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And one who is thin am today in Doha keep you ictability is the I pected to have have lit a fire to keep themse her, be- cabin crew with the Qatar on ntaneous ought to love here g as a cabin crew”, The unpred job, I feel”, she furt soul of this s into the kers, who might eventually spread much commu- ways, Ajung Jamir has spo bit of it”, she says. workin pse Air s. had ry That little fire of hundreds of volunteers and douse off ensively travelled the eve cribing her two she say she got into it, throws glim crew. ext to in ore Des trol t con bes refirmly yond the h Qatar Bef ther recalls that life of a cab ir would detrying their has wit e y but wer rne o rld, jou wh wo rs’ to her yea ark- she fur ion to her was Ajung Jam a people nity members ed rem und te ing gro qui d sum as ine s e- Airway on to share this profess a week, con , ma be herself as elabothe fire. her, it is extrem s had raged on for reports pretty face, scri The forest fire flora and fauna. According to t the roots. 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This being aland. and-combat aer By Sandemo res tha bt I contained Ngullie n as re are first tested in Nag forest fire, also d news to have the raging fire end here. as she sha taught me about which I dou I been home she joined, eve o knew said, of course, the my While it’s goo issue of forest fire does not terms elling has respect- it have had, had people goes on to add, “wh ally times when I require st inion d in the and on the 7th day, make us think where we stan lly speak- humility to respect and just among le with.” about being profess , or se- "quiet space" (I’ll be is taught me how on board I am comfortab re- trained on first aid a sane without it), and this Rather, it should environment, which, technica equally a cleanerCEO of my To this end, she also pro- curing a certificate andven the time I read, write and of protecting our nt rece the gi her the is in of ing, is our life. ble loss of biodiversity eration as I would members one college, license before one y? 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Imagine sed by a question a strange ?", it him because I now rea as erything that is thrown at , dal and aloo fry dinrice cau from lved consumed in justtake us to rebuild the loss, "where are you nt to know ize how I have evo fes- you.” ch. Once these re are ner or lun accomplished, this pro importa longer would it . Apparently, the call upon is very ls are ntity, a person and fire small spark of t the state government had to of the lack one's roots and ide or sion has also helped me no normal days for a cabin goa is out and about Doha, she un’ is ls. The fact tha the fire is also reflection y. That to remain grounded, ht spree, skil of hone my PR tain mit crew. “Each flig it on a movie the Centre to conhanism to deal with such cala ed we are else we will be just one m Yet, when she was a dictable in its own way, be ng, reading a book of our own mec the question of how prepar hanisms the faces that serve the kid, nobody would have pre nks to the passengers. shoppi room or just catchas cabin to mec tha t us her be in her y are working to save . the pas- in also brings strike. Putting governmen y and re- chicken with rice.” not only The imagined her to with her friends and won’t matter to when disasters ing else but it is also the dutsaving the One would think the es today. 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“If the Government of India (GoI) is serious about the Naga political issue, then where are the results?” questioned a student at the 26th NSF General Conferre ence at Khonoma, which nt Ce b Jo d an Nagal Nagaland debated on the seriousness Job Opening in You have 9 and you 7? Ah, how(1 post) of the GoI to solve the Naga 1. Cook wonderful. Me? Well, i have11... political issue, on May 14. n 10+2 (1 post) yea, 6 girls and 5 boys. 2. HosOrtelGraWaduardete The debate included RN (non-Local) 3. 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Applications are Assistant (District) under the duate from any discipline from as er be given 50% fee on 3rd March 2014. gra put be ll Com sha 35 years of age t n cum n ces atio LDA took part in the session. wisdom, good wishes the qualific mbetween not more tha etion, men imu Class commen dialectics and ern rs min • The gov yea The 4 21 stat n 142 1. . the tha 5485 / 943509 puter application candidate should not be less erned by existing policy of tact: 897442 diploma in com imufraught—an m age of a “The Government of India and head above all your prayers.” limit will be gov information con has been Fortwo y signed by the 2. The min relaxation of the upper age dul Sd/ ate 9 tific 358 Cer 297 nts. on” .The / 961 on 31.01.2014 physically Handicapped applica uired to furnish “No Objecti notireq also conveyed accepted the Naga political issue of bitterness Government as Ravi employees and Government employees are which icy of the state 3. Serving name and official seal. shall be as pr the existing pol h the Di- Narendra Modi is exes wit to Trib ed ent rd ress artm kwa add that issue, which is proof that it has made itofdepmore licant and n of seats of bac compliapp atio the erv by ed Res 4. duly sign ents:in plain paper R Department. fied by the P&A lications may be submitted ied by the following docum tremely concerned about is serious about solving the cated,” he added. 5. The App & Commerce, and accompan mark sheet. of Industries of HSLC/P.U/Graduate with the Naga issue. “I have seen issue. Solution cannot be Stressingrector•on Admit Cards a frameity. hor Aut petent tificate • Birth Cer ous Certificate issued by Com pain and concern in his by the barrel of the gun but work Fowhere must • ST/Indigen Certificate. ge. of han ce er exc r batch 20AGE14 INCOME “Nagas offi put ent the in ved • Com n Card of the employm s shall be recei date for receiving ATION • Registratio sword photographs. pos. 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The applications sho - PER 10 TO S 20500/ 59 Incomplete ies & Commerce, during be received after the specifie be summarily rejected. 6. which, DUATE OR YEAR MONTH ll the Naga issue to are divided, the division we sible it will MALE / FEMALE GRAextent,” whichresolve ate of Industr 4.No applications shahe t ctor hou T wit Dire ALEN nt V the EQUI of the applica ll be 24-04-201 applications sha of Contact Number and Address the maximum satisfaction have is our own creation,” re) thought, can be contain details attained .ThekrunietuoKi merce T -(Er AC Sd/ NT CITIZEN UMBRELLA CO LS ustries & Com FOR DETAI“honesty Directorate of Ind happiness of the Nasaid Benlo from the Rengthrough of pur- and Wholesalers may contact S HILL KOHIMA ’ ER C FI OF gas,” said Ravi. 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During the debate, serted that the GoI is not Two ‘facts’ highlighted Poll QuEsTion by Ravi were the long his- Kekhrie Yhome, as a critic, serious, as a concrete soluVote on www.morungexpress.com tory of the Nagas’ strong focused on the wounded tion would come have up sMs your answer to 9862574165 sense of independence, pride of the Nagas and ex- now without having to apHave Nagaland State and that Naga areas have pressed the need for talks point an interlocutor. politicians given up “We have seen four been within the political on equal terms. democratic values and different interlocutors “What is pertinent is that map of India for too long. principles for power, “Facts have to be accepted land and people are always without solution but just prestige and status? and we must find ways on involved,” said Kekhrie. He ceasefire. Ceasefire is not how to reconcile with the mentioned the need for resolution. How can we Yes no others two,” asserted Ravi, stress- view of fiscal policies, the claim that the GoI is seriing on the need for the hon- GoI to be more proactive on ous when the core issue is esty of processes that is political statements, defrag- not discussed at any level? morally legitimate and po- mentation of India’s position The core issue here is soverPress statements, memoto Nagas with a holistic ap- eignty. If GoI is serious why litically vibrant. randums, articles, reports He then said that “Modi proach, open talks and inte- not allow a referendum of and news related documents should be sent to

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12 hr Assam bandh today DIMAPUR, MAY 14 (MExN): A 12 hour Assam Bandh has been called on May 15 from 5:00am to 5:00pm by the All Assam Adivasi Students union. Dimapur Police has issued a travel Advisory to commuters urging them to avoid travelling through the state during the duration on the bandh. Police further said that the districts of Jorhat and Golaghat are “vulnerable to violence.”

Congress legislators meet AICC leaders Morung Express news Dimapur | May 14

The eight Congress legislators, who were suspended by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on May 10 for joining the TR Zeliang government, are in Delhi to meet senior Congress leaders to plead their case. AICC had given them seven days to respond to a show cause notice as to why no action should be initiated against them for defying their directives and joining a government which has BJP as an ally.

According to a source from the Congress camp, the eight Congress legislators have already met some key leaders of the Indian National Congress including Oscar Fernandes and Ahmed Patel. The legislators reportedly want the central leaders to come to a middle ground and allow them to continue in Zeliang’s government as Congress legislators. At the meeting, Fernandes and Patel reportedly refused to dilute their stand and categorically

advised the legislators to withdraw from the TR Zeliang government and continue in the opposition. The source said the Congress legislators want to gather the opinion of other AICC leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and AK Anthony, adding they are expected to meet them either on Friday or Saturday. If the central leaders are not forthcoming, the legislators will return to Dimapur to consult with their supporters in the Congress on the next step, the source further added.

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DIMPAPUR, MAY 14 (MExN): Dimapur Police on Wednesday recovered the dead body of an unidentified woman from the railway tracks in Dimapur. A press release from the Dimapur Police informed that the woman was “run-over by a moving train” and her body was mutilated. After conducting legal formalities, the body was shifted to Civil Hospital Morgue Dimapur for post mortem examination and identification. The woman was found wearing a blue blouse, informed the police.

DIMAPUR, MAY 14 (MExN): The State Government has constituted a two tier committee for three major projects in the state, namely the construction of New Railway Line from Dhansiri (Assam) to Zubza-Thizama, construction of Four Lane Road (Dimapur to Kohima) and construction of International Standard Airport at Razaphema. A press release by Aolemla Jamir, additional development commissioner, planning & co-ordination department said

the ‘State Level Committee (Policy & Monitoring Issues)’ for construction of the above three major projects headed by Neiba Kronu, parliamentary secretary, planning, evaluation and monitoring cell held its first meeting on Thursday at the Additional Chief Secretary & Development Conference hall, Nagaland Civil Secretariat. Chairing the meeting, Kronu asked all the concerned ministries and departments in the state to expedite their allotted work and also seek help of

concerned deputy commissioners, especially in acquiring the land and payment of land compensations. It was further decided that the committee shall take up matters to expedite the survey works for the Dimapur to Tizit Railway as it is already approved by the Ministry. The committee also decided to press all concerned departments and the deputy commissioners to survey the proposed International Standard Airport at Razaphema by consulting the landowners.

independence, allowing the Nagas to vote on their own?” questioned Philo from the Poumai Students’ Union. On the other hand, Vesuto Medeo, PGSU Lumami, rued that the result of ceasefire is peace and sufficed that the Naga issue can only be solved when Nagas come together and not in groups. Further affirming that the GoI should negotiate in a democratic process, he questioned, “How can we demand when we are split into groups. Are we Nagas really serious?” Viewing that seriousness needs commitment and a time bound solution, Masopan Kasar of the Naga Students’ Union, Shillong stated that neither the recognition of the Naga political issue nor the presence of RN Ravi at the conference is enough until one walks the talk. “Over the past 60 years, India has made mistakes and we have made mistakes too. The bitterness of the past has poisoned the Indo-Naga relations for a very long time,” stated Aolemla Imsong from the Ao Students’ Conference. She asserted that playing the blame game needs to stop and that the issue is “not just Naga integration but Indian integration too.” “The GoI treating the 9 point agreement between the Nagas and India as invalid is a first proof of their lack of seriousness. How can they be serious when they are treating the Naga political issue as law and order problem, giving it a military treatment,” stated Ruth Vizo from the Angami Students’ Union. She also cited the arrest of Anthony Shimray in 2010 while on his way to peace talks. “They are treating our struggle as terrorism,” she added.

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the past, we all need to forgive one another, because, directly or indirectly, we are all part of the system, which has brought about the present situation,” he said, adding that only from that position of mutual forgiveness, can the people move forward, towards their goal for a better future.

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Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today stated that the unresolved Naga political issue has become a hindrance to the socio-economic development of the state. “Therefore early resolution of the Naga political issue has become the common concern for all of us, including the students and the youth, because it is their future which is at stake,” Zeliang said, while addressing the inaugural session of the 26th NSF General Conference here this morning. He said that with the Naga political issue dragging on for more than six decades, the present and future generations of Nagas are moving towards an uncertain destination. In the meantime, the Naga nationalist groups, instead of uniting for the common

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Naga cause, are dividing themselves into more and more groups, which is having adverse impacts on the socio -economic activities of the people, he added. “Our state has lots of potentials for different kinds of investments. However, investors will have second thought before coming to our land because of the prevailing investment environment,” he said. The CM further assured that the GoI has expressed serious commitment to resolve the Naga political issue. Zeliang then urged the NSF to pressurize the GoI and Naga nationalist groups for early solution to the Naga political issue, which, he said, alone can bring permanent peace in Nagaland. “Naga society today needs a healing touch and unity, both in the overground and underground politics and in the civil societies. To heal the wounds of

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DIMAPUR, MAY 14 (MExN): The Assam Rifles today stated that the “true face of NSCN (K) has been exposed in last fortnight,” referring to the May 3 ambush on AR personnel at Changlangshu, Mon district. A press release from the PRO, Assam Rifles, HQ DGAR, Shillong termed the attack as a “ghastly act”

which showed “extreme cowardice as the soldiers were ambushed when they had gone to fetch water and were not in combat.” It added that the NSCN (K) has “thoroughly let the Naga people down by not only abrogating its ceasefire with the Government of India but also by its shameful acts of intimidating people through violence and in-

stigating the security forces to retaliate against it in crowded areas putting the lives of the common people on roads to risk.” The AR further alleged that the “NSCN (K) with its Myanmar based leadership is mainly interested in extortion & has nothing to do with resolution of the Naga political conflict.” It further termed the May 3

ambush as an “indirect attack on the local populace of Mon and was aimed to disrupt and disturb the peaceful environment in the area.” It added that such incidents will impact the Government of India’s Look East Policy and further raised questions on the NSCN (K) approach to conflict resolution.

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Modi and Xi focus on ‘trust building’

XIAN, MAY 14 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today began a threeday visit to China from this north west city, the hometown of Chinese President Xi Jinping with whom he held "very substantive" discussions focussing on strengthening of mutual trust and the boundary issue. On his first visit to China since assuming office last year, Modi was warmly greeted by Xi, who set aside protocol to receive a foreign dignitary outside Beijing in replay of the Indian leader's gesture in September last when he welcomed the Chinese President in his hometown Ahmedabad. Even as mutual warmth was apparent, Modi raised the question of some USD

46 billion investment by China in an economic corridor passing through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), about which India had protested. The investments were announced during Xi's visit to Pakistan last month. Another ticklish issue reportedly raised by Modi concerns the issuance of stapled visas by China to residents of Arunachal Pradesh, which the Chinese claim to be a part of southern Tibet, a claim totally rejected by India. For the record, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said the "very substantive talks" between the two leaders covered subjects ranging from political, economic and global issues like ter-

rorism, UNSC reforms and India's membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). "On the political side, there was a lot of discussion on strengthening trust and increasing convergence," he said while briefing media on the 90-minute delegation-level talks without taking any questions. He said the two leaders discussed the boundary issue, including peace and tranquility, besides trans-border rivers. The boundary issue has been a sticking point in the relations between the two major Asian countries and both are making efforts to settle it through Special Representatives' talks. The Special Representatives have held 18 rounds of dis-

cussions so far. Talking about the atmospherics at the meeting, the third in a year between Modi and the all-powerful Xi, who is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party, Jaishankar said, "the atmosphere was very comfortable. "So, in the sense it was building on the chemistry between the two of them which started last September." On the economic front, Modi and Xi discussed the issue of trade deficit, which is in favour of China to the tune of USD 38 billion, and ways to address it. They also talked about the investment climate and challenges of reforms, Jaishankar said. Related story on page 8

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Mon, May 14 (DIPR): In order to obtain clean electoral roll, awareness and sensitisation programme on NRRPAP for AEROs, Supervisors and BLOs of Mon district under SVEEP Campaign 2015 was held at council hall, Mon on May 14. Asserting that BLOs are the custodian and guardian of the E-Roll, the Deputy Commissioner, Mon W. Honje Konyak called upon the BLOs to own the E-Roll as their own child to maintain and protect it and at the same time to analysis and update it regularly to ensure clean E-Roll as desired by the ECI. “The BLOs must know how many electoral has Aadhaar card and check whether information furnished in these cards are correct or not,” he cited. Maintaining that E-Roll is the main basis of political system and defective E-Roll means unfair election Honje said, “clean or dirty election depends upon the role and responsibility of the BLOs, Supervisors and AEROs.” “Refining E-Roll en-

NSDA Energy Conservation prog cover schools in Mkg Morung Express News Mokokchung | May 14

AEROs, Supervisors and BLOs of Mon district with representatives from various NGOs and DC Mon during the programme on NRRPAP held on May 14. (DIPR Photo)

sures clean election and our cry for clean election would be in vain without purifying the E-Roll,” he added. He urged the AEROs to supervise the Supervisors and the BLOs to ensure that special camps are conducted as scheduled in their respected polling station with positive response from the mass. Citing EPIC linking with Aadhaar card, he said both the cards are equally required for obtaining facilities and benefits from Government and private agencies besides

election. KU President Manlip Konyak in his speech said, “With the advancement of technology there is no room to conceal the facts” and urged the BLOs to be active and educate the ignorant public in cleaning the E-Roll. He also said that multiple entries have denied genuine voters for enrollment due to limited forms issued by the department. He also thanked the administration for conducting the awareness program for the people of the

district. KNSK President Lomei in her short speech said, “failure to conduct doorto-door campaign has led to entry of wrong information and urged the BLOs to conduct door to door campaign.” She urged the BLOs not to work under the influence of wine or politicised the campaign. She assured that KNSK is ready to extend any assistance if the BLOs so required. KSU President Longai Wangnao said informed that the presences of NGOs

in the programme indicate that they are willing to support and cooperate with the BLOs in cleaning the ERoll without any hesitation. He also said that wrong entry of information in the Aadhaar and EPIC would hamper the career of the students in the future. The resource persons Pakon Phom, SDO civil Phomching & Master trainer and Thejavizo Nakhro EAC Mon Sadar & Master Trainer led the technical session. They spoke on NERPAP, consti-

tutional and legal provision of election matters respectively. The programme concluded with interaction and question hours. T AEROs, Supervisors and more than 200 BLOs from nine constituency of Mon District attended the program, which was chaired by ADC Mon MA Shihah A. Deputy Commissioner W Honje Konyak initiated the training program after realizing the seriousness and importance of clean E-Roll for the people of the district.

A one day ‘Energy Conservation Awareness Programme’ organized by the Nagaland State Designated Agency (NSDA), Government of Nagaland at two different schools, Mayangnokcha Higher Secondary School, Mokokchung and Model Higher Secondary School Mokokchung on May 14 at Mokokchung. Six different schools participated in the awareness programme, which included Mayangnokcha Hr. Sec School, Children School, Imsutemjen Hr. Sec School, Model Hr. sec School, Jubilee Memorial Hr. Sec School and Edith Doughlas Hr. Sec School. Nilanjan Bose, Consultant, NSDA and Arnab Chakraborty, Assistant Director Bengal Chamber of Commerce of Industry, were the two resource person at the awareness programme. A paper on Energy conservation was

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presented to the students where Nilanjan Bose talked on how energy can be conserved in our day-today activities. The paper also covered topics on how the demand of energy is increasing with the growth of population and how we should be more conscious to save energy. Arnab Chakraborty gave a detailed explanation on understanding the energy label in everyday domestic electrical appliances that we use. The attention of the students in the seminar was tested through a quiz competition were various questions were asked from the papers presented. Meyimenla chaired the programme, the welcome address and the introductory speech of the programme was given by Er. P.T. Philip, Senior Electrical Inspector, Government of Nagaland and the vote of thanks was pronounced by Er. T.K. Haldar, Electrical Inspector, Government of Nagaland

AKM & DBM to provide USGOU and LRD organises health camp at Longmatra free admission service Morung Express News

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Mokokchung, May 14 (MExn): Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) and EduAide Career & Counseling Service under Divine Bridge Ministries (DBM) will provide free guidance and assistance service for students seeking admission in Delhi NCR and different parts of North India. The service will be provided in the following course: Medicine (MBBS), Dentistry (BDS/MDS), Engineering (All Branches), Horticulture & Agri, Nursing, Pharmacy, Paramedical, Law, Polytechnic, Management (MBA/BBA), Hotel management, Journalism & Mass com-

munication, Fine Arts & Fashion Design, Animation, Civil Service Coaching. For more information and guidance, interested students and parents can contact the following: Akummeren Longchar, Vice President, AKM - 09206321473; Supongchiten, Founder Director, DBM – +91 9718225382, +91 9868893821, 01126193821; AKM office Mokokchung; Diphupar – 9612739800 (Diphupar Naga Students’ Union office Dimapur), ANCSU – 8974744939 (ANCSU office Kohima). Application form will be available from May 18.

INTCWS free career guidance on May 18 DIMaPuR, May 14 (MExn): India Northeast Tribal Community Welfare Society (INTCWS), Dimapur, under the aegis of its education wing, Libra Consultancy, will be organising its annual free career guidance and Admission Counseling at the office of the Angami Students Union, Kohima, near All India Radio, on May 18 from 10 am to 2.00 pm. for different courses like Medical, Nursing, Engineering, B.Sc. Agri, Forestry, PG, Degree, LLB, Class 11, etc It will also provide counseling for failed and drop-out

students in relevant courses/ trainings etc. This free counseling will help the students to gather information about their career options depending on their interest, aptitudes and skills and felicitate them to select the recognized universities/ colleges across India and avail admissions as per university norms. Interested students and parents from Kohima and nearby places are requested to bring Xerox documents, passport photo to avail this free service. For any query, contact @ 9612160086 or visit www.intsociety.org

ACVA Wokha unit turns 1 Wokha, May 14 (MExn): The All Commercial Vehicle Association (ACVA) Wokha District comprising of Truck, Bus, Mini Tata, Tata Mobile, Taxi and Wokha District Auto Union (WDAU) will commemorate turning 1 year old on May 16 with the theme, “Each Endeavouring, All Achieving”. A press release received here informed that the programme will commence from 11:00 AM at New Stadium side near ITI (Niropen colony). T. Chumrenthung Lotha, NPS Superintendent of Police, Wokha, will be the chief guest on the occasion. ACVA informing that on May 16, there will be no entry or exit point for any Wokha bound commercial vehicle except delegates from Dimapur and Lotha Lower Range (that too they will have to obtain a car pass from the volunteers). ACVA Wokha directed all local commercial vehicles plying inside Wokha town to stay off the road till 3:00 PM. Stern action will be taken on defaulters, ACVA Wokha warned.

International Nurses Day in Longleng LongLEng, May 14 (MExn): International Nurses Day was celebrated in Longleng, organised by the Trained Nurses Association, Longleng unit on May 12. The theme of the Day for this year was, “Nurse: A force for change: Care effective, Cost effective.” Dr. Renpon in his speech appreciated the TNA, Longleng unit for organising such an important programme in a befitting manner and encouraged them to continue to do the good works. Ajung, Nursing in-charge spoke on the significance of the International Nurses Day. The programme chaired by Handijungla had invocation prayer by Shaülaü, scripture reading by Lithei, and special song by Choiom. Nyamlei and Bauchu also spoke on the occasion. Meanwhile, the nurses of the district visited the district hospital and distributed gifts to the patients after the programme, informed a press release. C M Y K

The medical team along with members of United Sangtam Gazette Officers Union and Department of Land Resources, Kiphire during the health camp held on May 14. (Morung Photo)

apart from performing just within the framework of the guideline the citizens benefit a lot.” Sharing gratitude to the medical team, the USGOU officials the special guest also said, “serving men is

NGHSSEA one day seminar kohIMa, May 14 (MExn): The Nagaland Government Higher Secondary School Employees Association will organize one day seminar on the theme “Challenges & prospects of Higher Secondary Education in Nagaland; reflects on the HSSLC & HSLC result of 41 GHSS”, on May 27 at 10:00am at Hotel De

Oriental Grand, High School Road Kohima. Minister School education & SCERT Yitachu will be the Chief Guest and Commissioner & Secretary FP Solo the guest of honour whereas Chairman NBSE Asano Sekhose will be the resource person of the second session. A press release issued by Visezü Thakro, Publicity & info secretary, NGHSSEA informed that joint director (HDS), Deputy director/DDEO (HS), Assistant director/Principal, Vice principal, two PGT’s from each GHSS are compulsory to attend the seminar on the day. All the members are directed to reach the venue latest by 9:30 am.

Ban on hunting of birds and wild animal LongLEng, May 14 (MExn): The public under Longleng district is notified that hunting of birds and wild animal within the jurisdiction of Longleng district is strictly prohibited. Deputy Commissioner of Longleng Nikhashe Sema in a press release said that violation of this directive would amount to taking necessary action as per law.

BJP Wokha District MSA launch Wokha, May 14 (MExn): The Bharatiya Janata Party Wokha District has convened the launching programme of Maha Sampak Abhiyan (MSA) on May 16 at 2:30 pm. Dr. TM Lotha BJP MLA has consented to be the chief guest. All the Mandals President, Convener, Co-convener and party workers are being requested to attend. BJP Wokha District General Secretary (Admn) N. Nchumbemo Jami in a press release informed that District President, General Secretary, Convener MSA can be contacted for the venue.

Upper Agri Council destroys illegal IMFL kohIMa, May 14 (DIPR): Upper Agri Council Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer along with elders, youth and women members destroyed confiscated illegal IMFL liquor near the premises of the Council Hall on May 13. Council members and youth being ever so vigilant to prevent anti-social activities, on receiving information about sale of liquor, caught the defaulters, confiscated the assorted liquor and gave stern warning. Treasurer of Upper Agri Council, Ato Kichu reiterated that

in itself is serving God and there is no other nobler job better than to save the mankind and express happiness to see that such noble programme has reach the area where many are to be benefitted.

The special guest also advise the citizens gathered to avail the best opportunity of the day as medical facility is brought to the doorstep which is a rare opportunity.” Muralen, General Sec-

NERPAP special camp for Kohima on May 16

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The United Sangtam Gazette Officers Union (USGOU) today organised a health camp sponsored by Department of Land Resources, Kiphire coinciding with the 8th general session of USGOU starting this evening at Longmatra town. James Khulu Tikhir EAC Longmatra was the special guest declaring the health camp open. Inaugurating the programme the special guests said, the initiative of the USGOU in organising the health camp is very encouraging, which not only educates the people in the area but also shows the concern for health sector which is neglected most. Expressing gratitude to the Land Resources department for sponsoring health camp by way of providing medicine the special guest also said, “If other department can also take up such initiative

retary, USGOU while delivering the welcome address expressed gratitude to the Department of Land Resources Kiphire for venturing together for this noble profession by way of providing all the necessary medicine and added since the inception of the USGOU this is the first initiative where health camp is organised. The General Secretary also said advice the citizens to take care of one’s health, as health in itself is wealth. Chairing the program Levi Keor Assistant General Secretary USGOU said, “The objective of the health camp is to benefit the citizens who could not avail health facility.” Also added, this is made possible due to the service rendered by the Dr Apong, Dr Holiba and Dr Dheni and the support of the department of Land resources and express gratitude. Hundreds of patient from 11 villages availed the health facility.

the Council members and youth have decided to keep the colony liquor free and will not allow any resident of Upper Agri Colony to sell liquor. He also reminded about the standing order of the Government which bans sale of liquor. The Council members, youth and women of Upper Agri Council are also vigilant so that no immoral activities, theft, noise pollution by vehicles, cleaning vehicles in the main road takes place.

CEAF disbursement from May 15 kohIMa, May 14 (MExn): All concerned beneficiaries and the authorities of their respective educational institutions under the District Education Officer, Kohima are informed that disbursement of Scholarship/Nagaland Stipends and Special Stipends under Children Education Assistance Fund (CEAF) of the Academic Session 2014 is being disbursed beginning from May 15 from the office of the DEO Kohima during office hours.

kohIMa, May 14 (DIPR): Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer, Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor IAS has informed that the second special camp for the National Electoral Rolls Purification and Authentication programme (NERPAP) will be organizing in all the polling stations under Kohima district on May 16 from 10:00 to 4 P.M. Collection of Aadhar and Electors Photo Identity Card numbers along with mobile / e-mail Id of

the electors, voluntary disclosure by the electors concerned for having multiple registration of name in the electoral roll and filling up Form-7 for deletion, correction of errors of particulars entered in electoral roll, replacement of mismatched photo or bad quality photo and inclusion of name in electoral roll who are left out shall be taken up during the special camp day. He inform to the general public of Kohima district to contact their respective polling station BLOs and

visit the polling station on special camp day. The DC & DEO also directed the area Administrative Officers/AEROs, the supervisors and the BLOs to inform their respective areas people and organize the special camp .Commissioner & Secretary for soil & water conservation, T.Nungsang Ao, who is also the Nagaland & Special Observer of the Election Commissioner of India for Kohima, district in-charge, will be visiting to polling station during the camp.

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Excise team seize IMFL, drugs kohIMa, May 14 (MExn): A surveillance team from the Department of Excise and Prohibition seized 122 cases of IMFL at Khuzama Excise Check Post on April 20 – a record for Khuzama Check Post, since the Excise took over from the Narcotic Cell, Excise Dimapur in June 2014. Also on May 7, the same team made another record seizure of 3,36,600 tablets of Alzopram which were concealed in blankets and baby shoes at Khuzama Excise Check Post. In tandem the same day, 110 kgs of contraband ganja were seized at Piphema area. The surveillance team was formed in the month of April by the Superintendent of Excise and Prohibition, Kohima, to prevent and check the illegal flow of drugs and alcohol in the state capital and its adjoining places.

NERPAP 2nd special camp in Mkg Mokokchung, May 14 (DIPR): Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer, Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel has informed that the 2nd special camp day for the ongoing National Electoral Roll Purification & Authentication Programme (NERPAP) for Mokokchung district will be held on May 17 (i.e Sunday) in all the polling station location. Therefore, all the Booth Level Officers are directed to be present at their respective polling station location on the said day.

Mobile Medical Unit, a project of Community Educational Centre Society Dimapur along with the MSW students of Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong conducted free medical camp at Merangkong Village under Mokokchung district on May 12.

Mopong Circle to remain under Tobu Sub-Division

Mon, May 14 (MExn): Mopong circle comprising of 12 Village Councils including Mopong Town and four un-recognised villages namely; Ukha, Mopong, Yakshu, Kenchenshu, Changnyu, Yonghong, Yei, Yaphang, Ukha Lampong, Changkhong, Angjen and Shajongwe held a meeting at EAC Mopong HQ on May 11. The meeting unani-

mously resolved that since time inception of local administration the Mopong Range known as Tobu Area Ochan Hongkoang was under the administration of ADC Tobu and firmly resolved to remain so. Taking into consideration the benefits and convenient of the general public economically, Socially and educationally the 12 villages councils

will remain under one umbrella within the administration of ADC Tobu whatsoever,” stated the Konyak Union Unit Mopong President Yangkon Konyak in a press release. The meeting was attended by all the Village Council Chairman’s, VCMs, GBs, KNSK, NGOs and Public Leaders of Mopong Circle.

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1 Killed & 5 injured in Patsoi area, indefinite curfew clamped Our Correspondent Imphal | May 14

One person was killed and five injured during a mob violence incident that broke out at 2:00pm at Patsoi area here today, as volatile situation continues following killing of two labourers allegedly by the Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF) on May 10. However the police said the situation was under control and they are on high alert to prevent any untoward incidents. Earlier, the Imphal West district administration had earlier clamped a section 144 and indefinite curfew in Patsoi area from 11:30 AM today.

Local residents of Patsoi Part-3 have enforced an indefinite bandh along National Highway-37 (Imphal-Jiribam road) since yesterday over the alleged killing of Moirangthem Dayanand (20yrs) and Maibam Premananda (21 yrs) by the KRF. On Thursday, angry protesters in Patsoi area torched one Bolero jeep for defying the strike. Last night, blockade supporters also burned down at least vehicles here in the area. A 12-year-old boy from Haobam Marak in Imphal West is now undergoing treatment at a hospital here after he was severely beaten up by the KRF. Dayananda, Premananda

and the boy were reportedly kidnapped by the KRF on May 10 in Mapao Khullen under Saikul Police Station in Senapati district. The outfit has claimed that the trio worked for the militant group Kangleipak Communist Party-Nando group and that the two died during interrogation. Mapao Khullen is located about 21 KM from here. The bodies of the two labourers were retrieved by police from Thingsat village which is about 7 km from Mapao Khullen on May 12. The KRF, a signatory to suspension of operation, has its designated camp at Thingsat. KRF in a statement owned up responsibility for the death clari-

fied that the victims were members of KCP-Nando group and the public and the security forces knew that KCP cadres have frequently resorted to firing and indulged in extortion activities in Mapao area. However, the KRF charges have been refuted by the public of Patsoi and many social organizations and maintained that the victims were engaged in iron wielding works in Mapao Khullen while the boy stays at Mapao Khulen at his grandmother’s home. Imphal West district administration clamped the section 144 and indefinite curfew in the vulnerable areas of Langjing

Achouba and New Keithelmanbi to prevent deterioration of the situation. Many civil society organizations have strongly condemned the killing and sought Government intervention as the the situation tends to go out of control. United Committee Manipur (UCM) and All Manipur United Clubs’ Organisation (AMUCO) has warned the Government that Manipur could be in flame if the current situation created by the killing of the two labourers is not tackled well on time. The p olice yesterday claimed to have arrested eight KRF militants in connection with the killing.

An egret feeds its young on a tree on the banks of the River Brahmaputra in Guwahati on Thursday, May 14. The arrival of egrets usually indicates the beginning of the monsoon season in this region. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

CPI-M threatens stir if new Tripura governor crosses limit A g A r tA l A , M Ay 14 (IANS):Tripura's ruling CPI-M on Thursday threatened to launch a mass movement if newly appointed Governor Tathagata Roy crosses his constitutional limit. "We welcome (Tathagata) Roy as governor of Tripura. Like the previous Congress government, the BJPled NDA government at the Centre is appointing their leaders as governors of various states," Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tripura state secretary Bijan Dhar

told reporters. "If the new governor crosses his constitutional limit, the CPI-M would launch a mass movement against him," Dhar said. Dhar, also a CPI-M central committee member, said: "We believe that Roy as the governor of Tripura would cooperate with the Left Front government and discharge his constitutional duties." Meanwhile, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said he was consulted by the central government about the appointment of the new governor.

Opposition parties, including the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress, welcomed the new governor. "We expect that the new governor will uphold the human and basic rights of the people in Tripura," BJP's Tripura unit president Sudhindra Dasgupta said. Congress leader Sudip Roy Barman and state Congress working president Ashish Saha, welcoming Roy in Tripura, hoped that the new governor would ensure justice for

the common people. President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday appointed 70-year-old Roy, a former president of the BJP's West Bengal unit, as the 16th governor of Tripura. Roy will replace Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya, who is also the governor of Nagaland and Assam. Roy, a civil engineer, on Wednesday tweeted that as he takes up his new responsibility as a governor, there will be "no more political tweets".

Arunachal MP urges PM Narendra Modi to raise ‘border and visa’ issues with China MISSING

ItANAgAr, MAy 14 (PtI): Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh Ninong Ering today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raise the issues of “border dispute and staple visa” during his visit to China. “It would be unfortunate if the Indo-China border issue was kept out of the Prime Minister’s agenda of discussion,” said Ering, the Congress MP from Arunachal East constituency. The Prime Minister should also raise the staple visa issue, he said in a state-

Biomass pellets stove comes to Assam guwAhAtI, MAy 14 (PtI): A smokeless stove fuelled by biomass pellets that converts into heat replacing LPG gas cylinders was introduced in Assam today. Demonstrating the functioning of the stove, Monmi Das, Director of Blue Bird Express promoting the stove in the Northeast, said the environmentfriendly stove would replace the toxic effects of traditional open-fire stoves. The pellet fuels are made from compressed organic matter or biomass, including industrial waste and co-products, food waste, agricultural residues, energy crops and virgin lumber, she informed. She said the pellets cost Rs 22 per kg while a 14.2 kg non-subsidised domestic gas cylinder cost Rs 48 per kg and a 19 kg non-subsidised commercial gas cylinder cost Rs 95 per kg.

Arunachal restarts 5 defunct projects ItANAgAr, MAy 14 (PtI): Despite funds crunch, the Arunachal Pradesh Hydro Power Department has restored five mini hydro projects in various parts of the state. While Rina small hydro project (2x1000 KW) in East Siang district was revived in the first week of May, Tinning micro hydel scheme (MHS) (2X25 KW) in Changlang district has been put into operation, a release said today. In West Kameng district, the Saskorong MHS (3X100 KW) has been restarted this week while in Upper Subansiri district where only one unit of Sippi project (2X200 KW) was operational, another which was shut for almost 2 years, also restored in April. Mechuka MHS (6X25Kw) in West Siang district and Siri Korong MHS (2X250Kw) at Lhallung have also been put on track.

ment here. Earlier in a letter to the Prime Minister yesterday, he had said “India’s soft stance on the border disputes has let down the sentiment of the people of the state.” Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and there is no question of any kind of controversy with regard to its territory. We Arunachalees greet each other saying ‘Jai Hind’, speak Hindi and shall die for India,” he said.

Tarun Gogoi today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up with China the issue of construction of dams on Brahmaputra river there. There were serious concerns over construction of dams by China over Brahmaputra river as that would adversely impact its downstream flow, a press release quoting Gogoi said here today. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi must convey India's concern to Beijing during his visit," Gogoi Take up dam issue, said. The Prime Minister is Tarun Gogoi to PM on a three-day visit to ChiAssam Chief Minister na, starting today.

Meghalaya govt to plant 5,000 cherry trees ShIlloNg, MAy 14 (PtI): Tourists need not travel as far as Japan to witness the cherry blossoms as the Meghalaya government is embarking on a mission to plant over 5,000 pink and white cherry trees in and around the city to woo tourists. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today planted the first of the new set of trees at the picturesque Wards Lake here and at the State Convention hall to mark the beginning of a green initiative to beautify the capital. Cherry blossoms are not new to this hill city, yet they are planted in a haphazard manner. Under this mission, these trees will be planted to add aesthetics to the area, Mukul said at the programme.Funded by the

Imphal-based Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), the Forest department and the state's Basin Development Authority along with the district administration is working together to ensure that the mission is successful.

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The Changkilari Telongjem Kohima (CTK) would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the following status for their outstanding achievement in pursuit of academic excellence. 1. Miss. Chentisangla Longkumer, D/o Mr. Temjen Longkumer for securing Top 2nd Rank in HSLC Examination 2015. 2. Miss. Resulina Longkumer, D/o Mr. Burwati Longkumer for securing Top 19th Rank in HSLC Examination 2015. 3. Miss. Lensayula Longkumer, D/o Late. Chubangmendang Longkumer, recipient of Gold Medal in M.Sc. Chemistry (Nagaland University). 4. Miss. Kisungla Changkiri, D/o Lt. Changtsupong Changkiri, Subject Topper in Alt. English in HSLC Examination 2015. Changkilari Telongjem Kohima would also like to congratulate the following students from Mission School Changki for securing distinction in English & Alt. English in HLSC Examination 2015. 1. Mr. Moateka Longchar, S/o Mr. Temjennungshi Longchar 2. Miss. Imliyala Changkiri, D/o Mr. Imtinochet Changkiri 3. Mr. Imliwati Longchari, S/o Mr. Imkongsanen Longchari Changkilari Telongjem Kohima further congratulates all the successful candidates from Changki Community in the recent HSLC & HSSLC Examination 2015 and wish them bright future in their endeavours. IMTILA AMER President, C.T.K.

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Friday 15 May 2015

Phek DPDB discusses absence of telecommunications Phek, May 14 (DIPR): The Phek District Planning & Development Board meeting was held at DPDB Conference Hall Phek on May 12 under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner and Vice Chairman DPDB Phek, Murohu Chotso. The meeting deliberated the representation submitted by President of Phokhungri Public Organisation (PPO) regarding absence of telecommunications or any other network in an around Phokhungri Area and seeking permission to use Cordless FM Phones. The Board thoroughly discussed and decided to approach the concern department to erect mobile/telephone towers at Zhipu and Phokhungri.

‘More area should be cover for Ramie cultivation’ DIMaPuR, May 14 (MexN): Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Wokha conducted Scientific Advisory Committee meeting on May 6 at conference hall of the office under the chairmanship of Dr. Bidyut C Deka, Joint Director ICAR Complex for NEH Region, Nagaland centre. Chairman, Dr. Bidyut C Deka suggested that more area should be cover for Ramie cultivation in the farmer’s field and seed production of Megha-3 tomato, Bhalum-3 (paddy) and for seedling like khasi mandarin orange should be taken up. He also emphases to take up trails for integrated organic nutrient management, toria TS-36, production of azolla and to improve the jhum land by developing farming system models in the district. Altogether 39 participants attended the meeting involving ATMA Wokha, agri and allied departments, farmer’s member from 10 villages and scientists from ICAR, Nagaland centre, Jharnapani. During the programme, PC (i/c) Dr. Moa presented annual report for the year 2014-15 and Megokhaon Meyase, ACTO (Horticulture), presented action plan for the year 2015-16.

Government’s latest measure may help save fuel New DelhI, May 14 (ageNcIes): Taking another step to bring in more efficient cars on Indian roads, the government has revised fuel-efficiency guidelines. To come in effect from April, 2017, automakers will have to ensure their models return an average of least 18.2Km/l. Though this means an increase of 15% over the existing average mileage - manufacturers will still be able to sell cars that deliver less than 18.2Km/l. However, they will also have to sell vehicles that offer higher mileage in order to ensure that the average of all models meets the rule. These standards could translate to saving fuel worth over Rs. 90,000 crore every year. While the Bureau of Energy Efficiency has put together the norms, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will iron out the details for the implementation of the guidelines and the penalties for their violation.

Unlock the smartphone with your iris Tokyo, May 14 (IaNs): The number-pattern code to unlock your smartphone is long passe. The new device on the block would scan your iris before it provides you access. One of the latest smartphones slated to hit the market in Japan this summer allows users to unlock, sign in to apps, and go shopping using only their eyes. Japanese mobile provider, NTT Docomo, is releasing a new phone this summer, with a built-in iris scanner. The Fujitsu Arrows NX F-04G uses iris recognition to replace phone passwords, and can even be used to send payments when shopping from your smartphone, slashgear.com reported.

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Pariyojna, roads will be developed to connect 100 district headquarters across the country. The 6,600 km of national highways do not have uniform configuration across the length… These would be upgraded to ensure better connectivity,” said a senior official in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). The government has backed up this mega push for roads development projects with policy initiatives designed to facilitate resource mobilisation. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved an exit policy permitting

developers to exit highway projects two years after completion of construction to release locked-in equity as potential capital for future projects. Additionally, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been authorised to loan resources from its corpus at a pre-determined rate of return to kickstart stalled projects. Earlier, the government cleared the Bharat Mala project aimed at developing 5,600 km of new roads in border areas at an estimated cost of Rs 56,000 crore. Another 4,700 km of roads to connect religious and tourism centres and to enhance connectivity in

backward areas is expected to cost Rs 44,000 crore. The third leg of the NDA government’s push to kickstart growth through mega road building projects is the development of bridges and rail overbridges under the Setu Bharatam scheme. “We will construct 202 ROBs and 150 bridges on national highways under the Setu Bharatam initiative,” said an official of MoRTH. “We are awarding road projects at the pace of over 8,000 km every year. At this rate, we would achieve our targets by the end of next financial year. We are lining up new projects to have our infra plan ready,” said the

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several such companies picked up students in good numbers for varied managerial openings in their organization. Around 55% of students were recruited by Sales & Marketing outfits. This keeps in tune with the nature of first time recruiters this year at AIMS that were predominately Sales & Marketing centric. Vodafone India, Canon India, Videocon Industries, Getit Yellow Pages, Prione Business Services (JV between Amazon and Catamaran), Simplilearn, Capital First,

year 2015 witnessed brisk placement activity at AIMS from both blue chip and startup companies. A total of 77 companies made 135 placement offers during the 2015 placement season at AIMS. 45 of these 77 companies were first time recruiters from the Institute. This proves the faith and trust of the industry in the exacting standards set by AIMS, Bangalore. Highly reputed blue chip companies like Pantaloon Retail, Oracle, Tech Mahindra, Berger Paints, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICI-

AIMS, Bangalore Students The Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector pioneered the placement activities by offering 49% of total offers made. This highlights the growing presence and exemplary credentials of AIMS, Bangalore in the world of finance. Four AIMS, Bangalore students bagged prestigious international offers from IT services firms and paint companies. They are to manage the companies’ operations in the Middle East and South Asian loca-

tinued its vibrant relations with companies like Deloitte, E&Y, Future Group, Tech Mahindra, Abbott Laboratories India, ICICI Bank and Indusind Bank who continued to recruit students in good numbers to further their business prospects. The placement highlights for the year 2015 have been the peak salary of Rs. 17 lakhs per annum and average annual salary of Rs. 5.43 lakhs that completely justifies the faith that students have reposed in the Institute.

SBI launches contactless card payment tech MuMBaI, May 14 (The hINDu): State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest bank, has introduced contactless card payments technology that allows payments by waving or tapping of the cards near the machines. “The bank, and its credit card subsidiary – SBI Card – have launched the sbiINTOUCH Contactless Debit Card and SBI Signature Contactless Credit Card for quick, secure and hasslefree payments at merchant outlets. Contactless cards use the near-field communication (NFC) technology, enabling users to make payments by waving or tapping the card near the contactless reader instead of swiping or dipping it,” SBI said in a statement. At present, customers can make payments up to Rs. 2,000 per tap and pay transactions at select point-of-

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official. Last year, the government awarded 7,900 km of highway projects, more than double the 3,170 km awarded in 2013-14. However, only 700 km are being executed under the publicprivate partnership mode on a build, operate, transfer (BOT) basis. These projects are to be completed over the next three years. Highway projects: Exit policy cleared for developers The government on Wednesday cleared the decks for the much-awaited exit policy which would allow developers to exit highway projects two

years after completion of construction. The move is expected to immediately unlock investments to the tune of Rs 4,500 crore as potential capital for future projects and provide a thrust to the roads development sector. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) additionally approved a special intervention and authorised the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to inject funds on a loan basis in projects that are at advanced stages of completion but are stuck due to lack of additional equity or lender’s inability to disburse further resources.

AIMS Bangalore sets high placement standards RBI governor concerned over BaNgaloRe, May CI Bank, DHFL, ICICI Pru- Karvy Financials literally tions. size of non-performing loans AIMS, Bangalore con14 (ageNcIes): The dential Life Insurance and rained placement offers on

sale (POS) machines. Reducing the risk of card loss and fraud, the customers can tap or wave the card at the POS machine, enter the pin, and complete the payment transaction at busy locations, the bank said. “We have asked the RBI to increase the limit of the maximum value per transaction to Rs. 5,000 (from Rs. 2,000 at present) to enable more small value transactions, using contactless method... I am confident that this trend will continue to grow and expand across newer channels such as smartphones,” said Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman and Managing Director, SBI. Contactless cards are designed to replace the use of cash in busy retail environments such as supermarkets, convenience stores, petrol sta-

tions and quick-service restaurants. At present, SBI has about 5,000 such NFC-enabled POS machines in major cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru. The bank plans to further increase the number of POS machines to 1 lakh and convert existing machines into NFC-enabled. Bhattacharya said it has tied up with select outlets such as Tata Starbucks, Shoppers’ Stop, and Reliance Retail, among others, to enable this facility. Adding to consumer safety, the Signature Contactless credit cards will come with emergency card replacement facility anywhere in the world and fraud liability cover of Rs. 1 lakh, the bank said. The card can also be used as a regular debit or credit card.

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New DelhI, May 14 (ageNcIes): After Bharat Mala and Sagar Mala — aimed at improving road connectivity in border areas and coastal regions respectively — the government has now cleared plans to connect 100 of the 676 district headquarters in the country with world-class highways. The Rashtriya Rajmarg Zila Sanjoyokta Pariyojna, approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a review meeting last week, entails development of 6,600 km of highways at an estimated cost of about Rs 60,000 crore. “Under the Rashtriya Rajmarg Zila Sanjoyokta

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BeNaulIM (goa), May 14 (IaNs): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan Thursday said that the size of the nonperforming loans (NPL) in the banking sector was a matter of concern, but ruled out the possibility of the issue leading to a financial crisis. Rajan, who was addressing a press conference after a meeting of the RBI’s central board in a coastal resort 50 kms from Panaji, also said that the bad loans scenario may have not have peaked in India’s banking sector. He also noted that while some banks had managed to turn around the bad loan positions, others weren’t doing enough. “If you ask, am I worried from the perspective of, are we in danger of a financial crisis, the answer is no. Am I concerned about the losses that it implies and the effects on bank functioning, on the losses to the tax payer, yes, I am concerned about the size of the NPLs,” Rajan said to a media query seeking his reponse to the NPL issue. Rajan also said that the RBI was in touch with the banks to identify the problems and trying to bring down the NPL at the earliest. “The history of NPLs in the past in the banking sector has been a combination of actions by the banks as well as growth tends to restore bank’s health... A slow recovery is underway, so I think that will help, but we are doing everything we can on the regulatory side to make sure that these bad assets are recognised, problems are dealt with and we move forward,” he said. Asked if the country’s banking system had seen the worst of the situation yet, Rajan said such a point had not been crossed. “I would not be prepared to make that statement today only because you see a variety across banks. Some banks have managed to start bringing down their bad loan positions, in others, it is still increasing. I think I would feel more confident when there is a more uniform series of results across the banks. But that is not to say we haven’t crossed that point,” Rajan said.

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Unity & Skill Development, the 'Catchword' at 26th NSF General Conference

Nagaland to participate in big way in national skill development mission: Zeliang Our Correspondent Khonoma | May 14

Nagaland chief minister T.R. Zeliang today said that Nagaland has to gear up, and participate in a big way in national skill development mission. He said the present education system in the country is basically geared to prepare students for white collar jobs in the government sector, which are already over-saturated, especially in the north east region. As a result, the population of educated unemployed youth keep on increasing year by year. At the national level, there are lakhs of unemployed youth, which is not only a waste of precious resources but also a liability for the government and the society, he added. Gracing the 26th general conference of the NSF here this morning, he said a new Ministry of skill development has been created

in the central government, and a national council for skill development has also been set up. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been stressing on the need for creating a large pool of “skilled force,” that would turn India into “skilled India,” and that would help in realizing his new slogan “Made in India.” He admitted that Nagaland state is in dire need of skill development at all levels - starting from bricks and mortar concrete works and road metalling to BPO and other IT enabled services; preparation of DPRs and architectural designs to drawings and consultancy service etc - all of which are skilled based, requiring a certain type and level of skills. “But at the moment, I would say that the most basic and urgent need for Nagaland is to build up a “local skilled work force,” that can take over all kinds

of construction works and road making in the state,” he said adding that this will be the best way we can stop the ever increasing influx of outsiders, including the IBSs into the state, to protect our ethnic and cultural identity, and to prevent the danger of assimilation by non-tribal. He felt that the NSF, Entrepreneur Associates, and similar influential organizations, and civil societies should be involved in this mission to change the negative mindset towards taking up of construction works involving use of steel, bricks, cement and bitumen etc. “We all know that these days, no worthwhile construction can be done without these basis materials. Our traditional skills in wood and bamboo construction works have become outdated. Unless we know how to construct our own buildings, houses, roads and bridges, even when central funds are

Unite as one people in true Naga spirit: Tongpang

NSF President Tongpang Ozukum Our Correspondent Khonoma | May 14

Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) Tongpang Ozukum today said that our society needs transformation. In his presidential address at the inaugural session of the NSF general conference here this morning, he said to reform our society, we need a paradigm shift from the grassroot. “The future of our society depends on the mindset and attitude of the youth, the younger generation. Without our active involvement and participation, without our contribution in all aspects of life, our Naga society will never progress,” he said. He threw a strong challenge to the students community and the youth to come out of “our cocoon,

break the barriers of tribalism, join our hands together, unite as one people in true Naga spirit and with one voice and one vision let us work together for a better a just society for a better tomorrow.” Stating that Nagas are a big family and it has brothers in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Myanmar, he challenged the gathering to re-affirm the NSF commitment to uphold the principle stand of the Federation and continuously work for “Unified Lim and Glory of our people till our goal is achieved.” O z u ku m further claimed that the NSF since its inception has been working restlessly for the welfare of the entire student’s community, adding that it has played a vital role in asserting “Our rights and identity of our Nagas as whole.” While giving priority to the student’s welfare, he maintained that the Federation will continue to engage in common issues of common interest whether - political or social. Stating that there comes a time in the history of every nation or society that their people must

truly reconcile to their past if there have to go forward and embrace future, he said “Today, Nagas society has reached such a time. At a time when even the powerful nations are working together as a team, realising the danger of surviving as a separate entity, Nagas cannot effort to survive on groupism, factionalism and tribalism. We must truly and fully reconcile the past and come together as one people in order to overcome the challenges that are confronting the Naga society today.” Expressing concern over the unabated influx of illegal immigrants “into our land,” he said “We have seen, indigenous people fighting for their rights and identity in their mother land. We have come across, aboriginal citizens surrendering their inherent rights and properties to the outsiders.” He said for the past 30 years or so, the NSF have been voicing out the danger of harbouring the illegal immigrants. “The issue of illegal immigrants is an issue where Nagas must come together; it is a battle Naga must fight together,” Ozukum said.

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“Where is the NSF heading to?” was The Morung Express’ front-page banner headline on May 9. It throws the searchlight on “Radical activism to politicking” and its negative consequences on the vital role NSF is expected to play for shaping the thinking and character of the youth. It is an all-out call to NSF to take stock, and the challenge comes down to initiating reforms wherever needed so that it will be the platform our youth and society desperately needs. It deplores what it sees and there is no mincing of words: “The NSF has become a platform for shaping a future career in politics”, and emphasizes the “Urgent need for new leaders with ‘principles’ to move forward.” The analysis is comprehensive and made just at the right time. The new team will be taking over after the General Conference being held in Khonoma. The competing candidates may not have read the

piece yet as the campaigning must have taken all their time. After the victory parade, let us hope the new team will give adequate attention to the central issue raised in the analysis, namely, selfless, principlecentred leadership to meet the needs of our society struggling to grow. The new team will be catching the raging bull by the horns if they were to start with workshops on the points raised which will get the concerned youth to do the vigorous thinking needed. Easier said than done. But our mental, moral, spiritual, political crisis does not allow us to do anything less. Things cannot stay at the level of business as usual. Those aspiring to give leadership know that the paper has articulated the long-felt concerns, yes, even disappointment and frustration of the Naga public. It will be fair to say the Naga public regard the sound health of the magnificent, vital platform of the Naga youth is too important a matter for the future to be left to the

young people alone. As I was about to complete this response to the analysis under discussion, The Morung Express has fired another salvo “NSF for a just Society”, a thoughtpacked, trenchant, editorial by Aheli Moitra. She pays tribute to NSF’s “tradition of struggle” and lists the issues it has to wrestle with “To maintain a just position for the Naga people”. She even mentions in passing “carving out the meaning of sovereignty”!! The imperative need to reach out “with humility drawn from critical thinking and activism” to others struggling like us is strongly stated. Well, isn’t the workshop by NSF mentioned already under way? For very good reasons the Nagas love the Federation and value its crucial role for the proper development of their society. Its well- wishers therefore are saying they are disturbed by the writing on the wall. They believe in NSF’s leaders’ capacity to rise to the challenge and be the right models for our youth and our society.

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provided to us, how can we grow up to be self sufficient and self respecting people even in the long run?” he questioned. Stating that he have often been misquoted and misunderstood on his views on the inner line permit (ILP), he said “Till such time we have the requisite skills and willing work force, we have to depend on nonNagas workers; and it is in this context that we need to have a more practical policy on issue of ILPs.” While he expressed concern about over the over-arching presence and influence of computer and mobile phones, however, the Chief Minister maintained that invasion of home, work place and public places by the internet and the social media have brought about new equation in the society. “The youth are increasingly becoming the trend setters, and initiators of social events,” he said adding,

“This new development casts more responsibilities on the youth leaders of today, including the students’ leaders,” he said. He also stressed on the need to make the best use of these latest technologies and facilities, while carefully avoiding its addiction or enslavement. Stating that the students are expected to be full of idealism, and to have progressive thinking and visions for the people and the nation, he said “This will enable them to become effective leaders of tomorrow. Active participation in extra-curricular and students’ union activities is equally important as academic achievements for developing a well rounded and balance personality, which are prerequisite for becoming a good leader in any field.” He said that NSF has made a good contribution in protecting and preserving the Naga’s traditions and

cultural identity, by highlighting the danger of cultural and economic assimilation by the outside forces. Stressing on the need for Nagas to preserve our unique identity, he said “without it we will be insignificant in this mighty country.” He also complimented NSF for their active role in promoting good neighbourly relations amongst the north eastern states. He recollect that on several occasions, when economic blockade were enforced against Nagaland by some groups or organizations in Assam due to in the border skirmishes, the NSF often became the goodwill ambassadors to negotiate with their counterparts in Assam, and help in defusing the tension. “The NSF is one of the best organised and most respected student’s organizations that I had come across, the Chief Minister further claimed.

'Central and state govts must take effective steps to solve interstate boundary problem' Our Correspondent Khonoma | May 14

All Assam Students Union (AASU) president Dipanka Kumar Nath today said the central government and state governments must take effective steps to solve interstate boundary problem. In a solidarity message at the inaugural session of the NSF general conference here this morning, he maintained that the relationship between the NSF and the AASU is “old and strong.” “We keep discussing our common problems. We may meet more frequently to exchange our views,” he said and stressed on the need to move forward together. “We should not allow foreigners to pollute our social life. We must not al-

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low the foreigners to create communal problems on our soils. The foreigners have created the fundamentalists and the terrorists. They must be evicted forcefully from the whole of the north east,” he said and challenged the NSF, AASU and NESO to work together to implement the Assam Accord so that the foreigners’ base is destroyed. Nath also stressed on

the need to join hands for the central government jobs in the north east. “The central government should make extra efforts to help our youth to start business. In the academic field, there should be more national institutions in the north east,” he maintained. Lamenting that the rest of the country were not aware of the beautiful region of the country and does not know the people of this region, he said “Our history is not included in the national curriculum. The students of the rest of the country read about the world, but not about the north east. It is time that our resources, our geography, our literature, etc, are included in the national curriculum for the schools, colleges and the universities.”

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May 17: NBCC calls day of prayer for Nepal Dimapur, may 14 (mExN): The Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has appealed to the Baptist churches in Nagaland state to observe May 17 as a day of prayer for the people affected by the recent earthquakes in Nepal. The NBCC, through a press note, further urged people to contribute donations for

those affected by the quakes. Donations can be made in favour of the Nagaland Baptist Church Council; A/c no 810101010000415; Vijaya Bank, Nagabazar Main Road, Kohima; IFScode: VIJB0008101. For any donations made, contact nbccfinance@gmail. com or call 09954400231/ 09436011978.

MEx FILE E-roll purification camp in Dimapur Dimapur, may 14 (mExN): The 2nd Special Camp for the ongoing National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication programme for the district of Dimapur is scheduled on May 16 in all the polling stations. A press note from the deputy commissioner and district election officer of Dimapur, Kesonyu Yhome has directed all BLOs to be present in their respective polling station without failure during the camp.

AAUD Meeting Dimapur, may 14 (mExN): The Aghunato Areami Union Dimapur (AAUD) will hold an ‘important meeting’ from 3:30 PM onwards on May 16 at the residence of its banker Akashe Zhimomi, at Eralibill Village Dimapur. A press note issued by the AAUD Chairman, Ahovi Sumi and Secretary, Hukiye Yepthomi has requested all the newly appointed AAUD Building project Finance Committee Members, Office Bearers and Executive Members at attend the meeting positively

DDADU directs Dimapur, may 14 (mExN): The Dimapur District Auto Drivers’ Union (DDADU) has informed that all the drivers and owners of commercial autorickshaws plying in Dimapur must compulsorily use “Yellow” hood in their vehicles. All autos plying with brown or other colour hoods are requested to change the same to avoid penalty. A press note from DDADU president, K Hokaito Zhimomi further informed the drivers and owners to fix their headlights and tail lights/signal of their respective autorickshaws.

DPSU Consultative meeting Dimapur, may 14 (mExN): The silver jubilee planning committee and the Dimapur Phom Students’ Union (DPSU) executive members will be holding a consultative meeting at its treasurer’s residence at Walfords, Dimapur from 10:30 AM on May 16. The convenor of the Jubilee planning, S Chanlei Angh and secretary, Takotemjen Phom in a press note has requested to all the members to attend the meeting positively.

IGNOU Workshop Dimapur, may 14 (mExN): The IGNOU Programme Study Centre (2020P), Salt Christian College Dimapur will be conducting a workshop training for B.Ed 1st year (2015 batch & backlog) from May 17-28. The workshop for the 2nd year has been schedule from July 1-12. A press note from the programme-in-charge informed all the students enrolled at the aforementioned centre to attend the workshop and complete their B.Ed course.

IPR JT director visits DPRO office Kiphire

KiphirE, may 14 (Dipr): The Department of Information and Public Relations, Joint Director, Dominic Yazokie, visited DPRO Office Kiphire district on 12th May 2015. During the visit, he interacted with DPRO staff and urged to be sincere while performing the duties and be regular in office. He also stated that IPR employees have greater role to play in serving the public. DPRO Kiphire, Gwanilo Cieso who chaired the programme also delivered welcome speech. Short speech by UDA Monchong. Later, Joint Director also visited the The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Sarbanan- staff quarters. da Sonowa and Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang at the inaugural session of the 26th NSF general conference at Khonoma on May 14. Our Correspondent Khonoma | May 14

Union minister for state (i/c) Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Sarbananda Sonowal today said that Naga Student Federation (NSF) is one of the most vibrant organizations not only for the Nagas but also for the entire North Eastern Region. Speaking at the inaugural session of the 26th general conference of NSF here this morning as conference guest, he said “The fact that Nagas have become well known to India and even to the outside world is much because of the contribution of the NSF.” He said various delegations of NSF have impressed upon the various Prime Ministers of India

and NSF has made a speech even at the United Nations Conference on Indigenous People in Geneva. The Naga youth have excelled in various art & culture as its various tribes are known for their folk dances, music and colourful costumes, he added. Sonowal further maintained that Nagaland has contributed a lot to Indian Sports especially in Archery. The famous Swuro sisters Vesuzolu Swuro and Chekrovolu Swuro and their brother Thupuvoyi Swuro represented India in many international Archery Championships and Chekrovolu Swuro had represented India in the 2012 London Olympics. Kesienguouo Thienuo has also represented India in Interna-

tional Archery Championship. T. Ao was the first Indian captain of Olympic 1948 Football Team. Sports Authority of India had launched its Special Area Games Scheme to tap Archery and Football talent from Nagaland and there are a few football players from Nagaland who represented India in International Football Championships, he said. Stating that the Sports Authority of India has established its Special Area Games Centre at Dimapur, he said he have already instructed Sports Authority of India to re-launch its Special Area Games Scheme extensively in North Eastern Region as well as in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshdweep Islands.

erage women. He also said that awareness on tobacco and spice consumption, alteration of food habits, premarital sex and Sexually Transmitted Diseases needed to be addressed. The convenor, Babulal Todi also said that they have spoken to President, Rotary Club Dimapur, Rajeev Singh that his club would try to extend every possible help after discussion with the members. He also as-

Kohima, may 14 (Dipr): The Director of School Education, Zaveyi Nyekha in a press release inform all applicants to the post of Primary Teacher as informed vide notification dated 23/01/2015, that the interview for the posts will be conducted for the districts under eastern Nagaland from May 18 to 20. The venue shall be the Directorate of School Education, Nagaland, Kohima and will start from 10AM. All applicants are to appear the interview with requisite documents in original. Applicants with less than 40% marks at 10+2 need not appear.

Special camp for aadhaar at Zbto ZuNhEboto, may 14 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer, Zunheboto, Temshi Longkumer informs all the electorate's of 31 to 36 Assembly Constituency of Zunheboto district that a special camp will be organised at all polling stations and VREC on May 17. Therefore, all are informed to approach the BLOs for correction, photo replacement, submission of AADHAAR, information and any other queries relating with Electoral Roll.

WTME new office bearers

WoKha, may 14 (mExN): The Wokha Town Mozhüi Ekhung (WTME) has elected a new team of office bearers for a period of 5 (five) years. Following are the names and their designation: Chairman - Y. Mhonchumo Lotha of Longtsung, V/Chairman - Nyimshio Lotha of N/ sured to provide medicines, Longidang, G/Secy - Lhimhathung Mozhui of Chudi, Jt. technical support and Secy - S. Orenthung Mozhui of Yanmhon, and Treasurer funds for the purpose. The - M. Zubenthung Lotha of Longtsung Village. public expressed gratitude to medical team members. ZCRCC office inauguration The group of special- pErEN, may 14 (mExN): Chairman of the Zelianised doctors from Bombay grong Christian Revival Church Council (ZCRCC) has (N) were as follows : 1. Dr. informed that the office of ZCRCC will be inaugurated S.Agarwala (2) Dr. H.Palep on June 6, 11:30 am at Jalukie Town by Achunbo, Evan(3) Dr. Angali Dahotre Patil gelist. Therefore, all the office bearers of ZCRCC, pas(4) Dr. Lalita Palep. Conve- tors, deacons, society leaders, youth leaders and well nor, Babulal Tori and San- wishers have been asked to come and attend the special jay Shah, and two local doc- programme and receive the blessing of God. For further tors, Dr. Asonla Chang and information, contact 9402658732. Dr. Tangloi.

Free medical camp at Jalukie Town held JaluKiE, may 14 (Dipr): A two-day free medical camp initiated by the Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya under the fellowship exchange programme was concluded at Jalukie Town. While conducting free check-up, Dr. H. Palep, President Rotary Club, Bombay (N) said that many patients were suffering from worm infestation, gastritis, hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis and BMI is low in av-

Primary teacher interview for districts in eastern Nagaland

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express FrIDAy 15 MAy 2015 voluME X IssuE 131

Guest editorial

Dr. sao Tunyi

there is no time

ven for a small State like Nagaland with few congested urban locations, a lot of man hours are lost every day due to traffic jams. It is estimated that India loses Rs. 60,000 crores every year due to traffic congestion. A government servant gets his full pay even if the staff bus reaches the office late by an hour every day. But the combined work hours that are lost due to traffic jam is costing the State economy very dearly. The irony is that traffic jams are often caused by silly reasons. It could be a wrongly parked car, a driver on the phone, or a mini bus stopping at all the wrong places picking and dropping passengers. It is said that at the start of any traffic jam is an idiot. Building good roads and parking spaces, managing traffic, etc will save a lot of precious time every day. A lot of precious hours are also wasted through use of electronic gadgets. These devices which ought to save us time are robbing us of time. Instead of going to a library, we can sit at home and check scholarly materials from online libraries through laptops. Instead of standing on a long queue, we can transfer money or buy train tickets from our smart phones. But has technology given us extra time that we never had? Things get done quicker but we seem to have not gained any additional time. One reason is that we have misused technology and have become enslaved to it. If traffic jam is causing loss of man hours to business and office people, thousands of students’ man hours are lost every day to Facebook, WhatsApp or gaming. Smart phones have made us staring at their screens more than they enabling us to do other things. Another area where we waste too much time is on programs. We have too many programs and functions that it is not possible to attend all of them. This may not be relevant to the recluse, those who are not outgoing. But for those who are active in church and society, it can be a nightmare. And we do not know how to make small programs. We have created our own formalities and have made them demanding so that days of preparations go in for an hour’s program. Time management is also an issue that we cannot start and finish on schedule. I attended a jubilee program which went for four hours, and I have just come from a mothers’ day church service which ran for three hours. We have programmed our lives in all these ways so that we simply have no time. It is of our own making. The same 24 hours day which was enjoyed by our ancestors is available for us. But the same clock seems to tick faster than 20 years ago. All the time saving devices have not bought us any extra time but have instead made us realize more of its shortness. Since this is what we have made for ourselves, the unmaking is also up to us. When we ask for someone’s time, we say, ‘can you make the time?’ In a way, time is something that we can ‘make’. We can make time for what/who is worth giving our time. At a deeper level, what we might miss when we grow too old is that we didn’t have enough time for conversation, nurturing friendship, meditation and reflection, or doing what we love. But while we have the time, we can choose to make time for them.

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Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D

Keeping Our Ancestors’ Word of Honor What does God say? “A good reputation and respect are worth much more than silver and gold” (Prov. 22:1, CEV). The Naga Experience In the olden days, our Naga ancestors lived as a free, independent people in self-governing villages. But the British suddenly appeared and intruded into our homeland in 1832. After this, there were intermittent warfare between the British and the Nagas lasting for 48 years. During this period, the British fought against the Nagas almost every year, but a section of Nagas valiantly defended our country. Then in January 1880, the British finally relented and agreed to meet for a peaceful settlement. The Naga party was led by PelhuDolie, a man of impressive stature and well-respected character, from Khonoma, who in accordance with the Naga tradition, presented a British representative with a native live bird, Tragopan, symbolizing peace. On meeting the Naga nobleman, the British representative appeared somewhat awed. In deference he offered his chair for Pelhu to seat and together a photograph was taken. The British party then proposed for Pelhu’s consent to a written agreement. He responded that if the British were in quest of peace, his word would be enough, so be it. Thus, a verbal peace agreement was arrived at between the two peoples, thereby allowing the British to stay in our land provided they would leave the Nagas alone and not interfere in our way of life. Subsequently, the British policy towards the Nagas generally took cognizance of this peace agreement which was formally made at Mezoma on March 27, 1880. Since then, the British never came into the Naga territory as an invading force against the Nagas. Neither did they make any attempt to rule over us nor demand any tax from us. Thus, the Nagas were practically left to remain free and independent. Okay, so now what? Today, many of our leaders give no value to honorable living. Their dignity of character is missing. Their words cannot be trusted. They stoop so low to beg for power and when they get it, they still don’t know how to get our people to stand on our own feet. And yet, our mindless citizens bow before them and say, “Honorable Sirs.” Now-a-days our leaders and our common people alike have no understanding of what is truly honorable even in the traditional sense. Indeed, we cannot buy or manufacture honor--we have to earn it. But earning we must…through hard work, integrity and self-reliance. Our words must be our bond again. And like our ancestors, we must become a proud people once again… confidently standing up to anyone, big or powerful. Taken from the book “Breakfast with the King: The 100-Day Devotional” by Mazie Nakhro

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have always firmly believed that every director should be judged solely by their work, and not by their work based on their gender. Hollywood is supposedly a community of forward thinking and progressive people, yet this horrific situation for women directors persists. Gender discrimination stigmatizes our entire industry. Change is essential. Gender neutral hiring is essential. Kathryn Bigelow First woman to win a Best Director Oscar in history of Academy Awards

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C O M M E N T A R Y

David Held and Kyle McNally

From shore to shore: regional collapse and human insecurity

n April 15, 1912 a cruise liner set sail from England to New York City. As is widely known, it collided en route with an iceberg and since has forever been immortalised; books have been written, movies made, and recovery expeditions launched. What is striking is that whilst 1,517 people died on the Titanic, more than 1,700 have died already this year in the Mediterranean. The deaths in the Titanic have been recalled countlessly, but they also remind us about the way the class system played itself out in life and death – status determining who lived, and who were left to die. A century later, we see something of the same but on a much larger, geopolitical, scale. Here it is not class playing itself out directly, but North-South relations, race and ethnicity, the failures of western foreign policy, and the problematic role national borders still play as fences and walls in an increasingly globalised world. But all that will be remembered from the current Mediterranean crisis, most likely, is the shocking number of deaths; the individuals and families in question appearing just as statistics. Migration from North Africa to Europe is certainly not a new trend. For years the Mediterranean has been a thoroughfare for migrants trying to reach the shores of Europe. Whilst migrants have started their journeys from many African countries, they are typically bound by a common goal to escape persecution, to flee conflict, and to find greater economic and social opportunities. However, there are notable differences in migration patterns over the last few years. First, there has been a generalised increase of would-be-migrants attempting to reach Europe. Second, there has been a dramatic rise in the departures that travel via the Central Mediterranean route. In fact, the EU Border Agency, Frontex, estimates that between 2013 and 2014 there was a 277% increase. Across the board it is clear that migration is increasing, but nowhere more dramatically than from Libya. From figure 2 below, one can see the apparent correlation between migration flows through the Central Mediterranean and the regional instability in North Africa. 2011 was a period of optimism and migration from Libya declined; but it has been exponentially rising since. The majority of the migrants are not Libyan per se. Rather, the greatest number of migrants to date have originated from Syria, Eritrea and Somalia. The instability and chaos that grips Libya has created a vacuum for armed groups, smugglers, gangsters and human traffickers to operate at will; hence, Libya has become the dominant point of departure for many. When the UN authorised the intervention in Libya through Resolution 1973, the aspects of military engagement were focused on a no-fly-zone as well as the protection of civilians. What actually happened, of course, was something very different – the intervention quickly shifted to toppling the regime and Gaddafi was swiftly ousted as a result. What was then celebrated and hailed as a victory has now led to a Libya utterly fractured along sectarian lines, with no semblance of a functioning state and rampant human rights abuses. There is now little room for debate about the results of western intervention in Libya. Of course, Libya is part of a larger pattern of failed western intervention post-9/11. All of these wars were ill-conceived, poorly operationalised, short sighted and the product of western hubris. In some part, these were also opportunistic wars, whereby western politicians clamoured for war in order to shore up their own domestic positions. The record, however, is clear: the region is now more unstable and insecure than ever before, and Libya in particular is a broken country. What we now see in the Mediterranean migration crisis is in many respects an extension of western failure in two ways. First, the failed intervention created the instability that led to the Central Mediterranean route becoming so popular as a passage to Europe. Second, the European countries scaled back recovery efforts just at a time when they were needed the most. From late 2013 to November/December 2014 the Italian government ran a relatively effective operation called Mare Nostrum, during which time more than 100,000 migrants were rescued at sea. However, the operation was costly at €9 million a month, and Italy cancelled it at the end of 2014

nxiety affects the best of us. As much as we try to stay calm, meditate and find avenues to learn to relax, we often fall prey to this vicious beast. For all the external agents that exist almost custom made to affect us, there is a lifejacket that shields us from drowning -- our internal balancing board. Recently, I had gotten overwhelmed. My life seemed to be unfolding in front of my eyes, but I felt I had no control over the situation. Having secured good health and maintaining a positive attitude, I had learned how to protect myself from the disruptions. But under my smiles and my continued willingness to be there for others, there brewed an imbalance that no level of discipline shielded me from. The imbalance manifested itself in physical ailments. As I went from patient to patient preaching about the importance of letting go and not allowing our travails to overtake our system - I was doing just the opposite. I may have learned how to stay afloat but the water I was swimming in was getting deeper and more dangerous. While my breathing kept me in check, my body was getting tired of the added weight I was willingly choosing to retain.

claiming that it was unsustainable without more EU financial backing. At the time, the debate within the EU amounted to little more than denials of responsibility and justifications for inaction. British Foreign Office Minister, Lady Anelay, went so far as to say at the time that ‘we do not support planned search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean’; and that search and rescue operations created ‘an unintended “pull factor”’ encouraging more migration. In place of Mare Nostrum the EU launched the much-scaled back operation Triton. Under Mare Nostrum the Italian Navy carried out search and rescue operations across 27,000 miles of the Mediterranean. Under Triton, the mandate only covered border surveillance within 30 miles of the Italian coast. The EU budget for Triton was only a third of what was spent on Mare Nostrum. To those who paid attention at the time, this was a huge, bright, waving red flag. Human rights groups and migration experts warned, with virtual consensus, that this would lead to a much larger migration crisis with many more deaths in the Mediterranean. Enter, today. This was not a crisis that came out of the blue; it was not an unexpected shock; it was anticipated and predicted – yet these warnings fell on deaf ears and now we see the consequences. In the face of renewed crisis the EU has initiated discussions about how to address the Mediterranean migrant dilemma. On April 29, the EU Council released its summary of their four-day, 28 country talks. The agenda moving forward can be summarised three-fold: confront and prevent smugglers and human traffickers; triple the financial resources for EU border operations including the increase of ships and other necessary capacity; and enhance refugee protection. For the latter, this includes implementing a ‘Common European Asylum System to ensure the same standards in all Member States, an increase of emergency aid to front-line Member States, and the deployment of support teams to help process asylum claims’. If the EU can reinstate effective search and rescue operations it will go a long way towards mitigating the escalating tragedy in the Mediterranean. However, it would be a mistake to consider the matter closed and problem solved, even if the EU is able to bring casualties to zero. Upon close inspection of the EU’s action plan, it is clear that it is driven primarily by exclusionary regional interest. What can be called ‘containment policies’ are there to manage and control migration into Europe. These are policies that, whilst having a humanitarian veneer, radically exacerbate the burdens of migrants and displaced persons from and in countries like Libya, Syria, Eritrea, and Somalia, alike. Recent reports detail how some migrants waiting to set sail off the shores of Libya are kept in cages in a zoo, how they are tortured, and how women are often forced into prostitution. This is the fate of those waiting to leave and one that will likely be imposed on many

more if/when EU’s new containment policies begin to have an effect. Stefan Kessler, senior policy officer with the Jesuit Refugee Service, captures the underlying motive behind the EU’s new approach: ‘Keep protectionseekers far, far away from Europe so that their deaths don’t make the headlines in European media’. The needs of those crossing the Mediterranean must be met; the search and rescue operations must be bolstered and given adequate support; lives must be protected. But we should not pretend that this solves the problem. Rather, these necessary measures are treating a symptom of a much bigger, much more difficult problem. Since the end of the Cold War forced migration has taken on a new shape as patterns of conflict have shifted. The combination of increased civil conflict, military interventions, and western containment policies has led to the dramatic rise of forced migration overall, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in particular – would-be refugees who simply have not yet crossed an international border. Refugees and IDPs are two sides of the same coin, some separated by border fences and some, in this case, by the Mediterranean. The containment policies of the EU – basically seeking to prevent people from migrating – will simply make things worse, not better. They will exacerbate the widespread human insecurity stemming from civil conflicts, failed interventions, regional collapse, and the widespread threats to human life chances in many parts of North Africa. These are the problems – not those desperately trying to run away from poverty and conflict in search of a brighter future. To be sure, these issues are much more difficult to solve. But that does not mean they should be ignored; especially not by the self-proclaimed human rights champions of the EU. The issue of refugees and displaced peoples is one of the great tests of the international humanitarian ideals of the 21st century and the cosmopolitan aspirations of a Europe shaped by the ambition to project its soft power and good governance across the world. However, when cosmopolitanism meets state interests under economic pressure, the former is often cast aside. Europe, racked by the Euro crisis, has become a sorrowful champion of humanitarian values. There is a paradox wherein most states are cosmopolitan when it comes to championing the ideals, but the very same states are sectarian when it comes to implementation. There were huge steps that Europe took in the postwar period to move from a region of bitter conflict and strife to a pacific union in which (still) the idea of war among European countries is almost inconceivable – a regional polity shaped by human rights, common frameworks and the rule of law. But like in so much of European history, there are rights for citizens and exclusions for others. This divide is constantly policed and a bridge between these poles remains hard to build.

Anxiety and the internal balancing board Amit vaidya Cancer survivor and owner of Healing Vaidya, NGO Claiming that I was doing it for others was an easy excuse but the reality was that I was setting myself up for sinking to the bottom of the ocean. "I had to learn that selflessness shouldn't compromise the necessary selfishness needed for balance in our lives." And that moment almost happened. The anxiety that I thought had left my body with my cancer came back in a flash, as my mind and body were no longer in sync. I watched myself take off my lifejacket and quickly see my head immersed under water. I began to recite the Navkar Mantra realising that my time was coming to an end. The irony of having reversed an end-stage metastatic cancer diagnosis and then falling

victim to a fatal anxiety attack played in my mind. But somewhere between countless recitations, I noticed that I was improving. In essence, coming to peace with my fate rescued me from my own demise. For me, in that moment, I was once again in control. My internal balancing board had given me the strength and energy needed to return to safer waters. But I had to make changes to correct this imbalance. Of course, saying is easier than doing and I am still a work in progress. While I found the cure for my anxiety, it was my responsibility for my mind and my body to not go to these extremes again. I went to the doctor to make sure that a physical condition wasn't mas-

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querading as anxiety. As expected, my tests were all normal. I knew I had to write my own prescription. The first pill I took was learning to say no. The second pill was a maintenance dose of accepting that I couldn't control everything. The third and final pill was probably the most potent and hardest to swallow. I had to learn that selflessness shouldn't compromise the necessary selfishness needed for balance in our lives. Too often we invest too much time and energy in others forsaking our own health in exchange. But without being in good health ourselves, we can't be there for others. In truth, the anxiety I had added wasn't mine. In the name of healing, I was actually adding the stress of others on to my life. It perhaps was the easiest way to provide comfort but it actually backfired and left me drowning. We are all interconnected and we can't just stay on our own island. But whether we choose to swim in our own rafts or not, we all need to wear our own lifejackets. We can only control our own internal balancing board so it's vital that whether its anxiety or its depression we must not just keep breathing but stay afloat in the sanest and tamest of waters - letting the stream heal us.

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Safeguarding the Identity of Nagaland State: United Nations at 70: The Responsibility of the Political Parties in Nagaland Impressive Successes

he creation of the Nagaland state under the Indian Union was unique in itself as it was created out of the formal agreement. The agreement known as the 16-point proposal was signed between the members of the Naga People’s Convention (NPC) and Government of India to which the latter accepted with some modifications in 1960 and finally the state was inaugurated on 1st December 1963. Initially the Nagaland state was under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) but in the year 1972, the Indian Government took unilateral decision and brought the Nagaland state under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), without the consent of Nagas. Today, there is a need for political will among the political parties in Nagaland to safeguard the 16-point agreement out of which the Nagaland state was created and Article 371 (A), which was incorporated in the Indian Constitution out of this agreement. The political parties in Nagaland needs to be careful while framing its policies, so that it does not affect the identity of the state and must try to avoid any political developments though it may be temporary arrangement but which may lead to compromise of state’s identity in the long run. I would like to mention some proposed policies of the present government and recent political developments in Nagaland, which might affect the identity of the state and its people. Besides other reasons, the present NPF party led DAN government had also been in the light of criticisms for its two proposed policies, the Nagaland Special Development Zone (NSDZ) and the Line of Control (LoC). These two policies had been discussed length and breadth through various public platforms and print media. The proposed NSDZ policy had proposed to evolve a system of permanent settlement for nonNagas and to liberalise the system of entry into Nagaland. Giving a thought on our neighbouring state Manipur the demand made to the central government for implementing Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state. I think, they had been able to foresee, the advantageous of having a rigid entry system in their state, which we could not able to see it. It is also a matter to ponder upon why central government did not want to give in to this demand, when on the other hand it talks about protecting tribal, ethnic and indigenous rights and identity. Any policy for economic development should be pro-people policy and not at the cost of losing one’s own identity. Looking at the geographical location of our state, there is only a little area that can be viable for economic development and at the proposed policy, all this area can be owned by non-Nagas. Instance like when the tribal of Tripura felt that, they were denied economic security and fear of losing their identity, it led to riot in 1980. It all happened, since the economy of the state was at the hands of outsiders. If we had to liberalise the entry system in Nagaland on the pretext of economic development at the cost of our identity, then it is not justifiable. Again, the proposed “Line of Control” policy of NPF led DAN government in solving the border issue with the Assam government, which means to ensure no new settlement comes up there. This

Subject Matters Kughaka Chishi policy is in contrast with the previous Congress (I) government policy of “ground realities”, which had also been criticised. What does the government mean by Line of Control (LOC) here, this term is particularly used for military purpose between the India and Pakistan in Kashmir. I do not see the Nagaland state is in conflict with the Assam state for the occupation of land, for which the usage of this term does not arise here because what the Nagas had been demanding, is to return their land that had been transferred out of Naga area. If this policy is to be implemented then, what will happen to the historical rights of the Nagas, who had been demanding to return the land that had been transferred out of the Naga area since its representation to Simon Commission in 1929. I would say this kind of policy might encourage the Assam government to build more pressure on the Nagaland government in solving the border issue according to their terms. The reason for mentioning these kind of policies is that, when time and again our rights, which had been given to us by the Constitution is being breach without the consent of Nagas, then it might give an opportunity to meddle in our rights. On the recent political development that had taken place in Nagaland, which resemble the political scenario of 1990 where the Nagaland People’s Council (NPC), a regional party then formed the government with the support of Congress (I) party. When that happened in the year 1990, Mr. ChalieKevichusa, the then NPC party Secretary, protested and walked out of the party and formed his own political party known as Democratic Labour Party (DLP). He was of the view that, things had gone too far and it is an unnatural alliance. The election in Nagaland had always been a two-cornered contest between the regional and Congress (I) party and their allies. The regional party in Nagaland had always maintained that the party pursue different ideology and principles than the Congress (I) party. On the other hand, the Congress (I) party had also tried to propagate and convince the Naga people about the party regional character and national outlook, when it comes to Nagaland. Now that both the regional and Congress (I) party had agreed to form a coalition government in Nagaland, the question will be, was there any differences in the ideology and principles between these two parties. Can it be concluded that in Nagaland we have only politicians and not political parties. It is not that, the regional party and the Congress (I) party cannot align in Nagaland. However, while aligning with any national political party in the state, the regional party need to know that, they are not only dealing with the national party members in the state

but they are also dealing indirectly with the national party high command at the centre, which has the final authority. For the national party, it is the interest at large, where there are chances of minority interest being overlooked. For the regional party, as the term itself states, it is for the interest and protection of a particular region and state. The regional party needs to be cautious while aligning with the national party that it should not bring such a situation where it has to compromise the interest of the state and its people for the sake of interest at large. On the other hand, in 2013 state general assembly election, the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) came out with its booklet “Ten Years of NPF Misrule in Nagaland: A Decade of Scandals & Corruptions”, where it had highlighted various scams and corruptions that had taken place during the ten years of NPF party led DAN government. Now that, the Congress (I) party is a part of NPF party led Government, then what is going to be the conclusion here about the Congress (I) party criticisms against the NPF led government corruptions and its appeal to the people not to vote for this party. Does it will also mean that the Congress (I) party wants to have an equal share of responsibility of those scams, scandals and corruptions of NPF party led government, which they had highlighted in their much hype booklet and had urged the Naga people to believe in it. In the event of this political development, where will be the major political party in the state that will sit in the opposition bench and will give political education to the people about the disadvantages of the ruling party policies and programmes. Which party is going to raise the issues of corruptions and loopholes in the functioning of the government in the legislative assembly on behalf of the people, if there happens to be? Now, who is going to act as a ‘watchdog’ when any policies and actions of the ruling party are likely to go against the interest of the state? There is a need for responsible and effective opposition party to safe guard the interest of the state and its people. Given these kind of proposed policies and political development, what is expected from the political parties in the state is that, any policy for economic development should be pro-people and should not pursue such policy that will change the basic structure of the society and the land holding system. As these are the identity of the state and its people. It must also be able to uphold the historical rights of the Nagas and not compromising with it. I also think that, the Naga people are yet to explore fully the provisions that the Indian Constitution had given to us under Article 371 (A). Any political parties in Nagaland be it national or regional party, must have the political will to uphold and defend the Article 371 (A), which the Indian Constitution had given to us. It must also ensure that the Central Government respect the 16-point agreement out of which the state of Nagaland was created and strictly adhere to Article 371(A). Kughaka Chishi is a Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Political Science, University of Nagaland. His current work is on the emergence and role of regional political parties in the state of Nagaland. E-mail- kughakachishi@yahoo.in

‘Subject Matters’ is a weekly column featuring Naga academicians and Naga Scholars on issues concerning the Naga Society. This Column seeks to stimulate minds and encourage fresh perspectives and thinking on issues that are crucial for the progress of the Naga Society.

N the coming weeks, two million Americans will earn a bachelor’s degree and either join the work force or head to graduate school. They will be joyous that day, and they will remember fondly the schools they attended. But as this unique chapter of life closes and they reflect on campus events, one primary part of higher education will fall low on the ladder of meaningful contacts: the professors. That’s what students say. Oh, they’re quite content with their teachers; after all, most students receive sure approval. In 1960, only 15 percent of grades were in the “A” range, but now the rate is 43 percent, making “A” the most common grade by far. Faculty members’ attitudes are kindly, too. In one national survey, 61 percent of students said that professors frequently treated them “like a colleague/peer,” while only 8 percent heard frequent “negative feedback about their academic work.” More than half leave the graduation ceremony believing that they are “well prepared” in speaking, writing, critical thinking and decision-making. But while they’re content with teachers, students aren’t much interested in them as thinkers and mentors. They enroll in courses and complete assignments, but further engagement is minimal. One measure of interest in what professors believe, what wisdom they possess apart from the content of the course, is interaction outside of class. It’s often during incidental conversations held after the bell rings and away from the demands of the syllabus that the transfer of insight begins and a student’s emulation grows. Students email teachers all the time — why walk across campus when you can fire a note from your room? — but those queries are too curt for genuine mentoring. We need face time. Here, though, are the meager numbers. For a majority of under-

What’s the Point of a Professor? Mark Bauerlein NyT

graduates, beyond the two and a half hours per week in class, contact ranges from negligible to nonexistent. In their first year, 33 percent of students report that they never talk with professors outside of class, while 42 percent do so only sometimes. Seniors lower that disengagement rate only a bit, with 25 percent never talking to professors, and 40 percent sometimes. It hasn’t always been this way. “I revered many of my teachers,” Todd Gitlin said when we met at the New York Public Library last month. He’s a respected professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia, but in the 1960s he was a fiery workingclass kid at Harvard before becoming president of Students for a Democratic Society. I asked if student unrest back then included disregard of the faculty. Not at all, he said. Nobody targeted professors. Militants attacked the administration for betraying what the best professors embodied, the free inquisitive space of the Ivory Tower. I saw the same thing in my time at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the early 1980s, when you couldn’t walk down the row of faculty offices without stepping over the outstretched legs of English majors lining up for consultations. Firstyear classes could be as large as 400, but by junior year you settled into a field and got to know a few professors well enough to chat with them regularly, and at length. We knew, and they knew, that these moments

were the heart of liberal education. In our hunger for guidance, we were ordinary. The American Freshman Survey, which has followed students since 1966, proves the point. One prompt in the questionnaire asks entering freshmen about “objectives considered to be essential or very important.” In 1967, 86 percent of respondents checked “developing a meaningful philosophy of life,” more than double the number who said “being very well off financially.” Naturally, students looked to professors for moral and worldly understanding. Since then, though, finding meaning and making money have traded places. The first has plummeted to 45 percent; the second has soared to 82 percent. I returned to U.C.L.A. on a mild afternoon in February and found the hallways quiet and dim. Dozens of 20-year-olds strolled and chattered on the quad outside, but in the English department, only one in eight doors was open, and barely a half dozen of the department’s 1,400 majors waited for a chance to speak. When college is more about career than ideas, when paycheck matters more than wisdom, the role of professors changes. We may be 50-year-olds at the front of the room with decades of reading, writing, travel, archives or labs under our belts, with 80 courses taught, but students don’t lie in bed mulling over what we said. They have no urge to become disciples. Sadly, professors pressed for research time don’t want them, ei-

ther. As a result, most undergraduates never know that stage of development when a learned mind enthralled them and they progressed toward a fuller identity through admiration of and struggle with a role model. Since the early 2000s, I have made students visit my office every other week with a rough draft of an essay. We appraise and revise the prose, sentence by sentence. I ask for a clearer idea or a better verb; I circle a misplaced modifier and wait as they make the fix. As I wait, I sympathize: So many things distract them — the gym, text messages, rush week — and often campus culture treats them as customers, not pupils. Student evaluations and ratemyprofessor. com paint us as service providers. Years ago at Emory University, where I work, a campus-life dean addressed new students with a terrible message: Don’t go too far into coursework — there’s so much more to do here! And yet, I find, my writing sessions help diminish those distractions, and by the third meeting students have a new attitude. This is a teacher who rejects my worst and esteems my best thoughts and words, they say to themselves. You can’t become a moral authority if you rarely challenge students in class and engage them beyond it. If we professors do not do that, the course is not an induction of eager minds into an enlarging vision. It is a requirement to fulfill. Only our assistance with assignments matters. When it comes to students, we shall have only one authority: the grades we give. We become not a fearsome mind or a moral light, a role model or inspiration. We become accreditors. Mark Bauerlein is an English professor at Emory, a senior editor at First Things and the author, most recently, of “The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30).”

& Monumental Failures

Somar Wijayadasa Inter Press Service

he United Nations was created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, protect human rights, maintain international peace and security, and uphold international law. Its 70year history is marked with many successes, but also disappointments. We need to look at both sides so that we can make the U.N. more effective in the future. The U.N. has an impressive record of resolving many international conflicts. U.N. peacekeepers have, since 1945, undertaken over 60 field missions and negotiated 172 peaceful settlements that ended regional conflicts. Right now, peacekeepers are in 20 hot spots around the world trying to save lives and avert wars. The U.N. also fought for the liberation of countries that have been under colonial rule for over 450 years. Eighty nations and more than 750 million people have since been freed from colonialism. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowered the U.N. to act as custodian for the protection of human rights, discrimination against women, children’s rights, torture, missing persons and arbitrary detention that was occurring in many countries. Moreover, the U.N. and its specialised agencies are engaged in enhancing all aspects of human life, including education, health, poverty reduction, the rights of women and children, and climate change. As a result, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded 12 times to the U.N., its specialised agencies, programmes and staff. This included an award in 1988 to the U.N. Peacekeeping Forces, and in 2001 to the U.N. and its secretary-general, Kofi Annan. The U.N. defined, codified and expanded the realm of international law, governing the legal responsibilities of States in their conduct with each other, and their treatment of individuals within State boundaries. More than 560 multilateral treaties on human rights, refugees, disarmament, trade, oceans, outer space, etc. encompassing all aspects of international affairs were negotiated by the U.N. The U.N. has made progress with its eight Millennium Development Goals, which will be followed by 17 Sustainable Development Goals to enhance social, environmental and economic progress by 2030. But it could not stop the United States from abandoning the Kyoto Protocol, ignoring the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, repudiating the Biological Weapons Convention, and repealing the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The U.N. is not without shortcomings. In 1970, when the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) was signed by 190 nations, all five superpowers owned nuclear weapons. Later, despite the NPT and Partial Test Ban Treaty, several countries – North Korea, Israel, Pakistan, and India – developed nuclear weapons. This revealed the U.N.’s inability to enforce regulations on offending nations. Along similar lines, the U.N.’s International Court of Justice has resolved major international disputes, but the U.N.’s veto powers have limited its effectiveness at critical times. The International Criminal Court, established in 2002, has prosecuted several war criminals – but it has been criticised for prosecuting only African leaders while Western powers too have committed war crimes. Dag Hammarskjold, secretary-general from 1953-1961, said that the “U.N. was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell.” The U.N. has solved many violent conflicts, prevented wars, and saved millions of lives but it also faced disappointments. In Cambodia, a peacekeeping mission (1991–95) ended violence and established a democratic government, but well after Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge (1975-79) had executed over 2.5 million people. In Rwanda, over 800,000 were massacred in 100 days. In 1995, Bosnian Serb forces overran the “safe zone” of Srebrenica and massacred 8,000 Muslim men and boys. In Darfur, an estimated 300,000 Sudanese civilians were killed. In Nigeria, Boko Haram has killed over 13,000 people. A recent report by “Body Count” revealed that “in addition to one million deaths in Iraq, an estimated 220,000 people have been killed in Afghanistan and 80,000 in Pakistan as a result of US foreign policy”. Last year, Israel attacked homes, schools, hospitals, and U.N. shelters in Gaza killing 2,200 Palestinians. Condemning that action, Navi Pillay, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that “Israel was deliberately defying international law in its military offensive in Gaza and that world powers should hold it accountable for possible war crimes.” The U.N. Security Council (SC) has failed as the United States vetoes any action against Israel. The Arab Spring in the Middle East caused thousands of deaths and regime changes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Libya is devastated with over 40,000 deaths, and the civil war in Syria has killed over 220,000 people. These wars have displaced over 50 million people. Now, ISIS has infiltrated these countries causing gruesome killings, human rights abuses, and war crimes, at an unprecedented rate. These catastrophic events might have been prevented if the Member States of the U.N. had the ability to resolutely act in a timely manner. But the U.N. is not a world government, and it does not have a standing army of peace-keepers ready for deployment. And, it is the Member States that make decisions at the U.N. These setbacks clearly reflect the shortcomings of the U.N. Security Council, and its veto powers that allow some members’ own interests to be placed ahead of the need to end a raging conflict. Navi Pillay, addressing the Security Council, said that “short-term geopolitical considerations and national interest, narrowly defined, have repeatedly taken precedence over intolerable human suffering and grave breaches of – and long-term threats to – international peace and security.” During the last 70 years, geopolitics have changed drastically that call for reform of the U.N. – to meet global needs and challenges of the 21st century. Member States accuse the Security Council of being arrogant, secretive and undemocratic but the veto powers resist change. Meanwhile, violations of the U.N. Charter by powerful countries continue to erode the effectiveness of the United Nations. However, as mandated by its Charter, the U.N. has prevented another World War. The U.N. has made impressive and unprecedented progress in all aspects of human development, bringing great benefits to millions of people around the world. Our convoluted world needs the U.N. The Security Council must be reformed and strengthened to enable the U.N. as a whole to confront and resolve complex challenges of our world. As President Obama has said, the U.N. is imperfect, but it is also indispensable.

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Modi meets Xi on China visit amid warming ties Issues of rivalries and cooperation The Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their meeting in Xian, China on Thursday, May 14. Modi is visiting China this week to build friendship between the two Asian giants despite a long history of disputes and rivalries, along with some areas of cooperation, especially in the economic sphere. (AP Photo)

XI'AN, MAY 14 (AP): President Xi Jinping praised China's warming ties with India during a meeting Thursday between the leaders of Asia's rising powers and rivals, which included a rare touch of personal diplomacy for a Chinese leader. Xi met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a sprawling government guest house in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, from which the president's family hails. China-India relations "are experiencing stable development and facing broad prospects," Xi was quoted as telling Modi by China's official Xinhua News Agency. The exchanges highlight warming ties between the two powers — the world's most populous nations with a combined 2.6 billion people — despite their continuing rivalry and contrasting political systems. That trend has gained momentum by the personal authority enjoyed by the

two men, who are widely seen as their countries' strongest leaders in years. Modi's visit will "push forward the bilateral strategic partnership to achieve new progress, which has potential for greater development," Xi said. Clad in traditional Indian dress, Modi earlier visited the museum dedicated to China's famed Terra Cotta Warriors and a Buddhist temple housing works translated from Sanskrit — a reminder of the ancient cultural links between the two Asian gians. Amid heavy security, large crowds turned out to greet his motorcade, prompting the prime minister to tweet: "Am very glad to see the enthusiasm among the people of China. People-to-people ties are always special." The visit to the central Chinese city marks the first time Xi has hosted a visiting foreign leader in his ances-

ChANDIgArh, MAY 14 (IANS) A man from Punjab who escaped from the clutches of the ISIS in June 2014 claimed on Thursday that 39 Indians taken hostage have been killed. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in New Delhi that she did not believe the claims and her own sources felt the Indian nationals were still alive. Harjit Masih, 25, told the media in Mohali town adjoining Chandigarh and claimed that the 39 Indians, mostly from Punjab, were attacked by the ISIS terrorists and killed. "The ISIS came and kidnapped us and took us to another place. We were 40 Indians and about 50 Bangladeshis. They assured us that our passports would

come and we will be allowed to leave for India," Masih said. "They (ISIS) handed us over to another group (of terrorists) who took us to another place. Later, they put us in a room and started firing. Everyone around me fell. I kept lying there and later escaped," he said. In New Delhi, Sushma Swaraj disputed Masih's claims and said her sources had not indicated that the Indian nationals were dead. "We are not sparing any efforts to find them. We are hopeful that we will be able to find them and bring them back home. I have eight different sources who are saying they are alive," Sushma Swaraj told the media after families of the hostages met her in New

Delhi on Thursday. "Harjit Masih left our protection on his own. He was not under detection," Sushma Swaraj said. The family of Masih had earlier claimed that he was kept under detention after his escape and return from Iraq. "There is no reason to believe him. If we believe him, it will mean that we end our search. I don't want to give up hope on this and we are looking for proof," Sushma Swaraj said. The Indian nationals were taken hostage by the ISIS on June 11 last year in northern Iraq's Mosul town. Their families have met Sushma Swaraj and other leaders in New Delhi and Chandigarh to know the whereabouts of their kin stuck in Iraq.

India at 100 on human capital index geNevA, MAY 14 (PTI): India has been ranked at a lowly 100 position on the global Human Capital Index, which measures countries on development and deployment of human capital. Finland has topped the 124-nation list. India is ranked lower than all its BRICS peers -- Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa -- and smaller neighbours like Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh. But Pakistan follows at 113. In the top 10 of the list, compiled by t h e Wo r l d Economic Forum (WEF), Finland is followed by Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Belgium. WEF said the list has been compiled on the basis of 46 indicators about "how well countries are developing and deploying their human capital, focusing on education, skills and employment". "It aims to understand whether countries are wasting or leveraging their human potential," it added. On India, the report said that although the educational attainment has improved markedly over different age groups, its youth literacy rate is still only 90 percent, well behind the rates of other emerging economies. "India also ranks poorly on labour force participation rate due to its large informal sector," WEF added.

The major countries ranked above India include France (14th rank), the US (17), the UK (19) and Germany (22). Among BRICS nations, Russia comes on the top at 26th position, followed by China (64), Brazil (78) and South Africa (92). The countries with a better score than India also include Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyz Republic, Chile, the Philippines, Serbia, Mongolia, the UAE, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Mauritius, Barbados, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Cambodia and Tunisia. WEF said 14 countries have reached 80 percent human capital optimisation while 38 score 70-80 percent. An additional 40 countries are somewhere between 60 percent and 70 percent while 23 countries score 50-60 percent and nine remain below the 50 percent mark. In Asia and the Pacific, where the majority of the world's population is concentrated, the spread between the highest and lowest performing countries is among the widest. After Japan, the best-performing countries are New Zealand (9), Australia (13) and Singapore (24) while Nepal (106), Myanmar (112) and Pakistan (113) occupy the lowest positions. After China and India, the region's third most populous country, Indonesia, takes the 69th slot. Iran is ranked 80th.

India ranked lower than all its BRICS peers

Himalayan Border Disputes India and China have disagreed for decades over which country controls two chunks of Himalayan territory. China says the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is part of China, while India insists China is illegally occupying Aksai Chin, a rocky and largely empty region far to the northwest. The two sides fought a brief war in 1962 over the latter territory. But the disputes have been low key for years now, The Pakistan Factor The longtime friendship bewith both countries much more concerned about boosting cross- tween China and Pakistan, rooted in a time when both countries border trade and investment. were deeply mistrustful of India, has long made New Delhi nerString Of Pearls India is deeply unsettled over vous. The relationship has mainly China's growing presence in the gone one way, with China providIndian Ocean, a scenario some ing economic assistance and poanalysts call the "string of pearls" litical backing to Pakistan. Islamstrategy linking China's inter- abad is also anxious for an alliance ests in the countries surround- it can use to balance the growing ing India — Sri Lanka, Myanmar, economic and political clout of Bangladesh and Pakistan. In Sri India. But Pakistan also offers China a gateway to South Asia,

tral home, a conscious display of hospitality underscoring his intention to build a strong personal relationship with Modi. Xi is reciprocating the Indian leader's invitation to his own hometown of Ahmedabad during a visit to India last year. Chinese leaders almost never receive their foreign counterparts in anything other than formal settings in Beijing. Xi said his September to India visit resulted in "an important consensus on promoting the bilateral strategic partnership of cooperation and forging a closer partnership of development," according to Xinhua. China is looking to India as a market for its increasingly high-tech goods, from high-speed trains to nuclear power plants, while India is keen to attract Chinese investment in manufacturing and infrastructure. With a slowing economy, excess production capacity and nearly $4 tril-

Iraq survivor says ISIS killed 39 Indian hostages, Swaraj refutes claim

Lanka, off India's southern tip, China began by building the port at Hambantota and significantly upped the stakes with a massive development project off the coast of the capital, Colombo. Then, Sri Lanka allowed two Chinese submarines to dock off its coast, threatening to derail ties between India and Sri Lanka. The two sides moved to reconcile after the election of a new Sri Lankan government that put the Colombo port project under review.

lion in foreign currency reserves, China is ready to satisfy India'sestimated $1 trillion in demand for infrastructure projects such as airports, roads, ports and railways. Modi's top priority in China is finding ways to reduce India's $48 billion trade deficit with its neighbor through greater market access for Indian goods and services and by convincing Chinese companies to manufacture in India. Indian and Chinese officials have said the sides plan to sign investment deals and trade agreements during Modi's visit worth about $10 billion, the official China Daily newspaper reported Thursday. Xi and Modi are also expected to discuss efforts to end a border dispute that sparked a bloody monthlong conflict in 1962. No resolution is expected soon, although the sides have been in close contact to avoid flare-ups.

Iran and the Arabian Sea, one of Cooperation the economic beltways that PresiDespite their rivalries, the two dent Xi Jinping has sought to build countries have played up their culthrough the region. tural links — such as the importation of Buddhism into China by India Accelerates, China Slows wandering Chinese monks more India's economic growth rate than 1,500 years ago — and have is finally overtaking China's — al- found ample room for economic though the sheer size of China's cooperation. Both are members economy ($10 trillion) remains of the BRICS grouping of emergmuch larger than India's ($2 tril- ing economies, which is now eslion). The World Bank expects In- tablishing a formal lending arm, dia's economy to grow 7.5 percent the New Development Bank, to this year compared with 7.1 per- be based in China's financial hub cent for China. Last year, India's of Shanghai and to be headed by economy expanded 7.2 percent a senior Indian banker. India also and China's grew 7.4 percent, was a founding member of the Chithe slowest annual rate in nearly na-backed Asian Infrastructure Ina quarter century. India's growth vestment Bank, which plans to be could accelerate further if New formally established by year's end Delhi addresses long-standing and seeks to emulate institutions problems such as poor infrastruc- such as the World Bank and Interture and a strangling bureaucracy. national Monetary Fund. While In China, the central bank has cut the sides are seeking to expand interest rates to try to prevent the bilateral trade to $100 billion this economy from slowing too quick- year, China exports far more than it ly. After two decades of double- imports, something Indian Prime digit growth that has raised in- Minister Narendra Modi hopes to comes but also caused significant alter with increased market access environmental damage, for Indian goods and services.

India has also grown increasingly concerned about forays by Chinese naval vessels, including submarines, into what New Delhi considers its strategic backyard. China's navy is active in the Gulf of Aden as part of anti-piracy patrols, and Beijing has heavy invests in port facilities in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Another divisive issue is China's deep ties with Pakistan, India's archrival, where Xi received a lavish reception last month. China has committed to invest up to $46 billion in Pakistani power generation and other projects. Meanwhile, the presence of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in India rankles Beijing, although New Delhi has avoided using him as a diplomatic foil. China reviles the Buddhist cleric, who fled to India in 1959, as a separatist. Beijing is also concerned about India's improving relations with Ja-

pan and the U.S. — China's chief rivals for influence in Asia. Xi's desire to build a strong personal bond with Modi can be seen as an attempt to ensure China ranks high in his affections and improve coordination on regional and international issues. Both countries are members of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies, which is now establishing a formal lending arm, the New Development Bank, to be based in China's financial hub of Shanghai and headed by a senior Indian banker. India was also a founding member of the embryonic China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which seeks to emulate institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Modi will talk with officials including Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Friday before going to Shanghai for activities focusing on trade relations.

Four Indians among 14 killed in Kabul attack KAbul/New DelhI, MAY 14 (IANS): Four Indians were among 14 people killed in a suspected Taliban attack on a guesthouse in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul overnight on Wednesday, an Indian embassy source said on Thursday. “Four Indians, including a lady, were killed in the attack,” the source told IANS over telephone. “Nine other foreigners were also killed in the attack,” the source added. Asked about the attackers, he said that they were “three to four” and suspected to be Taliban gunmen. All were killed in the seven-hour encounter that ended on Thursday morning. Meanwhile, a top Afghan official has been quoted by an Afghan news agency as saying that the militants attacked the upscale Park Palace guesthouse in Kabul's Kolola Pushta late Wednesday night thinking that Indian Ambassador Amar Sinha was inside. Khaama Press quoted President Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy for good governance Ahmad Zia Massoud as telling reporters that the militants attacked the guesthouse thinking the Indian envoy was present in the premises. Massoud visited the attack scene in Kabul late on Wednesday night and spoke to reporters there. “Massoud said the attack on Park Palace guesthouse is likely a political attack but he did not elaborate further,” the Khaama Press report said. “A security official earlier said a musical event was due to be organised, which was due to be attended by the Turkish and Indian guests as well Afghan nationals.”

Afghan security forces inspect the site of the Park Palace Hotel attacked by gunmen, in Kabul on Thursday, May 14. Gunmen stormed the guesthouse on Wednesday night as it hosted a party for foreigners. An hourslong siege ended early Thursday morning. (AP Photo)

PM Modi calls up Afghan president after Kabul attack XI'AN/New DelhI, MAY 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that both their nations were "one" in fighting terror, after a Taliban attack in Kabul killed 14 people, including four Indians. "Spoke to President @ashrafghani & offered condolences on loss of lives due to the Kabul attack. We are one when it comes to fighting terror," the prime

minister, who is visiting Xi'an in China, tweeted. "President @ ashrafghani expressed sadness on the unfortunate demise of Indian citizens in the attack in Kabul," Modi said. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Park Palace guesthouse in Kabul's Kolola Pushta that killed 14 people, including four Indians and an American, on Wednesday night. Among the four In-

dians was a woman. The terror attack also featured in talks between Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Xi'an. On Wednesday night, just ahead of his takeoff for Xi'an, Modi tweeted that he was concerned about the situation in Kabul after hearing the news. "In the aircraft I got news about the attack in Kabul. Am concerned about the situation & I pray for everyone's safety," Modi tweeted.

Freedom of speech and expression not an absolute right: SC

New DelhI, MAY 14 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that though the freedom of speech and expression provided in constitution under the fundamental rights has to be given a broad canvas but it was not absolute right. "Freedom of speech and expression has to be given a broad canvas, but it has to have inherent limitations which are permissible within the constitutional parameters," said a bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant in their judgment. "We have already opined that freedom of speech and expression as enshrined under article 19(1) (a) of the constitution is not absolute in view of Article 19(2) of the

constitution." Speaking for the bench, Justice Misra said: "We reiterate the said right is a right of great value and transcends and with the passage of time and growth of culture, it has to pave the path of ascendancy, but it cannot be put in the compartment of absoluteness. There is constitutional limitation attached to it." The court's ruling came while discharging bank official Devidas Ramachandra Tuljapurkar who faced criminal proceedings for carrying in a bank journal a satirical poem centring on Mahatma Gandhi in which it was alleged obscene language was used. The poem was authored by Vasant Dattatray Gujjar. While discharg-

ing Tuljapurkar, the apex court noted that he had apologised for publishing the controversial poem. In the context of obscenity, the provision enshrined under the Indian Penal Code's section 292 (sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.) has its room to play, the court said, adding: "We have already opined that by bringing in a historically respected personality to the arena of section 292 IPC, neither a new offence is created nor an ingredient is interpreted." The judicially evolved test, that is, "contemporary community standards test" is a parameter for adjudging obscenity, and in that context, the words used or spoken by a historically respected person-

ality is a medium of communication through a poem or write-up or other form of artistic work gets signification, the court said. Patit Pawan Sanghtan had filed the complaint in 1994 both against the publisher and the author of the poem. Though both were absolved of charge of creating enmity between different sections but both the trial court and the Bombay High Court declined to unsaddle them of the obscenity charge. Tuljapurkar had moved the apex court in 2010 and it stayed all the proceedings against him July 7, 2010. Gujjar did not challenge the high court order declining to quash obscenity charge against him.

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Malaysia turns away 800 boat people LANGKAWI, MAy 14 (AP): Rohingya and Bangladeshis migrants abandoned at sea by human traffickers had nowhere to go Thursday as Malaysia turned away two crammed boats, and Thailand kept at bay a large vessel with hundreds of hungry people. “What do you expect us to do?” Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Jafaar said. “We have been very nice to the people who broke into our border. We have treated them humanely but they cannot be flooding our shores like this.” “We have to send the right message that they are not welcome here,” he told The Associated Press. Four days earlier, about 1,000 refugees landed on the shores of Langkawi, a resort island in northern Malaysia near Thailand. Another 600 have arrived surreptitiously in Indonesia. Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha also made it clear that his government does not have resources to host refugees. “If we take them all in,

An ethnic Rohingya boy carries a plate in his hands as he walks past migrants queuing up for their meals during breakfast time at a temporary shelter in Lapang, Indonesia on Thursday, May 14. More than 1,600 migrants and refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh have landed on the shores of Malaysia and Indonesia in the past week and thousands more are believed to have been abandoned at sea, floating on boats with little or no food after traffickers literally jumped ship fearing a crackdown. (AP Photo)

then anyone who wants to come will come freely. I am asking if Thailand will be able to take care of them all. Where will the budget come from?” Prayuth said. “No one wants them. Everyone wants a transit country like us to take responsibility. Is it fair?” he said.

Southeast Asia for years tried to quietly ignore the plight of Myanmar’s 1.3 million Rohingya but finds itself caught in a spiraling humanitarian crisis that in many ways it helped create. In the last three years, more than 120,000 members of the Muslim minority, who

are intensely persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, have boarded ships to flee to other countries, paying huge sums to human traffickers. But faced with a regional crackdown, the smugglers have abandoned the ships, leaving an estimated

6,000 refugees to fend for themselves, according to reliable aid workers and human rights groups. “This is a grave humanitarian crisis demanding an immediate response,” said Matthew Smith, executive director of nonprofit human rights group Fortify Rights. “Lives are on the line.” Despite appeals by the U.N. and aid groups, no government in the region — Thai, Indonesian or Malaysian — appears willing to take the refugees, fearing that accepting a few would result in an unstoppable flow of poor, uneducated migrants. Wan Junaidi said about 500 people on a boat found Wednesday off northern Penang state were given provisions and sent on their way. Another boat carrying about 300 migrants was turned away near Langkawi island overnight, according to two Malaysian officials who declined to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak to the press. Meanwhile, a boat carrying 300 Rohingya was spotted at the Thai-Ma-

ISI man who ‘sold’ Osama a Kashmir hardliner WASHINGTON, MAy 14 (TNN): The military general who sold Osama bin Laden’s location for part of the $25 million bounty has been identified in the Pakistani media as former brigadier Usman Khalid, a hardline Islamist fantasist whose television appearances invoke the glory days of Muslim domination from Istanbul to New Delhi. According to the bombshell story by Seymour Hersh that has caused ripples in the US, a former midlevel ISI officer walked into the US embassy in Islamabad to rat on Pakistan’s secret custody of bin Laden. He and his family

have since been relocated to Pakistan, where he is said to be a consultant for the CIA. A scrutiny of his publicly available speeches, writings, and records show Brig Khalid to be a grandfatherly post-retirement think-tanker who peddles hopeful theories about the imminent break-up of India due to sundry insurrections against the Brahminical class that allegedly rules India. As director of the ‘London Institute of South Asia’ he has also edited a book titled ‘Authentic Voices of South Asia’ with chapters by separatist malingerers such as Gurmukh Singh

Aulakh and Syed Geelani. Why and how a retired former general in the army would know of bin Laden’s location is hard to fathom, although Pakistani military strongmen are known to frequently use retired confidants for sensitive jobs. The prevailing theory a decade ago was that General Musharraf had entrusted bin Laden’s safety to his go-to man Brig Ejaz Shah. Musharraf ‘s successor Kayani could have similarly entrusted the task to Brig Usman Khalid, according to the intelligence grapevine. If indeed the ISI walkin in the same Brig Usman

Khalid, New Delhi will have much to be concerned about his new status as CIA consultant since he is full of toxic and dangerous theories, including the need for Pakistan and Afghanistan to join forces to liberate Kashmir. Khalid is unapologetic about the Pakistan-inspired insurrection in Kashmir and is an Islamist fantasist who believes Partition is an unfinished business and India will break-up further. “The Muslims were the only people who had developed a ‘national personality’ by 1947 but they were not the only nation. Every nation in India is bound to seek sov-

ereignty as it crystallises its national personality and has a birthright to do so,” Khalid writes in one tract. Meanwhile, the US media has gradually reeled back on criticism of Hersh’s story about the bin Laden raid. In a story headlined, ‘The detail in Seymour Hersh’s story that rings true,’ Carlotta Gall, the New York Times’ correspondent in Pakistan for many years, said she too had heard about the ISI walk-in from a source but she had held back from publishing it because it was difficult to corroborate it although she did not doubt her source.

laysian maritime border in Satun province, Thailand’s deputy government spokesman Maj. Gen. Sansern Kaewkamnerd said. The Thai navy contacted the migrants, who said they “wanted to travel to a third country and asked for help in repairing their boat and asked for food and water,” Sansern said. “None of them wanted to go to the Thai shore but wanted to travel to a third country,” he said. “Thai sailors have given them what they wanted by providing food and water for them. Currently, they are in the process of repairing the broken engine.” The repairs will finish tonight, he said. Malaysia, which is not a signatory of international conventions on refugees, is host to more than 150,000 refugees and asylum seekers, the majority of whom are from Myanmar. More than 45,000 of them are Rohingya, according to the U.N. refugee agency, many more than almost any other country. But because they have no legal status, job opportunities are limited. They

Overall happiness did not vary between girls and boys, but there were significant gender differences in satisfaction with oneself (body, appearance and self-confidence) in Europe and South Korea, but not in the other countries in the survey in Asia, Africa and South America. There were substantial differences between countries in how children spent their time. For example, children tended to report spending much more time on homework in Estonia and Poland than in South Korea and England.

Children in Poland, Norway and Israel spent the most time playing sports and exercising. Children in some countries spent much more time caring for siblings and other family members than in other countries. The research also highlights the prevalence of children living in two different homes in some European countries -- over 10 percent of children in Norway, England and Estonia - a pattern which is rarely seen in some other countries in the survey. It found that children in northern

European countries are particularly dissatisfied with their appearance and self-confidence. Most of the kids rated their satisfaction with life as a whole positively but the percentage of children with very high well-being varied from around 78 percent in Turkey and 77 percent in Romania and Colombia to around 40 percent in South Korea. The percentage with low wellbeing varied from less than two percent in Romania and Colombia to over seven percent in South Korea and South Africa.

Vatican recognizes state of Palestine Nicole Winfield Associated Press

he Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty finalized Wednesday, immediately sparking Israeli ire and accusations that the move hurt peace prospects. The treaty, which concerns the activities of the Catholic Church in Palestinian territory, is both deeply symbolic and makes explicit that the Holy See has switched its diplomatic recognition from the Palestine Liberation Organization to the state of Palestine. The Vatican had welcomed the decision by the U.N. General Assembly in 2012 to recognize a Palestinian state and had referred to the Palestine state since. But the treaty is the first legal document negotiated between the Holy See and the Palestinian state, giving the Vatican’s former signs of recognition an unambiguous confirmation in a formal, bilateral treaty. “Yes, it’s a recognition that the state exists,” said the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it was “disappointed.” “This move does not promote the peace process and distances

the Palestinian leadership from returning to direct and bilateral negotiations,” the ministry said in a text message. The United States and Israel oppose recognition, arguing that it undermines U.S.-led efforts to negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian deal on the terms of Palestinian statehood. Most countries in Western Europe have held off on recognition, but some have hinted that their position could change if peace efforts remain deadlocked. The treaty was finalized days before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visits Pope Francis at the Vatican. Abbas is heading to Rome to attend Francis’ canonization Sunday of two new saints from the Holy Land. “This is a very important recognition as the Vatican has a very important political status that stems from its spiritual status,” said Abbas’ senior aide, Nabil Shaath. “We expect more EU countries to follow.” The Vatican has been referring unofficially to the state of Palestine since 2012. During Pope Francis’ 2014 visit to the Holy Land, the Vatican’s official program referred to Abbas as the president of the “state of Palestine.” The Vatican’s foreign minister, Monsignor Antoine Camilleri,

acknowledged the change in status, but said the shift was simply in line with the Holy See’s position. The Holy See clearly tried to underplay the development, suggesting that its 2012 press statement welcoming the U.N. vote constituted its first official recognition. Nowhere in that statement does the Vatican say it recognizes the state of Palestine, and the Holy See couldn’t vote for the U.N. resolution because it doesn’t have voting rights at the General Assembly. The Vatican’s efforts to downplay the move seemed justified given the swift condemnation of the development by Israeli groups: The American Jewish Committee said it was “counterproductive to all who seek true peace between Israel and the Palestinians.” The Anti-Defamation League said it was “premature.” “We appreciate that the Vatican’s basic intention is to promote IsraeliPalestinian reconciliation, but believe that this diplomatic recognition will be unhelpful to that end,” the ADL’s Abraham Foxman said. The 2012 U.N. vote recognized Palestine as a non-member observer state, made up of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, lands Israel

was time to put pressure on Myanmar to address the Rohingya crisis. “You talk about democracy, but don’t treat your citizens like trash, like criminals, until they need to run away to our country,” he said. Increasingly over the years, Rohingya boarding boats in the Bay of Bengal have been joined by Bangladeshis seeking an escape from poverty. Their first stop until recently was Thailand, where migrants were held in jungle camps until their families could raise hefty ransoms so they could continue onward. The smugglers changed tactics after recent crackdowns and began holding people on large ships offshore. Initially migrants were shuttled to shore in groups on smaller boats after their “ransoms” were paid. But as agents and brokers on land got spooked by arrests — not just of traffickers but also police and politicians — they went into hiding. That created a bottleneck, with migrants stuck on boats for days and weeks.

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dirEctoratE of highEr EducatioN NagalaNd : Kohima

No. HED/DIR-1/2014-15/

Dated Kohima the 14th May, 2015

PRESS RELEASE The following Roll number of candidates who appeared written examination on 5th May, 2015 for the post of LDA-cum-Computer Assistant and Technician are found eligible to appear for Practical examination and viva-voce on 22nd May, 2015 at 11:00 AM in the Conference Hall of the Directorate of Higher Education. 1. LDA-cum-Computer Assistant –Roll number:- 32, 102 and 103. 2. Technician – Roll number:- 178, 217, 516 and 519. Sd/(Dr. NORBERT NORAHO) Addl. Director, Higher Education, Nagaland : Kohima

NagalaNd Board of School EducatioN Kohima

Global survey reveals where happiest kids live LONdON, MAy 14 (IANS): Children are more likely to be happy with their friendships in Europe and more likely to be happy with their school lives in Africa, says a global survey from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. The survey asked 50,000 children in 15 countries about all key aspects of their lives, including their family and home life, friendships, money and possessions, school life, local area, time use, personal wellbeing, views on children’s rights and their overall happiness.

also have little or no access to basic services like education and health care, and are vulnerable to arrests and deportation. A small number are resettled to third countries. Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch Asia accused Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia of playing “a three-way game of human ping pong.” At the same time, the three countries and others in Southeast Asia have for years bowed to the wishes of Myanmar at regional conferences, avoiding all discussions of statesponsored discrimination against the Rohingya. Denied citizenship by national law, members of the Rohingya minority are effectively stateless. They have limited access to education or adequate health care and cannot move around freely. They have been attacked by the military and chased from their homes and land by extremist Buddhist mobs in a country that regards them as illegal settlers. Wan Junaidi, the deputy home minister, said it

NOTIFICATION NO.11/2015 Dated Kohima, the 13th May 2015

NO.NBE-2/EX-10/2015-16/ :: The examination routine for the High School Leaving Certificate Examination (Compartmental) 2015 is hereby notified for information of all concerned. Day Subject (Time 9 am to 12 noon) English 1st June 2015 Monday Science 2nd June 2015 Tuesday Second Language 3rd June 2015 Wednesday i. Tenyidie ii. Ao iii. Sumi iv. Hindi v. Alternative English Mathematics 4th June 2015 Thursday Sixth Subjects: 5th June 2015 Friday i. IIT (9 to 10.30 am) ii. Home Science (9 to 11.30 am) iii. BK & Accountancy (9 to 11.30 am) iv. Agriculture (9 to 11.30 am) v. Environmental Education (9 to 12 noon) Social Sciences 6th June 2015 Saturday Date

(Mrs. Asano Sekhose ) Chairman

Note : Examination routine shall not be altered in the event of any unexpected holiday. However, in case of cancellation or postponement of the date(s) of examination, it shall be notified through the media.

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dirEctoratE of agriculturE No.AGR/KVK-MP/2005-06/810-13

Dated Kohima the 14th May’2015

The Department of Agriculture, Government of Nagaland invites application for technical posts at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) TUENSANG. The number of posts, required qualification and terms and conditions for appointment is given below:Sl.No. 1. 2. 3. In this Sunday, May 25, 2014 file photo Pope Francis is welcomed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival to the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty finalized Wednesday, May 13, 2015 immediately sparking Israeli ire and accusations that the move hurt peace prospects. The treaty, which concerns the activities of the Catholic Church in Palestinian territory, makes clear that the Holy See has switched its diplomatic recognition from the Palestine Liberation Organization to the state of Palestine. (AP Photo

captured in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians celebrated the vote as a milestone in their quest for international recognition. Most countries in Africa, Asia and South America have individually recognized Palestine. In Western Europe, Sweden took the step last year, while several parliaments have approved non-binding motions urg-

ing recognition. This isn’t the first time that the Vatican under Francis has taken diplomatic moves knowing that it would please some quarters and ruffle feathers elsewhere: Just last month, he referred to the slaughter of Armenians by Turkish Ottomans a century ago as a “genocide,” prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador.

Name of the posts Subject Matter Specialist Farm Manager Programme Assistant

Nos. of post 1 1 1 Total 3 nos.

TERMS & CONDITIONS: 1. All the posts are purely on temporary basis. 2. The posts will be terminated as and when ICAR stops finding. 3. The undersigned reserves right to terminate service of any incumbent without any notice, if the service is found unsatisfactory. 4. The minimum qualification for the post against Sl. No.1 is M. Sc (Agri) preferably in the discipline of Agriculture Entomology with the Bachelor Degree in the same field. 5. The minimum qualification for the post against Sl. No.2 is B Sc (Agri). 6. The minimum qualification for the post against Sl. No.3 is B.Sc (Home Science)/ B.Sc (Agri)/ B.Sc (Horti)/ B Sc. (Forestry). Preference will be given to B.Sc (Home Science). 7. The age limit of the candidate age should not be below 20 years and above 35 years. 8. The scale of pay for the post against Sl. No. 1 is Rs.15600/- (basic) against Sl. No. 2 & 3 is Rs.9300/- (basic). The interested candidates may apply with curricular vitae (CVs) along with recent passport size photograph within 15 days from the date of advertisement. All the applications should be addressed to the Director of Agriculture, Nagaland. Kohima, with envelop super scribed "APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF _____________ . Sd/BENDANYANGER Director of Agriculture, Nagaland: Kohima

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SDJHSS felicitate HSSLC Commerce Stream rank holders Latest pension and GPF Final payment cases uploaded

Dimapur, may 14 (mExN): SD Jain Hr Secondary School, Dimapur felicitated four state top ten rank holders of HSSLC Commerce Stream including 1st and 2nd rank, two rank holders i.e. 3rd and 13th in the HSLC examination 2015 and four subject toppers in the state on May 12 in the School Auditorium. Members of Jain Samaj, School Managing Committee members, rank holders, parents, teachers and students, attended the function. A press note stated that Om Prakash Sethi, President of Shree Digamber Jain Samaj Dimapur graced the function as the chief

kohima, may 14 (mExN): All retired State Government Officers and officials are informed that pension and GPF Final payment cases settled upto the month of April 2015 have been uploaded on the AG Nagaland website. Pensioners may log on to this Office web-site at www.agnagaland.gov. in by clicking at Felicitation and PENSION or GPF Felicitation or by directly clicking on the Sticky Note written “Click here to view State top ten rank holders of HSSLC Commerce Stream with others during the felicitation ceremony held on May 12. guest. In his address, he in bringing out standing re- achievement. He promised help the students to excel list of settled PENSION / congratulated all the rank sult in the Board examina- that all possible assistance in academics as well as in GPF final payment cases.” All Heads of Departholders and congratulated tion. He said that Jain Samaj would be extended to the non-academics in the days ment in the State Governthe teachers of the school is very proud of school’s School Administration to to come. ment are requested once again to ensure timely

W. Daniel Rengma Memorial Meritorious Award launched

TsEmiNyu, may 14 (mExN): The members of Late W. Daniel Rengma Trust organised launching programme of W. Daniel Rengma Memorial Meritorious Award cum Felicitation for the students of Christian School Tseminyu who had passed the High School Leaving Certificate Examination 2015. The event was held on May 11 at the Chapel Hall of Christian School Tseminyu. Haiwalo Apon, Executive Secretary, Council of Rengma Baptist Churches

congratulated the successful students and encouraged the parents and students community “not only to be Great but Good and God-fearing leaders of the society.” The programme was chaired by Wacy Kent, invocation Prayer by Athun Kath, welcome address by Shwenhilo Keppen and brief note on the Life of Late W. Daniel Rengma by Pollem Tep. Speeches were delivered by representatives of CRBC, Rengma Hoho, School Managing Board, Rengma Mothers

The students of Christian School Tseminyu with family and members of Late W. Daniel Rengma Trust launching programme held on May 11.

Association, thanks giving by Khetso Keppen. prayer by Rev. Isac Kesen, A press note stated that words of gratitude by Sinilo the members of Late W. DanKent, benediction prayer iel Rengma Trust acknowl-

edged Tesinlo Kent (Abu) and his Family for providing all financial requirements for the success of programme.

Kiphire dpdb monthly meeting held

kiphirE, may 14 (Dipr): The monthly meeting of the Kiphire District planning & Development Board was held on May 6 in the Conference Hall of Deputy Commissioner Kiphire. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Commissioner & Vice chairman, DPDB Kiphire, A. Chumremo Odyuo. ADC Seyochung submitted a proposal for setting up of Town Council in Seyochung Town which the board forwarded to the government. A proposal for setting up of SBI Branch at Seyochung HQ submitted by ADC Seyochung was also discussed and the Board unanimously decided to recommend the same. A proposal for setting up Public Library at Kiphire by DPDB was made by the Kiphire District Private School Society. The Board

thoroughly deliberated and recommended the Department of Art & Culture to provide a public Library at Kiphire town. A proposal for renovation of DBs Court at Longmatra was received from Head DB Longmatra which was discussed. The Board forwarded the recommendation to the Law & Justice department for necessary action. As per the initiative of the Minister of Power, the ADC & Administrator, Kiphire Town Council presented a proposal on the purchase of land and further development for common burial and cremation ground at Kiphire town. The Board unanimously decided to recommend the department of urban development for inclusion of 10% scheme during financial period 2015-16. The board also discussed a proposal for Grant-in-aid for Sara-

mati Mountain School Pungro. The board discussed and entrusted ADC Pungro to verify and submit a report in this regard during the next meeting. Proposal for upgradation of class IX & X for Agape School Kiphire was deliberated basing on the report of DEO and recommended to the concern department for upgradation. The Board deliberated on the matter pertaining to water scarcity in the District HQ. It was informed that the Department has submitted proposal to the Government during 2014-15 which was included in the state priority list of NLCPR. However the proposal could not get retention by the ministry of DONER. The board decided to remind the department for pursing the matter for inclusion in the priority list of NLCPR, 2015-16.

A proposal for construction of two roads and one bridge under Kiphire district was submitted by Executive Engineer R&B. The board decided to recommend to the concern department for inclusion in the work programme 2015-16 on priority. The following schemes are: (a) Soiling, medaling & Black Topping, Kiphire Town to Seyochung via Amahator, (b) Construction of road from Seyochung to Longya via New Monger and (c) Construction of RCC Bridge over Yangsethsaki River. As per the direction from the chairman, DPDB, the normal time for the forth-coming monthly meeting would be held at 10:00 AM. The board also decided to recontinue with the department presentation. CMO was entrusted to highlight departmental activities in the next meeting.

public discourse

TowArds A JusT socieTy

Speech delivered by Rev Dr Wati Aier at NSF 26th General Conference, May 14, 2015

n ancient Greece, for the socio-political thinkers of the pre-Socratic and Socratic period, the idea of a Just Society was widely imagined and practiced. They believed that behind the quest for a Just Society, lied humanity’s longing for a being and for doing what they see as urgent and important for the common good. While the ancient Greek idea of a Just Society has been largely integrated into Western societies— and by extension, democratic systems—the question that we have to ask is: “What does a Just Society mean in the Naga context?” Is the term “Just Society” just another vague concept that we, as Nagas, have somehow always assumed we have no choice but to strive towards—without any frame of reference to the definition or contextual meaning of the phrase? I can say today that a Just Society for the Nagas should be neither vague, nor should it be an unattainable, fleeting goal that we as a people will never collectively touch with our own hands. How we define it, however, is up to us, as a group. A Just Society is only as distinct as we shape it to be. It is only as approachable, as we nurture it to be. A Just Society, accordingly, is one that takes shape not so much by the ideas that dictate people, but inversely, by men and women defining and taking action. It is, in essence, a movement built from the bottom up. What is the Just Society that the Nagas are seeking? Obviously, one that is not haphazard and devoid of form and content, attached to concepts that are too idealistic to carry any true meaning or tangible realization. What is the Just Society that the Nagas long for? Certainly, one that

is aware of the consequences of the causes, and of its effects. Today’s citizens will no longer tolerate that a Just Society is borne out of guns. They will not tolerate a just society that sprouts forth from graves. The ends, it turns out, never justifies the means. For the Nagas, a Just Society is all about an authentic and genuine justice. The kind of justice, that ushers in life, worth living. Again, to remind us all, when I say “Justice,” I do not mean to pronounce a vague concept that we only mention during gatherings such as these. What I mean by “Justice” is a doable, practical, and tangible Justice. The sort of Justice that provides opportunities for children, women, and men to flourish and to live good lives. The sort of Justice where the small acts—as insignificant as they may seem—are as important as any large scale revolutions or policy decisions. Remember, this is a movement built from the bottom up. Solid foundations make for the sturdiest houses. Many of us think that our task is insurmountable. It is hard not to be obsessed with the Sisyphus syndrome—the character from Greek mythology who is cursed by the Gods to roll a huge rock up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, for eternity. I know many of you have experienced this, as I have too, many times during my years of work in the Naga context. I would, however, like to challenge the thinkers, leaders, clergy, and host of well meaning people in Naga society to rid ourselves of the self-defeatist voice that constantly whispers at us, shouts at us, that we are chained by the forces we cannot change. I emphatically reject such a view. I believe that self-defeatism manifests itself when we lose our desire for introspection and retrospection. We must, consequently,

not only examine our individual and collective attitudes with sincerity, but must also remember the foundation of our historical and political rights, not forgetting the distinctiveness of “others” as well. How do we then rid ourselves of this self-defeatist mentality? First, we put our trust and energy in building institutions. Let us understand that we cannot have a Just Society without institutions. It is through these institutions—essentially a series of actions and effective arrangements and structural dispositions—that progress is produced. To accomplish both the establishment and growth of institutions, no “grand formula” should be adopted by exclusive powers. That is, a finite just society, despite all its flaws, must become a product of many participants. Such institutions must be dynamic in its intake and output, changing to meet the challenges of the present context and the coming new generation. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, we can rid ourselves of this self-defeatist mentality through the simplicity of hope. Without hope, all attempts to endorse justice or to build institutions or to cultivate public consensus, will turn out to be futile. Hope is the fuel of a Just Society. Acting in hope, accordingly, is what we can do on a daily basis; even the cursed Sisyphus, for a brief, but remarkable point in time, manages to get that rock to the top of the hill. Acting in hope is what will lead us to our own small, but eye-opening, moments of clarity, when we suddenly realize that though selfdefeatism may sometimes injure us, it cannot kill us. The fuel of the Just Society lies in the ability to commit to the hope

that despite our past failures and the inevitable roadblocks in the future, we will make the choice to continue to march forward for the sake of our mothers and fathers, our brothers and sisters, our daughters and sons. The Brazilian theologian Ruben Alves writes that hope “is a hunch that the overwhelming brutality of facts that oppress and repress us is not the last word.” Alves goes on to say that hope “is the secret discipline” that has “given prophets, revolutionaries, and saints, the courage to die for the future they envisaged.” A Just Society is never a finished product but a process of that “secret discipline” that Alves talks about—walking on the path towards solving inherent difficulties and issues, fostering mutual acceptance, submitting our conflict of interests through just and peaceful resolves. A Just Society is within our reach if we are willing to honestly and sincerely define our goals towards what is manageable and definable. We must remember not to allow the term to be defined as a faraway concept that is inaccessible to Nagas, or as a concept that can be twisted and politicized for anyone’s own ends. Let me, one more time, call upon the Naga thinkers and leaders, in a reminder that if we withdraw from our responsibility of working towards a Just Society, we will rob it of its strength. A Just Society in the Naga context is one that should exist for the common woman and man to draw hope from—remember, from the ground up! It should be one whose very nature is real and tangible and welcoming, so as to be felt and embraced irresistibly, by all during these times.

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submission of all retirement related documents ( six months before the date of retirement ) to avoid hardship to retired officials. The office as of now has been fully sensitized on the plight of retired State Government officials and is geared up to settle all cases within the stipulated two months period as per commitments given in our “Citizen’s Charter”. An Online Grievance Redressal System is functioning in this Office and can be viewed on this Office website. Any person having grievance with any Entitlement functions (PENSION, GPF, PAYSLIPS

& LOANS ) discharged by the Office of the Accountant General (A&E) can record his/her grievence online. Along with text of the grievance, relevant documents can also be uploaded. Acknowledgments would be provided via both SMS and e-mail, along with status updates via SMS. They can write to the Deputy Accountant General (A&E) Kahoto J Yepthomi or e-mail at kahoto_j@yahoo.co.in or agaenagaland@cag.gov.in for immediate redressal of their grievances. This was informed in a press release issued by Sr. Accounts Officer, Information System Cell.

AH & Vety dept welcomes parliamentary secretary

Dimapur, may 14 (mExN): A welcome ceremony was accorded to S. Chuba Longkumer, Parliamentary Secretary AH & Veterinary by the department on May 14 in the conference hall of the directorate. A press note stated that Dr. Rongsentemjen, Additional Director and Managing Director of NLDP who also addressed the welcome note, chaired the programme. Invocation was delivered by Dr. I.P Khala Addl. DIrector which was followed by a welcome song by the staffs of the directorate. Dr. Viral Yore Additional Director delivered vote of thanks. While welcoming the Parliamentary Secretary the director Dr. R.T Ezung

also highlighted on the cadre review of the department as well as the inspection tour of all the veterinary institutes in all the eleven districts of Nagaland, which was carried out in the month of April 2015. He also stressed that the departmental officers and staff have the enthusiasm and zeal to take all departmental activities to a higher level, which requires the constant support, guidance and cooperation of the Parliamentary Secretary. The director also mentioned on the able administration of the commissioner and Secretary L.H. Thangi Mannen whose experience has been an added advantage to the department. The Parliamentary Sec-

retary S. Chuba Longkumer in his speech stated that the Veterinary department is one of the largest department in the state which can develop every section of the society. He mentioned that without cooperation, unity, sincerity and dedication, no single department can function well and that all functionaries from top to bottom should perform and execute the need of the department. Further, adding that people oriented development can be achieved through constant effort, dedication and transparency, he urged all colleagues to work towards a better economic and social status of the people and set an example to all other departments in the state.

Wokha DPDB monthly meeting conducted

Wo k h a , m ay 14 (Dipr): The monthly District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting was held on May 9 at deputy commissioner’s conference hall, Wokha. Vice chairman of DPDB Wokha A. Robin Lotha chaired the meeting. Acknowledging the outstanding performance of Raynier M Yanthan (Top 15) during the HSLC examination and in bringing laurel to the district, the DPDB felicitated him with certificate and cash award of Rs.10.000 during the meeting. Lotha Youth Hoho

also presented a proposal for conduct of mass social work to repair Wokha town road from Hotel Hornbill to Ben Offset Printing Press on May 14. In this regard, the DC appealed to all concerned to contribute and extend co-operation for the success of the programme. With regard to renovation of GHSS Girls Hostel at Chukitong, the board approved to accommodate the same from LADPF, Common Pool fund. The board also approved for construction of new GHS Sanis School building and up-gradation of St. Paul School Longsa. The

board also resolved to request the government for renaming of Kinghen Road to Lt. NL Kinghen road. Deputy Commissioner requested all head of offices in the district to submit the status report of their respective office buildings/ compounds at the earliest. The DC also informed the board that as relief fund for the Nepal earthquake victims, one day salary will be deducted from all the employees and requested all HODs to do the needful and submit the same to the DC Office for onward submission to the government.

Lotha Hoho conducts awareness campaign

Wo k h a , m ay 14 (mExN): Awareness campaign rally on law and public order, motor vehicles rules, consumer and passenger rights, health and education organised by Lotha Hoho (LH) was held on May 12 at Main Police Point, Wokha Town. The rally was attended by public of Wokha town, other towns and village representatives, concerned state government officials, college and school teachers, students, owners and drivers of buses, taxi and auto and traders of all commodities. The speakers included Yanpvuo Kikon, IT Programme Management Consultant Department of Information Technology and Communication; Ch-

umren Khuvung, Supdt. of Police Wokha; Mhomo Tungoe, SDO(C) Wokha Sadar; Myamo Jami, DTO Wokha; Enrithung Lotha, CMO Wokha; Advocate Elizabeth Ezung; Advocate Renbow Ngully; and representatives from All Commercial Vehicles Association, Lotha Youth Hoho, Rengma Hoho and ACAUT Wokha unit. The rally addressed topic including education for social development, police and public relation in maintenance of law and order, administrative aspects of public service and order, Indian motor vehicle rules –its relevance to general public, physical and mental health for social development, criminal justice system and responsibilities

of licensing authorities, consumers rights of shoppers and passengers, problems and grievances of motor vehicle related business in Wokha, grievances of customers/shoppers and passengers of Wokha, and corruptions in Nagaland and appraisal on ACAUT Activities. A press note stated that the rally started with an invocation prayer by Pastor WTBC, Rev. Sulumo Ezung, welcome address and Introduction by Mhonlumo Lotha Vice-Chairman LH, and keynote address by Er. Mhondamo Ovung, General Secretary LH. Y Likhao Humtsoe, Joint Secretary LH, recorded overall proceedings of the rally and Mhao Humtsoe, Chairman LH, delivered vote of thanks.

The Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Noklak branch observed the World Red Cross Day on May 8 at Holy Angels School. The programme was chaired by W. Lachu Lam, who highlighted about the Red Cross Activities. The guest speaker was Shaying, SDO (Civil) Thonokyu Hq. Shaying advised the students to be self disciplined, to perform well in academics and to cooperate with IRCS. More than 250 students, staffs and life members attended the programme.

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tions about her past lesbian relationships. The Oscarwinning actress appears alongside Rooney Mara in Carol, a Todd Haynes film in the running for the top Palme d'Or prize, which tells the story of a love affair between two women in New York in the 1950s. When asked by Variety magazine ahead of the premiere if this was her first turn as a lesbian, she replied with a smile: "On film - or in real life?" Pressed on

normally flashy opening hits such as Moulin Rouge! or The Fifth Element. The pace will pick up quickly over the coming 12 days, with a number of high-octane extravaganzas, including Mad Max: Fury Road starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, Taiwan's The Assassin and Japan's Yakuza Apocalypse. France is particularly well-represented in this

whether she had had past relationships with women, Cate said: "Yes. Many times," without elaborating, the magazine reported. Director Emmanuelle Bercot becomes the first woman since 1987 to open the world's most famous film festival with her film Standing Tall, starring French icon Catherine Deneuve. The gritty drama marks a change from the

year's race for the top prize, making up five of the 19 Palme d'Or entries. There are some grumblings in the French press, however, over the increasing anglophone dominance, with several European auteurs using Hollywood stars and the English language to boost their chances in global markets. Having come under fire in recent years for a lack of female representation, the festival also appears to be putting a greater focus on women this year.

ctress Gul Panag, who is also a fitness and technology enthusiast, has taken on the co-founder's role for a mobile app start-up company MobieFit, which centers on health and fitness. The former beauty queen is happy to bring two of her passions together. "Technology has become such an integral part of our life. I'm a technology enthusiast and a keen watcher of the tech space. I use apps on my phone all the time, whether it is maps to find directions, edit a photo and so much more," Gul said in a statement. "Fitness is another big passion for me, and on social media, everyday, someone will write in and ask me about my take on fitness or to suggest a tip for them. And while an offhand tip can be helpful, to have a consistent app to guide you is so much more," she said. MobieFit has been incubated by

learned to handle it. As with life, there are no set rules for success. Being multifaceted enhances your repertoire and personality, and you're never ever bored. "I don't know how much we (multifaceted artists) are in demand in Bollywood, but it's always good to be a multitasker," added the 32-yearold, who performed in Gurgaon on Sunday at 100 Pipers Play for a Cause, a fund-raiser musical extravaganza for the Nepal earthquake victims. Chang, who started performing in late 2007, was joined by Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani, Ehsaan Noorani (from composer trio Shankar-EhsaanLoy) and Shilpa Rao for the event. What comes easier -acting, hosting or singing? "Acting and singing really

regular people to use to create a healthier tomorrow for everyone, that are easy to use and very beneficial". Prototyze is currently working in stealth

brought Rent and Avenue Q to New York's worldfamous Broadway. Producer Kevin McCollum told the Associated Press that he has entered into a partnership with 20th Century Fox to make both The Devil Wears Prada and Mrs. Doubtfire into stage productions. The 2006 film of the adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's novel starred Anne Hathaway as a wide-eyed graduate who lands a job as the second assistant of stern fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly (a character based on US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, for whom Weisberger once worked). Oscar-winner

Meryl Streep triumphed with her portrayal of the frosty Priestly. Further details about the musical aren't yet known, but Miuccia Prada recently spoke out about having her name used in the title. The 65-year-old designer told Corriere della Sera that she was anxious about the film adaptation. "I was terrified: the book was awful," she said, but added: "the film on the other hand, was fun." Streep and Emily Blunt, who played Priestly's first assistant, have both hinted that they would be keen to reprise their roles should Weisberger's follow-up, Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns, be made into a film. We wonder if McCollum can tempt them onto Broadway instead.

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he Simpsons” has apparently lost one of its most recognizable voices. Harry Shearer, who voices Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders and Principle Skinner, is leaving Fox’s animated series after 26 seasons. He tweeted the news on Wednesday night. “This because I wanted what we’ve always had: the freedom to do other work,” he wrote. His message suggested that his departure was over a contract dispute. Shearer wrote that the lawyer for “Simpsons” producer James L. Brooks’ delivered the news: “‘Harry will not be part of it, wish him the best.'”

Later on Wednesday, he tweeted a message to “Simpsons” fans, thanking them for their support. Fox recently renewed the venerable series for two more seasons through 2017. The rest of the “Simpsons” voice cast recently signed twoyear extensions, logging on for seasons 27 and 28, with Shearer being the only one holding out. He also tweeted a shot at Fox earlier this month, slamming a press release announcing that the show was picked up for two more seasons that failed to recognize the voice actors. Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, and Hank

Azaria are all still set to return for the next two seasons. Production on season 27 has already begun without Shearer. The show has survived contact issues before, although without losing its cast members. In 2011, 20th Century Fox Television looked to cut costs of the aging show by dealing a hefty pay cut to the voice cast. The cast did eventually agree to the cut after tense negotiations, though the salary reduction was not as steep as the studio originally proposed. Fox could not immediately be reached for comment. The season 26 finale of “The Simpsons” will air on Fox on Sunday.

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est Rupa commercial featuring Ranveer Singh is a rubber toy, no animal was used in the shoot. It is not our intention to hurt anyone's sentiment. We will be adding a disclaimer to the ad to this effect," said Mukesh Agarwal, whole-time director, Rupa & Co. Ltd. brand's spokesperson, in a statement. While condemning the advertisement, the animal rights organisation raised concerns and said it plans to take the matter forward by writing to the actor and the brand. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Poorva Joshipura, PETA India CEO, said, "PETA will be writing to Rupa Frontline and Ranveer Singh to share our concerns on behalf of sharks and today's socially aware youth."

Dior’s first black campaign star

Gul Panag to launch fitness mobile app

Prototyze, whose founder is Gourav Jaswal. Gul, 36, says she is joining Jaswal as they "share a vision of wanting to create apps for

excite and inspire me. The rest come as a bonus that I'm glad to add to my repertoire. I'm waiting for the right roles, plus I also dabble in other things," said Chang, last seen on the small screen in "Khatron Ke Khiladi Darr Ka Blockbuster Returns". Having started his acting career with 2010 film "Badmaash Company", Chang has only done two films since then even though he bagged a supporting actor award for his debut role. He is now eyeing roles that are "challenging and central to the plot" of a project even though "the length of character does not necessarily matter to me". The "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!" actor is currently hosting a Skype digital activity for TV show "India's Got Talent".

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happens," Ethan joked. "That's exactly what we do on the set of our films," his brother Joel added. "Up to now it's worked pretty well. Order comes from chaos." They will judge a typically eclectic selection that includes Matthew McConaughey in The Sea of Trees, and Michael Fassbender risking the cursed role of Macbeth. Among the highlights appearing outside the competition are Woody Allen's latest, Irrational Man, and a new Pixar animation called Inside Out. The festival is also the he Devil Wears Prabiggest film industry getda is to be given the together of the year, with musical production about 12,000 delegates treatment by the man who from 116 countries expected to attend, hawking their movies and closing deals. Insiders say this year's marketplace has a number of interesting upcoming projects. There's particular interest in The Circle starring Tom Hanks about a dangerously powerful Internet company. And Aardman animator Nick Park, the man behind Wallace and Gromit, is also in town, looking to finance a new $50 million project, trade magazine Variety reported. But industry insiders say there's a shortage of massive blockbusters that can prop up the industry. "Where are the Bruce Willises?" bemoaned one distributor in Wednesday's Variety.

eacting to the issue raised by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) over an advertisement for an innerwear brand featuring actor Ranveer Singh thrashing a shark, the brand's spokesperson said that the visuals were not intended to offend anyone, and added that a disclaimer would soon be attached to the commercial. The recent advertisement garnered a negative response due to visuals which showed Ranveer taking a dive into an ocean to save a girl from a shark and beating up a shark. "This is to clarify that the shark shown in the lat-

MeiyAng ChAng e's a dentist by profession -- and a singer, actor and anchor by choice. "Indian Idol" fame Meiyang Chang, who belongs to the Chinese community in India, says donning multiple hats is a "wonderful trend" in Bollywood as it enhances one's onscreen personality and keeps boredom at bay. "Multifaceted artists have always been around in Bollywood. Kishore Kumar is a prime example. Of late, a lot more people have come to the forefront, which is a wonderful trend, as long as they have a natural flair and knowledge of what they are getting into," Chang told IANS. He says "there's no magic formula to it". "I just love what I do. Sometimes I do feel the stress, but now I've

Although only two women are up for the top prize, the festival will celebrate legendary director Agnes Varda - who made her name during the French New Wave of the 1960s - making her the first woman to receive an honorary Palme d'Or. Oscar winner Natalie Portman is presenting a special screening of her direction debut - A Tale of Love and Darkness - about the early years of Israel. Cate Blanchett told Variety however that midrange films with women at the centre were still ?tricky to finance?. "There are a lot of people labouring under the misapprehension that people don't want to see them, which isn't true," she said. 'Order comes from chaos' The jury is led this year by favourites Joel and Ethan Coen, who won the Palme in 1991 for Barton Fink and the runner-up Grand Prix for Inside Llewyn Davis two years ago. "We love Cannes and the festival. We have come here very often," Ethan Coen told France's Le Figaro newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday. They promised to try to confuse their jury, which includes stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Sienna Miller and Sophie Marceau. "We fully intend to give them contradictory orders, and then see what

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he Cannes Film Festival eschewed its usual blockbuster opening on Wednesday to give its coveted first slot to a film by a woman director for only the second time. But it is another woman, Cate Blanchett, who stole the headlines with revela-

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mode on building mobile technology centred businesses in multiple sectors such as financial services, health and fitness, and training and learning.

op star Rihanna has officially been welcomed into the Christian Dior family with an elegant and alluring campaign. The 27-yearold is the star of the storied fashion house's Secret Garden campaign, which sees her model creative director Raf Simons's Esprit Dior Tokyo 2015 collection. The moody images were taken by revered photographer by Steven Klein back in March and while the singer is the main attraction, she shares the pictures with the luxurious setting of the Chateau de Versailles. The We Found Love singer will also star in a short video to be released next Monday, which features her new song Only If for a Night as the soundtrack. Rihanna takes over from French actress Marion Cotillard for this instalment of the Secret Garden ads, and joins Charlize

Theron, Natalie Portman and Jennifer Lawrence in becoming a brand spokesmodel. The union also marks her as the first woman of colour to pose for the brand, a feat that she previously described as: "such a big deal for me, for my culture, for a lot of young girls of any colour. I think to be acknowledged by Dior means a lot, as a woman, to feel beautiful - to feel elegant and timeless." Sidney Toledano, Di-

or's CEO has described the global star as: "a goddess but accessible. The way she moves is part of the young generation." Speaking to WWD he described Dior face Jennifer Lawrence as "also edgy" and said of her and Riri: "They understand. They're smart. In this short movie, [Rihanna] knew how to work with Versailles. She has this kind of elegance we saw it from the very first moment - and then she can surprise. She can be unex-

pected and we like it. It's part of this personality." In the ads Rihanna models a range of accessories and sequin-splattered separates that were a highlight from Simons's pre-fall collection. One of the images - where a red gownsporting Rihanna is seen running through a gilded but dark room in Versailles - is reminiscent of Charlize Theron's powerful stride through an empty room in her in Dior's J'adore fragrance ad.

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Juve overcomes Real to reach CL final

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MADRID, MAy 14 (AP): Juventus came back from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Real Madrid on Wednesday and line up a Champions League final against Barcelona with a 3-2 victory on aggregate. Former Madrid striker Alvaro Morata scored the priceless equalizer for Juventus against his old club in the 57th minute at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Madrid was trailing 2-1 after last week's first leg in Turin and the defending champions looked to have turned the contest around in the 23rd minute when Cristiano Ronaldo scored a penalty to give his side a 1-0 lead. But Morata's goal from close range meant there will be no all-Spanish final in Berlin on June 6, and Juventus gets a chance to life the trophy for a third time. For Madrid, the pursuit of an 11th European Cup title ended at its own stadium after an impressive run of form. Madrid began attacking right from the start, with Gareth Bale heading over the crossbar of Gianluigi Buffon's goal from a Marcelo assist in the very first minute and Karim Benze-

Juventus' Alvaro Morata, left, scores a goal during the Champions League second leg semifinal soccer match between Real Madrid and Juventus, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Wednesday, May 13. (AP Photo)

ma failing to find the target five minutes later. Benzema was picked for the sole striker position even though the France international only recently began full training with the rest of the squad following an injury. Ronaldo fared no better minutes later with a

Mumbai Indians keep playoff hopes alive with thrilling 5-run win

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MuMbAI, MAy 14 (PTI): Mumbai Indians (MI) kept their IPL 2015 playoff hopes alive with a thrilling 5-run victory against Kolkata Knight Riders here on Thursday night. Chasing 172 to win, KKR seemed to have had the match in their grasp but final 2 overs swung it towards the home team. With 12 needed off the final over from Kieron Pollard, KKR managed just 6. KKR ended at 166/7 in 20 overs. Earlier, Hardik Pandya blitzed his way to an unbeaten 61 as Mumbai Indians recovered from a poor start to post a competitive 171 for four. Pandya, who came after the fall of captain Rohit Sharma, slammed 2 sixes and 8 fours in his 31-ball whirlwind knock and added an unbroken 92 runs in 51 balls for the fifth wicket with Pollard (33 not out) to resurrect Mumbai after they were reduced to 79-4 in 11.4 overs. Put in to bat, MI were put on the back foot within the power play period when they lost both openers Parthiv Patel (21) and Lendl Simmons (14). After the rare failure of the consistent Ambati Rayudu that left MI at a difficult 47 for 3, Sharma and West Indian Pollard did some repair work but the dismissal of the captain put the brakes again. But Pandya took the KKR bowling by the scruff and smashed the ball around. He struck Umesh Yadav for four fours in the 17th over before reaching his half century with a six off Andre Russell in 25 balls. Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, returning to the tournament after a month's gap because of national duty, did the star turn for the defending champions with a two-wicket haul for 22 with his crafty left-arm spin. South African Morne Morkel (1 for 27) and Narine (1 for 38) were the other wicket takers. Openers Patel and Simmons started steadily before Shakib drew first blood by taking out the former who was caught flicking at deep mid wicket.

dipping free kick that Buffon tipped over the bar. Although Madrid was enjoying plenty of possession, its midfielders found it difficult to threaten a composed Juventus defense. The deadlock ended though when Giorgio Chiellini brought down James

Rodriguez with a clumsy challenge in the area and Ronaldo converted the resulting penalty for his 10th Champions League goal of the season. The Portugal star nearly created a second goal seven minutes later when he raced into the left side of

the area on the break, only for his chipped pass across the face of the goalmouth to be intercepted. Further shots from Benzema and Ronaldo either flew wide of the target or were saved by a Buffon on impressive form, while Rodriguez was given a yellow

card for diving in the box after contact with Arturo Vidal in the last minute before the break. Both sides had half-chances after the re-start, but Morata made no mistake with his opportunity in the 57th. Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas punched out

a cross from Andrea Pirlo, Vidal lofted the ball back into the area and Paul Pogba, just outside the six-yard box, out-jumped Ramos to head the ball to the unmarked Morata. The 22-year-old Spaniard calmly beat Casillas with a leftfooted shot on the bounce.

Morata, who was with Madrid from 2008-2014, did not celebrate - repeating his reaction after scoring in the first leg. "It's a strange sensation," Morata said. "I'm moved because it was an important goal, but it's a difficult situation for me." Madrid has a buy-back clause on the player and club president Florentino Perez had wanted to include a sub-clause saying the Spain forward couldn't play against his old club. That move was rejected by UEFA and Juventus. As the minutes passed, Madrid kept pushing forward in search of an equalizer and Bale missed a good chance to double Madrid's tally, only for the forward to shoot just wide from Marcelo's cross in the 62nd minute. Javier Hernandez came on for Benzema and soon sent a shot over the bar in the 68th, while Bale headed over the top minutes later, summing up a frustrating night for both the Welshman and his side. "I think Gareth had the greater chances of scoring with a header, so I kept him in there," said a somber-looking Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti.

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Horford's leads Hawks to victory against Wizards

ATLANTA, MAy 14 (AP): Atlanta's Al Horford swooped in to snatch an offensive rebound and dropped in a shot from right under the basket with 1.9 seconds remaining to give the Hawks an 82-81 victory over Washington on Wednesday and a 3-2 lead in the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals. Golden State also took a 3-2 series lead, but in more comfortable style, as the Warriors beat Memphis 98-78. Atlanta went more than 7 minutes in the fourth quarter without making a basket, then ripped off 14 straight points to take the lead. Then there was another sudden shift as Atlanta went cold again, and it looked as though Washington's Paul Pierce had doomed Atlanta for the second time in the series. Having already made a buzzer-beating winner in Game 3, he got open in

the corner and swished a 3-pointer with 8.3 seconds left, putting the Wizards up 81-80. Pierce taunted the Hawks bench and home crowd on his way back down the court before bowling over teammate John Wall, who was playing for the first time since Game 1 after fracturing several bones in his left hand. Wall didn't mind, throwing up his hands in celebration. The Wizards were on the verge of heading home with a chance to wrap up the series. Atlanta had one more chance. The Hawks gave the ball to backup point guard Dennis Schroder, who ignited a fourth-quarter rally and stayed in the game at the suggestion of All-Star Jeff Teague, who watched the closing minutes from the bench. Schroder drove down

the lane and put up a shot, which was swatted off the backboard by Wall. But Horford yanked the ball away from Nene, who tumbled to the court, leaving the Hawks center all alone under the basket. Horford, who had 23 points and 11 rebounds, put it the easy shot on a night when both teams struggled offensively. "I wasn't supposed to be involved in the play at all," Horford said. "When I saw the ball go up, I just ran in there." The Wizards threw up a wild shot from halfcourt that didn't come close as the horn sounded. The sellout crowd nearly stormed the court, held back by security while the Hawks celebrated. Horford screamed and pumped his fists, having put the Hawks one victory away from advancing to the third round of the playoffs for the first time since the team moved to Atlanta from St. Louis in

1968. About 10 minutes after the Wizards lost, there was more heartbreak for D.C. sports fans. The Capitals were eliminated from the NHL playoffs with a Game 7 overtime loss to the New York Rangers. At least the Wizards still have a chance. Game 6 is Friday night in Washington. "These guys are fighting. I love it," Washington coach Randy Wittman said. "They made one more play than us." Wall, who fractured several bones in his left hand in the series opener and missed the next three games, wound up with 15 points, seven assists and four steals. Bradley Beal led the Wizards with 23 points. Golden State's Stephen Curry turned in an MVP-worthy performance to lead the Warriors to a home victory over Memphis.

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Atlanta Hawks' Al Horford hits a putback layup in the final seconds of Game 5 of the second round of the NBA basketball playoffs to beat the Washington Wizards 82-81 Wednesday, May 13, in Atlanta. (AP Photo)

Kiphire to start football league coming June

KIPhIRe, MAy 14 (MexN): Under the banner of the Kiphire District Veteran Football Association (KDVFA) and the Kiphire District Administration, the district is all set to start Kiphire district Football league which will kick off on June 6, 2015. It will citizens, sports lovers and football fans come under the theme ‘Fraternity Through Football’. Various committees have been constituted and all are busy with ones specific assignments to see that the football league is successful. The winner will walk away with Rs 30,000, a trophy and certificate. The first runner up gets Rs 20,000 and certificate, while the semi finalists receive Rs 5,000 each with certificate. The league matches will be played every Saturday and will end in the month of October. President of the KDFL Dr Tinojungshi ADC Kiphire said, the objective of the league is to hunt for local talent. The winner will get the opportunity to represent the district in the years ahead. Officials of the KDFL also said four players from outside the district will The Indian Sepaktakraw team participated in the 30th Kings Cup, Sepaktakraw be allowed to play in each team but only three players from World Championship in Bangkok, held from May 4 to 10. The Indian Men team won outside the district will be able to play in one match. RegistraBronze medal in Regu event. Viseyie Koso from Nagaland was one of the Indian tion form is available in Das Studio Kiphire and the last date of registration is on May 25. Sepaktakraw Men Team players.

Sania-Martina enter Rome Masters semis

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RoMe, MAy 14 (IANS): Indian tennis player Sania Mirza entered the women's doubles semi-finals partnering Swiss ace Martina Hingis to earn a straight sets win in the last eight on the outdoor clay courts of Rome Masters here on Thursday. However, it was the end of the road for the Indo-Romanian combination of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea, who lost their men's doubles second round match to the Dutch-Romanian pair of JeanJulien Rojer and Horia Tecau at the Foro Italico. In the women's doubles quarter-final, the top two ranked players in the world accounted for the German-Spanish combine of Julia Goerges and Silvia Soler-Espinosa in an hour and 12 minutes with Sania and Martina winning 6-4, 6-3.

It was the same story in both the sets as Julia and Silvia broke their top seeded opponents once in each set. Sania and Martina reverted by breaking their opponents twice in both the sets. The Indo-Swiss, who won at Indian Wells and Miami, pair were easily more dominant, winning more points on their and their opponent's serve. In total they won 62 of the 107 points played in the match and needed just one matchpoint to enter the last four of another tournament. Earlier, Bopanna and Mergea, who won the Madrid Open title last week, went down 2-6, 7-5, 8-10 in an hour and 25 minutes in their first career meeting against the third seeds. After sharing the first two sets, it all boiled down to the

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super tie-break where Rojer and Tecau proved a tad bit better. Overall, Bopanna and Mergea were as good as their opponents on their own service games but they suffered when it came to return points where they did not

earn as many points as they would have liked. Also, as many as seven double faults at crucial junctures proved to be fatal. Leander Paes, partnering Canadian Daniel Nestor, will play his match later in the day.

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