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Tigress corpse with missing claws and tail chopped off reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

Forest Department officials carrying away the tigress corpse for post mortem examination. (Photo by Caisii Mao)

Morung Express news Dimapur | March 1

‘Longest serving director in Nagaland’ retires

veterinarian conducted the autopsy and a report filed to be submitted in court for obtaining necessary legal directives. According to a source, the Forest department can go ahead with making the necessary arrangement for disposal of the carcass only through a directive of the court. The carcass, in all likelihood will be cremated.

The post mortem, besides determining the cause of death, revealed it

was a healthy Royal Bengal Tigress weighing approximately 111 kgs and around two years of age.

Her last meal was a calf as was discovered during the autopsy.

Further, it was also discovered that the carcass had claws missing and the tip of the tail chopped off, reportedly extracted.

All the claws of the left hind limb were missing, while the other three limb showed similar signs of extracted claws.

India beat SL by 5 wickets PAGE 12

Myanmar: Hope fades for Suu Kyi YANGON, MARCH 1 (AFP): Myanmar's parliament will bring forward a vote for the next president to March 10, it was announced Tuesday, leaving little time for Aung San Suu Kyi to strike a deal to let her take the top office.

The country's democracy figurehead is currently banned from becoming president under the juntaera constitution.

Suu Kyi has held several rounds of closed-door talks with the powerful military since her National League for Democracy (NLD) party won crushing victory at elections in November.

Observers say the talks were likely aimed at testing the military's appetite for a constitutional change to allow Suu Kyi to the top job, a post many of Myanmar's people see as her destiny.

But news that the presidential vote has been brought forward by one week suggests negotiations have failed to reach a deal to clear her path to power.

"We are going to hold the meetings... for MPs to be able to elect the president and vice presidents on March 10, Thursday, a week earlier than was previously announced," Win Khaing Than, speaker of Myanmar's combined houses of parliament, told lawmakers Tuesday.

The handover from a half century

of military rule to a popularly elected government has been complex and drawn out -- and the army will continue to play a major role.

It is still unclear who will take over on March 31 from President Thein Sein, the former general who has steered dramatic reforms since 2011. The main figures at the talks have in public tip-toed around the leadership issue.

In typically cryptic comments on Tuesday, NLD spokesman Win Htein said the party stood behind an eventual Suu Kyi presidency. "Aung San Suu Kyi must become the president... it just depends on whether it is earlier or later," he told reporters in the capital Naypyidaw.

Guessing game Clause 59 (f) of the current constitution bars those with foreign children or spouses from the top office.

Suu Kyi's late husband was British, as are her two sons.

Shortly before November's landslide win, Suu Kyi pledged to rule "above" whoever succeeds Thein Sein.

Experts have so far been surprised by the relatively smooth passing of power from the military to a party led by its one-time nemesis Suu Kyi. But the army retains sweeping political and economic powers. It is allocated a quarter of all parliamen-

tary seats and will choose one of three candidates for president.

The other two candidates will be chosen by the elected members of the lower and upper houses, which are dominated by the NLD. The new president will emerge from a vote by the combined houses.

Speculation has swirled around who that could be. Tin Oo, the NLD's near 90-year-old patron, has repeatedly tried to swat away suggestions that he could take the job.

Suu Kyi's loyal personal doctor Tin Myo Win and a leader of Suu Kyi's charitable foundation Htin Kyaw have also been tipped for the post. Even the junta's former number three Shwe Mann, has been linked to the role.

None carry the prestige of Suu Kyi, who is revered as the daughter of the country's independence hero as well as for her democracy struggle. In a sign of the clout she carries within her party, Suu Kyi on Tuesday apparently chided some of her MPs over poor test scores in an exam to get them into shape for parliament.

"Some MPs were sad because they were scolded," said an NLD lawmaker who asked not to be named.

"But we are used to it as we have been scolded many times in the past," he told AFP, adding that the presidential nomination was not discussed.

Post mortem on the carcass of the tigress killed by President ? nice to meet you, distraught villagers on Febsir you’re the 2250th Presiruary 29 was conducted todent to pass this way today. day in Dimapur. The 2-hour long post mortem began at around 3:00 pm only after The Morung Express officials completed a series now has an outlet at of mandatory and lengthy Nagarjan Junction Po- legal formalities with activlice Point, Development ists from the Wildlife ConAuthority of Nagaland servation Society in attendance.

(DAN) building, adAs per procedure, a jacent to the Dimapur Town Hall. It will make the newspaper more accessible to people living beyond the Railway flyover—press releases, DIMAPUR, MARCH 1 vice having been achieved public revenues on fruitless and ernment/department as and advertisements, letters (MExN): The Additional Ad- through back door cannot ac- futile legislation where there when the appeal (filed by the to the editor, articles and vocate General (AAG) of Na- quire any right and so regular- are no chances of success.” private respondents) is heard.” KOHIMA, MARCH 1 (DIPR): new functions in those Departments The AAG further stated that The ACAUT Nagaland The Nagaland State Government as well as in other Departments. The bill payments can also galand State has said that ization of their services would be submitted directly to “there is no legally sustain- amount to negating the pre- according to the Additional Se- meanwhile stated that the High has decided that the Post Creation present mechanism in form of Comable ground for preferring an scribed procedure at the cost of nior Government Advocate, Na- Court order is a “blanket ban & Upgradation Committee will be mittee on Upgradation and Creation the outlet from now on. appeal” against the Kohima Articles 14 and 16 of the Con- galand, a writ appeal “has been on regularization of services of replaced by Manpower Rational- of Posts is not able to address these isBench of the Guwahati High stitution of India.” The judge, filed by the private respondents all backdoor appointees in ev- ization Committee (MRC) to be sues effectively. A holistic approach Court’s judgment, dated No- N. Chaudhury concluded that against the said judgment and ery department under the State headed by Chief Secretary and the is required which focuses on reducvember 14, 2014, regarding the regularization of 13 out of 15 order before the principal seat government.” It further asked Administrative Heads of Planning, tion of non¬essential manpower for case of Dr. Atouzo Pienyu & Ors doctors as VAS “are untenable of the Guwahati High Court. In the “P&AR department to there- Finance, P&AR, Home and Com- minimizing wasteful expenditure missioner, Nagaland as members. and allowing fiscal space for creation DIMAPUR, MARCH vs The State of Nagaland & Ors, in view of the law laid down by the said appeal, the state govern- fore, stop its desperate attempt The Upgradation Committee of posts to meet the emerging needs.

1 (MExN): The Muslim on the legality of the regular- the Hon’ble Supreme Court…. ment has been arrayed as pro- to regularize the services of the under the Chairmanship of Chief As such, from now on, proposals Their regularization orders, forma respondent and the same 19 backdoor appointee docCouncil Dimapur (MCD) ization of 15 doctors as Veterifor upgradation or creation of posts Secretary was set up in 2001 in order tors, 2009-11 batch, as Medical to streamline procedures relating to will be examined by the MRC whilst and the Dimapur District nary Assistant Surgeon (VAS) therefore, are hereby set aside.” is pending disposal.”

In his letter, the AAG said If the purpose for preferOfficers (MO). Both the P&AR upgradation posts. The Committee looking at the existing manpower by the government in the State Truck Drivers Welfare that the Nagaland State Gov- ring an appeal is to ensure that and Medical departments are on Upgradation of posts constitut- planning, re-deployment from the exTrade Union (DDTDW- Veterinary Department.

The AAG said this in a let- ernment “should not prefer regularization (completed by reminded that such regulariza- ed was entrusted with the respon- istingpostsavailable,redundantposts TU) have condemned the kidnapping and killing of a ter to the Commissioner and an appeal unless it is satisfied, June 2011) of the private re- tion, henceforth, would amount sibilities of examining/scrutinizing and recommendation of the Cadre the cases for creation of posts also. Review, if any, and thereafter make truck driver and his com- Secretary, V&AH department, on careful consideration and spondents is not disturbed, the to Contempt of Court.”

“Finally, by issuing the apAn office memorandum from its recommendations. Proposals for panion from Dimapur. A dated January 28, 2015, which proper scrutiny that the deci- AAG suggested that instead of press note from the MCD was made available to the me- sion is erroneous and public filing an appeal, the govern- pointment order of those 2015 the P & AR Department stated that upgradation and creation of posts President informed that dia by the Against Corrup- interest requires that it should ment/department “may give NPSC cleared 18 Medical Of- there is a problem of bloated strength should be continued to be submitted the two persons, Atabur tion and Unabated Taxation be brought before a superior necessary instruction to the ficers on 1st March 2016, after of employees in several Depart- as per the prescribed formats which court for being corrected.” He Additional Senior Govern- a criminal delay of 4 months, ments severely limiting the scope of are enclosed as Annexure-1 and II Rehman and his associ- (ACAUT) Nagaland. cautioned that the State Gov- ment Advocate, Nagaland at sanity has mercifully returned creation of new posts. At the same along with the details of manpower The court, in its judgment, ate Abdus Sahid Choudernment “should not adopt a Guwahati, to appropriately to the Medical department,” time, there exists a need for creation rationalization exercise carried out by had ruled that “the entry of hury of Khermahal, Diof certain posts to enable discharge of the Department concerned. litigious approach and waste present the case of the gov- ACAUT Nagaland stated. these appointees into the sermapur were abducted by unknown miscreants near Manja last month and the family of the two persons received ransom calls. The MCD added ported meat. I am very sure that Morung Express Feature that on February 27, the within the next five years, our Assam Police recovered Mokokchung | March 1 meat demands will be sufficed three dead bodies from DIMAPUR, MARCH 1 cessful talk participated by all from the farms in our State,” said For 67-year-old Imtijungshi the banks of the Diphu (MExN): The NSCN (R) today the stake holders,” it added.

Imtijungshi. He hopes to inPongen, life is a blissful sojourn River, among which were called upon Nagas to “bury all It appealed to all NPGs to precrease his piglets’ sale to 500 this the two missing persons our differences and look forward pare for an “inclusive solution by as he rears his prized pigs at a year. Each piglet costs Rs 3000. farm some 25 kilometers away from Dimapur. The MCD to make our future bright.” direct involvement rather than from Mokokchung town in AliThe Veterinary department had while “appreciating the A press note from the MIP of criticizing and accusing the parnot visited his farm even once. efforts of Dimapur police the NSCN (R) questioned “what ties.” It affirmed that the NSCN ba village jurisdiction.

And more interestingly, his pigA former government emin arresting few suspects,” causes disunity among the Naga (R) is “ready to participate in the gery had never witnessed any expressed hope that the today? Is it caused by selfishness present talk to enlarge its scope ployee, Imtijungshi Pongen was disease outbreak during the a work-charged employee in “whole gang of miscreants and vested interest of other NPGs to level of unified talk. Now, the the Public Health Engineering past six years, while in other would be arrested and or is it because of aggressiveness ball is in the court of both NSCN- (PHE) Department for 27 years. parts there were reported cases punished soon.” Mean- and arrogance of NSCN (IM)?” of swine disease outbreak in the Life was hard then, with the govIM and GOI.” while, the DDTDWTU Referring to the Framework ernment failing to release sala- imtijungshi Pongen along with his son at their piggery farm at Aliba past. He said that he appeared It urged all NPGs to “share also condemned the kill- common thought and mould Agreement, the NSCN (R) wor- ries on time even as he had to village. imtijungshi Pongen, a former PHED work-charged employee for an interview last year to get ing and urged law enforc- unison voice to achieve com- ried that “neither NSCN-IM look after his four sons and wife. left his job to start the piggery. Today his farm investment stands at some ‘subsidy’ for pig farmers lakhs of rupees. (Photo by Taliakum Pongen) ing agencies to “leave no from the government, but was “I worked as a president of mon goal.” The Naga Hoho, opened its heart to other Naga stone unturned to arrest FNR, Nagaland State Govern- Brothers, nor the GOI invite the department employees’ sty and after six years of hard He also trains prospective pig rejected and failed to get any the culprits. It further ment and GOI, it stated “should other NPGs.” Stating that the association. During that time, work the piggery has more than farmers and earns Rs. 2000 per subsidy. asked the Assam Police to Nonetheless, Imtijungshi play a constructive role to bring GPRN/NSCN and the NNC/ I fought with the authorities 105 pigs during the peak season. day during such trainings. cooperate and provide all Not only that, Imtijungshi is Pongen asserted that unless the FGN opposed the Framework for timely release of salaries. I Today, he has ten sows that have them together.”

The NSCN (R) assistance in apprehendpeople go back to their lands, also asked the NSCN (IM) lead- Agreement, it however in- created a lot of enmity with the given birth or are pregnant. This more than satisfied that there there is no way to solve the presing the culprits. higher ups in the department,” year alone, that is, in the last two are lots of people who have formed that the NSCN (R) “exers to “act maturely as elder said Imtijungshi. So, he left the months, he disclosed he has taken to piggery. His piglets are ent economic problem in the brother of all and come down pressed its supportive opinion He said that in other soThe Morung Express to the ground minimizing all after all it was signed between government job and started sold more than seventy piglets. bought by people from neigh- society. his farm. And, fortune smiled “Leaving the government bouring villages. Just a few ki- cieties, if one had land then he is Poll QuEsTion forms of aggressiveness and the Nagas and India.” on him. job was a blessing in disguise. lometers away from his farm is considered as rich; however, in The NSCN (R) further asked Vote on www.morungexpress.com arrogance and humble before In 2011, the United Nations If I was still employed in PHE another businessman, whose Naga society, despite the abunSMS your anSwer to 9862574165 other brothers to the maxi- the GPRN/NSCN to stop “attack- Development Programme department, then I would be pigsty is teeming with mature dance of land and the inherent mum.” “The NSCN/GPRN-Ref- ing and arresting NSCN/GPRN- (UNDP) approached him to receiving a salary of Rs. 6000, pigs ready for market. Buyers wealth thereof, people aspire Are you satisfied by the ormation being the youngest Reformation workers in and open a piggery at his farm. They which would be released only are plenty; the market favour- for government jobs or the like. performance of the new one will always follow the right around Dimapur and Kohima… gave him 10 piglets and con- once in three months,” he said. able in the pork-loving Naga so- He said that the younger genergeneration of Naga politicians and bureaucrats? Why? direction and will sacrifice to at this juncture where we all must structed a small pigsty. The next Now he earns more than Rs. 6 ciety. ation should explore their land any extend if it is for the good of jointly stand to study what car- year, his piggery increased to lakhs annually. His investment “My aim and objective is to and be self sufficient which will the Nagas. The NSCN/GPRN- ries our solution,” and asked for thirty pigs; and the next (2013) in the one hectare farm has make the Mokokchung market in turn make the society a proYes no others to 50 pigs. He enlarged the pig- grown to more than Rs. 12 lakhs. to give up dependence on im- gressive one.

Reformation wants to see a suc- reasons behind the “attacks.”

INFORMATION

AAG against appealing court judgment on VAS appointment case Mrc formed to examine post “creation and upgradation”

MCD, DDTDWTU condemn killing

NSCN (R) urges Nagas Meating Nagaland’s needs: A piggery rearing to go to ‘bury all differences’

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‘Longest serving director in Nagaland’ retires Kohima, march 1 (mExN): Vipralhou Kesiezie Director of SCERT Nagaland, Kohima retired on February 29. He has been holding the charge of HOD since June 30, 1996.

T. Sekhose described the outgoing Director as the “longest serving director in Nagaland” who almost single handedly built SCERT to its present stature and position.

The Commissioner and Secretary of SCERT and School Education, F.P. Solo described the outgoing Director as a trustworthy, efficient, sincere, articulate and vocal leader.

He also mentioned that the dynamism of Vipralhou Kesiezie has been noted by the Centre when the ex Secretary Department of S.E &L, MHRD Vrinda Sarup stated that SCERT Nagaland is one of the top performing SCERT’s in India.

F.P. Solo thanked Vipralhou Kesiezie on behalf of the Government and credited the outgoing Director with bringing about an institutional rise at SCERT that is unparalleled in promoting teacher education and school curriculum in the state.

The incoming Director

of SCERT, Khrietuo Mezhür also described the outgoing Director as a man of zeal who had accomplished a lot during his tenure.

Vipralhou Kesiezie in his farewell speech stated that achievements are never individual and that it is a collective effort. He also expressed gratitude to his colleagues and said that he was demitting office with gratitude to God and his colleagues.

Special numbers were presented by Meshenti and Senti. Voluntary speeches and a lunch marked the closure of the farewell program.

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ANGPTA inform members serving ANSTA Kohima, march 1 (mExN): As per the resolution taken by Central Executive Council of ANGPTA on basis of General Meeting Resolution NO.3 held on 05/02/2016, the ANGPTA members serving the ANSTA in different capacities (Central /District/Sub Units) are informed to tender their resignation from their respective post within one week of the publishing of this press release. Failure of which will be viewed seriously. The same letter should be endorsed to the central ANGPTA for necessary action. This was informed in a press release issued by Imchanuchet Jamir, Press and Information Secretary, ANGPTA Central.

An outlet of The Morung Express was inaugurated at Nagarjan Junction Police Point, Development Authority of Nagaland (DAN) building, adjacent to Dimapur Town Hall on Tuesday, March 1. The office was inaugurated by Dr. Kiyekhu Assumi, Rtd Additional Director, Health & Family Welfare and dedicated by the Pastor of Mishikito Baptist Church, Atoshe Yeptho, in presence of Publisher and Editor, The Morung Express. The outlet will make The Morung Express more accessible to people living beyond the Railway flyover—press releases, advertisements, letters to the editor, articles and bill payments can also be submitted directly to the outlet from now on.

ECI launches Nat'l Electoral Wild fire in Tseminyu area controlled the site and expressed Rolls Purification 2016 deep concern over the

Kohima, march 1 (mExN): The Election Commission of India has launched an intensive drive called ‘National Electoral Rolls Purification (NERP) 2016’ from March 1, 2016. The programme which will continue till August 31, 2016 will include enrolment of all eligible citizens and removal of repeated and multiple entries; entries of dead, shifted and absent voters, correction of errors in EPIC and removal of other data errors. During this drive, repeat images will also be corrected, missing photographs will be collected and poor quality of image will be replaced by good quality photographs.

Polling station related issues such as rationalization in a holistic and comprehensive way shall also be addressed during this period. Standardization and rationalization of sections within a part, Part/PS boundaries and polling station locations demarcation shall be undertaken keeping in view the voters' convenience and facilities available along with the ease of conduct of poll in the future.

All stakeholders such as political parties, NGOs, village authority, town/ward authority and general voters are requested to extend utmost co-operation to the District Election. Authority and the Election department in this endeavour to improve the fidelity of our electoral rolls and re-organization of polling stations with Basic Minimum Facilities (BMFs) for voters' facilitation and convenience. This was stated in a press release issued by Sanjay Kumar, IAS Chief Electoral Officer, Kohima.

DSSU to undertake education tour DimaPur, march 1 (mExN): The Dimapur Sumi Students Union (DSSU) in an effort to have better coordination with its members has announced that it will undertake phase wise education tour of all its units (areas) and sub-units (colleges) under its jurisdiction starting from the month of March 2016.

DSSU President Tovika K Chishi and General Secretary Steve Chophy in a press release has informed that the date and time as well as necessary circulars for the proposed meeting will be intimidated to respective Areas and concerned College authorities.

The purpose of the meeting is to deliberate upon the activities of DSSU, educate as well as seek the opinion, to formulate plans and activities for better coordination between DSSU and all its Units and Sub-units and for all round progress of the Sumi students Therefore, DSSU request all concerned Sumi students, Sumi Council Members, STHs, Sumi GBs and Sumi Elders of the Units (area) as well as the college authorities and the Sumi students to extend their supports and cooperation for the success of the tour.

Veterinary camp at Changki village moKoKchuNg, march 1 (mExN): 44 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters 7 Sector Assam Rifles conducted a veterinary camp at Changki village in Mokokchung district under “Op Sadbhavana”. The camp was conducted by the medical team of 14 Mobile Veterinary Hospital led

by Captain Rahul Sharma, veterinary doctor. According to a press release from Assam Rifles, altogether, 618 livestock comprising 126 goats/ sheep, 285 pigs, 66 cows and141 dogs were examined and medicines given free of cost to the owner.

Parliamentary secretary for housing Er. Levi Rengma with Tseminyu ADC Vikhweno M. Meratsu and Samom Khelen Singh, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Tseminyu Forest Range with others during a visit to wild fire incident site in Tseminyu area on March 1. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent

Tseminyu area on February partment.

29, have been controlled Parliamentary secrewith the intervention of the tary for housing Er. Levi A wild fire that broke out in villagers and the forest de- Rengma today inspected Kohima | March 1

burning of the large area of jungle in the area.

He said this wild fire incident occurred as result of the carelessness of some individual.

He said it was eye opener for the people that one should be careful for protection of environment and conservation of forest.

The parliamentary secretary thanked the administration and the villagers for taking a prompt preventive measure, and also the forest department for deploying the forest guard personnel and controlling the further spread of the fire.

Samom Khelen Singh, IFS, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Tseminyu Forest Range said the inferno devastated 10 hectares of jungle.

Immanuel College to make campus ‘Tobacco Free Zone’, ‘Mobile Free Zone’ DimaPur, march 1 (mExN): The 4th Parents–Teachers–Association (PTA) meeting of the parents of BA and B.Sc. students and the teachers of Immanuel College was held on February 27 in the college auditorium.

Principal Th. Sharatchandra Singh stressed on the role of the college in the betterment of the society. At the same time, he maintained that the role of the parents as part of the larger society positively contributes to the welfare of the college through the PTA which ultimately benefits their own children in the long run.

He also announced the resolution of the college for this academic year to make the college campus ‘Tobacco Free Zone’ and ‘Mobile Free Zone’.

Meanwhile, chairperson of the Governing Body of the college, Dr. A. Loso Chalai dwelled on the responsibilities of the parents in upbringing of their children. He urged the parents to bring up their children in the fear of the Lord which will make them wise to become responsible to study hard and shine in life.

He also asked the parents to spare sufficient time in helping and supervising their children in their studies and teach them work culture to survive in the pres-

ent competitive world.

Vice President of the PTA, Kolukho Chachei also spoke about the valuable contribution parents have to make for the welfare of the college, especially in this crucial juncture when the college is preparing itself for NAAC Assessment and Accreditation. Reshma Thakuri, HoD, Zoology spoke on behalf of the faculty and reiterated the mission of the faculty in turning out excellent scholars. Temjen Longkumer, Asst. Professor, Department of Education, pointed out that a student spends 5 hours in the college campus, whereas they are under the care of their parents for 18 hours at home.

During the interaction, the parents lauded the college for installing SMS to inform parents about the absence of their child in the class or other important information. A PowerPoint presentation on “NAAC and its process of Quality Assurance in Higher Education” was delivered by the IQAC Coordinator and Vice Principal, Charles Mhonthung Ezung. During the meeting, new team of office bearers for the PTA was elected and constitution of the Immanuel College PTA was adopted. O. Lothunglo Ngullie, HoD, Botany, chaired the meeting.

AKNOWLEDGEMENT “Too well loved to ever be forgotten”

W

e the bereaved family of Late.

Visavono Khate (Asano) would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all who stood by us during the brief illness and sad demise of our beloved daughter and sister on 24.02.2016.

We would like to especially thank the doctors and nurses who attended and treated her and all the blood donors who so willingly donated their blood both in Kolkata and in Dimapur.

We are thankful to our families, neighbours, colleagues’, friends and KVBC Dimapur whose understanding, love and support have help us through this period.

May God bless you all abundantly.

In Gratitude Family Me mbers

Departments requested to send ‘progress cum status report’ Kohima, march 1 (DiPr): All the concerned departments of the State of Nagaland which are handling various central schemes have been requested to send their “progress cum status report” in respect of IEC budget starting from the month of May 2015 till January 2016 for the information of the Prasar Bharati which may be forwarded to Doordarshan Kendra Kohima. The Departments may continue to send their monthly report regularly so as to reach the Directorate by the 10th of the following month. The Directorate General, Doordarshan has also stated that due to increase in State IEC budget, the departments concerned have been requested to provide advertisements/customised programme campaigns to Doordarshan Kendra, Kohima for dissemination of information amongst masses.

DYC Wokha appoints new officials WoKha, march 1 (mExN): In order to strengthen the youth Congress in Wokha district, the president of District Youth Congress (DYC), Wokha has appointed the following office bearers, who will assume office from March 2: Lumka Kyong – General Secretary (Adm), Rebecca Ezung – Vice President, Chanchipeni Odyuo – Secretary (enrolment), Nchumbeni Ezung – Secretary, and Samuel Ngullie – Secretary. This was informed in a press release issued by Media Cell, DYC Wokha.

Nagaland Prayer Convention Kohima, march 1 (DiPr): NCRC P.R. Hill, Kohima, Nagaland prayer centre is organizing Nagaland prayer convention from April 8 to 10 under the theme “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God” John 1.11. The convention speakers are Sanyi Nyekha, Pastor Chesezu CRC and Rev. Neivotso Neikha, Mission Director North East India Christian Revival Church. The programme will be chaired by Avibou Mor, Chathe prayer centre and Adi Sothu, NCRC P.R Hill, Kohima.

Veterinary camp held at Mangkolemba

Members of St John College science club displays various projects during the National Science Day exhibition held on February 27 with the theme “To raise public appreciation of scientific issues for the development of the nation.” The highlights of the event were model presentations, specimen presentations and portrait presentations of various Indian scientists.

moKoKchuNg, march 1 (mExN): 44 Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters 7 Sector Assam Rifles conducted a veterinary camp at Mangkolemba village in Mokokchung district on February 21. The camp was conducted by the medical team of 14 Mobile Veterinary Hospital, led by Captain Rahul Sharma, a press release from Assam Rifles informed. The aim of the veterinary camp was to provide medical assistance and treatment to the livestock of the village. Altogether, 669 livestock – 27 goats/ sheep, 243 pigs, 37 cows, 179 dogs and 183 poultry - were examined and medicines given free of cost to the owners.

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Don’t spend money on me: Sharmila Lokayukta in Mizoram soon: CM IMPHAL | March 1

Crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila on Tuesday was unhappy saying that the government was spending money on her ‘to no purpose’, adding the money should rather be given to the poor.

Sharmila went straight to Sahid Minar here and resumed her hunger strike after being released by the court on Monday. She walked out of the Special Ward of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) around 4 pm on Monday after being released from the judicial custody.

The activist had been charged under Section 309 of the IPC for attempting to

paign began in 2000 demanding the Government of India to repeal the coniMPhal, March 1 (iaNS): Civil from custody on Monday, saying she troversial Armed Forces rights activist Irom Sharmila has said was not guilty of attempting to commit (Special Powers) Act. While in the judicial custody at she will continue to use the democratic suicide.

Soon after her release on Monday JNIMS, Sharma had to be weapon of fasting to demand the repeal force-fed through a nasalof the Armed Forces (Special Powers) evening, she walked to the foot of ‘Shagastric tube. The longest Act, 1958, from Manipur though the hid Minar’ in Imphal to continue with hunger striker in the world her fast. chances of its success are very bleak. is also known as ‘Iron Lady On Tuesday, a medical team visited of Manipur.’

“What I am doing is for the people.

I shall continue using the democrat- the fast venue to check her health but She said it was puric weapon of fasting,” said Irom, also she refused. poseless for the Manipur “I am disappointed by the way my government to spend a lot known as the ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’.

People who used to extend support democratic campaign is being ob- of money on her saying to her campaign are wallowing in ma- structed in this greatest democracy. The the poor should be rather terial pleasures, said Sharmila, who is government has been spending a huge helped with this money. on a fast-unto-death since November 4, amount of money every month looking “I don’t want spending after me. The money should be distrib- money on me. The gov2000, over her demand.

A local court ordered her release uted to the poor instead,” she said. ernment should stop it,” she said. A sentimental suicide. Sharmila is regularFlanked by her sup- attempts by a government Sharmila also said the peoly arrested and released ev- porters, particularly mem- medical team to check her ple were now unwilling to extend unending support ery year on the charge of at- bers from Sharmila Kanba health condition. tempting to commit suicide. Lup (SAKAL), she refused Her relentless cam- to her movement.

'Will fast till AFSPA is repealed'

'Border inhabitants are vanguards in securing international borders' itaNaGar, March 1(Pti): Calling the border inhabitants as vanguards in securing the international borders, Arunachal Chief Minister Kalikho Pul has said a series of measures will be taken to improve the standard of life in the border areas.

"Border people have the knowledge of local terrain and their knowledge serves as an important information source for the Army to secure the border," Pul said while addressing a group of delegates from Mechuka constituency recently in his office here, an official release today said.

"Border areas of Arunachal have always remained neglected.

Arunachal comes in the national headlines only during floods and when Chinese troops make incursions," the Chief Minister said.

"Mere rhetoric is not enough. We have to reassure the border people of our commitment towards

their development to make the border area habitable," he said.

Speaking on the priorities for the border people, Pul said the state government was committed in providing all basic public services such as quality drinking water, health services, good road network and proper education.

To buttress his point, he said "Hawai is today a well planned town with 24 hours uninterrupted water and power supply. It has well laid out shopping complex, good quality infrastructure such as government offices and government quarters and has a well connected two-lane road within the township."

"We have rich natural resources, hydropower, mines and minerals. These sectors will be given top priority to revive the economy of the state," he said adding, the government would also boost horticulture and agriculture development in border areas.

knowledge and consent, Churamani said.

The opposition has also questioned the intention of the state government to construct the university in the chief minister's home district at a time when Assembly elections are round the corner. The project involves big money.

The central government has set aside Rs.100 crore as the first instalment for the project which is expected to be used almost entirely for acquisition of land.

Churamani said there were other more suitable sites for the project that the chief minister has rejected.

Guwahati, March 1 (Pti): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said his government is mulling to move to court against the Centre for withdrawing the Special Category status accorded on the state. "I want to go to the court against the Centre for withdrawal of the Special Category status from Assam. We will consult legal advisers and take a decision accordingly," Gogoi said at a press conference.

The state government has been demanding reinstatement of Special Category status to Assam since the NDA government withdrew it, but nothing has been done so far, he said.

"They (Centre) have also suspended registration of new projects under the North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP). These decisions have affected our growth," Gogoi said.

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Meanwhile, TS Prem condemned what it called bias attitude of State forces. He asserted that NSCN (IM) never shot a single bullet nor it collaborated with Assam Rifles as alleged.

Rather, it alleged that the State police along with some others opened indiscriminate fire at Satu Aimol Vil-

aGartala, March 1 (iaNS): The Union Budget for 2016-17 is anti-poor, favours big business and is generally hollow, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Tuesday.He said that the budget -- presented on Monday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley -- would safeguard the interests of big foreign and domestic companies and investors."

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Out of all the options, the representatives of 29 civil society organisations had selected Senjam Chirang, a site in Imphal West district, as the most suitable site, he said. "It is not farmland, so no compensation need be paid to the owners.

It is high above the ground and could be extended on all sides," he said.

On the other hand, the site that the state government had chosen was a lowland that would require huge expenditure on land acquisition and ground levelling, Churamani said.

The government has not yet clarified the matter.

low. Without providing adequate funds, Jaitley and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are talking about socio-economic development of farmers, rural populace and villages," Sarkar told IANS.He said Jaitley made a "false claim" by describing the Rs.38,500 crore he provided for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act as the highest ever allocation."This is a

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lage causing the villagers, including children, to flee to safer place.

“With the villagers gone, the mob vandalized and burnt down houses and few vehicles with police protection,” it claimed. “The State forces’ duty is to secure safety of common people irrespective of tribes and regions. Assisting a group of people against another is condemnable.”

Further, the Caretaker advised UKLF not to indulge in tribalism amongst indigenous people in the region. Peace will prevail only when one's identity is respected, he added.

false claim. Highest ever allocation was made in 201011."No major plans have been announced for the northeastern region which badly needs industry and infrastructure, the chief minister said.

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is gradually weakening the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), even though the Supreme Court

Regarding the funding pattern, he said despite repeated requests from Assam and other Special Category states, the original ration existing till 2013-14 was not restored in the current Budget. The Chief Minister also criticised the Centre for allocating Rs 18,938 crore as share in central taxes in the Budget for the next fiscal as against Rs 22,131 crore recommended by the 14th Finance Commission.

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Imphal farmers protest against land acquisition for sports university iMPhal, March 1 (iaNS): Some farmers in Thoubal district of Manipur are protesting against the state government's move to acquire their land for the construction of a centrallysponsored national sports university.

Mutum Churamani, who represents the aggrieved farmers, told reporters here on Monday that the state government was pretending to be in control of 336.39 acres of land in Thoubal district without telling the public that the owners never gave their consent to the acquisition.

The state government announced in August last year that it had "handed over 336.93 acres of land to the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for building a National Sports University in the state".

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh himself "handed over" the land at Yaithibi Loukol in Thoubal district to representatives of the central government, a state government statement had said in August. Thoubal happens to be Ibobi Singh's home district.

Churamani said the state government was misleading the public because the owners of the land did not even know that their land had been acquired.

"There are also pending lawsuits in the district court as well as Manipur high court brought by farmers against attempts to acquire their paddy fields," he said.

He also suggested skulduggery in the matter. "I have learnt through RTI (right to information) that the Yaithibi Loukol Cooperative Farming Society had come to an understanding with the government about the acquisition of land," he said.

The Society had changed the names of the owners without their

'Will go to court against withdrawal of Special Category'

NSCN (IM) Khurmi Region denounce allegation DiMaPur, March 1 (MExN): The Caretaker of Khurmi Region, NSCN (IM) has denounced the allegation made against NSCN (IM) for the death of Thongkhogin Haokip.

“The NSCN is neither involved nor (it has) anything to do with the incident,” stated the Caretaker, TS Prem in a press statement.

Stating that civil organizations should not resort to “cheap politics” by alleging NSCN (IM) as the cause of the death without proper verification, the Caretaker termed the allegation baseless. “The GPRN is engaged

Lal Thanhawla also said the state government was keen to establish the anticorruption ombudsman as it would be able to investigate all the government and public servants including the state chief minister.

Establishment of the Lokayukta in the state was delayed as the 14th Finance Commission failed to allocate fund for it.

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aizawl, March 1 (Pti): Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today said Lokayukta would be established soon in the state.

An amendment bill to the Mizoram Lokayukta Act, 2014 would be introduced in the coming assembly session, Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), a student body which met the chief minister said in a statement quoting him.

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North East Industry bodies hail Union Budget 2016-17 guwahati, March 1 (ianS): Industry bodies of Assam and northeast termed the union budget 2016-17 presented on Monday as a good one based on realistic projection and said it was prepared while keeping in mind the need of all sectors of society in general and particularly the rural, farming sector and the people living below the poverty level.

FICCI North East Advisory Council chairman Ranjit Borthakur said that the budget reflects the development priorities of the country.

“The focus on rural development, agriculture and infrastructure will have a multiplier effect in other segments of the economy; the increased focus on affordable housing also has the potential to propel growth. Attempts

towards tax simplification and improving the tax litigation framework are also welcome,” he said.

“Talking specifically of the northeast, we hope infrastructure requirements of the northeast will figure prominently in the increased infrastructure spend by the government, particularly we hope the issue of development of inland waterways, northeast ring road and connectivity with neighbouring countries will be addressed. We also hope the states of the northeast will be able to take advantage of the plan to operationalise non-functioning airports,” he added.

The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) also welcomed the emphasis onr jobs, rural development, and structural reforms and transformation.

“The budget has laid

opportunities but noted some provisions should have been made for improving connectivity with neighbouring countries.

The Federation of Industries and Commerce of the Northeastern region (FINER) said that the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley must be given credit for presenting an all-inclusive, balanced and growth-oriented budget with a focus on rural and agriculture sector on the one hand and infrastructure on the other hand.

“The FM appears to go all out, without diluting fiscal prudence in ensuring 100 percent rural electrification; connecting all the villages through road connectivity and improving the vital infrastructure needs of the country,” said FINER chairman R.S. Joshi.

major emphasis on entrepreneurship and small business which would spur the entrepreneurship movement in the region.

Further, lowering of corporate taxes for units with revenue below Rs.5 crore and the 100 percent tax exemption for start-ups for 3 years will benefit small business and the MSME sector in the region. In short, it is the best time to be an entrepreneur in the country,” said Abhijit Barooah, co Chairman, CII North East Council & MD, Premier Cryogenics Ltd. He said that the proposed structural reforms and infrastructure augmentations including high impact announcement on enhanced road infrastructure to the tune of over Rs.97,000 crore is expected to promote tourism, supply chain, logistics sector and create greater jobs

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department of Agriculture under SdAO, Pughoboto Subdivision conducted training on February 25 at kughutomi village under IPm (RkVY) 2015-16. Watilo kath, AI, spoke on Integrated Pest management concept and Viketuno Chusi, AI, trained the farmers on Rodent Pest management. Toivi Sema, SdAO trained farmers on enemy and defender insects and indentified the beneficial insects and insisted for conservation of such insects. A total of 61 farmers attended the training.

Kochi, March 1 (agencieS): High drama marked the much hyped launch of Kerala-based Mphone on Monday with the city police arresting the company’s promoters hours before the official launch ceremony on charges of financial fraud.

The accused, identified as Anto Augustine and Josekutty Augustine, were held on the basis of a complaint filed by the Bank of Baroda after they allegedly secured a loan worth Rs.2.68 cr from the bank’s Pathadippalam branch using fake documents. They were taken into custody by a team of policemen from a five star hotel at Maradu. Their arrest was recorded at the Kalamassery police station for criminal breach of trust (IPC 406) and cheating (420).

According to the police, the accused had earlier availed a loan of about Rs.13 crore from the Kalamassery branch of the State Bank of Travancore (SBT) by mortgaging trucks of Asia Motor Works Limited (AMW), Kerala, a firm run by the brothers. Later, they availed another loan from the Bank of Baroda by fabricating the same document. Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused persons were operating from the company’s office on MG Road and were involved in other cases.

Meanwhile, a move by the police to take the brothers to the hotel for the launch of the phone even after their arrest kicked off a row. The police, however, refuted the reports and said the two were taken to the hotel for collecting evidence. Roji Augustine, the brother of the arrested duo, attributed the arrest to a conspiracy by competitors. The accused were produced before a magistrate late in the evening.

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SRM Univ observes Research Day Apple can’t be BangaLore, March 1 (agencieS): Stressing that the significance and value of scientific research is not measurable and that the devices available today are as a result of basic scientific research, Padma Vibushan Professor P. Rama Rao, the Chairman of the Governing Council of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore argued that the Manhattan Project launched by the United States was perhaps the quintessential example of grand synthesis of knowledge, investment manpower under a magnificent leader. “That is what a Project is all about” Prof Rao told faculty, researchers and students on the occasion of SRM University’s Research Day. “None of the cutting edge scientific ideas involved big capital or by government but by brilliant minds”, the leading scientist of India maintained.

“I was delighted when SRM University’s Chancellor and President spoke about the value of Research and Publications.

I have not heard about these themes or even Research Day in many universities. SRM scores very uniquely both in terms of a Research Institute and in having a Research Day”, Prof. Rao said. “If there are more and more research-

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LongLeng, March 1 (Mexn): KVK Longleng conducted four days skill oriented training on “Scientific Backyard Pig Farming” from February 23 to 26.

The training was organized by Dr. Lily Ngullie, Subject Matter Specialist (Animal Science) and co-coordinated by Thungchano Ezung, Progamme Assistant (Home Science).

Scientific knowledge on housing, feeding, selection of breeding stock, disease management, breeding management, hygiene and sanitation were imparted during the four days training. The farmers were also trained on production of cereal crops, tubers, oil seeds used for pig feeding, water conservation and value added products of meat by SMS and Programme Assistant of other disciplines.

The course director and programme coordinator, Dr. KL Meena in his concluding remarks encouraged the participants to put into practice the scientific knowledge for introducing better germplasm and increasing the pig population in Longleng district.

36 participants from 9 different villages of Longleng district attended the training, where de-wormers and mineral mixtures were distributed to the participants along with certificate.

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ATmA medziphema block conducted block farmer’s advisory meeting at state horticulture nursery on February 26.

The main agenda of the meeting was briefed by Zevoseno Rutsa, ATm, medziphema block. The need of the farmers in respect to different enterprises like agri, horti, etc., problems faced by the farmers and training requirements by the farmers based on their village needs were discussed in the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Temsu Longkumer hO, BTT convenor, medziphema block.

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There are at least three aspects to higher learning that would have to be factored in argued Professor Biswanath Mukherjee, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science from the University of California at Davis, USA—leadership and a ability to have a discourse with people whom we do not agree with; education and in the ease with which we handle situations that are not generally taught as a part of course work; and entertaining contrarian views. “The prerequisite to extra-ordinary achievement is extra-ordinary effort. Not everybody is a super star. Achieve to your potential and beyond”, Dr. Mukherjee told the audience.

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Centre for children with special needs Morung Express News Dimapur | March 1

A specialised centre for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities was inaugurated at the CIHSR today. A brainchild of Dr. Y. Simpson, incharge of the unit, who is also the head of Development Paediatrics at the CIHSR informed that the centre (Precious Gems’ School) will dedicate its expertise to training children with special needs and their parents/caregivers.

It was inaugurated by LK Varte, Assistant Director, Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped, Guwahati, Assam.

Dr. Simpson said that the centre will be managed by a team of experts which includes special teachers, psychologist, counsellor,

paediatrician, orthopaedician, eye specialist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist and speech therapist.

“All the facilities including medical facilities will be available under one roof at a nominal price. That is the uniqueness of this centre,” said Dr. Simpson.

It can diagnose and follow up with the requisite care and training regimen for a number of conditions such as Intellectual Disabilities, autism, Specific Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, cerebral palsy etc.

While stating that the centre can take in 10-20 children at present, Dr. Simpson revealed his dream of turning it into a full-fledged centre. As part of that dream, an Infant Stimulation Programme

LK Varte (4th from left), Dr. Y. Simpson (3rd from left), Dr. Abraham Joseph (3rd from right) and others alongwith the staffers of Precious Gems’ School, CIHSR, Dimapur on March 1. (Morung Photo)

will be started within 3 months, while a playground designed to the needs of the centre will be added soon. “My dream is to develop a team of trained personnel made up of locals, who will run the centre after I leave. In

due course, we’re planning to start training course for therapists.”

According to Dr. Simpson, who has a Ph.D in Special Education with 32 years of working experience at CMC, Vellore, most parents have little or no idea

of how to take care of children with special needs.

Such children would show subtle or clear signs of disability either intellectual or developmental; in most cases oblivious to the people around them.

Raising concern at the

Distribution of LLIN launched in Mkg, Zunheboto moKoKchuNg, march 1 (mExN): The distribution of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) in Mokokchung and Zunheboto districts was official launched at urban sub center Aongza and the CMO office, Zunheboto respectively.

In Mokokchung, ADC Bendanglila, graced the occasion. She encouraged the ASHAs and other workers to work hard for the successful distribution of the LLINs. She also stated that the beneficiaries should use the LLIN strictly according to the instruction.

Keynote address was delivered by Dr. S. Marina Yaden,

Shanavas (IAS), SDO (C), Zunheboto hands over LLIN to a beneficiary in Zunheboto.

DVBO (NVBDCP) Mokokchung, who highlighted about the proper usage of LLIN, its importance and advantages in preventing and controlling

mosquito borne diseases. She also said that the committee for distribution of LLIN was formed only to supervise the ASHAs and that the ASHAs only should distribute the LLIN to the beneficiaries free of cost.

ADC, Dy. CMO, Aongza ward chairman and VHC chairman handed the LLIN to the beneficiaries.

During the programme in Zunheboto, chief guest Shanavas (IAS), SDO (C), Zunheboto encouraged active participation of the public in controlling mosquito borne diseases, according to a press release

from District Media Officer, Zunheboto, Shekho Sophie.

Dr. Bendangla, Joint Director (RCH), DH&FW, Kohima highlighted the proper usage of the LLIN, its advantage in prevention and control of mosquitoes and encouraged active community participation. She also spoke about the Do's and Don’ts and motivated the public to use LLIN throughout the year.

In the first phase of LLIN distribution in Zunheboto district, 69 villages were covered and around 39,000 nets were distributed. IEC materials were also distributed.

same time citing his own observation, he said that he has noticed children with various kinds of disabilities in his visits to a number of schools in Dimapur during the past year.

Meanwhile, CIHSR Director, Dr. Abraham Joseph, informed that the hospital has acquired special wheelchairs for people with physical disability. The wheelchairs specifically designed according to the needs of the disability are available at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) unit of the hospital at discounted rates. The special wheelchairs, according to Dr. Joseph were acquired in partnership with Motivation India. The PMR unit has two full-time trainers, who assist people visiting the centre.

NUHM Dimapur conduct free medical camps Dimapur, march 1 (mExN): The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) Dimapur conducted free medical camps at Veterinary colony, Eros Lane, Jasokie and Sunrise colony in the month of February.

A total of 283 patients, including pregnant women, elderly and children, availed free health services and counseling on health information, proper nutrition, timely ANC checkup etc. The medical team was headed by MO i/c UPHC, Burma Camp, Dimapur, Urban Consultant, GNMs and ANMs of UPHC, Burma Camp and UPHC, Duncan Bosti supported by the Urban ASHA. MO i/c UPHC Burma Camp Dr Anguto in a press release stated that NUHM has coverage of 23 wards in Urban Dimapur and conducts two free health camps every month under its jurisdiction.

Transformation Crusade enters seventh day KBBB holds ordination service

Kohima, march 1 (mExN): The 12-day Transformation Crusade entered its seventh day on March 1 here at the Local Ground with Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo, Principal, Kohima Bible College and Founder & Pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church, Kohima, as the speaker.

Rev. Zotuo reminded the congregation that the day given to “us” today is to rejoice in it and that the word of God is the original key to the kingdom of God, a press release received here said. He also stated that the church must be “Bible-based church” and “not compromised like some of today’s church that propagates ‘cultural festivals’.”

In the afternoon session, Sungjem Jamir was the resource person on dealing with alcoholics. He shared of his struggle as an alcoholic. Terming alco-

holism as a ‘disease’, where alcoholics are battling with the addiction and needing help, he urged the society and church to understand the same.

On March 3, Jamir, who renders his services to the society with detox camp, counselling etc., will hold another special counselling session for alcoholics at 2:00 pm. People struggling with any kind of addiction have been requested to attend the session.

Meanwhile, on February 29, Rev. Zelhou Keyho, General Secretary, Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC), was the speaker. A press release informed that Keyho urged the congregation to stop listening to the voice of the world and listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit. For this, one need to open their hearts, he said. Maintaining that “we” need God to transform our lives, he said

until “we” get transformed and establish a relationship with God, Christianity becomes a mere religion.

Transformation is not about adapting to western/ eastern culture, he stated.

It is about listening to the voice of Holy Spirit to make Christian more like Christ and it must be the changing agent to work in our society, he added.

He exhorted that true transformation is the work of the Holy Spirit, “which we must allow it to control our life, mind, heart and system.” He further said that the work of the Holy Spirit does not come automatically but with the willingness, surrendering and letting it to control us completely.

The Organising Committee of the Transformation Crusade has invited all citizens to attend the services which will continue till March 6.

pfuTsEro, march 1 (mExN): The new building of Government Middle School Rukizu in Pfutsero Town under SSA 2012-2013 was inaugurated by Chotisuh Sazo, Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly on February 26.

Neposo Theluo, Additional Secretary, School Education and Senthang, Director of School Education also spoke during the function. Many dignitaries, Government officials, public leaders of Pfutsero Town PTCWF, colony chairman, GBs, neighboring village VCCs, DEO, SDEO, HODs and institutional head attended the event.

The programme was chaired by Vetsurayi Tetseo, invocation prayer said by Zuneyi Veyie, Pastor, RBC, welcome Address was Delivered

by Muhrasayi Murao, Convenor, PTCWF, vote of thanks was pronounced by Verasu Kezo, chairman, Rukizu colony.

Brig Debashis Das, SM, DIG 5 Sect Assam Rifles located at Chieswama in Kohima, who is operationally responsible for almost half of Nagaland, handed over the baton to Brig M S Bains, SC, YSM, SM on February 29.

NSF appeals to Sainik School students Kohima, march 1 (mExN): “Perturbed” by the issue among higher secondary students at Sainik School, Punglwa, Naga Students' Federation (NSF) has appealed to the authority, parents and students of the school to amicably settle the matter at the earliest. “It is uncalled for that such incident could crop up when it is claimed to be manned by reputed faculty and administration,” stated a press release issued by Imtiyapang, Education Secretary, NSF. The Federation further urged all the students to restrain from taking up any course of action on their own stating it will only escalate the issue.

SPCCTGJSC general meeting TsEmiNyu, march 1 (mExN): St. Peter's Catholic Church Tesophenyu Golden Jubilee Steering Committee (SPCCTGJSC) has convened a general meeting on March 12, 10:00 am at the church premises in Tesophenyu. Therefore, all the various committees have been requested to participate positively with creative suggestions, valuable inputs and latest development of the respective committees.

PVSU informs govt employees WoKha, march 1 (mExN): Pongidong Village Students’ Union (PVSU) has issued a notification to all the government employees (Medical, Education and Power departments) within Pongidong village to attend to their assigned duties sincerely without fail. A press release from PVSU president, Nzanchumo Humtsoe and general secretary, Benathung E. Tsopoe cautioned that the union will initiate surprise checking at any time, during which, any government employee found absent without proper leave will be dealt sternly. Therefore, the students’ union has requested all the departments concerned to cooperate for the welfare of the students’ community in particular and the public in general.

DRFCB selects new team of officials Dimapur, march 1 (mExN): The Dhansiri River Flood Control Board (DRFCB) has selected new team of office bearers, executive members and advisors for the tenure 2016-2020. The new team will be led by Hokheto Kiba as chairman and Hokheto Kiba and Tovishe R. Achumi as vice-chairmen, a press release received here informed.

NIC to celebrate ‘A decade of RTI in Nagaland’ Kohima, march 1 (Dipr): The Nagaland Information Commission (NIC) is scheduled to celebrate ‘A decade of RTI in Nagaland’ on March 5, 10:30 am at Capital Convention Centre, Kohima. The daylong programme will have inaugural session in the morning and plenary session in the evening respectively. Chief Minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang will release the anniversary souvenir followed by inaugural address while the Chief Information Commissioner, Bukchem Phom will deliver welcome and keynote address. Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Pankaj Kumar (IAS) will propose vote of thanks.

Assam Rifles apprehend three

KBBB Executive Secretary Rev. M. Chemyuh Konyak and Finance Secretary Rev. L. Metjen Konyak during the Ordination Service held on February 28 at Mission Centre Baptist Church Mon.

Kohima, march 1 (mExN): The Konyak Baptist Bumeinok Bangjüm (KBBB) held its ordination service on February 28 at Mission Centre Baptist Church Mon. Executive Secretary Rev. M. Chemyuh Konyak and the Finance Secretary Rev. L. Metjen Konyak were ordained in

the presence of all the KBBB ordained ministers, staffs, pastors, retired KBBB staffs and pastors, KBBB Executive Committee members, well wishers and the church congregation.

The programme was chaired by the Church and Evangelism Secretary Rev. Yeangphong, Rev. T. Wano

pronounced invocation, while KBBB staffs presented special praise with “Wherever He leads I will go”. The Chairman of the KBBB Ordination Council Rev. Y. Nahyuh Konyak administered the ordination acts while Rev. Dr. Pongshing delivered the message of the Great Commission.

KCCI, CVYO condemn Chümoukedima incident

New building of GMS Rukizu inaugurated

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Kohima, march 1 (mExN): Kohima Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has condemned the incident at Chümoukedima on February 27 where two laborers were shot and wounded.

“Such act of violence and anti-social activities trying to spread fear psychosis and insecurity can never be accepted in the society,” asserted KCCI in a press release issued by its Info & Publicity Secretary. Stating that KCCI has always been against violence of any nature, KCCI expressed deep displeasure and condemnation at the incident. It

further appealed to the law enforcing bodies to apprehend the accused and book them at the earliest. It also wished the two injured victims speedy recovery.

Meanwhile, Chümoukedima Youth Welfare Society (CVYO) also condemned the incident.

In a press release, the Society said it was the decision of the public of Chumoukedima area not to pay any tax to any Naga Political Groups, which was resolved at a meeting on February 13, 2014 at the Chumoukedima weekly market. CVYO fully support the resolution adopt-

ed by the frontal organizations of Chumoukedima Village/Town on February 13, 2014, the release stated. The youth society further appealed to exercise restraint from committing such act in the future. At the same time, the Society urged the law enforcing agencies of the State government to book the accused at the earliest and fulfill the demand of the frontal organizations of Chumoukedima Village/ Town. The press release was appended by CVYO General Secretary, Rokovikho Thepa and President, Vikhwe Yhosü.

Dimapur, march 1 (mExN): 32 Assam Rifles apprehended three “key functionaries” of NSCN (K) from Eros Lane, Dimapur along with a weapon and tax collection receipts on February 22, according to a press release from Assam Rifles. “The individuals were planning to extort an amount of Rs. 1 lakh from a hotel owner on behalf of NSCN (K) when they were apprehended from a Black Rio car bearing Registration No NL 07C 3080,” the release said. The apprehended persons along with recovered items have been handed over to East Police Station, Dimapur.

HIV awareness campaign in Dimapur Dimapur, march 1 (mExN): Naga Women Hoho Dimapur (NWHD) in collaboration with NSACS is launching HIV awareness campaign from March 3-5 in the following locations: March 3 – New Market from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm; March 4 – The Garden, Supermarket from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm; March 5 – Neingulie Memorial High School, Khermahal from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

A press release from NWHD Secretary has invited all to take part in the awareness campaign.

School Education dept mourns Kohima, march 1 (mExN): The Director of School Education and the entire staff have mourned the sudden demise of Zenon Konyak, Sub-Divisional Education Officer (SDEO) of Mon, on February 26. The department prayed to God to grant solace to the bereaved family.

CWWS launches weaving training pfuTsEro, march 1 (mExN): The Chakhesang Women Welfare Society (CWWS), Pfutsero inaugurated a three months weaving training programme under Government Polytechnic Kohima, CDTP Scheme sponsored by MHRD, Government of India, on March 1.

Around 30 women will be trained at the resource centre of CWWS during the three months period. The inaugural function, chaired by Zechete-u, was graced by Rev. Dr. Vezopa Tetseo, Executive Secretary, CBCC.

AR level football ground Dimapur, march 1 (mExN): As part of Civic Action Programme, the Assam Rifles Training Centre and School has levelled football ground at Razhaphe village in Dhansiripar sub-division of Dimapur, according to a press release from Assam Rifles. The football ground and sports items were given to the chairperson and people of Razhaphe village by Commandant, Assam Rifles Training Centre and School on February 27.

AG Sunday School teachers’ training Dimapur, march 1 (mExN): The Christian Education department of Assemblies of God of East India conducted Sunday School teachers’ training from February 11 to 13 at the Assembly of God Church, Shillong.

The training was held under the theme, ‘Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.’ The resource persons were Pastor Ivan and Jane and team from Australia. About 60 delegates A partial view of Tesophenyu village under Tseminyu Sub-Division of Kohima district. Parliamentary Secretary for Housing Er Levi Rengma in- from 7 states attended the training. spected the ongoing developmental projects under LADF in the village on March 1. (Morung Photo)

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 59

By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir

On Good Governance, Entrepreneurship and Skill Building

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he Nagaland Youth Summit which concluded recently culminated in some recommendations based on three paramount themes which are critical to the growth and development of our state. The summit poignantly stressed on the need for Good Governance, Entrepreneurship and Skills Building, themes that are intricately connected. In tune, Mr. Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley’s 1700 crore allocation for setting up skill development institutions with the plan to train one crore youths on various skills across the country prognosticates well for our state that is slowly realizing the need for skills development along with proper education. The growth and wholesome development requires the presence of a viable system of governance that gives due emphasis on human resources development, entrepreneurship and skills building towards human and economic development.

With a ‘failing’ government in place, that seems to have lost all sense and sights of governance, it calls for a total refurbishing of the system of governance and one that stresses on participatory governance keeping in mind the basic political right of equal concern and respect by the state towards each individual citizen as an equal moral worth as expressed by Ronald Dworkin. And the state being the provider and guarantor of life should act upon the morally obligated duty of good governance.

First and foremost, for sound governance sound policies of governance mandated by the ‘wills’ of the general public needs to be in place and this calls for participatory and a democratically inclusive policy making processes and not just simply govern for the sake of governing. Our economy will never progress without participatory governance. Only through participatory governance, a sense of belongingness can be instilled in the minds of the general public which will then generate a sense of responsibility.

Again, another problem is that, with excess employment in the govt. sector and rising number of educated unemployed, so do uneducated unemployable, if our system of education is not does not provide life skills, then Nagas will be confronted by an unrealized reality of slowly becoming redundant beings in today’s challenging and fast evolving world. Thereby, skilled education will be preferred to meet the challenges ahead and to sustain life. Today, education sans skill and specialization is rather archaic. Hence, life skills development is the only way out. We are crippled by a culture of undeserved eating and irresponsibility besides the lack of skills. A simple case in point, if we look at any road construction or any building construction we hardly see any Naga engaged in the construction work and it is in this light that beyond the culture of eating without working, work ethics need to be developed. It is in this spirit, the recommendation of the Nagaland Youth Summit to declare the year 2016 as the year of construction workers holds much importance and relevance. As of now, the mosquito analogy aptly defines the Naga condition wherein and we freely let them suck our blood not knowing that our immune system is slowly getting drained.

Naga youths are slowly opening their vision towards entrepreneurship and it is here that the Government needs to create more avenues where the youths can acquire proper skill training especially entrepreneurial skills. This will lead to an increase in human capital along with human resource development. We can no longer afford to continue with this govt. job dependency syndrome. There is also an urgent need to shed the attitudinal trend of encoding oneself within a certain ‘standardized’ class mimicking the west way of ‘wearing ten gallon hats’ and rather develop a work culture.

In brief, the goal of envisaging what can possibly be considered as the ‘good life’ for the Nagas begins with owning responsibility with a sense of direction from every section starting from the government.

(Dr. Asangba Tzüdir is an Editor with Heritage Publishing House.

He contributes a weekly guest editorial to the Morung Express.

Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

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Lack of sleep will prompt you to binge

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o hunger pangs hit you at the sight of guilty pleasures like cookies, candy and chips, even after having a fullcourse meal? If yes, blame it on sleep deprivation.

According to a new study, lack of sleep not only leads to increased caloric intake but also stimulates changes in the hedonic aspects of food consumption.

The study showed that sleep loss initiates the process of overeating, poor food choices and leads to weight gain.

It amplifies and extends blood levels of a chemical signal that enhances the joy of eating, particularly the guilty pleasures gained from sweet or salty, high fat snack foods.

Sleep-restricted study subjects reported higher scores for hunger and stronger desire to eat. When given access to snacks, they ate nearly twice as much fat as when they had slept for eight hours.

"We found that sleep restriction boosts a signal that may increase the hedonic aspect of food intake, the pleasure and satisfaction gained from eating," said Erin Hanlon, research associate at the University of Chicago in the US. The effects of sleep loss on appetite were most powerful in the late afternoon and early evening, times when snacking has been linked to weight gain, the researchers noted.

The researchers designed the study, published in the journal SLEEP, to help understand how the endocannabinoid system -- a group of endogenous cannabinoid receptors located in the mammalian brain and involved in the regulation of appetite -- connects short sleep and weight gain.

They recruited 14 healthy men and women in their 20s and monitored their hunger and eating habits in two situations: one four-day stay during which they spent 8.5 hours in bed each night (averaging 7.5 hours of sleep), and another four-day stay when they spent only 4.5 hours in bed (4.2 hours asleep).

After the period of restricted sleep, study subjects reported a significant increase in hunger levels. This was prominent soon after their second meal of the day, the time when endocannabinoid levels were the highest.

This increase in circulating endocannabinoid levels could be a mechanism by which recurrent sleep restriction results in excessive food intake, particularly in the form of snacks, despite minimal increases in energy need, the researchers maintained.

Obesity and sleep restriction have become extremely common. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, about a third of Americans get less than seven hours of sleep a night and more than a third of adults in the US are obese.

C O M M E N T A R Y

Tom Engelhardt CommonDreams

War, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing And no kidding, that’s the literal truth when it comes to war

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t may be hard to believe now, but in 1970 the protest song “War,” sung by Edwin Starr, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That was at the height of the Vietnam antiwar movement and the song, written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, became something of a sensation.

Even so many years later, who could forget its famed chorus? “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” Not me. And yet heartfelt as the song was then -- “War, it ain't nothing but a heartbreaker. War, it's got one friend, that's the undertaker...” -- it has little resonance in America today.

But here’s the strange thing: in a way its authors and singer could hardly have imagined, in a way we still can’t quite absorb, that chorus has proven eerily prophetic -- in fact, accurate beyond measure in the most literal possible sense. War, what is it good for?

Absolutely nothing. You could think of American war in the twenty-first century as an ongoing experiment in proving just that point.

Looking back on almost 15 years in which the United States has been engaged in something like permanent war in the Greater Middle East and parts of Africa, one thing couldn’t be clearer: the planet’s sole superpower with a military funded and armed like none other and a “defense” budget larger than the next seven countries combined (three times as large as number two spender, China) has managed to accomplish -- again, quite literally -- absolutely nothing, or perhaps (if a slight rewrite of that classic song were allowed) less than nothing.

Unless, of course, you consider an expanding series of failed states, spreading terror movements, wrecked cities, countries hemorrhaging refugees, and the like as accomplishments. In these years, no goal of Washington -- not a single one -- has been accomplished by war. This has proven true even when, in the first flush of death and destruction, victory or at least success was hailed, as in Afghanistan in 2001 ("You helped Afghanistan liberate itself -- for a second time," Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to U.S. special operations forces), Iraq in 2003 ("Mission accomplished"), or Libya in 2011 ("We came, we saw, he died," Hillary Clinton on the death of autocrat Muammar Gaddafi).

Of all forms of American military might in this period, none may have been more destructive or less effective than air power. U.S. drones, for instance, have killed incessantly in these years, racking up thousands of dead Pakistanis, Afghans, Iraqis, Yemenis, Syrians, and others, including top terror leaders and their lieutenants as well as significant numbers of civilians and even children, and yet the movements they were sent to destroy from the top down have only proliferated. In a region in which those on the ground are quite literally helpless against air power, the U.S. Air Force has been repeatedly loosed, from Afghanistan in 2001 to Syria and Iraq today, without challenge and with utter freedom of the skies. Yet, other than dead civilians and militants and a great deal of rubble, the longterm results have been remarkably pitiful.

From all of this no conclusions ever seem to be drawn. Only last week, the Obama administration and the Pentagon again widened their air war against Islamic State militants (as they had for weeks been suggesting they would), striking a “suspected Islamic State training camp” in Libya and reportedly killing nearly 50 people, including two kidnapped Serbian embassy staff members and possibly “a militant connected to two deadly attacks last year in neighboring Tunisia.” Again, after almost 15 years of this, we know just where such “successes” lead: to even grimmer, more brutal, more effective terror movements.

And yet, the military approach remains the American approach du jour on any day of the week, any month of the year, in the twenty-first century.

Put another way, for the country that has, like no other on the planet in these years, unleashed its military again and again thousands of miles from its “homeland” in actions ranging from large-scale invasions and occupations to small-scale raids and drone assassination strikes, absolutely nothing has come up roses. From China’s Central Asian border to north Africa, the region that Washington officials began referring to as an “arc of instability” soon after 9/11 and that they hoped to garrison and dominate forever has only become more unstable, less amenable to American power, and ever more chaotic.

By its very nature, war produces chaos, but in other eras, particularly for great powers, it has also meant influence or dominance and created the basis for reshaping or controlling whole regions.

None of this seems in the cards today. It would be reasonable to conclude, however provisionally, from America’s grand military experiment of this century that, no matter the military strength at your command, war no longer translates into power. For Washington, war has somehow been decoupled from its once expected results, no matter what weaponry has been brought to bear or what kind of generalship was exercised.

An Arms Race of One Given that, sooner or later, the results of any experiment should be taken into account and actions recalibrated accordingly, here’s what’s curious. Just listen to the fervent pledges of the presidential candidates in the Republican debates to “rebuild” the U.S. military and you’ll sense the immense pressure in Washington not to recalibrate anything. If you want the definition of a Trumpian bad deal, consider that all of them are eager to pour further staggering sums into preparing for future military endeavors

not so different from the present ones. And don’t just blame the Republicans. Such behavior is now hardwired into Washington’s entire political class.

The essential failure of air power in these years has yielded the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a plane once expected to cost in the $200 billion range whose price tag is now estimated at a trillion dollars or more over the course of its lifetime. It will, that is, be the most expensive weapons system in history. Air power's powerlessness to achieve Washington's ends has also yielded the newly unveiled Long-Range Strike Bomber for which the Pentagon has already made a down payment to Northrop Grumman of $55 billion.

(Add in the usual future cost overruns and that sum is expected to crest the $100 billion mark long before the plane is actually built.) Or at the level of planetary destruction, consider the three-decade, trilliondollar upgrading of the U.S. nuclear arsenal now underway and scheduled to include, among other things, smaller, more accurate “smart” nukes -- that is, first-use weaponry that might indeed be brought to future battlefields.

That none of this fits our world of war today should be -- but isn't -- obvious, at least in Washington. In 2016, not only has military action of just about any sort been decoupled from success of just about any sort, but the unbelievably profitable system of weapons production woven into the fabric of the capital, the political process,and the country has also been detached from the results of war; the worse we do militarily, that is, the more frenetically and expensively we build.

For the conspiratorial-minded (and I get letters like this regularly at TomDispatch), it's easy enough to see the growing chaos and collapse in the Greater Middle East as purposeful, as what the militaryindustrial complex desires; nothing, in other words, succeeds (for weapons makers) like failure. The more failed states, the more widespread the terror groups, the greater the need to arm ourselves and, as the planet's leading arms dealer, others. This is, however, the thinking of outsiders. For the weapons makers and the rest of that complex, failure or success may increasingly be beside the point.

Count on this: were the U.S. now triumphant in an orderly Greater Middle East, the same Republican candidates would still be calling for a buildup of the U.S. military to maintain our victorious stance globally. If you want proof of this, you need only step into your time machine and travel back a quarter-century to the moment the Soviet Union collapsed. Thought of a certain way, that should have been the finale for a long history of arms races among competing great powers. What seemed like the last arms race of all between the two superpowers of the Cold War, the one that brought the planet to the brink of annihilation, had just ended.

When the Soviet Union imploded and Washington dissolved in a riot of shock and triumphalism, only one imperial force -- “the sole superpower” -remained. And yet, despite a brief flurry of talk about Americans harvesting a “peace dividend” in a world bereft of major enemies, what continued to be harvested were new weapons systems. An arms race of one rolled right along.

And of course, it goes right on today in an almost unimaginably different world. A quarter century later, militarily speaking, two other nations might be considered great powers. One of them, China, is indeed building up its military and acting in more provocative ways in nearby seas.

However, not since its disastrous 1979 border war with Vietnam has it used its military outside its own borders in a conflict of any kind.

The Russians are obviously another matter and they alone at this moment seem to be making an imperial success of warfare -- translating, that is, war making into power, prestige, and dominance. In Syria (and possibly also Ukraine), think of that country as experiencing its version of America’s December 2001 Afghanistan or April 2003 Iraq moments, but don’t for a second imagine that it will last. The Russians in Syria have essentially followed the path Washington pioneered in this century, loosing air power, advisers, and proxy forces on an embattled country. Their bombing campaign and that of the allied Syrian air force have been doing in spades what air power generally does: blow away stuff on the ground, including hospitals, schools, and the like.

Right now, with the Syrian Army and its Iranian

and Lebanese helpers advancing around the city of Aleppo and elsewhere, everything looks relatively sunny for the Russians (as long as your view is an airborne one), but give it a year, or two or three. Or just ask yourself, what exactly will such “success” translate into, even if a Bashar al-Assad regime regains significant power in a country that, in most senses, has simply ceased to exist? Its cities, after all, are in varying states of destruction, a startling 11.5% of its people are estimated to have been killed or injured, and a significant portion of the rest transformed into exiles and refugees (with more being produced all the time).

Even if the Islamic State and other rebel and insurgent groups, ranging from those backed by the U.S. to those linked to al-Qaeda, can be “defeated,” what is Russia likely to inherit in the Middle East?

What, in far better circumstances, did the U.S. inherit in Afghanistan or Iraq? What horrendous new movements will be born from such a “victory”? It’s a nightmare just to think about.

Keep in mind as well that, unlike the United States, Vladimir Putin’s Russia is no superpower.

Despite its superpower-style nuclear arsenal and its great power-ish military, it’s a rickety energy state shaken by bargain-basement oil prices. Economically, it doesn’t have the luxury of waste that the U.S. has when it comes to military experimentation.

Generally speaking, in these last years, war has meant destruction and nothing but destruction. It’s true that, from the point of view of movements like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, the chaos of great power war is a godsend. Even if such groups never win a victory in the traditional sense (as the Islamic State has), they can’t lose, no matter how many of their leaders and followers are wiped out. In the same way, no matter how many immediate successes Washington has in pursuit of its war on terror, it can’t win (and in the end neither, I suspect, can Russia).

Has War Outlived Its Usefulness?

Relatively early in the post-9/11 presidency of George W. Bush, it became apparent that his top officials had confused military power with power itself. They had come to venerate force and its possible uses in a way that only men who had never been to war possibly could. (Secretary of State Colin Powell was the sole exception to this rule of thumb.) On the U.S. military, they were fundamentalists and true believers, convinced that unleashing its uniquely destructive capabilities would open the royal road to control of the Greater Middle East and possibly the planet as well.

About this -- and themselves -- they were supremely confident. As an unnamed “senior adviser” to the president (later identified as Bush confidant Karl Rove) told journalist Ron Suskind, “We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”

Ever since then, no small thanks to the militaryindustrial complex, military power has remained the option of choice even when it became clear that it could not produce a minimalist version of what the Bush crew hoped for. Consider it something of an irony, then, that the U.S. may still be the lone superpower on the planet. In a period when military power of the first order doesn’t seem to translate into a thing of value, American economic (and cultural) power still does. The realm of the dollar, not the F-35, still rules the planet.

So here’s a thought for the songwriters among you: Could it be that war has in the most literal sense outlived its usefulness, at least for the United States?

Could it be that the nature of war -- possibly any war, but certainly the highly mechanized, high-tech, topdollar form that the United States fights -- is now all unintended and no intended consequences? Do we need another Edwin Starr singing a new song about what war isn’t good for, but with the same punch line?

In fact, give it a try yourself. Say it with me: Absolutely nothing.

One more time and really hit that “nothing”: Absolutely nothing!

Now, could someone in Washington act accordingly?

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ith more then two days past our union budincome, under Section 64, but not in the case of a get, many have already started to look fordisabled dependent. This advantage can be used ward to our next financial year. The Union while investing fix deposits or debt funds.

Government’s budget, once tabled in the Parliament • If you or your dependent is suffering from certain and passed by the House, becomes effective from the critical medical ailments, then you are eligible for next financial year, starting April 1. But there is still a deduction Rs. 40,000 under Section 80DDB. The one month to go for the end of this financial year. The cap is raised to Rs. 60,000 in case of senior citizens. month of March. And for majority of the citizens, it is The disease includes few critical neurological disa month of investments and saving taxes from their orders, AIDS, cancer, kidney failure, haematoincome. In this column, we have already discussed logical disorder, etc. But again, if your employer about saving taxes under the major sections of income or insurer reimburses any amount to you for that tax, primarily the most prominent Section 80C. Today, particular illness, then that amount will be relet us discuss some other lesser-known sections, from duced from the total deductable amount. where you might be able to squeeze some savings by • Any savings bank interest upto Rs. 10,000 is tax paying lesser tax, under our prevailing laws. free under Section 80TTA and upto Rs. 7,000 for lakh. Same amount of deduction is also applica• Most home loan customers are aware of deduca savings account from post office for a joint acble if you have a dependent with disability under tions on interest of the home loan and repayments count holder. section 80DD. To be eligible for deduction, the disof the principals. But the processing fees and preabled person should be wholly or partially depen- • An individual who has no HRA component in payment charged can also be exempted under his/ her salary misses out on the deductions. dent on you. If you are claiming deduction for your Section 24 of the Income Tax Act. Very often, tax But under Section 80GG one can claim a tax redependent under Section 80DD, care should be payers overlook these minor clauses and end up bate, provided the individual or his/ her spouse taken that the dependent doesn’t use Section 80U paying higher taxes. Another noteworthy point to or his/ her minor children don’t own any resifor his deduction, which will be unlawful. ponder is that, interest on any home improvement • Again, if you have a dependent who is disabled dential property in his/ her place of residence. loans are also exempted under the same section.

He/ she will be entitled to a deduction in reand if you invest in his or her name, then the • If a tax payer is a disabled person and is certified by spect of house rent paid by him/ her in excess of income generated from those instruments are a government hospital, then he/ she is exempted a ten per cent of his/ her total income, subject to not clubbed into your income. In ordinary cirdeduction of Rs. 75,000 under section 80U, for disa ceiling of 25 per cent thereof or Rs. 2,000 per cumstances, if an investor invest in his spouse ability of 40 per cent. But for a tax payer with 80 per month, whichever is less. or children’s name, then the income generated -The Writer is the CEO of EconPenny cent disability, the deduction is raised to Rs. 1.25 from them are clubbed into his (the investor’s)

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Resolution to declare 2016 as the 'Year of Construction’ in Nagaland “What needs to be done other than encouraging local workers is to have at least staterun factory or industry which can make the government financially independent. While encouraging the local labourers, constructing of either small or large scale industry should also be under the same pipeline”. Chumben Merry, Government College Dimapur “For those planning to construct houses employing local workers be ready to shell out big bucks and an unlimited dateline. We are always stuck between a rock and a hard place” – An Online Blogger “A better way for the upliftment of the economic status in general. But I can foresee some constraints in implementation process. Whether we have the competent labours with respect to the demand is the question.”

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The Festivals of Phom Naga

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he traditional festivals of Phoms according to Elwin Verrier (1961) are Tapve mo, Monyiü, Moinyük mo, Moha, Pang mo, Hehu mo and Man mo.

But today Monyiü is their biggest traditional festival. It was celebrated in different times by different villages.

But now it is uniformly c e l eb rat e d from April 1-6.. Most of these fest i v a l s re volve around agricultural seasons. Agriculture traditionally has not merely been a means of living but also a way of life. Therefore, religion and spiritual sentiments are inter-woven into Secular rites and rituals. Culture has been integrated with social structure on

the one hand and religion on the other.47 Do you Know?

Oha: Oha is a song of merriment. It is sung during Monyiü and Moha festivals, i.e., the spring and autumn festivals and other gala functions. It is a romantic song that narrates stories of varied s ha d e s o f human life, animals, birds, fishes, plants, grass hoppers, crickets and other insects and many more.

Mai l o k : Ma i l o k means love song or romantic song. It is a responsive song sung between lovers and also by young people gathering together.

Taken from ‘The Phom Naga Indigenous Religion - B Henshet Phom, Heritage Publishing House Dimapur (2015)

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nnual Financial Statement: Article 112 of the Constitution requires the government to present to Parliament a statement of estimated receipts and expenditure in respect of every financial year April 1 to March 31. This statement is the annual financial statement. It is divided into three parts, consolidated fund, contingency fund and public account. For each of these funds, the government has to present a statement of receipts and expenditure.

Capital Receipt/Expenditure: All receipts and expenditure that liquidate or create an asset would in general be under capital account. For instance, if the government sells shares (disinvests) in public sector companies, it is in effect selling an asset. The receipts from the sale would go under capital account. On the other hand, if the government gives someone a loan from which it expects to receive interest, that expenditure would go under the capital account.

CESS: This is an additional levy on the basic tax liability. Governments resort to cess for meeting specific expenditure.

Consolidated Fund: All revenues raised by the government, money borrowed and receipts from loans given by the government flow into the consolidated fund of India. All government expenditure is made from this fund, except for exceptional items met from the Contingency Fund or the Public Account. Importantly, no money can be withdrawn from this fund without the Parliament's approval.

Contingency Fund: As the name suggests, any urgent or unforeseen expenditure is met from this fund. The Rs 500crore fund is at the disposal of the President. Any expenditure incurred from this fund requires a subsequent approval from Parliament and the amount withdrawn is returned to the fund from the consolidated fund.

Current Account Deficit: It is a trade measure that shows the value of a country’s imports of goods and services to be higher than the value of its exports.

Direct Tax: A tax such as the income-tax, which has to be borne by the person it or entity it is imposed on. These are largely taxes on income or wealth.

External Commercial Borrowing (ECB): ECBs refer to commercial loans with a minimum threeyear maturity that can be raised from lenders from overseas where interest rates are lower than in India.

Finance Bill: The proposals of government for levy of new taxes, modification of the existing tax structure or continuance of the existing tax structure beyond the period approved by Parliament are submitted to Parliament through this bill. It is the key document as far as taxes are concerned.

Fiscal Consolidation: The term refers to the things a Government does to maintain good fiscal health — cut debt and wasteful expenditure and improves revenue opportunities.

Fiscal Deficit: When the government's nonborrowed receipts fall short of its entire expenditure, it has to borrow money from the public to meet the shortfall. The excess of total expenditure over total nonborrowed receipts is called the fiscal deficit.

Fiscal Policy: It is what a Government does to influence the course of an economy through decisions on taxes and spending.

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Indirect Tax: A tax on goods and services, typically, levied on an entity but paid by another. These are largely taxes on expenditure and include Customs, excise and service tax.

Monetary Policy: It is what a central bank does to influence the course of an economy through decisions on money supply and interest rate.

Non-plan expenditure: This is largely the revenue expenditure of the government. The biggest items of expenditure are interest payments, subsidies, salaries, defence and pension. The capital component of the nonplan expenditure is relatively small with the largest allocation going to defence.

Non-tax revenue: The most important receipts under this head are interest payments (received on loans given by the government to states, railways and others) and dividends and profits received from public sector companies. Various services provided by the government such as police and defence, medical services, power and railways also yield revenue for the government.

Plan expenditure: This is essentially the budget support to the central plan and the central assistance to state and union territory plans. Like all budget heads, this is also split into revenue and capital components.

Public Account: This fund is to account for flows for those transactions where the government is merely acting as a banker. For instance, provident funds, small savings and so on. These funds do not belong to the government. They have to be paid back at some time to their rightful owners. Because of this nature of the fund, expenditure from it are not required to be approved by the Parliament.

Public debt: Public debt receipts and public debt disbursals are borrowings and repayments during the year, respectively. The difference is the net accretion to the public debt. Public debt can be split into internal (money borrowed within the country) and external (funds borrowed from nonIndian sources). Internal debt comprises treasury bills, market stabilisation schemes, ways and means advance, and securities against small savings.

Revenue Deficit: The excess of disbursements over receipts on revenue account is called revenue deficit.

Revenue receipt/Expenditure: All receipts and expenditure that in general do not entail sale or creation of assets are included under the revenue account.

On the receipts side, taxes would be the most important revenue receipt. On the expenditure side, anything that does not result in creation of assets is treated as revenue expenditure. Salaries, subsidies and interest payments are good examples of revenue expenditure.

Service Tax: It is a tax on services rendered.

Telephone bill, for instance, attracts a service tax.

Value-Added Tax (VAT): It is a tax on the value added to a product at each stage of distribution, so that inputs that go into making the product aren’t taxed more than once.

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YouthNet recently held a very successful youth summit which recognised many talented achievers in our Naga society. It is a great feeling to know that our society is progressing at such a rapid pace and in such a short span of time. From being head hunters to entrepreneurs, doctors, engineers and bureaucrats, we have come a long way. Education is one thing but values are another. In spite of the many shortcomings there can be hope and optimism. This optimism can translate to practical reality and increase in speed if we can make sure that we strengthen our value system.

Dr. Hewasa Lorin, Director-Student Services & Academics

Lots of Education, but no Values?

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strongly believe in the value of education and the power it has to change a lot of things in this world. But I also think that a lot can go wrong if we don’t do it correctly or if our concepts are not clear. By education I do not mean only formal academic education, but educating and spreading awareness about the right values, positivity and progressive mindsets.

When we think about Nagaland and the many problems we keep complaining about in our State, some of them justified and some of them maybe not, to name a few - challenges in the bureaucracy, infrastructure, lack of development, weak administration, poor work environment or nepotism, one would think that an education would help reduce these problems by producing individuals with the required skill sets or values or to come up with a system to fix, or solve these issues. Isn’t education, both academic and holistic supposed to do that? We spend our lives being educated. Rationally speaking, doesn’t that mean we should be equipped with the knowledge and ability to help confront these problems or improve the system we have by the time we are old enough to work?

While we cannot expect education to be like a magic potion that will make everything better, it is no doubt, a powerful tool with which nation building is strengthened. That is why we must ask the question - what kind of education are we imparting? Is it the kind where we will grow up to care enough about working for the development of society? Individual success and achievement follows naturally with goals that envision the larger picture. The type of education implied here is one that is continuous and that promotes critical thinking, value creation and individual opinions. And maybe we are doing that to a certain extent - we have training programmes, awareness campaigns, capacity building initiatives and seminars that promote new learning and skills. But are they as impactful as they should be?

For anything concrete to materialize, we need skilled people in the work force. People who know what they are talking about. People who can change the opinions of other people in the right way. People with the skill set and the right passion to be able to put individualistic gains aside and think about the welfare of the society. This means that when it comes to learning, academic and holistic education are integral in building up an individual that lives by the right principles and correct values. It should be so deeply ingrained that they live these out of habit. To broadly categorise society, in the government, we have decision makers, policy creators, and implementers.

In the field of education we have thinkers, skill builders and trainers. In the professional world, we have practitioners and professionalized expertise. The key and also the challenge would be in utilizing all these skilled resources from all three and working together to fulfil the common vision of a progressive, economically prosperous and positive society. But if the government works closer together with educational institutions to help instil the needed skills and train minds towards adopting the right approach, and along with professional practitioners from different fields, wouldn’t the citizens of a state feel increasingly motivated and accountable towards good governance and citizenship.

I believe it also narrows down to our fundamentals. If we are not clear about our concepts or the purpose we are trying to achieve, we falter and make bad choices that override our principles. We can say that we have forgotten our fundamentals when a government job is given to a tribesman from the same community or family member over a more deserving candidate or it could be when a parent requests that their child be given a pass certificate and promoted to the next class despite failing in the exam, and even though being promoted to the next class with no proper knowledge of subject matter would be more harmful in the long run. Not to point fingers here, but understanding that everyone has a reason for their actions – could be pressure from the community, owing a favour to someone or love/pity for the child - we need to figure out a way to make each other understand that in doing so we are also promoting a future of favouritism, inefficiency, and short-cuts that promote complacency.

To have strong fundamentals and concepts in place, we need to educate one another on processes or methods of functioning. It means that when new policies, projects or schemes are being initiated, we need to care enough to keep the checks and balances in place and follow up to ensure that they are being effectively managed and executed. Society, the youth, men and women all play a greater role than we actually have been in working together with the government to bring about progress and development.We talk about wanting to see a change in Nagaland. Then let’s keep on educating one another.

“Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College.

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It’s Privilege Motion vs Privilege Motion in Parliament

New Delhi, March 1(PTi): A war of Privilege Motions has broken out in Parliament, with the BJP on Tuesday giving notice for such an action against Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, hitting back at the opposition party for a similar move against HRD Minister Smriti Irani.

In the Lok Sabha, BJP’s Chief Whip Arjun Ram Meghwal said he and many other members, including Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, had given a notice of breach of privilege against Scindia, the Chief Whip of Congress, for “misleading” the House on February 24, 2016.

The Congress and the Left have already given notice of Privilege Motion against Irani, accusing her of “misleading” the House over the suicide of Rohit Vemula, a Dalit scholar of Hyderabad University.

Meghwal said Scindia had wrongly alleged that Dattatreya had called Vemula “anti-national, casteist and extremist”.

The BJP leader raised the issue amid uproar created by the AIADMK members who were demanding action against former Union Minister P. Chidambaram’s son Karti in the

AIADMK disrupts parliament, protests against Chidambaram, son New Delhi, March 1 (iaNs): AIADMK members disrupted both houses of parliament on Tuesday demanding action against former home minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti over corruption charges. The protesting members shouted slogans in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha against the former Congress minister and his son.

Soon after the Lok Sabha met for the day, AIADMK members trooped near the speaker's podium shouting "We want justice" and waving newspapers which claimed that Karti had invested in real estate across the world. Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned twice in the first hour before noon.

Meanwhile, Congress members sought to know from Speaker Sumitra Mahajan the status of their notices of privilege motion against

Members protest in the well of the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. (PTI Photo)

Aircel-Maxis issue.

At this, the Congress members too rushed to the Well, demanding that Speaker Sumitra Mahajan should decide on their notice of Privilege Motion against Irani for “misleading” the House on Vemula issue.

Dattatreya accused Scindia of “defaming him and tarnishing” his image by attributing such comments to him that he never

made about Vemula.

“My mother used to sell onions. I have always worked for OBCs, Dalits...

I have made sacrifices for Dalits,” he said, recalling his humble background and work for the downtrodden.

He said his letter to Irani, over which he has been attacked by the Congress, made no mention of Vemula’s name. “I never made such charge against him.”

The Congress members

continued to protest with K.C. Venugopal showing the rule book to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to which she shot back, saying “Don’t show me the rule book. I know.”

She repeatedly tried to pacify the members saying all the notices for privilege motion are under her consideration.

With the AIADMK and the Congress members continuing to protest, she

adjourned the House.

In the Rajya Sabha, the Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad reminded that his Congress party had given notice of Privilege Motion against the HRD Minister and wanted to know its status.

“She (Irani) has misled this House and the nation through the House. Not only here, she has misled the country in both the Houses. It is a very, very se-

HRD Minister Smriti Irani.

The Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, stood up to raise the issue but was shouted down by AIADMK members. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu tried to pacify the Tamil Nadu MPs saying the issue could be raised later after giving proper notice.

Similar scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha too, where AIADMK members disrupted the proceedings by shouting slogans demanding action against the Chidambarams. The house witnessed multiple adjournments before being adjourned for the day at 3.45 p.m. The Rajya Sabha could not conduct any meaningful business.

Slogans such as "Arrest Chidambaram and his son" and "Act against Chidambaram" echoed in the house as the chairman and

rious charge,” Azad said.

Earlier, Bhalchandra Mungekar (Congress) sought to know the fate of his notice for Privilege Motion against Irani given on Monday and insisted on action against the Minister.

He raised the issue during Question Hour when his name was called for asking a supplementary question.

Chairman Hamid Ansari asked Mungekar not to

deputy chairman tried to conduct the proceedings amid the din. Opposition leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said: "This is a deliberate attempt on the part of the AIADMK so that we don't discuss the privilege motion."

The chair kept on asking the protesting members to take their seats as the motion of thanks on President Pranab Mukherjee's speech needed to be taken up but there was no stopping the sloganeering. "Please sit down. We are going to take up an important issue," Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien pleaded.

"You are behaving in the most irresponsible way. Why do you disturb proceedings in the house? It is murder of democracy, I am telling you," he added in frustration. The agitated AIADMK members refused to pay heed, leading to the house being adjourned until Wednesday morning.

raise any other issue during Question Hour.

JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav expressed support to the Congress move.

“We all support the Privilege Motion. The Minister has misled the country,” he said.

Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien, “Yes, the Chair has received the (notice for) Privilege Motion. There is a procedure and we have to adhere to it. It is under the

consideration of the Chair.

The Chair will get back to you.”

The issue of Privilege Motion against Irani had created a brief uproar in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday before Finance Minister Arun Jaitely started presenting the Union Budget 2016-17 with the Opposition seeking to know the status of their notices against Irani for “misleading” the House on the Vemula issue.

BJP allege UPA 'flip-flop' in Ishrat Jahan case Pastor gets 40 years in 8 Maoists killed on Telangana-Chhattisgarh border The Maoists, numbering about 30, eshyDerabaD, March 1 (iaNs): In a New Delhi, March 1 (iaNs): The leged that the then home minister P. Chijail for rape of minor girl major gun battle, police shot dead eight caped in the deep forests into neighbourBharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged dambaram bypassed him and rewrote the Maoists, including five women, on the ing Chhattisgarh. In the fighting that enflip-flop by the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre in the Ishrat Jahan fake gunfight case and demanded a thorough probe into it.

The probe should look into the manner in which the Centre's affidavit in the case was changed and under whose "pressure" it was done, BJP leader and union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a press conference at the party headquarters here. He alleged that the home ministry affidavit was changed at the "political level".

"On behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party, we demand that (in) the entire flip-flop in the Ishrat Jahan case, a fair inquiry be done," said Prasad. Former home secretary G.K. Pillai in a recent TV interview al-

affidavit submitted to the Gujarat High Court on the alleged gunfight of Ishrat Jahan, a 19-year-old Mumbra student, and three others on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in 2004.

In August 2009, the home ministry under Chidambaram submitted an affidavit in the Gujarat High Court that referred to Ishrat Jahan's alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba links. In the second affidavit filed in September 2009, however, references to Ishrat's alleged terror links were not there. In a recent video-conferenced deposition before a Special court in Mumbai, Lashkare-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley from the US jail said he had heard of Ishrat Jahan being a suicide bomber of LeT.

Thrissur, March 1 (PTi): A 35-year old pastor was today sentenced to 40 years rigorous imprisonment by a court here for sexually abusing a minor girl at nearby Peechi two years ago. Pronouncing the verdict, Judge K P Sudheer of Special Additional Sessions court, trying cases under Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, observed the accused deserved no leniency as he brutally raped a hapless school girl and deserved maximum punishment.

He also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on accused Sanil K James who had raped the seventh standard student in the Peechi church premises where he stayed. The accused, hailing from Nedumkandam in Kottayam district, was sentenced to 20 years RI under IPC 376 and 20 years RI under various sections of POCSO. The court ordered that the sentences would run concurrently.

Pathankot attackers non-state actors with state support: Parrikar New Delhi, March 1 (iaNs): Non-state actors from Pakistan were involved in the Pathankot terror attack but they could not function smoothly without state support, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

"All details will come out in the National Investigation Agency probe. In this (attack), non-state actors from Pakistan are certainly involved; that is (for) sure... And any non-state (actor) can't function smoothly without state support," Parrikar said in reply to Shiv Sena member Sanjay Raut's queries.

"Does the government believe it was just a terror attack or done with the help of the Pakistan Army?" Raut asked.

The January 2 terrorist attack on the Indian Air Force base at Pathankot in Punjab left seven security personnel dead. Six terrorists, who attacked the base, were also killed in the gun battle lasting almost three days.

Asked by a parliamentarian whether important defence force bases like in Pathankot should be shifted far from the border areas, Parrikar said: "There are bases strategically located within the country.

Pathankot is equally important because it is closer to border and there is a lot of investment which has been carried out in Pathankot. It will be costly to shift (from) Pathankot."

He informed the house that intelligence on the possibility of an attack on the airbase was received

Police file chargesheet against Pachauri for sexual harassment

New Delhi, March 1 (PTi): Delhi Police on Tuesday filed a chargesheet in a court against TERI executive vicechairman R.K. Pachauri for allegedly sexually harassing and outraging modesty of a former woman colleague.

Pachauri has also been accused of stalking and criminally intimidating the victim with gesture or act intended to insult her modesty, said the charge sheet filed in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan who has fixed it for consideration on April 23, 2016.

Pachauri has denied all the allegations.

Investigating Officer in the case, Pratibha Sharma, who submitted the over 1,400 page charge sheet, said the probe was also based on the SMSes and emails

exchanged between the accused and the victim.

She said the complaint of the former TERI woman employee was thoroughly examined and statements of witnesses, many of whom are present and former employees of the organisation and friends were recorded.

The IO said 23 persons, including friends, present and former employees of The Energy Research Institute (TERI), have been named as prosecution witnesses in the charge sheet.

Investigators have also relied on the statement of the victim before the police and magistrate, besides the SMSes and emails exchanged between her the accused, she said.

She said based on the complaint of the victim, offences punishable under sections 354 (assault/criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354 A (sexual harassment), 354 D(stalking), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509(word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC, are made out against Pachauri.

On February 13, 2015, an FIR was registered against Pachauri and he was granted anticipatory bail in the case on March 21, 2016.

in advance.

"We have now done a security audit in addition to the normal security. We are in the process of ensuring all installations are properly secured," the minister said.

On a query on the Pathankot terror attack in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said that Pakistan had decided to send a team to India and details of the proposed visit are being chalked out.

"India has handed over all the collected evidence to Pakistan in relation to the Pathankot attack.

They have registered a case and decided to send a team to India. For the first time, Pakistan has initiated action after evidence was handed over by India," Rijiju said.

He, however, said that Pakistan has not yet given details such as the date or the size of its team.

"We are waiting for the details.

India is ready to cooperate," he said, responding to a query from Bharatiya Janata Party member Ashwini Kumar. In response to another question, Rijiju said the government was taking all measures to stop infiltration from the border areas of Punjab.

"After Pathankot and Dinanagar terror attacks, we are taking all the measures to stop infiltration from the border areas of Punjab. There is no fencing around 12 km of the border area. With the help of the BSF (Border Security Force), we are trying to make these areas more safe," he said.

Telangana-Chhattisgarh border on Tuesday, police said.

A gun battle erupted around 7.30 a.m. near Guttepadu in the Chintavadu forests in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.

The scene of gun battle was 15 km from Cherla mandal in Khammam district in Telangana.

It began when the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the anti-Maoist force Greyhounds and police launched combing operations in the forests of Khammam following a tip off about the presence of Maoists.

sued, eight Maoists were killed.

Telangana Director General of Police Anurag Sharma said the forces were conducting combing operations in the area for last four days.

The slain Maoists belonging to the Communist Party of India-Maoist included five women.

The bodies were airlifted to Bhadrachalam Area Hospital in Khammam where an autopsy will be conducted.

Police seized one AK-47 rifle, six SLR and three .303 rifles from the scene of the gun battle.

Indian government website hacked by Al Qaeda New Delhi, March 1 (ageNcies): A microsite of the Railnet page of the Indian government was found hacked by al Qaeda today in a demonstration of the terrorist group’s ability to intercept the government’s web directory. This is the first time a government page has been hacked by al Qaeda.

The page belongs to Bhusawal division of Personnnel Department of Central Railways and is part of the large intranet created for administrative needs of the Indian Railways.

A writing on the hacked site read, “Message to Muslim People in India from AQIS (sic).” An attached document on the site opened to a message to Indian Muslims from Maulana Aasim Umar, the chief of the Al Qaeda in south Asia.

“Will the land of Delhi not give birth to a Shah Muhadith Delhvi who may once again teach the Muslims of India the for-

gotten lesson of Jihad and inspire them to take to the battlefields of Jihad? ” the message read.

Umar, in his message, exhorts the Muslims in India to participate in what he calls ‘global jihad’ and help defeat America and its allies. Umar was a resident of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and was appointed chief of the al Qaeda in the Indian sub-continent last year.

Educated at the famous Dar-ulUloom seminary at Deoband, from where he graduated in 1991, Umar, who is also known as Sanaul Haq, had become allegedly involved in jihadist circles following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992, investigators say they had been told by his alleged lieutenants whose arrest was announced on December 2015. He disappeared from Sambhal in 1995, severing contacts with his family.

Indian dream of plentiful food from African farms runs into trouble New Delhi, March 1 (iaNs): Indian Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh's call earlier this month asking Indian companies to produce pulses and oilseeds in Africa to meet the country's production shortfall may have emphasised the need to diversify agriculture.

But it also focusses attention on the lesser known and controversial operations of those who did acquire land in the 54-nation continent at a time when land acquisition was a hugely sensitive subject at home.

Is the Indian dream of bountiful food products at cheap prices from Africa souring? It may seem so.

"Foreign investors need to tread carefully and be sensitive to the needs of the local population when acquiring land in Africa," Alok Dikshit of Zambia-based Export Trading Company said on the sidelines of the India-Africa Agribusiness Forum in Delhi organised earlier this month by industry chamber FICCI. The concern is provoked by the behaviour of foreign companies in Africa, said Dikshit, who has been working in the

continent for over a decade.

"As we know from our Indian experience, land acquisition has to go with proper rehabilitation of the displaced, which Indian companies in Africa have, sadly, a poor record of," Dikshit told IANS. A global initiative called Land Matrix ranks India as one of the top ten investors in land overseas. In Africa, India is the biggest investor in land in Ethiopia, where Indian companies account for nearly 70 percent of the land acquired by foreigners after 2008.

Nadia Paschetta, Tanzania country director of the ETG Farmers Foundation, who is of Italian origin, said the largescale farming in Africa for export was affecting food security in the continent, besides the fact that only a fraction of people displaced from their land were expected to get jobs on the new highly-mechanised farms.

"Africa's land should stay with Africans. Foreign companies can produce and sell to us African companies and we will buy," she said.

Perhaps some of the dampening of initial enthusiasm for foreign capital in Af-

rica also made Indian farmers realise that it may not be the promised land they thought it to be. Many of them have returned to India after having been enticed to Africa by attractive road shows held by Indian companies which had bought large tracts of land.

Local media recently reported the case of 50 farmers from Punjab who took land on lease in Ethiopia for around Rs.25 lakh (2.5 million rupees) but had to return within the year when faced with several challenges. Their land needed water, but there were few irrigation facilities and diesel for tractors was available only long distances away from the farms.

Besides, they were faced with the poor purchasing power of the locals.

"During the first year, we grew maize but there were no buyers. I sold the crop by driving the tractor from village to village as there is no concept of a ‘mandi’ (wholesale market) there," Puneet Singh Thind, a farmer who returned to Ambala, told reporters.

Initial attraction for Africa came from the fact that high cost of land in India and high

input costs were making farming unsustainable in India.

"In Punjab, the average rate of land is Rs.30-35 lakh an acre. This goes up to around Rs.1 crore if you are buying land near the city. As compared to this, in Ethiopia we got 2,500 acres of land for an investment of around Rs.25 lakh," said Baljinder Singh, who has returned to Amritsar.

S.N.Pandey, an executive with Lucky Group, a company that has invested in Africa, had told IANS earlier that "the cost of agricultural production in Africa is almost half that in India. There is less need for fertiliser and pesticides, labour is cheap and overall output is higher."

The scramble for land by other countries in Africa was sparked by the global food price crises during 2008-09, when prices of commodities like wheat soared 130 percent in a year and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's food price index shot up by 40 percent.

India's response to soften the impact of the food price crisis resulted in Indian firms acquiring 600,000 hectares of

land in Ethiopia, for instance.

Others which had acquired significant land holdings at throwaway prices in the continent are China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South Korea and the European Union.

A World Bank report has shown that 45 million hectares of large scale agricultural land deals had been announced between 2008 and 2009.

By the first decade of the new millennium, statistics from East Africa, which has a large Indian-origin population, showed more than 80 Indian companies had invested around $2.5 billion in buying or leasing huge plantations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal and Mozambique to grow foodgrains and other cash crops for the Indian market.

This large enterprise has been accompanied by accusations against Indian companies of indulging in environmental damage as well as complaints from locals about losing access to grazing land and water due to the foreign farm projects.

The Indian land dreams in Africa seem to have run up against reality.

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New bin Laden documents show a suspicious, pressured al Qaeda WAshINGToN, MArch 1 (rEuTErs): Al Qaeda’s leaders were increasingly worried about spies in their midst, drones in the air and secret tracking devices reporting their movements as the U.S.-led war against them ground on, documents seized in the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s Pakistani hideout and reviewed by Reuters reveal.

The cache of 113 documents, translated and declassified by U.S. intelligence agencies, are mostly dated between 2009 and 2011, intelligence officials said.

The documents - the second tranche from the raid to have been declassified since May 2015 - depict an al Qaeda that was unwavering in its commitment to global jihad, but with its core leadership in Pakistan and Afghanistan under pressure on multiple fronts.

U.S. President Barack Obama has said drone strikes and other counter-terrorism operations depleted al Qaeda’s original leadership, culminating in bin Laden’s killing

by U.S. Navy SEALs on May 2, 2011. In the years since, the organization has proved resilient from Afghanistan to North Africa, and its ideological rival, Islamic State, has grown and spread.

letter’s unidentified author, adding, “we are in an intelligence battle and humans are humans and no one is infallible.”

In a May 11, 2010 letter to his then second-incommand, Atiyah Abd al Rahman, bin Laden urged caution in arranging an interview with al Jazeera journalist Ahmad Zaidan, asserting that the United States could be tracking his movements through devices implanted in his equipment, or by satellite.

“You must keep in mind the possibility, however, slight, that journalists can be under surveillance that neither we nor they can perceive, either on the ground or via satellite,” he wrote.

The FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive poster for Osama Bin Laden with the word “DECEASED” printed in red across it hangs on the wall at the FBI Headquarters in Washington. (REUTERS File Photo)

In one document, bin Laden issues instructions to al Qaeda members holding an Afghan hostage to be wary of possible tracking technology attached to the ransom payment.

“It is important to get rid of the suitcase in which the funds are delivered, due to the possi-

bility of it having a tracking chip in it,” bin Laden states in a letter to an aide identified only as “Shaykh Mahmud.”

In an apparent reference to armed U.S. drones patrolling the skies, bin Laden says his negotiators should not leave their rented house in the Pakistani

city of Peshawar “except on a cloudy overcast day.”

While the document is undated, the hostage, Afghan diplomat Abdul Khaliq Farahi, was held from September 2008 to late 2010.

Another, fragmentary document acknowledges that al Qaeda executed

four would-be volunteers on suspicion of spying, only to discover they were probably innocent, according to senior U.S. intelligence officials authorized to discuss the materials in advance of their public release.

“I did not mention this to justify what has happened,” wrote the undated

GROWING PRESSURE Even as al Qaeda came under growing pressure, bin Laden and his aides planned a media campaign to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, the documents show. They plotted diplomatic strategy and opined on climate change and the U.S. financial collapse.

In a undated letter “To the American people,” the al Qaeda chief chides Obama for failing to end the war in Afghanistan; and accurately predicts that the U.S. president’s plan for

ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will fail.

On April 28, 2011, just four days before his death, bin Laden was editing a document he had written on the Arab Spring revolutions.

Al Qaeda’s leaders also urged further attacks on the United States. “We need to extend and develop our operations in America and not keep it limited to blowing up airplanes,” says a letter, apparently written by bin Laden, to Nasir al-Wuhayshi, head of al Qaeda’s Yemen branch.

Bin Laden “was still sort of thinking in very kind of grand schemes, and still ... trying to reclaim that 9/11 ‘victory’,” said one of the senior intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.

But he was “somewhat out of touch with the (actual) capabilities of his organization,” the official said.

The documents show the strains of managing al Qaeda’s external networks, including identifying capable leaders and finding resources to fund operations abroad.

One associate, who signed his 2009 note simply as “Your beloved “Atiyah,” acknowledged troubles replacing an ineffective leader for external operations, saying some of the best candidates were dead.

“There are new broth-

ers, perhaps some would be suitable in the future, but not now,” he wrote.

Suspicion of tracking devices pops up again and again in the group’s writings. The concern may have been merited - the United States conducts extensive electronic surveillance on al Qaeda and other Islamic militant groups.

Abu Abdallah al-Halabi - who the U.S. Treasury has identified as a name used by bin Laden’s son-in law Muhammad Abdallah Hasan Abu-AlKhayr - writes in a letter to “my esteemed brother Khalid” about intercepting messages of “spies” in Pakistan, who he said would facilitate air strikes on al Qaeda operatives by marking cars with infrared streaks that can be seen with night vision equipment.

In another, bin Laden, writing under the pseudonym Abu Abdallah, expresses alarm over his wife’s visit to a dentist while in Iran, worrying that a tracking chip could have been implanted with her dental filling.

“The size of the chip is about the length of a grain of wheat and the width of a fine piece of vermicelli,” he wrote.

The letter ended with this instruction: “Please destroy this letter after reading it.”

Vatican paper lauds ‘Spotlight’ for giving voice to abuse victims SKorea’s Park says door not It gives "a voice to the portrayed would "become the film had "the courage to can official to testify about VA T I c A N c I T Y, shut on dialogue with North MArch 1 (rEuTErs): shock and profound pain a choir that would resonate denounce cases that must Catholic Church abuse ad-

The Vatican newspaper on Monday lauded the film "Spotlight", which took home this year's Oscar for best picture, for giving voice to the pain of the victims of sexual abuse by the clergy.

The film tells the story of how the Boston Globe uncovered a massive scandal of child molestation in the city's archdiocese. The Osservatore Romano said the film did not take a hostile position against the Church.

of the faithful who confront the discovery of this horrible reality", said an opinion piece by columnist Lucetta Scaraffia.

"It's by now clear that in the Church too many were worried about the image of the institution and not the gravity of the act."

During his brief acceptance speech on Sunday, "Spotlight" producer Michael Sugar said he hoped the voices of the victims

all the way to the Vatican" and called on Pope Francis to protect children.

Scaraffia's piece called Sugar's comments "positive", adding that they showed that "there's still faith in the institution, there's trust in a pope who is continuing the clean-up begun by his predecessor while he was still a cardinal".

A second article, a news roundup of the Oscars, said

be condemned without any hesitation".

Since the Boston Globe's 2002 expose that showed abusive priests were being moved from one parish to another instead of being defrocked, similar scandals have been discovered around the world and tens of millions of dollars have been paid in compensation.

The Oscar award came as the highest-ranking Vati-

dressed Australia's Royal Commission investigating abuse of children there.

"The Church has made enormous mistakes and is working to remedy those, but the Church in many places, certainly in Australia, has mucked things up, has let people down," Australian Cardinal George Pell said via video link from Rome to Sydney on Sunday. "I'm not here to defend the indefensible."

Missing HK bookseller to give up British passport, denies being kidnapped hoNG KoNG, MArch 1 (rEuTErs): A Hong Kong bookseller and British passport holder who disappeared last year has said he will renounce his British citizenship, adding that he had not been kidnapped

by Chinese authorities as suspected, but had sneaked into China illegally.

Lee Bo, a dual British and Hong Kong citizen, and four associates had gone missing over the past halfyear, sparking fears that Chinese authorities had abducted some of the men and taken them back to China.

The disappearances provoked concern that China was using shadowy tactics to erode the “one country, two systems” formula

under which Hong Kong has been governed since its return to China from British rule in 1997. In an investigation, at least one of the men now faces criminal charges for selling and distributing books critical of China’s Communist Party leaders that are banned in China.

In a 20-minute interview with China’s Phoenix Television late on Monday night, Lee Bo gave the first detailed account of his disappearance from Hong Kong in late December, saying he had returned to China voluntarily.

“I have always felt that I’m a Hong Kong citizen, a Chinese citizen, and because people have used

my British nationality to sensationalize and make the situation more complicated, that’s why I’m deciding to give up my British nationality,” said Lee, who appeared calm in the interview.

“Why have I acted so mysteriously? It’s because I’ve had to assist with a mainland Chinese investigation and it required testifying against some people,” Lee added. Since he was afraid of reprisals from those he was testifying against, he said, “I used an illegal means to sneak there and I didn’t use my (Chinese) home return permit. “I am very safe and free in China. My relations with law en-

forcement officers are very good.

They treat me very well.”

The British government said it would provide support to Lee, the BBC reported, following his latest comments. There was no immediate response from a British consulate representative in Hong Kong. Lee had been “involuntarily removed” to China, British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond said earlier.

Four of the other Hong Kong booksellers, including Gui Minhai, a Swedish national, confirmed on Chinese television on Sunday night that they had been detained for “illegal book trading” in mainland China.

sEouL, MArch 1 (rEuTErs): Seoul will not shut the door to dialogue with North Korea, South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Tuesday, but warned that Pyongyang, facing new U.N. sanctions, would be subject to even greater pressure as long as it stuck to its nuclear programme.

The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote soon on a resolution drafted by the United States and backed by China, the North’s main ally, aimed at punishing Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.

“The government will not shut the door on dialogue, but as long as the North doesn’t show the will to denuclearise and refuses to change, pressure from us and the international community will continue,” Park said. The anticipated adoption of new tough sanctions by the Security Council shows there is broad international support to stop the North’s nuclear programme, Park said.

Her comments came in a speech marking a movement in the 1900s to seek

South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the 1919 independence movement against Japanese rule over the Korean peninsula, in Seoul on March 1. (REUTERS Photo)

Korean independence from colonial ruler Japan.

Park did not make a proposal for fresh dialogue with the North, which last took place in August last year, when the two sides agreed to make efforts to improve ties.

In February, in a shift from her earlier focus on dialogue to engage the North, Park vowed tough action and suspended operations at a jointly run industrial park as punishment for the North’s recent moves.

The North conducted its fourth nuclear test in January and launched a long-range rocket in Feb-

ruary, which the Security Council condemned as a violation of existing resolutions that ban the isolated state from using ballistic missile technology.

The proposed new resolution would require U.N. member states to inspect for illict goods all cargo passing through their territory on its way to, or from, North Korea. Earlier, countries only had to do this if they had reasonable grounds to believe there was illicit cargo.

Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council, has sought more time to review the text of the resolution.

Bangladeshi women trafficked to To host or not to host the Dalai Lama? war-torn Syria as sex slaves, maids This is the dilemma for Taiwan’s new president

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, speaks to followers in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. (REUTERS File Photo)

BEIJING/TAIPEI, MArch 1 (rEuTErs): Taiwan Presidentelect Tsai Ing-wen’s diplomatic honeymoon with China could be shortlived if she allows the Dalai Lama to visit the self-ruled democratic island that Beijing claims as its own, two senior political sources said.

China regards Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader as a separatist, and Ma Ying-jeou, the outgoing presi-

dent who favours closer economic ties with the mainland, refused the Dalai Lama entry several times since his last visit to Taiwan in 2009.

On that occasion Ma did allow him in, although he did not meet the 80-year-old.

With invitations pending from Buddhist groups that are likely to be renewed after Tsai and her pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party easily won Janu-

ary elections, the incoming leader faces a dilemma, said a Taiwanese source close to the DPP and another with direct knowledge of the matter.

“The Dalai Lama could visit as early as around national day,” said the source close to the DPP, requesting anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. The Republic of China, Taiwan’s official name, marks its national day on Oct. 10.

Since sweeping to victory at the polls, Tsai has vowed to seek to maintain the “status quo of peace and stability” with China, Taiwan’s biggest trading partner, and Chinese state-run media have noted her pledges.

Since the election, Beijing has also warned against any moves towards formal independence and said it would defend its sovereignty. Tsai, who takes office on May 20, must decide whether to let the Dalai Lama in and risk riling China at a time when tensions in the region have already been raised over rival claims to the vital waterways of the South China Sea. The Dalai Lama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, fled into exile in India in 1959 after an abortive uprising against Communist rule. China has accused him of being a separatist, but the monk says

he only wants genuine autonomy for his Himalayan homeland.

Tsai could try and seek a compromise, the sources said, by convincing Beijing to keep dialogue open, rather than stonewalling her, in exchange for allowing the Dalai Lama into Taiwan but not meeting him one-on-one. The DPP said in a statement it was not aware of an invitation for the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan.

The Dalai Lama’s office in India, where he lives in exile, said: “His Holiness the Dalai Lama has no plans to visit Taiwan at the present time”. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office did not respond to a request for comment. The Dalai Lama congratulated Tsai on her “remarkable” victory, according to www. dalailama.com.

“It is indeed encouraging to see how firmly rooted democracy has become in Taiwan,” the Dalai Lama wrote. “It is a model and source of inspiration to those who aspire (to) freedom and accountable leadership.”

Beijing and Taipei have been diplomatic and military rivals since their split in 1949 after the Nationalists lost the Chinese civil war and fled to Taiwan. But trade, investment and tourism have blossomed during outgoing Ma’s eightyear rule.

NEW DELhI, MArch 1 (ThoMsoN rEuTErs FouNDATIoN): Scores of Bangladeshi women have been lured with the promise of a good job in the Middle East and then trafficked to war-torn Syria, where they are forced into domestic or sex work, a senior Bangladeshi police official said.

The head of a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) - an elite squad of the Bangladeshi police - said his unit had come across 45 cases of women who had been exploited, beaten, tortured or raped in Syria in the last year.

“It started with one woman called Shahinoor who escaped from her captors in Syria. She called her mother who complained to us,” Commander Khadaker Golam Sarowar of RAB-3 told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Monday.

“Shahinoor was supposed to go to Lebanon. Instead she was taken to Dubai with five other women, and then onto to Syria where she was sold to different people -sometimes to work as a maid, sometimes for sex. She told us there were others.”

Sarowar said the 34-year-old woman was “extremely sick and unable to move”.

Bangladeshi officials in Syria flew her to Dhaka where she is being treated for a kidney illness, he added.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that more than 8 million Bangladeshi nationals are working abroad, many of them in Gulf Arab states and Singapore. Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Many migrate willingly, but find them-

selves in situations of forced labour due, in part, to exorbitant recruitment fees which need to be repaid and restrictions placed on them by their employers.

Women, in particular, take up jobs as domestic workers in Gulf states where they are abused and face a lack of freedom.

Sarowar said Syria -- where a civil war has raged for five years -- has become a new destination for traffickers who were using Bangladeshi recruitment agencies to legitimately move people to countries like Jordan and Lebanon.

Traffickers in these countries then transported the women to Syria, where they were bought and sold and passed on to different people, with little chance of escape.

Eight people have been arrested in Bangladesh, he said, adding most were owners and staff of recruitment agencies who had either knowingly or unknowingly been part of an international trafficking ring. Traffickers in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan has not been identified or arrested yet, he added.

Sarowar said the victims were largely poor rural women who were paying an average recruitment fee of 30,000 taka ($380) in return for a one-year contract with a monthly salary of $200.

“They are innocent, uneducated women who come from the villages. They do not know anything about Syria and what is happening there. They think they are going to Lebanon or Jordan for a good life,” he said.

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infantino begins search for non-european chief executive ZURICH, MARCH 1 (REUTERS): The victory celebration over, new FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s first major decision in charge of the troubled world football organisation will be to appoint a secretary general, effectively a chief executive, to run dayto-day operations.

Since FIFA was founded in 1904, it has had 10 secretaries general, all from Europe, the game’s strongest continent.

At an event in London during his campaign for Friday's presidential election, Infantino said: "I am convinced the general secretary of FIFA should not be a European. Why not an African?”

A source close to In-

fantino said on Monday that this "did not necessarily mean that an African would be chosen, more than he had not ruled out an African".

That said, there would be a strong African contender in the shape of the Moroccan Hicham El Amrani.

The Paris-educated 36-year-old became general secretary of the African confederation (CAF) on an interim basis in 2010 and was confirmed in the role in September 2011.

He had previously been deputy general secretary at CAF and worked for the Asian Football ConNew FIFA President Gianni Infantino plays a friendly football match at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland on February federation in competitions 29. Infantino celebrated his first day in office by organising a marketing. He graduated in 2004 from the FIFA soccer match for employees and guests. (REUTERS Photo)

Agitated Allardyce unhappy with Sunderland attitude LONDON, MARCH 1 (REUTERS): Frustrated Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce said his players were not realising the severity of the relegation situation they find themselves in.

Sunderland, who face out-of-form Crystal Palace later on Tuesday, are second bottom of the Premier League table with 11 games

to go and Allardyce wanted more importance placed on results rather than performance.

"I don't think players realise just how important it (collecting points) is. If we don't accept the severity of our situation how are we going to cope with it?," Allardyce was quoted as saying by British media.

"Players tend to think

that if the performance is good, that's it. It's more than frustrating. We can't keep pussyfooting around.

The only way we're going to get out of it is by accepting more responsibility.

"It's a results business... and we have to make sure we get the results we need."

The former Newcastle United and West Ham United boss said Sunder-

land needed at least five wins from their remaining games to avoid the drop starting with Tuesday's fixture at home to 14th-placed Palace, who haven't won in 10 league matches.

"We’ve got to have our best run of the season and pick up five victories minimum in the hope that 38 points is going to be enough again this year," he added.

SA spinner Phangiso suspended over illegal action CApE TOWN, MARCH 1 (REUTERS): South Africa left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso will miss the first two Twenty20 Internationals against Australia this week after his action was found to be illegal by the ICC’s testing laboratory.

Phangiso will get the chance to win back his place in the squad for the final game of the series next Wednesday and South Africa’s World Twenty20 campaign in India, when he is re-tested by the ICC’s Panel of Human Movement Specialists on Monday.

The first assessment revealed that all variations of his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under ICC regulations after he was reported in a domestic 50-over semi-final last week.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed that he will not be considered for the first two Twenty20 matches against Australia on Friday and Sunday.

The 32-year-old will remain with the squad to work with spin bowling coach Claude Henderson, who will be joined by CSA’s high performance

manager Vinnie Barnes, to try to remedy his action.

Phangiso was disciplined by CSA late last year after allegedly offending crew and passengers on a flight from India while in an intoxicated state.

He was also forced to apologise after being caught by television cameras imitating snorting cocaine while in the team's dugout during the second Twenty20 international against England at The Wanderers last month. Phangiso has played 16 one-day internationals and nine T20s for South Africa.

Masters course, which was created to train future football administrators from around the world.

El Amrani won the Young Leader of the Year award in 2015 from the ‘Leaders in Sports’ organisation partly in recognition of the way he handled the switch of the African Nations Cup to Equatorial Guinea after Morocco withdrew two months before the tournament because of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

“He is very, very capable,” said Swiss-based sports business consultant Joao Frigerio, who knows El Amrani from the FIFA Masters alumni association. “There is no doubt in my mind that he can be a great general secretary.”

El Amrani could not imU.S. Soccer president mediately be reached for Sunil Gulati is an economics professor at Columbia comment.

University and well conNOT RUSHING nected politically in the Infantino said on Sun- United States. day that he would not rush This could be attractive into a decision about the to FIFA as it tries to improve secretary general, whose relations with the U.S. Derole takes on added im- partment of Justice, which portance in FIFA's new, re- has charged dozens of socformed structure. cer officials in the AmeriAlthough some of FIFA’s cas with corruption, and is reform documents refer investigating allegations of to a "CEO", a source with- bribery and corruption at in FIFA indicated that for FIFA itself. “tradition reasons” the title A tweet from sports of secretary general is likely marketing executive Rito continue to be used. In- cardo Fort suggesting Gufantino might also look to lati would be a good choice North America, whose ad- sparked speculation in ministrators played a key Zurich over the weekend. role in swinging votes to the Fort was until recently a Swiss at Friday's FIFA Con- senior vice-president for gress in Zurich. sponsorship marketing

with Visa Inc, one of FIFA’s global sponsors. Fort said his tweet reflected only his personal view, and Gulati was also not reachable for comment. Although there is no obvious candidate for the role from Asian football, an Asian candidate might also appeal to Infantino as he seeks to build bridges with other confederations, especially after he beat Asian confederation president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa to the FIFA presidency. The earliest Infantino could present a nomination would be an Executive Committee meeting in Zurich on March 17, but he may decide to wait until closer to May's FIFA Congress in Mexico City.

cHss annual games and sports held DIMApUR, MARCH 1 (MExN): Games and Sports is an integral part of Education. In keeping with the spirit and aspiration of the young and energetic children, Carmel Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur organized its annual games and sports with Shri E. Kikon (Additional Director Geology & Mining Govt. of Nagaland) as the chief guest.

Parents and guardians of the Students, Chekiye Village Chairman, Head GB and Student’s Office Bearers graced the occasion.

The inaugural function started with an invocation prayer by Sr Cecilia (CMC) followed by words of welcome by Rev. Fr. KC James the Principal and sports man prayer by Rev. Fr. Ntonse John Lotha.

Speaking to the students and staff of the school the Chief Guest, Shri E. Kikon, stated that sports has lots of value to the students. It helps to develop mental

E. Kikon (Additional Director Geology & Mining Govt. of Nagaland) as chief guest, addressing students of Carmel Hr. Sec. School on the occasion of the annual games and sports on March 1.

and physical aspects of life.

Though everyone will not fulfill dreams and achieve aims, yet for the betterment of the society, we will have to do our part. He further said that, parents should encourage their children to take part in sports and co-

curricular activities which is compulsory in school.

The highlights of the programme included Lighting the Sports Flame, Hoisting the Flag, Singing of the National Anthem, Inspection of Parade, Oath Taking, March Past (with Iku Chishi of IX

B, as Parade Commander) and Aerobics (by Class V, VI & VII). The inaugural programme was followed by inter house football competition, relay race and Kabbadi. The Annual Games and Sports meet is from of March 1 - 4.

public discourse The importantance of Nagamese Peace Education as a Strategy towards Sustainable Peace 1. Many people have expressed their opinion and considering Nagamese Language as a bazaar language; Nevertheless Nagamese Baptist Churches Association (NBCA) after seriously consideration take it as greatest gift from God in which God has blessed us graciously to communicate and to understand one another, therefore NBCA stands firmly to treasure the Nagamese Language as a unifying language and looking forward to develop it for greater interest for the inhabitants of Nagaland.

2. Since its inception, the NBCA have been facing a lot of criticism and hurdle from every nook and corners mainly not to give affiliate under NBCC and promoting its mission through Nagamese. However having undergone such ordeal, NBCA dedication and persistent effort under the leadership of former NBCA Executive Secretary Rev .R.Meren and NBCC General Secretary Rev. Dr. Anjo on 7th Feb 2011 NBCA was affiliated as one of the associate member under Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC). NBCA, stands firm and shall not shy away instead work harder in promoting Nagamese and shall not remain silent towards recognizing the Nagamese language at Government level.

3. Nagamese Language is playing a vital role in our society be it in rural or urban areas, Nagamese represent the basic communication medium for all the Nagas in Nagaland especially at grassroots level to those people who doesn’t speak English and Hindi for them Nagamese is the only medium to expressing their desires, so NBCA take it as an opportunity to unite the Nagas through Nagamese language in our states.

4. Nagamese is derived from so many different languages like Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Oryia, Bhojpuri, Kachari, Garo, English and Naga tribal languages etc. When we talk about the origin of Nagamese, we can refer or research from their own Dictionary and Grammar for better understanding to make a beautiful Naga language. Since Nagamese is a mixture of so many different languages, For instance we can even change it into Nagamix or any other name instead of Nagamese (since some of us dislike Nagamese ). At the moment NBCA have already released THE BEGINNER OF ANGLO NAGAMESE DICTIONAY in 2015 and now on the process to release Nagamese GRAMMER book. NBCA shall not look back, instead have a plan and decided to take up intensive research on Nagamese literature for the welfare of our states.

5. During our fore-father time, our Naga society was disintegrated and not being able to communicate among ourselves and other neighboring states due to language barrier which leads to many division and difference among

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our Naga tribes and neighboring states but Thank God, our fore-father has devised a common language (Nagamese) which has broken the greatest barrier among the feuding tribe of Nagas and others, easing tension and war.

Furthermore brought peace, harmony, unity and greater development in our Naga society as well as our neighboring states and country through the Nagamese language.

Whether Government banned or recognized it or not, Nagas shall speak Nagamese and shall continue to speak from dusk to dawn since we don’t have any other common language to communicate except Nagamese, even now we observed Nagamese language is like international language at this juncture, because even in our neighboring states and country Nagamese is prominently used for communication. Therefore NBCA believe that sooner or later Nagamese will become one of the common language for our Nagas, withholding this facts, NBCA has committed to improve and promote the Nagamese language in every possible ways and means.

NBCA believes that promoting, developing and recognizing Nagamese as an official language, it shall not destroy our identity and culture nor hamper any developmental activities, since each tribe of Nagas has their own dialect and exhibit a distinctive tradition and culture. Rather it shall bring more benefit by being united through Nagamese language even to extend of our neighboring states and country.

The Literature Department of NBCA has already released, “THE BEGINNER OF ANGLO NAGAMESE DICTIONAY”,”Nagamese Hymnal and Gospel song book”. And in addition to that “How to speak Nagamese within one week”, and “Nagamese Grammar book”, are on process. Above that under Bible Society of India (BSI), Nagamese New Testament translation is an ongoing project.

Though Nagamese language has been spoken by the inhabitants of Nagaland, since time immemorial but due to lack of proper research work the importance of Nagamese has been undermine, moreover this language has no particular OWNER/nor a subject of any particular tribe or community, NBCA believe in promoting this language we cannot impose/dictate or stop anybody not to promote or speak. Therefore NBCA appeals to all citizens, NGO’s, Govt agency, scholar and intellectual etc to come forward and contribute to make Nagamese as one of the sweetest language in North East India and even beyond.

N Mhonbemo Patton Convener On behalf of Literature Committee of NBCA patton_adpc@yahoo.com

In the word of Martin Luther King Junior he says, ‘We have guided missiles and misguided men’ n spite of the laudable achievement, Nagaland is faced with a number of serious problems. Injustice, hatred, corruption, violence, tribalism etc are on an increase. Implementation of new strategy towards promoting peace is what the state of Nagaland needs at this hour. Conflict had been what people knew, keeping in mind still the practise of head hunting as a legacy. This how ever had revolved to all source of conflict both overt and structural. With the influence of educational system within the people, competition had become the race, leading to fight

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Looking into the past and the present and envisions the future by comparing and contrasting.

Education (westernization) had also been one inception behind contribution of different types of conflict. And to ponder this very problem ‘education’ as one root shall be encountered back by ‘education itself’, through promoting peace education within the state, so that students (addressed as the future) are aware of what peace is at an early age.

Achievement on this (peace education) will reflect and result to sustainable peace.

The mission of peace belongs to every citizen of the state.

It had been a long awaited challenge which is an unfulfilled task still. It is a struggle and in every

struggle our own love and esteem for our foe is the cornerstone for our strength.

Early education of what peace is? Is to be imparted to the younger generation so that they are well acquainted with their better tomorrow. Most often people say that there is always room for change, YES it is BUT we are never aware what our future holds tomorrow.

Peace education is to address in a different disciplinary area and is an important teaching aid. The context, visuals and the activities to be taken within the four walls and outside is to reflect and mirror the values and hope which is to be upheld by the society. This is an urgent need of the state to train and develop a cadre of enlightened

students for their historical mission.

To have sustainable peace within the state at an early phase, peace education shall not only be periodical based approach rather should be academic in nature spreading across every educational institutional within the state. Education of peace shall be focused not only theoretical rather practical in nature understand and preventing conflict and resolving the current conflict situation of the state in particular and the country in large.

Shanjos E. Kikon Peace and Conflict Transformation Trainee, NEISSR

international ear care day I'm Wrong, He's Right H

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nternational Ear Car Day is an annual advocacy event held on 3rd March which aims at raise awareness and promote Ear and Hearing Care across the world.

The first International Conference on Prevention and Rehabilitation of Hearing impairment was held in Beijing, China in 2007.

The theme for World Hearing Day, 2006 is “Childhood Hearing Loss Act Now”. The aim of the programme is to promote ear and hearing care integrated within the primary health care system of its member stare.

To draw attention to the fact that the majority of the causes which lead to hearing loss in children can be prevented through public health measures, early identification and suitable timely interventions.

WHO estimates that approximately 15% of the world’s adult population experiences some degree (mild & above) of hearing loss. Of these, 330 million live with disabling hearing loss. Majority of those with hearing loss live in the less developed areas of the world.

The WHO programme for prevention of deafness and hearing loss works with vision of a world in which no person experience hearing loss, due to preventable causes and those with unavoidable hearing loss can achieve

their full potential through appropriate interventions, education and empowerment.

WHO estimates that 1.1 billion young people worldwide could be at risk of hearing loss due to unsafe listening practices. Concerned at the increasing risk posed by exposure to loud sounds due to the unsafe sue of personal audio devices including smart phones and exposure to damaging levels of sound at noisy entertainment venues such as night clubs, bars and sporting events. WHO launched “Make Listening Safe” initiatives on 3rd March, 2015. It highlights that such recreational hearing loss has potentially devastating consequences for physical and mental health, education and employment.

Suggestions for the Teachers.

1. If the child is not attentive in the class it can be due to hearing loss 2. Don’t let the child insert any object into the ear.

3. Do not slap or hit the child on the ear.

4. In case of discharge from the ear or hearing loss consult the doctor immediately.

Dr. Zhimatho Nyusou ENT Specialist, Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima

onestly, questions about life and the afterlife haunts us in the deep recesses of one's mind and soul every now and then. Questions that have been wrestled throughout the ages by saints, philosophers and alikes. Do they all come to the same conclusion? No. So is there any certainty about anything at all? No. But are there any possibilities? Yes. We ask, "Is there a life beyond our eyes and reason? Is there a spiritual realm that functions as ours?

Is there an invisible force that is driving us to do what we do? What if our eyes were open to see what really controls this world?..." and a whole lot of others.

All the little and small reactions that we sent out into the world, is it driven by hate, anger, selfishness, pride, hatred, and bitterness or is it by love and peace? Little do we know what actually is happen in and around us. Little do we know that we are all a confused humanity bounded and ruled by the enemies of our souls. Little do we know and understand the power and deceitfulness of our own heart and mind. And little do we know that there's a God above and beyond who's trying to reach us every single moment and second of our lives. And all of us are disillusioned and wonder what is wrong with this world.

All of us tells our own stories yet doubt one another.

I'm sure this one will too.

O! that we would know and find out who's on our side and who's not. Eternity and Death will tell.

Silently we waste away as we wait to hear Him call us blessed or curse us. Only then we would realize I thought, I knew it. But I'm wrong and He's right.

Vebu Khamo Kohima Bible College

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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Priyanka second most searched celeb in Oscar searches: Google

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hile India made it to the top 10 markets for searches related to the 88th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles on Sunday, it was actor Priyanka Chopra who was the second most searched celebrity in India after Hollywood actor Leonardo Dicaprio, internet search giant Google said on Monday.

India although contributing about two percent of the global searches for the Oscars, still made it to the top 10 markets for Oscar searches, the company said in a statement. As much as 50 percent of all Oscar searches worldwide originated from the US. The top searches for Oscars 2016 from India included best picture, best actor, best actress and best director, Google said. The top searched nominees in the best picture category were "The Revenant", "Mad Max: Fury Road", "The Martian", "Room", "Bridge of Spies", "Spotlight" and "The Big Short".

For Indian fans, Leonardo DiCaprio emerged as the most popular nominee in the race for best actor, followed by Matt Damon (The Martian). Incidentally, DiCaprio also emerged as the most searched best actor nominee across the US. "In 2016, searches around the Oscars are trending to be the top query worldwide in the art and entertainment category", Google added.

The same trend was seen in India as well.

All varieties of queries were typed by the users around the awards, award dates and nominations, Google said.

Source: ianS

Leonardo’s Oscar winning moment tweeted 440000 times per minute

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he Academy sent the whole world in a tizzy after they released their list of nominations for the 88th Academy Awards, which saw Leonardo DiCapiro as one of the nominees for the Best Actor category for 'The Revenant.' And it looked like the whole world came together to pray and cheer for the actor's big win.

From tweets and memes to games and petitions, a lot was done to ensure that Leo, who has been nominated on five separate occasions earlier as well, finally takes home the trophy. And take home the trophy he did!

To the utter relief of his fans and supporters, the actor finally bagged the coveted award on Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre, LA, where the Oscar ceremony was held. What followed next was only to be expected. Leo's winning moment has now become the most tweeted Oscar moment ever with 4,40,000 tweets per minute, according to Twitter data. Prior to this, the record was held by Ellen Degeneres' starry selfie at the 2014 Oscars, which was tweeted 2,55,000 times on Twitter.

Source: Tnn

Kate & Prince William will visit Mumbai slums

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he Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to visit the povertystricken streets of Mumbai - made famous by Oscarwinning film Slumdog Millionaire - during their trip to India this spring. While the official tour itinerary is not yet finalised, a palace source has confirmed that the royal couple will meet with charities working in the most deprived slums.

Kate and William will hear how organisations in India are improving the mental health of street children as well as giving them physical health checks,

food and water and a safe place to stay. An insider told Daily Mirror: 'As much as possible they want see things for themselves. They will see projects focusing on children in significant urban poverty.'

More than half of Mumbai’s 20 million inhabitants live in slums across the city, and it is believed the pair may also visit New Delhi. Director Danny Boyle filmed Slumdog Millionaire in the Dharavi slum in the centre of the city, which is home to an estimated one million people. The 2009 movie features real slum children who were

plucked from obscurity to play the roles.

Meanwhile, it was announced last week that Kate and William will also follow in the footsteps of Princess Diana and visit the Taj Mahal during their tour.

William and Kate are 'very much looking forward' to the week-long trip around India and the nearby Kingdom of Bhutan, an insider said. Their trip comes 24 years after William's mother was photographed sitting alone on a bench outside the Taj Mahal while visiting the world heritage site with the Prince of Wales in 1992.

Source: Mailonline

Lady Amelia Windsor crowned 'The most beautiful member of the royal family'

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he April edition of Tatler magazine could ruffle a few regal feathers as it hails 20-year-old cover girl Lady Amelia Windsor as 'The most beautiful member of the royal family.' It's been eight years since the society magazine last put a member of the royal family on the cover, when it featured Princess Eugenie as she celebrated her 18th birthday back in 2008.

Lady Amelia, 36th in line to the throne, who is the granddaughter of the Queen’s cousin, the Duke of Kent, graces the front page of the aristocrat's favourite read wearing a revealing floral jacquard dress and tousled, flowing hair.

Until now, the glacial blonde beauty has kept a reasonably low profile largely protected from the media's glare by her family

and living a cloistered life at an exclusive girls’ boarding school - but as Lady Amelia approaches her final year at Edinburgh University, it seems she's keen to position herself firmly in the spotlight.

The student is said to be as fashion conscious as her aunt Lady Helen Taylor, once a brand ambassador for Armani. The 'most beautiful member of the royal family' strap line is unusual news as the Duchess of Cambridge is usually the royal whose good looks garner the most attention.

It's not the first time that 'Lady A' has graced the pages of Tatler either; she appeared in October 2010, modelling outfits designed by Hardy Amies, the Queen’s official dressmaker. Along with her handsome brother Edward, Baron Downpatrick, Amelia and sister Marina

were pictured across seven pages, modelling outfits designed by Hardy Amies, the Queen’s official dressmaker.

Amelia told journalists during the 2010 shoot that she liked to browse Notting Hill’s Portabello Market or root around boutiques in the Marais area of Paris for clothes, signalling an early interest in fashion.

The Windsor siblings' father ‘Gentle’ George St Andrews, as he is known to the Royal Family, gave up his right to the throne when he married their Catholic mother, Sylvana Tomaselli, in 1988, only to regain it again in March, 2015 when the Succession to the Crown act came into effect.

The trio are second cousins of Lord Freddie and Lady Gabriella Windsor, the children of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.

Lady Amelia was edu-

cated at St Mary’s Ascot, in Berkshire. Former pupils of the Catholic school, where fees reach more than £34,000 a year, also include Princess Caroline of Monaco and Lady Antonia Fraser.

Source: Mailonline

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ith veteran actor Kabir Bedi congratulating Preity Zinta on her marriage, social media was abuzz with reports that the Bollywood actress has already said "I do" to her American beau Gene Goodenough in a hush-hush ceremony in Los Angeles.

The virtual world had a flood of speculations that the “Kal Ho Naa Ho” star had exchanged wedding vows with Goodenough on Monday night (Tuesday morning

in India). There is also news that Preity's close friends -- fashion designer and stylist Surily Goel and Sussanne Khan -- were part of the secret ceremony.

Sussanne, the estranged wife of Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan, also shared a photograph with Surily on Instagram, and captioned it as: “Calif Sunday with my @surilydpgoel Sunshine and a vintage car. #cityofangels #LA #dreamcatcher.”

However, there was no direct mention of Preity's

wedding.

Sending the twitterati into a tizzy, Kabir Bedi tweeted: “Huge congrats my friend @ realpreityzinta on your marriage to Gene in Los Angeles, City of Angels. Blessings!”

A user posted: “Finally #PreityZinta married a Goodenough Gene!”, while another shared: “Actress Preity Zinta gets married to Gene Goodenough - so will she now have the epic name Preity Goodenough?”.

With no confirmation on the union from both the par-

ties, it seems the marriage gossip is not leaving Preity's side. Last year, there were reports that the "Soldier" actress will be marrying Goodenough in January, and then around Valentine's Day. But she had declined the reports, saying that she is fed up with all the speculation about her personal life.

Now, an official statement from the actress is awaited, while rumours still continue that her nuptials will take place in April.

Preity was earlier famously dating Bombay Dyeing heir Ness Wadia.

Source: ianS

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fter wrapping up ‘Rangoon’s Mumbai scheduled shoot, Shahid Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut have taken their film to Arunachal Pradesh. The two were spotted at the airport as they were leaving for their film’s next schedule.

As they landed and reached their desired location, Shahid was snapped in Arunachal Pradesh's traditional attire. Reportedly, Shahid and Kangana will be shooting for a song sequence at Jonai railway station where the film’s entire team has gathered around.

The song is being choreographed by Farah Khan, who was also snapped dressed in Arunachal Pradesh's traditional attire along with film’s director Vishal Bharadwaj.

Shahid and Kangana’s co-star Saif Ali Khan is also with the film’s team. The film is a classic tale that is set against the backdrop of World War II. In this love triangle, we’ll see Saif playing the character of a filmmaker, Kangana as an actress from the 40s and Shahid plays the role of an army officer.

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India beat SL by 5 wickets MiRPuR, MARCH 1 (iANS): India rode on fine knocks by Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh to defeat Sri Lanka by five wickets in their Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Tuesday.

Coming in after the early fall of opener Shikhar Dhawan, Kohli anchored the innings with some solid batting as India overhauled the 139-run target with five wickets in hand and four balls to spare.

Yuvraj produced a power-packed innings, hitting 35 runs off 18 balls with three boundaries and an equal number of sixes.

India, who have won all the three matches they have played so far, thus assured themselves a spot in the final.

The men in blue are at the top of the five-team table with six points and even an unlikely defeat in the final group game against minniows United Arab Emirates will see them through to the summit clash.

Nagaland team leaves for National level NE games

The Nagaland team today left the state capital Kohima for National Level North East Games 2016 under Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA) to be held at Imphal from March 2 to 7. The Nagaland contingent consists of 130 and they will take part in various disciplines. Commissioner & secretary for youth resources & sports and NEPED Menukhol John flagged off the marching out of the state contingents here at the Indoor TT Stadium this morning. Youth Resources & Sports director Asangla Imti and other officials were also present.

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Celtics' home streak reaches 11 with 100-95 win over Jazz BOSTON, MARCH 1 (AP): Boston's 18-point loss at Utah in its first game after the All-Star break was a rough one.

It didn't take very long for the Celtics to learn from their mistakes.

Jae Crowder had 22 points, and the Celtics extended their home win streak to 11 with a 100-95 victory over the Jazz on Monday night.

Isaiah Thomas added 18 points and nine assists for Boston, which shot just 37 percent from the field in a 111-93 loss to Utah on Feb. 19. Avery Bradley also finished with 18 points. ''We're really locking in, and being resilient and believing in one another.

And we're believing in what coach Brad draws up for us,'' Crowder said. ''We've been doing a great job when it's crunch time of finding the right shot. That takes lot of togetherness, and I think we've shown that. We gotta continue to show that to win games.''

Boston trailed for most of the game, but found its footing in the opening minutes of the fourth and used a 9-3 run to take its first lead of the second half.

The fourth quarter featured eight more lead changes, but the Celtics went in front for good on a 3-pointer by Crowder with less than a minute to play.

The shot came off a set play drawn up by Stevens during a timeout.

The ball went into Thomas, who drove into the lane and drew multiple defenders. That created space on the wing for Crowder, the first option on the play. ''Once (the defender) sinks in just a little bit I knew I.T. was going to make the right play. I just wanted a little bit of daylight to let it go,'' Crowder said.

Trey Lyles had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz, who have dropped three in a row. Shelvin Mack added 18 points.

Gordon Hayward finished with 16.

Lyles, a rookie firstround pick, scored a total of 16 points in his previous seven games. But he con-

Amir Johnson of the Boston Celtics grabs a rebound against Derrick Favors of the Utah Jazz during the fourth quarter at TD Garden on February 29, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics defeat the Jazz 100-95.

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tinually found gaps in the middle of the Celtics' defense.

Boston won despite being outrebounded 52-47 for the game. ''I think these last two (losses) have been pretty deflating for us,'' Hayward said. ''We got to find a way to pick ourselves up. We got three more tough games on this trip. Tonight was one where we felt like we were in control early, but just couldn't get stops. ''We got to learn from it and find a way to pick ourselves up.''

NO HARD FEELINGS David Lee never quite found a place in Boston before he was waived on Feb. 19. But Stevens said he is hoping he fits in better with the Dallas Mavericks.

Stevens said he sent his former player a congratulatory text after Lee helped the Mavericks post a comeback win over Denver on Friday.

''As much as you go through with everybody, and guys play or don't play or whatever the case may be, you want everybody that leaves here to do well,'' Stevens said. ''We're rooting for him to do well and happy for the way he started.''

BUTLER DUO REUNITED Jazz coach Quin Snyder said he thinks the fact that Hayward and Mack played together at Butler certainly will help get Mack acclimated to the Jazz following his trade from Atlanta on Feb. 18. ''Anytime you have two guys that have a good feel for the game, they integrate - I'm talking just about basketball.

At the same time, the familiarity I think accelerates that,'' Snyder said. ''But I haven't seen them wearing Bulldog colors or anything like that. ...

I know they appreciate one another.''

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