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To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches — Cicero World’s richest Hindu temple wants gold rather than cash under scheme PAGE 08

Nagaland Tourism Association mission‘Explore Sendenyu’ PAGE 02

By Sandemo Ngullie

Last night an open drain got in my way!

INFORMATION

Bomb scare in 10 Indigo planes New Delhi, March 23 (iaNS): Security agencies went into a tizzy after an unidentified caller on Wednesday informed them about bombs in 10 flights of Indigo Airlines. Police said a Srinagar-Delhi flight was evacuated at the Indira Gandhi International Airport’s domestic terminal 1D following the bomb threat. “A call regarding bombs in 10 Indigo flights was received at the airlines’ call centre in Chennai around 10 a.m. A Srinagar-Delhi Indigo flight, 6E853, landed at the IGI Airport around 3 p.m. “All passengers were evacuated and a thorough check is going on,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Dinesh Kumar Gupta told IANS.

UNTBA terms prohibitory order in Doldoli forest area as ‘immature’

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DiMaPUr, March 23 (MexN): United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTBA) on Wednesday termed the prohibitory order issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur around Doldoli Reserved Forest areas on the Nagaland side as “immature” while asserting that “people in these areas are living in a peaceful atmosphere.” A press statement from UNTBA chairman Hukavi T Yeputhomi and general secretary Imsumongba Pongen, stated that it would have been better if the deputy commissioner had instead “clearly defined the inter-state boundary” between the two states. The Association noted that it was unwise on the part of the deputy commissioner to randomly issue such an order “without having any iota on the crux of the border issue.”

Meanwhile, appealing all the communities living in and around the border areas to maintain peaceful co-existence as before, the UNTBA also appealed to all the different Sectoral Border Peace Committees around the border areas to maintain peaceful atmosphere keeping in view of the approaching election in the state of Assam.

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Asia most exposed to natural disaster risk

reflections

The Morung Express now has an outlet at Nagarjan Junction Police Point, Development Authority of Nagaland (DAN) building, adjacent to the Dimapur Town Hall. It will make the newspaper more accessible to people living beyond the Railway flyover— press releases, advertisements, letters to the editor, articles and bill payments can also be submitted directly to the outlet from now on.

Dzieselatuo wins 1st DDWA Meet

A Naga wrestler tries to throw his opponent to the ground in a thrilling match at the 1st Naga Wrestling Meet organized by the Dimapur District Wrestling Association at DDSC Stadium on March 23. More than 50 wrestlers participated in the wrestling meet. (Photo: Imti Longchar)

ENWO Tuensang Unit unhappy over substandard road repair of NH-155

DiMaPUr, March 23 (MexN): Eastern Naga Women’s Organization (ENWO), Tuensang Unit has expressed dismay over the ‘substandard’ road repair and construction carried out by one Vertex construction on the National Highway-155.

The ENWO team detected the below standard condition of road repair after an onsite inspection was carried out on March 17 and 21, 2016 respectively.

According to a press statement issued by Y Alepla Chang, president, Bahla Yim, vice president and Ayemla Sangtam, executive chairperson on Wednesday, the team, during inspection found out that portion of the metalling work carried out in the first and second week of March has washed away while other portions of the road repair has turn slack as a result of a slight rain fall.

“If the repair work doesn’t last for even a week, the future of this portion of the NH appears to be very bleak and one is made to wonder what will happen with the rainy season just around the corner,” the ENWO stated.

It informed that as per work

order; a total of Rs 8.18 crore has been sanctioned for repair of the portion starting from 93/00km to 107/00km on the NH. The ENWO Tuensang Unit has therefore appealed to the concerned construction company to ensure that the repair work is carried out as per the contractual guidelines and specifications laid down on the work order of National Highway Projects.

It has also appealed to the district administration, tribal bodies, civil societies and national workers etc to cooperate and extend full support to the contractor to ensure that this road is completed without any delay.

Further, ENWO Tuensang Unit also informed that the portion on NH-155 starting from 88 km to 93 km has been awarded to L. Pukhato & Sons. It stated that apart from digging of roadside drains, no work has yet been done till date, and, therefore has appealed to the concerned company to start work at the earliest.

It has also asked the concerned authority to undertake necessary inspection on those projects before signing the work completion certificates.

Govt to build 2.95 crore houses for rural poor New Delhi, March 23 (iaNS): The government on Wednesday announced that it will help build 2.95 crore houses in India’s rural areas and for this a financial assistance of up to Rs.1.30 lakh will be provided to each homeless family.

Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called it “a very important decision” taken by the cabinet at its meeting here on Wednesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the chair. He said a total of 2.95 crore houses are needed to be constructed as per the last Census and the target will be achieved by 2022 -- the 75th year of India’s Independence.

Every poor family living in plains will get Rs.1.20 lakh and those living in “hilly and difficult” areas will receive an assistance of Rs.1.30 lakh under the “Housing for All” scheme, the minister said.

“This programme will run for 6-7 years,” Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters, adding the proposal is to run the scheme in two phases. The government proposed “to construct one crore houses in the first three years”, he said. For this, he said, the government would need to spend nearly Rs.82,000 crore. “Out of which, Rs.65,000 crore will be provided by budgetary provisions” and the rest will come from India’s apex development bank NABARD, Ravi Shankar Prasad said. The minister stressed that “transparency in the selection of beneficiaries” will be maintained in the implementation of the schemes.

lONDON, March 23 (ThOMSON reUTerS FOUNDaTiON): Asia has the largest number of people exposed to natural disasters, but African countries are the most vulnerable to them, largely because of political instability, corruption, poverty and inequality, a new global assessment shows.

India has a billion people at risk, with China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and Pakistan also ranked among the 10 countries with the most people exposed to natural hazards, according to data compiled by Verisk Maplecroft, a UK-based risk management company.

In all, 1.4 billion people in South Asia are exposed to at least one major natural hazard, from severe storms to flooding and earthquakes, researchers said.

But the list of countries most vulnerable to disasters – in terms of their ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from them – is topped by African nations, particularly conflictplagued South Sudan, Burundi and Eritrea.

“Recent or prolonged conflict can erode societal resilience,” warned Richard Hewston, an analyst with Verisk Maplecroft who led the development of the natural hazards data.

Much vulnerability in Africa and elsewhere is the result of poor governance – including corruption – and an inability to implement policies to reduce disaster risk, Hewston said.

“For example, in India and Pakistan, to some extent, there are building codes in place but they are very weakly implemented.

You see construction going on, on the sides of landslide-prone mountains or in flood plains,” he said.

“In theory, there’s urban planning,” he added.

“So clearly corruption is an issue.” In Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong, more than 85 percent of people are exposed to at least one kind of natural hazard, researchers

2015 worst disaster affected year in Nagaland Our Correspondent Kohima | March 23

The year 2015 was one of the worst disaster affected year in Nagaland, according to the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) annual administrative report 2015-16.

The report stated that since the beginning of the year- in the month of February- a major wild fire caused havoc in the state, which was the first among numerous natural calamities to follow.

Subsequently many incidents of natural calamities such as flash floods at Sanuoru, Sangsanyu, Thewati and Tuensang took place. Besides, major landslides also affected the state, the report informed.

Accordingly, the NSDMA submitted a memorandum to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The MHA GoI thereby constituted an Inter Ministerial Central Team headed by Joint Secretary MHA along with the members from the Ministry of Agriculture, Highways, Rural Development and Finance.

The report said the team visited the state in November 2015. As per the recommendation of the central team, the state government plan to take up some restorative works of public utilities affected by flash floods and landslides, the report added. noted. But all three countries are classed as having low vulnerability, and together recorded less than 32,000 deaths from natural disasters since 1990.

Haiti, on the other hand, is not as exposed to potential disasters but is considered highly vulnerable, having suffered over 230,000 deaths since 1990, many in a major 2010 earthquake.

CITY RANKING

Data on cities shows that Manila is the most exposed city, with almost all of its 23 million people in the path of cyclones and many also facing tsunamis or earthquakes, researchers said.

Seven other major cities in Japan, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh and India – particularly Tokyo, Jakarta and Dongguan in China also have large populations at risk, they found.

The fast pace of development in Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and the Philippines have done little to cut that region’s disaster risk, researchers noted.

Some of the most vulnerable countries have shown strong economic growth, but infrastructure and welfare systems that could protect people remain weak, as does governance, they said.

In Nepal, for instance, a massive 2015 earthquake not only caused widespread damage and deaths, but cut off communications and transport from many outlying communities to the capital.

“People who survived and were injured were left to cope on their own, with no emergency services and no food,” Hewston said.

Most crucially, reducing vulnerability to disasters, particularly in places with large exposure to natural hazards, will depend on tackling poverty and inequality, he said. Providing education and healthcare and giving more people access to services can improve their incomes and knowledge, and help them move from precarious places to safer ones, which are typically more expensive to live, he added.

nagaland joins effort CAG report detects anomalies in NBDA to ‘conserve’ wildlife Our Correspondent Kohima | March 23

BeNgalUrU, March people living in this region. demarcate for them,” said 23 (MexN): Historically, Our focus is to help animals Dr. Divya Vasudev, connecanimals like tigers and el- move while safeguarding tivity expert from WCS India, ephants would freely move the lives and livelihoods “but use routes they view as between India and Myan- of people. Community- least threatening. Where do mar. Today, this connectiv- based conservation is the animals disperse? What preity is likely broken. Wildlife foundation of our project,” vents them from dispersing?

Conservation Society India said Dr. Varun Goswami, These are the questions that Program (WCS India), Na- senior scientist at WCS In- are most important for congaland Wildlife and Biodi- dia, who is leading these ef- nectivity conservation.”

The project, supported versity Conservation Trust forts. “There is little knowlby the Integratand WCS Myanmar have collab- Reconnecting tiger and other ed Tiger HabiConservaoratively initiated wildlife populations in the tat tion Program a long-term vi(sponsored by sion: reconnectIndo–Myanmar region the International ing tiger and other wildlife populations in edge on where the animals Union for Conservation of the Indo–Myanmar region. are, and where they move,” Nature and KfW), is a sciIn Myanmar, wildlife added Dr. Goswami. To ob- ence-based conservation densities are low due to tain this information, WCS effort spearheaded by WCS different threats such as India will undertake large- India and WCS Myanmar to poaching and habitat loss, scale surveys to assess increase wildlife connectivity between the forests of informed a press release wildlife distribution.

WCS India, based in northeast India and northfrom WCS India today.

WCS is working with the Bengaluru, has combined west Myanmar. The conserMyanmar government to research on tigers and oth- vation of umbrella species increase the numbers of er wildlife, with national like the tiger will safeguard threatened species such as capacity building and, ef- the health of entire ecosystigers. For this, connectiv- fective site-based conser- tems and the people who ity with source populations vation through collabora- live within them. In the long in the north east of India is tions with governmental run, such connectivity is and non-governmental critical for tiger and other crucial, it noted. wildlife populations in pro“Such large-scale wild- partners.

“Animals don’t always tected areas in both India life movement is impossible without the support of move through corridors we and Myanmar.

The Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA) has not prepared Bamboo Development Mission Document. Annual Action plan was prepared without conducting feasibility studies.

This was stated in the Report of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (C&AG) on Socio, Economic, Revenue and Gen-

eral Sectors for the year ended March 31, 2015 (Report No.1 of 2016) tabled in the state assembly session recently.

The report stated that faulty classification of “Forest area” and “Nonforest area” led to excess and inadmissible financial assistance of Rs. 47.10 crore. An expenditure of Rs. 59.30 lakh was incurred on items without approval of National Bamboo Mission

(NBM).

The audit findings noticed in the working of NBDA also stated that funds of Rs. 1.86 crore sanctioned by NBM for plantation activities was diverted to other activities, adding that the agency procured saplings in excess of norm resulting in avoidable expenditure of Rs. 7.09 crore.

The report also stated that Rs. 0.32 crore released

by NBM for disease and

pest control was not utilized by the Board for the purpose resulting in high mortality ranging from 33 per cent to 39 per cent.

NBDA failed to set up 11 bamboo bazaars and 3 whole sale markets resulting in retention of unutilized funds amounting to Rs. 0.93 crore, the report stated adding that against the target to impart training to 130 field functionaries the agency trained only 63.

nagaland excise department revenue on the rise after 2 decades of downhill Our Correspondent Kohima | March 23

Since the introduction of Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act (NLTP), 1989, revenue earning of the excise department has seen a drastic trim down, at least till the year 2012.However, from 2013 onwards, the revenue is seeing a gradual increase.

Comparatively, between 1987-88 and 1988-89 which is before the enforcement of the NLTP Act, the excise department earned revenues of Rs 584.37 lakhs and Rs 550.90 lakhs respectively.

After the introduction of the NLTP Act in 1989, the revenue of the excise department witnessed a radical downhill with earnings as low as Rs

82.32 lakh reported during 1990-01.

In subsequent years, the revenue hovered between Rs 100-200 lakhs at most, and at times crossing the Rs 300 lakhs mark.

However, during the financial year 2012-2013, the excise department reported revenue of Rs 400 lakh. In 2013-14, the revenue was Rs 451.16 lakh, Rs 408.52 lakhs during 2014-15 and Rs 416.92 lakhs from 2015 till January 2016, indicating the increase of the revenue.

Since the introduction of the NLTP Act, the only source of the excise revenue is from sale of liquor to defence personnel through Canteen Stores Depot and to Para Military Bonded Warehouse and fine amount realized from the excise violators, the report stated.

The Government has introduced Total Prohibition Act 1989 and the main function of the department underwent from regulatory role to enforcement, according to the annual administrative report 2015-16 of excise & prohibition department tabled in the recently concluded assembly session of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) here.

It pointed out that although there are only 335 enforcement personnel in the department; drastic improvement in the detection duties has been reported during the reporting period.

The government has authorized the state excise department to use arms/ ammunitions for effective enforcement of NDPS Acts 1985 and NLTP Act 1989, the report further stated.

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Nagaland Tourism Association mission- ‘Explore Sendenyu’

Eagle's view of Mystic Nsonji Lake from Dr S Kemp Tower.

Kohima, march 23 (mExN): The Nagaland Tourism Association (NTA) organised ‘Explore Sendenyu’ tour to identify possible new tourist circuit for marketing; given the rich history of the village and also the gem of an eco friendly bio reserve and wildlife conservation initiated by the community for more than a decade now.

NTA Team at Historic Parashen where the Naga National Flag was hoisted on declaration of Federal Republic of Nagaland.

Nature walk at Bio-reserve.

A total of 23 sq/km area is reserved under Sendenyu Biodiversity & Wildlife Conservation started in the year 2000 by the people of Sendenyu, Thongsü and New Sendenyu villagers.

Today the reserve area is witness to various wildlife and one can easily spot a deer, a stag, wild boars, civet cats, Jackals and variety of birds to name

a few. All wildlife enthusiast and photographers delight to enjoy a weekend without much trekking and easy to reach Bio reserve.

The SB&WCR is approximately 17 km from Botsa junction, National highway 61.

Community Forest guards are perfect guides to show the places around and identify a

spot right for your indulgence in just watching or wildlife photography adventures. Camping grounds and home stays are available and best suited for a weekend getaway in the bosom of nature away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

A 1.5 km Nature/Historic walk in the reserve forest to Dr S Kemp tower provides an ideal

trekking route for all age. The tower also opens up a bird’s eye view of New Sendenyu village and the mystic Nsonji Lake beyond. It may also be noted that within the perimeters of the Bio Reserve forest lays the almost forgotten Parashen wherein 60 years ago on March 22, 1956, the Naga National Council President declared the forma-

The Cross at Mt. Prayer in Sendenyu Village.

tion of Federal Republic of Nagaland and hoisted the Naga National flag.

The most interesting feature of the whole trip is the Nsonji Lake with its tall legends and the most magical view at Sunset and this one can enjoy camping around the lake. But above all, the people here are modest, warm and friendly and willing

to be of help anytime.

The Nagaland Tourism Association in a press release said, “NTA believes that given the right sensitization, value realisation, training and basic tourist friendly developments to this tourist circuit. Sendenyu village will become a hotspot of tourism activity link with Touphema Tourist Village.”

Applicants invited for selection of Rotary Peace Scholar

Dimapur, march 23 (mExN): Rotary Club of Dimapur is inviting application for selection of Rotary Peace Scholar to study ‘Peace & Conflict Resolution’ who will pursue their peace fellowship from any one of the Rotary Peace Centers spread across the world.

There are two types of scholarships on offer– a 3 months Diploma Course in Bangkok, Thailand and a Two Years Master Degree Course in one of the six Universities spread across the world.

Individuals who apply for the programme should be with suitable academic background and training along with work experience, fluent in English language, Justice Ajit Singh, Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court is presented with a Bamboo model house made by the inmate excellent leadership skill, commitment to of Dimapur Central Jail during his maiden visit to the central Peace and International Understanding through personal and community service. jail on March 23. (Morung Photo)

Food Business Operators directed to obtain FSSAI (Food Safety) License Dimapur, march 23 (mExN): The office of Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur today reported that many Food Business Operators (FBOs) within Dimapur District are manufacturing, storing and selling food articles to consumers without registering or obtaining FSSAI (Food Safety) License under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 which is punishable under the said Act. CMO cum Designated Officer, Dimapur Dr.MA Wati in a press release said that defaulters will be penalized without further warning in the interest of the consumers.

Moreover, consumers are advised to buy only the food packages having the required labeled on the food packages specified under FSS (Packaging & labeling) Regulation 2011. Food packages should have the following label: proper name of

the product; Ingredients; Manufacture date. In case of food with shelf-life of not more than 7 days “use by date” to be mentioned; Best before date; Batch number; Net weight/volume; Veg or non-veg logo; FSSAI logo with Registration or License number; Food additives if added (colours or flavours); Instruction for use/preparation; Nutritional information; and Detail address of the manufacturer/packer.

In case of imported food, the packages should carry the name and complete address of the importer. In addition, false or exaggerated words or picture should not be used and the label should be clear, prominent and legible by the consumer under normal condition. “This press release is being issued in the interest of the consumers,” the CMO added.

The application should be accompanied by resume which should reach on or before March 31 to Rtn. Pradip Kumar Jain, +91 9436012376; Rotary Foundation Chair- Rotary Club – Dimapur; or Rtn. Temsusenla Kichu, +91 8974266020 President Rotary Club Dimapur, C/o, FUSION, below Hotel Acacia, Dimapur.

Two candidates to be selected for each course after preliminary interview at Dimapur and final selection for the candidates will be done on April 22 at Guwahati. The venue is the Rotary Multi Service Center Rotary Path, At Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok at Uzan Bazar, Guwahati 781001, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM This was informed in a press release issued by Rtn RS Panesar, Director International Service, Rotary Club – Dimapur.

Voices of Hope performed at Tetso College during the Totsiens 2016 celebration held on March 19 to bid farewell to the outgoing 6th Semester students. Named after the African term Totsiens means ‘goodbye’ or ‘until we meet again’. The highlight of the programme featured a concert by Voices of Hope, Nagaland’s first show choir formed in December 2010. The Voices of Hope is directed by Nise Meruno along with an eight member team. The concert featured renditions of the latest chart toppers and a few of their own compositions.

WRD dept initiates Interest-Free Loan Prog Our Correspondent Kohima | March 23

The state’s department of Women Resource Development has initiated several Interest-Free Loan Programme to encourage small and big entrepreneurial activities amongst women in the state for self-employment and to enable employment generation through their ventures.

“It is a common vision of the programmes to help in mitigating the dependency of the general unemployed young women and girls on government employment, as well as in mitigating dependency on government grants and subsidies,” according to the annual

administrative report 2015 -16 of women resource development tabled in the recently concluded assembly session of NLA here.

Under Promotion of Women in Innovative Enterprises programme, during 2012-13, this revolving fund programme was initiated to provide financial support to women entrepreneurs for development or expansion of innovative enterprises.

During the first phase, interest- free loan of Rs. 5 lakh per beneficiary was provided to 38 women entrepreneurs in innovative enterprises.

“With funds recovered from repayment of earlier loans amounting to Rs. 100.00 lakhs, a total of 54

new beneficiaries were selected during 2015-16 in two categories (i) upto Rs. 5 lakh and (ii) up to Rs. 2.50 lakh.

Loans amounting to Rs. 5 lakhs for the first category have already been granted to 20 women entrepreneurs, while loans to the second batch comprising both Ist and 2nd categories will be granted on subsequent phases according to recovery of loans,” the report stated.

Under Women Entrepreneurial Development Initiative, the Report stated that an amount of Rs.40 lakh is under circulation amongst women entrepreneurs to start smaller scale enterprises. A total of 20 beneficiaries from all over the state are being covered under this

initiative.

Due to the department’s desire to cove more beneficiaries, the quantum of assistance, though undesirable, will be reduced to Rs. 1 lakh per beneficiary in the subsequent phases.

The Report also stated that the Micro-credit Enterprise Development Scheme targets the poorestof-the poor women and young girls who are willing to take up small enterprises, but do not have the capital to even begin.

The report stated that an amount ranging from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 30,000 is provided to the beneficiates as interest- free loan, which they are to repay in monthly installments through the PNGOs.

Medical camp at Rengmapani conducted

The medical team with others during the free medical camp held at Rengmapani on March 22.

TsEmiNyu, march 23 (mExN): The Rengma Selo Zi (Youth organization) in collaboration with Red Cross Society Tseminyu conducted a free medical camp at Rengmapani on March 22.

The camp was attended by 223 patients, neighbouring villages also avail the facilities, while Dr. Theja MO Tseminyu CHC, Dr. Thungjamo Ngullie, Dr. Lonshithung Jami and Dr. Adiya Apon attended the patients.

Earlier in the formal program Shelly Kathiry EAC Tseminyu, Kenyuseng Tep

President Rengma Hoho and Secretary Indian Red Cross Tseminyu Branch and Kenneth Rengma President Rengma Selo Zi delivered short speeches.

RSZ President Kenneth Rengma in a press release has extended appreciation to Vikhweno Meratsii ADC Tseminyu, Dr. Tinenlo SMO Tseminyu, Dr. Aomeren MO Urban PHC Sekhazou Kohima, PHC Rengmapani and staffs, nurses from Dimapur, Lab Technicians, Red Cross Society and all the well wishers for the support and successful conduct of the camp.

AR construct borewell in Wakching Village moN, march 23 (mExN): Continuing its endeavour towards improving the living standards and providing basic amenities to the locals in remote villages of Mon district, Assam Rifles have constructed a Water Supply Scheme (Borewell) at Wakching village to alleviate the problems of drinking water faced by the villagers by providing continuous supply of drinking water. A press release from Assam Rifles said that people in the village were facing acute shortage of water. Stating that villagers were also facing problems of water borne diseases due to unhygienic water sources, the AR expressed confidence that the Water Supply Scheme (Borewell) will resolve the problem of safe drinking water scarcity to a large extent.

BJP state NAGALAND FISHERIES TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION executive meeting H.Q. KOHIMA : NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE

Regd No. R.S.704, Date 30-4-84

FELICITATION The Nagaland Fisheries Technical Association (NFTA) would like to congratulate its member and Senior Advisor, NFTA, Shri. Kevisa Kense on being promoted to the post of Director, Fisheries Department, Nagaland w.e.f.

1st March, 2016. The Association, through this column, extends our co-operation and support to him as Head of the Department.

Wishing him good health, prosperity and success in the days to come.

Yhunsenlo Kent, President, NFTA

Kohima, march 23 (mExN): The BJP Nagaland State executive meeting has been scheduled for March 29, 11:00 am in Kohima. A press release from the general secretary, BJP Nagaland (Media) informed that the venue will be intimated after confirmation. All the entitled members have been requested to be present at the venue well before the meeting and register themselves accordingly. The list of the State Executive Members shall be available at the State office for references, it added.

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Govt looks to award rs 1 Lakh crore Agartala becomes India's 3rd Internet gateway road projects in North east: Gadkari New Delhi, March 23 (PTi): The government is targeting to award road projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore in North East in the next five years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said.

Chairing the meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Gadkari informed that “there is a target to award road projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore in the North East during the next five years.”

The meeting was held here last evening to discuss

the functioning of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) and the issue of road safety, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.

Through a presentation made on the functioning of NHIDCL, the committee was informed the company is working to fast pace the construction of National Highways and other infrastructure in the North Eastern states and strategic areas.

NHIDCL is entrusted with 109 projects in 13

North east Briefs

Security alert in Delhi, Punjab & Assam New Delhi, March 23 (PTi): The Delhi, Punjab and Assam police have been alerted about a former Pakistani soldier gaining entry into India through Punjab, with the intention of carrying out terror attacks in hotels and hospitals in the national capital during Holi.

In a communication, the central security agencies said Mohammad Khurshid Alam alias Jahangir, an ex-military personnel of Pakistan Army, who had worked as a recruiter, coordinator and guide of Jehadi elements in Assam, had crossed over to India from Pakistan through the Indo-Pak border in Pathankot on February 26 along with six hardcore terrorists. The agencies said Alam had visited a madrasa in Barpeta district in Assam in September 2015. The ex-Pakistan armyman had stayed in the madrasa for five days and thereafter left for Chirang district, bordering Bhutan. Alam had used another madrasa in Dhubri district in Assam as his base and used to visit other parts of the state, it said. In Dhubri, a teacher of the madrasa provided all required logistical support to Alam, the communication added.

states including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim and West Bengal.

The total length of the projects is 7,148 km and they are at various stages of project development, the statement said.

The minister also informed that several bridges have come up on the river Brahmaputra, providing relief to a large number of people.

Gadkari also informed there are plans for making 1,100 km all-weather road

at Rs 12,000 crore in Uttarakhand, of which about Rs 650-700 crore worth of work has already been awarded.

Regarding road safety, the committee was informed that the government has set a target for reducing road accident fatalities by 50 per cent by 2020 and has taken several steps to prevent road accidents.

A National Road Safety Policy has been approved, which outlines various policy measures like promoting awareness, establish-

ing road safety information data base, encouraging safer road infrastructure, enforcement of safety laws etc.

The government has constituted the National Road Safety Council as the apex body to take policy decisions in the matter of road safety.

“The Ministry has evolved a multi pronged strategy to tackle the problem based on the 4 Es viz Education, Engineering (both of roads and vehicles) Enforcement and Emergency Care,” the statement said.

iMPhal, March 23 (iaNS): Irom Sharmila, who has been campaigning against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958, by undertaking "fast unto death", wants to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi while visiting Delhi.

Sharmila expressed her desire while interacting with a handful of reporters when she was presented before a court in the Manipur capital on Tuesday.

She is to appear before the Patiala House court on March 29 and 30 in connection with a case under Sec-

tion 309 of the Indian Penal Code (attempt to commit suicide).

She said: "I want to tell the prime minister that only talks could solve all the burning problems. Besides, I want to highlight the objectionable policies of the Indian government."

On October 6 and 7, 2006, Sharmila carried on her fasting at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, and police registered a case for which she has to appear before the Patiala House district court every now and then.

On two occasions, she could not appear before

to Delhi also, she had expressed her desire to meet the prime minister. Themeeting, however, did not come off, and she returned to Imphal, Manipur.

Official indications are that there may not be a positive response from the Prime Minister's Office to her desire.

First, there has been no formal request from her.

Secondly, the prime minister may not be ready to Irom Sharmila Chanu, speaking to media outside a court in discuss the demand she is Imphal. (REuTERS File Photo) likely to put up.

Thirdly, Sharmila herthe court as there were rage which includes medino funds for the travel of cal, police and prison staff. self has admitted that Sharmila and her entouDuring her last visit she has lost considerable

Indo-Bangla mutual help must go on: Tripura CM

aizawl, March 23 (PTi): The bailey bridge over river Tlawng in Aizawl-Lengpui Airport road had collapsed three times since 2006, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla informed the Mizoram Assembly today. In a written reply to a question from Lalruatkima of the Mizo National Front (MNF), Lal Thanhawla said the bailey bridge collapsed on December seven, 2006, on October 31, 2014, and again on December two last year. The bridge collapsed mainly because heavy vehicles that cross it weigh more than the permitted weight, he said, adding that theft of screws from the bridge was responsible for the collapse in 2006. He said the bridge collapsed again on December eight, 2014 when it was being reconstructed after the collapse on October 31 the same year.

The bridge was constructed in June 2002 at the cost of Rs 113 lakh while additional expenditure to the tune of Rs 64.1 lakh had already been incurred for repairs and reconstruction. Bailey bridge is a temporary bridge made of prefabricated standard parts of steel.

agarTala, March 23 (iaNS): Mutual help of India and Bangladesh will boost the bilateral cooperation between the two countries and facilitate their people, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Wednesday.

"Mutual help and the give and take policies would further boost the India-Bangladesh relations.

The give and take policies must continue," Sarkar told reporters here after joining the videoconferencing between the prime ministers of India and Bangladesh from their respective capitals.

"Supply of 100 MW electricity from India's Tripura to Bangladesh and inauguration of third international internet gateway (IIG) in Agartala takes the bilateral cooperation of the two countries to a new height," said Sarkar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, along with Sarkar on Wednesday launched the supply of power and the IIG through videoconferencing from their respective offices in New Delhi, Dhaka and Agartala.

Sarkar said that it would not have been possible to

guwahaTi, March 23 (PTi): The Election office today seized over Rs 3.7 lakh and 140 litres of liquor from Morigaon district. According to an official releases, the cash has been recovered by the Static Surveillance Team from three different places in the district.

Meanwhile, the Excise Department in Morigaon conducted raids at various places like Manaha, Jhargaon, Bhakatgaon with the help of police. "During the raids, two persons were arrested and 90 litres of IMFL were seized. Besides this, approximately 50 litres of ID liquor were destroyed," an official release said.

BJP's 1st dy speaker in AP iTaNagar, March 23 (iaNS): Tumke Bagra became the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator to be elected deputy speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh assembly. Speaker Wangki Lowang announced Bagre as the new deputy speaker since there were no other contenders for the post. Election for the post was necessitated after incumbent T. Norbu Thondok resigned on March 4 ahead of his induction as a cabinet minister in the Kalikho Pul-led People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) government. There were 40 lawmakers present in the 60-member assembly, whose strength now stands at 58 following the expulsion of two Congress legislators in the recent political crisis.

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I, Shri. H. Yolongchum Sangtam, S/o. Hotongba Sangtam, R/o. Angangba Village, P.O. Longkhim, Tuensang: Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under: 1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India and permanent resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That in my indigenous certificate, birth certificate and HSLC admit card my name has been entered as H. Yolongchum and in my SBI passbook bearing account no. 32141411526, appointment order and NOC issued by the directorate of School Education Kohima, Nagaland, ST and backward certificate, M.A admit card and marksheet of Nagaland university my, name has been entered as H. Yolongchum Sangtam and in my AADHAAR card, passport application my name has been entered as Yolongchum Sangtam and in my elector photo identity card my name has been entered as Yolongchum.

3. That the names H. Yolongchum Sangtam, Yolongchum Sangtam, Yolongchum and H. Yolongchum are one and the same person.

4. That the initial H in my name H. Yolongchum Sangtam and H. Yolongchum stands my Father's name which is Hotongba.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent.

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Nzaumai Kebaikam Kelung (NKK) Jalukie, Nagaland

With immense joy and happiness we the Nzaumai Kebaikam Kelung (NKK) Jalukie extends our congratulation to Mr. WIRIDIN S/o Shri. Lungzin of Nzau Village, Peren Nagaland on being selected to the post of EAC. we wish him a bright prospect in his career and good health for bringing laurel to our community.

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ternet bandwidth from Akhaura in Bangladesh to Agartala, apart from helping the people of Tripura to avail more reliable Internet connectivity, will also improve Internet speed in the entire northeastern region.

India's BSNL has leased 10 GB bandwidth of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited from its Cox's Bazar Internet port.

This will also enable Bangladesh telecom operators to effectively monetise their already existing infrastructure.

Currently Tripura is connected solely through the Siliguri corridor.

Modi and Hasina on Wednesday also inaugurated a power transmis-

sion project between the two countries.

"Connecting hearts.

100 MW power connectivity between Bangladesh & Palatana (in Tripura) yet another link between the two countries," Swarup said in another tweet.

India is already supplying 500 MW of power across the Behrampur-Behramara transmission link on the border between West Bengal and Bangladesh.

The new power connectivity from Palatana will allow Bangladesh to address severe power shortages in its southeastern parts.

The decisions for these two projects were taken during Modi's visit to Dhaka in June last year.

Irom Sharmila wishes to meet Narendra Modi

Bailey bridge over Tlawng collapsed thrice since 2006

Cash, liquor seized in poll-bound Morigaon district

New Delhi, March 23 (iaNS): Agartala on Wednesday became India's third Internet gateway after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi Premier Sheikh Hasina inaugurated an Internet connectivity project between the two South Asian neighbours.

"Leasing of international bandwidth for Internet at Akhaura to Agartala will allow people of Tripura to avail more reliable net connectivity," external affairs ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted.

After Chennai and Mumbai, Agartala is now India's third Internet gateway.

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commission the 726 MW Palatana power project in southern Tripura if Bangladesh had not allowed India to carry weighty turbines and heavy and oversized machineries through its territory.

Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey told reporters that that India's NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. (NVVN) and the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), both staterun companies, signed an agreement to supply 100 MW of electricity to Ban-

gladesh.

The minister, who was recently in Dhaka and attended a series of meetings to finalise the power tariff, said: "In Dhaka, several meetings were held to finalise the power tariff. It was decided that the electricity would be supplied to Bangladesh at Rs.5.5 per unit."

The Tripura government is also ready to provide more power to Bangladesh if the central government has no objection," Dey added.

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Therefore all the land owners are requested to kindly attend the said meeting without fail.

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No. NRCM(S) 331/2016

The Director, ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Jharnapani, Nagaland invites sealed bids from registered firm/agency for the supply of horticulture (various seasonal flower plants in pots) at ICAR-NRC on Mithun Office-CumLab building, Jharnapani under Annual Rate Contract basis.

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This is to notify all the Contractors & PIUs of PMGSY Ph-VIII (56 projects) that the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has passed an information stating that e-payment is to be adopted for all future PMGSY transactions w.e.f 1st April 2016, Therefore all concerned are requested to submit their banking details to the CE's Office which will subsequently be uploaded to the OMMAS website. The details required to be submitted may be obtained from the office of the undersigned or (Details such as Name of work, Name of Firm, Name of Payee, Bank Account No Name of Bank & Branch and IFSC Code, to be furnished through the firm's official writing pad only). The contractors are further informed to collect the last and final HOT from the Ms Office, PW at the earliest.

The respective PIus are also informed to submit their Email ID , Mobile Number and Residential Address to obtain the "Authorization Key" from the NRRDA to implement e-payment mode w.e.f 1st April 2016, The Office of the CE hereby informs all concerned that the Department will not be in a position to make payments in the PMGSY "Programme Fund" in case of any eventualities resulting from delay in submission or details on your part as the old payment system (Conventional Cheque) will be shut down by the system (OMMAS) after 31st March 2016.

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Modi under fire as rising costs put squeeze on ‘middle India’ MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, MArcH 23 (rEUtErs): Sharp rises in education and healthcare costs in the last two years have hit India’s burgeoning middle class hard, denting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity among the relatively well-off ahead of a series of state elections.

Price increases for services deemed a luxury for most Indians could also complicate the central bank’s plans to cut borrowing costs, with decades of low investment in schools and hospitals meaning they will remain expensive for some time.

“Spending on my son’s education and medicine for the family has gone up sharply,” said Sambuddha Banerjee, a 47-year-old IT professional, who works for local government in Kolkata.

“The government also cut fuel subsidies and tried to impose taxes on our pension savings. This is not acceptable.” Banerjee is thinking twice about voting for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at elections scheduled for 2019.

That view is far from universal, but is already on the radar of a government that swept to power in 2014 with promises of economic reforms and pro-business policies that appealed to aspirational Indians living in big towns and cities.

Modi has already seen support among the huge agriculture

GOVERNMENT BACKS DOWN Education costs have risen 13 percent, housing 10 percent, healthcare 14 percent and electricity 8 percent since Modi took charge in May 2014, time series data on CPI inflation collected by the Ministry of Statistics showed.

That puts a disproportionate strain on middle class incomes, with education costs accounting for 7 percent of urban households’ monthly spend compared with 3.5 percent of rural households, data showed.

Food and beverage prices, meanwhile, which account for more than a half of the CPI basket, fell 10.5 percent since Modi’s election victory, although there,

Nagaland government exempts projects under DDUGJY from tax KoHIMA, MArcH 23 (DIPr): The Government of Nagaland has exempted from payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) “Projects under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) for electrification of villages in Nagaland” with immediate effect until the formal implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime or issue of further amendments, whichever is earlier. The exemption shall be reflected I Schedule-I of the Nagaland Value Added Tax Act, 2005, as follows:The existing entry Sl. No. 75 - Projects of Power Department under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), shall be replaced by the following entry, namely: Projects of Power Department under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY).

This Notification shall come into effect after the expiry of 14 days from the date of issue.

Financial Literacy Camp at Khensa Village MoKoKcHUNg, MArcH 23 (MExN): To promote the cause of literacy and inclusion, a one day Financial Literacy Camp (FLC) supported under FIF managed by NABARD was conducted at Khensa Village on March 22 organized by Care & Support Society in collaboration with Nagaland State Cooperative Bank Ltd., Mokokchung sponsored by NABARD. Programme was chaired

by Imchawati Kichu, Managing Director, Care and Support Society, welcome address was addressed by Chubanengsang Chairman, Khensa Village Council.

During the programme, S. Amarjit Mangang, DDM, NABARD informed that ensuring delivery of financial services at affordable cost to vast sections of disadvantaged and low income groups is the main objective under financial inclusion. He shared the role played by NABARD in Financial Inclusion Programme. He further highlighted various programmes/schemes under NABARD. He discussed in brief the SHG/JLG bank linkage programmes and other government sponsored schemes routed through NABARD. Temsulepden Imchen, Assistant Branch Manager, FLC in-charge, NStCB, Mokokchung shared the importance of banking, savings, financial planning. He further highlighted various financial services offered by the banks for the general public. Altogether 68 participants attended the programme.

creases in education, housing and personal care.

The RBI is widely expected to cut its policy interest rate by 25 basis points on April 5, after lowering it by 125 basis points last year thanks in part to easing inflation and the government’s fiscal consolidation roadmap.

“The spare capacity in the economy is not getting reflected in the core inflation number, which means the challenge for monetary policy to control the demand side pressure is much more,” said one senior policymaker, hinting at the difficulty of deep rate cuts beyond April.

That could be a bad news for middle income Indians who are looking to the central bank to bring down their borrowing costs, particularly after deposit rates fell.

The government slashed the federal pension fund rate and deposit rates offered to millions of small savers to align with market rates, triggering protest from opposition parties.

Despite the complaints, many are willing to give Modi more time to address their concerns.

“Our expectations of him were very high, and he needs more time to solve these age-old problems,” said Kundan Mukherjee, a 51-year-old from Jharkhand, who works for a pharmaceutical company.

too, items like milk and eggs favoured by middle income Indians have actually risen.

Owners of motorcycles and cars are further upset that the government took away some windfall gains from falling oil prices in the form of taxes, and people across the country are cutting back on discretionary spending as expenses outstrip earnings.

Underlining the government’s sensitivity to a “squeeze” on the middle class, earlier this month it agreed to roll back plans to tax pension fund withdrawals following a backlash from salaried workers.

While national elections are three years away, the BJP’s popularity faces earlier tests, with ballots in states including West Bengal and Assam later in 2016, and the key battleground of Uttar Pradesh due next year.

sector ebb following several crop failures, so appeasing the middle class, which accounts for about a quarter of the 1.3 billion population, looks increasingly important.

“Rising prices of commodities and services which have a higher weight in the consumption basket of middle class households is an issue that cannot be ignored,” said a senior finance ministry official.

“This is a supply side issue and can’t be addressed in the short term,” he added. To ease some pressure on middle income earners, the government plans to hike salaries of its nearly 10 million employees by 24 percent this year.

RATE CUT A disgruntled middle class also poses problems for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan, who has pledged to bring down consumer price inflation to 5 percent by March, 2017 and 4 percent in the medium term.

Headline retail inflation eased to 5.18 percent in February from 5.69 percent in January, but core inflation, which strips out food and fuel, rose to 4.9 percent from 4.75 percent, mostly due to in-

MMC informs on trade permit renewal MoKoKcHUNg, MArcH 23 (DIPr): Addl. Deputy Commissioner & Administrator Mokokchung Municipal Council (MMC) Mokokchung, Bendanglila has informed all trade permit holders under Mokokchung Municipal jurisdiction that renewal of trade permit will be done with effect from 1st April for the year 2016-2017 as per date scheduled below.

Beef, Pork, Fish, Mutton & Chicken stalls on 1st & 2nd April, Sangtemla 4th & 5th, Salangtem and

Legal awareness programme held at Jalukie ‘B’ village PErEN, MArcH 23 (MExN): Peren District Legal Services Authority (PDLSA) organized legal awareness programme at Jalukie ‘B’ village on March 19.

Ajongba Imchen, JMFC/Secretary PDLSA, who chaired the programme, highlighted the Village Council Act based on duties and responsibilities of village council members as they act as judge in the village, a press release from PDLSA informed. The village council members, he said, can be removed on moral grounds, misuse of powers. He further urged them to adhere to the rules as per the Nagaland Village Council Act and not to impose fine more than what is prescribed under the Act and to avoid taking up cases of heinous crimes.

Meanwhile, he pointed out that Peren district is second highest in filing RTI ap-

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Panel Lawyers Asungbe spoke on Child Rights, Arms Act, Right of Arrested Person, MNGREA and Motor Vehicle Act, Limasenla Longkumer spoke on various welfare schemes and RTI, and Esther K Aye spoke on Domestic Violence Act 2005, Right to Maintenance under 125CrPC and Nagaland Victim Compensation Scheme.

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EEI Jorhat & SAMETI Nagaland organises trainers’ training MEDzIPHEMA, MArcH 23 (MExN): Extension Education Institute (EEI), Jorhat in collaboration with State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Nagaland organised a trainers’ training programme on ‘personal productivity, personal responsibility and work ethics in agricultural extension’ from March 21 to 23 at SAMETI, Medziphema.

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The resource persons were Dr. AK Bhattacharya, Professor EEI, Assam Agriculture University (AAU), Jorhat and Dr. D Bortamuly, Research Associate, EEI (AAU) Jorhat. A field visit for the trainees was also undertaken to the nearby village in order to give them firsthand experience on the leadership, team work and delegation of duties in carrying out their duties efficiently at grass root level.

The valedictory function was chaired by Vikaho Chophi, DPD SAMETI while feedback from the trainees was given by Kekosenuo and Imti Walling, BTMs Kiphire and Peren respectively. The programme closed with a vote of thanks from Tiajungla Longchar DPD SAMETI.

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NAGALAND

World Water Day observed

mokokchuNg, march 23 (mExN): On the occasion of World Water Day on March 22, Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur urged people to save and conserve water.

Speaking as chief guest at the closing function of the National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness Week which coincides with World Water Day at Christian Higher Secondary School here, the DC Kesonyü Yhome said that districts which have access to drinking water in the state need to give a thought about those which do not have access to it by saving and using resources judiciously.

A press release informed that Yhome dwelt on the problems and challenges faced to have access to potable water and the impending dangers, especially through chemical contamination. He also expressed concern over the growing iron content in Dimapur district. He said that while having access to water is a challenge, the bigger challenge the country faces is access to safe and potable water. He urged the students to share the informa-

tion gathered within their families and community.

P. Khetoi, Executive Engineer, PHED (Urban) division gave a background of the National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Week which was launched on March 16 in Dimapur and activities undertaken during the week. He urged the students and teachers present to evolve and inculcate a conservationist mindset and to act as brand ambassadors in spreading awareness on conservation of forest, so as to conserve water.

Coinciding with the culminating programme of National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness campaign, World Water Day was observed at Longkumer Kilem in Mokokchung Town on March 22 with SDO(C) Mokokchung, T. Lemlila Sangtam as the chief guest.

Lemlila stated that the community needs to come forward and work hand in hand with the department concerned in promoting clean water conservation.

She also stressed on the need to educate the village functionaries and especially the youth as they play an

important role in the society. The programme was organized by PHED Mokokchung and sponsored

by Water & Sanitation Support Organization (WSSO) PHED, Kohima.

In Wokha, World Water Day celebration was organized by PHED in collaboration with Team Metamorphosis at LTC Hall, which was attended by leaders of various levels from 19 villages. Engineer Vihuto, Executive Engineer, PHED Wokha shared on the importance of water conservation and the scarcity of water the whole world is facing, a press release informed. Aremo Ovung, the Chemist of the department, shared on the role of water in our everyday lives, how use of pesticides and other chemical can contaminate the ground water.

Team Metamorphosis, an active NGO in the district, presented a video and a short play on judicious usage of water, conservation and plantation of appropriate trees, conservation of water in times of plenty so that during lean season one may still have sufficient water to meet the various needs of our everyday lives.

never solve the problems of today's technology.

JEO Shamator, NG Saha emphasized on National Science Day celebration and importance of raising public appreciation on scientific issues for national development. He stated that human life from cradle to the grave is influenced by

scientific development.

Appreciating entrepreneurs like Dimul for milk production, he said Nagaland is still lacking behind in production. He mentioned that India is far ahead of many developing countries in the field of agriculture, space technology, medical sciences, small and heavy

Baptist Mission School Jotsoma observed World Water Day by cleaning the water source and pond adjacent to the school. The students of class 9, who are also members of Eco Club, along with the teacher in charge Chubatemsu cleaned the pond, which is used by the students of the school as well as others.

industries etc. He also said that Government should encourage the local talents to take up research projects as per the need of society.

Five schools in Tuensang participated in the programme where Prince Kumar, Class-X of St. John HSS Tuensang emerged winner and Shamina Begum, Class-

X of Akum Imlong School and Shongmo Khiam, ClassX of GHSS Tuensang were placed in the second and third positions respectively.

Judges included Asstt Professor Dipak Nath from Sao Chang College, JEO Shamator, NG Saha and PGT GHSS Tuensang, Yonga.

Wildlife seized; offenders warned Hepatitis awareness cum vaccination camps zuNhEboto, march 23 (mExN): Biological E. India Limited conducted Hepatitis awareness cum vaccination camps at NU Lumami and JNV Zunheboto on March 21.

At JNV Zunheboto, Dr. Akil Ahmed, Chief Co-ordinator Project, NE Zone and Union Territory of India said, “Hepatitis is a silent epidemic in India and 300 times more contagious or deadlier than HIV/AIDS,” a press release informed.

Exhorting the participants that prevention is

better than cure, Dr. Ahmed sensitized the participants on the functions of the liver, symptoms of hepatitis, display of pictures of hepatitis infected patients and encouraged the participants for vaccination which will surely defend against the disease for 25 years.

More than 110 students and teachers of NU Lumami Nagaland and 100 students and staff of JNV Zunheboto were clinically tested and vaccinated for hepatitis after the awareness camps.

The release mentioned

that Biological E. India Limited, a premium organization affiliated to the World Health Organisation, has been conducting the awareness cum vaccination camps in all the districts of Nagaland. It also conducts HBs AG and HCV antigen test procedure to detect the presence of Hepatitis B & C, Hepatitis B vaccination programme to negative markers beyond Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), and provides back up support for treatment of +ve markers for both B & C hepatitis virus.

HoDs in Mangkolemba tour villages The wildlife which were seized by the WCCU Dimapur on March 22.

Dimapur, march 23 (mExN): The Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU), Dimapur seized various wildlife on March 22 that were being sold along National Highway-29 of Pherima village.

The seized items included one Common Palm Civet, four Hoary Bellied Squirrels, one Khalij Pheasant and four other birds. The seized bush meat were

disposed off by burning in the presence of Forest officials on the same day, the unit informed in a press release. The unit further asserted that since enough awareness and warnings have been given on various occasions through respective Village Councils as well as print media, any offender if caught in future will be penalized as per the law.

maNgkolEmba, march 23 (Dipr): A tour of the Head of Offices under Mangkolemba Sub Division has detected that most of the villages in Longchem circle/Japukong range have shortage of teachers, need medical health care service, labour shortage in Power Department, and lack proper road connectivity, which are the basic needs of the people.

All the HoOs under Mangkolemba headed by ADC T. Imtiwapang Aier had visited 11 villages un-

Dimapur, march 23 (mExN): The Niuland Area Citizens' Forum (NACF) has extended its support to WSSU’s stand on setting up of Institute of Science and Education Research Centre (ISSER) at Hovukhu in Niuland.

A press release from NACF President Kakishe Shikhu reminded that the Govt. of Nagaland had acquired 300 acres of land at Hovukhu for setting up one NIT. Accordingly, MoU and sale deed of land represented by DC Dimapur was made vide Regd. No 445/2011 dated 06/04/2011. However, citing “unreasonable excuses and reason”, the government shifted the NIT to Chumukedima without consultation and information, it said. Later, the release stated, it was informed that the State gov-

der Longchem Circle/ Japukong range on March 17 and 18.

The team was informed by the different village committee members about the non availability of Medical Officer (MO) at Longchem PHC for the last one year with the MO on study leave. After much deliberation, the two MOs posted at Lakhuni village assured to provide volunteer service for 15 days in a month alternatively at Longchem PHC. The main purpose of

the tour was to get first hand information on the functioning of the Government departments and to discuss urgent needs of the villages. Agenda discussed during the village tour will be taken up during the next SDPDB meeting and further steps will be taken up accordingly for better functioning of the various departments. The team also visited the 13 (NAP) IR Battalion located at Yajang C and had an informal meeting with the Commandant NC Jami and his officers.

c h i E p h o b o z o u, march 23 (Dipr): A free multidisciplinary medical checkup and treatment camp under the initiative of Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya was conducted on March 23 at Community Health Centre, Chiephobozou. The medical camp was organised by Environmental Medical Association Mumbai and Indian National fellowship Centre and supported by the Government of Nagaland.

A team of five specialized doctors with Dr. KC Mohanty, TB and Chest Specialist as the team leader conducted the medical camp. The other team doctors included Dr. Agam Vora, Chest Physician; Dr. Satish Vaidya, Cardiologist; Dr. R.M Sundrani, Chest Physician; Professor & Dr. Varsha Phadke, Paediatrician along with a social worker, Smita Mohanti.

the annual custom of preparing and distributing to churches the holy oils, the release said.

The oil of catechumens is used to bless those who are about to be baptized, the oil of chrism is used in the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders, and the oil of the sick is used in the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

Bishop James in his homily said the Chrism Mass “is a very unique gathering that has a special significance for us, ordained priests, and to the people of the local Church, as we priests, renew our commitment to priestly service and unity of our presbyterate with the bishop.”

Emphasising on the importance and significance of the gathering of the priests of the diocese of Kohima as one body in uni-

Priests of the Diocese of Kohima during the Chrism Mass at Holy Cross Parish on March 22 evening.

son with bishop, he said, “It is a loud and clear proclamation to people around us that though we are different in many ways – differences in language and culture, tribe and talents, size and shapes, views and opinions, yet we can be united, live and work as one body.” He therefore exhorted the priests and the faithful to promote oneness and unity.

To the priests, he said, “Our ministry is not some-

whether the government has clear agenda or any valid reason never to establish or carry out any developmental activities in or around Niuland sub-division. “Why acquire land when you cannot utilise and put on developed?” it asked.

“When the public and town council along with administration are ready to provide a sufficient room for the commencement of temporary class at Niuland town, the Govt. should not bring out any reason or problem whatsoever.”

The Forum further stated that the people of Niuland sub-division deserve a fair deal of development and therefore requested the government to take early initiative to utilize the acquired land in Niuland by setting up the ISSER in lieu of NIT.

thing that derives from us or for ourselves. It comes from our anointing with the oil of the Holy Spirit. We become ministers of the Spirit in the measure in which we follow the path of Jesus whom we remember in the Holy Week as the one who emptied Himself.”

Meanwhile, Bishop asked the faithful to pray for their priests and support them all times. “Like any of us, there are moments in which the frustrations

of priests – with ups and downs of their lives and the uncertainties they experience in their ministry – can lead them to dejection and discouragements.

That is why priests need our prayers and support so that they can carry out their mission with renewed enthusiasm and dedication,” he added.

The Holy Mass was followed by a short felicitation programme held under the initiative of the Catholic Association of Nagaland (CAN). The highlights of the programme included a Choral presentation from Holy Cross Parish, words of appreciation by Elias T. Lotha, President of CAN. Elias expressed gratitude on behalf of the community to all the priests for giving them spiritual nourishment. He also invited the priests to build a stronger working re-

One of the doctors from Mumbai checks a patient during the free medical camp held at Chiephobozou under the initiative of Governor PB Acharya on March 23.

The team of doctors were also assisted by Medical Officer, Chiephobozou, Dr. Esther and her ten nurses and Dr. Kerekugumle from Primary Health Centre Touphema, and Dr. Thejavinuo Keditsu from PHC Zhadima.

9 AR Chiephobozou also assisted the medical camp by putting up tent and chairs for

the patients while ADC Chiephobozou, Linda Solo and her staff arranged refreshment for the medical team involved in the camp.

Altogether, 273 patients from the area and neighbouring villages attended the camp and availed free medical services and free medicine.

Kohima Police arrest one kohima, march 23 (mExN): Kohima Police have arrested one of the accused involved in forcibly taking away LPG cylinders from Naga Hotel located at High School Junction in Kohima. A release from PRO, Kohima Police informed that an FIR was lodged at North Police Station Kohima on March 23 by proprietor of Naga Hotel stating that on March 21, five unknown miscreants came to his hotel posing as members of “underground outfit” and forcibly took away three LPG cylinders.

Subsequently, on March 23, one of the accused involved in the crime was arrested leading to recovery of the three LPG cylinders. The arrested person has been identified as Dipen (34), presently residing at Nagabazar, Kohima. A regular case has been registered at North P.S against the arrested person and other absconding accused and he is remanded into police custody for conducting further investigation, the release added.

DC Mon Honje Konyak along with ADC Mon and EE PWD (R&B) supervise the construction of road to proposed vegetable market in Mon Town on March 19. (DIPR Photo)

CM extends Holi greetings kohima, march 23 (mExN): Chief Minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang has extended warm greetings to the people of Nagaland and across the country on the auspicious occasion of Holi festival. A press release from Media Cell, Chief Minister’s Office said that Zeliang hoped the festival of colours will renew the feeling of togetherness and fulfil the hopes and aspirations and bring in happiness, peace, and prosperity for all.

Open street ministry in Meluri kohima, march 23 (mExN): The Messianic Praise Band, Kohima organized open street ministry in Meluri Town on the theme ‘A wake up call’ on March 19 and 20.

Thousands of people from all walks of life came and enjoyed through songs and the word of God. “Many young people gave their life to God, experienced the power of Holy spirit, sick people got healed and demon possessed were delivered in Jesus name,” according to a press release received here. The word of God was shared by Zuchamo Kikon, Associate Pastor, Peniel CRC Kohima.

Phek DPDB meeting postponed

phEk, march 23 (Dipr): As per the last meeting resolution, Phek Deputy Commissioner & Vice Chairman, Murohu Chotso has once again reminded the members lationship between them. that the DPDB meeting proposed to be held at Shilloi On March 22 morning, Lake will be held at conference hall, Phek on April 11 at 11:00 AM. All the members have been requested to note the priests spent time in the change of venue and attend the meeting positively. prayer and reflection facilitated by Fr. Dr. Isaac Padinjarekuttu, professor, Oriens SPEYF and SPWYF sign MoU Theology College, Shillong, zuNhEboto, march 23 (mExN): The South Point who focused on the theme, East Youth Forum (SPEYF) and South Point West Youth “Personal Encounter with Forum (SPWYF), Zunheboto Town held a co-ordination Jesus”. Stating that “Christi- meeting on March 22, where a Memorandum of Underanity is person of Jesus”, he standing was signed by SPEYF and SPWYF Presidents asked, “Do we really know Kinito Zhimo and Inoka V Zhimo respectively. To enJesus? Have we really en- sure peaceful environment in two colonies, the youths countered Him in our per- agreed to foster cooperation and initiate unified efforts sonal life?” He added that of community policing. The concerned colony youths it is easy to follow rituals, have also been informed to attend social work every Satrecite prayers, adore Jesus urday from 6 am which will continue till completion of and yet one can keep a dis- Melange 2016 festival. tance from Him. The first condition to have an en- World TB Day in Kohima today counter of Jesus, he said, is “repentance”. He also said kohima, march 23 (mExN): Nagaland State TB Cell that we are living in dan- in collaboration with Nagaland Users Network and VIHAAN (NNP+) will be observing World TB Day on March gerous illusions, ‘spiritual 24, 10:00 am at Kohima Press Club conference hall. A press worldliness’ – seeking one’s release from IEC, State TB Cell informed that on the occaown glory and exhorted the sion, the Naga Blog Cyclists Club will also participate in a priests to pray for the grace cycle rally in Kohima town. IEC materials will be distribto have a personal encoun- uted by them to the public during the rally, it added. ter of Jesus.

Diocese of Kohima celebrate Chrism Mass and Priesthood Day kohima, march 23 (mExN): The priests of the Diocese of Kohima along with religious and faithful from across the diocese filled the Holy Cross Parish Church in Dimapur on March 22 evening for the Chrism Mass as Bishop James Thoppil blessed three urns of oil - oil of the catechumens, oil of the chrism, and oil of the sick.

A press release from Thomas Toretkiu, Secretary to Bishop, Kohima informed that two important events take place during the Chrism Mass – preparation, blessing of the oil and renewal of the promises by the priests. The blessing and distribution of oils is central to the Catholic Church’s sacraments and rites. From Jerusalem to Rome to parishes around the world, the pope and local bishops carry out

ernment is taking up with MHRD, GoI for setting up of Indian Institute of Management (IIM). “All this false information is being carried out only to fool the Niuland sub-division citizens. To fulfil this is a far cry. Every time any new project/ institution etc. comes up from GOI, the State government comes to a conclusion to shift from Niuland,” NACF lamented.

It added that the upcoming ISSER is proposed to be established at the acquired land in Niuland, which was verified by Minister of Higher and Technical Education with his team on of July 18, 2015; nevertheless, “it is learnt that the state Govt. is again planning to find out an excuse to shift ISSER from Niuland to some other venue.”

The NACF questioned

Free medical check-up held at Chiephobozou

District level science seminar held for students in Tuensang tuENsaNg, march 23 (Dipr): District level science seminar on the topic ‘Raise public appreciation on scientific issue for the development of nation’ was held on March 22 at GHSS auditorium, Tuensang.

DDEO Tuensang, I. Sashi Ao stated that without scientific education a nation can

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 81

By Aheli moitra

Interdependence of equals

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he Naga Republic Day on March 21 this year gave a fresh momentum for thought. Two national groups redefined each of their ideologies, bringing a much needed direction towards the Naga future.

On the one hand was the National Socialist Council of Nagalim, otherwise referred to as the NSCN (IM). Kilo Kilonser Rh. Raising said, among other things, that the Nagas have now come to the stage of “nation building;” of “material, mental and spiritual development.” This demands, from the Naga people, a change from a “rural mindset” to that of the “urban.”

A move is required, he said, from the “land of scarcity and unproductivity” to “greener pastures.” Urbanisation, for this ideology, is the beginning of development.

What is urbanisation though, as unfurling round the world?

In short, it is the accelerated capitalisation of space. It is the conversion of a geographical area into ‘capital’ or a resource, every inch of which can be opened up for trade (real estate, roads, businesses, etc). The people with the best access to this capital would either be those who cashed in on it first—as in the non Nagas of Dimapur—or those who hold power—as in bureaucrats and politicians of Kohima.

For urbanisation to take place inequality is necessary— profits are not equally shared and exploitation rules a competitive market. Urbanisation feeds on inequities that exist in the world—of class, race, tribe, caste, environment—which are moved to convenient geographies without resolving the issues therein. On a micro scale, the injustice of these scenarios stand enhanced and become entrenched. In large cities, the effects of these may be seen through the extreme levels of pollution, exploitation of labour, contamination, poverty etc.

It is, thus, only for a few that urbanisation opens up the “green pastures” of material development alongside spiritual and mental development. The rest are left to scavenge their own. This is exactly what has been happening in Nagaland’s cities today.

But uneven development and urbanisation have also reached the farthest corners of the Naga lands thanks to technology and the accumulation of wealth—wood is logged in the darkest of forests using latest technology and rare gems are mined in the thickest of river beds, all by rich Naga men. This uneven development has not just thrown up wealth for a few but also caused out migration for the most—people are leaving dignified lives on the fields and villages to become, for instance, poorly paid workers or debt ridden alcoholics in the city. The backward investment of knowledge (e.g.: English language, chemical fertilizers, irrelevant seeds) and wealth (e.g.: centrally sponsored schemes) accumulated in the cities has changed climate, food and culture in the villages.

This, however, may not be the kind of urbanisation the NSCN (IM) is aiming at. So how will Naga people chart a just future in a world governed by unjust systems? The answer to that may lie in the “building of bridges” that NSCN (IM) Chairperson Isak Chishi Swu hinted at, perhaps in this case with the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN)—both bound by the Covenant of Reconciliation.

In a statement on Naga Republic Day, Brig. (Retd.) S. Singya, Kedahge of the FGN, gets to the roots of how the Naga struggle presents a natural anti-thesis to the processes of urbanisation at work the world over. In today’s modern world, he writes, we have become divided in defining who we were (e.g.: rural) and what we must be now (e.g.: urban). We are cowed down by modernism and ideology that says “the world is changing and we too must change.”

Prophetically, the Kedahge reiterates, “knowledge and adaptation is important as a nation but we must not import knowledge that may destroy the fabric of our nationalism. We must... not allow our oppressors to use civilisation and advancement as tools to suppress our rights to live as a free nation.” For the FGN, a free and sovereign nation is one with no tribe, native or indigenous persons, but all (equal) citizens of the Republic of Nagaland.

In this ideology, advancement of the Naga people comes through drawing knowledge systems and processes from the rural and injecting it into the urban, creating its own form of urbanisation. Here, seed banks are modern platforms of investment and manufacturing is small, pollution is reduced and education (in, say, a mother dialect of a mother culture) empowering. Development, then, can be placed firmly in the hands of the people.

The combined application of both ideologies makes the interdependence of equals a refreshing possibility—this is what the Naga struggle presumably hoped for in its inception and continues to give hope to many other oppressed peoples of the world. May this building of bridges continue.

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Soon, clothes that clean themselves with light

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he day when you can look tidy even without washing your clothes does not seem too distant as researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed a technology to make textiles clean themselves within less than six minutes when put them under a light bulb or out in the sun.

The researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a cheap and efficient new way to grow special nanostructures -- which can degrade organic matter when exposed to light -- directly onto textiles. "There's more work to do to before we can start throwing out our washing machines, but this advance lays a strong foundation for the future development of fully self-cleaning textiles," said researcher Rajesh Ramanathan.

The research paper was published in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces.

The work paves the way towards nano-enhanced textiles that can spontaneously clean themselves of stains and grime simply by being put under light.

The process developed by the team had a variety of applications for catalysis-based industries such as agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and natural products, and could be easily scaled up to industrial levels, Ramanathan said. "The advantage of textiles is they already have a 3D structure so they are great at absorbing light, which in turn speeds up the process of degrading organic matter," he explained.

The researchers worked with copper and silver-based nanostructures, which are known for their ability to absorb visible light. When the nanostructures are exposed to light, they receive an energy boost that creates "hot electrons".

These "hot electrons" release a burst of energy that enables the nanostructures to degrade organic matter.

The challenge for researchers has been to bring the concept out of the lab by working out how to build these nanostructures on an industrial scale and permanently attach them to textiles.

The RMIT team's novel approach was to grow the nanostructures directly onto the textiles by dipping them into a few solutions, resulting in the development of stable nanostructures within 30 minutes.

When exposed to light, it took less than six minutes for some of the nano-enhanced textiles to spontaneously clean themselves. "Our next step will be to test our nano-enhanced textiles with organic compounds that could be more relevant to consumers, to see how quickly they can handle common stains like tomato sauce or wine," Ramanathan said.

C O M M E N T A R Y

Fiona Broom New Internationalist

Crocodile smiles and con tricks

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n Nepal’s remote mountain villages, an insidious force has for two decades been destroying young lives and tearing families apart. The devastation visited on these villages is no natural disaster, but one of human making. It usually comes in the guise of a well-dressed man carrying a briefcase and the promise of education and a new life for the children. But these children’s new realities are far from the dreams their parents held for them: behind the traffickers’ crocodile smiles lies a life of sexual slavery, forced labour, or destitution as a commodity in the huge orphanage industry.

Chhetra was nine or ten when he was taken from his village to a children’s institution in the capital, Kathmandu: ‘I was taken from my village to get a better education. When I reached the house where I would stay, I saw many children there. At first I thought it was not bad, but after one month, it was getting worse and worse. There was not enough food or clothing for the children. After a while, the food finished and we had to go to the street to beg.’

Supply chain Child trafficking has been a scourge in Nepal since armed conflict between Maoist insurgents and the state began in 1996. To save their boys from conscription by Maoist rebels, families paid to have them taken to what they were told were safe homes in Kathmandu. Instead, children were presented as orphans, often being forced to live in squalour to arouse sympathy and donations from tourists.

But the lucrative orphan industry didn’t stop when the war, which cost about 16,000 lives, ended in 2006. International organizations heard that the groups of children dumped by traffickers outside Kathmandu checkpoints were orphans, and sent in volunteers to place them in homes. With foreign donations flooding in, the traffickers simply adapted their business model at the supply end of the chain.

‘Ninety per cent of the time it’s rural children being taken to urban areas,’ Jack Hogan, former communications director at non-government organization Umbrella Foundation, says. ‘They’re taken from isolated communities. Traffickers go where there are no schools or health posts, where there are no opportunities for kids. They approach the parents and say they’ll take their children to school in Kathmandu for a small fee, and promise they’ll be educated and earn money.’

Traffickers know exactly how to exploit the desperate poverty that leads parents to accept the false lifelines they’re offered. The promise that their child could become a doctor is enough to convince many that sending their child away is the best course of action.

When parents lose contact with their children, few can afford to travel to Nepal’s five major tourist districts, which house 82 per cent of institutions, to track them down. ‘These are not areas of need, they are [tourist] districts,’ says Martin Punaks, country director of child protection NGO Next Generation Nepal (NGN). ‘Is that a coincidence? We think not.

That’s how the orphanage business works in Nepal – and it is a business.’

Krish was seven when he was trafficked to Kathmandu and its fraudulent Little Princes Children’s Home, but was one of the lucky ones to be found by his mother. Krish, now a recipient of an NGN scholarship, has helped reintegrate other trafficked children. ‘Poverty has become one of the major causes for many of the immoral and illegal acts prevalent in our society,’ he said. ‘Poverty creates such critical circumstances that one tolerates being far away from a loved one.’

often motivated by their past complicity in the orphanage industry.

Conor Grennan and Farid Ait-Mansour established NGN after volunteering at Little Princes Children’s Home in 2005, where children were forced to pretend to be orphans. ‘When I hear stories of wellintentioned volunteers in Nepal unwittingly causing more trafficking by paying to volunteer in corrupt orphanages, it breaks my heart,’ Grennan said.

Umbrella founders Viva Bell and Dave Cutler discovered the manager of a home they were fundraising for was pocketing donations while the children were neglected and abused. Umbrella has since participated in seven orphanage raids with Nepal’s Central Child Welfare Board and rescued 391 children.

No child is too young in the traffickers’ eyes. Last year, NGN rescued a 17-month-old infant in one raid, and a two-year-old from another institution, which Punaks described as one of the worst cases the organization had seen.

NGN describes the devastating results of the good intentions of volunteers and donors as a paradox: ‘They volunteer their time and money to support needy children and develop a poor country, yet, in doing so, they are inadvertently keeping children away from their families, tearing apart rural communities, and fuelling a criminal and corrupt industry that ultimately prevents Nepal from developing.’

Late last year, for the first time a series of information evenings for foreign tourists was held in a Kathmandu bar. Punaks told the predominantly Western crowd that lingering colonial ideas of Western superiority led to an inflated sense of ability in voluntourists. ‘Nepal is incredibly complex,’ Punaks said.

‘There are incredibly intelligent Nepalis here who can’t solve the problems.’ He admitted that he too had been a naïve young foreigner who thought he could save the world.

Punaks and colleague Katie Feit were equally forthright in their comprehensive 2014 report ‘The Paradox of Orphanage Voluntourism’, which calls for foreigners to abandon the practice.

‘Orphanage voluntourism creates long-term attachment problems and psychological disorders for children, denies them their right to grow up in a family-based care setting, leaves them at risk of physical and sexual abuse, and fuels a corrupt profit-making trafficking industry,’ Punaks and Feit wrote. ‘It is not an ethical option in the vast majority of cases.’

Fuelling the industry There are now 700 registered and an unknown number of unregistered institutions housing more than 15,000 children in Nepal. About 85 per cent are believed to have at least one living parent.

‘The vast majority of children in homes don’t need to be there. That’s a fact,’ says Punaks.

Traffickers are equally adept at exploiting for- Reintegration Anti-trafficking organizations feared the chaos eigners’ sympathies for substantial profits. The people working in Nepal’s child protection agencies are caused by last year’s earthquakes would leave dis-

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am many things — a feminist theologian, staff member at the Interfaith Youth Core, an active member of a United Methodist Church, an activist, and a mother in a transracial adoptive family. These roles are linked and each informs the other — I try to be accountable to multiple communities and am shaped by a myriad of contexts.

As such, I look up to and learn from women who model interconnected lives, are shaped by the wisdom of many spaces, and work for liberation of both themselves and communities of women.

Mercy Amba Oduyoye, mother of African feminist theology, is one of these inspiring models. Currently the director of the Institute of Women in Religion and Culture at Trinity Theological Seminary in Legon, Ghana, she has spent her life fighting poverty, violence against women, and global injustice; promoting women’s rights, education, and health; and writing, speaking, and teaching anti-colonial feminist African theology. Though there is much to learn from Oduyoye, there are three ways in particular that Oduyoye’s feminist interfaith leadership inspires me.

First, she attends to the intersection of multiple traditions in individuals, communities, and nations, and the ways that global power systems affect each of them. She demonstrates that complex histories lead to complex religious realities — ones that cannot be simply parsed out into separate religious or identity categories.

Oduyoye is from Ghana, a nation colonized by a number of Western Eu-

placed children vulnerable to traffickers, who could play on foreigners’ expectations that scores of orphans would be left in the wake of the disaster.

Inter-country adoption was suspended and travel agencies were asked to cease touting orphanage tourism. The government forbade children from crossing between districts without a guardian. The worst-hit districts were those already targeted by traffickers, due to their extreme isolation and poverty.

Umbrella established child-friendly spaces in those areas and registered children by name and photograph. A helpline run by the Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN), received dozens of calls from earthquake-affected districts. Mobilizing its network of more than 350 staff, CWIN prevented 250 children from being trafficked.

CWIN’s protection programme manager Bharat Adhikari says that up to 40 rescued children are in the group’s care at any one time. They are temporarily housed in transit homes while CWIN staff trace their families.

Reintegrating trafficking victims into their communities is a core aim of many of the groups. Cultural barriers can pose problems – if a parent remarries, children are sometimes rejected – particularly for girls who have been forced into, or are suspected of, sexual acts.

‘With girls, it’s difficult, because in our society sometimes they’re not accepted back because of the issue of sexuality,’ Adhikari said. ‘If society does not accept the situation, we have to put them in an institution and provide education.’

Reintegration officers face the seemingly insurmountable task of finding families, armed with as little as a current photo of a child, who may be traumatized or taken too young to remember where they’re from. Officers walk for days to access remote villages located far from any roads. They gather information anywhere they can, often canvassing hundreds of villagers. And their success rate is staggering – just three of the 391 children Umbrella rescued are still unsure of where they came from.

Officers also carry out their task with the knowledge they’re targeting the businesses of dangerous people. Staff have received threats from traffickers to cease their work.

Punaks notes that Nepal’s legal system isn’t capable of dealing with the scale of the problem, while CWIN’s Bharat Adhikari argues that laws, regulations and policies need to be strengthened, though he admits it’s difficult to enforce laws.

Robust legislation, political will to support prosecutions, and awareness about trafficking at home and abroad will be necessary to curb child trafficking in the future. But equally important is the passion of some of Nepal’s youngest citizens to secure the best possible future for their communities.

Following last year’s earthquakes, trafficking victims reintegrated by Umbrella turned out in devastated regions to labour through the heat and destruction to protect displaced children. ‘The Umbrella kids I met were all smiles and happy to be helping,’ Hogan said.

In one of the districts hardest hit by the earthquakes, young people are volunteering to board outbound buses to check for unaccompanied children or those travelling with a non-relative, acting as the ‘gatekeepers’ to protect vulnerable children.

When Punaks took the reins as NGN country director, he penned a missive in which he said he feared combating child trafficking was an ‘impossible task’.

But he realized he had, all around him, a commodity that could be the desperately needed change: young, idealistic Nepalis. ‘They risk their lives in the mountains searching for families, and they work late into the night to prepare important reports,’ Punaks wrote in 2012. ‘It is then that it hits me that they are the answer I have been looking for. Our plan for NGN needs to empower more Nepalis like them… to empower families, ordinary citizens, NGOs and the government to be the change that stops child trafficking.’

Fiona Broom is a freelance journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal, with intermittent trips to Lebanon to practise her rusty Levantine Arabic. Fiona focuses her work on human rights and environmental issues.

Meet the Mother of African Feminist Theology Carolyn Roncolato Sojourners

Oduyoye also inspires me in that she does theology that is relevant for the women in her communities. This is an important break with many academic and church traditions that do not attend to the day-to-day embodied realities of women’s lives. She emphasizes how the social, economic, political, and familial lives of women have everything to do with religion and theology.

Over the years, Oduyoye has challenged the Circle to address “issues of poverty, sexism, racism, cultural practices, rape, prostitution, sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, a patriarchal theology of enculturation, disparities in leadership, sub-par education, limited access to medical care, and most critically the impact of HIV/AIDS on African women and girls.”

Her theology remains connected to the concrete realities of the world, offering a radically contextual and relevant embodied theology.

Mercy Oduyoye models how to hold together multiple spheres of concern and influence within the church, community, and the academy. She teaches me the value of interfaith work that honors the multiple stories, beliefs, and histories that bring women to the table.

She shows me that leadership does not mean staying at the center of attention or doing the work alone but rather means creating ways for others voices to be shared and other leaders to emerge.

She values the voices that have been most silenced and listens to both the stories of suffering and those of joy.

Mercy Oduyoye is a woman to celebrate and a leader to emulate.

ropean nations and Christianized by leagues started The Circle of Conthe empire’s missionaries (though, as cerned African Women Theologians.

Oduyoye points out, it was Christian This Circle gathers African women long before European missionaries got from a diversity of religious traditions there). The modern missionary move- to tell their stories and share their wisment, while deeply harmful in many dom. ways, prompted Africans to engage, According to their 2007 draft conadapt, and contextualize Christianity stitution, “The Circle seeks to build the for themselves. This led to a blending of capacity of African women to contribindigenous religions and Christianity. ute their critical thinking and analysis Honoring this complex history, Oduy- to advance current knowledge using a oye develops a distinctly African-Chris- theoretical framework based on thetian feminist theology, religion, ology that draws and culture. It upon and honors empowers Afrithe wisdom of can women to indigenous reliactively work for gious traditions. social justice in She calls for an their communi“indigenized ties and reflect Christianity,” hoping that, “As politi- on their actions in their publications.” cians succeed in weaning Africa away The Circle brings together women from the dependent mentality of a colo- of diverse religious traditions, largely nized people, theologians will succeed from Africa’s triple religious heritage — in stimulating the Christian people to a Christianity, Islam, and African Tradicreative way of talking about God in Af- tional Religions — to talk about theolorica.” gy, culture, patriarchy, and the needs of Mercy Oduyoye also inspires me African women. As the creation of the through her leadership of other wom- Circle demonstrates, Oduyoye leads en. Recognizing the dearth of African not by being the center of attention but women theologians, she and her col- by making a way for other women.

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Megadams and Neoliberalism Are 'Worse than Colonization' for Indigenous Peoples

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arly in the morning of March 3, Berta Cáceres was assassinated as she slept.

A world-renowned environmental activist, Berta had been a driving force in protecting the lands and waters of rural communities in Honduras. Among the many victories of the organization she founded was the delay of a megadam project on the Gualcarque River that could be disastrous for the indigenous Lenca people living there.

Berta is not alone, nor is her story unique to Honduras.

Across the Global South, mega hydroelectric projects are expanding — driven by governments and multinationals as a source of cheap energy, and branded by international institutions as a solution to poverty and the climate crisis.

But despite claims that they create clean energy, dams often have devastating impacts. They can displace communities, destroy the local social fabric and spiritual ties to land, lead to privatization of land and water, and generate food insecurity. Often used to power mining and fossil fuel extraction, they’re part of a system that damages the ecosystem and advances climate change.

Increasingly, communities throughout Latin America have been resisting these projects. Some have succeeded in protecting their territories in the face of violent repression. Yet when these groups go so far as to speak out about the root causes of the projects — corporate greed, unfettered capitalism, political impunity — they, like Berta, may be targeted and killed.

Megadams and Neoliberalism International development banks and transnational corporations are pushing an expansion of megahydroelectric dams at a rate never seen before. In Honduras, the Agua Zarca dam that Berta fought against is far from the only project: The Lenca people alone are facing the prospect of 17 dams being imposed within their territories.

This picture is being replicated across the region. In Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos’ master plan for the strategic use of the Magdalena River calls for adding 11 to 15 megadams to those already in operation. In Peru, former President Alan Garcia made the construction of 20 megadams along the Marañon River into a national priority with the signing of a single decree in 2011.

Overall, 829 hydroelectric projects were approved in South America during 2014, with a total investment of $22 billion.

The power and resource grab going on throughout Latin America has roots stretching back to Spanish colonization. The river Gualcarque — with its deep spiritual significance for the Lenca people — was famously defended against Spanish invaders by indigenous resistance leader and hero, El Lempira. Although the form has evolved, the struggle against powerful foreign forces in the region has continued to this day.

Conquering not with swords and horses but with a ruse of “corporate social responsibility” and marketbased mechanisms, the plunderers of the 21st century are bolstered by a deepening and globalized neoliberal agenda. The package of privatizations, deregulations, and loosening of restrictions on trade and finance prescribed under the “Washington Consensus” for global trade — widely implemented by institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in the 1990s — tipped the balance of power towards the interests of corporate global elites.

In Honduras, market-oriented principles reached a new extreme following the U.S.-backed military coup in 2009. The new de facto government immediately overhauled Honduras’ legal frameworks in a bid to create favorable conditions for foreign investment. In practice, the sweeping changes — ranging from enforcing

eminent domain to repealing laws preventing the construction of dams in protected areas — were intended to facilitate the rapid and cheap transfer of the country’s natural wealth into global markets.

Berta was highly critical of the coup and of the subsequent handover of the country’s wealth. “There are a projected 300 hydroelectric projects planned,” she said in a 2015 interview with El Tecolote. “We are a small country with many riches. To give 30 percent of the territory to the transnational mining companies is worse than the colonization of 500 years ago. And, they do it with impunity.”

The explosion in the number of megadams under construction in Latin America follows a decade-long hiatus in the World Bank’s hydroelectric strategy — a pause that was prompted by social protests.

After being rebranded as a “clean energy” solution to the climate crisis, however — a position amplified by industry representatives at the Paris climate talks last December — the megadam staged its comeback. Taking advantage of the new business opportunities created to respond to the climate crisis, corporations are now being effectively bankrolled by UN-sponsored market solutions such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

But mega hydroelectric projects are anything but clean.

In tropical regions like Honduras, they are a major source of the potent greenhouse gas methane. Moreover, mega hydroelectric facilitates the extraction of fossil fuels, such as coal and fracked gas, as well as other minerals. In Peru, as in Colombia and Brazil, mega hydroelectric dams are being brought online with the express intention of generating cheap energy for extractive industries.

This unprecedented expansion of mega hydroelectric power is increasingly generating resistance. Berta’s fight against dams is being repeated in community after community in Latin America.

Resistance in Rio Blanco To defend the territorial rights of indigenous and campesino people against logging and other extractive projects, Berta cofounded the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, or COPINH. For over 20 years, COPINH has been a major player in resisting Agua Zarca, and in 2015 Berta was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for her role in that effort.

COPINH and local communities have pursued formal routes of resistance against the dam. Yet their calls for prior, free, and informed consent as required by international law have not been heard. Cases brought to the Honduran courts denouncing the illegality of the dam were also not pursued. The imbalance of power between the industry and local communities is evident: While Agua Zarca’s backers benefit from police protection, the communities’ legal cases against the dam lapse. In these situations — a story repeated throughout Latin America — affected communities are left with little choice but to take direct action.

In 2013, defying a military lockdown of the area, the Rio Blanco community took a stand. They maintained a road blockade that prevented machinery from reaching the dam site for over a year.

In clashes with police and paramilitary guards hired by the corporation, Tómas Garcia was shot several times at close range by a soldier. Garcia died instantly, and his son was left injured. The activist’s assassination brought the number of deaths suffered by defenders against the Agua Zarca project to three.

In a video made for the Goldman Prize ceremony, Berta explained how Garcia’s death prompted increased local resistance during that conflict. The resistance prompted Chinese Sinohydro, the largest dam builder in the world, to pull out of the project. That accomplishment “cost us in blood,” Berta said. The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation also pulled its investment from Agua Zarca.

This was a temporary victory, however, because threats against the defenders failed to abate. In an interview with El Universo newspaper in 2015, Berta said: “I never doubted I would continue the struggle despite the threats; they even gave me more resolve. Today we are receiving death threats not only against me, but against other compañeros.”

With Latin America being the most dangerous region in the world for environmental defenders, Honduras tops the list.

rization, of violation of human rights, of transnationalization, of the turning over of the riches and sovereignty of the land to corporate capital, for it to privatize energy, the rivers, the land; for mining exploitation; for the creation of development zones.”

Publicly calling out the dirty politics, human rights abuses, impunity, and systemic drivers behind the dam made her even more of a threat to the powerful actors involved. Her supporters have no doubt that’s what led to her death.

“We know very well who murdered her,” COPINH said in a statement on March 3. Speaking of the Honduran government, corporations, and financial institutions backing the Agua Zarca dam, COPINH wrote, “their hands are stained with indigenous blood and with the blood of the Lenca people.” In a statement, her family concurred: “Her assassination is an attempt to end the struggle of the Lenca people against exploitation and dispossession of their territories.”

The repression in Honduras is the kind of backlash to resistance all local communities face as extractivism and mega hydro expands across Latin America.

Some examples will show the scope of these killings.

Before the 2014 climate talks in Lima, Peru, four indigenous environmental defenders in the Amazon were murdered for protecting their territory from illegal logging.

“Edwin Chota had received numerous death threats for his resistance to the criminal gangs who were gutting his community’s forests,” reports Global Witness, “but his appeals to the authorities were ignored.” The loggers are reputed to have connections to the government.

Similarly, indigenous tribes living in the area of the Belo Monte megadam in Brazil have been resisting the dam for decades. They’ve suffered threats of imprisonment, police violence and militarization of the area, killings of defenders, and sexual abuse. There have been a number of legal cases made against the dam that have gone nowhere.

And the megadam El Quimbo in Colombia has provoked strong resistance from local communities — who in response have faced assaults and arrests at protests, and violent evictions from their homes.

Accompanied by militarization, privatization of land and water, violence, and power imbalances in the judicial system, megadams are a symptom of a new form of colonization. The resistors who have died throughout Latin America have been doing the same thing Berta did: challenging the powerful.

The Fight Continues Opposition to dams isn’t only taking place in dispersed communities. It’s also spurred a global movement.

The effort officially began 19 years ago. On March 14, 1997, representatives of affected peoples from 20 countries assembled in Curitiba, Brazil to take part in the first International Meeting of People Affected by Dams. Recognizing a common struggle — one that transcended different economic and political contexts — activists decided that the Brazilian Day of Struggles Against Dams would be globalized. And so was born the International Day of Action for Rivers and Against Dams, held annually on March 14.

This new international platform aimed to make visible and to connect the diverse struggles taking place across the globe to protect rivers and the communities that depend upon them. But for those losing their homes and sovereignty to megadam expansion, these battles are fought not once a year, but on a daily basis.

The need for international action against megadams has been underscored by Berta Cáceres’ murder. Following her example, there’s an urgent need for global activists to continuously and vociferously denounce the mega hydroelectric dam complex — calling it out as a false solution to the climate crisis that it’s helping to drive. Berta not only put her body on the line to protect the rivers, lands, and communities she felt a part of. She also went beyond her own community struggle, relentlessly shining a light on the global dynamics of power that lay behind local injustices.

Like transnational corporations, resistance movements are strongest when they connect beyond fenceline struggles. Berta’s strength of resistance and international perspective posed a threat to a development paradigm based on the enrichment of global elites — so much so that the forces pushing that agenda felt it necessary to take her life.

But there can be no silencing of a movement. As those Challenging the Powerful celebrating Berta’s life cried just days after her murder, Berta’s resolve to continue resisting led to her voice be- “Berta lives, and the fight continues!” ing prominent on the international stage. In conversation As of this writing, Gustavo Castro Soto, the only witness with the Guardian in 2015, Berta asserted: to Berta’s murder (who himself suffered two gunshots) is still being held by Honduran authorities for questioning. Additionally, “The political, economic, and social situation in organizations and activists across the world are calling Honduras is getting worse, and there is an imposition of for an independent investigation into Berta’s murder and an end to the ongoing criminalization of members of the COPINH. a project of domination, of violent oppression, of milita-

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Unfortunately, a lot of people still believe that investing is a complicated thing--as if there’s one big secret to making money, and only those who figure it out get to be rich. In fact, the opposite is true.

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As these examples show, growth rates and interest rates compounded over many years can lead to spectacular results. That is probably why Albert Einstein once called compounding “the greatest mathematical discovery of all time.”

So, what’s your plan of action when it comes to managing your own money? Do you want to make your money work for you?

If so, investing is what you need to do.

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Govt hikes DA, DR by 6 percent New delHI, MarcH 23 (IaNS): The cabinet on Wednesday approved a 6 percent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners, effective from January 1.

The decision, over the existing rate of 119% of basic pay/ pension of the employees to compensate them for general price rise, was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This will benefit about 50 lakh government employees and 58 lakh pensioners, an official release said. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of DA and DR would be Rs.6,796.50 crore per annum and Rs.7,929.24 crore respectively in 2016-17 (for a period of 14 months from January 2016 to February 2017).

NHRC issues notice over journo arrest New delHI, MarcH 23 (IaNS): The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to the Chhattisgarh government in connection with the alleged wrongful detention and torture of a journalist who is a human rights activist. The state chief secretary and director general of police have been asked to submit a factual report in the matter within two weeks. According to the commission, journalist Prabhat Singh was picked up by policemen in plainclothes from his shop without notice or warning on March 21 evening. "He was taken to the Parpa police station, beaten up and tortured all night and even deprived of food and water," a commission statement said.

Indian missing in Brussels New delHI, MarcH 23 (PTI): An Infosys employee from Bengaluru has been missing in Brussels since the deadly terror attacks and the Indian Embassy in the Belgian capital was making efforts to locate him. The missing employee has been identified as Raghavendran Ganesh.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the Indian Embassy in Brussels was trying to trace Ganesh. "We are doing our best to locate Raghavendran Ganesh," Swaraj tweeted. Official sources said Ganesh is an Infosys employee and hails from Bengaluru. Two Jet Airways crew members -- Nidhi Chaphekar and Amit Motwanai -- were injured in yesterday's explosions at Brussels. Swaraj said government was coordinating with Jet airways to evacuate Indian citizens.

Police clampdown at Hyderabad varsity, situation remains tense

Hyderabad, MarcH 23 (IaNS): The University of Hyderabad remained tense on Wednesday as police imposed clampdown on the campus and student groups called for boycott of classes for four days to protest "police brutality".

Joint Action Committee (JAC) for Social Justice, an umbrella grouping of various student bodies, has given a call for boycott of classes to protest the arrest of students and police baton charge on them on Tuesday.

Police used force to disperse students who were protesting the return of Vice Chancellor P. Appa Rao. As many as 25 students and two faculty members were arrested on Tuesday.

Appa Rao, who had gone on leave after being named in First Information Report (FIR) relating to suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula in January, returned to the campus on Tuesday and resumed duties as the vice chancellor.

Demanding his immediate arrest and terming his return as "unacceptable", students had ransacked the vice chancellor's bungalow

‘Government flared up JNU issue to camouflage Rohith Vemula suicide’

Students of Hyderadad Central University are seen cooking food for themselves as the University Authority had allegedly closed down the messes, cut internet connection and water supply in this photo shared by some students in social media. (Photo Courtesy: Facebook)

on the campus.

Additional police forces, including personnel of paramilitary Rapid Action Force (RAF), were deployed on the campus to prevent further violence.

The security personnel closed the main gate and were not allowing outsiders and media persons into the campus.

The university administration has asked police not to allow leaders of political parties and student bodies

into the campus.

The university authorities also suspended classes till Saturday and closed the mess. Students complained that even drinking water and electricity supply to their hostel rooms was snapped.

Police also tightened the security in view of reports that Rohith Vemula's mother will be sitting on fast on the campus to protest Appa Rao's return.

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University (JNU) student leader Kanahiya Kumar is also set to visit Hyderabad University campus on Wednesday evening to meet Rohith's mother and brother.

JAC leaders said he will pay tributes to the Rohith at the memorial built on the campus and address the protesting students.

Police, however, said there is no permission for Kanahiya Kumar's visit and the meeting.

Hyderabad , MarcH 23 (PTI): JNU Students Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Wednesday alleged the government flared up the issue of JNU to divert people's attention from the Rohit Vemula's suicide issue and subsequent developments. Addressing a press conference after landing here this afternoon, Kumar, accompanied by local CPI leaders, said the fight will continue until the government brings "Rohit Act" to curb atrocities on the lines of Nirbhaya Act. "The government smartly made issues of JNU to keep Rohit Vemula's issue under carpet. But we all know that even if we are different, we are one when it comes to saving justice in the nation. That's why as soon as I came out jail, on behalf of JNUSU, I thought I would go to Hyderabad.

My first visit outside Delhi would be Hyderabad," he said.

He said Vemula's mother is like Bhagat Singh's mother in present circumstances. Kumar was scheduled to address a meeting on the campus this evening at the invitation of the Joint Action Committee for Social Justice, which had spearheaded an agitation earlier demanding "justice" for Dalit research scholar Vemula, who committed suicide in a hostel room at HCU on January 17. "Today, I will first meet Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika and his brother Raja. JAC has invited me to address a public meeting on HCU campus... If police allows me then I will definitely go to HCU and address the students," Kanhaiya told reporters at the Rajiv Gandhi International airport here.

"We have experience with JAC for various struggles and we will take this fight forward... This struggle will continue until 'Rohith Act' is implemented... to fulfil his (Rohith) dreams of social justice on the campus," he said. Earlier, HCU authorities categorically said they would not allow outsiders, including media and political party leaders, on the campus in view of the prevailing situation. Yesterday, HCU vice-chancellor Appa Rao Podile's official residence was vandalised by students and police had to baton charge another group during their protest against him resuming charge after a two-month leave in the wake of suicide by Vemula.

RSS unhappy at extravagant praise of Modi, okays nationalism plank New delHI, MarcH 22 (IaNS): The RSS has expressed its displeasure at BJP leaders describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "god's gift to India" in the recent national executive meeting while also suggesting the party go ahead with the issue of "nationalism" but add development to it, informed sources said on Tuesday.After the recent meeting of its Pratinidhi Sabha at Rajasthan's Nagaur, the RSS leaders on Tuesday held discussions with the top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders at Deendayal Shodh Sansthan. The meeting was convened to convey the outcomes of the meet to the BJP, said informed sources.

From the RSS, Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi, Krishna Gopal and Hindu devotees daubed in colours sing religious songs inside a temple during Holi celebrations in Ahmed- Dattatreya Hosabale attended while the BJP was represented abad on March 23. (REUTERS Photo)

by president Amit Shah, general secretary (organisation) Ramlal and vice president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe. Sources said that the RSS leaders expressed displeasure over the remarks made by union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu describing Modi as god's gift to the nation, and suggested the BJP leadership not encourage "individual worship" as "organisation" is supreme in the RSS. Naidu, while presenting political resolution on the last day of the national executive meeting on Sunday, dubbed Modi "god's gift to India" and a "messiah of the poor" and said India is recognised and respected everywhere because of him.

The RSS also supported BJP's move to go ahead with the issue of nationalism but also suggested the issue of

development be incorporated to it, sources said, adding it was of the view that nationalism and development are complementary to each other and the party should go ahead focussing both issues in upcoming assembly polls in five states.

The BJP and the RSS leaders also discussed issues related to the states of West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry where polls will begin next month.

They also took up the issue of forming a new government in Jammu and Kashmir with coalition partner Peoples Democratic Party - which was hanging fire after its leader Mehbooba Mufti sought certain assurances but now seems more possible following her "positive" meeting with Modi here on Tuesday.

According to sources, the issue of reservation also came up at the meet and BJP leaders requested the RSS leadership not to express its views publicly on reservation because it embarrasses them and the prime minister is required to clarify the party's position over the issue. The RSS had said that demands for reservation by the affluent sections of society only reflected deviation from the spirit of the constitution. Its views came in the wake of the recent pro-quota agitation by the Jat community in Haryana and the Patel community's agitation in Gujarat.In Haryana, the BJP has formed a committee under Naidu to look into the aspects of Jat reservation. The JNU row and the Rohit Vemula suicide case also figured in the meeting, the sources said.

WHO urges India to implement larger health warnings World's richest Hindu temple wants New delHI, MarcH 23 (reUTerS): India must implement rules on printing larger health warnings on cigarette and other tobacco packs, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, days after a parliamentary panel called for reduction in the proposed warnings size to protect the industry.

The government last year delayed implementation of new rules that asked manufacturers to cover 85 percent of a cigarette pack's surface in warnings, up from 20 per-

cent now, as the panel sought time to assess how the industry would be impacted.

While the health ministry later decided to implement the rules from April this year, the panel last week issued a report saying the size of warnings should be reduced to 50 percent in the interest of the industry and tobacco farmers.

Henk Bekedam, the WHO's India representative, said the current debate on reducing the size of tobacco health warnings in India was "worrisome".

"Any reduction in size of pack warnings will be a great setback for public health in the (Southeast Asia) region," said Bekedam, adding that larger pack warnings were a cost-effective way of reducing tobacco consumption.

Smoking kills about 1 million people in India each year, BMJ Global Health estimates.

The Canadian Cancer Society ranks India 136th out of 198 countries that use pack warnings to deter smokers, lagging nations such as Australia and

Thailand that top the list.

The parliamentary panel's report is not binding on the government but lawmakers have the political clout to influence decisions, as is evident from last year's delays in implementing the rules. Activists fear the report will again risk delaying adoption of stiffer warnings on the packs.

The Tobacco Institute of India, an industry lobby that has called the new rules drastic and impractical, has called the panel's latest recommendations "excessive".

Sheena case: Bail hearing Government working on adjourned till March 31 aptitude test for students MUMbaI, MarcH 23 (PTI): A special CBI court today adjourned the hearing on the bail application of Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, till March 31.

43-year-old Indrani had moved an application last month seeking bail on medical grounds, saying that she was suffering from frequent "blackouts".

When the matter came up for hearing today, her lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani argued that the statement of eight doctors panel submitted on February 21-22, was as per the medical report of January and not her "subsequent deteriorating condition".

He stated that Indrani's problems were not getting resolved which is a cause of concern and appealed for examination of her latest health condition.

Following the arguments, Judge H S Mahajan, adjourned the hearing till March 31.

In her 17-page bail plea, the former media executive said that her medical condition is deteriorating and she has lost 18 kilograms in 4 months.

Last year, on November 19, Peter Mukerjea, husband of Indrani, was also arrested for his alleged role in the murder case. He has been kept at the high-security Arthur Road Jail here where Khanna and Rai are also lodged.

24-year-old Sheena, daughter of Indrani from an earlier relationship, was allegedly strangled in a car and her body burnt and dumped in a forest in Raigad, about 84 kms from here in April 2012.

New delHI, MarcH 23 (PTI): The HRD Ministry is developing an aptitude test which will help school students assess their areas of interest so that they can choose and pursue the right courses.

The ministry has formed a task force comprising officials of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and psychometric experts for developing a "prototype" of this proposed assessment test, official sources told PTI. At present, the team of experts is working on creating the items and content for a test for Class IX, they said.

"Experts from CBSE, NCERT and other bodies are working under the larger umbrella of the HRD Ministry to create a prototype of the psychometric test for Class IX exam.

Initially, this voluntary test may be carried out in a few areas and based on the feedback, the ministry may expand it in conjunction with state governments," a senior official said.

In a meeting of senior HRD Ministry officials last month, Secretary (School Education and Literacy) S C Khuntia is learnt to have reviewed preparations for the aptitude test.

The sources said that the exercise is right now in "preliminary" stages and the general thinking is that this test will be optional in nature and would be an additional tool available to students for making the right choice.

The Smriti Irani-led ministry is, however, also examining the possibility of providing certificates to students after the test.

When contacted, CBSE spokesperson Rama Sharma said that CBSE had conducted aptitude assessment exercises in the past.

It is learnt that the HRD Ministry is deliberating on several ideas related to improving the school education in the country in conjunction with state governments.

Among the ideas deliberated upon in the meeting last month was the possibility of creating a separate cadre of principals and head masters for better management of schools.

gold rather than cash under scheme

New delHI/MUMbaI, MarcH 23 (reUTerS): The world's richest Hindu temple is asking to be repaid in gold for longer-term deposits it makes under the Indian government's monetisation scheme in order to make the plan more attractive to the temples that are sitting on thousands of tonnes of the metal.

The Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, popularly known as the Tirupati, has requested repayment of their deposits of longer than three years under the Gold Monetisation Scheme in the metal rather than cash, D. Sambasiva Rao, the executive director of the temple operator Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) told Reuters on Wednesday.

TTD's participation in the gold scheme is crucial to its success since the temple in Andhra Pradesh holds 7 tonnes of the metal, equivalent to about $277 million at current prices. However, Tirupati and other temples around India are reluctant to part with the gold forever because of its religious and emotional significance.

"We wrote to the government to change certain conditions in the scheme and offer principal and interest in the form of gold for medium-term and long-term deposits," Rao said, referring to deposits for between five and 15 years.

"The changes will make the scheme attractive for all the temples in the country," he said.

India is the world's secondbiggest consumer of gold after China and imports accounted for about a quarter of India's trade deficit in the year ending

A worker at a jewellery showroom displays gold idols of Hindu elephant god Ganesh (L) and Hindu goddess Lakshmi in Kolkata. (REUTERS File Photo)

March 2015.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year launched the Gold Monetisation Scheme to mobilise gold stashed with individuals, institutions and rich temples for recycling and to reduce imports. The scheme has garnered about 3 tonnes of gold in four months out of a national hoard of over 20,000 tonnes.

Seeking divine blessings, devotees have offered billions of dollars worth of jewellery, bars and coins to temples over the centuries.

TTD last month deposited 1.3 tonnes of gold with state-run Punjab National Bank at a rate of 1.75 percent for three years, Rao said, as some of its deposits under previous monetisation schemes have matured.

The temple will deposit another 1.4 tonnes in a fortnight at 1.25 percent with Indian Overseas Bank as most of the gold is raw and the bank will spend to refine it, he added.

The 200-year-old Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple in Mumbai said it will deposit 44 kg of gold with a bank by the end of the month for recycling, choosing a short-term plan rather than a longer scheme that does not pay back in gold, said Narendra Murari Rane, chairman of the trust for the temple.

"We want returns in gold because if the prices of gold go higher than the monetary benefit that we will get, then devotees will blame us for depositing the gold at a cheaper rate," Rane said in Marathi.

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Belgium identifies Brussels airport attackers BRUSSELS, MaRch 23 (REUtERS): Belgian police have identified a prime suspect in Tuesday’s Brussels blasts and two suspected suicide bombers, linking them directly to Islamic State militants behind last November’s Paris attacks, Belgian media reported on Wednesday.

Najim Laachraoui, 25, is believed to be the man seen on CCTV pushing a baggage trolley alongside the bombers and then running out of the Brussels airport terminal.

Earlier some media reported that he had been captured in the Brussels borough of Anderlecht, but they later said the person detained was not Laachraoui.

The death toll in the attacks on the Belgian capital, home to the European Union and NATO, rose to at least 31 with some 260 wounded, Health Minister Maggie De Block said on VRT television. It could rise further because some of the bomb victims at Maelbeek metro station were blown to pieces and victims are hard to identify.

a raid last week. He is also believed to have rented a safe house in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi used to mount last November’s Paris attacks.

The Syrian-based Islamist group claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attacks, four days after Abdeslam’s arrest in Brussels, warning of “black days” for those fighting it in Syria and Iraq. Belgian warplanes have joined the coalition in the Middle East, but Brussels has long been a centre of Islamist militancy.

This CCTV image from the Brussels Airport surveillance cameras made available by Belgian Police, shows what officials believe may be suspects in the Brussels airport attack on March 22. (REUTERS Photo)

One of the suspects seen on CCTV pushing baggage trolleys at Brussels airport just before the explosions was identified as Brahim El Bakraoui, public broadcaster RTBF reported. It said his brother,

Khalid, blew himself up on the metro train.

Both had criminal records for armed robbery but had not previously been linked by investigators to Islamist militants.

Laachraoui is wanted in

connection with the Paris attacks. His DNA was found on at least two explosives belts used in those attacks and at a Brussels hideout used last week by prime Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam, who was arrested

last Friday after a shoot-out with police.

RTBF said Khalid El Bakraoui had rented under a false name the apartment in the city’s Forest borough, where police hunting Abdeslam killed a gunman in

SECURITY REVIEW The attacks sent shockwaves across Europe and around the world, with authorities racing to review security at airports and on public transport, and rekindled debate about European security cooperation and police methods.

Prime Minister Charles Michel cancelled a trip to China and convened his inner cabinet to discuss security. Belgium observed a nationwide minute’s silence at noon (1100 GMT).

King Philippe, the premier and European Commis-

sion President Jean-Claude Juncker attended a memorial event at Commission headquarters.

More than 1,000 people gathered around an improvised shrine with candles and street paintings outside the Brussels bourse.

The Brussels blasts fuelled political debate across the globe about how to combat militants. “We can and we will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around the world,” said U.S. PresidentBarack Obama.

Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination to succeed Obama in November’s U.S. election, suggested suspects could be tortured to avert such attacks.

Police searched an apartment in the northern Brussels borough of Schaerbeek late into the night, finding another bomb, an Islamic State flag and bomb-making chemicals.

Local media said authorities had followed a tip from a taxidriver who may have driven the bombers to the airport.

An unused explosive

device was later found at the airport and a man wearing a light-coloured jacket and a hat, believed to be Laachraoui, was seen running away from the terminal after the explosions.

Reviving arguments over Belgian policies following the Paris attacks, in which 130 people were killed in an operation apparently organised from Brussels, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin spoke of “naiveté” on the part of “certain leaders” in holding back from security crackdowns on Muslim communities.

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders retorted that each country should look to its own social problems, saying France too had rough high-rise suburbs in which militants had become radicalised.

Life began to return to normal in Brussels on Wednesday, with some public transport working and cars returning to the European district, but the metro system remained closed and the airport was still shut to travellers.

Myanmar to push for rural development How Bhutan tackles violence against women naYPYItaW, MaRch 23 (REUtERS): Myanmar’s first freely elected cabinet in more than half a century will focus on income equality, rural development and boosting budget revenue, the finance minister-elect said in his first interview since being picked for the job.

Democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi’s party on Tuesday announced the make up of its cabinet, which officially takes power on April 1. It is led by president-elect Htin Kyaw, a confidant hand-picked by Suu Kyi because the junta-drafted constitution bars her from the presidency.

Before his appointment to lead the Ministry of Planning and Finance, Kyaw Win, 68, had served as a lawmaker in Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), which won a historic election in November.

The former finance ministry official holds degrees in economics and has advised the NLD on economic policy for the last two years.

“If we check income distribution, most of it goes to a small number of people,” said Kyaw Win, adding that looking only at a country’s gross domestic product (GDP) was not the right way to assess its economic health or otherwise.

“Seventy percent of the population live in rural areas. These people are poor, and do not have enough income. So they are our first priority,” Kyaw Win told Reuters

in an interview. He called agriculture the “lifeblood” of the countryside and pledged to focus on improving electricity and transportation in rural areas.

The minister-elect cut an unassuming figure, sporting a grey polo shirt and a dark Burmese sarong as he sat in a modest room at the government guesthouse.

Kyaw Win faces the daunting task of improving the finances of a country which, for five decades, was beset by wayward policy decisions and scant foreign investment under a junta that stifled economic reform.

The military regime handed over to a semi-civilian government in 2011, which ushered in a series of economic and political reforms. The International Monetary Fund cautioned Myanmar in September that without reforms, which could lower growth in the short term, the country risked a run on its foreign exchange reserves, which cover just three months of imports, and a burgeoning fiscal deficit.

Kyaw Win said that rather than looking for savings through tax hikes, the NLD would try to close loopholes to boost budget revenue. “People think we will increase taxes, but that’s not true. We will try to find gaps and fix them without increasing taxes,” he said. Echoing Suu Kyi’s tough stance during the election campaign, Kyaw Win said the government would also focus on corruption.

thIMPhU, MaRch 23 (thoMSon REUtERS FoUndatIon): Sonam Zangmo endured abuse at the hands of her husband for two years before finally walking out on him after the birth of her daughter.

“He used to lay his hands on me at every opportunity,” said the 28-year-old Bhutanese woman, who is now bringing up her daughter, 6, alone.

She is happier as a single parent, she says, even though she earns just $100 a month working at a resort in Bumthang district in central Bhutan, popular for its ancient Buddhist temples and monasteries. “There were no better options,” said Zangmo. “I want my daughter to have a good life.”

But without drastic changes in attitudes towards women in the tiny Himalayan nation wedged between China and India, it is likely her daughter will also suffer domestic abuse.

A national health survey in 2012 revealed 74%

of women in the majority Buddhist country had been victims of physical violence.

Another survey from Bhutan’s National Statistics Bureau revealed that 68 percent of Bhutanese women believe a man is justified in beating his wife if she neglects the children, argues with her husband, refuses sex or burns the dinner.

The findings were a wake-up call in a society that enshrines non-discrimination in its constitution, and through its Gross National Happiness Commission prioritises the happiness of its citizens, taking into account factors other than economic well-being. “It is surprising and shocking,” said Karma Tshiteem, secretary of the happiness commission, formed in 2008. “The attitude is totally inconsistent with Buddhist teachings.”

Another victim of violence at home, retired schoolteacher Mewang Zam, 49, left her husband after 20 years of marriage. Her husband was a jobless alcoholic and would hit her and

her children regularly. She decided to throw him out one night after he threatened to beat her with an iron rod.

“I lived with him in the hope he would change but he never did,” said Zam who now lives with her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren in the capital, Thimphu. Her husband has tried to convince her to take him back but she has refused.

‘FUTURE OF OUR DAUGHTERS’ Since the non-governmental organisation Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women (RENEW) was established in 2004, more than 4,000 cases of gender-based violence have been reported.

But many more go unreported in the country of around 780,000 people.

RENEW’s more than 2,400 volunteers work across the mountainous kingdom to raise awareness and offer information about domestic violence and sexual health, and provide sup-

port and shelter to families who have suffered abuse.

“Violence against women is a serious health, mental and human rights issue,” said 28-year-old Rinzin Lhamo, a teacher who works as a RENEW volunteer in the commercial hub, Phuentsholing. Apart from giving counselling and providing protection, Lhamo teaches victims of domestic violence tailoring, baking and bamboo basket-making to boost their incomes.

The NGO says it receives half a dozen complaints of violence against women every day, due to growing awareness of the problem.

It deals with cases of assault, sexual harassment, child labour, sexual exploitation, physical abuse and rape.

In 2014 alone, RENEW referred more than 50 cases to the high court, and the group currently houses 132 domestic violence victims in shelters.

“Many women know about the service we provide, and many are coming forward,” said RENEW’s di-

rector, Pema Gyelsten.

He said the most common complaints are physical abuse, including wife and maid battery, followed by emotional abuse, neglect, abandonment and extra-marital affairs.

The National Commission for Women and Children and the women and child protection unit of the Bhutan police, established in 2007, have introduced an emergency number for reporting violence.

Speaking at an International Women’s Day event in Phuentsholing this month, the queen mother Sangay Choden Wangchuck, founder of RENEW, told the audience: “It is your duty to show and tell your sons that women deserve respect and love and should never be abused.”

The influential mother of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck said sexual and gender-based violence were on the rise in Bhutan, with children bearing the brunt of the abuse.

David Bowie dubbed Lorde the ‘Future Of Music’ Niall Horan launches golfing charity event

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he Royals star earned praise for her tribute to the late icon at last month’s Brit Awards, where she took the stage to cover his track Life on Mars?. She was joined by Bowie’s touring band, which included the legend’s longtime collaborator Mike Garson, who recently revealed in a question-and-answer session on live video app Periscope that Bowie adored the 19-year-old New Zealand native.

“David really liked Lorde, and he felt like she was the future of music, and they had a few wonderful moments together,” Garson said in the video. “She was the perfect choice (for the BRITs tribute). Some of David’s family members and David’s manage-

ment had some suggestions she’d be the right one.

They wanted to bring the next generation in. It was an amazing, momentous

experience, and she really did justice to him.”

Garson added that Lorde was especially frightened of the performance

to David, she couldn’t have gotten through it.”

Lorde previously admitted she felt out of her comfort zone during the performance, but it took reminding herself that the tribute was all for Bowie to get her through.

“S u c h a n h o n our getting to perform #BRITs2016 paying tribute to my hero,” Lorde wrote on Twitter.com. “I was so nervous in the wings, and then i whispered to myself ‘just sing it to David”, and nothing else mattered.”

Lorde’s cover was even well-received by Bowie’s son Duncan Jones, who praised the set, tweeting, “Finally found the links to tonight’s Brits. Just... beautiful. Thank you.”

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he One Direction star and keen golfer has teamed up his good friend, English professional Justin Rose, to create the Horan & Rose Event, which will raise money for Cancer Research UK Kids and Teens. Celebrities will be partnered with professionals at a pro-am tournament on 30 May following a fundraising gala dinner on 29 May. “I’m thrilled to team up with Justin to host our first Horan & Rose Gala event,” Niall says in a statement. “It’ll be great to raise as much money as possible for Cancer Research UK Kids and teens, a charity I feel very strongly about. As a golf fanatic teaming up with Justin, a major winner, Ryder cup hero and a great friend, is just so exciting. I can’t wait for this two day event”.

On 29 May, Niall and Justin will hold the dinner at a secret location in London.

Guests will be entertained by singer Olly because she wanted to Murs, enjoy food by celebrity chef Jamie honour Bowie in the right Oliver and the evening will be hosted by way. He said, “She was so UK presenters Kirsty Gallagher and Gabby nervous. She actually said Logan. if she didn’t sing the song “Niall and I are delighted to host this joint event in aid of CRUK kids and teens,” Justin adds. “Teaming up with my good friend Niall is exciting, Niall is helping bring the game of golf to a brand new audience which will only help encourage up a golf management company to seek more young people to take up the game. out new UK sports talent with One DirecIt’s set to be a great couple of days”. Niall tion management Modest!

Magistrate court acquitted Preity Zinta in a cheque- confirmed in February that he was setting Source: Yahoo7news bounce case filed against her by Bollywood scriptwriter and director Abbas Tyrewala. Zinta was accused of not honouring a payment of Rs 18 lakh 3 years ago.

The dispute dates back to 2013, when Tyrewala had been commissioned by Zinta’s production house to write dialogues for her film Ishq In Paris.

Tyrewala had been promised Rs 18.9 lakh if the dialogues, meant as a voiceover, were used in the film. Tyrewala, according to Zinta’s lawyer, had been handed a blank cheque with NOW SHOWING instructions only to encash it if his delivery of the assignment was made in time and the work became part of the film. “But stop-payment instructions were issued and Tyrewala filed a case of dishonouring a cheque payment at the Andheri MagPlaTinuM - `320 istrate Court,” said advocate Hitesh Jain, who represented ZinGold - `150 ta. “The notice was faulty, it named my client as an accused in her capacity as a partner with the firm. But the complaint only SilveR - `80 named her and not the company,” he said.

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nand L Rai has not worked with any Bollywood superstars in past, but now when he has Shah Rukh Khan on board for his next project, the filmmaker is thrilled and all geared up for it. The 44-year-old director. “He is a gutsy actor. He always takes challenges. It is a delight to have him in the film. We both

process. Shah Rukh is a very intelligent man. He makes you feel so important and responsible so it is fun to work with him. He was very happy to hear the story,” Rai told PTI. The 50-year-old star will be seen in the role of a dwarf in the interesting love story and the director is planning to serve a decent dose of songs in the film. “It (story) sounds it is just about a dwarf but it is much more than that. It is a much taller film. It is a very entertaining and interesting love story. I will be fool if I have Shah Rukh Khan in my film and have no romance and songs,” he said.

The filmmaker is yet to finalise the lead actress for the movie.

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NBA: Lakers hold off Grizzlies I 107-100, snap 4-game skid

Fly-Overs: Possible solution for Kohima

LOS ANGELES, MArch 23 (AP): One last time, Kobe Bryant backed down Tony Allen, talked friendly trash with Matt Barnes and reminisced with old AAU teammate Vince Carter.

By the final minutes, Kobe was watching them all from the bench while the young Los Angeles Lakers closed out an unlikely win.

Jordan Clarkson scored 22 points, Brandon Bass got eight of his 18 in the fourth quarter and the Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 107-100 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.

Bryant scored 12 of his 20 points in the third quarter, but the superstar sat out the final 4:20 because coach Byron Scott wanted "to see what these guys can do."

Bryant was curious himself, and he wasn't disappointed.

"I thought they played hard," Bryant said of the young group. "I think it's time for them to make that jump. Now it's time to really lock in on those details."

Even with D'Angelo Russell sidelined by a bruised shin, Clarkson led Los Angeles smoothly past the playoff-bound Grizzlies, who had won the clubs' first three meetings of the season. The Western Conference-worst Lakers wrapped up an eight-game

Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes to the basket against the Memphis Grizzlies on March 22 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)

homestand with three wins, beating contenders Golden State and Memphis.

"We were moving the ball, but a lot of it started on the defensive end," Clarkson said. "We just stuck to the game plan."

Allen made all 12 of his shots while scoring 27 points for the Grizzlies, who rallied to win in Phoe-

day night.

Westbrook has 15 tripledoubles this season and 34 in his career. It's the most triple-doubles by a player in a season since 1988-89, when Magic Johnson had 17 and Michael Jordan had 15.

It was also Westbrook's sixth triple-double in March. According to STATS, it's the most by a

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Silver Cup: Hornbills ‘B’, Diphu and Missionshires enter semifinals Our Correspondent Kohima | March 23

Kohima Hornbills ‘B’, Diphu XI and Missionshires today confirmed their semi-final berths in the 7th Silver Cup T-20 Cricket Tournament being held at Jakhama Ground.

In the first match of the day, Kohima Hornbills ‘B’ defeated Street Boys Wokha by 130 runs. Batting first, Hornbills ‘B’ set a huge target of 195 runs losing 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, Street Boys were bundled out for just 44 runs in 17.5 overs. Sandeep Paul was adjudged the man of the match for his contribution of 55 runs and 3 wickets.

Diphu XI overcame Kohima Hornbills by 9 wickets in the second match. Kohima Hornbills electing to bat had managed to score 89 runs in 18.4 overs with Toluto contributing 48 runs. Diphu bowlers Babu Deka and Aman claimed 4 and 3 wickets each.

Diphu XI achieved the target in just 8.4 overs and losing one wicket. Babu Deka was declared man of the match.

In the third match of the day, Missionshires Kohima defeated strong contenders Sparks Cricket Club Dimapur by one wicket in an excitingly close match. Sparks electing to bat had managed just 96 runs in 18.5 overs with Missionshires bowler Wapang claiming 3 wickets. The run chase was no easy ride though as tight fielding set up and excellent bowling by Sparks CC troubled the Missionshires batsmen. However, Missionshires seemingly did enough as they emerged winners in the last ball of the innings. Kiebeuding was declared man of the match.

March 24 matches (Semifinal): Bluestar Dimpaur vs Diphu XI @ 9am Missionshires Kohima vs Kohima Hornbills ‘B’ @ 12:30pm

nix on Monday night.

Zach Randolph and Lance Stephenson added 16 points apiece for the Grizzlies.

THUNDER 111, ROCKETS 107 Russell Westbrook had 21 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds to help the Thunder beat the Houston Rockets 111-107 on Tues-

player in a calendar month since Jordan had seven in April 1989. It was his third in a row and fourth in his past five games.

Kevin Durant scored 23 points and Dion Waiters added 17 to help the Thunder win their fifth straight.

James Harden had 24 points, a career-high 16 assists and seven rebounds for the Rockets. Dwight Howard had 16 points and 13 rebounds and Patrick Beverley added 16 points.

HEAT 113, PELICANS 99 Hassan Whiteside had 24 points, 14 and three blocked shots to lead Miami past injury-ravaged New Orleans.

Dwyane Wade and Goran Dragic each scored 23 points for the Heat, who've won nine of 12 games to put Miami in position to grab a playoff seeding as high as third in the Eastern Conference.

Jrue Holiday scored 24 for New Orleans, but missed 16 of his 23 shots.

His shooting struggles against Miami's stout defense was part of a theme for New Orleans, which shot only 39.1 percent (34 of 87) for the game.

Luke Babbitt scored a season-high 23 points for the Pelicans, who trailed by double digits for much of the game before briefly getting as close as five points in the fourth quarter.

KOhiMA, MArch 23 (MExN): Upper L. Khel Riders, P. Khel Eagles and Zienuobadze Highflyers won their respective matches on Wednesday at the 3rd 10-Northern Angami T20 Bash being held at Kohima Village Ground, Ziekezou.

Riders defeated RS Challengers by 90 runs while Eagles defeated Tsütuo Knights by 18 runs.

Meanwhile, the match between Zienuobadze Highflyers and Peraciezie Royals, which was reduced to 15 overs a side, saw Highflyers

Royals - 151/5 in 15 overs [Amali 47, Renchamo 24; Dito 3/33, Results: Dzuzie 2/27] Riders - 190/6 in 20 overs [Da- Highflyers - 153/5 in 15 overs [Tali vis 85, Imli 32; Imlitemjen 3/54, 36, Wobenthung 37*] Neipfelie 2/39] Man of the match - Wobenthung.

Challengers - 100 all out. [Dziesesatuo 19; Keneithozo 3/19] March 24 Matches: Man of the match - Davis.

Kenuozou Wolves vs Chede StrikEagles - 158/6 in 20 overs [Jochim ers @ 7am 44, Moni 30; Keviselhou 2/16] Middle Bayavü Lions vs D. Khel Knights - 140/5 in 20 overs United @ 10:30am [Diethozo 71, Keviselhou 27] Mission Dukes vs North Block Man of the match - Jochim.

Warriors @ 2pm win by 6 wickets.

Moeen cameo keeps England in World T20 semi-final hunt

NEw DELhi, MArch 23 (AFP): Moeen Ali's timely cameo helped England overcome a spirited Afghanistan by 15 runs but only after surviving a scare against the minnows at the World Twenty20 in New Delhi Wednesday.

The result confirms that Asghar Stanikzai's side is out of the hunt for a semi-final spot after three straight losses in the Super 10 stage. An unbroken 57-run eighth wicket partership between Ali and David Willey (20) made sure England kept their winning momentum going and keep their hopes alive for a place in the last four.

But the Afghan slow bowlers made England sweat on a hot and sunny afternoon in the Indian capital to reduce them to 85-7.

It was hard to imagine it was the same English batting team that had pulled off a record chase against South Africa last Friday.

Stanikzai gave the new ball to Amir Hamza and the left-arm spinner did not disappoint, snaring dashing opener Jason Roy in the third over.

James Vince, who came into the side in place of the injured Alex Hales, then tried to counter-attack along with in-form Joe Root.

But veteran off-spinner Mohammad Nabi's introduction reaped immediate rewards.

Vince was caught and bowled while captain Eoin Morgan was out for a golden duck, putting Nabi on a hat-trick. Ben Stokes denied Nabi his third strike in as many balls.

But Root's run-out in the same over spelt big trouble for England.

With the batting in disarray, leg-spinners Rashid Khan and Samiullah Shenwari also joined the party to remind England of their humiliating 2014 World T20 exit when they lost to the Netherlands.

But Ali's 33-ball knock, which was laced with four boundaries and a six, knocked some of the gloss off the Afghan figures. Willey also got stuck into Hamza's left-arm spin as the duo managed to score 25 runs in the penultimate over.

Afghanistan's chase was dealt a severe blow after destructive

opener Mohammad Shahzad (four) was trapped lbw off David Willey with the third ball of the innings.

Willey and new-ball partner Chris Jordan kept up the pressure, with dangermen Stanikzai (1) and Gulbadin Naib (0) dismissed.

The minnows slipped further after spin was introduced as Moeen and Adil Rashid struck to give Afghanistan a taste of their own medicine.

The Afghans were never in the mix after being reduced to 39-5 as England gained control.

Leg-spinner Rashid soon got another scalp in Mohammad Nabi and Afghanistan's journey in their fourth World T20 appearance was all but over.

Shenwari (22) and Shafiqullah (35 not out) tried to breathe some life into the chase with a few lusty blows but could do little to alter the outcome.

England are second in the Super 10 group table after two straight wins, while Afghanistan remain bottom of the heap.

Letter to Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland

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irst of all I would like to Congratulate you and your esteemed department for making an effort to clean the Electoral Roll of our State which is the genesis of all corruption and Ills of our State.

The programme to invites all stake holders including Tribal Hoho’s and NGO’s on 1st April 2016 to discuss ways and means to clean our electoral roll of various ills and anomalies is a much welcome step by you and your department.

However to our utter dismay and surprise, the omission of Tribal Hoho’s like from the minority Tribe like KUKI, KACHARI, GARO & Karbi/Mikirs in such crucial meeting makes the Indigenous Tribes of Nagaland who at one

time use to represent 3-4 constituency before the corruption of our Electoral Roll system, a very alien and unwanted in the Democratic process as enshrined as RIGHTS by our Constitution.

The marginalization’s of this minority Tribes of Nagaland started with the dubious and multiple entry of electoral roll from different district who has manage under the nose of the Law to register themselves in multiple places and the failure of the Election offices has trembled upon the Rights of this Minority Tribes and thereby making them minority in once their dominance Constituencies.

The attempt to marginalized this Minority Tribal people and the silence of the CEO office to check

such dubious and corrupt practices of Multiple entries from different district as well as from other States is nothing but clear Violation of our and other Law abiding Citizens Rights conferred by our Constitution of India of Right to Equality.

The multiple entries of people in various within and other Constituencies is a VIOLATION of various laws under the Representation of People Acts but also amount to CHEATING and INPERSANATIONs under the Indian Penal Code thereby It also violates the Right to Equality as Fundamental Right Violation.

The CEO and its office is thereby requested to CLEAN the Electoral roll without any Fears and

whims, without any Prejudices and Discriminations where the effort should go on far footing to give the Principle of Fairness and protect the Right to Equality and Right to Equal Opportunities to elect the best leaders to lead the State of Nagaland.

The CEO office is humbly prayed to invite the Constitutionally recognized Minority Tribes of Nagaland and very much relevant Social Reformer movement like the ACAUT in such serious and crucial meeting to determine our Constitution Given Rights to participate in an Election to elect our leaders of our State.

K. Lun Tungnung, Convenor, Indigenous Minority Tribes Of Nagaland (IMTN).

n the second round of competitions for Smart City Mission (SCM) and the fast tract category, Kohima, the state capital has been selected among the 15 cities which is pretty pleasing news. But so far, the proposals and strategies specified from different angles by the citizens seem to be inapt for the Mission because of the landownershipissueshindering the development. That’s the sad part!

As we see it, the land in Kohima town is quite meagre and it cannot be developed to its full potentiality if the people are unwilling to forgo their land. Moreover, the widening of traffic lanes will incur multiple problems to the Mission as compensation levied uponthe concerned Project will

be too heavy. So, this idea of lane-widening in town is not a very good idea to bring about the smart development in the city.

Therefore, to make Kohima a Smart city, the Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) can propose to come up with flyovers in the town so that there can be less compensations and more concrete works putin the construction of flyovers. The flyovers can be constructed with new technologies with noise and dust barriersat different important locations/junctions.

These will actually relieve and help in the decongestion of traffic movement in Kohima town.

Vebu Khamo, Kohima Bible College.

WORLD TB DAY 2016 THEME “UNITE TO END TB”

What is Tuberculosis?

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs, caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (active TB bacteria) and caused serious illness. It is possible to get TB disease shortly after the bacteria enter the body if body defenses are weak. It is also possible, even after many years,for inactive TB bacteria to become active when body defenses are weakened. This may be due to aging,a serious illness, drug or alcohol abuse, or HIV infection(the virus that caused AIDS).

When defenses are weakened and inactive TB bacteria become active,the bacteria can then break out of the walls, begin multiplying and damage the lungs or other organs.If people with TB disease do not take the drugs, they can become seriously ill,and may even die. But people with TB can be cured, if they have proper medical treatment and take their medication as prescribed.

Signs and symptoms of TB. • Persistent cough since two weeks • Pain in the chest.

• Coughing up blood with sputum • Weakness or fatigue • Weight loss • Loss of appetite • Fever and sweating at night.

World TB Day is observed globally on 24 March every year. The day presents an opportunity to mobilize political and social commitment for the fight against tuberculosis (TB), one of the world’s top infectious disease killers.

The Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) has treated over 15 million patients and saved an additional three million lives. The cure rates under RNTCP

have consistently been above 85% and the TB Millennium Development Goals with respect to prevalence and mortality have been achieved. However, India continues to account for 23% of the global TB burden, as per the World TB Report 2015.

Each year, about 2.2 million people develop TB in India and an estimated 220,000 people die from the disease.Clearly, we all need to do more.

Policymakers, Administrators, RNTCP programme managers/staff and health workers across the country have shown a high degree of dedication and commitment in working towards making India TB free. It is important to highlight the threat posed by TB and MDR-TB and understand the fact that there is an urgent need to involve everyone in the fight against TB. This World TB Day, people from a wide cross section of the society along with TB programme managers and frontline health care providers will make a call to ensure that everyone suffering from TB has access to adequate TB care, including diagnosis, treatment and cure. We need to renew our commitment to reach each TB patient in the community through sustained efforts and out of the box thinking for active case finding and innovative ways of delivering services with active interventions for people affected by TB in the most vulnerable groups. Efforts must also be made to broaden the spectrum of supporters by engaging with partners in tobacco, nutrition, diabetes and others as well as nonmedical partners to include social development, urban planning and the private sector.

Dr.K.T Lotha, State TB Officer (RNTCP), Directorate of Health &Family Welfare Nagaland: Kohima

The opaque political agenda

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he agenda of the political negotiation between GOI and NSCN(IM) is opaque to many of the rest of the stakeholders. Except the negotiating parties, the rest are kept in the dark about the points of negotiation. All those who are not on board of negotiation are left with the option of speculation and not beyond. Somebody brands the negotiation to be non-transparent. Indeed, Nagas are confused too, because of the fact that there had been claims followed by refutations between negotiators. For instance, to GOI, integration and sovereignty are not negotiable.

But to NSCN(IM), solution is ‘ruled out’ ‘without Naga integration and sovereignty’ as quoted from Nagaland Page dated 16.3.2016. NSCN(IM) claimed that separate flag for Nagas is one of the points and the next day, the Interlocutor, RN Ravi denied to have discussed about it.

On the other hand, the option of either to confide with other stakeholders on the agenda by negotiators is at their disposal. Except raising concern for the issue of unity on the periphery by concerned individuals and groups, none attempted to use imposition on anyone.

This option has bothered FNR to come out with statement that the ongoing political negotiation is ‘characterized only as Indo-NSCN(IM),(and) not an Indo-Naga settlement’. What FNR visualized is the ground reality. The option is everybody’s liberty and right. To keep the agenda concealed from the other stakeholders by negotiators is their convenient option, so is the option of the other stakeholders to stay away from it too. The option in question is the old ‘German Wall’ between Naga groups.

Meanwhile, Nagaland Congress blamed Govt. of Nagaland of talking about political negotiation without having knowledge on solution. Yet, it is irrational to conclude that 60 MLAs of NLA do not have an iota of idea about agenda for solution. Nagaland Page dated 16.3.2016 disclosed that ‘It was also understood that the State (Nagaland) Government was briefed about the points of negotiation. But the Government is not willing to disclose the contents of the negotiation despite demand from certain quarters including militant groups’. A week has passed since this news was brought to light, and Nagaland Govt. remains silent. Meaning that the facilitator, the Govt. of Nagaland, has the

knowledge of the contents of the agenda.

Whereas, even in the ‘consultative meet’ on 9.3.2016 at Police Complex, Chumukedima between Legislators and few Naga Political Groups, the Parliamentary Working Committee (PWC) reportedly acted ignorant of the contents of the agenda. Whereas, after a week of the said meeting, Nagaland Page splashed the news that State Govt was briefed already on the agenda. It is for anyone to speculate as to whether State Govt. was apprised of it prior to ‘consultative meet’ and yet decided to act slyly or given briefing after the meeting.

For the sake of a genuine peace post solution, placing the agenda in the public domain is a prerequisite. In fact, not only the contents but the vocabularies and construction of the language used in such an important agreement warrants thorough scrutiny of all stakeholders prior to assent. It is therefore imperative that Nagaland Govt. shares what it has in its kitty with all concern for the sake of removing the barrier and pave the way for inclusive participation.

Watching the kind of developments taking place, I tend to imagine as to whether Nagas have political solution phobia. In other words, are we afraid of having solution? If yes, there may be few reasons for which the Naga nationalists, the Naga State politicians, the Naga businessmen and the bureaucrats, barring God fearing honest ones, may have similar hidden agenda. The solution may upset the established trend of business transaction in Nagaland today. For the upper strata of society, be it over-ground or underground, what is the detrimental trend existing against the absolute majority of common man is the golden goose. When solution arrives, certain degree of polarization may follow whereby in many areas the shortcut to enjoying the golden eggs may be hampered. Work and eat may have to be applied in lieu of the present fashion of eating without work.

Nagaland is not bereft of honest people. Nevertheless, the hitch is how to locate those honest people who are having zeal for saving Nagaland from total destruction with concerted action. One may not be indulging in anti-people activities and yet when we do not voice or act against such crimes we all are equally responsible for what mess we are in.

Z. Lohe

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1st DiMApur District Wrestling AssociAtion Meet Dzieselatuo wins 1st DDWA Meet Morung Express News

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Dimapur | March 23

aga Wrestling- an indigenous sporting event- which has generally been confined to Kohima and Phek districts was for the first time held in Dimapur.

The 1st Naga Wrestling Meet of the Dimapur District Wrestling Association (DDWA) was held at the Dimapur District Sports Complex on Wednesday. The event saw 54 Naga wrestlers grabbling, flipping and throwing down their opponents in feisty bouts.

In the final, after a series of tie breakers, 29 year old Dziesalatuo Keretsu finally threw down 24 year old Dojolhu Shijoh in a pure grabbling match to emerge winner of the DDWA 1st Naga Wrestling Meet.

The match was evenly contested, although at 5’11” and 105 kilo, Dzieselatuo had a bigger frame than Dojolhu, who stood 5’6’ tall and weighed 80 kilos.

Having gone through tough and exhausting bouts in the semis and quarterfinals, the two wrestlers took their time to size each other before Dzieselatuo downed Dojolhu twice in consecutive rounds to claim the championship title.

The winner walked away with Rs 60, 000 while the runner up received Rs 50,000.

Earlier, an unassuming and unostentatious Dzieselatuo bulldozed his way into the semis before facing off with Pfusato Tetseo, one of the favourites. Dzieselatuo managed to down Pfusato after numerous tiebreakers of the deciding round.

Pfusato secured the third place after his opponent Jopuni Poumai was forced to withdraw with a knee injury in the first round. Pfusato received Rs. 30, 000 while Jopuni took home Rs. 20,000. The four quarterfinalists were each awarded Rs. 2000.

A first of its kind in Dimapur, Thursday’s event saw keen participation with Naga wrestlers coming from different parts of the district.

Earlier, MLA Zhaleo Rio unfurled the DDWA flag during the inaugural of the wrestling meet as chief guest while Kesonyu Yhome, DC Dimapur, attended as guest of honour. The inaugural function also witnessed an exhibition match between Vechita Khesoh and Vekuzo Vezhu, champion and runner-up respectively, at the recently concluded 25th anniversary meet of the Nagaland Wrestling Association.

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Wrestlers in action during the !st DDWA Meet at the Dimapur District Sports Complex on March 23. Photos: Imti Longchar

ueFA to investigate united for chants during liverpool tie London, March 23 (oMniSporTS): Manchester United are to face a UEFA investigation following the "illicit chanting" that occurred during their Europa League tie with Liverpool earlier this month.

UEFA opted against sanctioning United following the first leg of the last-16 clash at Anfield, despite the club admonishing their own supporters after a section of the away following was heard singing songs making reference to the Hillsborough and Heysel stadium disasters.

European football's governing body did, however, charge both United - for crowd disturbances, the throwing of objects and stairways being blocked - and Liverpool - for illicit chants, setting off fireworks, throwing of objects, crowd disturbances and arriving late for kick-off following last Thursday's fractious second leg at Old Trafford. And, when contacted by Omnisport on Wednesday, UEFA confirmed its intention to also investigate United for the "illicit chanting" heard in both games.

A statement read: "UEFA has recently been made aware of several reports concerning alleged illicit chanting on the occasion of the UEFA Europa League ties between Liverpool FC and Manchester United FC of 10 and 17 March 2016. "As a result, a UEFA ethics and disciplinary inspector decided to investigate further and gather potential evidence. The two clubs have thus been asked to provide statements relating to the alleged incidents within 10 days."

A 1-1 draw at Old Trafford gave Liverpool a 3-1 aggregate victory and a place in the last eight, where they will face Jurgen Klopp's former club Borussia Dortmund.

india win last-ball thriller against Bangladesh

BEngaLUrU, March 23 (aFp): India scraped to a one-run victory over Bangladesh at the World Twenty20, with wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni running out Mustafizur Rahman with the last ball of the game. The tournament's hosts had been on the verge of suffering their first ever T20 defeat to Bangladesh but they took three wickets in the last three balls of the match in Bangalore.

Earlier, Bangladesh's tenacious bowlers restricted India to 146 for seven in their World Twenty20 match in Bangalore Wednesday, silencing the local crowd hoping for a big total from the hosts. Al-Amin Hossain took two wickets for the Tigers off two balls, while replacement bowler Shuvagata Hom claimed the critical scalp of Virat Kohli for 24.

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza had vowed to battle on after two of their top bowlers were suspended over the weekend for illegal actions and

after losing both of their first two group stage matches.

Put in to bat in humid conditions, Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan (23) and Rohit Sharma (18) put on a patient 42-run partnership before both lost their wickets in the space of six balls as they tried to accelerate.

Kohli and Suresh Raina put together a 50-run partnership before Hom clean bowled Kohli just as he was looking dangerous.

Al-Amin then claimed two wickets in two balls, with Raina caught by Sabbir Rahman for 30, and Bangladesh's Soumya Sarkar taking a spectacular diving catch on the boundary to claim Hardik Pandya for 15.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck an unbeaten 13 runs off 12 balls. India are precariously placed in fourth spot of group two going into the match after one defeat and one win and they need an emphatic victory against Bangladesh to boost their run rate as they bid for a semi-finals berth.

Formula one drivers call for change of governance

London, March 23 (rEUTErS): Grand Prix drivers called on Wednesday for Formula One to change the way it is run and abandon 'obsolete and ill-structured' decision-making processes that they said could affect the sport's popularity.

The Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) set out their views in a strongly-worded open letter, signed by champions Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel as well as chairman Alex Wurz, to stakeholders and fans.

It called for Formula One's owners to "consider restructuring its own governance" and said the sport needed to base its decisions on a "clear master plan" reflecting core values.

"We feel that some recent rule changes -- on both the sporting and technical side, and including some business directions -- are disruptive, do not address the bigger issues our sport is facing and in some cases could jeopardise its future success," it said.

"The drivers have come to the conclusion that the decision-making process in the sport is obsolete and

ill-structured and prevents progress being made," the drivers added "Indeed, it can sometimes lead to just the opposite, a gridlock."

The letter, a rare intervention by the drivers who normally focus on specific racing issues, said the sport was "challenged" by a difficult global economic environment, changing consumer behaviour and a shift in the television and media landscape.

It added that the decision-making process reflected negatively on the sport, compromising global growth and preventing it being fit "for the next generation of fans".

The GPDA represents most of the Formula One grid, with some exceptions, and serves as a common voice and negotiating body with the commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone and governing International Automobile Federation (FIA).

While the opening race of the season in Australia last weekend served up plenty of excitement, a new qualifying format that was rushed through only weeks earlier came in for wide-

India's captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni(L)stumps Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal during the World T20 cricket tournament match between India and Bangladesh at The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on March 23. (AFP Photo)

spread criticism.

The final eight-car elimination phase saw little track action with cars parked up long before the finish instead of producing a battle to the final seconds. The same team bosses who had agreed the new format, with the FIA and Ecclestone, said on Sunday that it had not worked and the sport should go back to the old system before the next race in Bahrain.

Formula One also endured in controversy in 2014 when double points were awarded for the season's final race in Abu Dhabi -- a move that was abandoned for 2015 after a backlash from fans.

Talks on changes for 2017 have also been kicked further down the road, with the core Strategy Group that includes the top six teams, the FIA and Ecclestone, failing to agree any substantive measures in March.

The way in which the sport's revenues are distributed is another sore point, with the struggling smaller independent outfits unhappy that the big teams take far more.

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