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Naga Hoho reaffirms stand on women’s reservation issue DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): A consultative meeting with the Presidents of Nagaland based Naga Hoho constituents today upheld the 4th Federal Assembly resolution no. 4 of the Naga Hoho held on August 24, 2011 regarding women’s reservation.

A press note from the Naga Hoho reminded that the resolution had observed that introduction of 33% reservation for women in Municipal Bodies was premature. It had instead advocated “empowerment of women by creating various opportunities to women by all the stakeholders.” The meeting further endorsed the Executive Council to have a joint sitting with the ENPO in connection with the 33% Women Reservation in Municipal Bodies for better coordination and understanding.

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Community effort to save Intangki National Park

Morung Express news Intangki | May 18

Worried about the diminishing forest and wildlife at Intangki National Park, the Zeliangrong Baudi (N) has taken up an initiative of taking prompt action against illegal logging. The organization has also sent an appeal to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Head Forest Force, Department of Forests, Ecology, Environment and Wildlife.

The Committee for the Protection of the Intangki National Park, which was set up in February this year is now making an effort to create awareness programs, campaigns and sensitization for safeguarding and preservation of what is left of the forest now.

In an effort to stop illegal logging, the Committee identified strategic locations and brought in JCBs to block the roads.

“We don’t want to repeat another Rangapahar incident, said Akhang, Advisor, Zeliangrong Baudi (N), an activist who has been working tirelessly towards safeguarding of Intangki against encroachment and illegal logging for decades.

The initiatives have gained stronger momentum given the State government’s failure to safeguard the forest, the Committee members asserted.

The Zeliangrong Baudi (N) viewed that ever since the declaration of Intangki Forest as National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary under

Peren district; many vested individuals have been indulging in illegal logging and illicit transport of wildlife products outside Nagaland.

Recommendations forwarded to the government for the preservation of the Park by Zeliangrong Baudi (N) include equipping modern arms to the personnel of Forest Protection Force, building intelligence inputs and effective communication systems besides installation of camera traps inside the Park to keep an eye on illegal activities.

The organization further recommended that more posts under the Forest Protection Force such as forest guards and foresters under DFO or Assistant Conservator of Forest be created.

It has also demanded for constitution of village level Community Forest Committee (CFC) under Joint Forest Management through which preservation of forests is ensured.

While most National parks in the country have its own Directorates inside the park, Intangki’s Directorate is based in Dimapur.

The organization has therefore requested for shifting of Director’s office from Dimapur to Peren district to ensure better coordination and effective functioning so that the park is maintained, preserved and protected.

It also pointed out the need for the establishments of more outpost stra-

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Forest guards measure a huge primeval tree with their arms at intangki national Park. illegal logging at the Park is threatening to diminish forest and wildlife at the Park. (Photo courtesy: Department of Forests, Ecology, Environment and Wildlife)

tegic points to check illicit transportation of timber and forest resources since the forest is too vast to cover by patrolling by the Forest Protection Force.

There is also allegation of political appointment of forest guards who do not belong to the area. “The State government should have recruited experts in forestry and residents of the adjoining villages who knows the ins and outs of the Park,” Meizing Gonmei, general secretary of Zeliangrong Baudi (N) stated. He also lamented that many forest guards deployed at Intangki often do not report for duty.

OFFICIALS HAND-INGLOVE WITH TIMBER SMUGGLERS? While it is the bounden duty of the Department of Forests, Ecology, Environment and Wildlife to protect the Intangki National Park, serious allegations have emerged of officials of the Forest Department working hand in glove with timber smugglers.

Forest guards deployed for patrolling inside the Park revealed their frustration on how on many instances they were ‘ordered’ by their higher ups to release trucks carrying illegal timber from Intangki National Park.

“Our duty is to protect the Park. What we don’t understand is the policy of the Forest Department directing us to release trucks laden with illegal timber we have seized…,” a forest guard on condition of anonymity revealed.

He however declined to name the official (s) in question. At times, the timber consignments are released after paying fine, he said.

The forest guard further pointed out that presently, many of the illegal logging activities inside Intangki are being carried out by underground groups among others.

eacting to the report carried by The Morung Express that Intangki National Park has become a haven for illegal logging, the Department of Forests, Ecology, Environment and Wildlife on Wednesday admitted that illegal logging has been a serious concern at the Park.

A press statement received from the department however maintained that since inception of the Forest Protection Force in 2009, it has played a key role in the protection of the Park. For instance, the first problem confronting the Park, which was encroachment, has been done away with.

It pointed out that in spite of heavy conservation methods taken; there are some obvious loopholes in the process of conservation of wildlife and ecology of the park, with illegal logging one major concern.

To tackle this problem, the forest department has sought the cooperation of the public, NGOs, Administration, police and other likeminded individuals. It appealed to all concerned to extend their support and cooperation to strengthen the conservation efforts and to protect the Intangki National Park.

NEED FOR BIO CORRIDORS “There is also a crucial need for the Park to develop Bio Corridors with adjacent forests including neighbouring states so that there are free passages for wildlife throughout the year,” a researcher from Nagaland University, Martemjen Jamir highlighted.

Bio corridors or wildlife corridors are basically habitats to maintain connectivity of the wildlife population through productive activities to facilitate the flow of species separated from human activities such as logging, roads or development.

“For this, experts from

every field are required and aerial assessment needs to be done. Through remote sensing and GIS along with field survey, the Bio Corridors need to be digitized and implemented at ground,” Jamir pointed out.

However, Jamir remarked that most conservation strategies of the Government of India do not take into consideration the wellbeing or livelihood of the people. “Environmentalists, conservationists and the government often look at the forest from conservation perspective only, not realizing that for the villagers it is their only source of livelihood,” Jamir stated.

NSCN (R) observes 1st foundation day NPMHR takes Naga issue to United Nations forum

MoN, MAY 18 (MExN): NSCN (Reformation) celebrated its first Foundation Day in Mon today at its Cease Fire Supervisory Board office in Mon. Though the NSCN (R) “new and young,” it “lacks nothing to take up the struggle for Naga freedom,” said President of the group, Y Wangtin Naga in a speech delivered on the occasion.

Terming SS Khaplang’s abrogation of the ceasefire with the Government of India (GoI) as an act of “betrayal” and reminiscing the circumstances that led to the formation of NSCN (R), Y Wangtin Naga said, “the living God have given us this Kingdom and today on this auspicious day of 1st NSCN/GPRNReformation foundation day, we all must kneel down before God and AGARTALA, MAY 18 thank Him for His mercy.”

He maintained that the “politi(IANS): Torrential rains and heavy landslides have once again disrupted rail services in southern Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram, officials said on Wednesday. “Railway workers have been working round-the-clock to clear the debris in many places DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): in southern Assam’s Dima Giving a clarion call for unity and Hasao district. The huge resolving to “initiate and work tomudslides together with wards” bringing a Permanent Peace stones covering a large por- based on unity, the Nagaland GB tion of railway tracks at Fid- Federation (NGBF) today stated hing and other places are that, “Any another political blunder being cleared,” a Northeast leading to bloodshed cannot be Frontier Railway (NFR) of- tolerated by the Nagas.”

The decision for the same was ficial said. He said it would taken at the federation’s meeting take another three or four here today at Hotel Saramati Didays to clear the debris and mapur, informed a press release make way for trains. Four from Media Cell NGBF. major trains running beWhile urging for peace and unitween Guwahati and Sil- ty, it said there are certain points char, including the Silchar- which needs to be addressed beSealdah Kanchanjunga fore initiating the mission since the Express and the Silchar- Naga’s decades old problem has New Delhi via Guwahati become more complex because of Poorvattar Sampark Kranti emergence of numerous factions.

Express, were cancelled “It is only rational to have until removal of mudslides. doubts and apprehension amongst Similar such disruptions of Nagas in view of what our Naga sorailway operations had oc- cio-political affair had witnessed in curred for two weeks in the the past and the consequences for same areas until May 6. which we have all been facing till to-

Rain, landslides disrupt railway services in NE

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cal situation in Naga country” at this juncture is “uncertain and unpredictable” due to the “obscurity” of NSCN (IM)-GoI political engagement that has been kept “secret and concealed.”

Stating that “no one expects good thing out of such deal,” the NSCN (R) leader asserted that the group will “agree if the solution is acceptable to the Nagas but it will not accept any form of imposition.” If such be the case, it will be “compelled to determine the future of the Nagas in accordance with the principle laid down on 14th Aug. 1947 and Naga National Plebiscite of 16th May 1951.”

Y Wangtin Naga reiterated that NSCN (R) has “no problem” with any Naga Political Group. Its ‘collective leadership’ has met all NPG leaders, he said. “It will continue to maintain brotherhood relationship

with all Naga freedom fighters.”

However, “attacking and arresting” of NSCN (R) workers by both NSCN (IM) and GPRN/NSCN is “undesirable and unacceptable” maintained the leader.

Others who spoke at the programme included presidents of Konyak Union, Konyak Students’ Union and various leaders from NGOs. The programme was chaired by Deputy Home Kilonser Yato and Joint. Secy, Wanmai. Welcome speech was delivered by Omnyei Konyak Law & Justice Kilonser and special number was presented

by TWTN Band Mon Town. National prayer was led by Rev. Sheipa Konyak and the programme concluded with mass prayer. The programme was attended by host of Kilonsers, rank and files from military and civil and well wishers.

NGBF urges caution against another ‘political blunder’ day,” it added.

Further noting that the Naga political groups have not emerged overnight and it was the culmination of all Naga’s dream for a politically liberalized society, free from all outside forces, NGBF said, “To-

the ground realities is very essential to solve the Naga’s problem saying “Any another Political blunder leading to bloodshed cannot be tolerated by the Nagas.”

Consequently, maintaining that since efforts of initiative actions taken by various organizations to solve the issue have passed or concluded without any fruitful result, it stressed that, “Unless we are united, our Naga political issue will have problem.”

NGBF as a “fatherly figure,” appealed to all section of Naga societies, from grass-root level such as village councils, Tribal’s Hohos and all the frontal organizations of Nagaland “to join hands with us and create a platform for facilitating for amicable solution.”

This platform, the federation said, should be based on “understanding, spirit of love and Unity, accepting the ground realities and work out towards our common goal.”

Calls for creating a platform to facilitate amicable solution day’s Naga political issue stands of ‘Uniqueness of Naga history’ is being preserved by the Naga Customary law custodian and guardian with their sacrifices till today.”

“The Naga customary law and tradition, under which article 371(A) is founded on, are the outcome of our fore-father’s rich culture and legacies which were carried on without wavering.”

In this regard, the federation maintained that understanding

DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): Secretary General of the Naga Peoples’ Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), Neingulo Krome addressed the 15th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFIS) at the United Nations Headquarters at New York on May 17, 2016.

He presented a paper titled ‘Indigenous Peoples; Conflict, Peace and Resolution’ outlining the history of the Naga political issue, and urging for a peaceful and honourable solution.

Krome recalled that even the then Secretary General of the United Nations, Boutros Ghali had acknowledged that “there is human rights situation in Nagaland”.

19 years since the second ceasefire, Krome lamented that political negotiations have been going on without any concrete resolution. “We do not know when a resolution to our conflict will come,” he said.

He however acknowledged that there have been positive outcomes in the various stages of negotiations despite the many “frustrations.” He informed the UN gathering that on August 3, 2015, a Framework Agreement was signed between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM), and that the Indian Prime Minister had also announced to the international community in Dubai that a final peace settlement to the Nagas issue is at hand. This has however not happened yet, he stated.

Krome noted that India is “infested with all kinds of social and political unrest wherever Indigenous peoples live.” Many indigenous peoples even in North East India are also asserting their rights and have been fighting for their rights, he said.

He further said that terming the Naga political movement as the “mother of all insurgency in North East India,” as has been branded often, “is not necessarily correct because of the nature in which Governments deal with Indigenous peoples and their issues.”

While acknowledging that nobody wants to live in a trouble-torn state of affairs, he however said that nobody will also easily give up their rights without some kind of respect to their human dignity.

Therefore, Krome said that every people’s movement in India is “watching how India is going to resolve the Naga issue.” “If the resolution of the Naga conflict is seen as honourable and acceptable, there are huge possibilities where other Indigenous Peoples movement may come forward for peaceful

resolution as some are already doing. But if it is not, in all likelihood the situations in the already trouble-torn Indigenous areas may deteriorate,” he cautioned.

Stating that the Nagas had fought and resisted the invading British colonials for 47 years; and was subject to colonialism for 68 years, Krome said: “we have undergone all kinds of human sufferings and humiliation for another 50 years under military occupation of India.”

Despite the ceasefire continuing for the last 19 years, Krome said that these 19 years of ceasefire and political negotiations have also seen “psychological warfare, developmental aggressions, corruption and divisions at all levels of the society, while the energy of the peace loving citizens are drained just in trying to keep the peace process alive.”

He added that the Naga people have also been subjected to several issues commonly faced by indigenous peoples in Asia. Indigenous peoples in Asia, he noted, have faced long-standing conflicts beginning with colonial powers and now with States under which their territories fall. To resolve these conflicts, Krome asked that the rights of indigenous peoples to self-determination be respected as per Articles 3 and 4 of the UNDRIP so that they can freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.

Besides political conflicts, development aggression of States in indigenous territories is adding to the worsening situation of indigenous peoples. The NPMHR General Secretary stressed on the need to fully implement the indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources as guaranteed mainly in Articles 26, 27, 28, 30 and 32 of the UNDRIP, including right against forced military activities in their lands. This would prevent and resolve further land-related conflicts of indigenous peoples, he added.

Krome then said that division of indigenous peoples through international borders has denied them the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation, including activities for cultural, political, economic and social purposes, with their own members as well as other peoples across borders, as required under Article 36 of the UNDRIP. He asserted that states need to take more effective measures to implement this right in conjunction with the indigenous peoples.

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Police units in Nagaland declared ‘Plastic Free Zone’ Home Minister on tour to police battalion headquarters

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Kohima | May 18

In a bid to develop environment friendly atmosphere, Nagaland’s Home Minister Y. Patton today declared “Plastic Free Zone” in all police units in Nagaland.

Declaring this during his 3rd phase tour to police battalion headquarters under Kohima district today, the home minister directed all concerned commandants to implement the same in their respective unit in letter and spirit.

Mentionably, 5th NAP Battalion Phek and 10th NAP (IR) Zhadima have declared its unit as “Free Plastic Zone” sometime back.

In another development, 7th NAP Bhandari has declared every Wednesday as “No Vehicle Day, which was launched by home minister recently. This initiative has been launched to save fuel, save environment, and keep fit.

Earlier, addressing the police officers at DEF Kohima, Patton called upon the state police force to remain vigil to maintain law and order and to create peaceful and conducive environment in the state.

Appreciating the performance of police force,

Our Correspondent Kohima | May 18

Home minister Y. Patton during 3rd phase tour to police battalion headquarters in Kohima district on May 18. (Morung Photo)

he said because of them the law and order situation in Dimapur and Kohima and the entire state is quite peaceful now.

Meanwhile, Patton assured to take up some requirements on priority basis as desire and put forward by DEF Kohima, 10th NAP Zhadima and 4th NAP Thizama during his visit today. (See Box).

other units preferably in the rank of Deputy Commandant/Additional SP, which is required due to high frequency of visit of VVIPs from outside the state and also VVIP programmes of the state Governor and Chief Minister especially during the festive seasons. *To upgrade of existing Women Cell to full-fledged Women Police Station to ASSURANCE MADE empower it to function indeBY HOME MINISTER pendently. This will not have any financial implications.

DEF KOHIMA * To upgrade both the *To post a Protocol Of- existing North and South ficer on attachment from Traffic Control to full-

fledged Police Stations to function independently.

This will not have any financial implications.

4TH NAP THIZAMA *To take up repairing of potholes and black topping of main and its adjacent roads leading to MT Garage, Regimental School and Stores.

10TH NAP (IR) ZHADIMA *To take up black topping from unit hospital to school and RP Gate to Parade Ground within this year * To construct retaining wall at Children’s Park.

Nagaland Home Minister Y. Patton today visited 10th NAP (IR) Battalion Zhadima, 4th NAP Battalion Thizama and DEF Kohima as part of 3rd phase tour to police battalion headquarters in Nagaland.

The idea behind this extensive tour is to gather first hand information on the functioning of the police force and to attend to their grievances and requirements on priority basis.

In today’s tour, Patton was accompanied by Nagaland DGP L.L. Doungel, IGP (Range) Bendang Lemtur, Er. Jenithung, EE (PEP) and SDO Kohima division. Patton interacted with the battalion officers and discussed matters pertaining to the requirement of the respective units.

He was impressed by good performance of the respective battalions and encouraged them to continue to do well with diligence.

Earlier, 10th NAP (IR) Zhadima commandant Rothihu Tetseo, 4th NAP Thizama commandant Vekhosa Kotso and Kohima

SP Joseph Hesso apprised the home minister on their respective battalion requirements and received positive response from him.

Damage of some houses due recent windstorm at 10th NAP (IR) Zhadima and 4th NAP Thizama was also brought to the notice of the home minister.

Rothihu Tetseo maintained that Patton is the first home minister to visit 10th NAP (IR) Zhadima in history, adding that it has boost the morale of the battalion. Appreciating the visit, Vekhosa Kotso assured that the battalion will do its best to prove worthy to whatever assignment given to them.

Kohima SP Joseph Hesso also assured fullest cooperation from DEF Kohima. Meanwhile, Patton will be visiting 14th NAP (IR) Battalion Razhuphema, DEF Peren (Old Peren) and 9th NAP (IR) Battalion, Saijang on May 19.

On May 20, the home minister will visit Dimapur and interact with the police officers in combined meet of Ist NAP, 15th NAP (IR) Mahila, NAPTC, PTS, PCS, PCW, PEP and Police Commissionerate.

Green Thumb Garden & Agro Tech store opens

‘Green Thumb Garden & Agro Tech’, a store dealing in ‘Maxgrow’ organic fertilizers was launched at Kuda ‘C’ Khel (Nagarajan) on May 18. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | May 18

‘Green Thumb Garden & Agro Tech’, a store dealing in ‘Maxgrow’ organic fertilizers and veterinary products including ground manure, vitamins, pesticides, fungicides, fishery and poultry products was launched at Kuda ‘C’ Khel (Nagarajan) on May 18.

Super distr ibutor (North East), Maxgrow Biotech, PK Kalita, who attended the launching of store, said Maxgrow Biotech is an ISO 9001-2008 certified organic fertilizer manufacturing company based at Ludhiana with ‘Save the Earth, Save Life’ as the company’s motto.

He said the products of

Maxgrow Biotech, certified

by Government of India, is popularly used in tea gardens and organic farming and guaranteed to produce results in terms of healthy crops and food.

Proprietor of ‘Green Thumb Garden & Agro Tech’, Kethoseno Nagi, said she was inspired to take up venture keeping in mind the growing demand for organic food and products.

It may be mentioned the central government has been mooting to make the whole of Northeast as an organic region and Assam government has already taken steps to go into total organic farming.

The store also deals in Oolong tea, herbal and Japanese green tea and coffee.

Social Concern & Leadership course concludes NE has ‘tremendous potential’ for agro textiles Morung Express News Wokha | May 18

Students of the certificate course on ‘Social Concern & Leadership’ along with staff of Prodigals’ Home. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News to serve humanity and ad- ings and programmes iniDimapur | May 18

Prodigals’ Home, an NGO actively involved in sustainable development and equitable social order, awarded certificates to 23 students after completion of the 15-day course on ‘Social Concern & Leadership.’

Prodigals’ Home introduced the certificate course in 2013 and since then more than eighty students, mostly from theological colleges, have passed the course.

Principal, North East Institute of Social Science & Research, Rev. Dr. Fr. CP Anto, who attended the certificate award programme held at Prodigals’ Home office on Tuesday in his message, said every student of Social Work must learn three social truths: sincerity, professionalism and competence and, to be the ‘Voice’ of the voiceless.

Fr. Anto said a new concept of “possibility thinking” has emerged, the possibility of bringing youths and theologians on a new mission beyond religion,

dress the social concerns of the society.

In the context of Nagaland, he said that in the name of ‘nationalism and sovereignty’, the dreams and aspirations of the youth have been shattered. “Who can give hope?” Fr. Anto asked and said it is the social workers, especially the youth with leadership based on service, who can provide a new way of “possibility thinking” to the society.

He said the youth leaders and social workers should shift from ‘micro identity’ to ‘macro identity’, to empathise with the neglected and marginalized section and be the voice of these people.

Associate pastor, DABA, Rev. I Wati Jamir, gave a power point presentation of the social concern initiatives undertaken by DABA like ‘Touch Dimapur Project’ which include social services like putting up traffic signboards, road divider stands, placing waste bins in various localities and planting ornamental trees.

Rev. Wati also said the train-

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

tiatives of DABA included conducting spiritual camps for HIV infected mothers, district level world disability and motivational living utility services.

Director, Prodigals’ Home, K Ela said the course is a humble beginning in bridging the gaps in communication, networking and partnership for a better society.

“Much change can be brought about through effective leadership, effective leaders who are able to understand and analyze the root causes of carious problems in the society”, Ela said.

Assistant director, Prodigals’ Home, and Course director, Maong Jamir said the course is a sacrificial initiative of Prodigals’ Home, to contribute the available resources to the society.

“The future of our churches and society depends on our younger generation and the organization is ready to give its best as long as our colleges, churches, students and youths are receptive to the course”, Maong said.

ed with the responsibility to accomplish the scheme goals with the help of the State Government and other horticulture and agriculture associated agencies. Creating awareness about the agro textiles is one of the foremost goals of the scheme, which is to be achieved through seminars and workshops. The main goal of the program was to educate the people about agro textile usage and its benefits and various financial and technical supports to be provided under the scheme.

The welcome address was given by Kilemsungba, DHO, Wokha. He emphasized the need for modern

techniques in horticulture and agriculture. Concept address was given by Ravi Singh, Scientist, COE-Agrotech, SASMIRA, Mumbai.

The programme was attended by officials from KVK, State Horticulture Departments and more than 90 farmers from different parts of neighboring region along with the team from COE-Agrotech, SASMIRA, Mumbai.

During the technical session, application of different Agro-textiles (like shade nets, ground covers, bird protection nets, frost protection cover / Crop cover, Anti-Hail net, pond lining, etc.) were deliberated. The use of these agro

textile products can enhance the horticulture/ agriculture crop production by 3 to 4 times.

The scheme for promoting usage of agro textile in the North East was explained by Aiyub Shaikh, Scientist, COE-Agrotech, SASMIRA. KVK Wokha, Nagaland also explained to the gathering the off-season and year round cultivation of vegetables and flowers under protected cultivation SMS, Horticulture.

All together around two hundred persons from different villages, the District Horticulture Office and Officers form the Krishi Vigyan Kendra Wokha attended the programme.

ACVA Wokha observe second anniversary

Wokha, May 18 (MExN): The ‘All Commercial Vehicles Association’ Wokha popularly known as ACVA commemorated its second anniversary on May 17 by taking a day off by halting all its regular activities and by assembling at the public ground Wokha.

Members of ACVA include the auto rickshaw union, truck union, mini truck, tata mobile union, sumo union, ANTA Wokha unit and the van union. The members had their vehicles paraded through the stretch of Wokha town demonstrating their oneness.

Culminating the parade all the members gathered again at the public ground and started their annual general meeting was lead by its president Bankathung Ezung.

The Association discussed and passed the following resolutions: • If any of the members, if found paying tax to any of the NPGs, the particular person will be responsible for all the commercial

All Commercial Vehicles Association Wokha president Bankathung Ezung address the second anniversary of the association held on May 17.

vehicles in Wokha district. driving and violation of the res• The general body reaffirmed olution the ACVA shall not be in toto the standing resolution responsible of any eventuality passed during the last general whatsoever the case shall be. meeting of “One Govt. One Tax.” • Carrying of narcotics or alco• Regarding yearly taxation or hol will be totally prohibited. forceful collection to any of the Surprise checking will be concommercial vehicles, the ACVA ducted as and when the situaaction committee shall be comtion demands and if any mempelled to take necessary action. ber (driver/ owner) is found • Either the vehicle owners or the engaging in Narcotic or Alcohol drivers will not indulge in car(transferring/ consuming; durrying any intoxicants or in rash ing duty) a very stern action shall

be taken to the defaulter.

• The general members approved the ACVA’s logo and motto.

The meeting was chaired by its president Bankathung Ezung and invocation prayer pronounced by its advisor Ropen Shitiri. After a self introduction of its members time was given to the general body. Very special numbers were also presented by Chenithung Kithan and Temjen Ao after which a grand feast was given to all the members present.

SPHSS Dimapur joins Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Morung Express News Dimapur | May 18

Through this column, we would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us spiritually, physically and financially during the sudden demise of our beloved mother Lt. Mrs. SHILLA BELHO on 11.05.2016.

We have nothing to repay you for your kindness but sincerely pray that the Almighty God will bless you all abundantly.

Loving Childre n, Grand Childre n & Relatives.

The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India today held a one day seminar on ‘Agro textiles: Holistic alternative to enhance yield and profitability of horticulture and agriculture’ at the Lotha Tribal Council Hall Wokha town.

The seminar was held under the centre’s scheme to promote agro textiles in the North East. It was organised by the Ministry of Textiles along with COEAgrotech, SASMIRA and District Horticulture Office, Wokha.

Ravi Singh, Scientist ‘C’, COE-Agrotech said the

North East has tremendous potential for agricultural, horticultural, floricultural produce if suitable agro textiles like shade-nets, ground cover, crop cover etc. could be augmented.

He informed that the Ministry of Textiles has recognized this potential and to tap it, has taken an initiative to promote usage of Agro textiles in the North East through its ambitious scheme ‘Promoting usages of Agro textiles in North Eastern Region.’

The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills’ Research Association (SASMIRA) is a Centre of Excellence (COE) for Agro textiles under MOT, GOI, and has been entrust-

Nagaland Land Resources Department on Wednesday conducted Swachh Bharat Abhiyan programme at St. Paul Higher Secondary School (SPHSS), Dimapur. The programme was conducted as per directive from the central government to the LRD Nagaland to carry out cleanliness programme from May 16-31. Accordingly, all offices of LRD in the state are conducting the programme during the specified period.

Speaking at the programme, Secretary, LRD, Y. Kikheto Sema IAS described SPHSS as one of the cleanest schools in Dimapur and added that the girls’ school was chosen keeping in mind that girls generally carry out more of cleanliness works than

boys.

He encouraged the students to carry out plantation drives in their own localities for a clean and green environment.

After the programme, Kikheto distributed dustbins to the school, carried out plantation drive in the campus and participated in sweeping classrooms.

Kikheto also administered Swachh Bharat Pledge to all those who attended the programme.

Later, the Secretary visited the office of District Project Officer, LRD Dimapur and interacted with the staff. During the interaction, he said that the Department would be focusing on rural areas and urged the employees to emphasize on quantity rather than quality.

After that Kikheto along with DPO Dimapur LRD, Hekato and other staff vis-

Secretary, LRD, Y. Kikheto Sema IAS with Rev Mother Jessina, Principal SPHSS water a sapling after jointly planting it at the School campus on May 18. (Morung Photo)

ited New Chumukedima village and interacted with beneficiaries of various assistance programmes such as piglets, carpentry, rubber, blacksmith, health

camps etc provided by the Department.

The Secretary also visited the Resource Centre of the Department at Ruzaphema to get first hand

knowledge of the facilities available there. Kikheto was visibly impressed with the infrastructure available there and said other departments and the public

could utilize the facilities too. During the visit, Kikheto took note of the damages to some infrastructure done by the recent windstorm that lashed parts of the state.

Spread around 74 acres, the Resource Centre has two conference halls with electricity back-up, hostel facility for boys and girls, paying guest, kitchen, dining hall etc all at a nominal rate.

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Kikheto urged the departmental staff to make use of all facilities available and also to create awareness about the existence of the Resource Centre which could be used by any department or public for conducting short term training purposes.

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Maruti launches refurbished version of Alto 800 ATMA Dmp conducts Kisan Ghosthi on oil palm New Delhi, May 18 (iaNS): Automobile major Maruti Suzuki on Wednesday launched a refurbished version of its hatchback Alto 800.

The new range starts at Rs.2.49 lakh for the standard petrol model, while that for the standard version with driver side airbag commences at Rs.2.55 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

Besides, the new vehicle’s CNG (compressed natural gas) powered standard variant starts at Rs.3.70 lakh, whereas the version with driver side airbag comes for Rs.3.76 lakh.

“The new Alto 800 is technologically advanced with latest convenience and class leading safety features,” R.S. Kalsi, executive director marketing and sales, Maruti Suzuki India, was quoted in a statement.

“Above all it comes with improved mileage and assurance of Maruti Suzuki’s unmatched service network, guaranteed performance and lower maintenance cost.”

DiMapur, May 18 (MexN): Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Aghunaqa and Niuland block conducted Kisan Ghosthi programme for farmers of Niuland and Aghunaqa blocks at SDAO, Niuland on May 17.

Resource person Temjentoshi, AOII, Dept. of Agriculture, (Niuland Subdivision) spoke on the topic “Cultivation Practices of Oil Palm”. He said that apart from the Southern states, Andamans, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Orissa and Chattisgarh the other potential areas for Oil Palm cultivation in India (NE Region) are Assam, Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland.

He stated that Oil palm which is considered as golden palm is the highest edible oil among the other oil crops. There are 3 major varieties of oil palms Dura, Pisifera and Tenera which is basically a hybrid type as it is a cross between the former two and is mostly cultivated across the globe.

He emphasized that in triangular planting method with a spacing of 9mx9mx9m, 143 to 145 oil palm plants can be accommodated in 1 ha land and planting should be done in the pits with size of 60cm X 60cm X 60cm. Intercropping can be done with vegetables, flowers, chillies, banana, tobacco, ginger, turmeric, pineapple, oil seeds like groundnut, gingelly pulses like cowpea, green gram, black gram but care should be taken with inter crops so that it will not compete with oil palms in terms of water, light and nutrients. He further elaborated in planting techniques, irrigation methods, mulching, pollination, weed control, flow-

According to the company, its engineers have developed an improved engine architecture tuned for enhanced driving pleasure and excellent fuel economy.

The company further said that with a highly efficient combustion system, the new engine provides excellent torque at low rpms (rotations per minute), enabling less frequent gear change.

“Alto 800 now delivers a superior fuel efficiency of 24.7 Km/l of petrol, around 9 percent improvement over the earlier version,” the statement said.

“In CNG mode the Alto 800 offers a mileage of 33.44 Km/Kg an improvement of around 10 percent.”

Alto has remained India’s top selling model for more than 12 years in a row. It is the only Indian car brand to cross the historic 30 lakh sales milestone.

The brand alone conNew Alto 800 was launched at Progressive motors dimapur in the presence of Lk mao, tributes almost 18 to 20 divisional manager, New India Assurance Co. Ltd., dimapur as chief guest and CEO Progressive motors Tk Angami. Alto has been one of the most successful models in the Indian per cent of Maruti Suzuki’s sales in India. automobile industry. Recently it crossed the landmark of 30 lakh sales since its launch.

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MGM HSS & Peace Channel prog held NSCB Ltd Wokha Branch organises FLCC Camp DiMapur, May 18 (MexN): MGM Hr Sec School, Dimapur organized one day programme with the Peace Channel on May 13 in the school auditorium. Principal Fr. P.S. Varghese emphasized on the importance of peace and motivated the students to be ambassadors of peace and love. Resource persons from Peace Channel told the students, “There must be inner peace in order to change others. In today’s world, we need real peace makers to transform the society.”

gREY -- A menswear store opened on may 18 near Nuton Basti, Below hornbill SBI, dimapur. A dedicatory prayer was pronounced by Wabang Longchari of Sinai ministry in the presence of family members, friends and well wishers. Owned by Purchila Tzudir (who also owns BAREFOOT store of shoes and leather accessories), the store offers a wide assortment of men’s clothing to suit dimapur’s weather.

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wokha, May 18 (MexN): The Nagaland State Co-Operative Bank Ltd Wokha Branch supported under FIF managed

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The camp commenced with an invocation prayer by Ramongo Ezung, Pastor Longsachung Baptist Church followed by welcome address from Rhontsuthung Ezung VDB Secretary.

Presenting the keynote address Masheto Nandu, Branch Manager NSCB Ltd Wokha Branch acknowledged the participants and streamlined on the importance of banking and assured that the Nagaland State Co-Operative Bank Ltd is dedicated to reach every Villages to the grass root level to educate the importance and benefit of banking. He also highlighted on the role played by banks in the socio economic upliftment and development of the rural masses. Commenting the positive and active participations from members in the interaction ses-

Participants during the FLCC Camp at Longsachung Village held on April 30.

sion, he called upon every members who have not yet opened account in the bank to come forward and open account in NSCB Ltd Wokha Branch and become a value customer of the bank.

He also insisted that NSCB Ltd is their/our bank and the bank maintains customer friendly services at all times. He also pointed out the certain facilities and credit linkage provided by NSCB Ltd and to avail those products offered by the Bank. He emphasised on timely recovery of loans who have availed before and to continue

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Vanthungo Lotha DPC MIS NSRLM Wokha, W. Khopenthung Jami Accountant, NSCB Ltd Wokha Branch also spoke on the role played by the banks as mentor in their livelihood.

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During the programme, chairperson Demalu Hasnusa, BTM, Niuland Block highlighted on the roles and activities of ATMA and welcome address was delivered by L Hoshito Chophy, SDAO & BTT Convenor, (Niuland Sub-division) where he mentioned that other states are running successfully in Oil Palm cultivation and Nagaland though new to this programme as it started last year but many farmers has shown interest in it and almost half of the target area has been achieved for oil palm plantation and encouraged more farmers to take up Oil palm cultivation as it is not only suitable to our climatic conditions but also very efficient in terms of revenue.

He motivated farmers that the Dept would assist them in every possible way but mentioned that nothing can be achieved easily without hard work and cooperation both from the farmers and the depts. During interaction session between the officials and farmers various issues were discussed regarding farming techniques, assurances and provisions from the dept and Govt, farmers request to conduct more nos of capacity buildings and exposure trips to oil palm farms in other states.

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2003 to be CM for early completion of new residence COTPA implemented in Kohima Kohima, may 18 (mExN): Chief Minister TR Zeliang today inspected the ongoing construction of the new Chief Minister’s residential office cum buildings behind the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

A release issued by the Media Cell, Chief Minister’s Office stated that the CM’s residential complex consists of a building for the CM’s residence, another building for the office, a VVIP guest house, state banquet hall, 47 units of staff quarters, barracks for security personnel and drivers, security fencing, road constructions, retaining walls, foot paths, etc.

Till date, an amount of Rs 56.83 crore has been sanctioned and 90% of the works have been completed. For the second and last phase, an amount of Rs 31.09 crore is being processed for Government’s approval. Once the

View of the CM’s residential office, residence and VIP guest house under construction.

amount is sanctioned, the entire complex is expected to be completed this year.

The Chief Minister today assured the contractors and the departmental officers that he will ensure enough funds at the earliest for completion

of the project, according to the release. The CM also urged the contractors M/s NN Construction & Décor, Nagaland, to hasten up so the complex can become operational latest by the end of this year.

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that the Government decided to construct a new residential office cum building for the Chief Minister towards the New Secretariat way back in 2001 and actual works could start only in 2003 on a 14-acre plot of land.

Kohima, may 18 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner of Kohima & District Tobacco Control Cell Chairman, Rovilatuo Mor, IAS has notified that the following sections of COTPA 2003 will be implemented in Kohima district with immediate effect: Section 4- Prohibition of smoking in public places; Section 5(a) Prohibition of advertisement of cigarettes or other tobacco products to a person below the age of 18 years, (b) Prohibition on sale of tobacco products in an area within a radius of 100 yards of an educational institution; Section 7- Restriction on trade and commerce in production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products.

The DC further informed all shopkeepers to strictly abide and follow section 6 of COTPA 2003; defaulters will be fined and penalized.

This notification was issued in exercise of the power conferred under section 21, 24 and 25 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (prohibition of advertisement and regulation of the trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution) Act 2003 and for effective implementation of section 4, 5, 6 and 7 of COTPA 2003.

Ban on tobacco sale on May 31 Kohima, may 18 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner & DLCC Chairman, Rovilatuo Mor, IAS has notified that there will be a total ban on sale of tobacco products in Kohima on World No

Tobacco Day, May 31. The DC has requested all the shopkeepers selling tobacco products to abide by the order cited above. Defaulters will be fined as per the law, it was informed.

Tobacco sellers in Dmp notified Kohima, may 18 (mExN): Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur and District Tobacco Control Cell Chairman, Kesonyu Yhome has informed all the tobacco sellers to immediately adhere to the notification of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare GRSE(E) dated September 24 under Labeling & Packing Amendment Rules 2014 sub rule (2) of Rule 1, which came into effect from April 1, 2016. With this notification, the specified health

warning coverage area for all tobacco products has been increased to 85% of the principal display area of the package (60% for pictorial health warning and 25% for textual health warning), a press release issued by the DC stated. The law enforcement agency will soon carry out regular checking and all the products which are not compliant with the specified pictorial health warning will be seized according to the provision of the law, the release stated.

Rio’s claim of being party’s founding member erroneous: NPF ‘Seasonwatch’ and ‘Earthian 2016’ workshops held Kohima, may 18 (mExN): Naga People’s Front (NPF) today termed it “erroneous and misleading” the claim of the Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Neiphiu Rio that he is a founding member of NPF. Rio had claimed in his reply to the show cause notices served to him earlier this year that he is a “founding member” of NPF, the oldest regional political party, a press release from NPF pointed out.

NPF said that in Nagaland, regional political party identity started with the Democratic Party of Nagaland in late 1963 when the regional party was formed to contest the 1964 State general elections. Rio, born on November 11, 1950, was not even of legal voting age that time, it said.

Over the decades, the nomenclature of the regional political party changed to United Demo-

NPF Youth Wing endorses suspension order Kohima, may 18 (mExN): The NPF Central Youth Wing has endorsed the action taken by the NPF President, Dr. Shürhozielie Liezietsu in suspending Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio from active and primary membership of the party.

In a press release issued by its Media Cell, the Youth Wing stated that the party President has taken “timely and right decision at a time when the NPF party is sailing through a rough weather because of the unwarranted mess created by some power-mongering party members.”

The release maintained that though Neiphiu Rio played a pivotal role to uplift the party at the earlier stage, “he unfortunately became a turn-coat and started initiating all sorts of ruckus within the party fold after he became an MP in order to foster his self interest, and thereby, has tremendously encratic Front, Naga National Democratic Party, Nagaland People’s Council, Nagaland People’s Front. In 2009, to enable the party

dangered the party stability and credibility.” Hence, it stated, “his suspension from the NPF party has become indispensable to salvage the party from his ulterior design.”

Meanwhile, the Youth Wing has appealed to all party workers not to misconstrue the drastic action of the party President against its senior member, stating it was executed in the larger interest of the NPF party. It also lauded the decision of the DAC Members in “steadfastly upholding the true principle of the party constitution and for recommending the suspension of Rio from the party, without any biasness.”

It further reiterated that it will not tolerate any anti-party activities even in the future by any of the party men or women, WoKha, may 18 but stand would stand firm to protect the (mExN): District Child Protection Unit (DCPU), party interest at any cost.

Wokha in collaboration with the District Legal Serto spread its jurisdiction ple’s Front (NPF), the re- vices Authority (DLSA), and participation in other lease stated. All this while, Wokha held a sensitisation neighbouring States, the the symbol of the party re- programme on the new name of the party was fur- mained the same till date - provisions of Juvenile Justice Act, Protection of Chilther changed to Naga Peo- cock/ rooster, it added.

My name was mentioned as “Adviser to NNC” in media reports recently. It is important for me to make a clarification. As a humble National Worker, I regard myself as a friend and brother to all genuine national workers regardless of the fragmented groups they may presently belong to.

If the prestigious title of ‘Adviser’ is to be accorded to me because of the deeply held convictions I do hold and proclaim, I regard my responsibility as an adviser to be to serve and nurture ALL national workers.

I am committed to the healing and uniting of the Naga family through fostering mutual understanding and goodwill for the sake of the highest good of the Naga people and nation.

Matong Ao

‘VDB is non political organisation’ ing to stage a dharna on May 20 for non-release of 100 man days under MGNREGA by the government of India.

“The 100 man days of guaranteed employment under MGNREGA are not mandatory but a limit set in the guidelines as the maximum days a MGNREGA job card holder can benefit from,” the VDB functionaries stated. Therefore, we affirm and confirm that no government at the centre till date, irrespective of political dispensation has provided 100 man days to any state.”

In addition, the VDB functionaries requested the State Finance Department to soon release the centre released fund along with the state share since MGNREGA is a time bound demand driven programme and any delay in fund re-

lease reduces the time to absorb the funds, thereby drastically reducing the total fund allocation.

The signatories were Imjong Chang, President, VDB Association, Tuensang; Wangpai M. Wangsa, President, VDB Association, Mon; Dr. Imtinungba, President, VDB Association, Mokokchung; Meyirenba Phom, President, VDB Association, Longleng; Tsipithong Sangtam, President, VDB Association, Kiphire; Vishiho Zhimo, President, VDB Association, Zunheboto; Bichamo Shitiri, President, VDB Association, Wokha; Khusuzo Khamo, President, VDB Association, Phek; Kiukesiulung, President, VDB Association, Peren; Thrilongse Sangtam, General Secretary, VDB Association, Dimapur.

Topper Metseivilie Seyie gets sponsorship Kohima, may 18 (Dipr): Metseivilie Seyie, student of Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, who secured the first rank among toppers of HSSLC 2016 (Science stream), was honoured and given sponsorship for his college by the Government Registered Nagaland Contractors & Supplies’ Union (GRNC&SU) on May 17.

GRNC&SU President, Seyiekuolie Kesiezie said that Metseivilie had secured the top position despite his difficult background. Metseivilie had also secured 9th position in the HSCL examinations

in 2014 from Rüzhükhrie Government Higher Secondary School. He plans to pursue higher education in Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, therefore GRNC&SU has decided to sponsor his education till completion of B.Sc in recognition of his outstanding performance despite all odds, Seyiekuolie stated.

General Secretary NBCC, Rev Dr Zelhou Keyho, who was also present at the program held at GRNC&SU president’s office, encouraged Metseivilie to continue working hard and keep the faith in God and also to stay focused

was held for teachers at the Zonal Council Hall, a press release informed. The resource person was Ashish Shah, Program Manager (Seasonwatch) and Associate of the Earthian Awards program of WIPRO. According to the release, the vision of WIPRO Earthian is to find solutions to several sustainability issues like climate change, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, etc. The Earthian project aims at building skills, atti-

tudes and values to shape a sustainable future. The core objectives are integrating sustainability education into school and college curriculums and to critically engage students with sustainability issues through multiple perspectives. The teachers who attended the workshop will play a pivotal role in inspiring, motivating and supervising students in their schools to work and prepare project reports on ‘Sustainability & Water’ and ‘Sustainability

& Biodiversity’, the release stated. The submissions will be judged based on a broad approach as deemed appropriate by the jury. This will be based on how genuinely the activity was done, the comprehensiveness and creativity in documenting the activities, the ability in seeing and drawing the broader connections well. WIPRO has constituted trophy, citation and cash awards for the ten best projects from all over the country, it added.

DCPU Wokha sensitizes on new provisions of Acts

CLarIFICatIOn

Dimapur, may 18 (mExN): VDB functionaries representing the VDB associations of entire districts of Nagaland, while expressing their solidarity towards any group that attempts to improve the welfare of the VDBs of Nagaland and rural people in general, have requested that “such measures to mitigate the problems of rural people, which the VDBs represent, should not be politicized.”

A press release appended by officials of VDB associations of ten districts said that VDB is a non political organisation and any attempt to derive political mileage using the VDBs as platform will not benefit anyone or any group in the long run.

They also appreciated the concern shown by the Congress party for propos-

Kohima, may 18 (mExN): The Nagaland Institute of Health, Environment & Social Welfare (NIHESW), Kohima in collaboration with multinational IT corporation WIPRO, Bangalore organized two workshops entitled ‘Seasonwatch’ and ‘Earthian 2016’ in Kohima on May16 and 17 respectively.

‘Seasonwatch’ was conducted for school children in their respective schools, while the ‘Earthian 2016’

with humility. Pointing out that a lot of people have put their trust and faith in him, Dr. Keyho told Metseivilie not to fail them and to bear fruit. He also challenged Metseivilie to help people, like him, who need assistance and guidance in the coming future as well.

The NBCC General Secretary further lauded the contractors’ union for coming forward and supporting the society. He also blessed Metseivilie with a prayer.

GRNC&SU Advisor, KC Angami handed Metseivilie the sponsorship amount of Rs 1.5 lakh on behalf of the union.

dren from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and the Role of Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU).

The participants were Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Child Welfare Committee, Police, town colony leaders, youth, teachers etc.

The resource persons,

Unions condemn ‘random’ arrest by Army Dimapur, may 18 (mExN): The Yimchungru Union Dimapur (YUD) and Sangphur Union Dimapur (SUD) have condemned the arrest of Yimso Yimchungru by the Army on May 14 at Lahorijan Market in Assam’s Karbi Anglong “for the reason best known to them.”

In a press release, the unions clarified that Yimso is an active executive member of Yimchungru Union Dimapur, earning his bread and butter as an auto rickshaw driver for the past two years and engaged in dropping and picking school students from around Nagarjan area.

“As far as the Union is concerned, Yimso is not engaged in any Naga Political group but lives his life with hard work and dedication,” the unions asserted.

The release issued

by S. Keoshu, President, YUD and Tsukhumong, President, SUD further lamented that the Army arrested the victim randomly without proper investigation and thorough verification.

“It was made known that Yimso had travelled to Lahorijan Market to drop a male passenger as an auto driver. The passenger while sensing of his arrest escaped from the clutches of

the Army in full public view and only the passenger bag could be recovered,” the release said.

The unions further expressed dismay that only the innocent driver was taken into custody and was “forced upon to confess which he has no knowledge and part of it while the real culprit escaped.” Yimso had no contact or information about the real absconder before that fateful day, the release added.

In this light, the unions have requested the investigation agencies to study the case with fairness and let no innocent person suffer.

NPF Farmer Wing plant trees

Lichani Tungoe, Panel Advocate and Neinguvotuo Krose, Legal cum Probation Officer, spoke on the new provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, POCSO and duties and function of SJPU. The programme was chaired by Sekho Dawhuo, DCPO Wokha.

Opening remark was given by Wonchibeni Patton, Judicial Magistrate First Class and Chairman, Juvenile Justice Board, while closing remark was given

by KC Murry, Chairman, Child Welfare Committee followed by discussion hour.

MEx FILE NAWO condemns Kohima, may 18 (mExN): The Northern Angami Women Organisation (NAWO) has condemned the attempted rape of a woman in Meriema on May 12. A press release from NAWO President, Neisebei-ü Kuotsu has appealed to the law enforcing authority to serve befitting punishment to the accused identified as Neitsü Angami. The organisation also prayed for timely recovery of the victim from the traumatic incident. NAWO also reminded the men to respect women instead of taking advantage of them.

AGEI holds General Presbytery Committee Dimapur, may 18 (mExN): The General Presbytery Committee of the Assemblies of God of East India (AGEI) was held on May 17 and 18 at Bethesda Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur. Leaders from all the states attended the meet and prayed for the forthcoming Assemblies of God India Centennial celebration scheduled to be held in Chennai on June 8-10, informed a press release received here.

Meetings & AppointMents Public march in Peren on may 20

Plantation drive was carried out at Sechü Zubza by NPF Farmers Wing of 8th Western Angami A/C on May 18. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | May 18

The NPF Farmers Wing of 8th Western Angami Assembly Constituency today undertook a plantation drive at Sechü Zubza. Tree saplings were planted in and around Sechü Zubza, mostly in public places and government institutions.

The plantation drive started with Lhousarovi Paul Rino, PS to Minister for Social Security & Welfare Kiyaneilie Peseyie, planting the first sapling at the premises of Soil and Water Conservation Training Institute (S&WCTI).

Over 100 saplings were planted at S&WCTI, while

the rest were planted at the premises of Veterinary Dispensary and some public roads.

In a brief programme held before the commencement of the plantation, Lhousarovi Paul highlighted the importance of a greener planet and stressed on the need to plant more trees in our locality.

“On hot and sunny days, everyone goes in search of shed and protection under the trees, but very few of us realizes the need to plant even a single tree,” he said, and urged every citizen to respond to global warming by planting more trees every day.

“By planting even a sin-

gle tree, you are contributing immensely towards global warming and its challenges.”

He added that the plantation drive will set a good example for others to see.

S&WCTI’s Assistant Soil Conservation Officer, Limasunep thanked the Farmers Wing for planting trees in the S&WCTI compound. He told the trainees to carefully nurture the tree saplings and urged them to keep planting more trees wherever they go.

NPF Farmers Wing 8th Western Angami A/C president, Neivilhoutuo John Sechü said the plantation drive was initiated with an aim to move towards a cleaner and greener environment.

Dimapur, may 18 (mExN): The public of Peren Town will be staging a 'Silent Procession' from Peren Main Bazaar to ADC Office, Peren on May 20 from 10:00am onwards. A press note informed that this is being done to “highlight the untold pain and hardship faced by the people of the town due to de never-ending water scarcity in the town.” The marchers are also scheduled to submit a memorandum to the Minister PHE through the ADC, Peren.

KOhImA: MLA CM Chang, who is the chairman of Committee on Public Accounts, has convened Oral Evidence Meeting on the examination of the report of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India for the year 2013-14 from May 24 to 26 in the Committee Room of the Assembly Secretariat. The Committee will take evidence of the representatives of the following departments: Finance (State Finances), Finance (Revenue Sectors), Finance (Taxation), Home (PEP), CAWD, Transport, Health & Family Welfare, Rural Development, Urban Development, Public Health Engineering, Land Records & Survey, PWD (Roads & Bridges), PWD (Housing), Irrigation & Flood Control, and Technical Education. All the members of the Public Accounts Committee have been requested to attend the meeting.

KOhImA: The Tuensang District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting will be held on May 24 in the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang at 11:00 am. All the DPDB members have been requested to attend the same positively.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 136

By Aheli moitra

Generators of Peace

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s a journalist, one most often engages with people in their homelands. Over the years, The Morung Express has provided a platform for engagement with the various neighbouring peoples of the Nagas—the Karbi, the Axom, the Meitei, the Zomi, among others.

On May 13, however, representatives of the Axoms and Meiteis congregated with the Nagas in a systematic setting in Kohima and Dimapur respectively. While the former was a meeting of the who’s-who of Nagaland with those of Assam, the latter was more of a grassroots peace activists’ meet. At the end, each came up with a dialogue forum/ working group respectively to formulate plans on how to carry their relationships with each other forward.

This simultaneous play of events has re-affirmed the potential of this region’s people as active generators of peace, rather than hapless by-products of violence.

In the Nagaland-Manipur peace activists’ meet, a multi layered exchange of perceptions occurred. The Naga people who find themselves in Manipur State today, for instance, have a better understanding of Imphal valley’s Meitei people and vice versa than the Naga people as part of Nagaland State do. But Naga people everywhere have a worldview that is unique to them, as do the Meitei. As moderators fine tuned the discussions on problems faced by each peoples’ group in their region, the Meiteis and Axom in the room heard something new about the Nagas and Nagaland; Nagaland learnt something more of Manipur’s dilemma.

The exchange left a mark in a way that dialogue continued outside the conference room. Why do the Naga people want the Church to take up the cause for change?

What does the Church mean to them? How is the Imphal civil society organised? Why is it difficult to speak against the tide there? Do we all belong to constructed identities? How then do we share our stories to build a shared humanity?

These are not questions that are raised only by people reaching out for a concept as volatile as peace. Questions that build relationships are raised everyday as people interact with each other—when Meitei or Karbi women sit with Naga women in the many markets of Dimapur or Imphal, when environmental concerns stop regarding ethnic boundaries and force people to flexibility or when love breaks loose and folksongs cannot shed one’s identity from the other.

Peace efforts on a larger scale have been made possible today because despite external factors, like nation state boundaries and ensuing policies, that have pushed people away from each other, peace is made every day on the grassroots.

It is now up to those in positions of power, particularly on the level of the people (as opposed to that of the State), to be honest with each other, share their “truths” and dilemmas, listen to each other, attempt to understand, empathise with each other, and provide solutions to each other’s problems by standing up for one another.

This is the process that has re-started this May—a recognition that my right to self determination is as essential as yours in order for all of us to move forward together.

Suggestions on how to enhance these processes may be shared at moitramail@yahoo.com

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Russ Wellen Foreign Policy In Focus

Hiroshima’s Other Chain Reaction Some believe an apology for Hiroshima

by President Obama could set off a destabilizing chain reaction of apologies

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pparently, President Obama will not be using his visit to Hiroshima in a couple of weeks to provide support for recent revisionist history, which holds that dropping atom bombs on Japan did not cause Japan to surrender in World War II. Deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes wrote: He will not revisit the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Instead, he will offer a forward-looking vision focused on our shared future.

Even if the president were inclined to apologize, as many are calling for, oddly Japan may not be down with that. In the Los Angeles Times, Jake Adelstein explains.

There’s concern, for instance, it might undermine Abe’s initiative to give Japan a more nimble, capable military and clear the way for troops to fight overseas, something that hasn’t happened since the end of World War II. Abe’s primary goal, Stewart says, is to strengthen the military and everything else, including his economic platform of Abenomics, is a means to achieve that goal.

Apology also could harden the opposition to using nuclear power in Japan, a sentiment that blossomed after the meltdown at Fukushima. The administration has made nuclear power a major part of its energy policy.

“Overemphasizing the inhuman nature of the nuclear weapons used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki goes against what the current government of Japan has been working on so hard for decades — removing ‘allergic’ reaction against nuclear weapons and nuclear power. In short, let the sleeping dogs lie,” Koichi Nakano, a professor of Japanese politics at Sophia University, said.

Also as a subhead to the article reads, “It could set off a chain reaction of apologies.” In other words, former diplomat Grant Newsham tells Adelstein: “If Obama apologizes at Hiroshima, it draws attention to Japanese behavior elsewhere in Asia during the ’30s and ’40s. It might even be demanded that the Japanese government and emperor go to Singapore and apologize for slaughtering 25,000 Chinese there in 1942. Or to Australia to apologize for how they treated their POWs. Or to the Philippines (to apologize) for a few hundred thousand murders by the Imperial Japanese Army as well.”

Presumably that could result in enhanced demands for reparations. Oh, I forgot: Japan probably doesn’t have money for that because of the cost of Fukushima.

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John F Schumaker New Internationalist

The demoralized mind

Western consumer culture is creating a psycho-spiritual crisis that leaves us disoriented and bereft of purpose. How can we treat our sick culture and make ourselves well?

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ur descent into the Age of Depression seems unstoppable. Three decades ago, the average age for the first onset of depression was 30. Today it is 14. Researchers such as Stephen Izard at Duke University point out that the rate of depression in Western industrialized societies is doubling with each successive generational cohort. At this pace, over 50 per cent of our younger generation, aged 18-29, will succumb to it by middle age. Extrapolating one generation further, we arrive at the dire conclusion that virtually everyone will fall prey to depression.

By contrast to many traditional cultures that lack depression entirely, or even a word for it, Western consumer culture is certainly depression-prone. But depression is so much a part of our vocabulary that the word itself has come to describe mental states that should be understood differently. In fact, when people with a diagnosis of depression are examined more closely, the majority do not actually fit that diagnosis. In the largest study of its kind, Ramin Mojtabai of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health sampled over 5,600 cases and found that only 38 per cent of them met the criteria for depression.

Contributing to the confusion is the equally insidious epidemic of demoralization that also afflicts modern culture. Since it shares some symptoms with depression, demoralization tends to be mislabelled and treated as if it were depression. A major reason for the poor 28-per-cent success rate of anti-depressant drugs is that a high percentage of ‘depression’ cases are actually demoralization, a condition unresponsive to drugs.

Existential disorder In the past, our understanding of demoralization was limited to specific extreme situations, such as debilitating physical injury, terminal illness, prisoner-of-war camps, or anti-morale military tactics. But there is also a cultural variety that can express itself more subtly and develop behind the scenes of normal everyday life under pathological cultural conditions such as we have today. This culturally generated demoralization is nearly impossible to avoid for the modern ‘consumer’.

Rather than a depressive disorder, demoralization is a type of existential disorder associated with the breakdown of a person’s ‘cognitive map’. It is an overarching psycho-spiritual crisis in which victims feel generally disoriented and unable to locate meaning, purpose or sources of need fulfilment. The world loses its credibility, and former beliefs and convictions dissolve into doubt, uncertainty and loss of direction.

Frustration, anger and bitterness are usual accompaniments, as well as an underlying sense of being part of a lost cause or losing battle. The label ‘existential depression’ is not appropriate since, unlike most forms of depression, demoralization is a realistic response to the circumstances impinging on the person’s life.

As it is absorbed, consumer culture imposes numerous influences that weaken personality structures, undermine coping and lay the groundwork for eventual demoralization. Its driving features – individualism, materialism, hyper-competition, greed, over-complication, overwork, hurriedness and debt – all correlate negatively with psychological health and/or social wellbeing. The level of intimacy, trust and true friendship in people’s lives has plummeted.

Sources of wisdom, social and community support, spiritual comfort, intellectual growth and life education have dried up. Passivity and choice have displaced creativity and mastery. Resilience traits such as patience, restraint and fortitude have given way to short attention spans, over-indulgence and a masturbatory approach to life.

Research shows that, in contrast to earlier times,

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ouis Kriesberg set himself a delicate task in writing Realizing Peace (Oxford University Press, 2015). By emphasizing alternative possibilities, Kriesberg walks a literary tightrope between history and counterfactual history. Kriesberg’s work is at its best when he pushes the limits of his vows to academic objectivity by proposing truly innovative prescriptions for conflict alleviation, such as granting debt forgiveness to Yugoslavia before the outbreak of their civil war, jamming the radio programs inciting genocide in Rwanda, or creating an international fund for the compensation and resettlement of Palestinian refugees (an idea he credits to Walter Russell Mead). In his opening chapter, Kriesberg concedes that he has the benefit of hindsight when analyzing the facts of history—and he capitalizes on it.

Kriesberg’s reading of American foreign engagement from the outset of the Cold War to 2014 utilizes a specific lens known as the Constructive Conflict Approach. This approach frames conflict as a positive development towards enhanced justice and equity. It necessitates a less militarist approach to conflict and instead promotes mediation and mutual understanding between adversaries. The approach is premised on the notion that conflicts, as social constructs, are highly mutable and encourages long-term and big-picture analysis of how various conflicts and party interests are interconnected.

Realizing Peace is written in the

most people today are unable to identify any sort of philosophy of life or set of guiding principles. Without an existential compass, the commercialized mind gravitates toward a ‘philosophy of futility’, as Noam Chomsky calls it, in which people feel naked of power and significance beyond their conditioned role as pliant consumers. Lacking substance and depth, and adrift from others and themselves, the thin and fragile consumer self is easily fragmented and dispirited.

By their design, the central organizing principles and practices of consumer culture perpetuate an ‘existential vacuum’ that is a precursor to demoralization. This inner void is often experienced as chronic and inescapable boredom, which is not surprising.

Despite surface appearances to the contrary, the consumer age is deathly boring. Boredom is caused, not because an activity is inherently boring, but because it is not meaningful to the person. Since the life of the consumer revolves around the overkill of meaningless manufactured low-level material desires, it is quickly engulfed by boredom, as well as jadedness, ennui and discontent. This steadily graduates to ‘existential boredom’ wherein the person finds all of life uninteresting and unrewarding.

Moral net Consumption itself is a flawed motivational platform for a society. Repeated consummation of desire, without moderating constraints, only serves to habituate people and diminish the future satisfaction potential of what is consumed. This develops gradually into ‘consumer anhedonia’, wherein consumption loses reward capacity and offers no more than distraction and ritualistic value. Consumerism and psychic deadness are inexorable bedfellows.

Individualistic models of mind have stymied our understanding of many disorders that are primarily of cultural origin. But recent years have seen a growing interest in the topic of cultural health and ill-health as they impact upon general wellbeing. At the same time, we are moving away from naïve behavioural models and returning to the obvious fact that the human being has a fundamental nature, as well as a distinct set of human needs, that must be addressed by a cultural blueprint.

In his groundbreaking book The Moral Order, anthropologist Raoul Naroll used the term ‘moral net’ to indicate the cultural infrastructure that is required for the mental wellbeing of its members. He used numerous examples to show that entire societies can become predisposed to an array of mental ills if their ‘moral net’ deteriorates beyond a certain point. To avoid this, a society’s moral net must be able to meet the key psychosocial-spiritual needs of its members, including a sense of identity and belonging, co-operative activities that weave people into a community, and shared rituals and beliefs that offer a convincing existential orientation.

Similarly, in The Sane Society, Erich Fromm cited ‘frame of orientation’ as one of our vital ‘existential needs’, but pointed out that today’s ‘marketing characters’ are shackled by a cultural programme that actively blocks fulfilment of this and other needs, including the needs for belonging, rootedness, identity, transcendence and intellectual stimulation. We are living under conditions of ‘cultural insanity’, a term referring to a pathological mismatch between the inculturation strategies of a culture and the intrapsychic needs of its followers. Being normal is no longer a healthy ambition.

Human culture has mutated into a sociopathic marketing machine dominated by economic priorities and psychological manipulation. Never before has a cultural system inculcated its followers to suppress so much of their humanity. Leading this hostile takeover of the collective psyche are increasingly sophisticated propaganda and misinformation industries that traffic the illusion of consumer happiness by wildly amplifying our expectations of the material world. Today’s consumers are by far the most propagandized people in history. The relentless and repetitive effect is highly hypnotic, diminishing critical faculties, reducing one’s sense of self, and transforming commercial unreality into a surrogate for meaning and purpose.

The more lost, disoriented and spiritually defeated people become, the more susceptible they become to persuasion, and the more they end up buying into the oversold expectations of consumption.

But in unreality culture, hyper-inflated expectations continually collide with the reality of experience.

Since nothing lives up to the hype, the world of the consumer is actually an ongoing exercise in disappointment. While most disappointments are minor and easy to dissociate, they accumulate into an emotional background of frustration as deeper human needs get neglected. Continued starvation of these needs fuels disillusion about one’s whole approach to life. Over time, people’s core assumptions can become unstable.

Culture proofing At its heart, demoralization is a generalized loss of credibility in the assumptions that ground our existence and guide our actions. The assumptions underpinning our allegiance to consumerism are especially vulnerable since they are fundamentally dehumanizing. As they unravel, it becomes increasingly difficult to identify with the values, goals and aspirations that were once part of our consumer reality. The consequent feeling of being forsaken and on the wrong life track is easily mistaken for depression, or even unhappiness, but in fact it is the type of demoralization that most consumer beings will experience to some degree.

For the younger generation, the course of boredom, disappointment, disillusion and demoralization is almost inevitable. As the products of invisible parents, commercialized education, cradle-to-grave marketing and a profoundly boring and insane cultural programme, they must also assimilate into consumer culture while knowing from the outset that its workings are destroying the planet and jeopardizing their future. Understandably, they have become the trance generation, with an insatiable appetite for any technology that can downsize awareness and blunt the emotions. With society in existential crisis, and emotional life on a steep downward trajectory, trance is today’s fastest-growing consumer market.

Once our collapsed assumptions give way to demoralization, the problem becomes how to rebuild the unconscious foundations of our lives. In their present forms, the psychology and psychiatry professions are of little use in treating disorders that are rooted in culture and normality. While individual therapy will not begin to heal a demoralized society, to be effective such approaches must be insightoriented and focused on the cultural sources of the person’s assumptions, identity, values and centres of meaning. Cultural deprogramming is essential, along with ‘culture proofing’, disobedience training and character development strategies, all aimed at constructing a worldview that better connects the person to self, others and the natural world.

The real task is somehow to treat a sick culture rather than its sick individuals. Erich Fromm sums up this challenge: ‘We can’t make people sane by making them adjust to this society. We need a society that is adjusted to the needs of people.’ Fromm’s solution included a Supreme Cultural Council that would serve as a cultural overseer and advise governments on corrective and preventive action. But that sort of solution is still a long way off, as is a science of culture change. Democracy in its present guise is a guardian of cultural insanity.

We are long overdue a cultural revolution that would force a radical revamp of the political process, economics, work, family and environmental policy. It is true that a society of demoralized people is unlikely to revolt even though it sits on a massive powder keg of pent-up frustration. But credibility counteracts demoralization, and this frustration can be released with immense energy when a credible cause, or credible leadership, is added to the equation.

It might seem that credibility, meaning and purposeful action would derive from the multiple threats to our safety and survival posed by the fatal mismatch between consumer culture and the needs of the planet. The fact that it has not highlights the degree of demoralization that infects the consumer age. With its infrastructure firmly entrenched, and minimal signs of collective resistance, all signs suggest that our obsolete system – what some call ‘disaster capitalism’ – will prevail until global catastrophe dictates for us new cultural directions.

Book Review: Realizing Peace Heath mitchell Foreign Policy in Focus

A new book on conflict resolution provides a history of the subject and a counterfactual history of recent events form of a history instead of as a series of case studies. This affords the reader two distinct advantages. First of all, it allows a comprehensive assessment of each American administration in its constructive application of conflict management. Next, it allows Kriesberg to relate how the field of peace studies and the very concept of the Constructive Conflict Approach evolved in relation to its political context.

Ap p rox i m a t e l y a third of the book is dedicated to the Cold War and the infancy of peace studies. Kriesberg is most balanced in his appraisal of the Gulf War. Although it is regarded by many as America’s greatest military victory since the Second World War, Kriesberg refreshingly shows just how unnecessary this mili-

tary engagement was. Yet he also confirms that President George H.W. Bush successfully incorporated elements of the Constructive Conflict Approach into Operation Desert Storm.

Kriesberg provides no such cover to George W Bush and his invasion of Iraq. His analysis of the opening decade of the new millennium is relentless in pointing out missed opportunities for greater peace and security from Kyoto to Kabul, and diplomatic missteps from Kim Jung Il to Saddam Hussein, not to mention the missed opportunity for global solidarity after the attacks of September 11th. Sandwiched between the discussion of the Bushes is a particularly insightful cri-

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John F Schumaker is a retired psychology academic living in Christchurch, New Zealand

tique of Clinton’s unnecessary expansion of the crisis in Yugoslavia.

In any book about conflict resolution and peacebuilding, the Israeli–Palestinian situation looms large.

Kriesberg does commendable service to the issue without allowing it to take up too much space. In a book that is focused on proposing alternatives, the underlying assumption is that peace is always possible. Although Kriesberg admits that the actors involved may not have made a peace agreement feasible during the Obama administration, he suggests that efforts to build a more just and equitable society in Palestine–Israel have the potential to create such an agreement in the future.

Kriesberg doggedly pursues his goal of examining US engagement in conflicts and proposing alternatives through the constructive conflict approach. Realizing Peace would have greatly benefited from a discussion of how the United States succeeded in mediating a peace agreement, namely Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement. Additionally, Kriesberg is surprisingly silent on the potential application of the constructive conflict approach to Obama’s “Pacific Pivot”.

Realizing Peace carefully navigates the line between American engagement abroad as it was and as it could have been. The book dares you to jump into the void of exploring what history could have looked like, and, more importantly, it reminds you that America always has a choice in how it chooses to engage the world.

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Technology as if people mattered* If you thought technology was politically neutral, think again. Dinyar Godrej argues for a fairer and more social vision

You Can Network Your Way to Riches

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n 2002, a group of Indian farmers arrived in Britain to protest about aid for farming projects. They weren’t demanding more of it; instead they were insisting on the withdrawal of up to $92 million worth of earmarked aid.

Surprised? Perhaps you won’t be when you read that the aid package was designed by consultants and advisers who were pushing a model focused completely on export that would have clubbed together land holdings and brought in corporate agriculture.

PV Satheesh, the activist leading the delegation, was firm: ‘If aid can be given on terms that genuinely improve the livelihoods of the people it’s meant to reach, so be it.

Otherwise, we’d rather not have it.’

It was a small strike in the ongoing battle against the ‘technology push’ by corporate agribusiness usually disguised in development garments. The eventual goal is ‘market capture’, making farmers completely dependent on the agribusiness giants.

This vision of agriculture, essentially a corporate and anti-social vision, has for too long been viewed in terms of a technological fix. But what it reveals, more than anything else, is that such technology has a deep social and political bias – in favour of elites and to the detriment of the poor.

Today some 80 per cent of the world’s food is still produced on 500 million family farms, accounting for between 70 and 80 per cent of agricultural land. Of these family farms, only one per cent are larger than 50 hectares; 72 per cent are on plots of under a hectare.1 The gigantist follies of Western agriculture would ruin livelihoods that are often already precarious.

Satheesh has been pursuing a different kind of agricultural technology. As founder of the Deccan Development Society, he has been working with mainly women farmers (who usually lose out on outreach programmes) promoting local biodiversity, sharing seeds, developing traditional knowledge such as biofertilization, helping them grow crops that will be better resistant to climate change, and organizing them to take control of the market end.

Over the past century, 75 per cent of the genetic diversity of crops has been lost to future generations as farmers have switched to a small group of high-yielding varieties. The farmers with whom Satheesh works are the true pioneers.

Appropriate behaviour The satisfaction of our most basic needs (food, water, energy, health) is usually dependent on some form of tech, but a recent report by the sustainable technology charity Practical Action puts it plainly: ‘Technology is cruelly polarized. The rich world enjoys more than its fair share. And, for the poor, the lack of technology is the defining feature of their poverty… The injustice is not an absence of technology, but the unfair exclusion of certain groups to access technology that already exists.’ This is not new and, short of ‘come the revolution’, neither is the best way to address it – the concept of appropriate technology. Appropriate to resource scarcity, appropriate to local conditions, appropriately in the hands of communities rather than elites, easy to repair locally. As Amber Meikle, who wrote the Practical Action report, puts it: ‘Silver bullet high-tech innovations generally don’t affect the lives of poor people.’

The technology they most urgently need is often at the level of water hand-pumps, or evaporation-based cooling systems that don’t depend on electricity, or halfway decent sanitation. Or clean cook stoves to help the 2.9 billion people still cooking over open fires; and to change the horrible statistic of the resulting four million deaths every year from indoor air pollution.2 Or take the multifunctional brick toilet units built in Nepal that are the brainchild of architect Paul Pholeros of Healthabitat: apart from providing sanitation (in structures that withstood last year’s earthquake), they capture rainwater for hand-washing, make it easier to use human waste for biogas and bring communities together in their construction. They are being championed by the Bangladeshi government as well.

But development channels are prone to fashions.

We’ve had years of report funding – grants being given to grassroots groups to write the umpteenth report rather than to fund action. In terms of technology, ‘innovation’ is the current donor obsession, regardless of whether the needs of the recipients may actually be better served by non-trendy low- and old-tech.

Meikle recalls a not-so-bright idea of a football that needed to be kicked around for three hours in order to store kinetic energy to power a lightbulb. Sound fun and funky? – try kicking a football for three hours every day.

There is also the issue of enclave technology. Take the world’s first 3D lab for printing prosthetics – Project Daniel. It’s located in South Sudan, a country where just five per cent of citizens can access electricity.

The future of work An essential aspect of appropriate technology is that while it may save labour, it defeats its purpose if it diminishes employment – if anything, it should help generate it. The prevailing technology worldview shaped by the corporate technocrats considers this an immensely retrograde idea.

For years now, the rich West has been peddled the notion of the end of work with a harvest of leisure. It’s a rosy view, of well-provided-for citizens benefiting from labour-saving workplace innovation, enjoying more creative free time.

Well, the end of work is looming for many, but in a world with the concentration of wealth and power in increasingly fewer hands, this spells destitution rather than gilded leisure.

Here’s how the UNDP’s Human Development Report for 2015 views what’s coming round the corner: ‘Now is the time to be a worker with special skills and the right education, because these people can use technology to create and capture value. But there has never been a worse time to be a worker with only ordinary skills and abilities, because computers, robots and other digital technologies are acquiring these at an extraordinary speed.’

Not only have workers been getting a smaller share

Charge your phones here: this man displays the board of sockets which helps him earn his livelihood in Nigeria’s Katsina city.

Many vendors invest in small solar units to generate the power. (Reuters Photo)

of total corporate income over the last 15 years, but now here come the industrial robots – all 200,000 of them, newly added each year.1 With a projected 47 per cent of all US jobs threatened by computerization, those special skills better come via fairy godmother.

So, if previously we got angry about the appalling working conditions for Foxconn workers in China, who built the fortunes of digital giants like Apple and Nokia, what will we think when they begin to be replaced by Foxbots?

The Human Development Report fears that for the poorest countries, the pressures on manufacturing jobs would result in ‘premature de-industrialization’.

This is more than just ‘disruption’ (another tech buzzword), this is technology designed to rip the fabric of society.

Socially blind technology based solely on the profit imperative has an enormous fallout – from completely destructive areas of production such as the highly innovative arms industry to environmental scars of rich world overconsumption (just call it growth).

Global dump Witness the meteoric streak of digital technologies and one can get very excited. Such evolution, nay, transformation, in such a short space of time; such an ability to get connected and plug into a limitless universe of data.

Such an almighty pile of discarded digital trash. ‘Built to last’ is so yesterday.

Consequently, digital technologies are among the most environmentally unsustainable in the world. The global volume of digital waste increases by a third every two years. We produce 75 million tons of the stuff – or 10 kilograms per person, but chucked out mainly by the relatively small wealthy population that can afford such a rate of churn.

And we dump most of it illegally in the Majority World – one in three containers from the EU contains illegal waste under false pretences.

But this garbage pile is as nothing compared to the damage done at the mining sites, also mainly in the Majority World, to procure the metal and mineral raw materials required to produce the latest version. Bloodshed, widespread child labour, the increasing scarcity of the materials themselves, the huge and unsustainable environmental harm – none of this deters the production of the next must-have thing with amounts of functionality that no consumer really needs (or uses).

Much of this technology is actively designed to be thrown away at the first sign of trouble rather than be repaired. So smartphones are glued together in ways that ruin them when they are opened up; their batteries are similarly glued in. ‘We do a very bad job of preserving the raw materials that go into the products that we use,’ laments Matthias Huiskens of iFixit, a commercial company that sells repair parts, but also advocates a culture of repair by publishing free internet guides to repairing everything from digital gizmos to tractors. ‘Repair is always about creating independence, economic value and jobs,’ he adds.

And there are always different ways of doing things – for example the social enterprise Fairphone which has developed a smartphone designed for durability and ease of repair, with attention to ethical values in the procurement of raw materials and production.

SMS stretch While the Fairphone may be beyond most personal budgets in the Majority World, mobile phone penetration in the poorest areas of the world has been something of a success story. An instance of leapfrogging, say advocates, where people who never had landlines now have telephony.

People who may not have electricity in their homes have mobiles. Obviously, most of these will not be smartphones and the digital divide as far as internet access goes is large, with only 40 per cent of the world’s people online, and just a third of this group tapping into broadband. As far as web content goes, wealthy countries account for 80 per cent of domain names registered in 2013; Africa for less than one per cent.

Still, the way ICTs (information and communications technologies) can extend human agency is remarkable.

Take offline simple sms messaging: it has been used successfully for everything from health promotion (alerts for diabetics in Chile) to independent monitoring of elections, starting with the 2007 Sierra Leone elections. Farmers and fishers are using it in many parts of the world to gauge prices at local markets and arrive at more uniform prices for their produce.

Mobile money accounts have reached those ignored by the banks – the greatest take-up is in sub-Saharan Africa. Forty per cent of adults in East Africa pay utility bills using their mobiles.

Telemedicine helps in many African countries where distances are great and access to doctors and hospitals severely limited. Today there are apps that help monitor pregnancies and diagnose cataracts. But for every pregnancy

that needs special care or cataract that needs removal, there must also be the wherewithal to provide that assistance.

A price point too far Even the vision of basic primary healthcare for all is still a dream – many poor countries were forced to gut what little public provision they could offer during the further immiserating years of structural adjustment that began in the 1980s. Under the whip of the IMF and the World Bank, private provision of healthcare (always an option for enclaves of the rich) was encouraged and payment extracted from those in direst need. The very idea of public health as a public good is still to recover from this onslaught.

In this context, one-off preventive treatments become most attractive as tech solutions to the development community. Vaccines are seen as the low-hanging fruit.

Vaccinate large segments of the population against some of the worst preventable diseases and you save costs down the line. The wider context of adequate nutrition, clean water and sanitation, and access to decent basic healthcare are much messier targets.

But the cost of the basic package of vaccines that the UN recommends for all children has risen 68 times since 2015, even at the lowest available prices.7 Nearly half of this jump is due to the cost of the pneumonia vaccine currently in the tight grasp of drug giants Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The development of this vaccine was encouraged through advanced market commitments – advance promises to buy enough to guarantee the makers a profit – and it is an adapted version of what was already being produced. Pfizer and GSK have already made $28 billion from sales.

Yet, largely due to their pricing, 75 per cent of the world’s children remain unprotected against a disease which is the leading infectious cause of childhood death.

Nearly a million children succumb to pneumonia each year – one every 35 seconds.

Today the lowest available price for this three-shot vaccine is $10 for the very poorest countries, negotiated

by Gavi, the public-private global vaccine alliance, started by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill Gates is a stalwart defender of patents (he couldn’t have amassed his mountains of loot were it not for them), so you won’t find Gavi arguing for compulsory licensing of this essential vaccine, which would be the most logical option; instead, it appeals to the drug corporations to be charitable towards the poor. An Indian producer is developing an alternative that it promises to sell at $6, but it will not be available until 2019 at the earliest. Meanwhile, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders is campaigning for the current producers to drop the price to $5.

So a vital medical advance remains captive in private hands, and access for all remains a distant dream.

Push sustain Much could be said about the deficiencies of current intellectual property rights regimes where companies are allowed to privatize the fruits of what is often public research.

But perhaps more important in the context of technology justice for the poorest is to realize that the invisible hand of the market invariably fails them.

They ‘cannot express demand in a way that allows a commercial solution’. 2 To get workable ground-up technology that they can own and manage, the state (aided by international development bodies) must play a greater role. An old-fashioned idea but there may be an opening for it.

In September last year the UN General Assembly adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals following on from the Millennium Development Goals. The key word seems to be ‘sustainability’ in a wishlist of targets ranging from ending poverty and hunger and reducing inequality, to numerous conservation and development goals.

Technology, how it is developed, shared and deployed, will play a crucial role, but ‘sustainability’ will be out of reach if only market options are on offer.

UN member states have also agreed, overcoming strong opposition from rich countries led by the US, Britain and Japan, to a UN Technology Facilitation Mechanism to address issues in technology development, sharing and diffusion.8 The leaders of the opposition don’t want this task team to bring up any issues of intellectual property rights in a UN forum, nor do they want the UN to be poking its nose into the socioeconomic and environmental implications of new technologies. It’s the old corporate agenda.

Will it gain the upper hand in the context of goals that have sustainability and greater equality at their core?

Must the common good submit to the relentless machine of corporate profit? The battle lines are clear. *With thanks to EF Schumacher, whose 1973 classic Small is Beautiful had the subtitle ‘Economics as if people mattered’.

Schumacher’s vision of intermediate technology later came to be known as appropriate technology.

reat achievers have always understood the necessity of the organized assistance of people. And networking has been the modus operandi of success. But successful networking doesn’t just happen by accident. Most of us have to learn to build our social network in order to have more successful lives.

Malcom Gladwell, in his book The Tipping Point, writes about “Connectors.” These are people who know an astonishing number of people because they have a personality type that can easily attract other people. They possess self-confidence, sociability, expressiveness, and energy that make them powerhouses in connecting people and creating large social networks. If you are not a person with this type of personality, you need to find some of these “connectors” so they can compensate for your weakness. Remember: the bigger your network, the more leverage you have.

In this age of a networked world, those who can make the best use of social networks can gain the most leverage. More than any other age-group, the young people of today seem to be more in tune with this, especially through social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

These network facilities provide them with a myriad of affiliations, and their resulting web of connections is often huge. These are hidden resources that can make you really rich. One of the major reasons Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg is worth an estimated $51.8 billion as of 2016 is because he leverages a network of more than 800 million people to market his business. So, if you want to join the “young rich people,” leveraging your network is a minimum requirement.

Since all business is done through people, you have to make contacts to get contracts. To do this, you have to work on developing people skills. For starters: develop an above-average handshake, a magnetic eye contact, and a radiant presence. Collect the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of all the people you meet. Choose to serve for the sake of serving. Help everyone whom you can help. Always go the extra mile and create relationships.

Have outings, parties, events, or seminars to which you can invite your friends and potential clients. Choose to make yourself known. Over time you will automatically become part of the Who’s Who by association.

One way to strengthen your network is to give something away for free that is valuable to those in your social circle. When you do that, don’t expect anything in return. Such an act of thoughtfulness can eventually build trust and make you stand out amongst others. And once you have created a network, stay in touch with all your contacts by e-mail, letter, phone call, or face-to-face. Do whatever it takes to maintain it. The Golden Rule of networking is: “Be very quick to build connections and very slow to break them.”

It is important that you have an organized system to maintain your social network. In this Internet age, having your own company’s website as well as a computer database to keep track of all your contacts is a must. My recommendation is that you organize all your contacts into several categories to ensure effective communication and successful marketing: First, maintain a list of all your supporters and well-wishers. Surround yourself with people you trust. These people will always keep you grounded, give you good advice, and provide you with a refuge from the stress of the business world. This isn’t the same thing as surrounding yourself with yes-men. Rather, they should be people who have your best interest at heart, not because you are paying them, but because they genuinely care for you and want to help you, both personally and professionally.

Second, create a list of all your potential clients and customers. For example, you may start with 100 prospective names, but don’t stop there. Set a goal of how many customers you want to have 5 years down the road. Work on it weekly, if not daily. Get some people who can provide you referrals. And when they do, be sure to follow up on the people they recommended to you. One of the highest forms of marketing leverage is to have some well-respected personalities or celebrities to endorse your product or service.

Lastly, build a profile of all your contacts and deal with each one according to his or her personality type. Detail-oriented individuals may not mind to serve in the background, but their need for affirmation or a sense of security should never be taken for granted. Interacting socializers are driven to please others so they do things with a desire to belong, while those with domineering personality traits want to do things that boost their ego. Others who are more cautious and analytical in their behavioral tendencies will usually take time to decide or jump in. By understanding these different behavioral styles and various motivations of those in your network, you can more appropriately adjust your approach with each one. This is very important if you want your contacts to be more receptive to you. Or even as customers, people will be more apt to do business with you when they perceive that you view things as they do and that you really care for them. To be successful or rich is to be a student of what motivates people---learning to discern the wants behind the behaviors of the masses.

Remember this saying from a top sales person and motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar: “You can have everything you want if you help enough people get what they want.”

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Rain wreaks havoc in North East Newmai News Network

Lightning kills 2 in Tripura

Imphal | May 18

Incessant downpour in the past few days has triggered flood-like situation in many parts of Manipur with Moirang under Bishnupur district having flooded.

Over 2000 households, including Moirang Police Station, Fire Brigade and several educational institutes have been inundated in Moirang area. Oinam, Nambol and other parts of the district are also facing flood-like situation, reports said today.

Local MLA M Prithviraj Singh visited Moirang, Kwakta and Charangpat to take stock of the situation. He assured immediate relief to the affected villagers.

According to an official report, the Irang river swept away a bailey bridge at Noney in Tamenglong district. The bridge connecting Noney and Nungtek collapsed and was swept away by the swollen Irang river. The river which is flowing above the danger mark has flooded human habitation near the banks. Sever-

Two people were killed and six others critically injured when lightning struck them in Tripura on Wednesday, police said.

Basana Debbarma, 42, and Bipul Debbarma, 38, were killed at Champahour in western Tripura.

A police official said the victims were in a paddy field when the lightning hit them. Rains accompanied by high velocity winds and lightning lashed Tripura on Wednesday, damaging crops and uprooting electric poles and trees.

(IANS) al households have been shifted to safe shelters.

Barak and Makhru rivers flowing in the district are also in high spate, the report added.

The continuous rainfall has disturbed life in several parts of the state capital. Several roads in the twin capital cities of Imphal East and Imphal West were water-logged disrupting traffic. A few government offices and edu-

Ten killed in Assam

Flood hits Arunachal

Flood waters of the overflowing Noa-Dehing river, fed by torrential rain in the past few days, have inundated several areas in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh.

The flood water inundated Mahadevpur-I, Mahadevpur-IV and Kakoni villages besides submerging paddy fields in Namsai district, an official report said today. Besides, five bamboo

cational institutes were inundated. The Maklang river in Imphal West has overflowed its banks.

The MET office has predicted more rain in North East in the next 48 hours, reports said. If rain continues to lash the state in the coming two-three days, the swollen Imphal, Nambul and Iril rivers could trigger flood in the valley area of the state, officials warned.

spurs out of 14 constructed on May 10 were washed away by flood water at New Silatoo threatening the Mahadevpur town.

Water Resources Development (WRD) officials are constantly monitoring the situation. The embankment and spur at Nampong in Piyong circle are also badly affected by the flood water of the river, the report said.

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The recent thunderstorms in different parts of the region, including Manipur, have caused a lot of damage to human life and properties.

In Imphal East, standing crops over a vast area have been damaged by flooded water inundating agricultural fields. The incessant rain has also threatened several dwellings in Imphal East and Imphal West.

GUWAHATI/SILCHAR, MAy 18 (PTI): Ten people were killed in landslides in Karimganj and Hailakandi districts in Barak Valley in Assam on Wednesday following incessant rains.

Five members of a family were killed in a landslide at Sonachirra in Karimganj district in the wee hours, a police official said. The landslip, triggered by incessant rains, buried a house on the edge of a hill killing the five people.

Among the victims are a man, his wife and their daughter and two sons. The area has been hit by continuous rains for the past three days. In neighbouring Hailakandi district, two incidents of landslide killed four persons at Bilaipur and a six-year old boy at Ramchandi area, police officials said. The debris fell on two houses where the victims were sleeping early in the morning, they said. NDRF and police have been engaged in rescue and relief operations.

BJP’s gains in Assam unrelated to record voter turnout Swapnil Bhandari & Rithika Kumar IANS and IndiaSpend

Higher-than-expected voter turnout of a recordbreaking 84.7 percent in Assam has been making headlines since the assembly polls ended on April 11, 2016.

Higher turnout may indicate a desire for change and could imply the possibility of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) victory in Assam, according to some reports.

We, therefore, set out to answer a key question: Does higher turnout translate into an anti-incum-

bency wave?

While vote share of a political party in any assembly election is the number of votes it secured as a percentage of total votes polled in the state, the ‘contested vote share’ is the number of votes it secured as a percentage of total votes polled in the seats it has contested, and not in the entire state.

For example, consider a state that has election to 20 assembly seats, and in all 400 votes were polled in it. If a party secures 100 votes in a that election, its vote share is 25 percent. But if it contested not all 20 but only 10 seats, in which total votes polled were 200, the

contested vote share is 50 percent.

We analysed the contested vote share of BJP and Congress in the last two elections-2011 state assembly and the 2014 Lok Sabha elections - and compared it to the voter turnout in 2014.

Voter turnout has been on the rise since 2011 (75.92 percent in 2011 to 80.12 percent in 2014 to 84.73 percent in 2016) and the BJP swept the state in the 2014 general elections.

One parliamentary constituency is made up of about five to seven assembly constituencies. To make the 2011 assembly and 2014 Lok Sabha results exactly comparable, we used

the ‘assembly constituency wise’ result of the parliamentary election of 2014.

By sorting the assembly constituencies in 2014 according to the voter turnout in that year, we studied the 15 with the highest turnout and 15 with the lowest, and analysed the performance of the BJP and the Congress in these extreme constituencies in the two elections.

A simple assessment of the vote share tells us that BJP’s performance in areas with lower turnout is better than in areas with higher turnout (48.3 percent versus 17.5 percent, respectively).

The next was to try and understand if the pattern was a manifestation of

where the BJP was strong and where it wasn’t.

So, we looked at the districts these assembly constituencies belong to, and how the party performed there in 2011.

We found that the bottom 15 constituencies were in Barak Valley and Upper Assam while the top 15 were in lower and central Assam, which are primarily Muslim-dominated areas.

What we see is Congress’s falling momentum across the state, and a repeat of the earlier trend where BJP performed better (16 percent vs 5.9 percent) in the lower turnout group.

To conclude, an increase in turnout did not

have a corresponding impact on the BJPÂ’s vote share. In fact, its growing presence in Assam can be attributed to its strengthening grip in Barak Valley and Upper Assam, irrespective of lower voter turnout. So, there is an anti-incumbency factor in favour of BJP but it is not related to the higher turnout.

Will voters favour development and Prime Minister Narendra Modiled BJP? Will votes be split between Congress and the United Democratic Front?

Will a higher turnout in Muslim-dominant areas work for or against the BJP? We will know the answers on May 19.

Political future of five India test fires nuke-capable ballistic missile sources said.

HUb ANeSWAR, CMs to be decided today bMAy The medium range 18 (IANS): India on Smiling Buddha: India’s 1st Nuke Test

NeW DeLHI, MAy 18 (IANS): The political future of chief ministers of West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the union territory of Puducherry will be decided when counting of votes cast in elections to their assemblies is taken up on Thursday morning.

The counting of votes stored in EVMs and ballot boxes in the four states and the union territory of Puducherry will start at 8 a.m. and results will be out by 2 p.m., Election Commission officials said. The trends will, however, start emerging around 10 a.m.

If exit polls so far are anything to go by, chief ministers Tarun Gogoi (Assam), Oommen Chandy (Kerala), and M. Rangaswamy (Puducherry) are set to lose power, while Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal) and J. Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu) may get the voters' nod for another five-year term.

In Assam, if voted to power, the BJP will form its firstever government in the north-east, dislodging the Congress that stayed in power for 15 long years.

The Left may not stage a comeback in West Bengal but is likely to comfortably form a government in Kerala which is at present ruled by the Congress, exit polls indicate.

The Congress-DMK alliance may not be successful in wresting power from the ruling AIADMK despite a closely-fought electoral battle, but the coalition may form the next government in Puducherry, according to exit poll results.

As per the Election Commission guidelines, the counting of votes stored in electronic voting machines (EVMs) will begin half an hour after the postal ballots are counted.

While the elections to the Assam assembly were held in two phases beginning April 4, those for the West Bengal assembly were held over a month in six phases, commencing on April 4 and concluding on May 5.

In Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, polling was held on May 16.

Key Godhra conspirator arrested after 14 years AHMeDAbAD, MAy 18 (IANS): The Gujarat AntiTerrorism Squad (ATS) on Wednesday arrested one of the key conspirators of the 2002 Godhra train burning incident that left 59 people dead.

Farouk alias Bhana, who allegedly carried kerosene with him to torch the S6 coach of the Sabarmati Express train near the Godhra railway station, was picked up from Kaalol town, around 25 km from Godhra city.

He also faces the charge of provoking a mob to attack and burn the train.

Farouk had been on the run ever since the train burning incident 14 years ago sparked off Hindu-Muslim riots. Ninety-four others have been arrested so far in the case, ATS officials said.

Investigating officials said Farouk, a former municipal corporator of Godhra municipality, was one of the key planners of the attack.

The 59 people who died in the attack were mostly Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists returning from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

He would be interrogated about his whereabouts all these years, ATS officials told reporters at Kaalol.

Wednesday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile that can carry up to 1000 kg of warhead and hit targets 350 km away, officials said.

The surface-to-surface ballistic missile was fired from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur off the Odisha coast, defence sources said. The test was part of a user trial by the army.

The trial was carried out successfully by the Strategic Force Command (SFC) and monitored by the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the

India conducts an underground nuclear test at Pokharan in the Rajasthen desert, codenamed the "Smiling Buddha” on May 18, 1974. While Indian government claimed that it was a peaceful test, according to the nuclearfiles.org but it is actually part of an accelerated weapons program. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is founded after India’s first “peaceful nuclear explosion” conducted on May 18, 1974.

The land-based nuclear weapons of India are under the control of and deployed by the Indian Army, using a variety of both vehicles and launching silos. They currently consist of three different types of ballistic missiles, the Agni-I, the Agni-II, Agni-III and the Army's variant of the Prithvi missile family – the Prithvi-I. According to Federation of American Scientist (FAS)’s ‘Status of World Nuclear Forces 2016’ while The exact number of nuclear weapons in each country’s possession is a closely held national secret, India has total inventory of 100-120 (est.) nuclear weapon.

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missile is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines, they added.

Prithvi is India's first indigenously-built ballistic missile. It is one of the five missiles under the country's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.

Prithvi-II was inducted into India's armed forces in 2003. The last user trial of Prithvi-II was successfully conducted on February 16 this year from Chandipur.

It uses advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory to hit its target.

Kejriwal releases statehood draft bill, to meet PM NeW DeLHI, MAy 18 (PTI): Opening another potential flashpoint with the Centre, the AAP government today released a draft bill on full statehood to Delhi, seeking to bring police, land and bureaucracy under its control, and invited suggestions from the public till June 30.

An all-party meeting will be held on the issue, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said while urging rivals BJP and Congress

to "rise above differences" and went on to quote from old manifestos of BJP wherein the party had promised full statehood.

"The BJP has struggled the most on the issue. They have consistently raised it.

We are merely taking their resolve forward by inviting public opinion on this draft," Kejriwal told a press conference here, when asked about the AAP's action plan if the draft is rejected by the Centre.

Kejriwal said that he will write letters and also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP President Amit Shah and Congress President Sonia Gandhi to garner support for the draft bill, which keeps the highprofile NDMC area, out of its jurisdiction.

Kejriwal said after June 30, the final version of the draft would be prepared and a resolution would be passed by the Delhi Assem-

bly to this effect. "We will forward the resolution to the Centre which in turn will have to bring Constitutional Amendment," he said.

"The draft has been put on the Delhi government's website. Through its passage, we seek to fulfill the dreams of Congress and BJP. We should rise above party lines. A special session of the Assembly may also be called for passing the resolution," the CM said, flanked by his deputy Manish Sisodia.

Centre reviews disaster preparedness with states, UTs NeW DeLHI, MAy 18 (PTI): As drought situation continues, the Centre today reviewed preparedness for various natural disasters with state governments and deliberated on ways to tackle them.

Inaugurating the annual conference of Relief Commissioners and Secretaries of the Department of Disaster Management of States and Union Territories here, Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said the disasters or adversities are increasing in number and intensity in the country, ranging from earthquakes, droughts, floods, forest fires among others.

There is a need for better preparedness and putting comprehensive, improved risk reduction and mitigation measures in place, he said.

The Home Secretary took stock of the status of preparedness for southwest monsoon with the participating central agencies and states and UTs. Mehrishi informed the participants that in the last financial year (2015-16), 21 states and one Union Territory reported damage caused by floods, landslides, cloudbursts and other disasters.

In these disasters, 1543 human lives were lost, about 16.54 lakh houses and huts damaged and crops over an area of 33.57 lakh hectares affected.

Mehrishi said the Ministry of Home Affairs and agencies such as National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and National Institute of Disaster Management

(NIDM) are sharing long-term measures and training with the states for necessary preparedness.

He said the participants should share their experiences in the conference and ensure that an early warning system is put in place.

Agencies such as India Meteorological Department, Indian Space Research Organization, Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), Central Water Commission, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Defence and National Disaster Response Force are making presentations at the conference to share their efforts towards preparedness in dealing with disaster situations.

Imphal road blocked over assault on woman IMPHAL, MAy 18 (NNN): Traffic along the UripokKangchup road here was disrupted on Wednesday as protesters enforced an indefinite bandh on the road stretch demanding action against a personnel of the Manipur Police who allegedly brutally assaulted a local woman protester on May 8. A joint action committee constituted over the incident has imposed the strike. A large number of bandh supporters blocked movement of vehicles through the rain-soaked road.

The local womenfolk had been staging sit-in at Uripok demanding punishment to the personnel following the incident.

The woman was among a group of protesters enforcing a bandh called by the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) on May 8 when she was brutally beaten up by the police personnel during a scuffle, according to the JAC. She had staged a fast-unto-death protest in demand of justice but is currently under police preventive-detention.

Centre mulling ordinance to postpone NEET exam by a year NeW DeLHI, MAy 18 (PTI): The Centre is mulling bringing an Ordinance to defer by one year the implementation of the Supreme Court-ordered NEET as the sole entrance test for admissions to medical and dental colleges. After the court’s order, several states including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamilnadu had said the implementation of the common entrance test should be deferred by a year. The exam, however, will be applicable for those applying for Central government and private management institutions under the management quota.

The move comes in the aftermath of a meeting between Union Health Minister JP Nadda and state health ministers to discuss the issue.

The state government representatives had asked the Centre to consider the stress the students will face if uncertainty prevailed. The central government held two rounds of hectic deliberations to build consensus before taking the Ordinance route.JP Nadda first held meetings with health ministers of 14 states. Last month, the Supreme Court said that students need to take only one common entrance test, the NEET, for entry to medical colleges, following a large number of complaints about corruption in a situation where all state governments and private medical colleges held their own exams.

'WHO’s report on pollution misleading' NeW DeLHI, MAy 18 (PTI): The latest WHO report on pollution, which listed over 30 Indian cities among hundred most polluted globally, was "misleading" and India will soon come out with air pollution data of major cities across US and Europe, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today. Javadekar said the WHO report had not factored in various key pollutants like sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and benzene while analysing the air quality and wondered why western countries focus more on India and some other countries and not themselves.

The WHO report, based on 2012-13 data, was prepared taking into consideration particulate matter PM 10 and PM 2.5 and listed Delhi as the 11th most polluted city in the world. Javadekar said to categorise the cities as polluted based on only PM 2.5 was misleading as there are eight other major pollutants which have adverse impact on health.The Minister said the government will soon come out with air pollution data of major cities in the US and Europe and that sourcing their data will not be a problem.

MLA accused of raping minor gets bail PANAjI, MAy 18 (IANS): A Goa court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to legislator Atanasio Monserrate, who has been accused of allegedly "buying" and raping a minor girl in March. The Goa Children's Court also granted conditional bail to the victim's mother and the pimp, both of whom were arrested for conspiring to "sell" the minor girl to Monserrate.

While releasing Monserrate, an unattached legislator from the St. Cruz constituency, the Court directed him to furnish a personal surety of Rs.1 lakh, surrender his passport to the court and report to the Crime Branch every day for the next week. After being released on bail, Monserrate insisted that he was innocent and the complaint was a political conspiracy. Monserrate, a major political player in Goa's political scene, was arrested on May 5 for allegedly drugging, raping and "purchasing" a minor girl for Rs.50 lakh allegedly from a pimp, Rosy Ferros, who had in turn allegedly "purchased" her from her mother.

Orange Alert in Delhi as mercury touches 47 degrees NeW DeLHI, MAy 18 (IANS): The mercury touched a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in some part of the National Capital Region on Wednesday and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared an 'Orange Alert' asking people to take precautions against the heat wave.

"We advise people to stay cautious against the heat wave in Delhi.

We are still gathering the latest data. We have declared an Orange Alert," a Met official told IANS. According to private weather forecasters, the temperature in Palam and Noida soared to 47 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

The heat is mostly attributed to dry winds from the northwestern direction.

PNB reports biggest quarterly losses in banking history MUMbAI, MAy 18 (IANS): Public sector lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Wednesday posted massive net loss of Rs.5,367.14 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2016 caused by provisioning for bad loans. This is the highest quarterly loss reported by any bank in India, as non-performing assets or bad loans soared.

Banks have been forced by the Reserve Bank of India to provide higher amounts for the bad loans, thus ensuring that the red ink spreads across their balance sheets. The bank reported its bad loans at Rs 55,818 crore compared to Rs 34,338 crore in the previous quarter. As percentage of total loans, the non-performing assets amounted to 12.9. PNB posted a consolidated net loss of Rs.3,689.77 crore for the year ended March 31, 2016 as compared to net profit of Rs.3,399.60 crore for the year ended March 31, 2015, PNB said.

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Trump willing to talk to North Korea NEW YORK, MaY 18 (REutERs): Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation.

In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters, Trump also called for a renegotiation of the Paris climate accord, said he disapproved of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in eastern Ukraine, and said he would seek to dismantle most of the U.S. DoddFrank financial regulations if he is elected president.

The presumptive Republican nominee declined to share details of his plans to deal with North Korea, but said he was open to talking to its leader.

“I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him,” he said.

Asked whether he would try to talk some sense into the North Korean leader, Trump replied, “Absolutely.”

North Korea’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s remarks.

Trump, 69, also said he would press China, Pyongyang’s only major diplomatic and economic supporter, to help find a solution.

“I would put a lot of pressure on China because economically we have tremendous power over China,” he said in the interview in his office on the

Clinton and Sanders hit final stretch of nominating contest

A combination photo shows a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) handout of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un released on May 10, and Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump posing for a photo after an interview with Reuters in his office in Trump Tower, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., May 17. (REUTERS Photo)

26th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan. “China can solve that problem with one meeting or one phone call.”

Trump’s preparedness to talk directly with Kim contrasts with President Barack Obama’s policy of relying on senior U.S. officials to talk to senior North Korean officials.

A South Korean foreign ministry official declined to respond directly to Trump’s comments but said South Korea and the United States were committed to denuclearization as the top priority of any dialogue with North Korea.

“North Korea must cease threats and provocations and show with action its sincere commitment to denuclearization,” the official said by telephone.

Obama has not en-

gaged personally with Kim, but he has pushed for new diplomatic overtures to Iran and Cuba that produced a nuclear deal with Tehran and improved ties with Havana.

Sitting at his desk with an expansive view of Central Park, Trump spoke at length about his economic and foreign policy ideas in the half-hour interview.

Facing him on his desk is a framed photograph of his father, the late Fred Trump.

A wall displays framed photos of Trump with various celebrities, as well as numerous magazine covers on which he has appeared.

On Russia, Trump tempered past praise of Putin, saying the nice comments the Russian leader has made about him in the past would only go so far.

“The fact that he said

good things about me doesn’t mean that it’s going to help him in a negotiation. It won’t help him at all,” he said.

An adviser to Hillary Clinton, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, criticized Trump’s foreign policy comments, noting they came soon after Trump said he was unlikely to have a good relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

“Let me get this straight: Donald Trump insults the leader of our closest ally, then turns around and says he’d love to talk to Kim Jong Un?” Clinton’s senior foreign policy adviser, Jake Sullivan, said in a statement.

Trump “seems to have a bizarre fascination with foreign strongmen like Putin and Kim. But his approach to foreign policy

WasHINGtON, MaY 18 (REutERs): U.S. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders now turn their attention to the final stretch of the nominating contest after each picked up wins Tuesday as they vie to represent their party in the November race for the White House.

The Democratic primary -- which has stretched longer than most anticipated -- hits a slow period until June 7, when the next contests will be held, including the delegate heavy states of California and New Jersey.

The divided outcome Tuesday in Kentucky and Oregon means Clinton won’t yet be able to turn all of her attention to the general election and taking on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, who locked up his party’s nomination after the rest of his rivals dropped out in early May. Clinton narrowly defeated Sanders in Kentucky, a state where she was not expected to be victorious. Sanders bested her in Oregon, a state that played to his strengths.

In Kentucky, the two candidates will likely split the 55 delegates up for grabs. In Oregon, Sanders will take only a handful more of the 61 delegates that were awarded. Clinton’s lead in delegates means it is likely she will eventually be her party’s nominee, but she remains more than 100 delegates short of sealing the deal.

makes no sense for the rest of us,” he said.

In the Reuters interview, Trump said he thought Cameron’s criticism of him was inappropriate but “I’m sure I’ll have a good relationship with him.”

CLIMATE ACCORD Trump said he is “not a big fan” of the Paris climate accord, which prescribes reductions in carbon emissions by more than 170 countries. He said he would want to renegotiate the deal because it treats the United States unfairly and gives favorable treatment to countries like China.

“I will be looking at that very, very seriously, and at a minimum I will be renegotiating those agreements, at a minimum. And at a maximum I may do something

else,” he said.

A renegotiation of the pact would be a major setback for what was hailed as the first truly global climate accord, committing both rich and poor nations to reining in the rise in greenhouse gas emissions blamed for warming the planet.

Trump has been criticized for offering far fewer specific policy proposals than Clinton, his likely rival for the Nov. 8 presidential election.

The New York billionaire said he planned to release a detailed policy platform in two weeks that would propose dismantling nearly all of DoddFrank, a package of financial reforms put in place after the 2007-2009 financial crisis.

“Dodd-Frank is a very negative force, which has

developed a very bad name,” he said.

Trump took a dim view of Clinton’s stated desire to put her husband, former President Bill Clinton, in charge of building up the U.S. economy.

“The wife wants to make him in charge of the economy,” he said.

Clinton described Trump’s idea of dismantling Dodd-Frank as reckless. “Latest reckless idea from Trump: gut rules on Wall Street, and leave middle-class families out to dry,” she said on Twitter.

FINANCIAL BUBBLE? Trump said he perceived a dangerous financial bubble in the tech startup industry, with some companies selling shares at high valuations without ever turning a profit.

“I’m talking about companies that have never made any money, that have a bad concept and that are valued at billions of dollars,” he said. Silicon Valley investors responded on Twitter by poking fun at Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again!” by repeating the phrase, “Make Bubbles Great Again.”

On the U.S. Federal Reserve, Trump said that while he eventually wants a Republican to head it, he is “not an enemy” of current chair Janet Yellen, who was appointed by Obama.

“I’m not a person that thinks Janet Yellen is doing a bad job. I happen to be a low-interest rate person unless inflation rears its ugly head, which can happen at some point,” he said, adding that inflation “doesn’t seem like it’s happening any time soon.”

The real estate mogul said he would maintain the current level of benefits for Social Security recipients, a position championed by former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Trump said he would not raise the retirement age or impose a sliding scale of benefits depending on income levels.

Some Republican lawmakers have pushed for structural reforms to Social Security to extend its solvency. The depleted Social Security Trust Fund, Trump said, would be replenished by the increased tax revenue that would flow into the government from the higher job growth spurred by his economic policies.

Hong Kong in security lockdown as More than 150 people feared buried in Sri Lanka landslides MaY 18 (REChina’s No. 3 leader attends summit COLOMBO, utERs): More than 150 peo-

Pro-democracy activists hold placards during a protest outside the convention center where Chinese Communist Party’s third-highest ranking official, Zhang Dejiang, gave a speech during a visit to Hong Kong on May 18. (AP Photo)

HONG KONG, MaY 18 (aP): Hong Kong authorities stepped up security for a top Chinese government official’s appearance at a business conference Wednesday, preventing pro-democracy protesters from getting anywhere close to the venue. As many as 8,000 police officers were being deployed for the visit by Zhang Dejiang, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported, cit-

ing an unnamed police source.

Zhang, the Communist Party’s No. 3 official, is the most senior Chinese leader to visit since prodemocracy street protests rocked the city for 11 weeks in late 2014.

About 100 protesters chanted “Zhang Dejiang get lost from Hong Kong” and burned a sign with the same message as they marched toward the convention center where Zhang was giving a

keynote speech. They also called for Beijing to stop interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs and to let it have genuine universal suffrage.

In 2014, thousands of residents took to the streets to show their opposition to Beijing’s decision to handpick candidates running for the city’s top job of chief executive.

The protesters on Wednesday were kept back by a police security cordon that included hundreds of water-filled plastic barriers and metal barricades. Authorities are taking no chances as political tension over Hong Kong’s relationship with Beijing remains high.

Residents are unhappy with Beijing’s tightening grip on the semiautonomous Chinese financial city. Calls for independence from activist groups, once unheard of, have become commonplace.

“Zhang’s visit to Hong Kong is just a political show,” said Avery Ng of the League of Social Democrats, a small, radical political party. “We need to remind the world that it is a fake show.” Zhang “singlehandedly blocked the democratic path of Hong Kong two years ago,” when, as chairman of the National People’s Congress, China’s ceremonial parliament, he backed a plan to restrict the elections, Ng said.

ple are feared dead after they were buried under two landslides triggered by more than three days of heavy rain in central Sri Lanka, disaster officials said on Wednesday as rescuers raced to find survivors and recover the dead.

Torrential rains have forced more than 196,000 people from their homes, the latest official data showed, with the recovery of another 19 bodies across the South Asian country bringing the official death toll so far to 35.

More than 350 people were plucked to safety during rescue operations in landslide-affected areas across the country early on Wednesday, officials said.

Rescue efforts have focused on the town of Aranayaka, 100 km (60 miles) northeast of the capital, Colombo, where three villages were buried late on Tuesday in the central district of Kegalle.

A Sri Lankan Red Cross official who attended a disaster meeting at the Aranayaka landslide site early on Wednesday said it was feared the death toll

People walk through a flooded road after they moved out from their houses in Biyagama, Sri Lanka on May 17. (REUTERS Photo)

was much higher than the official figures listed so far.

“At that meeting, it was revealed that around 300-400 people are feared to have died in the Aranayaka landslide,” Neville Nanayakkara, director general of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, told Reuters.

Nanayakkara was speaking before other officials said that about 150 people had been rescued from the Aranayaka area, leaving fears for the safety of at least another 150 people.

The Red Cross has set up a welfare camp for survivors of the Aranayaka landslide.

Police said another landslide at Bulathkopitiya, also in Kegalle district, had buried at least 16 people.

Military spokesman Jayanath Jayaweera said troops had recovered 13 bodies from the Aranayaka site and three from Bulathkopitiya.

He said the 150 people who were rescued from Aranayaka earlier on Wednesday had been

sent to six camps set up for displaced people in the area.

Troops using boats and helicopters also pulled to safety more than 200 people trapped in the northwestern coastal district of Puttalam, Jayaweera said.

Flooding and drought are cyclical in Sri Lanka, which is battered by a southern monsoon between May and September, while a northeastern monsoon runs from December to February.

US eases sanctions on Myanmar in bid to promote democratic reforms WasHINGtON, MaY 18 (REutERs): The United States eased some sanctions on Myanmar on Tuesday to support ongoing political reforms, but maintained most of its economic restrictions in an effort to punish those Washington sees as hampering the country’s newly elected government.

U.S. officials said they were easing sanctions to encourage the “historic” progress in Myanmar, including the formation of the country’s first democratically elected government in more than 50 years.

The moves included removing Myanmar stateowned banks from a U.S. blacklist and the lifting of sanctions against seven key state-owned timber and mining companies.

Officials said they hope the actions will eliminate key obstacles to trade in Myanmar. Potential investors in Myanmar have long complained that the blacklisting of some of the coun-

try’s biggest banks made business in the country too risky.

Major firms including General Electric, Western Union Co, Gap Inc, and Coca-Cola have made business forays into Myanmar, and the moves announced on Tuesday will ease their and other companies’ ability to operate there.

The U.S. Treasury Department also extended indefinitely a sanctions exemption that allows banks to finance shipments coming in through Myanmar ports, even though key terminals are controlled by blacklisted businessman Steven Law. The issue had forced Western banks to cut financing of trade into the country until the U.S. Treasury granted a sixmonth exemption in December.

But the United States also strengthened measures targeting Law, who was blacklisted for alleged ties to Myanmar’s military.

Six companies owned 50

percent or more by Law or the company he controls, Asia World, were added to Treasury’s blacklist.

The announcement highlighted a key challenge for Washington, as it seeks to both encourage political reform while maintaining pressure on those it sees as spoilers. More than 100 individuals and groups remain on Washington’s sanctions blacklist for Myanmar, making them radioactive to the international community and barring U.S. banks or companies from making deals with them.

“There can be a tension here,” a senior administration official said on condition of anonymity. “Some of these actors are key economic players.”

Tuesday’s announcement reflects what will be a stilted process of bringing back trade into Myanmar, said Peter Harrell, a former senior State Department official who was part of the first efforts to lift sanctions

Members of parliament attend a meeting at the lower house of Myanmar’s parliament in Naypyitaw. (REUTERS File Photo)

on Myanmar in 2012.

“I think this is a significant step. I don’t think it’s a massive step,” said Harrell, now a senior adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “The practical reality is if you can’t do business with military-owned companies,

chunks of the economy are going to remain off limits.”

The U.S. moves followed a landmark November election in which the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, won a landslide victory. A constitution drafted by the country’s for-

mer military rulers bars her from becoming president.

U.S. officials began lifting trade and financial sanctions against the country after military leaders launched reforms that led to a civilian government being formed in 2011, beginning its transformation

from a half-century as an international pariah.

The sanctions decision, reported by Reuters on Friday, came before a visit to the Southeast Asian nation

by Secretary of State John Kerry on May 22.

President Barack Obama, in a letter to Congress, said he was extending for one year the legal underpinnings for those sanctions that remain and provided his justification for doing so.

He said Myanmar had made significant progress on reforms since 2011, but that “concerns persist regarding continued obstacles to full civilian control of the government, the ongoing conflict and human rights abuses in the country, particularly in ethnic minority areas, and military trade with North Korea.”

Despite the sanctions lifting, Washington has deep concerns about alleged human rights violations in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, partic-

ularly violence against the minority Rohingya Muslims, the officials said.

The U.S. actions on Tuesday removed three state-owned banks from the U.S. blacklist, and authorized transactions with two other banks that are still blacklisted. The changes mean that most transactions with all Myanmar financial institutions will be allowed as of May 18.

“The adjustments we are making today are to try and facilitate a broadening of the aperture so that the investment that’s intended can take place,” a senior U.S. official said.

While the moves on Tuesday help pave the way for basic transactions necessary for investment, U.S. citizens are still barred from striking deals with individuals and companies on the blacklist. The U.S. is also easing restrictions on Americans living in Myanmar, allowing them to conduct everyday transactions like renting apartments.

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31 athletes face ban from Rio Olympics leicester city mobbed in Thailand

geneva, May 18 (IanS): Nearly 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from the Rio Olympics for doping following retests on their samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, said International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday.

The IOC Executive Board met in special session on Tuesday to step up the fight against drugs cheats, and additional measures will be announced to protect clean

FA fines Man City's Demichelis for breaking betting rules lonDon, May 18 (ReuTeRS): Manchester City centre back Martin Demichelis has been fined 22,058 pounds ($32,092) and warned by the Football Association (FA) after he accepted a charge for breaking betting rules.

Demichelis placed 29 bets on football matches during January and February, the governing body said on its website (www.thefa. com). The 35-year-old was accused in March of committing 12 breaches of FA rules governing betting. There is no suggestion the charge was linked to any games that Demichelis played for City or any match he could have had an influence over.

Rules introduced last season prohibit players and coaches from betting on any football activity.

athletes, Xinhua quoted IOC as saying.

The IOC retested 454 selected doping samples from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. The retests follow work with the World Anti-Doping Agenc y (WADA) and the International Federations.

The tests were focused on athletes who could potentially start at the Rio Games and were conducted using the latest scientific analysis methods. As a re-

sult, up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing at the Olympic Games in Rio, and the IOC Executive Board agreed unanimously to initiate proceedings immediately, with the 12 NOCs concerned informed in the coming days.

All those athletes infringing anti-doping rules will be banned from competing at the 2016 Olympics.

The fight to protect the clean athletes does not stop there, with 250 more results

from retesting of samples from the Olympic Games London 2012 to come shortly. The aim is to stop any drugs cheats coming to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, said the IOC. The IOC will also undertake a wider retesting program of medalists from Beijing and London. The samples of those athletes who could be awarded medals following the disqualification of others will also be retested.

badminton: india eves reach uber cup quarters

kunShan, May 18 (IanS): The Indian women's team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Uber Cup badminton tournament despite losing 2-3 to Japan in the final group game at the Kunshan Sports Centre here on Wednesday.

After being 0-2 down, Japan staged a brilliant comeback to win the remaining three matches and top the group, pushing India to second in Group D. The day started with London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal thrashing Nozomi Okuhara 21-18, 21-6 in the opening women's singles match to take a 1-0 lead.

World No.10 P.V. Sindhu doubled the

lead when she beat Akane Yamaguchi 2111, 21-18 in the second singles match.

However, Japan bounced back well in the doubles encounter as the duo of Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi beat Jwala Gutta and Sikki Reddy 21-11, 21-8 to make it 2-1. World No.12 Sayaka Sato then made it 2-2 as she beat No.113 Ruthvika Shivani Gadde 21-7, 21-14 in the third singles match.

The last match of the day turned out to be the decider which the Japanese duo of Shizuka Matsuo and Mami Naito won by defeating the combo of Ashwini Ponappa and Sindhu 15-21, 21-19, 21-16.

Cricket Association of Bihar moves SC for stay on BCCI polls

new DelhI, May 18 (PTI): The Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) today moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of BCCI election for office bearers scheduled for May 22 and to bar chargesheeted candidates from contesting.

The plea was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justices A M Sapre and Ashok Bhushan which refused to hear it saying it is part-heard matter and regular bench is already hearing it. Counsel appearing for CAB said that it is an urgent matter as the election is scheduled for May 22 and no prior 21 days' notice has been given for the elections.

He also sought implementation of the Lodha Committee recommendations under which a candidate, who has been

chargesheeted in a case, cannot contest the BCCI election for office bearers. The apex bench asked the counsel for CAB to mention the matter before vacation Registrar for listing it before another bench noting that it is already being heard by regular bench.

A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, which is already hearing the matter, had earlier pulled up the BCCI for resisting the Justice R M Lodha-led committee's recommendation on capping the age of its office bearers to 70 years.

The current proceedings in the apex court are the outcome of the petition filed

by CAB through its secretary Aditya Kumar Verma who alleged large scale irregularities.

on premier league victory tour

Bangkok, May 18 (aFP): Thai fans mobbed newly crowned English Premier League champions Leicester City Wednesday as they began a global publicity blitz after their fairytale title triumph.

They also hoped to banish the memory of a sex tape scandal that marred a visit a year ago to the homeland of their billionaire owner.

Scores of Thai fans -dubbed the "Siamese Foxes" -- and a frenzied local media pack swarmed the champions at Bangkok's main airport on Wednesday morning, greeting them with requests for selfies and chants of "Leicester City, Leicester City!"

Manager Claudio Ranieri, captain Wes Morgan and goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel led the team, beaming as they made a choreographed Thai bow -- or "wai" -- with garlands of jasmine around their necks. But star players Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy and Danny Drinkwater were not among the Wednesday morning arrivals, with the two English players called up this week for international duty.

Football-crazy Thailand has fallen for Leicester after the astonishing success story of a club with deep links to the kingdom.

The Foxes are owned by well-connected but publicity-shy Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. His duty-free King Power brand is emblazoned across the shirts of the team, whose home ground in the English Midlands is named the King Power Sta-

Leicester City fans welcome the players as they arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. (AFP Photo)

dium.

Speaking at a press conference later Vichai's son, Aiyawatt -- or "Top" -vowed to spend on "amazing" new summer signings. But "we're not going to spend crazy money and ruin everything we have created," said Top, who is the club's vice-chairman.

His family's shrewd investment in players and club facilities has already brought a massive return on their $57 million initial outlay. Now they can look forward to global visibility for a duty-free brand littleknown outside of Thailand. Most Thais knew little about the one-time minnows before Vichai bought the club in 2010.

But Thais are readily changing -- or at least doubling-up -- their allegiances from perennial English favourites Manchester United and Liverpool.

"Now I'm half Liver-

pool, half Leicester," Max Akkhapracha, a 20-yearold student dressed in Foxes' kit, told AFP. "It was a very exciting season, winning the Premier League was just amazing."

Ahead of the tour, Top warned his players to be on their best behaviour in a kingdom whose wild nightlife belies a deep-seated social conservatism.

A tour last summer ended in a public relations disaster for the King Power family.

Then, three young players including the son of former manager Nigel Pearson, were sacked after a racially charged sex tape featuring local women was leaked to British media.

Manager Pearson was quietly dismissed a few weeks later in an apparent dispute over his handling of the scandal, paving the way for the avuncular Ranieri to take charge and steer the

club towards sporting glory.

The unflappable Ranieri has added a degree of grace and humour to the club, which has caught the attention of Thais. One elderly fan pressed a sacred amulet -- a good luck charm in Thailand -- into his hand and thanked the 64-year-old for his work.

Speaking to reporters, Ranieri said he was ready to put aside the "fairytale" title win and focus on bargainhunting in the frenzied summer transfer market.

"We want to continue doing this because if we go the other side (expensive signings), I lose the team," he said. "The team is very close. It's a family and it's important to bring into this family other brothers." The team are also likely to pay a visit to a famous Buddhist monk who was repeatedly flown by the devout Vichai to the UK to bless the players and stadium.

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Why bifurcation of secondary/ elementary A reluctant second reply education From Higher secondary is Needed? to robert A. silverstein

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he bifurcation of Secondary/Elementary Education from Higher Secondary is the most urgent need of the department due to following practical reasons/ factors mentioned below. (In view of its urgency and needful, the Association has been fighting for bifurcation of the department for the past 13 years through peaceful means).

Different Entry Point: The entry point into service for higher secondary and secondary/elementary cadres is different as higher secondary teachers enter the service as PGT which is Class-II whereas secondary/elementary teachers enter the service as GT or PT which is ClassIII. Since the entry point is different, the higher secondary teachers always have advantage in matter of promotion. When the pace of promotion is measured, the 26/27 years of service of GTs are made equivalent to 7/8 years of PGTs. The PGTs appointed in 2008 are now promoted to VP which is equivalent to HM. On the other hand, a graduate teacher to become HM, he/ she need atleast 26/27 years of service. This is too disproportionate as far as the promotional avenue of the two cadres is concerned.

Different Academic Session: The academic session of higher Secondary & Secondary/ Elementary is different. The Secondary/ Elementary (Classes 1-10) start its academic session by January/ February but higher secondary starts it

by May/June. Due to different academic session, examination schedules, academic and co-scholastic/co-curricular activities cannot be conducted together at the same time and at proper time which affects the smooth functioning of the school as it is being run under the same roof.

Management Problem: The management of the two different segments under the same school has a practical management problem.

On a closed observation of the past 6 years academic results of HSLC & HSSLC Examinations, it is found that in almost all the Govt. Higher Secondary Schools, the results of HSSLC is far better than the results of HSLC Examination, which may be due to the differential treatment of the Heads towards the two cadres (paying more attention to one side while neglecting the other section). This shows that the issue is affecting the teaching– learning process and academic performances of the students of the composite Govt. Higher Secondary Schools.

Different subject options: The students of Higher Secondary Section opt different subjects according to their choices for which, after every period there is coming out and coming in thereby making the school corridor a busy walking streets which disturbs the students of Secondary/ Elementary Sections having classes as they enter the classes at the same time, go for recess at the same time and end up their periods together. Here one is of college system and the other is school system.

Cadres, Seniority & Promotional Channel is different: The employees of Higher Secondary Sections belong to Higher Secondary Cadre where as the employees of Secondary/ Elemen-

tary Wing belongs to the Secondary/Elementary Cadres. They belongs to the two distinct cadres and two separate entities. The seniority list of the two cadres is also totally different since both the cadres maintain their respective cadre seniority list separately. The seniority list of Higher Secondary will have the names of PGTs and upward Officers. And the seniority list of Secondary/Elementary will have the names of GTs and Officers of the concerned cadres. Since the cadre, entry point and seniority of the two cadres is different, Higher Secondary and Secondary/ Elementary employees have the different promotional channels. PGT will be promoted to Vice-Principal then to the Principal and so on and GT will be promoted to AHM→HM etc…

Problem of two Heads: One head is Headmaster and the other one is Principal. HM is 1018 years senior to the Principal both in service and in age. The Principal now the Head of Institution is just a student of the HM when HM was a GT and such is the situation now being encountered in all the composite Govt. Higher Secondary Schools. All works to be done by HM or matter related to classes. 10 and below are addressed to the Principal in correspondence from higher-ups which in turn lead to misunderstanding between two heads and administrative problem of the concerned schools.

Differences among the teachers & the students: As mentioned, one group of teachers is Class-II and another group of teachers is Class-III for which there are lots of undeclared egoism and differences among the two sets of teachers which is surfaced directly/ indirectly every now and then which is very undesirable in the school atmosphere where many innocent children are watching and observing. The senior-junior issue is very much prevalent even among the students as one sets of students are studying in the school for more year and another set of students come as freshers but higher in class and in age. Election of students Council Office Bearers become a hot issue on this.

Situation is controlled by teachers but feelings of some section of students remained hurt.

Daily routine and period duration: As far as daily routine is concerned though both PGT and GT are working under the same Institution, yet work load of PGT is lighter compare to GTs. PGT usually take one or at the most two periods a day compare to daily 3/4 classes of GTs which gradually diminishes the professional zeal of secondary teachers. The period duration of Classes 5-10 is 35-40 minutes and for Class 1112 is 50-60 minutes. As a result, bell ringing after every period is also clashing and creating disturbances for both the teachers and students.

Infrastructural Assets: The assets, properties, infrastructure etc. which are created, developed during High School stage become the ultimate disposal of the Principal & Vice-Principal.

HM & AHM Quarters and their official rooms become automatically belong to the Principal & VP. All the ministerial & supporting staff of Secondary/ Elementary Sections are now under the command of Principals. All the powers, fa-

cilities, privileges etc. earlier held by HM/AHM are now rest with Principals & VPs. Withdrawal of HM & AHM from GHSS: The proposed withdrawal of HM & AHM from GHSS at this juncture will be a drastic measure as it will adversely affects the students of Classes 10 & below putting their career on test and the Secondary teachers will be left parentless. The heavy enrolment schools will be the most effected ones as Principal & VP alone cannot manage all the classes from 5–12 with the different sections and streams (The result is already seen in the point 3–Comparative results of HSLC & HSSLC Examination).

The HM & AHM though senior in service and in age will be working only in remote and village areas giving all the good facilities and good postings to the Principal & VPs which is not fair as far as the service seniority and service contribution towards the Department is concerned.

Govt. Notification Dated The 15th Feb 2016.

As per Govt. notification NO.DSE/GEN/1234/2014 (pt) dated the 15th Feb 2016 regarding duties and responsibilities of Principals and Headmasters of composite Govt. Higher Secondary schools Point-V, it stated that “HM & AHM in the 41 GHSS shall be posted out of the school by way of promotion, retirement or transfer in a phase manner and shall become a permanent rule in future once the process is complete”.

The notification means the posts of HM & AHM will be no more in the composite Govt.

Higher secondary schools. In other words, 41 posts of HM and 41 posts of AHM altogether 82 Officers posts of Secondary/Elementary sections will be abolished in the process. Moreover, Govt. is contemplating to upgrade more GHS to GHSS wherever necessary. That means, more posts of HM & AHM will be losing as Govt. upgrades more GHS to GHSS. This exercise will ultimately curtail the promotional avenues of the Secondary/Elementary cadres as Sr. GTs who are to be promoted to the posts of AHM & HM will have no post vacancy(s) be filled up. The said notification will aggravate the problems of extraordinary condition of promotion stagnation of secondary/ elementary cadres in the department as GTs who are to be promoted to the immediate higher pots after 24/25 years of service will now have no outlet as many of such posts shall be disappeared as far as the Govt. notification is concerned.

Hence, with a view to create a congenial, peaceful/pleasant and healthy working environment for both the cadres of Elementary/ Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, the constituent Associations have been demanding for bifurcation of the department for the past 13 years as stated. However, till today Govt. remains unresponsive to our genuine cause, therefore we once again urge upon the esteemed authority to do the needful in the common interest of the Elementary/Secondary sections of the department.

Ponchulo Wanth, President, ANSTA Visato Koso, Gen. Secretary, ANSTA Mezhuu Hozoyeh, Convenor, NSSFOF

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really don’t relish the practice of having a duel in a public Newspaper over personal matters as the common man wants to read about important public issues rather than the opinions of two duelers in public space. But since you have challenged me twice through the public media, I am constrained to give this second rejoinder for the sake of the public who might have read your allegations against me. First of all, I do not know who you are. Also in the western culture, there may be many Robert A. Silversteins. I did search for your identity through the internet, but it seems what I found was another person with exactly your same name. (As for the source of my information - a factor upon which you are bringing all the charges against me-go to Google and type out “Who is Robert A. Silverstein?”) The following are some facts pertaining to your allegations against me.

1. Our conviction of Naga nationhood and Naga nationalism is not based on some modern or post modern Philosopher’s idea of what a nation should be. In other words it is not based on Isaiah Berlin’s ideas of history and what a nation should consist of, in accordance to his idea. It is also not based on the Cambridge educated Nehru and his idea of a conglomeration of nations coexisting as one nation under an umbrella called “Unity in Diversity”. On the contrary, our conviction of our nationhood is based on the solid facts of our historically inhabiting our lands for centuries as a distinct nation. Yes, like all other nations in the world, our Naga nation also evolved from families to clans to tribes and on to a nation and ultimately a nation state on August 14, 1947. Throughout all our history, ours was a unique political system where every village was a sovereign democratic Republic with its own private land ownership system and its own democratic laws to govern the village republic. And in that sense, our villages were our worlds in the same sense that an Englishman called himself a Londoner and a German called himself a Berliner in yesterday’s European history of villages. And just like the Europeans, we also sometimes fought among ourselves, but in times of foreign aggression into our Naga lands, we always rallied together and fought back. If you have read my book, you should have come across all these details of our concrete history which is not based on Kaka’s “unconfirmed opinions”.

2. With regard to our letter of Information to the UN about our declaration of Independence, I am simply stating a fact and not the contents of the UN’s reply because I never read it. The actual letter of acknowledgement, I believe, will be in my grandfather A.Z. Phizo’s docu-

ments which unfortunately have been taken away by an Englishman and kept in Scotland. (Here again I have to explain to you that Phizo is my grandfather because he was my father’s real maternal uncle.

But in our culture we do not have a term called Grand uncle, hence grandfather Phizo.) As for sending of the telegram to the UN headquarters in New York, it was sent by my paternal uncle, late Vichazelhou Iralu, with the fees for the telegram paid by John Viswedel of Viswema village. All these details of hoisting our flag on 14th August 1947 were told to me verbally by my late elderly maternal uncle, Vilekho Peseyie of Jotsoma village. He was personally there throughout the ceremony. As for more details of our independence declaration, see “The Naga Chronicle” compiled by V.K. Nuh, p.115.

As for confirmation of other stories in my book, go to the villages of Nagaland that I have mentioned in my book and ask them whether the details are true or not.

3. As for your allegation that in my writings, I am “thus encouraging the reader to feel strongly negative feelings towards Indians that the latter may not deserve today,” allow me to say that some Indians are still doing to us what their predecessors did to us yesterday in the 1950’s. For example on March 5, 1995, an Indian Army convoy, mistaking the tyre burst of one of their own vehicles to be an ambush by the Naga army, stated firing and bombarding Kohima town. This orgy of violence resulted in the death of 7 innocent civilians and serious injuries to another 32 civilians. All these heinous acts are committed under the protection of The Armed Forces Special Powers Act of 1958 which have been in operation from 1958 to the present.

But whatever they may still be doing to us even today, allow me to state that I myself was seriously beaten twice by my own fellow Nagas when I tried to save the lives of two civilian Indians who were nearly beaten to death over some flimsy reasons.

As for my book, I personally went to Delhi and presented copies of my book to the Prime Minister, President, Home Minister, Defense Minister, Minister of Planning and also the Director of the Intelligence Bureau of the Government of India on 15th October 2000. I had also presented copies of the book to all the surviving Prime Ministers and Presidents of India besides many Indian Military Officers.

Finally, if you want to carry on the duel after this, than write to me privately or come to my house publicly and ask your questions to my face so that we do not waste public time any further. My email address is kakairalu@rediffmail.com.

With all good wishes, Kaka D. Iralu

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

Thursday 19•05•2016

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REN presents ‘THE WARRIORS’ festivals Students of North East Institute of Social Science and research at the Flash Mob Show against Anti-Tobacco Awareness Generation Campaign in collaboration with National Tobacco Control Programme at Super Market, Dimapur on May 18. (Photo by Caisii Mao)

Golden Crown Theological College launched a comprehensive hymn book titled "Hymns and Chorus: for Christian worship and celebration". (Left to Right) Chumben Kyong, LBCD Associate Pastor, Avoni Odyuo, Music Director, GCTC, and Rev Dr Nzan Odyuo, Director/Principal GCTC.

Mandira Bedi slays with her most badass avatar!

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egalia Entertainment Nagaland is organising ‘The warriors’ festivals for two days on May 27 and 28, at Agri Expo Dimapur with an objective of integration efforts for development of human potential in the areas of entertainment, Arts and culture, youth affairs and also to revive, protect, preserve and promote the Naga heritage.

Regaila Entertainment Nagaland (REN) has been operating since April 10, 2015, providing platforms to the less privileged individuals who are being deprived of opportunities in wider plate forms.

It has been sponsoring talented and deprived Naga youth to participate in several district and state Testify Band, a Christian rock band from Dimapur will be performing on May 21 at level competitions.

Shalom Coffee House.

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ne of t h e most adored hotbod fitness freaks of Btown celeb gang - Mandira Bedi, seldom fails to impress with her on point swag. An extremely gorgeous woman with flawless styled attires has given many young girls, some serious fashion goals.

Donning cropped hair, Mandira took to Twitter to share a gothic and gripping picture of herself in monotone.

Looking beyond beautiful, Mandira calls her new look as the 'Action mode'.

Uday Chopra calls Nargis and himself 'close friends', says rumours are false!

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he latest upheaval in BTown has caught Uday Chopra and Nargis Fakhri in the limelight for quite some time now. The couple who was said to be dating for more than two years, recently made headlines for their much talked about break-up.

Leaving everyone in deep

shock, reports suggested that Uday called off his wedding with Nargis, which left the latter suffering a nervous breakdown.

However, dusting all rumours to dust, Uday took to Twitter to clarify his stand and called himself and Nargis 'close friends'. Ok so it had to come to this… @NargisFakhri and I

are close friends and all the rumors that are doing the rounds have no basis in reality 2016, undoubtedly has been a rocking year for Bollywood relationships, if it's true that all is well between Uday and Nargis, then it is indeed a sigh of relief for their fans.

Source: Zee news

Source: Zee news

Tom Hanks says being 'a total idiot' with food led to diabetes diagnosis

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Kajol meets Modi over hand washing campaign Hillstar

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ctress Kajol met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday regarding Help A Child Reach 5 campaign, which spreads the importance of good hand washing habits around the world.

Kajol has been actively advocating the cause on various platforms in India as well as globally. She has been engaging with various policymakers to make a difference, by promoting behaviour change by hand washing with soap through Hindustan UnileverÂ’s Swacch Aadat, Swacch

Bharat initiative.

To discuss more about it, she met Modi and later shared that the meeting went off really well.

"I told him how we have been doing this for the last four years. We have the statistics and we knew it worked. It wasn't just in theory. We talked about how hand wash should be mandatory in schools. It is necessary to put in not only toilet, but wash basins as well," she told IANS. "So that facility should be available, then only the habit will be available. It went off really well.

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One of the main things he (Modi) came up with... he said 'It's not habit that you are changing but it's their thought process...telling them this is good and this is bad'."

Has he shown any support to the cause?

"Officially, no. I can't say that we have tied up.

But I think the way we are going, what we are talking about, it coincides well with his own campaign (Swachh Bharat Abhiyan).

We are definitely on the same page," said the "Dilwale" star.

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Shah Rukh Khan to host Tim Cook at residence

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om Hanks has opened up on his battle with type 2 diabetes, after being diagnosed in 2013. Reflecting on his lifestyle and habits in his younger years, Hanks admitted that being a ‘total idiot’ with his food and health when he was younger led to the diagnosis.

Speaking to the Radio Times, the 59-year-old said: "I'm part of the lazy American generation that has blindly kept dancing through the party and now finds ourselves with a malady. I was heavy. You've seen me in movies. You know what I looked like. I was a total idiot.” "I thought I could avoid it by removing the buns from my cheeseburgers. Well, it takes a little bit more than that.” However Hanks has been told by his doctor that if he meets his target weight he will be free from the disease. "My doctor says if I can hit a target weight, I will not have Type 2 diabetes anymore," he added.

Hanks revealed his diagnosis during a 2013 appearance on 'The Late Show With David Letterman'. "I went to the doctor and he said, 'You know

those high blood sugar numbers you've been dealing with since you were 36?

Well, you've graduated.

You've got Type 2 diabetes, young man,’" Hanks explained. "My doctor said, 'Look, if you can weigh as much as you weighed in high school, you will essentially be completely healthy. You will not have Type 2 diabetes.' And then I said to her, 'Well, then, I'm gonna have Type 2 diabetes, because there is no way I can weigh as much as I did in high school.’"

Hanks’ weight has gone up and down throughout his movie career and he has famously lost weight for roles including Castaway and Philadelphia.

But since his diagnosis he has vowed never to lose or gain weight for a role again.

"I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders—no one wants to do it again," Hanks told the 2013 BFI Film Festival.

"I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds."

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ndian film star Shah Rukh Khan will host a dinner in honour of Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday at his residence 'Mannat' here. Celebrities, including actor-producer Aamir Khan, will be among the star attendees.

A source in the know of developments told IANS that the details of Cook's visit to Shah Rukh's house were kept hush-hush, and that "it is a very private gathering".

Shah Rukh is one of

Bollywood's top-rated actors, and is a producer who strongly believes in bringing new-age technology to Indian cinema via his movies -- a case in point being "Ra.One" and "Fan". So, one can expect some interesting conversation between SRK and Cook.

Apart from Aamir, known for his films like "3 Idiots" and "PK", the gathering will also see a few businessmen joining in.

Cook is in India on his first official visit to the

country.

On Wednesday, he announced that the tech giant would establish a Design and Development Accelerator facility in Bengaluru, the home of India's startup scene.

He also took out time to visit te famed Shree Siddhivinayak temple here.

There is also news that Cook plans to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday during his Delhi visit.

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Radhika Apte to host ' '

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ctress Radhika Apte, who is awaiting release of “Phobia”, will be walking into the small screen world as a host of TV show “Crime Patrol” for a special episode. The actress has become part of the Sony Entertainment Television show to promote her film “Phobia”. She shot for the episode on Wednesday, read a statement. “Radhika will be seen shooting for 'Crime Patrol'. She will be seen hosting the show solo. This will be a special episode where she will be seen promoting her movie 'Phobia'," said a source.

Directed by Pawan Kriplani, “Phobia”

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narrates the story of a girl who is scared to leave her house. The trailer leaves one thinking that the girl is living in a delusion that she will be harmed if she leaves her residence. Produced by Eros International and Next Gen Films, “Phobia” is slated for May 27 release.

Apart from “Phobia”, Radhika is busy with short films like “Kriti” and “Oysters”.

She is also working in Guneet Monga's upcoming project "The Ashram", which also stars Indo-American actor Kal Penn.

And then there is Rajinikanth's upcoming Tamil gangster drama "Kabali".

Source: IANS

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Bailey unhurt after Cavaliers slaughter Raptors 'truck-like' bouncer in Eastern Conference opener

The helmet of rising Pune Supergiants batsman George Bailey goes flying after it was hit by a ball during the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match against Delhi Daredevils in Visakhapatnam on May 17. (AFP Photo)

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Los AngeLes, MAy 18 (AFP): The Cleveland Cavaliers maintained their 100 percent postseason record with a crushing 115-84 defeat of the weary Toronto Raptors to take a 1-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Kyrie Irving scored 27 points while LeBron James added 24 as the Cavaliers dominated almost from start to finish to the delight of their home fans at the Quicken Loans Arena.

The 31-point rout was Cleveland's biggest ever victory in a playoff game.

The Cavaliers went into the game well-rested after wrapping up back-to-back 4-0 sweeps in their opening two postseason series.

Toronto by contrast had been forced to make a quick turnaround after only clinching a 4-3 series victory over the Miami Heat in their conference semi-final on Sunday.

On the evidence of Game One, few would bet against James and the Cavaliers making short work of the Raptors. James attributed the win to Cleveland's attention to detail.

"It's our preparation, every single day. We understand the moment that we're in and the guys are rising to that," James said.

"The coach is doing a great job of giving us a game

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving lays in a shot against the Toronto Raptors in the first half of game 1 in the Eastern Conference Finals at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Tuesday, May 17. (Joshua Gunter/cleveland.com)

tide.

Cleveland produced another burst of points and by half-time had surged into a 22-point lead at 6444, Toronto's woe exacerbated by consecutive air balls to close the half.

The torture continued in the third quarter as the Cavaliers maintained a healthy double-digit lead against a Toronto side unable to find any answers on defense. James' buoyant mood was typified by a steal which finished with the two-time NBA champion racing up the court for an emphatic slam dunk to make it 81-56.

It got worse for the Raptors near the end of the third, with the Cavaliers opening up what at that point was the biggest lead of the night, a 28-point margin of 95-67.

That soon became 30 points in the fourth quarter, with Cleveland surging into a 97-67 advantage as the slaughter continued before the score settled at 115-84.

DeMar DeRozan led the scoring for the Raptors with 18 points, but it was a miserable night for Kyle Lowry.

The Toronto talisman who excelled against Miami on Sunday finished with only eight points. Game Two of the series takes place on Thursday in Cleveland.

V i s A k h A PAt n A M , MAy 18 (AFP): Australia's George Bailey was struck by a bouncer in the Indian Premier League that sent his helmet flying, an experience he said was like "getting hit in the face by a truck".

Bailey, playing for the Rising Pune Supergiants on Tuesday night, was not injured by the bouncer that he top-edged onto his helmet, shattering parts and knocking it off his head.

"Those watching on TV got a better picture than

I did, because all I sort of remember was it was like getting hit in the face by a truck," Bailey said of the delivery from countryman Nathan Coulter-Nile.

"It was pretty quick. I was quite glad to have one of the new helmets on," said Bailey.

Helmets have been strengthened to meet stringent safety standards in the wake of the Phillip Hughes tragedy in 2014.

The Australian batsman, who played 26 Tests, died from bleeding on the

FIFA hires Norwegian as Infantino's strategic director

Pujara encourages youngsters on UEFA calls September vote to replace Platini hard work, discipline & commitment

Zurich, MAy 18 (AP): FIFA has hired Norwegian soccer federation official Kjetil Siem as President Gianni Infantino's director of strategic matters. The role is a new one overseeing the soccer body's structure in Zurich, FIFA said Wednesday. Siem has begun work at FIFA ahead of the arrival in June of secretary general Fatma Samoura, a United Nations official from Senegal who has never before worked in soccer. For the past four years, Siem was secretary general at the Norwegian federation while Infantino had the same position at UEFA. Siem is credited in Norway with creating the ''Handshake for Peace'' project with the Nobel Peace Center, which was later adopted by then-FIFA President Sepp Blatter.

The Nobel organization suspended ties with FIFA last year after American and Swiss federal prosecutors revealed sprawling investigations of corruption implicating senior soccer officials. The scandal forced Blatter from office and led to Infantino being elected in February.

Siem, a 55-year-old former journalist also worked as CEO of the Premier Soccer League in South Africa from 2007-10.

brain after being hit on the base of the skull by a rising ball at the Sydney Cricket Ground during a domestic match.

Bailey stayed on to see Pune outplay the Delhi Daredevils by 19 runs in the rain-hit game in the eastern city of Visakhapatnam.

"A couple (of players) were disappointed that the helmet did not roll on to the stumps but most people were checking" how he was, said Bailey who remained unbeaten on eight runs.

plan and we're just trying to go out and execute.

"We had a couple of mistakes but for the most part our attention to detail was there for all 48 minutes -- we've got to continue to do that in Game Two." James had special praise for team-mates Irving and Kevin Love, who have hit prime form during the postseason.

"They waited a full regular season to get back to this moment," James said.

"Last year Kevin's moment was cut short because

of the shoulder (injury); Kyrie wasn't himself last year in postseason because of the knee and all the injuries he had. "They've trained their bodies all season long to get back to this point -those guys are spectacular."

The outcome of the contest was effectively decided in a devastating period of Cleveland dominance which began late in the first quarter and continued to the half-time buzzer.

A 28-27 Toronto lead with around one minute left on the clock in the first

BAseL, MAy 18 (AP): UEFA will elect a president on Sept. 14 to replace Michel Platini, who was banned by FIFA for accepting a $2 million payment approved by Sepp Blatter.

UEFA interim secretary general Theodore Theodoridis said the 55 national federations will vote at an extraordinary congress in Athens, Greece.

The new president will complete Platini's term, which runs through March

quarter rapidly became a 39-28 lead for Cleveland as they reeled off 12 unanswered points.

The Raptors were always struggling to stay in touch and with Irving, James and Love in form, it rapidly became an exercise in damage limitation for the visitors, playing their 15th game of the postseason. The Cavs quickly sprinted into a 49-30 lead and although the Raptors hit back to narrow the gap to 54-42, it was only a temporary staunching of the

2019, and become a FIFA vice president.

Officials interested in seeking the job include UEFA vice presidents Angel Maria Villar of Spain and Michael van Praag of the Netherlands, and Slovenian federation president Aleksander Ceferin.

Van Praag ''expressed his intention'' at an executive committee meeting Wednesday to enter the contest, Theodoridis said.

The deadline for con-

tenders to enter the race is July 20, said Theodoridis, who is another potential candidate.

UEFA has been without a president since Platini was suspended by the FIFA ethics committee in October. The Court of Arbitration for Sport imposed a reduced four-year ban on Platini this month.

Villar, as UEFA's senior vice president, will present the trophy at competition finals, Theodoridis said.

Terry signs new Chelsea deal

International cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara, with Under-16 cricketers of the north east camp, cricket association officials and National Cricket Academy coaching team at Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Dimapur.

DiMAPur, MAy 18 (Mexn): India International cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara visited the ongoing BCCI sponsored coaching camp for Under-16 cricketers for the North Eastern region under the aegis of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) at the Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Dimapur.

The India Test batsman visited the camp, held mo-

tivational talks, conducted coaching sessions and had interactive sittings with the young cricketers, a press release from the Nagaland Cricket Association stated.

Pujara highlighted to the youngsters that he had reached the highest levels of the game through sheer hard work, discipline and commitment and encouraged them to be fully committed. Any dream can be

achieved through dedication and discipline, he exhorted.

Interacting with officials of the cricket association, Pujara observed that cricketers from the North East were very talented and had tremendous potential in reaching the highest standards of the game.

At present 25 cricketers from the North Eastern

states of Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland are undergoing a coaching camp under a team of seven coaches and trainers from the National Cricket Academy at Dimapur.

These 25 cricketers were selected from a pool of 58 cricketers in three day selection trails under the BCCI national junior selectors, the release stated.

LonDon, MAy 18 (AFP): Chelsea captain John Terry signed a new one-year contract with the Premier League club on Wednesday to end speculation he would be forced out of Stamford Bridge.

Terry sparked fears he was on the verge of leaving Chelsea against his will when he claimed in January he hadn't been offered an extension to his contract, which was due to expire in June.

With Italy coach Antonio Conte due to take charge at Stamford Bridge once his Euro 2016 commitments are over, it had been reported Terry could be eased out by the new boss.

But the 35-year-old former England defender was offered the new deal last week and, after speaking to Conte and Blues owner Roman Abramovich, he agreed to extend his 21year stay with Chelsea by at

least another season.

Terry signed for Chelsea at the age of 14 and has made 703 first-team appearances, the third-highest in the club's history, with a club-record 570 of those as captain.

Van Gaal booed as Manchester United sign off season in fifth

MAnchester, MAy 18 (AFP): Louis van Gaal was booed by his club's own fans after Manchester United ended their Premier League campaign by beating Bournemouth 3-1 in Tuesday's re-arranged Old Trafford fixture.

In a game carried over from Sunday following a postponement caused by the discovery of a fake bomb accidentally left behind during a terror training exercise, United needed a 19-goal victory in order to steal past Manchester City into the fourth and final Champions League qualifying berth.

Goals from Wayne Rooney, 18-year-old Marcus Rashford, named in England's provisional Euro 2016 squad a day earlier, and substitute Ashley Young se-

cured the three points, but it was only enough to lift Van Gaal's side above Southampton into fifth place.

Introduced to the crowd for a post-match address, the Dutchman was booed by pockets of the home support, before declaring, somewhat ironically: "I want to thank you for your

unconditional support."

As Bournemouth's fans goaded him with chants of "You're getting sacked in the morning!", Van Gaal added: "You never let us down.

Thank you for that. We will bring the FA cup home to you. You deserve it. Thank you." The result secured a Europa League group place

for United, while Saturday's FA Cup final against Crystal Palace may yet yield a piece of silverware.

But it was a tame end to the season, at a two-thirds full stadium, which laid bare United's stagnation under Van Gaal. The lap of appreciation that followed his address was cursory.

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