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State capital to recieve new solid waste management facility Our Correspondent Kohima | May 11

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It is estimated that Nagaland state’s capital, Kohima produces around 100 tons of waste every day. The lack of an efficient waste management facility and proper collection mechanism has plagued the town over the years. However, there is hope that this scenario will change with the Nagaland state government set to initiate a state of the art solid waste management facility At present Kohima does not have a scientific solid waste management facility and as such the solid waste collected from the city is openly and haphazardly dumped on a sloping land about 12 kms from the city. In the absence of any scientific disposal and treatment facility, the waste are often subjected to burning thereby causing air pollution, contamination of the surface and ground water and also acts as a vector for many diseases. Many households also continue to throw garbage in the streams and rivers, which are not accounted and is polluting the water courses and creating an unhygienic environment. Recognizing the urgent need to streamline waste management system in the Capital town, the new waste management fa-

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Construction of a landfill in progress at the site for the new solid waste management facility in Kohima.

cility will be set up with financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. This facility is being developed at Lerie about 10 km from Kohima town and consists of a compost plant and sanitary landfill. The compost plant will have a capacity of processing 50 tons of organic wastes per day and the landfill designed for a period of 15-20 years to accommodate 32,000 m3 of wastes. The landfill is also equipped with a Leachate Treatment Plant to treat the leachates for safe disposal as per environmental standards. Wet waste such as food waste, agricultural waste and other organic wastes etc. will be processed and converted into compost which in turn can be used as manure, while

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changes in the attitude on proper waste management such as segregating wet and dry waste at source. To achieve this, a pilot project for segregating waste at the household level has been initiated in 2 wards covering Old Minister Hill, Porterlane and Lower Chardmari colonies. As part of this initiative, colored bins for wet and dry wastes has been distributed to the households for segregating at source and also mass awareness has being given to the residents. This initiative will also be replicated to the remaining 17 wards in the near future. It is envisaged that such small initiatives at the micro level will go a long way in ensuring that the project is a success and sustainable and also bringing about an improved environment and improved well-being of the residents of Kohima.

pressed his reservation. “Neither our Constitution nor our conscience would allow deployment of the Army. They are for fighting external enemies. We will take on Naxals. Naxalism will be removed from the state soon,” he said. Citing the challenges being faced in tackling naxalism, the Chief Minister said that the Bastar region is bigger in size than Kerala and shares borders with other Maoist violence-affected states like Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra. “Forces took 40 years to catch one Veerappan (dreaded sandalwood smuggler who was killed by security forces in 2004). There are thousands of Veerappans in the state. But we will catch each one of them,” he said. Addressing a rally in the Naxal hotbed of Dantewada, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had advised Maoists to abjure violence and take part in ensuring the country’s development. The state police force also said that the deployment of Naga battalions would prove to be an “asset” in fighting naxalism. “Nagaland armed police force personnel are well

trained in jungle warfare. Their deployment here will prove to be an asset in fighting naxalites,” said SRP Kalluri, Inspector General of Police, Bastar region, who added that the Naga battalions were deployed there between 2006 and 2008. “Later, they had to go due to pressure from nongovernmental organisations. They accused Naga battalions of human rights violations,” said Kalluri, a known name in anti- Naxal operations. At least 40,000 personnel of the central paramilitary forces are deployed in Chhattisgarh, which has witnessed many Naxal attacks in the recent past with the worst being the 2010 assault that left 76 Central Reserve Police Force personnel dead. The Chief Minister said that there were many obstacles to undertaking basic infrastructure development work in the state. Development projects worth Rs 24,000 crore, including one for setting up an ultra mega steel plant in Dantewada district, were inked during the Prime Minister’s visit to the state on Saturday and Singh said that he was getting 100 per cent support from the Centre.

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DAN affirms commitment to naga political issue

DiMapuR, May 11 (MExN): All legislature parties and independent legislators of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) today affirmed their commitment to work together as a facilitator towards an early settlement of the Naga political issue. This was resolved in a meeting on May 11 in Kohima, where all legislature parties and independent More Parliamentary secretaries and Ministers? Woe is me! i am going to die battling traffic jams.

the non-compostable wastes will be disposed in the landfill. The facility will also have a dry waste processing and recycling facility wherein manual sorting conveyors, shredding unit, granulator unit, bailer unit and weighing unit will be installed so that the dry wastes such as plastics, papers, metals, glass, PET bottles and electronic waste etc., can be segregated, processed and packed for selling to the recycling plants. The present dumping method of waste in the capital City is plagued with a lot of challenges. With the setup of this state of the art waste management plant, it promises to meet most of the challenges while mitigating some. However, the real challenge will be at the household level where there is need to bring about

RaipuR, May 11 (pTi): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has sought battalions of Nagaland armed police force personnel, experts in jungle warfare, from the Union Home Ministry to take on Naxals in his state. “We have asked the Home Ministry to deploy some Naga armed police force personnel in Chhattisgarh. They will be taking up the matter with Nagaland government,” Singh told PTI here. The Naga battalions were deployed in the Bastar region of the state, one of the worst affected by Naxal extremism, and they did a very good job, he said. “Experience shows that Nagaland battalions were very useful in fighting the naxalites. They are very good at jungle warfare,” said the Chief Minister of the BJP-ruled state. Singh said his government was determined to end the Naxal menace in the state. “There is no doubt about it. It (naxalism) will end. The state government has carried out much development work and the naxalites are frustrated by it,” he said. Asked about his views on deployment of Army to fight naxals, Singh ex-

legislators of the DAN were in attendance. The meeting further resolved that a Joint Legislators Forum on the Naga political issue be formed comprising all members of the Twelfth Nagaland Legislative Assembly. It also urged the NLA Speaker to convene a meeting of all legislators of the 12th NLA for the purpose of forming the JLF on the Naga politi-

cal issue, and if necessary, to form a sub-committee of the JLF that will represent the collective will and voice of the NLA. The members present further expressed their continued confidence in the leadership of TR Zeliang as Chief Minister of Nagaland state and Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu as Chairman of the DAN Coordination Committee.

NBSE against schools issuing ‘passed’ transfer certificates

Former MLA VC Kanito passes away

DiMapuR, May 11 (MExN): The Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has expressed concern at the unethical practise of certain schools issuing passed transfer certificates to its students at the end of classes IX and XI. Pass transfer certificates are issued to students who have failed their grade but are allowed to leave the school with a passed transfer certificate. The NBSE Chairman, in a notification dated March 28, 2015, observed that this practice has been going on over the past years “particularly in reputed and established schools.” The NBSE said that schools may be practicing this to attain better results at the HSLC & HSSLC Examinations. The notification, addressed to heads of registered schools, however cautioned that this is not the correct approach in imparting education. Asserting that it is the duty and responsibility of schools to provide remedial and special classes to its weak students, the NBSE said that each and every child is “unique, individual atten-

tion must be also given importance in the teachinglearning process.” The NBSE further expressed concern as to how a student’s performance can deteriorate so greatly in one academic year if he/she qualified in the immediate lower class. “This practice has a serious effect on the students’ future studies in many ways such as they are viewed as failures and rejected; it becomes difficult to get admission in other schools; the schools where they get admission do not offer their subject combination studied in the last school; financial burden to parents and social problems,” said the NBSE. The NBSE termed this as “unhealthy and unethical” and informed all schools to avoid this practice, while taking positive steps to help students. The board further urged the schools to work together and cater to the needs of all categories of students. If this unhealthy practice continues, the NBSE cautioned that it may be compelled to take necessary steps against the erring schools.

DiMapuR, May 11 (MExN): Former MLA and Advisor to Chief Minister, Dr VCKanitopassedawaytoday at 2:00pm after a prolonged illness. Funeral service for the late legislator will be held at his residence at Chekiye at 11:00am on May 12.

NNC appeals to observe 64th Naga Plebiscite DiMapuR, May 11 (MExN): The Naga National Council (NNC) has appealed to all the people of Nagaland to observe the 64th Anniversary of the Naga Voluntary Plebiscite on May 16. A press note from the NNC said that “there is no other greater achievement in Naga history as well as a clear example of democratic practice in the world that only few countries could conduct like the Nagas declaring to remain a sovereign Naga Republic.” “Let us think deeper how wonderful and marvelous is the work of God on Nagas to unite under the umbrella of Naga national Council (NNC) to be a nation amongst nations,” it added. The NNC has appealed to all the Churches of Nagaland to pray for Nagas to live in peace.

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Rotary Club Bombay (North) Dr. Hanmanth Rao Palep and Rtn. P.P. Babulal B.Todi along with other doctors at the Gynae department in NHAK on May 11. (DIPR Photo)

most of the patients examined, whereas fat content was found to be very low. The doctor who examined women who has delivered as many as eleven (11) babies felt that the farming community is yet to understand the importance of family planning. He also observed high consumption of spice by the people, which he said, creates gastritis problems. Observing that most of the women are very

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Doctors from Mumbai share health concern

Kohima, may 11 (DiPR): After successfully conducting free medical camp at Jalukie and Peren on May 8 and 9, where more than 700 patients were examined and given free medicines, the same team of doctors from Mumbai arrived at Kohima and is currently conducting 3-day free medical camp at NHAK starting today. Sharing his observations about the medical camp conducted at Peren and Jalukie, President Rotary Club Bombay (North) Dr. Hanmanth Rao Palep (Gynaecologist and general physician observed that out of the 700 plus patients examined, more than 90% of women were found to be addicted to tobacco. He called for creating awareness stating, “Mothers’ health is the most important for any nation.” Speaking to DIPR, he also said that as far as Body Mass Index (BMI) is concern it was found out that protein content was good in

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NoKlaK, may 11 (DiPR): In the interest of the public service safety, ADC Noklak Mhathung Tsanglao issued an order on April 30 that shops under Noklak town dealing with the items such as petrol, diesel, LPG shall have to be relocated upside of the main town area. SDO (C) Thonoknyu, Shayeng Sheu along with DBs of Noklak town inspected the shop and stipulated the date line from May 1 to 7 to shift to the new location, as it was a serious threat to public which was surrounded by congested residential buildings. Also the following conditions were given that new location of shops would be permitted by the administration and the shop should not be housed where any part of the building are inhabited by the owner or tenant. The administration and police of Noklak also checked the vehicles under Noklak town on May 11, arrested a two-wheeler plying in from Myanmar, and kept in police station Noklak for further investigation.

hard working, Dr. Rao felt that good measures needs to be taken to improve diet and to stop tobacco addiction. “Most of the women are very hard working and so they need rest and stress free life,” he added. Rtn. P.P. Babulal B.Todi also speaking to DIPR informed that Rotary Club Bombay (N) is ready to provide technical support, training, free medicines in future too, to the people

of Nagaland. He informed that the free medical camp currently underway in Nagaland was a suggestion made by the Governor of Nagaland during his visit to Mumbai to distribute awards to the achievers. Todi was optimistic that by conducting such camps, emotional attachment between mainland and people of Nagaland would be created. He further pointed out that diabetics, poor

Hettich India launches first exclusive showroom in Nagaland

Dimapur district monthly health review meeting held DimaPuR, may 11 (mExN): Dimapur District monthly District Health Review Meeting was held on May 11 at Chief Medical Officer’s Conference Hall. The monthly programme activity representation was done by Dr. Talitoba, District TB Officer, Dimapur. He presented the activities and performance status of RNTCP. During his presentation, Dr. Talitoba urged other health centers to improve their sputum collection and the referral component as well. Dr.Lanuakum,DPO,UIPRCH reminded the members on the UIP schedule of RI and Open Vial Policy. He stated that vaccine like DPT, Hep, OPV & TT can be used up to four weeks provided the vaccine has not expired or the vaccine vial monitor (VVM) is not damaged and also, the storage temperature is main-

tained at 2 – 8 Deg Celsius. He also reminded to note the date and time when opening a new vial. Dr. Lanuakum also oriented the members that JE vaccine can now be used upto 4 hours like BCG and Measles vaccines. Earlier JE vaccine could be used upto two hours only. He also requested all units to further improve the monitoring and immunization activities during the ongoing Indradhanush Mission. He further requested the MO i/c to re-orient health workers at their respective block during their respective monthly meetings. A press note stated that Esther Thirah, DPM, NHM chaired the meeting and the meeting was attended by CMO and Staff, various Programme Officers, SMO, MO i/c of Health units and DPMU staff.

family planning, gastritis, hypertension, mellitus arthritis, colitis, poor hygienic conditions, urinary tract infections, allergic conditions of the eye, myopia in school children and cancer of stomach as the most common problems suffered by the people of Nagaland. He also suggested the need for keeping records of the patients and for conducting follow-up by the local doctors. It may be mentioned that the free medical camps held in Nagaland by specialized doctors from Mumbai are all members of Rotary Club Bombay (N) where all travel expenses incurred are borne by themselves, except for the local arrangements, which is being extended by the State Government, through the initiative of the Governor of Nagaland. All the local doctors and staffs are extending support and cooperation to the visiting doctors for the benefit of the public.

(Right) Rupam Gupta, Assistant Zonal Manager – East, Hettich India with (Left) Yongya Longkumer, proprietor of the Hettich exclusive showroom in Nagaland during the launching event held on May 11. (Photo by Lipok Tzudir) Morung Express News Dimapur | May 11

Hettich India Pvt. Ltd launched its first exclusive showroom in Nagaland as well as the Northeast region, India, here at the Interior Solutions, Sacrament House, Circular Road in Dimapur on May 11. Hettich, a German multinational is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high quality furniture fittings present in over 100 countries with around 25000 products category warranted for lifetime functional. Production is

carried out in sixteen state of the art manufacturing plants spread across Europe, Asia & America. The inaugural function was graced by Rupam Gupta, Assistant Zonal Manager - East who was also accompanied by Ranabir Singha Area Manager North East India. Yongya Longkumer, proprietor of Interior Solutions and also the proprietor of the sole exclusive Hettich showroom in Nagaland and the North-East asserts that their focus is not only on giving the best in terms of quality product

but at the same time they look forward to giving quality customer service and customer care. He also has his own production unit in Dimapur, registered under the Industry Department, Government of Nagaland. Hettich set up its first ever plant in India at Vadodra in the year 2013 sand has successfully launched different variants of high quality wire product for Indian Market and export as well. After successful completion of an assessment at the Vadodra site, UL DQS India, globally renowned certification body, officially handed over the GC-Mark Certificate "Green Company" to Hettich India in January this year. Green Company certification is the first step towards recognition as a responsible organization for Hettich. Apart from the newly opened Hettich Innovation Centre at Bangalore, it has application centres located at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad and Chennai for architects, designers, contractors, OEMs and carpenters, to showcase furniture fittings in their functional form. Along with the new centre, Hettich India has also beefed up their design services arm. The company now offers free design services and hardware consultation for its customers at their doorstep, where Hettich engineers do on-site visits and offer customized solutions.

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Addl Director, IPR, Limawati Ao interacting during the visit to DPRO Office at New HQ Peren DC’s Complex on May 8. During the interaction with staff, he said that IPR employees had greater role to play in serving people. Later, he visited the proposed site for the construction of new office building near New HQ Peren. (DIPR Photo)

Nokpu Baptist Church Youth Ministry organized a week long drama workshop from May 4 to 10, casting 25 young artist and presented an Ao Naga folklore titled “A loving mother and a heartless son”, directed by Imo Ozukum. A press note stated here that the drama was staged in the church on the evening of May 10. Several spectators from the nearby churches came to add to the number of audience.

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Faculties of Department of Fashion Technology under the Global Open University, Nagaland along with participants at the seminar cum workshop organised by the department in Wokha on May 6 .

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Hailstorm at Bhandari town and adjoining villages hit on May 6 leaving as many as 50 houses damaged and uprooting many plantations, electric wires and post. District administration led by ADC Bhandari, Orenthung Lotha verified the spot and visited the affected families. (DIPR Photo)

‘Clean Jalukie Campaign’ on Swachh Bharat launched JaluKiE, may 11 (DiPR): The launching programme of ‘Clean Jalukie Campaign’ was held at the auto parking Jalukie Town on May 7. While delivering Keynote address on ‘Clean Jalukie Campaign’ SDO (C) & Administrator, Jalukie Town Council said that in tune with the Nation Wide Programme on Swachh Bharat, “Clean Jalukie Campaign” was launched by Jalukie Town Council in Collaboration with the ‘Kingdom Stewards’ – A Volunteer Group of young people involving on various issues concerning the Society especially in

SDO (C) & Administrator, Jalukie Town Council, Rhosietho Nguori and other volunteers at the launching programme of ‘Clean Jalukie Campaign’ held at the auto parking Jalukie Town on May 7. (DIPR Photo)

Jalukie Town. Young volunteers of the Kingdom Stewards would be involving physically in cleaning Jalukie Town

along with Jalukie Town Council and Jalukie Town Traders’ Union. Besides getting physically involved in cleaning the Town, they

would also involve in any activities to educate and create awareness so as to develop a sense of civic sense amongst the various

sections of people, keeping in mind the general attitude of the general public with regard to sanitation and civic sense. Former Deputy Chairman Jalukie Town Council Imtui Mpom, President of Jalukie Town Traders’ Union, Ipeugwangbe and Pastor Jalukie Town Local Baptist Church, Mongzeung Mpom delivered short speeches. The Chairperson Rhosietho Nguori SDO (C) & Administrator, Jalukie Town Council gave a closing remark while Pastor, Jalukie Town Local Baptist Church Pronounced the benediction.

Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya along with Chairman and Members of NPSC and others after the oath taking ceremony held for the chairman and two members of NPSC on May 11 in the office chamber of Governor (Naga Bhavan), Raj Bhavan Kohima. The Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya administered ‘Oath of Secrecy’ to the members of NPSC in the following order: A. Yanang Konyak- Chairman; Idailung Thon- Member and W. Chubala Aier- Member. Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Pankaj Kumar, initiated the proceeding of the oath taking ceremony of NPSC members. (DIPR Photo)

GHS Khomi honours HSLC successful candidates

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Kohima, may 11 (mExN): The Government High School, Khomi under Phek district organised a felicitation programme in honour of the first batch of HSLC successful candidates on May 5 last. The programme, which was chaired by Vekhota Cürhah Headmaster In-charge of GHS, Khomi, started with an opening prayer by Swüdüvelü Graduate Teacher. Felicitation messages were delivered by Sheralü Lohe and Külüpoyi Vadeo presidents of Middle Khomi and Upper Khomi Students’ Union respectively. Küvera Nakro Chairman VEC Khomi exhorted the students to be more sincere as they pursue their further studies and lauded the teaching staffs for their dedication and sincere efforts which has HSLC successful students and others during felicitation programme. produced 5 successful candidates

despite several hurdles and shortage of teaching staffs. Venesüh Tenenu Asst.Teacher exhorted the students on behalf of the teaching staffs. Hüsüve Lohe speaking on behalf of the parents expressed happiness and gratitude to the village leaders and teaching staffs. Those who spoke in the programme include Veyesa Member VEC, Cekropa Tenenu Member VEC and Nüvecho President Khomi Public Organisation. Mütso spoke on behalf of the successful students. It is to mention that the newly upgraded GHS Khomi is running high school level with the staff strength of Middle School. The programme concluded with benediction pronounced by Khüvocho Pastor Lower Khomi Baptist Church.

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The 155th Birth Anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore was celebrated in Dimapur Music College on May 9. One hundred fifty students participated in different discipline, like in Song, Recitation, and Dance, which was witnessed by good number of gathering of students, teachers and parents with community leaders. The event was graced by KK Paul, President Bengali Samaj and Bishnu Bhattacharjee, President NPF Minority Wing Central as chief guest and guest of honour and encouraged the gathering with speech.

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M.P. Bezbaruah quits North Eastern Council New Delhi, May 11 (iaNS): Former bureaucrat M.P. Bezbaruah has resigned from the North Eastern Council (NEC) the nodal agency for the economic and social development of the region - after the central government asked him to step down, he told IANS on Monday. The former bureaucrat, who headed the Bezbaruah Committee that looked into the issues concerning people of northeast region living in other parts of In-

dia, said his resignation has been accepted. He said he quit after coming to know that the central government is appointing two new people to the NEC, including one in his place. Bezbaruah, appointed by the erstwhile UPA government, told IANS: "Yes, I have resigned. I have given my resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I today (Monday) got to know that it has been accepted."

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Lightning kills two in Tripura

aGartala, May 11 (iaNS): A school student and a woman were killed and five other people injured in lightning strikes in Tripura, official said here on Monday. A Class 6 student, and Sharmistha Debbarma, 42, were killed on the spot when lightnings struck them on Sunday in Longtharai Valley of the northern Tripura and Kalyanpur in western Tripura respectively. An official said several people were also injured in the lightning. Rain, accompanied by high velocity winds, lightning and thunder, has been lashing Tripura since Sunday. Though the four-month-long (June-September) monsoon will hit the northeastern region next month, due to seasonal Nor'wester (cyclonic rainstorm) spells of rains and cyclones have been occurring intermittently since last month in most parts of the NER, including Sikkim.

1 MULTA militant, 2 NDFB(S) workers nabbed Guwahati, May 11 (Pti): A Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) militant and two over ground workers of NDFB(S) were apprehended in two different operations in Assam's Kokrajhar and Chirang districts. A joint team of the police and army launched an operation last night in Musalmanpara village in Gossaigaon sub-division of Kokrajhar district and nabbed the MULTA militant, a Defence spokesman said on Monday.The militant has been identified as Waidur Rehman and a country made 7.62 mm rifle was recovered from his possession. In another operation, in Kusumdisha area of Chirang district and two NDFB(S) Over Ground Workers (OGWs) were apprehended today. The duo, allegedly involved in extortions on behalf of NDFB(S), have been identified as Prasanjit Islary and Biton Basumatary and a 7.65 mm pistol, a magazine, a grenade and some other ammunition were recovered from their possession.

"I was told to resign as the government was in a mood to appoint their own people in the agency. The NEC has a very important role in the development of the northeast and I feel that whoever comes as its member should be very much focused and have a pro-northeast view," he said. Bezbaruah, a 1964 batch IAS officer, headed the Bezbaruah Committee which was set up in the wake of the killing of

Arunachal Pradesh youth Nido Tania in Delhi in 2014. He submitted a 82-page report to the union home ministry. The report gave a grim picture of the nature and extent of discrimination and attacks against the people of northeast in other parts of the country. However, the provisions of the report still remain far from being implemented. Bezbaruah, who served in several places including Mizoram and Assam, said

the central government needs to pay heed to the issues of proper coordination, infrastructure in some of the remotest parts of the northeast and exploration of opportunities for trade through the northeast region. Bezbaruah, who had served as the union tourism secretary under former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is also the permanent honorary representative of United Nations World Tourism Organisation.

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Site. Unesco's World Heritage Committee has advised trans-boundary conservation of Manas. The Trans-boundary Manas Conservation Area (Tramca) meeting in Bhutan, earlier this year, had suggested that coordination between forest officials on two sides of Manas is essential to curb poaching. It suggested that forest rangers of two sides should meet once a month to devise patrolling strategies and share information, while field directors and divisional forest officers

of the respective areas in TraMCA will meet quarterly and share information. Further, the Tramca meeting emphasized on enhancing enforcement capacity of field staff through implementation of SMART patrolling across the transboundary protected areas. SMART stands for Spatial Monitoring And Reporting Tools — a cutting edge patrolling mechanism which involves GPS and other technologies in anti-poaching and wildlife managements, including intelligence gathering. Manas field director A

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ernment is unwilling to concede its demands to end the stalemate. Earlier, KSO decided to enforce an indefinite economic blockade along the National Highway-2 from midnight of May 11 to push for its demands, but it decided again to cut short the blockade period. “The strike has been cut short following appeal from several Kuki social organizations like the Kuki Inpi,” a spokesperson of KSO told the Morung Express.

A week-long economic blockade will begin from midnight of May 11 in Senapati district’s Sadar Hills area along ImphalDimapur road. The blockade is called by the Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO). The KSO has imposed the strike to protest the reported life attempt bid on the Lallophai village headman and a van driver by a group of attackers in Moidangpok area of Imphal West on May 2. KSO Khengjoy The student body has Block condemns said the Manipur GovMeanwhile,

C Das said the field staff are being trained up to involve them in SMART patrolling. "SMART patrolling is being implemented in Manas. We are yet to go for full implementation of SMART as many of our staffers are being trained on new technique," said Das.

the state government. They further alleged that the government has disbursed the government employees salaries by diverting fund from National Health Mission (NHM) allocation. Tame Phassang an-

Khengjoy Block has condemned the Sehao village incident where a group of Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF) activists assaulted some labourers engaged in a road construction work and some villagers including the chief of Sehao village on May 9, a statement said. It said the village chief, Seikhomang Haokip, is also a member of KSO Khengjoy Block, which is located under Chakpikarong subdivision of Chandel district. It appealed to the concerned outfit not to repeat such acts of violence K S O in future.

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i ta N a G a r , M ay 11 (Pti:) The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh today organized a public rally here demanding resignation of Chief Minister Nabam Tuki for allegedly overdrawing an amount of Rs 581 crore, "plunging the state into acute financial crisis". The BJP leaders - state unit president Tai Tagak, party's Jan Andolan Committee Chairman Tame Phassang demanded immediate imposition of financial emergency in the state on the account of "overdrawn" in excess of Former teacher abducted in M'laya the arrangement agreed upon with the RBI and stopShilloNG, MoNDay (uNi): A former teacher of page of further payments to Don Bosco School, Tura, was abducted at gunpoint from his residence at Jekabari, near Garobadha, on May 9.A delayed report said here today that Gaganendra Sanyal, retired teacher, was abducted by four armed miscreants who came in a car and kidnapped the aged teacher. The moving car slowed down near him and the armed miscreants picked him up and sped away before anyone could stop them. It happened within a minute, said a witness.The abduction of the teacher has spread shock and fear among the teaching fraternity, sources said. The reason behind the abduction and whereabouts of the teacher are yet to be known, sources added.

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Bhutan joint patrol to curb poaching at Manas park Guwahati, May 11 (tNN): With emphasis being given to check loss of wildlife habitat and curb poaching in the transboundary Manas landscape that straddles across India and Bhutan, conservationists have suggested joint patrolling by forest officials on both sides of the border. The Manas National Park in western Assam is a contiguous landscape which spreads over Bhutan where it is known as Royal Manas National Park. The Indian side of Manas is a Unesco World Heritage

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nounced to launch 12-hour Capital bandh on May 15 next as its first phase of agitation and further threatened to call state-wide bandh in its second phase if the government fails to fulfil the demands.

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CONGRATULATION The Rengma Hoho congratulates Hon’ble Parliamentary Secretary Er.Levi Rengma for being elevated to the portfolio of Housing and Hon’ble Cabinet Minister Shri. Yitachu for being elevated to the portfolio of School Education and SCERT. We express our immense gratitude and appreciation to Shri. T.R. Zeliang, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland and Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, Hon’ble President, Naga People’s Front (NPF). Sd/(Sawathang Kez Seb) President, Rengma Hoho

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The Tseminyu Students Union would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to all the successful students of the HSLC and HSSLC Examination 2015. The Union also wishes them a bright and grand success in their future. Further, it is to inform to all the successful candidates of the HSLC and HSSLC students that the Felicitation Program for the successful students of Tseminyu Students Union will be held on 23rd May 2015 at Tseminyu Town Hall, Tseminyu. All the members of the Union are cordially invited to the program. (Sokenye Kent) President, Tseminyu Students Union (Asenlo Khing) Asst. General Secretary, Tseminyu Students Union

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KV Kamath appointed BRICS bank president New Delhi, May 11 (PTi): Eminent banker K V Kamath was today appointed as head of the USD 50 billion New Development Bank being set up by the five emerging economies of BRICS grouping. Kamath will have a five year term of the bank, which is likely to be operationalised within one year, Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said. Kamath is the Chairman of the India’s largest private sector bank ICICI. Leaders of the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) had last year reached an agreement to establish the New Development Bank, with its headquarters in Shanghai. As per the agreement, India got the right to nominate the first president. Kamath has been named the first president of the NDB, Mehrishi said. The BRICS nations account for nearly USD 16 trillion in GDP and 40 per cent of the world’s population. The bank will start with an initial paid-in-capital of USD 50 billion with each BRICS country contributing USD 10 billion. .

Centre to print 15 cr Rs 1 notes every year New Delhi, May 11 (ageNcies): After a gap of 20 years, the Rs. 1 note is set to make a comeback. The Centre has decided to print 15 crore Rs. 1 notes every year, Parliament was informed on Friday. There is, however, no proposal to introduce a Rs. 15 note, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. He was replying to a query on whether the Government intends to re-introduce Rs. 1 note in the country. Incidentally, it is only Rs. 1 notes that are issued by the government of India, all other currency denominations are issued by the RBI. The Centre had in mid-December decided to print Rs. 1 currency notes with effect from January 1 this year under the provision of coinage law. While the Union Government has decided to print Rs. 1 notes, indications are that the cost of printing may exceed the value of such notes. There is also no proposal before the government to replace small currency notes with coins, Sinha added.

Apple overtakes Xiaomi in China smartphone market BeijiNg, May 11 (iaNs): Apple has overtaken China’s Xiaomi to become the largest vendor of smartphones in the Chinese market for the first time, new data showed on Monday. Apple grabbed 14.7 percent of the market share in the first quarter of 2015, surpassing Xiaomi, which had a 13.7-percent share, according to market researcher International Data Corporation (IDC). The two companies were followed by state-owned Huawei, Samsung and Lenovo, Xinhua reported citing the data. Apple, Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung and Lenovo took up 57.8 percent of the market in the January-March period. While Apple, Xiaomi and Huawei saw shipments increase during this time, Samsung and Lenovo suffered substantial declines, according to the data. A total of 98.8 million smartphones were shipped, 4.3 percent fewer than in the first quarter of 2014. This was the first such drop in over six years, suggesting the market may be reaching saturation point after several quarters of over 20 percent growth. The market entered a period of adjustment in the first quarter as companies’ inventories piled up due to intense competition, Wang Jiping, director of IDC’s China branch, said.

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and Bidyut C. Deka. The trainees gained knowledge on farming system approach in the context of Nagaland, relevance of agro-forestry in

IFS, role of to soil, water conservation measures in intensive integrated farming system, sustainable productivity, and profitability through crop diver-

sification approach. Horticulture based integrated farming system, propagation techniques for fruits, vegetables, livestock-fish based integrated farming

Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Jabong and Myntra resale price discounts under scanner New Delhi, May 11 (PTi): Bringing the retail sector under its scanner, which includes e-retailers like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Jabong and Myntra the Competition Commission of India (CCI) is now analysing whether price discount arrangements between manufacturers and distributors are anti-competitive in nature. The move assumes significance against the backdrop of the regulator recently rejecting allegations of unfair business practices against

leading online retailers. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has come across instances of resale price mechanism where a manufacturer does not allow distributor or trading platform to sell its product below a certain price, according to a senior official. It is now being looked at whether such practices are in violation of competition norms, the official said. Under resale price maintenance practices, seen in consumer goods and some other sectors, a manufac-

turer and distributor decide that the former’s product would not be sold at a price that is neither below a certain threshold level. Recently, the Commission rejected allegations of unfair business practices against five online retailers — Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Jabong and Myntra. The complaintswerefiledagainst Flipkart India Pvt Ltd, Jasper Infotech Pvt Ltd, Xerion Retail Pvt Ltd, Amazon Seller Services Pvt Ltd and Vector E-commerce Pvt Ltd. After looking into the

matter for the past few months, the regulator ruled that these entities did not violate competition norms by indulging in cartelisation or by abusing their dominant position. Jasper runs Snapdeal.com, Xerion owns Jabong.com, while Vector is the company behind Myntra.com. Myntra has been acquired by Flipkart.com. It was alleged that ecommerce websites and product sellers entered into exclusive agreements to sell products exclusively on select portals.

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New Delhi, May 11 (PTi): Looking to cash in on the rush for tickets during busy seasons, Indian Railways will soon launch its ‘Tatkal Special’ train service, travelling on which will be dearer than on normal trains. Thecash-strappedpublictransporter will make special trains on tatkal fares operational for certain busy routes, said a senior Railway ministry official. While ‘Premium’ trains — tickets for which are priced as per a dynamic fare structure are already operational, the Tatkal Special trains will be an additional service to cater to the rush. A passenger would have to dole

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system, scientific management of livestock, and poultry were taught. Some other topics imparted i scientific production techniques of important fodder crops in integrated farming system, processing and value addition of different feeding materials for livestock, strategies for productivity enhancement of fishery in hill agriculture, establishment of artificial insemination unit for promotion of pig breeding, nutrient recycling and resource management through organic farming, soil nutrient and water management, mushroom cultivation, apiculture, problem and prospects of agriculture marketing. Success stories of different IFS models were also discussed. Bl. Mhalo Tungoe

out more for a Tatkal service ticket as the rates for these are higher than the normal fare by anything in the range of Rs 175 and Rs 400. The Tatkal rate is 10% of the basic fare for the Second class and 30% of the basic fare for all other classes, including AC category, said the official. However, while tickets may only be booked online for the Premium trains, Tatkal Special tickets will be available both at railway ticket counters and online. Railways has also relaxed the advance reservation period for Tatkal Special trains. Currently, a Tatkal ticket can be booked no more

MuMBai, May 11 (DNa): Fujifilm India Private Limited, announced the launch of its instant print technology devices, the Instax series. Instax is a range of instant cameras, the Mini 8, Mini 25, Mini 50S and Mini 90, that instantly prints photos. The price range of the camera varies - the Mini 8 is priced at Rs 6,441, Mini 25 for Rs 8,045, Mini 50S for Rs 9,147 and Mini 90 for Rs 10,999. The instax Mini 8 has a cute and compact body design and is available in seven different, cheerful colours. It comes with a simple operational system for instant pictures and brightness adjustment dial, suitable for children to use. The Mini 25 comes with a self-snap mirror for taking selfies and printing them instantly. The instax Mini 50S comes with a selftimer mode, and the Mini 90 is designed with a retro look. It offers features like double exposure, which are attractions of traditional analog cameras. The instax Mini 90 is also equipped with new functions like macro mode and high performance flash.

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than 24 hours before the journey. But for a Tatkal Special train, advance reservation period is of a minimum 10 days and maximum 60 days. A host of special trains are pressed into service during festive periods while additional trains are also run to clear the rush during the holiday season. But these special trains operate as per a normal fare structure while Tatkal fares will be applicable for the Tatkal Special trains, he said. No concessional fare will be allowed on Tatkal Special trains and, also, there will be no Tatkal quota on these trains since the entire service charges Tatkal fares.

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chaired the inaugural programme. Dr. H.M Sangtam gave the welcome address and Dr. Sanjay Kumar Ray delivered the overview of the programme. Bendangla pronounced the vote of thanks in the inaugural programme. During the valedictory programme, the participants and farmers thanked the organizers and expressed their happiness for the success of the programme. Eyingo Tungoe, AO, Wokha congratulated the organizers for the success of the training programme and asked the farmers to practice and implement the knowledge gained and to disseminate to their fellow farmers too. Megokhono Meyase chaired the programme and Jessica Dohtdong gave the vote of thanks.

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26th NSF general conference starts May 13 Kohima, may 11 (mExN): Minister for social welfare & parliamentary affairs Kiyanilie Peseyie will grace the introductory session of the 26th general conference of the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) on May 13 at Khonoma village. The Conference is scheduled for May 13 to 16 under the theme ‘Towards a just society’ with Angami Students’ Union as host. The introductory session will start from 5:30 pm onwards. Abeiu Meru, president, Naga Mother’s Association, will share greeting. The session will be chaired by NSF speaker R.S. Jollyson while NSF secretary for publicity & information Eshuwo Krelo will make introduction. LOC convenor will deliver the welcome address. The session will witness a cultural display from Thangal Anleinao Jonlong. NSF general secretary Esther Rhakho will present report

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KVC appeals to participants Kohima, may 11 (mExN): The Khonoma Village Council (KVC) has extended warm welcome to all the participants of the upcoming 26th Naga Students Federation (NSF) general conference to be held at Khonoma Village from May 13-16. Secretary of Khonoma Village Council (KVC), Kevisekho Chücha in a release expressed hope that the deliberations emanating out of it would be fruitful and positive, for the betterment of the student community and the Nagas in general. The Green Village also appealed to the delegates to contribute their efforts in maintaining a clean, beautiful and healthy surrounding, during the conference. Stating that the NSF elections for the next tenure would be free and fair, it hoped that the best would be elected to lead the student community and the Nagas.

for the tenure 2013-2015. Chief Minister TR Zeliang will grace the inaugural session on May 14 while union minister for state (i/c) Ministry of Youth Af-

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Reiterating its earlier resolution regarding ban on sale and use of intoxicating substances in the village, the Council also appealed to the participants to abstain from its use, and display good moral behaviour, being educated and responsible citizens, worthy to be emulated by the young impressionable minds, while upholding the image of the well respected Naga Students’ Federation. It further expressed optimism that the conference would be an enlightening and educative experience for the youths, while wishing all the participants a memorable and comfortable stay. While acknowledging the president and colleagues of NSF and the organizers, host Angami Students Union (ASU) for choosing Khonoma as the venue, the KVC added that it is a moment of pride for the village to be part of the important event.

fairs & Sports Sarbananda Sonowal will be the conference guest. Lok Sabha MP Neiphiu Rio will be the valedictory guest. The special guests of

the conference include - RN Ravi, interlocutor for IndoNaga peace talks, John Dickson, chairman, Global Young Leader Academy & president World Trade and Devel-

Unidentified body found in Dmr DimaPur, may 11 (mExN): An unidentified body suspected to be a non-Naga aged around 25-35 years was fished out from Dhansiri River near new Dhansiri Bridge, Dimapur on May 9 around 2:30 pm. A press release from Addl. Dy Commissioner of Police/PRO, Dimapur informed that the deceased was found wearing black T-shirt and boxer (Blue color with printed stars in white). No sign of foul play was established, the release said. After observing all the legal formalities, the dead body was shifted to the mortuary of District Hospital for autopsy to ascertain the cause of the death, it added. If any person with the given description is found missing, contact East Police Station Officer-in-Charge.

NPCC emergency meet today

Kohima, may 11 (mExN): An emergency meeting of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) will be held on May 12 at Congress Bhavan Kohima at 11:00 AM. NPCC general secretary (Admn) Medokul Sophie requested all concerned members to attend the said meeting. Meanwhile, NPCC will address press conference at 1:00 PM at Congress Bhavan.

KPC informs

Kohima, may 11 (mExN): The Kohima Press Club (KPC) has informed that the last date for its membership drive is May 20. Members who are yet to pay the annual membership fee and those looking for new registration to the club have been informed to contact any of the executive members before or on the stipulated day.

Asia Pacific Baptist Youth Conference in Bangkok

DimaPur, may 11 (mExN): The Nagaland Baptist Church Council’s youth department has informed that the Asia Pacific Baptist Youth Conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from October 21 – 25, 2015. Therefore, anyone interested to join the conference may get the registration done from NBCC Youth Office before May 30, 2015. One may also check the website www. exfour.com for more information regarding the event. For any query, contact 9436421076.

CAWD receives special commendation Kohima, may 11 (DiPr): The office of the Commissioner, Nagaland has informed that on the 45th Foundation Day of the Housing & Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) in New Delhi, the Civil Administrative Works Division (CAWD) of Nagaland was felicitated in recognition of its significant contribution in the field of social housing and received a special commendation for North East State on April 27 for the year (2014-2015). The CAWD, the engineering division of the office of the Commissioner, Nagaland has thanked the HUDCO for recognizing the sincere contributions made by the division and further commended the able stewardship and contributions of Er. Sungtiba Amer, EE (CAWD), under whose guidance the division has attained new heights in the housing sector of general administration.

opment Group, Washington DC, USA, and Arthur, Youth Chief of the Sabah United People’s Party & Co-chair of Centre for Public Policy Studies Malaysia. Theme session will take place on May 14 at 5:30 pm with Rev. Dr. Wati Aeir, principal, Oriental Theological Seminary, Dimapur as the speaker. Greetings will be shared by P. Chuba Ozukum, president, Naga Hoho and NPMHR. Solidarity messages will be shared by Dr. Samujjal Bhattacharya, advisor, NESO and AASU, president/ General secretary, All Assam Students’ Union, Samuel B. Jyrwa, chairman, NESO, and president, Khasi Students’ Union. Debating hour on the topic ‘GoI is serious to solve Naga political issue’ will take place on May 14 at 2:00 pm. Every federating units and subordinate bodies should reach Khonoma village latest by 3 pm on May 13, according o NSF.

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NERSNA to felicitate students on May 17

Kohima, may 11 (mExN): The North Eastern Region Service Nepali Association (NERSNA), Kohima is organizing a felicitation programme in honour of all the successful Nepali/Gorkha students of HSLC/HSSLC 2015 exams conducted by the NBSE at Durgabari Hall, PWD Colony, Kohima on May 17 at 10:00 am. Therefore, NERSNA president Dilip Ghimre has requested all the successful students to submit a photocopy of their mark-sheet and admit card through the mobile numbers - 9089577715 & 9436809159 - on or before May 15.

Workshop on development of teacher education curriculum held Kohima, may 11 (mExN): A 3-day workshop on development of 2-year teacher education curriculum organised by the Department of Education (Nagaland University) in collaboration with State College of Teacher Education (SCTE), Kohima concluded on May 7. Deo Nukhu, Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education & SCERT, Government of Nagaland, graced the valedictory programme as the chief guest. Deo Nukhu in his address urged teachers to raise the standards of teacher education at various levels and especially attend to the “deficiency of character” He revealed plans for setting up academic staff college under Nagaland University to update/cater to the needs of the college and university teachers. The valedictory pro-

Participants of the three-day workshop with Parliamentary Secretary Deo Nukhu.

gramme was chaired by Alemla Longkumer, Asst. Prof., State College of Teacher Education, Kohima. Prof. Buno Liegise, Dean, School of Humanities & Education welcomed the chief guest and urged the teacher educators to strive forward to translate their endeavours into improved school education; student teacher trainees to be committed to respond and make the most of teacher education envisaged. She expressed aspira-

tions for further facilitation and strengthening of education from all policy/decision making bodies. Feedback on the 3-day workshop was shared by Dr. Yolila Sangtam, Principal, Unity College of Teacher Education and Dr. Pandian. A short report of the workshop was presented by Dr. Neizo-u Mero, Asst. Prof., Department of Education, NU. Vote of thanks was said by Asale, Asst. Prof., SCTE, Kohima.

CM, Naga Hoho mourn Mass social work in former MLA Kanito Wokha town on May 14

Kohima, may 11 (mExN): Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang today expressed great sorrow over the death of Dr. VC Kanito, former MLA on May 11 in Dimapur. Dr. Kanito represented the Ghaspani I Assembly Constituency. “He will always be remembered for his contributions not only to the people he represented but to the entire State. He was an intellectual among the Sumi community and dedicated his entire life towards the welfare of our Naga society,” Zeliang stated in a condolence message. “I personally remember him as a very simple yet high thinking personality whose first love was for his people.” Lekolo Ritse was awarded the Ditso Mero Excellence He further prayed to the AlAward by the Chakhesang Baptist Church Kohima for securing the Top 16 in the HSLC Examination 2015 on mighty that he will grant comfort to all near and dear ones at May 3, 2015.

this moment of great grief. Meanwhile, the Naga Hoho also expressed sadness at the death of Dr. VC Kanito, former MLA. While saluting the deceased as a founding member of Naga Hoho and the chairman of the drafting committee for the constitution of the Naga Hoho, it acknowledged his immense contribution for the prosperity and all round development of the Nagas. “In his loss, the Nagas have lost a wonderful soul who was always there to lead our people from the front. The vacuum he has created with his demise will be very hard to be filled indeed,” stated Communication Cell, Naga Hoho in a message. It further prayed that the near and dear ones of the deceased find solace and wisdom at this time of grief and sorrow.

WoKha, may 11 (mExN): The Lotha Youth Hoho in a general meeting held on May 9 with all its frontal organization leaders decided to conduct a mass social work at Wokha town on May 14 starting from 8:00 am. Therefore, the Lotha Youth Hoho has informed all the presidents/ leaders of all the colonies to send 10 volunteers each and assemble at the Police Point at 7:30 am on May 14. There will be a strict attendance of all the units headed by the presidents, informed a press release issued by LYH president, R Nchumbemo Ezung and general secretary, Rensathung Murry. The social work will be exercised/implemented by all the government departments, both private and government institutions (schools & colleges), the release added. All the units/colony volunteers have also been requested to bring the required equipments. A strict inspection will be conducted on all the offices, institutions and colonies after the event, it said, adding WDCCI, WTC, ACVA, NCSU Wokha unit, Stone crushers’ & Quarry owners, Police department, PWD R&B, PWD Mechanical, PHE, CMO, Fire & Emergency services will also be helping for the success of the event.

FGN Kyong Region informs Eastern Bible College holds 41st Graduation Day

WoKha, may 11 (mExN): The Leacy Hoho of the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN), Kyong Region has informed all the head of departments, business establishments, contractors’ union and NGOs in particular and public in general under Wokha district that Tsenthungo Ezung, 2nd Lieutenant, Naga Army, FGN is neither authorised to collect/ negotiate any kind of tax/ donation for FGN nor is he assigned as the Region commander. A press release from Mhathung Ovung, Midan Peyu, FGN, Kyong Region informed that the Leacy Hoho in its emergency meeting held on May 9 treated the “assignment,

letter head, and application” produced by Tsenthungo as duplicate and resolved that the government will not be responsible for the payment made to him before of later. Further, it was decided that he will not be utilised/ authorised or assigned to do so by any means in the future. In this regard, all concerned have been urged to take the matter seriously for the uplift and unity of the FGN and the Lotha community. The release further requested all the Lothas to co-operate while cautioning that defaulters will be responsible and the FGN, Kyong Region should not be blamed.

The graduating students of Eastern Bible College with faculty and other guests during the college's 41st Graduation Day held on May 9.

DimaPur, may 11 (mExN): Eastern Bible College celebrated its 41st Graduation Day on May 9. Dr. Anthony Leongs, Dean, Millennium International University, USA was the guest speaker while Dr. George Tee was the guest of

honour. Dr. George Tee also released the College Year Book “Kerygma” Dr. Anthony Leongs sharing from St. John 6:9 emphasized on Jesus feeding five thousand people. “Jesus was compassionate for the people’s physical

need. All you have is one life, one loaves of bread through which you have to feed thousands if you want empowerment, give your life to Jesus,” he stated. Pastor Sebasthan Basumatary, academic dean, presented the 50 gradu-

ates to President and Principal for conferring the Degree. “The Graduate of the Year” was awarded to Bhuban Basumatary, while Academic Excellency award was won by Hud Nay Htay and Khochobeni Z. Ezung.

Sumi ordained ministers’ fasting & prayer

DimaPur, may 11 (mExN): An inter denominational Sumi ordained ministers’ prayer and fasting will be held on May 20 and 21 at Sumi Baptist Church, Eralibill, Dimapur. A press release from director, Sumi Baptist Convention invited all ordained ministers (those in service and retired) to attend the special programme. The ordained ministers were further informed to bring their gown for photo session.

Certificate course at CIH Medziphema

mEDziPhEma, may 11 (mExN): The Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Medziphema will be organizing 3 months certificate course on “Modern Nursery Management Practices of Horticulture” at CIH, Medziphema starting July, 2015 to equip the trainees with the skills to manage horticulture nurseries so as to promote self employment and entrepreneurship. In this regard, unemployed youths of the State having minimum education qualification of matriculation (10+) and aged between 20 and 30 have been invited to fill in application to undergo the aforementioned training programme. The application form will be available in the Directorate of Horticulture, Kohima from the date of publication till May 25 during office hours. The last date of submission of fill in application is May 29.

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Forest Colony, Kohima conducts social work

Kohima, may 11 (DiPr): The Forest colony council, Kohima and ward education committee along with the staff and students of Government Middle School (GMS) located in the colony organised a social work on May 9. Around 40-50 volunteers turned up for the work which included members of council and committee, concerned citizens of the colony and the staff and students of GMS led by teacher in-charge, Albert. The main purpose of the programme was to construct the boundary fence to curb illegal encroachments around GMS. Forest colony council chairman, Ngamjok Konyak has thanked the colony people, Holy Cross Past Pupils' Association felicitated the HSLC & HSLC 2015 toppers of Holy Cross Higher Secondary School on May 11 and awarded them cash prizes. Seen here are some alumni with the staff and students of the GMS for their valuable time spared for the welfare of the colony. toppers.

PTC administrator expels PTCWF convenor

PhEK, may 11 (mExN): The ADC cum administrator of Pfütsero Town Council (PTC) has informed that he has expelled Meyielo Kapfo, convenor of Pfütsero Town Citizen’s Welfare Forum (PTCWF) from the membership of PTCWF over the latter’s complaint against the former to the Chief Secretary, Nagaland. The PTCWF convenor in the complaint had alleged misappropriation of funds and properties belonging to PTC

by the ADC cum administrator. In an order, the PTC administrator said that the expulsion was made considering the extent of damage caused to his personal and professional reputation by the “unwarranted and mala fide action” of the PTCWF convenor. The ADC expelled the convenor exercising Guideline No.5 of the notification No. ELE-3/PTC/198 and “having personally and legally satisfied that a misconduct

have been committed by Meyileo Kapfo who made the allegation without any veracity and substantiated facts and without any consultation but had done so with a mala fide intention of defaming the personality of the ADC cum administrator,” according to the order. Further, the administrator directed Murhusayi Murao, co-convenor of PTCWF to take charge as convenor of PTCWF immediately.

Dr. Kewelelo Mero, Dy Director, Vety and AH, Government of Nagaland inaugurated Pfütseromi Community house at Tetrübe, Dimapur on May 6. Zulhitso, chairman, PWUD and Kedulhite Kapfo, chairman PSS Kohima delivered short speeches.

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The Morung Express TuEsDAy 12 MAy 2015 voluME X IssuE 128

Land Dilemmas

ike most indigenous peoples, the Nagas are faced with the modern challenges of land and land development. Today, this challenge involves a myriad of issues that are contentious, polarizing, and at the same time interconnected, and bound together by a shared history of colonization, imposition of colonial state boundaries and an ongoing political struggle for sovereignty. In this context, one even questions whether an honest dialogue is even possible until the Nagas have recovered a minimum of self-definition and ownership. After all, for a people to discern together on questions of land, resources and development requires Nagas to exercise some form for self-definition that will help clarify and re-define issues and eventually, to safely and successfully navigate towards securing a shared future. Today’s Nagas have inherited a legacy where their ancestral lands continue to languish under borders that were created for administrative conveniences by both colonial and post-colonial powers. Under these conditions, the focus remains on territory and State boundaries rather than on the Peoples. This has severely limited their right to self-definition and has resulted in the people’s under-development that has fragmented their land, identity, culture and sense of people-hood. This fragmentation has generated not only conflicts between State and Peoples, but also between Peoples and Peoples and created new trajectories of development that have ensured a relationship of dependency. As a result, State-centric land development paradigms have not only negated the concepts of peoples and land, but have taken people out of the process. This reflects existing tensions and the clash of values between the status quo and the desire for change, between a State-centric approaches to land and development and a People-centered approach that is essential to its sustainability. The inter-connection between land, identity, culture and human dignity is crucial to each and every Naga. This relationship is intimately tied with the moral and ethical notion of human dignity; because, when one is seeking the realization of human dignity and human worth, one is also referring to those qualities and values which are shared with fellow humans. A dignified right-relationship is a core aspiration wedded to the politics of human existence and human relations, and, most assuredly the right of self-definition is invariably directly connected to how the Nagas relate to the land and fellow humans. Unless the Nagas exercise self-definition, their capacity to identify, prioritize and decide what is best for them is overpowered by those who define it for them. The implication of self-definition means that the Naga people should determine the destiny of the territory and not the territory determining the destiny of the people. The process of self-definition is imperative for creating and enabling a successful political decolonization, cultural reconstruction, building right relationship with the land and people, and exercising authentic freedom. And, eventually, this will lead to a new path that is representative and inclusive, providing opportunities for land development to begin from the ground up.

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Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D

The Signs of a Degenerating Nation What does God say? Read 1 Kings 12:25-33 From a worldly point of view, King Jeroboam made some very wise political moves and adopted some very smart governmental policies. He built his command center at Shechem, an important religious and political site in Israel’s history (read Josh. 24). He knew that his political fortunes were tied to the religious life of the nation. Therefore, he had to find a way to discourage his people to go up to Jerusalem for religious reasons. To do that, he came up with an alternative plan: he set up two golden calves--one at Dan and the other at Bethel--and authorized a non-Levitical priesthood. All these were “politically correct”, but they were spiritually unacceptable to God. In essence, Jeroboam sowed the first seed of Israel’s apostasy, a departure from God, which eventually resulted in the demise of their nation. The American Experiment Modern America is not the same as the America of the past. In my opinion, the two biggest reasons of the degradation of the America are as follows: • Faulty immigration policy: Strongly desiring to be ahead of all other nations, America has adopted an immigration policy which indiscriminately recruit the best and the brightest of people from outside its soil. But the downside of this is that it attracts all sorts of people who are rapidly growing in number and influence. As a result, the JudeoChristian foundation of America is getting buried under pluralism and secularism. • Bad influence by entertainment industry: Today Hollywood, and not the Church, is setting the standard for America. The rebellion of Madonna (nicknamed, “the Material Girl”) is considered good entertainment. The wild pop-star Miley Cyrus is influencing the minds of the young generation. Those who support gay-lifestyles are now considered more progressive and mainstream. Even among Christians, their football game takes precedence over attending church. America’s morality and Christian values are gradually evaporating. As she departs further away from God, America today is increasingly destroying herself not by external forces, but by her own moral decadence from within. Secular humanism, materialism, hedonism, sexual permissiveness, broken homes, abortions, drug abuse and the like are ravaging America’s health and strength. Okay, so now what? Pray for America: (1) that she would repent and come back to God; (2) that God would raise up leaders who truly trust in Him; (3) that America will become a Nation under God once again; and (4) that she would be a blessings and a beacon of hope for the world. Taken from the book “Breakfast with the King: The 100-Day Devotional” by Mazie Nakhro

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e had a referendum. Respect and trust should be at the heart of our system and that's what we did and Scotland voted emphatically to stay in the United Kingdom which I think was an affirmation of what a great country this is. There isn't going to be another referendum… Now what we need to do is bring the United Kingdom together. We are going to do that by delivering the devolution settlement in Wales, delivering the devolution settlement in Scotland, keeping all the pledges that were made. British Prime Minister David Cameron

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Roberto Savio

The West and Its SelfAssumed Right to Intervene

he ‘West’ is a concept that flourished during the Cold War. Then it was West against East in the form of the Soviet empire. The East was evil against which all democratic countries – read West – were called on to fight. I recall meeting Elliot Abrams, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State during the Ronald Reagan administration, in 1982. He told me that at the point in history, the real West was the United States, with Europe a wavering ally, not really ready to go up to the point of entering into war with the Soviet Union. When I tried to explain to him that the East-West denomination dated back to Roman times, long before the United States even existed, he brushed this aside, saying that the contemporary concept was that of those standing against the Soviet Empire, and the United States was the only power willing to do so. The Reagan presidency changed the course of history, because he was against multilateralism, the United Nations and anything that could oblige the United States to accept what was not primarily in the interests of Washington. The fact that United States had a manifest destiny and was therefore a spokesperson for humankind and the idea that God was American were the bases of his rhetoric. In one famous declaration, he went so far as asserting that United States was the only democratic country in the world. After the end of the Cold War, President George W. Bush took up the Reagan rhetoric again. He declared that he was president because of God, which justified his intervention in Iraq, albeit based on false data about weapons of mass destruction (Abrams was also by his side). Now it turns out that he has an indirect responsibility for the creation of the Islamic State (IS). All this starts in Iraq. The first governor at the end of the U.S. invasion was retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Jay Garner who did not last very long because his ideas about how to reconstruct Iraq were considered too lenient. He was replaced by U.S. diplomat Paul Bremer. Bremer took two fateful decisions: to eliminate the Iraqi army, and to purge all those who were members of the Baath party from the administration, because they were connected to Saddam Hussein. This left thousands of disgruntled officers and a very inefficient administration. Now we have learned that the mind behind the creation of IS was a former Iraqi colonel from the secret services of the Iraqi Air Force, Samir Abed Al-Kliifawi. The details of how he planned the takeover over of a part of Iraq (and Syria), have been published by Der Spiegel, which came to have access to documents found after his death. They reveal an organisation which is externally fanatic but internally cold and calculating. After the invasion of Iraq, he was imprisoned by the Americans, and there he connected with several other imprisoned Iraq officers, all of them Sunnis, and started planning the creation of the Islamic State, which now has a number of former Iraqi army officers in its ranks. Without Bremer’s fateful decision, Al-Kliifawi would probably have continued in the Iraqi army. What we also have to remember here is that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was rendered useless by the Cold War, and many saw its demise. However, it was given the war against Serbia as a new reason for existence, and the concept of the

n the last half-century, people’s lifestyles have changed dramatically. Life expectancy has risen almost everywhere, but this has been accompanied by an increase of so-called non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes – causing more and more deaths in all corners of the world. My distinguished colleague Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called the worldwide rise of NCDs a “slow-motion catastrophe”. If NCDs were once considered the scourge of the developed world, this is no longer true; they now disproportionally affect low- and middle-income countries where nearly three-quarters of NCD deaths – 28 million per year – occur. Much of the rise of NCDs can be attributed to unhealthy diets. WHO estimates that 2.7 million deaths every year are attributable to diets low in fruits and vegetables. Globally unhealthy diets are estimated to cause about 19 percent of gastrointestinal cancer, 31 percent of ischaemic heart disease, and 11 percent of strokes, thus making diet-related NCDs one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide. In other words, diet determines health – just as bad diets can lead to disease, healthy diets can contribute to good health. But what exactly is a healthy diet? This is a difficult question. Generally, a healthy diet must provide the right nutrients in the right balance and with sufficient diversity, limiting the intake of free sugars to less than 10 percent of total energy requirements, and keeping salt intake to less than 5 grams per day. However, there is no one-sizefits-all healthy diet. A healthy diet must be affordable, based on locally available foodstuffs, and meet

West, embodied in a military alliance, was kept alive. According to a report by scholars with the ‘Costs of War’ project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, the terrible cost of the Iraqi invasion had been 2.2 trillion dollars by 2013, not to speak of 190,000 deaths. If we add Afghanistan, we reach the staggering amount of 4 trillion dollars – compared with the annual 6.4 trillion dollar total budget of all 28 members of the European Union – for “resolution” of the conflict. One would have thought that after that experience, Europe would have desisted from invading Arab countries and aggravating its difficult internal financial balance sheet. Yet, Europe engaged in the destabilisation of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, leading to the explosion of Jihadists from there, 220,000 deaths and five million refugees. In the case of Libya, under the prodding of France’s Nicolas Sarkozy and the United Kingdom’s David Cameron, both for electoral reasons, Europe entered with the aim of eliminating Mu’ammar Gheddafi, then leaving the country to its destiny. Now thousands of migrants are using Libya in the attempt to reach the shores of Europe and Cameron has decided to ignore any joint European action. For some reason, Europe always follows United States, without further thinking. The case of Ukraine is the last of those bouts of somnambulism. It has invited Ukraine to join the European Union and NATO, prodding a paranoiac Putin (with the nearly unanimous support of his people), to act to finally stop the ongoing encirclement of the former Soviet republic. The problem is that Europeans are largely ignorant of the Arab world. A few days ago, Italian police dismantled a Jihadist ring in Bergamo, a town in northern Italy, arresting among others an imam, or preacher, No Italian media took the pain to ascertain which version of Islam he was preaching. All spoke

of an Islamic threat, with attacks being planned on the Vatican. If they had looked with more care, they would have found out that he preached the Wahhabi version of Islam, which is the official version of Islam in Saudi Arabia, and which consider all other Muslims as apostates and infidels. This is very similar to IS, which has adopted its Wahhabi version of Islam, but is a far cry from equating Wahhabism with terrorism – all terrorists may be Wahhabis but not all Wahhabis are terrorists. Saudi Arabia has already spent 87 billion dollars in promoting Wahhabism, has paid for the creation of 1,500 mosques, all staffed with Wahhabi imams, and continues to spend around three billion dollars a year to finance Jihadist groups in Syria, along with the other Gulf countries. This has made Assad an obliged target for the West, and he has succeeded in his claim: better me than chaos, a chaos that he has been also fomenting. Now the debate is what to do in Libya and NATO is considering several military options. The stroke of luck this time is that U.S. President Barack Obama does not want to intervene. However, with the 28 countries of the European Union increasingly reclaiming their national sovereignty and seldom agreeing on anything, a military intervention is still in the air. Meanwhile, thousands of refugees try crossing the Mediterranean every day (with the known number of deaths standing at over 20,000 people) to reach Europe, thus strengthening support for Europe’s xenophobic parties which are exploiting popular fear and rejection. It is a pity that, according to United Nations projections, Europe needs at least an additional 20 million people to continue to be competitive … but this is politically impossible.

Healthy Diets for Healthy Lives José Graziano da silva Inter Press Service cultural preferences. For over 20 years, FAO, together with WHO, has worked with governments on national Food-Based Dietary Guidelines: short, science-based, tips on healthy eating, in accordance with local values, customs and tradition. Healthy meals do not always taste or look the same. Take, for example, the Mediterranean and Japanese diets: very healthy and completely different. The Mediterranean diet revolves around the consumption of legumes, cereals, fruits and vegetables, olive oil, fish, and moderate consumption of dairy products (mostly cheese and yo gur t). It emphasises unprocessed, plant-based foods, such as fruits and vegetables, in addition to the consumption of beans, nuts, cereals and other seeds; olive oil is the main source of (unsaturated) fat. Japanese cuisine, on the other hand, is often associated with sushi (raw fish with rice), and sashimi (fresh raw seafood). The Japanese diet emphasises at least seven ingredients: fish as a major source of protein; vegetables including daikon radish and sea vegetables; rice; soya (tofu, miso, soya sauce); noodles; fruit; and tea (preferably green). The Japanese and Mediterranean

diets are examples of healthy diets. They use a great variety of ingredients; they are rich in plant foods including vegetables and fruit, legumes and fibres; they are modest in red meat; and they utilise many natural herbs and spices instead of salt to flavour food. Both diets are linked to peoples and cultures as much as to their natural environment: it therefore comes as no surprise that both the Mediterranean diet and the Japanese diet have made it onto UNESCO’s World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The health benefits of the Japanese and Mediterranean diets are promising. Japanese enjoy one of the longest average life spans in the world – 87 years for women and 80 for men. In Mediterranean countries such as Italy and Spain, women have a life expectancy of 85 years. The figure for Italian men is 80 years, the same as their Japanese counterparts. All of them are above the average of highincome countries: 82 years for women and 76 years for men. Medical research also indicate that that the Japanese diet leads to the lowest prevalence in the world of obesity – only 2.9% for Japanese women – and other chronic diseases like osteoporosis, heart ailments and some cancers.

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On the other hand, the Mediterranean diet, if followed for a number of years, is known to reduce the risk of developing heart disease, cancer, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. In sum, adhering to a healthy diet helps you to not only to live longer, but also to have a better quality of life. Conversely, a bad diet causes malnutrition and can expose you to a range of NCDs. A modern paradox is that many countries – including developing countries – suffer from undernourishment on the one hand, and obesity and diet-related diseases on the other. And while FAO’s chief concern is to eradicate hunger in this world, we cannot separate food security from nutrition. FAO – together with our U.N. agencies – considers food and nutrition security a basic human right. In all cases, the cost of malnutrition goes beyond the health of the individual: it affects society as a whole in terms of public health costs and loss of productivity, and, therefore, is an issue that must be addressed through public and coordinated action. Last year’s Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), organised jointly by FAO and WHO, sent a clear message in that direction. The two outcome documents of ICN2, the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for Action that commit world leaders to establishing national policies aimed at eradicating malnutrition and making nutritious diets available to all. A key message from ICN2 is: governments have a central role to play in creating a healthy food environment to enable people to adopt healthy dietary practices. Yes, it is consumers who choose what to eat, but it is the government’s role to provide the enabling environment that encourages and makes healthy choices possible.

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THE FLUTE AT THE CHECKPOINT: Music and confinement in Palestine Ramzi Aburedwan fulfilled his dream of opening children's music schools up across Palestine - but he still doesn't have the right to freedom of movement in his own homeland

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he SUV slows as it approaches a military kiosk at a break in a dull gray wall. Inside, Ramzi Aburedwan, a Palestinian musician, prepares his documents for the Israeli soldier standing guard. On the other side of this West Bank military checkpoint lies the young man’s destination, the ancient Palestinian town of Sebastia. Fellow musicians are gathering there that afternoon to perform in the ruins of an amphitheater built during Roman times. In the back seat, his wife, Celine, tends their one-year-old son, Hussein, his blond locks curling over the collar of his soccer jersey. Ramzi is in a hurry to set up for the concert, but it doesn’t matter. The soldier promptly informs him that he cannot pass. “Those are the orders,” he adds without further explanation, directing him to another entrance 45 minutes away. Turning the car around, Ramzi then drives beneath Shavei Shomron, a red-roofed Israeli settlement perched high on a hill, and then an “outpost” of hilltop trailers planted by a new wave of settlers. Finally, he passes through a series of barriers and looping barbed wire, reaching the designated entrance, where another soldier waves him through. He arrives in time for the concert. The soldier peered in at Celine, awake now beside their blue-eyed toddler snoozing in his car seat. The French soccer jersey with Hussein’s name on the back -- a gift from Celine’s sister -- was still on him. The young soldier hesitated, glanced back at Ramzi, then waved them through: one tiny victory in a long struggle with no end in sight. I witnessed the checkpoint incident, one of thousands of small daily indignities suffered by Palestinians, from the front seat of Ramzi’s SUV in 2010. We had met 12 years earlier when posters of Ramzi, pasted all over Ramallah, had captured my imagination. In a photo taken in 1988 during the first Palestinian intifada, eight-yearold Ramzi was hurling a stone at an unseen Israeli soldier. Juxtaposed behind it, on the same poster, was another photo taken 10 years later of 18-year-old Ramzi pulling a bow across viola strings. The poster was an advertisement for the National Conservatory of Music in Palestine and a metaphor for the hopes of many Palestinians at the time: that the era of the Oslo Peace Accords would bring an independent Palestinian state. In the story I produced at the time for National Public Radio, Ramzi expressed a double wish: to perform in the first national symphony orchestra of Palestine and someday to open music schools for Palestinian children. “I want to see many conservatories opening up in all of Palestine,” he told me. A lovely dream, I thought, though an unlikely one for a teenager from a refugee camp who had been raised by his impoverished grandparents. Still, shortly thereafter, a determined Ramzi landed a scholarship to study the viola in France. A year or two later, we lost touch. Then, in late 2009, in a chance encounter at a West Bank Italian restaurant, I saw Ramzi again. “What are you doing here?” I asked him. “I thought you were still in France.” “No, I’m back,” he replied. “I've opened a music school here in Palestine." (It also has branches across the West Bank and in refugee camps in Lebanon.) In other words, exactly what he had told me he wanted to do as a teenager in the al-Amari refugee camp. Six months later, in June 2010, I began to document his dream -- now a reality -- to build a music school in occupied Palestine. Now, his SUV bound for Sebastia is cutting through the West Bank, a land smaller than the state of Delaware but dotted with more than 600 checkpoints, earthen barriers, and other obstacles to normal travel. His detour and the incident that accompanied it are part of a system that hems Palestinians into ever more confined enclaves surrounded by Jewish settlements over which looms Israel’s military presence. Yet this kind of everyday humiliation and confinement remains unknown to most Americans. Despite the torrents of press coverage here about Israel and its relationship with the United States, the daily reality of half the people in a century-old conflict is essentially off the American radar screen. The reasons for this are rooted in culture, politics, and money. Millions of Americans were raised on the Leon Uris version of Israeli history, as told in his novel Exodus. In that story, the focus was on the heroic birth of the Jewish state out of the ashes of the Holocaust. “Arabs” -- that is, Palestinians -- remained on the sidelines of the tale, pathetic, obstructionist, and violent. That long ago became the American media’s basic narrative of the struggle in the region: that Israel, surrounded by a sea of enemies, must be secure. But like the narrative that dominated media discourse before the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction -- the facts on the ground are often ignored. Money clouds the picture even more. Millions of dollars from billionaire casino magnate and Israeli settlement advocate Sheldon Adelson (who has also advocated using nuclear weapons against Iran) and billionaire Paul Singer, on the board of the Republican Jewish Coalition, as well as from the bankrollers of neocon William Kristol’s Emergency Committee for Israel, have further distorted the conversation. In the process, such funders have helped elevate war hawks like Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton to prominence.

The money and political leverage of backers of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has had a similar effect on some Democrats. It helps explain, for instance, the growing challenges from New York Senator Charles Schumer and New Jersey’s recently indicted Senator Robert Menendez to the Obama administration’s framework nuclear agreement with Iran. But the problem has been around for so much longer. For years, as journalist Connie Bruck revealed last September in the New Yorker, AIPAC has strong-armed elected officials, the recipients of the lavish campaign donations it facilitates, into drafting legislation favorable to Israel. Such bills are often written by AIPAC staff and then introduced under the name of some member of Congress. All of this has had a ruinous effect on debate in this country about Israel and Palestine. Almost invariably left out of any discussion here is the devastating impact on Palestinian lives of Israel’s military occupation, which goes hand-in-hand with relentless settlement expansion that undermines any prospect of a just and lasting peace in the region. Being Confined American politicians frequently declare that “Israel has a right to defend itself.” Seldom does anyone ask if Palestinians have that same right, or even the right to enjoy freedom of movement in their own homeland. I have spent the last five years documenting both the harsh realities of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Ramzi Aburedwan’s dream of building a music school that could provide Palestinian children with an alternative to the violence and humiliation that is their everyday lives. I sat with children in the South Hebron hills, who had been stoned by Israeli settlers and set upon by German shepherds as they walked two miles to school. I met a 14-year-old girl who was forced to play a song for a soldier at a checkpoint, supposedly to prove her flute was not a weapon. Farmers in villages shared their anguish with me over their lost livelihoods, because the 430-mile-long separation barrier Israel has built on Palestinian land, essentially confiscating nearly 10% of the West Bank, cuts them off from their beloved olive groves. I’ve seen men crammed into metal holding pens before being taken to minimum-wage jobs in Israel, and women squeezed between seven-foot-high concrete blocks, waiting to pray at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque. I’ve spoken with countless families who have been subject to night raids by the Israeli military, including one young mother, home alone with her one-year-old boy, who woke up to the sight of 10 Israeli soldiers breaking down her door and pointing guns at her. They had, it turned out, raided the wrong apartment. The baby slept through it all. Ramzi and the teachers at his school, Al Kamandjati (Arabic for “The Violinist”), see it as an antidote to the sense of oppression and confinement that pervades Palestinian life. And it’s true that the students I talked to there regularly reported that playing music gave them a transformative sense of calm and protection -- and not only in the moments when they picked up their instruments and disappeared into Bach, Beethoven, or Fairuz. Rasha, the young flute player detained and forced to perform at an Israeli checkpoint, told me that music enabled her to face previously overwhelming difficulties. “I felt like I was in a forest, all by myself in a little cottage with no people, no noise, nothing,” she recalled. “Mountains, sea, something pure blue, not like the Dead Sea. It was an escape to another world, a better world. I owned that world.” Her teachers reported that an angry, traumatized girl was growing into a self-aware, self-respecting, and assertive young musician. Nevertheless, creative expression, however personally transformative, can’t alter the reality of the increasing confinement of Palestinians or of Israel’s creeping militarization of their lands, all of which is a direct result of settlement expansion. At the time the Oslo Peace Accords were signed in 1993, just before I first started traveling to the Holy Land, about 109,000 Jewish settlers had claimed West Bank Palestinian lands. They were encouraged by Israeli incentives that made it cheaper to be a settler than a city dweller. In the years that followed, a network of new West Bank roads reserved only for settlers and VIPs began to crisscross land supposedly set aside for a Palestinian state. Each year, despite the ongoing “peace process,” thousands more settlers arrived and with them came more Israeli military bases. 60 percent of the West Bank remains directly controlled by the Israeli military, which guards the settlements, the surrounding “buffer zones,” and the exclusive roads that whisk Jewish settlers into Jerusalem and Tel Aviv for work, prayer, shopping, and the beach. More than two decades after the beginning of the Oslo era, 350,000 Jewish settlers live mostly on the hilltops of seized West Bank lands, and Palestinians are increasingly confined to an archipelago of “islands” within a sea of Israeli military control. In reality, what now exists in the Holy Land is a single state controlled by Israel in which some enjoy full rights as citizens and others next to none. Ironically, the re-election of the hyper-nationalistic Benjamin Netanyahu to a fourth term as Israeli prime minister only clarified the essential truth on the ground. His election-season pronouncement that a Palestinian state would never be on his negotiating table (whatever his post-election backtracking) said it all: Israel’s 48-yearlong settlement-building project and military occupation is now and will remain the preeminent fact of the conflict. In other words, the two-state solution is dead. If Americans grasp that, the conversation here can now shift to one focused on human, civil, and voting

rights. However, Palestinians living under occupation have understood this one-state reality for a long time and are not waiting for Americans to come to grips with the obvious facts on the ground. In recent years, Palestinian civil society and its supporters internationally have moved in new directions, embracing direct nonviolent confrontation with Israel. Last summer, when negotiations on a new peace settlement led by Secretary of State John Kerry collapsed spectacularly and the Obama administration uncharacteristically blamed Israeli intransigence, Palestinians and their supporters cited the need to embrace a new strategy that included the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or BDS. With it came a renewed push by the Palestinian Authority to win UN recognition as an independent state and membership in the International Criminal Court, which could result in war crimes charges against Israeli leaders. The BDS campaign has claimed some modest victories. In May 2013, physicist Stephen Hawking canceled a visit to a conference in Israel. In early 2014, actress Scarlett Johansson was forced to resign as an Oxfam global ambassador after she refused to cut her ties as a pitchwoman to the beverage maker SodaStream which operates a factory in the occupied territories. The boycott of the company appeared to significantly affect its bottom line. Last June, the Presbyterian Church USA narrowly voted to divest from Caterpillar, makers of the D-9 bulldozer responsible for demolishing thousands of Palestinian homes and plowing under tens of thousands of Palestinian olive trees. Late last year, the European Union announced a ban on importing food from Israeli settlements; and earlier this year, after reportedly losing a $4 billion Massachusetts commuter rail contract due to pressure from Boston BDS activists, the French infrastructure conglomerate Veolia sold off much of its operations in Israel. Supporters of BDS believe they are building momentum from these victories as part of a strategy of shaming Israel in the international arena. In the process, economic pressure and international condemnation have replaced the Oslo-era approach of well-intended dialogue. That, activists say, created an impression that all was getting better on the ground, while actually facilitating the building of more settlements and the ever-greater confinement of Palestinians. In recent years Palestinian groups, including Ramzi’s Aburedwan’s music school, have embraced BDS. Life in the Fast Lane After the concert in Sebastia -- part of an Al Kamandjati “Music Days” festival -- Ramzi drove through the darkness toward Ramallah. His wife and baby son slept fitfully in the backseat. The SUV curved along West Bank Highway 60, passing again beneath Shavei Shomron, glowing yellow in the night sky. He chatted with me about what it meant that Al Kamandjati had recently joined the BDS campaign. He viewed it as an assertive step toward Palestinian freedom. “Because we believe in pacifist resistance and in our right to be here,” declared the school’s Music Days program, “we ask all people who believe in human rights and in freedom to boycott Israeli products as well as cultural and academic institutions until Israeli understands that it cannot kill a people’s will by force, respects the international laws, and ends the occupation.” In this way, Ramzi, like many of his students and teachers, sees himself as part of a larger movement of nonviolent action to protest the occupation and support Palestinian independence. “You have to insist on the positive energy,” he told me, his eyes fixed on a white necklace of lights that represented Palestinian villages to the south. He stroked his bearded chin. “The more you believe in what you are doing, the more you keep going on. It’s like a snowball.” Light pooled in an orb in front of the SUV as it cut through the darkened land. “I see it in the young, who are living in just a whole world of music.” To the east, the lights of the Palestinian village of Beit Wazan came into view. Of his students, he said, “Their world is music now. Their life is now committed to the music.” He slowed down for the two-lane Zatara checkpoint. On the left was the express lane for the vehicles of settlers and VIPs with their telltale yellow license plates. On the right, the Palestinian lane, where all the plates were white with green lettering, and a long line of cars already were idling for a seemingly endless wait. Ramzi took one look at that dismal line and quickly decided on his own version of nighttime direct nonviolent confrontation with Israeli rule. He swung his whiteplated SUV into the empty left lane and pulled up at the guard post reserved for settlers, other Israelis, and the few privileged Palestinians who had special connections. “Why do you come here?” the soldier asked indignantly. “You wait in the other line.” “I would like to know,” Ramzi replied in English, “if there is a difference between Israeli babies and Palestinian babies.” “What?” the startled soldier replied. “I said,” Ramzi repeated, his tone sharpening, “is there a difference between Israeli babies and Palestinian babies? Between your babies and my babies. I would really like to know the answer to this question.” The soldier peered in at Celine, awake now beside their blue-eyed toddler snoozing in his car seat. The French soccer jersey with Hussein’s name on the back -- a gift from Celine’s sister -- was still on him. The young soldier hesitated, glanced back at Ramzi, then waved them through: one tiny victory in a long struggle with no end in sight.

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“The Sad Reality” Kanika R. Chishi

B.a Sixth Semester St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama

nto the dark night she waits patiently; heart troubled with 'ifs'. She is a mother praying for her daughter's safety. The dog howls; she panics. Just than, the old rusted gate swings opens and she finds her relief. Her daughter has come home. There is a father praying for the protection of his children, there is a brother worring about his sister's safety and there is a daughter asking the Lord to protect her mama and granny from all the evil snares. Every loved ones seems to be worried about us; the reality that surrounds us. The reality that has evolved due to the cruel deeds some people have inflicted upon many of us, for their satisfaction, at the cost of our life. Who said being a woman is facile. Even if the world sees us as 'sunny', 'beautiful' and 'strong women', standing up amongst the crowd, the world will never know how we worry about the safety of our own self. They will not know how diffident we feel when we are alone, how we turn our head to see if anyone is following, how we always keep a spray or two in our handbag, how our heart aches and weeps when we hear about the barbaric incidents some women had to face, how we worry about our sisters when they go out, how insecure we feel when some people whistles at us and how we wish the world was not so cruel to us. But this is how life is and we should move by it. But it doesn't mean that we will forever remain victims of insecurities. It depends on us. We can follow the guidelines to have a safe fate or we can be twisted in every way the cruel world wants of us. But you are not a woman if you cannot put up a strong fight against cruel people, who are waiting eagerly to bring dishonour to you. You are a woman if you take a stand against them. How insecure this world has become, will all these insecurities ever leave us? There is too much evil in this world. Too much for the people to handle. But looking at a more analytical manner, it seems to have streamed out of our own deeds, maybe not particularly but generally as a whole. We hear about incidents relating to physical violence against little girls, teens, youths and even old women but there are incidents in which some women are physically harmed but they choose not to disclose it, fearing the family's honour. Incidents such as this has become very common in our society, as, honour and respect of a family matters a lot. Many have vowed never to disclose the truth because of this main reason. But what good would it bring if one keeps on hiding the truth, surely one day the truth will come out and it will be too late to justify one's stand. Why not disclose it and secure true justice not for one's own heart-peace but for the good of women all over the world. Besides this, there are incidents in which some families marries off their daughter to the culprit to save their family's 'honour' but the question is, ''What honour is one safeguarding if one indulges in such lowly act?". It is not about keeping the incident a secret in order to save a family from shame but it is about how one takes a strong stand, comes out and helps in saving many innocent lives. How can one keep on honouring one's own family at the cost of many lives? It is time to push away the principle of 'respect' at the cost of another and come out to help. These are the sad open-secrets of our society and as long as we indulge in such 'secrets', the society will not prosper but will dissolve. If such people comes out, shares their past incidents and help other women who do not really know, get light and inspired, and also motivate them in spreading awareness and guidelines, they will save many lives. They will be able to uplift many women, their insecurities will dissolve and the society will have a broader perspective for women. The aged-old principle of respecting a woman is still preserved but in minimal. There are some people who really knows the real value of a woman (priceless). They are the ones who protects and uplift us. They are the real children of our ancestors and they should be applauded. It is also a sad fact that even little boys (not only girls) are being trafficked. Many are oblivious about it but it is present in the society. Little boys and girls keeps on disappearing on a daily basis, worldly, either lured with sweets or gifts. They are taken away from their homes and forced into prostitution at a young age. Some youths are taken away to metropolitan cities in the prospect of better jobs, only to face the truth later on. The time to take these issues seriously has reached its climax and everyone needs to really contemplate and take strong steps to stop it from engulfing the whole world. Likeminded people all over the world needs to join force to combate this serious issue or else innocence in children will be ripped out and it will forever remain a sad reality. What if your son/daughter is the next? Yes, it might be; it is the reality of life, a sad reality.

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Tuesday 12 May 2015

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Jaya acquitted, set to return as CM Special prosecutor cries foul

A member of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) displays a locket with a portrait of party supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayaram Jayalalitha as she celebrates a court verdict in Chennai on Monday, May 11. An appeals court acquitted powerful regional politician Jayalalitha of corruption charges Monday, clearing the way for her to return to public office. Jayalalitha was forced last year to step down as the highest elected official in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, after a Bangalore court in September convicted her of possessing wealth disproportionate to her income and sentenced her to four years in prison. (AP Photo)

CheNNai/beNgaluru, May 11 (iaNS): In a development bound to bring her back as Tamil Nadu's chief minister, the Karnataka High Court on Monday acquitted AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case, triggering wild celebrations by her supporters all across the state. "Justice has won," the former Tamil Nadu chief minister gloated hours after a special bench in Bengaluru acquitted her in the Rs.66.65 crore case in which she was sentenced to four years in jail by a lower court. The charges were not "sustainable", Justice C.R. Kumaraswamy said in the much-await-

ed verdict in the case in which Jayalalithaa, 67, was also fined a whopping Rs.100 crore. The judge also acquitted Jayalalithaa's three co-convicts who too were sentenced to four years in jail and fined Rs.10 crore each. They included close aide Sasikala Natarajan. The lower court was told to release Jayalalithaa's confiscated assets. "The judgement signifies that justice has won," said Jayalalithaa, who stepped down as chief minister after her earlier conviction. "It is not a victory for me but a victory for justice." Within minutes of the judgement, AIADMK leaders, including Chief Minister O. Panneer-

selvam, rushed to Jayalalithaa's residence. Outside and all over Chennai and Tamil Nadu, boisterous celebrations erupted. Political analyst Gnani Shankaran told IANS that the judgement would place Jayalalithaa on a strong wicket ahead of the 2016 elections in Tamil Nadu. The AIADMK may even go for a snap election, he said. AIADMK sources said Jayalalithaa was set to return as Tamil Nadu's chief minister. By law, she will have to get elected to the assembly within six months. DMK leader and former chief minister M. Karunanidhi raised questions about the judgement. Bharatiya Janata Party MP

beNgaluru, May 11 (iaNS): Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) B.V. Acharya on Monday expressed reservation over the acquittal of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa in the 18-year-old disproportionate assets' case by the Karnataka High Court without considering his submission. "I expected the high court to conform to the trial court judgement, which had convicted Jayalalithaa. I am not disappointed but this (verdict) was unexpected though I was always prepared to take any judgement," Acharya told IANS here. "We have not been given opportunity (by the special bench) to put forth oral arguments, which is prejudicial to the prosecution. The Supreme Court gave us just a day to make our submission, which was not sufficient. Prime facie, I feel it (the case) should go to the Supreme Court," Acharya said.

In an 18-page submission to the special bench on April 28, Acharya sought the dismissal of Jayalalithaa's appeal against her conviction on the ground that she and her three co-convicts did not have any other source of income and their bank transactions point to illegally gained wealth after she became chief minister for the first time in 1991. The three co-convicts are Sasikala Natarajan, her nephew V.N. Sudhakaran and her aunt J. Ellavarsi. Sudhakaran is also the disowned foster son of Jayalalithaa. The Karnataka government appointed Acharya, a former state advocate general, as its prosecutor on April 28, on the Supreme Court's direction on April 27 in place of Tamil Nadu government's appointed prosecutor Bhavani Singh, to argue in the case, as the latter's (Singh's) appointment was "bad in law".

Subramanian Swamy, who enjoys frosty ties with the AIADMK leader, threatened to appeal against the verdict. None of this made any difference to the mass of Jayalalithaa supporters all across Tamil Nadu who burst firecrackers, danced, whistled, gave away sweets and kept shouting "Long Live Amma". AIADMK cadres had been waiting with bated breath for the court decision. A pleased Jayalalithaa thanked everyone who prayed for her acquittal. Expressing her pain that 237 people committed suicide after the trial court's verdict convicting her, she said they too could have

been part of the celebrations now if they had shown the patience. Said AIADMK spokesperson C.R. Saraswathi: "It is a victory for justice." This is not the first time Jayalalithaa has been convicted and later acquitted. In 2000, a trial court sentenced her to jail terms of three years and two years in two cases. In 2001, she stepped down as chief minister following a Supreme Court verdict which held that she cannot hold the office after being convicted for criminal offences. However, in 2002, Jayalalithaa again became the chief minister after being acquitted by the Madras High Court. She was later elected from Andipatti constituency.

23 killed in Kashmir accident JaMMu, May 11 (iaNS): At least 23 people were killed and 38 others injured when a passenger bus rolled down a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said. The accident took place in Marothi in Udhampur district, a police official told IANS. Among the injured, six critically wounded people were airlifted to Jammu for specialised treatment, while the others were admitted to the Udhampur district hospital. The bus apparently went out of the driver's control and plunged into the gorge.

India will bring Dawood Ibrahim back: Rajnath New Delhi, May 11 (iaNS): India will do everything possible to bring back underworld don Dawood Ibrahim from Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. Pakistan was under international obligation to find him as Interpol has already issued a Red Corner notice against him, said Singh in the Lok Sabha. Pakistan has been asked time and again by India to look out for him but it has failed to do so. "We will bring him back," he said. "Whether we have to pursue Pakistan or pressurise it, we will not rest till Dawood Ibrahim is brought back," he said. Singh's assertion came after opposition attack over the home ministry's reply to a question in the Lok Sabha last week that it was not aware of Dawood's location. "India has credible information about his presence in Pakistan... [but] Pakistan has failed to locate Dawood Ibrahim and initiate legal process," he said.

Woman delivers baby on roadside as doctors refuse to admit her SiTaPur (uP), May 11, 2015 (PTi): A 37-year-old woman delivered a baby on the roadside after doctors of Community Health Centre in Hargaon here refused to admit her. The incident took place yesterday when one Geeta Devi went for admission at the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Hargaon but doctors and staff did not admit her as she was alone, the health centre officials said. She delivered the baby on the roadside with the help of locals, after which the villagers forcibly got her admitted to the hospital, they said. Admitting negligence on the part of doctors for denying admission to the pregnant lady, Chief Medical Officer, Hargovind Singh has ordered a probe into the matter and assured that strict action will be taken against those found responsible.

78 % don't want land bill, 63% say Govt is rendering RTI dysfunctional: Former CIC PM Modi's image anti-poor: Survey New Delhi, May 11 (iaNS): A whopping 78% respondents have demanded the NDA government withdraw its land acquisition bill, said an opinion poll released on Monday with nearly half of the those surveyed saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity has declined and 63% saying that his image appears to be anti-poor and anti-farmer. A nationwide India TV-C Voter opinion poll, telecast on Monday, said that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj leads the union ministers in terms of performance. It said that 63% of the respondents conveyed that Modi government's image at present appears to be anti-poor and anti-farmer, while as many as 48% of the respondents said Modi's popularity has declined in the last one year. Giving region-wise break-up, the survey said 65 % of respondents in north India, 52% in the west, 34 % in the east, and 38 % in the south. "External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led the union ministers in respect of performance, with 56 % saying her performance was 'good', 31 % 'average' and 13 % as 'poor'," the release said. She was followed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, rated good by 50 % of the respondents, average by 36 % and poor

Lok Sabha passes black money bill New Delhi, May 11 (iaNS): The Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets bill, providing for heavy penalties for stashing black money away in foreign accounts, was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday. Moving what is called the Black Money Bill for acceptance by the lower house, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rejected the opposition's demand of referring the bill to the Standing Committee, saying delay in enacting the legislation would provide opportunity to offenders to transfer unaccounted overseas wealth quickly to unknown destinations. Explaining that a time-frame will be provided as a "compliance window for declaring and

paying penalty", Jaitley said that failure to meet the compliance will attract an additional penalty of 90% for a total tax liability of 120% on the quantum of black money abroad. It also law provides for rigorous imprisonment of up to 3-10 years for perpetrators, he added. While there was no official estimation of black money within India or stashed away abroad, an unofficial estimate puts it somewhere between $466 billion and $1.4 trillion. Meanwhile, the controversial Land Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha today amid strong protests from the Opposition which termed the legislation 'anti-farmer', as members of Congress and some other parties staged a walkout.

by 14 %, and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (49, 28 % and 23 % respectively). On the other hand only 44 and 40 % respectively held Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani and Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari's performances as "good", 35 and 38 % respectively as average and 21 and 22 % as poor. As many as 59 % of the respondents said they were satis-

fied with Modi's one-year rule, but 41 % said they are not, the survey said. The survey said 51 % of the respondents said that corruption has declined in the last one year. Asked about Modi's schemes they considered the best, 46 % opted for Swachh Bharat, 19 % Jan for Dhan Yojana, 18 % liked 'Make in India', 11 % for 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' and six % for none of above, the release added.

MuMbai, May 11 (PTi): Former Central Information Commissioner (CIC) Shailesh Gandhi on Monday lashed out at the Centre for allegedly rendering the Right to Information (RTI) Act "dysfunctional" by taking retrogressive steps. In an open letter written to a section of the media, Gandhi said, "the present Prime Minister has taken preemptive action by not appointing a Chief Information Commissioner at all to render it dysfunctional." Gandhi, a noted RTI activist from Mumbai, was appointed to the Central Information

Commission in 2008 where he served till retirement in 2012, after giving numerous landmark judgements. The former CIC also hit out at the bureaucracy saying it was "hardening" its stand and in most cases has realised that the Commissioners are "not committed" to transparency. Stating that "reluctance" of the Commission in imposing penalties is slowly making it difficult to get sensitive information, Gandhi's letter further read, "In the Central Information Commission, six Commissioners had disposed

22,351 cases in 2011, whereas in 2014 seven Commissioners disposed only 16,006 cases." In the write-up titled "The RTI Act-Present Status" Gandhi has also referred to two "biggest dangers" to RTI, first one from the government itself which thinks that "transparency is a hindrance" to good governance and the second - a selection of Information Commissioners that has become a part of "political patronage". "Their (commissioners') orders are often biased against transparency and in many places a huge backlog is be-

ing built up as a consequence of their inability to cope," the letter said. He also made scathing remarks on the commitment of the commissioners, and said, "Consequently a law which seeks to ensure giving information to citizens in 30 days on pain of penalty gets stuck for over a year at the Commissions. Most of these Commissioners do not work to deliver results in a time-bound manner and lose all moral authority to penalise PIOs who do not work in a time-bound manner."

Cop hits woman who doesn't pay bribe, sacked & arrested New Delhi, May 11 (iaNS): A Delhi traffic policeman was on Monday sacked after he attacked a young mother of three with a brick when she refused to pay a Rs.200 bribe. The shocking incident of bribery and police brutality was caught on camera and triggered outrage. As the video went viral, Delhi Police first hurriedly suspended Head Constable Satish Chandra and then arrested him amid mounting calls that he should be dismissed or compulsorily retired from service. By late evening, he was sacked from service. The incident occurred just after noon when 30-year-old Ramandeep Kaur was returning home with her three daughters from Guru Harkrishan Public School after attending a parents-teachers meeting. Kaur told IANS that when she took a turn on Golf Links Road, the policeman stopped her and accused her of jumping

a red light. "He asked me to pay Rs.200. I told him to give me a receipt but he said I will have to shell out more if I wanted a receipt. He said he would settle the matter if I paid him Rs.200. "I refused and told him to issue me a challan which I will settle in court. I walked away. This angered him. He first kicked my scooty and when I objected, he picked up a brick and hurled it at me," Kaur said. The policeman also twisted her arm, causing a fracture. Unknown to the policeman, a motorist filmed the ugly drama. The clip, which went viral on news channels, showed the woman grappling with the cop even after being hit to prevent him from escaping on his motorcycle. According to Kamal Kanth, the man who shot the video, the woman was riding her two-wheeler with her young

daughters. He said the policeman first demanded the woman's driving license. She gave him a photocopy. She said she did not have the original and began walking away. "He pulled her. She got angry over that and hit the policeman's bike with a stone. The policeman then lifted a huge brick and flung it on the woman's back with force in front of her daughters including an infant." As the woman shouted for help, people who gathered there overpowered the policeman, said Kamal Kanth. Other police personnel then reached the place and detained him. Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi expressed regret over the incident on behalf of the police department. He said a criminal case had been filed. "Strict action will be taken against the head constable." The constable was sacked under article 311 (2) (b) of the Indian constitution.

Narendra Modi & Manmohan Singh: 1 Year, spot the differences New Delhi, May 11 (iaNS/iNDiaSPeND): The economy rebounded; exports and imports declined, foreignexchange reserves grew; coal production, electricity generation and petroleum consumption rose, non-performing assets (NPAs) in banking soared. There are great similarities between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first year in office - which he completes on May 26 - and the corresponding first year of his predecessor, Manmohan Singh's last term. In seven of 12 indicators evaluated by IndiaSpend, the data reveal a similar trend - a reasonable economic performance after an economic downturn.

di's first year, the index of industrial production (IIP) for eight core sectors (coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity) grew 5 percent during 2014-15 against 4.2 percent the previous year. In Singh's first year, the IIP for six core industries (crude oil, refinery products, coal, electricity, cement and finished carbon steel) grew 10.4 percent, compared to 2.8 percent in the previous year 2008-09. Exports and imports: In terms of dollars, exports and imports declined 2 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively, in 2014-15 from 2013-14. In Singh's first year (of his second term) exports and imports declined far more sharply, 4 percent and 5 percent, respecThe large variations in the tively, in 2009-10 compared to 2008-09. first-year period centre on Nuclear energy: With the Industrial production: In Mo- commissioning of the Ku-

dankulam Unit-1 of 1,000 mw in Tamil Nadu during December 2014, India's installed nuclear capacity reached 5,780 mw in 2014-15 from 4,780 MW in 2013-14, an increase of 21 perccent. In 2009-10, it was up 10.6 percent from the previous year. Direct comparisons are difficult, considering that Singh

was in his second term in office. Modi carries Singh's economic legacy, which worsened considerably by the end of the term, attributed by observers to a global downturn and misgovernance. But these indicators offer a broad statistical evaluation of the first years of Modi and Singh during UPA2.

A journey through the numbers Economic Growth: Overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2009-10, at constant prices, was reported to be 8.9 percent. After a change in calculation and base year, GDP growth isestimated to be 7.4 percent for 2014-15. Agriculture: Agriculture, which employs about 600 million Indians, registered growth of 1.1 percent in 2014-15 compared to 0.8 percent during 2009-10. The numbers indicate a long-standing - and worsening - crisis. Foreign-exchange reserves: Forex reserves increased 12 percent from $341 billion at the end of 2014-15 as compared to $304 billion at the end of 2013-14. For Singh in UPA2, they increased 5.4 percent from $241.7 billion at the end of 2008-09 to $254.9 billion in 2009-10.

Coal: Coal from India's mines increased 8.2 percent in 2014-15, later falling into a controversy over botched allotments, one of the reasons for the decline in UPA2's image. In 2009-10, production increased 8.1 percent. Performance of the coal sector is expected to improve with the re-allotment of 67 coal blocks through an auction, although Modi's figure of Rs.2 lakh crore ($31.25 billion) windfall is now contested. Petroleum: In 2014-15, consumption of petroleum products (diesel, petrol, LPG and the like) increased 3.1 percent, compared to 3.2 percent during 2009-10. India's demand for petroleum products is expected to grow 3.3 percent in the next financial year, according to the oil ministry. Electricity: A good indicator of an economy's health, installed electricity capac-

ity in 2014-15, rose 10 percentagainst 2013-14. In 2009-10, it increased 7.7 percent over the previous year. Renewable energy: With pressure on India to cut carbon emissions renewable energy it is responsible for 12 percent of India's total installed power - growth rates were high during both terms. The total installed capacity of renewable energy reported a 7.56 percent growth in 2014-15 and growth of 17.20 percent in 2009-10. Non-performing assets: NPAs of public sector banks increased 17 percent from Rs.2.27 lakh crore in March 2014 to Rs.2.73 lakh crore in December 2014, a carry-over from UPA2. Public sector bank NPAs had increased 23 percent in 2009-10 over the previous year. NPA growth rates of this magnitude can destabilise the banking system.

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Tuesday 12 May 2015

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1,600 Rohingyas and others rescued in SE Asia KUALA LUMPUR, MAy 11 (AP): Hundreds of migrants abandoned at sea by smugglers in Southeast Asia have reached land and relative safety in the past two days. But an estimated 6,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar remain trapped in crowded, wooden boats, migrant officials and activists said Monday. With food and clean water running low, some could be in grave danger. Worried that vessels will start washing to shore with dead bodies, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, the United States and several other foreign governments and international organizations held emergency meetings in recent days, but participants say there are no immediate plans to search for vessels in the busy Malacca Strait waterways. One of the problems was determining what to do with the Rohingya if a rescue was launched, participants said on condition they not be named. Seven boats were rescued Sunday after human traffickers abandoned the ships and left passengers to fend for themselves, officials said. Nearly 600 migrants were brought to shore in western Indonesia and just over a thousand others to Malaysia’s Langkawi island.

Ethnic Rohingya migrants sit in lines to receive food from a social worker for breakfast at a temporary shelter in Lhok Sukon, Aceh province, Indonesia on Monday, May 11. Boats carrying nearly 600 Bangladeshis and long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar washed to shore in western Indonesia, some after captains and smugglers abandoned the ships, leaving passengers to fend for themselves, survivors and migrant experts said. Thousands more are believed to be stranded at sea. (AP Photo)

Denied citizenship in Myanmar, the Rohingya are effectively stateless. “At this point, I’m not sure what the concrete next steps are or should be,” said Vivian Tan, the UNHCR’s regional press officer in Bangkok, Thailand. “There is a real sense of urgency, but there doesn’t seem to be a clear mechanism in this region

for responding to something like this.” Moreover, she said, the location of the boats and the number of people on board needed to be clarified. Some weak and hungry survivors waded to shore, others swam. The Rohingya, who are Muslim, have for decades suffered from state-sanctioned dis-

crimination in Buddhistmajority Myanmar, which considers them illegal settlers from Bangladesh even though many of their families arrived generations ago. Attacks on members of the religious minority, numbering at around 1.3 million, have in the last three years left up to 280 people dead and forced

140,000 others from their homes. They now live under apartheid-like conditions in crowded camps just outside the Rakhine state capital, Sittwe, where they have little access to school or adequate health care. The conditions at home — and lack of job opportunities — have sparked one of the biggest exodus-

es of boat people since the Vietnam War. Chris Lewa, director of the non-profit Arakan Project, which has been monitoring boat departures and arrivals for more than a decade, estimates more than 100,000 men, women and children have boarded ships since mid-2012. Most are trying to reach Malaysia, but recent regional crackdowns on human trafficking networks have sent brokers and agents into hiding, making it impossible for migrants to disembark — in some cases even after family members have paid $2,000 or more for their release, she said. Lewa believes up to 7,000 Rohingya and Bangaldeshis are still on small and large boats in the Malacca Strait and nearby international waters, some after more than two months at sea. “I am very concerned about smugglers abandoning boatloads at sea,” she said. Tightly confined, and with limited access to food and clean water, their health is deteriorating, Lewa said, adding that dozens of deaths have been reported. Police found a big wooden boat late Sunday night trapped in the sand in shallow waters at a beach in Langkawi and have since located 865 men, 101 women and 52 children, said island

Michelle Obama ‘knocked ISI chief aided US to capture back’ by race perceptions Osama bin Laden: Journalist

Michelle Obama gives a thumbs up after walking out on stage just before delivering the commencement address at Tuskegee University.

WASHINGTON, MAy 11 (AFP): Michelle Obama says she had to fight misperceptions due to her AfricanAmerican race during the 2008 White House campaign that saw her husband become the first black president of the United States. The first lady, who grew up in humble circumstances in Chicago and became a successful corporate lawyer, has rarely discussed race during her husband’s two terms in office. But a string of recent cases of alleged abuse of police force against African Americans, and related unrest in Baltimore, made it hard to avoid. “As potentially the first African-American first lady, I was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations, conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others,” Obama said Saturday. “Was I too loud or too angry or too emasculating? Or was I too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman?” she asked in a frank commencement address at historically black Tuskegee University in Alabama. For the first magazine cover featuring Obama in 2008, The New Yorker parodied her as a radical and a terrorist. “It was a cartoon drawing of me with a huge afro and a machine gun,” she recalled. “Now, yeah, it was satire, but if I’m really being honest, it knocked me back a bit. It made me wonder just how are people seeing me.” ‘Sleepless nights’ In an almost half-hour address, she also recalled other racially insensitive comments, including when Fox News television said she was her “husband’s crony of color” and “Obama’s baby mama” -- the latter US slang for an unwed mother. “Back in those days, I had a lot of sleepless nights worrying about what people thought of me,” Michelle Obama recalled. “I had to ignore all of the noise and be true to myself -- and the rest would work itself out,” she said, winning cheers from graduates. Aside from mastering details of administration policy, “I also worked to ensure that my efforts would resonate with kids and families -- and that meant doing things in a creative and unconventional way,” Obama said. “So, yeah, I planted a garden, and hula-hooped on the White House lawn with kids. I did some mom dancing on TV... And at the end of the day, by staying true to the me I’ve always known, I found that this journey has been incredibly freeing.” Frustration, “can feel isolating. It can make you feel like your life somehow doesn’t matter. And as we’ve seen over the past few years, those feelings are real,” the first lady added. “They’re rooted in decades of structural challenges that have made too many folks feel frustrated and invisible, and those feelings are playing out in communities like Baltimore and Ferguson and so many others across this country.” But while being a minority in the United States can be tough, she said, it was no reason to lose hope.

NeW DeLHI, MAy 11 (INDIAN exPReSS): Veteran American journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed that Osama bin Laden was a prisoner of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI at the Abbottabad compound since 2006, and that a Pakistani intelligence officer gave him up to the US in return for a $25 million reward. Writing in the London Review of Books on the fourth anniversary of the Abbottabad raid that killed bin Laden, Hersh claimed that the then Pakistan army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and head of ISI, Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, knew of the US Navy Seals’ raid and made sure that the two helicopters carrying the Seals to Abbottabad crossed Pakistani airspace without triggering an alarm. Bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, home to the Pakistan Military Academy, on the night of May 2, 2011, in a CIA-led operation conducted by Seal Team Six of the US Navy. Hersh won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting after he broke the story

on the My Lai massacre in 1969 during the Vietnam War. His reports in 2004 on the US military’s ill-treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq also drew global attention. As per the official US version, bin Laden’s location at Abbottabad was identified by the CIA by tracking an al-Qaeda courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti. Hersh, however, claims that a former senior Pakistani intelligence officer betrayed the secret of bin Laden’s presence at Abbottabad in return for the $25 million reward offered by the US. In August 2010, this Pakistani intelligence officer, who has since been relocated with his family to Washington and is a consultant to the CIA, walked into the office of the CIA Station Chief at the US embassy in Islamabad. Allowing the CIA Station Chief, Jonathan Bank, to be named in a criminal suit for murder which led to him being moved out of Pakistan soon after was part of an elaborate cover-up of its complicity by the ISI, according to Hersh. The walk-in, Hersh claims, had told the US that bin Lad-

en had lived undetected from 2001 to 2006 with some of his wives and children in the Hindu Kush mountains, and that “the ISI got to him by paying some of the local tribal people to betray him.” Bin Laden was very ill, and that early on in his confinement at Abbottabad, the ISI had ordered Amir Aziz, a doctor and a major in the Pakistani army, to move near his compound to provide treatment. Aziz was also given a part of the $25 million reward because he got the DNA sample which conclusively proved that it was bin Laden in Abbottabad. Hersh claims that Saudi Arabia had been financing bin Laden’s upkeep since his seizure by the ISI. While he agrees that US President Barack Obama did order the raid, he claims that many other aspects of the US government’s account are false. Hersh also says that bin Laden was never buried at sea, as claimed by Obama, and some of his body parts were tossed out over the Hindu Kush mountains by the Seals as they returned to Jalalabad in Afghanistan.

deputy police chief Jamil Ahmed. He added many appeared weak and thin and that at least two other boats have not been found. He said a Bangladeshi man told police the boat handlers gave the passengers directions on where to go once they reached Malaysian shores before abandoning the group and escaping into other boats. “We believe there may be more boats coming,” Jamil said. When the four ships neared Indonesia’s shores, some passengers jumped into the water and swam, said Steve Hamilton, of the International Organization for Migration in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital. They have been taken to a sports stadium in Lhoksukon, the capital of North Aceh District, to be cared for and questioned, said Lt. Col. Achmadi, chief of police in the area, who uses only one name. Some were getting medical attention. “We had nothing to eat,” said Rashid Ahmed, a 43-year-old Rohingya man who was on one of the boats. He said he left Myanmar’s troubled state of Rakhine with his eldest son three months ago. Thailand has long been considered a regional hub for human traffickers. The tactics of brokers and agents started changing in November as authorities

began tightening security on land — a move apparently aimed at appeasing the U.S. government as it prepares to release its annual Trafficking in Persons report next month. Last year, Thailand was downgraded to the lowest level, putting it on par with North Korea and Syria. Rohingya packing into ships in the Bay of Bengal have been joined in growing numbers by Bangladeshis fleeing poverty and hoping to find a better life elsewhere. Up until recently, their first stop was Thailand, where they were held in open pens in jungle camps as brokers collected “ransoms” from relatives. Those who could pay continued onward, usually to Malaysia or other countries. Those who couldn’t were sometimes beaten, killed or left to die. Since May 1, police have unearthed two dozen bodies from shallow graves in the mountains of southern Thailand, the apparent victims of smuggling rings, they say. Thai authorities have since arrested dozens of people, including a powerful mayor and a man named Soe Naing, otherwise known as Anwar, who was accused of being one of the trafficking kingpins in southern Thailand. More than 50 police officers are also under investigation.

Viagra may prevent malaria transmission LONDON, MAy 11 (PTI): The anti-impotence drug Viagra helps eliminate malaria from the blood circulation which may reduce transmission of the deadly parasite from humans to mosquitoes, a new study has found. It does so by increasing the stiffness of erythrocytes infected by the causal agent of malaria, researchers said. This astonishing discovery, made by scientists at the Institut Cochin in Paris and the Institut Pasteur, working in collaboration with a team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, could lead to a treatment to reduce the spread of malaria within a population. Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria, has a complex developmental cycle that is partially completed in humans and partially in the anopheline mosquito. Treatments for malaria target the asexual forms of this parasite that cause symptoms, but not the sexual forms transmitted from a human to a mosquito when it bites. The sexual forms of the parasite develop in human erythrocytes sequestered in the bone marrow before they are released into the blood. They are then accessible

to mosquitoes, which can ingest them when they bite. But circulating erythrocytes - whether they are gametocyte-infected or not - are deformable, thus preventing their clearance via the spleen, which constantly filters the blood and only retains stiff, old or abnormal erythrocytes. However, gametocyte-infected erythrocytes can easily pass through the spleen and persist for several days in the blood circulation. During a new study, the scientists showed that the deformability of gametocyte-infected erythrocytes is regulated by a signalling pathway that involves cAMP. When the cAMP molecules accumulate, the erythrocyte becomes stiffer. cAMP is degraded by the enzyme phosphodiesterase, whose action thus promotes erythrocyte deformability. Using an in vitro model reproducing filtration by the spleen, the scientists were able to identify several pharmacological agents that inhibit phosophodiesterases and can therefore increase the stiffness of infected erythrocytes. One of these agents is sildenafil citrate, better known under its brand name of Viagra.

Nigeria: Trauma, stigma, face girls, women rescued from Boko Haram yOLA, MAy 11 (AP): The taunts wouldn’t stop. “Boko Haram wives,” the schoolgirls were called because they had been briefly held by Nigeria’s Islamic extremists before escaping. The teasing was so relentless that some of the Chibok girls left their town and families. Their plight does not bode well for hundreds of girls and women recently rescued from months of captivity by Boko Haram, including dozens who are pregnant. After enduring captivity by the militants, the females may now face stigma from their communities. “The most important thing is to restore their dignity,” the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, Babatunde Osotimehin, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from his office in New York. “When you have been in captivity against your will, and God knows whatever they have done to them, some of them will have been violated, some raped, food insecure ... We need to take them, work with them and bring them back to the reality of their lives,” said Osotimehin,

who is Nigerian. His agency is providing the women and girls with intense psychosocial counseling and medical care for reproductive and maternal health. It is also encouraging communities to allow the girls to return in peace. That will be a challenge, going by comments made last week by Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno, the home state of Boko Haram and the one most affected by the nearly 6-year-old Islamic uprising that has killed more than 12,000 people and forced more than 1.5 million from their homes. The governor said he feared that girls and women raped and made pregnant by the extremists could be breeding a new generation of terrorists. Shettima called for a special monitoring program of the mothers to identify paternity because he said the militants had deliberately impregnated them so they would give birth to future insurgents. “I am seriously worried with the fact that most women tend to hate and abandon children they deliver from rape. Now, the problem is that these children could go to the streets

Women and children rescued by Nigerian soldiers wait to receive treatment at a refugee camp in Yola, Nigeria Sunday, May 3, after being rescued from captivity by Boko Haram fighters. Their faces were gaunt with signs of malnutrition but the girls are alive and free, among a group of 275 children and women rescued by the Nigerian military, and the first to arrive at a refugee camp Saturday after a three-day journey to safety. They came from the Sambisa Forest, thought to be the last stronghold of the Islamic extremists, where the Nigerian military said it has rescued more than 677 girls and women and destroyed more than a dozen insurgent camps in the past week. (AP Photo)

unattended to, they then lack access to food, health care and education. The result is that they could indeed inherit their fathers’ (ideology) somehow,” Shettima told government officials, according to the Nigerian press. Such statements from a man of Shettima’s standing

are “very unfortunate” and would reinforce the very stigma he says he wants to avoid, said Human Rights Watch researcher Mausi Segun. Segun has interviewed many females who escaped from Boko Haram and described their experiences as “very traumatizing and horrifying.”

The mass kidnapping of nearly 300 students who were writing science exams at a boarding school in the town of Chibok a year ago brought Boko Haram to the attention of the world and elicited international outrage. The extremists abducted a hundreds more in their campaign across

northeastern Nigeria. The stigma of Boko Haram has tainted girls who escaped their captors. Segun described the experience of some of “the Chibok girls,” as they have come to be known, who escaped in the first couple of days of their abductions. Some got away as they were being transported in open trucks by grabbing the branches of low hanging trees. Instead of being admired for their bravery, some of those “who had escaped were being called Boko Haram wives,” said Segun. After speaking to one of the girls, Segun “got the sense from her that it deeply, deeply shamed her and her companions ... they were being discriminated against because of close contact with Boko Haram and stigmatized,” Segun said. She said some of those girls have left Chibok and are living with relatives or supportive family friends elsewhere. “These girls weren’t even touched (raped),” said Segun, “but Boko Haram is so despised that anyone identified with the group shares some of that label, the slur.”

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Tuesday 12 May 2015

The Morung Express

LeBron’s jumper tames Bulls murray wins madrid masters

CHICAGO, MAy 11 (AP): LeBron James hit a jumper from the corner at the buzzer to give the Cleveland Cavaliers an 86-84 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, tying the Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2-2. James finished with 25 points to help the Cavaliers win in another wild finish, returning the favor after Chicago took Game 3 on Derrick Rose's banked 3-pointer at the buzzer. This time, James got whistled for an offensive foul when he elbowed Mike Dunleavy Jr. That led to a tying layup for Rose with just under 10 seconds left. But instead of going to overtime, James ended it with the jumper from the corner over Jimmy Butler. Game 5 is Tuesday night in Cleveland. James committed eight turnovers and struggled again from the field, hitting 10 of 30 shots. He is 18 of 55 the past two games. But he also had 14 rebounds and eight assists. Kyrie Irving, playing with a sore foot, was 2 of 12 and had 12 points and two assists. Timofey Mozgov had 15 points and nine rebounds. J.R. Smith came on strong down the stretch, scoring all but two of his 13 in the fourth quarter. Rose scored 31 points and Jimmy Butler added 19 for Chicago, which was playing without Pau Gasol. He sat out with a strained left hamstring, and his status for Game 5 is in question. Rose hit two free throws with 1:32 remaining to make it 8279, but he missed a 3 with about a minute remaining after Joakim Noah took a charge against James. Cleveland's superstar then hit two free throws to make it a five-point game. Butler buried a 3 with 27 seconds left to cut it to 84-82. The Cavaliers called a timeout with 21.2 seconds left and burned two more timeouts trying to inbound it. They finally got the ball to James, who then got whistled for elbowing Dunleavy. Rose drove for a tying layup with 9.4 seconds left. James Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, left, shoots the game-winning shot against Chicago Bulls guard Jimmy Butler during the second half of Game 4 had a layup blocked, but he made a fadein a second-round NBA basketball playoff series in Chicago on Sunday, May away jumper off a feed from Matthew Dellavedova with Butler closing in on him. 10. The Cavaliers won 86-84. (AP Photo)

'Dear Sirs'

ear Sirs, much as we try and put our heads to task, hunger must be satiated first, only then can the mind deliver. The mind can only flourish so long as it is not burdened with the body’s basic needs. Society is an extension of the individuals that inhibits it. So long as there is insecurity to life and livelihood, it can never flourish. Therefore self sustenance becomes an important aspect to individual’s life and agricultural self reliance the core issue for economic development and growth and progress of our society. Better sense must prevail to simple and basic logic. In any given economy, capital formation and accumulation plays an important role. Yet for all the money being pumped into our state, there is no capital accumulation because there is no capital formation which is indicative of the nature of currency circulation in place. It is defined, controlled and managed from outside our economy. Our economy has become just a transit medium for other economies to operate. Currency circulation within a given society portrays the state of a given economy. And in our economy once the inflow of capital and goods (basic and essential) crumbles, banks dries up

and market fails, because capital and goods dry up. Therefore if we are to try and find ways to improve the health of our state’s economy then we have to find ways for capital accumulation. But for this to happen capital formation must be operational. Now given the nature and structure of our society, villages must be the basis for this. Each village or a number of villages clubbed together must form the basic unit of our economic activity linked by a market. Currency circulation within our society must take place for our economy to change. But for this, essential goods in the market must be local produce. Let’s think local products in the market and outside products in the numerous expos. Yes sirs, and we simply cannot be blaming our poor villagers too often also, after all they cannot be expected to SMS their products (even though technology has come to play a crucial role) to the markets. Also all the skills and trainings imparted to those poor eager villagers (as often times seen in local dailies) not forgetting the exposure trips, will have the desired result only when there are motorable roads and network of marketing system. Aaron Kikon Ward 6 Chumukedima

Don't Nagas need different brand of politics?

agaland State politics in the last four months have been full of suspense and uncertainty. The people of Nagaland are undoubtedly on political crossroads. It is very sad and unfortunate that, the tussle for power has done such devastating damage to the State, especially on economic and development fronts. Hunger for power has blinded people to sell off personal integrity, betrayed loyalty to party and put the State into political chaos. The root cause of all these are the result of corrupt elections. Elections in Nagaland have been most expensive in the country. After spending crores of money, none of the elected members in the ruling party wants to be without ministerial berth. None wants to be in opposition either. That's how an opposition-less, jumbo-sized ministry has come into reality. Downsizing law has no impact in Nagaland. Politics in Nagaland state is power-centric. The preparation or rather money minting for next election is the political compass for all leaders. Development with-

out development has become the political mantra. Power politics is the game. There's no philosophy, ideology and principle. It is all about maneuvering and outmaneuvering. For Nagas, politics is neither a science nor an art. It is just about power. Fifty years have passed since the attainment of statehood. Yet, in economic parameters, the situation has remained as stagnant as it was in the early sixty's. The state government is ever dependent on the Centre for its finances. The total dependency on the centre has made the state a virtual parasite. It is high time for policy makers to evaluate our miserable failures on all fronts. It is time to analyze over all situations. It is time to take corrective measures. Politicians should lead on philosophy and ideals. Leaders should give statesmanship. Elected members should deliver their promises. Nagas need visionary leaders and not power-mongers. Nagas need different brand of politics. God have mercy on Nagas or we perish together as fools! Dr. K. Hoshi

MADRID, MAy 11 (ReuteRs): Andy Murray continued his remarkable run on clay when he pulled off a stunning upset to dethrone home favourite Rafa Nadal 6-3 6-2 in the Madrid Masters final on Sunday and claim his second title on the surface in a week. Following up his debut triumph on the red dust on Monday in Munich, Murray denied Nadal a third straight triumph in the Spanish capital -- and record fifth overall -- and raised fresh doubts over the Spaniard's form heading into the French Open. The Briton's strong performances this week suggest he may be a real contender in Paris, when holder Nadal, who has struggled for consistency since returning from injury and illness, will be bidding for a record-extending 10th Roland Garros crown. "To play Rafa in Spain is extremely tough and this is the reason why we play tennis for these matches," Murray said after receiving the trophy from Spain's Queen Sofia. "It’s one of the toughest things in tennis to try to beat Rafa on clay," added the 27-year-old. "I’ll keep trying to play well over the next few weeks with Roland Garros just around the corner." Murray had never beaten thirdseeded Nadal on clay in six attempts but raced into a 3-0 lead at the futuristic magic box arena and fended off three break points to close out the set. The world number three broke Nadal twice more to open a 4-0 lead in the second and finished him off on his first match point when the Mallorcan sent a weak forehand return into the net. Nadal, 28, congratulated Murray for a "great season" and said he would try to keep working back to top form at this week's Rome Masters before heading to the French capital. "Obviously, this wasn’t the match I wanted or expected to play today," Nadal said.

Andy Murray of Britain poses with the ball girls and his trophy at the end of the Madrid Open Tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain on May 10. (AP Photo)

"Although it’s not nice to end it like this, it has been a very important week for me, very positive, in which I rediscovered sensations I had not had on a tennis court for a long time," he added. It was Murray’s 10th Masters crown and 33rd career title, while

Nadal missed out on a record-extending 28th Masters and 66th title overall. Nadal needed a win to stay fourth in the world rankings and he will drop to seven when they are updated, putting him outside the top five for the first time in a decade.

public discourse

i wish ‘palestine’ replaced by ‘Nagaland’

n the history of Naga people there is liberation dream of independence nation since 1918. Until now after almost 65 years of fighting for the Naga independence, not even a slight sign of closing to Independence is seen from both the parties (India and Nagaland). In this struggle, there are two approaches, i.e. independence through peace talk and independence through war till the last man stand. However, predominant Nagas do not stand for either of the two; rather they prefer to remain under the providence of India in many aspects. The recent initiative of NSCN (K) abrogation of ceasefire with India intrigues a different lens; many Nagas see it as against peace and tranquility, yet without in depth knowledge of the party or their strategy of fighting for freedom. On the other hand another party continues to hold on to the hope of glory though nothing seems to take place in the past 60 years of peace talk with India. This mélange phenomenon of getting Naga independence keeps questioning my mind for its delays and in response to it, one presumption reason that ratifies is the lack of international networking by the leaders of the freedom movement.

This reason impulse to reflect on the recent speech of Jokowi, the president of Indonesia during the 60th anniversary of Asian-African Conference held on 19th – 25th April 2015 with 106 countries representations’ in Indonesia (AFC, 2015). Asia-African Conference was first held in 1955 with goals to discuss peace, security and economic development among Asian and African countries and different related parts of the world. The history of the first conference says ideologies and interests differences between the Eastern and Western world intrigued the ramification of problems; in addition, colonialism was one of the causes towards ensuing conflicts among many independent Asian and African countries (Jakartapost, 2015). The recent AsianAfrican conference strengthens the primal goal of strengthening partnership between Asian and African countries in economic development. Jokowi, in his speech says Palestine is a country which suffers from war until now; therefore, 106 countries in the AsiaAfrica Submit, 2015 strongly support the independence of Palestine. His speech of declaring 106 countries support the Pal-

estine independence would reach the United Nation at the earliest. This gives a sanity of effective leadership of Palestine that builds international networking every day. It is plausible that Palestine and Nagaland are incomparable story, however, when one nation stands for the determination of sovereignty there is no measurement of big or small nation. Had Naga leaders focused more on international networking and rapport building to share the Naga independence issue, there is possibility of support and attention that International countries would give for the Naga independence. Had Nagaland participated in the recent Asia-Africa Submit in Indonesia, the only wish and regretful hope is that Nagaland would have been mentioned in place of Palestine by 106 countries supporting the independence. Religiously Palestine consists of three world religions, Islam, Jews and Christianity and later indigenous religion. Politically people from the three religions battle together despite the differences in religion everyday (Jacob-De-Has, 1934) and the political aspiration in unity becomes audible in a larger plate form. The predominant American Bap-

tist Christianity state with diversity in freedom movement organizations is far behind the stage of International which directly and indirectly remains despair for the people every day. Unity in the state seems unreachable due to different ideologies among Churches, freedom fighters, politicians, business person, students, farmers and even the new born babies in such a fallow history. Unless the current fallow history is obliterated and bring creative strategies, the dream of Naga independence will remain dubious and withered for the next 60 years more. One of the weakest strategies of the Naga freedom fighters that exacerbate the freedom movement is lack of innovative ideas, lack of creating alternative strategies and test of new strategies in the battle of independence. Exhibition of weaknesses has become stronger than cultivation of effective strategies before India. Hence, anywhere and anyone who supports independence of a nation in a bigger plate form such as in the Asian-African Submit, “I wish Nagaland is mentioned.” Researcher & Activist Lemwang Chuhwanglim

Green Revolution in India is successful largely due to the use of HYV seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and better irrigation facilities not necessarily an increase in cultivation of land. They cannot be used in education system but some changes, inclusion of additional job oriented course, well equipped library, internet connectivity, personality development programs and dedicated teachers can improve our present education system. Let's talk about ideas, though not new. Perhaps you might have a better idea. Here are some fields, which the Naga youths are good at and if implemented, could be very helpful to the students. 1. Many colleges are offering computer based training to students. This will be very useful for those who search for clerical or office assistant job once they graduated. Not only for jobs but it is needed in our daily lives. 2. If education can be taken as an industry, it is one of the most successful industry in Nagaland with equal participation from both Government and private sector. There are some students who want to become a teacher after graduation. Do not make them go for another one or more years pursue teacher training. Provide some sort of basic teaching training to them, a diploma or a certificate. 3. Similarly, if civil service aspirants are given coaching from the time of joining college till graduation, they would have a fair idea about the exam pattern and crack it on the first attempt. 4. Nagas love sports, we have talents

but we don't have enough trained personnel to guide the aspiring sportsmen and women. Give training to those interested in sports so that they will become coaches or players. NPL clubs might be interested in recruitment. 5. The same goes with fashion and music industry. Provide avenues for those interested in music so that they will become musicians or music teacher. Music industry is growing rapidly in Nagaland. 6. Entrepreneur skill development program should also be given sector to those interested in business with an assured financial assistance from the government so that the young graduates can set up their business right after graduation. Besides, we have PMEGP which can be link with this program. 7. Tourism industry is growing rapidly all over the world. Many students are interested in this sector too. Give training to student in hospitality sector. 8. In construction sector, it is dominated by the non locals. With rising income and the changing lifestyle, there will be no dearth of work to trained worker both in towns and villages. Concrete house need to be constructed using the right technique. Natural disasters are occurring more frequently. We have seen what happened to Nepal recently. 9. Soft skills training focussing on BPO, Sales executive, etc Besides there are many sectors like cooking and baking, automobile servicing, repairing-mobile, TV, PC, household appliances, etc. With these trainings, one can also do part time job,

even those with regular job can utilise their part time and earn more money. It does not mean that our state does not have those training facilities. Of course we have, but the point here is to bring them to colleges where it would be more convenient for the students to take the course they prefer. A time has come when one has to treat education as a part time thing and give more importance on job oriented course. Education should not create unemployable person. Education should not become a problem. Education can transform our society, but with the right knowledge, focusing on training the students to fill up the loopholes. If the youths are given skill training, it would improve even our state socio-economic status. Mention maybe made the St Joseph College Kohima is offering community college diploma course on Tourism and Service industry and a Certificate in carpentry at Modern College Kohima, as per their college advertisement. These two courses are something new in colleges which I've seen on the paper few days ago. Other colleges can also add them to the academic curriculum. Finally, after the students are got trainings, a recruitment drive or Job Fair would be conducted for the final semester students organise by, like Youth Net, The People Channel... And if any such were held, it would be more successful with the training they had in college. It would be awesome to find job right after graduation. Let’s be first state to reap the fruits of New National Skill Development Policy. Let others say "Be like Nagaland". Vezhoyi Lohe Oriental College Kohima

Graduated aNd employed

ajority of the students pursuing general degree courses like BA, BSc and BCom would not go for higher studies. Therefore, it is very important that some sort of training is imparted to students of general streams, particularly Arts so that they won't face any problem in getting job after graduation. Professionalise general streams. Fortunately or unfortunately, I was able to experience both the old and the new semester system. The old system was like, studying about food, origin, types, characteristics, benefits... and this semester, with the internal system, taught the students how to cook food. But still much needs to be done. Students should be also taught how to produce the ingredients required in cooking. In other words, self employed. The new National Skill Development Policy aims to skill one in every four Indian by 2020. The high growth industries such as, retail, auto, construction and IT are expected to require about 245 million people by 2022 if India manages an average annual GDP growth rate of nearly 8 per cent (Yojana, March '15, p. 35). Everyone would not get a government job. What the government can do here is by encouraging and supporting the colleges and students to take up vocational training. This would lighten the burden of the government in tackling problems of unemployment. Why does a student have to pursue various courses like B.ed, computer diploma, civil service exam coaching... when they can be done right in colleges. Our present education system is very good but still it can be made better, and best.

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Prankster George Clooney is too scared of the consequences to play a practical joke on his wife Amal

eorge Clooney won’t play pranks on his wife. The ‘Monuments Men’ actor is known for his love of practical jokes but he fears the consequences if he ever made his lawyer spouse Amal the butt of one of his gags. Asked if he plays jokes on Amal, he said: “Listen, she’s a lawyer. I can get in trouble. She can do anything to me. I could be behind bars.” While there are no pranks in his marriage, the 54-year-old actor insists he has a lot of “fun” with his wife. He told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “It’s been pretty great. I’m very lucky, and I’m very happy and we have a really fun time. “I’m very proud of the things that she does in the world and who she is, and she has a wonderful family and friends. It’s been a really exciting, fun time.” George famously vowed never to marry again following his four-year union with actress Talia Balsam, which ended in 1993, and he admits his friends mocked him when he tied the knot with Amal last September. He said: “There were all the jokes and the bits and I get all that stuff, but I couldn’t be happier right now. “I wake up in the morning and I think, ‘This couldn’t be better.’ “ And the ‘Tomorrowland’ actor is impressed with how his British wife is handling life in the spotlight. He told E!: “[She’s] used to it as much as you can get used to it. “I mean, this gets a little nutty. It’s tricky sometimes walking outside of a hotel and having people follow you and stuff. “It’s hard to still practice law. Sometimes it is, but she’s handling it really well.”

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eri Halliwell is ‘’disappointed’’ her fiancé’s parents have decided not to attend the couple’s wedding. The former Spice Girl hoped the family rift was on the mend and that her partner Christian Horner’s mother and father Garry and Sara could be persuaded to accept their invite to the nuptials, but they declined a place at the ceremony. A source close to the couple told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ‘’Geri and Christian are disappointed that his parents aren’t coming, but all his brothers, close family and pals will be there. ‘’It is going to be a great day so they aren’t over-thinking

it.’’ Christian and his parents have had a strained relationship since he left his partner of 14 years, Beverley Allen just months after she gave birth to their first daughter Olivia. Although the Red Bull Formula One boss and his ex now have an amicable relationship Garry and Sara are still ‘’devastated’’ by the split. The source said: ‘’They have resolved their differences having come to an agreement and Christian is just getting on with things now. ‘’Both Geri and Christian are very excited about spending the rest of their lives together. Geri has been planning her big day for a while and it is going to be a fairytale wedding.’’ Geri and Christian will tie the knot this Friday (15.05.15) at Syon House in west London. The 42-year-old singer - who has been engaged three times but never married will be walked down the aisle by her eightyear-old daughter Bluebell. The source added: ‘’Geri loves her family, and has made sure they have pride of place on the big day. ‘’Even though Christian’s parents won’t be there, her mum and sister will be there supporting her all the way.’’

Prince Harry says he’s looking for love, wants kids

ritain’s Prince Harry said today he wants to have children and would like a partner to “share the pressure” of royal duties, but is still waiting for the right woman. The fifth in line to the throne made the comments in New Zealand where he is relaxing after calling time on a decade-long military career, saying he felt “at a crossroads”. He said the birth of brother William’s second child Princess Charlotte last week had increased his desire for a family of his own. “Of course, I would love to have kids right now, but there’s a process that one has to go through,” he told Britain’s Sky News. “Tours like this are great fun, hopefully I’m doing alright by myself. It would be great to have someone else next to me to share the pressure. But, you know, time will come and whatever happens, happens I guess.” The 30-year-old, who split from girlfriend Cressida Bonas last year, railed against being labelled “the party prince”. “I never wanted that,” he said, adding that he was looking for a role where he could “give something back” when he officially leaves the military next month. The prince, who has won praise in New Zealand for his downto-earth manner, admitted both he and William wanted to work alongside “normal people” and earn a living. “Both of us feel we need to have a wage as well, to work with normal people to keep us sane and keep us ticking along,” he said. “Surely in the future, from our point of view, if we want to make a big contribution and be taken seriously, we need to work alongside other people.” Visiting remote Stewart Island, New Zealand’s southernmost settlement, Harry told schoolchildren about his love of flying and why he always has to follow protocol when talking about his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. In an informal question-and-answer session with the 24 pupils of Halfmoon Bay School, he fielded queries ranging from whether he has a crown (no) to his favourite food (spaghetti bolognese). The prince, a favourite target for paparazzi, was also asked to name the best thing about flying a helicopter, and revealed it was the chance to get away from everyone. “You have a moving office... There’s only two of you in the office and no one else can bother you,” he said. One child wanted to know what he called the Queen: “I call her granny,” he replied. “But I refer to her as the Queen because I’m in the army and she’s my boss.”

Simon Cowell knows little about music: Waterman

ecord producer Pete Waterman, who was Simon Cowell’s mentor when he started his first label in 1980s, says the present day TV mogul knows “very little” about music. Waterman referred to the ‘The X Factor’ boss as a money-making machine with no interest in real talent, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “Simon knows very little about music. His knowledge comes out of the ‘Guinness Book of Hits’. He’d keep a copy on his desk, and whenever an act came in he’d skim it for an old number one, look at the sales figures and then do it again,” Event magazine quoted the 68-year-old as saying. “I love Simon, he’s the smartest man I know, but he isn’t in it for the music,” he added.

Courtney Love sued by psychiatrist

S A new album entitled “Lekashii sii neloe” a contemporary collection of praise and worship songs in Mao Naga, all songs written and composed by Rollen Maheo and Rovi Kape, a production of Connect Worship Ministry was released by Rev. K. Koda, Executive Secretary, Mao Baptist Churches Association (MBCA) on May 9 at MBCA Mission Centre, Pibvii Tadubi.

American Idol is ending

! News has learned that the show’s 15th season, slated to start in January, will be its last. According to Fox, judges Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban all will return for the last hurrah, which will be a celebration of the past 14 seasons. No word yet on the number of episodes, but the final season is expected to be cut back. The cancellation news doesn’t really come as much of a surprise, given that ratings have been on a downward spiral for the past few years, despite some significant changes to the series, including a new showrunner. None of it really worked. Idol’s audience has continued to

inger Courtney Love is facing a lawsuit filed by a New York psychiatrist over unpaid bills. Dr Edward Ratush claimed in his lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last week, that the 50-year-old rock songstress owes him USD 48,250 in fees for treatment she received at his Manhattan facility, reported Ace Showbiz. The case between Courtney and Edward first came to light in 2014 when the psychiatrist filed a summons against the “Rat a Tat” singer. In the summons, Edward’s legal team said they sued the singer for breach of contract, money due and owing, and unjust enrichment. Edward labelled himself an “addiction psychiatrist” who deals with “opiate dependence and treatment-resistant depression.” Courtney’s representative hasn’t commented on the issue yet.

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hemorrhage and has been hovering around less than 9 million viewers, a far cry from its heyday when 38 million people tuned in to

watch the season two finale with Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard. This season, for the first time ever, three finalists are duking it

out in the final week of the season—Clark Beckham, Nick Fradiani and Jax. The winner will be announced Wednesday on Fox.

Deepika is the new face of Tanishq

anishq has announced Bollywood diva Deepika Padukone as their brand ambassador. By bringing Deepika on board, Tanishq continues its journey of celebrating the value of true relationships. The star will be featured in a series of television films for Tanishq where she is seen sharing memorable moments with people she loves. Excited about her association with Tanishq, Deepika Padukone says, “It is an incredible honour for me! My relationship with Tanishq goes back many years to when I used to visit the Tanishq store in Bangalore with my family. I am happy to say that by shopping there over the years we have celebrated a great relationship and now with this association it is truly a marriage! I am looking forward to an amazing few

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ollywood actress Vidya Balan said she was labelled as jinxed in the industry as her projects were getting shelved. “My family went with the perception of Cinema of being big bad world. I told my parents that I will do one film and I will quit. I got signed for Malayalam film which was shelved. “Later there were about three films that I was part of which were shelved. I was labelled jinxed. I was thrown out of the film because of that,” Balan said at the ongoing ‘Women Economic Forum’ here. The ‘Parineeta’ protagonist said her initial struggle had a silver lining when her parents who were opposing her choice to be in the films, later wanted that at least one film of her should be completed. The 37-year-old actress said when she was going through a rough phase and was shooting a song for ‘Euphoria’ (band), she met Pradeep Sarkar (director of Parineeta) who offered her the film, which she thought would not be completed. “I met Pradeep Sarkar during shooting of Euphoria. He said I will do the film with you.. I said ‘kitne aye kitne gaye’ (so many came and went) I did not believe him but I later did Parineeta with him,” she recalled. “When I was growing up, I did not like my name because it was old fashioned. Every alternate girl had that name. My sister was Priya but still I liked her name,” the 37-year-old actress said. “It was much later that I began to appreciate the name that my parents have given me.. I started liking it when one of the guy told me that Vidya is such old world name and you are old world charm,” she said. “Only two things that they have held me together is my family and my faith. I am irreligious. I don’t pray to particular god but I pray to supreme God. I am eternally optimistic. I know that if the sun go down it has to come up,” she added. Vidya admitted that she came into the industry being a selfish odd girl. “I thought I was the best actress ever born. Parineeta convinced me. For someone who wanted one complete film, it was a big deal,” she said. “But slowly criticism started happening. I suddenly began to be criticised and there came a stage where everything I did or did not do was being criticised. I was completely confused,” Vidya said.

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years ahead with a brand I love.” Says Deepika Tewari, General Manager - Marketing, Jewellery Division, Titan Company Limited, “We are thrilled to have Deepika Padukone as a part of the Tanishq family today. She is the face of the Indian woman who is confident and progressive. She embodies Tanishq’s unique values of rooted progressive relationships. She is a woman of today who knows what she wants and makes her own choices, and at the same time is rooted and values relationships which is a mark of true progressiveness.” She further added, “Tanishq has always been synonymous with superior craftsmanship and flawless designs, and thus, we wanted an ambassador who is not only popular but also exemplifies perfection in whatever she does. Deepi-

group of young percussionists from an NGO left singer Ozzy Osbourne so impressed that he donated $10,000 to the non-profit group which they belonged to. The Louisville Leopard Percussionists NGO has students aged seven to 14 from nearly 50 schools in Kentucky. Osbourne donated the amount after he got impressed by a cover of his song done by the young percussionists. They performed his hit single “Crazy Train” and Osbourne watched their rendition on YouTube, reports aceshowbiz.com. “Myself, my whole family and my fans all loved your rendition of ‘Crazy Train’. Keep up the good work,” Osbourne said in a note to the group. The group also attracted the attention of musician Jimmy Page with their take on Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” back in February.

Taylor Swift admits ‘losing mom is her worst fear’

ka is a true reflection of all that Tanishq stands for and we look forward to a bright future together.” As brand ambassador, Deepika Padukone will be

a part of several campaigns and will make appearances at events around the world, adding pieces from Tanishq’s jewelry collections to her distinctive looks.

aylor Swift got emotional with a fan’s letter on Mother’s day and confessed that her worst fear is to lose her mother. Kaileen, a fan of the ‘Blank Space’ singer wrote on Tumbler that on Mother’s Day everyone spend time with their mothers and make them feel special, but she can’t do that as her mother passed away last year and she feels very empty without her nevertheless the singer’s hit song lurics helped the girl to bounce back, E! Online reported. The 25-year-old American singer relied back to her fan that she couldn’t even imagine what the girl must be feeling as she has lived through her worst fear, but she respected her ability to put forth a sweet disposition after been through something so dark and tragic and with all this she comforted her Kaileen by sending her lot of love and hugs. Notably, Swift’s mother Andrea Swift was recently diagnosed with cancer

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climb two Pakistan hope to renew India India spots to fourth cricket ties with series in UAE in test rankings

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KARACHI, MAy 11 (REUTERS): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Sunday it expects bilateral series with India to resume in the United Arab Emirates in December but there was no confirmation from its powerful crossborder counterpart. The series in the UAE will feature three tests, five one-dayers and two Twenty20 internationals, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said in Kolkata after meeting Indian board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya. "The security situation (in Pakistan) is improving fast but we know that right now India would not be able to come for a full tour," Khan told Headlines Today news channel. "We therefore have decided that we'd play in the

UAE," said Khan, adding the boards have signed a memorandum of understanding to play each other five times over eight years. India cancelled bilateral cricket series with its neighbour after Pakistani militants killed 166 people in Mumbai in 2008 but hosted Pakistan in 201213 for a short limited over series. "It's not that I'm hopeful, I'm very positive that we should resume our bilateral cricketing ties," Khan said. "If the approval of the government is required, fine, but we should make a very clear decision...the world wants to see Pakistan and India playing each other," he added. Pakistan have not hosted international cricket

since the 2009 attack on the visiting Sri Lankan team which forced them to play home matches in the UAE. Hosting the world's most followed cricket team is naturally a lucrative prospect for the PCB but there was no immediate commitment from the Indian board. "Regarding the resumption of bilateral cricket ties, it was felt that it is desirable to recommence such cricket contact," Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur said in a statement. "Since there are certain matters that need to be addressed and considered, it was decided to take appropriate steps. The two boards would be in regular touch and review the situation," Thakur added.

broke late in the third and closed it out at love in the final game. Sock, a 22-year-old American ranked a career-high 33rd this week, appeared to lose energy as the match wore on and couldn't deal with Simon's consistency â&#x20AC;&#x201D; committing twice as many unforced errors as the Frenchman (48-24). With the temperature at the Foro Italico soaring above 25 degrees Celsius (nearly 80 Fahrenheit), fitness was key on the red clay

courts. Tenth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov also played cleanly in a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Jerzy Janowicz of Poland. Dimitrov had only 11 unforced errors to Janowicz's 31. A semifinalist last year, Dimitrov improved to 9-3 on clay this year. Also, Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany beat Donald Young of the United States 6-4, 6-1. In women's play, 15thseeded Madison Keys defeated Madison Brengle 6-2, 6-4. A semifinalist at

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Clippers rout Rockets to take 3-1 series lead

DUbAI, MAy 11 (IANS): India on Monday gained four points and climbed two rungs in the ladder to rest at the fourth position in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test team rankings as heavy defeats against England and Australia in 2011-12 no longer count. South Africa have extended their advantage over Australia from six points to 22 points at the top of the rankings following the annual update, according to an ICC release.Prior to the annual update, the gap between the third and seventh ranked sides was seven points. Fifth-ranked England and sixth-ranked Pakistan have slipped on the ladder after dropping five points apiece. This is due to England's 4-0 win over India and Pakistan's 3-0 clean sweep over England among other results in 2011-12 being dropped from the rankings calculations. Eighth-ranked West Indies have gained five ratings points to reduce the gap with seventh-ranked Sri Lanka from 17 points to 12 points. Bangladesh have collected six points and Zimbabwe have dropped 13 points as the difference between the two bottomranked sides have increased to 34 points. As fifth-ranked England will take on New Zealand in a two-Test series starting on May 21 and sixth-ranked Pakistan travel to Sri Lanka next month for a threematch Test series, the series outcomes may well result in significant movements Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, left, is fouled by Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard as he shoots during the second half in Game 4 of a second-round NBA basketball on the rankings.

Simon, Dimitrov and Keys all advance at Italian Open

ROME, MAy 11 (AP): Gilles Simon of France took advantage of a few key double-faults by Jack Sock and rallied for a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 win Monday in the opening round of the Italian Open. Sock was up a break in the second set until his usual commanding serve deserted him. The 12th-seeded Simon quickly leveled the set and then jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the tiebreaker with the help of two double-faults by Sock. Simon, who has won 12 ATP titles in his career,

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the Australian Open, Keys served seven aces to Brengle's one. Also, Swiss player Timea Bacsinszky upset 11th-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-0 and improved to 26-5 this year; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia beat Sam Stosur of Australia 6-4, 7-5; and Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan eliminated Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 7-5, 6-1. The Italian Open is the last big warm-up tournament for the French Open, which starts May 24.

playoff series, Sunday, May 10, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

LOS ANGELES, MAy 11 (AP): Houston's strategy of intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooter DeAndre Jordan backfired in a big way. Jordan scored 26 points, making 14 of 34 free throws after attempting an NBA playoff-record 28 in the first half, and the Los Angeles Clippers won 128-95 on Sunday night to take a 3-1 series lead. Jordan had 17 rebounds. Blake Griffin added 21 points, J.J. Redick had 18 points and Chris Paul finished with 15 points and 12 assists in the Clippers' second straight blowout win in the best-of-7 West-

ern Conference semifinal series. ''They beat the hell out of us,'' Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. Los Angeles can advance to the conference finals for the first time in franchise history with a victory in Game 5 on Tuesday night in Houston. An impish Jordan flashed a grin from the bench in the fourth before turning deadly serious on the video board. By then, the game was all but over and fans began doing the wave in celebration. James Harden scored 21 points and Trevor Ariza added 18 for the Rock-

ets. Dwight Howard was held to seven points and six rebounds after picking up two fouls 3:40 into the game. That's when the Rockets decided to start forcing Jordan to the line, grinding the game to a virtual halt. Howard was ejected with 9:52 remaining in the game after getting called for a second technical. Jordan's first trip came 3:40 into the game. During one stretch, he made four straight visits to the line, keeping his cool but verbally expressing disgust. The fans detested the incessant fouling, too,

with some of them cursing McHale. The Rockets used their reserves to do most of the early fouling, with Clint Capela and Kostas Papanikolaou picking up four each. They barely touched Jordan, often just placing a hand on him, enough to trigger the referees' whistle. Jordan's 28 attempts - he made 10 - in the first half eclipsed the old mark of 27 by Shaquille O'Neal in 2000. The teams combined for 93 attempts - three less than in Game 2. Like they did in Game 3 on Friday night, the Clippers rode another big third quarter to victory, opening with a 29-7 run that extended their six-point halftime lead to 89-61. This time, it was a collective effort as six players contributed while Harden and Terry desperately tried to rally the Rockets with Howard and Ariza limited by fouls. Jordan and Paul jolted the crowd out of its doldrums with vintage Lob City antics. Jordan dunked on three straight possessions, the last two coming on thunderous one-handed jams fed by alley-oop passes from Paul. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was on his feet bellowing and shaking his fists in jubilation. Redick tossed in three 3-pointers, Game 3 hero Austin Rivers added another trey, and Paul beat the shot clock with a 3 of his own during the spurt. The Rockets' frustration boiled over, with Terrence Jones getting a technical for dragging Griffin to the court and Howard and Matt Barnes tangling arms. Howard and Ariza each picked up their fourth fouls, too. Howard got called for his fifth after the Clippers' run ended. He and Griffin got physical as Griffin went to the basket in a play that was reviewed but the call wasn't changed. Griffin went down hard on his back after Howard tried to stop his drive with his hands near Griffin's face and neck. Griffin elevated to the hoop with his left arm wrapped on Howard's shoulder.

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Real needs a comeback, Bayern a miracle in CL Joseph Wilson

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Real Madrid needs a comeback, Bayern Munich needs a miracle. Madrid just needs a 1-0 win at home over Juventus on Wednesday to put the Champions League titleholders back in the final - and probably set up the first "clasico" in club football's biggest game. Because no one expects Bayern Munich to overcome its 3-0 deficit against Barcelona in the second leg of their semifinal on Tuesday, meaning at least one of the fierce Spanish rivals is likely to be in Berlin on June 6. Here is a closer look Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, controls the ball past Valencia's Dani Parejo, from at this week's second-leg Spain during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday May 9. (AP Photo) semifinals: season. Juventus received old Pogba said. "We know six hours without a goal REAL MADRID-JUVENTUS a boost when Paul Pogba it's going to be really difficult. do not instill confidence Not so fast, say the Ital- returned from an injury- They're playing at home as that Bayern can mount ian champions. Juventus absence of 52 days and well so it's going to be even a remarkable comeback will aim to protect its 2-1 marked his comeback with harder for us but we want to against a Barcelona side advantage on Wednesday a goal to secure a 1-1 draw win and we'll do everything that has won eight games at the Santiago Bernabeu, against Cagliari on Satur- we can to win this match." in a row by the combined Massimiliano Allegri has a score of 28-1. after former Madrid for- day. Pogba, who had been full squad to choose from And not with Lionel ward Alvaro Morata and Carlos Tevez scored in their out since tearing a right and had the luxury of rest- Messi in top form. The Arthigh muscle at Borussia ing most of his regular play- gentina forward almost first meeting in Italy. But Cristiano Ronaldo Dortmund in the round ers over the weekend, having single-handedly destroyed snatched a valuable away of 16, was involved for won the Italian league the Bayern with his 52nd and 53rd goals of the season goal to salvage an other- an hour and the talented previous week. and an assist for Neymar in wise poor performance by young midfielder could BAYERN MUNICHthe first leg. the 10-time champions. play a key part at Madrid. "Ready for Madrid? I'm BARCELONA Since winning the That was the Ballon d'Or Four losses in a row and Bundesliga title, Bayern holder's 54th goal of the always ready," the 22-year-

has exited the German Cup on penalties to Borussia Dortmund, lost 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, been humbled at Barcelona, and on Saturday lost 1-0 at home to modest Augsburg in the league. Manager Pep Guardiola is going through his toughest period since taking over from Jupp Heynckes, who won the treble with Bayern in 2013. On Friday Guardiola testily answered a reporter's question with, "How many times has Bayern won the treble? Once. OK?" The Catalan hasn't been helped by injuries to Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery and David Alaba. Guardiola's friend and former teammate Luis Enrique does, however, have a chance to match Guardiola's feat in his first year at Barcelona by winning three major titles. Barcelona's 2-0 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday left it one win away from clinching the Spanish league title, and it is also set to play Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final. The victory over the weekend gave Luis Enrique 47 wins in 55 games this season, equaling a club record of 47 wins in 64 games set by Guardiola in 2011-12.

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