiality or favouritism and in all fairness, it added. It asked the department to adhere to the criteria laid down by the state government dated 6th June 2016 office memorandum (OM) with regard to appointment which is also direction from the High Court. In the event the department fails to sidetrack its official commitment made, NPRAAF cautioned that it would be compelled to take appropriate measures.
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nagaland state awarded for ‘outstanding’ e-Governance
DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 28 (DIPR): Nagaland State has been awarded the CSINihilent e-Governance Award by the Computer Society of India (CSI) for the year 2015-16 for outstanding performance in e-Governance. This was informed by Commissioner & Secretary, IT & C, K.D Vizo during a brief facilitation programme at the Chief Ministers Office at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Kohima on February 28. The Commissioner & Secretary, while addressing the programme stated that the CSI award is given every year to outstanding performance in e- Governance, based on two broad categories, the state category and the project category. The Project Category is normally given for innovations and the State Category is given every year for the overall performance of the State in the field of IT and e-Governance. He mentioned that in the State Category, the award was given to the State of Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh in the year 2014-15. For the year 201516, the Computer Society of India (CSI)-Nihilent had given the award to 4(four) States (Rajasthan, Telangana, Odisha and Nagaland). The State of Nagaland was duly recognized as a top performing State from
among the North Eastern States in the field of IT and e-Governance sector and this award of recognition for North Eastern Region was given for the first time. Citing reasons for getting the award, the Commissioner & Secretary further explained that Nagaland was the first in India to take over State Portal and State Services Delivery Gateway (SP&SSDG) core infrastructure project; the only State in India where the State IT Department is running the State Data Centre without engaging private Data Centre Operator (DCO); the only State in India where the State is acting as Service Centre Agency (SCA) without engaging private companies for running Common Service Centre (CSC) and the state is ranked in Number No. 1 category in India in the e-District Mission Mode Project along with Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. He also stated that Nagaland is the first State in North Eastern Region to implement Aadhar based Biometric Attendance System in Nagaland Civil Secretariat. He also mentioned that the award given by the Computer Society of India is the highest award in the county by an NGO. Nagaland State Chief Minister, Dr. Shürhozelie
Nagaland receives CSI Award for being:
Nagaland Chief Minister, Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu recieving the CSI award for Nagaland state on February 28.
Lezietsu while congratulating the Ministers, Commissioner & Secretary, Office and Staff of the IT Department said that much progress has been made in a very short span of time and the department has brought laurels to the state while also attracting foreign companies. Dr. Shürhozelie also stated that the young generation of the State will have no problem with the advancement of technology and expressed his hope to see Nagaland emerging as one of the best states in the field of Information & Technology. The Chief Minister also assured his support towards the development of the department. While highlighting his earlier experience of interacting with foreign experts
brought by the Department of IT&C from Estonia, he mentioned that today in other parts of the world, many things can be done online by sitting at home, he opined that special effort should be given for promotion of IT and e-Governance sector. He went on to say that through proper use of Information Technology, the State of Nagaland can be a model for other States to follow and from now onwards the State Government will be giving more importance for promotion of IT and eGovernance sector in the State. Minister, IT&C, P Paiwang Konyak mentioned that the Department of IT&C had achieved this prestigious award through hard work and
i have no regrets: tr Zeliang DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 28 (MExN): Former Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today said that he has no regrets for vacating the chair of Chief Minister after “some elements resorted to violent means demanding him to step down. According to a press note from the NPF, Zeliang said this while addressing an NPF election rally at Tamenglong, Manipur. Zeliang further alleged that he was dislodged “not because I had lost the support of the MLAs but because I am from a minority tribe in Nagaland. I had the support of the MLAs but people from outside the Assembly protested violently demanding that I should step down within a stipulated period.” He reminded that as CM he had not brought in the central forces to stop the protestors. “For the sake of peace and harmony in the State, I chose to step down. But do not be disheartened. The Government is in good hands and better days are ahead,” he said. On the conditions of the hill tribes of Manipur, Zeliang stated that the NPF can act as a common platform
for the various tribes of Manipur to come together and take up causes common to all of them. Regarding regional and national political parties, Zeliang said, regional parties like the NPF “do not have any High Command at the national level.” “The people are our High Command and we decide according to the wishes and aspirations of the common people,” he said. “Unlike ours, national parties do not go by the aspirations of the common people and decisions are taken from Delhi which is very far from these remote corners of the country. The tradition of going by the decisions of party High Command is not good for the grass roots people,” the former Nagaland CM added. He went on to say that the NPF party is one of the oldest regional parties in the country and has grown from strength to strength since “it stands with the people and never betrays the people.” “The sacrifice made by the four NPF legislators who resigned from the Manipur Assembly in protest against the three anti-tribal Bills shows that the NPF
does not merely talk but implements its manifesto on the ground. If NPF candidates are elected, they shall work for the different tribes and communities of the Hill Districts,” Zeliang assured. “We are not enemies of anyone but we shall ensure that the rights of the people are not taken away by anybody. We shall not allow anyone to take away the customary rights of the Hill tribes and communities of Manipur. Let us not walk backward, but walk forward for the welfare of the tribal people of the region,” he added. He went on to narrate that recent creation of districts like Nonei and Jeribam had further divided the villages of Tousem and Tamei sub divisions and that the Zeliangrong people were “badly divided by being placed in three different administrative states of Manipur, Assam and Nagaland which had made our people minorities in our respective States. Zeliang meanwhile claimed that since no single political party can get majority in the 11th Assembly, the “NPF will be the deciding factor in the formation of the next election.”
Army paper leak: Nagaland in focus ThANE, FEBRUARY 28 (PTI): Police suspect the army recruitment question paper leak may have been effected by a well-organised chain operating from Nagaland and Nagpur, and a serviceman could be involved, even as three more persons were arrested in this connection today. A team of Thane Police’s Crime Branch is carrying out a probe into the recruitment racket, which came to light Saturday night when 18 people from Maharashtra and Goa were arrested after raids. Three more persons were arrested today. Of the total 24 accused in the scam, 21 have been arrested so far. All of them were sent to police custody till March 4 by a local court, Joint Commissioner of Thane Police Ashutosh Dumbare said. As per an offence registered with Kalwa Police, some of the arrested persons said they received the question papers from Nagaland and Nagpur. Going by the information gleaned after interrogating them, police offi-
cials said they suspect the racket had been going on for the last few years. Some of the arrested persons were running career academies since 2012. It has also been revealed that the main accused was in touch with an Armyman in Nagaland and police suspect the paper was leaked through him, they said. A retired serviceman and a paramilitary personnel were among those arrested after yesterday’s raids. Dumbare had earlier said 350 students, who possessed question papers for the examination conducted by the Army Recruitment Board, were also detained for questioning. Police had received information a couple of days back from an institute which conducts coaching classes for Army job aspirants that some city students were to be given the question papers in advance for a price. Around 80 police personnel laid a trap and caught the students and middlemen from lodges and other
places with the copies of question papers, Dumbare had said. The middlemen had also arranged for fake domicile and residence proof for students hailing from other places so as to enable them appear for the exams in that zone. The beneficiary was to pay around Rs 4 to 5 lakh to the middlemen, Dumbare had said. Most of those nabbed are persons who conduct coaching classes at various places for recruitment in the army. The manner in which the leaked question papers travelled shows there was a well-organised chain leading to the beneficiaries, police said. After the “scam” came to light, Army recruitment exams slated on February 26 at Kamptee, Nagpur, Ahmednagar, Ahmedabad, Goa and Kirkee (in Pune) were cancelled. According to Thane City Police PRO, Sukhada Narkar, those arrested hailed from Pune, Satara, Nashik, Solapur and Wardha, among other cities.
with acute manpower. He further mentioned that the department is proposing for implementation of e-Procurement and Tendering System in the state of Nagaland to bring about transparency in procurement and tendering system. He also mentioned that it is high time that the state should concentrate on revenue collection and the Department of IT&C can be of help in improving revenue collection for important departments like Power. Chief Secretary Nagaland, Pankaj Kumar, IAS stated that the Department has been achieving very significant milestones for the state. He stated that Nagaland is not ranked too well in the “Ease of Doing Business” in the country,
• First in India to take over State Portal and State Services Delivery Gateway (SP&SSDG) core infrastructure project. • The only State in India where the State IT Department is running the State Data Centre without engaging private Data Centre Operator (DCO). • The only State in India where the State is acting as Service Centre Agency (SCA) without engaging private companies for running Common Service Centre (CSC). • Ranked Number No. 1 category in India in the eDistrict Mission Mode Project along with Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. • First state in NE to implement Aadhar based Biometric Attendance System in Nagaland Civil Secretariat. however the state IT Department has created a portal for the Industries & Commerce Department and expects the states ranking to improve. The Chief Secretary also commented that Nagaland is the first State in the North East to be presented with the award. Out of seven States (Gujarat, Nagaland, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Kerala, Pondicherry and Uttarakhand) which have taken up the National Information Infrastructure (NII) pilot project, Nagaland was the first state in the country to commission the pilot project for National Information Infrastructure (NII) on January 6, 2017 by the Chief Minister in presence of Joint Secretary, MeitY, Government of India.
Nagaland also has the largest BPO (Call Centre) in the North Eastern Region with 400 seats and the first phase was commissioned on January 27, 2017. These are some of the major achievement of the state after getting the award. The Computer Society of India is the first and largest body of computer professionals in India. It was started on March 6, 1965 by a few computer professionals and has now grown to be the national body representing computer professionals. It has 72 chapters across India, 511 student branches, and about 100,000 members. The society conducts periodic conferences, seminars and it meets frequently to exchange views, learn and share ideas.
ePfo allows withdrawals from pension a/c without Aadhaar NEw DElhI, FEBRUARY 28 (PTI): Retirement fund body EPFO has allowed full and final withdrawal of funds by the subscribers from their pension account without providing Aadhaar number. “All those members filing claims for withdrawal of funds from their pension account would not be required to submit Aadhaar as mandated in an earlier order of the EPFO,” a senior official said. The members with less than 10 years of service can submit a full and final settlement claim through Form 10C to withdraw the amount accumulated in their pension account. However, the official said that the members submitting claims for fixing their pensions using Form 10D would be required to submit Aadhaar number or enrolment slips. Explaining about the reason for giving this breather to the members, the official
said, “The requirement of submitting Aadhaar number under Form 10C claims led to issues in settlement of withdrawal cases. Thus, it is decided that obtaining Aadhaar should be mandatory for the time being only for pension (fixation under 10D Form) and not in withdrawal cases (under Form 10C).” Earlier in January, the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has made it mandatory for pensioners as well as subscribers to submit Aadhaar numbers+ for continuing the benefits under its various social security schemes. Later in January, the body had also made it mandatory for members to furnish Aadhaar number+ while submitting claims for settlement of their pension accounts under Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995. Earlier this month, the EPFO had extended the deadline for submitting the Aadhaar number by its members as well as pensioners till March 31, 2017.
NPCC claims NPF is ‘wasting time in Manipur’ DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 28 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) today claimed that the Naga People’s Front (NPF) is “wasting people’s time and money in Manipur.” A press note from the NPCC President, K Therie stated that the 15 NPF candidates in the state “have no future either for their supporters or for their voters.” “They know they can never form the Government alone in Manipur. People are also aware that the BJP has denied alliance with NPF in Manipur while NPF is senselessly talking against the Congress. This puts the Nagas of Manipur nowhere in the political arena,” he said. The NPCC President further alleged that the NPF’s politics has “strangled the economy of Manipur.” “People have no openings an youth opportunities are strangled. Youth exodus is our major concern. Thousands of NE youths have migrated to mainland cities in search of jobs. We are proud of the few who have brought laurels but we are saddened and shamed with multiple stories. We must think together to open ways for our youth and siblings. We have beautiful countrysides and have been bestowed with abundant resources. We can convert them into opportunities of employment for all and also develop to be part of the most loving and
hospitable places in the world with abundant organic food,” Therie said. Calling for “progressive development,” Therie cautioned against “poisoning the minds of people,” and stated that “positive thinking is the way to progress. Peace and progress are always the objective of good politicians.” Further terming the economic blockade as “bad thinking,” the NPCC President noted that protests are a democratic process but “starving people through economic blockade does not go well with humankind, which includes infants, the sick and the old aged.” “People of the world would be wondering for the wrong reason and behaviour of Nagas. We are expected to do what is morally right to all manners of people in the spirit of our religion,” he added. He further stated that “there is no point in electing members to be in the opposition both in the state and at Delhi.” The NPCC President expressed confidence that the state elections in five states would be a “trend setter to the 2019 Parliamentary Election.” Congress, he said “will come back” and backed Rahul Gandhi to be the next Prime Minister. He further claimed that Gandhi would, “without fear or prejudice, solve the political problem as his ancestors have solved most of the NE problems.”
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Seminar on skills and talents Promoting purposeful interaction among youth Morung Express News Mokokchung | February 28
Nehru Yuva Kendra, District Youth Convention was conducted at Penli Community Hall, Mokokchung on February 28 with T. Lemlila Sangtam SDO (C), Mokokchung as the chief guest of the programme. The Youth Convention was held with objective of promoting purposeful interaction among the youth on socially relevant issues and to sensitize them to (From L-R) C.P. Alexander, Dr. Abhijit Mitra, Lt. Gen. Dr. SP Kochhar and Col. Dr. VRK Prasad find solution to critical soduring the release of the book in Dimapur on Tuesday. (Morung Photo) cio-economic and national development issues with remain focused on the goal. cus majorly on skills with Book titled Dr. Mitra advised the stu- education, he added. ‘Talents & Skills: dents to stop blaming oth- Stressing on entrepreand also not to laugh at neurship, Dr. Kochhar also Developing the ers somebody elses mistakes harped on the need to have since people learn from skill development centre at Art’ released Morung Express News mistakes. ICFAI University. Morung Express News Guest of honour, Lt. Special Guest, Col. Dr. Kohima | February 28 Gen. Dr. S.P. Kochhar VRK Prasad whose book Dimapur | February 28 (Retd) AVSM, SM, VSM titled, Talents & Skills: De- Vilie Peli commemorated A two-day seminar on the spoke about the necessity veloping the Art, was re- its 25 years on February 28 role of skills and talent to be rooted in ones past leased by the Chief Guest at Dzücha Mechüpru, D. development in national and look back to where and Guest of Honour high- Khel with Khriehu Liezieconomy started on Tues- one belongs. He pointed lighted on the concept on etsu, Parliamentary Secreday at ICFAI University, out that there was a lack of the book which impresses tary, YRS, State Lotteries, Dimapur organized by the bridge between academia that everybody was blessed MTF, chairman, DPDB KoDepartment of Manage- and industries which re- and intelligent and that no hima as the chief guest and ment Studies. main busy in their own human being was useless. Kelhouphilie Kire, ChairAddressing the students fields. Skill is basic and talent man, D. Khel council as as the chief guest, Director According to Dr. Koch- is ultimate. Talent is some- the Guest of honor. Peli in ICAR, National Research har, skill was the bridge that thing which makes you re- Tenyidie is a term that deCentre on Mithun, Jharna- is lacking between the two peatedly do it and reach the notes a group and friendpani, Dr. Abhijit Mitra en- entities and that none was ultimate, the former VC of ship of members belonging couraged the students to ready to take the first step in ICFAI University, Nagaland to the same age. Extending gratitude to acquire talents as it was not bridging that gap. said. always inborn in everyone. He divided skills into Vice Chancellor, ICFAI the Vilie Peli, KelhouphiHe said there was no sub- three parts- educational University, Nagaland, C.P. lie Kire stated that the 25 stitute to hardwork and that skills, skills with education Alexander delivered the years celebration is a sigeveryone has the ability to and artisan skills. To build welcome address during nificant mark as it is a symbolism of good leadership achieve something if they a skill capital, one has to fo- the seminar.
special reference to role of youths, and to provide an opportunity to youth for reparation of future road map of their involvement in nation building activities. At the inauguration programme, T. Lemlila Sangtam stated that we should comply to God’s plan with enthusiasm, perseverance and commitment towards life. She stated that youth are indispensible from society and they are the future of tomorrow. Young people have energy and that has to be channelized towards nation building. She also
T. Lemlila Sangtam SDO (C), Mokokchung speaking at the Nehru Yuva Kendra District Youth Convention. (Morung Photo)
exhorted the youth to get proper education so as to enlarge the knowledge
and wisdom to decide the right decisions. She also called upon the youth to have positive mindset and contribute positively to the society and to use their talents and nurture their skills. While delivering the key note address, John Makhabo, District Youth Cordinator, NYK, Mokokchung highlighted the aims and objectives of NYK in channelizing and harnessing youth potentials towards nation building activities. He also called upon the youth to dedicate themselves for the development of their own villages.
The programme was chaired by Marmenla. Cultural programmes were presented by Shalom Ministry, Ungma and Longkhum Students’ Union. Best Youth Club Award 2016 was given to Telongjem SC Club, Longkhum village with cash award of rupees 25,000, the first prize for Patriotism Declamation Contest was bagged by Nungsangrenla, Chubakumzuk second prize Meyisangla third prize. Sport materials were given to NYK, affiliated youth clubs. The vote thanks was given by Miss Bendangmenla NYC.
Vilie Peli commemorates 25 years
On National Science Day, students explore scientific experiments pheK, February 28 (mexN): National Science Day 2017 programme was organized on February 28 by Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Phek at Bethel School, Porba. More than 50 students and teachers actively participated in the event. The programme was initiated with a brief introductory note by Dr. Rinku Bharali, ACTO, KVK-Phek. He highlighted the significant of the day and demonstrated few scientific experiments to the student. Sashimeren, Head Teacher, Bethel School emphasized the importance of fostering scientific temper among the students. An essay writing completion was held on the occasion. Shelu, Matholu and Nutsu won 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize respective. Consolation prizes were given away to the participating students. KVK staff Liza Baruah Bharali, Imsennaro Longchar, Setsonyi, Rokongulie, Arovi also participated in the event. It was stated in a press release that the programme concluded with a vote to thanks by Dr. Debojyoti Borkotoky, SMS (Animal Science), KVK-Phek.
Cultural Promotion Society presents a cultural item during the Vilie Peli 25 year celebration on February 28 at Dzücha Mechüpru, D. Khel. (Morung Photo)
and a peaceful community. Jubilee being a time of forgiveness and restoration of relationships, Khriehu Liezietsu urged the community to forgive each other for past wrongs and unite again. “In the name of jubilee, may there be forgiveness
and reunion,” appealed Liezietsu who expressed appreciation to the group for not just celebrating the culture of peer group but also contribute to the developmental works in the village. “We have all become Christians but we must
preserve our cultural heritage,” stated Liezietsu who assured to implement the schemes provided by the government to safeguard such heritage, in the village. Further sharing his vision to bring development in the village with a special
focus on the upliftment of the youth, the Parliamentary Secretary stated that he wishes to bring development through sports, vocational training, maintenance of good roads and sports ground. For such developments, Liezietsu asserted that the support of the youth is the most crucial. During the celebration, prayer was invoked by Ruokuolhoulie Kire, Deacon, Khedi Baptist church, while the welcome address was delivered by President, Vilie Peli. Special songs were presented by the Vilie Peli (Badze Geizo) and Cultural Promotion Society, D. Khel. The vote of thanks was delivered by Kereivilie Kire, Secretary, organizing committee.
‘Science and technology for specially abled persons’ Pilgrim School observes
Kohima, February 28 (mexN): The Modern Institute of Teacher Education, Kohima observed the National Science Day on February 28 on the theme ‘Science and Technology for Specially Abled Persons.’ The programme was organized by the Ecological Club of MITE at the College Auditorium. The programme was chaired by Shikna, Student Teacher of Sem-II. The Principal Devanand Sinha delivered speech on the theme. He also emphasized upon the new innovations and discoveries in the field of Science and Technology and highlighted on Seven Earth-like Planets discovered by NASA and 104 Satellites launched by ISRO, India making India self-reliant in Space-Science. The other
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Ecological Club of MITE with others during the National Science Day observed at the College Auditorium on February 28.
speaker Grace Dawman, Student-Teacher of SemII has emphasized on the need and importance of Science and Technology in our daily life.
An extempore speech was also organized on this occasion and Enakoli Kiba, Student-Teacher of Sem-II bagged the 1st Prize. A video recording was shown on the
topic “Ill-effect of GlobalWarming”. The programme concluded with vote of thanks from Kiboto L Awomi and benediction by Vikedo.
Dimapur, February 28 (mexN): Pilgrim School, Dimapur observed National Science Day on February 28 in the school Assembly hall under the theme ‘Science and technology for specially abled persons.’ Highlights of the special programme were invocation prayer led by Justin Ngully of Class 9, Significance of the day was given by Sulika Zhimomi of Class 10 and a short video on ‘Life in International Space Station’ was shown which enthralled the audience. A theme skit “This is my story....when a Smart Phone came” was enacted by the students of Scientific Club. Vote of thanks was given by Kaihru, of the Dra-
A student participates at the National Science Day observed at Pilgrim School, Dimapur on February 28.
matic Club, and the entire programme was compered by Sana Karam, Teacher incharge of the Scientific Club, Pilgrim School.
NSLSA conducts weeklong legal campaign across Nagaland Science exhibition held at
Dimapur, February 28 (mexN): The District Legal Services Authority with lawyers conducted on week long legal campaign under the aegis of Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA).
Dimapur: Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) conducted legal literacy programme at Grace Academy, Thahekhu Village on child and educational rights. The programme was introduced by Ajongba Imchen, Secretary DDLSA, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dimapur. Visheli H. Yepthomi, Panel Lawyer, introduced DDLSA and its functions available for the public. Panel Lawyers, Sentimenla and Zuchempeni spoke about Child Abuse and Cyber Crime. TATA Criminal Justice Fellow Nikita spoke on how it was im-
Mount Carmel Children Home, Sukhalu Village was paid a quarterly visit by Retainer Lawyer of Nagaland Sate Legal Services Authority, Tovi Yeptho and his team. Interacting with the children, the Lawyer informed them of their various rights under the law. The caretaker of the home was also apprised of their functions, roles and duties. Members of Dimapur District Legal Services Authority with the students of Grace Academy, Thahekhu Village.
portant for everyone to know their rights so that they can claim those. Peren: In Peren, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Secretary of Peren District Legal Services Authority, Somet Chang with Prosecutor Italang Ramlia, Retainer Lawyer Asungbe and others visited District Jail Peren and interacted with the inmates and apprised them on the status of the case in the court. The team visited the Observation
Home Peren. The Children were sensitized on Child Rights and duties to be a good citizen in a child friendly manner. A legal literacy programme was held with the students at government middle school Jalukie as beneficiaries of the programme. Prosecutor, Italung Ramlia and Retainer Lawyer, Asungbe spoke on the Right to Education, awareness on child rights issues and various
legal provisions on Child Rights. Phek: Chief Judicial Magistrate and Secretary of Phek District Legal Services Authority, MT Therieh visited Observation Home Phek. She interacted with the home on the various provisions and facilities that needs to be served to the inmates. Zunheboto: In Zunheboto,
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Kohima: Chief Judicial Magistrate and Secretary of Kohima District Legal Services Authority, M.T. Therieh and Retainer Lawyer K. Theunuo and other Panel Lawyers organised a programme with elderly persons at Kohima Old Age Home on February 26. On February 27, Kohima District Legal Services Authority led by Secretary Therieh visited Observation Home at Kohima. The team listened to the activities and sharing of various issues, faced by the home.
‘CreatiVe teaChing for transformation’ Charis High Academy conduct workshop for teachers Dimapur, February 28 (mexN): Charis High Academy (CBSE), Chumukedima conducted a workshop for teachers on ‘creative teaching for transformation’ from January 19 to 21. The resource persons were Dr. Ajit A. Prasadam, PhD, Princeton University (New Jersey), General Secretary, India Sunday School Union and Director, St. Andrew Centre for HRD and counselling, Coonor, Tamil Nadu and Sheela Ebenezer, Coonor, India Sunday School Union. The teachers were introduced to a new level of creative teaching in
different subjects and techniques like expressive lesson plans and ways of teaching. The follow up programme was held on February 24 by Dr. Ajit A. Prasadam. He stressed that we should not just attend the mind but the spirit of the student as well. The trainers used innovative metaphors and activities to elaborate on the various educational structures and teaching methodologies. “Teachers should cultivate the art of “disciplined imagination” in order to draw out the best. The teacher should make the mind and spirit of the student go in sync to understand the core values and ethics of human life. Students, then become the signature and reflection of a teacher and the school,” the teach- Teachers along with the resource persons during the workshop for teachers conducted by Charis High ers were told. Academy, Chumukedima.
Students display projects during the National Science Day 2017 programme at Baptist Mission School Jotsoma on February 28.
Kohima, February 28 (mexN): Baptist Mission School Jotsoma organised science exhibition on the theme ‘Science in everyday life’ to observed National Science Day. Altogether 32 teams comprising two members each brought forth their scientific knowledge and understanding in the forms of science projects. Among the projects 18 were working models. The students, teachers and the parents experienced a new and inspiring touch with the science during the exhibition. Inaugurating the science exhibition, headmaster V.J. Thomas exhorted the students to have a firsthand experience with science rather than study for the sake of examination, and inculcate a sense of scientific aptitude in our everyday life. The science teachers of the school Keneisazo Nagi and Khriesivono Nakro contributed greatly for the success of the day's celebration stated a press note. The judges of the day were Kekhrielezo Peseyie, Neivisie Peseyie and Seketoulie Keretsü.
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Will Manipur halt BJP’s forward march in the North East? Ragini Bhuyan LiveMint
The north-eastern state of Manipur would go to polls on 4 and 8 March. Will Manipur also go to the BJP after its spectacular victory in Assam last year and coupd’etat by the party against the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh? On the face of it, the odds could not be higher. The ruling Congress party holds over 70% of the 60 seats in the assembly. The incumbent chief minister, Okram Ibobi Singh, has ruled uninterrupted for 15 years. Since 1963, Manipur has had 11 chief ministers, five of whom have been from the Congress. The Congress’s vote share in the 2012 assembly elections was the highest since 1984. In fact, even during the Modi wave of 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress managed to improve its vote share in thirty three assembly constituencies in the state.
What is the basis of the BJP even being in the fray then? The BJP has made some advances in the state after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The party won its first MLAs in by-elections held in 2015 after two defected MLAs from Trinamool Congress (TMC) were reelected on BJP tickets. The TMC, which was the main opposition party in the state with seven MLAs after the 2012 elections, has no representative in the assembly currently due to death and defection related issues. What is even more important is the fact that Manipur has displayed an inclination towards voting for the party which is running the Central government historically. A look at vote shares in all elections held in the state since 1984 shows that, the BJP could only become a relevant force in the state after it managed to form the NDA government with full majority in 1999. Even in 2004 and 2014, when incumbent
NDA and UPA governments were rejected by the electorate elsewhere in the country, Manipur chose to vote for the party ruling at the Centre. Necessity, rather than ideology might be the reason behind this voting behaviour. Like other northeastern states Manipur is heavily dependent on central funds, which account for more than 90% of its total revenue receipts. What does the situation on the ground suggest? The BJP is banking on the support of Naga People’s Front (NPF), which is in power in Nagaland and a constituent of BJP’s umbrella coalition North East Democratic Alliance, to bring votes from Naga people in Manipur’s hill districts. However, recent developments have cast a shadow on these plans. Manipur’s politics is fractured around the dynamics of Meitei-Naga-Kuki relations. The Nagas have
for long alleged that the government in Imphal is biased towards the Meiteis. Their apex body, United Naga Council (UNC), blocked the two national highways leading to Manipur in November 2016 in protest against the government’s proposal to create new districts. In December, Ibobi Singh announced the creation of seven new districts, taking the total number of districts in the state to 16. The Nagas, who claim the hill territories as their ancestral land, have protested the formation of Jiribam and Kangpokpi districts. They fear that the creation of these non-Naga dominated districts will reduce their territorial control. While the decision has alienated the Nagas, Ibobi Singh’s move has boosted support among the Meiteis and Kukis, as the latter had demanded the creation of Kangpokpi district. The BJP, on the other hand, began peace talks
with the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), whose stated goal is to carve out a Greater Nagalim (which includes contiguous territory from Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh), in 2015. The lack of transparency regarding the talks has fuelled distrust of the BJP. Meitei-dominated valley districts comprise 40 out of the 60 assembly seats. Pradip Phanjoubam, editor of the Imphal Free Press, points out that the BJP cannot come to power simply via Naga support as the latter control only 11-12 seats. The BJP is also battling infighting. “The Congress has a historically strong presence in Manipur, unlike the BJP or RSS. The BJP also lacks charismatic leaders and has not yet announced a chief ministerial candidate. The BJP will have an advantage only in the case of a hung assembly, in which case it can garner support from smaller parties,” he said.
Rahul Gandhi hits back at Modi over corruption charges Newmai News Network Imphal | Febraury 28
AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi addressed a huge election rally here on Tuesday to campaign for Congress for the ensuing crucial Manipur assembly polls during which he hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP over charges of corruption against Okram Ibobi Singh headed Government. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to fulfill his promises in two and a half years in office. National Highway 37 here is not different from what it is despite the promise made by Modi,” Rahul said at the rally at Hapta Kangjeibung. Rahul said that the Modi government said ‘Acche Din’ will come but there is no National Highway, sports university and
sports stadium as promised. “There are no good days because the Modi government has failed to usher in Acche Din,” he said. Rahul said the power innovation of Okram Ibobi Singh government confused Modi. He said the world said that prepaid electricity system is the right way to solve power problem and now “Modi see it in Manipur.” “The prepaid electricity introduced in Manipur had caused confusion to Modi,” Rahul said while highlighting various achievements of the Congress government under Ibobi Singh. The Gandhi scion attacked Modi over the Framework Agreement signed between the Centre and NSCN (IM), saying Modi claimed he did a historic deed in signing this
'agreement'. “We’ve learnt that only Modi knows what was in the agreement. Even his ministers said they knew nothing about it. Most importantly, Manipur CM Ibobi was not consulted on the 'agreement'. What has been given away and what has actually been done through the 'agreement' are known to Modi,” Rahul said. The AICC leader promised that only the Congress will safeguard the territorial integrity of Manipur. Rahul further attacked the Modi government’s recent demonetization initiative which Rahul said had destroyed life of people, particularly farmers and labourers. “If Modi is after black money, there are real estates, Swiss Bank accounts and gold which were left out. He should have target-
BJP functionaries resign, support NPF DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 28 (MExN): In a major political development, two top functionaries of BJP Manipur today joined the Naga People’s Front to “strengthen the hands” of
NPF Candidate for Tamenglong Assembly Constituency Janghemlung Panmei in the forthcoming election. An NPF Central Press release said informed that Khangthonang Panmei,
State Executive Member of the BJP Manipur and Pouhotlung, Executive Member BJP and ADC Member, Tamenglong resigned from the Party and joined NPF in Tamenglong.
ed the 50 richest persons in India. Why he did not go after them?” he asked. Farmers, labourers and sincere people were made to stand outside banks after demonetization and “we did not see affluent individuals in the lines,” he said. He hit back at PM Modi over charges of corruption he had levelled against CM Ibobi and said there was not a single proof. Modi addressed an election rally here on February 25. “Modiji, you take money and the proof is in white papers. Why don’t you initiate enquiry into it?” Rahul asked. Rahul said Modi has a habit of inciting enmity between different groups
wherever he goes and asked him to not indulge in such a practice. “Modi, you’re Prime Minister of the country and so don’t create hatred between communities in Manipur. You should rather talk about love and brotherhood. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Modi want to destroy the individuality, history and language of Manipur. But Congress will not let it happen, he said. Meanwhile, Rahul promised that Manipur will continue to go ahead under Congress and Ibobi Singh. Polls to the state assembly are scheduled to take place in two-phases on March 4 and 8.
Only 20 MLAs from 89% of Manipur
IMPHAL/ TAMENLONG, FEBRUARY 28 (ET): Bad roads in the hill areas coupled with valley-centric development schemes and infrastructure programmes have led to a rift in Manipur. Manipur, which has been ruled by the Congress for the last 15 years, is often accused of excluding the hills from the development agenda. People from the hill areas claim that despite hill districts of Manipur comprising 89% of the geographical area, there were only 20 MLAs from
these areas in the Manipur Assembly. The valley, which comprises just 11% area, had 40 seats. The condition in hills worsened following demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes and economic blockade by the United Naga Council (UNC) on two highways since November 1 last year. The constitutional provision of the 6th Schedule is not implemented in the hills of Manipur while most of the North-eastern states have it.
A full bench of the High Court of Manipur has directed the secretary, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Road Transport and Highway, to carry out the high court order regarding repairing of pot holes along the National Highway-37 (Imphal-Jiribam road) with immediate effect. “For decades, hills have faced neglect in the hands of the Ibobi government and this negates his claim of inclusive development,” said S Milan, general secretary of UNC.
CONFEDERATION OF ALL NAGALAND STATE SERVICES EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION
HEAD OFFICE: THEMEZIE H.S. ROAD, KOHIMA -797001, NAGALAND
FELICITATION
Date: 28-02-17 The CANSSEA and all other State Services Associations of Nagaland held meeting on 27th February 2017 at Japfü Hotel and in the meeting they congratulated Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu on being unanimously chosen as the 11th Chief Minister of Nagaland. With his vast range of experience, the various Associations hope that the Hon'ble Chief Minister will lead the people to higher level towards the progress and development. The Associations pray for his good health and wish him long and prosperous life. The various Associations also wished to express sincere gratitude to the Hon'ble Chief Minister, his Cabinet Colleagues and Senior Govt. officials led by Chief Secretary and Finance Commissioner, Nagaland for favourably considering to implement the 7th ROP. Further, the CANSSEA and various Associations also re-visited its earlier demand for implementation of the 7th ROP from 1st January, 2016. However, after in-depth deliberation, the Associations agreed upon to accept the 7th ROP w.e.f 01-032017 as published in the local dailies.
APPEAL
The CANSSEA and all other Associations, therefore, appeal to all the State Employees to work with sincerity and dedication for the welfare and upliftment of the people of the State. Sd/- Dr. R. Elithung Lotha General Secretary, CANSSEA
(S. Takatuba Aier) President, CANSSEA
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The NPF Kohima Division extends a hearty congratulation to Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu for being appointed as the 17th Chief Minister of Nagaland. The NPF Kohima Division also acknowledges the supreme sacrifice made by Shri. T.R. Zeliang for the cause of Naga people. The Division thanks and appreciates all the DAN Legislatures for rightly choosing the tallest and most prominent leader of the Regional party from our Division to Head the Nagaland State Government. The Division re-affirms the decision to extend its fullest support to the leadership of Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland. (Kesoneilie Theünuo) Working President NPF Kohima Division
(Alo Yakhro) Press Secretary NPF Kohima Division
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The Tenyimi Women Organisation (TWO) heartily congratulate Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu to become the 11th Chief Minister of Nagaland. The Organisation wish and pray that through this seasoned Politician, experience and energetic leader of the State who can lead us to a greater height as well as peace and tranquillity to prevail in the state. May God in His infinite love, guide and protect you with his wisdom to lead people for our better tomorrow. Beinuo Besii President
Vilanuo Angela Yhome General Secretary
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The Nagaland Contractor’s & Suppliers’ Union Dimapur district had felicitated the NSCU President Shri. Pele Khezhie on being appointed as PRO to Chief Minister, Nagaland. Having vast experienced in various Social, Economic and Political field, the Hon’ble Chief Minister has rightly chosen the right person for the right task. The Union believe that he shall sincerely perform and fulfilled the task as desired. The Union wish him best of luck. Sd/- (W. KHAPE) President
Sd/- (A. TURENG) Jt. Secretary
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Whereas, an application has been submitted by Shri. Wongto Sangtam S/O Lt. Thsensomong of Singrep Village for change of name of permit holder against site permit N0.178 (A) The permit has been registered with the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Kiphire in the name of one Shri. Toshi Sangtam of Singrep Village with the below mentioned boundaries and land measuring to 90' x 128' ft. North : Tuensang road South : Kyurise East : Tsisekyu West : Rest house road Location- Above Rest House Road, Kiphire town. Therefore, claims and objection if any, be submitted to this office within 30 (thirty) days and if no claims or objection is received during the said stipulated time, the above mentioned permit will be registered in the name of Shri. Wongto Sangtam of Singrep Village and after which no claims/objections will be entertained. (SEDEVIKHO KHRO) Deputy Commissioner, Kiphire, Nagaland
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Jio launch project to Banking operations affected Samsung, up LTE communication in India pan-India due to union strike CheNNai, February 28 (iaNS): Banking operations across the country came to a halt on Tuesday as 10 lakh bankers staged a strike against the government’s “anti-people banking reforms”, said a bank union leader. The strike was called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), comprising nine unions. They also pressed for compensation to employees for extra work done on account of demonetisation. “A r o u n d 85,000 branches of commercial banks, 105,000 branches of co-operative bank and others are on strike,” C.H. Venkatachalam, General Secretary, All India Bank Employees’ Association
Kohima, February 28 (DiPr): Parliamentary Secretary for Sericulture & Home Guards & Civil Defence, E.E. Pangteang unveiled the Department Manual Book and launched Departmental Website on February 28 at the Directorate of Sericulture, Kohima. In his speech, the Parliamentary Secretary mentioned that Sericulture Department was bifurcated in the year 1989 and after 28 years bringing out the Departmental manual has given them a unique identity. He pointed out that the basic philosophy of the Government is to provide transparency, accountability and justice as well as to insist on discipline and efficiency. He also said that the manual book will provide all the inputs to the service of the people and the department with sincerity, dignity and labour. The Parliamentary Secretary stated that in the era of information technology launching of website will mark the ultimate realization of a long felt need of the department. He said that the website will be updated from time to time so that accurate information is made available with easy and quick access which will be instrumental towards implementation of the flagship programmes. He hoped that this constructive initiative will go a long way in motivating the Department as an eye opener
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Most state-run banks have informed customers that functioning of branches and offices would be hit if the strike was observed on Tuesday. New generation private banks like -- ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and others -- are not part of the union and continued to function normally but cheque clearances did not take place. Besides, cash transactions would also be hit and the ATMs are likely to be emptied early during the day. “ATM operations are yet to normalise after the demonetisation of high value notes. It seems people have resigned to the situation of less cash,” Venkatachalam added.
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and trend setter in the days to come. Secretary for Sericulture, C.M. Tsanglao said that ‘now we are in the electronic age which is the highest ever civilization achieved by mankind where the Department of Sericulture is also in the arena’. He expressed his appreciation to the staff of the Department for success of website launching where working system will be strengthened and enhance the ability to do more work. He also appeal to all the staff to be punctual and regular and be worthy to be a government servant. As long as we are in government service we are duty bound and during our limited period of service we should bring good image and make a footprint in the Department, he stated. Director of Sericulture, Chandan Basera said that being a government servant we are paid to do work, so we need to do justice for being paid. He urged the staff to cultivate the habit of sincerity and dedication so that our next generation will not suffer. He also stressed on the importance of the website and appealed to the staff to serve the people. The programme was chaired by Additional Director, Imtisosang and vote of thanks was given by Joint Director, Chubameren. The departmental website can be accessed through www.sericulture. nagaland.gov.in
Participants with resource persons during the Financial Literacy Programme held on February 27.
Kohima, February 28 (mexN): Financial Literacy Programme was held at Phesama and Kigwema village for the women organised by the Nagaland State Social Welfare Board SCA of NMDFC, SRCW under Financial Literacy Camp Programme supported under FIF NABARD on February 27. The camps were organised to equip women with the various helps enabling them to improve and promote sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural development, a press release stated. The resource person from the UCO bank, S.K Chhetri shared the significance of banking and the various insurance related to it. He said that saving is an important source of future investment and the improvement of the
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Kruse further encouraged the participants to make organic agriculture more attractive to young people and empower women as well so they can contribute towards family income and society at large. Taking the example of various successful stories of some SHGs in Nagaland, he said that providing funds to increase investment in agriculture to raise productivity, improve quality of agricultural products will ultimately increase farmers income and promote rural entrepreneurship for small agribusiness. Keduokhonuo Belho also gave a brief introduction on women Helpline 181, One Stop centre and Childline 1098 which is an emergency Toll Free Helpline No 24X7 for Women and Children.
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living standards of the society. He talked about the benefits of insurance as an important part of investment which protects farmers against any misfortune in future. He further shared that through the various insurance it reduce the money we have to pay for uncompensated victims of accidental death and loss, which will result in the improvement of the quality of life. Asalie A. Kruse, Project Manager, NSSWB shared on the topic ‘The importance of digital banking’. He cited some of the benefits of digital banking as banking will be made easier, faster and more efficient through internet. Digital banking will also be environment-friendly initiate which will result in pollution free experience as well.
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Rajendra Dev, Senior Vice President of the All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), told IANS: “Our demand is to treat all the employees equally. And officers will also get their due share.” He said the strike is a total success across the country. Venkatachalam said the shutdown comes after all attempts to find a solution to the demands raised by the unions yielded no results. The conciliation meeting before the Chief Labour Commissioner on February 21 failed to break the deadlock as the bank management body -- Indian Banks Association (IBA) -did not agree to the union demands.
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(AIBEA) told IANS here. He said clearance of 40 lakh cheques totalling around Rs 22,000 crore would be affected. The strike covers employees and officers in all public sector banks, including State Bank of India, all old-generation private banks, foreign banks, regional rural banks and cooperative banks. An officer in a government-owned bank preferring anonymity told IANS: “The clerical staff will get overtime allowance for working extra during the demonetisation period. But the officers will not get anything and in addition they will be losing a day’s salary due to the strike.” Not agreeing with that view, D. Thomas Franco
barCeloNa, February 28 (iaNS): In a bid to upgrade the current long-term evolution (LTE) mobile communication services across India, Samsung on Tuesday announced its innovative “I&G (Infill & Growth) Project” for Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd that will help expand both the current network capacity as well as network coverage. The project will extend Jio services in rural areas by expanding its reach to over 90 per cent of the population and enable seamless indoor and outdoor coverage in dense urban areas. “We successfully achieved 100 million subscribers in 170 days and are committed to bring game-changing digital experiences to India with superior ecosystems, mobile content, all-IP networks and ongoing process innovations,” Jyotindra Thacker, President of Reliance Jio Infocomm, told IANS here. Samsung previously provided the LTE core, base stations and solutions required for VoLTE services, as well as deployment services for establishing a nationwide network for Jio. The two companies have successfully established the world’s largest greenfield LTE network. “The massive deployment of over a million cells across India is especially remarkable. We will strive to create new paradigms for LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G by closely cooperating with Jio as a unified workforce,” added Youngky Kim, President and Head of Networks Business at Samsung Electronics. Samsung has also enabled Jio to offer a superior service to its users by providing professional solutions such as Samsung VoLTE, Quality Monitoring and Analysis (VoMA) and Cognitive Traffic Monitoring and Optimiser.
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NPF alone can bring peace and tranquillity in Manipur: Yitachu taMenglong, February 28 (Mexn): Nagaland’s Education Minister and Minister in charge of Manipur NPF, Yitachu today said with confidence that NPF alone can bring peace and tranquillity in Manipur. “NPF can bring the true ideals of democracy to Manipur. We are in the process of creating history. Each of you sitting here today is a part of that history. Reach out and bring all others who are not here today to be part of that history we are creating,” Yitachu told a massive gathering of NPF functionaries and supporters at Tamenglong this afternoon. He assured that if NPF gets majority in the hill areas of Manipur, the party can play a big role in implementing in totality the provisions of Article 371 C, which provides special
dispensations to the hills people of the State, said a press release from Media & Press Bureau, NPF Central office f. “However, left to itself, the Government of Manipur under the present ruling dispensation will not look after the welfare of the hills people and so we (NPF) must ensure that we get majority in the Hill districts,” Yitachu asserted, according to the press release. Yitachu also spoke highly of the former Chief Minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang. As head of the Government, he said, Zeliang decided to go by constitutional obligations. “If he desired he could have held on to his seat by making use of Central forces which the Centre offered. But as a true Naga leader he chose to step down so as to prevent the Naga society from going into more
turmoil.” As a result of this “supreme sacrifice” he made, “his (Zeliang) leadership has grown manifold in the eyes of the legislators as well as the people of Nagaland,” Yitachu added. “I am confident that he will soon come back to lead us one day.” Yitachu recalled how he along with TR Zeliang went to Yangon as chief guest in a major international function involving India, Myanmar and Thailand, where the former Chief Minister spoke extensively on the prospects of the Government of India’s Act East Policy and the urgent requirement for better road connectivity to improve trade and commerce among the South East Asian countries. “The success of the Act East Policy of the Government of India will largely depend on the participa-
tion and involvement of the tribal people of the Northeast,” Yitachu said and appealed to the people of the region to open up their minds and extend full cooperation to the noble and grand ambition of the Government. Yitachu also reminisced upon the reaction and emotion of the Nagas of Myanmar, when he along with Zeliang accompanied the then Chief Minister of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio to Myanmar and raised the issue of the plight of the Nagas of Myanmar with the Government of Myanmar. He also highlighted that TR Zeliang, when he was the Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from 2004 onwards, had frequent meetings and interactions with visiting Myanmarese officials including the Myanmar Ambassador to India to im-
press upon them to give a better deal to the Nagas of Myanmar. “It was largely through the initiatives and efforts of TR Zeliang that the Naga people of Myanmar were recognised as a people of the country through a Constitutional amendment in 2008,” Yitachu said. The Nagas of Myanmar, the Minister stated, thought "there were no tall Naga leaders to take up their cause with the Government of Myanmar and many cried with happiness that we had asked the Government of Myanmar to treat the Nagas there fairly and recognise them as a people of the country.” “Our experience in Myanmar has further made us more resolute in our determination to make the presence of NPF party felt in Manipur,” he affirmed.
Earlier, Achumbemo, NPF Spokesperson, extended greetings of the NPF President and Chief Minister of Nagaland, Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu to the people of Tamenglong. He urged the people not to vote for the BJP “because the party and its extreme wings are against Christians in the mainland.” He also urged the voters not to vote for the Congress since “the policies and programmes of Chief Minister Ibobi Singh are divisive and against the tribals and minority communities of the State.” Achumbemo said NPF represents the true sentiments and aspirations of tribals and other communities of the hill areas of Manipur and appealed to the voters to cast their votes for the party, “which stands by them and shall continue to stand by them.”
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KohiMa, February 28 (Mexn): The Prison Department organized a farewell function in honour of the outgoing Inspector General of Prisons, (IG Prisons) Nagaland, Kedi Angami on February 28. Kedi Angami joined service in the year 1982 as Assistant Jailor. After serving in various categories and promoted in due course of time, he retired as IG Prisons, Nagaland on attaining 35 years length of service in the Prison department. The farewell function was attended by representatives from all jails in Nagaland, Prison Service Association Nagaland (PSAN), and the directorate staff. Rupin Sharma, IPS, Director General of Prisons, Civil Defenses & Home Guards, Nagaland while appreciating his contribution towards the department, described Kedi Angami as a spontaneous officer who disposed matters and files instantly. Kedi Angami in his farewell speech encouraged the officers of the department to endeavor towards uplift of prison reformation and rehabilitation of inmates.
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Rev. Kari Longchar called for strengthening the community spirit and noble leadership to rebuild the society while speaking at an Ao Senso Telongjem Dimapur (ASTD) thanksgiving programme in Dimapur on February 28. Terming the present days as “difficult and broken times,” Rev. Kari called for joining hands to repair the damage. The advent of Christianity, according to him, can be divided into three periods. “The first was the eye opening period, the second a period of renewal, and the third
Innerwheel Club adopts govt school Converts it into ‘Happy School’ under Teach Mission DiMapur, February 28 (Mexn): Innerwheel Club of Dimapur is working on literacy and is adopting government schools. The Club has adopted the Government Middle School at Zeliangrong village and has converted it into ‘Happy School’ under the Teach Mission. The Happy School was inaugurated on February 25 by the club’s district chairman under the presidentship of Dr. Khushboo Agarwal and club literacy chairperson Asha Sharma. A press release informed that the club provided running water in the school toilets, renovated and painted the school building, completed roofing at places, set up a library for students, donat-
Members of Innerwheel Club of Dimapur at Government Middle School, Zeliangrong village.
ed sports equipment and shoes, socks for children. The club aims to make government schools more equipped to decrease the dropout rates, the release stated. “The club will continue to be associated with
the school providing them more support as and when required and is planning to adopt more schools in future. The club aims to have every school in Dimapur a Happy School and every individual a literate,” it added.
stage. It is a broken stage not because of anyone in particular but because of you and I. Everyone is responsible for it.” Stating that the people are giving more emphasis on personal materialistic pursuit than for the welfare of the society, he held that the number of people working for the good of the society is lessening by the day. “The bible says every person should think not about oneself but for others.” Remembering the police firing victims – Khriesavizo and Bendangnungsang, he said that the two youth gave up their lives for others while
Stating that change cannot happen by talk alone, he said, “I want to challenge the good Ao citizens gathered here to discard the sins we are draped in. True change will come if it starts from our kitchen’s hearth.” He though added that there is still hope while stating that there are many, including truthful government servants, students and youths who can affect change. Stating that the Aos have done some exemplary work, he cited the Survival Mokokchung movement, the foothill road initiative
pal Act on account of taxation and after 15 years, the ASTD fought for the same. These, he said, were examples of people joining hands and working together. “The Nagas under JCC and NTAC has been victoriously taking the initiative and will fight against many other such acts which are detrimental for the welfare of the people. One battle has been won but there are still many to fight.” To the leaders, he said, “For the battles ahead, let us not fight by human or political might but with the faith in God and guidance under his able hand.”
NPCC responds to TR Zeliang’s statement on Naga political issue KohiMa, February 28 (Mexn): NPCC today demanded that the former Chief Minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang should come clean on his accusation that some political elements do not want the Naga political problem to be solved. “He should publicly name those political elements posing hurdles rather than make a vague statement that is detrimental to the overall interest of the Nagas,” NPCC Media Cell stated in response to Zeliang’s statement made during an election rally at Senapati on February 27. Nagaland, NPCC said, has had enough of NPFs rhetoric about finding political settlement to the protracted Indo-Naga issue. “The NPF leadership which promised political solution within three months if voted to power in 2003 elections seems to be still searching for that elusive promise made 14 years ago. The BJP which is now the NPFs high command also promised settlement with 18 months of coming to power but 33 months had already passed by,” it lamented.
The statements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and MoS Home Kiren Rijiju during their recent election rally in Manipur “clearly indicates the mindset of the central BJP leadership that is keen to keep fishing in troubled waters,” the NPCC rejoinder said. While the plight of the people of Nagaland is getting endless day by day, the NPF government, the NPCC added is simply unable to devote its time and resources unlike their political campaign beyond state borders. “When our own house is in total disarray owing to the divisive politics of the NPF, it is unwise of NPF leaders to simply accuse others of doing the same. The myopic policy of the NPF has isolated Nagas from all our neighbours with whom we had co existed since time immemorial.” The NPCC also urged the NPF leaders to “atleast put a semblance of governance in the state for the next few months rather than attempting to shift blame on others for all their failures.”
NSWON Sumi PWDFWAWU appeals department VFAA Kohima expresses shock at member’s death February 28 (Mexn): since last month.” ‘Leave without pay’, it Region mourns WoKha, Public Works Department (PWD) Field stated, is meant for Work Charged emZunheboto, February 28 (Mexn): The National Socialist Women’s Organization of Nagalim (NSWON), Sumi Region has expressed grief and pain at the demise of Hezuli, wife of Vijeto Tuccu, Kilonser, NSCN/GPRN. Hezuli passed away on February 23, 2017. The NSWON Sumi Region in a condolence message issued by Chairperson & Secretary acknowledged that Hezuli was “a brave and visionary woman with strong conviction, dedication and prayer, a God fearing woman who always strived to better the society in her walks of life.” Her contribution to NSWON Sumi Region, it added, is memorable and will always be cherished in the history of NSWON Sumi Region. Her demise is a great loss to the NSWON, particularly Sumi Region, the message read. NSWON Sumi Region further conveyed heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family and prayed to God to grant them strength and solace to overcome the grief. It also prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.
Workers’ Association Wokha Unit (R&B) (PWDFWAWU) has appealed to the department concerned to release immediately ‘leave without pay’ of September to November 2003, “which the Govt. of Nagaland has forcefully implemented to all the work charged employees under NPWD in 2003 and the Finance Department has already released for payment
ployees’ salaries. A press statement from PWDFWAWU said any group or individual has no authority to deduct any amount from the head as the court fee has been deducted several times from all the Work Charged employees. The statement was appended by Chumthungo, President, Nsungbeni Kikon, Finance Secretary, and Mhalo, Treasurer.
KohiMa, February 28 (Mexn): The Veterinary Field Assistant Association (VFAA) Kohima has expressed shock at the sudden demise of Kehosel Kikhi on February 27. “The Association has lost an active member who was sincere and his good work and contribution to the society can never be forgotten,” stated a condolence note from the association. It further prayed that the Lord will give peace and comfort to the bereaved family. “May his soul find peace and everlasting rest,” it added.
Power dept bids farewell to outgoing engineer-in chief KohiMa, February 28 (Dipr): The Department of Power organized a farewell programme for its outgoing Engineer-in-Chief, K. Miachieo on February 28 at the conference hall of Electricity House, Kohima. Er. K. Miachieo thanked God for helping him complete another stage of life. Fondly recalling his service years, he mentioned that he joined the Department as SDO (Electrical) in 1982. Considering himself as the luckiest officer of the Department, he gave much credit to the officers and staff for the successful
completion of his service. “Life is a process of learning and we will continue to learn till our last breath,” said the outgoing officer and urged the employees to assist the new Engineer-in-Chief and to work with the same spirit. Incoming Engineer-in-Chief, G. Chishi expressed gratitude to Er. Miachieo for his immense contribution towards the department in various fields like the creation of the post of Engineer-in-Chief in the Department of Power and for conceiving the idea of having 220 KV line from Kohima to Dimapur which is under implementation
and is to be completed soon. He congratulated the outgoing Engineer-in-Chief for leaving behind a legacy in the department. Secretary (Power), K.I. Yanger (IAS) highlighted that occasion like retirement is a time to retrospect and to think of whatever has been done and achieved. Describing Er. Miachieo as well cultured and someone who has a class of his own, he congratulated him for his 35 years of meritorious and illustrious career. Minister for Power, Kipili C. Sangtam pointed out that the outgoing Engineer-in-Chief was
instrumental in choosing right directions for the department to follow and congratulated him for retiring in good health. The minister said that good service to the people is service to God and encouraged the employees to be sincere and dedicated because today’s activities will make the next generation shine. Short speeches were also delivered by President APEN, Er. Shikato Sema, Additional C.E. (Civil), Er. Vitoshe Rochill, Director NRE, Er. T.S. Angami, and the ministerial staff and various associations under the Power Department.
Meetings & AppointMents Dimapur Sumi Council meet Dimapur Sumi Council has convened a meeting on March 2, 3:30 pm at its office near Dimapur Hospital. All Dimapur Sumi Council executive members, advisors, DSSU office bearers, ward chairmen etc. have been requested to attend the meeting, where important agenda will be discussed, according to a press release from Kuhoi Zhimo, Chairman, Dimapur Sumi Council.
WYH executive council meeting The Western Yimchunger Hoho (WYH) will have an executive council meeting on March 4, 10:00 am at its treasurer’s residence in Showuba. The Hoho has requested office bearers, executive members, council chairmen, Head GBs, union presidents and secretaries under Western Yimchunger jurisdiction to attend the meeting without fail.
Tsiesema-Zhadima Kimho Khel ‘Friendship Feast’ The communities of Tsiesema village and Zhadima Kimho Khel will be having a ‘Friendship Feast’ on March 4, 10:00 am at Tsiesema Ground. Therefore, Zakamvü Sorünuo, Committee Convenor and Ruokuobeilie Mere, Committee Secretary have requested all the members to attend the feast and be blessed.
NGBF executive meeting The Nagaland GB Federation (NGBF) has convened an executive meeting on March 8, 10:00 am at the Tourist Lodge, Dimapur, near old NST station. NGBF General Secretary Shikuto Zalipu in a press release has requested all the 13 units’ (District GBs Association) presidents and secretaries and all the office bearers of NGBF to attend the meeting without fail.
MEx FILE PMAY – GRAMIN to be launched today KohiMa, February 28 (Mexn): The Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY) - GRAMIN will be launched on March 1, 11:00 am at Rural Development directorate’s conference hall in Kohima with C.L. John, Minister for RD & REPA as the chief guest. In this regard, all Project Directors, Programme Officers (PMAY), BDOs and Computer Assistants of all the districts have been directed to attend positively. This information was released to the media by Imnukshila, Joint Director, PMAY, Rural Development, Nagaland.
AR apprehend one with arms DiMapur, February 28 (Mexn): Troops of 41 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) apprehended one person along with one .22 mm pistol and four live rounds of assorted ammunitions during an operation conducted at DC Court, Hill View, Dimapur on February 26. The operation was launched along with police representative, according to a press release from Assam Rifles. The apprehended individual identified as David Sangtam (36), the AR alleged, has been involved in extortion from shopkeepers using identity card and weapons. He was also apprehended earlier for arms dealing in September 2016, it added. The apprehended person along with the recovered arms and ammunition was handed over to Diphupar Police Station for further investigation.
NMM/NBCC condoles DiMapur, February 28 (Mexn): Nagaland Missions Movement/NBCC has expressed sadness and grief at the demise of Rev. M. Hankiu Joshua, former Church and Mission Secretary, YBBA and NMM Board Member. In his demise, the NBCC has lost a mission leader who loved the Lord and had a heart for the lost soul, stated a message from Rev. Andrew Semp, Director, NMM/NBCC. “Our prayer to God is to let his soul rest in peace,” it said, adding, “May our God, the comforter of all, give His peace and solace to his wife and children at this time of bereavement.”
NPGN/NNC (N/A) terminates one KohiMa, February 28 (Mexn): As per the decision of the NPGN/NNC (N/A) cabinet, Kihoto Chophi, UT-1 Secretary (Former Finance Secretary) has been terminated from the national service for violation of the Azha of the land, informed a press release from MIP Kilonser, NPGN/NNC (N/A). Therefore, all concerned individuals/well wishers have been informed not to deal with him under any circumstances. “In case of failure to comply, the defaulters shall be deemed as doing at their own risk,” the release said. Meanwhile, the NPGN/NNC (N/A) informed that Chenithung Lotha (Tatar) has been appointed as Lotha region caretaker w.e.f. the date of issuing this notice. The NPGN/NNC (N/A) requested all individuals and well wishers to co-operate with Chenithung for the smooth functioning of the government as well as for the common cause of Nagas in general.
NSCN (R) informs DiMapur, February 28 (Mexn): The NSCN/ GPRN (R) has informed all the business establishments and various unions under UT-1 jurisdiction not to entertain any individual without the consent and knowledge of Chairman UT-1 and Secretary. A press release from MIP, NSCN (R) further warned that anyone dealing without knowledge of the authority concerned will be doing so at their own risk. For further queries and clarification, contact 8575188109, 7085605559.
NSLA office relocated KohiMa, February 28 (Mexn): The Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) has informed in a press release that its office was recently relocated to the basement of the Kohima District Court building near Deputy Commissioner’s office complex, Kohima. NSLSA also informed that it will conduct district wise Para Legal Volunteers’ orientation training covering all the 11 districts. Meanwhile, the Authority is mobilizing Master Trainers (TOT) and Legal Aid Counsels to undertake the orientation training along with the respective secretaries of District Legal Services Authority in the month of March.
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IN FOCUS The Power of Truth
The Morung Express
THE MORUNG EXPRESS
C O M M E N T A R Y
Garga Chatterjee
A nation is constituted by the people, Social Order people are not constituted by nations VOLUME XII ISSUE 57
By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir
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ne of the greatest challenges which our society is facing today is the maintenance of social order. It is a kind of order which is in contrast to social chaos or disorder, and refers to a stable state of society. But ironically, the linkages of our social structure is not linked properly which is evident from the unending social unrest. A chronic ailment that is ‘accepted’ as ‘normal’ for so long. This has happened because of the convergence of ‘politics’ and ‘socio-economics’ in almost every sphere of our activity. A linkage in the building of social structure that is supposed to provide social order finds itself intricately ‘mislinked.’ It is our own creation and its doggedness is because we as humans have failed to realize the values associated with humans, of life and living. Morality, which lies at the core of human values, finds itself questionable. We seek change in the social, political, culture, religion and the moral domain but values of morality in all these domains is sacrificed at the altar of materialism, selfishness and greed. It seems like our sense of moral judgment, of the ‘rightness’ and ‘wrongness’ of our actions finds itself lost to the ‘mislinked’ relationship between ‘politics’ and ‘socio-economics’ of life. This is largely the cause of the existing social disorder. A revolutionary recreation is thus needed for a social restructuring towards the creation of the desired social order. And at the base of the social structure moral values should take centre stage providing governance to the structure. Only then there will be change followed by a social order. These social linkages, more so, the ‘relational’ aspects between politics and ‘socio-economics’ need to be properly linked by the principle and values of morality in order to create a desirable pattern of a socially ordered living. And of course, in tune with the present times, a well informed orientation of the political, socio-cultural and its associated economics needs to be complemented well by principles and values of ethics in order to create a social order. Our society is going through a process of evolution and technological changes have had a tremendous impact on our lifestyles offering more freedom and choices. This has created a space for the merger of material desire and material pursuits. But sadly it has drawn us away from real life human values and thereby the absence of ‘care’ and ‘concern’ for the ‘other’ except within the frame of meansend relationship. We live in interesting times which can also be called as the supposed normal, a disordered normal that ‘exists’ without meaning and purpose wherein our value system finds comfortably nestled in materialism. Moreover, the existing social unrest is also because often greed blinds our wisdom to sensibly address the consequences of our choices. As such greater responsibility is demanded of our choices and actions. This concerns each and every section of the society, be it the government, groups or the individual. Time is ripe for a moral appraisal to reorient our ‘politics’ and ‘socio-economic’ compass towards a valued based life and to restore the real normal social order. (Dr. Asangba Tzüdir contributes a weekly guest editorial to The Morung Express. Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)
LEFT WING |
Magda Mis Thomson Reuters Foundation
It's a bird... It's a plane...It's an edible aid drone!
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dible drones filled with food, water or medicine could soon become indispensable in humanitarian emergencies by delivering live-saving supplies to remote areas hit by natural disasters or conflict, their designers said on Monday. With 50 kg (110 lb) of food stocked inside its compartments, each drone costing 150 pounds ($187) would be able to deliver enough supplies to feed up to 50 people per day, they said. The frame of the prototype version of the drone - called Pouncer - is made of wood but the designers are planning to use edible materials in the next version. "Food can be component to build things," Nigel Gifford, an ex-army catering officer and founder of UK-based Windhorse Aerospace, the company behind the design, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "You fly (the drone) and then eat it," he said in a phone interview. With up to 40 km (25 miles) reach, the drone can be launched from an aircraft or catapulted from the ground with an accuracy of about 7 metres (23 ft), giving it an advantage over air drops - often used as a last resort in emergencies. "In combat zones like we have in Aleppo or Mosul nothing will work except what we have," Gifford said. "With parachuted air drops the problem is you can't guarantee where the loads will land. "In Aleppo we could have put aid straight into some of the streets and we could have done that out of the sight of ISIS (Islamic State)." Parts of the 3 metre (10 ft) by 1.5 metre (5 ft) drone, designed by the team behind Facebook's solar-powered internet drone Aquila, can be used as fuel or shelter. The Windhorse team includes Bruce Dickinson, entrepreneur and lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden and a former Airbus executive, Andrew Morgan. Gifford said several humanitarian agencies, including medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), International Rescue Committee, Oxfam and the World Health Organization, have already expressed their interest in using the drone. In December Windhorse presented the Pouncer to Britain's aid minister Priti Patel, hoping to attract help with financing. "We're waiting to hear back from them," Gifford said. He said the Pouncer would undergo initial testing in May and should be ready to be deployed on its first mission by the end of the year.
"We must never forget that only the people are sovereign. By definition, they created the constitution ….. the constitution didn’t create the people. No judge, no anthem, no song, no flag is. Only the people are sovereign. Everything else follows"
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he Supreme Court of India has declared that it will not be mandatory for people to stand to the Indian Union’s national anthem if the song is part of the film itself. However, the mandatory playing of the song before film shows in cinema hall stands and so does the mandatory standing up, an act that is assumed to be the outward expression of inner respect. What also stands is the shameful notification of the Union Home Ministry that had issued guidelines about how disabled persons should behave when the song is played before a film starts. What the advisory betrays is the deep anxiety that the deep state has about what thoughts the public might harbor about the holy totems of the Indian Union. The Union Home Ministry’s job is to ensure internal security of the Indian Union. The Union Ministry must think that if it does not control the attitude and posture of persons with locomotor or movement disabilities during the playing of Jonogonomono (that’s how Rabindranath, the author of the song pronounced it, not ‘Janaganamana’), the internal security or some grave aspect of the Indian Union is threatened. Thus, it has issued the notification that when the song is played, “the persons with locomotor disabilities and other wheel chair users, shall position themselves to the extent of maximum attentiveness and alertness, with or without the help of appropriate aids and appliances". Just reread that advisory for a moment and imagine the sickness of mind and ideology from where such notifications spring forth. This is plain inhuman and obscene. As if the idea of forcing people to do ritual displays of respect of symbols of the Indian Union wasn’t bad enough, the paranoia now has extended to persons with locomotor disabilities. The attitude of the present government towards persons with disability can be termed as obscenely patronizing. Take for example the new ‘word’ it has come up with to refer to persons with disabilities is “Divyangjan” which vaguely translates as “divine organ/part holder”. It is again one of those neologisms that probably make some sense in Hindi but is a completely unknown word for non-Hindi people. And of course even for something like the naming of people with specific disabilities, the Union government doesn’t desist from its Hindi imposition agenda. I go past the erstwhile National Institute of Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH) at Bonhooghly, Kolkata that has now been renamed as the National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities Divyangjan. This “Divyangjan” name, a term that no Bengali is familiar with, has also been forcefully inserted into the Bengali name of the institute. And the term itself is patronizing to the core. Disability is a reality and alleviating the limitations and pains caused by it should be the aim, not the crookish and patronizing formulation where the disability is packaged as some sort of a divine blessing. What is divine about disability? By divinity is anything positive being meant here? Persons with disability may have disabilities but they are not infants. This infantilizing of a whole group of co-citizens, marking them out as divinely special in the most insensitive way and then coming out with guidelines about how they should behave dur-
ing Indian Union’s national anthem playing tells us what happens when insensitivity and anxiety team up. This Divyangjan term is not too different from the other patronizing Hindi term “Harijan” (people of God) which Mr. Mohandas Gandhi imposed on Dalits. That patronizing name generally stands rejected by Dalits themselves. The original order of the Supreme Court that mandates all this standing up business states “time has come when citizens must realise they live in a nation and are dutybound to show respect to National Anthem, which is a symbol of constitutional patriotism and inherent national quality.” There are multiple levels at which the assumptions inherent in this statement can be questioned. First of all, nation is not a home. People or citizens don’t “live in a nation”. People with commonalities form a nation. It is a laterally imagined group. So, yes, people constitute a nation and this nation is based on commonalities that are ‘inherent’. This word ‘inherent’ means that this is almost a characteristic one that is an automatic part of one’s particular kind of humanness. If people are part of a group (let’s say ‘nation’) by dint of inherent qualities, then it does not need any realization. It is a definitional truth. If I am a Tamil because of my Tamil mother tongue, it does not require realization. It is part of the definition of being Tamil. So, who exactly are people duty-bound to? If my inherent qualities make me part of a group, who am I duty bound to display or prove it to? Who is this higher scrutinizer of my inherent quality? If some quality is inherent, who gets to decide the grade of it or what constitutes the scale of this grading, especially given that a nation is constituted by the people, people are not constituted by nations. How does one person with inherent quality get to ask for proving qualities from other people, especially those which are of inherent nature? What does it mean, when the term inherent is evoked with respect to a nation? What it does is that it makes this inherentness a natural category, almost as if it were a fact of life. This projection of naturalness is important, because it sets up a make believe test of what this ‘inherent national quality’ is and as a result classifies as “unnatural” all differences. How come when no one but the people are sovereign and each person equally sovereign as the other, that some sovereign members get to define random tests of some inherent quality? Are the sovereign powers of some members of a nation more than others? Is it then not a nation of equal members? Since a nation is defined by commonality which are equally shared characters, how come then this inequality exists? If this inequality originates from other characteristics like class, access to power and so on, how come they affect the hierarchy scale of a community that is technically made up of equal members? How is this any different from might is right? Why does it matter that people who are by definition members of a nation not show certain randomly determined non-divine characteristic for such unquestioning display of loyalty can only be expected of divinely ordained things? ‘Nations’ divine; they are very human. What is the fear? Is it that if people don’t show signs of this ‘inherent national quality’, then that calls into question
the inherent-ness or worse still the nation-ness of this ‘inherent national quality’? How can someone be forced to display what are inherent qualities? What if one doesn’t have certain inherent quality? Is it a crime? Is it a crime if one’s reality of birth and social upbringing does not result in the development of such qualities but some other qualities? Isn’t the basis of such differences also in society itself and such different qualities are also as inherent as any other? Is it a question of numbers or who has more guns to enforce ideas of national quality? Doesn’t this straight-jacketing hit at basic human dignity for it disallows humans to have no quality that is not midwived and vetted by the dominant state apparatus? What kind of state apparatus lives in such dread of pluralism in inherent qualities, a pluralism that is a basic human characteristic? What kind of a state apparatus is fearful of human diversity? Would it be wrong to term it sociopathic and paranoid? What does it fear it will lose by acknowledging the reality of human diversity? If only constitutional patriotism was invoked, one would have understood for it is not an inherent human quality. But invoking a legalpolitical treaty and inherent quality in the same breadth puts them at an equal footing, which they are not. Inherent qualities are varied. And if citizens of the Indian Union looked beyond themselves, they would see that largely ethno-linguistic groups form the basis of nationality, worldwide. This does not have to necessarily be the only basis of coming together as equal citizens, but as far as inherent national qualities go, inter-related social relationships overlayed on linguistic identity is by far the commonest basis for nationality. While the idea of India lacks this and due to the inherentness of such things, they can’t simply be ‘made up’ without various sorts of imposed discriminations and hierarchies between identities, can co-citizens not simply get on with their daily lives without being told by those backed by the full force of the state apparatus what they ought to be like? But let’s try to bring our focus back on what makes a Union Home Ministry issue directives of this nature for people with locomotor disabilities and what does that tell us about the wider concerns from where such notifications arise. What the Union Home Ministry seeks is completeleness. For lack of completeleness assumes that there is an outside. How pathetic and pitiful must the state of anxiety of an entity be that lives in fear of the fact that there may be an outside. The apex court, in its earlier judgment had said that “love and respect for the motherland is reflected when one shows respect to the National Anthem as well as to the National Flag”. Does it expect this ‘love and respect’ to be present in the members of the Jarwa tribe in Andaman? Do they have a stake in Siachen and Sir Creek, given what happens there is done in their name too? Do they believe in ‘unity in diversity’ given that their numbers have sharply dwindled ever since they were ‘claimed’ as ‘Indians’? Is their inherent humanness and their sense of who they are not enough? Do they have to respect Gandhi whose name means nothing to them, stand up during a certain song that they may not understand to be a song? Are Jarwas weird if things like ‘constitutional patriotism’ does not
exist in many of their members? Are they lesser or abnormal human beings for that reason? Are they antinationals? Are Jarwas seditious? Jarwas represent an outside which is not really outside. It is one stark end of a multi-axis continuum we are all part of. The crucial part of such schemes is that they are all-pervasive. The intense focus of resources and energy by modern nation-states on maintaining and defining territorial limits is not accidental. Within that zone, it is supreme. Which is precisely why territories where such monarchic supremacy is not established are sources of unending paranoia for the powers-to-be. The smokescreen of people’s welfare is used to unleash the non-pretentious forces of a nation-state – money and military. In places where people don’t live, powers dangle the notion of ‘strategic importance’. We are born from our mother’s womb. We are born where our mother lay pregnant with us. When we are born, we are as human as anyone else. This is before there is consciousness of the state, constitution, Gandhi, Nehru, tricolour, New Delhi, etc. Is it a pre-condition of being human that these notions have to be built up within our heads for an individual to be considered fully human? Clearly not. Our bloodlines and human consciousness predates all flags and constitutions and, gods willing, will outlive them too. So does one has a right to be fully human and not be impinged upon, counted, exercised power upon, demanded loyalty from external institutions as long as they don’t harm other human beings? One has a right to exist in the land one was born upon, to mingle in the society into which one is born or welcomed, live a glorious life among one’s kins and so on. Institutions that place themselves as mediators of these rights, without being called to mediate, are inhuman and antisocial in a very fundamental sense. They may well be legal, depending on how many guns back up the self-imposed mediator. Legality is different from justness – only the people can create the latter. It is from the perspective of the Jarwa people of the Andamans that the all pervasive state starts looking not so pervasive – a hint that there is an outside, even when high resolution maps and detailed anthropological surveys have been done. There is an outside and there will always be an outside. It comes with every child who is born. Hence there is a persistent and dangerous glimmer. To live without certain indoctrinations makes a dynamite of a people, even if they don’t ‘know’ it. The distance from birth-rights to full-citizenship is a journey that requires surrender of rights, without consent or with indoctrination that there is no outside. People with disabilities thus need to be forced into postures and alert states to project this sense of all pervasiveness. It is plain old power projection. At the level of ideology, it is not different than Kim Jong Il’s mass synchronized performances in North Korea. We must never forget that only the people are sovereign. By definition, they created the constitution – an obvious reflection of relative power negotiations with a bias towards structural power relations of the pre-1950 period. The constitution didn’t create the people. No judge, no anthem, no song, no flag is. Only the people are sovereign. Everything else follows.
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All you wanted to know about NASA Discovery of 7 Earth-like planets
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n a discovery considered one of most significant on space exploration in recent times, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced last week that its Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. “Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water,” NASA said in a statement. The seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 are all Earth-sized and terrestrial, according to research published in 2017 in the journal Nature. TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool dwarf star in the constellation Aquarius, located about 40 light-years (235 trillion miles) from Earth. Because they are located outside of our solar system, these planets are scientifically known as exoplanets, NASA said. The seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 are all Earth-sized and terrestrial. “They are likely all tidally locked, meaning the same face of the planet is always pointed at the star, as the same side of our moon is always pointed at Earth. This creates a perpetual night side and perpetual day side on each planet,” it said. "The seven wonders of TRAPPIST-1 are the first Earth-size planets that have been found orbiting this kind of star," said Michael Gillon, lead author of the paper and the principal investigator of the TRAPPIST exoplanet survey at the University of Liege, Belgium. For now, NASA has named them TRAPPIST-1b, c,d,e,f,g, and h. All of these seven planets could have liquid water – key to life as we know it – under the right atmospheric conditions, but the chances are highest with the three in the habitable zone, NASA said. The system has been revealed through observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the ground-based TRAPPIST (Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope) telescope, as well as other ground-based observatories and sets a new record for greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around
How many exoplanets are there? To date, more than 3,400 exoplanets have been discovered and considered "confirmed." However, there are over 2,000 other "candidate" exoplanet detections that require further observations in order to say for sure whether or not the exoplanet is real. Since the first exoplanets were discovered in the early 1990s, the number of known exoplanets has doubled approximately every 27 months.
TRAPPIST-1 Comparison to Solar System and Jovian Moons (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
a single star outside our solar system. The BBC reported that the exercise The new results were published was mainly done to generate interest February 14 in the journal Nature, and among the masses and creates awareannounced at a news briefing at NASA ness about space exploration. According to NASA, the InternaHeadquarters in Washington. tional Astronomical Union, which has the international authority for NASA invites names While the NASA discovery of new the naming of celestial objects, have exoplanets is creating a stirs among started the process of adopting proper the scientific community and layman names for exoplanets. alike, it posting calling for their names Frequently asked question: on its Twitter account are generating What is an exoplanet? humorous as well as well-meaning An exoplanet is a planet outside suggestions from the Twitterati . our solar system, usually orbiting anFor now NASA has temporarily other star. They are also sometimes named them - b, c, d, e, f, g and h- but it called "extrasolar planets", "extra-" created a hash tag #7Namesfor7New- implying that they are outside of our Planets generating lot of buzz from on- solar system. line users and trended widely. Some suggestion includes nam- What are exoplanets made of? The exoplanets for which astronoing after Seven Dwarfs from a popular fairy tale to popular characters from mers are able to measure both their Harry Potter to Star Trek series (Spock, sizes (diameters) and masses, have McCoy, Scotty, Chekov, Sulu, Uhura) densities that are suggestive of comto writer like Asimov, Clarke, Wells, positions ranging from very rocky (like Orwell, Herbert, Bradbury, Verne; or Earth and Venus) to very gas-rich (like Jupiter and Saturn). Exoplanets are naming them after movies. Some even suggested the seven made up of elements similar to that days of a week or the names of seven of the planets in our solar system, but Kardashian sisters. It also assumed their mix of those elements may difpolitical colour when one user sug- fer. Some planets may be dominated gested their names as as "Far from by water or ice, while others are dominated by iron or carbon. Trump"- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7.
What is the closest exoplanet? Proxima Centauri b, which is about four light-years away. Its mass is consistent with it being slightly larger than Earth. Proxima Centauri b orbits in the "habitable zone" of its star, which means it could have liquid water on its surface– if it has an atmosphere which could support it. Its parent star, Proxima Centauri, is a dim red dwarf star that gives off about 600 times less light than our sun. Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Earth after our sun, but it is still about 9,000 times further than planet Neptune. How do we find exoplanets? Most exoplanets are found through indirect methods: measuring the dimming of a star that happens to have a planet pass in front of it, or monitoring the spectrum of a star for the tell-tale signs of a planet pulling on its star and causing its light to subtly Doppler shift. NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope finds thousands of planets by observing “transits,” the slight dimming of light from a star when its tiny planet passes between it and our telescopes. Other methods include gravitational lensing, the “wobble method,” and direct imaging. How many telescopes are looking for exoplanets? There are telescopes in space, on the ground, and even in the air that are being used to hunt exoplanets. NASA has three telescopes in space currently studying exoplanets– one observatory dedicated to discovering exoplanets (Kepler telescope), and two powerful, general-purpose observatories that
To the Moon and Back: Space X to send 2 tourist to Moon
they are successful. According the New York Times two private individuals approached the company to see if SpaceX would be willing to send them on a weeklong cruise. “They would fly past the surface of the moon — but not land — and continue outward before gravity turned the spacecraft around and brought it back to Earth for a A rendering of the SpaceX Falcon landing,” it said. Heavy rocket that may be used The company is aiming to on the journey around the moon. (Photo Credit SpaceX) launch this moon mission in late 2018 and the two people would spend about a week f everything goes as plan, On February 27, Space X, inside one of SpaceX’s Dragnearly 40 years after the a rocket company headed by on 2 capsules, launched on human first landed on Elon Musk announced that SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. Moon, there will be an- it will be sending a couple of other expedition to moon next tourists around the moon and Explore space virtually: Eyes on Exoplanets: A winyear – with a slight change in back to Earth before the end of the itinerary. It won’t be land- next year. They would be first dow application, it will fly using but will orbit the moon and humans to venture that far into ers to any planet they wish—as turn back. space in more than 40 years if long as it's far beyond our solar
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In Search of Life’s Utopia Life places numerous hurdles and untold hardships along the way. Sometimes we are so preoccupied with our own task of surviving and prevailing over these life’s challenges that we forget to cultivate the nobler characters in us. We become egoistic and self-centered. We take it for granted that all of us are in one way or the other dependent on each other. And that cultivation of one’s humanity, such as helping others and getting rid of our ego, is essential to overcoming life’s challenges. Ultimately, we are writers of our own life stories, not passive observers.
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conduct a wide range of astronomi- away. Tidal forces and the star’s gravity cal observations, including exoplanet “lock” the planet, so that its orbital pescience (Hubble Space Telescope, riod is equal to its rotation period. Spitzer Space Telescope). Red dwarf star or M dwarf star:A class How do exoplanets get their names? of small, relatively cool stars, emitting Exoplanet names can look long dim, red light. They are the most comand complicated at first, especially in mon type of star, comprising about 75 comparison to names like Venus and percent of all stars in the galaxy. Mars. But they have a logic behind Light-year: The distance light travthem that is important to scientists els in one year, about 5.88 trillion miles cataloging thousands of planets. Astronomers differentiate between the (about 9.5 trillion kilometers). alphanumeric "designations" and alSuper-Earth: One of the most phabetical "proper names." All stars common types of exoplanets discovand exoplanets have designations, but ered so far, with a mass between that very few have proper names. In recent of Earth and Neptune. The properties years, the International Astronomi- of such planets are largely unknown. cal Union, the international authority Infrared: Electromagnetic radiafor the naming of celestial objects, has started the process of adopting proper tion with wavelengths longer than the names for exoplanets. The first batch of red end of the visible light spectrum, named exoplanets came from a con- but shorter than microwaves. test open to the public, and included Transit: When an exoplanet about 15 stars and 20 exoplanets. From crosses the face of its star from the the contest, the first giant exoplan- perspective of Earthbound observers. et discovered in 1995 (51 Peg b) was The change in brightness of the star named "Dimidium" and its host star due to the exoplanet can be measured (51 Peg) "Helvetios." and used to calculate the diameter of the exoplanet. GLOSSARY Habitable zone: The range of orbital Spitzer Space Telescope: A NASA distance from a star at which tem- space telescope launched in August peratures would allow liquid water to 2003, currently in an Earth-trailing orexist on the surface of a planet with sufficient atmosphere. This range of bit. Spitzer observes infrared (heat) radistance changes depending on the diation from exoplanets, stars, stellar size and temperature of the star. Earth nurseries, the centers of galaxies and is in the habitable zone of the sun, one the early stages of planetary system of the reasons our planet has liquid formation. water like oceans and lakes. Hot Jupiter: A giant, gas planet in extremely close orbit around its star. Goldilocks zone: An alternative name for “habitable zone” from the Some complete a single orbit—their children’s story, “Goldilocks and the “year”—in as little as a few Earth days. Three Bears.” Ultra-cool dwarf: Star-like objects with effective temperatures of Terrestrial: Planets composed mostly of rock (silicates) and metals, less than 2,700 Kelvin are referred to as like Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury. ‘ultracool dwarfs.' This group includes Sometimes also called “rocky” or “tel- stars with extremely low mass and brown dwarfs, or objects that are not luric.” Tidally locked:When a celestial quite massive enough to burn like a body, such as a planet or moon, always star. “Dwarf” is the term for an average has one side facing the body it orbits, adult star, used to distinguish stars like such as a star or planet. A tidally-locked the sun from the giant stars that exist in planet has a day side facing the heat of the universe. (Source: NASA Website) its star, and a colder night side facing
Tabitha K. Assumi, BA 4th Semester, History (Honours)
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reams lie within our benevolent being, pining for millions of answers for it. We are fading in a haze of bitterness and so we keep on struggling despite finding ourselves falling into the midst of a storm that does not seem to go down quite well in life. This, I believe, is what takes us to a whole new level of existence. Vanity comes hand in hand with hard work, failure walk side by side with accomplishment, and so does sacrifice quietly accompany gain. Despite all these differences, man is in fact born to strive for an unusual kind of ideal; an ideal that invariably will determine his destiny. Man is not limited to the act of choosing the circumstances he is in; yet, he is fully aware of the long-term consequences that his fate inevitably brings. Passion and zest could actually be the catalyst that ignites the engine that has broken down few miles away from its destination. Passion, in many ways, is the key ingredient that enables us to appreciate the goodness in life. Certainly, that goodness is not just limited to the level of success we pine for and tussle over against all odds. Besides hard work, passion is the force that makes you steer and guide toward one’s destination. I be-
lieve that every little event in one’s life exerts its own influence, for everything around us can either inspire us or lead us toward the path of selfdestruction. All these life’s incidents mold and sculpt us, either transforming us into a better or a bitter person. Every incident in life reminds us that all of life’s races are not free from hurdles; that all ways do not point us to the right directions. Sometimes, in life, it is harrowing to affirm the existence of possibilities in the midst of difficulties. However, we, in the midst of those struggles, continually try to overcome those hurdles, we manage to turn to the right direction, and we turn impossibilities into a reality. Such moments afford us to rediscover ourselves; that there is more to life than our endless needs; and that we are quite capable of cultivating, in ourselves, of seeds of kindness and humanity. From the way an individual expresses his sense of freedom to the depths of his insecurities, from the kind of pleasure he seeks to the grief in times of sorrow, one thing we know is that man desires to hold an upper hand for the bliss he seeks in his life, or else his life turns into a sordid boon. I believe that mankind must have taken the brunt of the unconditional grace and hence we justify our ignoble actions
by blaming the conditions we find ourselves in rather than appreciating the wretchedness of our conditions. Every hour, minute and second ticks off precious moments of our lives that cannot be replaced; instead of appreciating our own fragile conditions, we lose ourselves chasing life’s vanities. The irony of life lies in the fact that we desire our independence, yet, at the same time, we also cognize our dependence on the goodwill of others. We all have the capacity in our veiled benevolent selves, a prayer, a duty, an obligation, and a sense of responsibility towards others. Therefore, in a world held captive by opinions and emotions, chipping off one’s selfish egos can do much good than worse. And if this had been whispered into our hearts, as if it through some divinations from within, then, maybe, we ought to realize that it is our unconscious self that is urging us, you and I, to strip off our egos, which blind us. Only if we could trade a baggage of frailty for a speck of brilliance or if we could trade darkness for light, then we may find a silver lining marking a possibility for a sunny day. History has a lot to say about the slave system and I bet we are making history repeat itself by virtually becoming a slave to some factors in life.
We have carelessly metamorphosed ourselves as slaves to avarice and to the fear of losing our emotions, and to the fear of taking responsibility for the risks we take in life. Each one of us has something to offer, something to give in order to witness and experience that ideal life, which we all long for. I believe in the need to lend a hand; after all, what benefit does it bring me in not doing so? We all have sighed over a crumbling scene unable to make a move. There were times I cried as if there’s no tomorrow and raged as if there’s no tomorrow. But all the while, they have taught me to keep running as if there is no tomorrow till I step into ‘that’ moment of ‘tomorrow,’ where what fate has in store for us finally unveiled itself. In this way, we also have a better story to acquaint to the young hearts. Until we get there, we are all involved; we are all responsible, and we are all in the process of writing a better story. Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. The editors are Dr. Hewasa Lorin, Anjan Behera, Dr. Salikyu Sangtam, Nivibo Yiki, and Kvulo Lorin. For feedback or comments please email: dot@tetsocollege.org.
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Gurmehar Kaur steps back after threats
New Delhi, February 28 (iaNS): Hundreds of students on Tuesday protested in Delhi University against the ABVP even as a female student who took on the RSS-affiliated body pulled back after getting death and rape threats. Lt Governor Anil Baijal promised "strict action" against those who attacked students and teachers in the university while the police offered security to student Gurmehar Kaur who got the threats. Kaur, 20, from Lady Shri Ram College, said she was withdrawing from the campaign she ignited against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on social media and urged everyone to leave her alone. Kaur did not join the protest march in the university but an estimated 2,000 students did, raising slogans like "ABVP Down Down", "ABVP Go Back" and "ABVP Don't be so Creepy". Banners demanded the right to freedom of speech and condemned the ABVP for the February 21-22 incidents in the otherwise
Gurmehar free to speak her mind, says Rijiju
New Delhi, February 28 (iaNS): After drawing criticism over his remark as to who was polluting Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur's mind, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said she was free to speak her mind and should be left alone as per her wish. "When I say somebody (is polluting Gurmehar's mind), I mean the leftists," the Minister of State for Home said as he attacked those critical of him. Rijiju said he stood by his earlier tweet on the issue and that he was only speaking his mind. "It were these leftists who cel-
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placid campus. "We are here to make the ABVP understand that DU stands together against violence," student Hindolee Datta told IANS. Gurpreet, a student of Ambedkar University, told IANS: "Our right to protest has been taken away by the ABVP and RSS. This is not just about Delhi University but the whole nation." The protest mainly drew students from Delhi University and a sprinkling from the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Mil-
lia Islamia. Lecturers also joined the march. On February 21, the ABVP forced Ramjas College to axe a seminar due to the participation of a JNU student charged with sedition last year. The next day, ABVP activists were accused of attacking students, teachers and journalists during a protest march in the campus. A teacher, Avinash, said: "It is not about ABVP, it is about hooliganism." Also on Tuesday, members of the Congress-
backed National Students Union of India staged a hunger strike in the campus against the ABVP. "I'm withdrawing from the campaign. Congratulations everyone. I request to be left alone. I said what I had to say," Kaur tweeted. "I have been through a lot and this is all my 20 year self could take," said the daughter of a slain army officer. "To anyone questioning my courage and bravery, I've shown more than enough." A day after the Delhi
Commission for Women wrote to police over the threats to Kaur, a FIR was registered on Tuesday under the IT Act and for sexual harassment and criminal intimidation. At the same time, Kaur got the backing of her teachers. "We unequivocally and strongly support Gurmehar and her right to express her opinion on issues that embroil our university," faculty members of her college's English Department said. "It is immensely grati-
ebrated when the Indian Army personnel were martyred in the 1962 (India-China) war and raised antinational slogans. But now, whoever makes anti-national statements will be dealt with firmly under the law. Everybody has the freedom of (speech and) expression but must act as per the laws of the country," he added. On Gurmehar's reported decision to leave Delhi, the minister said Delhi is a safe city and there is nothing to fear. "That's her choice. She should be protected and will be protected," he said.
fying to us as her teachers that she has responded sensitively, creatively and bravely to events in her immediate context rather than seek the safe refuge of silence." The faculty slammed cricketer Virender Sehwag and actor Randeep Hooda for ridiculing her. "The threats of violence and brutality that she faces are absolutely reprehensible." Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sought the arrest of ABVP activists blamed for the vio-
On alleged rape threats to her, the minister said those who used intemperate language must be identified and punished. Gurmehar, 20, has been in the eye of a political controversy ever since she criticised the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), for the February 22 violence outside Ramjas College of Delhi University. She had posted on social media a photo of hers with a placard reading: "I am a student from Delhi University. I am not afraid of ABVP."
lence and said Lt Governor Baijal had promised "strict action". In a separate memorandum, the Aam Aadmi Party urged the police to arrest "ABVP goondas" who attacked and made rape threats to women students. The National Human Rights Commission told the Delhi Police to probe the "excesses" by its men against the students for which three policemen have already been suspended. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad admitted that trolling Kaur was
wrong but blamed the opposition for escalating the university issue. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju blamed leftists for the unrest, accusing them of celebrating when Indian soldiers die. CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury hit back. "Ministers are supposed to work under the constitutional oath to ensure the rule of law. The current lot, instead, jumps to the support of those who threaten, abuse and bully a 20-year-old lady," he said.
Family, friends bid tearful SC asks Sahara to deposit Rs 5,092.6 cr to keep Subrata out of jail adieu to Indian killed in US
New Delhi, February 28 (PTi): The Supreme Court today directed the Sahara Group to deposit Rs 5092.6 crore by April 7 in the SEBI-Sahara account to keep its chief Subrata Roy out of jail and said the amount will be refunded to the investors. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra refused to give six months time to the group to sell its properties but allowed it to sell assets, mentioned in the list furnished by it, for refund of money. However, the bench, also comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and A K Sikri, observed that in case the group deposits a "substantial amount" out of Rs 5092.6 crore by April 7, the court may extend the time to sell other properties. The judges said the group can sell 13 out of the 15 properties mentioned in one of the lists to deK. Madhusudhana Sastry (2nd R), father of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an Indian engineer who posit the amount and can also sell was shot and killed in the United States last week, is consoled during his son's funeral at a crematorium in Hyderabad, February 28. (REUTERS)
hyDerabaD, February 28 (iaNS): Family members, relatives, friends and people from different walks of life bid a tearful adieu to Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in the US on February 22 in a suspected hate crime. His last rites were performed at the cremation ground in Jubilee Hills here on Tuesday. K. Madhusudhana Sastry performed the last rites of his son as some of the mourners including the techie's friends were seen carrying placards with slogans like "down with racism". Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Muralidhar Rao, other
leaders from the BJP, TRS and other parties, and actor couple Jeevitha and Rajasekhar paid their last respects. The body was brought from Kuchibhotla's house in Bachupally, on the city's outskirts. As his final journey began, the engineer's parents were inconsolable while his wife Sunayana Dumala, who arrived with the mortal remains on Monday night, broke down as she had his last glimpse. The body was brought by a cargo flight while Sunayana, her brother, sister-in-law and another relative reached by a passenger flight. Mourners poured in at his residence
GST to come into effect from July 1: Das New Delhi, February 28 (iaNS): The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be implemented from July 1 as all states have agreed on the implementation date, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said on Tuesday. "GST should be implemented by July 1. All states have agreed (on the date)," Das told reporters here. The government plans to get the GST Council's approval on iGST (integrated GST), cGST (central GST) and sGST (state GST) drafts at its March 4-5 meeting before the second half of the budget session of Parliament begins on March 9. The draft compensation bill has already been approved in the Council's February 18 meeting. The draft laws passed by the Council will have to be passed by Parliament. Simultaneously, sGST will have to be passed by state legislatures. The four bills form the enabling laws under the GST constitutional amendment. Another step remaining is to slot all the commodities under the GST tax slabs: 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent. Each item has to be fitted under a particular slab. After the March 4-5 meeting, GST officers will do the slotting.
through the night and Tuesday morning to pay their last respects. Kuchibhotla, 32, was killed and Alok Madasani was injured when Adam W. Purinton, a white man who earlier served in the US Navy, shot them at the Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas state, on February 22. Purinton got into an argument with the two and hurled racial slurs. He yelled "get out of my country", "terrorist" before shooting them. Kuchibhotla of Hyderabad and his colleague Madasani from Warangal district in Telangana were working as aviation programme managers at Garmin, an MNC.
the properties, which are unencumbered, and mentioned in the other list given by it. "In view of the aforesaid, we permit the contemnor to sell the properties mentioned in part A (of the list), barring items 14 and 15, and any other properties mentioned in part B which are unencumbered and to deposit Rs 5092.6 crore on or before April 7. The amount shall be deposited in the SEBI-Sahara refund account," it said. "In case, a substantial amount is deposited by then, this court may intend to extend the time," they said. The bench also asked an international real estate firm, which has shown willingness to buy Sahara's stake in New York- based Plaza Hotel for 550 million USD, to deposit Rs 750 crore in the apex court registry before April 10 to show its
bonafide. At the outset, senior advocate Arvind Datar, appearing for the SEBI, told the bench that one of the properties mentioned relates to the stakes or shareholding of the firm in formula one racing team Force India, and it should be excluded from auction. He said the SEBI had tried to auction some of the properties mentioned in the list but it was unsuccessful and suggested that an e-auction could be done. Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, appearing for Sahara, submitted that the court can attach some of their properties as security and the group would give an undertaking that if it does not pay the amount in 22 months, these assets can be sold. To this, the bench said, "Why cannot e-auction method be followed as is being done in auction-
ing of spectrum?" Sibal said that the group has already sold 16 properties and has "brought the money" and it was willing to sell whatever was possible. "We will sell whatever we can and if we don't comply with it (direction), you can sent me (Roy) to Tihar (jail)," he said, adding, "We will try to sell other properties also which are not mentioned in the lists. My request is that you (court) allow us to sell these ourselves." When Sibal said e-auction process will take a minimum of six months, the bench asked Datar, "Why six months or one year? What kind of auction you will do? "Why don't you put these properties for e-auction? You make an effort as to which will be the agency and tell us," it told Datar who referred to the lists of properties given by Sahara.
Thiruvananthapuram ranked first in survey of cities
New Delhi, February 28 (iaNS): In an annual survey of major cities conducted by Janaagraha, a Bengaluru-based organisation, Thiruvananthapuram was ranked the best city for the second year in a row. Speaking at the release of the report on Tuesday, Srikanth Viswanathan, Chief Executive Officer, Janaagraha, said: "ASICS (Annual Survey of India's City-Systems) aims to serve as an annual health check-up of the quality of laws, policies, institutions and institutional processes underlying quality of life in our cities." "It aims to push the envelope on city governance reforms in India through data and insights," Viswanathan said. Pune came in at second, up two ranks over 2015 and Kolkata, third, same as 2015. The biggest
gainer city in the survey was Bhubaneswar, which jumped eight ranks over 2015 to the 10th spot. ASICS 2016 evaluates 21 major cities from 18 states across the country. This is the fourth edition of the annual survey and it does not include states from the northeast. Talking of the results, Srikanth said: "Bhubaneswar on the back of a slew of reforms such as instituting municipal cadres, tiered spatial planning including ward level plans and instituting a single window clearance process for development projects that are in conformity with plans." Bengaluru (16), Jaipur(20), Chandigarh (21) came last among the cities, but are considered better cities to live in than some of the other cities like Patna (11) and Ranchi (13), though they figure
higher in the list, Srikanth said. "Bengaluru dropped four places to rank 16 due to better performance by some of the smaller cities. Jaipur improved its scores on the back of passage of the Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification of Titles) Bill that enabled better urban land utilisation," he said. The survey looks at 83 governance parameters including laws related to city administration, taxation, local governance models, political participation of citizens, financial capacity of cities among others. Indian cities score between 2.1 and 4.4 on a scale of 10, as against the global benchmarks of London and New York, which score 9.3 and 9.8 respectively. The better a city scores in the ASICS survey the more likely that it will be able to deliver better quality
of life to citizens over the medium and long-term. According to the survey, low scores imply that Indian cities need to strengthen their city-systems i.e. quality of laws, policies and institutions significantly to improve service delivery for a high quality of life to citizens. The report suggests the progress of fixing Indian cities is worrisome, given the rate at which India is urbanising, Indian cities are not poised to handle urbanisation well. "We believe ASICS can provide the common frame of reference for political and administrative leaders, business and academia, media and civil society, in different cities to converge on their agenda for transformative reforms in their respective cities," he added.
GDP data belies note ban fears; economy grows at 7% Won't let ISIS become challenge
rate of 8.9 per cent. New Delhi, February 28 (PTi): 16," it said. Real GVA (Gross Value Added) is anPrivate Final Consumption ExpenIndia's economy expanded by 7 per cent in the third quarter of this financial year, ticipated to increase from Rs 104.70 lakh diture (PFCE) at current prices is estibelying fears that note ban would have crore in 2015-16 to Rs 111.68 lakh crore mated at Rs 88.40 lakh crore in 2016-17 in 2016-17. "Anticipated growth of real as against Rs 79.00 lakh crore in 2015severely impacted economic activity. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) GVA at basic prices in 2016-17 is 6.7 per 16. At constant (2011-12) prices, the has retained the growth projection for cent against 7.8 per cent in 2015-16," the PFCE is estimated at Rs 68.26 lakh crore in 2016-17 as against Rs 63.66 lakh crore the current fiscal at 7.1 per cent, as pro- release said. The 'agriculture, forestry and fishing' in 2015-16. jected in the first advance estimate in In terms of GDP, the rates of PFCE at January. Meanwhile, the CSO has also sector is likely to show 4.4 per cent growth current and constant pricmarginally revised upes during 2016-17 are estiwards the GDP estimates India's growth slowed in three months mated at 58 per cent and for the first and the second per cent, respectively, quarters to 7.2 per cent and through December from a revised 7.4% 56.1 as against the correspond7.4 per cent. It was feared that de- expansion in the previous quarter, but it ing rates of 57.8 per cent and 56.1 per cent, respecmonetisation effected in was much stronger than expected. tively in 2015-16. the middle of the third The data further requarter (November 9, 2016) would have adverse bearing on in its GVA during 2016-17, as against the vealed that Gross Fixed Capital Formaprevious year's growth of 0.8 per cent. The tion (GFCF) at current prices is estimated various segments of the economy. The Reserve Bank of India and other second advance estimates of National In- at Rs 40.97 lakh crore in 2016-17 as against agencies like IMF and OECD had low- come, 2016-17, revealed that the growth Rs 39.89 lakh crore in the last fiscal. At ered GDP projections arguing that the in the GVA from 'manufacturing' sector is constant prices, the GFCF is estimated at note ban would have short-term impact estimated to be 7.7 per cent compared to Rs 35.55 lakh crore in 2016-17 as against 10.6 per cent in 2015-16. Rs 35.35 lakh crore year-on-year. on the Indian economy. Commenting on the data, Econom"In terms of GDP, the rates of GFCF In a statement, the CSO said Real GDP or Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ic Affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das said at current and constant (2011-12) prices at constant (2011-12) prices in 2016- this year growth figures are on a high during 2016-17 are estimated at 26.9 per 17 is likely to attain a level of Rs 121.65 base of last fiscal and numbers "do not cent and 29.2 per cent, respectively, as lakh crore, as against the first revised es- show much negative impact of demon- against the corresponding rates of 29.2 timate of GDP for 2015-16 of Rs 113.58 etisation". The per capita net national per cent and 31.1 per cent, respectively lakh crore, released in January 2017. income (current price) during 2016-17 in 2015-16," the CSO said. The GFCF is “The growth in GDP during 2016-17 is is estimated to be Rs 103,818 showing expected to register growth rate of 2.7 estimated at 7.1 per cent as compared to a rise of 10.2 per cent compared to Rs per cent at current prices and 0.6 per the growth rate of 7.9 per cent in 2015- 94,178 during 2015-16 with the growth cent at constant prices.
for India, says Rajnath Singh
New Delhi, February 28 (ageNcieS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said we won't let ISIS become a challenge for India. "Won't let ISIS become challenge for India," Rajnath Singh said during a programme in New Delhi. The comments by Rajnath Singh on ISIS came a day after two suspected ISIS terrorists, who were allegedly planning to carry out serial blasts at some religious places in Gujarat in the next couple of days, were arrested by the state Anti-Terrorism Squad from Rajkot and Bhavnagar. The two, who are brothers, were in touch with ISIS operatives overseas through social media, police said, adding they have recovered bomb-making material from the two The two were allegedly planning to carry out blasts at religious places like Chotila "Acting on specific information, the Gujarat ATS team has nabbed two suspected terrorists having links with ISIS," Anti-Terrorism Squad's Deputy Superintendent of Police K K Patel said
"They are siblings, identified as Waseem and Naeem Ramodiya. While Waseem was arrested from Rajkot, his brother was arrested from Bhavnagar," he said "The ATS formed two teams last night and nabbed them," he further said "They were ready with all material to make bombs and were planning to carry out blasts at religious places in the next two days," Patel said, claiming that a major terrorist attack has been averted with their arrest Gun powder, local made bombs with battery and masks to hide their identity were recovered from the two men, Patel said, adding the police also seized computers in which objectionable and prohibited content was found "They were in touch with ISIS operatives outside the country through Twitter and other social media networks," the officer said ATS Superintendent of Police Himanshu Shukla said, "It is true that Chotila Temple was on their target. But we cannot give further details at this stage keeping in mind further investigations.
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Malaysia: NKorean firms linked to arms trade being ‘deactivated’ KUALA LUMPUR, FebRUARy 28 (ReUteRs): Malaysia’s authorities were aware that two North Korea-linked companies operated an arms business in the country and both were being struck from the Company Registry, the police chief said on Tuesday. Reuters reported on Monday that North Korean intelligence ran an arms operation out of Malaysia called Glocom, and two companies linked to the trade were International Global System and International Golden Services. Confirming details of the story, Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement that both firms were being “struck off”. “We have also taken all necessary actions to comply with international regulations with regards to related sanctions,” he added. He was not available for comment to Reuters. Under a 2009 resolution, the United Nations has banned North Korea from exporting arms or related military equipment. The police chief’s statement came amid an investigation into the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Feb. 13 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, souring once robust ties between the two countries. Glocom sold over 30 products related to battlefield radio equipment, according to catalogues seen
Malaysia to charge two women for airport murder of Kim Jong Nam KUALA LUMPUR, FebRUARy 28 (ReUteRs): Two women - an Indonesian and a Vietnamese - will be charged with murder on Wednesday over their alleged involvement in the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader at Kuala Lumpur’s main airport, Malaysia’s attorney general said. Police have said that the women smeared VX nerve agent, a chemical on a U.N. list of weapons of mass destruction, on Kim Jong Nam’s face in an assault recorded on airport security cameras on February 13. The cover of a Chinese magazine features a portrait of Kim Jong Nam, the U.S. and South Korean oflate half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a news agent in Beijing, China February 27, 2017. The headline reads: “Stranger than fic- ficials believe Kim Jong Nam was the victim of an assassition assassination diary.” REUTERS by Reuters on its Malaysian tered in 2012 as an informawebsite, which was taken tion technology and telecommunication technology down late last year. products firm, he said. The U.N. report said it EXPEL NORTH KOREANS No company called had asked Malaysia if it inGlocom exists in Malaysia tended to freeze the assets now, but its website was of the two companies, and registered in 2009 by In- expel the North Koreans ternational Global System behind them. It said MaSdn Bhd, and a similarly- laysia had not responded named company called to its query. The Malaysian governInternational Golden Services Sdn Bhd was listed ment did not respond to a on Glocom’s website as a request for comment from Reuters. contact. “The RMP (Malaysian The police chief said International Global System police) is constantly moniSdn Bhd was registered in toring and taking pre-emp2005 as a multimedia, elec- tive measures to ensure tronics and general trading that Malaysia is not being firm. International Golden used to carry out activities Services Sdn Bhd was regis- that would be detrimental
nation orchestrated by North Korea. He had criticised the regime of his family and his half-brother Kim Jong Un in the past and had been living in exile, under Beijing’s protection, in the Chinese territory of Macau. While Malaysian police arrested Doan Thi Huong, the Vietnamese, and Indonesian Siti Aishah in the days after the attack, they are also holding one North Korean man and have identified seven other North Koreans wanted in connection with the sensational case. Attorney general Mohamed Apandi Ali said the North Korean in custody will not be charged yet. His remand period ends on Friday.
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Myanmar warns of cracking down on illegal trade NAy PyI tAw, FebRUARy 28 (IANs): The Myanmar government will crack down on illegal trade from March 1, the Ministry of Planning and Finance warned on Tuesday. The customs department will take action on illegal trade, especially illegal border trade, under short-term and long-term plans in cooperation with neighbouring countries. The first phase of the project will be undertaken in the country’s northern Kachin state bordering China, followed by the second phase in Shan state bordering China and Kayin state bordering Thailand and Bago region. The third phase will be implemented in Sagaing bordering India and Taninthayi region bordering Thailand.
raised during council dis- and security ministries, according to lawmakers in cussions. Seoul. The NIS also said on VX ATTACK Kim was killed at a Ma- Monday five senior officials laysian airport by assassins of the State Security Minisusing VX nerve agent, a try, the North Korean “bowchemical capable of killing ibu” or secret police, were in minutes and classified executed with anti-aircraft by the U.N. as a weapon of guns for “insubordination”. It did not say when. mass destruction. It is unclear if the execuMalaysia is considering expelling North Korea’s en- tion of the security ministry voy or shutting its embassy officials was related to the in Pyongyang, as tensions assassination of Kim Jong Nam. escalate over the killing. Earlier this month, South Korean’s National Intelligence Service North Korea dismissed the (NIS) believes suspects head of the bowibu. A highwanted for the murder of profile defector said if this Kim Jong Nam included was true it would be anseveral agents who worked other sign of a “crack in the for North Korea’s foreign elite” in Pyongyang.
to national security,” Khalid said in the statement. The U.N. Security Council met behind closed doors on Monday to be briefed on U.N. report, which monitors violations of U.N. sanctions on North Korea. “During the consultations members of Security Council were unanimous in condemning the irresponsible and provocative DPRK’s attempts to evade the sanctions,” Ukrainian U.N. Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko, president of the 15-member council for February, told reporters. Yelchenko said the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, was not
Software tool designed to reduce risk Ex-President Bush backs ‘welcoming’ of triggering manmade earthquakes US immigration policy and free media New yoRK, FebRUARy 28 (IANs): Two researchers at Stanford University have developed a software tool designed to reduce the risk of triggering manmade earthquakes where oil and gas production activities may trigger slip in nearby faults. The software, known as Fault Slip Potential (FSP), will be available for free starting March 2, Xinhua news agency reported. Acknowledging that “faults are everywhere in the Earth’s crust, so you can’t avoid them,” said Mark Zoback, professor of geophysics at Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, who worked with his graduate student Rall Walsh on the project. “Fortunately, the majority of them are not active and pose no hazard to the public. The trick is to identify which faults are likely to be problematic, and that’s what our tool does,” Zoback added. Oil and gas operations can generate significant quantities of “produced water,” or brackish water that needs to be disposed of through deep injection to protect drinking water. Energy companies also dispose of water that flows back after hydraulic fracturing in the same way. This process can increase pore pressure, namely the pressure of groundwater
Israel begins partial evacuation of Jewish settlement teL AvIv, FebRUARy 28 (IANs): Israel police on Tuesday began the partial evacuation of 9 Jewish settlements in the centre of the West Bank, after a ruling from the high court. The court has ordered nine houses to be demolished in the West Bank settlement of Ofra, as they are built on private Palestinian land, Efe news reported. “The evacuation of the nine homes has begun, in accordance with the high court order,” said Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri, who asked the settlers for respect and responsibility during removal. Hundreds of police and border guards were deployed in the area, a source said, referring to the arrest of a 17-year-old young man who assaulted one of the officers while trying to resist the evacuation. The high court on Monday rejected the appeal presented by the settlers who wanted to cancel the demolition.
trapped within the tiny spaces inside rocks in the subsurface, which in turn increases the pressure on nearby faults, causing them to slip and release seismic energy in the form of earthquakes. The FSP tool uses three key pieces of information to help determine the probability of a fault being pushed to slip: the first is how much wastewater injection will increase pore pressure at a site; the second is knowledge of the stresses acting in the earth; the third is knowledge of pre-existing faults in the area. Zoback and Walsh have started testing their FSP tool in Oklahoma, of midwestern US, which has experienced a sharp rise in the number of earthquakes since 2009, due largely to wastewater injection operations. Their analysis suggests that some wastewater injection wells in Oklahoma were unwittingly placed near stressed faults already primed to slip. The researchers believe regulators could use the tool to identify areas where proposed injection activities could prove problematic so that enhanced monitoring efforts can be implemented. “Our tool provides a quantitative probabilistic approach for identifying at-risk faults so that they can be avoided,” Walsh was quoted as saying in a news release on Monday.
wAsHINGtoN, FebRUARy 28 (ReUteRs): Former Republican U.S. president George W. Bush diverged sharply from Donald Trump’s new administration on Monday, saying he supported a welcoming immigration policy and praising the media as “indispensable to democracy.” In a wide-ranging interview with NBC’s “Today” show, Bush also said he did not know if a special prosecutors was needed to investigate contacts between Trump associates and Russia but added, “We all need answers.” Bush, in some of his first televised comments since Trump took office, was asked if he had seen signs that Trump was trying to close the rift in the U.S. electorate after his divisive campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton. He acknowledged that his own presidency from 2001 to 2009 began after a contentious election but that it was “hard to compare times.” He said that Trump
is still in the early stage of his presidency and that Americans have “got to take the man at his word.” Asked whether he supported Trump’s travel ban on people from seven majority Muslim countries, Bush said, “I am for an immigration policy that is welcoming and that upholds the law.” Bush, whose presidency was shaped by the Sept. 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks on America, also called for religious tolerance. “One of our great strengths is for people to be able to worship the way they want to or not worship at all,” he said. After the attacks, Bush had made a point of supporting Muslims and praising Islam’s teachings as peaceful. Trump has branded some news outlets as “the enemy of the people” but Bush said: “I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy, that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account,” he said. “It’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse
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Dated Kohima the 28th Feb, 2017
No: AS/ESTT/4/2014/Pt./1204: Applications are invited from intending candidates for filling up the following posts under the establishment of Nagaland Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Kohima. 80% of the vacancies are reserved for the candidates belonging to (1) Any Naga Tribe (2) Kuki (3) Kachari (4) Garo (5) Mikir and (6) Rongmei provided such persons are indigenous inhabitant of the state of Nagaland. Candidates should furnish certificates from the Deputy Commissioner/Addl. Deputy Commissioner in whose jurisdiction he/she resides to the effect that he/she is a permanent resident of the state of Nagaland. Backward reservation will be maintained as prescribed. I. Name of Posts:(i) Assistant Legal Officer (Class-II Gazette) - 1 Post (ii) Assistant Transport Officer (Class-II Gazette) - 1 Post (iii) Legal Assistant (Class-Ill Non-Gazette) - 1 post (iv) Sound Assistant (Class-Ill Non-Gazette) - 1 post Pay Scales of the Posts mentioned above are as under:(i) Assistant Legal Officer - PB-2 Rs.9300-34800/- & GP = Rs.4600/- p.m. Plus all other allowances as are admissible from time to time. (ii) Assistant Transport Officer - PB-2 Rs.9300-34800/- & GP = Rs.4600/- p.m. Plus all other allowances as are admissible from time to time. (iii) Legal Assistant - PB-2 Rs.9300-34800/- & GP = Rs.4200/- p.m. Plus all other allowances as are admissible from time to time. (iv) Sound Assistant - PB-I Rs.5200-20200/- & GP = Rs.2600/- p.m. Plus all other allowances as are admissible from time to time. 2. Age:- Age should not be less than 21 years and not more than 35 years as on 1.1.2017. Upper age limit is relax able for 5 years for serving candidates who had put in continuous service of not less than 3 (three) years under the Government of Nagaland. 3. Qualification:(a) For the Post of Assistant Legal Officer — Law Graduate with three (3) years' experience as a registered Advocate. (b) For the post of Assistant Transport Officer — Mechanical Degree holder from a recognized University. (c) For the Post of Legal Assistant – Law Graduate with two (2) years’ experience as a registered Advocate. (d) For the post of Sound Assistant - Graduate with diploma in Computer Science and Sound Engineering. 4. The last date of receipt of application will be on or before 15.03.2017. After which no application will be entertained and received. Application form can he obtained from the Assembly Secretariat on payment of Rs.100/- only by cash being fee for form and examination/interview. Fees once deposited will not be refundable under any circumstances. 5. The application so submitted by the persons who do not possess the prescribed qualification and unsigned by the applicant will be summarily rejected. 6. Canvassing directly or indirectly will disqualify a candidate. 7. Applications should be addressed to the Commissioner & Secretary, Nagaland Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Kohima by designation and not by name. 8. Candidates already in Government Service should apply through proper channel with 'No objection certificate' from their respective Head of Department. 9. The eligible candidates will have to appear for interview at their own expenses as and when called for. 10. The candidates will be required to bring their original documents on the date of examination/interview. 11. The venue, date and time of the interview will be intimated to each individual so selected in due course of time. 12. The candidates are advised to submit their applications in the Establishment Branch Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Kohima. Sd/- (N. BENJAMIN NEWMAI) COMMISSIONER & SECRETARY
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sports
THE MORUNG EXPRESS
Australia's starc ready for heavier workload in bengaluru Belotti fires brace as Torino
BANGALORE, FEBRUARY 28 (REUTERS): Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is bracing for a heavier workload in the second test against India having hardly broken a sweat in his team's romp in the series opener in Pune. With spin twins Steve O'Keefe and Nathan Lyon claiming 17 of the 20 Indian wickets, Starc and pace colleague Josh Hazlewood bowled a combined 20 overs as Australia triumphed by 333 runs inside three days to go 1-0 up in the four-test series. "It's amazing. I think it's making up for the summer Josh and I had," Starc told reporters on Tuesday. "The spinners bowled really well and the pitch didn't have much in it for Josh and me. There was very minimal natural swing
because it was so abrasive and it didn't really go too much reverse. "But when Steve's taking that many wickets and Nathan's bowling really well there's not really much need for us on that wicket." World number one India were all out for 105 in the first innings and managed only two more in the second before succumbing to a crushing defeat that snapped their 19-test unbeaten streak. With the smarting hosts unlikely to repeat the mistake of rolling out another turning track at Bengaluru, Starc reckoned he and Hazlewood would have to shoulder more responsibility in the match starting on Saturday. "I'm sure it will be a pretty dry wicket again, so that'll probably help re-
verse swing there and it's something we'll be working hard at all the time in the nets," said the 27-year-old. "It's about looking after that shine on an abrasive square. And if it's not going to spin as much in Bangalore, we're going to have to make sure we're using that reverse swing to make up for not as much spin as we've seen here in Pune." Starc did not hide his glee at having silenced those who had predicted a 4-0 whitewash for his team though he refused to get totally carried away. "To shut a few people up and really show that this young team is here to play has been great for the group. But it's one test win, it's not a series win yet so we'll be doing all we can," he added. Australia's Mitchell Starc celebrates the wicket of India's captain Virat Kohli. (REUTERS)
hold Fiorentina 2-2 in Serie A
FLORENcE (ITALY), FEBRUARY 28 (IANS): Young striker Andrea Belotti continued his rich vein of form as he inspired Torino with a second-half brace to register a come-frombehind 2-2 draw against Fiorentina in a Serie A football league match here. The 23-year-old Italian international on Monday struck in the 65th and 85th minutes after hitting a penalty to the bar in the 61st minute as Torino rescued a point at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Belotti, with 19 goals, is now Serie A 2016-17's joint top-scorer as he shares the spot with Edin Dzeko of Roma and Gonzalo Higuain of Juventus. Fiorentina, who were coming into the match after a hor-
rific show in the Europa League Round-of-32 loss to Burussia Monchengladbach, once again wasted a brilliant start. Belotti struck the equaliser five minutes from time as he tapped home a diagonal pass from Daniele Baselli at the right post. Following the draw, Fiorentina (41 points) and Torino (36 points) remained at the eighth and ninth spots respectively. After the match, Torino coach Sinisa Mihajlovic was pleased with his side's fighting spirit, even if he rued the poor start. He said that his team didn't play the way they prepared in the first 60 minutes. "On the positives there are the comeback and the reaction we had," he said.
public discourse
Review of Modi’s Manipur Speech THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 40 DAYS FOR ALL
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aving minutely observed Narendra Modi’s speech at Imphal recently and given an incisive scrutiny, one is left wondering as to the personae of Modi either as the honourable Prime Minister of India or merely a communal BJP activist. Lambasting all the way, the Congress Chief Minister of Manipur, Ibobi Singh for all the ills and sufferings in Manipur, blaming Singh and congress even for the persistent bandh, while promising the people of Manipur that every existing ailments including the bandh would immediately be remedied and Manipuris would be highly uplifted and will be made to lead the entire North East region but only if BJP is voted to power. It is extremely preposterous on the part of honourable Prime Minister of India to singularly relate to the people purely on the basis of party affiliation. As the PM of India, he is duty bound to intervene and assist in resolving the issues grievously affecting the state and the people of Manipur,
on the contrary putting the entire onus on a particular political party and pledging to assist only if Manipur people choose BJP is an act of disgrace to the highest office of the country. As the Chief Minister of Gujarat for many years, Modi must have known that every state has it’s own unique features and complications, likewise, Manipur is a minor state in terms of size and population but the problems are ex-proportionate due to its divergent ethnicity and caste composition. The ethnic issues are mostly the creation of GOI and Modi should have been earnest on this sensitive issues and commit the prestigious potency of the PM’s office in resolving the issues. Modi may be a skilled crowd pulling orator and a star BJP campaigner, however, as long as he holds the office of the PM of India, he should have the decency to maintain the dignity of the office and avoid rash emotional appeal for the temporal political gain of a particular party he is affiliated to. All the applaud of the
crowd for his comments thus appears short lived and meant only for the short term electoral benefits of the BJP and nothing substantive or long term positive assurance was dedicated to the State of Manipur by the Prime Minister of India. Manipur having beleaguered with acute ethnic strain, the people of the state had set highest expectations from the Prime Minister of India to deliver substantial goods, however, to their utter dismay, Modi came and spoke as the spokesperson of BJP party on electoral tour. The party politics and communal agendas openly played out by the PM of India in an ethnic strife torn Manipur state would only incense communal tension and add fuel to the burning fire. Such malicious presentation of the Prime Minister of India should never be allowed to spread beyond the state of Manipur for it bears the potential to contaminate and provoke ethnic tensions and create more unwanted communal dis-harmony in the region Lt. Gen. Niki Sumi
A Tribute to Dr A B Choudhury
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n the late summer of 1951, little did Mr. and Mrs. M K Choudhury know the enigmatic life that their 3rd born son would lead. Born on 16th October 1952 in Dhubri (Assam), Dr Ashit Baran Choudhury or Shibu as he was fondly called at home, believed in simple living and high thinking. Coming from a modest background, he completed his schooling in Tuensang, where his father was deputed as a representative of Assam Government in NEFA (North East Frontier Agency). Due to his love for Nagas, Dr Choudhury’s father chose to stay back in Nagaland when he was given the option to rejoin his mother institution. Dr Choudhury proved his father’s decision right when he became the first student to pass in 1st division from Government High School, Tuensang under Assam Board in the year 1968. He later went on to pursue his medical degree in Guwahati Medical College after completing B.Sc part I from Science College, Jotsoma. Being teachers’ favorite student throughout his study years, he was offered Post Graduate degree based on his meritorious record. However, he had to decline it owing to the rising family responsibilities after his father’s untimely demise. After passing out from GMC in 1977, Dr Choudhury joined Civil Hospital, Dimapur and worked there for 3 years (1977 to 1980) followed by a brief stint at Ramakrishna Mission Hospital, Dimapur. His constant hunger for knowledge and passion to serve humanity drove him to learn different languages. He was proficient in Ben-
gali, English, Hindi, Nepali and 17 local Naga dialects. He started his private practice in 1980 in a small clinic attached to a pharmacy near Railway Gate, Dimapur. The hordes of patients, who turn up from far and wide, were of proof of his clinical acumen and human nature. He married in 1985 and the couple was blessed with a daughter in the following year. As a husband and father, he ensured that both his wife and daughter were empowered and financially independent. As a popularity grew, he shifted his clinic to the current place in Burma Camp. Throughout his 40 years of clinical practice, he gave selfless service to the people of Nagaland. Other than treating patients in charity and giving free medications, he was also actively involved in relief works in remote villages, providing financial help to the needy and pioneering the set-up of medical organizations in Nagaland. His demise on 23rd February 2017 was not mourned by family but by the multitude of people cutting across all sections as well. The palpable disbelief of the sudden fatal heart attack was evident in the tears of those who loved him dearly. He survived by his wife and his only daughter, who as he desired took up the same profession as his. Dr A.B Choudhury has left behind a legacy that will be hard to emulate and a void that is impossible to fill. This column is just a small memoir to the exemplary life that he has led. Kamala Kanta Paul, Advocate President, Dimapur Bengali Samaj
A new approach to rebuild society
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e have decided to follow a new approach to fight against the ignorant system by means of ‘constructive criticism’. Our articles and statements will be brutally critical based on truths on various issues with the intent of keeping the debates fresh and active. We also encourage any individual or group to do the same with us and be more tolerant with each other because such debates are not intended to hurt the sentiments of anyone but only so to reveal the truth about our
irrational system in order to make it more rational for the progress of the Naga society. We also appeal to the various press establishments to provide us with this platform and to bear with our critical arguments as we would take full responsibility of our statements. This is the need of the hour where the people will come face to face with the truth circulating in our society which the Naga people have been shying away from. In case the debates through the newspapers becomes irresolvable then we could arrange a pub-
lic platform like the Town Hall where in front of the press and public audience we would convey friendly gentleman’s debates as it is done in western countries. It is time we wake up from the primordial ignorance and lack of interest about our social issues and politics because the truth is that these concepts are where we perceive our lives in. Unless our society becomes rational then we would never acquire happiness in our personal lives. Liberal Democratic Party of Nagaland (Media Cell)
Rev. Fr. C. Joseph
Counsellor, St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama
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ntroduction: I’ve been looking into the significance of 40 days. There are a few reasons I chose 40 days as the period to do this detox. Pragmatically speaking it seemed like a period of time that was neither too short nor too long. It was a long enough time period to notice a difference while short enough to not feel like a tiresome marathon. It also seems a long enough time to change my eating habits. In the back of my mind 40 days also held a vague mystical relevance. I remember as I was growing up my mother would dedicate 40 days to reciting certain prayers for a certain wish and on the 40th or 41st day something would happen to make that wish come true. Funnily enough while I was researching the significance of 40 days according to different cultures and religions I came across a magic spells website that prescribed reciting Arabic phrases (more specifically, names of Allah) for forty days for different effects. I’m not sure if the author of the website realizes that these aren’t spells but Islamic prayers! Also while I was in abroad I met a Black American Islamic student who was just about to commence studying Irfan (the Twelve Shia discipline of mysticism) and during one of our conversations he mentioned that his teacher said that he would have to stop eating meat for 40 days before the “veil begins to lift”. This background influenced my decision to detox for 40 days. However it is only now after doing some research have I discovered the almost universal appeal that 40 days has across different religions and cultures all over the world throughout large portions of human history and in a special way for Catholics who begin the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday which is today. The Significance: It seems the significance of 40 days is deeply ingrained in human consciousness. The Ancient Egyptians based their calendar system on the heliacal rising of Sirius. This was when the star Sirius became visible just before sunrise. These days were known as Dog Days, they heralded the imminent coming of the Nile floods and lasted for 40 days. This celestial event also coincided with extreme heat. According to the The Old Farmers Almanac the traditional timing of the Dog Days is for 40 days from the 3rd July to August 11th. Forty days was signifi-
cant to the ancient Egyptians in another way: they used to pack the bodies of their dead with salt for 40 days to drain fluid from the body as part of the mummification process. Sindhis at a religious procession in Ahmadabad India at the end of Chaliho Sahib – a 40 day fast of gratitude. The Sindhi Hindu community commemorates a festival of thanks to God called Chaliho Sahib. It lasts for 40 days during which time devotees avoid: cutting their hair, wearing clothes washed by soap, drinking milk, eating fried food and wearing shoes. In Hinduism when someone dies, the family of the deceased are given 13 or 40 days space (length of time depends on caste and community) until they are reintegrated into society. Amongst Hindus it also common for a mother and child to rest for 40 days after the birth during which neither leaves their. Kundalini Yoga has evolved as a practice out of Hinduism. Kundalini Yoga is known as the yoga of awareness because it uses physical movement, breathing and sound to directly affect ones consciousness, develop intuition, increase self knowledge, and unleashes the unlimited creative potential that exists within every human being. It emphasizes the need to practice Kundalini Yoga for a consecutive 40 day period to make or break habits. Some Jains practice Uapvas which is a water-only fast lasting up to 40 days. Forty days have a sacred relevance in Judaism due to the time period being mentioned many times in the Old Testament(Bible) in relation to different Jewish Prophets. There are many instances in the Old Testament that refer to 40 days. 40 days and nights God sent rain in the great flood of Noah: Genesis 7:4, 12. Forty days after sighting the tops of the mountains,Noah set forth a raven and a dove: Genesis 8:6-7. Joseph mourned the death of his father Jacob for a period of 40 days: Genesis 50:3. Moses and the Ten Commandments after one of many 40 day fasts. Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai with God fasting, not drinking water or eating bread, after which, his face shone with radiance: Exodus 24:18, 34:28, Deuteronomy 9:9-11.Moses pleads for Israel 40 days on Sinai Moses after the sin of the Golden Calf: Deuteronomy 9:18-25, Deuteronomy 10:10.It took the spies 40 days to search out the Promised Land Canaan: Numbers 13:25, 14:34.Goliath taunted Israel for 40 days: 1 Samuel 17:16.An Angel Awakens the Prophet
Elijah 1667 by Juan Antonio Escalante (before he starts his 40 day fast)Elijah rested under a broom tree until an angel provided him with water and a stone-baked cake twice. He then fasted and journeyed to Horeb for 40 days. After the 40 days fast God spoke to Elijah in the sound of a low whisper at a cave at Mount Horeb: 1 Kings 19:8.Ezekiel bore the iniquity of Judah for 40 days by laying on his right side to symbolize the 40 years of Judah’s transgression: Ezekiel 4:6.Jonah warned Nineveh of judgment in 40 days: Jonah 3:4.In the current age Jewish people observe The 40 Days of Awe which represent the forty days Moses spent on Mount Sinai before he came down with the Ten Commandments. During this period Jews are called upon to heighten their activities in three areas: repentance, prayer and charity.Jewish attitudes towards abortion are quite lenient when it comes to a foetus that is less than 40 days old as it is considered up until this point as “mere fluid”. Following the birth of a male child an Israelite mother is expected to purify herself from ceremonial impurity for 40 days. During this time she should not touch any sacred thing or enter the sanctuary: Leviticus 12. Like my mother, Jews also have a 40 day prayer formula for having prayers answered. They have a mystical practice which says one who seeks an answer to their prayers should journey to the Western Wall in Jerusalem to pray the same prayer request every day for 40 consecutive days. Conclusions: When I started this detox and set 40 days or six weeks as the time period in which to engage this process, I had a vague idea that 40 days had some form of mystical relevance based on my religious background. It is only now after looking into the subject in more detail that I have found 40 days has relevance to many of the world’s religions and cultures in so many different ways. From pre-enlightenment fasting to post birth nutritional programmes it seems 40 days as being the number of days it takes for transformation to complete isn’t just a superstitious practice that permeates so many of the world’s societies. It seems that there are physiological and psychological basis for many of the stories handed down from generation to generation from society to society. Lent for Catholics, the forty-day liturgical season of fasting, special prayer and almsgiving in preparation for Easter.
The Paradoxical Odities In The State
Thepfulhouvi Solo, IFS Retd (RR-68) Retd. Principal Secretary, Nagaland.
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HE Naga in Nagaland quietly take the Indian Army as its ancient enemy and occupying Force, but unemployed Naga Youths seek Army Recruitments with zeal! The Indian Army eulogizes its voluntary Soldiers as if no other Citizen in the Country is more patriotic than a highly paid Indian Army Officer dying in the Indo-Pakistan Border Wars, it decorates them with great Honor. A Naga Soldier in the Indian Army fighting in one of the Indo-Pakistan Border Wars was killed, and consequently in the rare Military Burial, paradoxically not only the close relatives of the deceased but other Naga Crowds of much wider circle beyond the immediate Family attended the Military Funeral. What little odd paradox was that the occasion fell on a Sunday and despite the Sunday Church Service clash of timing, the Naga in considerable number attended the spectacular Funeral as a sacrifice for India! A certain Government Officer of some standing, was found to have stashed away a large sum of money in cash in his house. The Police made a surprise check and, Cash in terms of several MIllions of Rupees were said found spread in the Bed and in the Ceiling of the House. The Officer was suspended and an enquiry was conducted against him. He confessed some of the money belongs to him but most belongs to the highest Minister in the State! Surprisingly oddly, the Government soon after revoked the suspension Order; re-instated the Officer and promoted him! The Writer was glad a Chief Minister ex-
cluded a rogue MLA from his Ministry, but dained THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES oddly, a very friendly former Minister, but OF STATE, and that the Church would unfamously tainted is inducted into the pres- waveringly stand: ent Ministry, seriously dashing the widely i. To discourage Church Workers and hoped beginning for a new Nagaland and Theologians from joining Party Politics, raises the worried question: Do the Governstand as Independent Candidate. ment care about the quality of governance ii. To strongly impress upon the Political in Nagaland?! Parties face to face specifically not to When a Naga crowd collects in some favor Party Ticket to any Ex-Member of size on a common social ground, it assumes Naga Armed Group, the majority of the august Legislative Party. iii. To strongly dissuade the political Party’s Then, comes the testing of strength on the Issuance of Party Ticket to Candidates floor of the august House, as is wont to in any with Police Records, known Liars and Democracy and the assumed majority vanImmorals, ishes like Genies of Aladdin’s Lamp! iv. To discuss, dissuade with every Village In March 2015, the Naga Community Council not to officially support any in Dimapur created an incited Mob that atCandidate of any Political Party as the tacked the Government Jail and lynched a ruVILLAGE CANDIDATE; mored innocent Meya Shopkeeper alleged to v. That the RIGHT to Vote is God given have raped a local girl acquaintance riding the Personally, Individually, Privately to man’s Bike together into a Hotel in the Town. every PERSON and God does not interHe was done to abhorrent mob actions worst feres in the Right given. than Crucifixion and so far the Government vi. The RIGHT is not to be given away to: could only do no more than change the Eni. Parents, quiry Authority. ii. Brothers OR Sisters, Nagaland must imitate earlier British iii. Relatives, Administration Standard of governance in iv. Clan, the Naga Hills, based on: Honor, Respect, v. Khel, Strength, Decisiveness, Law & Order, unvi. Village, compromising Justice and quiet concern for vii. Tribe, the people. viii. Church, And when everything of many other ix. Against Sale OR Exchange for fathings still remaining; ELECTION IS THE vor, MOTHER OF BEELZEBUB IN NAGALAND! x. To prevent it from Theft. The NBCC has been routinely fighting for xi. It is not necessary to ask God to ‘Clean Election’, and if I may, this time, the whom to give, it personal Freewill NBCC may seriously convene all its constituGifting. ent Church Associations and decide every xii. The RIGHT is one’s personal CHURCH ring the Church’s Good News disDuty or Vocation in Ordaining tinctly in no uncertain Terms, that God Orthe State.
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'The Lego Batman's Chris McKay to helm 'Nightwing' movie
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he Lego Batman Movie director Chris McKay is in the talks to direct a live-action Nightwing film, a spin-off of Batman franchise. This venture will be a part of the DC Universe by Warner Bros, which was launched with Man of Steel (2013) and last year's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, reported Variety. Bill Dubuque, who penned The Accountant, is
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2 has been sued by British songwriter Paul Rose for allegedly stealing music from one of his songs for their 1991 album Achtung Baby. Rose filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Monday (27Feb17) against the Irish band - Bono and bandmates the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. - and Island Records, claiming the group never acknowledged his part in creating The Fly or gave him a writer's credit. "Defendants have knowingly been exploiting The Fly without crediting Rose as a writer for more than 25 years," the papers allege.
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Rose, who is a successful musician in his own right with 12 records to his name, claims in the suit that he penned the tune, which he called Nae Slappin, in 1989 while living in England, and copyrighted it two years later. He allegedly recorded the song as a demo in 1989 and then passed it to several senior executives at Island Records, where U2 were also signed in 1989. According to the suit, the song was "played and repeatedly listened to in the Island Records office", with U2 "often in the Island Records offices" as Bono and the Edge frequently used
U2 sued by songwriter for allegedly stealing The Fly tune the company's recording studios. The group began recording Achtung Baby in 1990, with the record exploring "dance beats, distorted vocals and hard industrial edge sounded nothing like typical U2”, according to the suit. They released The Fly as the first single from the record on 21 October, 1991 - a month before they dropped the album. Court papers claim that the guitar hook, the guitar solo and the percussion beats on The Fly are almost identical to those in Nae Slappin. "The Fly copied and incorporated substantial,
Tweeting accountant blamed for oscar best picture mix-up
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n accountant for the Academy Awards botched the meticulous procedure for announcing the Oscar for best picture when he handed victory to "La La Land" before declaring "Moonlight" the real winner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said on Monday. Accountant Brian Cullinan, who media reports said had been tweeting backstage shortly before, gave presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway the wrong envelope for the movie industry's top award on Sunday, the accounting firm said in a statement. In a gaffe that stunned the Dolby Theatre crowd in Hollywood and a television audience worldwide, "Cullinan mistakenly handed the backup envelope for Actress in a Leading Role instead of the envelope for Best Picture" to Beatty and Dunaway, PwC said. "Once the error occurred, protocols for correcting it were not followed through quickly enough by Mr. Cullinan or his partner." The Wall Street Journal and celebrity website TMZ.com reported that Cullinan had posted a backstage photo of actress Emma Stone on social network Twitter minutes before the mix-up. The photo, from Cullinan's Twitter account, was later deleted but was still viewable on Monday on a cached archive of the page. Cullinan could not immediately be reached for comment. The mistake was not rectified until the "La La Land" cast and producers were on stage giving their acceptance speeches. It was left to the musical's producer, Jordan Horowitz, to put things right. "Guys, guys, I'm sorry. No. There's a mistake," Horowitz said. "'Moonlight,' you guys won best picture. This
is not a joke." It took three hours for PricewaterhouseCoopers, which has been overseeing Academy Awards balloting for 83 years, initially to confirm that Beatty and Dunaway received the wrong category envelope. PwC said it took full responsibility and apologized to the casts and crews of "La La Land" and "Moonlight." "We sincerely apologize to Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, (host) Jimmy Kimmel, (broadcaster) ABC, and the Academy, none of whom was at fault for last night's errors," it said in its statement. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars, also apologized for the mishap and said it was committed to upholding the integrity of the Oscars. "We have spent last night and today investigating the circumstances, and will determine what actions are appropriate going forward," it said in a statement. An embarrassed Beatty carried the envelope to the glitzy Governor's Ball after the show, with the writing clearly saying "actress in a leading role." "La La Land" star Stone had been awarded that Oscar moments before. "Except for the end, it was fun," Kimmel said on Monday, referring to the Oscar show he hosted. "You know it’s a strange night when the word ‘envelope’ is trending on Twitter," he said on his ABC show "Jimmy Kimmel Live." "NOT ADVANCED MATH" Brand management experts said it could take years for PricewaterhouseCoopers to recover. "This is not advanced math. PwC had to get the right name in the right envelope and get it to the right person," said Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern Univer-
distinct, important and recognisable portions of Plaitiff’s work,” the papers state. "An ordinary lay observer would reasonably find that ... infringement has occurred. Indeed, the similarities ... are so strikingly similar that independent creation is precluded." There has been no indication as to why there has been around a 25-year delay in Rose filing his claim. However, the lawsuit notes that he has had no recourse as "the right of attribution is not statutorily recognised.” He is seeking $5 million (£4 million) in damages as well as attorney fees.
Source: PTI
‘The Voice’ Season 12 premiere Now ShowiNg revIseD TICKeT rATes (silver) : `.120 (Gold) : `. 200 (recliner) : `. 400
Who Are The Judges For The 2017 NBC Series?
“The Voice”
will be returning to NBC for Season 12 on Monday in search of the next big star. While the competition may be fierce, it’s the judges that bring life and humor to the series and makes the show even more entertaining. The NBC series is known for switching things up when it comes to the judges and this upcoming season is no different. This time around contestants at the audition will try to impress Adam Levine, Blake Source: Contactmusic Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Alicia Keys. Before the premiere, learn a little more about the coaches who will help one contestant win the grand prize of a recording contract.
Adam Levine Levine is known for being the frontman of Maroon 5 belting out hit songs like “Sugar,” “Animals” and “This Love.” The group has won three Grammy Awards and have received 12 nominations. When the singer wrote the theme song “Lost Stars” to the film he acted in, “Begin Again,” it received an Academy Award nomination for best original song. A fan of acting, Levine will next appear in upcoming films “Fun sity, calling the blunder a "bit of a Mom Night” and “The Clapper.” Levine has been the coach for three winners on branding tragedy." Under a PwC procedure, just “The Voice.” two accountants know the names of the 24 winners after their names are placed in two sets of sealed envelopes. The two accountants also memorize the winning names. Tradition has it that the envelopes are taken separately in two briefcases to the Academy Awards venue. The two accountants - in this case Cullinan and Martha Ruiz - are driven there separately, in case of an accident or traffic delays. The pair then stand off stage at opposite sides and hand envelopes to the respective presenters as each category is announced. Last week, Cullinan told the Huffington Post the procedure for dealing with the hand-off of an incorrect envelope, other than signaling to a stage manager, was unclear. "It's so unlikely," Cullinan added. The error was corrected quickly, although precious minutes passed, said Anthony Sabino, a law professor at St John's University in New York. "It's not as if we woke up this morning, or if it had been uncovered after the telecast was over. That would have really have been a black eye," he added. Compared to accounting fraud at other companies in the past, "this incident diminished vastly to a vanishing point," Sabino said. The "Moonlight" filmmakers were gracious about the error. Director Barry Jenkins told reporters backstage that he received no immediate explanation for the mix-up, though "it made a very special feeling even more special, but not in the way I expected." Jenkins added, "Please write this down: The folks from 'La La Land' were so gracious." Source: Reuters
writing the script. Talking about the character, Nightwing first appeared in a 1963 DC comic book as an alias used by Superman in stories set in Kandor, a Kryptonian city that was preserved in a bottle. McKay made his feature film directorial debut with Lego Batman, which has grossed $110 domestically in its first 12 days and collected over $72 million in the international circuit.
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Glimpse of glittering opening ceremony of the golden jubilee tournament of Angami Sports’ Association (ASA) on February 28 at Kohima Local Ground. The meet will go on till March 4. (Morung Photos)
• 500 sportspersons from 80 villages join ASA golden Jubilee Meet • Rio announces Rs. 50 lakh to boost sport activities • Indian Postal Services to include ASA mascot as special cover Chizokho Vero Kohima | February 28
Around 500 sportspersons from 80 villages of four Angami regions joined the five day long golden jubilee tournament of Angami Sports Association (ASA) which kicked start here
this morning at the Kohima Local Ground. MP Lok Sabha Neiphiu Rio announced Rs. 50 lakh to ASA in the form of fixed deposit to boost sports activities in four Angami regions (Northern Angami Sports Association, Western Angami Sports Association, Southern Angami Sports Association and Chakhroma Sports Association). Gracing the meet as the chief guest, he called upon the ASA to utilize the fund well and hoped that it would generate positive sports prospect under ASA. He said sports provide equal right and opportunity to all as it is played under certain laid down rules and regulations and enables sportsperson to compete in absolute fairness. Rio said that politics, war, race and even religious divide can be bridged through sports, bringing closeness and unity among
ASA Golden Jubilee Day-One medal standing Group Gold Silver Bronze Total SASA 3 3 3 9 NASA 2 3 4 9 WASA 1 1 0 2 CSA 1 0 0 1
the people. Maintaining that among the many professions, sports forms the most important one, the most respectful and lucrative profession, he urged upon the youth to make the best use of their talents and also adopt a competitive spirit to excel. He said sports transmit good health, physical fitness and healthy minds. Sports also develop a sense of competition, discipline and togetherness. In this, he urged upon the sports persons to be committed and strive to earn medals at
the national and international level. Touching on Naga style wrestling, Rio stressed on the need to popularize and spread this indigenous game elsewhere. Through this, he said, the world will come to know well about the Nagas and their unique identity. He expressed happiness over the indigenous games practiced by forefathers which are still being continued with great enthusiasm. Earlier, Rio unveiled the ASA golden jubilee monolith. ASA president Viliehu Nguzhii said the Indian Postal Services is going to include ASA golden jubilee mascot including Naga wrestling picture as special cover (envelop) as well as seal. The same will be launched on March 3.
The glittering opening ceremony featured marching in of tati group, Tsiila group, colour flag bearers, mascot bearers, ASA officials, village name plate bearers, region name plate bearers including contingents of SASA, CSA, WASA and NASA and former Naga wrestling champions. The inaugural function was chaired by ASA general secretary Er. Zale Neikha. Alongwith ASA officials, Methaneilie Jiitakhrie presented ASA theme song. Rev. Dr. Neikedozo Paphino, president NCRC Nagaland invoked God’s blessing while administration of oath was done by ASA athletic secretary Khriesamhalie Santsu. The tournament, to go on till March 4, will be marked by football, volleyball, athletics, indoor games, bamboo stilt walk, marathon race and Naga wrestling.
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