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nagaland consumers owe state government employees 100 cr to power department resort to pen down protest Imkong Walling

Dimapur | March 27

Revelation of backdoor appointments and a pen down strike by employees have rocked the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Budget Session 2017. Amidst the brouhaha sits the issue of electricity, often ignored at the Assembly, albeit a sector essential to industrial growth and a major aid towards the fruition of the ‘Visions’ of the 2030 document.

While the energy sector has cost the state near about a 1000cr in revenue over the past decade, it in turn also has quite a lot to gain albeit in the form of unrealised bills from consumers.

Records maintained by the Department of Power, Nagaland has revealed that the total accumulated arrears due to the department at present stands at Rs. 102.26cr.

Domestic consumers account for the major bulk of the arrears due to the department, the amount presently standing at a staggering Rs. 73.94cr. The amount due from commercial consumers stands at Rs. 19cr.

The Nagaland state government, the administrative entity under which the Power department functions also has dues pending. As per the records, state government departments owe the Power department Rs. 9.31cr as electricity arrear.

The state Home department leads the pack of defaulting departments with an outstanding

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

Other deparments/entities Judicial Law: Election Excise: Taxes NPSC Treasury &Accounts Village Guards Prisons Lotteries Relief & Rehab Supplies Land Records Civil Secretariat Planning Printing & Stationary ATI Higher & Education YR&S Art & Culture Urban Development IPR Tourism

Dues

Rs. 55,242 Rs. 6127 Rs 38,006 Rs. 1.01 lakhs Rs. 46,375 Rs. 45,133 Rs. 1.33 lakhs Rs. 4,981 Rs. 8.13 lakhs Rs. 2.97 lakhs Rs. 1077 Rs. 4.58 lakhs Rs. 1.64 lakhs Rs. 6888 Rs. 17,766 Rs. 1.41 lakhs Rs. 1.87 lakhs Rs. 2.63 lakhs Rs. 5.45 lakhs Rs. 3.53 lakhs Rs. 97,350 Rs. 7.3 lakhs Rs. 6.03 lakhs

Other departments/ entities Employment & Training Labour Rural Development Social Security & Welfare Evaluation Eco & Stats Legal Metrology Agriculture Soil Veterinary Fisheries Geology & Mining Irrigation SCERT Sericulture Home Guards Fire Service Horticulture Land Resources SIRD Mechanical DUDA State Info. Commission

due of Rs. 5.03cr. Out of this, the police department alone has an accumulated arrear amounting to Rs. 2.91cr, while the respective district administrative machinery has an accumulated arrear amounting Rs. 1.99cr. The Office of the Commissioner, Nagaland has an accumulated arrear amounting to Rs. 11.78 lakhs.

Amongst the other departments, the department of Cooperation leads with a backlog of Rs. 91.93 lakhs. Industries and Commerce follows suit with a due amounting to Rs. 54.35 lakhs.

PHED has Rs. 38.40 lakh as due, while the Medical department follows closely at Rs. 38.14 lakh. Municipal Administration is also not far behind with a due

Dues

Rs. 1.15 lakhs Rs. 1047 Rs. 2.37 lakhs Rs. 1.67 lakhs Rs. 20,951 Rs. 40,565 Rs. 39,356 Rs. 7.81 lakhs Rs. 1.54 Rs. 7.31 lakhs Rs. 2.73 lakhs Rs. 88, 934 Rs. 1.11 lakhs Rs. 8.91 lakhs Rs. 2.12 lakhs Rs. 18,975 Rs. 31,771 Rs. 2.51 lakhs Rs. 1.73 lakhs Rs. 32,836 Rs. 2.02 lakhs Rs. 10,047 Rs. 2536

amounting to Rs. 33.75 lakh.

Departments that have dues in the Rs. 10-20 lakh range include - Education department: Rs. 16.10 lakh, Forests: Rs. 18.34 lakh, NST: Rs. 13.37 lakh, PWD: Rs. 10.41 lakh and Technical Education: Rs. 13.44 lakh.

Interestingly, the State Assembly has a running due of Rs. 1.75 lakh, while the Electrical Inspectorate has Rs. 1434 due.

Department/Subsidiaries and other entities with nil dues include Information Technology & Communication, New & Renewable Energy, NEPED, Police Engg Project, IT&C, CAWD, Transport & Communication, NSMDC, Vigilance, Raj Bhawan, Council of Ministers and High Court.

DIMAPUR, MARCH 27 (MExN): The functioning of government offices, including the Nagaland State Civil Secretariat was affected today as state government employees resorted to a pen down agitation demanding implementation of the 7th Revision of Pay (ROP).

The agitation was undertaken by the state service associations as the state government failed to implement the 7th ROP from March 1, 2017.

The Confederation of All Nagaland State Service Employees’ Association (CANSSEA) today informed that the state service associations have decided to continue the ongoing pen down agitation.

A press note from the CANSSEA said: “the members felt that the government is not sincere to the request of the associations for implementation of 7th ROP.” It further observed that the government has not conveyed any decision except for its request to call off the agitation.

The Nagaland State Cabinet appealed to state government employees against going on a pen down strike.

The cabinet held a meeting on March 27 and expressed concern over the ongoing pen down strike by the

state government employees announced since March 25as per the press release issued

by CANSSEA on the issue of implementation of 7th ROP. The Cabinet Sub Committee briefed the Cabinet of the discussions held by it on the same issue with representatives of CANSSEA and the various State Services Associations on March 26, a day earlier, the government informed.

tions to carry on the process of dialogue with the Cabinet Sub Committee for resolving their issues.

The All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) meanwhile stated that the Nagaland government has been lagging behind by two or more years in its implementation of every pay revision.

A press note from the ANSTA said that if the Nagaland government is “determined

• State Cabinet urges for calling off protest • CANSSEA informs that protest will continue “After thorough deliberation, the Cabinet decided to make an appeal to the striking Government employees to withdraw their strike as the Cabinet Sub Committee has been constituted to look into their demands and the dialogue needs to be continued.

The Cabinet also directed the Cabinet Sub-Committee to meet the CANSSEA representatives immediately after the Budget Session for an amicable resolution of the issue,” it added.

The Cabinet has asked all state government employees to call off their pen down strike and allow the smooth functioning of the offices. It further requested CANSSEA and the various state services associa-

to deprive its employees of the 7th ROP, it will be a tremendous loss in one’s service career of the Nagaland Government employees.”

It noted that with the introduction of the 7th ROP for central employees, inflation has flared up in the whole country since last year thereby severely affecting the State of Nagaland in particular as it imports more essential commodities compared to other states.

In such a situation, if Nagaland government has not granted the 7th ROP to its employees in due time, the state employees would be facing twice the price rise in one Pay Revision due to difference in its implementation date,

Justification given on backdoor Nagaland CM to present state budget today appointments an insult: ACAUT Our Correspondent Kohima | March 27

What if this whole “clean election’ thing plays into the hands of the greedy candidates!!?

Cancel all illegal appointments: PSAN

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DIMAPUR, MARCH 27 (MExN): The Public Service Aspirants of Nagaland (PSAN) today extended support to the call made by the ACAUT Nagaland for Nagaland State Government to cancel all “illegal appointments.” “It is the right of every educated person to get a free and fair opportunity in matters of employment and hence, the politicians should not hinder the development and progress of the upcoming generation by appointing only their canditates in an unethical and unfair manner,” the PSAN said in a press note. PSAN viewed that the present government “will do a great deal of welfare to the educated unemployed young men and women of Nagaland if a Staff Selection Commission/Board in line with the central government’s Staff Selection Commission could be set up for recruitment to those posts which do not come under the purview of NPSC.” It meanwhile acknowledged MLA Mhonlumo Kikon “for his queries in the NLA session.”

which may likely lead them to economic crisis in the near future, the ANSTA stated. In light of this, it urged the state government to implement the 7th ROP from this year onwards.

It further stated that salary is the sole sustaining source of teachers and added that every pay revision made after every 10 years is crucial for teaching community and the present 7th ROP issue being demanded by CANSSEA on behalf of all state employees is a genuine one.

It meanwhile urged the CANSSEA to be “firm on its demand as it is a legitimate demand in which every government servant of the state is in support of it and behind the fight.”

The Nagaland Finance and Accounts Service Association has also decided to support the demand of the CANSSEA, and participated in the pen down agitation. “The NF&ASA will participate in the ongoing agitation till the genuine demands are made to bring justice to the state government employees of Nagaland,” a press note from the association said.

It asked all members to cooperate and participate in the agitation, while cautioning that “strict action will be initiated against the defaulters of the order.”

DIMAPUR, MARCH 27 (MExN): The Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland today stated that the recent “justification and reply given by Home Minister Y Patton on backdoor appointment during the Assembly session was a direct insult to lakhs of unemployed Naga youths.”

A press note from the ACAUT said that the Home Minister’s response has “exposed the pitiable condition under which the department of Home is being run as personal employment industry along with its subordinate fiefdoms.”

The Minister’s response that as per P&AR memorandum in 2010, appointments of lower grade posts in the police department were exempted from seeking clearance of the government was termed as a “pitiable excuse”

by ACAUT. It pointed to Article 16 of the Constitution of India and its clauses which ensures “equality of opportunity in matters of pub-

lic employment...” and reminded the Home Minister that on November 5, 2015, the Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) had “exposed thousands of backdoor appointments in his department.”

“Any layman can safely conclude that he has made no effort to take corrective measures to streamline his employment industry, depriving lakhs of unemployed youths of opportunity to compete in open recruitment,” ACAUT said.

It added that the Home Department has also “ignored and undermined” the state reservation policy which reserves 37 % for backward tribes with 25% for Eastern Nagaland and 12% for others.

It urged the Home Minister to cancel all “backdoor appointments” in his department and call for open recruitment as per Article 16 of Indian constitution and State reservation policy. ACAUT also appealed to the ENPO to “voice out and fight for

their rights of 768 posts which can help usher into a leap and bound economic and social up-liftmen of our backward brothers.”

It further alleged that the Home Minister has “created negative parliamentary history and wrong precedence by implicating officers for the backdoor appointments instead of taking responsibility.” “This has also made it crystal clear that he is not in control of the department but the fiefdoms of Commandants and SPs are at large making the Legislative and the Executive branch of democracy in Nagaland a mockery,” it added.

The Home Department’s “backdoor appointment,” it meanwhile claimed, “has outpaced NPSC in recruitment in the last four years.” ACAUT also pointed out that earlier the post of ABSI/UBSI was requisition by NPSC, which was again taken back by the home department. It therefore demanded that the recruitment for ABSI/UBSI be immediately requisitioned to NPSC.

Nagaland State Chief Minister, Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu, who also holds the finance portfolio will present the state budget 2017-18 on March 28 at the 15th session of 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) here.

Other businesses of the day will include: consideration and adoption of government resolution on border fencing, which was introduced on the floor of the House on March 24 regarding construction of fencing on the IndoMyanmar Border in the state of Nagaland.

The resolution on border fencing is to request the Government of India to impress upon the Government of Myanmar to permanently drop the project of construction of fencing on the Indo-Myanmar border in the state of Nagaland with a view to continuing the cordial and fraternal relations amongst the Nagas living on both sides of the border.

Further, the consideration and adoption of three Government Bills- Nagaland Nursing Council Bill 2017, Nagaland Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill 2017 and Nagaland Cooperative Societies Bill 2017, which was introduced on March 23, will also be taken up on March 28.

The Nagaland Cooperative Societies Bill 2017 aims to consolidate and amend the law relating

Manipur: At least 21 killed, 23 hurt in separate highway mishaps Newmai News Network Imphal | March 27

At least 21 people were killed and 23 others injured in three separate tragic highway accidents in Senapati and Tamenglong districts of Manipur on Monday.

The Home Department, Government of Manipur, said 12 people were killed and 17 others injured when an Imphal-bound bus of Deccan Rajdhani Travels the passengers were traveling in skidded off the hilly road and plunged into a deep gorge at Chakumei bridge near Maram of Senapati district on Imphal-Dimapur highway around 3:30 am. A source said the driver lost control of the vehicle.

Ten (10) passengers died on the spot while two succumbed on their way to a nearby Assam Rifles hospital at Maram. Among the injured, 12 were later brought to Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) hospital in Imphal and another five to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) hospital here for better

The Dimapur-Imphal bound bus which fell down a deep gorge at Chakumei bridge.

treatment.

Earlier, personnel of Assam Rifles and police assisted the villagers in the rescue operation. Maram is located about 50 km from here.

Around 29 passengers were travelling in the bus coming from Nagaland’s Dimapur towards Manipur capital Imphal when the fatal mishap occurred.

In another major mishap, eight

(8) people including two women were killed and six others injured after the passenger vehicle, a Cruiser van, they were travelling in rolled into a 300 feet deep gorge near Khongshang under Nungba Police Station of Tamenglong district along NH-37.

According to police, the accident took place around 12:30 pm. A police team led by Officer-

in Charge of Nungba Police Station rushed to the site to assist the rescue operation and retrieve the bodies. The police believed the fatal mishap occurred after the driver of the packed passenger van lost control of the vehicle, which went off the hilly road and fell into the gorge.

In yet another highway accident, a truck driver was killed after the vehicle met with an accident at Lairou Ching of Senapati along Imphal-Dimapur road just after noon. The police are trying to ascertain the actual causes of the mishaps.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and Manipur Governor Dr Najma Heptulla condoled the death of several people in the tragic accidents and shared the grief of the families.

Meanwhile, the Manipur state government has announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin, Rs 50,000 each for the critically injured and Rs 30,000 each for those who sustained minor injuries in the mishaps.

to cooperative societies within the territorial limit of the state of Nagaland, to facilitate the voluntary formation and democratic functioning of cooperative societies as people’s institution based on self- help, mutual aid and sound business principles and, to enable its members to promote their economic needs so as to bring about higher standard of living for social betterment.

The bill calls for repeal of the Assam Co-operative Societies Act, 1949, which has been operative in the state from its inception till date.

The Nagaland Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2017 meanwhile aims to repeal obsolete and redundant laws that were enacted by Parliament during President’s Rule in states, and which have become irrelevant or dysfunctional, which the State Legislature has the competent power to amend or repeal.

On the Nagaland Nursing Council Bill 2017, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, P Longon, who introduced the Bill stated that it is felt expedient to establish a Nursing Council Act to superintend over various categories of nursing personnel and its institutions with powers to recognize, register, laying down norms and standards for various courses and trainings, uniform curriculum, physical and infrastructure facilities, staffing pattern and staff qualities, quality instruction, assessments and examination system.

No beef ban if we come to power in poll-bound North East: BJP says GUWAHATI, MARCH 27 (HT): Amid a crackdown in Uttar Pradesh by the new BJP government to enforce a ban on cow slaughter and illegal abattoirs, the party has clarified that a similar rule would not be imposed in three northeastern states which go to polls next year. Beef is widely consumed in Christian majority Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and the drive against illegal abattoirs in UP has had repercussions in these states. To put speculations to rest, the party’s Meghalaya unit general secretary David Kharsati issued a statement on Sunday blaming “groups with vested interest” for spreading rumours.

“Ban on cow slaughter like the one in UP won’t take effect in Nagaland if our party comes to power next year.

The reality here is very different and our central leaders are aware of that,” Nagaland BJP chief Visasolie Lhoungu told Hindustan Times. As per 2011 census nearly 88% of Nagaland’s population of around 2 million, are Christians. The figure is 87% for Mizoram and nearly 75% for Meghalaya. Congress is in power in Meghalaya and Mizoram while BJP is a minor partner in the Naga People’s Front-led Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) coalition in Nagaland. “There would be no ban on cow slaughter in Mizoram and other states in the region where there is a majority Christian population,” Mizoram BJP president JV Hluna said. Fresh from the electoral victory in Manipur, where the saffron party managed to set up its first government with the help of smaller parties, BJP is looking to repeat similar successes in the three states.

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Secheku elders resolve to “stand against intrusion of alien culture”

phEk, march 27 (mExN): The Secheku Baptist Church Council (SBCC) under Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC) organized elder’s conference on March 25 and 26 at Sakraba village.

A press release issued

by Kuduhuto Dazo, Chairman, SBCC Pfütsero Phek informed that the conference resolved to “stand against the intrusion of alien culture found detrimental to our faith and way of life into Christendom for we are chosen by God, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Nagas out of sheer grace.

Therefore, we the present generation and the generation to come will not wor-

Public leaders, government officials with senior citizen during the elder’s conference held on March 25 and 26 at Sakraba village.

ship any other idol except the Creator of the Universe God Jehovah.”

The conference was attended by elders aged 75 years and above numbering 108 from 15 villages.

The conference unani-

mously resolved to declare that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Saviour, and shall continue to worship and serve Him alone in gratitude for His mercies and manifold blessings showered upon the successive generation.

The conference resolved to uphold the traditional and cultural values handed down to us from ancestors which are found Comparable within scriptural sphere.

The most notable characteristics are the sense of fear,

the sense of shame and the sense of taboo.

The main speaker was Rev. Dr. V.K. Nuh Former Executive Secretary, CBCC. Who spoke extensively on the value of elderly citizen. For elderly citizens including Z. Lohe Former Speaker, NLA exhorted the gathering on the first night.

The gazette officers from 15 villages attended the Sunday Service on March 16.

Deo Nukhu, parliamentary secretary, Kekhwengulo Lea president Chakhesang Public Organization and Kelhizülo Mero Retired Teacher also greeted the gathering. Dutsonü Dazo, 95 years old from Sakraba village invoked the blessing as per “tradition.”

Huker Village observes Red Letter Day ‘Lanlia Tajung Kilir’ book released

TuENsaNg, march 27 (mExN): Huker Village observed Red Letter Day on March 24 as it marks the “first war of Naga Independence which broke out on March 24, 1955 at Huker Village, which is also called the first Indo-Naga war.”

Like other years, on March 24, people of Huker village led by Huker Village Council and Huker Village Students’ Union (HVSU) observed the day under the theme “Remembering the first war of Naga independence”. The programme was chaired by H. Yimto, GS HVSU. Kamtsula, Women Pastor Huker village said the invocation with in-

troductory speech by Shophu, council secretary. Other highlights were song for the fallen heroes by H. Yakso, speech on behalf of the village council by Thsunthruba, 2nd Head G.B Huker village followed by mass silent prayer. Special prayer by Rev. G. Shitozu followed by vote of thanks by R.K Yanmusu, Ex-Chairman and benediction by R. Kamphula Mary (catechist).

Huker Village Student's Union in a press release stated that earlier, the monolith stone at Huker Village was inaugurated by Pongam Khiamn in the presence of all the presidents of eastern Naga tribes.

Sophie Jamir, YWAM, USA (Right) release the book authored

by T. Toshi, Pastor, Longmisa Baptist Church (left) on March 26.

Villagers of Huker during the observation of Red Letter Day held on March 24.

mokokchuNg, march 27 (mExN): A book titled “Lanlia Tajung Kilir” written by T. Toshi, Pastor, Longmisa Baptist Church, was released on March 26 by Sophie Jamir, Youth With A Mission, Missionary (USA). Sophie acknowledged the works of Pastor T. Toshi for successfully completing his second book and further encouraged people to acquire the habit of reading so as to acquire inspiration for writing. She said that it was reading that inspired the author to come up with such a wonderful book. The book will be available in all the book stalls in the state and people can also avail the book by calling the given number 9862903447.

IndiGo takes its FitToFly programme to Dimapur Inaugurates gym for police personnel

IndiGo Dimapur team with police personnel during the inauguration of the gym within the office premise of the local police station in Dimapur.

Dimapur, march 27 (mExN): IndiGo-India’s largest and fastest growing carrier has launched a fully equipped gym for the Police officials in Dimapur today. With an endeavour to infuse IndiGo fitness belief and inspire the police personnel to adopt a more physically active lifestyle, this gym has been set up within the office premise of the local police station in Dimapur.

Appreciating the efforts of IndiGo, S. Bokato Sema, Officer-in-Charge - Diphupar Police Station said, “We are grateful to IndiGo leadership for taking an initiative such as this for Police personnel. To have a gym facility within the office premise will push us to exercise and take small steps towards a healthy lifestyle.

This is not only encourag-

ing, but is much needed for all to be a part of this transformational process.”

Speaking at the occasion, Aditya Ghosh, President and Whole-time Director, IndiGo said, “We are absolutely delighted to see our FitToFly programme being extended through a collaborative effort. We last week inaugurated a gym for Gurugram police personal, and it was encouraging to see the support we received from the Commissioner of Gurugram Police. At IndiGo we feel for our police force who work day and night to provide us the security we need. Setting up gyms for them is an important move to encourage them to start making choices to live a healthier life by choosing to be holistically fit.”

Ghosh further added,

“For us at IndiGo, being healthy is not just about physical fitness, but it’s also about creating fitness into everything we do – be it our operations, customer relations or financial stability of the firm. We believe it starts with being fit as individuals. With the launch of this gym in Dimapur, we hope to stimulate a healthy lifestyle amongst our police personnel and take this FitToFly initiative to a newer level.”

The FitToFly gyms will be fully equipped with multi-purpose machines, cross trainer, treadmill, bench press and other facilities. As part of this multi-city campaign to promote fitness and healthy lifestyle - IndiGo launched its first gym at Jaipur international airport, in February this year.

Skill development workshop on ‘farmpreneurship’ underway Morung Express News Mokokchung| March 27

A two day skill development workshop on ‘farmpreneurship’, a paradigm shift got underway at Nagaland University, Lumami, organized by the Centre for Gandhian Studies and Research Department of Sociology, with Samir Bordoloi, member, Board of Management, Assam Agricultural University & secretary general, SPREAD as the resource person.

The inaugural function of the workshop was graced by N. S. Jamir, Vice-Chancellor in-charge as the special guest. He congratulated the department on organizing the workshop and said that farmers are the real entrepreneurs and custodian of the environment and that the notion of considering farmers as low is wrong. He added that skill development is not just about manual development but building on the strength and potential of the individuals. Jamir further said that ‘farmpreneurship’ should be taken up to increase one’s capacity, generate employment and increase income.

The key note address of the workshop was delivered by Dr. Temjensosang, Di-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Shri. Kensonyu Yhome, IAS Deputy Commissioner Dimapur

Smti. Sarah S Jamir Addl. Deputy Commissioner Mediziphema

Smti. Elizabeth Ngully Addl. Deputy Commissioner Dimapur

Smti. V Lovitoli Sema Addl. Deputy Commissioner Niuland

The Dist. Mission Authority-SSA, Dimapur conducted community mobilization training for SMC/SMDC members and community leaders from 21st to 24th March 2017 in all EBRCs. The DDEO Dimapur would like to thank all the participants for their participation in making the program a big success. We are also thankful to the Deputy Commissioner Dimapur, ADC Dimapur, ADC Medziphema and ADC Niuland for their valuable presence & words of encouragement for effective community participation in attaining quality education.

(R. AMONGLA JAMIR) DDEO, Dimapur

rector In-charge, CGSR. Dr. Temjensosang in his address said that the Centre for Gandhian studies and research is working towards the ushering the ideas and philosophy of Gandhian thought through skill development training and programmes for a self-sufficient economy.

He said that the youth today are facing a situation of joblessness. The objective of the workshop he said was to train the youths in entrepreneurship skill development and help youths to find space for self-employment through organic farmpreneurial activity.

The inaugural function was chaired by Deepika Paul, and the welcome address was give by Dr. Toshimenla Jamir, Head of Deparment, Sociology while the vote of thanks was given by Dr. Athungou Ovung.

The two day seminar will have five technical sessions on different topics relating to ‘farmpreneurship’. Samir Bordoloi, the resource person for the workshop, was recently conferred the Best Agripreneur of the Country for 2017 by the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management and Samir Bordoloi, member, Board of Management, Assam Agricultural University & secreMinistry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare tary general, SPREAD, lecturing as the resource person at the two day skill development Government of India. workshop. (Morung Photo)

Phom Monyiü Festival on April 4

Dimapur, march 27 (mExN): The Signal Phom Union Dimapur will be celebrating the Phom Monyiü Festival on April 4 at Signal Angami Sector-B (Junction). S Pangnyu Phom, MLA 50th A/C longleng and G. Hukugha Sema, IRS Joint Commissioner, Income Tax, Kolkata, GoI will be the chief guest and guest of honour respectively. The festival will also highlight cultural extravaganza and community feats.

A press release issued

by SPU president and general secretary said that the Monyiü is celebrated to invoke God’s blessing to have a bountiful harvest after the sowing is done in the paddy fields. It is also seen that Monyiü is a festival when sisters and daughters who are married off are regarded as honoured and cared by the family members. It is also the traditional belief that the soul of the departed members who have passed away in the previous year leave for their permanent abode only after the celebration of the Monyiü festival, Union added.

Couple from China donates Science Kits to Mhainamtsi GMS

Students and others observe the Science Kits at Mhainamtsi Government Middle School in Jalukie.

pErEN, march 27 (mExN): With the generous donation of Tobin Holden, Principal of Wai Hai International School in China and his wife Daina Holden, Head of Science Department, Mhainamtsi Government Middle School, Jalukie, Peren received sets of Science Kits through Elementary and Secondary levels from Socio-economic Education and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS), Jalukie on March 25.

In a short release pro-

gramme, Rev. HM Gonmei, Director of SEEDS stressed on the importance of quality education, encouraged the students to work hard and expect positive outcome from the facility. He said SEEDS, in collaboration with the VEC, will set up a separate Science Laboratory for the school. “SEEDS is committed to serve the community and environment by linking/bridging between the needy and the donors,” the Director said.

Rejoice Kamei, Headmaster of LMH School

Mhainamtsi acknowledges that the school is “first to have the facility” among the government middle schools of the district and urged the students to excel in studies by utilizing the lab facility to the maximum in learning and not to let the opportunity go wasted”.

VEC, Chairman, K. Adin also expressed appreciation to the SEEDS and the Holdens for their Samaritan action and hopeful to uplift the progress of the school by the contribution.

The School informed

in a press release that the programme was chaired

by Matthew Gonmei V.President SEEDS and opening prayer was offered

by Singamang Head GB. Adailiu Teacher-in-charge GMS Mhainamtsi delivered vote of thanks. “Dedication of the Science Kit” was led

by Pastor Kentipe MBC and concluded with equipment display by Neiladai Science Teacher. It was attended by hosts of members from SEEDS, VEC, village council, youth, church, teachers and students.

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Behind the BJP’s spectacular success in Northeast, years of silent work by Sangh

Back in 1995, the RSS and its affiliated organisations had about 650 such units in the Northeast; today there are over 6,000.

Samudra Gupta Kashyap The India Express

What do T Thangzalam Haokip of Henglep, Vungzagin Valte of Thanlon, V Hangkhanlian of Churachandpur, Samuel Jendai Kamei of Tamenglong and Nemcha Kipgen of Kanpokpi have been common? They are all tribals, members of the new Manipur Assembly, elected on BJP tickets. More significantly, they are all Christians, and have been elected from constituencies where almost 99% voters are Christian. The elections in Manipur have dismantled the myth that the BJP is a party that belongs to and works only for Hindus.

In Manipur, the BJP has risen meteorically to 21 seats; less than a year ago, it had swept the Assam elections, increasing its strength from 5 to 60 in the Assembly. While credit for the success in Manipur is due to a team led by Northeast Democratic Alliance (NEDA) convener and Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP

national general secretary Ram Madhav, the young strategist Rajat Sethi, party secretary in charge of Manipur Prahlad Patel, and Assam BJP secretary Jagadish Bhuyan among others — the party also owes is remarkable showing to the work carried out silently by a number of organisations of the Sangh Parivar, some of whom have been working in 100% Christian areas in the Manipur hills.

“It is a fact that the BJP worked hard. But one must also remember that various Sangh wings have been working very hard for years, both in the Imphal Valley as well as the surrounding hill districts,” Jagdamba Mall, a veteran RSS organiser who has spent 40 years in Nagaland and was deputed to Manipur for the elections, said. “Tribal people, irrespective of their religious faith, particularly trust and respect our welfare programmes. This trust was definitely converted to votes,” Mall said. As many as 15 organisations affiliated to the Sangh have been active in Manipur, some for over three de-

cades. “All the good work these wings have done have paid dividends,” said Shankar Das, prachar pramukh of the RSS’s Uttar Assam prant, which covers most of Assam, and the whole of Nagaland and Meghalaya. Instead of openly campaigning for the BJP, the RSS wings focused on getting people out on polling day. “When you go from door to door, house to house and village to village asking voters to come out early, the message not only becomes clear, it also gets translated,” Das said.

Organisations like Sewashram, Ekal Vidyalaya, Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, Sewa Bharati, Kisan Sangha, ABVP, Vidya Bharati, Friends of Tribal Society or Van Bandhu Parishad, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bharatiya Jan Seva Sansthan, Bharat Kalyan Pratishthan, Bal Sanskar Kendra, and the Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh have been running formal and informal education units across Manipur, and have had some impact, especially on the parents of children

attending these centres. “You should not be surprised if you find children of some so-called extremist leaders of Nagaland attending English-medium schools run by a Sangh wing,” said one RSS worker who belongs to Maharashtra but has spent over 20 years in the Northeast.

Back in 1995, the RSS and its affiliated organisations had about 650 such units in the Northeast; today there are over 6,000. The number of Ekal Vidyalayas is said to have crossed the 3,000 mark. The RSS has over 120 shakhas and mandalis in Manipur alone, and its Ekal Vidyalayas — though restricted to the Imphal Valley — have touched a large number of families. “We have not only promoted Indian culture, but have also successfully driven home the point that Manipuri culture is an inseparable part of it,” said Kedar Kulkarni, who has recently moved to Manipur after having served for several years in Nagaland. And while the illegal influx of Bangladeshis resonates across the region, RSS chief Mohan

Bhagwat had, during a recent visit to Manipur, declared that the problems of the state were the problems of the entire nation.

The BJP’s alliance with the Naga People’s Front (NPF) in neighbouring Nagaland — which had not gone down well with the Meiteis because the NSCN (IM) includes parts of Manipur in its Nagalim map — too contributed to the BJP’s victory. Although the Congress initially gained some ground among Meitei and nonNaga voters of Manipur underlining the central government’s signing of the Framework Agreement with the NSCN (IM), a sizeable section of Meiteis later changed mind, with the RSS playing a role in persuading them. “We have been focusing for long on the patriotism and nationalism of the Manipuri people,” Mall said. The membership of the RSS has been increasing in the Hindu-majority areas of Assam. In the Imphal Valley, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, the Sangh’s organisational structure

has grown from 2 divisions until 2013 to 4 now.

Veterans in the RSS strongly believe that Manipur is just the beginning of the realisation of their potential in the hill states, and more is in store. The number of workers in Tripura has doubled in just a year, and with Assembly elections likely in February 2018, the BJP could give the ruling Left Front a run for its money.

The RSS is also working to prepare the ground for the BJP in Meghalaya, another Christian-majority state that goes to polls early next year. Various Sangh wings are fast adding units, and last year, over 300 RSS cadres — mostly from the Khasi and Jaintia communities — paraded through Shillong in khaki shorts and white shirts, holding sticks. The BJP already has an ally in Conrad Sangma’s National People’s Party, which has a strong base in western Meghalaya — what it needs now is the help of the RSS’s wings to reach out rapidly in the eastern region of the state.

‘Understand history to resolve Sikkim preparing legislation for implementation 16-year-old girl raped, issues relating to the northeast' of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals murdered in Tripura NEW DELHI, MARCH 27 (IANS): History needs to to be understood well to find a resolution to the conflicts in the northeast, senior Manipuri journalist Pradip Phanjoubam said on Monday noting there had been little change in the manner in which governments had looked at the region post and pre-independence.

"History has to be a chronicle of the state. Everything in the past is not history. It is history only if it tells the state of the nation.

Much of conflict in Northeast is about that," Phanjoubam, editor of the Imphal Free Press said while delivering a lecture on "The Long, Broken Road Ahead to Reconciliation in the North-East".

He also defined the two approaches needed to resolve the problems of the region.

"The first approach is about how they (the people of the northeast) see themselves...that has to undergo a change. They need to know that identity is not redundant and if they don't change the approach, their identity will become redundant," he said.

"You can't always be living in a perpetual conflict.

The need of the hour is to resolve it at the local level."

He went on to explain the second approach, saying: "It applies to the Indian state. The state will also have to look at it very differently. We only remember the things that are becoming a problem and forget the region for all the rest of things it stands for."

He also traced the rising problems in the region to the Burmese invasion of Assam between 1817 and 1826.

"You had small small states emerging. You suddenly came into one state or the other. Amongst the non-state people, consciousness of the state dawns. Dealing with a situation, certain people come into state consciousness," he said.

"When you start to look for a state kind of identity, you are already in a different state. This situation has called a lot of insecurity," he added.

He also said that Burmese history and Tibetan history are important to understand the issues in the northeast. He also referred to the British invasion and stressed that everything in the past shaped the present condition of the region.

He also alluded that there had been little change in the attitude of

the Indian government toward the region post independence in 1947.

After Independence, articles 371 A and 371 C (special status for Nagaland and Manipur) "became a part of the constitution as an adoption (continuation) of the same outlook that the British instituted during their rule," he said adding: "Philosophy on the...management (governance) remained the same as it was before independence."

According to Phanjoubam, "the mental boundary has to be broken... it doesn't depend much on the physical boundary. Some psychological change is needed".

Highlighting the boundaries of the mind, Phanjoubam said that the idea of nation as a "cultural container" (melting pot) hasn't worked in the northeast.

"You are thinking of connectivity (between the northeastern states and the country). You don't put them on track, you also don't merge them together.

Some kind of federation always sustains," "The idea of nation as a cultural container hasn't worked, especially in the northeast."

"We need to open up windows. You don't have to bring up walls," he said.

AAPSU terms Muivah’s comments on Greater Nagalim as disturbing ITANAGAR, MARCH 27 (PTI): The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) today termed the comments of NSCN(IM) general secretary T Muivah on integration of Naga-inhabited areas as “disturbing”.

Muivah on March 21 had said the Framework Agreement has paved way for a Greater Nagalim by integrating Naga-inhabited areas of Assam, Manipur

and Arunachal Pradesh.

In a statement, the apex students’ body of the state stated that the people would not accept any solution at their cost and that of the land of the state.

The AAPSU said the eastern districts, specially Tirap, Changlang and Longding, have suffered in the past.

“Peace and tranquillity of the districts are at stake

Two universities in NE closed down in last three years: UGC NEW DELHI, MARCH 27 (PTI): Two universities namely EILM University in Meghalaya and CMJ University in Meghalaya were closed in the last three years, according to the data

by University Grants Commission. The data was cited

by Minister of State for HRD, Mahendra Nath Pandey in response to a written question in Lok Sabha.

"The CMJ University was dissolved by the state government of Meghalaya after complaints were received against the varsity," Pandey said.

The varsity approached the Meghalaya High Court against the state government's decision and the

court had set aside the dissolution order citing legal technicalities. The Meghalaya government in response moved Supreme Court and the matter is sub-judice. "The UGC has also informed that the EILM University was dissolved by the state government and is not functioning since December, 2014," the Minister said. Both the universities were permitted to offer courses under regular mode at its main campuses only and degrees of those students in regular mode are valid. The Sikkim govt has also informed that the present students of the EILM University have been relocated, he added.

till today. These districts being part and parcel of the state, we cannot accept any solution which hampers the integrity of the land and the people of Arunachal Pradesh,” the AAPSU said.

The students’ body also appealed the Centre to understand the sentiments of the people and safeguard the ethnic cultures and interest of Arunachal Pradesh.

GANGTOK, MARCH 27 (PTI): Lok Sabha Member of Sikkim Prem Das Rai today announced that the state government was preparing an umbrella legislation for the implementation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the state.

This path-breaking law will be called "Well Being of Generations Act" and it is in the final stages of preparation, the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) MP said.

"Sikkim would be the first state in India to enact such a legis-

lation for implementation of 169 targets set under 17 MDGs which practically cover all aspects of human development," Rai said.

There will be several subordinate legislations, rules and regulations under this law for implementation of SDGs in various sectors including climate change and disaster risk reduction.

Rai said Sikkim being climate change hotpsot provided a great opportunity for journalists to report on the subject. All such reporting should be evidencebased and not biased or based

on generalisations.

"Journalists can play the role of a watchdog when it comes to reporting impacts of climate change on communities and implementation of adaptation projects on the ground," he said while addressing the valedictory session of the a workshop jointly organised by Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Department of Science and Technology and the Centre for Media Studies, along with the state government.

AGARTALA, MARCH 27 (PTI): A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped and then murdered at Dharmanagar, headquarters of North Tripura district, about 220 km from here, police said today.

The girl, a student of class IX received a phone call from a known person on Saturday evening and left her house, Superintendent of Police, Manik Das told reporters.

Her body with multiple injuries was recovered from an abandoned house at Link Road of the town on Saturday midnight.

Police yesterday arrested a person named Rajat Tanti (22), who "admitted" to police that he raped and murdered the girl, the SP said adding further investigation is on.

Defeat in Manipur Cong leader shot dead by polls shocking: CPI Arunachal dy speakers son NEW DELHI, MARCH 27 (PTI): The CPI has expressed shock at its "marginalisation" in Manipur assembly elections, saying the defeat reflects "total loss" of the party following.

The CPI had fancied putting on a good show in the recently held assembly polls in the state after having polled nearly 15 per cent of the votes during 2014 general elections.

"The defeat and marginalisation of CPI in Mani-

pur is shocking. It was one state where CPI could poll almost 15 per cent of vote in last Parliament elections.

"It is a political defeat and total loss of Party following," the CPI said today in a statement issued after two-day meeting of its national executive meeting here.

The meeting concluded yesterday.

The CPI could not win even a single seat in 60-member Manipur assembly.

Three policemen suspended for firing at Saipum village AIZAWL, MARCH 27 (PTI): Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana today said three policemen of the first battalion of the India Reserved Police (IRP) were suspended after they indulged in firing at Mizoram-Assam border Saipum village last night.

Lalzirliana informed the state assembly that Constable Lawrence Rochhunga and Constable Lalrinngheta, in an inebriated state fired around 20 rounds of ammunition from their Self Loading Ri-

fles (SLR) at their outpost at midnight last night.

The two constables, along with Havildar Thanglianmanga, acting Camp Commander, who failed to report the incident to his superior officers were suspended as they caused severe panic among the civilian populace of Saipum village.

Saipum village was being regarded as a sensitive village as it falls under the 'Demand area' of the Hmar People's Convention (Democratic) militants.

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MAO STUDENTS’ UNION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Mao Students’ Union on behalf of all the students and the youths of Mao Community extends profound congratulation to Shri. Losii Dikho, 48Mao A/C and Shri. N. Kayisii, 49 Tadubi A/C on the occasion of securing the peoples mandate and achieving magnificent victory in the 11th Manipur Assembly Election. We are extremely delighted and honoured to have Shri. Losii Dikho and Shri. N. Kayisii in the Cabinet Ministerial berths.

Furthermore, it is our utmost pleasure in acknowledging the Coalition Government led by Shri. N. Biren Singh for choosing Shri. Losii Dikho as Minister for PHED, Printing and Stationary whereas, Shri. N. Kayisii, as Minister for Tribal and Hill Areas Development, Fisheries. We are confident that the trust and mandate forwarded in them by the citizens will inspire both to continue important efforts in promoting unity and peaceful environment, leading it on the path of prosperity, further well-being and security for the people.

We sincerely send our best wishes for every success and wisdom in liberation the important and responsible duties of their position.

Information and Publicity Wing, Mao Students’ Union

ITANAGAR, MARCH 27 (PTI): An Arunachal Pradesh Congress leader was shot dead by the son of the state assemblys Deputy Speaker Tumke Bagra at Aalo in West Siang district, the police said today.

Kenjum Kamsi, a secretary-rank leader of Arunachal PCC was shot dead by Kajum Bagra, the son of the deputy speaker, in front of a hotel at Aalo last night at around 10 PM, said West Siang Superintendent of Police Mari Riba.

The incident was re-

portedly a fallout of a scuffle between the two, he said adding the matter is being probed further.

The accused along with the arm was arrested by Aalo police and a case registered, Riba said.

The APCC has condemned the incident and said Kajum using his fathers official vehicle and committing such "heinous crime" proved the saying like father like son.

"The tragic incident also reflects the true colour of the BJP to which the deputy speaker belongs. It raises a serious question,"

the party said.

Condoling the death, it also demanded exemplary punishment for the accused and resignation of the deputy speaker.

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Gold hits one-month high after Trump doubts knock dollar, stocks LONDON, March 27 (reuters): Gold rallied more than 1 percent on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s failure to push through a healthcare reform package on Friday raised questions over his ability to deliver promised tax cuts and spending plans.

That knocked the dollar to a four-month low versus a currency basket and drove a drop in stock markets, with European indices sliding nearly 1 percent in early trade and U.S. stock index futures hitting six-week lows.

Spot gold was up 1.1 percent at $1,257.08 an ounce at 0930 GMT, having touched a one-month high of $1,259.14. U.S. gold futures for April delivery were up $8.60 an ounce at $1,257.10.

“Trump’s spectacular failure to get his health bill through Congress raises concerns about his ability to achieve his goals on other policies,” Saxo Bank’s head of commodity research Ole Hansen said.

“With stocks, the dollar and bond yields lower and geo-political risks on the

A worker shows gold biscuits at a precious metals refinery in Mumbai. (REUTERS File Photo)

rise, gold may stand out as the commodity of choice at such time.”

Gold had already rallied sharply from its March 15 low following a less hawkish policy statement than expected from the Federal Reserve, which dampened expectations for near-term

increases in U.S. interest rates.

Gold is highly sensitive to rising U.S. interest rates, which increase the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion, while boosting the dollar, in which it is priced.

The metal ran into resis-

tance in earlier trade at its 200-day moving average, currently at $1,259 an ounce, a level that also halted last month’s sharp price rally.

“If it were to rise lastingly above this threshold, we could see technical followup buying,” Commerzbank said in a note. “That said, an

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New DeLhi, March 27 (iaNs): Communications Minister Manoj Sinha on Monday said 26 banking and non-banking companies have shown interest to collaborate with India Post Payments Bank. “The Department is in various stages of discussions with them. A decision on formal partnerships will be taken after carefully evaluating the entire value proposition they propose for the common man,” Sinha said in a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

The India Post Payments Bank had launched its two branches in Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Ranchi (Jharkhand) on January 30 with basic products and banking services in partnership with the Punjab National Bank.

Some of the banks and non-banking companies that have shown interest to partner with India Post Payments Bank are YES Bank, Union Bank, State Bank of India, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, HSBC and Royal Sundaram.

The payments banks are different from regular banks and are not allowed to undertake lending activities directly. They can accept demand deposits only that is savings and current accounts and will initially be restricted to holding a maximum balance of Rs 100,000 per individual customer. Following the Reserve Bank of India guidelines for licensing of payments banks, it cannot accept Non Resident Indian deposits. Payment banks cannot set up subsidiaries to undertake non-banking financial services.

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With the new safety norms all set to kick in by October, Nissan has offered airbags, electronic brakeforce distribution, antilock braking systems and electronic stability control as standard in the new Terrano.

To make it smarter, Nissan has updated the new cabin with a 7.0 touchscreen infotainment for music and navigation, cruise control and other enhancements in the dual-tone interiors.

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Nissan Terrano hasn’t There’s more chrome Nissan today launched an all new version of its SUV Terrano priced between Rs 9.99 lakh and Rs 13.6 lakh (exshowroom Delhi).

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Nursing graduates urged to be sensitive, committed Second graduation of College of Nursing, CIHSR held

Morung Express News Dimapur | March 27

Christian Institute of Health Sciences & Research (CIHSR) conducted its second graduation ceremony on Monday with principal, St. Joseph College, Jakhama, Rev. Fr. Dr. Sebastian Ousepparampil, as the chief guest of the ceremony.

Dwelling on the national health scenario, the chief guest in his address said that even after 70 years of Independence, the country still does not have an accessible, affordable and sustainable health care system.

Sebastian said though the country has a number of 5-star hospitals in metropolitans, yet they cater to health services of only 10 percent of the creamy layer of the population and affluent patients from outside the country.

He said public private partnership (PPP) hospi-

Principal of St. Joseph College, Jakhama, Rev. Fr. Dr. Sebastian Ousepparampil giving away certificate to a student of College of Nursing, CIHSR, on Monday.

tals such as CIHSR hold the cater to the health needs of key to affordable and ac- the underprivileged classcessible heath care in the es. country, which would also Exhorting the new

Meetings & AppointMents NSCN (R) to observe ‘Black Day’ on March 28

nursing graduates, Sebastian said, “You are specially called and you are specially privileged to serve”. He urged them to transcend their own selves so that they can reach out and help people in distress.

“Be deeply sensitive with the patient population, for to them you are everything. Develop your own protocol in life and be committed to the marginalized sections,” he concluded.

The chief guest along with CIHSR Director, Dr. Sedevi Angami and Nursing Advisor, Principal, College of Nursing, CIHSR, Dr. Christy Simpson, distributed graduate, diploma and merit certificates to the students.

Earlier, CIHSR Director delivered the welcome address, while Dr. Christy Simpson and Deputy Director, CIHSR, Dr. Viu Meru officiated the ‘charge to the graduates' and ‘pledge by the graduates’ respectively.

PTSU highlights shortage of teachers, classrooms in Pungro; urges dept for action KiphirE, march 27 (mExN): The Pungro Town Students’ Union (PTSU) today highlighted shortage of teachers and classrooms it detected during its visit to seven schools in Pungro.

PTSU officials had visited 3 government schools and 4 private institutions, namely Little Flower School Pungro, Mount Horeb Baptist School Pungro, Around Saramati Mountain School Pungro, and Christian High School Pungro on March 27.

A press release from Adilen Yimchunger, PTSU Vice President informed that the PTSU officials found the lone GHSS Pungro in Pungro sub-division had only 4 Post-Graduate teachers and inadequate subject teachers in the High School section; Government Middle School Pungro had only 2 Graduate Teachers, while Government Primary School Forest Ward Pungro had just 2 classrooms and students of different classes

were clubbed together in the two classrooms.

The union mentioned that Longtsuthong L has been rendering voluntary service with paltry payment as honorarium in the absence of PGT (Political Science) at the GHSS since the academic year 2016. Therefore, the union appealed to the department concerned to swiftly see to the needs of the students’ community.

It was further informed that during the visit, the PTSU officials asked the

students to maintain decent conduct in and out of their respective institutions. They further laid out the PTSU Working Calendar 2017, which consists of various inter-school co-curricular activities and called on the students for active participation, the release added.

Meanwhile, the union cautioned the students to abstain from usage of tobacco products and served a notice to them that defaulters will be seriously penalized.

More support pen down strike over 7th RoP Kohima, march 27 (mExN): Various government employees’ associations have extended support to the pen down strike over demand for implementation of 7th Revision of Pay (RoP).

Nagaland School Education Administrative Officers’ Association (NSEOA), All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (ANSTA), and Nagaland Government Higher Secondary Employees’ Association (NGHSSEA) in a joint statement informed that they have resolved to support the agitation of the CANSSEA in the pen down strike for the

implementation of 7th ROP w.e.f.

March 1, 2017. The Directorate of School Education, all the DEO establishments, SDEO establishments, SSA and RMSA will strictly implement the pen down strike agitation, it was informed. The school classes and exams will be exempted in the first phase as per the directive of CANSSEA. The statement said that all the members of school education department will participate in the next stage of agitation should the deadlock continue between the State government and CANSSEA in the issue.

Governor calls on orgs to do something for society

Kohima, march 27 (mExN): The Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya has laudThe NSCN/GPRN (Reformation) will observe its “Black ed the call made by the Naga Day” throughout Naga inhabited areas on March 28. Mothers’ Association (NMA) The NSCN/GPRN (Reformation) through its MIP has for aid towards the people afinformed all the regions’ authorities and workers, both fected by fire which broke out military and civil, to observe the “Black Day” in their at Khermahal in Dimapur rerespective jurisdiction to “thank Almighty God for His cently. He stated that every orkind and protection thus far.” ganised group should take care of the society whenever there is NLSF live discussion on Doordarshan a need, informed a press release

from PRO, Raj Bhavan. “Appealing for help or aid in newspapers and other platforms should only be the beginning to address the issues,” he added. The Governor further called on the various organisations to do something for the society in their organised strength.

He maintained that sentiment towards helping the society should be there.

The Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) will have live discussion at Doordarshan Kendra on the theme ‘Fair Election’ with NLSF official as panel guest and Advocate Kozhokhoto Savi, Asst. Prof., Kohima Law College as expert. The programme will be aired at 5:30 Kohima, march 27 pm on March 28. (mExN): In reaction to ACAUT’s statement on backdoor appointments, Naga PeoKohima DLCC on Tobacco ple’s Front (NPF) in defense of Control meet postponed the government today said the appointments are given to deThe Kohima District Level Coordination Commit- serving Naga youths who postee (DLCC) on Tobacco Control has informed that its sess requisite qualifications, quarterly meeting scheduled on March 29 at 1:00 pm and not to any outsiders or unhas been postponed to March 31, 11:00 am at DC’s con- deserving candidates. ference hall, Kohima.

“The appointments are given to the unemployed youths only. When the honorable CDPO, Bhandari asks Chief Minister has stated on the AWWs to attend training floor of the august House that Child Development Project Officer (CDPO), Bhan- mistakes, if any, will not be redari has informed the 2nd batch of Anganwadi Work- peated in the future, what more ers (AWWs) to positively attend the revision training is expected of the Government of Management Information System (MIS) scheduled of the day?” NPF Central quesfrom March 29-31. The AWWs have been directed to tioned in a rejoinder issued by bring MIS registers (11 numbers) along with their uni- its Media & Press Bureau.

The rejoinder noted that the forms during the training.

attention of NPF Central office has been drawn to the statement of ACAUT published in local dailies on March 27 implicating the party President and Chief Minister Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu in connection with unstarred question raised in the ongoing assembly session.

It alleged that ACAUT has been “tirelessly working to bring down the government and to bring President’s Rule in the state at the behest of vested interests.” The ACAUT “inciting” youths to vote against NPF party in 2018, it added, “clearly exposes their political intentions.”

The NPF “advised” the ACAUT members to “first clean up their own house first before they launch their hateful tirade

Condolences offered In a separate condolence message, the Governor expressed shock at the demise of Wokshing Phom, former MLA on March 26 in Dimapur.

The condolence message addressed to Apokla, wife of Wokshing Phom, stated “the State has lost a politician who was always concerned about the welfare of the people.” Acha-

rya mentioned that Wokshing Phom had served the people of Nagaland in different capacities as a Pastor, Chairman of Tamlu Area Council and Member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly. “He dedicated his entire life towards the welfare of the Naga society. His demise has left a great void which will be hard to fill,” the Governor added.

The All Nagaland District Ministerial Service Association (ANDMSA) has also extended “unflinching support” to the CANSSEA in its “genuine demand” for implementation of 7th Revision of Pay (RoP) in the State.

A press statement from ANDMSA General Secretary, T Limhachan Kithan further informed all the units to be vigilant and cooperate with the CANSSEA for the welfare of the State employees.

In a separate statement, CANSSEA Zunheboto unit extended support to the pen down strike called by CANSSEA Nagaland.

Hunting, forest burning banned in Khezhakeno

pfütsEro, march 27 (mExN): Khezhakeno Village Council has notified that hunting, trapping, burning of forest in and around Khezhakeno jurisdiction will be strictly banned henceforth as per the 1st Annual Council Meeting held on March 13, 2017. Khezhakheno Village Council has also banned cutting of firewood and taking away of any kind of forest medicinal products as well as flora and fauna from the village reserved areas, according to a press release from the council chairman, S. Kepfelhou Ladu. Anyone found years of public service they violating the above order will be penalhave rendered “if they are really ized and fined Rs 25,000, the council clean to talk of corruption-free warned. society.”

“The party challenges ACAUT members to first face election and talk with mandate of the people rather than bark WoKha, march 27 (mExN): against the mandated govern- Troops of 28 Assam Rifles seized Indiment every time it does some- an Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) being thing for the people,” the NPF smuggled into Nagaland during a search rejoinder added. operation at Foot Hill Road junction on Meanwhile, NPF stated the March 26. The liquor, found hidden in party will appreciate any opin- Maruti Gypsy bearing registration numion and suggestion placed be- ber NL-10 3787, allegedly belonged to fore the elected authority for Nrano (40), informed a press release corrective measures for the wel- from Assam Rifles. The seized liquor fare of general masses. “Howev- totaled 728 bottles worth around Rs. er, we cannot agree to the dire 1.20 lakhs. The alleged owner of the liconsequential statements ev- quor was handed over to Bhandari Poery time issues are raised spew- lice Station along with the seized liquor, ing political venom against the while an FIR against the individual has been lodged, the AR added.

NPF party.”

NPF reacts to ACAUT statement on backdoor appointments against the democratically elected leaders and the government”.

The party accused ACAUT of poking its nose into everything lately “as if it is the sole authority to pass judgment on the daily affairs of the government that is carried out in the best interest of the people.”

It further alleged that the ACAUT members while trying to be champions and crusaders against corruption are “players of back-door politics looking for easy entry by confusing the minds of the general public under the guise of raising corruption issues.”

To begin with, NPF demanded, the ACAUT members should declare their personal incomes and assets both movable and immovable, and the

AR seize liquor

Excise dept’s ZPO (N) defending TR Zeliang uncalled for: DCC Peren Women encouraged to be bold for change march 27 whose primary duty is to be watch- before the release of funds, the rerevenue reduces Dimapur, (mExN): The District Congress dog, organizations like ZPO (N) joinder said, “By executing works Committee (DCC), Peren today going by their statement have ex- even before issuing of Work Orders drastically stated that ZPO (N) defending the posed themselves as mouthpieces by the concerned department, Our Correspondent Kohima | March 27

Since the introduction of Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act 1989, revenue earning of Excise & Prohibition department has been reduced drastically.

This was stated in the annual administrative report 2016-17 of the Excise & Prohibition department tabled at the ongoing assembly session here.

As per the report, the revenue receipts are as follows: 1987-88 – Rs. 584.37 lakhs, 1998-89 – Rs. 550.90 lakhs, 1989-90 – Rs. 110.09 lakhs, 1990-91 – Rs. 82.32 lakhs, 1991-92 – Rs. 101.15 lakhs, 199293 – Rs. 100. 36 lakhs, 1993-94 – Rs. 98.35 lakhs, 1994-95 – Rs. 109.39 lakhs, 1995-96 – Rs. 157.00 lakhs, 1996-97 – Rs. 199.00 lakhs, 199798 – Rs. 210.70 lakhs, 1998-99 – Rs. 189.63 lakhs, 1999-2000 – Rs. 170.65 lakhs, 2000-2001 – Rs. 176.33 lakhs, 2001-2002 – Rs. 182.58 lakhs, 20022003 – Rs. 197.94. lakhs, 20032004 – Rs. 200.60 lakhs, 2004-2005 – Rs. 204.72. lakhs, 2005-2006 – Rs. 195.65 lakhs, 2006-2007 – Rs. 213.00 lakhs, 2007-2008 – Rs. 280.00 lakhs, 2008-2009- Rs. 333.08 lakhs, 2009-2010 – Rs. 311.75 lakhs, 2010-2011 – Rs. 299.23 lakhs, 20112012 – Rs.255.51 lakhs, 2012-2013 – Rs. 400.00 lakhs, 2013-2014 – Rs. 451.16 lakhs, 2014-2015 – Rs. 408.52 lakhs, 2015-2016 – Rs. 416.92 lakhs, and 2016-2017 (Upto January 2017) – Rs. 379.08 lakhs.

“illegal actions” of former Chief Minister TR Zeliang “is unfortunate and uncalled for.” This was in response to ZPO (N)’s statement regarding Chief Minister’s Road Development Fund (CMRDF).

A rejoinder from Media Cell, DCC Peren alleged that “instead of functioning like a civil society

of TR Zeliang.”

DCC Peren further claimed that the entire contracts in Peren district under CMRDF were given to relatives of TR Zeliang.

With regard to ZPO (N)’s claim that the works on hospital approach road at Jalukie Town is being executed in advance even

other competent firms/individuals have been denied the chance to participate through open tender and there can be no better example of nepotism, favoritism and corruption than this.”

The party further advised the ZPO (N) to “stop behaving like political mouthpiece of TR Zeliang.”

CRPO, WCYO demand Transformation arrest of assault accused Crusade ends phEK, march 27 (mExN): The Chozuba Range Public Organization (CRPO) and Western Chakhesang Youth Organisation (WCYO) today condemned the alleged assault and threat to Pothita Phesao, son of former Chief Minister late Vamuzo, in Dimapur on March 3.

CRPO in a press statement alleged that the accused, a DMC candidate, “without any provocation or incitation, physically assaulted and verbally abused Pothita Phesao who was visiting his plot of land for developmental works.”

Decrying the action of “such a person of leadership stature who has stooped down to such a level…,” the release issued by General Secretary, Vesüpra Luruo and President, Puyoyi Nyekha asserted “This type of unprovoked assaults and threats should not

become a norm and cannot be condoned or tolerated in a civilized society.”

The organization further endorsed the ultimatum issued by the Yorübami Village Council, a constituent village of the CRPO. It also appealed to the law enforcement agencies to book the accused so that justice is carried out at the earliest without further delay.

In a separate press statement, WCYO stated “such a person (accused) should not be roaming freely in any civilized society for peaceful coexistence.” Meanwhile, the youth organization pointed out that the police is yet to submit chargesheet to the court. Therefore, it demanded the police to submit the charge-sheet and arrest the accused immediately on or before 29/4/17 so as not to aggravate things further.

Our Correspondent Kohima | March 27

The 12-day long Transformation Crusade 2017 concluded here on Sunday under the theme ‘Arise and Shine.’ Speaking at the concluding day on Sunday, Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo, Sr. Pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church & Principal, Kohima Bible College said Jeremiah was concerned for his physical health and not for his spiritual growth for he was not happy.

Speaking to the congregation about one’s physical health which are only temporary, he said “we should not neglect our spiritual growth.” “If we are not happy inside, our outward appearance would also be different,” he added. The crusade involved more than 300 volunteers, more than 100 councellors and around 42 prayer groups, 429 prayer warriors.

More than 250 people were delivered from different bondages and were counseled, while many people claimed to have been physically healed from various sicknesses. Special prayer was also pronounced for the NPSC and competitive exam aspirants.

Participants of the International Women’s Day celebration held at Assisi Hall, Dimapur on March 25.

Dimapur, march 27 (mExN): In a belated celebration, Assisi Centre for Integrated Development (ACID) observed International Women’s Day along with domestic workers, Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) from Dimapur district and Assam’s Karbi Anglong district who are under the wings of Ursuline Franciscan Sisters at Assisi Hall, Lakeview Colony, Dimapur on March 25.

Held with the theme ‘Be Bold for Change’, the celebration aimed to motivate women for change and to acknowledge the contribution made by women in the family and society at large, according

to a press release.

Sr. Pramila Lobo, Director of ACID welcomed the participants quoting, “Women are the architect of the society, a change for maker, builder of the family.” She also urged the women to be bold for change and to see for themselves how great things happen when women work together as one family.

Chief guest Liangsi, Advocate, spoke on ‘Role of Women in the Family and Society.’ Urging the women to be role models, she emphasized that women have power to bring changes in the society. She also motivated the women to promote educa-

tion to their children.

Nikita Engheepi, Program Officer, TISS enlightened on legal provisions available for women and promoted knowledge on Sexual Harassment Act. Meanwhile, guest of honor Rev. Sr. Mary CJ, Provincial Superior of Ursuline Franciscan Sisters of NE Province encouraged the women to work hand in hand to promote their rights and to stand by themselves in order to be empowered women, the release said.

The women participants were empowered and also received opportunity to express and exhibit their talents through cultural programme, it added.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express VOLUME XII ISSUE 84

A New Consciousness

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he present generations of Nagas are earnestly searching for change, but are unclear of its direction, and, more importantly remain unsure of the means for actually transforming their aspiration into reality. The gap between aspiration and reality has created uncertainty and confusion, which is undermining people’s confidence and well-being.

Making the transition involves some significant factors; primary among them is developing a new consciousness. This new consciousness is a call for self-realization and re-examination of the Naga way of life, Naga culture and worldviews, of Naga beliefs and the Naga shared future. A new consciousness can bring to public expression the hopes and yearnings for all Nagas, future, past and present, that have been denied for so long. This new consciousness can expose the hypocrisy of injustices and enable a new political imagination that empowers the idea of a shared humanity that makes living together in dignity possible. In essence, this new consciousness can liberate the peoples’ self-determining capacities that will shape and define a shared harmonious existence.

The new consciousness can effectively examine the present brainkruptcy and work towards reviving genuine liberatory politics through an effective democratic process of critical reflection and self-analysis. The new consciousness will give rise to a political imagination that can maximize the people’s ability to participate effectively and meaningfully on all issues that impact their lives. Such inclusive participatory processes can usher in a new era of accountability, openness and transparency whereby the people themselves take responsibility for their political destiny. Using these approaches the people will increasingly become more independent, and help them learn lessons from as they move forward.

Any new consciousness has to be grounded in the Naga vision and history to the present day and systematically develop awareness of the role that ‘the powers that be’ play in deliberately arresting Naga culture. By defining Naga culture in concrete terms the people can dispel the myths and the tendency to think of Naga culture as static. In doing so the new consciousness enables Nagas to present and demonstrate a historical and political evolution of the modern Naga.

The new consciousness requires new Naga leaders to emerge who can inspire and guide the people to break out of these destructive patterns and cycle of confusion, which is more urgent than ever. Leaders are needed who have the patience to listen to the people, and together find new ways towards a shared future. This need is stronger than ever before in this present moment of history.

Finally, the new consciousness can facilitate forming a new understanding; one that recognizes and accepts differences through dialogue, which requires forming genuine relationships. In developing a new consciousness, Nagas can maintain a solidarity that enables the people to resist attempts that fragment their resistance and to create a culture of resilience that originates from a common heritage of shared values, common experience and a common envisioned shared future.

LEFT WING |

Katya Salazar openDemocracy

Time for Mexico’s judiciary to react to impunity and human rights violations

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he human rights situation in Mexico has deteriorated remarkably. The war against drugs has had a critical effect on the increase in violence generated by criminal groups, but also in crimes committed by state forces. Despite the fact that the Mexican government, acknowledging this situation, has taken measures to deal with it, the reality is that human rights violations and the lack of an adequate response by the judiciary remain the rule rather than the exception.

This is the context in which, on the night of September, 26, 2014, forty-three students disappeared from the rural teacher training college Raúl Isidro Burgos in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. Although this was neither the first nor the last case of disappeared persons in Mexico, their sheer number, the fact that they were students, the involvement of state forces at different levels, and the persistence of the victims’ family members converged to trigger national and international public indignation.

Within the framework of the precautionary measures being processed by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), and as a result of the agreement reached between this institution, the Mexican state, and representatives of the victims, an Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) was created and commissioned to carry out a technical check-up of all the actions taken by the Mexican state after the students’ disappearance, not only regarding their location, but also the lines of inquiry and the assistance to the victims.

The GIEI was an unprecedented experience of collaboration between the Mexican state and the IACHR in monitoring a case in real time. Composed of five international experts, the GIEI showed that it is possible to investigate this type of atrocity by treating the victims with due respect and consideration.

Its findings on the Ayotzinapa case - spelled out in two reports - were fundamental but, possibly, its most important legacy was the X-raying of the Mexican criminal justice system and its recommendations for improving it.

A perfect complement to the work done by the GIEI was the report Undeniable atrocities: confronting crimes against humanity in Mexico, published last year by the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) together with five Mexican civil society organizations. This report contains an accurate analysis of the crimes committed in Mexico during the last decade and indicates the existence of reasonable grounds to think that crimes against humanity have indeed been committed, both by state and nonstate actors, all of which must be duly investigated and tried.

The report also includes recommendations for different actors, and puts forward the proposal to create an international investigation mechanism for heinous crimes and big corruption cases in Mexico.

The diagnosis is clear enough: the Mexican judiciary must assume its responsibility for dealing adequately with the legacy of serious human rights violations committed during the last decade. If current conditions do not permit it, we need then to think creatively and not rule out international support - as happened in the case of the Ayotzinapa students.

The lack of political will could be effectively confronted by a judiciary determined to seriously face the challenges posed by the current situation in Mexico. There are many examples of this in Latin American history. The time has come for Mexico’s judiciary to react.

In order to contribute to this reflection, and also to help to better understand the situation of the country in the rest of the continent, the Due Process of Law Foundation has just published a special edition of its magazine AportesDPLF dedicated to the current human rights situation in Mexico.

For it is essential to provide elements of analysis which can contribute to advancing the arguments in favour of rights and appropriate justice, worthy of a democratic country, now regrettably burdened by extremely serious levels of violence and impunity, quite unprecedented in any modern democracy.

C O M M E N T A R Y

Sibi Arasu New Internationalist

Taking on the sand mafia Hired thugs won’t stop the South Indian activist S Mugilan

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he latest attack came on 13 December 2016. At a bend in the road a lorry blocked the route along which S Mugilan was travelling with an activist colleague and his three children. They were driving back at night from a public meeting against the plundering of sand from the River Cauvery by politically connected contractors and sand-mining agents near the town of Karur in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

A dozen hired thugs fell upon their car. ‘Managing to open the door, they pulled me out legs first but I clung on desperately. They grabbed my throat and asked me to leave Karur and never come back,’ says Mugilan.

‘Even though it lasted for only about 10 minutes, they managed to hurt me pretty badly. The locals, seeing us being attacked, rushed to the car and the thugs dispersed. The children were traumatized.’

Later that night, they went to the district collector’s house and went on a dharna (sit-in), asking for a case of criminal assault to be registered.

It took many hours of persuasion to do so.

The next morning they heard that a counter-charge had been registered, alleging that Mugilan and company were the perpetrators of the violence.

‘This is what usually happens. It’s just another day in the life of anyone like me who the powers-that-be are afraid of,’ says Mugilan. ‘At least now we know that we are making a real impact here.’

This incident is the latest in a line of assaults that Mugilan has faced in a lifetime of human rights and environmental activism.

A tradition of protest ‘My village, Chennimalai, located in the “textile belt” of Tamil Nadu, has always had a history of protest,’ says Mugilan. ‘Even 200 years ago, when the East India Company was trying to collect taxes here, the king of this region, Chinna Malai, defeated the British army thrice in battle, albeit with the help of the legendary Tipu Sultan.

‘More recently, the people here have executed long-standing protests for labour rights in the textile industry.

This inherent celebration of socialism as well as this tradition of protests definitely shaped me.

‘My first exposure to ideas of social justice was when I was 9 or 10.

The owner of a barber shop I was often taken to was a great admirer of the then newly formed DMK or the Dravidian Progressive Party. He was illiterate, though. Every day he would get a copy of the party’s official news organ Murasoli and my task was to read it out aloud.

‘My father was a farmer and my mother took care of our household.

Even though they weren’t actively involved in political agitations, they never discouraged my siblings and me from doing what we thought was right. When I was in college, my father was summoned many times to be informed about my student activism.

In defence of nature and local people, Mugilan has taken on plunndering and polluting corporations.

leather factories and dyeing units.

We targeted the particularly polluting units and were reasonably successful in shutting them down.’ This was not without consequences.

In November 2008, Mugilan and his comrades were attacked by about 70 men armed with kadaparais (crowbars) and aruvals (curved machetes).

They were left with injuries which required weeks of hospitalization.

Asked about how she deals with constant threats to her family, Mugilan’s wife Poongodi says, ‘When they call, I just tell them to do whatever they can. There’s no point in being afraid of these people.’

While involved in a three-year-long agitation against a nuclear power plant in the town of Koodankulam, Mugilan was confronted with the theft of beach sand by the mining mafia there.

The sand mining on Tamil Nadu’s east coast is so rampant that entire stretches of beaches have disappeared. Just one case filed in the Madras High Court alleges that $14 billion worth of sand was illegally mined by a single mafia boss and his company. ‘In the village of Idinthakarai, there are many who have been brutally killed for raising their voices against mining.’

In the last decade, Mugilan has been at the forefront of protest against environmental degradation. Sand mining of the 1,076-kilometre coastline and of all the 17 major river-baDestruction in the sins that fall within the state’s border name of development is an illegal trade of epic proportions, Mugilan first got involved in envi- generating billions in black money. It ronmental protest in 2005. ‘The Noyy- has led to river basins sinking 10 meal River was excessively polluted by tres or more below ground level in Not once did he scold or raise his voice against me.’

With no graduate college in his district, Mugilan enrolled on a mechanical engineering course in the town of Pollachi, around 100 kilometres away. ‘The 1980s were turbulent times in Tamil Nadu and, unlike now, students were at the forefront of everything,’ he recalls.

‘College was the time when I discovered Marxist texts and the socialist philosophies of the self-respect movement, inspired by Periyar, here in Tamil Nadu.’

The only time he was outside the activist fold were the four years (198488) he worked as an engineer at the state Public Works Department. ‘That place was not for me. You were expected to turn a blind eye to a lot of things and I just couldn’t do that.’ Discovering the Tamil Nadu Marxist Party, he lost interest in the job.

‘How we dealt with things as a party was a great lesson for me which I still hold dear, even though I am out of the official party now. We protested against the rampant availability of alcohol and drugs, the caste system and overreach of government officials and the police. We always had the people on our side, though, and that is one reason why I’m protected even today.

As long as the people you are agitating for protect you, there is relative safety from hired thugs.’

the past two decades. He has also led protests against a proposed hydraulic fracking project, a natural gas pipeline, air and water pollution by industry, and a project to establish a neutrino observatory in a reserved forest area, among others.

‘This state’s natural resources are being destroyed in the name of development. The politicians here, like how dogs like to come lick everything, they come and take a lick – that is, get a cut from whatever project is going on, regardless of how badly it will affect their own people,’ says Mugilan.

‘First, people need to understand that natural resources are their common property. Then, that they have to protect them from those who are trying to exploit them for commercial purposes.’

Mugilan considers the people he organizes and works with as the real revolutionaries. ‘I believe there are three types of people. The first, who only think about themselves, the second, who think they can’t do much but are willing to help those who do. Finally, the third type are those who are determined to change how things work.

Having a fundamental care for my society, I belong to this type.

‘I realize the path I have chosen is risky. Every day, the greatest happiness is that I’m alive to see tomorrow.

Tamil Nadu, like many other parts of the world, is being swindled and destroyed beyond recognition. The job is for working people all over the world, not just here, to come together against such swindling. We’re up against big capitalists and imperialists. Great strength is needed to defeat them.’

Can Africa deal with an expected boom in demand for meat?

Umberto Bacchi

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frica is set to experience a unprecedented boom in demand for animal foods over the coming decades that if not properly managed could lead to the spread of new diseases, damage the environment and affect people's livelihoods, experts say.

The United Nations forecasts demand for meat, milk and eggs in Africa will almost quadruple by 2050, fuelled by a ballooning population - expected to double to 2.4 billion - and a growing appetite for high-protein foods driven by rising living standards.

This is despite the fact that more than 20 million people are currently struggling to feed themselves because of hunger crises spurred by drought and conflict in the Horn of Africa and the Lake Chad region.

"The entire continent is going to change in the next couple of decades," said Ugo Pica Ciamarra, a livestock economist at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

As meat products and livestock are perishable and difficult to export, demand is to be met mostly by local producers who will move deeper into wild areas to make room for cattle, chicken and other animal farms, he said.

Such expansion will bring risks to human health, as viruses hosted by wild animals could move onto domestic animals and people, said FAO's Chief Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth.

"We are going to encounter new pathogens," he said.

Three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases in recent years have spread to humans from animals or animal products, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The FAO officials said African countries should start preparing now to contain the risks of pandemics by training more veterinarians, improving access to clean water and regulating the market before it booms.

For example, chicken farms should be separated by 50 to 200 metres to limit the possibility of contagion when an outbreak occurs, said Lubroth.

East Asia, where per capita consumption of meat products has skyrocketed five-fold over the last half century, became a breeding ground for new diseases, like the SARS virus and bird flu, partly because livestock farms sprawled unchecked, they said.

"In Asia there was a lot of excitement about high growth rates but no one was really thinking 20 years

ahead," Pica Ciamarra told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview. "That's the main lesson (to be learned)".

Some West African countries are already dealing with outbreaks of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus that have raised fears of transmission to humans, given poor health infrastructure in the region.

"It's a ticking bomb," said Lubroth.

MIGRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Improving access to electricity, roads and markets in rural areas is also vital to stop farmers clustering around cities, increasing the risk of disease transmission from animals to people, said Pica Ciamarra.

Paired with labour and fiscal policies favouring small and medium producers, better infrastructure would also help small farmers scale up their businesses.

Otherwise many of the 60 percent of rural households that keep animals in Africa would be forced out of the market by big producers, and, having lost their livelihoods, pushed to migrate to Europe or elsewhere.

Unchecked livestock growth also threatens to worsen climate change, which is expected to cut harvests in

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developing countries in the long term, also bringing more frequent drought and erratic rainfall.

As a consequence an additional 42 million people will be vulnerable to hunger in 2050, the U.N. estimates.

Livestock accounts for more than 14 percent of planet warming emissions, mainly from animal burping, manure and feed production, according to the FAO. Pica Ciamarra said investments should be directed at making African livestock healthier, by increasing vaccinations and switching to more nutritious feeds, to boost production without increasing the number of animals farmed.

"In Africa a local cow can produce say five litres of milk per day, we are at up to 30 here (in Europe), you see the difference," he said.

In February, FAO launched an initiative to identify policies to foster a sustainable growth of the livestock sector with six African countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria.

"We want to make sure policy makers start ... to develop an idea of how they would like the system in 2050, rather than being passive and then face challenges that they will not be in a position to address," said Pica Ciamarra.

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Not oil but trade: The economic case for Scottish independence

But it is more than that. If Scotland can remain in the (EU) single market it could be the destination of the foreign investment that once came to the UK as a gateway into the EU," he said.

The question of what currency an independent Scotland would use remains open. In 2014 the SNP proposed keeping the pound despite the implied dependence on the Bank of England and the British authorities' rejection of the idea.

Sturgeon has said using sterling is a "starting point" for an independent Scotland. Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King has said he does not think using the pound would be a major complication, but he pointed to another - public finances.

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hile the economic case for Scottish independence once centred on oil, people like company director Niall McLean now argue that trade is the way to ensure their country's future prosperity and avoid the damage of the United Kingdom leaving the EU. Turning Scotland, which sells two thirds of its exports to the rest of Britain, into a heavyweight international trader would be tough. This is especially so because a dive in global oil prices since Scots voted on - and rejected - independence in 2014 has hit its economy hard.

With the Scottish National Party (SNP) which runs the devolved government pushing for a new referendum, opponents of dismantling the 300-year-old union say the economy can ill-afford another divisive campaign and its inherent uncertainty.

But McLean says uncertainty is a given anyway as the government in London prepares to negotiate Britain's departure from the European Union after 44 years in the trading bloc.

"At the end of the uncertainty you have to think of where you want to be," said McLean, who sits on the advisory board of Business for Scotland, a pro-independence group. "Independence gives us a route where the EU market is still open to us and there is a way forward for trade.

Brexit is the opposite."

His firm, Geo-Rope, provides civil engineering services across Britain and continental Europe. And just as McLean needs the bloc as a market, he also needs it as recruitment pool: his 200 staff include many citizens of other EU countries whose future right to work in Britain remains uncertain after Brexit.

Last June's vote by Britons to quit the EU has altered the political landscape; England, the United Kingdom's most populous nation, opted along with Wales to leave; the Scots and Northern Irish wanted to keep their EU membership.

Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says Brexit has dissolved the certainty that the United Kingdom once offered; faced with being taken out of the EU against the will of the majority, Scots must have a new choice, she argues. Independence offers them an opportunity to stay in the bloc, or at least its single market, after Britain exits.

British Prime Minister Theresa May, who would have to sign off on any binding referendum, has said now is "not the time" for one but Sturgeon is raising the pressure for a vote between the autumn of next year and spring of 2019.

Saltire and Union flags fly in Edinburgh, Scotland March 10, 2017. Picture taken March 10, 2017 (Reuters Photo)

the SNP argued that tax revenues from North Sea oil production which go to the UK exchequer should belong to an independent Scotland, providing a cushion of prosperity for its five million citizens.

In the end a majority did not see the sense of breaking with Scotland's biggest trading partner and its currency, the pound. Since then, oil prices have dived from $100 a barrel to half that, leading to a collapse in North Sea tax revenues and hurting Scottish regions that service the offshore energy industry, notably around the east coast city of Aberdeen.

Nationalists and unionists both want expanded trade, but argue over which market should take priority.

With 8 percent of the UK population and annual economic output of 150 billion pounds, Scotland sells 50 billion pounds ($62 billion) in goods and services to the rest of Britain. In 2015, that amounted to 63 percent of Scottish exports, compared with just 16 percent to other EU member states, Scottish government figures show.

"If everyone in Scotland agrees that free trade with Europe is important - and we do - it is literally impossible to deny that trade with the rest of the UK matters four times as much," Ruth Davidson, who leads May's Conservatives in Scotland, said earlier this year. This opinion is shared by many in the divided business community.

MARKET, WHICH MARKET? Oil no longer dominates Scotland's Campaigning for succession in 2014, trade. In 2015 petroleum and chemi-

cals were only the third biggest international export industry, earning 2.8 billion pounds. By contrast food and drink, including Scotch whisky exports, brought in 4.8 billion.

If another referendum is held, SNP projections will assume oil produces no tax revenues, its economic strategist has said.

As in most developed economies, services are by far the biggest sector, accounting for 75 percent of Scottish gross domestic product. Among these are tourism, a large financial industry centred on Edinburgh and firms like Geo-Rope.

The SNP denies independence would mean business turning its back on neighbouring British markets.

Scottish Economy Secretary Keith Brown has cited Canada, which sells 75 percent of its exports to the United States.

"Are our opponents really saying that Canada cannot be independent because their largest trading partner is America?" he asked. "Of course not, because their argument is illogical nonsense."

GATEWAY TO THE EU Economists are divided over the longterm consequences of Brexit but Simon Wren-Lewis, Professor of Economic Policy at Oxford University, estimates it could cut average British incomes by 10 percent by 2030.

"If Scotland, by becoming independent, can avoid that fate then you have a clear long-term economic gain right there.

NO ISSUE WITH BORDERS Before 2014, Scotland's economy grew for a few years in line with broader British GDP but this changed after oil fell that year.

In the third quarter of 2016, Scottish GDP rose just 0.7 percent year-on-year compared with 2.2 percent for Britain.

Scotland ran a estimated 15 billion pound fiscal deficit in the year to March 2016, equal to around 10 percent of its annual GDP. EU states are supposed to limit their deficits to 3 percent; the UK figure was 3.8 percent.

David Eiser, a fellow at economic thinktank Fraser of Allander Institute and an adviser to the Scottish parliament, said tough questions would face an independent Scotland.

"How do you fill what is a very large gap?

Are there types of economic activity that aren't being taxed at the moment, such as in the digital economy ... and where do you cut chunks of public spending?" he asked.

Businesses are keen to keep free movement of EU labour which has helped redress an ageing and shrinking population.

About 181,000 citizens of other EU states live in Scotland, around 3.4 percent of the population. A third work in hotels and restaurants and around 20,000 in the 14 billion pound food and drink sector, much of which is in outlying areas.

Tom Barrie runs a transport and logistics firm employing around 450 drivers from Britain, France and the Netherlands.

"If we don't have free movement of trade and free movement of labour, that will damage my business," said Barrie, who supports independence and wants Scotland to keep the pound.

Barrie is confident that, post-independence, a deal could be struck with London avoiding trade barriers, citing the example of the open frontier between British Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, which uses the euro. "In Ireland they have two currencies and one country and don't have a border. I'm a frequent visitor and it has no detrimental effect to life there."

Taboo: The East India Company and the True Horrors of Empire

Andrea Major

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lavery and colonial exploitation are fundamentally entwined with Britain’s modern prosperity “When you left London the East India Company was a trading company,” Tom Hardy’s troubled anti-hero James Delaney is warned in the second episode of the BBC’s prime-time drama Taboo.

“Now it is God Almighty.” Discussing the show before it aired, writer Stephen Knight referred to the East India Company as “the equivalent of the CIA, the NSA and the biggest, baddest multinational corporation on earth, all rolled into one self-righteous, religiously motivated monolith.”

The East India Company (EIC) was certainly both economically and politically powerful in early 19th-century Britain.

With large swathes of the Indian subcontinent under its control by 1818 and financial clout in London exceeded only by that of the Bank of England, the EIC didn’t get where it was by playing nicely.

“We’ve screwed Maharajas, and we’ve screwed Moghuls,” the EIC’s fictional

numerous delegations from Indian rulers arriving in London in the first half of the 19th century could attest. These rulers believed that if they could present evidence of broken treaties, annexed lands and nonpayment of obligations in the imperial capital, they would receive redress for the EIC’s bad faith.

They were wrong. The slow encroachment of the East India Company on Indian land, resources and political authority continued unabated until it was violently cut short by the Indian Uprising of 1857.

Absent India But India is strangely absent from Taboo’s depiction of early 19th-century London. London’s multi-ethnic foreshore features Africans, Chinese, a “Malay” and even a Maori, but there is little sign of the Indian lascars (sailors) and dockworkers who would also have populated the banks of the Thames.

The EIC is positioned as an all-powerful antagonist, but the subcontinent from which it drew most of its wealth and power is alluded to only briefly, in vague references to a dispute between it and the

desk, while the plot centers around the trade in sea otter pelts from Vancouver to Canton and the anachronistic involvement of a company ship in the transatlantic slave trade.

In 1804, when the slave voyage that forms a narrative cornerstone of Taboo is supposed to have taken place, the slave trade was still legal. So the ill-fated voyage of the Cornwallis is presented not as a breach of national law, but of East India Company policy.

Presumably, this is to get around the fact that the EIC was not involved in the transatlantic trade in this period. The last known voyage of an EIC slave vessel left Cabinda, in Angola, in 1765, nearly 50 years before the action in Taboo. That human cargo was headed for Bengkulu in Indonesia, not the sugar plantations of the West Indies. The EIC’s involvement in slave trafficking is a story that deserves to be told, but it was largely confined to 17th and early 18th centuries, and to the Indian, rather than the Atlantic Ocean.

Pedantry over historical accuracy is exactly why my husband won’t watch period dramas with me anymore. The use of a supposed outbreak of cholera to cover up various illicit goings on in 1814 might be jarring given that the disease did not reach Britain until 1831, but ultimately the anomaly does not detract from enjoyment of the drama.

Similarly, much of Taboo’s plot exposition regarding the nefarious activities of the East India Company goes on under the protection of the “raised hand,” which when raised in meetings excludes key revelations from the official minutes, and so from the historical archive. We do not know if this ever really happened, but is a clever device that creates space for some dramatic historical flights of fancy.

As a historian of the period, I found it an evocative reminder of the silences in the historical record and the limitations on what we can glean about how the company functioned from its voluminous manuscript records.

What we know about the way the EIC operated, and how it related to Parliament, the crown and its colonies does conflict with its representation in Taboo. But, of course, in historical research

Imperial Villains But I do find other elements more significantly problematic. Particularly, the way in which Taboo inflates the role of the EIC as a global power, while simultaneously erasing its most significant sphere of influence and its most profound impacts.

The East India Company is presented both as more powerful than it actually was and as guilty of atrocities it was not responsible for. Meanwhile, many of the crimes it actually did commit, such as facilitating the opium trade, exacerbating rural poverty and famine, and aggressively extracting revenue in India are written out of the narrative.

Admittedly, the institutionalised exploitation of colonial resources through over-taxation and the slow drain of wealth are not particularly televisual, but they had long-lasting consequences for Indian society and economy. The silences and exaggerations in the depiction of this period of Britain’s colonial past are also important because they speak directly to how we understand the relationship between colonial exploitation and Britain’s social, economic and political development.

In a world in which jingoistic nationalism and imperial nostalgia are becoming increasingly potent forces, Taboo’s portrayal of the dark heart of colonial expansion is a timely reminder of the violent, ambivalent and amoral origins of globalization. There is no doubt that there are some very “bad hombres” in this show, including Delaney himself (whose character seems to be symbolic of both British colonial violence and imperial paranoia about supposed “native” savagery).

Yet by focusing on these Machiavellian figures as the movers and shakers of empire, Taboo allows the viewer to disassociate imperial misdeeds from mainstream British history. In doing so, it overlooks the pervasiveness of the imperial connection, its importance to the development of modern Britain and the deep structural inequalities that resulted from Britain’s global expansion.

Far from being the preserve of pantomime villains and all-powerful and unethical corporations, the impetus for—and profits from—slavery and colonial exploitation were deeply embedded in everyday

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A sweet remembrance of Ave Khriethovizo Sale Asst. Professor, Department of English, St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama

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s a young boy I remember myself rebellious, self-willed and difficult. Growing up with two brothers and two sisters, and a drinking dad, life was not always been delightful. However confused things were to my boyish mind, my mother’s presence would lighten them up.

She had a beautiful soul and an uncanny aura that exuded fairness and compassion. Born with not too many words I relied much on tailing close to her to divest myself of my cares. A fleeting glance and she knew but never ask. Often times she would rather I work out my problems. Amidst all the chaos in the little world under the roof of our dilapidated house, there was this warmth. There need not be a fire to keep the house warm when there is a mother. The comfort of coming home had always been my mother’s presence. I would hang around waiting for mom to come from her fields. When she’d finally come back I would still have nothing to do but a warm blanket of comfort had wrapped around me and I’d feel complete again.

Then came a time when I suspected I had a rather queer mother, because whenever I happened to engage in a fight with anyone it was always I who would be at the receiving end, with some whacking. Unlike some mothers she never took side with me. For the right my reward was “you did well”, for the wrong always was never nice. Like many other children my brother and I were friends and also enemies and we seemed to take turns to make each other cry. On any of those incidents, if it was not a mistake and my mother happened to have noticed, without doubt I get the larger share because I am the older- two for me while one for him. Thus, more or less, mom’s scale always measured right. Like every good mother she knew her children well enough to know the likes and the distastes of all of us.

If she were to reprimand someone she never did it with anyone around, she always looked for the perfect time, and since she had already slept with the issue, the best words in the most precise way.

My father’s drinking habit had always been something she never came to terms with. If there was something she knew but fiercely refused to show was fear. I remember us siblings draped in warm old woollen shawls under the clear winter skies sitting round mom and she would narrate to us biblical stories and folklores. My mind took wings and very soon I would leave my body to be flying with the angels looking down at Jesus in the manger and I planted a kiss on His forehead, or I surpassed the cripple who, according to the legend, must latch the gate being the last man to reach. Sometimes she would teach us songs which she already did when she was free. Everything she called us to do was always very interesting. We’d scamper to our own room with the sound of dad’s arrival, the mirth suddenly turning to dread. We loved him in the morning and feared him in the evening. The spirit in his veins he did become another man in the evenings. Very soon I realised mom had been doing all these to keep our minds away from fear. How she suffered for us. From where she gathered the strength to not give up on us is a mystery. And to think we were not the most obedient bunch of children to have lightened her burdens. She saw to it that nothing about her betray the slightest sign of frustration lest trepidation fill our flimsy hearts which must have been the last thing she would want happen to us.

She never tired giving advice, you wanted it or not. She had so many good things to say, so many warnings, and so many restraints.

She would repeat herself time and again, “Respect young and old alike. God loves the humble. Man may attribute this quality to the weak but remember we are not more human than a cripple, a deaf, a blind, a maid, a mason etc. then who are we to lord over?” No doubt, I failed to make mine many of what she insisted I should be, yet she did give us enough to ponder over when we go astray.

She kept assuring us or more to herself that even someone like my father could change; that prayer is the most powerful weapon. She prayed for us day and night, and sometimes I listened to if she had forgotten to add my name in her prayers. She never forgot. Inexplicable as it were, her prayers finally brought to fruition when one day father promised to do away with his devil. All through the roughest roads she never parted with her only true friend, God. Mother was full of antics. She had a collection of funny stories and songs composed then and there or some local love songs and even hindi songs. When sometimes, inevitably, things heated up she would get on with her larking and let fly the safety valve. Oh, how she loved to joke with us! She was quick to notice the funny side of things. Many of the best moments of my life were shared with mom.

We’d race to the field, tried beating each other digging to a target mark and when we were to have our lunch she would sing some songs or perform some of her silly antics making us often squirm over the clods, laughing.

It has been two years since the warmth dissipated. Life tainted with remorse over my loss and over what more could have been done but not done. She ran up to my lap, overjoyed to see me: “Look, Acü, I know you will not understand me right now but you are more than I

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Mental HealtHcare Bill passed

Suicide attempts decriminalised for mentally ill LS passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by mentally-ill people and provides for the right to better healthcare.

New Delhi, March 27 (pti): Parliament passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by mentally ill people and provides for the right to better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness. 'The Mental Healthcare Bill' also has a provision to protect and restore the property right of the mentally ill people, Health Minister J P Nadda said in the Lok Sabha, just before it was passed by the House by a voice vote.

All the amendments moved by the opposition members were defeated. The Rajya Sabha had passed it in August last year with 134 official amendments. The bill provides for decriminalising suicide attempt by mentally ill persons by making it non-punishable under the Indian Penal Code.

It also focusses on communitybased treatment and provides for special treatment for women. The bill seeks to ensure health-care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons with mental illness "in a manner that does not intrude on their rights and dignity." While replying to a debate on the bill, Nadda described it as a "patient-centric" measure and said there was a need to empower the patients so that they could secure proper treatment.

The legislation has been brought after wider consultations with the stakeholders, he said.

"There were consultations at the regional level, as well at the Centre. After consultations with the stakeholders the bill was sent to the Standing Committee and post amendments it came to Rajya Sabha." Most of the suggestions of the Standing Committee were accepted by the government, the Health Minister said. Around 29 members participated in the discussion and almost all of them extended support to the bill.

Stating that the 1987 Mental Act was institutionalised, the minister said that in the present bill, instead of the institution, the focus was on the community. The bill is a "progressive legislation" and intends to take care of everyone in case of any exigency, he said.

Describing the bill as "historic", the Health Minister said with the support of all, "we can develop the mental health services." There was a need to take care of the health and hygiene of the patients, he said, adding the right of a child with his/her mother will also be maintained.

Sterlisation would not be conducted on a person who is mentally ill, Nadda said, describing it as "an insane and inhuman act." If the need arises, he said, NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences) would be extended.

Responding to concerns ex-

Shiv Sena proposes RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for President MuMbai, March 27 (iaNS): The Shiv Sena on Monday urged the Modi government to consider RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for the post of Indian President. In a surprise statement, Sena MP and Saamana Executive Editor Sanjay Raut said the National Democratic Alliance - of which Sena is a member - and the BJP in particular should think of the RSS Sarsanghchalak if it wanted to fulfil its dream of achieving a "Hindu Rashtra".

"This has been discussed in our party.

Even Sena President Uddhav Thackeray is of the opinion that for making India a 'Hindu Rashtra', Bhagwat should be made the President," Raut told mediapersons.

He said a staunch Hindu nationalist like Modi was the Prime Minister and another Hindutva proponent, Yogi Adityanath, had become Chief Minister of India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh. "He (Bhagwat) is a strong leader, staunch nationalist, has a deep knowledge of the Constituition.

So if the BJP wants to make India a 'Hindu Rashtra', his name must be considered.

He is the most suitable candidate," Raut said. Born in Chandrapur in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Bhagwat, 66, has headed the RSS since March 2009. The presidential election is due in July.

'No liquor vends on highways will decrease accidents' paNaji, March 27 (iaNS): The Goa Police on Monday said the Supreme Court ban on liquor vends on state and national highways will help cut down on drunken driving and consequently road accidents in the coastal state. The stand comes in the wake of Goa government's assurance to liquor vends located within 500 metres on either side of the highways in Goa of doing "something" to save them from shutdown. On December 15, 2016, the Supreme Court ordered the state governments to not renew the licences of liquor vends operating within 500 metres of the highways after April 1. Deputy Inspector General of Police Rupinder Kumar told media here that the Supreme Court order will act as a deterrent to drunken driving.

"In Goa, where highways are not wide enough, if the liquor vends are taken back 500 metres from the roads as per the apex court guidelines, it may act as a deterrent for drivers to get down and walk some distance to buy liquor," Kumar said. According to an Excise Department survey, nearly one-third of the 11,000 licensed liquor stores in the state will have to close down in the wake of the Supreme Court order.

pressed by some members over the safety of doctors in the wake of assault on a medico in Maharashtra recently by relatives of a patient, the Health Minister said instructions have been sent to the states that security of doctors should be ensured.

With regard to the issue raised

by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on the inclusion of "role model", the Health Minister said there was no need to include it in the bill.

However, he said, the government will definitely look at it at its own level. Earlier, members cutting across the political spectrum supported the Metal Health Care Bill. NCP's Supriya Sule said the Standing Committee has "walked an extra mile" to incorporate the suggestions of all stake holders.

BJD's Bhartruhari Mahtab said this legislation is the only bill which received 124 amendments and almost all have been accepted by the government.

Highlighting the shortage of medics and paramedics, BJP member Heena Gavit said there are only 4500 doctors specialised in mental health when the requirement was 12,500 and 3000 nurses per one lakh patients having mental disorders.

She rued that the country does not have any Phd seat for research in mental health. She said there should be a proper mechanism to take consent of patients for their

treatment and they should not be treated as an "experimental animals." Sule wanted to know what would happen to the child after he/ she turns the prescribed age.

Mahtab, along with Gavit and Sule, noted that the budget for the mental healthcare is abysmally low.

Sule also demanded inclusion of drug addiction and alcholism into the category of mental disease.

Supporting the legislation, Ravindra Babu (TDP) said, this was one of the "finest legislation" in last three years, but it mostly focuses on schirzophrenia.

K Vishweshwar Reddy (TRS) said while the earlier laws on mental health were "regulation centric", the new bill is "patient-centric".

Referring to Nobel prize winning mathematician John Nash, a patient of schizophrenia, who made fundamental contributions to game theory, Reddy said, at least he had support of his family.

The movie 'A Beautiful Mind' was based on his character.

"Although he had severe disabilities, he also had other capabilities," he said. The TRS MP said the bill should have taken care of property of patients suffering from mental health as "cruel relatives" may exploit them under this pretext. Supporting the legislation, Ratna Dey (TMC) demanded stringent punishment for doctors who falsify mental health cases.

Feeling trump effect here, says indian attacked in australia

MelbourNe, March 27 (iaNS): An Indian man, who was assaulted by a group of teenagers at a restaurant in Australia's Hobart city, has said the racial mood is changing in the country and assaults, ethinc slurs are becoming more common. Li Max Joy, who hails from Kerala and works as a part-time taxi driver, was attacked by a group of five youngsters at McDonald's restaurant in north Hobart on Saturday. They hurled racial abuses like "you bloody black Indians" at him and assaulted him, reported The Mercury newspaper.

The 33-year-old victim said that the teenagers had been arguing with the McDonald's manager when he reached the restaurant to have coffee, but turned their anger on him when they noticed him.

"They were angry at the McDonald's staff but turned their anger on me in the car park and then inside the store," he said. Joy said he was punched 30 to 40 times.

"Three of those boys punched me in the face and said, 'You

bloody black Indian ****, why are you here?'," Li told Australia's SBS television network. Joy was admitted to a hospital with serious wounds. He was later discharged and he reported the incident to the police. He said the increasing racial hostility could stem from "the Donald Trump effect".

"The racial mood is definitely changing. It is continuous now.

Many other drivers have been abused but not everyone reports it to the police." Joy said that he has been living in Hobart for eight years with his family and also narrated another such incident that happened with him a week ago.

"Last week in Glenorchy, I was waiting for a fare when a primaryschool aged boy put water in his mouth and then came over to the car window and spat it out on me," Joy said. Joy also sent a detailed email to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj about the incident.

Another taxi driver was assaulted by four men in a racial attack in Hobart in June last year.

Jaitley introduces four GST bills in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, March 27 (iaNS): India moved a step closer to becoming a unified market in line with the federalist vision of the architects of its Constitution with the tabling in Parliament on Monday of the GST Bill, which extends pan-India except to Jammu and Kashmir.

While welcoming the development, industry, however, called for a postponement of the targeted implementation date of July 1, to allow it to prepare adequately for the GST rollout.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Bill, 2017, along with three other related bills in the Lok Sabha, providing for a maximum GST rate of 40 per cent, an anti- profiteering authority and imprisonment for evading taxes.

The GST will subsume various indirect levies of the Centre and states like service tax, excise duty, octroi and value added tax (VAT) and create an input tax credit chain for refunds. The CGST Bill will enable levy and collection of tax on intra-state supply of goods and services or both by the central government. Actual tax rates would be as per four-tier rate structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent as approved by the GST Council. The peak rate of 40 per cent is only an enabling provision in case of financial emergencies. Jaitley also tabled the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) Bill, 2017, which provides for the levy and collection of tax on inter-state supply.

The IGST law provides for a maximum tax of 40 per cent.

State GST, which will amalgamate all state taxes like VAT, will be levied by the states and has to be approved by the respective state legislatures.

Together, CGST and SGST will enable the GST incidence of 40 per cent.

The CGST Bill also provides for e-commerce companies to collect tax at source at a rate not exceeding 1 per cent of net value of taxable supplies, out of payments to suppliers supplying goods or services through their portals.

For small businesses, CGST provides for a tax of no more than 1 per cent of turnover for manufacturers with annual turnover of up to Rs 50 lakh. A 2.5 per cent tax is prescribed for suppliers.

The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Bill provides for compensation to the states for the loss of revenue arising on account of implementation of GST. The Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017, will enable levy and collection of tax on intra-state supply of goods and services or both by the union territories. The Compensation Law provides for levy of cess on top of the peak rate of approved tax (28 per cent presently) on paan masala, tobacco, aerated water, luxury cars and coal to create a non-lapsable

fund for compensating states.

This cess has a ceiling of 135 per cent in case of paan masala, Rs 4,170 per thousand cigarettes sticks or 290 per cent ad valorem, Rs 400 per tonne on coal and 15 per cent on aerated water and luxury cars.

An anti-profiteering measure in the bill provides for constituting an Authority to examine whether input tax credits availed by any registered taxable person, or the reduction in the price on account of any reduction in the tax rate, have actually resulted in a commensurate reduction in the price of the particular goods or services supplied by the person.

The law provides for arrest, ordered by a Tax Commissioner, in case of suppression of any transaction or evading taxes.

A person convicted is punishable by up to five years of imprisonment plus a fine.

As the Finance Minister stood up to introduce the CGST Bill, Congress member K.C. Venugopal raised a point of order and said the bill was not part of the list of business. However, he added that he was not opposing the bill's introduction.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs S.S. Ahluwalia said the bills were approved late on Friday night, and the Lok Sabha Secretariat was closed during the weekend. He said the bills were uploaded on the government website on Friday midnight. Several opposition members, including Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi and Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy opposed the way in which the GST bills were introduced.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said: "It (four Bills) was circulated (on Saturday), but not listed in today's (Monday) list of business. I have given the waiver."

The bills were later listed in a supplementary list of business on Monday.

Pratik Jain, Indirect Tax Leader at global accounting firm PwC India said: "As next steps, industry would hope that adequate time is given to the working groups constituted last week on various sectors to examine the critical issues and provide their recommendations." "Given the ground still to be covered, it would be good to implement GST by September 1 and give couple of more months to the industry to prepare for this huge transformation."

Partner Indirect Tax at KPMG in India Santosh Dalvi said in a statement: "Hope the other key pending aspects as classification of goods and services, various rules, grandfathering of tax exemption schemes etcetera are also finalised soon so that industry gets enough time to implement GST readiness from IT and business perspective." "The official announcement towards July 1, 2017, would certainly help industry big way as it would provide the clarity on implementation date," he added.

SC reserves verdict in Delhi gang rape case

New Delhi, March 27 (iaNS): The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on appeals by four accused in December 16, 2012 Delhi gang rape case challenging the Delhi High Court verdict upholding their death sentence.

A bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R.Banumathi and Justice Ashok Bhushan reserved the verdict after hearing the matter that was spread almost a year.

Accused Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur had moved the top court challenging the high court's March 13, 2014 verdict upholding their death sentences.

The Supreme Court had stayed the death sentence on Mukesh and Pawan on March 15, 2014 and that of Sharma and Thakur on June 3, 2014.

Hearing on the appeals

by the four against the High Court order upholding their death sentence had commenced on April 4, 2016.

The four, Ram Singh and a juvenile were accused of gang rape and assault on a 23-year-old paramedical student inside a

private bus.

The juvenile accused has since been released after completing mandatory probation period in remand home, while Ram Singh allegedly committed suicide while in incarceration. The victim and her friend were thrown out of

the bus after the crime and she died of grave intestinal injuries on December 29, 2012 at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

The apex court, while commencing its hearing, had said that "Let us hear the case as if fresh case is being raised" as the accused had contended that the high court was in a hurry to decide their appeals the moment they moved it against the trial court order.

While upholding the conviction and death sentence, the High Court had said: "Society's abhorrence to atrocious crimes perpetrated upon innocent and helpless victims has resulted in the death penalty being retained on the statute book to remind such criminals that human life is very precious and one who dares to take the life of others must lose his own life."

aadhaar card can't Be Mandatory LEDs to cut CO2 by 80 mn tonnes For Govt's Welfare schemes: sc a year, save Rs 40,000 cr power

New Delhi, March 27 (NDtV): Aadhaar cannot be mandatory for central welfare schemes, the Supreme Court said today, but added that it cannot stop the government from linking the 12-digit identification number to the opening of bank accounts or filing of tax returns.

The government recently made it mandatory for citizens to produce their Aadhaar number for benefits under nearly three dozen central schemes including free mid-day meals for schoolchildren. Aadhaar was also made compulsory for scholarships and other schemes for backward castes and the disabled. Aadhaar cards are mandatory for subsidized cooking gas and foodgrains.

The government has said it will enable people to get their biometric identity documents

by June 30. Aadhaar cards will also be needed for filing tax returns - a move that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says will check tax evasion.

The Supreme Court said it cannot stop the government

from doing so but reiterated its earlier order in August 2015, that Aadhaar cannot be mandatory for people to derive benefits under official welfare schemes.

Two months after that order, the court had removed the restriction and allowed the voluntary use of Aadhaar cards in schemes. Last week, responding

to opposition criticism in parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said that Aadhaar may soon become the only card required to identify a person, replacing Voter IDs and PAN or Permanent Account Numbers.

He said as many as 98 per cent of the population or 108 crore people have Aadhaar numbers.

The government has said that until all beneficiaries are assigned Aadhaar cards, ration cards or copies of a person's request for Aadhaar enrolment can be used for subsidized foodgrain.

States have been asked to link Aadhaar numbers with their ration card or with bank accounts for cash transfer of food subsidy.

The use of Aadhaar simplifies delivery and helps make the system more transparent and efficient, the government says.

New Delhi, March 27 (iaNS): The government's promotion of light emitting diodes (LED) will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 million tonnes per annum and save around Rs 40,000 crore in power bills annually, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.

"The LED project, where the government is replacing the lighting load of the country with LEDs, will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 million tonnes per annum and the economically prudent project will help the consumer save around Rs 40,000 crore annually in electricity bills," Goyal told the World Conference on Environment 2017 here.

Similarly, India is trying to move from a highly thermal power generation dependent economy towards renewable energy, he said. "The solar power programme has been scaled up from a 20 gigawatt (GW) target to 100 GW by 2022. All the renewable sources, including large hydro projects, taken together, India has set sights on on 225 GW of renewable and clean energy by 2022," he added.

Referring to the government's aim of converting all vehicles to electric vehicles, Goyal said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had directed a group of senior ministers to

lead the initiative to ensure that most vehicles in India, if not all, were powered by electricity latest by 2030.

"The conversion of India's vehicles into electrical ones has the potential to save fossil fuel worth about $100 billion annually and reduce pollution in cities by 80-90 per cent," the minister said.

He said that according to a government study, India can power its entire vehicular traffic in 2030 on solar power by using only 1 per cent of the land area of Rajasthan.

Holding humankind squarely responsible for climate challenge, Goyal cited Mahatma Gandhi's 1911 phrase - "economy of nature" - to say that only human beings themselves can address the issue.

"The Earth provides enough for every man's need, but not for every man's greed," he quoted Gandhi as saying.

"It is time human beings understood that climate change is a challenge caused by humans only and ultimately it is humans who can address it.

"We are living on this planet and using its resources as if we have an another planet to go to later," he said.

The largest loss experienced due to climate change is by the poorest and the underprivileged, the minister added.

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Hong Kong protest leaders ominously told they face charges after new leader chosen hONG KONG, MaRch 27 (REutERs): Hong Kong police on Monday told at least nine organisers of 2014’s prodemocracy demonstrations they will face charges, protest leaders said, an ominous sign just a day after a new Beijingbacked leader was chosen, vowing to unite society.

The move, which has already provoked anger and disbelief among democrats, heightened political tension in the Chinese-ruled city, with a protest rally to be held outside police headquarters in the Wanchai bar district on Monday night.

Former chief secretary Carrie Lam was chosen by a 1,200-person committee to lead the city, pledging in her victory speech to unite political divisions that have hindered policy-making and legislative work.

But the timing of the telephone calls, almost two and a half years after the protests brought parts of the city to a standstill for months, is unlikely to help heal wounds.

Sociology professor Chan Kin-man, one of the core protest leaders, said police told him he would be charged with three crimes, including participating and inciting others to participate in “public nuisance”.

“I am already mentally prepared for this, but I am very worried about Hong Kong’s future,” Chan told Reuters.

It wasn’t immediately clear why authorities had waited so long to pursue the charges. The police did not immediately re-

Hong Kong leader-elect pledges smooth transfer of power amid divisions

Founders of the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement (L-R), academic Chan Kin-man, academic Benny Tai and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming attend a campaign to kick off the movement in Hong Kong. (REUTERS File Photo)

spond to a Reuters request for comment.

Asked by reporters about the timing, Lam said she couldn’t intervene with prosecutions carried out by the administration of incumbent leader Leung Chun-ying.

“I made it very clear that I want to unite society and bridge the divide that has been causing us concern, but all these actions should not compromise the rule of law in Hong Kong and also the independent prosecution process that I have just mentioned,” said Lam, who will take office on July 1.

Chan, however, disputed this.

“The message is strong.

Carrie Lam said she wanted to mend the society, but the message we got today is prosecution. I don’t see how the society’s cracks can be mended,” Chan told Reuters.

CHINA’S XI TO VISIT IN JULY? Hong Kong returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997, with the promise of a high degree of autonomy and other freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland, but Communist Party rulers in Beijing never

hid their anger at the protests which they deemed illegal.

Lawmaker Tanya Chan said at least nine protest leaders including herself received calls from the police notifying them of their charges.

Another protest leader, University of Hong Kong law professor, Benny Tai, confirmed to Reuters by text he had been contacted by police.

Lam met with incumbent leader Leung Chun-ying earlier on Monday. They shook hands and both expressed confidence in a “smooth and effective” leadership transition.

hONG KONG, MaRch 27 (REutERs): Hong Kong’s chief executive-elect Carrie Lam met with the city’s incumbent and unpopular leader Leung Chun-ying on Monday, calling for a “smooth and effective” transition of power.

Lam was chosen to be Hong Kong’s next leader on Sunday amid accusations that Beijing had meddled in the election to ensure her victory and deny the financial hub a more populist leader. Many of the city’s opposition pro-democracy politicians and activists were opposed to Lam’s selection by a 1,200-person election committee stacked with Beijing and pro-establishment loyalists, who spurned another more popular candidate, former finance chief John Tsang.

“I have every confidence that we will have a very smooth transition,” said Lam, after shaking hands with Leung. She said unifying society would be her most urgent task, as well as improving the relationship between the executive branch of government and the legislature including opposition democrats.

Lam was Leung’s deputy as chief secretary for the past five years and is known as a tough, though competent administrator.

The next few months will be critical for Leung and Lam, with Chinese President Xi Jinping expected to pay a visit on July 1 to celebrate Hong Kong’s 20th anniversary of the handover, with large protests expected.

Part of the public mistrust towards Lam stems from her close working relationship with the staunchly pro-Beijing Leung, who protesters say ordered the firing of tear gas on

Lam, the city’s first female leader, will formally take office on July 1. The next few months will be critical for Leung and Lam, with Chinese president Xi Jinping expected to pay a visit on July 1 to celebrate Hong Kong’s 20th anniversary of the handover from British to Chinese rule, with large protests expected. Part of the public mistrust towards Lam stems from her close working relationship with the staunchly proBeijing Leung, who ordered the firing of tear gas on pro-democracy protesters in 2014 during the ‘Occupy’ civil disobedience movement.

Lam was Leung’s deputy as chief secretary over the past five years, and is known as a tough, though competent administrator. Some opposition politicians remained sceptical and said Lam needed to change tack to truly narrow differences. All of Hong Kong’s three other posthandover leaders have struggled to balance the demands of China’s stability-obsessed Communist Party leaders, with the wish of many residents to preserve the global financial hub’s liberal values and rule of law.

protesters in 2014.

All of Hong Kong’s three other post-handover leaders have struggled to balance the demands of China’s stabilityobsessed Communist Party leaders, with the wish of many residents to preserve the global financial hub’s liberal values and rule of law that have long underpinned its economic success.

“She has been elected pretty much solely on the support of Beijing,” said political scientist Ma Ngok.

“If that’s the case, she might have a lot of debts that she has

to repay to her supporters in Beijing.”

Student activist Joshua Wong, 20, one of the leaders of the student-led “Umbrella Movement” protests in 2014, said last week Lam’s victory was “a nightmare” for Hong Kong.

“Theoretically, the chief executive is a bridge between the central government and the Hong Kong people,” he said.

“But Lam will be a tilted bridge.

She will only tell us what Beijing wants and won’t reflect what the people want to the communist regime.”

‘Now or never’ for Europe, French think-tank cautions SKorean court to decide whether Pak says starts fencing Afghanistan border to arrest ousted president Park in ‘high-threat zones’

BERLIN, MaRch 27 (REutERs): The leaders of France and Germany must use the window of opportunity that opens up after elections in both countries to inject new momentum into their single currency project or risk its failure, a leading French think tank warned on Monday.

In a 77-page report entitled “The Europe We Need”, the Institut Montaigne, an independent institute with links to French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Francois Fillon, called for a “multi-speed” Europe in which the euro zone presses ahead with its own budget and even a prime minister.

The report, the product of months of consultation between leading figures from European business, politics and banking, could serve as a blueprint for use by a new French president.

Polls suggest Macron, a proEuropean former banker, will face Marine Le Pen, the anti-EU leader of the far-right National Front, in a second round run-off on May 7th, and beat her.

“We are in a geopolitical

environment that is extremely dangerous for Europeans,” Ramon Fernandez, finance and strategy chief at French mobile phone group Orange and head of the working group that produced the report, told Reuters.

“If our leaders are to shape the future of Europe and give it back its momentum, it may be now or never. This political will is absolutely necessary. The year 2017 will be decisive,” said Fernandez, a former head of the French Treasury.

The German election will be held four months after the French vote. Conservative Angela Merkel is expected to face a tough challenge from Social Democrat Martin Schulz, the former president of the European Parliament.

In focusing on the need for France and Germany to lead, the report echoes what Macron has said on the campaign trail.

It also calls for Europe’s rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, to be turned into a full-fledged monetary fund as well as tougher European defences against foreign companies and cross-border mergers

Over 100 genes linked to memory in humans identified NEW YORK, MaRch 27 (IaNs): Researchers have identified more than 100 genes that can help them understand correlations between these genes and human brain activity during memory processing.

“This is very exciting because the identification of these gene-to-behaviour relationships opens up new research avenues for testing the role of these genes in specific aspects of memory function and dysfunction,” said Genevieve Konopka of University of Texas Southwestern in the US. “It means we are closer to understanding the molecular mechanisms supporting human memory and thus will be able to use this information someday to assist with all kinds of memory issues,” Konopka added.

The genes identified as important for human memory are distinct from genes previously correlated with other types of cognitive processing and resting state MRI activity.

“At this point, we cannot say whether the gene expression itself might drive memory or whether it is simply a reflection of the brain activity patterns needed for proper memory formation,” Konopka said.

In the study, presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual conference in San Francisco, the memory genes were found to overlap with several genes associated with autism, which means “we have identified a window into the molecular pathways important for normal memory function that are at risk from a genetic perspective in autism”, Konopka noted.

The study is part of the nascent but growing field of “imaging genetics,” which aims to relate genetic variation to variation in brain anatomy and function.

“Probing the genes-brain relationship is likely to yield a rich understanding of the human cognitive and neural architecture, including insights into human uniqueness in the animal kingdom,” said Evelina Fedorenko of Harvard Medical School.

to create European champions.

In foreign policy, it stresses the need for good relations with Britain and the United States, despite Brexit and the election of U.S. President Donald Trump.

It recommends offering Turkey an alternative to EU membership, saying the political evolution of the country makes joining the bloc impossible.

Above all it stresses the importance of the euro zone and smaller groups of countries pressing ahead with closer integration, a similar message to the one sent on Saturday at a summit of 27 EU leaders to mark the 60th anniversary of the bloc’s founding Rome Treaty.

The report calls for an “executive” for the currency bloc in the form of a prime minister or finance minister, who would be answerable to a euro zone subsection of the European Parliament.

“The first priority is the euro zone. We need to shore up the edifice and complete the process that was started with the creation of the single currency,” said Fernandez. “The euro zone is the heart. We need to irrigate it.

sEOuL, MaRch 27 (REutERs): A South Korean court will hold a hearing on Thursday to decide whether to arrest ousted president Park Geun-hye and hold her in a cell for up to 20 days while she is investigated on charges of taking bribes and abusing presidential power.

Park, 65, became South Korea’s first democratically elected president to be removed from office when a constitutional court upheld her parliamentary impeachment this month.

Park is accused of colluding with a friend, Choi Soon-sil, to pressure big businesses to donate to two foundations set up to back the former president’s policy initiatives.

She and Choi have denied wrongdoing. In announcing the move on Monday to seek an arrest warrant, the South Korean prosecutors’ office said there was reason to suspect that Park would try to destroy evidence.

“The case is very grave as the suspect has demonstrated acts of abuse of power by making companies give money and infringing on the freedom of corporate management by using powerful position and authority as president,” the prosecutors’ office said in a statement.

The Seoul Central District Court said the arrest warrant hearing was scheduled for Thursday at 1030 a.m. (0130 GMT).

The decision is likely to come late Thursday or early Friday.

Park could face more than 10 years in jail if convicted of receiving bribes from bosses of big conglomerates, including Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee, in return for favours.

Lee, who denies the charges that he provided bribes in return for favours for Samsung, and Choi are already in detention and are separately on trial.

Park has apologised to the country but said she never gained personally from money that came from family-run conglomerates known as chaebol.

Her impeachment has left a political vacuum in South Korea, with only an interim president pending a May 9 election, at a time of rising tensions with North Korea over its weapons programme and China, which is angry over South Korea’s decision to host a U.S. anti-missile unit.

Park, who is currently free from detention, was questioned for 14 hours by prosecutors last week.

If the court grants the arrest warrant, Park will become the country’s third former president to be detained in custody while being investigated.

Once Park is under arrest, the prosecutor will have up to 20 days to continue investigations, by which time they must formally file charges against her and put her on trial.

IsLaMaBaD, MaRch 27 (REutERs): Pakistan has begun building a fence on its disputed 2,500 km (1,500 mile) border with Afghanistan to prevent incursions by militants, Pakistan’s army chief said, in a move likely to further strain relations between the two countries. Pakistan has blamed Pakistani Taliban militants it says are based on Afghan soil for a spate of attacks at home in recent months, urging Kabul to eradicate “sanctuaries” for militants.

Citing the attacks, Islamabad earlier this month temporarily shut the main crossing points along the colonial-era Durand Line border, drawn up in 1893 and rejected by Afghanistan. General Qamar Javed Bajwa said initial fencing will focus on “high threat zones” of Bajaur and Mohmand agencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), which border eastern Afghan provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar.

“Additional technical surveillance means are also being deployed along the border besides regular air surveillance,” the military said in a statement over the weekend, citing Bajwa. There was no immediate comment from Afghan authorities. Relations between Kabul and Islamabad have been tense in recent years, with both countries accusing each other of not doing enough to tackle militants.

Russian police detain opposition leader, hundreds of protesters MOscOW/YEKatERINBuRG, MaRch 27 (REutERs): Police detained hundreds of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election that Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.

Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, has little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.

A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central

Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally as a police helicopter circled overhead.

Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.

“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained.

The Kremlin said on Friday that plans for the central Moscow protest, which the city’s authorities had rejected, were an illegal provocation. Law enforcement officers detains an opposition supporter during a rally in Moscow, Russia, March 26, The United States condemned the arrests, saying the action was an affront to democratic values. “We call on the government of Russia to immediately release all peaceful protesters,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement, adding that Washington was “troubled” to hear of the arrest of Navalny.

A law enforcement officer climbs on a lamp pole to detain opposition supporters during a rally in Moscow, Russia on March 26. (REUTERS Photo)

SEVERAL HUNDRED DETAINED Grigory Okhotin, one of the founders of OVD Info, a human rights organisation that monitors detentions, said around 600 people had been detained in Moscow on Sunday.

Police said around 7,000 to 8,000 people were on Tverskaya Street and surrounding areas by mid-

afternoon and put the number of detentions by late afternoon at around 500.

As evening drew in, hundreds of riot police lined up on Manezh Square at the end of Tverskaya Street and drove protesters away from the Kremlin’s walls. Some opposition supporters on Manezh Square shouted: “Putin is a thief” as tourists wandered nearby.

Navalny called the protests after publishing allegations that Medvedev, the prime minister and former president, had amassed a huge fortune that far outstripped his official salary.

Medvedev’s spokeswoman called the allegations “propagandistic attacks” unworthy of detailed comment and said they amounted to pre-election

posturing by Navalny.

Elsewhere, at a rally in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, a Reuters reporter saw 30 people being detained after unfurling banners reading: “The prime minister should answer”.

“I’ve come out (to protest) against corruption and want the authorities to answer the accusations in the Navalny film,” 17-yearold student Denis Korneev said at the Moscow protest.

“In many countries the government would have resigned over this.” Witnesses told Reuters that four people were also detained at a rally in Yekaterinburg in the industrial Urals region.

On Yekaterinburg’s Labour Square, protesters waved posters reading: “We are the authorities here” while nationalists and supporters of the proKremlin United Russia party looked on.

Local media reported that large protests also took place in other cities, including St Petersburg and Novosibirsk. State media broadly ignored Sunday’s protests.

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Peace Channel Wokha ICAR- AICRP (VC) Nagaland Centre adopts Hekheshe Village chapter conducts seminar

Officials and villagers during the training programme held in Hekheshe Village. ICAR- AICRP (VC), Nagaland Centre, SASRD,NU under TSP (Tribal Sub Plan) adopted Hekheshe Village as a part of its mandate.

Dimapur, march 25 (mExN): ICAR- AICRP (VC), Nagaland Centre, SASRD,NU under TSP (Tribal Sub Plan) adopted Hekheshe Village as a part of its mandate and to kick off its activities in the village, a day-long training programme on “Methods of Composting and its application in Vegetable Production & Mushroom cultivation as an Enterprise” was conducted.

During the inaugural programme, publications on PRA of Hekeshe village and 6 bilingual folders on English and Nagamese on the topic Production technology of brinjal, Production technology of pumpkin, production technology of cucumber, Production technology of cherry tomato, Production technology of ash gourd, Preparation of Petha: Vegetable based sweets and layout of vege-

table crops for kitchen garden was released by Dean, SASRD, NU. After the inaugural function trainings on “Methods of Composting and its application in Vegetable Production & Mushroom cultivation as an Enterprise” was delivered by Jurisandhya Barik Bordoloi, Assistant Prof., Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science and Dr. Narola Pongener,

Assistant Prof., Department of Plant Pathology respectively where practical demonstration on different composting methods and mushroom cultivation was carried out.

The training was attended by 75 farmer participants out of which, 20 farmers were selected based on their interest and participation during the training.

Wrap up session was

done by Prof. Akali Sema Incharge TSP, ICAR-AICRP (VC) with vegetable seeds and spawn distribution to all the participants and tools distribution to the 20 selected farmers. This is the first village adopted under tribal sub plan (AICRP-VC), SASRD: NU wherein various activities will be carried out for the benefit of the tribal people.

Earlier, programme was chaired by Prof. Akali Sema, Incharge TSP, ICARAICRP (VC) and the programme was graced by the Dean, Prof. R.C Gupta, SASRD, NU. The welcome address was delivered Dr. S.P Kanaujia, P.I, ICARAICRP (VC) followed by the introduction of the participants. Brief remark was given by the Dean, SASRD, NU and GB of Hekheshe village. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Waluniba, Scientist (Asst. Entomologist).

The programme was coordinated by Yongkongtula, Dr. Moakala Changkija, Dr. Aastik Jha and Dr. Waluniba.

Students with others during the day inter school seminar on peer mediation as a tool to peace building held at Don Bosco Youth Centre Wokha on March 25.

WoKha, march 27 (mExN): Peace Channel Wokha chapter organized one day inter school seminar on peer mediation as a tool to peace building at Don Bosco Youth Centre Wokha on March 25.

Speaking on the occasion as resource person to over one hundred and forty six students from seven different schools of Wokha town, Janthuiyang RK John, Project Coordinator Peace Channel said, “Peer mediation is problem solving technique within the circle of friends. It is a process by which two or more persons

involved in a dispute meet in a private, safe and confidential setting to work out problems focusing primarily upon the needs, rights and interest and is party centered.”

He also stated that the role of peer mediation as a whole is to help students to solve problems on their own. Students encountered different problems in their daily lives starting from among their siblings to teachers and peers in the schools. Thus, knowing the steps and techniques of peer mediation will enhance their relationship,

studies and social live he added. He further shared some of the benefits of peer mediation, he added.

The speaker also stated that it will effectively solves students conflict for good, by practicing peer mediation students will improve their life skills like effective communication, conflict resolution skills, increase their self esteemed and give greater insight through participation.

In the later part of the session, role play was conducted among the participants on how they can put their learning into practice.

DHS Zbto organizes health mela in Satoi ICAR conduct agromet advisory services prog for farmers N i u l a N D, m a r c h 2 7 (mExN): Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa, ICAR Research complex for NEH Region, Jharnapani. Medziphema organised a one day farmer awareness programme on ‘role of weather based agromet advisory services for the development of agriculture & allied sectors in Nagaland’ at Nihokhu village, Niuland block on March 25.

A press release stated that the programme was organized to increase knowledge and sensitize the farmer about the importance

Nockpai Konyak, EAC Satoi briefing the public about the health mela held in Satoi under Satakha Block on March 25.

ZuNhEboto, march 27 (mExN): The District Health Society, Zunheboto with Satoi Town Youth Organisation organised a health mela in Satoi under Satakha Block on March 25.

Health services and medicines were provided free of cost to all the patients. The camp administered to 270 patients. Various ailments including common cough and cold, minor OT and other diseases prevalent in the area were treated. Mp, Urine test, HIV testing, blood grouping, HB%, and sputum AFB investigation was carried out.

57 Eye cases were screened and 23 Dental procedures were carried out.

A press note informed that the community was also taught on household hygiene and other communicable diseases. FGD and one to one sessions were carried out on Child Health and Maternal Health. Documentary show was also screened during the Mela.

Nutritional packages were also given to pregnant and lactating mother and Pamphlets and leaflets were distributed free.

Shekho Sophie, Media Officer, Zunheboto in

the press release informed that the medical team was led by Dr. Hoito, Dy. CMO, Dr. Alemwabang Aier, DPO (RCH &UIP), Dr. Tali Senior Dental Surgeon, DH, Dr. Kezhaletuo, MO I/c Satoi PHC, Dr. Kanato, MO I/c Saptiqa PHC, Dr. Kihito, MO i/c, Satakha PHC, Dr. Inoka, MO i/c Ghukiye PHC and supporting nurses, Lab. Tech, Ophthalmic Assistant.

The district team comprised, DPM, DAM, BAM, Satakha Block ASHA Coordinator, Lab tech and nurse (MMU) along with vertical programme staffs RNTCP, NVBDCP, DAPCU.

of agromet advisories and empower the farmer community to adapt to climate change in agriculture and allied sectors. Around 40 farmers participated in the event.

Imtisenla Walling welcomed the farmers and highlighted on the importance of Integrated Agromet Advisories in depth and how its usage could have an impact in their production in the changing climate scenario. She apprised the farmers that water should be used judiciously, rain harvesting structures should be constructed, afforestation proj-

ect- community based should be initiated, mixed cropping, crop rotation should be a part of farming and farmers need to be more proactive to move from conventional means of agricultural crops and adopt best farming, animal husbandry practices as enabled by scientist while preserving or utilizing the traditional wisdom. She also mentioned about the monthly advisories that are being provided on the first Friday of every month through the Morung Express.

Dr. Ebibeni Ngullie, Subject

Matter Specialist Animal Science educated the farmers on the different effects of climate variations on livestock production and mitigation strategies to minimise their effect. She also apprised the farmers about the symptoms of the common diseases in livestock and their remedial measures.

Farmers actively participated in the discussion, where they were advised management practices to be followed and the problems faced by the farmers on agriculture and livestock were noted.

Career guidance seminar held in KROS College Kohima, march 27 (mExN): Career guidance and counseling cell, KROS College organized a seminar on career guidance with Nitoshe Sheqi, a successful entrepreneur from Kohima as the resource person.

The resource person spoke on a whole wide issues relating to business, opportunities and avenues that the young people opt for. It was a very enlightening and a challenging sem-

Student participants after the career guidance seminar held at KROS College.

World TB Day observed at CTBC youth annual session concludes Agape School

inar which inspired and motivated the students as well as the faculties to think out of the box and go for the unconventional options.

The programme was chaired by Lovili Swu, Assistant professor, department of Education.

Thoidambo Nring and Kesuihakle presented a special number entitled ‘Beautiful People’ and vote of thanks was pronounced by Kevilenuo, Assistant Professor, department of education.

TLM distribution camp for persons with Intellectual Disabilities held

Morung Express News Kiphire | March 27

Galatians (junior team) choir presenting the theme song during the competition.

chEthEba, march 27 (mExN): The 52nd session annual youth day of Chetheba Town Baptist Church (CTBC), Christian Youth Endeavour concluded at Chetheba Town Baptist Church on Sunday. The three-day annual meet was held from March 24 to 26 under the theme “In Step with God”.

During the meet, three group were divided namely Galatians (Junior team Chetheba), Philippians (Senior team Chetheba) and Ephesians (Kohima sector). Altogether 96 members were registered as the choir members.

The praise and worship team was led by Agape College, Dimapur who came along with the main

speaker Thepukhoyi Kezo, Lecturer, Agape College, Dimapur.

This annual meet, oneday workshop was introduced on the topic ‘the value to youth life’ on Saturday the programme was moderated by Vezokho Swuro.

The annual meet also sees the group competing in different event such as solo, duet, theme song, group indigenous etc. For theme song competition, Ephesians (Kohima) was awarded as the first and Philippians (senior team) 2nd position. While group Indigenous song, the 1st position was bagged by Galatians (Junior team) and 2nd by Ephesians (Kohima team) On the second day,

sports activities such as Volleyball and Tug-of-war for both men and women were also part of the annual youth day. The sports were enlisted to bring a better relation and collaboration among the group.

Volleyball (Men) was won by Ephesians (junior ) and runners up bagged by Philippians (senior) while for tug of war for women, Philippians (Senior team) defeated the Junior team in the final.

Philippians (Senior team Chetheba) was adjudged as the group champion and was awarded with a cash of 10000 Rs, donated

by Nuzota Swuro in memory of brother late Dr Sulucuyi Swuro.

The District Health Society, Kiphire observed World Tuberculosis Day at Agape School, Kiphire. Addressing the students on tuberculosis (TB) awareness, Dr Thripongchum, senior specialist, District Hospital Kiphire informed that TB is a deadly disease and to eradicate this disease everyone needs to come together and added that it prevails more in the developing countries.

He said that cleanliness, proper hygiene and using of handkerchief while coughing are some of the very important steps to fight against the diseases.

He also reminded that if a person is coughing for more than ten days one needs to check the sputum in the hospital so that if it is detected one has to undergo treatment and the medication is also free of cost by the Government of India which is also known as TODS. Dr Thripongchum also said that there are cases when a person is suffering from TB, the utensils are kept separately for him or her, which he said, “is discrimination” and added “TB is not spreads through utensils or touching of utensils infected person but is spread through coughing in the open air by the infected person without using handkerchief.”

Dr Khelito Zhimomi, District Tuberculosis Officer expressed gratitude to the school authorities for giving the space to hold the programme and appealed to the students to carry the message of the day.

Dr Tinurenla, Deputy CMO Kiphire gave away the prizes to Ika, Adiba and Staylon the winners of the essay competition on TB on the day. Altogether 12 participants took part in the essay competition.

The programme was followed with refreshment.

Beneficiaries and participants of the Teaching Learning Material (TLM) distribution camp held at Old DC Bungalow Conference Hall, Kohima on March 24.

Ko h i m a , m a r c h 2 7 (mExN): The National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NEIPID) formerly known as National Institute of Mentally Handicapped, (NIMH) in collaboration with Government of Nagaland, Cherry Blossoms Society and Nagaland Parents Association for the Disabled (NAPAD) held a Teaching Learning Material (TLM) distribution camp for persons with Intellectual Disabilities on March 24 at Old DC Bungalow Conference Hall, Kohima.

The chief guest Z. Nyusietho Nyuthe, Additional Secretary, Social Welfare enlightened the participants about the Constitution of India which itself lays much importance on Rights of Equality and that there are job reservations now for differently able

persons by the Government of Nagaland (which has increased from 3 to now 4 reservations).

Shilpa Manogna, from NIEPID, who welcomed the idea of more schools being added for new programmes under which they would try to provide computer assisted classrooms for the differently-able, stressed on the importance of following the prescribed format on availing the benefits given by the central Government to Disabled people.

Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, Rajesh Soudararajan, IAS gave assurance to lend support to encourage such programmes in our region and that more quarterly or bi-annual camps should be held to assist the differently able people.

He also wanted more awareness to be created among the people on how to go about filling disability

certificates with proper details to avail benefits from the Government and different organizations helping in this matter.

Short speeches were delivered by NAPAD Secretary, Kapochu-o Naleo and Purnima Kayina from Cherry Blossoms Society.

They emphasized on the importance of Teaching Learning Material as it can benefit a person with slow learning capabilities and how it can make it easier for them to comprehend and thus making learning more knowledgeable and fun for them.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Atha Vizol, Commissioner Disability, Nagaland where he reiterated the need to raise awareness issue among the people of Nagaland. He thanked the NBCC for making November 3 (Sunday) as Disable Sunday Day.

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EntErtainmEnt The much awaited piano recital by Noel De La Rosa was concluded with happy note giving chills to the listeners. The audience included young music students to music teachers and musicians. Tsezote Venuh, a violin teacher said that Noel is an amazing pianist and seeing him performing tonight gave him a whole new perspective of piano and took him to a new world. Joey Woch, a musician and a music educator said, tonight's recital was very inspiring and refreshing. Talimeren, music director of DABA said, it was amazing and enjoyed not only Noel's skills but his interpretation and was impressed by how Noel expressed the Piano piece magnificently.

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ctress Scarlett Johansson feels "icky" talking personally about the gender pay gap in Hollywood. The "Ghost in the Shell" star is one of the highest grossing actresses in the industry, reports femalefirst.co.uk "There's something icky about me having that conversation unless it applies to a greater whole," Johansson told The Observer newspaper. Johansson is known for her work in films like "Captain America: Civil War", "Lucy", "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", "The Avengers", "Iron Man 2" and "Chef".

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Italian homemade Ice-cream for everybody!

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he banner of a small shop tucked away in the dusty Nagarjan Road calls out “Gelato Per Tutti” in Italian. Translated in English it means “IceCream for everybody”. The Italian version of ice-cream is called Gelato and if you can believe it, we have an Italian making delicious Gelato for us in Dimapur!

The ice-cream maker is Mikael, an Italian married to a Naga lady Naomi with whom he has a young son. The business is jointly owned by both of them along with in-laws Hriidzia and Shuzio.

Italians have a rich history of making ice-cream at home, a practice which is still followed today. And even at the store, the icecream is prepared fresh every day and right in front of you!

Of all the flavours, But-

All In The Family: Mikael, Naomi, Hriidzia, Shuzio.

terscotch is the most popular at Gelato Per Tutti.

They also offer Yoghurt, Cashewnut, Almonds, Coffee, Chocolate, Butterscotch, Pineapple, Banana & Papaya. For the more adventurous, try the Rice and Raisin or the Purple Yam & Beet Root.

Anything can be made

into ice-cream Mikael said showing how he has been experimenting with local seasonal fruits and flavours. For diabetic and health conscious people, he is also planning on making sugar free ice-cream.

He is also more than happy to share ideas with customers and welcome all

We won't do anything that'll hurt people: Shahid Kapoor on Antonio Banderas 'Padmavati' row suffered from heart attack in January

suggestions for ice-cream flavours.

The store which was started in January 15 has a super friendly atmosphere with Mikael and his partners welcoming everybody who walks in. Sharing a story about how one customer walked in wanting coffee, and since they had

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ctor Antonio Banderas has revealed that he had a heart attack in January, but says it wasn't serious.

The 56-year-old "Shrek" star shared the news of his health scare at a Spanish film festival in Malaga, reports dailystar.co.uk. "I suffered a heart attack on January 26, but it wasn't serious and hasn't caused any damage," he said here on Saturday.

Banderas spoke out after reports in January that he had been rushed to hospital from his Surrey home in London after experiencing "agonising pains in his chest" while exercising. However, the actor, who had three stents inserted during an operation, insisted: "It hasn't been as dramatic as some have written."

DC superheroes come together in first 'Justice League' trailer

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he DC Cinematic Universe comes together – minus one major superhero – in the new trailer for Justice League, which pits Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg against an alien race.

"We have to be ready.

You, me, the others. There's an attack coming from far away," Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne warns in the preview, which introduces the cast of superheroes, showcases their powers and reveals how they formed the Justice League to fight "Parademons."

The trailer from the Zack Snyder-directed block-

buster is also soundtracked by the White Stripes' "The Hardest Button to Button" and a hard-rock rendition of the Beatles' "Come Together."

Noticeably absent from the trailer: Superman, who – spoiler alert – apparently perished at the end of Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice; Superman was also missing from the teasers that were revealed Friday.

However, Amy Adams' Lois Lane makes a one-shot cameo in the trailer, suggesting that Henry Cavill's Man of Steel will appear in some capacity.

While Batman V. Superman was criticized for

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everything at the shop, they happily made him a cup although they ended up having to serve it in their son’s Mickey Mouse mug.

It is a very fun experience to watch the whole process of the ice-cream being made! And even if he is not at the ice-cream station, Naomi, Hriidzia, and Shuzio are very friendly and always there to serve customers with a cheerful smile.

“We keep the price a bare minimum at 60 rupees per scoop for all flavours because we want people to eat what they want and not what they can afford. At the end we want our customers to be happy,” they shared.

The satisfaction of having your choice of icecream made right in front of your eyes is definitely more satisfying than premanufactured ones! Let’s just say, “You’re in for a real treat at Gelato per Tutti!”

its grim tone and lack of humor, the Justice League trailer makes sure to sneak some levity into all the destruction. When Ezra Miller's the Flash asks Affleck's Batman what the Dark Knight's actual superpower is, Bruce Wayne responds simply, "I'm rich."

Justice League storm into action in November, just five months after Gal Gadot's solo Wonder Woman film hits theaters in June. Affleck's Batman is also scheduled to get its own film, but production on that movie has halted as The Batman deals with some behind-the-scenes issues.

hahid Kapoor has said his next release, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati, is being made keeping public sentiments in mind, especially since the film’s set was vandalised in two separate incidents recently. In January, a local group in Rajasthan had attacked the filmmaker and his unit in Jaipur and also damaged the set, alleging distortion of history over the depiction of queen Padmavati.

In the other incident barely 10 days ago, a group of unknown persons torched and reduced to ashes a massive outdoor film set at Masaipathar area in Kolhapur. “Our attempt will be to shoot the film smoothly. We just hope when the film releases, people look at it in an unbiased way. After that, they can say what they want to. Sanjay sir is keeping in mind the sentiments of the people. We will not do anything that will hurt people,” Shahid told reporters on the sidelines of an awards night.

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inger Ronan Keating was initially told by a producer that he couldn't sing, and he was nearly dropped from Irish group Boyzone.

The "When you say nothing at all" hitmaker, who has enjoyed huge success with Boyzone and as a solo artist, worked hard to "prove" the producer was wrong, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"My music career started with getting cigarettes and bottles of beer thrown at us... A producer kept saying, 'The blonde one can't sing - get rid of him', and I knew I could be dropped in a heartbeat. I had to prove them wrong," Keating told The Sunday Times maga-

zine.

Keating now wants to try his luck in acting.

"I'm genuinely excited about it. It's been an issue I've had for most of my career. When you're in a boy band, you're fitting the mould that people want you to be. I spent years foolishly trying to prove myself, trying to make everybody happy. I should have concentrated on the people that mattered to me.

"It's a career I've been trying to do for years and years and years. I've been trying for almost as long as the other career," he added.

Source: IANS

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India close in on win after Free Grassroots Football Camp Jadeja's allround brilliance

[LEFT] A young boy tries the 'Rabona'. [RIGHT] Young children took part in drills under the watchful eyes of coaches during the Free Grassroots Football Camp on Monday. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | March 27

Around 70 young children converged at the State Stadium, Dimapur for the Free Grassroots Coaching Camp which got underway on Monday evening.

Khekato V Tuccu, who was the chief guest, kicked off the five-day coaching camp at a modest inaugural programme. In a brief address, Tuccu urged par-

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ents to support and encourage their children to take part in sports.

The free coaching camp, which will continue till March 31, is being organised by the Nagaland Football Coaches Association (NFCA). During the five-day coaching camp, the association intends to provide basic training to children aged between 6 to 12 years.

According to the NFCA,

the Grassroots Camp is its first “small step” for bigger happenings in Nagaland football. It plans to further hold such camps all over the state.

Commenting on the game’s scenario, William Koso, NFCA Technical Director, says that the “football scene in Nagaland is tournament driven.”

However, the association is hopeful that “resources will eventually

open up,” and with it, football in Nagaland can be in a position of being self reliant.

The NFCA has drawn ambitious plans. Following the grassroots programs, it plans to introduce a league system for different age groups in all districts. This, the association hopes, can gradually grow into a state league.

As the young children perform different drills

with the ball under the watchful eyes of the coaches, one can be hopeful that the sporting scenario in the state will eventually improve.

The NFCA came into existence in September 20, 2016 after all certified coaches of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in the state came together to develop football in Nagaland.

Dimapur Angling Competition Stung Mercedes vow to strike back in China MARcH with both cars in Mel- chionne is not getting 2017 to be held on April 8 MeLBouRNe, 27 (AFP): Lewis Hamil- bourne. We'll be deter- carried away at the start DIMAPuR, MARcH 27 (MexN): The Dimapur District Anglers’ Association (DDAA) will organize Dimapur Angling Competition 2017 at Musu Angling Club, Hoito village on April 8.

According to a press release, winners of the competition will be awarded cash prize along with certificates. The first prize for highest total weight will be awarded Rs. 30,000 along with certificate, while the second and third prizes will receive Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively along with certificates.

The 4th prize for the single biggest catch will be awarded Rs. 5,000 along with certificate. Certificates along with gift hampers for other prize categories would also be given away during the event, the release informed.

Registration fee for the tournament is Rs. 1500 and can be done at Hoks

DHARAMSALA, MARcH 27 (ReuteRS): Ravindra Jadeja struck a fifty to give India a handy first innings lead before returning to claim three Australian wickets as the home side stood 87 runs away from a series-clinching victory in the fourth and final test on Monday.

After two days of fluctuating fortunes in the finale of an evenly-matched series tied at 1-1, India surged ahead in the morning session when they fashioned a valuable 32-run lead before being dismissed for 332 on the stroke of lunch.

On the liveliest of the four pitches used in the series, Australian top order struggled against the bouncing ball before Jadeja (3-29) and Ravichandran Ashwin shared six wickets between them to bowl out the tourists for 137.

Chasing 106 to complete a 2-1 series victory, India were 19 for no loss at stumps at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium which is hosting its first test.

Openers Lokesh Rahul (13) and Murali Vijay (six) will resume on Tuesday, with the hosts looking set to complete a comprehensive win inside four days after thoroughly dominating the third day.

Earlier, Jadeja made 63 and featured in a 96-run partnership with wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha after India resumed 52 runs

Ravindra Jadeja celebrates his half century. (REUTERS)

adrift and with four wickets in hand.

Jadeja was hit on the helmet after deflecting a ball from Cummins, who peppered the batsman with short deliveries. The 28-year-old connected on one of them to slog his fourth six before dragging a delivery from the same bowler on to his stumps.

Steve O'Keefe sent back Kumar in the next over and Cummins (3-94) got rid of Saha, who made 31, with another short delivery.

Off-spinner Nathan Lyon (5-92) dismissed debutant Kuldeep Yadav for seven to wrap up the India innings and complete his second five-wicket haul of the series.

Australia's top order let them down when they walked out to bat.

Karun Nair spilled David Warner at slip off Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the

second time in the match but the opener, who has managed just one fifty in the series, was unable to capitalise and was caught behind for six off Umesh.

Much depended on skipper Steve Smith and the highest scorer of the series hit three delectable boundaries before guiding a Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivery onto his stumps to depart for 17.

Umesh (3-29) then had Matt Renshaw caught behind as Australia lost three wickets before they had wiped out India's first innings lead.

Jadeja dismissed Shaun Marsh, Pat Cummins and Steve O'Keefe before Ashwin joined the party, claiming 3-29.

Glenn Maxwell topscored with a fluent 45 before paying the price for offering his pad, and no shot, to Ashwin.

ton's Mercedes are vowing mined to come back stron- of a globe-trotting season to come back hard in Chi- ger in China and make which will wrap up in Abu na after being ambushed sure those small margins Dhabi in November.

"It is absolutely esby resurgent Ferrari in go our way next time."

While Vettel's first win sential to remember that the Formula One seasonfor Ferrari since Singa- this is not the destination opener in Australia.

The German outfit, who pore in 2015, and his 43rd but the first step on a long have ruled the sport for the victory overall, has super- road that must see us all folast three years, got a rude charged the season, he cused on improving each awakening in the first race said there was still a lot of and every day," he said.

Shanghai will also be of the new season when Se- work to do.

"This is one of many an opportunity for Ausbastian Vettel beat Hamilton by almost 10 seconds in steps and we have to enjoy tralian Daniel Ricciardo what we do. It's great to see to bounce back after his Melbourne on Sunday.

Vettel's triumph has over- people smiling," said Vet- traumatic outing in Melturned early-season expecta- tel. "Now we have to reset bourne.

The amiable Red Bull tions and raised the prospect to go to China and try to do driver crashed in qualifyof a Ferrari-Mercedes battle a good job." ing, was hit with a grid penfor the world title over the re- 'About time' for Ferrari - alty and started Sunday's maining 19 races.

Ferrari president Ser- race from pit lane, before All eyes will now be on the next grand prix in gio Marchionne said the his car stopped on lap 29 of Shanghai on April 9 to see team returning to the top his 58-lap home GP. "Sure, I'm disappointif Ferrari can repeat their of the podium was long improved performance overdue, with the victory ed now but it is what it is. through Vettel and Kimi meaning a non-Mercedes I've been here before so I'll driver leads the champi- wake up tomorrow and be Raikkonen.

"If it wasn't already onship for the first time motivated to get ready for China," Ricciardo said afclear after qualifying, then since 2013.

"It was about time," ter the race. it's certainly clear now that "If any Aussies have a this is going to be a season Marchionne said. "We've of very small margins," been waiting for this vic- bit of energy left in a few Mercedes technical direc- tory for almost a year-and- weeks, then come out to a-half. Hearing the Italian China and you'll hopefully tor James Allison said.

"Credit to Ferrari, they national anthem again was see a better race from me."

The weekend setback had a very quick car and very moving.

"Sebastian delivered continues Ricciardo's run we just weren't quite good enough to stick with them. a great race and I am sure of terrible luck at his home “ReadySetGo Northeast”, a sports ministry leadership training, was conducted at PerinuKimi will be soon up there grand prix, where he was othou, Kohima from March 23 to 26 under the theme “Simplify to Multiply”. The training was We won't panic, though. conducted by GethemGo Sports International (GSI) in partnership with Sports Coalition of Nadal said he had not "It's race one of a long battling alongside his disqualified from second India (SCI). 35 youth and ministry leaders from 5 different states received resources and done much wrong in the season and we scored team-mate." place in 2014 for breach- training. Jonathan Sunil Moses, Dr. Livingston Philip, Koko Lamkang, and Dr. Viposa were first set against an oppo- some very good points But like Vettel, Mar- ing fuel rules. the resource persons. nent who was in the zone.

"He was doing everything good, so that's sport. I lose the set because he was playing too good. That's it.

"But a match is long and BeRLIN, MARcH 27 (AP): Cup qualifiers in Europe on straight European qualifier to mascot, cancer-stricken Bradset his side on its way to a 2-1 ley Lowery, with whom the the positive thing is I held Germany, England and Po- Sunday: win in Montenegro to consoli- Sunderland striker has formed land all took another step tothe pressure well this afterGROUP C date top spot. a bond. ward World Cup qualification noon after a very tough first Germany stayed perfect in The home side equalized With Lowery watching on, but the Netherlands' failure set. I resisted well in the first to do the same cost national qualifying despite conceding through Stefan Mugosa's first the 34-year-old Defoe then few games of the second set coach Danny Blind his job on its first goal of the campaign in international goal but Lukasz scored his first England goal for and then I think I played a Sunday. a 4-1 away win over Azerbai- Piszczek claimed Poland's win- four years, striking 21 minutes great second and third set."

The Dutch football associa- jan. Little-used forward Andre ner late to open up a six-point into his 56th appearance. RaWhile Nadal played in tion fired Blind one day after Schuerrle scored two and set lead and leave Montenegro in a heem Sterling glided through the relative comfort of the his team's humiliating 2-0 de- up another. four-way scrap with Denmark, the defense and provided a late afternoon, Kei Nishi- feat to Bulgaria in Sofia - a re“We absolutely fulfilled our Romania and Armenia for sec- sweet cross for Defoe to net his kori also took three sets sult that leaves the 2014 World duty,” Germany coach Joachim ond place.

20th international goal. and nearly three hours to Cup semifinalist in danger of Loew said. “It was like a cup Montenegro is level with “I had to keep my emotions advance under a high noon missing out on a second suc- game against a team from a Denmark on seven points af- in the beginning with little sun, outlasting Spain's Fer- cessive major tournament after lower division. If you don't go ter the Danes' goalless draw in Brad with me,” Defoe said after nando Verdasco 7-6(2) watching Euro 2016 at home. in at the top of your game, you Romania, which is level with his first England appearance 6-7(5) 6-1.

The Netherlands is fourth make them stronger than they Armenia a point further back. since November 2013. “It was Despite starting with three special just to be back.”

Nishikori, the runner- in Group A behind France, are.”

Germany has scored 20 straight losses, Armenia reDefoe played almost an up to Novak Djokovic last Sweden and Bulgaria. Only the year, fired 37 winners but top team in each group quali- goals so far in its group and vived its hopes of a playoff spot hour before being replaced by Verdasco, aided by persis- fies automatically for next next faces last-placed San Ma- by defeating Kazakhstan 2-0 at Jamie Vardy, who scored with rino, which has conceded 23 home for a second consecutive his first touch to wrap up the tent swirling winds, used year's tournament in Russia. victory under new coach Artur win for England to extend its On the field Sunday, de- goals already. his varying pace and depth The world champion leads Petrosyan. lead to four points following to rattle Japan's number fending champion Germany by five points from NorthBottom side Kazakhstan Slovenia's first defeat. remained on course with its one, inducing 48 unforced ern Ireland, which defeated had Sergey Malyy sent off with It was neighboring Scotfifth win from five games deerrors.

Norway 2-0 in Belfast thanks his second yellow card with land that did England the favor, spite conceding its first goal in Milos Raonic withdrew to first-half goals from Jamie less than half an hour remainbeating Slovenia 1-0 thanks to Group C. It beat Azerbaijan 4-1. before his match against Ward and Conor Washington. ing, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan Chris Martin's late goal.

England, now the only American qualifier Jared The Czech Republic, which struck nine minutes later beScotland climbed to fourth Donaldson, blaming a per- team not to have conceded racked up a 6-0 win in San Ma- fore Aras Ozbiliz sealed the place and is only two points so far in European qualifying, sistent hamstring injury. behind Slovakia, which moved beat Lithuania 2-0 in Group F. rino, is two points further back, win.

"It's related to the pre- On an emotional day, Jermain one ahead of Azerbaijan. Two into second by beating Malta vious injury I sustained al- Defoe led England out onto the each from Antonin Barak and GROUP F 3-1 away. most four weeks ago... in pitch with a terminally ill five- Vladimir Darida, and goals Jermain Defoe made an Delray Beach," the Cana- year-old mascot by his side and from Theodor Gebre Selassie emotional return from exile to Bradley Lowery,front, with England's Jermain Defoe prior to the World Cup dian told reporters. and Michal Krmencik, gave lead England to a 2-0 win over then scored in front of him.

Group F qualifying soccer match beRaonic said he would In Group E, Poland captain the Czechs their biggest ever Lithuania at Wembley Staditween England and Lithuania at the not return to the tour until Robert Lewandowski scored away win. um.

Wembley Stadium in London, Great he felt 100 percent fit.

Though Joe Hart wore the Britain, Sunday, March 26, 2017. Bradagain as his first-placed team "That could be in two beat second-placed Montene- GROUP E ley Lowery, who is battling a rare form captain's armband, Defoe led of cancer, led England out onto the weeks, that could be a little gro 2-1.

Poland captain Robert Le- the side out onto the pitch with pitch. (AP Photo) bit longer."

Here is a look at World wandowski scored for the 10th a terminally ill five-year-old

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Nadal wins in 1000th match, Raonic withdraws

MIAMI, MARcH 27 (ReuteRS): Rafa Nadal celebrated his 1,000th tour level match with a comefrom-behind victory over German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach the fourth round of the Miami Open on Sunday.

World number 31 Kohlschreiber was on fire early, ripping through the first set in only 21 minutes but fifth seed Nadal flipped the switch and turned the match on its head to prevail 0-6 6-2 6-3 on the main stadium hard court at Crandon Park.

It was the first time Nadal had failed to win a game in the first set of an ATP tour match since 2008, the ATP said.

The 30-year-old Spaniard ignited the near-capacity crowd with a typically determined comeback to clinch his 822nd career victory.

He joins a small group of 11 players headed by Jimmy Connors (1,535) to have played at least 1,000 matches.

"One thousand matches is a lot of matches. Obviously that's good news because that says I am having a long career," Nadal told reporters.

"During a lot of years, I heard that I'm going to have a short career, so it's something important for me. I remember the first match very well because it was at home in Mallorca. It was my first victory on the ATP and was a great feeling."

Germany, England stay on course in WCup qualifying

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