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Nagaland govt extends period of HPC’s report KoHIMA, MARCH 26 (DIPR): Nagaland state Chief Secretary, Pankaj Kumar today informed that the Nagaland government has further extended the period of the High Powered Committee to inquire into illegal and multiple taxations in the State till April 30, 2015 for submission of the Committee’s report. This is in continuation of the Home Department Political Branch Notification of even number dated January 15, 2015. Other terms of reference of the High Powered Committee remain the same.

Centre pursuing issues of NE on mission mode

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AIZAWL, MARCH 26 (IANS): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the central government would pursue all matters related to India’s northeast region on a “mission mode”. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all central ministers to speedily deal with all issues of northeastern states and sort them out without any delay,” Sitharaman said. Modi also asked the ministers to visit the region whenever needed, she said. Sitharaman was speaking after inaugurating a land customs station (LCS) at Zokhawthar in Mizoram’s Champhai district on Wednesday. “The government is keen to directly deal with the people of northeast as we are on a mission mode. Steps would be taken for setting up of banks and post offices in the remote areas of the northeast,” the minister said. The LCS in Zokhawthar, bordering Myanmar, will facilitate trade with the neighbouring country.

Four people were injured in an explosion in Wokha on March 26. Among the injured were a nine-month old child and three women. According to the police, the explosion occurred around 9:25 am at a grocery shop located at the PWD junction, Wokha town. Two customers, including a child and the shop owner sustained injuries. One of the customers, identified as Leena was with her child at the shop at the time. The child and the mother were referred to Kohima to avail better medical facilities. The condition of the other two, the shop owner Benchilo Kikon (46 years) and Thosano (58years) were said to be stable. Wokha police described the blast to have been caused by a ‘handmade crude bomb’ hurled at the shop. Motive behind the blast could not be ascertained as police stated that investigation was on. Meanwhile, Nagaland Home Minister, Y Patton, through a press note, condemned the blast. “It is very unfortunate that when the Naga people and various agencies have been making their concerted efforts to see that the Naga peace process reaches its logical conclusion, there are still some elements hell-bent on creating confusion and disturbances in the society,” Patton stated. He hoped for a speedy recovery for those injured in the blast.

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nscn (iM) stages walkout; GPrn/nscn for cfGr review

Top leaders have been ‘Certain clauses in CFGR summoned by the NIA without proper definitions’

The shop in Wokha where the blast took place on March 26. Photo by Thungdemo Kyong

in a meeting which was attended by the Lotha hoho, Lotha Youth hoho, Kyong Eloe hoho, Wokha District Chamber of Commerce & Industry, All Commercial Vehicles Association, ACAUT Wokha unit, Wokha Bar Association, Wokha Circle Students Union, Wokha Town Colonies union, Wokha Town GBs Union, Team metamorphosis, Kyong Youth Initiative, Wokha District Entrepreneur Association, Wokha District Village Council Chairman Association and Kyong Students’ Public Rally in Wokha today Union. Various frontal organizations have decided Organisations condemn Various organizations to conduct a public rally on March 27, beginning have also condemned 9:00am at Police Point for the incident. The Lotha submission of a memo- Mhonka Okho (Lotha Welrandum to the Governor fare Society) termed it as of Nagaland through the an “act of cowardice, terDeputy Commissioner, rorism and crime against Wokha. This was decided humanity.” It urged the Na-

galand state government to thoroughly investigate the matter and bring the culprits to book. The BJP, Wokha Unit appealed to all individual’s, groups responsible to shun such inhuman acts of targeting innocent people and urged the district administration and law enforcing agencies to “minutely investigate the serial blast in Wokha Town and book the culprit (s) at the earliest.” The PWD Colony Council, while condemning the blast and stated that such incident was “quite unbecoming as it creates fear psychosis in the minds of the public.” The Kyong Hoho meanwhile urged all citizens and the business community of Wokha Town to be vigilant and report immediately, any unattended or suspicious object(s) to the concerned authority.

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Dimapur | March 26

The area of Ceasefire coverage which has been the bone of contention between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India finally spilled over with the NSCN (IM) walking out of the Ceasefire meeting held at Police Complex, Chumukedima, on Thursday. Talking to media persons after walking out of the meeting, Convenor of the Ceasefire Monitoring Cell (CFMC), NSCN (IM), Kraibo Chawang, said the NSCN (IM) disagreed with the meeting mainly on two issues – the ceasefire coverage and the summons issued to NSCN leaders by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). “On the ground, these (GoI representatives) are the people who should create a conducive atmosphere for solution, but we find it very difficult when the Ceasefire Monitoring Group (CFMG) Chairman says that the ceasefire does not extend beyond the State of Nagaland. That is an insult to the whole Naga people,” Chawang said. Chawang said NSCN (IM) leaders Isak Chishi Swu and Th. Muivah are not fighting for the cause of the people of Nagaland only but for the people of all Naga inhabited areas. The other issue, Chawang said, is the summoning of NSCN leaders including Chairman, Isak Chishi Swu; General Secretary, Th. Muivah and Emissary to the NSCN (IM) collective leadership, VS Atem. The CFMC Convenor disclosed that recently more than 20 members of the NSCN (IM), including the top leaders, have been summoned by the NIA to appear in its court on the pretext that the Naga leaders were waging war against the Union of India. “But the fact is that NSCN has been struggling with arms and because of this there is a ceasefire,” Chawang said. He reminded that the Government of India and NSCN (IM) has signed the ceasefire agreement as two entities. Pointing out that imposition of Indian laws was not acceptable to the Nagas, he said Naga people would now decide on the future course of action. Chairman of the CFMG/CFSB, Lt Gen (retd) NK Singh, admitted that the NSCN (IM) members had walked out of the meeting on the issues of ceasefire coverage and summoning of their leaders by NIA. “I told them that my jurisdiction as CFMG Chairman is only in the State of Nagaland,” Singh said. The CFMG chairman further stated that, in the meeting, the NSCN (IM) leaders “did not agree to stop extortion.”

GPRN/NSCN on Thursday suggested to the Government of India through the Ceasefire Supervisory Board (CFSB) to review the Ceasefire Ground Rules (CFGR) stating that it had ambiguous contents. Speaking to pressmen after the CFSB meeting at Chumukedima Police Complex on Thursday, GPRN/NSCN, CFSB Supervisor, Jack Jimomi said that there were certain clauses in the CFGR “without proper definitions and taking advantage of it, the security forces are acting beyond.” He, however, did not specify which clauses of CFGR the group wanted to be reviewed. Senior leader of GPRN/NSCN Akato Chophi said that the group also asked the GoI to provide them more designated camps and added that it had acquired ‘No Objection Certificates’ from villages where they have identified designated camps to be set up. At present, the GPRN/NSCN has four designated camps including its Council Headquarters Khehoi, Ghukiye, Sangphure and Apao. Akato also said that the group had reiterated to the GoI to hand over Suruhuto designated to GPRN/NSCN since it originally belonged to them. “Suruhuto camp belongs to us and we have asked the Government of India to hand it over to us,” he added. The GPRN/NSCN leaders said it had also raised the issue of forceful eviction of Inavi villagers at Intangki Reserved Forest, rampant corruption prevailing in the state government set up, injustice in Nungshilila case and various other issues. GPRN/NSCN defies HPC summon Asserting that a Committee set up by state government does not have the authority to summon a government (GPRN/ NSCN), Akato said that the GPRN/NSCN would not attend to the summon issued by the High Powered Committee (HPC). It may be recalled that HPC was constituted by the state government in 2014 to look into the issue of illegal and multiple taxation by various Naga Political Groups. “We are not a state subject and HPC is not an appropriate body, the only appropriate body is CFSB with which we can discuss issues. We do not recognize ACAUT or HPC,” he added. Akato said that the decision to defy the HPC summon has been communicated to the state government during the CFSB meeting. One cadre fired upon Unidentified gunmen fired upon one Captain Hukhei of GPRN/NSCN near Airport junction Dimapur on Thursday between 12:30 noon to 1:30 pm while he was driving an Alto vehicle proceeding towards Chumukedima. GPRN/NSCN leaders who attended the CFSB meeting said it was an “open secret” that the attack was carried out by the NSCN (K). They said that its cadre escaped unhurt.

Four AR personnel injured in firing by miscreants

DIMAPUR, MARCH 26 (MExN): Four jawans belonging to the19AssamRiflesBravoCompany were injured, one of them seriously, after they were indiscriminately fired upon by unknown assailants near Indira Gandhi (IG) stadium gate, Kohima Thursday morning. The jawans who were heading home on leave were waiting for a bus to Kohima when they were fired upon by around 3-4 unidentified miscreants who came in Maruti car and then sped away. SDPO and PRO Kohima Police Atu Zumvü in a press report said the injured jawans were immediately shifted to Oking Hospital and NHAK for medical treatment. One of the jawans, who is said to be in serious condition, was shot in the neck. The other three sustained in-

jury on the knee, leg and the head. Police have also recovered several empty cases and bullet heads of AK-47, 9mm pistol from the spot. A criminal case has been registered under the Arms Act in this, the police further informed. Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor while condemning the shooting incident informed that all check points have been alerted and efforts are on the get more clues and evidences to nab the culprits. He termed such situation as an attempt to sabotage the peaceful environment which was totally uncalled for. The DC also called for a security coordination meeting in the afternoon with all the security agencies including police, Army and CRPF to work out strategies

and take stock of the situation.

Home Minister, orgs condems Meanwhile, Home Minister Y Patton, in a condemnation note said violence had no place in a civilized society and can never be means to bring peace and solution. He said all sensible people should condemn such cowardly and dastardly act of terrorism. “The Nagas have been suffering enough and time has come to reason together in finding a permanent and lasting peace in our land,” Patton said adding that the state government will leave no stone unturned in its efforts to see that peace and tranquility is not disturbed in the state. The Northern Angami Public Organisation (NAPO), An-

gami Youth Organisation (AYO) and the Northern Angami Youth Organisation (NAYO) have also condemned the firing incident. The NAPO, in a press note, stated that “such callousness act… is unacceptable to the Northern Angamis.” The NAPO sought immediate intervention of law enforcing authorities to initiate stern action against the culprits. Also condemning the incident, the AYO said the “act perpetrated is intolerable and loathsome. If the assailants mean real business, proper ‘Rules of Engagement’ must be adhered to and upheld and public places and institutions should not be opted for execution of such acts.” The AYO, in a press note, further asserted that “its area and land

will not be used as a place that demeans human lives and property under whatsoever circumstances.” The organizations also urged the law enforcing and security agencies to set up more stringent security measures and not to go soft with anti-social elements and miscreants. NAYO said the “use of sophisticated weapons and audacity of the attack points out to trained combatants.” Expressing pain over the incident, the organization pleaded upon the unidentified shooters to immediately stop further acts of aggression. It also requested the concerned paramilitary force for restrained in their follow up operations to ascertain the identity of the assailants and their capture.

Germanwings co-pilot ‘willfully’ crashed jetliner PARIS, MARCH 26 (IANS): In a shocking revelation, the French prosecutor said on Thursday that the co-pilot of the Germanwings A320 flight deliberately crashed the airliner, killing all 144 passengers and six crew members on board. The action of the first officer, Andreas G. Lubitz, of the crashed Germanwings A320 in the French Alps “can be analysed as his intention to destroy the aircraft”, said Brice Robin at a press conference on Thursday in Marseille. The prosecutor told media that they had come to this conclusion after listening to the cockpit voice recorder recovered from the crash site, the Spanish news agency EFE said. Robin said the 28-year-old co-pilot appears to have deliberately refused to open the door for the captain who had

left the cockpit briefly after flight 4U 9525 took off from Barcelona in Spain headed for Dusseldorf in Germany. He said that for the first 20 minutes of the flight, there was “normal conversation” between the two pilots till the captain decided to leave the cockpit. The moving of the seat and shutting of the door could be heard on the cockpit voice recorder. Later, they could make out a banging on the door, with the captain asking the co-pilot to open the door. This could be heard on the speaker phone that the captain used. The co-pilot was alive till the last moment, as his breathing could be heard, but he apparently chose not to speak up or respond to the captain, the prosecutor said, adding that no words were spoken in the last 10 minutes before the plane crashed around 11 a.m. local

time on Tuesday in Alpes-de-HauteProvence in the southern French Alps. He said the plane started its descent even as the captain was asking to be allowed in. “This could only be from a deliberate act” on the part of the co-pilot, the prosecutor said. According to Robin, there was no indication that the copilot was a terrorist. AccordingtoaXinhuareportfromBerlin, Germanwings and its parent company said in a joint statement that they have been “shaken” by the French prosector’s report. In Cologne, Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said that his company and Germanwing were “stunned” by the French prosecutor’s statements. Addressing the media, Spohr said what had happened in the plane was “not conceivable”. Details on Page 9

students hug each other at the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern on March 26, 2015, two days after 150 people died in the Germanwings jet airliner crash. (AP Photo)

NSCN (K) CFSB Supervisor detained briefly Morung Express news Dimapur | March 26

Supervisor of Cease-fire Supervisory Board (CFSB) NSCN (K), Y Wangtin Naga, was detained briefly by the Assam Rifles at Mon on Thursday morning. Sources said Wangtin Naga, who was about to leave for Dimapur to attend the ceasefire review meeting scheduled on Friday was detained for questioning. Lt Gen (retd) NK Singh, Chairman Cease-fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) when contacted confirmed the incident. He maintained that the ‘detainment’ was due to some confusion arising out of the March 25 Suruhuto incident. The Assam Rifles also apparentlywantedtoknow as to what was happening withtheaffairsoftheNSCN (K) in Mon, the CFMG chairman said, adding that he was released shortly afterwards. The detainment of Wangtin Naga may not bode will with the NSCN (K) who are already under heavy pressure over the occupation of their designate camp at Suruhuto, Zunheboto by the AR forces after they vacated after it was reportedly cordoned by the latter. Lt Gen NK Singh said the ceasefire review meeting Friday would be held as scheduled.

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Morung Express News Kohima | March 26

A meeting on National Electoral Rolls Purification and Authentication Program (NERPAP) was held at DC Conference Hall on March 6 with the Administrative Officers/AEROs, supervisors, media, political parties of Kohima district unit, NGOs and civil societies, Chairmen/Secretary of Panchayats/Wards of Kohima ward chairmen. The main objective of the meeting was to create awareness on the NERPAP to the public and to clean up the electoral roll authentication in Nagaland. The major objectives and procedures of NERPAP were discussed in the meeting. Further clarifications were given on the issuance of Aadhaar card where an official stated that issuance of

Aadhaar card is not mandatory. The procedure of issuing the card is done by the Centre in Delhi and is sent through postal services. Due to the lack of manpower in the post office in Nagaland the responsibility of dispatching the cards was given to the DC office which has been completed and will be available in a few days time. The official further stated that Nagaland is among the highest coverage of Aadhaar card issuance. Despite the revision of electoral rolls, errors and defects such as multiple entries, repeated images and Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number were found. Since such procedures are not streamlined or followed properly in many states, the Election Commission of India introduced the NERPAP

to improve electoral in the country. The objectives of NERPAP are: 1. Linking and authentication of EPIC data of electors with Aadhaar data of UIDAI only 2. Voluntary disclosure by the electors concerned of multiple entries pertaining to them and disposal of such cases within 15 days by the concerned electors 3. Corrections of errors or any relevant entry pertaining to electors within 15 days on production of cogent documentary evidence 4. Improvement of image quality wherever requested by following the due procedure 5. Obtaining and feeding in the ER database the mobile and email address of the electors.

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Our Correspondent Kohima | March 26

A three day long training of trainers on gender equity under the aegis of Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu in collaboration with National Service Scheme (NSS) Cell, Department of Youth Resources & Sports, Nagaland got underway here today at ATI, Kohima. Commissioner & secretary for youth resources & sports Menukhol John graced the inaugural function. Speaking on the occasion, he said the training of trainers on gender equity pulling participants from various colleges is one of the best platforms to sensitize the people on gender equity. He said Nagaland is the first state in India which had brought out gender budgeting manual in 2011

Menukhol John and others with the participants of the Training of trainers on gender equity in Kohima on March 26. (Morung Photo)

and termed it as a good development. In the meantime, he called upon those persons involve in the NSS to carry forward the activities. Nagaland NSS State Liaison Officer C. Theyo said the purpose of the programme is to select core group members where they can disseminate information to the society about

gender equity. Later, Lezo Putsure, strategist, Youthnet, Abokali, consultant Youthnet and Visakhonu Hibo, principal Japfu Christian College, Kigwema were resource person on day one and talked on the topics social construction of gender, gender & work, invisibility of women work, gender &education and gender &

health respectively. Resource person for day two (March 27) programme includes Lithrongla G. Chishi, secretary home & director ATI, Oken Jeet Sandham, editor North East Press Service, Dr. Rosemary Dzuvichu, Prof. NU English Department, Mezivolu T. Therieh, NJS, Chief Judicial Magistrate. They will talk on gender

& family, gender & media, gender & human rights and gender sensitive legal measures respectively. On day three (March 28), Advocate V. Ashu Theyo, Advocate Tonpang I Jamir and Lezo Putsure from YouthNet will talk on gender & violence and role of youth functionaries in promoting gender equality respectively.

Committees for framing of Service Rules formed

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Kohima, march 26 (DiPr): Nagaland government has constituted a committee for framing of the common Directorate and District Stenographers Service Rules as per a notification dated the 23rd February 2015, with the following members as under:Imkonglemba Ao, APC and Commissioner & Secretary, Agriculture - ChairLimainla Pongen, District Education Office Peren with others during the inauguration of man; Lithrongla G. Chishi Secretary, Home; V. upgraded Government Middle School Heiningkunglwa Sector- C held on March 19. School teachers and students of Heiningkunglwa Village along with Village Council members, Vil- Kezo, OSD (Gen), Finance; lage Education Committee and Village elders attended the inaugural function. Ngamjok Konyak, Joint Secretary, Law & Justice – members; and Chubasangla Anar, Secretary, P&AR - Member Secretary. The terms and reference for the Committee are: 1. To frame common Directorate and District Stenographers Service Rules. 2. To examine the entitlement of posts for the Head of the Department and Head of the Districts. 3. To examine the gradation of pay vis-a-vis the pay scale pay of the Secretariat Stenographers. The Committee shall submit the Report within 2 (two) months from the Executive Engineer, PHED, Mokokchung, Er. N. Yanger Pongen with the members of Sungkomen Ward during the launching of ‘2015, The Year of Sanitation’ organized by Sungkomen Ward authority in a function held at Community Hall Sungkomen Ward Mokokchung on March 26. Er. Yanger lauded the ward authority for resolving to adopt 2015 Year of Sanitation. While highlighting the danger of unhealthy/unhygienic surroundings, he also stressed on the need to upgrade the sense of civic responsibility. He therefore urged upon the ward authority to sensitize the masses regarding proper sanitation for the general well being of the community. (DIPR Photo)

date of the constitution of the Committee. In another notification dated the 10th March 2015, a committee for framing of the District Ministerial Service Rules, was constituted with the following members as under: P. B. Chetri, Commissioner & Secretary, Fisheries – Chairman; Chubasangla Anar, Secretary, P&AR - Member Secretary; Khanrinla Koza, Addl. Secretary, Law; Dr. Nandira Changkija, Director, H&FW; One Officer in the rank of CF and above from PCCF Office to be nominated by PCCF- Members The terms and reference for the Committee are: 1. To frame District Ministerial Service Rules 2. To examine the present promotion/upgradation guidelines for the posts of Head Assistants in the District 3. Any other issues for the welfare of the District employees. The Committee shall submit the Report within 3 (three) months from the date of the constitution of the Committee.

250 biogas plant sanction under NBMMP Our Correspondent Kohima | March 26

The National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) aims to recover energy from waste such as animal, human and agricultural wastes. According to annual administrative report of the department of new & renewable energy 2014-15 tabled in the recently con-

Farmer’s exhibition at Yisemyong YisemYong, march 26 (DiPr): A district level farmer’s exhibition will be held at Krishi Vigyan Kendre (KVK) office complex, Yisemyong on March 30. Programme Coordinator (KVK), Dr. Pijush Kanti Biswas has informed that other departments such as Agri, Horti, ATMA, SARS, Veterinary and Fisheries would be part-taking in the exhibition programme. An interaction programme between farmers and scientist would follow the exhibition.

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Kohima, march 26 (mexn): The Kohima College, Kohima will be observing its 48th parting social on April 2, 11:00 am at the college auditorium hall. Kohima deputy commissioner Rovilato Mor will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Welcome address will be delivered by Chubatola Longkumer, principal, Kohima College, while annual report will be given by Zensinlo, general secretary, KCSU.

WoKha, march 26 (mexn): The Contractors and Suppliers Union Wokha District Unit have expressed support for the Nagaland Contractors and Suppliers Union (NCSU) in their campaign against the formation of parallel body. A press release from the NCSU Wokha Unit President strongly objected the formation of a separate union “in a particular department by some vested individuals” and stated that this is a “wrong concept” to create confusion amongst people. It requested the concerned authority to “de-recognise and ban” the so-called union.

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NCSU Wokha Kohima College parting social against parallel body

Kohima, march 26 (mexn): The Choginjun Union Kohima (CUK) and Choginjun Fellowship Kohima (CFK) have conveyed their condolences to the family members of late Gwanyü Kemp, the village council chairman of Thongsunyu village. With his dynamic leadership, Kemp contributed greatly towards village development and always strived for unity and brotherhood of the Choginjun people, stated CUK and CFK in a condolence message. He was one of the pioneers of Choginjun Fellowship Kohima who had rendered selfless services whenever needed, it added. DimaPur, march 26 (mexn): The second Literary-cum-Cultural Day of Yemhi Memorial College was held on March 21 at the college premises with much pomp and fanfare. Kohima, march 26 (mexn): All SDEOs/ A press release received here stated that the DEOs are hereby informed to submit names day has become a yearly event in the academic of Teacher, Date of birth, Date of entry into calendar in order to hone the literary skills of service, qualification (trained or untrained), the students in showcasing their innate talents name of posting place (School) on or before and also to inculcate the spirit of competition April 10 in excel format soft copy to the Addi- among the students. Competitions in Extempore, Debate, Sketch/Painting, Essay and Singtional Director Senthang without fail. ing were conducted and prizes were awarded for academic performance and attendance. Students who represented the college and won prizes in different categories at the Pow-Wow Kohima, march 26 (mexn): All the stu- Inter College Youth Feast 2015 were also hondents of Kohima College, Kohima with back oured during the day. Awards for Best Dress paper (s) intending to appear to the forthcom- were also awarded to two students and two ing Three Degree Course Examinations in BA teaching faculty on the day. 2nd & 4th Semesters, scheduled from April 28- May 12 has been informed to fill up their examination forms on or before April 7, stated a press note issued by Chubatola Longkumer, Principal, Kohima College. Kohima, march 26 (mexn): Jesus Youth Movement of St Joseph’s College Jakhama went on a mission tour to St Francis Xavier Church, Kidima from March 22-22. A press release informed that the parish priest, JaluKie, march 26 (mexn): Jalukie Reverend Father Thomas Muttathil in his Pumling Mipui Organization (JPMO) organ- homily spoke on how to prepare during the ised Kisan Ghostis cum Sales Day in Jalukie Lenten season. He also asked the children to from March 19-21. Sponsored by Agricultural obey their parents while pointing out the hard

Literary-cum-Cultural Day of YMC held

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Kisan Ghostis cum sales day in Jalukie

work the latter put for their children. Meanwhile, Jesus Youth Movement in their exhortation asked the parents to love and care for their children instead of giving corporal punishment. Rosary prayer, imparting catechism and hymns to the children, film screening, games, exhorting the parents, and praise and worship were the highlights of the two-day programme, the release added.

Mission tour to St Francis Xavier Church

by linking sanitary toilets with biogas plants. Under this scheme, the report stated, a pilot project of 5 KW Biogas based power generation at State Veterinary Farm Kohima is under construction and is expected to commission soon. During 2014-15, 250 nos of biogas plant have been sanctioned under this programme, the report added.

Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Peren, the programme was inaugurated by Rhosieto Nguori, SDO (Civil), Jalukie. According to a release from JPMO president, Heitahungle, the programme witnessed several varieties of stalls ranging from agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, animal husbandry, crafts and handloom produces. The inaugural function was chaired by JPMO president, while welcome speech was extended by Yezaho Swu, Deputy Project Director, ATMA Peren.

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cluded assembly session, this energy can be used for cooking, lighting and generation of electricity. The slurry is excellent organic manure for agricultural purposes, the report stated adding that this programme also aims to mitigate climate change, the drudgery of rural women and reduce pressure on forest. It also aims to improve sanitation in villages

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St. Joseph’s students, under the guidance of Dr. John Coakley and James Papavero, guest faculty from the United States of America, held an art exhibition in the College premises on March 26. The exhibits formed a combined painting/sketches and photography collection by aspirants within the student body, who had been part of the after-class workshops since mid-March. This is Dr. Coakley’s second art exhibit with the students. Dr. Coakley said he was “extremely impressed with the efforts and results that the students put forth”, and highly commended that, “this year’s exhibit certainly shows promise of more wonderful and creative works to come”.

IGNITE ’15, the annual youth spiritual and motivation programme for HSLC and HSSLC appeared students, was held successfully at Yimkümmer House Tuli on March 24 and 25 under the theme ‘Seek the Lord while He may be found’ (Isaiah 55: 6). On the first day, Vitokho Richa, EAC Tuli exhorted the participants. Lima Imsong, Missionary was the main speaker. Allen Imsong spoke on ‘Goal Setting’ and Molung Tzudir was the camp Director.

Noklak welcomes new ADC noKlaK, march 26 (DiPr): A welcoming programme was held in honour of the new ADC Noklak, Mathung Tsanglao at DB Court Noklak on March 26. In his speech, the ADC Mathung Tsanglao called upon all organisations to give cooperation to the administration in maintaining law and order situation. He said that everyone has responsible roles to play to be a good citizen and added that without peace nothing will be achieved in life. Earlier, short speeches were also delivered by Kai Hd. DB Noklak, Pushing on behalf of Khiamniungan Tribal Council and Heme Hd. GB Noklak. The function was chaired by SDO (C) Thonoknyu Shaying. KTC, KSU, KMH, Bazar Union Noklak town GB and leaders from various organisations attended the programme.

NSHPC revival crusade Kohima, march 26 (mexn): The Naga Shisha Hoho Prayer Centre, Pruzie, Kohima is all set to conduct three-day revival crusade from April 10 to 12 under the theme “Ask the Lord for rain in the time….”Zecharian 10:1. The speakers of the crusade include Rev. Dr. Vevo Phesao, Chakhesang Baptist Church, Minister’s Hill Kohima, Rev. Phomlee Phom, Phom Baptist Church Kohima and Pastor Sentisashi, Ao Baptist Church Kohima. Praise and worship will be led by Call of God Ministry (Kiekelie Kro-u).

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Kaziranga guard's close shave from charging rhino Guwahati, March 26 (iaNS): A forest guard, who was assisting in the ongoing census of one-horned rhinos in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, was injured on Thursday when he fell off an elephant which was charged at by an irate rhino. Park authorities said the guard, Indra Rajput, fell off the elephant as a rhino charged at the census team which went very near to the animal during the census operation. "The rest of the team members rescued him immediately before the charging rhino could do any harm," an official said. The guard's hand was fractured in the incident at Dhekiatoli area under Kohora forest range of the park. On Wednesday, a mahout, who accompanied the census team, had also fallen down and was injured. The census report is ex-

pected by Saturday, the officials said. The census of onehorned rhinos in all national parks and other rhino habitats is a regular exercise carried out every three years. The last census was carried out in Kaziranga in 2012, which spotted 2,290 rhinos. The Assam government had carried out a special census in Kaziranga in 2013 as rampant poaching was taking place at the time. The census ascertained the presence of 2,329 rhinos. In 2009, there were 2,048 rhinos in the park. "It is a huge exercise, involving more than 200 people. Besides park officials, people from NGOs, media and forest department officials from other parks, have also been called in to assist," said Kaziranga divisional forest officer S.K. Seal Sarma. In this file photo, a forest guard looks at an one-horned rhinoceros inside the Kaziranga National Park. (AP Photo)

Guwahati, March 26 (Pti): Over 500 persons have lost their lives in Japanese Encephalitis in Assam in four years since 2011, the Assembly was informed today. In a written reply to a query by AGP MLA Phani Bhusan Choudhury, state health and family welfare minister Nazrul Islam said a total of 521 persons have died between 2011 and 2014 due to the deadly virus across the state. While 115 deaths were He said the highest recorded in 2011, 107 and number of deaths were reg134 persons lost their lives istered last year at 165. in 2012 and 2013 respecIslam informed the tively, the minister said. House that 14 districts

across the state have a stock of 71.9 lakh vaccines and the vaccination drive in these would begin from today.

Morung Express News Imphal | March 26

The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has said all water supply schemes in Imphal have remained dysfunctional since the last few days as Imphal river and Iril river have dried up. Urging the people to adjust to water-saving practice in the wake of the arid condition, the department also informed that water level at Singda Dam and water flow of Leimakhong river have gone down. But distribution of water to the public has begun by the department using mobile water tankers, it said. Taking advantage of the scarcity of water in Imphal, many private water suppliers have started selling water at higher prices. As demand for water grows, private water sellers are earning excessive money. For instance, a DI Tata water supplier now sells 2000 litre of water at Rs 1500 to the public.

Itanagar ADB's $300 mn loan to improve bandh passes road connectivity in NER & WB off peacefully New Delhi, March be constructed. itaNaGar, March 26 (Pti): Normal life was affected in Arunachal Pradesh capital today following a dawn to dusk bandh called by the All Nyishi Students' Union (ANSU) opposing installation of pre-paid electric meters (PPEMs). Business establishments, educational institutions, banks and all central government offices remained closed during the bandh, while attendances in state government offices were reported to be thin. All public and private vehicles remained off the roads and only a few state buses were seen plying with escorts. The bandh remained relatively peaceful with no untoward incidents, capital SP Seiju P Kuruvilla said. The state government had declared the bandh illegal under the Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2014 (APUAPA). Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi in an order had directed all government officials to attend office and asked all heads of departments to ensure cent per cent attendance.

26 (iaNS): The government on Thursday signed a $300 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for improving road connectivity and increasing domestic and regional trade in north Bengal and the north eastern region (NER) of the country. According to Tarun Bajaj, joint secretary (multilateral institutions) in the department of economic affairs of the Finance Ministry, the project will improve road connectivity and efficiency of the international trade corridors by expanding roads in north Bengal and the NER. "The investment on the 'last mile' connectivity will contribute to achieve the objective of regionally balanced and inclusive growth of remote and economically lagging regions," he added. The ministry of finance said the loan is the first tranche of the $500 million multi-tranche south Asian sub-regional economic cooperation (SASEC) road connectivity investment programme. Under the project, about 500 km of roads will

Gogoi requests Modi not to shift NE Centre of Samgeet Natak Guwahati, March 26 (Pti): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to shift the North East Centre of Sangeet Natak Akademi from Guwahati to Agartala, the Assembly was informed today. In a written reply to a query by Congress MLA Robin Bordoloi, Cultural Affairs Minister Bismita Gogoi said there was a move to shift the Centre from Guwahati to Agartala. She said the Assam Government is trying its best to convince Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) for not shifting the cultural unit. Gogoi said she has al-

ready taken up the matter with Union Culture Minister. "The Chief Minister also requested Prime Minister of India to keep the Centre in Guwahati," she added. Gogoi informed the House that a meeting took place last week between her and SNA Secretary. "It was decided in the meeting to provide required space as an interim arrangement at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra society. "Further, the state government has also agreed to arrange suitable plot of land for establishment of permanent North East Centre of Sangeet Natak Akademi as well as Sattriya Kendra," the Minister said.

The ministry further said that the first tranche of the project will construct 2 national highways totalling about 150 km in West Bengal and state roads totalling about 180 km in Manipur, extending to Myanmar. The project is expected to be completed by December 31, 2021.

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the Bangladeshi officials from the custody of the villagers, said a police officer on the condition of anonymity. "As a goodwill gesture, the BSF handed them over to the Border Guards Bangladesh on Wednesday night itself," the officer said. Bangladeshi security personnel have often entered Tripura but have been sent back without taking any legal action in view of the sensitive bilateral relations. Tripura shares 856 km of border with Bangladesh. Parts of it remains unfenced and hilly, making trans-border movements easy.

cha at Khoyathong. After holding a meeting at THAU ground under the aegis of All Manipur VDF Welfare Association, over 1000 VDF personnel took out a rally towards Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh's residence. Their demands in-

The undersigned, on behalf of the Tangkhul people, would like to express deep gratitude to Nagaland - Nagaland Baptist Churches Council (NBCC), Chakhesang Baptist Churches Council (CBCC), Chakhesang People’s Organization (CPO), government machineries, and public organizations, Churches, village councils, forums, societies, fellowships and individuals of various communities for the timely sacrificial intervention to the needs of the victims of the tragic accident of the NST bus, which was carrying our brothers and sisters of Jessami village, near Old Phek on its way back from a wedding ceremony at Phek town on the 13th of March 2015; wherein 12 persons who lost their lives and another 18 injured were our Jessami villagers. We really thank you for the way you all let your resources - heart, time, wealth and labour – reach out to them at such a time.

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The current dry spell has seriously threatened water supply and spelled doom for the public and even hospitals in Imphal. Though the situation is not severe, it appears bleak. Manipur Loumi Lup (Farmer’s organisation) has urged the Manipur Government to formulate an immediate water policy to ease the problem of shortage of water in the state. Democratic Students’ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) has also appealed to the State Government to take up a state water policy to counter the present water scarcity problem. The student body contended that several states of the country often records scanty rainfall but they never face water scarcity problem like in Manipur which registered 1253.6 mm rainfall in 2014. It also said a total of Rs 247.81 crore has been provided to PHED for water management besides Rs 312.06 crore to Irrigation and Flood Control Department for 2014-15.

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VDF rally in Imphal turns violent, several arrested iMPhal, March 26 (aNi): The Manipur Police today fired several rounds of tear gas shells and live bullets as the agitating Village Defence Force (VDF) personnel turned violent and tried to manhandle Imphal West Additional SP (Law and Order) S. Ibom-

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NAGALAND TRIBES CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON BORDER ISSUE BETWEEN ASSAM-NAGALAND

Objective: The need for an immediate demarcation of Inter-State boundary between Assam and Nagaland in accordance to the 9 Point Agreement & 16 Point Agreement vis-a-vis on Traditional & Historical facts. Date Venue Time 1. 2.

Through this column, we the bereaved family members, Church Authority and Village Council of Jessami convey our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, Churches, villages, organizations, doctors and nurses who stood by us and supported us physically, materially, financially and for sharing our grief deep sorrow at the sad and sudden demise of our beloved. 1. Mr. Khwezope Wezah 40 Yrs s/o Shri. Mikemu Wezah 2. Mr. Kewelhipe Wezah 20 Yrs s/o Shri. Zakitou Wezah 3. Mrs. Nizoki Lohe Lohe 47 Yrs w/o Shri. Lt. Athuchulo Lohe 4. Mr. Tsedewe Lohe 02 Yrs s/o Shri. Nichuru Lohe 5. Mr. Ayewetso Wezah 40 Yrs s/o Shri. Nisatso Wezah 6. Mrs. Khwezotelu Lohe 45 Yrs w/o Shri. Nisetso Lohe 7. Miss. Wetsotsulu Wezah 19 Yrs d/o Shri. Nikhe Wezah 8. Mrs. Kekhwezolu Wezah 45 Yrs w/o Shri. Kevisilie Wezah 9. Miss. Weyenilu Wezah 22 Yrs d/o Shri. Nitseso Wezah 10. Mr. Nimuzo Wezah 43 Yrs s/o Shri. Kekhwekha Wezah 11. Mrs. Kedutelu Lohe 39 Yrs d/o Shri. Khwetsoru Lohe 12. Mr. Maow Wezah 31 Yrs s/o Shri. Athukhwelo Wezah On 13th March, 2015 near Phek Village. We are deeply touched by your ineffable effort and regret our inability to thank each one of you individually. However, it is our humble prayer that the Almighty God bless you abundantly for your kindness and deep concern shown to us. Loving relatives, Church and Village Council, Jessami.

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500 dead in Assam due to Japanese Bangladeshi officials enter India, sent back Encephalitis since 2011: Minister aGartala, March 26 (iaNS): Four Bangladeshi intelligence officials who illegally entered Tripura were beaten up by villagers but were allowed to go back after Indian officials intervened, police said on Thursday. Four other intelligence officials ran back to Bangladesh when these four were pounced upon by villagers in Boxanagar in Sipahijala district, police sources said here. The incident took place on Wednesday night. The Bangladeshi officials, said to be district level intelligence officials, reportedly entered India in search of illegal drugs. The Border Security Force rescued

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Ford Motor aims to NSCB financial literacy centre now in Kma triple exports from India Our Correspondent Kohima | March 26

The Nagaland State Co-operative Bank Ltd (NSCB) today inaugurated Financial Literacy Centre (FLC) here at Kohima main branch. Speaking on the occasion, NABARD general manager V. Chelladurai said NABARD is assisting the rural people on educating financial matter. He regretted that Nagaland is lacking in banking knowledge, saying that many families were ruin by burrowing money at high rate. He said the people should know many packages available in the bank. Imtilemba Longkumer, managing director NSCB in his keynote address said the FLC sponsored by NABARD is being set up at three branches of the bank viz, Dimapur HO Complex Branch, Mokokchung Branch and Kohima main branch. He said FLC is being set up with an objective to provide financial coun-

Imtilemba Longkumer, managing director NSCB speaking at the inaugural function of Financial Literacy Centre (FLC) in Kohima on March 26. (Morung Photo)

seling services in a nonintimating environment using local language and dialect. The FLC will make endeavor to connect the excluded mass with the formal banking system and will provide education to the mass on financial planning, early saving, debt counseling, micro pension and insurance.

Longkumer said FLC will educate the people about various financial products and services available from the formal financial sector. The FLC will formulate debt restructuring plans for borrowers in distress and recommend the same to formal financial institutions for consideration. “The FLC will also take up any other such activities

that promotes financial literacy awareness about banking services and financial planning,” he said. The FLC of the bank will also conduct outdoor financial literacy camps with focus on financially excluded people. The three FLCs being set up in the bank under the sponsorship of NABARD will cater to the needs of the people

of the areas. NSCB Kohima main branch will cover Kohima, Wokha, Phek and Kiphire, NSCB Mokokchung branch to cover Mokokchung, Longleng, Tuensang and Zunheboto and NSCB Dimapur HO Complex to cover Dimapur, Peren and Mon. Longkumer thanked V. Chelladurai, GM (OIC), NABARD for his kind initia-

tive for extending all helps and guidance to the bank for introducing the FLC programme. He also called upon the officers and staff of the Bank in general and designated officers and staff of FLC in particular to work in a coordinated and planned approach in executing the plan and programme of FLC in the bank with all diligent and honesty and thereby generate success story in every endeavour. “Let us collectively endeavour to participate in this programme,” said ExMLA Abao Kire in his short speech. He was optimistic that the FLC will go a long way in strengthening the economic condition of the people. Velasa Nakro, registrar of Cooperative Societies, Nagaland also spoke on the occasion. Earlier, the programme was led by V.K. Disong, manager FIC while vote of thanks was proposed by Vizo Kire, branch manager.

gujaraT, march 26 (rEuTErs): Ford Motor Co(F.N) has invested $1 billion in a new plant in western India which will help the automaker triple exports from the country, chief executive Mark Fields told reporters on Thursday. Ford plans to make India an export hub for compact cars such as the EcoSport, a sub-four meter sports utility vehicle, and the newly launched compact sedan, Ford Figo Aspire, the first car to be produced at the new facility. The new manufacturing facility in Gujarat will nearly double the company’s installed production capacity in the country to 610,000 engines and 440,000 vehicles a year, Fields said at the launch of the new facility.

Enhance mobile battery life with system settings loNDoN, march 26 (iaNs): Always have to carry your smartphone charger with you? You can save a lot of battery life by just tinkering with your device’s settings. Mobile devices have a large number of different adjustable system settings - such as screen brightness and network connectivity whose energy impact can be significant, finds a new study by the University of Helsinki researchers. The research by Finnish computer scientists is based on a large dataset that consists of device usage data gathered from over 150,000 smartphones and tablets. Some of the main findings of the study were: Wi-Fi signal strength dropping one bar can cause over 13 percent battery life loss; automatic screen brightness is in most cases better than the manual settings; high temperature can cause even 50 percent battery life loss, and high temperature is not always related to high CPU load.

SC allows finalisation of telecom spectrum bids Disseminating validated technologies to farmers NEw DElhi, march 26 (iaNs): The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the government to finalise the auction of telecom spectrum and announce the winners, but with a caveat. The finalisation of the results will be subject to the outcome of the cases being heard by the apex court. The telecom auction con-

cluded on Wednesday after 19 days, with a total bid commitment of nearly Rs.110,000 crores from the eight players in the fray. Recording submissions by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi and the rival counsel including P. Chidambaram appearing for mobile operators, the apex court bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Jus-

tice Prafulla C. All the successful bidders shall be intimated that the auction will be finalised subject to the outcome of the hearing of matter by the court, the court said in its order. As the court appeared to relax its earlier order of February 26 restraining the government from finalising the bids, Chidambaram told the

court that it was like pushing the envelope, inch by inch, towards their goal. Seeking the modification of the February 26 order, Rohatgi told the court that the government could then persuade the successful bidders to make the initial payment which is Rs.28,000 crores and has already been factored into the budget.

NABARD conducts awareness prog for bankers Kohima, march 26 (mExN): An awareness programme on Joint Liability Group (JLG) for bankers to spread the message of “creating assets by sharing liabilities” through substitution of “collateral security” by “social security” was conducted on March 17 at Kohima. It was held in view of the decision taken during the State Credit Seminar for the year 2015-16, which was conducted by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on February 23 in the Conference Room of Chief Secretary, GoN with RB Thong, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner as the chief guest. This is also expected to give a fillip to financing “Bhoomi Heen Kisan” (Landless

Lanuteka Imchen, Chief Manager and Lead District Manager of Kohima district along with representatives from 10 banks viz. Nagaland Rural Bank, Nagaland State Cooperative Bank, HDFC, Bank of India, ICICI, Bank of Baroda, State Bank of India, Federal Bank, UCO Bank and Vijaya Bank attended the programme. Representatives from North East Initiative Development Agency (NEIDA) also participated in the programme and discussed the possibility to actively involve as a JLG Promoting Institution (JLGPI) in select districts of Nagaland State. K.R. Iyer, the new Chairman of Nagaland Rural Bank encouraged the participants to work wholeheartedly especially for the disadvantaged section of the population.

farmers) as announced by the Union Finance Minister while presenting the Union Budget for the year 2014-15. Bendang Aier, AGM, NABARD sensitized the participants about the role of “Group liability” and marketing of “One for all, all for One” philosophy as a business proposition where JLG members could avail loan from financial institutions without collateral but purely on the strength of peer partnership. This creates a viable option for purveying credit and a win-win situation forall stakeholders including banks, he said. The other highlight of the programme was bankers interface with members of Krolie, Dieze and NourheJLGs from Jotsoma village under Sechu-Zubza block of Kohima district.

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Mobile Phone Advisory Service under Tuensang district launched TuENsaNg, march 26 (mExN): To disseminate the validated technologies to the farmers of the district, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Tuensang organized exhibition (technology showcase) cum launching of Mobile Phone Advisory Service under Tuensang district on March 25 in Tuensang town with Alem Jungshi, Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang as the chief guest. In his inaugural speech he said, “If India is a land of villages, it is agriculture that drives the people and so is Nagaland where 80-90% of the population lives in rural areas depending on agriculture.” To enhance the income of the farmers, he said, “production should be enhanced to create surplus and this can only be achieved if technologies are incorporated in conventional agriculture based on the suitability.” He further stated that there is an urgency to disseminate the

Farmers and public visit the stalls during the technology exhibition (technology showcase) cum launching of Mobile Phone Advisory Service under Tuensang district held on March 25.

agriculture technologies to every corner of the districts to improve the subsistence nature of agriculture and encouraged the farmers to utilize the technical resources and facilities provided to realise better production and income. Programme Coordinator, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tuensang in a press release stated that the main programme showcased most-

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ly the technologies which were validated by Krishi Vigyan Kendra in the district for larger adoption by the farmers and for more horizontal spread of the technologies. Seeds, sugarcane sets and medicines for livestock were also distributed to the farmers. The chief guest also launched Mobile (Phone) Advisory Services for the farmers in the district DIMAPUR Civil Hospital:

where mobile phones were distributed to the selected lead farmers from all the blocks including the lead farmers from adopted villages under the Kendra. Farmers from Sangsangnyu block, Noksen block, Noklak block, LonkhimChare block, SHGs, Farmers’ Club and progressive farmers from KVK adopted villages participated in the programme.

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Appliances distributed to disabled persons Morung Express News Dimapur | March 26

Appliances including artificial limbs, calipers, walkers, walking sticks etc were distributed to disabled persons on Thursday at District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC). The appliances were given to 32 beneficiaries by the Mobility India, Mumbai with which Prodigal’s Home had signed a Memorandum of understanding. Speaking to media persons after the distribution programme, Assistant Director of Prodigal’s Home, Maong Jamir said that the Disabled People’s Organization had written several letters to the Government of Nagaland to make the DDRC, defunct since February 2013, functional but to no avail. He lamented that de-

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maintained that the duties of medical officer cannot be done by any other officer without knowledge on “their behalf because it’s the matter of life and death.” Even after repeated warning, the SAKK expressed its utter shock to learn that none of the doctors were at station when a bus accident occurred 4 km away from Pughoboto on March 23, where 33 people were injured. However, SAKK also conveyed its appreciation to those nurses who were on duties on the particular day who did their best despite the absence of the doctors. In this context, the union stated that it would held up the salary of “non-performing and non station officials” of CHC Pughoboto in future. It also urged the higher concern department to look in to the matter with serious gesture without any further delay.

DIMAPUR, MARCH 26 (MExN): The High Powered Committee (HPC) constituted to inquire into “illegal and multiple taxation” has issued a notice of summons to the various Naga political groups on the following dates:

the general public that the Main Road will be closed during the social work and vehicles coming from Dhobinala toward Thahekhu Village are requested to travel via Signal Angami Village road; and those coming from Thahekhu Village toward Dhobinala to travel via Living Stone Foundation Higher Sec. School. The KVWO deeply regretted the inconvenience.

DIMAPUR , MARCH 26 (MExN): The Mother and Child Health Care (MCH) Society, Dimapur has informed that public, particularly women that the society will be offering ‘Free Check Up for Maternity and Gynae

KoHIMA, MARCH 26 (MExN): A total of 420 kilos of contraband Marijuana (Ganja) weighting were seized by Kohima Police after intercepting two trucks laden with the 'goods' on two separate occasions today. According to a press note from Sub–Divisional Police Officer & PRO, Kohima Atu Zumvü NPS, the first truck approaching Kohima from Manipur was intercepted by Kohima police personnel manning the Khuzama check gate and 12 packets of contraband

Marijuana (Ganja) weighting 120 kgs were found concealed in the truck. The driver and the handy man of the vehicle identified as Raj Sunar (21 yrs) and Anil Chettry (18 yrs) respectively were arrested and the consignment along with the vehicle seized. In another occasion, a truck proceeding to Dimapur from Manipur laden with 30 packets of contraband Marijuana (Ganja) weighting 300 kgs was intercepted at the same gate today. The driver and the

handy man identified as Santosh Sunar and Ashakho Mao respectively were arrested. On interrogation, the duo revealed that the consignment was loaded from Senapati and was to be delivered at Dimapur, the police informed. A criminal case under NDPS Act has been registered in both the cases at Khuzama PS against them and they were remanded into police custody for conducting further investigation.

18 booked for violating NLPT Act in Dimapur DIMAPUR, MARCH 26 (MExN): The Dimapur Police, on Wednesday carried out raids on various locations in Dimapur and arrested 13 person for violating the NLPT Act and illegally selling liquor. An assorted liquor of 750 bottles was also seized during the raid. Meanwhile, continuing its drive against illegal sale, the police today carried out raids in various locations in Dimapur today and arrested another 5 persons

nel on the receipt of the information regarding the same, swung into action and arrested Khou Shiu of Panso Village PO/ PS- Noklak and presently residing in Officers’ Hill, Kohima; and Aso @ Thepfuneilho of Kohima Village and currently residing in Kitsubozou. The police also recov-

Peren District Monitoring and Evaluation Team visits Tening Block

Officials from Medical Department Peren monitoring the Labour room at Primary Health Center Azailong PHC, Tening Block, Peren.

PEREN, MARCH 26 (MExN): District Monitoring and Evaluation Team headed by Dr. Ngangshimeren, CMO along with Dr. Tiala, Dy CMO, Dr. Limatula, DPO NVBDCP, Dr. Yartenla, DPO RNTCP, NHM staff under Chief Medical Office, Peren visited Mbaulwa, Azailong, Tening and Ntuma PHC for monitoring and evaluation under Tening Block, Peren District on March 25 and 26. The team monitored and supervised on various

fields such as the physical infrastructure, human resource, the equipments, the essential drugs and supplies, training status of HR, service delivery in last two quarters, quality parameter of the facility, records/registers maintenance, service delivery, the functioning of village health committee, IEC display of charts/banners/ posters map indicating village/habitat, AWC, ASHA and places of importance under the jurisdiction of the health unit.

The team also had interaction with the Health Center Management Committee and medical staff and provided suggestions and the members also shared their grievances. Dr. Ngangshimeren requested the HCMC and medical staff to work in coordination inorder to provide and assess the need of the public especially the rural poor. This was stated in a press release issued by CMO Office Peren District Media Officer Pezanguno Celine Secü.

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Cases’ for one year. It will held at J.K.Hospital Burma Camp (Haralu Colony), Dimapur from from April 1, 2015 to to March 31, 2016, informed a press note from Alemla, the chairman of MCH Society, Dimapur

MEx FILE KKGKD emergency meeting DIMAPUR, MARCH 26 (MExN): The Kulolau Khukishi Ghami Kuquakulu, Dimapur (KKGKD) will be holding an emergency executive meeting on March 28 at the residence of its banker at Nahabari, Dimapur from 10 AM. A press note from KKGKD chairman, Kahoto GB and general secretary, Khekato S Yepthomi requested all the office bearers and area reperesntatives to to attend the meeting positively.

Zila Sainik Welfare Office Mkg informs MoKoKCHUNg, MARCH 26 (DIPR): Lt. Col. Joy Choudhury (Retd) Secretary, Zila Sainik Welfare Office, Mokokchung has informed all Ex-servicemen/Widows and Dependents pensioners of Mokokchung, Tuensang and Longleng district to report to the Zila Sainik Welfare Office Mokokchung on or before 6th April 2015 for updating of records. Joy Choudhury informed all the mentioned pensioners to come along with photo copy of Identity Card issued by Zila Sainik Welfare Office, photo copy of pension payment order (PPO), photo copy of updated pass book (first page and last pages ), photo copy of Aadhar Card, if held or else any of Pan card, Voters Identity Card or Driving License.

MoKoKCHUNg, MARCH 26 (DIPR): Addl. Deputy Commissioner & Electoral Registration Officer, Mokokchung, Bendanglila has informed that, as per the directive of CEOs Office, training for Supervisory Officers & BLOs on National E/Roll purification and Authentication would be held in the district under the supervision of respective AERO’s . Schedule and location of the training programme will be as follows: - 21- Tuli at ADC Office, Tuli, 22-Arkakong at SDO(C) Office Changtongya, 23-Impur, 24-Angetyongpang, 25-Mongoya, 26-Aonglenden, 27-Mokokchung Town, 28-Koridang at Town Hall, Mokokchung, 29-Jangpetkong, 30-Alongtaki at ADC Office Mangkolemba. The training will be held on March 30 from 10:30 a.m. onwards.

and seized approximately 92 cases of assorted liquor. Regular cases were registered against them. Informing that the such raids will be carried out at regular interval, the Addl. Superintendent of Police & PRO, Dimapur in a press note stated that in due course it would be extended to ‘sealing and cancellation’ of permits or licences of those hotels, lounges, and restaurants involving in illegal liquor trade.

ered a demand slip with GPRN inscription and also cash amounting to Rs. 1500/- from their possession. A criminal has been registered against them at Kohima North PS and they were remanded into police custody for conducting further investigation, the PRO informed.

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Supervisory Officers & BLOs training at Mkg

ANSTA Nuiland meeting

Two arrested for extortion in Kohima KoHIMA, MARCH 26 (MExN): Two persons were arrested by Kohima police on March 25 for serving “demands slip” to shopkeepers in Town area, Kohima. According to a press note from Sub–Divisional Police Officer & PRO, Kohima Atu Zumvü NPS, the Kohima North PS person-

MCH society offers free check up for women for one year

420 Kilos of ganja seized in Kohima

proval of the Kevijau Village Council, the Kevijau Village Women Organization (KVWO) will be organizing a Mass Social Work on March 28, starting from 6:00 AM sharp within the village jurisdiction. All the residents of Kevijau Village Jurisdiction are requested to kindly co-operate with the same and attendance will be strictly maintained, stated a press note from from KVCO pres-

Dimapur

Pughoboto CHC doctors abdicating their duties: SAKK Notice of Summon issued to Naga political groups

PUgHoboto, MARCH 26 (MExN): The Sumi Aphuyemi Kiphimi Küqhakulu (SAKK), the apex students' organisation of Pughoboto area has cautioned the “non-station officials” of Community Health Centre (CHC) that the Union will hold up the salary of non-performing and non station officials of CHC Pughoboto, if they are found absent from the centre in future. The SAKK in a press note issued by its president Tohovi Swu and general secretary, Joel Sümi Assümi informed that the problem of absenteeism at the CHC, which covers 24 villages of about 16,891 population and 16 government departments, is acute and the union had inspected centre thrice this year, but none of the doctors were present. Expressing its unhappiness A disabled person gets assistance to fit an artificial limb. with the doctors of CHC Pugho(Morung photo) boto for abdicating their dedicaspite the appointment of DDRC in the state. tion and responsibility, the union Disability Commissioner, He further made a ferNagaland, it is yet to yield vent appeal to the state govany desired result though ernment to sincerely look enough employees are into the welfare of disabled there to man the only persons.

TM Lotha Kevijau village mass condemns social work on March 28 MARCH ident Atula Longchar. Wokha blast DIMAPUR, In further informed 26 (MExN): With the apDIMAPUR, MARCH 26 (MExN): Expressing his shock and disheartenment over the news of “powerful bomb” explosion at the heart of Wokha Town today, Dr. TM Lotha strongly condemned the blast as a “cowardly act.” “Violence has no place in a civilized society and this dastardly and cowardly act of terrorism should be condemned by one and all,” stated the senior State’s BJP MLA in a press note received here. Calling it unfortunate that two such incidents are occurring within the space of a month, he urged the State Government to constitute a High Power Committee (HPC) to thoroughly investigate the incident and bring those responsible to book. He also appealed the District Administration and Law Enforcement Agencies to ever remain alert, so that such unwanted incidents do not occur again at Wokha Town. He further prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured, and requested the Chief Minister to pay exgratia to the bomb victims.

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Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur Kesonyu Yhome launched the website of District Tobacco Control Cell (DTCC) at DC’s conference hall during the review meeting held on March 23. During the programme, Dr. C Tetseo (DNO, NTCP) delivered activity report of DTCC, Dimapur. The DC with the recipient of tobacco free certificate from nine schools and a hospital in Dimapur. (DIPR Photo)

DIMAPUR, MARCH 26 (MExN): The Niuland SubUnit of All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (ANSTA) will be organising a general meeting of all its members on March 28, 11 AM at Govt Higher Secondary School. The unit president, Vho G Swu and general secretary, Hotovi Yeptho in a press note informed that the meeting will discuss the forthcoming ANSTA (Central) general conference and other related issues.

Dimapur snapshots Ipsita Chakravarty The Indian Express

In Dimapur on March 4, a crowd of people gathered around a dying man and held up their cell phones. The man had been dragged out of the city’s central jail, stripped, bound by the waist, and as he was being battered to death, they took pictures. Syed Sharif Khan was believed to be an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant, though it is now found that he was not, and he had been detained on charges of rape, though the Nagaland government’s report to the Union home ministry claims there had been none. The public spectacle of his death was perhaps meant to replicate the shame inflicted by his imagined crime. The pictures kept a record of the shame. Some of the photographs escaped into social media the next day, and they may still be circulating as grisly mementos. Because for those in the crowd, it seems it was not enough to kill; the killing had to be viewed. It appears implausible, this pairing of sudden violence and the cool photographic recording of it, of atavistic brutal-

ity and the technology required to capture the images. But it is not new. In 1916, Jesse Washington, a black man in Waco, Texas, was accused of killing the wife of a cotton planter and burnt alive by a mob. A local professional photographer took pictures of the event which were then sold as postcards. One of the crowd sent his parents a postcard bearing the words, “This is the barbecue we had last night. My picture is to the left with a cross over it, your son Joe.” It shows a row of spectators at the back, and two people in the foreground, posing next to the charred stump of the body. They have the swagger of hunters standing over a trophy. Postcards were only part of the memorabilia floating around after Washington’s death — those willing to pay more could acquire a length of the chain used to hang him and other more macabre remains. Lynchings in the American south were regularly photographed and, in some cases, even simulated through audio-visual media after the event was over. It was as if this public act of killing could not be complete without the im-

ages and mementos that proliferated afterwards. For lynching has never been about violence alone — as Amy Louise Wood observes in her book, Lynching and Spectacle, “even that violence and those deaths were representational”. Around the turn of the 20th century, Wood goes on to say, the most sensational lynchings took place in fast urbanising areas. These were the places where the old social order was most visibly threatened, as blacks and whites competed for jobs and emerging urban spaces threw them together in new ways. The social and political anxieties of the southern white population gave rise to the spectre of the “black brute rapist” who violated white women and by extension, the “purity” of white society. Lynchings enacted a triumph over these social fears and reinstated challenged hierarchies. But what of the lynching crowd at Dimapur? What triumph did the photographs commemorate? Nagaland is the result of its own peculiar history and inhabits a very different context; the ethnic tensions of the hill state may not be comparable to the

racial hatred of southern America, or the hierarchies it produced. But curious resonances surfaced in the lynching at Dimapur. To begin with, the city has its own spectres. The most audible strain of Naga identity, at least, has long defined itself in terms of ethnic purity, which must be protected against “outsiders”. Over time, anxieties about outsiders have coalesced around the figure of the “illegal Bangladeshi immigrant”, a phrase often contracted to the clipped, impersonal acronym, “IBI”. Local lore frequently casts him as a predatory creature, stealthily making inroads in Naga society by taking over jobs and land, marrying local women. From the 1980s, there had been reports of how marriages between Naga women and IBIs had given rise to a new population of “Sumias”. Local newspapers continue to raise alarm about the “ballooning population of immigrants” being a “big threat to the survival of the local populace”. On Gandhi Jayanti in 2012, the Naga Council, Dimapur, introduced a pledge to “socially and economically boycott” IBIs. The stakes were high, no less than the “erosion”

of Naga identity by a “tidal wave of alien culture”. Many fears seem to converge in the person of the IBI — hybridity, economic dispossession and eventually, cultural extinction. In Syed Sharif Khan, a Bengali-speaking Muslim who had married a local woman and was accused of raping a Naga girl, Dimapur found the perfect focus for them. Did the crowd that bore down on him believe they were expelling these fears? If the spectators at Waco joked about being at a “barbecue”, this lynching had the fury of an exorcism. The procession that started at the central jail was bound for the clock tower, a city landmark, where the accused would be mounted on the rails. This was to be no ordinary killing; the images it left behind were important. There would also have to be proof that this ritual expulsion had taken place. To the cell phone wielders that day, the photographs may tell that story. But to horrified viewers who were not part of the crowd, certain social pathologies were played out and taken to their tragic conclusion in the Dimapur lynching. The photographs tell that story too.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express FrIDAy 27 MArcH 2015 voluME X IssuE 83

Guest editorial

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Vassilis C. Karamitsanis Open Democracy

Athens, a flourishing polis

Hotels and resorts

oday, the battle for political supremacy in Nagaland is being fought in hotels and resorts. Who is gaining out of this turmoil? Who else but the owners of the hotels and resorts! One wonders how much the bills have amounted to. I am sure the hotels are making profit much more than the Hornbill festival days because the guests this time are all VIPs and it has definitely been longer than many Hornbills put together. Hotel bills are not the primary concern of the present political upheaval. But the main purpose which drove our elected representatives to these camps is as idiotic as being concerned for the hotel bills. There were charges of kidnappings and house-arrests, not in some shabby hideout, but in the fanciest hotels in the State. There were instances of ditching camps and the name of a certain legislator has become a verb to refer to such acts. The idiocy continued when they came back and sang ‘How Great Thou Art’ in their hotel after all the 59 voted in unison and made a mockery of the whole episode in the floor of the Assembly. Dimapur campers went back to their resort, and there were stories of changing resort for change of ambience, and certain TA/DA being handed out to keep members from running away. This was not the first time when political battles were fought in hotels and resorts. Not long ago, there was a flee to Kaziranga where the legislators also celebrated Mothers’ day in the particular resort. It is primarily a fight for money and power. I have been reading on Money, Sex, and Power for a future project. And what is unravelling in our State politics is fitting so well into the text that this drama is all about the fight for money and power and nothing else. It is not any clash of political ideology, principle, governance, or whatever. Shurhozelie stated it so well when he said these memorable lines in the victory program where they sang the hymn mentioned above: ‘This time is found to be little different, the crisis is costlier in terms of time, money and services. Very confusing rumours spread till the last minute generated by the dissident group. The party men and women, who stood together to counter the most complicated crisis created by the Money Power leaders, complicating the established law and mimicking our stand by the dissident. We are aware that these few rich peoples backgrounds, including their parents, so their accumulated wealth used against party government for their selfish gain is an amassed fund when they were in power’. No more need to be said. The alternative is the same as the present problem. Ever since the congress party voted in favour of the government on February 5 floor test, their voice seems to be decreasing to whispers for some certain arrangement, certain plump portfolio, certain cabinet berth, and so forth. So, there is no better alternative. It doesn’t matter if the Kohima camp, Dimapur camp, Congress, BJP, or whoever takes the lead. It’s all the same. Someone joked that we are fortunate to be living in this time to witness this political melodrama unfolding before our very eyes. But the joke is on us too and has been a very costly affair for all of us. It is much more than the money spent on hotel bills that were lost.

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Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D

Changing the Nations through Prayer Thought-Provoking Question: We can complain about the government or pray for it. Which is better? What does God say? Read 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Paul asked believers to pray “for kings and all those who are in high positions.” This is interesting considering that Nero was the emperor of the Roman Empire at this time (A.D. 54-68). Nero was a notoriously cruel ruler. When in A.D. 64 a great fire destroyed much of Rome under his watch, he used the Christians as a scapegoat by blaming them as the cause. Then persecution erupted throughout the Roman Empire. Not only were Christians denied certain privileges in society, but some of them were even butchered, burned, or fed to animals. The emperor used the government structures and its laws to carry out all these atrocities. Bad government can hinder the lives and works of God’s people. This is why Paul urged that prayers be made “for kings and all those who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way” (1 Tim. 2:2). Paul understood that even an evil government could be changed through prayers. The question is, did the believers pray as Paul instructed? If they did, did their prayers do any good for the Roman Empire and its people? History tells us that after Nero’s death, the Roman government became less oppressive towards the Christians in the empire. Believers were able to more freely practice their faith, which eventually led to Rome embracing Christianity. In fact, the Christian influence on the Roman government was such that it led to outlawing infanticide and abortion, abolishing the Gladiators’ to-the-death games, and outlawing the cruel punishment of branding the faces of criminals. Okay, so now what? Christians can help change a bad government into a good one. South Korea is an example. Christian influence has a lot to do with South Korea becoming a free democratic country. There the people practice their Christian faith unashamedly and the government encourages sending out thousands of missionaries around the world. Through it all, the people are thriving and developing in every way. By contrast, North Korea is a dictatorial, oppressive, communist regime. Because of this, its citizens have no individual freedom and are cut off from the rest of the world. Also, millions of its citizens live in abject poverty and die without ever hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If you are not happy with the government, don’t just complain. Pray for it. Prayer: Lord, I pray for all leaders over men. Keep them from making bad decisions that could hurt others and me. May they make good decisions so I can live and work in peace. Amen. Taken from the book “Breakfast with the King: The 100-Day Devotional” by Mazie Nakhro

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mental and cultural revolution must take place over treatment of women and by our society. There's no point talking about how much we respect women's honor if we let threats go unpunished or allow harassment in our street. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

am proud to say that I was born, raised and have lived nearly all my life in Athens, the world’s oldest local democracy. Everyday experience of living in the Greek capital is now far from enjoying a "flourishing city". For more than six years now, our city, and the entire country to a somewhat lesser extent, have been going through a deep, multifaceted and greatly depressing crisis. Since 2009, the city has been leading a stampede towards depreciation, social erosion and financial decay. During this period, which continues to this day, Athens has lost most of the recent shine attained during the 2004 Olympics and the steady economic and social growth achieved over the past three decades. However, nobody had very high expectations that the city to improve that fast or that much in terms of its standard of living and functionality, especially if you look back to the 1980’s, the years I was at elementary school. Athens was a post-industrial, grey Mediterranean anarchic megapolis dogged with environmental problems and infrastructure deficiencies. The absence of a modern transport network gave rise to unending traffic jams, an urban airport synonymous with tourist stress and delays, a heavily polluted coastline and the notorious smog in the city's atmosphere, These were an integral part of my Athenian childhood. In addition, the massive exit of wealthy and educated Athenians to the suburbs left our downtown lifeless and unfriendly to visitors with quite a number of sights and museums in a blatantly neglected state. A Balkan metropolis without even a proper concert or congress hall encouraged tourists to treat it more like a flight stopover on the way to the Greek isles than a city of international historical and cultural significance. The beginning of the 1990’s was a turning point for Athens. Disappointing everyday conditions led to a push for change, further Greek integration into European structures and a slightly new approach among the country's politicians led to substantial improvements in many of the city's functions, its environment and international image. This was unprecedented in Greece's modern history and remains so. The decade opened with the inauguration of a modern large-scale hall for public functions, the renowned Megaron. Biological sewage waist purification plants installed in the vicinity of the Revythoussa islet, in combination with a full ban on any disposal into the Greek seas resulted in safe-to-swim, clean sea waters alongside the Athenian Riviera. Unleaded-only fuels for vehicles nationwide alongside enforced closure of industries around the city's agglomeration have unveiled anew the famous crispy-

he Rising Plague, a book by Brad Spellberg, chief medical officer of the Los Angeles County—University of Southern California Medical Center, opens with eight chilling words: “I’m out of antibiotics. She’s going to die.” The quote is from a real doctor at UCLA-Harbor Medical Center, who was treating a real patient—a 20-something Spellberg calls “B.” B had leukemia, and she developed an infection that built up resistance to the hospital’s most powerful antibiotics even as she was being pumped full of them. She died the day after Spellberg told her husband the hospital had nothing left to try. In the book, Spellberg describes the case as happening “several years ago.” The book was published in 2009. Antibiotic resistance may make cases like B's much more common in the future. One of the biggest culprits is the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock. Industrial farms feed animals low doses of the drugs in order to promote growth and ward off infections within densely packed herds. From there, natural selection does its job: The bacteria that can overpower the drugs survive and multiply, and they make their way out into the environment through water, urine, and feces. In the U.S., 80 percent of antibiotics are used in animals, though the industry is moving away from the practice. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences forecasts the geography of antibiotic overuse in the future. Accord-

clear, bluest Athenian sky. However, only in 1997 when Athens succeeded in its bid to host the Summer Olympics did the motor for change really become as fast and as coordinated as it needed to be. An urban rail network of five new lines, an urban motorway crossing the city and leading to a new state-of-the-art airport, extensive downtown remodeling and new constructions all over the wider Attica region were planned, and due to be delivered by 2004. Despite controversies and much negative publicity in the global media, the Games were a big success for the city and the world encountered a wholly new, shiny and optimistic metropolis. This was exactly the time that the city should have begun work on its Olympic legacy future planning; defining its new major goals; drawing up its future towards maintaining the many improvements and global attention so far achieved. But following the Games and a government change, moving power from social democrats into the hands of the centre-right, this window of opportunity for Athens slid by as if it was frozen in time. For over four years, laurel wreaths dried out, pharaonic buildings made for the Games found no new users, the country seemed incapable of maintaining the city's dramatic upgrading that had cost so much and burdened Greece's national debt until it reached stellar heights. The echoes of the world financial crisis erupting during summer 2008 left Athens serene and inactive. The nation's widespread belief was that the Greek banking sector was perfectly safe and our national economy strong enough to stay untouched. A theoretically random event served as the trigger to our very own crisis and the beginning of Athens' long-lasting downturn: two-weeks of extremely violent riots took place as a result of the deadly shooting of an adolescent by a police officer on 5 December 2008. There was extensive damage done and looting of public and private property. The city experienced some if its darkest days, while every subsequent anniversary of the riots has proven a nightmare for the city council and the police forces, due to violent demonstrations and destruction incurred albeit on a smaller scale than at the initial event. As a result, Athenians got used to living with the fear of violence from extreme-left or anarchist groups, decaying urban infrastructure, constantly vandalised public buildings and no large-scale improvement programme outlined for the foreseeable future. The deep recession added social erosion phenomena, with many people living in poverty and homelessness, and desperate migrants from the region's devastated Muslim countries settling in the city's downtown. All of this has resulted in a situation where a flourishing Athens

could only sound like an oxymoron. Let's take a closer look, though. Through the crisis years in Athens, seven new metro stations have been put into operation, while the large plan of extensions for both metro and tramlines has begun. The city has added a top-notch archaeological museum hosting the Acropolis exhibits, making the claim on repatriating the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum more convincing than ever. Meanwhile, a state contemporary art museum is (almost) ready to open in the old downtown Fix Brewery and an over 500 million euro new National Opera and Library premises and urban park project in the city's seafront will be delivered by early 2016. Solidarity structures for the crisis victims have been popping up around the city and its surroundings. Amid the crisis, the Athens city council won the Bloomberg Philanthropy sustainable development and the EFTA solidarity awards; their pecuniary prizes are wholly dedicated to the city’s cohesion action plan for the victims of crisis, i.e our homeless, unemployed, drug addicted, impoverished etc fellow-citizens. The private sector has been impressively active at the same time. Numerous NGO’s, humanitarian initiatives, sociopolitical think-tanks and many citizen groups have taken action towards making Athens a more just and happy place to be. As an example, Atenistas , a volunteer group of over 5000 Athenians has undertaken actions ranging from anti-tagging campaigns and free archaeological tours for local people and visitors, to anti-racist events and numerous humanitarian interventions. Surprisingly, while the debt crisis is still hitting the nation, Athens has revamped itself over the past two years as a tourist destination. The city's port in Piraeus is impressively growing in both freight and cruise traffic, thanks to a huge Chinese investment and the cruise market liberalisation both launched in 2010. On top of this, after some years of post-Olympic decay, foreign traffic at the Venizelos airport has reached record density since its opening in 2001. Let's face it: Athens, like no other city in Europe, has experienced the corrosive impact of the crisis in its economy, its infrastructure, and its society. Its skin and social texture has been changed forever. Life will never be as it used to be. That's maybe the reason why Athenians, both those born Greek or otherwise, have started on such a scale to think afresh, and to act differently. If you look beyond the traumatised city of news reports and media stereotypes, you will definitely see a city, but a vibrant urban society eager to redefine prosperity, to reinvent the Greek capital as a viable, yet "flourishing city" in the new era.

The Antibiotics Problem in Meat A new study suggests that a consumer demand for chicken and pork in places like India, Russia, China, and Brazil will help drive a large increase in overuse of the drugs by 2030. Is there anything we can do about it? olga Khazan The Atlantic

ing to the study authors, the next big threat will come from middle-income countries like Brazil, Russia, India, and China, where a burgeoning consumer class is starting to prefer more meat in their diets, and where large-scale farms will try to meet this demand as cheaply as they can. The study authors estimate that between 2010 and 2030, the global consumption of antibiotics will increase by 67 percent, with about a third of that increase coming from changing livestock practices in fast-developing countries. China, for instance, already leads the world in antibiotic use in livestock. The increase will largely be driven by chicken and pork, rather than cattle. Chicken and pigs are easier to raise quickly in tight spaces, whereas cattle herds take a while to build up, explained

Timothy Robinson, principal scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute and an author of the study. It’s particularly devastating that developing countries will use the most antibiotics in livestock because they also shoulder a disproportionate disease burden. For example, the authors write, “India has no regulator y provisions for the use of antimicrobials in cattle, chicken, and pigs raised for domestic consumption,” but approximately 95 percent “of adults in India carry bacteria resistant to β-lactam antimicrobials.” These are also the nations where restrictions on antibiotic use might be hardest to implement. “In Europe, we have fairly strict legislation on antimicrobial use,” Robinson said. “In the States, things are a bit

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looser. In India and China and Russia, it's one thing producing the legislation and it's another thing enforcing it.” All of this made me wonder how much good it does to buy antibioticfree meat in the U.S., which, unlike the EU, hasn’t outlawed the use of antibiotics in livestock as a growth promoter. The answer is: It depends. Chicken raised without antibiotics might have a lower chance of harboring resistant pathogens like Campylobacter and Salmonella, says Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy. Still, choosing antibiotic-free chicken is still a little bit like buying a Prius or recycling: It could help on a wide scale, but only if most people do it. Even if some people are chowing down on Whole Foods poultry, superbugs from chicken farms that do use antibiotics could still make their way to humans through the water supply and other means. According to Laxminarayan, this is how most resistance genes get to humans, rather than through the direct consumption of animals raised on antibiotics. “Antimicrobial resistance is a tragedy of the commons, but with more direct individual effect than climate change,” said Thomas Van Boeckel, an ecologist at Princeton University and the study's lead author. “By playing your part you do reduce your risk of infection. Although not completely.” In order to preserve antibiotic effectiveness entirely, he added, “we need to rethink how we raise livestock.”

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The nightmare world without chickens

andrew Lawler

F THE world's cats and dogs disappeared overnight, millions of people would mourn their furry friends. If beef cattle suddenly ceased to exist, it would create economic crises in America, Argentina and Australia. But what if all of Earth's 22 billion chickens succumbed to a scourge like bird flu? How would humanity cope? More than 22 billion chickens live on the planet – three for every human It's a thought experiment whose answers show just how much human civilisation has come to rely on a single species. Without chickens, we would face "a starving world", says Olivier Hanotte, a molecular biologist at the University of Nottingham, UK, who has studied the spread of the chicken around the globe. Close to one-third of the world's meat supply and nearly all of its eggs would vanish. Pandemics and riots could ensue, unleashing a crisis of enormous proportions. This might seem far-fetched given how unremarkable the bird appears. But as a ubiquitous food source and more, it has pecked and scratched its way into almost every corner of human existence. The story of the chicken-human bond is an ancient one. Some 3000 years ago, Polynesians took chickens with them on their expeditions to settle Pacific islands, using their bones to make sewing needles, tattooing implements and even musical instruments. Ancient Greeks considered the bird sacred to their god of healing, and believed its parts could cure illnesses ranging from burns to bedwetting. Roman generals kept a flock of chickens on hand before battles for military advice. If the sacred birds ate heartily before the conflict began, then the generals could expect victory; if they turned up their beaks, then best to retreat. And cockfighting is probably the oldest spectator sport after boxing. Today, of course, the chicken is chiefly a source of food. In that role, it has become staggeringly abundant, outnumbering all the pigs and cows on the planet combined. Add in dogs and cats, and there would still be more chickens. For every person, three chickens are alive and clucking today. Humans gobble down almost 100 million tonnes of chicken meat and over 1 trillion eggs annually. On a single day this year, Super Bowl Sunday, Americans ate an estimated 1.25 billion chicken wings. Yet this popularity is surprisingly new. As recently as 1950, Americans ate twice as much red meat as chicken. Today that ituation is reversed. The chicken's rise began after the second world war, when US poultry breeders developed a bird for mass production that grew bigger breast muscles, required less feed, took far less time to mature, and produced tender meat that could be carved almost like a steak. This highly engineered animal now powers huge poultry industries throughout the world. Though people in Asia still eat fewer chickens than North Americans, they are catching up: chicken is poised to surpass pork – the traditional Chinese favourite – as the world's most popular meat by 2020. What would we do without it? Recent events suggest we could be in big trouble. Mexicans eat more eggs than anyone else – about 330 each year, on average – and when egg prices shot up in Mexico City in 2012 following the culling of millions of sick birds, demonstrators took to the streets in what was dubbed "The Great Egg Crisis". During the 2011 uprising in Egypt, angry protesters rallied to the cry: "They are eating pigeons and chicken, but we eat beans every day!" When poultry prices tripled in Iran recently, the nation's police chief warned television producers not to broadcast images of people eating chicken to avoid inciting violence. Across the Persian Gulf in Saudi Arabia, chicken feed is subsidised to keep meat prices low and a potentially restive population quiet. Why has the chicken – rather than, say, the duck or yak – emerged as the single most important animal species for humanity? The answer lies partially in its remarkable adaptability. Charles Darwin, who spent a good deal of time and money studying the bird, was one of the first to realise this. He collected chickens from all over the world, many of which he bequeathed to the Natural History Museum in London. Some are skins that were prepared using a particular technique. "You remove their innards, pop out the brains and eyes, and sew them back up," curator Joanne Cooper explains cheerfully when I visited the collection. Through typically patient study, Darwin deduced that all varieties of domestic chicken descended from the red jungle fowl, a shy and elusive pheasant that lives across south Asia and parts of China, and

ne of the positive things about the media frenzy over cases like the Boston Marathon bombing and the Aurora Theater shooting is that these types of cases remind us there are profound mysteries of the human condition that we usually tune out during our everyday lives. What is the nature of good and evil? When are we responsible for our actions and when should we be excused? Why do we blame and punish, and when do we forgive? These questions are no longer the exclusive domain of religion, law, psychiatry, or philosophy. There is increasing evidence that natural selection built our brains with default settings that not only make us presumptively cooperative and rule-abiding, but also drive us to blame then punish the wrongdoers among us. Human brains actually come preequipped with three levels of punishment. The first is conscience, and its after-the-fact cousin, guilt. One of the biggest reasons I don’t punch people in the nose every time I have a disagreement with them is that I know hitting is wrong. We have internalized evolution’s relentlessly utilitarian deterrent calculations into several prosocial moral intuitions, including “don’t steal” and “don’t break promises.” But conscience alone was simply not strong enough to restrain enough of our selfish ancestors to prevent anarchy in our small groups. So evolution armed us, as it has armed many other animal species, with

We rely on this humble bird for a lot of our meat and almost all our eggs. In fact, the world would starve without it

is adapted to a variety of habitats. His conclusions were confirmed in 2004, when the bird's genome was sequenced. The red jungle fowl, which was domesticated at least 4000 years ago, bequeathed the chicken a genome forged by a wide range of environments, from Himalayan foothills to Sumatran jungles. Along the way, the domestic chicken may have also picked up genes from other jungle fowl subspecies, including the Indian grey jungle fowl. "What is remarkable about the chicken is its genetic diversity," says Hanotte. "It's probably the most genetically diverse species of livestock, with the possible exception of pigs." This has not only helped the village chicken thrive on every continent except Antarctica, but has also allowed humans to breed what American ornithologist William Beebe called "beautiful, bizarre, or monstrous races" of chickens, from fluffy silkies to leggy langshans. The rise of the chicken is not necessarily a bad thing, in fact, the bird is something of an environmental hero. To understand its impressive efficiency, let's imagine the impact of replacing chicken with meat from other livestock animals. Beef, which makes up about a quarter of the meat eaten in the US, would be the most disastrous replacement. Kilogram for kilogram, we would have to find over 1000 per cent more land for beef than is used to produce chicken, an area larger than China and India combined . Cows convert food into meat far less efficiently than chickens, so even if we turned entirely to intensively raised grain-fed cattle we'd need to provide them with eight times as much feed to get the same amount of meat. Given that growing food for livestock already takes up around a third of the arable land on Earth, there might not be room. Hens don't need males to stimulate egg laying – only exposure to about 14 hours of light What about pigs? We would need to at least double the number from 1 to more than 2 billion to take care of the meat shortfall, and more of the planet would need to become farmland since pigs require almost 14 per cent more feed than chickens to produce a kilogram of meat. If we're talking about the environment, there's also the matter of gas. Unlike chickens, cows and sheep ferment their meals in a bacteria-rich stomach called the rumen, producing large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane in the process. Beef is responsible for almost four times the amount of greenhouse gas (including carbon dioxide) per kilogram of meat as chicken, while lamb produces

over five times as much. Switching to cheese as a source of protein would almost double greenhouse gas emissions, while turning to pork would increase them by 75 per cent. Satisfying the world's insatiable demand for meat without chickens would slam down the gas pedal on global warming. What about other birds? Ducks and turkeys might seem like sensible replacements, but they have several drawbacks. You can't put turkeys and geese into small enclosures, and ducks need water. "You don't find ducks in semi-desert subsisting on vermin," says Hanotte. "Ducks are adaptable, but they're not as adaptable as chickens." Turkeys are not as efficient egg producers, and neither species produces as much meat as chickens do on the same feed. "Ducks and turkeys have their niche, but they are not going to be competitors," says Hanotte. He thinks that, in terms of protein, insects rather than ducks would be the most likely replacement. Avian lifesavers The nascent insect protein market might well expand, but in the meantime demand for seafood would surge, potentially pushing many of the world's fisheries – which currently produce some 80 million tonnes per year – to collapse. Aquaculture would ramp up, but it would take time to increase production (now about 60 million tonnes a year) to make up for all that chicken. Some countries might be able to keep their populations in meat – the US, for example, could halt all beef and pork exports and return to something resembling its pre-1950 meat-eating habits. And for those Westerners willing to explore plant-based meat substitutes, foods such as textured wheat protein (already used in "chicken-less nuggets") would likely become more widespread. Such a switch could make a difference to the environment: if we all swapped chicken for beans, for example, greenhouse gas emissions would be much lower. Chicken is responsible for 6.9 kg of greenhouse gases per kg of meat, compared with 2 kg for bean protein . Other places might not fare so well. In parts of Africa and Asia, where chicken is common street food and even the poorest can keep a fowl or two in their backyard, the bird's demise would lead to skyrocketing malnutrition rates. Chicken meat and eggs are particularly rich in the essential amino acids lysine and threonine, which our bodies cannot manufacture. "It is impossible for the world to exist as it does today without the animal protein via chicken eggs and meat," says Jianlin Han, a biologist at Beijing's Institute of Animal Science in China.

So much for nutrition. The chicken plays another, more hidden role in society: its eggs are crucial for making flu vaccine. To produce the world's 400 million annual doses, cultured flu strains are injected into fertilised eggs, a nutrient-rich and otherwise sterile environment in which the virus quickly multiplies. The virus-laden fluid is harvested, and the virus killed or weakened, with one egg equalling approximately one vaccine. "It's just amazing how well influenza virus grows in eggs," says Doris Bucher, a microbiologist whose lab at New York Medical College is one of just three in the world that grow flu strains for the annual vaccine. "It's the cheapest way to produce it." The US in particular has funded a hunt for alternatives to the egg-based vaccine, in part because of fears over what might happen if chickens disappeared. "There was a concern that if you had H5N1, that it could wipe out every chicken on the planet," says Bucher. Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has developed an alternative called Flucelvax grown in the kidney cell line of a cocker spaniel, which was approved in Europe in 2007 (under the name Optaflu), and in the US in 2012. The drug is only approved for people aged 18 and older, however, and it would take time to scale up to meet worldwide demand. "Things could change, but we're certainly not there yet," says Bucher. If the chicken were to disappear, one flu season could kill 50,000 people in the US alone, Bucher estimates. And if a new swine flu or similar pandemic broke out, humanity would have little defence against its ravages. Adieu, souffle Of course, amid the riots and malnutrition and illness, our sweet tooth would suffer too. The disappearance of eggs would change pastry as we know it, says Ludwig Hely, executive pastry chef at The Savoy hotel in London. "It would be terrible. It is by far the hardest ingredient to replace," he says. "Flour is easy, but if we didn't have eggs, we would lose the structure and lightness." Eggs from ducks or even quails might provide a substitute, but their relative rarity would make pastry an expensive treat. Meanwhile, egg replacements would become more common, with ingredients like silken tofu, baking powder and flaxseed meal being used to bind and leaven dough. Such ingenuity will be familiar to those who experienced rationing during the second world war. Some are already working on a modern-day version of this resourcefulness: Jason Sellers, head chef at Plant, one of the US's top vegan restaurants, says that he has figured out how to make an eggless meringue. Yet even he admits that sometimes eggs are impossible to replace. "There are some things that you just can't do without eggs, such as souffle," he says. The consequences of a chicken exodus would not be all bad. Fewer people would contract salmonella. The bacterium, which is most often found on raw chicken, kills about 115,000 people worldwide every year, and sickens tens of millions. Anyone concerned about animal welfare would surely cheer the fact that billions of chickens, which under the laws of most governments have no protection and lead short and brutal lives, would finally be freed from servitude, even at the cost of extinction. Anthropologist Steve Striffler, whose book Chicken explores the history of the bird's industrialisation, says that while the chicken is a crucial source of protein to the world's rural poor, its disappearance in developed economies might not be a bad thing. "About 75 per cent of chickens are produced industrially in the First World," he says. "They are raised under extremely bad circumstances and essentially have no lives. And all this for food that is often produced in ways that are bad for workers, consumers, and the environment." How likely is Chicken Armageddon? The bird is increasingly concentrated by the million in enormous farms, and therefore is more susceptible to the spread of disease than most village birds. Avian flu a decade ago resulted in the culling of over 100 million birds across Asia, and has reared its head again this year. Yet the chicken is nothing if not a survivor. It has spent the last several thousand years alongside humans. And every year, it becomes more inexorably bound up with our well-being. The sky might not fall, but a chicken-less planet would be nothing to crow about.

Punishment’s purpose a second level of punishment — retaliation. Another reason I don’t hit people during arguments is that I know they will hit me back. In a species as devilishly clever as we, even conscience and the fear of retaliation were not enough. We needed a third level of punishment to deter our ancient cheaters: third-party punishment. Unlike any other animal species, even our closest primate relatives, all psychiatrically intact humans have a powerful urge to punish wrongdoers even when they are not themselves the victims of the wrong. This third-party urge is of course not as strong as retaliation, and that’s a good thing, otherwise our groups would have deteriorated into an anarchy of busybodies instead of an anarchy of cheaters. Of course, how a particular individual reacts to any particular wrong is driven by a myriad of impossible-to-predict factors, both cultural and situational. But the templates on which these individual punishment decisions are made are part of our evolved neuroarchitectures. Those same neuroarchitectures built the law, with the result that laws across many different cultures and over vast spans of time share many characteristics. For example, virtually every legal system has recognized that the state cannot punish a wrongdoer

How humans became hardwired for justice Morris B. Hoffman reuters unless his prohibited act was intentional or at least reckless. That is, we don’t generally punish simple accidents. Doing so is all cost and very little deterrent benefit. For exactly the same evolutionary reasons, we don’t blame wrongdoers whose brains are sufficiently irrational. Debates about insanity, and especially about our confidence in modern psychiatry’s ability to reliably detect it, rage on, but the core idea remains alive and well: some people’s brains are so diseased that we simply have no urge to punish them. Our punishment instincts came with other built-in governors, including powerful urges to forgive if the right signals are received. As every good defense lawyer knows, and every child for that matter,

even insincere contrition dampens our retributive fires. Forgiveness is also powerfully transformative. Alan Paton, the famed South African writer, once wrote that “when a deep injury is done us, we never fully recover until we forgive.” Forgiveness can have the same curative potential for the forgiven as it has for the forgiving. I have sentenced dozens of murderers in my years as a trial court judge. Usually, they sit flat and emotionless as the victim’s survivors try to express their profound loss. But on those occasions when a survivor says “I forgive you,” and there have been more than you might think, almost without exception the murderers have broken down and wept. What a strange and complicated species we are when words of forgiveness can touch us, but words of the grievous loss we caused cannot. This is one hint about the deep evolutionary power of forgiveness. One of the popular myths about the history of punishment is that our ancestors were extraordinarily harsh, and that only with the advance of civilization have savage punishments become steadily more enlightened and proportional. But the very opposite is true. In our emergent groups, which were small and consisted of mostly related individuals, we would no more

Andrew Lawler's book Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? will be published in the UK on 7 May

have cut off a thief’s hand than we would cut off our sister’s hand if we caught her stealing today. Even long after our emergence, punishments for all but the most serious of wrongs were unimaginably lenient by modern standards. Some ancient German tribes punished all crimes, even murder, with a series of fines scheduled to the seriousness of the offense. Punishments got severe and cruel only when our groups began to grow into larger and larger units, and especially when agriculture drove most of us into fixed settlements and towns. Faced with punishing people our brains told us were outsiders but our political organizations insisted were insiders, punishment became more like war and less like family education. As we contemplate the latest trials of the century, and especially as we struggle to balance the need to hold criminals responsible with the challenges of exploding prison populations, there are no easy answers. After all, we’ve been struggling with the problem of what to do with the wrongdoers among us since we first roamed the planet. But appreciating that fact, and appreciating that the brains we are using to answer these questions were themselves built in an era when punishment was the key to our evolutionary survival, may make us more open to change a system everyone seems to recognize needs changing, without altering its central retributive purpose.

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2 arrested in nun gang-rape case

KolKata, March 26 (IaNS): In its first major breakthrough, West Bengal Police on Thursday arrested two people in connection with the March 14 gang-rape of a nun inside a convent in Ranaghat, an officer said. A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team of the state police nabbed a Bangladeshi man, Mohammed Salim Sheikh, from a Mumbai slum in the early hours with the help of the Mumbai crime branch. CID Deputy Inspector General (operations) Dilip Kumar Adak told reporters here that another person Gopal Sarkar has been arrested from Habra in North 24 Parganas district for harbouring the gang of bandits, who committed the crime inside the convent. The 71-year-old sister superior of the Convent of Jesus and Mary was brutalised by the dacoits in Nadia disrtict's Ranaghat, some 80 km from Kolkata. In the aftermath of the incident, police had circulated through the media images of the suspects captured on the CCTV cameras installed in the convent. But Adak said Sheikh was not among the suspects whose image was captured on CCTV. "We can know more details about his role after interrogation. He has admitted he was involved in the crime. I can't give you more information now," he said. Following a tip-off, a team of CID officers, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Pinaki Ranjan Das, had gone to Mumbai on Wednesday. They conducted a joint raid with the Mumbai Crime branch and caught Sheikh from a house in Pilkhana Street of Mahila Mahal Jhoparpatty (slum) in south Mumbai. He has been brought to the state and was presented in the Ranaghat Court on Thursday. He said acting on another piece of

Mohammad Salim Shaikh, one of the two suspects arrested by police in the gang rape of an elderly nun in in a missionary school in eastern India nearly two weeks ago, is brought to the Crime Investigation Department office in Kolkata on Thursday, March 26. A police officer says the suspects were arrested Thursday after a nationwide hunt. The nun, in her 70s, was hospitalized in serious condition. She has since recovered and left the hospital. (AP Photo)

information, a CID team led by DSP Anik Sarkar picked up Sarkar from Habra and arrested him after sustained grilling. He would be produced in court on Friday. Sarkar, who had allegedly sheltered the miscreants before they committed the crime, came to India illegally from Bangladesh in 2002 and has been staying in Habra since then. "He has been staying illegally there since 2002. Sarkar gave shelter to the miscreants prior to the incident," said Adak. Asked whether he was also present at the scene of the crime, the CID officer said: "So far we have got information that he only gave shelter to the miscreants."

To repeated queries about the total number of criminals who raided the convent on March 14 and whether police have got leads about the criminals still at large, Adak said: "We can get details about the other miscreants only after intense grilling of the accused." The miscreants had vandalised the convent between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on March 14. "They looted the convent and also raped the nun." Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had ordered a CID inquiry soon after the incident. But the sleuths' inability to make much headway and the consequent public backlash had forced Banerjee on March 18 to announce through a

Facebook post that the case was being handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation. However, the central agency is yet to formally take over. After her discharge from the Ranaghat sub-divisional hospital on Friday last week, the rape survivor subsequently left the state for an undisclosed location prompting the opposition parties to call it an "embarrassment" for Banerjee and her ruling Trinamool Congress. Besides the NCW, the Prime Minister's Office as well as the National Human Rights Commission have also taken cognisance of the matter and sought a detailed report from the Banerjee government.

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ABVP protest turns violent, nearly 100 people injured PatNa, March 26 (IaNS): Police fired in the air and resorted to a baton charge on Thursday to disperse ABVP members who pelted stones at police during a protest near the Bihar assembly against the prevailing education scenario in the state. Nearly 100 people were injured while a similar number of ABVP activists were detained. Demanding a high-level probe into the police action, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has announced a Bihar bandh (shutdown) on March 30 to protest against the incident. The protest turned violent when ABVP activists with saffron flags in their hands started pelting stones at police and later broke open a huge iron gate at the R-Block near the state assembly. "Police resorted to a baton charge and opened fire in the air to disperse the ABVP members," a district official said. Nearly 100 ABVP members were detained for attacking police and violating Section 144 - which bans unlawful assembly. Later, some ABVP activists, angered at the police action, attacked members of the public, targeted vehicles and tried to ransack some shops in many parts of Patna. Some ABVP members looted fruit vendors and attacked shops near the Patna railway station, police said. Following the police action against the ABVP activists, over a dozen Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators staged a protest outside the assembly. Some BJP legislators also clashed with police, but were later calmed down by their colleagues. The BJP legislators also raised the issue in the assembly and blamed police for the violence. Leader of Opposition Nand Kishore Yadav said the police action would

prove costly for the Nitish Kumar government. Over four dozen policemen, nearly 50 ABVP members and some media persons were injured in the violence. In view of the tension, additional security forces have been deployed to keep the protesters in control, Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Jitendra Rana said. "All the injured, including 13 policemen and ABVP members, have been admitted to the Patna Medical College and Hospital," Rana said. He said some policemen with serious injuries were admitted to an intensive care unit. Condemning such violent protests, Neeraj Kumar, spokesperson of the ruling Janata Dal-United, said people have a right to protest in a democracy but not in the way the ABVP activists looted poor vendors on the pavements, attacked people on the roads and damaged vehicles. Meanwhile, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and contended that his state will lose Rs 50,000 crore due to implementation of the 14th Finance Commission recommendations which he wanted to be compensated by the Centre. Emerging from the meeting, the chief minister said he raised the issue of implementation of the Finance Commission recommendations which he contended will lead to an "estimated Rs 50,000 crore loss" to the state. He said the Centre's share in centrally-sponsored schemes has been decreased. "Altogether, it has been a loss to Bihar. That is why I have requested that Bihar should be compensated for this," Kumar told reporters.

At least 121 death petitions AAP says Bhushan and disposed off in last 34 years Yadav have quit; they deny

NEW DElhI, March 26 (PtI): A total of 121 death petitions involving more than 163 persons were disposed off by the President of India in the last 34 years. In response to an RTI query, Ministry of Home Affairs (Judicial Division) said that since 1981, there were 124 cases, whereupon 90 cases were rejected and 31 were extended relief as their death sentences were condoned as commuted to life imprisonment, J P Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Judicial & CPIO said. Three death petitions are still under examinations, one is of Balwant Singh Rajoana from Chandigarh and Tote Dewan from Assam; both filed in 2012 and that of Antony from Kerala whose petition was filed in 2013, he said. Among the convicts waiting for the gallows, is Davinder Singh Bhullar of the Khalistan Liberation Force convicted for killing nine people and injuring 31 in a bomb blast in 1993. His mercy petition was filed in January 2003 and rejected on 25.5.2011 and is yet to be hanged. The petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh on August 31, 1995, is still under examination, the RTI reply said. However, no information was provided with regard to number of prisoners who were awarded death penalty but set free after mercy from the President of India, Aggarwal said. Whether the prisoners who were pardoned of death penalty; were set free or still behind the bars was also not provided by the Division. Information regarding the number of death row prisoners confirmed by the Supreme Court of India, who have never sought mercy from the President was also left out from the RTI reply, with the authority stating that the concerned states may provide the details of the same.

Coal ministry eyeing 15 to 20 blocks for next auction round

NEW DElhI, March 26 (IaNS): The coal ministry is identifying 15-20 blocks for the next - third - round of auction, but cannot give a deadline for completing the process for all 204 blocks whose allotments were annulled by the Supreme Court, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. "Fifteen to 20 coal blocks are being identified (for auction) and we are hopeful that the mining from these blocks could start soon," Goyal told reporters here after launching the ministry's coal project monitoring portal. "I don't think that a timeline can be set for all 204 (blocks) because several of them are unexplored and several of them were alloted earlier based on irrational criteria. I would like to do the whole job very systematically," he added. The government earlier this month completed the auction of 33 coal mines in two rounds. On Tuesday, as per the privisions of the coal ordinance now made into law by parliament, the government allotted 37 mines to central and state-run power units, and one to the Steel Authority of India Ltd. In a statement later, the coal ministry said that the "eCPMP (online coal project monitoring portal) has been developed for tracking projects that entail an investment related to coal" and will "improve the communication between industries to government, government to government, or vice versa". Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said the portal "marks a new beginning in the process towards making everything transparent in coal, so that nothing gets leaked". The Delhi High Court had on Monday granted interim relief to Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. and restrained the central government from allocating to Coal India the two coal blocks - for which JSPL had emerged as the successful bidder in the recent round of auctions. The ministry said last week it was "re-examining" nine winning bids out of the 33 coal blocks auctioned so far, on whether there were any price discrepancies in case of the nine winning bids, including those made by companies like Jindal Steel and Balco.

NEW DElhI, March 26 (IaNS): Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Thursday evening that senior leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav had quit its national executive but the two immediately denied this. Making the announcement, party spokesman Ashish Khetan said both appeared to be dead set against the leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the AAP's best known face. "They say one thing in private and another in public," he told the media, adding he had been involved in days of close-door discussions with both men. Bhushan, a founder member of the AAP and a Supreme Court advocate, and Yadav, a political pundit, quickly denied this. Yadav asked Kejriwal loyalists to produce

his resignation letter. "What is being passed off as 'resignation letter' is a note for internal negotiations," Yadav said in a tweet. He said it was "ridiculous" to say he and Bhushan demanded Kejriwal's removal as the national convenor. "This wasn't mentioned in our note, never came up for discussion. Can they give any proof?" he asked. Yadav added: "I hear funny news about the PAC (Political Affairs Committee) accepting our resignation. Will my colleagues please produce a copy of the resignation letter?" The AAP has been embroiled in an internal tussle after taking power in Delhi last month, with the pro-Kejriwal camp accusing Bhushan and Yadav of trying to Indian cricket fans react as they watch on television the ICC Cricket World Cup semifinal match between oust the chief minister. Both have India and Australia in Mumbai on Thursday, March 26. Australia ended 2011 champion India's unbeaten run denied the charge. at the World Cup with a 95-run victory Thursday. (AP Photo)

India cautions against UN legitimising armed groups UNItED NatIoNS, March 26 (IaNS): India has cautioned the UN against directly dealing with armed groups and bypassing national governments as this would "give political legitimacy to non-state actors." "It is this legitimacy that they seek the most and which may also, to some extent, be a motivating factor," India's Deputy Permanent Representative Bhagwant S. Bishnoi said Wednesday at a UN debate on "Children Victims of Non-State Armed Groups." The impact of armed con-

flicts on children is steadily getting worse in parts of Africa and the Middle East. "Last year was the worst year in which to be a child," said Yoka Brandt, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF. Armed groups in Iraq, Syria, South Sudan, Nigeria, Mali and the Central African Republic were continuing to recruit children, she said. While considering the proposals for military and peace operations against armed groups to protect children, Bishnoi said the Security Council should strive to

get "the full cooperation of the host government of the peacekeeping operation, as well as the member states not represented in the Council who are contributing troops for such operations." A UN official dealing with children and armed conflict, said that most of the 23 action plans to end child recruitment were signed by armed groups. Leila Zerrougui, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special representative, said these were achieved under the "Children, Not Soldiers" campaign jointly launched with UNESCO.

Bishnoi said he solution to the problem of armed conflicts affecting children lies in tackling the broader issue of economic and social marginalization so that a durable peace can be attained. "We are not clear how this would help," he said. "Illegal armed groups operate outside the law. They kill, torture and maim the innocent. It seems most doubtful that those who resort to illegal armed conflict and terrorism would be deterred from recruiting children if they were prohibited from doing so

merely by the law." In this scenario, he said, "The international community should also strive to address the broader issue of the economic and social marginalization that drives millions of children into the kind of childhood that could make them part of the problem rather than tomorrow's solution. The socio economic issues plaguing the poorest nations and the need to eradicate poverty must be the imperative of our development agenda to enable an environment for lasting peace and security."

Thousands of avian visitors bid adieu to Kashmir Valley SrINagar, March 26 (IaNS): After six months of winter sojourn in the Kashmir Valley, thousands of migratory birds are bidding adieu to return to their summer homes in far off lands. The increasing cackle, the preparatory flapping of wings and vigorous feeding are some of the signs for bird watchers to know that the spectacle of sound and colour is soon going to end. "Before beginning their journey of thousands of miles, the birds show significant changes like human beings but with different priorities," said Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone, the Jammu and Kashmir wildlife warden. The birds will head to Eastern Europe, the Philippines, China and Russian Siberia. "To ensure cohesion

and better communication during the long flight that lasts on an average a fortnight, the cackle increases, the birds peck at each other to remove damaged feathers, feed more vigorously than usual to build energy for the journey and even pin water chestnuts on each other's wings to feed during inhospitable stopovers," Lone told IANS. This year, according to Lone, more than 800,000 migratory birds of various species spent the winter in water bodies and bird reserves in the Kashmir Valley. For the first time, Lone's department conducted the Asian water birds' census in the valley along with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). "It was a voluntary effort which will now be a regular feature." The migratory birds

have been coming to Kashmir from time immemorial to ward off the extreme winter of their homes where temperatures freeze water bodies rock solid, making feeding and drinking impossible. The protected bird reserves of the valley include Hokarsar in Srinagar district, Shallabugh in Ganderbal and Mirgund and Hygam in the district of Baramulla. Wildlife guards protect the reserve's defined boundaries, prevent poaching, watch bird behaviour and look out for spread of diseases in the habitat. In addition to the reserves, thousands of avian visitors inhabit the Wullar Lake, Dal Lake and other big and small lakes in the valley. It is at these unpro-

tected water bodies that poachers move in organised bands during the night to shoot these birds. This season, antipoaching squads were moved to the Dal Lake, Wullar Lake, the Narkara water body and some other places, with appreciable results. Bandipora District Magistrate Shah Faesal ordered people to deposit all licensed weapons in local police stations to give antipoaching efforts a boost, Lone said. The migratory birds which fly to Kashmir include greylag geese, mallards, shovellers, wigeons, teals, pochards, Brahmany Ducks and coots. There are also resident water birds like normal and purple moorhens, debchicks, strokes, kingfishers and herons. "Then there are cormo-

rants and Sandhills cranes which come to Kashmir to spend some time before moving to the Indian plains," Lone told IANS. "Interestingly, we have noticed during the last over a decade that many mallards, finding the environment highly hospitable, prefer to stay back to breed in the protected reserves of Hokarsar, Shallabugh and Mirgund. "This a significant behaviour change which needs a thorough study," Lone added. Officials noticed no case of bird flu this season. The mystery of how the migratory birds navigate their long journey with stunning precision has baffled humans. Flying in highly regimented flocks with the leader in the front, each species flies separately,

proving the adage that birds of the same feather flock together. "It is always the eldest and the ablest bird that is fully familiar with the route that heads the flight," explained Noor Muhammad Wani, 62, of Bandipora. "Some of the most advanced navigational skills of humans look like child's play when compared to the accuracy with which these birds navigate. "If the leader dies during the flight or is taken sick, the second in command takes over so that the journey is not interrupted," said Wani, a keen bird watcher whose village overlooks Wullar Lake. Unfortunately, the traditional homes of the migratory birds in Kashmir are shrinking. But as of now, that is not the birds' main concern.

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Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes against Yemen SANAA, MARCH 26 (AP): Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes Thursday targeting military installations in Yemen held by Shiite rebels who were taking over a key port city in the country’s south and had driven the embattled president to flee by sea, security officials said. Some of the strikes hit positions in the country’s capital, Sanaa. The airstrikes, which had the support of nine other countries, drew a strong reaction from Iran which called the operation an “invasion” and a “dangerous step” that will worsen the crisis in the country. The back-and-forth between the regional heavyweights was threatening to turn impoverished Yemen into a proxy battle between the Middle East’s Sunni powers and Shiite-led Iran. Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya News reported that the kingdom had deployed 100 fighter jets, 150,000 soldiers and other navy units. The Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, were calling on their supporters to protest in the streets of Sanaa on Thursday afternoon, Yemen’s Houthicontrolled state newsagency SABA reported.

Iran terms move as ‘dangerous’

A Houthi Shiite fighter stand guard as people search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes near Sanaa Airport, Yemen, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes Thursday targeting military installations in Yemen held by Shiite rebels who were taking over a key port city in the country’s south and had driven the embattled president to flee by sea, security officials said. (AP Photo

On Wednesday President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, a close U.S. ally, fled Yemen by sea as the rebels started taking over the southern port city of Aden where he had taken refuge. Saudi ambassador to

the United States Adel alJubeir announced the military operation in a news conference in Washington. He said his government had consulted closely with the U.S. and other allies but that the U.S. mil-

itary was not involved in the operations. The White House said in a statement late Wednesday that the U.S. was coordinating military and intelligence support with the Saudis but not taking part

directly in the strikes. Other regional players were involved in the Saudi operation: The United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain joined Saudi Arabia in a statement published by the Saudi Press

Agency, saying they would answer a request from Hadi “to protect Yemen and his dear people from the aggression of the Houthi militias which were and are still a tool in the hands of foreign powers that don’t stop meddling with the security and stability of brotherly Yemen.” Oman, the sixth member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, didn’t sign onto the statement. Egypt also announced political and military support. “There is coordination ongoing now with Saudi Arabia and the brotherly gulf countries about preparations to participate with an Egyptian air and naval forces and ground troops if necessary,” it said in a statement carried by the state news agency. Pakistan, Jordan, Morocco and Sudan were also joining the operation, the Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies believe the Houthis are tools for Iran to seize control of Yemen and say they intend to stop the takeover. The Houthis deny they are backed by Iran. Security officials in Yemen said the Saudi airstrikes targeted a camp for U.S.-trained special forces, which is controlled by gen-

erals loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The officials said the targets included the missile base in Sanaa that was controlled by the Houthis earlier this year. One of the Yemeni security officials said the strikes also targeted the fuel depot at the base. The Houthis said in a statement to reporters that Saudi jets hit the military base, known as alDuleimi, and that they responded with anti-aircraft missiles. Riad Yassin, Yemen’s foreign minister, told Saudi’s Al-Hadath TV that the airstrikes were welcomed. “I hope the Houthis listen to the sound of reason. With what is happening, they forced us into this,” he said. The crumbling of Hadi’s government is a blow to Washington’s counterterrorism strategy against alQaida’s branch in Yemen, considered to be the most powerful in the terrorist network. Over the weekend, about 100 U.S. military advisers withdrew from the al-Annad air base where they had been leading a drone campaign against alQaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP. Yemen now faces fragmentation, with Houthis

controlling much of the north, including the capital of Sanaa, and several southern provinces. In recent days, they took the third-largest city, Taiz, as well as much of the province of Lahj, both just to the north of Aden. The Houthis are backed by Saleh, the autocrat who ruled Yemen for three decades until he was removed amid a 2011 Arab Spring uprising. Some of the best-equipped and trained military and security units remained loyal to Saleh and they have helped the Houthis in their rapid advance. Hadi left Sanaa for Aden earlier this month after escaping house arrest under the Houthis, who overran the capital six months ago. In Aden, he had sought to make a last stand, claiming it as the temporary seat of what remained of his government, backed by allied militias and loyal army units. With Houthis and Saleh forces closing in on multiple fronts, Hadi and his aides left Aden Wednesday on two boats in the Gulf of Aden, security and port officials told The Associated Press. The officials would not specify his destination.

Thailand toughens trafficking law with death penalty FBI to track hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus, Arabs WASHINGTON, MARCH 26 (IANS): Six US lawmakers along with leading advocacy groups have welcomed the inclusion of Sikh, Hindu, and Arab American communities in the Department of Justice’s hate crimes tracking effort. This is the final step in the long-fought effort to encourage the US federal government to finally begin tracking and quantifying hate crimes against these at-risk communities, the lawmakers said at an event on Capitol Hill Wednesday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently updated its hate crimes database and FBI training manual in order to start tracking hate crimes committed against these groups — that system is now fully operational. Ami Bera, the lone Indian-American member of the US House of Representatives, along with fellow House members Joe Crowley, Bill Pascrell, Mike Honda, Grace Meng and John Garamendi attended the event. They spearheaded numerous letters to the DOJ and FBI and introduced a Congressional resolution in the wake of the tragic August 2012 massacre in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and submitting testimony urging action on hate crimes. In 2011, two elderly Sikh Americans, Gurmej Atwal and

Surinder Singh, were shot and killed while out for a walk in Elk Grove, California, a part of Bera’s constituency, in a suspected hate crime that is still unsolved. “Since the September 11th attacks, too many Americans, especially Sikh, Hindu and Arab-Americans, have been wrongfully subjected to hate crimes and discrimination, including the shooting of two Sikh Americans in my own city,” Bera said. “Religious tolerance is a fundamental value of our nation and we must do everything we can to prevent these crimes motivated by bias against a victim’s religious beliefs,” he said. “Until now, Anti-Sikh hate crimes were not recognized by the FBI,” said Rajdeep Singh, Director of Law and Policy at the Sikh Coalition. “Year after year, Sikh Americans were being targeted for harassment and violence because of their distinct identity. “For the first time, the FBI now officially acknowledges that Sikhs are targeted for being Sikhs. While refinements are needed to the agency’s tracking system and training standards, we are making progress,” he said. “The federal tracking of anti-Hindu, anti-Sikh, and anti-Arab hate crimes is an

important, if long-overdue, development. Even as our community grows, Hindu Americans remain uniquely vulnerable to harassment, bullying, and violence,” said Harsh Voruganti, Associate Director of Public Policy, Hindu American Foundation. The updated FBI manual “marks a step towards ensuring accurate reporting of hate crimes committed against Sikhs, an important step that will ultimately aid the Sikh community as we continue to address the roots of anti-Sikh bias,” said Jasjit Singh, executive director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF). Update of FBI hate crimes training manual to include Arab, Hindu, and Sikh categories “is more important now than ever with the recent spike in hate violence targeting our communities,” said Lakshmi Sridaran, Director of Policy and Advocacy, South Asian Americans Standing Together (SAALT). “Our work ahead will be to ensure our communities are informed of these critical updates and are able to build trust with law enforcement so that hate crimes targeting South Asians, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Middle Easterners, and Arabs are appropriately documented and prosecuted,” she said.

BANGKOK, MARCH 26 (REUTERS): Thailand’s parliament voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to introduce harsher punishments for human traffickers, including life imprisonment and the death penalty in cases where their victims had died. Thailand’s move came a day after Britain passed a law that could see traffickers face life imprisonment, and marked the latest step to combat a multi-billion dollar trade in human misery. Thailand’s National Legis-

lative Assembly (NLA) voted to amend the country’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act in the third reading. The changes will allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty and fines of up to 400,000 baht ($12,281) for those convicted of trafficking offences, Police General Chatchawan Suksomjit said. “If the trafficked person dies in the hands of the trafficker then the sentence can now be life in prison or even the death penalty,” said Chatchawan, who

headed the committee responsible for amending the act. If a victim of human trafficking is severely injured, those responsible can be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison and fined up to 400,000 baht, he said. “The fine has now increased and goes up to 400,000 baht if the trafficker causes grievous bodily harm to the trafficked person.” The U.S. State Department last year downgraded Thailand to the lowest category in its annual ranking of countries based

on their counter-trafficking efforts. Thailand’s military government said in January it was “confident” it had met the minimum standards to improve its ranking. But a government report aimed at lifting Thailand from the list of the world’s worst offenders showed Thailand identified fewer victims of human trafficking last year than in 2013 and convicted fewer perpetrators. Thailand is a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking.

Worries grow as new courts hand Pak army more power RAWAlPINdI, MARCH 26 (REUTERS): Weeks after Taliban gunmen massacred 134 pupils at an army-run school, Pakistani lawmakers significantly expanded the power of military courts by allowing them to try civilians accused of terrorism. Critics say the new rules cede too much ground to the military, which towers over Pakistani politics despite the first ever handover of power from one civilian government to another two years ago. A Reuters investigation of legal documents provided by lawyers and families of those tried under existing military courts also highlights concerns over how fair and accountable the new courts will be. Some convictions would have been thrown out by civilian courts, according to lawyers involved. Several defendants said they were denied access to legal representation in breach of military law. Some said they were tortured in custody. The military can, and sometimes does, dissolve and reprimand courts that reach verdicts they disagree with, then order repeated retrials, according to court docu-

ments and former military officials. “This happens often. The military is command-oriented, right from arrest until execution,” said former military judge Inam ul-Rahiem. He said he was forced into early retirement for delivering judgements the top brass disliked. He is now a defence lawyer in high-profile military cases. The military declined to answer questions on the new courts or any of the cases cited in this article. But some officers privately blame government incompetence for forcing the army’s hand. “With the civilian courts, it’s justice delayed and justice denied,” one senior military official said. “With the military courts, it’s justice on time and justice delivered.” Senator Aitzaz Ahsan voted for the new courts, saying they were necessary in a country at “war” with militants. “I have a visceral distaste for military courts, but the safeguards provided and the state of war we are in justifies it,” he said. Few dispute Pakistan’s chaotic justice system moves at a glacial pace. Human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir says reforms

are slow because the powerful don’t want a judiciary that might one day hold them to account. “It suits those who want to work the system,” she said. Amid popular pressure to crack down on militants in the wake of the Peshawar school atrocity in December, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif championed the new courts in parliament and lifted a moratorium on the death penalty. He also promised the courts would only try “hardcore terrorists.” Those could include some of 6-7,000 people the military is holding in internment camps, the senior military official said. Many have been held for years, their identities and locations mostly secret. They could face a trial like Ehsan Azeem’s. Unidentified gunmen abducted him and his brother from their home in 2013, his parents said. The brother limped home two weeks later, saying he’d been hung upside down and beaten. A military court sentenced Azeem to death last year. Military documents show Azeem was accused of attacking a military camp, yet he was sentenced for sedition.

Co-pilot sought to ‘destroy’ Germanwings plane PARIS, MARCH 26 (AP): The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings jet barricaded himself in the cockpit and “intentionally” sent the plane full speed into a mountain in the French Alps, ignoring the pilot’s frantic pounding on the door and the screams of terror from passengers, a prosecutor said Thursday. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’s “intention (was) to destroy this plane,” Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said, laying out the horrifying conclusions reached by French aviation investigators after listening to the last minutes of Tuesday’s Flight 9525. The Airbus A320 was flying from Barcelona to Duesseldorf when it began to descend from cruising altitude of 38,000 feet after losing radio contact with air traffic controllers. All 150 on board died when the plane slammed into the mountain. Robin said the pilot, who has not been identified, left the cockpit, presumably to go to the lavato-

ry, and then was unable to regain access. In the meantime, Lubitz, a 28-year-old German, manually set the plane on the descent that drove it into the mountain. Robin said the commander of the plane knocked several times “without response.” He said the door could only be blocked manually. “The most plausible, the most probably, is that the co-pilot voluntarily refused to open the door of the cockpit for the captain and pressed the button for the descent,” Robin said. He said the co-pilot’s responses, initially courteous in the first part of the trip, became “curt” when the captain began the mid-flight briefing on the planned landing. The information was pulled from the black box cockpit voice recorder, but Robin said the co-pilot said nothing from the moment the commanding pilot left. “It was absolute silence in the cockpit,” he said. During the final minutes of the flight’s descent,

pounding could be heard on the cockpit door as plane alarms sounded but the co-pilot’s breathing was normal the whole time, Robin said. “It’s obvious this copilot took advantage of the commander’s absence. Could he have known he would leave? It is too early to say,” he said. He said Lubitz had never been flagged as a terrorist and would not give details on his religion or ethnic background. German authorities were taking charge of the investigation into the co-pilot. Robin said just before the plane hit the mountain, the sounds of passengers screaming could be heard on the audio. “I think the victims realized just at the last moment,” he said. The A320 is designed with safeguards to allow emergency entry if a pilot inside is unresponsive, but the override code known to the crew does not go into effect — and indeed goes into a lockdown — if the

person inside the cockpit specifically denies entry, according to an Airbus training video and a pilot who has six years of experience with the jets. Airlines in Europe are not required to have two people in the cockpit at all times, unlike the standard U.S. operating procedure after the 9/11 attacks changed to require a flight attendant to take the spot of a briefly departing pilot. In the German town of Montabaur, acquaintances told The Associated Press that Lubitz appeared normal and happy when they saw him last fall as he renewed his glider pilot’s license. “He was happy he had the job with Germanwings and he was doing well,” said a member of the glider club, Peter Ruecker, who watched Lubitz learn to fly. “He gave off a good feeling.” News of how investigators thought the plane crashed shocked the families, the airlines and everyone who heard the chilling, blow-by-blow description from the prosecutor.

People look at flowers and candles placed in front of the Joseph-Koenig Gymnasium in Haltern, Germany, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Sixteen students and two teachers from this school were among the 150 victims of a Germanwings plane, that crashed in the French alps on Tuesday. Poster at left reads : Why ?. (AP Photo

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said the airline was already “appalled” by what happened. “I could not have imagined that becoming even worse,” Spohr said in Cologne. “We choose our cockpit staff very, very carefully.” The families of victims were briefed about

the conclusions just ahead of the announcement. “The victims deserve explanations from the prosecutor,” Robin said. “(But) they have having a hard time believing it.” Robin said the second black box still had not been found but remains of victims and DNA identifica-

tion have begun, he said. Lubitz had obtained his glider pilot’s license as a teenager, and was accepted as a Lufthansa pilot trainee after finishing a tough German college preparatory school, Ruecker said. He described Lubitz as a “rather quiet” but friendly young man.

Lubitz’ recently deleted Facebook page appeared to show a smiling man in a dark brown jacket posing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in California. The page was wiped sometime in the past two days. Lufthansa said Lubitz joined Germanwings in September 2013, directly out of flight school, and had flown 630 hours. The captain had more than 6,000 hours of flying time and been a Germanwings pilot since May 2014, having previously flown for Lufthansa and Condor. The circumstances of the crash are likely to raise questions anew about the possibility of suicidal pilots. In the 1999 crash of an EgyptAir jet off Nantucket that killed all 217 people on board, U.S. investigators found the co-pilot intentionally caused the plane to go down despite the pilot’s efforts to regain control. Egyptian officials rejected the findings, saying the crash may have been caused by a mechanical failure.

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bendtner hat trick power irving scores 24 to lead denmark win over us cavaliers past Grizzlie AARHUS, MARCH 26 (AP): Nicklas Bendtner took advantage of a defense that gave up two more late goals to score his first international hat trick, and Denmark rallied to beat the United States 3-2 in an exhibition game at Aarhus on Wednesday night. "It's very disappointing because it's not the first time we let a game get away from us in the last few minutes," Michael Bradley said after his first start as American captain. "It's something that we've got to start to learn from." Jozy Altidore scored in the first half and set up former club teammate Aron Johannsson's goal in the second. But Bendtner tied the score for the hosts in the 83rd minute and got the winner in the first minute of stoppage time. Christian Eriksen looped a ball over the defense and Bendtner ran onto it, took a touch and beat goalkeeper Nick Rimando from about 15 yards for his 29th goal in 65 international appearances. Altidore was frustrated the No. 32 Americans "gave a game away like that." "The goals we gave up were just soft," he said. "We're not hard enough to play against." The U.S. is 2-6-3 since beating Ghana in its opener at the World Cup, where it was knocked

Michael Bradley from the US, left, and Nicklas Bendtner from Denmark in action during a friendly soccer match at NRGI Stadium in Aarhus, Denmark on March 25. (AP Photo)

out by Belgium in the second round. The Americans have given up 12 goals from the 80th minute on in their last 12 games. John Broks had a chance to tie it in the third minute of stoppage time but put an open header wide off Bradley's pass. The 28th-ranked Danes outshot the U.S. 12-4. "We have to step it up in terms of managing the game all 90 minutes," U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. "Maybe you're just losing the focus for a second, just losing your marker because of heavy legs, getting tired a little bit."

Klinsmann changed seven starters from last month's 2-0 home win over Panama, keeping only Rimando, midfielders Bradley and Gyasi Zardes, and Altidore. On a cool, 41-degree evening, Klinsmann changed his entire back line, starting Timmy Chandler on the right, Michael Orozco and Brooks in the center and Greg Garza on the left. Alejandro Bedoya and Fabian Johnson also were in the midfield of a 4-4-2 formation, and Johannsson was up front. Club America defender

Ventura Alvarado, eligible to play for the U.S. and Mexico, made his international debut when he entered in the 80th minute. Altidore put the Americans ahead in the 19th minute with his 27th international goal. After an unmarked Bendtner tied the score in the 33rd, Johannsson gave the U.S. the lead in the 66th off a pass from Altidore, who played with him on the Dutch team AZ Alkmaar during the second half of the 2012-13 season. Johannsson made his first national team appearance since the World Cup.

NORTHERN ANGAMI - 1 T20 CRICKET BASH Upper L. Khel Riders, North Block Warriors, D. Khel United wins Our Correspondent Kohima| March 26

Upper L. Khel Riders, North Block Warriors and D. Khel United today registered win in their respective matches on day two of the ongoing

MARCH 27 FIXTURE (STARTS 7:00 AM) 1st Match: Kenuozou Wolves vs Middle Bayavü Lions 2nd Match: Lower Bayavü Giants vs T. Khel Knights 3rd Match: Zienuobadze High Flyers vs Mission Compound Dukes 2nd 10th Northern Angami -1 T20 Bash 2015 at Kohima Village Ground Ziekiezou. In the Ist match between Upper L. Khel Riders and Upper Bayavü Sixers, Upper

L. Khel Riders won the match by 10 wickets. Man of the match-Thejasel. North Block Warriors won the second match by 152 runs against rival Chedema Strikers. Man of

the match- Abhijij Saha. In the third match, D. Khel United won by 70 runs against its opponent Rokabozou/Sepfiizou Challengers. Man of the match: Sato.

MEMPHIS, MARCH 26 (AP): Kyrie Irving scored 24 points, and Kevin Love added 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 111-89 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. LeBron James finished with 20 points, Timofey Mozgov added 14 and J.R. Smith 13 to help Cleveland win its fourth straight and eighth in nine. Cleveland shot 51 percent and was 14 of 34 from 3-point range. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 18 points, while Beno Udrih had 15. Houston's James Harden had 25 points and 10 assists, and Dwight Howard had seven rebounds and a block on Anthony Davis in his return from a two-month absence as the Rockets handed the New Orleans Pelicans its fourth straight loss 95-93. Davis had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Pelicans, but uncharacteristically missed eight free throws, including one that could have pulled New Orleans to 94-93 with 7 seconds left. In San Antonio, Tony Parker had 21 points and six assists as the Spurs downed the Thunder 13091 to stop Oklahoma City's four-game winning streak. Boris Diaw scored 19 points, and Tim Duncan had 16, and Kawhi Leonard 14 points in the Spurs' highest scoring game of the season. They have won 11 of 13. The Atlanta Hawks ended a three-game losing streak as Paul Millsap had 25 points and 11 rebounds in a 95-83 win over the Orlando Magic. Jeff Teague added 16 points, despite spraining his left ankle in the first quarter. The Hawks trailed by 13 in the first half, but out-

Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving (2) and LeBron James (23) celebrate during overtime of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Thursday, March 12, 2015, in San Antonio. Cleveland won 128-125. Irving scored 57 points. (AP Photo)

scored the Magic 27-12 in the fourth quarter. Elfrid Payton led the Magic with 19 points and nine rebounds. The Chicago Bulls downed the Toronto Raptors 116-103 after Jimmy Butler scored 23 points and Pau Gasol had 18. Tony Snell scored 17 points to help the Bulls move 1 1/2 games ahead of the Raptors for third place in the Eastern Confer-

ence. Aaron Brooks had 16 points, and Nikola Mirotic finished with 15. In other games, DeAndre Jordan raised the NBA's best shooting percentage above 71 percent by making all seven shots and scoring 14 points, as the Los Angeles Clippers pounded the New York Knicks 11180, the Sacramento Kings defeated the Phoenix Suns 108-99, the Indiana Pacers beat the Washington Wiz-

ards 103-101 and the Miami Heat had a 93-86 victory over the Boston Celtics. The Brooklyn handed the Charlotte Hornets their fifth loss in six games 91-88, the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 101-99 in overtime, the Los Angeles Lakers claimed a 101-99 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Philadelphia 76ers were 99-85 winners over the Denver Nuggets 99-85.

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The need To recTify naga culTure

ne very peculiar feature about human beings is the ability to act based on our thinking and reasoning. The learning that we impart to our descendants through our actions will have a major impact on their thinking and reasoning. A wrong action can hinder the survival of those that are yet to come. So, we ought to choose the appropriate and effective ones that can withstand the test of time. Let us delve deeper on our values, habits, thinking and acting, and strengthen them that we will be passing on to the next generation.

Naga society is witnessing rapid transformations ever since exposed to the outside world. Nagas can take pride in the extensive change witnessed in the society within a very short span of time. In this super dynamic generation, new customs are being consistently introduced in our society. There has been multifarious cultural blending that generates different values and ways of thinking about life, offering a necessary alternative to the society in which we live. We gave up some of our old unfitting practices by way of adopting new cultural traits. Nevertheless, some good

virtues like respect and honesty fade away with the unfitting ones. Then again, I feel we are lost somewhere within corruption, self-interest, and many other social evils which are alien to our culture and society. Needless to say, rape, murder, white-collar crime, nepotism, misuse of power, tribalism and factionalism are overshadowing the good image of the Nagas. Are Nagas dependent on extortion, bribery, theft, and deceits? A very strong and effective solution to every Naga dependency problems is “truthfulness” and only the courageous persons take pride in truth.

Let us not embarrass ourselves and shame our future generations by our way of life. It takes enough courage and sacrifice to build a bright future. So, can we take the courage and be true to ourselves in spite of all the odds to make way for our progenies? Is there a need to rectify our actions? Can Nagas give time and space for rectifying their actions? The virtue of encouragement, admiration and acknowledgement is outweighed by disparagement,jealousyandhatred.Acting immorally in our capacity is a disaster to the society. Likewise, doing nothing in

our capacity when there are things to do that time provide is a disaster to the individual and the society as well. In fact, doing one’s part to empower or strengthen the society is extremely necessary. As an individual, professional and as a citizen of the state, people from all walks of life ought to exercise their rights and carry out their duties. I suppose, we are too much taken away by our greed that we tend to do the wrong for our own selfish interest and ‘pride for nothing’, jeopardizing the survival of our future generation. Our deeds good or bad transcend the biological. It is our responsibility

to mend our ways without wasting much time for those who are yet to come and that we may evade mortification in the days to come. A reasonable choice and response is the need of the hour. Indeed, we must consciously deliver things that is valuable and worth continuing to the next generation. Imagine how wonderful it will be to have a good past, and how embarrass we will be if we have a terrible past. So, now, what future will you build and what will be your gift to the upcoming generation. Chophathung K. Yanthan G.H.S Colony, Kohima

Some Angami elders on the present situation A Naga youth concern The Beggar Incident

onsidering the potential for positive or destructive consequences clearly discernible both in the ongoing crisis of the Naga Political Issue as well as in the “Over ground” political paralysis, we earnestly appeal to all our people to put our minds together to evolve a mutually accommodative path to take us forward. It will be fatal to go backward since we have a common future which is our hope. We have wasted too much time telling or advising others what to do, ourselves not doing enough. It is now time for all of us to put our minds together towards a common good. Hence the following:We ourselves, inadequate and limited as we all are, humbly present our services to do whatever we can towards this process of reconciliation and accommodation, willing to learn from others and also learn from our past failures. NPGs/Naga Political Groups:Fully appreciating whatever sacrifices or contributions the genuine patriots in all groups have made so far, we now request you all to open your minds and your arms wide enough to accept one another to work together towards a common good as expected by our people and demanded by our worsening crisis. Nagaland State Politicians (MLAs, MPs & Party Leaders):- The Election promises and manifestos and the mandate the electorate have

put on your shoulders are a test of your conscience and wisdom. Imaginative magnanimity and convincing statesmanship, not self-destruction due to failure to read the times, is required most urgently. The needs of the hour as perceived by yourself and your people are big enough reasons for you to sacrificially reconcile, trust one another and work together. Your time is limited. Before it will be too late, give your people politics of surprise and hope instead of bankrupt politics that produces power and wealth for some that never satisfies and dangerous cynicism and despair for the rest. Tribal and Public Organizations mandated largely by the majority of our people who are in the villages, NGOs, women empowerment networks, thinkers young and old, the youth..., Here is your opportunity to claim your share of ownership of the situation to help mobilize constructive public opinion and make it effective. All Denominations of the Church as well as other religious faiths and beliefs - your praying hearts and helping hands demonstrating your deepest and highest values are urgently needed. The Government of India – You have started to show signs of understanding us and that is appreciated. The care that you now seem to show not to “tread on our dreams” is worthy of India. We appeal to you not

to underestimate what our dearly bought history means to us. We have shown shortcomings in our struggle that have harmed us and others. There is much to be put right. But our steadfast fight for what we have believed to be important does not mean we are against India. Although our Naga family members are tragically scattered in different states and countries making the crisis of our struggle more complicated, the historical and political legitimacy of our position is unquestionable as already made known abundantly to India and the world. The above appeals are being given as we are deeply concerned at the same time convinced that all is not lost, however grim and helpless the present scenario appears to be. We believe God has a plan for our people, and if we will learn to pay heed to Him, we will build our future together. There still is a ray of hope, provided we are prepared to change and make sacrifices for the greater cause of our people based on the “Rock and Foundation of Jesus Christ, our Lord”. If not, we may not likely see better times in the days and years to come. Some concerned Angami Leaders. Rev. L. Suohie Mhasi Dr.Satuo Sekhose Niketu Iralu Dr.Dietho-o Yhoshü Huzo Meru Viketol Sakhrie Nibu Nagi

orruption is what Naga youth are concerned about. The word, “corruption” is in nearly every mouth of almost all Naga youths. This concern has made today’s young people stand up for their rights and raise their voices. For instance, the procession held in 2012 in every district and town by an organisation called “Naga Blog” was a step to project their discernment of what they were finding was a problem with government. “Naga Blog” members planted paddy plants in all the potholes they could find, demonstrating that the roads were so bad that they had become places for cultivation. Not only that, but fishing nets were put into the potholes, projecting that they could be fish ponds. Such was the condition of the roads. They could be cultivated, and if the holes were deep enough and sufficient water was in them, fishing could also be done there. These acts by some of our youth were done to ridicule the corruption in government that continues to tolerate the pathetic road conditions and all the other problems that come from them. Yet corruption is practiced not only by some leaders or politicians but also by the common people. In times of election,

proxy voting is common. This was openly recognized by some youth in Midland in Kohima. In the recent election, 2013, they volunteered to prevent proxy voting and kept a check on the people in their polling station. The promotion of free and fair elections by these youths gives us another example of their concern. We are also tired of the fights among the factions who claim that they fight for the freedom of Naga Independence, but instead threaten and demand taxes from us. In response to this abuse, an organisation was born named “ACAUT” (Against Corruption And Unabated Taxation). We are thankful for “ACAUT.” It is filled with youths who fight against improper taxation and stand up against unnecessary taxes demanded by various factions. Each of these examples shows the concern of Naga youth. We are being able to make full use of our rights. Even in schools and colleges, this topic of “corruption” continues being discussed, debated and talked about. These conversations must not stop, and those organisations who are working against corruption wherever it is found must continue to receive our support. Akobou Prescila, (II Sem. BA) St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama

he other day on 25th March 2015, I entered the Cycle Shop, Bata Charali, Dimapur to repair my son’s bicycle. As I waited for the repairing to finish, my attention was caught by some so called beggars on the pavement of the road. I felt pity for them after seeing their seemingly sad and hungry faces, dirty clothes and a couple of wound marks in the legs. And as I watched closer, it was somewhat like a Naga fellow (man) holding a non-Naga boy (plainsmen) on his lap. So I asked him, “Kun laga bacha ase?” (Whose child is it?) to which he just shook his head as if he is dumb. The boy appeared sick and hungry too with his eyes closed tightly. And yes, there was this Rs. 10 note inside the collecting bowl, so I too pulled out a 10 rupee note and dropped inside the bowl. Immediately he was seemingly praising God (by his gesture). So I thought God will bless me too, Eh! The real drama unfurled after some few minutes. The man offered some water to drink to the boy and after which the boy wanted to be freed but the man refused to let him go free. A little tussle went on between the two. After sometime, I saw a bundle of 10 rupee note tucked inside his trousers/longpant. Both the man and the boy were now looking very smart and healthy. And so, “Opps!” I thought to myself, “I’ve been tricked by these simple looking yet so cunning fellows.” Immediately, I was reminded of a Nagamese comedy film where a group of organized “Beggars”, some acting as dumb while some others acting as blind and lame or handicapped begging passersby. By that time, bicycle repairing was over and poor me! I left the place poorer by Rs. 10 but richer by a new experience and enjoyed the practical experiment of human dynamism. So, better watch out for the ‘genuine beggars’ when you step out next time. Dr. M. Temjen Longkumer Add. Japfu Christian College

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Zayn Malik quits ID,

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breaks millions of hearts Perrie Edwards compared to Yoko Ono

errie Edwards has been compared to Yoko Ono by angry One Direction fans. The Little Mix singer has been blamed for her fiancé Zayn Malik’s shocking decision to quit the boy band because he recently left their world tour due to stress after he was photographed holding hands with student Lauren Richardson in Thailand. Shortly after the 22-year-old singer confirmed the news, one fan lashed out at his fiancée on Twitter, writing: ‘’Perrie’s the modern day Yoko Ono ... I can’t believe this’’ Another tweeted: ‘’PERRIE EDe c WARDS IS THE YOKO ONO OF ONE DIRECTION’’ ie r p u o r t u ' fo in a a g w A o d n Yoko, who is the widow of the late John Lennon, was a e o n r The R oup o tion a often blamed for breaking up the Beatles. Meanwhile, One Direc yn Malik quit the gr er leaving their 'On ft nue a other users suggested Perrie should quit Little Mix in ti n k o e c e l . il after Za w s w s y tre y, a s a ow the h d n n s it k io e I . is w order to support Zayn’s desire to lead a ‘’normal’’ life. n ll c e d ia d e N W f this and iam, Harry in the world.” Fears o was revealed Sources previously revealed that Zayn was willing to do L , is u o L best band Zayn Maek when it On rmed that ent that’s to be the inally stoked last we ff ” from the group’s ve anything to prove his commitment to the ‘Move’ singer, fi n o c e v a g h ti o m ri e n ta 21, after he jetted back to the UK for crisis talks with her d o c o e n n ti n re u se c e o ig e w n “s ann repre ne Dir e band, an f millions of teenagers that Zayn had bee ur. At the time, his ss and needed following cheating rumours earlier this month. th ft le s a h to as re so lik ason he w oad Again ring from st ak the heart sure to bre ayn explained that re t of the spot- The R at he had been suffe cover. les, said th world. Z p, Harry Sty te time ou ritain to re around the to “have some priva ”. The Bradford-born time at home in B members of the grou mlinson, gave ld s n To ing leaving wa e a “normal 22 year o l Facebook page o The remain iall Horan and Louis re, saying “sad to ia y b c rl d a ffi n u e o e, N epart up’s nd after n light” a Liam Payn on the gro to Zayn’s d ys with 1D ision and se arry and Louis could not hide their emotions star posted that’s he’s parting wa ction has been more their own reaction tally respect his dec r, they also ree y to e v e e w breaking down in tears in their final concert . w .. o o H rg ” . fo n Wednesda y life with One Dir ” he said in the post. r the future , s and look t see Zay “M five years. ever have imagined ke it is now the righ him all our love fo ir existing obligation four of us will with Zayn. Thousands of fans watched as the boys li e than I could er five years, I feel d like to apologize to solved to meet th as a foursome. “The recording the cried while performing for the last time with their ft o I' a . re d d t, tu “Bu e fu rward to of good friend. Now Twitter is abuzz with fan specve to e ban to leave th e down, but I ha D espite ward to thnue. We're looking fo ns on the next stage e m r ulation that the boys cried because they already fo e n ti fa o .” tim n e y o rt n th c a a e ll t w h eing a I've le d no se if i s d knew that Zayn would be leaving the group. It was a n n a s fa e m u y th ur.” new alb right in m an overwhelming night for the lads of 1D as they the world to what feels n , h e io is c e stepped onto stage for the final time with Zayn, who d h is have announced that he would be leaving the band he had “I know I s d been a member of for the last five years. four frien in fe li r fo

Harry & Louis cry on stage in final concert with Zayn Malik

Zayn felt he had to quit or he would die

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usan Sarandon has been wondering that why there hasn't been a single woman on any piece of the American currency notes, and wants to see a woman's face on the new 20 dollar bill. Sarandon and fellow gender equality advocates, have started a campaign called 'Women on 20s', which would determine one of 15 distinguished women to replace U.S. President Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill by the year 2020, which marks the 100-year anniversary of the Constitution-

al amendment that granted women the legal right to vote, E! Online reported. The 68-year old actress took to Twitter and posted her photo holding a note and wrote alongside that she would want to see a woman on the 20 dollar bill and one should post their photo and join her by voting at 'womenon20s.org #WomenOn20s'. The organization's website has clearly stated that their mission was to generate an overwhelming people's mandate for a

The Bel Canto Choir perform at the gospel concert in Kohima on March 25 under the aegis of River of Soul Saving Ministry in collaboration with the orphanage homes for fund raiser towards Orphanage Bible Camp to be held in the month of September. (Morung Photo)

new 20 dollar bill, to be issued in 2020, as it took years for the process to commission, design and mint a new bill. Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Margaret Sanger, Eleanor Roosevelt and Susan B. Anthony, include the list of potential candidates that could become the new face of the 20 dollar bill.

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Susan Sarandon wants new $20 bill to feature a woman's face

espite the impassioned plea from his band mates to stay with the group, Zayn felt that he had no choice but to leave. “Zayn felt like he had to quit 1D or he would die! He just couldn’t handle everything that came from the insanity of fame and being a huge celebrity,” an insider shared with HollywoodLife.com. “All the temptations were just too much for him. He was losing a grasp on who he was and what he really wanted, while not making the best decisions”.

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Pitbull lands his own Radio Network

itbull has joined the list of Top Artists who have landed their own Satellite Radio Channel. The rapper has launched his own SiriusXM network, called Globalization after his most recent album. The commercial-free channel will feature Pitbull's hits and music from those who inspired him. Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Eminem and Willie Nelson also have their own radio channels on the Sirius XM dial. Pitbull will celebrate his latest business move at an invite-only concert at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York in May (15), which will stream live on Globalization, officially launching the channel on the same day.

op Star Meghan Trainor is hoping to help empower women with curves by partnering with Fullbeauty Brands for a series of fashion and lifestyle projects. The hitmaker, who sang about flaunting her fuller figure in the 2014 chart smash All About That Bass, has teamed up with officials at the leading firm for bigger women to work on a variety of campaigns to boost plus-sized fans' confidence. Announcing the news in a statement, Trainor writes, "I believe that all women should fully love who they are and how they look. I am proud to partner with FullBeauty Brands, a company that embodies this same sentiment." Stephanie Sobel, president of FullBeauty Brands, adds, Meghan Trainor's music is truly powerful and FullBeauty Brands is thrilled to be working with such a talented individual.

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Members of the Hillsong London team who arrived in Dimapur today.

Rihanna gushes over Jennifer Lopez who plays her MOTHER in Home

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hey are singers who play mother and daughter in the new animated family film Home. But off-screen, Rihanna, 27, finds her 45-year-old co-star Jennifer Lopez's real-life motherly ways to be quite alluring. 'J-Lo is like the hottest mom,' she confessed to E! News on Sunday, adding, 'She's a MILF!' The hitmaker made the admission at the premiere of their movie Home in Los Angeles while speaking about working alongside the real-life mother-of-two. She added: 'In this movie... her tone is really comforting, sincere and genuine. When you hear it, you believe it.' In the animated feature, the

American Idol judge portrays Lucy, the mother of a teen girl named Tip - voiced by Rihanna - who manages to escape Earth after an alien invasion. For the Love Don't Cost A Thing singer, the role paralleled her experience as a mom to seven-yearold twins Max and Emme. 'It feels good,' she told E! of the experience. 'I love being a mom. It's the best thing that's ever happened to me. [But] Rihanna is not Rihanna in this movie. She's 11!' Jim Parsons, who lends his voice to an alien in Home remarked: 'It’s a really magical song and it's such an important song in the movie.'

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Australia send India packing from World Cup Pacers could have done slightly better, says Dhoni

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Australia's Mitchell Johnson leaps in the air as he celebrates after taking the wicket of India's Rohit Sharma, left, during their Cricket World Cup semifinal in Sydney on March 26. (AP Photo)

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Sydney, March 26 (IanS): Steven Smith's 105 put Australia in the final of the cricket World Cup as they defeated defending champions India by 95 runs in the second semi-final at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here on Thursday. Four-time champions Australia overwhelmed the Indians with both the bat and ball. A 182run stand between Smith (105) and Aaron Finch (81) proved to be the deciding difference between the two sides. Opting to bat, the hosts put up a commanding 328/7 in 50 overs before bowling out India for 233 in 46.5 overs. The daunting target notwithstanding, India started well with openers Rohit Sharma (34) and Shikhar Dhawan (45), with the latter playing the aggressor's role. The left-hander was dropped by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin while batting at five but recovered to notch six boundaries and

a six in his 41-ball innings. Just when India were looking like they may give the hosts a scare, from 76/0 in the 13th over, India lost four quick wickets to be tottering at 108/4. Virat Kohli (1) and Suresh Raina (7) failed to provide the impetus and the loss of their wickets completely put India on the backfoot. Ajinkya Rahane (44) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (65) then tried to steady the floundering ship with a 70-run fifth-wicket partnership but the asking rate kept mounting. After Rahane got out, the pressure got on to Dhoni, who despite scoring a run-a-ball 65, couldn't keep the team in contention. The Australian pacers exerted their supremacy by scalping the last four wickets for just two runs. The tournament's highest wicket-taker Mitchell Starc starred for Australia, picking 2-28 in 8.5 overs. Fellow left-arm pacers Mitchell Johnson (2-50)

and James Faulkner (3-59) also chipped in. Earlier, Smith and Finch's second-wicket partnership powered them to the first 300-plus total in a Cup semi-final with Smith scoring his fourth One-Day International (ODI) century. India started well with pacer Umesh Yadav (4-72) taking bighitter David Warner's wicket in the fourth over. Thereon, Smith and Finch took control of the proceedings. Opener Finch was slow but managed to stick it out in the middle to score seven boundaries and a six in his 116-ball knock. He provided good support to Smith, who smashed his way to 11 fours and two sixes in his 93ball innings. India pulled things back as Yadav, Mohit Sharma (2-75) and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (1-42) took four quick wickets. Brilliant cameos at the end from Faulkner (21) and Johnson (27 not out) helped Australia

hammer 89 runs off the last 10 overs to swell Australia's total. Indian bowlers, who were impressive throughout the tournament, were taken for runs at the death. Eventually, the target proved too much for India that ended the team's 11-match winning streak in the World Cup. Losing captain Dhoni said opener Dhawan's dismissal was the turning point of the match. "We got off to a very good start. Shikhar's dismissal was slightly on the softer side, at a time when we could have had the bowling under pressure. He didn't really need to play a big shot," Dhoni said. "But you get pressure chasing 300 plus, makes you do things you don't want to do." Dhoni also expressed his concern about the lower batting order failing to cope with the conditions and the Australian quicks. "I don't think they (lower order) can contribute as much in these

conditions. So, it makes it further difficult (to chase a huge score)," he said. "But overall, I think it's a good exposure for them. Maybe next time when you are playing in other conditions, they'll know how to bat in these conditions and they'll do much better." Australia skipper Michael Clarke said he was proud the way his team played. "Obviously, I am really excited, the boys played some outstanding cricket," Clarke said. "It's a wonderful achievement. We're proud to make the final but it's going to be tough against New Zealand." Clarke heaped praise on Man-of-the-Match Smith for his defining knock. "Smithy was hitting the ball so sweetly. He played an outstanding knock," he said. It will be Australia's seventh appearance in the final where they will face co-hosts New Zealand -- in their maiden final appearance -- on Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Sydney, March 26 (PTI): Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made no excuses for India's 95-run loss to Australia in the World Cup semifinals but said the fast bowlers could have done "slightly better" and Shikhar Dhawan should not have attempted a big shot when they were going smoothly. India's 11-match winning streak over two World Cups came to a grinding halt as the Men in Blue faltered in their 329run chase and were bundled out for 233 in 46.5 overs. Electing to bat, Australia rode on Steven Smith's 93-ball 105 to post 328 for seven in 50 overs and Dhoni opined that the Indian pacers could have bowled better. "They played very good cricket, over 300 is always a difficult score, I felt it was just over par, they could have had 350. We came back quite well but I felt we still could have bowled better. The spinners performance was good but I feel the fast bowlers could have done slightly better," Dhoni said in the post-match presentation. Dhoni's runa-ball 65 stood tall amid a disappointing batting show as he waged a lone battle to take India past the 200-run mark and make a match of it despite the steep asking rate. Shikhar Dhawan (45) and Rohit Sharma (34) started off well with a 76-run opening stand and Ajinkya Rahane contributed with a patient 44 in the middle overs. The Australian bowlers kept getting wickets to keep the Indian asking-rate mounting and Dhoni rued Shikhar's dismissal. "We started okay but they bowled well, they got the reverse swing going. We were happy with where we were at the start of the tournament. We got off to a very good start, Shikhar's dismissal was slightly on the softer side, at a time when we could have had the bowling under pressure. Didn't really need to play a big shot. But you get pressure chasing 300+, makes you do things you don't want to do," he said. "There was too much (for me to do), our lower order can't contribute too much in these conditions. Most of the good teams bat quite deep," he added. On been asked to comment on his future career path, Dhoni the wicketkeeper-batsman said, "Not sure (about next World Cup), I'm 33, I'm still running, still fit. Next year, T20 World Cup, will be time to decide about 2019 or not."

Security beefed up outside MS Dhoni's home

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new delhI, March 26 (agencIeS): Security was beefed up at Indian skipper MS Dhoni's residence in Ranchi post the team's defeat in the semi-final match against Australia in ICC World Cup 2015. Even though Dhoni was the highest scorer (65) for the defending champions, his team wasn't up to the mark as they recieved a thrashing from the Aussies. The security has been increased fearing the wrath from angry fans who in the past pelted stones at Dhoni's residence. India's seven-match winning streak at the world cup was ended by Michael Clarke & Co. who posted 328 runs batting first in Sydney. In reply, even though Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma provided a 76-run stand for the firstwicket partnership, India lost wickets at regular intervals and eventually fell short of the target.

Germany salvages 2-2 draw with Australia Azarenka advances to second round of Miami Open

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KaISerSlaUTern, March 26 (aP): Germany substitute Lukas Podolski scored late to rescue a 2-2 draw for the World Cup holders against Australia in a friendly on Wednesday. Podolski was left free at the far post to sweep in a cross from fellow substitute Andre Schuerrle in the 81st minute, eight minutes after coming on. Germany had looked like it was headed for a second successive 2-1 home defeat to Australia, after goals from James Troisi and Mile Jedinak either side of halftime cancelled out Marco Reus' 17th-minute opener. Troisi and Mathew Leckie missed good chances to make it 3-1 to Australia, asGermany again looked vulnerable in defense after failing to impress in recent games. Joachim Loew's side has won only three of seven games since winning the World Cup last July, and qualification for the 2016 European Championship in France is not the formality many expected after a defeat to Poland and draw with Ireland in Group D. Loew started with both Ilkay Gundogan and Holger Badstuber back after injury-enforced absences and Sami Khedira captaining the side with Bastian

Austarlia's Mile Jedinak, left, and Germany's Mario Goetze, right, challenge for the ball during a soccer friendly match between Germany and Australia in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Wednesday, March 25. (AP Photo)

Schweinsteiger staying on the bench. Ron-Robert Zieler started in goal for the rested Manuel Neuer. The visitors started well, forcing a corner in the first minute and going close through Leckie in the ninth. Reus scored a minute after having a goal ruled out for offside, when Khedira won the ball in midfield, strode forward and crossed for the Borussia Dortmund player to slide in and guide the ball inside the near post. Reus should have claimed his second five minutes later when Jedinak, Australia's

captain, gave the ball away, but he hesitated and struck the side-netting. Troisi equalized with a powerful header from Nathan Burns' cross in the 40th, after some lethargic German defending for a throw-in. "A typical friendly game goal," former Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn said. "Nobody was really determined to make a challenge." Jedinak then scored with a free kick into the right corner in the 50th. Zieler got his hand to the ball but couldn't stop it. Troisi caused havoc in the

German defense again shortly afterward, only to curl his shot wide of the far post, and Leckie went even closer on a counterattack in the 71st. Podolski came on two minutes later to save Germany's blushes. "The game was a bit hectic altogether. There were some good chances for us in the first half. We didn't have that structure in the second. There were some good things, and some things weren't so good," said Loew, who recently extended his contract to 2018.

Key B I S c ay n e , March 26 (aP): Twotime Miami Open champion Victoria Azarenka easily advanced to the second round Wednesday, beating Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain 6-1, 6-3. The 36th-ranked Azarenka, the 2009 and 2011 winner from Belarus, is playing in Miami for the first time since 2012. She missed the 2013 tournament with a right ankle injury and sat out last year with a left foot injury. "It's been unfortunate the last couple of years for me, but I love this tournament," said Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion. "I'm just looking forward to build my momentum here again and try to play as many matches as possible." The left foot injury plagued Azarenka throughout last season, limiting her to nine tournaments. This year, she reached the Doha final in February. Azarenka took a 4-1 lead in the first set before Soler-Espinosa held serve in the fifth game. In the second set, Azarenka initially trailed 3-1 before winning the next five games to end the match. "I think it was a pretty good first set," Azarenka said. "Second set, there were a bit too many mistakes in the beginning." Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic, who has

Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, returns to Silvia Soler Espinosa at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, March 25, in Key Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo)

had two shoulder surgeries the past five years, won her first WTA Tour-level match since the Memphis tournament in February 2010. The 328th-ranked Vaidisova, who had a career-high ranking of No. 7 in 2007, beat Hungarian qualifier Timea Babos 6-1, 7-6 (4). "I think I just want-

ed to give it my all and have no regrets if I can," Vaidisova said. "I'm trying to do everything as good as possible." The 45th-ranked Sloane Stephens posted a 6-1, 6-3 win over Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium. Stephens, who has returned to living in South Florida from Los

Angeles. She is working again with coach Nick Saviano Wickmayer made 35 unforced errors, while Stephens had only 16. Stephens broke Wickmayer's serve five times in the match. "I thought I played really well," Stephens said. "Obviously, playing in South Florida is always great for me. Being home and having the home crowd is really nice." American Jack Sock, also making a comeback after having surgery in December to repair a right pelvic muscle, advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Go Soeda of Japan. The 45th-ranked Sock also spent three weeks in February bedside at a hospital with 24-yearold brother Eric, who was near death suffering from Lemierre's Syndrome. "The biggest thing for me, in the back of the mind, to go out and play a pretty physical game," Sock said. "To be able to go out and know that I can play every point the way I need to." Sam Querrey of the U.S. beat Victor Estrella Burgos of Dominican Republic 6-4, 6-3. Two American women also advanced to the second round. Christina McHale beat Romanian wild-card Sorana Cirstea 7-5, 6-4, and Alison Riske topped Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 6-4, 6-0.

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