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‘Indian Govt is conflicted between human rights & commercial agenda’ Morung Express news Dimapur | March 6

A global collaboration of NGOs has stated that the Indian Government appears “conflicted between human rights and a narrowly commercial agenda,” when it comes to dealing with the rights of indigenous people over their land.

A report published last week by Oxfam, an international confederation of NGOs, acknowledged that India’s Forest Rights Act 2006, if fully implemented, could transform India, where around half of rural households depend on community or common lands for part of their livelihoods.

It viewed that the Forest Rights Act, if fully implemented, “could enshrine control for 150 million men and women over up to half of the country’s forests, which are concentrated in India’s most impoverished areas... It would be the largest ever land reform in India and among the largest in the world.”

The report cited how after a 10-year struggle, the London-based metal giant Vedanta gave up its battle to mine bauxite valued at $2 billion, which lay beneath the sacred territory of the Dongria Kondh indigenous people in eastern

India.

“The company had failed to consult the people, who blockaded roads and rail lines and brought the project to a halt. In 2013, India’s Supreme Court ruled that mining contravened the country’s Forest Rights Act, the government withdrew the company’s right of access to the land, investors pulled out and the company’s credit rating plunged.”

It further said that in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, officials collaborating with the NGO Vasundhara have developed mapping processes to help communities claim their forests.

The test case was Loyendi.

There, the Kondh tribe had been attempting to reclaim forests where they had legally cut bamboo until the state took the land 50 years ago and gave bamboo rights to local paper mills.

Under India’s 2006 Forest Rights Act, forests became a community rather than a state asset. Villages with forest dwellers – about a quarter of all villages – are now entitled to a legally enforceable community forest, and access to government funds for forest management. Nobody can take land from communities in tribal areas without their approval. Affirming the law’s interpretation

grabs from more powerful entities like governments and corporations.

It said that there is growing evidence of the vital role played by full legal ownership of land by indigenous peoples and local communities in preserving cultural diversity and in combating poverty and hunger, political instability and climate change.

The importance of protecting and expanding indigenous and community ownership of land, it said, has been a key element in the negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change, and is central to their successful implementation.

The report launched a ‘Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights,’ backed by more than 300 organizations all over the world. “It is a manifesto of solidarity with the ongoing struggles of indigenous peoples and local communities seeking to secure their land rights once and for all,” the report said.

The report was a product of wide collaboration of various nongovernmental organisations including Land Rights Now, International Land Coalition, OXFAM, and the Rights and Resources Initiative.

Children watch a cartoon projected in a refugee camp at the Macedonian border in idomeni, Greece on March 6. (AP Photo)

LLRPO clarifies on Feb 13 meeting

DIMAPUR, MARCH 6 (MExN): The Lotha Lower Range Public Organisation (LLRPO) today issued a clarification with regard to the organisation’s February 13 meeting held at Bhandari.

A press note from the LLRPO expressed shock at “persons who attended the meeting misinterpreting at their will what actually did not happen in the meeting.”

The LLRPO said that press statement released by ten organisations of the Lotha community on March 4 “was a fabricated interpretation to create mistrust and confusion among us. Any matter pertaining to

Kohima traffic Blues

reflections

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in 2013, India’s Supreme Court called the rights an ‘imperishable endowment’.

While implementation of the law has been done in some areas, the report lamented that the government has also announced plans to privatize large parts of its forest estate. “And even a decade after the law came into force, many state administrations tasked with organizing the handover are stonewalling the process,” it stated.

It noted that around half of rural households in India derive part of their income from resources on common or state lands often officially categorized as wastelands. For example, it cited how millions of rural Indians live by harvesting wild bamboo. “Community lands may also have huge value for tourism. But national statistics rarely capture this,” it added.

The report titled ‘Common Ground’ informed that up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up over 50 percent of the land on the planet.

However, it pointed out that they legally own only one-fifth of the land. The remaining five billion hectares remain unprotected and vulnerable to land

Traffic police for “smooth flow” of vehicular movement in Nagaland capital city Chizokho Vero Kohima | March 6

To ensure smooth flow of traffic in the state capital Church? look...i drink, i Kohima, the Kohima traffic smoke, i gamble. i cheat, i police along with the disrob. How can i go to church? trict administration have initiated various measures The Morung Express and more codes of traffic management are on card.

Poll QuEsTion Talking to The Morung Vote on www.morungexpress.com Express, DSP (Traffic) SMS your anSwer to 9862574165 Tekasosang Jamir said that expert technicians have Do you believe there is ‘tolerance’ in Naga taken the whole measuresociety? Why? ment of the road and that three lanes will be made wherever possible.

Yes no others He said that making Are you satisfied by the three lane systems has performance of the new generation of Naga politicians been necessitated espeand bureaucrats? Why? cially in the main market 16% Yes area, one lane for parking 62% no “since we don’t have parking system.” He did admit 22% others that it would be a diffiDetails on page 7 cult task to make the road three lane, as there is very little space. However, he affirmed that the department The Morung Express would put its best efforts to now has an outlet at the cause.

Nagarjan Junction Jamir said that while Police Point, Develwaiting for the completion opment Authority of of two multi-parking facilities, which are under conNagaland (DAN) buildstruction at Old NST and ing, adjacent to the Dimedical old directorate, mapur Town Hall. It they are planning to make will make the newspathree lane systems in these per more accessible to two areas. people living beyond “We have to keep parkthe Railway flyover— ing for the general public, press releases, adverespecially on the extreme tisements, letters to the right of the road,” he said editor, articles and bill adding that improper parkpayments can also be ing is a major obstruction submitted directly to to traffic flow. “We are trythe outlet from now on. ing our best not to obstruct

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Vehicles lined up in a traffic jam in Kohima. The Kohima Traffic Police along with the District Administration have initiated several measures for smooth traffic flow in the capital.

Areas designated as No Parking Zones

• Opposite side (hill side) of Lotha Sector Church, Kezieke to Pezielietse Junction (Tin Patti) from 8am to 5pm.

• 10 (ten) ft. On either side of the electric post in front of new Oking Hospital.

• The stretch between Steel Bridge to Naga Bazar Church Junction on NHK-Pezielietsie (Tin Patti) road from 8 am to 5 pm.

Rutsa Bakery (near Old NST).

• Near Razhü Point towards Traders Road.

Movement of Medium Commercial Vehicles viz.Tata Mobiles, Mini Trucks, etc shall be restricted from 10 am to 12 noon between AG junction to Pezielietsei (Tin Patti) and From Agri police point to PHQ Junction.

Mezhür Junction to Lower Chandmari road is designated as One Way EnRoad dividers to be placed on the fol- try only for vehicles coming from TCP Point effective from 8 am to 4 pm. Down lowing locations:• Phoolbari Police Point to Y Junction. vehicles shall not be allowed direct en• Kesa Market (near NST parking) till try/right turn except via TCP Point. the free flow of the vehicles, so we have already put up the road divider board in the busy road,” he said.

Stating that vehicles parking from Keziekie to High School road cause obstruction to free flow of traffic, he said: “We want to declare the narrow road as no parking zone in this stretch of the road.” “We want to clear D’ Block parallel parking on the left hand side of the road,” he said adding that no heavy vehicle will be allowed to park. He added that parking in this curved and narrow road would be fined according to the law.

“Presently, we are placing road dividers (made of

chain and barricades) in all the busy and commercial places in around Kohima town on trial basis for the smooth flow of traffic,” he further informed. “Once we find it is okay in easing the traffic jam then the administration and police will be constructing the permanent structure of road divider.”

The Kohima Traffic Police is also planning to construct a traffic point in the old Tata parking area, to facilitate two lanes, one lane for right turn and the left for down vehicle.

He also said that near the 2nd World War tank, one ‘round booth’ will be made called ‘Gulchakar.’

Also sharing the plan of the traffic police, he said, the vehicles coming down from BOC side to PWD office will have to take a U turn. This, according to Jamir would ease up traffic at the PWD junction.

“We are trying to remove all the conflict zones.

There so many conflict zones in Kohima town road,” he said adding that vehicles coming from PWD side going down to town have to take left turn and go up to Classic Island and take U turn to go to town.

While the date for implementation of these measures was not revealed, Jamir appealed for cooperation from the public.

the affairs of LLRPO has to be rooted through this office.”

It informed that the LLRPO had not invited any media to the meeting and said that “any news is a creation of an unknown agency to tarnish and defame LLRPO.” It may be noted that on March 4, ten organizations of the Lotha community had condemned a statement allegedly made by a Kilo Kilonser of the NSCN (IM) at the LLRPO meeting that the NSCN (IM) has “identified 25 Lotha intellectuals as troublemakers and would initiate action against them.” The organizations, in their release claimed that this “has been

confirmed through people who attended the meeting.”

The LLRPO however cautioned that the “unfounded statements of the persons who attended the meeting shall be held responsible for the mess and creating chaos amongst the community. This is an act of treachery and shall be accountable to the range.”

It added that “misleading news and messages regarding LLRPO meeting of February 13, 2016 bears no validity and hence one should refrain and denounce it.” The LLRPO hoped that misunderstandings on this issue would be cleared “among us for the better cause of all.”

‘Protection of human life & dignity is crucial at all times’ GENEvA, MARCH 5 (MExN): The pro- rhetoric scar societies, he said. “They tection of human life and dignity is crucial might offer instant political gratification in at all times, said Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN some quarters, but they result in divisions High Commissioner for Human Rights in that cut deep. Racist, discriminatory and his opening statement to the 31st Regu- xenophobic rhetoric makes it even hardlar Session of the Human Rights Council er for minorities and outsiders to access equal opportunities and basic goods. And (HRC) on February 29.

The Council met against a backdrop of so our societies are cleaved. Communities “accumulating departures” from the body grow further apart.”

Similarly, when Governments clamp of institutions and laws which States built to codify their behaviour. “Gross violations down against grassroots activists, journalof international human rights law – which ists and political opponents – or scrap the clearly will lead to disastrous outcomes – guarantees of an independent judiciary – are being greeted with indifference,” not- “They are dismantling the integrity of their ed Ra’ad Al Hussein in his stirring speech. societies and the people’s trust and reDuring armed conflict or occupation, spect for fundamental institutions. Crusha complementary body of law – interna- ing human freedoms will not protect us tional humanitarian law – provides addi- from terrorism. It creates dangerous divitional protection, to safeguard the rights of sions and grievances that will lead to more violence,” the UN leadthose fighting, as well as civilians, the sick UN High Commissioner for er maintained.

He urged poliand wounded, and Human Rights addresses cy-makers to deploy people who have laid 47 member states of the measures which “endown their weapons.

Human Rights Council sure respect for huIt must be applied by man rights,” which will all parties: States – including all foreign forces, in the case of ex- then “extinguish violent extremism more ternal intervention – and non-State armed effectively, and more sustainably, than any crackdown. Justice and human rights groups.

“These two great bodies of law are be- are the essential foundation of loyalty,” he ing violated shockingly, in multiple con- said.

Ra’ad Al Hussein also urged the 47 flicts, with complete impunity,” observed Ra’ad Al Hussein, adding that it is “ex- Member States, which includes India, to tremely alarming” that so many conflicts, “rise above the crescendo of xenophobia.” crises and humanitarian emergencies are “Cities and civilizations have been irricurrently raging, with “repeated viola- gated by diversity, and have welcomed far tions” of the norms that protect people’s greater movements of people in the past,” he observed. rights and lives.

Structural injustice and discriminaNoting that the effects of prolonged conflicts and emergencies will be “en- tion continue to deprive millions of people dured for generations,” the UN High Com- of their right to development. A “shocking missioner stated that “Whether they are number” of women are denied their funthe result of deliberate targeting or sys- damental equality, including their reprotemic incompetence, every single attack ductive rights. “Far too many” people are on civilians and protected civilian objects excluded from vital resources by prejudice must be fully, transparently and indepen- and by the force of crushing inequalities.

“The inherent dignity and worth of the dently investigated.”

“Instead of taking a reasoned and co- human person; equality between all men operative approach to settling challenges and women; the economic and social ad– including the rise of violent extremism, vancement of all peoples – these human the growing number of armed conflicts, rights principles are the basis of peace,” and the movement of people seeking asserted the leader. Urging them to “rise safety – many leaders are pandering to a above national self-interest and heal disimplistic nationalism, which mirrors visions instead of fuelling them,” he also the simplified and destructive ‘us’ versus asked the Member States to abide by and ‘them’ mind-set of the extremists, and fans protect international humanitarian and a rising wind of prejudice and fear. This bid human rights law.

“I urge you to deploy your diplomatic to find unilateral quick fixes for issues that have broad roots is not only unprincipled, power to uphold peace and advance the protection of human rights for all people, it is illusory,” he asserted.

Anti-immigrant and anti-minority in other States and within your own.”

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IWD and Biodiversity Festival at Chizami

Men and women perform traditional dances during the 5th cultural festival of Phokhungri Area Cultural Society (PACS) held at Shilloi Lake in Meluri sub-division of Phek district from March 2-4. The three-day festival was marked by folk song, folk dance, archery competition, indigenous games, unity dance etc. Phokhungri area consists of 11 villages – Zhipu, Mokie, Washelo, Old Thewati, New Thewati, Lütsam, Phokhungri village, Phokhungri town, Avakhung, Laruri and Sütsü. Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero

Governor extends Professionals from Nagaland attend capacity building marCh 6 Shivratri greetings Kohima, (mExN): A group of profes-

Kohima, marCh 6 (mExN): Governor of Nagaland & Assam, PB Acharya has extended greetings to the people of Nagaland on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. Maha Shivratri is celebrated in India every year with profound devotion, he said, adding among all the festivals, Shivratri seems to be the only one that symbolizes the reincarnation of the incorporeal, God Shiva.

“Shivratri is commemorative of God’s descent on earth to remove darkness of ignorance, vices and violence; this is why His descent is linked with ’night’. The period of ’night’ definitely refers to the ending decades of the Iron Age, where irreligiousness, unrighteousness, violence, sorrow and suffering reign all over the world. God, being the World Benefactor and Purifier of the Sinful, grants all souls liberation from sufferings and guides humanity on the path to Jeevan Mukti (liberation -in-life),” Acharya stated.

“Today, when corruption, unrighteousness and immorality have spread all over the world, when ethical and moral values have declined drastically, Supreme Soul Shiva is once again imparting the Godly message of Be Yogi and Be Pure.” The Governor further requested all to celebrate Shivratri festival in its true spirit by understanding the actual meaning and significance and “take complete benefit from this most auspicious time and fill our aprons with powerful blessings of the Bholanath.”

sionals in the field of disabilities from Nagaland attended two days regional seminar on ‘capacity building of rehabilitation professionals for persons with disabilities in North Eastern states’ held on March 3 and 4 in Imphal, Manipur.

The programme, attended by around 260 delegates from North East, was organized by RCI, Department of Empowerment of PWD, MSJE, GoI, New Delhi in association with Spastic Society of Manipur.

The participants from Nagaland were Purnima Kayina, Rosemary Yanthan, Repalemba Jamir, Vedulu Shijoh, Imlimenla Ao, Asangla Jamir, Sentinungla and Kedunol Kikhi.

A press release informed that the resource persons of the programme were from various reputed institutions and organizations of India, including Suman Kumar, Deputy Director (Prog), Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), Ranjith, Principal, MERF In-

The team from Nagaland which attended the capacity building of rehabilitation professionals for persons with disabilities in Imphal from March 3-4.

stitute of Speech and Hearing, Chennai. The seminar covered various topics of CWSN, RTE and role and responsibilities of RCI. The group has lauded that SMA (SSA), Government of Nagaland for endorsing them

Naga Students’ Forum Mangalore holds Parting Social

to attend such programme.

They also appealed to both the government and NGOs working with persons with disabilities to give their full guidance and service albeit limited financial and infrastructural shortcoming in the State.

‘Good governance encourages public trust’ Our Correspondent Kohima | March 6

Naga students in Mangalore with guests and speaker.

maNgalorE, marCh 6 (mExN): Naga students’ Forum Mangalore (NSFM) organised its 8th Parting Social on March 6 to bid adieu to the Naga students leaving Mangalore at School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore.

Kaini Cecilia, Principal, K. Pandyarajah Ballal College of Nursing and Advisor to Naga Students’ Forum Mangalore and North East People Association of Mangalore gave the exhortation. She congratulated and lauded the previous executive members of the Forum for doing good job as students. She further encouraged the students to seek first their happiness in God stating the rest will fall in line. She

also advised the students leaving Mangalore to make a difference wherever they go and wished them all success in their future endeavours.

58 students attended the event, where various entertaining performances were presented.

Meanwhile, following new office bearers for the year 2016-17 were also elected on the day: President - Chiheuding Khate, Vice President - Keleto Thappo, General Secretary - Ngukatoli Yeppo, Joint Secretary - Luangmei Paul, Treasurer - Neideno Margarate, Cultural and Sports Secretaries - Chose Neihu and Rovikhono Terhükhano, PRO - Mayikho.

“We all need governance of our public services to be of a high standard and speedy delivery,” said Bukchem Phom, Chief Information Commissioner, Nagaland during the celebration of “A decade of RTI in Nagaland” here at Capital Convention Centre on Saturday.

He said good governance encourages public trust and participation that enable services to improve; bad governance fosters the low morale and adversarial relationships that lead to poor performance. “It is not just about making correct decisions, but about best possible processes for making and implementing those decisions effectively and timely,” he asserted.

He further said decision-makers in government, the private sector, and civil society organizations are accountable to those who will be affected by their decisions or actions.

“Accountability cannot be enforced without transparency and the rule of law.

Therefore, the dynamic of success of RTI in promoting good governance will largely depend on fixing a system of effective and better governance and keeping constant matrix of one’s behavioral change rather than simply following the stereotype of furnishing information to the seeker as a routine proves. The concept of good and bad spirit emanates from one’s state of mind,” he added.

Chizami, marCh 6 (mExN): On International Women’s Day 2016, North East Network (NEN) will celebrate the courage and resilience of rural women who have ensured the wellbeing of their communities and environment at Chizami in Phek district. The day will be an occasion to make visible women’s contribution, build support for their recognition as the primary stakeholders in conservation of biodiversity, and also reflect on the challenges and build collective strategies towards ecological and gender just society, stated a concept note from NEN. International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year. This year’s theme is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”.

Meanwhile, on March 9, NEN is organizing a Biodiversity Festival to celebrate the rich agro-biodiversity at Chizami.

The festival will bring together diverse stakeholders to build understanding and awareness about ecological agriculture, enable learning exchange, strengthen solidarity, and influence policy support for agro-biodiversity conservation. The festival also hopes to enable communities to collectively re-examine, reflect and build strategies to embrace a vision of sustainability, NEN stated.

The concept note highlighted that North East Region (NER) of India is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots and diverse ethnic communities of the region have significantly contributed towards sustaining this biodiversity. “However, NER’s fragile ecosystem today is under threat owing to biodiversity destruction, commercial logging, rampant hunting, invasive technologies and extractive development practices.” This, it said, has made the region highly vulnerable to climate change, social unrest, food and nutritional insecurities, shrinking livelihoods and environment induced migration within and outside the region which increases the vulnerabilities of women within diverse

intersections.

In addition, due to neoliberal policies, rapid changes in the agrarian communities have been observed, the note said.

“Cash driven economy is drastically replacing subsistence economy which has sustained the livelihoods of agrarian communities. Government policy support for ecological agricultural practices is negligible. Farmers are steadily moving from a collective farming context to an individualized one that lay emphasis on profit maximization. This shift is gradually alienating communities’ intrinsic relationship with their commons – forest, land, seeds, biodiversity, water, traditional knowledge, and culture.” Stating that such alienation from the common natural resources would adversely affect community cohesion and particularly rural women’s livelihoods, NEN said, it is crucial to collectively address shared practices of community resilience, reorganizing and regeneration based on solidarity and sustainability.

In the context of Nagaland, the note said, farmers, particularly women have been playing a significant role in the conservation of genetic agro-biodiversity through traditional forest based agricultural practices, terrace agriculture, homestead gardening, seed saving and sharing.

However, women farmers remain invisible in their identity as farmers as well as recognition of their contribution to ecological agriculture and biodiversity conservation.

“Women in Nagaland continue to struggle for equal recognition, inclusion and participation in political, social, cultural and economic spheres,” it stated. “Nevertheless, stories of positive change are also emerging in several places owing to women’s consistent effort.” In some villages of Phek district, it said, wage parity and inclusion of women in Village Councils have become a reality.

“Achievements such as this were possible also because of men’s equal support and women stepping up to face challenges and accepting change,” it added.

BDO Bhandari informs VDB Secretaries, Block Association office bearers

Dimapur, marCh 6 (Dipr): The Block Development Officer (BDO) of Bhandari, Chumthungo Khuvung, has informed that a general meeting cum training and interactive session with all the VDB Secretaries and Block Association office bearers of Bhandari Block will be

held on March 22, 10:30 am at the Resource Centre Bhandari.

In the meeting cum training, issues relating to book keeping and maintenance of various record books under NREGA such as muster rolls, job cards etc will be explained. Besides, managing clean and

proper cash book, payment and stock register, measurement book etc by the VDBs will also be explained and doubts any would be clarified by the officials.

Various other important issues faced by the stakeholders (VDBs) will also be highlighted and discussed in the meeting.

Terming the meeting cum training as “very important”, the BDO Bhandari has directed all the VDB Secretaries and Association office bearers to attend the programme without fail. He cautioned that any VDB Secretary failing to attend the same will be dealt with seriously.

Chavara Home organizes celebration, checkup for women

The chief guest (second from left) along with other guests and participants at the background.

Dimapur, marCh 6 (mExN): Chavara Home organized advance International Women’s Day celebration cum free checkup for Hepatitis B and C at its location here at Naharbari on March 5. Eighty women participated in the programme, which was graced by “First Lady” of 6th sector Assam Rifles, Vidika Dhiman as the chief guest.

A press release from Chavara Home informed that the chief guest stated

without woman there is no man and that women have to take up the responsibility of forming a good society based on moral values.

Asha Sanchu, Director, Miqlat Ministry, Dimapur, in her keynote address stressed that there are many great women in the world. “We must learn to respect and value our own womanhood. A woman has tremendous capacity within herself,” she stated.

Meanwhile, special in-

vitee Tokheli Kikon, Chairperson, Naharbari Village Council, also said that women have so much of strength within her and she has to divert it for the good of the society, the release said. She added that women have to go out of their way to reach the unreached.

Chavara Home children presented entertaining items for the women.

Medical team from Vini Clinic at Midland led by Dr. Hotoka conducted the free

checkup for Hepatitis B and C. Seventy seven of the participants availed the free check up and forty of them received preventive vaccination too, the release added.

Competitions were also conducted for the women and the winners were awarded prizes by Brigaider Brijesh Dhiman of 6th sector Assam Rifles. He congratulated and encouraged the women to rise up in life and have such gathering often.

NPF Kohima division meeting Kohima, marCh 6 (mExN): The NPF Kohima division (parent wing) will have a meeting on March 9, 10:00 am at its office. Therefore, a press release from Alo Yakhro, Press Secretary, NPF Kohima division, has informed all the executives of the division to attend the meeting positively.

Seminar on energy conservation in Dimapur Kohima, marCh 6 (mExN): To create awareness on energy efficiency and conservation, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power, Government of India and Nagaland State Designated Agency (NSDA) on energy conservation will conduct a seminar on March 10, 9:30 am at Servanthood Bible College, 7th Mile, Dimapur. Resource person from M/S Novotech Environmental Engineering Pvt Ltd, Kolkata will give a PowerPoint presentation on energy conservation to the Jewelry shop owners of Dimapur Town participated in the total bandh called by All India college students. This was stated in a release issued by Er. Jewellers Association from March 2-7 in protest against imposition of Excise Duty. Seen I.V. Chishi, chief Electrical Inspector, Electrical Inspectorate, Nagaland, Kohima. here are the members of Dimapur Town Jewellers Association.

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Left parties join hands In Assam, Big Two’s fortunes ahead of polls in North East depend on three regional satraps GUwahaTI, march 6 (TNN): Considering the socio-ethnic-religious composition of the Assam electorate, the fate of Congress and BJP in the polls largely hinges on three regional satraps — All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) founder Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, Bodoland People's Front (BPF) chief Hagrama Mohilary and senior Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) member Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.

What worries Ajmal, a billionaire perfume baron, the most is the growing influence of BJP in Assam, which has the country's second largest Muslim population after Jammu & Kashmir. Even more worrying is Congress CM Tarun Gogoi's reluctance to forge an alliance with AIUDF despite Congress' central leadership showing no aversion to such a pact.

"Congress and AIUDF must come together because BJP, AGP and BPF

Congress enters into 'alliance' with UPP in BTAD area GUwahaTI, march 6 (pTI): Forming its first pre-poll "alliance" in Assam, Congress today said it will contest the forthcoming Assembly polls in an "understanding" with United People's Party (UPP) in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD). "We have entered into an alliance to defeat the communal BJP and its corrupt ally BPF. Our understanding is for social justice for all tribes, caste and communities of the state," Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Anjan Dutta told a press conference here.

As per the "understanding" as of now, Congress has decided not to contest four seats -- Kokrajhar West, Kokrajhar East, Sidli and Chapaguri -- in BTAD and leave it for UPP, he added. "Besides these four, we decided to have friendly contest in nine more seats, where both the parties will contest but with a mutual understanding. Some of these seats fall outside the BTAD also," Dutta said. The nine constituencies are Gossaigaon, Barama, Tamulpur, Paneri, Bijni, Mazbat, Dhekihave already formed an alliance. There is no other option for us to stop BJP," Ajmal underlined on Saturday, expressing the hope that Congress and AIUDF

ajuli, Udalguri, and Kaliagaon. "Bongaingaon, Gauripur, Sarbhog and Bhabanipur are the four seats on which we have not decided anything yet. In the next few days, we will finalise them," Dutta said.

Speaking on the occasion, UPP President U G Brahma said his party has always been fighting against the corruption

by Bodoland People's Front, which has formed an alliance with BJP for the Assam Assembly polls this year. "We thank CM Tarun Gogoi for his development initiatives aimed at the Bodo people across the state. With Congress, we will stop corrupt BPF and communal BJP," he added. Dutta also said Congress is talking to another party for forming an alliance, but declined to divulge. "Currently, many leaders from AGP, BJP and AIUDF are talking to us for joining the Congress.

Some big leaders of these parties will join us on March 8. "We have almost finalised our talks with All Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union President Biswajit Roy. He is likely to join us soon,," he added.

would form the next government in Assam.

Many are of the view that Congress will ultimately embrace AIUDF in case it fails to get a majority. In

2011, AIUDF had emerged the second-largest party with 18 MLAs, while Congress had won 78 seats in the 126-member House.

Gogoi had then formed a

government in collaboration with BPF that had 12 MLAs. AIUDF has a strong presence in lower Assam, large swathes of which are dominated by Bengalispeaking Muslims.

Another regional satrap eyeing office is Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, ex-CM and one of the founders of AGP. Buoyed by its spectacular success in the 2014 LS polls, BJP has been trying hard to make dents in more Congress strongholds and for this, it revived its friendship with AGP. However, AGP doesn't hold the kind of sway it had till some years ago.

However, it's not AGP but BPF whom BJP finds a tougher bargainer. Mohilary has asked for assistance worth Rs 1,000 crore for the Bodoland Territorial Council, of which he is the chief executive, in lieu of his support to BJP. Until now, the Modi regime has not announced any such package.

Imphal, march 6 (IaNS): Joining hands ahead of elections in some northeastern states, the left parties have called for unity among themselves to stamp out corruption and communalism from the region.

"The Left parties have shown the way in states like Kerala, West Bengal, Tripura, and other states could emulate them," Moirangthem Nara, secretary of the CPI's Manipur unit, said here at the first statelevel meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Left Parties on Saturday.

He said the Left government in Tripura has shown that if there is political will, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, could also be lifted.

"There is no crusader like Irom Sharmila in Tripura. The Left government has brought about a sea change and people are happy," Nara, a former minister of Manipur, said.

Attended by the representatives of the Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of In-

dia-Marxist (CPI-M), Forward Block, Revolutionary Socialist Party and CPIMarxist-Leninist, the Left parties' convention comes ahead of assembly elections in Assam in April and in Manipur early next year.

Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura are also due for the assembly elections in 2018.

Nara said the Left parties should particularly be concerned about Manipur where the Congress has "given a corrupt regime".

"There is an urgent need for the Left parties to join hands in Manipur to save the state from the corrupt Congress party."

He said the Manipur government has started talking about implementing the Food Security Act without creating conditions for it.

"The Public Distribution System has been a failure in the state. There is apprehension among some sections that ministers, MLAs and hangers-on may get a free hand once the Food Security Act is im-

plemented."

Nara and other leaders also flagged the issue of communalism, observing that "there have been hundreds of communal clashes during the two years of BJP rule in the country".

"The tribals and nontribals should stay in communal harmony and all sections of people should stay together as equals," said the CPI leader.

Another CPI leader, Moirangthem Ibohal, took a poor view of the Manipur budget for 2016-17. "It is like a project report of an NGO and is not in the interest of the state and the people."

The CPI has been in a bad shape in Manipur for a long time. It has not been able to field candidates in several elections in the recent past.

In the 2012 Manipur assembly elections, the CPI failed to win a single seat in the 60-member house.

The party suffered a setback when veteran leader Ningthoujam Mangi, also a former minister of Manipur, resigned to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Manipur Councillors call Arunachal: Producers pay for hall, tickets for screening local films India, Bangladesh finalise Teesta river deal: Official on Dr Jitendra Singh

New DelhI, march 6 (aGeNcIeS): A delegation of Manipur Councillors representing the six Autonomous District Councils of the State called on Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and sought his intervention regarding the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission award pertaining to the hill areas of Manipur.

The delegation comprising Chairmen of the six Autonomous District Councils of Chandel, Churachandpur, Sadar Hills, Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul presented a memorandum to Dr Jitendra Singh wherein they submitted that, according to them, the hill districts of Manipur, along with the areas under Schedule-VI in the neighbouring North-Eastern States, had been excluded fromthepurviewoftheaward of the Seventh Pay Commission. They quoted the 14th Finance Commission recommendation which stated that “areas under ScheduleVI in Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Assam, the areas in the hill districts of Manipur, rural areas of Nagaland and

Mizoram will remain outside the ambit of the measures we have recommended for Panchayats and Municipalities”.

The memorandum further stated that the five hill districts of Manipur are divided into six Autonomous District Councils which do not fall under Schedule-VI of the Constitution of India. However, they said, during the 13th Finance Commission recommendations, allocations under local bodies had been made to the autonomous district bodies of Manipur, which are constituted under a Central Government Act. Stressing that Manipur is a very resource-deficit State without any funding support from other sources, the memorandum said, it is difficult for district councils to function without special help from the Centre. The memorandum urged the Union Government to consider a larger, sustained and more effective direct intervention for upgradation of administration as well as development of the areas covered under the provision of Article-275(1) in order to bring such areas at par with other areas.

Dr Jitendra Singh assured the delegation that their issues will be taken up with the Ministry of Finance and the other concerned quarters.

Designated camp of URF(C) in Manipur attacked Imphal, march 6 (pTI): Suspected militants attacked a designated camp of the members of the United Revolutionary Front (Chingkheinganba), which suspended operation in an agreement with the state government, at Napet Pali in Imphal East district, police said. About ten suspected militants fired from sophisticated weapons and hurled bombs during the 30-minute operation at the camp on Wednesday night, a police officer said. Although nobody was injured, property worth around Rs 1.5 lakh was damaged. Police recovered from the spot the following morning an unexploded hand grenade along with forty empty cases, seven projectiles of AK-57, a plastic AK-57 magazine with eight rounds and three projectile of M 16, he said. Meanwhile, the Maoist Communist Party, Manipur, in a statement today claimed that it had carried out the attack.

ITaNaGar, march 6 (hT): Films everywhere travel the producer-distributorexhibitor route to be screened.

No t i n A r u na cha l Pradesh, if that film happens to be produced locally. In this northeastern state, film producers have to hire a cinema hall and sell their own tickets to entertain people with their creativity. But hall owners follow the standard practice for mainstream Hindi and English movies. This, the Film Federation of Arunachal (FFA) says, is not done in a state that is building a Film and Television Institute of India – the third after Pune and Kolkata – in Itanagar.

“Screening our films is a costly affair. It works out to a third or fourth of the cost of producing an entire film in digital format,” Shambo Flago, a film director, told Hindustan Times.

Mwngkar – The Realisa-

tion, the film in Arunachali Hindi that Flago directed, cost Rs 15 lakh to make. One of four made in the state in 2015, it mixed comedy with seriousness to give a message against polygamy practiced by a few tribes in the state. “Twin capitals Itanagar and Naharlagun have three 150-seater cinema halls. To screen our film, we had to hire the hall by paying an average Rs 200 per seat per show upfront. In the bargain, we got the entire bunch of tickets to sell,” Flago said.

The hall owners defend this arrangement. “There aren’t too many takers for local films,” a manager said, declining to be quoted. “We know we will lose money, but we love to tell stories through films,” FFA president Chopa Cheda said.

The federation has asked the state government to frame a policy so that – as in adjoining Assam – it becomes

mandatory for exhibitors to screen films in tribal dialects for a minimum period of time per year. “We are working on a policy that will take care of many aspects, including the problems of local filmmakers,” Arunachal Pradesh chief secretary Ramesh Negi said.

The policy is expected to include incentives for local as well as mainstream filmmakers who shoot a sizeable portion of their films in the state. Locals say Bollywood films shot entirely or party in the hills and valleys of Arunachal Pradesh have made good business. There have been only two though – Dev Anand’s Yeh Gulistan Hamara (1972) and Rakesh Roshan’s Koyla (1997).

The second film starring Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit helped promote Tawang as a major tourist destination. The third major production – Rangoon starring Saif

Ali Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut – is being shot by director Vishal Bharadwaj in the Pasighat area of the state. But Mera Dharam Meri Maa, Bhupen Hazarika’s Hindi feature film made for the Arunachal Pradesh government in 1979 was not a commercial success.

Before Koyla, Tawang and adjoining West Kameng district formed the backdrop of Frontier Student, the first locally produced film in Arunachali Hindi by Tara Chatum in 1989.

The first film from Arunachal Pradesh in a local dialect – Monpa – was Sonam

by Assam-based Ehsan Mujid.

It won the Rajat Kamal in 2005.

After a huge gap, four films including Flago’s Mwngkar were made in the state last year. The others were Gyumri in the Monpa dialect, Bismeh in Sherdukpen dialect and Itanagar Zero Km in Arunachali Hindi.

Improve quality to revive Tripura tea industry: Experts

aGarTala, march 6 (aNI): A one-day seminar on 'Development of Tripura tea Industry - Scope for Speciality Tea' was recently organised here to revive the tea industry which during the last few years has not shown much growth.

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar was the chief guest at the seminar, which was organised by the Tripura Government's Industry Department jointly with Laxmi Tea Company, at the Pragna Bhavan here.

M. Nagaraju, Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce of Tripura, said the main aim of this seminar is to convey the commitment of the state government for the development of the tea industry and the welfare of the workers in the tea sector.

"In Tripura, there are 52 tea gardens employing more than 12000 families, but despite that the industry has not grown much in the last few years. There is an international glut and Tripura tea is not commanding good price compared to other regions," said Nagaraju.

"We wanted to identify the causes for the low price of the Tripura made tea and find solu-

tion to all the problems and also look at how the land allotted to tea gardens could be productively utilized," he added. Nagaraju further said that the small tea growers are doing well in Tripura compared to the big tea estate.

Chief Minister Sarkar said one of the prime reasons behind average less tea production per hectare in Tripura compared to the national average is the nonutilization of allotted land to the non-government tea estates for plantation. "We appeal to the private entrepreneur that if they are not utilizing the land earmarked to them for tea production then the state government shall very soon declare that area as wastedland and shall be compelled to acquire it. We have already initiated the process and implemented it for few gardens," he said.

Out of the total 14,092 square hectare earmarked for tea cultivation in Tripura, only 7,366 square hectare which stands to 52 percent is utilized for the purpose while 48 percent remains unutilized.

As a consequence, the average tea yield in the state is 1,043 kg per square hectare compared to the

national average of 1,658 kg.

Sarkar suggested for maximum utilization of the land earmarked for tea to increase the average yield and for better profit to ensure the tea estates of the state survive in the competitive global market.

Meantime, other experts who participated in the seminar suggested that to revive the tea industry in the state the producers need to improve productivity, effect cost-reduction, adoption of better management practices and most important start production of quality tea, including organic tea, as demand for it is on rise.

Manoj Jallan, the chairman of North East Tea Association, said, "Basically the word quality has to find place in your mind first of all. You have to realize the ground reality today. It is quite different what it used to be 20 years back.

Gradually the demand for quality tea and non-quality tea is further widening. The demand for good tea is going up and the demand for mediocre tea is going down."

"So in case Tripura continues to be a laggard as far as quality is concerned I don't find a future for Tripura tea. So it has to move up

the quality ladder and quality will come. You have to look up for the entire package starting from the planting material to the soil preparation, to quality planting, good cultural practises, good plucking, good transporting and of course good processing," he added.

He also said that like Assam, Tripura should also try to emphasise on small tea growers for quality production along with socio-economic development of the state.

Jallan further said that whatever growth the industry has witnessed after 1990 has entirely come from the small growers segment.

Tripura is the fifth largest among 14 tea-producing states after Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

The Tripura Government, in collaboration with the Tea Board of India, plans to boost production by new plantations, rejuvenation, skill development, providing better irrigation and technical facilities.

"In Tripura we do have a scheme for organic and organic planting has 25 percent more subsidy then the normal subsidy.

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Tripura: 36-yr-old woman appearing for matric exam with daughter aGarTala, march 6 (hT): It’s never too late to get an education, and this mother of two from Purba Laxmibil village in Tripura’s Sepahijala district has proved it by appearing for her secondary school certificate examination at the age of 36.

Smriti Banik took the examination, which began on March 3, with one of her daughters. “It is really good to see a mother of two daughters appearing for the madhyamik exam. She has proved that one can achieve success through hard work and determination,” said Anjali Sarkar, headmistress of the Office Tilla Higher Secondary School.

New DelhI, march 6 (aGeNcIeS): In a major development, India and Bangladesh have finalised their long-pending Teesta river deal and both sides will sign an agreement in this regard soon, a Bangladesh newspaper said on Sunday. “We are confident that it will be signed soon. The agreement is ready. The ball is on India's court now,” the dailystar.net quoted Gowher Rizvi, adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as saying.

Both sides were expected to sign the Teesta treaty in September 2011, one year after it was drafted, but it had to be shelved in the last minute in the face of opposition from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Teesta originates in the Himalayas and flows through Sikkim and West Bengal before entering Bangladesh.

Rizvi made the announcement during a panel discussion at the two-day Bangladesh-India Friendship Dialogue in Dhaka. The event was organised by Bangladesh's foreign ministry in collaboration with the India Foundation.

Politicians, academics, think-tanks, former diplomats and senior journalists of both the countries attended the event.

In the run-up to the examination, Smriti had to take at least two hours off from household chores every day to study. But that was something she didn’t mind – becoming a matriculate was a dream she had been harbouring for the last 20 years.

Smriti was forced to discontinue her studies after she was married off to Jiban Banik, a vegetable seller, in 1996. She was in Class 10 then.

“Even though the syllabus had changed, I managed to prepare for the examination over a period of two months. I hope to do well in my first paper – Ben- Smriti Banik studying for the ongoing matriculation examigali,” she said. nations with her daughter at Purba Laxmibil village in TriSmriti said that while pura. (HT Photo)

her daughter had private tutors, she studied entirely at home. “I wouldn’t have been able to do this without support from my husband and in-laws,” she said.

She also runs a tea stall, the money earned from which is then used to fund her daughters’ education.

Her younger daughter, Twinkle Banik, studies in Class 4 at the Purba Laxmibil High School.

Meanwhile, an increasing number of people – even those behind bars – are recognising the value of education.

Three inmates from prisons across the state were among the thousands who appeared for the

madhyamik and higher secondary school examinations this year.

Maran Pal, who has been serving a prison term for rape at the Udaipur Correctional Home in Gomati district since 2011, appeared for the higher secondary examinations this year. He had completed his matriculation from a school in Sabroom, south Tripura, in 2007.

Bi s w aj i t Pa l a n d Sumesh Das, both murder convicts at the Bishalgarh Correctional Home, also took a shot at improving their educational credentials by appearing for the matriculation and higher secondary examinations this year.

Northeast in the organic tea and lot of people are converting and the quantity of organic tea produce in the country is on the increase," said Tea Board Director Sounderajan He informed that the 12th Plan Scheme of the Tea Board has got a lot of schemes for both big growers as well as small growers and particularly for the small tea growers new planting subsidy has been announced along with setting of factory by SHG beside skill development under the HRD scheme.

The tea plantation started in Tripura's Hiracherra Tea Estate in Kailasahar by people of East Bengal in 1916 under Royal Administration. At present, there are 52 operational tea estates (out of 58) in the state. Some 12,000 families are directly employed in the tea estates while since 1994 another 4,346 small tea growers, including 2,483 tribals, are cultivating tea in 3406 square hectare area.

Tripura's annual tea production is around 8.66 million kg and contributes just one percent of the national production. Of late, the state also started producing some 4.45 million kg of green tea along with organic tea.

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“If more funds are required, we will find out more sources,” Jaitley said after a two-day “Gyan Sangam” here -- a retreat for the top honchos of banks and financial institutions with finance ministry officials, the central bank leadership and other key policy-makers.

The minister said steps such as the proposed bankruptcy law will help banks to a large extent in recovering their loans, even as debt recovery tribunals could become the country’s first online courts to speed up the process.

“We got a lot of ideas on how to improve the debt recovery tribunals and SARFAESI Act,” he said referring to the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act that empowers banks to recover their loans without court interventions.

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proposal of constituting an expert group on bank consolidation, Jaitley said this will be accorded utmost priority. “What we need are strong banks. There shouldn’t be any weakling in the link,” he said.

“What we need are strong banks than numerically a large number.”

However, criticising the minister’s statement, a bank union official said what is needed is “fundamentally strong bank”.

“We need a fundamentally strong bank and not a big bank

by consolidating different banks.

What is needed is the expansion of the banking network rather than consolidation,” All India Bank Employees’Association (AIBEA) general secretary C.H. Venkatachalam told IANS over phone from Vietnam.

Jaitley said there will not be bad loan write-offs and the government is keeping banks immune to politics.

Dismissing the government’s stand that bank loan defaulters will not be spared as a joke, Venkatachalam said not-

ing nothing would change unless such an action (wilful default) is categorised as a criminal offence.

Jaitley also said the government is also considering employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) for bank employees.

Responding to that, Venkatachalam said public sector bank employees are already committed to their banks and there is no need to offer ESOPs to retain talent.

He said the provision of stocks will only result in employees speculating in the stock market.

According to Jaitley’s deputy Jayant Sinha, minister of state for finance, the central bank has to decide on allowing higher stakes for foreign investors in private banks and there is no such plans in the case of government banks.

Earlier, during his address at the retreat, the finance minister said both the bills on both the bankruptcy code and insolvency law were proposed to be brought before parliament in second part of this budget session.

Sinha meanwhile said that the total stressed assets of the banking system was of the order of Rs.8 lakh crore, which comprised restructured loans and

non-performing assets.

“How much of it will go into NPAs (non-performing assets) and how much of it will be provisioned for is actually a dynamic exercise that each bank will have to engage in as per their discussion with the borrowers,” he said.

He said the government will infuse additional capital over and above the Rs.25,000 crore provded in the 2016-17 budget and ensure the banks are adequately capitalised.

In a recent presentation before industry, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor S.S. Mundra had said that the total bad exposures of banks, including rescheduled and written-off assets, was 17 percent of deposits as on September 15 last year, up from 13.4 percent in March 2013.

This works out to more than Rs.10 lakh crore in monetary terms.

The first Gyan Sangam, which was held in Pune and kicked-off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, set the agenda for governance and management reforms in the banking sector.

The second edition looked at transformation with reference to the asset quality review with the central bank.

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New Delhi, March 6 (iaNS): Even before Reliance Jio launches its 4G services in the country, Morgan Stanley believes the pricing pressures are already pinching the incumbents thanks to a tepid growth in the data market, warranting a cut in the revenue growth forecast.

“We cut our industry revenue growth forecast by 3 percent for fiscal years 2016 to 2018 and expect the industry revenue between fiscal 2015 and 2020 to grow at a 7 percent compound annual growth rate versus 8 percent previously,” the investment banker said.

The report by Morgan Stanley said despite doubledigit data volume growth, data revenues are now growing in the higher single-digits.

“Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) margins are under pressure, with rising opex. Leverage is up, with companies recognizing spectrum liability,” it said.

Talking about Reliance Jio, the banker said: “Jio is testing 800 MHz in 10 circles and should get spectrum in eight more circles by mid-March as per spectrum trading with RCom (Reliance Communications).”

The analysis comes at a time when Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications is moving towards gaining control over close to 20 percent of the total spectrum with private companies in India along with plans for airwaves sharing pact with Jio in all 22 circles in the 800 MHz band.

It further said Reliance Jio and RCom are the only operators having an all-India footprint sub 1 GHz. “We expect to see an Reliance Jio pan-India launch in second half of 2016, thus intensifying competition further.”

Recently Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said Jio -- already being used by the company’s employees -- will be ready for commercially launch in the second half of 2016 to offer high-speed mobile internet and voice services to 80 percent of Indians.

Regarding the upcoming spectrum auction in the middle of 2016, the report said: “Currently we do not build 700 MHz, however, incumbents typically underperform six months into the auction.”

Samsung to launch Galaxy S7, S7 Edge on March 8 New Delhi, March 6 (ageNcieS): Samsung Electronics will start selling its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, on March 8 in India, just 15 days after their global launch on February 21. That’s among the shortest interval ever, reflecting how crucial India is to the South Korean company as it seeks to fend off competition from Apple in the premium segment (Rs 30,000 and upward).]

The company declined to reveal pricing or other details about the devices, but experts peg the S7 to start at Rs 52,000 and the Edge at Rs 59,000. Some feel Samsung may keep prices even lower, given the intense competition.

Samsung is looking to wrest back its leadership of the premium smartphone segment from Apple, which took the No 1 spot in the October-December quarter, although the South Korean company led the segment for all of 2015. India’s premium segment is about 5% of the overall smartphone market by volume but accounts for about 25% by value.

The devices are being made in Samsung’s Indian plant and they may be bundled with virtual reality headsets, said people aware of the matter. This may be seen as another way of giving priority to India, which has become the second largest mobile phone market by unique users, surpassing the US and only trailing China.

Samsung wants to build on the success of the S6, which drew acclaim for design and innovative features.

It’s also looking to make the most of a quarter that’s usually slow for rivals, especially Apple. Marketing will be aggressive, analysts said.

“Samsung will have a lot more competition this time, with the rumoured iPhone 5Se coming in the time of the year when Apple is usually slow, and LG’s G5 and Xiaomi’s Mi 5, which are going to be aggressive in terms of pricing and positioning,” said Tarun Pathak, senior analyst, Counterpoint Research.

The South Korean company will need to be cautious about pricing, he said.

(PTi): The State Bank of India (SBI) is among four new foreign banks given preliminary approval to open 100%-owned branches in Myanmar, the latest move by the Southeast Asian nation to woo investment to the country long ruled by the military and hit by Western sanctions.

The four new banks that have been given initial approval by the Central Bank of Myanmar are Vietnam’s Bank for Investment and Development, Taiwan’s E SUN Commercial Bank, South Korea’s Shinhan Bank and the SBI. “After due consideration, the Licensing Committee has decided

mencement of banking operations in Myanmar to four Foreign Banks,” the apex bank said.

The Central Bank of Myanmar said the preliminary approval is valid for 12 months during which the successful applicants will have to fulfil commitments made, take all necessary measures to ensure functional banking operation from day one of business and will have to comply with requirements laid down by the Central bank of Myanmar.

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12 days Transformation English department observes Theatre Day at SJC, Jakhama crusade ends in high spirit Jakhama, march 6 (mExN): The Department of English, St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama organized its Annual Theatre Day on March 5 at the college auditorium.

James HK, Head of the Department, presented the Prologue of the day. He said that the great 3Es of theatre are Expression, Entertainment and Education. He cited many inspirational

specimens of theatrical skills, including the acting of Leonardo DiCaprio in the ‘The Revenant’, for which he received the Best Actor award in the Oscars 2016. A press release informed that James urged the literary students to learn the theatricals, learn to act and be the best actor that one can ever be; “it saves one’s life and it gains one’s love of a lifetime.”

The VI semester students won the first prize for their reenactment of ‘She Stoops to Conquer’. IV semester section ‘E’ presented ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ winning the second prize. Meanwhile, IV semester section ‘D’ won third prize with its ‘The Duchess of Malfi’. The II semester students presented ‘The Jew of Malta’ and took the fourth position.

The audience was thrilled and enlightened by the incredible performances, the release stated. Many other entertainment items filled in between the shows and scenes.

Earlier, Vikithe Sumi, President of the Department, delivered the welcome address, Audrey hosted the programme, while Anaholi proposed the vote of thanks.

NcP Nagaland mourn Sangma’s demise Congregation at the concluding day of the ongoing Transformation Crusade in Kohima on March 6.

kohima, march 6 (mExN): Thousands of people from all walks of life attended the last day of the longest Transformation crusade which concluded Kohima local ground here today.

Delivering his message on the concluding day, Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo, Pastor of Koinonia Baptist Church said the ongoing Crusade is a Bible-based and an uncompromised demonstration of the word of God

through the power of Holy Spirit. When Jesus went to heaven, he didn’t promise anything other than the Holy Spirit, who will guide, comfort and teach us and added, he said citing from John 14:15-16 .

Calling upon the congregation to maintain the secrets in God, which are meditation, giving and prayer he said by meditating the word of God day and night, the Holy Spirit

will give wisdom and understanding.

Christian prayer is a secret weapon, he maintained urging the congregation to pray unceasingly.

Rev. Zotuo further said to be in the deliverance ministry, we need to be in prayer and the word of God and this maintenance of secret relationship with God will lead us to succeed as a believer.

Later, after the sermon

Special prayer was done for the competitive exams aspirants and students.

The service was led by Jacob Maram, Pastor Maram BC while the pianist and conductor was Thepfulenuo and Zeu Enneio. Invocation and offertory prayer was pronounced by Hovikrol, Pastor, NCRC PR Hill The Transformation Worship team led thousands of young souls in the praise and worship.

Awareness created on protection of plant varieties, farmers’ rights Wokha, march 6 (mExN): With an objective to create awareness on the need for protection of plant varieties and the rights of farmers, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Wokha, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland centre conducted training cum awareness programme at Yanpha village on February 26. The programme titled “Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights” was held in collaboration with the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi.

Dr. Santosh Kr. Baishya, Programme Coordinator (Senior Scientist & Head), KVK Wokha, highlighted the importance of the pro-

gramme for the farmers of Wokha district, according to a press release received here. Pointing out that many farmers of the area are involving in cultivation and conservation of many plant varieties, he said it is the high time to identify and protect the rights of the farmers in respect of their contributions made at any time in conserving, improving and making available plant genetic resources for the development of new plant varieties.

He further mentioned that through the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right (PPV&FR) Act, 2001, farmers could register and protect their plant varieties. KVK Wokha will facilitate the farmers for their registration, he add-

kohima, march 6 (mExN): Nagaland state unit of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) expressed its profound sorrow and grief at the sudden passing away of the former chief minister of Meghalaya, union minister, speaker of Lok Sabha and founding member of NCP Purno Agitok Sangma on March 4 in New Delhi.

In a condolence message, NCP Nagaland unit president Povotso Lohe and state secretary Vathungo Odyuo described late Sangma as a shrewd politician, a great orator and statesman, a lawyer and journalist as well with exemplary qualities.

It stated that he lived a very simple and humble life despite the fact that he was a highly learned man

with extra ordinary caliber who has sacrificed all his life for the cause of the tribals and the down trodden people in the country as a whole and the north-east India in particular.

NCP Nagaland unit said in his death, the north east region has been made a “poorer place” in the political arena and added that the vacuum caused by his death shall be difficult to fill for all times to come.

Further, the unit has conveyed its deepest condolences to all the near and dear ones of the bereaved family and prayed that Almighty God may grant them the strength and solace to overcome this irreparable loss.

It has also prayed for departed soul to rest in eternal peace.

BJP Nagaland The BJP Nagaland has condoled the sad demise of Purno Agitok Sangma, a prominent and towering political personality from North East.

Describing Late Sangma as a true spokesman and voice of the Northeast, the BJP State President Visasolie Lhoungu in a condolence message said, “In his death, not only Meghalaya, but the nation and particularly the entire North East has lost a leader who bridged the gaps between the region and different parts of the country in his several capacities as a national leader” The BJP Nagaland prays for the departed soul and his grieving family members, it added.

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Dimapur, march 6 (mExN): The South Point West Youth Forum, Zunheboto town has elected its new team of office bearers with Inoka V Zhimo as President; Piketo ed.

Meanwhile, Bendan- H Yeptho,General Secretary. A press note informed that gla Imsong, Subject Matter a programme for the same was held today where advisors Specialist (Plant Breeding), and host of other executives were also elected. spoke at length about the nine rights of the farmers under the PPV & FR Act, the procedures and the seed requirement of different crops/ plants variety for registration.

Dimapur, march 6 (mExN): As a part of its 181st During the programme, Raising Day, the Assam Rifles today said that it will be orwhich was attended by 41 ganising a free medical camp at DDSC Stadium, Dimapur farmers from Yanpha and for the local populace and its veterans on March 9. The Old Ralan, application Camp will be organised from 9 am to 4 pm, an AR press forms for registration were note informed adding that health screening and free dialso issued to the farmers. agnostic tests like sugar, HIV, Malaria, Typhoid, free denEarlier, welcome ad- tal and eye check up will be undertaken during the camp. dress was delivered by In addition to the diagnostic facilities, the camp will Mhalo Tungoe, Subject also provide the consultation services by specialists such Matter Specialist (Agril. Ex- as Gynae, ENT, Eye and Paediatrics, it added. The AR furtension) and vote of thanks ther said free medicines will also be provided based on was proposed by Megok- the tests and specialists opinion to the patients and an alhono Meyase, Assistant ternate medicine a homeopathetic consultation will also Chief Technical Officer be available in the Camp.

The patients and Assam Rifles troops will also have an (ACTO), Horticulture. option to participate in blood donation camp during the medical camp. According to AR, the event is likely to be graced by the presence of Y Patton, the Minister of Home Affairs in Nagaland Government subject to his availability on the said date and short cultural programme and free meals will be provided during the camp. Further information can be obtained from the helpline number for the event # 0386-2248486.

Assam Rifles to hold free medical camp at Dimapur

Church from USA visits Sishunu

Earth Friendly Generation (EFG) led by its Director, Keduolhoukho Chadi, donated a turtle to the Nagaland Zoological Park on March 4.

Kohima College 49th parting social kohima, march 6 (mExN): Kohima College Kohima will hold its 49th parting social on March 8, 10:30 am at college auditorium. Neihu C. Thur, IAS, Home Commissioner, Nagaland will grace the occasion as the chief guest.

Welcome address will be delivered by Kohima College principal Dr. Watijunshi Jamir. Special appearance will be made by Thenon Konyak, winner of Naga Orpheus Hunt 2015 while annual report will be given by Kohima College Students’ Union general secretary N. Lhepong Konyak.

Asenuo Theruja and Vimeyiekho Vitso will also speak on the occasion. The occasion will also witness presentation of awards for achievers of Kohima College, best class representative, Student of the Year etc.

Rev. Ketouzo Theünuo, Senior Pastor, Cross Wonder Church Kohima, will pray for the outgoing students. The function will be chaired by Imtisenla Longkumer, while vote of thanks will be proposed by Kohima College Students’ Union assistant general secretary Chimongthü.

Public SPace

Dr. Bill Ross and others during their visit to Sishunu Baptist Church on March 5.

kohima, march 6 (mExN): A team from First Baptist Church Marietta (USA) led by senior pastor Dr. Bill Ross delivered the word of God at Sishunu Baptist Church on March 5 last.

Reminding the congregation that Jesus fed five thousand (5000) people with five bread and two fishes which was brought by a little boy, Dr. Ross said whatever little one offers to God will be

multiplied.

Dr. Kenilo Kath led the programme, where Sunday School students and women department presented gospel folk songs. The team also visited water project at Sishunu.

Jalukie Village Health Committee organized a sensitization programme on immunization at United Christian School, New Jalukie on February 27. Sani, Compounder, Sub-Centre, Mhainmatsi was the resource person. He was accompanied by four staff of the sub-centre. Around 100 people attended the programme, which was chaired by Shangke, VDB Secretary, New Jalukie Village.

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I support 33 percent Women’s Reservation in State Assemblies and Parliament

fully agree with the President Pranab Mukherjee that “Women empowerment is impossible in the absence of their representation in legislative bodies.” He said this while attending the inaugural function of the two-day national conference of women legislators on “Women Legislators: Building Resurgent India.”

It is true that we can never build a resurgent India without the presence of our women in legislative bodies. Our ladies are the backbone of every family, society, institution and the Government. But sadly, the male chauvinistic society is yet to understand the importance of their women’s presence in various institutions and legislative bodies.

We have been living in highly conflict areas due to prolonged unresolved political issues with the Government of India. During this long fragile and conflict political journeys, millions of innocent citizens in the Northeast India had suffered enough, while lakhs of them lost their precious lives.

I vividly remembered the courageous 12 Manipuri women protested in full naked in broad daylight in the heart of Imphal City

and in front of the Western Gate of the 17 Assam Rifles and 9 Sector Assam Rifles in 2004 taunting them to rape them. The women's anger bottled up over the years against the excesses of the security forces and their anger exploded when the news of the Thangjam Manorama’s custodial death spread. This bizarre protest by these 12 Manipuri women forced Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to hand over the historic Kangla Fort, which had been occupied by the Assam Rifles, back to the people of Manipur.

Irom Sharmila's sixteen years of fast-unto-death in Manipur has become an archetype of millions of people worldwide. She has been on a fast-untodeath since the killing of 11 people at Malom near Imphal by security Forces on November 2, 2000, demanding the removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA).

Today, Manipur Government has a lady Cabinet Minister and another lady legislator, who is the wife of Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh. What I wanted to point out here is that the first and foremost thing is we first need to have our women elected either in

the State Assemblies or the Parliament. Then only will their next roles be seen.

Manipur had already produced one lady MP, Kim Gangte and also Nagaland had Rano Saiza. Unfortunately, until today, no lady legislators are there in Nagaland Assembly even after 53 years of its Statehood.

This clearly shows that the male chauvinistic society has not given space to their ladies. Yet our Naga ladies have been playing their crucial roles in every aspect of issues – be it social or political or conflict ones.

The Constitution of India provides for equal rights for men and women and even the UN has declared the theme of International Women’s Day of 2016 as “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step it up for Gender Equality.”

Women's Reservation Bill or The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, is a pending Bill in India which proposes to amend the Constitution of India to reserve 33 percent of all seats in the Lower House of Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, and in all State Legislative Assemblies for women. The seats to be reserved in rotation will be determined by draw of lots in such a way that a seat shall be reserved only once

in three consecutive general elections.

The Upper House Rajya Sabha passed the Bill on 9 Mar 2010. As of February 2014, the Lower House Lok Sabha has not yet voted on the Bill. If the Lok Sabha were to approve the Bill, it would then have to be passed by half of India's State Legislatures and signed by the President.

When women avail 33% reservation seats in Assemblies and Parliament, there will be more women participation in politics and society and their political,

social and economic condition is expected to improve drastically.

I personally believe that the burning issues of the country particularly of the Northeast like social chaos, conflicts, corruptions, inequality, crimes will drastically come down once considerable women representations are given in our Assemblies as well as Parliament. I support 33 percent reservation seats for women in Assemblies and the Parliament.

Oken Jeet Sandham

The Just Gesture Scores of men live merely by speech And say sugary words which convinces…

Several others subsist with made-up shrug life Which is nothing but hollow And is easily noticeable.

Some pretend showing up just gesture; Alas! The fallacy of gesticulation has fallen apart.

What is that just gesture then?

It is when you pour out from the core That yields beauty, And when it’s blended withKindness, truthfulness, levelheaded and courteous, It yields perfect splendor And that’s simply called as “The Just Gesture”.

-Niekhoyi Rhakho Stephen

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A new song of freedom

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ike the proverbial phoenix arising from the ashes of its predecessor, Kanhaiya Kumar, the President of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) has risen from frying pan of sedition charge to a triumphant return to his alma mater on March 3 capping with remarkable speech which many consider has turned the table on the ongoing debate on curtailment of freedom of speech in India.

Arrested last month by the Delhi Police and booked under the charges of sedition for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at an event on February 9 inside JNU campus, Kanhaiya along with the institution was equally vilified and beaten in the process and the controversy erupted into a fullfledged attack on everything that is JNU. Armed with a witty sarcasm and brutal honesty with a sagacity of a seasoned statesman, his oratory skill as Andrew Whitehead, a former BBC correspondent wrote was “spell-binding, warm-hearted, engaging”. Whitehead added that when a student political leader is streamed live on TV across the nation for fully three-quarters-of-an-hour, and trends on social media not just in India but well beyond, then you know something remarkable is stirring.

We want azaadi from oppression, from corruption, from manuvad, from discrimination, from fascism, from the RSS. We want freedom not from India but from those who loot India, Kanhaiya asserted in his electrifying speech. “We are not asking for freedom from India, we are asking for freedom in India. This is a crucial distinction,” he said, espousing his full faith in socialism, secularism, and equality guaranteed in the constitution of India.

Thus, as noted by many, he defended ‘brute nationalism with a constitutional patriotism.’

However, the narratives preceding the event a concerted effort by ‘power that be’ and certain media outlets launching an utmost attack to disgrace and malign the whole institution in guise of ‘Nationalism.’ The attacks on academic institution, nonetheless, has not been a one-off affair. The IIT-Madras, Hyderabad Central University, FTII and many other institutions have borne the weight of systematic right-wing attack over the recent past.

“An act of tyranny”, Pratap Bhanu Mehta wrote in The Indian Express. “The government does not want to just crush dissent; it wants to crush thinking, as its repeated assaults on universities demonstrate.”

However, JNU was in its radar for a long time and a golden opportunity was bestowed by February 9 event. Certain quarters, envious of its democratic and liberal atmosphere and affronted by the questioning of existing narratives and the hierarchal status quo, were waiting for an opportune moment to raise the cudgel of ‘anti-nationalism’ to exact its revenge.

For as early as November 2015, RSS mouthpiece "Panchjanya" had alleged that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is home to "a huge anti-national block which has the aim of disintegrating India."

Since February 9, another RSS mouthpiece Organiser has started a campaign called, “Detoxifying JNU” and “Reform Agenda for JNU” in serious of articles purportedly written by former students of JNU. “JNU Professors are not teachers they are the recruiting personnel for ultras...they have vandalised the intellectual infrastructure of the university in the name of democracy and freedom of expression,” an article in the magazine alleged. In another cover story, it quoted Sunil Ambekar, National Organising Secretary of ABVP, from an interview given to an economic national daily, “We must set some norms for this as to how far one can go on freedom of expression.”

On the other side of the debate, Prof. Partha Chatterjee of Columbia University argued in The Telegraph that, “The absurdity of bringing sedition charges for speech uttered inside a university is so egregious that it defies comprehension.”

Likewise, commenting on the state of affairs unfolding over the recent past, the Economist on March 5 noted that the damage to India’s image is painful. “Faith in the police and other institutions has been undermined. Vigilante violence has seemed to win official backing.” The government of Narendra Modi seeks to define Indian patriotism, and to own it, it noted.

The University is often accused of engendering ‘rebellious’ and radical interpretation of different issues and questioning of the mainstream narrative. But the very essence of the University is to enable such possibilities. “In that case, the university might as well be declared dead; instead, let the government build national seminaries designed to produce patriotic morons,” Chatterjee argued.

In the midst of all the concentred attack, the remarkable solidarity from the students, alumni and others shows that the plans to crush the voice of struggle in this country will be met with equal resistance, not necessarily with brute force but with mechanism grounded on democratic ethos and values. Kanhaiya’s speech has ignited and composed new song for freedom.

For any comment, drop a line to moajamir@live.com

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Modern slavery widespread among East Asia migrant domestic workers

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orced labour among migrant domestic workers is widespread, with many women exploited even before they have left their home country and later abused by their employers abroad, a survey of modern slavery in the sector has found.

More than 70 percent of 4,100 women surveyed, citizens of the Philippines and Indonesia, said recruiters in their home country had confined them, confiscated their documents, or abused them verbally, physically or sexually. Many received false information about their future work, wages and living and working conditions, and were told they had built up debts of between $1,600 and $1,800 each in the process of getting a job.

More than 60 percent of them said their employers then restricted their movements and communications, or abused them.

"We never expected the problem to be as widespread as it is," said Jacob Townsend, CEO of Farsight, an international social enterprise which carried out the survey and released it on Thursday.

"Some (recruitment agents) ... hold women against their will, take their passports, put them in debt and mislead them about the circumstances they will be working in," he added.

The women surveyed were prospective, current or returned domestic workers, interviewed in the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. There are between two million and five million migrant domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines at any given time, with many returning and re-migrating on a continuous basis, the researchers said. They said their findings disproved the stereotype of women choosing to work overseas to save money and return home with a cushion of wealth, an idea held by many migrants and foreigners."This is not temporary migration to save for one's family - it is recurring participation in an overseas labour market to maintain a subsistence income," the report said.

In parts of the Philippines and Indonesia, wives and daughters are now expected to migrate for work, and feel they have no alternative, it said. "Not all people become migrant workers because of an economic problem. Many of my friends, including me, are forced to leave because of social pressures," one 24-yearold woman from Indonesia's West Java region told the researchers. "A family whose daughter does not work abroad is considered a weird family," she said. Nearly 21 million people are victims of forced labour globally, 11.7 million of them in the Asia Pacific region, according to the International Labour Organization.

The war on free speech and free thinking

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reedom of expression and thought are cornerstones of any ‘free society’. Who could disagree with such an uncontentious statement?

It is not quite as simple. There are always going to be tensions and conflicts, but more and more the issue of what is ‘free speech’ has become heated and controversial, with claims and counter-claims on what people have the right to say and shouldn’t say, and who can say it.

This can be seen across the UK and West, from the rise of ‘no platforming’ at universities to the emergence of pseudo-offence and challenge as in the recent Peter Tatchell case, and the definition of ‘hate crime’ into ‘hate thought’ in legislation such as the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act. All of these are connected. There is a visible authoritarianism in public life, evident in the actions of governments, a systematic curtailment of civil liberties and gathering encroachment of the surveillance state. In places, there are highly sensitive attitudes about language, shaped by what groups can appropriate certain words. In a Western world which has been conducting a ‘war on terror’ for the last fifteen years, there are a host of tensions around terrorism, religion and race, as well as a variety of more esoteric Western privileged debates about identity. Missing from a lot of this is a sense of tolerance, dialogue and curiosity about the exchange of ideas.

There are numerous examples of government legislation in Britain which reduce civil liberties and freedom of expression – some of the most recent include the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 which will require universities to vet speakers, and the Investigatory Powers Bill allowing the collection of internet browsing records.

Two factors reinforce this. The first is the emergence of explicit campaigns which set out to limit and restrict free speech and debate. This is a relatively new phenomenon, not setting out to change minds and attitudes, but to stop certain modes of expression. The second is the empty vessel nature of much of what passes for public debate and conversation – its lack of depth, reference points, history or any kind of philosophical understanding.

This retreat can be seen in the diminution of political discourse and exchange – which the opening exchanges of the UK European referendum amply illustrates. The first weekend after David Cameron decided to call a vote saw the full panoply of clichés used to breaking point: ‘best of both worlds’, ‘better together’ and ‘leap in the dark’, all road tested to destruction in focus groups, as in the indyref.

A couple of years ago on the BBC ‘Question Time’ programme, Vince Cable, then a Lib Dem MP and minister, discussed the limits of free speech. He did this by talking about the rights and wrongs of someone shouting that a building was on fire: right in the context of an emergency, wrong if there was no fire.

No philosophical or ethical observations were made by Cable, or indeed any of the panel. Nor were any historical, religious or ethnic distinctions, such as the once powerful influence of the blasphemy laws (abolished in England and Wales, but not yet in Scotland or Northern Ireland), or the complexities behind the offence of ‘religious hatred’.

The Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act was passed because of the need to be seen to do something. There is a problem in Scotland, mostly, not exclusively, with sections of the support of Celtic and Rangers. It had public support when passed, but most vocal supporters know little about its content or consequences. The legislative debate and the bill’s proponents had little understanding of its contents – sadly a common experience in modern Scotland, which usually passes without any comment.

Have any SNP elected representatives commented on the inadequacies of this legislation? No. One of Scotland’s most respected football commentators Graham Spiers wrote just after the act became law that, ‘This attempt at cleaning up Scottish society has turned into a nightmare, cutting to the very heart of civil liberty’ (The Herald, March 20th 2013). Spiers was initially of the ‘something must be done’ tendency (as indeed I was once), but at least had the courage to change his mind.

This is bad legislation on every definition. It deems ‘offensive behaviour’ as something subjective – i.e. inviting people to choose to be offended. This takes us into new ground, whereas the traditional territory has been that of a breach of the peace; now it is about the inherently loaded term of being ‘offended’.

The act takes this further, and invites us to consider whether anyone would be liable to be incited to public disorder by the ‘offensive behaviour’, whether or not anyone is actually there to be offended. This creates a class of hypothetical incitees and secondary action crime. Finally, it distinguishes football from other sports and life, making certain behaviour illegal at watching or going to a football match, but nowhere else. In this context becomes everything - not the intent or the expression.

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Both left and right need a more tolerant attitude towards speech: and Scotland's offensive behaviour at football act must be abolished ening Communications Act has created dubious charges and sentences. It has predominantly, but not exclusively, affected supporters of Celtic and Rangers. At the trial of Partick Thistle fan Adam Richmond, 19, at Glasgow Sheriff Court two years ago for singing ‘Fuck Your Pope and Fuck Your Queen’ (which Thistle fans sing to differentiate themselves from Celtic and Rangers), Sheriff Norman Ritchie QC said: ‘You are not the sort of person who creates this problem and needs this legislation’ (Daily Record, January 19th 2014). He was then found guilty under the provisions of the act, but the sheriff discharged him absolutely, meaning he had no criminal record.

The usual narrative on the act is that it shows Scotland cannot deal with these highly charged, controversial issues. One response stresses the historic problem and legacy of sectarianism and antiIrish prejudice. Another emphasises the rise of a new authoritarianism, while others rail specifically against SNP centralisation. Seldom is this put in a light beyond Scotland’s borders and debates.

The thinking behind this act is part of a tendency across the UK and West of growing intolerance. It is an illiberal liberalism, which goes along with the mainstream consensus of economic and social liberalism of recent decades, of the acceptance, even celebration of gross inequalities, along with the freedom to be socially and culturally different or distinct.

Historically, left-wing and radical liberal opinion believed that prejudice and bigotry would slowly be eroded by the forces of enlightenment. Greater economic and social freedom, choice and awareness, aided and supported by legislation, would change attitudes and lead to a new culture of tolerance and greater liberty. This is after all, the rationale for the great liberating social reforms of the 1960s and early 1970s: the abolition of capital punishment, legalisation of abortion, gay rights (which took to the 1980s in Scotland and Northern Ireland), equal pay act and outlawing of sex discrimination.

This debate has spawned a counter-account which can be described as a Cassandran ‘we are all doomed’ viewpoint. This has been articulated in the UK by a group of former left-wingers who have embraced the right: examples include Melanie Phillips, Frank Furedi and Claire Fox. The latter two and others have coalesced around ‘Spiked’ and the Institute of Ideas (itself spawned from the ultra-left Revolutionary Communist Party) and on the right, in groups such as the Henry Jackson Society.

The likes of Furedi and Fox believe the left has become focused on a mindset of censorship, delegitimising of certain views, and self-policing and policing others. This is they argue a moral reframing and rearming, often against working class opinions, by middle class educated, articulated professionals.

Now there is some truth in this view, but they take it to the point of absurdity. Furedi and Fox think this an assault by a new bourgeois sensibility of a quasi-pretend left, in the absence of a revolutionary or radical politics, and end up supporting the right to offend, be bigoted and ultimately, to discriminate and exploit until the day their revolution comes – which, as they know, it never will. Yet, while it is easy to dismiss the simplicity of these views, they contain a grain of truth. Large parts of what passes for the left in the UK and West has lost its sense of optimism and of believing that minds, attitudes and behaviour can be changed. This is based on decades of disappointment, defeat and retreat. This has had the consequence that whereas the left was once animated by the feeling that the future was there to be collectively created and owned, now the future is viewed mostly with foreboding. Without the motivating vision of a better future, what many left-wingers are reduced to in the here and now is a practice of censoriousness and restricting free expression.

‘No platforming’ is illiberalism taken to its logical conclusion. There are good arguments against debating with certain extreme views of hatred and people advocating or practicing violence. Yet, context and intent are critical. The difference between Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell speaking to Sinn Fein and the IRA over twenty years ago, and the UK Government’s discussions with both in the Northern Irish peace process, is night and day.

Germaine Greer was ‘no platformed’ at Cardiff University because she had expressed what are seen as unenlightened views on transgender. Greer unambiguously expressed the view that male to female transitioning does not change the gender of a person. For many transgender campaigners this essentialist statement is seen as incendiary and an affront

to their right to define their gender.

Peter Tatchell has campaigned tirelessly for human rights, specifically lesbian and gay rights, for decades. He has done this at great personal cost, being physically assaulted many times, and faced endless abuse. It is beyond irony that in the last few weeks, a NUS officer Fran Cowling, would not share a platform with Tatchell. The reason was that Tatchell had publicly defended Greer’s right to say the above – not defended her views, which Tatchell disagreed with.

For Tatchell’s defense of free speech, he was branded

by Cowling ‘racist and transphobic’.

Tatchell said that as a left-winger it has often been the left who have caused him problems. In the 1970s, many left groups such as the Socialist Workers’ Party and Militant were explicitly against gay rights, Tatchell reflected: ‘at this stage, the British left were homophobic. They said that homosexuality was a ‘bourgeois perversion’, a ‘manifestation of capitalist degeneracy’, and it would disappear in a pure socialist society’ (The Guardian, February 20th 2016).

It was that kind of age: of believing in a very narrow form of political change and revolution!

This is a problem that needs addressing. What are the common rules of dialogue, exchange and mutual respect that operate in a pluralist society? Some on the left have stopped seeing political change as being aided by these universal truths, and instead have adopted a mindset of control and censorship. The rightwing have their own censors, increasingly wanting to restrict and delegitimise opinion on such subjects as terrorism, how one can describe Israel/Palestine, and immigration. It does so via the power of using pejorative and labelling language, aided in places by a right-wing, xenophobic press.

It isn’t very surprising that the rather simplistic left-wing student retort of asking people to ‘check your privilege’ – whether it be class, race, gender, disability or another area – creates apoplexy on the right. For in today’s unequal, anxious society, where young people have such divided opportunities, and students sizable debts, this is a minefield.

There has been a cultural shift in English universities because of the scale of fees, with many students starting to see themselves as customers and becoming more assertive. This has contributed to the call for university ‘safe spaces’, with academic Joanna Williams observing that ‘academics are teaching that words can inflict violence and oppression and should be censored’, describing this as ‘freedom from speech’ (The Guardian, January 24th 2016).

This is the context of the brouhaha about the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University and the Rhodes Must Fail campaign, along with Britain’s problematic legacy of Empire and imperialism.

Britain, for all its romantic traditions of liberty and justice, has been historically a rather limited, truncated democracy: one where freedom of discussion and exchange has been through the ages, constrained by the dominant elites, classes and their codes. Scotland likes to tell a different story, of ourselves as a diverse assembly informed by a ‘democratic intellect’, but we have consistently fallen short of this, while seemingly not bothering to notice too much the gap between myth and reality.

Freedom of thought and expression is under attack all across the world and alarmingly in countries which see themselves as ‘great democracies’. We need to have a reality check on this, recognise the harm of left and right intolerance, and the hold of illiberal liberalism. Scotland sadly isn’t that different from this growing trend, and this condition extends way beyond the sins of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act. Understandably, many felt pride at the democratic spirit and engagement of the indyref – which reached parts of our country long beyond the appeal of party politics. Yet, such a rising tide has to recognise the limits of much of public life, and that if a new constitutional settlement has any chance of linking to what are called ‘bread and butter issues’, then the process of how people own it matters. As does how a constitution becomes a living and breathing document – one which isn’t just a Potemkin version of Scotland like the Soviet constitution of the Stalin era or former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia’s idea (and the dogmatic right’s) of the US constitution as it was originally intended: a Biblical view of fundamental rights.

We have to go beyond abstractions such as telling ourselves how wonderful ‘the sovereignty of the people’ is, while allowing arbitrary decisions to be made by authorities which infringe liberty. A start could be made by repealing this terrible act, but more important, we need to rediscover the art of living together, and how we relate to each other beyond material wealth and status. That means challenging the fear of the future so evident in our societies, which is a major motivation in the European referendum. We have to assert not just facts and figures about things like immigration and the EU, but reassert the power of the future and hope. And that requires having the courage to relate to each other in a manner deeper and more powerful than mere money and position.

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PERSPECTIVE

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the wrong way to teach math

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Can the world clear up the confusion over climate finance?

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Kashmala Kakakhel

here is a contradiction in the way the climate change community understands climate finance.

On the one hand, there is a strong push to mainstream climate change considerations into most development efforts. But when it comes to deciding what should and shouldn’t count as funding to tackle climate change, there are objections to any attempts to include development aid with a climate element as a part of global climate finance. As a result, no one can agree on how far the world has really progressed towards its commitment to raise $100 billion a year in climate finance for vulnerable countries from 2020.

This causes serious problems. To take the example of the Green Climate Fund, the primary global vehicle through which climate finance will flow, in the first set of projects that were put to it for approval in November, this lack of consensus on defining climate finance resulted in concerns about the nature of some of the proposals. Were they really “climate change” projects? Or were they just general development initiatives that should be financed through other channels?

Examples of the contentious projects included one to help communities manage water shortages in the Maldives, and another on water supply and waste water management in Fiji. The board struggled to arrive at an answer. If climate finance is to be an effective tool towards achieving the goals outlined in the recent climate agreement in Paris, then this lack of consensus on climate finance needs to be resolved.

Andrew Hacker

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ERE’S an apparent paradox: Most Americans have taken high school mathematics, including geometry and algebra, yet a national survey found that 82 percent of adults could not compute the cost of a carpet when told its dimensions and square-yard price. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently tested adults in 24 countries on basic “numeracy” skills. Typical questions involved odometer readings and produce sell-by tags. The United States ended an embarrassing 22nd, behind Estonia and Cyprus. We should be doing better. Is more mathematics the answer?

In fact, what’s needed is a different kind of proficiency, one that is hardly taught at all. The Mathematical Association of America calls it “quantitative literacy.” I prefer the O.E.C.D.’s “numeracy,” suggesting an affinity with reading and writing.

Calculus and higher math have a place, of course, but it’s not in most people’s everyday lives. What citizens do need is to be comfortable reading graphs and charts and adept at calculating simple figures in their heads. Ours has become a quantitative century, and we must master its language. Decimals and ratios are now as crucial as nouns and verbs.

It sounds simple but it’s not easy. I teach these skills in an undergraduate class I call Numeracy 101, for which the only prerequisite is middle school arithmetic. Even so, students tell me they find the assignments as demanding as rational exponents and linear inequalities.

I’m sometimes told that what I’m proposing is already being covered in statistics courses, which have growing enrollments both in high schools and colleges. In 2015, nearly 200,000 students were taking advanced placement classes in statistics, over three times the number a dozen years ago. This might suggest we are on the way to creating a statistically sophisticated citizenry.

So I sat in on several advanced placement classes, in Michigan and New York. I thought they would focus on what could be called “citizen statistics.” By this I mean coping with the numbers that suffuse our personal and public lives — like figures cited on income distribution, climate change or whether cellphones can damage your brain. What’s needed is a facility for sensing

symptoms of bias, questionable samples and dubious sources of data.

My expectations were wholly misplaced.

The A.P. syllabus is practically a research seminar for dissertation candidates. Some typical assignments: binomial random variables, least-square regression lines, pooled sample standard errors. Many students fall by the wayside. It’s not just the difficulty of the classes.

They can’t see how such formulas connect with the lives they’ll be leading. Fewer than a third of those enrolled in 2015 got grades high enough to receive credit at selective colleges.

Something similar occurred when the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching created a statistics course for 19 community colleges in 2012. It was advertised as an alternative to remedial algebra, with its sadistic attrition rates. In Statways, as it was called, here is some of what students were asked to master: chi-square test for homogeneity in two-way tables, line multiple representation of exponential models. Even with small classes and extra support, almost half of the students got D’s or F’s or dropped the class.

The Carnegie and A.P. courses were designed by research professors, who seem to take the view that statistics must be done at their level or not at all. They also know that citizen statistics is not the route to promotions. In the same vein, mathematics faculties at both high schools and colleges dismiss numeracy as dumbing down or demeaning. In fact, figuring out the real world — deciphering corporate profits or what a health plan will cost — isn’t all that easy.

So what kinds of questions do I ask my students?

One exercise focuses on visualizing data. I have the class prepare a report on how many households in the United States have telephones, land and cell. After studying census data, they focus on two: Connecticut and Arkansas, with respective ownerships of 98.9 percent and 94.6 percent. They are told they have to choose one of the following charts to represent the numbers, and defend their choice.

The first chart suggests a much bigger difference, but is misleading because the bars are arbitrarily scaled to exaggerate that difference.

I also ask them to discern and analyze changing trends. Each January, the National Center for Health Statistics releases its hefty “Births: Final Data.” Its rates and ratios range

from the ages of parents to methods of delivery. I ask students to scan these columns, looking for patterns. They found, for example, that women in Nebraska are averaging 2.2 children, while Vermont’s ratio is 1.6. Any theories?

Other tables focus on changes over time. Fertility rates for white and black women in 1989 stood at 60.5 and 84.8 per thousand, a discernible difference. By 2014, they were 59.5 and 64.5, a much smaller gap. There’s a story here about how black women are reconfiguring their lives.

Finally, we talk about how math can help us think about reorganizing the world around us in ways that make more sense. For example, there’s probably nothing more cumbersome than how we measure time: How quickly can you compute 17 percent of a week, calibrated in hours (or minutes, or seconds)? So our class undertook to decimalize time.

Imagine if we had a 10-day week, each day consisting of 10 hours each. The class debated whether to adopt a three-day weekend, or to locate an “off-day” in midweek. Since a decimal week would have 100 hours, 17 percent is a flat 17 hours — no calculator required. You have to think both numerically and creatively if you want to, say, chuck out our current health care system and model the finances of a single-payer plan.

Mathematicians often allude to “the law of the excluded middle” (a proposition must be true or false). The same phrase could be applied to a phenomenon in our own backyard.

We teach arithmetic quite well in early grades, so that most people can do addition through division. We then send students straight to geometry and algebra, on a sequence ending with calculus. Some thrive throughout this progression, but too many are left behind.

The assumption that all this math will make us more numerically adept is flawed. Deborah Hughes-Hallett, a mathematician at the University of Arizona, found that “advanced training in mathematics does not necessarily ensure high levels of quantitative literacy.” Perhaps this is because in the real world, we constantly settle for estimates, whereas mathematics — see the SAT — demands that you get the answer precisely right.

Indeed, it often turns out that all those X’s and Y’s can inhibit becoming deft with everyday digits.

Andrew Hacker teaches political science and mathematics at Queens College and is the author of the forthcoming book “The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions,” from which this article was adapted.

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OPEN QUESTIONS At the centre of the global framework for climate finance is the principle that the developed world, based on the polluter pays principle, will help the developing world to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The magic number is $100 billion a year - an amount first promised in 2009, with commitments reinforced at the Paris climate change talks, to be provided from 2020 onwards. Despite the top-level consensus, questions remain. Should this financing be provided exclusively as grants from the public purse, or should private-sector investment and loans also count?

And which countries should qualify – besides the poorest nations, should emerging market economies such as India be eligible?

With governments such as Britain having committed both to an Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) target and to contributing climate finance, this ambiguity has practical implications. Without a mutually agreed definition of what aid can be included as climate finance, the perception arises that the same money is being counted twice. Most experts argue that climate change responses should be mainstreamed into broader development efforts. Rather than being restricted to building solar and wind farms, or flood control systems, everything - from infrastructure to health and education - should have a climate perspective.

But when a report published in October by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) suggested that climate finance levels in 2013-14 were as high as $62 billion, there was a fierce reaction from aid agencies and some researchers.

They said the numbers included everything under the sun - from private-sector financing, to loans and development projects that had very little to do with climate change. India’s ministry of economic affairs called the report “deeply flawed” and only “partially correct at best”.

Counter claims suggested the actual flows may be as little as just over $2 billion. But wasn’t the idea to incorporate climate change efforts into wider development plans in the first place? While conceptually sound, this raises a number of very practical and important challenges.

HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY NEED? While the U.N. language calls for global climate finance to be “new and additional” to existing aid commitments, the OECD report controversy shows that developed and developing countries have a very different perspective of what this means. To make climate finance effective, it is critical to find common ground on its definition - in particular, on what development aid should also count towards global climate finance figures. One simple way of doing this would be to put less emphasis on the $100 billion target.

If the aim is to avert a global climate change disaster, then the goal should be to raise sufficient climate finance to keep the world below 2 degrees Celsius of warming and enable countries to adapt to the effects of the climate change that will occur. So instead of measuring the supply of climate finance against a “$100 billion a year” goal, we should measure it against the “demand” – whatever figure is necessary to achieve the global goals agreed in Paris in December.

That would allow for more transparency on the impact of climate finance, and encourage more reasonable discussions on how future funding should be scaled up. We now have an opportunity to move ahead.

The Paris climate change talks requested a technical body to clarify by 2018 what should count as climate finance.

Unfortunately, that won’t help at the next meeting of the Green Climate Fund board in March, where the issue of climate funding versus development aid is likely to crop up again in the project approval process.

However, if the U.N. technical body does its work well over the next two years, it will be a major step forward in making climate finance more effective.

Kashmala Kakakhel is an independent consultant, working on climate finance and resilience issues.

POLL reSuLTS

Are you sAtisfied by the performAnce of the new generAtion of nAgA politiciAns And bureAucrAts? why?

Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • I cannot say I am satisfied, but I can say that the younger bureaucrats and a few of the politicians are trying their best to be different and to change things for the better. It is going to take time, but we need to encourage them. So I vote yes!

• Yes as far as younger bureaucrats are concerned.

Their attitude and work culture is better. Hopefully this will only improve with time. They must make sure that they do not get sucked into the system.

As far as politicians are concerned, they are yet to make a mark.

• Yes to bureaucrats but no to politicians.... to give an example i am very much satisfied with the administration of keseno yhome.. the present deputy commissioner of dimapur.. but young generation politicians knows only how to get contract and build their many storied buildings...

• Yes, they are proving to be more dynamic and are better in solving problems. Also they are more genuine and sincere in their approach. If power and arrogance does not go into their head and they are ego-free, I think things will improve. They do need guidance and so they should keep seeing people’s opinions and views.

Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • My answer is "no". Why? Because they have done nothing or anything worth mentioning the name. Lofty and noble plans exist only in papers.

Practical applications are almost non- existent, hijacked by greed. There are of course a few bureaucrats who are sincere and honest. They prefer to be different and hence their principles don't toe

better. The present generation naga politicians are the line with the corrupted majority.

• Ah! This is a hard one to comment. But if i say, so weak before money and undeserving power. yes. I'd be a liar, for my conscience doesnt allow • "No", because I would be lying to myself if I say me. All we see of our politicians and bureaucrats is "Yes" that they're only in the path of staying in their posi- • No. Same old same old. But, maybe a whimper of 'little', which, of course, tion but no action towards doesn't imply they are society. What developdoing okay. Cynicism is ment have they brought still very much the popuso far? Not visible. Only lar sentiment or perhaps their mansions and land more than ever. are increasing, that's all.

• No, not at all. Most of Sorry for being blatant our politicians were too here but politicians have selfish and too shortvery less positive impact sighted. upon our society. Pray• No, Too much corrupting for a better leader to ed people are running take the lead. the government • Haha nope ..all they're • No. I really thought that doing is stocking scheme the younger generation funds, scholarships and of officers and politicians salary's in banks to reap will do things different. the interests ! Goddamn!

But, it is very disappointWe need honest people! ing that so far they have • No because they walk, failed to prove themdrive, dance the same selves. They have been step like the elders. sucked into it and are not • No, why, because alYES NO OTHER able to break free from most all of them are like the grip of the seniors. a an old wine in a new bottle.

• NO. All politicians are same, old or new. They're • There are bureaucrats for whom my heart wish to say "Yeeesssss" but since this is an in general buall incorrigible. reaucrats and politicians of new generation... My • NO. They seem spineless • No, because human wants is unlimited as such answer will be sadly a big "No". we can never be satisfied wanting for more and • No. The political weather reports, “the WINDS still

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blowing in the same direction with no changes in its course as of now.”

Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say: • I don’t know who to hold accountable – the officers or the system. Today, in our Nagaland, the system has become too corrupted. No one seems to be able to get out of the system.

• I think the younger generations of politicians and bureaucrats are much more well versed and educated and exposed to the world. I think the key for them is to learn from the seniors but not to follow them. They should take the positive things but should avoid following the same path. They must get out of the grip of the older ones and act independently.

• 99 per cent of them have made themselves crorepaties. This is their main goal. All other issues can wait till the final settlement of the Naga issue, sooner or later.

• Hope they can strive to bring political revolution in our state. Hope they can strive to be legends so that after they are long gone people will always remember them foundly. Hope they can be the "elected representatives" of every Naga and have a heart for the oppressed, the voiceless and the downtrodden.

• They should be bringing development. That and only that.

• The younger generation of politicians and bureaucrats are not yet in the power seat. No doubt, they are all on the way of one day sitting down on the power seat, but right now, they are only serving the interests of those in power. So it will take some time before we really get to know the real picture.

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'Move beyond women development and think about women-led development' New delhi, March 6 (PTi): Women should empower themselves technologically and become effective as people’s representatives as mere changes in the system would not suffice, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday but remained silent on the women’s reservation bill for which the President and the Vice President had made a strong pitch on Saturday.

Insisting that “mere change in system” would not suffice, he said “some changes in structure keep on happening” and stressed the need for women leaders to empower themselves technologically and make effective interventions.

“You will have to make yourself effective. You will have to present issues with facts and figures. Merely changes in the system will not suffice. Some or the other change keep happening in the structure…In order to establish your lead-

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the launch of Setu Bharatam project, national highways in New Delhi. (Express File Photo)

ership, you should have the knowledge of subjects. “…Try to develop your independent image as a public representative.

Make an attempt that you have your own image in your region. Once the image of your working style and your views is established among people, it will last for long. You will see people accepting your

ideas once you are thus established,” Modi said at the National Conference of Women Legislators in Delhi.

The Prime Minister said “we must think beyond women’s development” and move towards “women-led development.”

Inaugurating the conference yesterday, President Pranab Mukherjee

pitched for 33 per cent reservation for women in elected bodies saying it was a “sad commentary” that so far the country has not been able to achieve over 12 per cent representation for women in Parliament’s total membership.

Vice President Hamid Ansari had also asked parties to voluntarily increase the nomination of women

candidates in elections till the legislation is enacted.

However, the Prime Minister today skipped any mention about the bill but focussed on larger issues of attitudinal change and the need for women promoting women leadership in different spheres.

In his speech, he called upon women leaders to groom female leadership down the rung, overcoming “jealousy” due to competition.

“Politics is a game of competition but … when the feeling of jealousy dominates in competition, then you cannot grow. If you start feeling that what will happen to you if more talented women come in your field, or if your attempt is that I am there and will not allow anybody else to progress.

“Rather if you allow others to come up, you will go high. A kind of pyramidlike structure comes up then,” the Prime Minister said.

Charges against son false, I am real target: P Chidambaram New delhi, March 6 (iaNS): Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Sunday that he was the real target of the "preposterous, malicious and totally false" allegations of undisclosed assets levelled against his son Karti.

In a statement here, Chidambaram referred to a news report and said it contained "wild and reckless allegations" against his son "and by implication against me". He said "it was obvious to everyone that it was a planted story".

The senior Congress leader said if the Narendra Modi government was of the view that Karti held undisclosed assets, he would transfer them to the government for a token amount of one rupee.

"I ask the government to make a list of the alleged undisclosed assets. Karti Chidambaram will voluntarily execute any document necessary to transfer those assets to the government for a nominal consideration of Re.1. Let the government become the owner of those assets," he said.

Chidambaram said Karti ran a legitimate business, apart from managing inherited property, and has been an income tax assesse for many years and duly disclosed all assets and liabilities.

"He has duly and regularly filed his income tax returns, including a statement of assets and liabilities, every year. The assessments have been completed up to assessment year 2013-14 by the Income Tax Department," the Congress leader said.

"He has no undisclosed asset anywhere. He and his business are fully com-

pliant with the laws and regulations of the Income Tax Department and of all other regulatory authorities concerned. The allegation that he has undisclosed assets is preposterous, malicious and totally false," Chidambaram said.

The Congress leader said he was issuing this statement on behalf of all members of his family.

"We know that Karti is being targeted only because he is my son and the real target is me. I understand the political motive behind the accusations and the timing of the story. I have nothing but pity for those who make these accusations. Ultimately, truth will prevail," he said.

AIADMK members had raised the issue of the Aircel-Maxis deal in parliament and had levelled accusations against Karti.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had told the Lok Sabha that different agencies had obtained some information while probing the 2G and Aircel-Maxis cases and the government had "no holy cows to protect" and that action will be taken against the guilty.

'Child marriage will not Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir on high alert after terror threat In Kolkata, security has ror strike in Delhi. automatically become void' New delhi, March 6 The Special Cell and (PTi): Delhi was on Sun- been stepped up at NSC Madurai, March 6 (PTi): The Madras High Court here has held that a wedding between minor girl and boy will not become void automatically without either of them obtaining a decree of divorce from family court within two years of their attaining the legal age for marriage. A division bench here comprising justices S Manikumar and C T Selvam gave the ruling while setting aside the order of a lower court in Tirunelveli in April last refusing to take on file a woman's divorce petition on the ground that she was a minor while getting married in 1995 and hence the wedding had automatically become void then itself. The bench said that though the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, prescribed a minimum age for marriage, the breach of the Act would render the marriage void under Section 11 or Section 12.

However, section 13 of the act, which lists out grounds for divorce, states that every child marriage shall be voidable at the option of the contracting party, provided that such marriage, whether consummated or not, was repudiated within two years of either of them attaining the marraige age -- 18 for women and 21 for men. This anomaly was taken note of by a full bench of the high court, which had expressed hope that Parliament would carry out necessary amendments to avoid complications, the division bench noted. It was apparent that the Tirunelveli court was under the mistaken impression of a marriage involving a child being void. Hence, it directed the Family Court in Tirunelveli to number the divorce petition and proceed in accordance with law.

day put on high alert after Police received inputs that 10 suspected LeT and JeM terrorists believed to have entered India from Pakistan through Gujarat may have sneaked into the national capital for an attack even as four elite NSG teams were rushed to the western state.

On the eve of 'Maha Shivratri' festival, Gujarat as well as other metros and Jammu and Kashmir were also on high alert with raids conducted at Kutch and other places, security being beefed up at vital installations, sensitive areas and at all main temples including the famous Somnath temple where a NSG team has been deployed.

The Gir-Somnath district authorities have postponed tomorrow's cultural event at Somnath temple owing to the terror threat.

Bose International Airport after an e-mail threat that it would be blown up within 24 hours, airport officials said The e-mail came in the airport manager's ID early on Sunday and it was claimed to have been sent from Germany, they said.

In the national capital, security was beefed up at vital installations, important buildings and crowded places after Delhi Police received inputs about a potential terror strike in the city. A constant vigil was maintained near prominent malls, hospitals, schools and colleges A police source said the input specifically mentions about 10 militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) outfits having entered India via Gujarat and that they could carry out a ter-

Crime Branch of Delhi Police have been briefed about the input separately, so that activities of gangs operating in and around the city and elements with suspected terror links can be monitored.

The police are also ensuring that CCTV cameras at all places with high footfall, like popular markets in the city and metro stations are functional. Patrolling across the city has been intensified.

Security has been ramped up at major religious sites in Gujarat like Somnath Temple and Akshardham and in metro cities -- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Bengaluru Vital installations across the metros like railway stations and airports are also being secured.

An Advisory has been issued to enhance secu-

Security personnel checking a motorcyclist in New Delhi after a high alert was sounded across India regarding possible terror threat.

rity at all strategic locations, sensitive industrial sites and religious places in Gujarat after intelligence inputs suggested that the terrorists have entered the state taking the sea route, official sources said.

Gujarat DGP P C Thakur

held a meeting with NSG officials in Gandhinagar and announced that one team will be sent to step up security at Somnath temple in Gir-Somnath district.

Thakur issued orders late last night cancelling leave of all policemen.

"Four teams of NSG reached here (Gandhinagar) last night.

Out of these, three will remain here, while one team will go to Somnath," he said. The size of each team could vary between 50 to 90 personnel.

Seven held for burning Aden attack: Indian Mother Superior to be evacuated Molestation case: alive woman in Rajasthan ThiruvaNaNThaPu- from Djibouti have estab- "She said that things are nun has been identified Minister's son grilled, raM, March 6 (iaNS): lished contacts with Sister not that smooth where she as Sister M. Anseleme, 57, JaiPur, March 6 (iaNS): Seven people have been The Indian government Sally, the mother superior is and there is no informa- from Jharkhand. Of the oth- sent to judicial custody arrested in connection with the burning alive of a 27-yearwill shift, out of Yemen, of the old age home run by tion about the priest Tom er 3 nuns, two were from old woman allegedly by her family members for marrying a man from another caste eight years ago in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district, police said on Sunday. According to police, the incident occurred on Friday over 530 km from here while Rama Kumwar was visiting her family to meet them along with her little daughter. "The woman, Rama Kumwar, after marrying Prakash Sevak of another community had eloped from her village Pachlasa in Dungarpur district around 8 years ago," a police official told IANS on Sunday.

"After living somewhere else for all these years she returned to her village along with her three-year-old daughter to meet her family and in-laws." "Her brother Laxman Singh and other relatives who were still angry with her (Rama Kumwar), dragged her out of my house. They beat her up badly and burnt her alive. To destroy evidence, they cremated her late in the evening," Kalavati, motherin-law of Rama Kunwar, said in her police complaint. Kalavati also claimed to have been beaten up badly when she tried to save Rama Kumwar. "We have registered a case on her complaint and investigations are going on," the official said. "We have so far arrested seven people including her brother Laxman Singh," he added.

the Indian mother superior of an aid home in Aden where four nuns including were killed and an Indian priest kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on Friday, said Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy.Speaking to IANS, Chandy said that after he spoke to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday night, Indian embassy officials

the Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, who hails from Kerala.

"I managed to speak to Sally a while ago and she said that she has been contacted by Indian embassy officials from Djibouti who are expected to come to take her with them on Monday. In her place (Yemen), there is no Indian embassy or any officials.

Kuzhuvennal, who hails from Kottayam district and was taken away by these unidentified gunmen," he said. He said that according to reports that he got, these gunmen tied the arms and hands of the priest and took him with them.

In the gunfire, four nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, including one from India, were killed. The Indian

Youths vandalise church, thrash worshippers

Will reward Rs 10 Lakh for killing corrupt officials: Pappu Yadav darBhaNGa, March 6 (TNN): Lok Sabha MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has stirred a controversy, asking the dalits and people from the backward community to pick up arms for fighting atrocities and shoot the corrupt officials. Yadav brazenly stated that he would reward those who beat the corrupt officials to death in public. "If the government is not taking action against bureaucrats and ministers who are looting the poor, then the dalits should shoot the politicians responsible for deaths like that of dalit scholar Rohith Vemula. The dalits should fight against all those who are responsible for Vemula's death," Yadav said.

"Those who bring the tapes of corrupt officials would be rewarded Rs 25,000 and those who beat them to death in public would be awarded Rs 10 lakh from my side," he added. The Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) leader had earlier during a discussion on the Aircel-Maxis deal in Parliament demanded that corrupt politicians and bureaucrats should be hanged as punishment for indulging in corruption. His comment --- that all politicians are corrupt -drew sharp reactions in the House, leading Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu to intervene.

Rwanda and another from Kenya.

The home, set up by Mother Teresa in 1992, houses 61 elderly destitutes and the Kerala priest had come to the home from an insecure place in Yemen.It has now been established that that these unidentified gunmen belonged to the Yemen-based affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group.

People assemble at the Church after it was attacked. (ANI Photo)

raiPur, March 6 (PTi): A group of about 15-20 youths sporting saffron bands on their forehead and allegedly belonging to right wing Hindu outfit Bajrang Dal today barged into a church on the city's outskirts while prayers were underway and vandalised the premises and thrashed those present.

The president of Chhattisgarh's Christian Forum Arun Pannalal alleged that the slogan-shouting attackers belonged to Bajrang Dal and that women and an infant were also not spared while the police in the

state capital remained tight-lipped on their identity.

"Around 15-20 youths entered the church premises located at Kachna village while prayer was underway," Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police Neeraj Chandrakar told PTI. They allegedly damaged chairs, fans and other articles in the premises and even beat up the people present, he said. The accused were reportedly sporting saffron bands on their forehead, he said. They fled the spot when the police arrived, he added.

Based on the victims' complaint,

a case has been registered under sections 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt), 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class) and 147 (rioting) of the IPC, he said.

Three motorcycles belonging to the accused were seized from the spot, he said, adding efforts are on to nab the miscreants. Pannalal claimed that today's incident was the fourth attack on a Christian place of worship in the past one month in the state.

"Around 15-20 men with saffron bands on their forehead entered the church while Sunday prayer was under way at around 12 PM, and started vandalising the premises and started breaking everything," Pannalal said and claimed that the "Bajrang Dal youth indulged in sloganeering and were raising Jai Shree Ram slogans" The assailants were heard accusing that people were being converted in the church, he said. "A group of 40-50 people from downtrodden families in the village had set up the church under a tin shed, where they perform prayers every Sunday," he said, refuting the conversion charge.

He said, "We are thankful to the police that they reached immediately and took the necessary action.

hyderaBad, March 6 (iaNS): Ravela Susheel, son of Andhra Pradesh Social and Tribal Welfare Minister Ravela Kishore Babu, was extensively grilled by police on Sunday after he surrendered in a molestation case. A court later sent him to 14 days judicial custody.

Susheel appeared at Banjara Hills police station and surrendered after his lawyer failed to get him bail.

Police also arrested Susheel's driver M. Ramesh alias Appa Rao. Deputy Commissioner of Police Venkateswar Rao told reporters that both Susheel and his driver were questioned with regard to the complaint lodged by a woman.

Venkateswar Rao said police were also examining the CCTV footage of the car in which Susheel was travelling.

He also asserted that the government was taking all steps for protection of women. "There is no question of shielding anybody involved in a crime, no matter how powerful he may be."

The accused were later taken to the government-run Osmania Hospital for examination. They were later produced before a magistrate at his residence in the evening and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days. The accused were shifted to Chanchalguda Central Jail here.

Police on Saturday issued notice to Susheel, asking him to appear before them within 48 hours.

Both Susheel and Ramesh were booked on Saturday under the Nirbhaya Act for stalking a woman and trying to pull her into their car.

The incident occurred in the posh Banjara Hills neighbourhood on Thursday when the woman, a teacher, was walking down the road. She alleged that the duo passed lewd comments and tried to drag her in by grabbing her hand.

Citing the victim's complaint, the two were booked for harassment and misbehaving but no arrests were made.

On Friday, some television channels reported how police tried to hush up the case.

Susheel clarified through a social media post on Sunday that he spotted a puppy on the road and got down from car to pick it up but the woman without any reason started shouting and abusing him.

"The crowd joined hands with the unknown people whose only intention was political vengeance," he said.

However, the CCTV footage beamed on some news channels showed the car slowing down near the burqaclad woman. Perturbed by this, the woman started walking faster but the car continued following her.

Meanwhile, minister Ravela Kishore Babu said on Sunday that his son is innocent. Stating that Susheel has done nothing wrong, he claimed that the CCTV footage has been morphed.

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Cruz & Trump split the Republican establishment WASHINTON, MARCH 6 (REUTERS): Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz split victories in four nominating contests with front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday, bolstering Cruz’s argument that he represents the party’s best chance to stop the brash New York billionaire.

The results were a repudiation of a Republican establishment that has bristled at the prospect of either Cruz or Trump winning the party’s nomination and has largely lined up behind U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who was shut out in all four contests.

“I think it’s time that he dropped out of the race,” Trump said of Rubio after the contests. “I want Ted one on one.”

Cruz won Kansas and Maine on Saturday, while Trump won the bigger states of Louisiana and Kentucky, holding onto his lead in the race for the Republican nomination for the November 8 presidential election, even though Cruz captured more delegates on Saturday.

The next big contest, and a crucial one, will be Tuesday’s primary in the industrial state of Michigan. Republicans in three other states, Mississippi, Idaho and Hawaii, also will vote on Tuesday. Puerto Rico Republicans will vote on Sunday.

U.S. senator from Texas who has promoted himself as more of a true conservative than Trump, said the results showed he was gaining momentum in the race to catch the real estate mogul.

Cruz, 45, has run as an outsider bent on shaking up the Republican establishment in Washington.

A favorite of evangelicals, he has called for the United States to “carpet bomb” the Islamic State militant group and has pledged to eliminate the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service and four cabinet agencies and to enact a balanced budget amendment.

In the Democratic race, front-runner Hillary Clinton won in Louisiana, and her rival Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, won in Kansas and Nebraska, in results that did not substantially change Clinton’s big delegate lead.

Mainstream Republicans have blanched at

Trump’s calls to build a wall on the border with Mexico, round up and deport 11 million undocumented immigrants and temporarily bar all Muslims from entering the United States.

But the party’s establishment has not been much happier with Cruz, who has alienated many party lead-

ers in Washington.

“It looks like it will be the angry Trump voters against the purist conservative Cruz voters,” said Washington-based Republican strategist Ron Bonjean. “The establishment is just being left out.”

A spokesman for Rubio, who spent the past week

launching harsh personal attacks on Trump, said the senator would push on with an eye on the March 15 contest in Florida. “After we win the Florida primary, the map, the momentum and the money is going to be on our side,” spokesman Alex Conant said in a statement. Cruz, a first-term

“A HOWL FROM WASHINGTON” “The scream you hear, the howl that comes from Washington, D.C., is utter terror at what ‘We the People’ are doing together,” Cruz told supporters in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, after his early win in Kansas.

“What we’re seeing is the public coming together, libertarians coming together, men and women who love the Constitution coming together and uniting and standing as one behind this campaign,” Cruz said.

Trump, 69, has a substantial lead in the delegates needed to secure the nomination at the Republican National Convention,

but since winning seven of the 11 contests on Super Tuesday he has come under withering fire from a Republican establishment worried he will lead the party to defeat in November’s election.

But endorsements from establishment Republicans have failed to sway voters.

Rubio won the backing of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback but still came in third there.The four Republican contests on Saturday together accounted for just 155 delegates. Cruz won 64 delegates on Saturday, while Trump took 49.

The races on Saturday were open only to registered Republicans, excluding the independent and disaffected Democratic voters who have helped Trump’s surge to the lead.

The anti-Trump forces have a short window to stop the caustic businessman, who ahead of Saturday had accumulated 319 of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination at July’s Republican national convention, outpacing Cruz, who had 226 delegates.

On March 15, the delegate-rich states of Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri and North Carolina will vote.

Both Florida and Ohio use the winner-take-all method to allocate Republican delegates, making the stakes in those states par-

ticularly high. All of the Republican contests on Saturday, and through March 14, award delegates proportionate to the popular vote, although some states set minimum thresholds to qualify for any delegates.

If Trump takes both Florida and Ohio he would be nearly impossible to stop. There are a total of 358 delegates at stake in the five states voting March 15, including 99 in Florida and 66 in Ohio.

On the Democratic side, Clinton has opened up a big delegate lead and Sanders might have a tough time making up the difference. All states in the Democratic race award their delegates proportionally, meaning Clinton can keep piling up delegates even in states she loses.

The three states holding Democratic contests on Saturday had a total of 109 delegates at stake. The early estimates were that Clinton, who appeared headed to a smashing nearly 50-point win in Louisiana, had won at least 48 delegates on Tuesday and Sanders 37. But Sanders made it clear he was not planning to end his White House quest anytime soon.

“We have the momentum. We have a path toward victory. Our campaign is just getting started,” he said in a statement after his wins on Saturday.

Two years on, MH370 families say White bread, corn flakes intake push up lung cancer risk “The associations were more proNEW YORK, MARCH 6 (IANS): Con- subtype of lung cancer, showed the study search for missing jet must continue suming foods and beverages with a high published in the journal Cancer Epide- nounced among subjects who were never KUALA LUMPUR, MARCH 6 (REUTERS): The families of passengers lost aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 say the two-year search for the missing aircraft must go on beyond a June deadline, as new hope emerged last week of resolving the aviation mystery.

Debris found off the African coast rekindled hope for many, prompting relatives like Grace Subathirai Nathan to demand investigators go back over mistakes made early on.

“A lot of it was based on calculations that had never been used before, where there’s room for human error,” Nathan said in an interview. Nathan’s mother, Anne Daisy, was on board when MH370 disappeared on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew on board.

Some 120,000 sq km (46,300 sq mi) of the sea floor is being scoured at an estimated cost of about A$170 million ($124.17 million). But no trace of the missing Boeing 777 has been found except for a wing part, known as a flaperon, which surfaced on Reunion island off Madagascar last July.

Australia said in August that initial drift models of where debris from the jet might first wash up had incorrectly identified Indonesia as the most likely location.

“If that could be wrong, what else could be wrong?” Nathan, a 28-year-old lawyer, said.

A meeting set for June between Australia, Malaysia, and China will determine whether to extend the search.

But families are calling for the search to continue after the discovery last week of a white, metre-long chunk of metal suspected to be from MH370 off the coast of Mozambique. Just as they prepare to mark the two-year anniversary of the jet’s disappearance, the relatives are asking for efforts to focus on the southeast African coast.

Voice370, a support group for MH370 next-of-kin, said last week in a statement that the claims of funds drying up was “unacceptable” as a reason for ending the investigation, which they say could benefit the broader industry and increase safety.

BACK TO DRAWING BOARD On Sunday, scores of family and friends of those on board the plane gathered at a mall in Kuala Lumpur in a memorial seeking to “re-investigate, re-evaluate, re-start” the search.

Accompanied by poignant musical and dance performances, the next-of-kin made an impassioned plea for search efforts to

continue until the plane is found.

“They can stop the search, but where do we stop the feeling of loss? We want them to try, if possible, to continue searching for MH370,” said Jacquita Gonzales, the wife of MH370 in-flight supervisor Patrick Gomes.

MH370 vanished from radar screens shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, and investigators believe it was flown thousands of miles off course before eventually crashing into the ocean off Australia.

A 584-page interim report into the disappearance of the Boeing 777-200ER released on the first anniversary provided details on how radars tracked the plane going off course and issues concerning the battery of the flight data recorder’s underwater locator beacon.

However, it did not identify a definitive cause for the disappearance, adding there was nothing suspicious in the financial, medical or personal histories of pilots or crew.

The next interim report will be released on Tuesday.

“It is definitely their duty to continue to investigate this case, because until now they have not made any substantial progress,” said Beijing resident Steve Wang, whose mother was on the flight.

glycemic index, such as white bread or bagels, corn flakes and puffed rice, is linked with an increased risk of developing lung cancer, says a study.

Glycemic index (GI) is a measure of the quality of dietary carbohydrates, defined by how quickly blood sugar levels are raised following a meal. The link between GI and lung cancer is particularly prominent in particular subgroups, such as never-smokers and those diagnosed with the squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

miology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

The researchers surveyed 1,905 patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer and 2,413 healthy individuals.

Participants self-reported past dietary habits and health histories. “We observed a 49 percent increased risk of lung cancer among subjects with the highest daily GI compared to those with the lowest daily GI,” said senior author of the study Xifeng Wu, professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre in the US.

smokers, diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma or had less than 12 years of education,” Wu noted.

Interestingly, the researchers found that glycemic load (GL), a measure of carbohydrate quantity, had no significant associations with lung cancer risk.

When investigating never-smokers in the study, the researchers found that those in the highest GI group were more than twice as likely to develop lung cancer as those in the lowest group.

China says won’t allow Taiwan to be “split” off again BEIJING, MARCH 6 (REUTERS): China will never allow the tragedy of Taiwan being “split” off from the rest of the country to happen again, state media on Sunday quoted President Xi Jinping as saying, offering a strong warning to the island against any moves towards independence.

China considers self-ruled and democratic Taiwan a wayward province, to be brought under its control by force if necessary. Defeated Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan in 1949 after the Chinese civil war.

Beijing has repeatedly warned against any moves towards independence since January’s landslide win by Tsai

Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections.

Meeting with Shanghai delegates to the annual meeting of parliament, Xi made apparent reference to the Qing dynasty’s loss of Taiwan to Japan in 1895, who then ruled the island as a colony until the end of World War Two. “We will resolutely contain ‘Taiwan independence’ secessionist activities in any form, safeguard the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and never allow the historical tragedy of the nation being split to happen again,” Xi said.

“This is the common wish

and firm will of all Chinese people. It is also our solemn commitment and our responsibility to history and the people,” he added. Tsai has said she would maintain peace with China, and Chinese staterun media have also noted her pledges to maintain the “status quo” with China.

Without making direct mention of Tsai, who assumes office in May, Xi said Beijing’s policy towards Taiwan was clear and consistent and “will not change along with the change in Taiwan’s political situation”.

“Compatriots from both sides of the Taiwan Strait are expecting the peaceful devel-

opment of cross-Strait relations, and we should not disappoint them,” he added.

Many in China are deeply suspicious of Tsai. Speaking on Sunday at a meeting on sidelines of parliament, Lin Xianshun, a Chinese military officer who defected from Taiwan in 1989, said she was a “schemer” who wanted to have the benefits of good economic ties with China at the same time as coveting Taiwan’s independence. The past eight years have been marked by calm between China and Taiwan, after the election of the China-friendly Ma Yingjeou as president in 2008 and his subsequent re-election.

Ageing, indebted Japan debates right to ‘die with dignity’ TOKYO, MARCH 6 (REUTERS): Retired Japanese airline employee Tarou Tanzawa said he hadn’t thought much about his own death until his 84-year-old mother was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma and decided against costly and invasive life-prolonging treatment.

He watched his mother die peacefully at a nursing home where she received only palliative care after checking out of the hospital where she was diagnosed.

Soon after, Tanzawa made his own “living will”, stipulating he did not want life-prolonging treatment if he became terminally ill or was in a vegetative state.

“I felt it was too soon (for my mother to die) but I also thought ‘Ah, there is this way of dying,” Tanzawa, now 68, told Reuters. “My generation of baby-boomers ... are reaching old age, and we must confront death as a practical issue.”

Although Japan has one of the world’s fastest ageing populations, the country has no laws regarding “living

wills”, let alone assisted suicide, which is legal in a few U.S. states such as California and some nations including Canada and Belgium.

Japanese like the Tanzawas with “living wills” are a small minority. But as ageing baby-boomers ponder their own demise and the country struggles with the worst public debt among advanced countries due partly to rising expenditure on medical care, the taboo on avoiding life-extending care is eroding.

The topic of “natural death” is increasingly being tackled in TV shows, newspaper and magazine articles and books; seminars on preparing for death are popular; and health experts say the use of feeding tubes for feeble elderly patients is declining.

“I think we are at a turning point in terms of attitudes,” said Teruhiko Mashiko, an opposition lawmaker and head of a parliamentarians group set up a decade ago to discuss a law giving legal protection to doctors who with-

hold life-prolonging care with the patient’s consent.

“The view that it is not dignified as a human to simply be kept alive by medical treatment is becoming more common,” Mashiko said in an interview.

“CALLOUS ABANDONMENT” The lawmakers’ group drafted a new version of a bill last year but it has yet to be introduced in parliament, largely because of opposition from disability rights groups who fear it could be a first step toward legalising euthanasia.

Traditional Japanese views that families are obliged to care for elderly relatives have long been an obstacle to rejecting or withdrawing life-prolonging treatment. Many families fear being accused of callous abandonment, whatever the patient’s wishes.

Doctors worry about family members filing suits.

Health Ministry guidelines issued in 2007 call for an informed decision by the

patient or a proxy and say a decision to withdraw aggressive treatment should be made by a health care team. But these and other guidelines have not erased physicians’ concerns.

“We doctors want some guarantee not to be accused criminally or civilly if we stop such treatment,” said Toshiharu Furukawa, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s health, welfare and labour panel, and a lawyer-doctor who has treated terminally-ill cancer patients.

The sensitivity of the topic was underscored by the outcry that greeted remarks by Finance Minister Taro Aso in 2013 when he said the ailing elderly should be allowed to “hurry up and die” and linked the issue to the high cost of medical care.

Most advocates of the legal change say respect for individual rights, not cost, is the key factor and legislation would help promote the concept of “living wills”.

Others, though acknowledge the role of the

President of the non-profit Human Care Association Shoji Nakanishi, 72, who has been wheel-chair bound since a spinal cord injury at age 21, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan, February 18, 2016. Picture taken February 18, 2016. REUTERS

fiscal burden.

Japan’s total spending on national health care topped 40 trillion yen ($350 billion) for the first time in the year to March 31, 2014.

Spending on those aged 75 and over exceeded a third of the total, a percent-

age set to grow as the population ages.

“We cannot say clearly that it is a problem of cost, but it is a problem,” the LDP’s Furukawa said.

Groups representing the handicapped say such talk simply confirms what

they fear - public financial woes are driving the push for legislation that could be a first step toward legalising euthanasia of those society deems a burden.

“They say people want to die in a dignified way ... but because of the cost,

they want people to have ‘living wills’ and reduce medical expenses,” said Shoji Nakanishi, president of the non-profit Human Care Association.

“If such a law is passed, it could lead to euthanasia,” said Nakanishi, 72, wheelchair bound since a spinal cord injury at age 21, when he was told he had just three months to live.

Legislation on the right to “die with dignity” is unlikely to be submitted ahead of a national election expected in July since advocates see little upside now in pushing a controversial bill. But some proponents argue that’s fine, since delay will allow a changing public consensus to consolidate.

“My parents are nurses, and so is my sister, so we have a lot of debates concerning life and death at home,” said Tokyo housewife Chiho Yamaguchi, 27.

“We’re already committed that we don’t need to do those kinds of treatments.

I personally think ‘dying with dignity’ is fine.”

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Ronaldo scores 4 goals to become La Liga's 2nd all time top scorer

BARCELONA, MARCh 6 (AP): Cristiano Ronaldo scored four second-half goals to become the second all-time leading scorer in La Liga as Real Madrid routed Celta Vigo 7-1 on Saturday. Ronaldo's haul gave him 252 career goals according to the league, surpassing Telmo Zarra's mark of 251 goals that had stood as a record until Barcelona star Lionel Messi passed that milestone in 2014.

Messi's hat-trick in a 5-1 win at Rayo Vallecano on Thursday took his leading tally to 305.

After Pepe put Madrid ahead before halftime, Ronaldo scored with a long blast. He added another goal from a free kick, tapped in a short cross, and headed home a corner kick.

Jese Rodriguez and Gareth Bale completed the demolition of a Celta side that held its own before halftime but fell apart in the second half.

Besides surpassing Zarra's mark for Athletic Bilbao from 1955, Ronaldo also passed Barcelona's Luis Suarez as the league top scorer for the season. Ronaldo has 27 goals to Suarez's 25.

Madrid remained in third place and a provisional nine points behind leader Barcelona, which visits Eibar on Sunday, when second-place Atletico Madrid also visits Valencia.

Disqualified from the Copa del Rey and its Liga title hopes all but gone, Madrid turns back to its most realistic chance to salvage the season when it hosts Roma on Tuesday in the Champions League round of 16, holding a 2-0 advantage.

"Ronaldo is one of a kind," Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. "I never scored four goals. It's important that he scores heading into the Champions League."

Elsewhere, Las Palmas ended fourth-place Villarreal's 14-round unbeaten streak with a 1-0 away win, dropping the host seven points behind Madrid. David Garcia's header on the

• Ronaldo's haul gave him 252 career goals according to the league.

• Messi's hat-trick in a 5-1 win at Rayo Vallecano took his leading tally to 305.

• Ronaldo also passed Barcelona's Luis Suarez as the league top scorer for the season. Ronaldo has 27 goals to Suarez's 25.

half-hour mark helped the Canary Island club edge away from the relegation zone with a third consecutive victory. Fifth-place Sevilla stayed winless on the road this season after conceding a late goal in a 1-1 draw at Getafe, which broke a streak of seven losses. Ever Banega's free kick put Sevilla ahead late, only for Emiliano Velazquez to level with four minutes left.

An own goal by Deportivo La Coruna's Alejando Arribas in the 89th gifted Malaga a 3-3 draw as the hosts remained winless in 12 rounds.

Madrid's big win over sixth-place Celta came at a perfect time, as Madrid was jeered by the same Santiago Bernabeu Stadium fans the previous weekend after a 1-0 loss to Atletico.

That defeat ended with Ronaldo criticizing his teammates, opening the first squad crisis that Zidane had to publicly quell.

"Nobody can doubt Cristiano," said Madrid forward Lucas Vazquez, who started along with 18-year-old striker Borja Mayoral in place of the injured Karim Benzema. "You have to congratulate him. Today there wasn't any friction and I didn't hear any jeers."

Defender Pepe headed the hosts in front in the 41st minute after a drab first half for Madrid that saw Celta's Iago Aspas hit the woodwork early.

But the second half was lopsided after Ronaldo looped an unstoppable long strike over goalkeeper Ruben Blanco and into the net. Earlier, a poor pass by Ronaldo earned him some whistles from the crowd, and instead of celebrating the impressive goal, he pointed to his ear while soaking up the applause.

Ronaldo curved a free kick over the wall to make it 3-0, tapped in another goal after Aspas hit on the break, and got his fourth goal with a header, a minute before Rodriguez scored.

Bale, who played his first minutes as a substitute since being injured in January, scored off the post.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during their match against Celta Vigo. (REUTERS)

Two former NWA champions back in arena

KOhiMA, MARCh 6 (MExN): Two former champions – Vekreyi Chuzho and Megosier Khate is all set to take part in the 25th tournament anniversary Naga Style wrestling , 2016, oraganzied by Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA), to be played from local ground ,Kohima on March 10 and 11.

Vekhriyi Chuzho hailing from Phusachodumi Village will represent Chakhe-

sang Wrestling Association (CWA) was the winner on 2008, while Megosier Khate hailing from Khonoma village will represent Angami Sports Association won the title in 2010.

Meanwhile it was learned that Dilu Erangguang from Zeliang Wrestling Association (ZWA) is also take part in the tournament making his appearing in NWA tournament for 12 times.

NWT organizers appeal to Naga wrestling fans

KOhiMA, MARCh 6 (MExN): The Management Committee of the 25th Naga Wrestling Tournament has made appeals to all well-wishers and fans of wrestling which is being held from March 10 to 11 at Kohima Local Ground.

All those spectators who are able to reach the venue at the local ground on foot have been requested not to bring vehicles so as to ease traffic and parking areas. Also, the drivers have been requested to park the vehicles properly at the right places only.

The spectators have been requested not to bring alcohol inside the ground.

In the interest of tranquility and peaceful conduct of the tournament, frisking at the gates may be imposed, according to management committee. Stating that cleanliness is one of its priorities, it stated “ We therefore appeal to one and all to use dust bins around you and not to litter

Leicester pass another big test with flying colours

LONDON, MARCh 6 (REUTERS): Leicester City's unlikely Premier League title challenge took another major upturn with a gritty 1-0 win at Watford on Saturday as their closest challengers cancelled each other out.

Riyad Mahrez conjured a fine goal to see off Watford and send Leicester five points clear at the top after second-placed Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, who are third, drew 2-2 at White Hart Lane. "It was an important win, a big battle," City manager Claudio Ranieri told the BBC. "Now there will be battles for everybody not just for us.

"It was a tough match.

We created four or five chances, they created two or three. We are so happy now." With nine games remaining, bookmakers cut the odds on Leicester winning their first top-flight Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri and Christian Fuchs celebrate at the end of the match.(Reuters)

around with any wrappers, bottles, etc.”

Stating that it does not interfere in the personal matter of any individual, it however said Cigarette smoking is now prohibited in all the public places nationally and internationally by law. “We therefore appeal to smokers not to give inconvenience to fellow spectators around you by smoking in the crowd.” There will be 4 categories of ticket. Each ticket is valid for two days and a ticket is admissible for one only.

Donor: Rs.3000 per card as fixed by NWA, 1st. Class Chair: Rs.500, 2nd Class Chair: Rs.300 and Gallery: Rs.100. Food and beverages will be available at reasonable rates.

Z. Lohe, convenor, Management Committee, CBCK (MH), Kohima has everyone to cooperate with the management. “The 25th Naga Wrestling tournament is going to be the most exciting event of the year. Come CLEvELAND, MARCh 6 (REUand enjoy the celebration,” he said.

TERS): LeBron James led eight Cavaliers in double-figures with 28 points and reached two more milestones in his illustrious career while Cleveland crushed the Boston Celtics 120-103 on Saturday night.

Kyrie Irving contributed 20 points, The government's decision to send a Iman Shumpert posted a career-high delegation to assess the security arrange- 16 rebounds to go with 12 points off ments in India came after political leaders the bench, and J.R. Smith delivered 14 in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh points on four 3-pointers in what was cutting across party lines expressed reser- a bit of a payback win for the Cavs, who vations about hosting the India-Pakistan have won three straight and lead the East by 2.5 games over Toronto. On tie in Dharamsala on March 19.

Serving and retired Indian Army per- Feb. 5 in Cleveland, Boston trailed by sonnel have also voiced their opposi- four points with nine seconds left and tion to the highly anticipated Super 10 pulled out a 104-103 triumph.

"Let's be honest, we were really Group 2 clash as Kangra district -- where Dharamsala is located -- is home to a large lucky to win here last time," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said before number of martyred soldiers' families.

The issue had sparked a war of words the game. Isaiah Thomas led Boston between Himachal Pradesh Chief Minis- with 27 points. Former Ohio State ter Virbhadra Singh and Board of Control standout Jared Sullinger added 17 for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary An- points and 13 rebounds. The Celtics urag Thakur. They later held a meeting to had their five-game winning streak snapped. sort out the issue.

James was his usual dominate While Virbhadra Singh had sent a letter to union Home Minister Rajnath Singh self, posting 11 rebounds and eight asserting that the state government will assists in 36 minutes.

In the third quarter, he passed San not be able to provide security during the game, former chief minister Shanta Kumar Antonio great Tim Duncan (26,366 in his letter to Prime Minister Narendra points) for 14th on the NBA's allModi had said that the match should not time scoring list, and notched at least be allowed at Dharamsala as Kangra dis- 10 points for the 700th consecutive trict is home to hundreds of valiant jawans, regular-season game -- third longest streak in NBA history. martyrs' families and ex-servicemen.

The Celtics led 35-22 after one State Transport Minister G.S. Bali had also issued an ultimatum to the BCCI, as- quarter, shooting 60 percent. Bosserting that if the match is not cancelled, it ton's 35 tied the most points Cleveland has allowed in an opening quarwill lead to a massive agitation.

But the BCCI and the Indian govern- ter all season.

The Cavs restored order with a ment have sought to ease concerns over security, with Rajnath Singh stating that 12-0 run in more than four minutes central para-military forces will be deput- during the second quarter.

Shumpert snapped a personal ed to provide security during the match if the state administration is unable to do so. 0-for-12 shooting slump with a dunk

heads NBA: Lebron dominates as Cavs crush Celtics Yogeshwar national squad for Olympic qualifiers

Pakistan sending three-member team to assess World T20 security

iSLAMABAD, MARCh 6 (iANS): The Pakistan government has formed a threemember team to assess the security arrangements for the national cricket team during the upcoming World Twenty20 in India.

The delegation, which will be headed

by Usman Anwar, a senior director of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), also includes a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official and an official from the Pakistan High Commission in India.

The security team will leave for India on Monday and will file their report on the security arrangements in India by Wednesday.

"I have asked the PCB chairman to wait, and the team can wait until the security clearance is assured. We can delay our team's departure till we are sure that they will be safe in India. If the security team's initial report is positive, our cricket team will leave for India as per schedule on Wednesday otherwise we may delay the team's departure," Interior Minister Nisar Khan told reporters here.

"We not only want our team's security in hotels and on routes, but want our players to play cricket without any worries in grounds where thousands of people will accumulate for the match. We will only give a green signal for the team to go to India once we get security clearance," he added.

The government has granted permission to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to send the national team to India for the World T20. But PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has decided not to send the team until foolproof security is assured.

crown to 11-10. "The title is not ours. We have to fight a lot, step by step and keep our feet on the ground. At the end we can see what happens," Ranieri said.

Algerian Mahrez scored his 15th league goal of the season following a sweet strike from the edge of the penalty area in the 56th minute before being substituted. Ranieri, though, played down concerns about the inspirational forward's fitness. "No injury, he was tired and had a little cramp so I changed him in the late minutes," the Italian said.

"His goal was so important."

Leicester next host Newcastle United on March 14 before a trip to Crystal Palace. "We know every team can win or lose so it has to be slowly, slowly," Ranieri said. "The desire is so high now and we have a great opportunity."

LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots the ball during the game against the Boston Celtics on March 5, 2016 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Getty Image)

at 6:24 of the second quarter. His 3-pointer with 1:54 tied the score at 53, and his two free throws with 1:01 remaining gave the Cavs the lead heading into halftime.

The Cavs led by eight points after three and were determined to avoid a repeat of last month's disaster. They

pushed their lead to 16 points with 2:58 to go on final great play from James. With the shot-clock winding down, James drained a fadeaway and was fouled, and cashed in the free throw. The Celtics were also assessed a technical for arguing, and Matthew Dellavedova converted the foul shot.

NEw DELhi, MARCh 6 (iANS): Veteran wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt will spearhead the Indian challenge at the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament to be held at Astana, Kazakhstan, from March 18 to 20.

The men's squad includes five Freestyle wrestlers and six in the GrecoRoman category while the women's squad has six members. The teams were selected at the national trials which were held in the capital on Friday and Saturday. At the trials, Yogeshwar overcame Asian champion Amit Dhankar in the 66kg freestyle category. The duo had earlier clashed during the inaugural edition of tghe Pro Wrestling League where Yogeshwar had emerged as the winer. In men's 57kg, Rahul Aware defeated Sandeep Tomar to make the Indian squad while Somveer overpowered Gopal Yadav in the 86kg division.

The women's squad has several experienced grapplers including Vinesh Phogat (48kg), Babita Kumari (53kg) and Navjot Kaur (67kg). After the Astana event, the team will travel to Georgia and Belarus for a training stint before going to Mongolia for the 1st World Qualification tournament to be held from April 20-24.

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Calvin Harris ‘politely declined’ Madhuri Dixit launches her jewellery line collaboration with girlfriend Taylor Swift A

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hey're both experts in their musical fields and regularly dominate the charts. But fans shouldn't expect to see a collaboration between Calvin Harris and girlfriend Taylor Swift anytime soon as The Sun claims the DJ has 'politely declined' the opportunity to work with the Style singer. It's believed the 32-year-old far too smitten with Taylor to take the risk, especially after his previous team-up with ex-girlfriend Rita Ora ended in disaster.

'Calvin's next single is ready but the label is keen for him to get a big female US star to collaborate on it,' a source told the publication. 'They floated the idea of him working with Taylor but he politely declined it. Calvin has seen how sour things can turn when working with someone he's dating.' But there is one lady who Calvin has reportedly set his sights on, as it's claimed the How

Deep Is Your Love hit-maker would leap at the chance of working with Beyonce.

'Instead he is in talks with Beyonce as he's al-

ways wanted the pair to work together. She is a big fan. She loved her feature on Naughty Boy's dance single Runnin' (Lose It All)

last year,' the insider added. Calvin appears to have learned from his mistakes as the mega-producer previously collaborated with

ex-girlfriend Rita on her last album before their sour split. The music wound up being proof that their breakup was far from amicable as Calvis stopped Harris using tracks he had helped create for the album. The Scottish heartthrob even withdrew permission for the singer to perform her single I Will Never Let You Down at the MTV Movie Awards the following Summer. Meanwhile, Rita, 25, recently hinted that her upcoming album features tracks inspired by her break-up from Calvin with heartbreak records coincidentally being his current girlfriend Taylor's specialty. Speaking about their split to Wonderland magazine in November last year, Rita said: ‘At the time… I just wanted to crawl in my bed and die.

But I got out of it the other side, I’m surviving.’

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ctress Madhuri Dixit launched her line of jewellery ‘Timeless by Madhuri Dixit’ in association with a popular jewellery brand in Mumbai on Saturday. About her reasons for tying up with P.N. Gadgil (PNG) Jewellers, Madhuri said it was due to the “kind of values and integrity they have”.

“They have been in the industry since 184 years, and they have the determination where customers are always the priority. The way they make the jewellery and the work they do on it, is very good. “The quality is very good, so all these things made me sign up with them. They have been kind enough to associate… I hope people like this. We are planning to different kinds of jewellery under this, range of jewellery also will be something we would pay attention to.”

Madhuri was present at the launch of a new store of the brand in Borivali here.

She had also worn a shiny white outfit and wore a stunning diamond neck-

lace from her own collection at the event. “I’m feeling very good, because my association with PNG has been since several years.

So it is a joyous day for me,” she said.

Saurabh Gadgil, the owner of the brand, who regularly gets film industry celebrities for the brand’s events, stated that Mad-

huri was actively involved with the making of the jewellery, giving inputs in designing as well as regarding the shape of the diamonds.

He added that every design brought about various facets of Madhuri’s life. Madhuri has also come up with her online dance academy, Dance With Madhuri.

Source: IANS

‘Very Strict’ Father Noel Gallagher ‘Zootopia’: A fun-packed family film Bipasha Basu quashes

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oel Gallagher is "very strict" with his daughter about boys. The former Oasis rocker's eldest child Anaïs, 16, has revealed her father - who is known for his wild antics in his youth - always

avoids any conversations about "the birds and the bees". She said: "My dad is very strict when it comes to boys ... My dad has never given me the birds and the bees chat and doesn't talk to me about boys. He's al-

ways, 'I don't want to talk about it'. "I remember when me and my stepmum would be talking about boys and he would be like, 'Stop'. He just doesn't want to know. I have always been one of those girls who has boys over at my house but we are just friends. "We made an agreement that they should stay out of my friendships and relationships as I get embarrassed, just like any other 16-yearold. My dad can stay supportive of my schoolwork instead."

And according to Anaïs, her father would have preferred for her to do a job outside the spotlight but she insists it was "inevitable" that she'd be following in her dad's footsteps.

She added to The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "My dad would have preferred me not to do anything in the spotlight and have a normal job. My parents are supportive but they have definitely got different ways of tackling parenting. "I always had an interest in being in TV or photography so it was inevitable. It's not their first choice for me but my dad definitely wouldn't want me to go into music. If you have ever heard me sing or play an instrument you would appreciate that."

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crime adventure story at its core, "Zootopia" from the Disney stable is a thoroughly enjoyable, fun-packed animation film, packed with lessons for kids. The lessons are so well camouflaged in the narration that they do not sound preachy. And since it comes from this animated universe, it has the potential to reach places where it might not otherwise be heard.

"Zootopia" is a metropolis of anthropomorphized, bipedal mammals where predator and prey animals live together in harmony.

But of late 14 animals have been reported missing.

The narration begins with young bunny Judy Hopps (Goodwin) wanting to be a police officer. But she is discriminated because this job is normally held by large predator animals. Not taking no for an answer, she pursues her dream and 15 years later she successfully completes the police academy training and is assigned to an area in the heart of the city.

On her first day of duty, assigned in the parking area, she meets Nick Wilde (Bateman), a fox who isn't being served at the elephant ice cream counter because he's obviously shifty. She

Gary Barlow to Make £10M

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ary Barlow is reportedly set to earn £10 million this year.

The 45-year-old singer has no less than three West End musicals, a tour with Take That and an album to look forward to in the next 12 months as well as the possibility of a new TV show. A source told The Sun newspaper: "Gary always wanted to put on a Take That musical and the band have written enough tracks for a score. "Using a Saturday night TV show to find talent will give the musical huge publicity."

Meanwhile, it was previously revealed that Gary was putting together ideas to make a television talent show to rival 'The X Factor'.

An insider said previously: "This is Gary's own format that will be made by the BBC entertainment team.

If it is a success he could make hundreds of millions of pounds around the world like Cowell has with 'X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent'. "Cowell is going to be furious because he thinks it was 'X Factor' that gave Gary the experience working on a show like this.

Now he's gone and set up a direct rival. "He's always been paranoid about Gary trying to set up a huge entertainment company incorporating music and TV, which seems to be happening."

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helps him out but of course, the joke is on Hopps when she discovers Wilde actually is a con artist.

Later during an investigation of a missing otter, the two end up working together as Nick was the last person to see the missing otter. What follows is a buddy-cop trail with a great detective angle. It is only after the case is closed, that it becomes obvious what the film is all about. Yes, you have seen this story before.

It's basically the plot of the classic detective drama "Chinatown" and it shares certain elements with many other films too. But it is the screenplay and visuals that make the film appealing.

Technically, "Zootopia" is brilliantly conceived. The animation is spectacular with all animals faithfully created, looking appealing and truly alive. Also, each frame is visually colourful. The action sequences are crisp, relevant and exciting to watch.

The voice cast is perfect. In addition to Goodwin and Bateman, there are Don Lake and Bonnie Hunt who lend their voices to Judy's parents, J.K. Simmons to the Mayor Lionheart, Idris Elba to Buffalo Police Chief, Tommy Chong to hippie yak, Alan Tudyk to the fast-talking weasel and Shakira to the crooner Gazelle, among others. Every actor and character is perfectly matched.

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ollywood actress Bipasha Basu on Sunday snubbed rumours that she has got engaged to her Alone co-star Karan Singh Grover, after she was captured wearing a prominent diamond sparkler on her ring finger. Wait for me to announce my wedding when I want to and if I want to. Please stop treating it frivolously, Bipasha tweeted. Some images that have surfaced online feature Bipasha sitting on the back seat of a car, while Karan is seated in front, next to the driver. Looking casual, deglam and tired, Bipasha can be seen looking down, trying to avoid the paparazzi.

Jennifer Lopez confirms her music is coming 'Soon'

he 'Booty' hitmaker is dishing on her new record deal and revealing that she's 'been working on music for the past couple months.' Jennifer Lopez reveals her new music will be released soon. During a backstage interview with ET after American Idol live show on Thursday, March 3, the On the Floor hitmaker dished on her new record deal with Epic Records.

L.A. Reid and I back in Epic. It's another thing that I've been so working on right now, the Booty songstress explained, I've been working on music for the past couple months. We should be putting something out real soon.

According to Us Weekly. J.Lo has signed a multi-album contract with Epic.

A source told the news outlet that she celebrated the deal with a dinner with Reid and her manager Benny Medina at Il Mulino on Monday, March 1. Jennifer and L.A. are longtime friends, and they love working together, the source added.

In an interview with Billboard, L.A. Reid said of J.Lo's return, I'm thrilled to welcome Jennifer back home with me to Epic Records. Jennifer is a true global icon with a magnetism that sears across music, film, and TV and I'm excited to be working together again.

The Jism actress, who was earlier famously dating actor John Abraham, has urged fans and media persons to avoid speculating on her current relationship status. For years, I have dealt with this constant discussion. Please be patient. After all it's my life. Thank you all.

Humble request to all those who love me, she said.

Commenting on the images that have sparked speculation of her engagement, she said And yes, I don't like getting clicked at 10 p.m. post a massage.

Oily and dirty. Am sure all women will understand that. It's not rocket science.

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Sanjay Dutt’s Book Salaakhen will have 500 Sher he wrote in Jail

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ctor Sanjay Dutt, who recently walked out of jail after completing his sentence in an arms case related to the 1993 Mumbai blasts, revealed that he wrote over 500 sher (couplets) while in prison. The actor plans to release the poetry collection in form of book titled Salaakhen. "I wrote something. And I will release the book, Salaakhen. We will show it to some people. Me along with, Zeishan Qureshi, Sameer Hingle (inmates) and wrote 500 sher they were with me in radio station. It is all in Hindi," Mr Dutt said.

The Munna Bhai actor said out of the 500 couplets, he has written about 100 couplets and has also described some of the real life instances like the one when his wife, Maanyata visited him in jail. "Out of the 500 sher I must have written 100 or so.

At times I feel surprised that have I actually written this. I remember my wife had come to meet me once and she had fever and still she came to see me. I insisted she Source: Femalefirst should come to meet me. I felt very bad af-

ter seeing her," he said.

But writing is not something that actor is willing to take up permanently and he is waiting eagerly to get back to the routine life of 'lights, camera, action'. "Let me be with my family. I want to be with them for some time. I missed working. I missed light, sound, camera, action flashes and all," Sanjay Dutt said. Though Sanjay Dutt is yet to talk about the films he would be doing, it is confirmed that he will is working in director Siddharth Anand's next, an action drama which is likely to go on floors this summer.

This is most likely to be the first film that Mr Dutt will shoot after his release.

He will be seen in the third installment of much-loved Rajkumar Hirani-helmed Munna Bhai series. Mr Dutt's close friend, director Rajkumar Hirani is also currently working on the biopic which stars Ranbir Kapoor in the lead role. Director Indra Kumar also plans to make the third part of the Dhamaal franchise with the actor.

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I-League: Bengaluru hold Sporting to go joint top

MARGAO, MARCH 6 (IANS): Bengaluru FC came back from two goals down, but couldn't do enough to eke out a win as a 10-man Sporting Clube de Goa held on for a 2-2 draw in their I-League clash at the Fatorda Stadium here on Sunday.

Marcus Mascarenhas (19th minute) put the hosts in front before Odafa Okolie (38th) doubled their advantage. But Bengaluru skipper Sunil Chhetri (42nd, 67th) struck once in each half to rescue a point for his team.

Bengaluru are now at the joint top spot on the nine-team league table along with defending champions Mohun Bagan.

Both teams are on 22 points, but Bengaluru have played 11 matches, one more than Mohun Bagan.

Bengaluru were dealt an early blow after defender Curtis Osano had to be replaced

by Keegan Pereira after the former pulled his groin just 15 minutes into the game. The hosts took the lead with a freak goal minutes later after Lalthuammawia Ralte's clearance from a Lalchhuanmawia back-pass rebounded off an onrushing Mascarenhas and bounced into the Bengaluru goal.

The Blues tried their best to reduce the deficit, with some nice work in midfield allowing Udanta Singh and Chhetri to attack the flanks. Bengaluru striker Kim Song Yong came close to finding the equaliser, but a cross into the box from Udanta was inches away from the diving North Korean.

Sporting extended their lead against the run of play thanks to a long-range shot from C M Y K

Odafa. The Nigerian striker collected a pass from Mahmoud Al-Amna before taking a shot that found its way past a diving Lalthuammawia Ralte in the visitors' goal.

But Bengaluru clawed right back into the tie in the closing stages of the first half when Loveday Okechukwu brought down John Johnson inside the box and referee Santosh Kumar promptly awarded a penalty. Chhetri then scored from the spot to reduce the deficit.

Booked for the foul, Loveday received marching orders only a minute later when he hacked down Udanta while the winger was charging down the right.

Starting the second half with a goal to show for and a man more than Sporting, Bengaluru switched gears, leaving the hosts to defend deep. Michael Collins came close to getting Bengaluru an equaliser and what could have been his first goal for the former I-League champions, only to see his low goal bound drive pushed out by Sporting goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya.

Bengaluru eventually found their equaliser when Chhetri tapped into an empty goal after Daniel Lalhlimpuia's cross fell perfectly for him. The visitors ventured forward with intent and came close to finding a winner when a strike from inside the area by Lalchhuanmawia went inches above the bar. Bengaluru will now return to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup duties as they host defending champions Johor Darul Ta'zim at the Kanteerava Stadium on Wednesday.

Claudio Ranieri says Leicester ready to fight for EPL title LONDON, MARCH 6 (IANS): Leicester City football club's head coach Claudio Ranieri says his side will continue to fight after a 1-0 English Premier League (EPL) win away against Watford sent them five points clear at the top of the table.

The win was welcome news for Lecester fans, who had seen second placed Tottenham Hotspur and third placed Arsenal battle to a 2-2 draw earlier in the afternoon, giving their team an opportunity to stretch the gap at the summit.

It was a chance they grasped with both hands, but they were made to battle all over the park against one of the football league's toughest sides, and afterwards

Ranieri insisted that there's still plenty of fight left in his team. "It was a difficult match but now every match will be difficult, not only for us, but all the teams. For us it was important to give this kind of answer to everybody," Ranieri told his club's official website.

"We want to fight. I don't know what we will do, but we will fight every match. We want to continue with this concentration, with this ability to be strong and so close to each other," the veteran coach added.

"I want just to see my players fight and play as well as tonight. Now my focus is on Newcastle (next week) because it will be a really tough match."

UFC 196: McGregor taps out to Diaz, Tate takes title from Holm

LAS VEGAS, MARCH 6 (AP): With a pair of rear naked chokes that finished two celebrated champions, Nate Diaz and Miesha Tate both accomplished the improbable in a pair of sport-shaking victories at UFC 196.

Diaz forced Conor McGregor to tap out with 48 seconds left in the second round Saturday night, ending the Irish superstar's 15-fight winning streak in a non-title bout.

Tate won the UFC bantamweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, locking Holly Holm in a choke that rendered the champ apparently unconscious with 90 seconds left in the fifth round.

The dual upsets stunned a sellout crowd and one of the biggest pay-per-view audiences in the history of mixed martial arts.

They also threw two potential wrenches into the UFC's plans for the upcoming year: McGregor was widely expected to fight in the main event at UFC 200 in July, while Holm's next fight was supposed to be her rematch with Ronda Rousey, whose title reign ended with Holm's knockout win in November. Diaz and Tate had plans of their own.

"After 16 years in this business,

the one thing you don't ever do is think you know what's going to happen," thrilled UFC President Dana White said. "Because you don't."

Diaz (20-10) was battered and bloodied for the first 1 1/2 rounds

by McGregor (19-3), the UFC 145-pound featherweight champ and pay-per-view star fighting at 170 pounds on short notice.

Diaz, who took the fight less than two weeks ago, abruptly changed the bout with an electric series of punches that wobbled the previously unshakable McGregor.

When McGregor tried a takedown, Diaz quickly forced him to tap out on the ground.

"I knew I was the superior boxer, with superior kickboxing, with superior jiu-jitsu," said Diaz, who had lost five of his previous 10 fights. "Nothing surprised me except for that I got hit at all. I think with a full camp, I would have been flawless."

Earlier, Tate (18-5) became the third 135-pound champion in UFC history by beating Holm (10-1), the woman who knocked out Rousey in November. Holm appeared to be out cold when Tate finally released her from the choke to celebrate.

"Not many people wouldn't tap out," Tate said. "She went out like a champion. ... She's tougher than nails. She really pulled the most out of me and made me a better fighter tonight."

The main event was the greatest moment in the career of Diaz, a pugnacious veteran from a notorious fighting family in Stockton, California. Diaz had lost three of his past five fights, but his size and power abruptly finished McGregor, who had boasted of his plans to hold championships in multiple weight classes.

The loss was McGregor's first since November 2010, and it put a blemish on the loquacious Irish face of the UFC and the best-paid fighter in this rapidly growing sport.

McGregor was somber but reflective at the post-fight news conference, which often isn't attended by losing fighters. He thinks his next bout will be a featherweight title defense, but he vowed to return to higher weight classes.

The penultimate fight at UFC 196 was a thrilling clash of styles, and Tate fought until the waning minutes before finally using

her superior ground game to outstanding effect.

"I feel like we had a great game plan," Tate said. "I had to be patient. She's very dangerous. She's capable of catching anyone at any moment. She's a very calculated fighter."

For 4 1/2 rounds, Holm appeared to be winning her first fight since she dethroned Rousey with a stunning head-kick knockout. Although Tate controlled the second round on the ground and got close to a finish, Holm picked apart Tate with punches for the other three rounds.

Everything changed when Tate finally landed a desperate takedown attempt and got Holm's back with 2 minutes left.

Holm fought desperately to get out, but the veteran wrestler sunk in a choke that she didn't let go until she was the champion.

"It wasn't the right move to shake her off my back," Holm said.

"It was stupid, and I should have fought it off more. When you're up against a wrestler like that, of course that threat is there for a takedown, and you have to recognize it."

Crystal Palace hold 10 men Liverpool to draw Aus beat SA by 5 wickets LONDON, MARCH 6 (AGENCIES): Christian Benteke came off the bench to score a contentious 96th-minute winner from the penalty spot as 10-man Liverpool recovered to beat Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park this afternoon.

Joe Ledley had given the Eagles the lead early in the second half, but Roberto Firmino and Benteke secured the comeback despite James Milner being sent off to give Liverpool their first league win at Selhurst Park since 1997.

The match started at a quick tempo, flowing from end to end, and moments after Liverpool had threatened with Roberto Firmino down the right channel, Palace had the first big chance of the game when Simon Mignolet bravely smothered Yannick Bolasie's effort at the winger's feet.

Mignolet was curled

into action again shortly afterwards when he turned Emmanuel Adebayor's effort away, but he had the woodwork to thank moments later when Adebayor's header from close range came back off the crossbar.

Neither side was able to gain a measure of control over the game in the opening half an hour, but the better sights of goal all fell the way of Palace, with Yohan Cabaye rippling the side-netting with a firsttime effort in the 25th minute.

Cabaye turned provider for Palace's next half-chance as his free kick caught Damien Delaney by surprise at the back post, while Liverpool came close themselves moments later when Divock Origi curling effort landed on the roof of the net.

Scott Dann then sent a looping header comfortably into the arms of Mi-

gnolet from another Cabaye free kick with what proved to be the last sight of goal in the first half, but it took the hosts just three minutes to break the deadlock after the restart.

The goal stemmed from a corner as Liverpool failed to clear the danger on a number of occasions before Joe Ledley drilled a loose ball into the bottom

corner from the edge of the box.

The visitors' task got even harder shortly after the hour mark when James Milner was shown a second yellow card for a cynical challenge on Wilfried Zaha, leaving his side with 10 men for the final 30 minutes.

A first shot on target for Liverpool finally arrived in

the 65th minute, but it was a simple one for Alex McCarthy to deal with as he gobbled up Firmino's longrange drive.

The Reds' first real chance of the whole match came shortly afterwards when Adam Lallana's cutback was turned wide by Origi at the near post, but the visitors were soon to be gifted a way back into the contest.

Stand-in goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, replacing the injured Wayne Hennessey in the side, was at fault as he slipped while clearing the ball, giving the ball straight to Firmino, who kept his composure to move into the box and slot it into the bottom corner.

With time ticking by, Jurgen Klopp turned to Benteke ahead of Daniel Sturridge from his bench, and the Belgian almost made an immediate impact when he was denied

by McCarthy just seconds

after his introduction.

Liverpool came even closer to stealing all three points with just three minutes remaining, but Alberto Moreno's long-range strike thumped off the foot of the post with McCarthy beaten.

Benteke had another chance which was pushed away by McCarthy before the late drama, which saw the Belgian striker go down in the area after Damien Delaney had committed himself to a challenge but then attempted to pull out.

Referee Andre Marriner took time to make his decision before controversially pointing to the spot, and Benteke coolly sent McCarthy the wrong way to clinch the win and leave Palace now 12 league games without a victory.

Liverpool, meanwhile climb up to seventh in the table and are now just six points off the Champions League places.

JOHANNESbuRG, MARCH 6 (AGENCIES): Glenn Maxwell (75) and David Warner (77) helped Australia beat South Africa by 5 wickets the second KFC Twenty20 international at Bidvest Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Earlier, South Africa posted a commanding score of 204 for 7 against Australia in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) at Johannesburg, largely in thanks to a fine innings from du Plessis. Faf du Plessis struck a wonderful half-century to power South Africa to 204-7. Leftarm paceman James Faulkner was the pick of Australia’s attack as he ended with the fine figures of 3-28 off his four overs on a wicket that was suited for batting.

After a shoddy start, David Warner and Glenn Maxwell joined hands for a mammoth partnership of over 150 runs to win their team the game from an unlikely position. With two runs required of the last ball, Marsh played a low full toss straight past the umpire and managed to get two for the win, thanks to a misfield by South Africa’s Miller.

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