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Assam-nagaland border dispute ‘it’s time to resort to the laws’

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Fire guts building in Kiphire our Correspondent Kiphire | May 24

A fire broke out in jail ward at Kiphire town this evening. The fire burnt down a pucca building, before it was brought under control by

fire fighters and citizens. The cause of the fire is suspected to be a short circuit. No injuries or casualties were reported due to the fire, however, it was informed that property worth at least one lakh was destroyed.

“The age of conflict is over. It’s time to resort to the laws (and records)”, stated Parliamentary Secretary for Border Affairs, Mhonlumo Kikon at Yajang ‘C’ during an inspection tour to the border village on May 23. Kikon was accompanied by Parliamentary Secretary, Dr. Benjong Aier, who represents Alongtaki A/C under which Yajang ‘C’ falls; the Mokokchung district administration, the IG (Border) and the State Border Affairs officials. The team visited Akochisa Pok, an area contested by Assam, which Yajang asserts is its ancestral land. While stating that the State government is taking the border issue seriously, Kikon said that it is time that Nagaland, particularly the villages bordering Assam, maintain restraint and start resorting to documents and records to claim what is “rightfully ours.” “(Comparatively) We’re weak in documentation,” Kikon said, while urging proper drafting of complaints so that it can be admissible as legal documents in Delhi as well as in the Supreme Court. For Assam, it is prompt in this aspect, he said. According to Kikon, Assam seldom fails to quickly route ‘complaint letters’ received from the ground directly to Delhi, which get regarded as first-hand reports and legal documents no less. The ‘complaint letters’ could include report of the district administration or reports/ complaints filed by villages or individuals. “We should be wellprepared (from now on).” The village council of Yajan ‘C’ submitted a memorandum to the visiting team. In this, Kikon requested the council to seek help of legal practitioners and re-draft the memo without

Over 300 hearings at the SC since ‘88

he Assam-Nagaland border row has witnessed over 300 hearings at the Supreme Court (SC) since Assam filed a case in 1988. Deputy Director, department of Border Affairs, P. Yikishi Zimo informed that the SC is now in the process of cross-examining witnesses of both parties. The next cross-examination is scheduled on July 7. Zimo, during the meeting at Yajang ‘C’ updated on the progress of the case. The ‘9-point Agreement and the 16-point Agreement’ is now “admissible” in court (SC) as legal documents, as Assam has admitted its existence, Zimo informed. Legal documents to be admissible in court have to be acknowledged by both parties. Initially, the Assam government had denied its existence deeming the documents inadmissible in court.

delay and submit it to his office. He further stated all reports or complaints on border issue be submitted to his office, which he can directly route to Delhi. The recent flaring of tension at the area was the work of Congress MLA from Mariani constituency, Rupjyoti Kurmi, Kikon said. When Yajang villagers started clearing jungle for cultivation at Akochisa Pok, Kurmi instigated the nearby Rangkham village to lodge complaint with the Jorhat administration to stop activity. “His antecedents are not good. The Congress MLAs of Assam are raking up the border issue for political gain.” He said that Assam keeps quiet when there is activity on their side of the border (DAB) but raises uproar when Nagas cultivate on their land. On the ground situation at Akochisa Pok, Kikon said that he was satisfied with the response of the Mokokchung district administration. “It is best that the district administration try to resolve this at its level first.” Tension flared in the area during the latter part of April and the first week of May when the Jorhat administration and the Assam Police prevented villagers from cultivating the land.

Around 70-80 families from the village were clearing the jungle for cultivation. It resulted in the Jorhat administration mobilising heavy police deployment. According to the Yajang ‘C’ village council, as many as five companies of heavily armed Assam Police personnel was deployed in the area, who threatened the villagers with dire consequences. Quoting a report from the Jorhat police, the chairman said that two companies were subsequently withdrawn. Meanwhile, the Nagaland government has on site 4 platoons with an additional two platoons on standby at Tuli. Despite the district administrations of both Jorhat and Mokokchung mutually agreeing to allow the Yajang villagers to cultivate for the interim, the villagers cannot work at the site as they are driven away by the Assam Police personnel at gunpoint. The Border Magistrate of Tsurangkong stated that at present the Assam Police is occupying around 30 percent of Akochisa Pok. Akochisa Pok, according to the sector-wise division of the Disputed Area Belt of Assam and Nagaland, falls under sector F. It has no neutral force on station. Yajang’s claim over Akochisa

Pok is supported by historical accounts, asserted the council chairman of Yajang ‘C’. It covers an area of approximately 240 hectares west of Yajang ‘C’ overlooking the plains of Assam. The chairman maintained that the village has documents dating to as recent as 2010 to disprove the claim of Assam. He added that the actual traditional boundary extends upto the “Seleng road.” “Assam constantly flips its false claim over the area,” said the chairman. He added that sometimes Assam claims the area is part of Tiru Hills Reserve Forest while at other times that the area is part of Kasojan Tea Estate and Rangkham village. However, Rangkham village stands on Yajang land while Kasojan Tea Estate has acknowledged Yajang’s ownership over Akochisa Pok, the chairman said. “There is documentary evidence of to prove this,” he added. Till 1975, Rangkham village paid yearly tribute to Yajang for occupying the latter’s land. It was discontinued after the Assam Police forced the Rangkham villagers to stop the annual tributes. In 2010, some villagers of Rangkham were penalised by Yajang for encroaching on Akochisa. The chairman said that the Rangkham villagers, acknowledging the historical ownership of Yajang over the land forfeited a sum of Rs. 500 as penalty for the encroachment and withdrew from the area without any objection. Further, the chairman said that it has on paper, record of Kasojan Tea Estate paying land tax to Yajang ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’. The yearly tax amount is Rs. 2000. The chairman further said that the Yajang villagers following the jhum cycle of farming, cultivates at Akochisa every 2030 years. It was last cultivated in 1995.

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tr govt completes one year in power PRIORITIES OF DAN GOVERNMENT • Solution to the unresolved Naga political issue • To protect Naga culture and identity • To uphold Article 371 A in letter and spirit • To uplift the economy • Create employment opportunities for youth • To mobilize state resources

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Chief minister TR Zeliang, his wife and DAn Coordination Committee Chairman, Dr shurhozelie liezietsu during a thanksgiving service in Kohima on May 24. (Morung Photo)

Vows to start a new chapter of hope our Correspondent Kohima | May 24

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Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today said the DAN ministry under his leadership had to pass through a turbulent and stormy sea during its first year. “After burying all the bitterness of the past one year, let us start a new chapter of hope and optimism from today, so that the remaining tenure of this ministry may have a smooth sailing, and be in a better position to deliver good governance to the people of the Nagaland,” he said at the thanksgiving service here to mark completion of the present DAN government’s one year in leadership. The CM said the first priority of the DAN government has been, and will continue to be the peaceful resolution of the Naga political issue. “Because this is the pre-requisite to bring about peace and socio-economic development in our

land. I am hopeful that the opposition-less, or all party government will also strengthen our collective efforts towards the peaceful resolution of the Naga political issue,” Zeliang added. Another priority, he said, is to protect Naga culture and identity and to uphold Article 371 A in letter and spirit. Zeliang further stated that his opposition-less government is in a position to protect Naga culture and identity, while also strengthening the Naga customary system. He said the rules and regulations for exploration and development of mineral resources have also been framed in consultation with tribe hohos, civil societies, NG0s and village authorities. In keeping with the spirit of Article 371 A of the constitution, he said the government has decided to give a much larger share of revenue from mineral resources to the landowners and the village authorities. The CM stressed on priority to uplift rural economy and bring about self-sufficiency in food. All departments under agri and allied activities will be geared up and

strengthened towards achieving this goal, he said. “Creating of employment opportunities for our youth is another priority area of my government,” Zeliang said adding that his government will give high priority to skill development programmes, making educated youth fit for employment in the private sector. He also stated that the government will make full use of the opportunities available under the new National Skill Development Mission and try to create more jobs within the state by bringing investors from outside the state and by encouraging local entrepreneurship. Pointing to Nagaland’s limited resources, he stressed on the need to spend wisely and also take full advantage of central schemes to bring development. “In the area of taxation, during the first year of my government, we could achieve a 40% step-up of VAT revenue collection by introducing on-line system of taxation. We are also working hard, and fully determined to exploit our mineral resources, particularly oil & gas, for the benefit of our people and the state,” he said. Zeliang also vowed to do justice to every section of people, and bring about a faster pace of development through good governance and fair play.

Time to learn from our failures: Dr Shurhozelie our Correspondent Kohima | May 24

DAN coordination committee Chairman Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu meanwhile said the DAN government has faced odds from within the NPF party during the period in question; but managed to steer clear of trouble. “This itself is a big achievement beside others which, to be frank, may not be many,” he said adding that this is also a time to look back and identify failures or shortcomings and learn lesson out of it. “We should also make best use of this opportunity to plan for future improvement. This retrospection and introspection are equally important in an occasion of this kind,” he said. He thanked God helping the party overcome odds and congratulated the CM for his diplomatic handling of the affairs of the state in spite of tremendous odds. He further acknowledged all members of the CM’s ministry for their firm stand and commitment. He recalled that TR Zeliang was elected as the leader of NPF Parliamentary Party unanimously on May 17 last year and the same was endorsed by DAN Legislators in their meeting the same day. Both the NPF Parliamentary Party as well as DAN legislators meeting were conducted under the chairmanship of the former Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio. Accordingly, Zeliang was sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Nagaland on May 24, 2014.

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Rally against shifting of 164 TA (Naga)

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Public of Coco area under the aegis of Coco Area Joint Council (CAJC) on Sunday held a rally demanding that the 164 (H&H) Territorial Army (Naga) should not be relocated from the present location in Akuhaito town under Atoizu range, Zunheboto. According to the CAJC Chairman, Hokiye, the TA stationed at Akuhaito was benefitting the public in numerous ways besides the prevailing peaceful atmosphere. He said that the TA was doing a commendable service to the public by way of bringing in development in the area and helping the people in many other ways. In this regard, the public has petitioned the authorities not to move out the 164 TA (Naga) from Akuhaito and let them continue rendering their yeoman service to the public. Coco area Sumi Totimi Hoho, GBs, elders and public took part in the rally which was overlooked by Akuhaito EAC incharge, Phuleshe SDO (C) Atoizu. A Naga youth jumps into water to cool off on a hot summer day in the outskirt of Dimapur on May 23. Photo by Caisii Mao

MEx File SAPO convenes emergency general meeting

Kohima, may 24 (mExN): The Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) will hold emergency general meeting on May 27 at SAPO Hall, Jakhama at 10:30 am. The agenda of the meeting is "Mao Council bandh against SAPO Project at Kezoltsa". All the bonafide citizens of Southern Angami areas have been requested to attend the said meeting positively.

Nagaland Gorkha Association holds general conference

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Kohima, may 24 (mExN): The general conference of Nagaland Gorkha Association was held on May 23, hosted by Gorkha Public Panchayat, Kohima, at its conference hall. Delegates from various districts alongwith senior members, students and social activists attended the conference. Among the many resolutions adopted during the meet included holding a conference of Gorkhas of the entire North East states at Kohima in the near future. The meeting also resolved to create two more posts of vice presidents along with the already existing one post so the posts may be filled by the districts of Dimapur, Mokokchung and Wokha. The meeting also deliberated on sending a team to Nepal with relief which has been collected from the different districts of the State. This was informed in a release issued by Nobin Pradhan, President, Nagaland Gorkha Association.

St Francis Xavier’s Church observes Pentecost Sunday

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Kohima, may 24 (mExN): St Francis Xavier’s Church Kidima observed Pentecost Sunday with parish priest Reverend Father Thomas Muttathil as the main celebrant on May 24. Father Thomas Muttathil in his introductory speech spoke on how anger and quarrel turn to violence. In his sermon, he highlighted the power of the Holy Spirit. He also explained that the celebration of body and blood of Jesus Christ in the Holy Mass is for cooperation, unity and oneness for the world. Imparting catechism, special arrangement of Eucharist for children, enchanting of hymns and Holy Mass celebration with rosary prayer were the highlights of the daylong celebration.

Public of Coco area rally against relocation of 164 (H&H) Territorial Army (Naga) from Akuhaito town.

Fish breeding operations underway

Kohima, may 24 (mExN): Technical personnel from Fisheries department are currently conducting fish breeding programme at three different centres – Government Fish Farm Jorpukhri in Dimapur, Government Fish Farm Nathanglo in Mokokchung, and Urra Village Community Fish Hatchery in Dimapur. The breeding operation commenced on May 18 and is scheduled to continue till mid-June 2015. “With the availability of good brooders, it is

expected to produce about 4.5 to 5.0 million seeds of advanced fry from these hatchery farms during the season,” stated a press note issued by Ketusielie Angami, Assistant Director of Fisheries, Kohima.

Induced spawning of fish technique applied Employing the technique of induced breeding, fishes are induced to spawn using synthetic hormones. Here, fish spawning and hatching take place in specially designed circular spawning and hatching tanks also known as

the Chinese hatchery or ecohatchery. With the present fish seeds (fries) production from hatcheries (both Government and Private) estimated at about 40-45 million, the rate of survival is drastically reduced by more than 50% in the nurseries before they attain fingerling stage. This is due to unavailability of sufficient nurseries coupled with improper and careless handling and management. “This leaves us with only a mere 8-10 million fingerlings up against a

total requirement of 2025 million fingerlings, the shortfall of which is often met by importing from the neighbouring state of Assam with many undue disadvantages in terms of quality, quantity and species. There are also some additional unaccounted productions of common carp seeds produced by local fish farmers in certain pockets of the state which also adds to the seed production of the state,” said Ketusielie Angami. He added that considering the breeding be-

cheaper rates. Fish production could then be easily doubled from the present production of 7500 MT which will drastically reduce fish imports by at least 50 percent thereby saving the state’s exchequer to a great extent,” said the department official. “Enhanced fish production would benefit both fish growers and consumers in terms of economic development, livelihood improvement and availability of fresh fish for consumption,” Ketusielie added.

Phase-2 solid waste management awareness campaign launched Our Correspondent Kohima | May 24

Under the Asian Development Bank assisted project and supported by State Investment Programme Management Implementation Unit (SIPMIU), urban development department, the Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) launched the awareness campaign on solid waste management (Phase-2) at Government Middle School, Lower Chandmari on Saturday. The awareness campaign has been extended to colonies like New Minister Hill/PWD (Lower), PWD (Upper), Chandmari (Upper), Lerie/Agri colony,

PR Hill, Jail Colony and AG Colony. Gracing the occasion, urban development secretary Imjung M Panger (IAS) called upon the gathering to come forward and ensure a hygienic and clean environment in the State capital Kohima. He said a state of the art solid waste management plant is coming up below Lerie under Ministry of Urban Development, Govt of India through Asian Development Bank. The facility, which is expected to be ready by the later part of this year, would provide segregation of wet waste, dry waste and unrecyclable waste that would be used

in land fill and as compost. The KMC will take over the facility when completed. Meanwhile, Panger informed that SIPMIU would be providing colour coated segregation bin and trucks to all the wards. He also said that urban local bodies would be empowered for certain key projects and also meet the basic infrastructure. He also launched a CD entitled Satyamev Jayate (Nagamese version). The function was chaired by Lower Chandmari Panchayat chairman Nohokhul Sophie while vote of thanks was proposed by SIPMIU programme director Er. Khupi Natso.

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Officials of Changtongya Students' Union (CKT) and Yaongyimsen Students' Union (YKT) posing for lens during peace festival, 'Peace Through Sports', held at Ungmakong Ground, Yaongyimsen Village on Saturday, May 23. The two unions celebrated the event as a sign of cementing and taking forward a peace treaty that was signed between the two neighbouring villages on January 23, 2015.

‘Be accountable, have grateful heart, be responsible human’

Dimapur, may 24 (mExN): North East School of Entrepreneurship & Skill Development (NESESD) had its Sunday devotional service at its training centre located at Circuit House colony here with Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur Kesonyu Yhome as the main speaker. A press release informed that Yhome highlighted three essential points – to be accountable to self and to God, to have a grateful heart, and to be responsible humans. He reflected his message based on I Corinthians 10:31. He further pointed out that “people who

haviour of most of our cultured carps, they are known to do well in tropical monsoon climate (250300C) and therefore the location of carp hatcheries in Nagaland is a crucial factor where major portion of the state have temperate climatic conditions. It is estimated that with another 2-3 additional seed hatcheries at suitable Agro Climatic locations, the State should be self sufficient in fish seeds. “This in turn will ensure easy availability of quality seeds on time and at

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CME on management of acute coronary syndrome

have skills don’t have jobs and who have job don’t work.” He noted if one wants to be successful in life and be free from problems in the society, one must be accountable to self and to God. Yhome also encouraged the congregation to have a grateful heart. “To be a good Christian is to be a good human,” he stated, adding “our society does not need more doctors, engineers and educated people, but better and responsible humans.” The programme was chaired by Bethel Kinimi, while Meribeni Patton and NESESD trainees presented solo and group Parliamentary secretary for higher & technical education Deo Nukhu and others pose for songs respectively.

Our Correspondent Kohima | May 24

A Continuous Medical Education (CME) on “Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome” was held at Hotel Japfü on May 23. It was conducted by Zuventus and Abbhott Vascular in association with the Medicine department of Naga Hospital Authority Kohima. The faculty included Dr Dilip Kumar (MD, DM camera during inspection of new Govt. Polytechnic site in Tsünazho under Phek district Cardiology), consultant, Interventional Cardioloon May 21. (Morung Photo)

New team of ASU takes charge Children’s painting competition

gist, Medica Superspeciality Hospital, Kolkata. In his address, Dr Dilip Kumar said heart disease has becomeamajorpublichealth problem and it is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in India and other developing nations. He stressed on the advancements in the treatment and management of cardiac emergencies. The programme, chaired by Dr. Watsutho Nyuthe from Naga Hospital, was attended by more than 30 doctors from the State.

in Mokokchung on June 5

Former and present office bearers of ASU with seniors during the change of guard programme on May 23. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | May 24

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The new team of the Angami Students’ Union (ASU) office bearers for the tenure 2015-2017 took over charge on March 23. In a change of guard programme held on May 23 at ASU monolith site, Mezo Basa, ASU new president Dievi Yano requested the seniors and each and every individual to extend their unflinching support and cooperation to them for a successful tenure and at the same time to enable

them carry out the task effectively. Outgoing president Zakie Khate, former NSF president Kelhouneizo Yhome, ASU tribunal general Sedeneikho Shosahie, Khrielievi Chusi, Neizokhoto Belho, Zekuseto Natso also spoke on the occasion. The function was chaired by ASU advisor Voto Neikha while Sedevikho Angami proposed vote of thanks. ASU new team for the tenure 2015-2017 are: President- Dievi Yano, vice president- Zekuseto Natso,

vice president - Meguo Ratsa (I/C Chakhroma), general secretary- Visako Rino, assistance general secretary- Khriezelhou Vitso, finance secretary- Petekhrietuo Kiewhuo, treasurer, Rokovizo Senotsu, education secretary - Tsiu Seyie, information & public secretary - Bao Kense, games & sports secretary- Vizokho Zashümo, auditor generalRuokuolhou Zhünyü, art & culture- Seyieneichou Keyho. Assembly Secretary: Speaker - Nongosa Sale, Deputy Speaker - Kekhrievituo Dahou.

moKoKchuNg, may 24 (mExN): TK Skills Society in association with WSSO, PHED Mokokchung and District Forest Department, Mokokchung is organizing Mokokchung district children’s painting competition on June 5 in commemoration of World Environment Day. The competition will be held on the theme, ‘Water - Source of Life’, to inspire younger generation to protect the planet. TK Skills Society has requested individuals and school authorities to cooperate and encourage interested children to participate in the painting contest to help secure the future of future generation. The competition is open to children aged 6-14, and paintings must be done on chart paper. The contestants can submit their form and painting to TK Skills Office on or before June 3. Contestants must write

their name, address and contact number on the backside of their painting. There will be exhibition-cum-declaration of result on World Environment Day at TK Skills Office. Registration forms can be collected from TK Skills Office, Assets near FAC Bus stop, AM Road, Mokokchung. The competition gives children the chance to win Rs.5000 cash prize for the winner and Rs.3000 for the runner-up. There will be five consolation prizes for the best five entrants. In addition, computer crash course will be given to top five at CEC Mokokchung Centre. The competition also gives children the opportunity to become active environmental citizens and contribute towards the future of the planet. For more details contact: TK Skills Office, Near DRDA Office, Sangtemla ward, Mo-

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A mass cleanliness drive was conducted in the heart of Mon town by the Thamnan ward on May 23 under the Swachh Bharat Mission. Deputy Commissioner of Mon W. Honje Konyak and his administrative officers supervised the mass social work from morning till dusk. Besides cleanliness, extension of roads and construction of drainage and demolition of illegal construction in encroached land was also carried out. Young and old women and men participated in the mass cleanliness drive.

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Saikul tense after three killed in 'encounter' NEFIS to organise admission counselling camps Senapati, May 24 (aGenCieS): Saikul area in Senapati district was tense after three persons iMphal, May 24 (hnS): The three under Saikul around 9:30 am when a were killed in what was re- KNF (N) cadres who were killed by combined security force conducted a ported as an "encounter" security forces during a reported en- massive operation there. Reports said between security forces counter in Saikul area of Senapati dis- a huge quantity of explosives and amand a militant group on trict yesterday were not rebels, claimed munition were seized from the slain May 23. A combined force the families on Sunday. The bodies of rebels after the gun battle. of para-troopers and As- the three are now lying unclaimed in They were identified as N Rajen, sam Rifles had reportedly the JNIMS mortuary here. The security 36, hailed from Sugnu Sipahi, Paokraided B Gamon village un- forces had claimed that two of the slain holen Khongshai, 36, a resident of B der Saikul area of Senapati were cadres belonging to the Manipur Gomnon village and Phukuin Khongdistrict, following a tip-off Naga Revolutionary Front (MNRF) hai Tangkhul, 40, from Phungpung that some rebels of banned while the third one was from the Kuki Awanglei village. The families have Kuki National Front (N) National Front-Nehlung. said the trio was innocent and that were camping there. According to reports, the encoun- they were not rebels as claimed by the Villagers alleged that ter took place at B Gomnon village security forces. three civilians, one church Women volunteers rity forces who allegedly the state and central govleader and two construction labourers of the local along with other villagers tried to take away the bod- ernments look into the incident and take strict action Metei community, were blocked the road in an at- ies of those killed. Locals demanded that against the culprits. killed during the shoot-out. tempt to prevent the secu-

3 killed in encounter not rebels: Families

Social security schemes record huge success in Assam Guwahati, May 24 (ani): The Centre's social security initiatives have recorded tremendous success in Assam, with over 12 lakh beneficiaries enrolling by 20th of this month under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and the Pradhan Mantri Jivan Jyoti Bima Yojana. Assistant G eneral Manager of SBI, S C Sen, said while Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana received around eight lakh forty-five thousand applications, about four lakh beneficiaries were registered under the PradA fisherman returns at the end of the day on the banks of the River Brahmaputra in Guwahati, han Mantri Jivan Jyoti Assam. Brahmaputra is one of Asia's largest rivers, which passes through China's Tibet reBima Yojana. gion, India and Bangladesh before converging into the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) According to reports, the banks are engaged in vigorous awarenesscampaigns in the state to bring more people under the schemes. Apart from displaying banners and The Kevijau Village Council is thankful to Shri. Atokhe Aye, CEO DMC for posters, the banks are also constructing one Dust Bin (Burner), first of its kind in Dimapur and one Dust Bin organising financial literat Kevijau Village. acy camps to create more awareness on Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Jivan Jyoti Bima Yojana . The banks have deployed dedicated staffs to enroll beneficiaries under these schemes. People were seen lining up in long queues at Guwahati branch of Vijay bank to enroll themselves in the insurance schemes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's twin insurance schemes that have won Sd/Sd/wide acclaim lend a help(ER. M. TIA JAMIR) (ER. NEIZA TEP) ing hand to the common Chairman Secretary men who feel the anxieties Kevijau Village Council Kevijau Village Council of an uncertain future. Dimapur : Nagaland Dimapur : Nagaland

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Global burger joints want no beef with India

New Delhi, May 24 (iaNS): International burgers eating into India’s spicy street food market have bulged over the past decade. But the global chains, reluctant to pick bones with local laws and beliefs in the world’s second most populous nation, are staying off beef and pork as they clash for a larger slice of the country’s succulent fast-food industry. Wendy’s, the world’s third largest hamburger conglomerate after McDonald’s and Burger King, joined the battle for the Indian palate earlier in May. But the Ohio-based firm, in a public display of nerves, replaced its never-frozen, North American beef with socially-acceptable chicken and mutton burgers and six vegetarian offerings to boot. Earlier this year, Maharashtra and Haryana outlawed the sale and consumption of beef and laid down long prison terms and stiff fines for those who slaughter cows, revered as holy by many Hindus in India, the world’s largest buffalo meat exporter. “We thought hard about whether to do beef, but not doing so was a simple decision,” Jasper Reid, a director of Sierra Nevada, one of Wendy’s domestic franchisees, told IANS. “Wendy’s is a brand that aspires to establish many restaurants in India. (And) to this extent, we felt

the market for beef is not deep enough in India,” Reid said. Despite local sentiments, beef, largely buffalo meat, is widely traded and served in street eateries in wide swathes of India, market observers say. In the country’s seven meat-eating northeastern states, the consumption of meat products has never been formally charted and regulated. “If many more Indian customers want beef, then we’re one of the world leaders in beef and feel like we would be in a good position to meet the demand. We shall keep listening to what customers want,” Reid added. But there is life beyond beef, according to economists. The McDonald’s wagon rolled into India in 1996 despite fears of being outgunned by the ubiquitous tiffin box, Mumbai’s formidable dabbawallahs, vada paav and spicy chaat. The Illinoisbased company is also a participant in the beef-less race to sink its teeth deeper into the domestic quick-service restaurant industry, which is estimated to grow beyond Rs.7,000 crore ($1.12 billion) by 2016. The sector is seen to be posting a mouth-watering 25 percent growth a year. McDonald’s compatriot and closest rival Burger King waited 18 years before it opened outlets last

New Delhi, May 24 (PTi): Pinning their hopes on the government’s flagship schemes like ‘Make in India’ and ‘Skill India’, human resource experts believe it may take 12-18 months before the results start showing up in the job market. The latest Labour Bureau survey has also shown a slowdown in the job creation, although there are signs of growth in manufacturing, infrastructure and mining sectors. “I think job creation still remains a pipe dream while it seems there are policy decisions moving in that direction,” global executive recruitment firm Antal International India MD Joseph Devasia said. Vijay Deshpande, VP and Head, Human Resources, JK Tyre & Industries India and Mexico Business, said, “We believe it is too early to judge. With the government’s pro-business outlook and support that the Make in India campaign is getting from every industry, we are sure that the promises will be met.” However, a major cause of concern is the lack of skilled workforce and to meet this challenge, experts advocated for a stronger partnership between the government and the industry to train the burgeoning young population.

MUMBai, May 24 (reUTerS): Fewer auspicious days later this year compelled Ramesh Phalke, an auto company employee in Maharashtra, to hold his daughter’s wedding in May. This bride was lucky because many other weddings will likely be postponed - to the dismay of the country’s jewellers. Gold is an essential part of the bride’s dowry in India and also a popular gift from family and guests at weddings. In fact, Kerala uses up to 400 grams of gold per wedding, or 80 tonnes each year - which is about 10 percent of the country’s total consumption in 2014. Weddings are one of the biggest drivers of gold purchases in the world’s top consumer. But this year the contribution could be smaller as the Hindu calendar shows the number of auspicious dates for weddings will drop 40 percent in the second half from a year earlier. “Jewellery demand could drop by 30 percent (year-onyear) in the second half due to fewer weddings,” said Prithviraj Kothari, vice president of India

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SIGNS OF WEAKNESS EMERGE Signs of weakness in the local gold market have already emerged. Sellers are offering a discount of up to $2 per ounce to London prices to attract buyers, said Kishore Zaveri a gold jeweller based in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. But buyers could become even more scarce if erratic weather hits India, driving up food prices and leaving less disposable income with consumers, especially farmers. Nearly two-thirds of India’s need for gold comes from rural areas where jewellery is a traditional store of wealth for millions who have no access to the formal banking system. Total Indian gold demand could drop to 700 tonnes this year, said IBJA’s Kothari. Jewellery sales account for threefourth of the total, which stood at 811.1 tonnes in 2014. “In villages, for weddings people will swap old gold jewellery for new. Many people don’t have money to buy new jewellery,” Kothari said.

Honda begins export of new Jazz from India

New Delhi, May 24 (PTi): Ahead of the upcoming launch of the new version of premium hatchback Jazz in India, Japanese car maker Honda has started shipping the vehicle to South Africa from its plant in Rajasthan. Present in India through its wholly-owned arm Honda Cars India, the company is producing the new Jazz at Tapukara plant where it is investing Rs 380 crore to expand production capacity to 1.80 lakh units annually from 1.20 lakh units. “We have already started the export of the new Jazz to South Africa from here. The vehicle is being produced at our Tapukara facility,” Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) Senior Vice-President (Marketing and Sales) Jnaneswar Sen told PTI. Honda’s Tapukara facility currently produces mid-sized sedan City and compact sedan Amaze primarily for the domestic market. Last month the company exported around600unitsofJazz,City,AmazeandBrio primarily to South Africa. A few units were also exported to Nepal. HCIL plans to launch in July the third generation Jazz in India. Globally, Honda has sold over 50

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New york, May 24 (iaNS): Majority of global brands still prefer Facebook over other platforms, reveals a new study. Social media analytics provider Quintly, that studied some 50,000 users of its platform and examined the data by country, found that the majority of brands are still Facebook-focused, adweek.com reported. “This study helps to understand which countries are interested in which networks the most, and consequently improves marketers’ intercultural understanding,” a Quintly statement said. The top countries by usage for each network were

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lakh units of previous generation models of Jazz across the world, including the US and Japan. In India, the Jazz was first launched in 2009 with a price tag of over Rs 7 lakh which was later slashed by Rs 1.6 lakh. In 2013 the company stopped production of the car in the country. The company is looking to expand its sales network in the domestic market to around 200 cities and towns by the end of this fiscal from the current 152. “In the current fiscal, we plan to expand sales network to over 300 outlets in around 200 locations from the current 232 showrooms in 152 cities. We are looking to expand more in smaller cities and towns,” Sen said. HCIL aims to touch 3 lakh unit sales milestone per annum by the end of 201617 fiscal. In 2014-15, the company’s total domestic sales stood at 1,89,062 units as against 1,34,339 units in the previous fiscal, an increase of 40.73%. The company currently sells compact car Brio, compact sedan Amaze, mid-sized sedan City, multipurpose vehicle Mobilio and premium sports utility vehicle CR-V.

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Bullion & Jewellers’ Association (IBJA). He also expects demand in the second half to come in below first-half levels. The last time this happened was in 2013, according to World Gold Council (WGC) data. As India meets most of its gold requirements through imports, dwindling local purchases during what should typically be the peak season will dent global prices of the metal, with a looming hike in U.S. interest rates and slower demand from No.2 consumer China further adding to the gloom. Earlier this year, the WGC had forecast a revival in Indian demand to as much as 900 to 1,000 tonnes in 2015, citing robust economic growth. But an expected slowdown in jewellery sales and forecasts for below-normal monsoon rains that would crimp the spending power of rural buyers are now marring that optimism. Daman Prakash Rathod, director with Chennai-based wholesaler MNC Bullion, expects jewellery sales in India to soften from mid-June onwards.

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country cousins, many of which have penetrated India’s grade-two towns with their beef-less tag. “Carl’s Jr.’s entry into foreign markets is always based on years of research which includes the study and appreciation of cultural habits, religious sentiments and local palates and as such beef and pork are meats that will not be on offer in India and in fact special care is being taken to ensure that vegetarian and non-vegetarian cook lines are completely distinctive and that there is special handling and distinctive serving of vegetarian and chicken products,” Sana Chopra, executive director, BrightStar Restaurants Pvt. Ltd, the agency bringing the chain into India, told IANS. The global giants are also learning fast from India’s spice street and are bringing in the teekha, meetha and chatpata flavours into many of their desi helpings such as McAloo Tikki burger or Wendy’s ultimate paneer burger. India has a little over 2,700 chain fastfood outlets although a third of the country’s population belongs to the age group of 10 and 24. But the industry is likely to balloon as India’s Hindu nationalist government promises to empower the upcoming generation, which does not seem too mindful of what they eat and how much they cost.

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year in some cities in India. But, then again, it too said it wanted no beef with local authorities, perhaps meaning the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party which swept into power in May last year. Its poll manifesto promises to put the cow on a cultural pedestal. “When we decided to enter the Indian market, we had the challenge of creating a menu to suit the diverse product and taste preferences of customers, especially with regard to having a special vegetarian menu (and) hence, we decided to take a deep dive,” Burger King India CEO Rajeev Varman told IANS. The stakes are rather high in India. More than a quarter of its billion-plus population is young and eager-to-splurge, mostly on outdoor dining. Traditions and inhibitions are roadblocks to eating habits and most fast-food chains say they respect the sentiments in the largely-conservative South Asian nation, wedged between beef-eating Bangladesh and Pakistan. Carl’s Jr. is the latest to tug on the doorbells in India, which despite being the new Promised Land for junk-food providers, remain 10th in size of China’s fast-food market. The American-based restaurant chain, likely to open shop next month, appeared too eager to echo the same caution as its larger

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Diocese of Kohima celebrates the ‘Year of consecrated life’

KOHIMA, MAY 24 (MExN): The Sunday of May 24 was a special occasion for the Cathedral Church of Mary as it witnessed a triple celebrations, namely, the Feast of ‘Pentecost,’ the feast of ‘Mary Help of Christian’ and the ‘Year of Consecrated Life’. During the celebrations, Rev. Fr. Carolus, the Parish Priest of the Cathedral accorded a warm welcome to the congregation as well as, among others, to Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima, all the Priests and Sisters from different parishes, Institution, Centres and to the invited parents and guests. The Bishop was the main celebrant and 30 priests concelebrated with him. The Bishop, in his homily, said that he was glad for getting an opportunity to present a Naga headgear and a shawl to Pope Francis during his maiden visit to Rome on April 15 adding that the Pope inquired about the Church in Nagaland and assured the Bishop his prayers for the people of Nagaland. Later, speaking on the theme of Consecrated life,

the Bishop said that the theme presented by the Pope for the ‘Year of the Consecrated Life’ was to, “Wake up the world! Be witness of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living! It is possible to live differently in this world.” Maintaining that it would be wrong to consider the religious men and women as the most perfect creation of God, he said that those chosen by God and called to the service of the Lord were weak and vulnerable persons, picked up from the world and therefore they are no different from the rest of humanity (1Cor. 1:27). He further stated that these men and women who are “truly consecrated

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Dzukou dispute: Naga Hoho calls for amicable settlement KOHIMA, MAY 24 (MExN): The Naga Hoho has appealed to both the Mao community and the Southern Angami community to “restrain themselves from creating further misunderstanding but come together with the spirit of forgiveness in order to bring permanent amicable settlement.” A press note from the Naga

Hoho Mutsikhoyo, General Secretary of the Naga Hoho further acknowledged the Mao Council for withdrawing the proposed economic bandh on the issue of Dzukuo related dispute with the Southern Angami Public Organization. It called upon both the communities to maintain the “age old fraternal relationship in order to up-

hold peace and tranquillity for the best interest of the generations to come in particular and the Nagas in general.” The Naga Hoho further questioned the Meite community and the Government of Manipur “as to why they are interfering with all their interest on this issue when the problem is only within the Naga family.”

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in and by the Spirit of the Lord,” face the adversaries with courage, knowing that the Lord would lead them through the thick and thin of life. The Church also celebrated the “feast of the Pentecost”, a day in which the Church was founded by the preaching of St. Peter who was totally transformed by the anointing of the Holy Spirit on the Pentecost day. The Bishop urged all consecrated persons to be to be docile to the prompting of the Holy Spirit, to live the past with gratitude, the present with passion and the future with hope. “May this Year of Consecrated Life become an authentic Kairos, a time of God’s grace, a time of

transformation. Let us join in gratitude for the gifts of grace and light with which the Lord graciously wills to enrich us,” the Bishop urged. The Bishop also encouraged and appealed the people to love, to appreciate, to care and to pray for all the Consecrated People in the diocese who live their consecration and ministry even in the midst of great hardships and difficulties. He further thanked parents of the Priests and Sisters for offering their son and Daughters for the sake of the gospel and for the service the church. The Certificate of Appreciation was also presented to all the Parents of the Priests and Sisters serving in the

Diocese of Kohima. The Year of the Consecrated Life was also celebrated with the Seminar conducted by Rev. Fr. Lawrence Ofm cap, on May 22-23, at Mt. Tabor. Rev. Sr. Glory, (Bishop’s sister), John Kunnassery, (brother-in-law) and Liz (grand niece) were present as special guest from Kerala. During the short felicitation program after the Holy Eucharist, Asavi Christina, through her message appreciated and thanked all the consecrated persons in the diocese of Kohima. Marina Kuotsu and friends presented the special song. Eloni Christina anchored the program. The event ended with the Fishes caught at the community fishing of Lamhai-Dungki villagers at Lamhai/Dungki community meal.

WOKHA, MAY 24 (MExN): An umbrella of Phiro village organisations has condemned in strongest possible term the “brutal killing” of a Phiro citizen, Tsuponthung Ovung on May 7 at Forest Colony, Wokha Town In this regard, an emergency meeting was held th on May 17 at Phiro village MON, MAY 24 (MExN): The Konyak Union will hold its which was attended by the 35th general session from May 28-29 at Council Hall, Mon Phiro Village Council, PhiHQs. The Union has informed all its federating units that there ro Village Students Union, will be an executive council meeting on May 28 and general meeting on May 29. Therefore, all the elected members, exlegislatures, advisory board, and federating unit officials have been informed to attend the same as per the schedule.

Phiro Village Youth Organization, Phiro Village Eloe Hoho and Village Development Board Phiro Village. “The above mentioned organizations condemned in strongest term the barbaric act by unidentified persons in full combat uniform… where Lt. Ovung was shot dead and his personal belongings including mobile and cash were snatched away,” stated joint press

note from all the aforementioned organisations. It further warned that if such incident happen to any person belonging to Phiro villager, it would leave no stone unturned in nabbing the culprits and befitting action will be taken. The organizations also expressed their deep sympathy and convey heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family of Lt. Ovung.

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Multipurpose Dam the Multipurpose Dam on May 24.

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DIMApur, MAY 24 (MExN): Ministry of home affairs has issued a discharged order of two secretaries, Inato Swu s/o Nihozu Swu of Xukiye village Dimapur and Uketo Chophi, s/o Zuhevi Chophi of Ghukhuyi village Zunheboto, from active national service on health and medical ground. A press notification issued by the MIP NSCN (K) further wished speedy recovery and a bright future to them.

Konyak Union’s 35 general session

DIMApur,MAY 24 (MExN): In a bid to revive an age-old tradition, inhabitants of the two villages viz. Lamhai and Dungki participated in a community fishing at Lamhai/Dungki Multipurpose Dam on May 24 . The Dam was constructed under MGNREGA during 2008-2009. According to a press note from Dungki Village Council Chairman, Namgong Ipuing and Lamhai Village Council Chairman, Haibamko, the total catch during the community fishing, estimated to be approximately about 5000 Kg was distributed to

every household in the villages and also sold to the public. The Multipurpose Dam caters to irrigation, aquaculture and livestock farming, the press note stated adding that the dam, with the objective of generating more income, will undergo expansion, upgradation and beautification to attract local tourists under MGNREGA 2015-16. The village authorities further extended its appreciation to the Department of Rural Development for initiating the important project in the village.

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DIMApur, MAY 24 (MExN): In a bid to encourage and promote rubber plantation in villages under Kuhuboto area, which is ideally suited for rubber, the Rural Development Block of Kuhuboto distributed free rubber tree sapling to villages under the block at the BDO office premises at Kuhuboto on Saturday last. As per the guidelines of Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), the RD Block Kuhuboto is maintaining a rubber nursery in the office premises of BDO Kuhuboto for distribution of rubber sapling under MGNREGA scheme. Each of the benefitting village was given 500 polybag saplings under the supervision of S Zheheto Sema BDO and Tokiho Chophy. JE in presence of KGPO President, Ghoshito Shohe and Kuhuboto VDB Union president, Vikato Wotsa.

DIMApur, MAY 24 (MExN): About 120 youth participated in the 2-day spiritual awakening Summer Youth Camp under the theme ‘God Can’, organized by youth department of United Baptist Churches Association, North East India (UBCA-NEI) which concluded here today at Life Spring Corner, Lake View Colony Dimapur. N. Suhuto Chishi, Youth Evangelist WSBAK and Mughaho Shohe, Youth Secretary UBCA-NEI were the resources persons of the 2-day camp. Speaking on the topic ‘From weakest to strongest’, Suhuto inspired the youth with the life story of Gideon and encouraged them to be obedient and committed with God in order to be successful in life.

He also urged the youth not to misuse their youthful life. In his address, Mughaho dwelt on spending quite time with God and to encourage the campers to have true repentance and hope in order to have healthy spiritual and blessed life. Rev. Tuyi, Evangelist NMM, Yehoto Chishi and Vitoli, counselor Henivi Prayer Centre were the counselors of the camp. The camp director was Moses Fithu, youth pastor, UBC BSF Camp, Kohima. The camp commenced with an invocation prayer from Dr. Rev. Khashito Aye, president UBCA-NEI while Khevito Awomi, youth president UBCA-NEI proposed vote of thanks on conclusion of Indian currency notes and coins on display at the newly opened Nagaland Numismatic Shop, at Burma Camp, Dimapur. (Morung photo) the camp.

Public SPace Searching for the truth in Nagaland context SaPO rejoinder to the Mao council

he Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) is compelled to issue this press statement in reply to the news published in local Medias by the Mao Council on 22nd May, 23rd May and 24th May 2015 in regard to Kezoltsa forest and Dzükou. The Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) would like to make the record straight that Kezoltsa forest and Dzükou are ancestral property of the SAPO since time immemorial. From the time of our ancestors till date the abovementioned properties had been under the occupation, possession and ownership of the Southern Angami people. Therefore, the SAPO is free to take up any developmental activities within the area that falls under its ownership and no authority whatsoever can stop SAPO from doing so. The Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) reiterates its previous stand that any expedition/survey/ investigation/analysis/project within Kezoltsa forest and Dzükou needs prior permission from the land owners (SAPO). Therefore, the SAPO would like to remind any individual/group/tribe/government agency not to take up

any survey/project/developmental activities within its ancestral property in any manner without permission, whosoever does so will be dealt with strictly and may invite extreme action. The Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) would like to further clarify that the Britishers has drawn animaginary inter-State boundary line without any consultation and consent of the neighbouring villages of Southern Angamis and Mao people.In fact, the affected villages were kept in the darkand an imaginary boundary line was drawn as per the British administrators own conveniences bytaking the landscape without the knowledge of Southern Angamis.Therefore, the Southern Angamis never accepted this boundary line rather we had been maintaining our age old traditional boundary as per Naga customs.With the artificial imaginary boundary drawn by the Britishers many Southern Angami ancestral lands happen to fall under the Manipur state boundary. But, whatever or wherever the artificial imaginary boundary may lie, the ownership of land remains with the Southern Angamisalone and can/will never transferit to Mao people or any

other(s). As per our Naga customary practices,every Naga person/clan/village/tribe respect and honour our traditional boundariesirrespective of inter-district or inter-state boundaries as the case may be, but Mao people pretends as if they are alien to Naga custom in order to achieve their hidden agenda. Further, the SAPO take serious note of the Mao Council by making unimaginable allegation that “SAPO were encroaching on Manipur land”. The SAPO would like to know from the Mao Council where SAPO is encroaching Manipur land? When the Nagas as a whole are talking for integration, the Mao Council is attempting to illegally transfer our ancestral land to Manipur. The Mao Council should not test our patience, everything has a limit. The sole motive of the Mao Council in leveling baseless allegations against SAPO is nothing but simply an attempt to illegally grab our ancestral land with the help of Manipur government. However, Manipur government is well aware of the fact and history of ownership of Kezoltsa and Dzükou by the Southern Angamis, as a result, whenever they (Manipur Government officials) visit these places they obtain prior

permission from Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO), same is the case with Mao people and others as well, therefore, ownership of Kezoltsa and Dzükou by SAPO is known and accepted by everyone. Therefore, SAPO expects that Manipur government will not fall into the trap of Mao people in order to maintain peaceful co-existence. From the past instances including the present issue the public should judge the credibility of Mao people who has a habit of availingdouble opportunity, precisely, when they are in Nagaland they are Naga and when in Manipur they are Manipuri. The Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) is regretted to mention that the Mao Council/people wants hostility and not friendship with Southern Angamis, this was and is shownto us through their activities and attitudes by numerous provocations, therefore, SAPO cautioned Mao citizens residing in Southern Angami area of any unforeseen actions which may occur with creation of situations. Khrievisa Chale, Press Secretary

he Nagas in general do not search for the truth but remain fanatic in their own versions . Even the truth is realized, they do not admit the truth . Many Nagas are confused about the Shillong Accord. Shillong Accord is not the Accord of Naga enemies. The Accordists are as if scapegoats for the sake of peace in Nagaland. The sufferings of the people that time cannot be described by writing it in several pages of paper. Had their spokesmen said, “We feel sorry because we have done what we do not want to do under circumstances,” everybody will pity them instead of accusing them but it was twisted in a roundabout way which caused confusion. The Shillong Accord was signed on Nov.11, 1975 under the aegis of the Nagaland Peace Council which was formed in NBCC Annual Session held at Ngalwa March 1 – 3 , 1974. Rev. Longri Ao was the President, I was the Secretary and Neilasa was the Treasurer. The NPC was all out to restore the abrogated ceasefire by contacting the Governor, The Central leaders and even A .Z Phizo but were not Zadeho Rikha, successful. In 1975 I resigned President and was replaced by Kenneth

Kerhuo. Under the heavy pressure of the Security Forces in aid of Civil Administration, the position of the Federal Government was very critical. So I wrote letters to Zasher Huire and others suggesting that instead of surrendering the Federal Government, it be dissolved and let the few remnants of underground national workers come out individually. But the situation led to an unhappy event. The Accord No. 1 is, “The representatives of the Underground Organisations conveyed their decision of their own volition to accept the constitution of India.” No. 1 clause 3– “It was agreed that the Representatives of the Underground Organisations should have reasonable time to formulate other issues for discussion for final settlement.” Some leaders of the Gol said, “If we have talk with NNC we have to talk over clause 3 only. But the NSCN was formed in 1980 which was split into (I – M) and (K). In 1997 NSCN (I –M) had entered into Ceasefire Agreement with the Gol and peace talk was started at highest level like that of 1964 talk which has superseded the Shillong Accord. The Shillong Accord was a past and gone accord. The

talk of 1964 was revived and resumed. If NNC and NSCN are compared to Congress and BJP in India, NNC was defeated and NSCN (I–M) is shouldering the responsibility. The fall of NNC caused formation of NSCN. Without the Shillong Accord, there is no NSCN. Because of the Shillong Accord, NSCN is existing.This might be God’s doing. So NSCN is not to keep on accusing the Accordists NSCN’s talk with the Govt of India is representing all of the Nagas and all of the Nagas are to be inclusive and no one should be exclusive. The Government of India is not to discriminate the Nagas as the ongoing talk is over and above the Shillong Accord making it null and void. Many Nagas do not have moral support of the ongoing talk. The people are not retrospective of the horrible consequence of the failure of the first talk. The talk may be led by whatever group of National workers, it is for all of the Nagas and the advantage and disadvantage of the talk will be shared by all. If it is a failure, nobody will escape from the fall out. All are on board of the same ship . Rev. L. Suohie Mhasi

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Time for Democracy in Singapore? A Naga Mind With Singapore's longtime MonDAy 25 MAy 2015 voluME X IssuE 141

The absence of a framework has weakened the Naga responses to the modern day challenges

deas inspire and drive human action, which in turn energizes and pushes a continuous synergistic cycle of learning where new ideas constantly emerge. The dynamic interplay between ideas and actions generate an innovative intellectual and moral framework, which becomes the platform for a peoples’ response to its diverse and multiple challenges. History has shown that ideas without actions become irrelevant, and actions without ideas are counter-intuitive and lack substance. A creative balance and continuous interplay between ideas and actions are essential for stimulating a holistic growth of a peoples. Prevailing conditions and situations in the Naga context are indicative of how the modern educated Naga mind is challenged and unprepared to creatively balance the continuous interplay between ideas and actions. This means Nagas need to prepare themselves to develop a strong and vibrant intellectual and moral framework which has the potential to impact and alter the status quo. The tendency to push away and categorize ideas as being ‘too theoretical, impractical and unrealistic’ has only weakened the Naga response. The impulse to focus primarily on action for expediency has been short-lived and has compounded the situation. This is clearly reflected in the Naga responses to challenges around natural resources (e.g. natural gas and oil exploration), corruption, influx of illegal migrants, and reconciliation, to identify a few. Without an intellectual and moral compass to respond to its challenges, the Nagas are degenerating into further confusion and are knocking at the door of an abyss. The present Naga situation and conditions require a critical awareness that the colonial, and more so, the post-colonial domination over the Naga people was not merely political, military and economic, it was cultural, intellectual and moral, even spiritual and psychological in nature. Subsequently, this form of imperialism has left the people feeling resentful and bitter, but, simultaneously, desirous of their oppressors, and ultimately eager and willing to conform and be assimilated into their power structures – even when one’s dignity is not respected. This underpinning condition remains a constant obstacle that prohibits the Naga transition out of the present situation and requires a well-founded intellectual and moral framework. A Naga intellectual and moral framework does not imply intellectualizing knowledge; neither does it mean passing moral judgments and making assumptions. Foremost, as indigenous people, it means decolonizing the present knowledge system by invoking indigenous knowledge with cultural wisdom and spiritual values to inform ways in which ideas and concepts are dependent not only on written texts and literature, but also carved out from the largely unwritten narratives, experiences and wisdom of the marginalized. Such a framework cannot be limited to simply providing an empirical understanding of the context in relation to the world, but will contribute towards the dignified evolution and alleviation of the Naga situation and condition. One can start with the oral traditions of telling and hearing each other’s stories as one way to restore the vibrant Naga history. The Naga intellectual and moral compass can thrive in dialogues by carefully examining issues such as self-governance, power, justpeace, social and economic justice, equal gender relations, and participatory democracy through an evolving framework with emancipating values of how one is self-determining. By dialoguing, story-telling, reading and talking with each other, the framework will become even more dynamic and in a state of perpetual growth. Remember, the Naga framework is more than just a political goal as it embraces values of justice, respect and dignity by involving the processes of decolonization, transformation, healing and mobilizing of people through developing a vibrant critical consciousness.

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Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D

Opportunistic Leaders Versus Principled Leaders What does God say? “A greedy man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live” (Prov. 15:27). The Naga Experience The Nagas have never lacked leaders. Especially whenever political weather show chances for easy opportunities, many individuals emerge on the surface as leaders. These so-called leaders are really opportunists, having no political principles or vision. They are constantly blown around, depending on the political wind of the day. As early as 1930s, J. P. Mills, a former British civil servant, observed such kind and wrote that educated Nagas are spineless and without vision, only interested in a paid job. What a shame! Unlike these kind of opportunistic leaders, A. Z. Phizo proved himself to be a man of principle and vision. All his political actions were driven by one deeply-rooted belief: Nagas are a free, independent people and therefore they must always exist that way as a nation. He considered himself a Free Naga. When the British offered him an opportunity to work with the British Engineers under the category of Anglo-Burmese or Anglo-Indian, Phizo was adamant that his nationality was Naga. As a consequence, he lost the opportunity. Then again, the British proposed to turn the North-East into a Crown colony, but Phizo opposed the idea. He reasoned, why should we give up our independence and become subjects to an alien power? The first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru tried his best to buy the Naga leader several times. In 1947, Nehru asked Phizo to become the Governor of Assam since Nagaland was then known as the Naga Hills District of Assam. When Phizo refused, Nehru asked if he would accept the Chief Ministerial position for the State of Assam. Even that Phizo declined. For the last time in 1952, Nehru asked the Naga leader to become the President of India. But again, Phizo did not budge even a bit. Having tried everything and failed, Nehru eventually became very frustrated with the Naga leader. This was why Nehru changed his strategy in dealing with the Naga people. On the one hand, he used the Indian army to threaten the Nagas into submission. On the other hand, he began luring some educated Naga opportunists with promise of power and positions within the setup of the Indian Union. Okay, so now what? Today, our Naga people are witnessing two very different kinds of leaders again. The first kind are opportunists, craving for a taste of political power and high positions for self-serving purposes. The second kind are people of principles and vision. More than anything else, they want a better future for us. So now, which kind of leaders would we rather have? Taken from the book “Breakfast with the King: The 100-Day Devotional” by Mazie Nakhro

strongman now passed away, some expect the statelet's authoritarian political culture to follow him into the grave

he late Singapore strongman Lee Kuan Yew famously argued that Asia was no place for liberal democracy. Instead, he argued for a kind of soft authoritarianism guided by “Asian values,” where the harmony of a one-party state trumped the messiness of competitive elections. For years, many of his peers seemed to agree. Then, when Burma’s military took its baby steps away from dictatorship four years ago, it seemed that in a region where the merits of authoritarianism and democracy had been hotly debated for decades, democracy had finally gained the upper hand. But it was just last year that the Thai military threw out a democratically elected government, largely to the applause of the country’s middle class. Suddenly it seemed that Lee might get the last word after all. The West’s Best “Man of the East” Despite his vocal opposition to Western-style democracy, Lee — who passed away a few weeks ago at 91 — was also the West’s favorite Asian. For the Americans and the British, this Cambridge don’s fierce anti-communism and friendly reception of their corporations more than compensated for his authoritarian proclivities. The Economist anointed him the “wise man of the East” in its obituary. Indeed, Western investors had a privileged status under Lee, who championed a development model pushed by an alliance between foreign transnationals and the Singaporean state — with local businesses playing a subordinate, marginal role. Interestingly enough, when China’s communists began their march towards capitalism, they saw in Lee’s combination of controlled politics and capitalist economics a model in miniature of their vision for their society. Rather than authoritarian, some suggested that a more apt term for Lee’s project was “totalitarian,” given his justification of government’s imperial reach into the private sphere. As he put it in a 1987 National Day rally, “I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I had not done so, had I not done that, we wouldn’t be here today, we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters — who your neighbor is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit…or what language you use.” “We decide what is right,” he concluded. “Never mind what people think.” Reform cum Domination Others have wondered whether “fascist” might not be a better term for a hegemonic state that, according to the sociologist Manuel Castells, had mastered a process of promoting “social reform, social organization, and social control, to actually achieve at the same time political legitimation and political domination.” For instance, Singapore’s public housing program is extolled as one of the most successful in the world, with over 80 percent of the population housed in government-financed flats — about 79 percent of which are owner-occupied. In the process, however, the slum communities that had provided the base of lower-class and ethnic resistance to Lee’s People’s Action Party (PAP) were disaggregated and reconstituted into artificial high-rise communities designed to facilitate technocratic and police control. The problem with any one term is that it doesn’t adequately capture all key features of Singapore’s style of governance. For instance, elections are un-

he August 2014 killing of Timir Baran Chakma, an indigenous Jumma activist, allegedly in Bangladeshi military custody, was protested by his supporters. His death, and the failure of justice, like the plight of his people across the Chittagong Hills region, received little international notice. Representatives of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission came to New York this month to shed light on the dire situation in the border region between India and Burma. Describing the ongoing crisis to the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, they expressed one clear and simple ask: to finally implement the terms of a peace accord established almost two decades ago between the government and local armed groups. One member of the community told the U.N. that the Bangladesh government has taken “repressive measures and deployed heavy military,” adding that instead of ensuring their protection, the military presence “has only aggravated human rights violations.” In Muslim-majority Bangladesh, the indigenous groups—who mostly practice Theraveda Buddhism and speak local dialects of Tibeto-Burman languages—have a long endured displacement and suffering. In the late 1970s, then-president Ziaur Rehman instituted a government-run “population transfer programme” in which the government provided cash and in-kind incentives to members of the country’s majority Bengali community to move to the Chittagong Hills area, displacing the local population. From 1977, the military moved into the region in response to the rise of lo-

questionably free, but gerrymandering and other intricate electoral rules that favor PAP constituencies ensured that with only 60 percent of the total vote, the party won 90 percent of the seats in parliament in 2011. The House that Lee Built Lee was no stranger to repression. “Repression is like making love,” he once said. “It’s easier the second time around.” In recent years, however, repression in Singapore has no longer been your typical heavy-handed variety of arbitrarily detaining or torturing political opponents. Everything is done under the “rule of law.” Critics are allowed to voice their criticisms, but once they cross a certain point, they find themselves facing charges of infringing tax, libel, anti-corruption, or business laws. For example, when prominent academic Chee Soon Juan showed signs of becoming a major opponent of the People’s Action Party in the early 1990s, he was was subjected to a concerted campaign of character assassination. The government even presented evidence that the professor had used university funds to mail his wife’s PhD thesis to her university in the United States, which cost him his job at the National University of Singapore. Far more effective than brute repression in taming the country’s middle-class Chinese population, the PAP has found, is the threat of closing off the path of career advancement should they not toe the line. Government initiatives often carry the prospect of reward and a hint of threat. Thus prominent businessmen and professionals are often requested to run for office as PAP representatives. This is often presented as an honor, and is usually received as such. However, those who are approached also know it’s an honor they can’t refuse, since refusal would mean seeking to establish some distance from the government — something that would arouse suspicion that they harbored private doubts or resentments toward the totalitarian PAP. Indeed, the PAP has mastered the art of cooptation, and its success at this is often advanced as the reason Singapore doesn’t need a two-party system or a real opposition. As former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong put it in a remarkably frank speech at the Fletcher International School of Diplomacy in 1985: Unlike in the United States, our political talent pool is just too small for us to share equally between the two parties. Better for us to concentrate our limited talents in the main party and have it represent the broad majority of the population. It does not make sense to keep half of our best people in opposition all the time. That is why we regularly comb the length and breadth of the country for suitable candidates to

stand on the governing party ticket. We even co-opt those who disagree with us on certain policies, provided they share our core values. Many Singaporeans resent a system that denies genuine democratic competition. As one of them told a newspaper reporter, “People just get tired of living in the sixth form [12th grade in the U.S. system] the whole of their lives.” Instead of challenging what they see as a formidable system, however, they have preferred to vote with their feet and emigrate, along with those in search of better economic and professional conditions. The city-state of nearly 5.5 million has one of the highest emigration rates in the world, and over half of teenagers surveyed responded that they would move abroad if they had the chance. These are worrying demographics. No wonder Lee reserved some of his worst epithets for emigrants, whom he called “washouts.” A Fraying Social Contract? Still, the PAP feels that its “social contract” with the population — security, prosperity, and clean government in exchange for submission in perpetuity — remains intact. But of these three commodities, it seems that the PAP can now only unambiguously deliver on physical security. According to the Ministry of Manpower, the real incomes for the bottom 20 percent of Singaporeans barely increased over the period 2001-2010, while median real incomes rose by only 1.2 percent per annum. As for Singapore’s famous corruption-free political culture, it’s been severely dented by several highprofile corruption scandals — including what the Straits Times describes as “a sex-for-contracts case” concerning “a top officer in the civil defense force” and the “misappropriation of funds by a head of a branch of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.” This led Transparency International to downgrade the city-state’s ranking as one of the world’s least corrupt societies and contributed to the perception of 38 percent of Singaporeans that corruption has increased. Even as many in Southeast Asia wonder whether Lee might have had the last word on the region’s political future, the question on the mind of many Singaporeans is not if but when his legacy of totalitarian social engineering will follow the “Old Man” into the grave. Lee Kuan Yew always reminded his successors that he was ready to take back the reins of power if ever they strayed from the path he had charted. With him no longer peering over their shoulders, will the current generation of PAP leaders have the courage to bring about what many of them already realize is the key to the renewal of Singapore: the genuine democratization of politics?

Bangladesh’s Persecuted Indigenous People Julia Bleckner IPS cal armed groups opposed to the “settlers” and the imposition of Bengali identity and language. In the years following, there were credible reports of soldiers subjecting the indigenous civilians to abuses including forced evictions, destruction of property, arbitrary arrests, torture, and killings. According to one source, more than 2,000 indigenous women were raped during the conflict from 19711994. The security forces were implicated in many cases of sexual violence. The 1997 peace accord aimed to bring an end to this violence and officially recognised the distinct ethnicity and relative autonomy of the tribes and indigenous people of the Chittagong Hills region. However, 17 years later, the terms of the peace accord still have not been implemented. Instead, the Jumma face increasing levels of violence from Bengali setters, with no effective response from the state. Members of the CHT Commission, a group of activists monitoring the implementation of the 1997 peace accord, told Human Rights Watch that the set-

tlers have attacked indigenous homes, shops, and places of worship—in some cases with the complicity of security forces. There are reports of clashes between the two communities. The situation is so tense that even some members of the CHT Commission were attacked by a group of settlers in July 2014. The perpetrators are yet to be identified and prosecuted. The peace accord specifically called for the demilitarisation of the Chittagong Hills area. But nearly two decades later, the region remains under military occupation. The army’s failure to protect the Jumma from settlers, and in some cases aiding in attacks on indigenous families, has been well documented. Successive Bangladeshi governments have failed to deliver the autonomy promised by the peace accord, representatives of the CHT Commission said. Instead the central government has directly appointed representatives to the hill district councils without holding elections as mandated by the peace accord. With the tacit agreement of the mil-

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itary, Bengali settlers from the majority community have moved into the Chittagong Hills, in some cases displacing the Jumma from their land without compensation or redress. The Kapaeeng Foundation, a foundation focused on rights of the indigenous people of Bangladesh, has reported that at least 51 women and girls suffered sexual violence inflicted by Bengali settlers and the military in 2014, while there have already been 10 cases as of May 2015. Earlier this year a group of Bengali settlers gang raped a Bagdi woman and her daughter, according to the Foundation. The perpetrators are seldom prosecuted. In some instances, survivors—such as the Bagdi women—who file cases at the local police station have faced threats from the alleged perpetrators if they do not withdraw their case. In an effort to block international attention to the plight of the Jumma, in January, the Bangladesh Home Ministry introduced a discriminatory directive which, among other things, increased military checkpoints and forbade both foreigners and nationals from meeting with indigenous people without the presence of government representatives. In May, under national public pressure, the Home ministry withdrew the restrictions. But in practice, the government continues to restrict access by requiring foreigners to inform the Home Ministry prior to any visit. The Jumma people have waited far too long to be heard. It’s time we listen. Implementing the Chittagong Hills peace accord would be an important first step. Julia Bleckner is a Senior Associate in the Asia division at Human Rights Watch

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Mirembe! by Babu Ayindo

ou could feel that this was no ordinary meeting. You could smell the tension. The body language of the chair suggested that things were really elephant, as we used to say. My uncle, the last born son of my grandfather, had convened this special meeting on short notice. We fondly referred to this uncle of mine as Caleb. Today he was the ‘jakom’ or the chair. The brigade summoned by Caleb comprised myself and four other cousin brothers. In our homestead, the five of us were known as Watuwa Mkono [In Kiswahili this literary translates as ‘the people with hands’ or more specifically, the ‘operations people. In other words, in our village, we were the people who diligently and with speed implemented decisions made by those in authority in our homestead. To be more candid, we did most of the dirty work that no one else in the village was prepared to do. As soon as soon as we received the summons, we trooped to our Uncle’s hut located near the main gate. In the Luo tradition, there is a clear pattern of how sons built their huts in the homestead of their father and the last born son’s hut is usually located near the main gate as he is the last bastion in the defense of the homestead. Oh, and I need to remind you that back in the day, children obeyed orders from their elders, even junior elders like Caleb. In most cases, summons were transmitted through orature and all members of the brigade responded in the affirmative – no questions asked. Within minutes, my four cousin brothers and I took up our seats and waited for the chair to call the meeting to order. Uncle Caleb opened the meeting with a cryptic sentence: “has any one of you noticed anything odd with eggs in this homestead?” We all shook our heads to indicate we had not. Though we were supposed to supervise all the chicken in the homestead, none of us had noticed anything strange. “Chicken eggs are disappearing,” Uncle Caleb thundered “and this must stop.” Then he took a long pause as if to reaffirm the gravity of the matter. I suspected he had an idea about who was going round the seven huts in our homestead stealing chicken eggs. Stealing anything, not just eggs, was a serious criminal offence. Certain that he had our full attention, Uncle Caleb updates us on his research: “I have done my ‘uchunguzi’ [investigations] and I know who is responsible.” Then he took another long pause. Then he delivered the thunderbolt decree: “whoever is responsible for the disappearance of eggs must die by the end of this week. And that is why I have called you here.” We, the cousin brothers, looked at each other in disbelief. Why would someone who has merelystolen eggs deserve death? Was this some kind of prank? Of course, we, the brigade, we capable of many dirty things but killing? No! So, we all wore a wry smile thinking our uncle was simply provoking humor. Apparently he was not because he not only repeated the threat but emphasized that whoever is respon-

sible “must die before the end of the week.” Our uncle then stood and walked to the door, thrust his neck out and looked around just to ensure ensure no one else was near the hut or within earshot. While still struggling to decipher what was really happening, Uncle Caleb closed the door of his hut and spoke in a low conspiratorial tone. He told us the mission to break the cycle of disappearing eggs was going to be top secret and no one else should know. And, if any one of us told anyone about it then we would be as guilty as thief. Satisfied that he could share with us the top secret, he announced, with a tinge of triumph, that his thorough investigations had revealed, without any reasonable doubt, that the White Catwas responsible for the loss of eggs. It was somewhat a relief to learn that it was a cat that was responsible for the theft of eggs and that the main purpose of our meeting was to consider strategies of ending the life of a cat not a fellow human. Problem is we all knew the White Cat. It was my grandmother’s favorite animal in the village. Grandma treated her cat with the same dignity that she treated her grandchildren with. To lay a firm justification for the death of the cat, my uncle expoundedon the concept of Food Chain. In his view, the cat had seriously confused its place and ranking in the food chain. In its arrogance, the cat was seeking to compete with human beings. He then quoted a biblical verse whose chapter and verse I cannot quite recall but it had to do with the story of Adam and how Adam after being created by God was then supposed to have dominion over all animals. Presumably, we, as descendants of Adam, had a right to do whatever is necessary, to remind that White Cat and all other cats of their place and rank in the food chain. Then my uncle linked the biblical proclamation with the idea of food security. He was almost foaming in his mouth when emphasizing that the White Cat was a clear and present threat to our food security. In order to return some equilibrium in the ‘natural order of things’, our uncle concluded his case, we needed to ‘return the cat to its Maker.’ None of us cousin brothers spoke during the meeting, or the sermon to be more specific. Before disbanding the meeting, Uncle Caleb reminded us of the seriousness of the oath we had just taken. I can remember his exact words: “this matter should not be revealed to anyone, even the Owner of the Cat.” Our immediate assignment, he ordered, was to explore ways of killing the White Cat without raising a lot of dust from anyone. We were to report back to him the following day with concrete and implementable assassination plans. As I walked out of the meeting I felt persuaded about the food chain theory. It sounded very compelling. In fact he seemed to explain the concept better than the way my science teacher at St. Paul’s primary in Nairobi had done. My problem was his use of a certain phrase to refer

to my grandmother. I mean, my grandmother was his mother. Fine, my grandmother, who was his mother, was technically the owner of the cat. But surely how could he refer to my own grandmother, a woman I loved so deeply, simply as the “Owner of the Cat?” That night, I could not sleep. Since I used to sleep in my grandmother’s hut even made things worse. How could I keep such a secret from the Owner of the White Cat – oh, sorry – my grandmother? As we ate dinner with my grandmother, she noticed that I was unusually silent and restless. When she inquired if I was well, I lied that I had a little headache but told her I did not need to take the bitter herbs she liked preparing when we had a slight ailment. As I lay on my mat, looking at the grassthatched roof of my grandmother’s hut I wrestled with several questions as my eyelids got heavier: Yes, the White Cat had obviously committed a criminal offence but did this poor animal deserve to die? How would my grandmother feel if she later learned I was part of the conspiracy to assassinate her cat? Surely, was there no other way of protecting the eggs? Could we not find ways to teach the White Cat an unforgettable lesson of how never to steal chicken eggs without killing that little animal? After our dinner, my grandmother asked me to feed the dogs and the cats as I usually did. I excused myself with the lie that the headache was getting worse. I simply did not want to look at the cat eating that evening, knowing full well that I was part of a plot to end its life. I tried to comfort myself that after all, the cat will end up in heaven and perhaps that would even be a better place for it. I did not sleep much that night. By the third cock crow, I decided I could no longer remain silent. When I heard my grandmother rise at dawn and light her Nyangile lamp I knew it was the moment to speak. Dawn would be a good time to break the oath of secrecy as no one would hear me. I heard my grandmother step out from the back door and I suspected she had gone to fetch the reserve fire wood hanging at the back of her hut. She knew that all her grandchildren loved the millet and sorghum porridge for breakfast. This gave me sufficient time to arrange my sentences in my little head. When grandma returned with firewood, I tried to whisper to her the contents of our meeting. Speaking like an old Olivetti typewriter, I laid out the details, making sure I captured the mood and momentum so that she realizes that the clock was already ticking for the White Cat. My grandmother did not say much. She listened intently. If I remember well, she only thanked me and advised me to attend the next meeting and report back to her what the final decision was. I had expected a different reaction from my grandmother who was known to have a very short fuse. I had thought she would summon her wayward son and tell him to find ways to better protect eggs rather than plan to kill a cat. Was grandma comfortable with the plot to kill her cat?

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wachh Bharat”, or Clean India, is a slogan that most Indians today associate with the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his first nation-wide campaign launched soon after taking office in 2014. The call has definitely awakened popular consciousness on cleanliness but whether citizens follow it or not is another matter. In fact, it is commonplace to find people calling out “Swachh Bharat” as they toss garbage onto the street. However, while the campaign may not have brought about the change it was aimed to usher in, a dialogue has started and it is a watershed moment for all those working in this area to capitalise on its momentum. The idea of cleaning India up is not new, and neither is the term “Swachh Bharat” which has been used by many in the past and has now been “patented” by Modi. For decades, there has been concern with instilling an awareness of the need for cleanliness among citizens, many of whom even defecate in the open. The current initiative by the government may address the issue of cleanliness at citizens’ level, but activists in the field of sustainable development argue that it should also cover issues related to water, energy and sewage disposal cleanliness. Access to clean water is one of the main problems that the country faces. According to a report by UNICEF (the U.N. Children’s Agency) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), every year around 37.7 million Indians are affected by waterborne diseases, 1.5 million children die of diarrhoea alone and 73 million working days are lost due to waterborne diseases. The problem does not appear to lie in the lack of availability of water treatment methods, but rather in the unwillingness of people to adopt these methods. “From the field, we observed that the lack of adoption of water purification techniques is not due to low awareness levels and it was not even illiteracy, as is often assumed,” said Kavneet Kaur, field manager for Development Alternatives (DA), a social enterprise set up in 1982 to tackle the serious impact of climate change on society and the environment. “There was an evident lack of effort and prioritisation of safety among people to undertake one or more options consistently that made drinking water safe,” she added. Most slum dwellers, for example, “opted for methods that did not cost their pocket a penny. Those who did have access to cheaper methods of treatment, like chlorination and solar water disinfection (SODIS), avoided adopting these methods because they were time consuming.” For the last 30 years, DA, which works primarily in Bundelkhand in central India, has been addressing the behaviour change necessary for people to adopt water treatment methods. According to Dr K. Vijaya Lakshmi, DA Vice President, out of the three interrelated components of water, sanitation and hygiene, “hygiene behaviour has been shown to have the biggest impact

on community health.” However, she notes, “despite its merit as the most cost effective public health intervention, ironically there was no global target to improve hygiene during the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era. It has become evident that the MDG framework has fallen short of addressing quality, sustainability and equity issues.” To date, DA has reached out to 50,000 households and 26 schools through intensive advocacy campaigns in urban villages, offering training on how to adopt safe water treatment methods such as SODIS, boiling, chlorination and sieving, despite meeting strong resistance from the local population. For example, storing water in a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle exposed to sunlight can kill up to 99 percent of the bacteria in the water, an “innovation” that uses nothing but natural ultraviolet (UV) light to provide safe drinking water for consumption. Water can also be purified by sieving boiled water. Apart from advocating the adoption of these simple water purification methods, DA has also come up with innovations like the Jal-TARA Water Filter, which removes arsenic, pathogenic bacteria and excess iron from contaminated water, TARA Aqua+ (a sodium hypochlorite solution for purifying water), and TARA Aquacheck Vial, a device that tests for the presence of pathogenic bacteria. Nevertheless, these innovations are not destined to go very far unless there is a major change in the mindset of the Indian people, and this extends to the “Swachh Bharat” campaign, not just in terms of clean water but also of a cleaner environment. This idea has also been the driving force behind a youth-led social media campaign known as CLEAN-India ‘The City I Want’, launched by SA and now covering ten Indian cities – Mirzapur, Mohali, Vadodara, Alwar, Ambala, Bharatpur, Indore, Nashik, Mussoorie and Rishikesh. CLEAN-India (where CLEAN stands for Community Led Environment Action Network) is an environmental assessment, awareness, action and advocacy programme that promotes behavioural change among young city dwellers. It has so far mobilised 28 NGOs, 300 schools, 800 teachers and over one million students. The campaign is flanked by a number of other citizens’ groups such as resident welfare associations, parent forums, local business associations and clubs, which are actively participating in activities for environmental improvement. “Going forward, it is crucial that civil society organisation practitioners interface with academic institutions in evidence gathering and inform policymakers and investors in order to create enabling conditions where scalable innovation can flourish,” says Lakshmi. Prerna Sodhi is an Indian journalist working with the New Delhi-based Development Alternatives, a sustainable development NGO which aims to deliver socially equitable, environmentally sound and economically scalable development outcomes.

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Do you think the Nagaland media enjoys ‘press freedom’ in Nagaland? Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes, they have freedom but there is none who goes out and take investigation and report hidden news and expose corruption. Only report day to day news which everyone knows before being publish. We need bold journalist who can expose. • Yes … as far as Nagaland is concerned press censorship is very limited. Press have been given maximum freedom which is a result of their noble effort. Just a little exception that Nagaland press medias have become more of a business establishment in nature not a truly devoted noble news deliverer. • Yes, News r published without concealing any facts. • Yes they hell enjoy their rights ...forget their rights they even encroach on others rights and they are well know to publish even rumors • Yes..there's no discrimination... With freedom of expression, peoples are enjoying giving their views, opinions etc... • I feel that media in Nagaland enjoys a constrained freedom. That medias idea of fairness, objectivity and responsible reporting in the interest of the public can be sacrificed at the altar of prioritisation due to external control. That a media house should be free to withhold or publish at their discretion in tune with their idea of what is news/information worthy without any external control. • Yes to some degree. But this is a very subjective question. Those who do not know the abcs of media will say there is press freedom, but those who know the legal, social and political constraints of press freedom will say no. In a place like Nagaland where there is no proper law, the public expects the media to print ‘news’ which are not authenticated. From the press side, they cannot just print hearsay. Anyhow, the media in Nagaland does enjoy some press freedom, only to the extent the society allows them.

then again, I'll have to wear their shoes to understand some important meetings? Do you remember the reports of harassment and physical abuse to the press the reasons why. • No way. There is an illusion that the media can carry personnel? Apart from these it's an open secret that anything. The moment the media carries the truth, the media is often put under pressure to publish press there is pressure from the village, family, clan, po- releases immediately by different groups. My brother lice, politicians, bureaucrats and the UG groups. The who had stayed abroad and now stays in another funny thing is that the truth is out there and the public place in India would count the press statements of knows it, but they will put pressure on the press to NGOs and their abbreviations, acknowledgements, see it is not published. Even printing name of indi- facilitations, birthday wishes, etc. and laugh at the uniqueness of newspaviduals which are already pers in Nagaland. in the police and adminis• No.. Anyway, Nagaland trative authority is a must media need to cover all No. This is the freedom of press in Nagaland. parts of Nagaland not only • No. There is a total abKohima and Dimapur.. • Partially no grin emotisence of press freedom in con they can do better but Nagaland. Forget about I think cowards rule them press freedom, Nagaland at times grin emoticon is a place where people • No, the so called Naga are not even allowed to customary law does not even claim their rights. allow press freedom in • No, Because the media don't realizes what they Nagaland because this so called customary law suppose to instead they limits the freedom of enjoyed in the office speech and expression. • No, political affiliation surpasses freedom of Some of those who voted media in nagaland and OTHERS had this to say therefore there cannot be • Hahaha media dont press freedom. • No, its always under even work. They dont sweat a drop of sweat. All influential groups or perthey print is a copy paste son. work given by the person • NO. Its restrained by unwho wants the report to seen forces YES no OTHER become a news. Media • No, not fully. Do you rehouse don't even edit the member how the government blacklisted some newspapers? Do you remem- copy pasted report. Nagaland print media is a good Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • Not as much as is expected of them actually! But ber how many times the press was denied attending time passes for jokes often.

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• First expose the corruption and hidden news than only we will come to know whether there is freedom of expression for the Medias in Nagaland. Only reporting the events and happenings has no risk. • Got an attitude we are media person respect us as if other ppl are not human hahahaha • In short freedom of press must be first follow by media people. Yes, we are yet to have freedom of press in Nagaland. • Its a broad query yet i feel there is room for a little give and take here. We are all aware that the freedom package comes with great responsibility. I too agree that the fourth estate is quickly and luminously intimidated and comes under lots of pressures and presumed obligations no doubt but would be looking ahead to the day where there is more investigative journalism and lesser copy pasting. • I do appreciate all the efforts that is invested in gathering information within a due time frame and publishing it for our people. Its never an easy job but having said that we choose it as a profession so that calls for a duty now. The visibility of its journalist where about is quite transparent, as a Morung Express subscriber i could tell that one of your journalist was based at Njuana village, Peren for some past few days which also tells me that the news are usually confined within Dimapur, and Kohima, so Yes Freedom to gives news for which region or area or district is enjoyed by the Nagaland Medias. But on certain issues like the Naga political struggle, or the immigration or issues like Imchen's election controversy, the news seems to have a subtle indications of limiting the news. Hence I need to work as a journalist to find out the barriers and the kind of barriers. • What rights are you guys talking about ????? When they don't even do their homework /research as a journalist /media walas !!!!! I should say some of them over exercised/enjoyed their rights in the wrong platform . High Time our naga medias really brush up and move around the real professional way.

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1 Anniv: Modi government hypocrite, promoting crony capitalism, says Cong st

new DeLhI, May 24 (IanS): The Congress on Sunday accused the central government of being a "hypocrite" and promoting "crony capitalism". Addressing a press conference on the eve of the BJP-led government completing one year in office, Congress leader Anand Sharma said Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself stands accused of promoting crony capitalism in his various visits abroad. "He has not only been accompanied by a select group of industrialists close to him on every trip, but they have been facilitated for business deals of arranging finance from foreign banks," the former union minister said. "They say something and do something else. Why did the BJP keep out Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) out while finalising the Rafale 'Make in India' deal? "Why was the private sector invited at the cost of public sector enterprises? Why was the telecom policy changed? This is not in the national interest. The

RSS' thumbs up to Modi govt, and some caution new DeLhI, May 24(PTI) Giving a thumbs up to the Narendra Modi-led BJP government on the eve of its first anniversary, RSS today said the people are confident about its intent even though the task of fulfilling their expectations remains gigantic. RSS mouthpiece 'Organiser', in its editorial, said the scale of the BJP's victory in the last general elections was such that "at the end of the year itself the government is being scrutinised for the delivery parameters meant for five years". It said, "Considering the nature of unprecedented expectations from the present government, the appraisal is bound to be on harsh parameters." The editorial, while citing a survey conducted by it to gauge the national mood ahead of the government's first anniversary, said, BJP government will have to answer. Who is indulging in crony capitalism," he asked. Anand Sharma also criticised the government over centralisation of power. "This has adversely affected the decision-making

"People who have voted the government are still upbeat about the turnarounds that are taking place in the national life, despite enigmatic antagonism created by intellectual and political opposition." The editorial titled, 'A year of turnarounds', also has a word of caution for the government, saying the task of "filling up holes and fulfilling public expectations remains gigantic". It said, "The path of ensuring complete agenda of five years is not smooth. Political management in Rajya Sabha, imbibing ethical work culture and changing the mindset of freebies will have to be addressed slowly but surely." "Giving Indian face to development with entrenched vested interests is a daunting task. The initiatives taken by the Modi government will

and the parliamentary system. If the government is serious about fighting corruption, why did it fail to appoint the chief information commissioner (CIC), the chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) and the Lokpal," he asked. Anand Sharma said

take some time to percolate; there may be issues of perception management and bureaucratic hurdles; not only political, but stiff opposition by intellectuals who were at the centre of Delhi's power corridor will continue with their methods of creating confusions," it said. The RSS, citing the survey results, said turnarounds in BJP'S first year have broadly taken place on the economic front, foreign policy and security front and on the level of national psychology and ideology. "Terrorists and insurgents, neighbours or big powers who had perceived India to be meek in recent years are thinking twice before snubbing India," the editorial said, adding that the values of integrity and transparency in governance in this government are visible "right from top".

important posts in various government departments like the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Drug Research Institute were lying vacant, with the government showing no inclination to appoint their heads. "Many universities are

without vice chancellors, the Indian Medical Council is without its head, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is headless. The examples are numerous. "The party that promised transparency in its functioning has not ad-

hered to its words," the Congress leader charged. This was clearly a case of paralysis of decisionmaking, he said. "From hope to disappointment to gloom, there has been a complete reversal of the national mood," lamented Anand Sharma. Taking a jibe at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over his claim that the national mood has reversed, Anand Sharma said: "It is true that the nation one year back had hope, now it is totally reverse. There is arrogance and insensitivity among the ruling class." "I have no hesitation to say that in this one year of the BJP rule, the government has proved to be antipoor and anti-people, anti-SC/ST, anti women and anti-education," he said. The slogan "sabke saath, sabka vikas" (together with all, progress for all) has now turned into "sabke saath, kuch ka vikas" (together with all, progress for few), Anand Sharma said. The Modi government completes one year in office on May 25.

Entire world knows who is “promoting” terrorism: Rajnath takes on Pak Lucknow, May 24 (PTI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked Pakistan to extend all help in tackling terrorism as it was also a victim of the menance. "It (Pakistan) should extend full cooperation in checking terrorism because the country is facing a similar problem today," Singh told reporters. On Pakistan's strong reaction to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's recent remarks about neutralising terrorists through terrorists, Singh said, "Not only India, but the entire world knows who is promoting terrorism." Reacting to Parrikar's comments, Adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz had said it confirmed Islamabad's apprehensions that India was involved in terrorism in that country. "It must be the first time that a minister of an elected government openly advocates use of terrorism in another country on the pretext of preventing terrorism from that country or its non-state actors," Aziz had said in a statement released by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier, addressing a SBI officers' convention Singh expressed concern over Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and said it was used to promote terrorism. "FICN is a big problem as fake currency is used to promote terrorism," he said and asked banks to be alert to that. The Home Minister said India was taking all steps to fight terrorism. Singh described banks as the "spine" of the country's economy and said,"I want to see it as the nation's lifeline." He described the nationalisation of banks as the "biggest" decision taken post-independence to improve the health of the economy. "But even after nationalisation the connect with the people was not there. I want to congratulate the banking sector that they associated 15 crore families under Jan Dhan scheme. It's not a small achivement," he said. The Home Minister also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching social security schemes. "Even those who criticise us will realise this sooner or later. Even the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appeciated the scheme," he said. He rubbished Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's accusation against the Centre for scrapping the food park project in his constituency Amethi.

Heat wave claims more lives in Telangana, Andhra New Innings: Jaya launches 201 Amma Canteens, populist schemes A man wipes sweat off his face on a hot summer day in New Delhi on Sunday, May 24. Heat wave has tightened its grip over most parts of the country. More than 200 people have died since mid-April in a heat wave sweeping two southeast Indian states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo)

hyDerabaD, May 24 (IanS): Telangana and Andhra Pradesh continue to reel under heat wave, which claimed 30 more lives on Sunday. Intense heat wave conditions prevailed in almost entire Telangana and parts of neighboring Andhra Pradesh. While 25 people died in Telangana, five died in Andhra. According to officials, the heat wave has already claimed 223 lives in the two states. This does not include the deaths reported on Sunday. Disaster management officials said they were still awaiting confirmation from district-level officials. Telangana Revenue Secretary B.R. Meena said as per the reports received till Friday, 128 people died in the state. This was the first official statement on the toll.

Disaster management department officials in Andhra Pradesh said the heat wave claimed 85 lives in the state. The highest maximum temperature of 46ºC was recorded at Khammam, Nalgonda and Ramagundam in Telangana. The temperature in Hanamkonda and Nizamabad was 45. In Andhra Pradesh, the south coastal Andhra region continued to reel under severe heat wave. The highest maximum temperature of 47º was recorded at Machilipatnam and Vijayawada. Hyderabad Meteorological Centre has warned that the heat wave will continue for two more days. It attributed the heat wave conditions to the dry winds blowing from north-westerly direction.

Gujjars intensify stir, block Jaipur-Agra highway JaIPur, May 24 (IanS): A day after talks between Gujjars and the Rajasthan government over reservation failed to make any headway, protesting Gujjars on Sunday intensified their stir by blocking the Jaipur-Agra highway, an important tourist route in India. Members of the Gujjar community did not allow any vehicle to pass through the highway from Sikandara - in Dausa district, about 85 km from state capital Jaipur - forcing the district administration to divert vehicular traffic to other routes. Gujjars are demanding five percent reservation under the SBC (special backward class) category. "We will jam the state by blocking rail and road traffic if our demand is not met. The state government does not seem interested in solving our reservation issue," Himmat Singh, spokesperson of the Gujjar Arakshan Sangarsh Samiti, told IANS. On Saturday, talks were held between a three-member ministerial committee and a six-member delegation of the Gujjars in the premises of a college in Bayana town, a few kilometres from the place where Gujjars are squatting on railway tracks. The samiti, led by Col. (retd) Kirori Singh Bainsla, is spearheading the agitation. Meanwhile, a case has been registered against Bainsla and 12 others for blocking rail and road traffic, damaging public property and railway tracks. The Gujjars have been protesting in Bharatpur district for reservation in government jobs and educational institutes. The sit-in by Gujjars in Pilu Ka Pura area in Bharatpur district has affected the movement of at least 65-70 trains so far, including those on the Delhi-Mumbai section, officials said. Gujjars had staged violent protests earlier in 2006-2008 in which at least 67 people lost their lives.

The meteorologists and the health department has advised people to take all precautions to protect themselves from sun stroke. People have been asked to remain indoors and, if necessary, venture out only with the required protection. The heat wave has hit the normal life in all 10 districts of Telangana and in south coastal region of Andhra Pradesh for last one week. Streets in the towns wore a near deserted look as people are remaining indoors to escape the scorching sun. In Hyderabad, thin traffic was seen on usually busy roads. Old-aged, children, labourers, rickshaw pullers, beggars and people living in streets were the worst affected by the heat wave.

chennaI, May 24 (IanS) A day after she was sworn in as chief minister, J. Jayalalithaa on Sunday inaugurated 201 Amma Canteens and various populist schemes across the state via video conferencing. She launched a scheme to sell 500 gm packets of "A" grade lentils (pigeon pea) and black gram at subsidised rates of Rs.53.50 and Rs.56, respectively. According to a statement issued by the state government, "B" grade black gram would be

sold at Rs.49.50 per 500 gm packet. The pulses would be sold through state government cooperative stores. The Amma Canteen scheme is a hugely popular one. At these canteens, good quality food is sold at very cheap rates three times a day -- morning, afternoon and night. A total of 297 Amma Canteens were functioning across the state till date and their number went up to 498 on Sunday. Jayalalithaa also launched hous-

ing for poor, road improvement (outlay Rs.1,800 crore), drinking water (outlay Rs.77.13 crore) and livelihood training programmes for which Rs.100 crore has been allocated this year. Under the housing for poor, a sum of Rs.210,000 would be paid to eligible families to build a proper house. On Saturday, Jayalalithaa was sworn in as chief minister after her acquittal by the Karnataka High Court in the Rs.66 crore disproportionate assets case

Massive spurt in trafficking along Nepal border new DeLhI, May 24 (PTI): A "massive" spurt in human trafficking instances in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Nepal has prompted security agencies to issue an alert along the open Indo-Nepal border. The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), mandated to guard this 1,751-km long frontier and also collect intelligence on suspicious activities, has apprehended about 50 young girls and boys who were allegedly being trafficked along this border after March 25, the day when the strong earthquake hit Nepal and eastern parts of India. The SSB has caught about 15 suspected traffickers in less than a month's time-10 Indians and five Nepalese-- who were making these young boys and girls cross the border illegally, which the security agencies believe could be for a variety of purposes

like indulging in flesh trade, forced labour, beggary and illegal working as domestic helps among others. They suspect that some of them may be victims of the quake and local police of these areas are carrying out investigation in these cases. "We are witnessing a massive spurt in trafficking incidents along the Nepal border post the quake. The numbers have drastically shot up. Our units, especially along areas where Bihar and Uttar Pradesh touch the border, are apprehending an increasing number of young boys and girls from both identified crossing routes and illegal tracts. "We have asked all our border units to be on alert and keep a special eye on suspicious movement from both sides," SSB Director General B D Sharma told PTI. What has worried the agencies more is that two young Uz-

beki girls were d etained from an "illegal" border crossing area near Bihar's Raxaul yesterday, as till now youngsters of either Indian or Nepalese nationality were being nabbed. Confirming that the vigil has been heightened further after the apprehension of the Uzbekistan women, the DG said SSB commanders on field have been asked to increase patrols and mount additional surveillance. "We had apprehensions that human trafficking incidents could go up in the border areas post the earthquake and that has come true with these numbers," he said. Keeping in mind this exigency, SSB formations, immediately after the quake, were asked to conduct some special training modules for troops to effectively check trafficking. "Our sectors in Ranikhet, Lucknow, Patna, Siliguri and Guwahati have already got

in touch with anti-trafficking NGOs on both the sides to clamp down on the menace," Sharma said. A report prepared in this regard reveals that a large number of alleged trafficking victims were apprehended by SSB personnel along Raxaul and Jogbani in Bihar, Rupaidiha and Mahrajganj in Uttar Pradesh and Jhulaghat in Uttarakhand. Among those apprehended by the force, 48 are boys and 14 females who are in the age group of 10-20 years of age. The two Uzbeki women held yesterday are in the age group of 23-25 years, a senior SSB official said. "All of these have been handed over to local police who have registered cases and are probing," the official said. The report reveals that trafficking incidents started to rise from around May 2, about a week after the quake.

Matrimonial ad for gay son stirs lively debate new DeLhI, May 24 (IanS): When Mumbai-based Harish Iyer's mother Padma placed a matrimonial advertisement in a Mumbai tabloid for her gay son, she never thought it would generate a debate across and outside the country. Dubbed the first gay matrimonial ad in India, Padma was able to get it published only after being rejected by a few leading dailies. Iyer, a well-known gay activist, was shocked when the ad was turned down by some mainstream newspapers, which he felt always covered LGBT issues extensively and stood with them on many an occasion. The ad reads: "Seeking 25-40, well-placed, animal-loving, vegetarian groom for my son 36, 5 11' who works with an NGO caste no bar (though Iyer preferred)." Speaking to IANS, Iyer said, "The decision to place the ad came after a series of discussions between my mother and grandmother since they want me to settle down. I did not want a separate matrimonial section for the gay community. It came as a shock when newspapers I approached turned down the

advertisement. It is shameful to see the Fourth Estate, which professes equality and human rights, behaves this way." A few newspapers also told Iyer that they would publish the ad if he changed "groom" to "life partner", which he refused to do. Though one media house clarified why the ad was rejected on legal grounds, activists felt this only confirms that homophobia is deep-rooted in society. "Newspapers carry ads of massage parlors and many things which they aren't supposed to. This is a result of the prevailing homophobia," Delhi-based queer rights' activist Pramada Menon told IANS. The gay community is worried that the Supreme Court's December 2013 verdict, retracting a Delhi High Court verdict of July 2009 decriminalising homosexuality, has worsened the situation. The high court verdict had come as a huge relief for the gay community as it received support from civil society. It also helped many to come out of the closet. Hinting that there was a lot of ambiguity to be cleared, Praful Baweja, who runs a marketing

firm Conneqt and is also closely associated with the gay rights movement, told IANS: "The 2009 verdict led to brilliant conversations in the society and it helped many to come out of the closet. However, after the 2013 verdict, there is a visible change in attitude. People tend to misinterpret the verdict, but it neither makes gay marriage legal or illegal." Sonal Giani of NGO Humsafar said that after the Supreme Court verdict, there has been a spike in violence against the queer community in rural areas and even in Metros like Mumbai. If the ad itself generated debate, the preference for an 'Iyer groom' led to a more complex caste debate. Iyers are an uppercaste community of Tamil Brahmins. Iyer earned more brickbats than bouquets for the 'Iyer' preference in the ad. However, Iyer and his mother have a different take. "The preference for an Iyer was added in jest. People should see the humour in it rather than pouncing on us. I am a humorous person and moreover my mother has clarified this on the Facebook," said Iyer. Even in the face of criticisms, Iyer is not apol-

ogetic about the caste bit. "My mom is inundated with hate mails from both homophobic and caste haters, but she has laughed it off. Every human being is discriminative by nature. So why can't my mom be biased? Moreover, my grandmother needed an Iyer groom. What is wrong in that? We are not saints," Iyer maintained. However, the house is divided on the caste issue. While some hailed the support lent by Padma as brave and progressive, others felt that it's time the community raised pertinent issues like caste and class. Taking the debate further, Rituparna Borah, a feminist queer activist, argued that casteism poses a big challenge for the gay movement. "Caste preference defeats the purpose of the ad, which is a progressive step from the mother of a gay son. Patriarchy works in such a way that one has to challenge it. Iyer is a known figure and people look up to him. Hope he is not setting a bad precedent," said Borah. Menon backed this view. "It is easy to say that his mother wanted it. Coming from a progressive family, Harish could have chal-

lenged the caste part," Menon maintained. However, Pallav Patankar, a gay activist, believed that the caste issue has been blown out of proportion. Extending support to "Padma aunty", as she is fondly referred to, Patankar told IANS: "She wasn't trying to project herself as an intellectual; she acted like any other mom." In no mood to settle down now, Patankar said that his parents, especially his mother, are his best support. Throwing his weight behind Padma, Aditya Shankar, an IITBombay student and a gay activist, said that these were smaller battles towards an equal society. "Gay marriages will go a long way in legitimising gay rights. Padma aunty's effort to tinker with the mindsets and society should be appreciated," Shankar told IANS. The tones may differ, but they agree on the fact that the ad has shaken conventional mindsets and taken the debate into living rooms. Although Iyer is flooded with marriage proposals, he is sure about one thing: he is not going to marry an Iyer guy because he hates 'vibhuti'.

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Mass graves found in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, MAy 24 (AP): Malaysian authorities said Sunday that they have discovered a series of graves in at least 17 abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand where Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar have been held. The finding follows a similar discovery earlier this month by police in Thailand who unearthed dozens of bodies from shallow graves in abandoned camps on the Thai side of the border. The grim discoveries are shedding new light on the hidden network of jungle camps run by traffickers, who have for years held countless desperate people captive while extorting ransoms from their families. Most of those who have fallen victim to the trafficking networks are refugees and impoverished migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, part of a wave of people who have fled their homelands to reach countries like Malaysia, where they hope to find work or live free from persecution. As Southeast Asian governments have launched crackdowns amid intensified international pressure and media scrutiny, traffickers have abandoned

In this May 2, 2015 file photo, Thai police officials measure a shallow grave in Padang Besar, Songkhla province, southern Thailand. Malaysian authorities said Sunday, May 24 that they have discovered graves in more than a dozen abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand where Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar have been held. The finding follows a similar discovery earlier this month by police in Thailand who unearthed at least 33 bodies from shallow graves on the Thai side of the border. The grim discoveries are shedding new light on the hidden network of jungle camps run by traffickers, who have for years held countless desperate people captive while extorting ransoms from their families. (AP File Photo)

camps on land and even boats at sea to avoid arrest. Malaysian Home Minister Zahid Hamidi told reporters that police were trying to identify and verify “mass graves that were found” in the region near

the Thai border. “These graves are believed to be a part of human trafficking activities involving migrants,” he said, adding that police have discovered 17 abandoned camps that they suspect were used

by traffickers. There was no immediate word on how many bodies had been recovered. Zahid said that each grave probably contained anywhere from one to four bodies, and that authori-

Ireland becomes 1st nation to vote for gay marriage DUBLiN, MAy 24 (AP): They hugged, they cheered, they cried at the news. Celebrations rocked Dublin, the Irish capital, into the wee hours Sunday after citizens voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage — a stunningly lopsided result that political observers called “a social revolution.” Friday’s referendum saw 62.1 percent of Irish voters say “yes” to changing the nation’s constitution to define marriage as a union between two people regardless of their sex. With the move, Ireland became the first country in the world to approve gay mar-

riage in a popular national vote. Nineteen other countries, including most U.S. states, have legalized the practice through their legislatures and courts. “With today’s vote, we have disclosed who we are: a generous, compassionate, bold and joyful people,” Prime Minister Enda Kenny proclaimed. Beside him, Deputy Prime Minister Joan Burton declared the victory “a magical moving moment, when the world’s beating heart is in Ireland.” The unexpectedly strong percentage of approval surprised both sides. More than 1.2 million Irish

voters backed the “yes” side to less than 750,000 voting “no.” Only one of Ireland’s 43 constituencies recorded a narrow “no” majority, Roscommon-South Leitrim in the boggy midlands. Both Catholic Church leaders and gay rights advocates said the result signalled a social revolution in Ireland, where only a few decades ago the authority of Catholic teaching was reinforced by voters who massively backed bans on abortion and divorce in the 1980s. Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said the “overwhelming vote” against church teaching on

gay marriage meant that Catholic leaders in Ireland needed urgently to find a new message and voice for reaching Ireland’s young. “It’s a social revolution. ... The church needs to do a reality check right across the board,” said Martin, who suggested that some church figures who argued for gay marriage’s rejection came across as harsh, damning and unloving. “Have we drifted completely away from young people?” he asked. “Most of those people who voted ‘yes’ are products of our Catholic schools for 12 years.”

Syria says Islamic State executes hundreds in Palmyra BeiRUt, MAy 24 (ReUteRS): Islamic State fighters have executed at least 400 people in Palmyra since capturing the ancient Syrian city four days ago, Syrian state media said on Sunday. It was not immediately possible to verify the account, but it was consistent with reports by activists that the Islamist fighters had carried out executions since capturing the city from government troops. The militants seized the city of 50,000 people, site of some of the world’s most extensive and best preserved ancient Roman ruins, on Wednesday, days after also capturing the city of Ramadi in neighboring Iraq. The two near simultaneous vic-

tories were Islamic State’s biggest successes since a U.S.-led coalition began an air war against the fighters last year. “The terrorists have killed more than 400 people.. and mutilated their bodies, under the pretext that they cooperated with the government and did not follow orders,” Syria’s state news agency said, citing residents inside the city. It added that dozens of those killed were state employees. Islamic State supporters have posted videos on the Internet they say show fighters going room to room in government buildings searching for government troops and pulling down pictures of Presi-

dent Bashar al-Assad and his father. Activists have said on social media that hundreds of bodies, believed to be government loyalists, were in the streets. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors violence in the country with a network of sources on the ground, says that some people were beheaded in the town since it fell but has not given an estimate for the toll among civilians. It says at least 300 soldiers were killed in the days of fighting before the city was captured. “A bigger number of troops have disappeared and it is not clear where they are,” Rami Abdulrahman from the Observatory told Reuters.

ties were in the process of counting. He said he was shocked at the discoveries, because “just last week, we went there ... to see for ourselves.” He said he expected more camps and graves

to be found “because they have been there for quite some time ... We are still investigating, but I suspect they have been operating for at least five years.” Local media outlets said the graves were found in two locations in the northern state of Perlis. The state borders southern Thailand’s Songkhla province, where at least 33 bodies were found earlier this month. According to the Malaylanguage Utusan Malaysia newspaper, police found 30 large graves containing hundreds of corpses in mid-May in forests around the Perlis towns of Padang Besar and Wang Kelian. The English-language Star Online said 100 bodies were found in a single grave in Padang Besar. It said police forensics teams had arrived there Friday night to investigate, and the area had been cordoned off. Human rights groups and activists say the area on the Thai-Malaysia border has been used for years to smuggle migrants and refugees, including Rohingya Muslims, a persecuted minority in Myanmar. In many cases, they pay human smugglers thousands of dollars for passage, but are instead held for weeks or months, while traffickers extort more

and carried white and yellow flags of the Vatican. “They can kill the prophet, but not the voice of justice,” intoned pilgrims from the Our Lady of the Assumption parish in a San Salvador suburb. His words will remain for eternity,” said Marlene Sanchez, 26. In life, Romero was loved by the poor, whom he defended passionately, and loathed by conservatives who considered him too close to left-leaning movements in the tumultuous years ahead of El Salvador’s 1980-92 civil war. The archbishop was shot through the heart by a sniper while celebrating Mass in a cancer hospital chapel on March 24, 1980. The day before, he had delivered a strongly worded admonition to the U.S.-backed military to stop abusing civilians. Those words were read aloud Saturday: “I beg you, I beseech you, I order you, in the name of God, cease the repression.” The trigger man has never been identified, and no one has been prosecuted for the killing. Alleged paramilitary death squad leader Roberto d’Aubuisson, who was named by a U.N. truth com-

PAJU, MAy 24 (ReUteRS): A group of international women activists crossed the heavily-fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea on Sunday in what they said was a symbolic act for peace. North and South Korea are still technically at war after the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. Despite its name the DMZ is one of the most heavily militarised and fortified borders in the world. “We feel very celebratory and positive that we have created a voyage across the DMZ in peace and reconciliation,” said U.S. activist and feminist Gloria Steinem, honorary co-chair of the WomanCrossDMZ group, which is calling for a permanent peace treaty to replace the armistice which ended the conflict. The group, which had initially set out to embark on a symbolic walk across the DMZ at the Panmunjom “Truce Village”, instead crossed from North Korea in a bus flanked by South Korean military and police cars at a customs area which connects to the jointly-operated Kaesong Industrial Zone. “This is about human relationships, this is about us seeing our common humanity in each other,”

A man wears a cross and a T-shirt featuring portraits of Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero during his beatification ceremony in San Salvador, El Salvador on May 23. (AP Photo)

mission after the war’s end as the mastermind of the assassination, died in 1992 having maintained his innocence to the end. Romero’s beatification was held up for years by church politics until then-Pope Benedict XVI “unblocked” the case in late 2012, after it was determined he had not been an adherent of revolutionary liberation theology as many claimed. Earlier this year, Pope Francis declared that

boats Friday, but their operation is limited to Malaysia’s territorial waters. The Pentagon said Thursday that Washington was readying air patrols to aid in the search, but a U.S. Embassy spokeswoman in Bangkok said the offer of assistance was still awaiting clearance. Meanwhile, on Sunday, Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency said that starting next week, it would begin the repatriation of 720 Bangladeshi migrants over the next month. The cost of the repatriation would be met by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman at Indonesia’s disaster agency. The Rohingya, numbering around 1.3 million in Myanmar, have been called one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Long denied basic rights, they have been driven from their homes in mob attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine state several times since 2012. More than 140,000 were displaced and are now living under apartheid-like conditions in crowded camps. More than 100,000 more have fled by sea.

Women activists cross DMZ

US activist Gloria Steinem, sixth right in front, two Nobel Peace Prize laureates Mairead Maguire, from Northern Ireland, second from right, Leymah Gbowee, from Liberia, third from right, and other activists march to the Imjingak Pavilion with South Korean activists along the military wire fences near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, north of Seoul on Sunday, May 24. International women activists including Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates on Sunday were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea, but were allowed to cross by bus and complete what one of them called a landmark peace event. (AP Photo)

Mairead Maguire, Northern Ireland peace activist and Nobel Laureate, said at a press conference on the southern side of the interKorean border. On the South Korean side, the group united with a larger group of South Korean activists, and held a rally at a pavilion just south of the Demilitarised Zone. But a few hundred metres away, between lines of South Korean police, the reception was more frosty as around 500 conservative protesters greeted the WomenCrossDMZ group

Salvadorans rejoice as slain Archbishop Romero beatified SAN SALVADOR, MAy 24 (AP): Archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified by Roman Catholic officials Saturday in an emotional ceremony elevating the oncecontroversial cleric to the ranks of the blessed 35 years after his assassination. Underneath a rainbow halo ringing the sun, Cardinal Angelo Amato, the prefect of the Vatican’s saint-making office, called on the crowd of some 260,000plus to rejoice in a “feast of peace, fraternity and forgiveness.” “Romero’s spirit remains alive and gives comfort to the marginalized people of the world,” Cardinal Amato said. “His preference for the poor was not ideological, but evangelical. His charity extended to his persecutors.” Beatification is the first step toward possible canonization, although many of those who packed the Salvadoran capital’s Savior of the World Plaza and the surrounding streets already credit Romero with miracles and refer to him as “Saint Romero of the Americas. Worshippers from across the nation, many of them bused in from the countryside, held up poster-size images of Romero

money from families back home. Rights groups say some have been beaten to death, and The Associated Press has documented other cases in which people have been enslaved on fishing boats. Since May 10 alone, more than 3,600 people — about half of them from Bangladesh and half Rohingya from Myanmar — have landed ashore in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Thousands more are believed to be trapped at sea in boats abandoned by their captains. Last June, the U.S. downgraded Thailand and Malaysia to Tier 3 — its lowest category — in an annual assessment of how governments handle human trafficking. On Saturday in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he has been speaking to regional leaders about the crisis and urging them to find a solution. Malaysia and Indonesia announced last week that they would provide temporary shelter for up to one year for migrants recently found or still stranded at sea. The U.S. has said it will settle some of them permanently. Four Malaysian navy ships began searching for

Romero was martyred out of hatred of his faith, clearing the way for beatification. Although Romero still has critics in El Salvador and the church, Saturday’s ceremony constitutes official approval of his legacy. Representatives of the conservative Arena political party founded by d’Aubuisson were in attendance, as was his son, an Arena congressman also named Roberto. “The beatification ... is a cause

for great joy for Salvadorans and for those of us who rejoice at the example of the greatest children of the church,” Francis said in a statement. “Monsignor Romero, who built peace from the strength of love, gave testimony of the faith with his life, committed to the very end.” U.S. President Barack Obama, who visited Romero’s tomb in 2011, called him “an inspiration for people in El Salvador and across the Americas.” “He was a wise pastor and a courageous man who persevered in the face of opposition from extremes on both sides,” Obama said. “He fearlessly confronted the evils he saw, guided by the needs of his beloved pueblo, the poor and oppressed people of El Salvador.” At the sun-kissed square in west-central San Salvador, officials presented relics associated with Romero including the shirt he wore the day of his assassination. Many observers admired the appearance of the solar halo, an optical phenomenon produced when sunlight refracts through ice crystals in the atmosphere.

with placards telling them to “go to hell”, “get out” or go back to North Korea. The group is not without its critics further afield too. Washington D.C.based blogger and attorney Joshua Stanton has for weeks on his blog One Free Korea said the march detracts from human rights issues in North Korea, and ultimately works in the isolated and repressive state’s favour. “What Pyongyang really wants is to use peace talks to lift U.N. sanctions, gain recognition as a nuclear state, and extract ‘se-

curity guarantees’ to silence criticism of its crimes against humanity,” Stanton said in an email. An introductory video on WomenCrossDMZ.org, the group’s official website, said millions of North Koreans lack “basics of survival” because of what it describes as “crippling embargos” against the North Korean government. Stanton said such statements play down the role of the North Korean leadership in the isolated country’s lack of development and brutal oppression.

Narcissist, insecure people post more on Facebook LONDON, MAy 24 (iANS): People who post Facebook status updates about their romantic partner are more likely to have low self-esteem, a new research has revealed. Users who brag about diets, exercise and accomplishments on the social networking site are typically narcissists, it added. It might come as little surprise that Facebook status updates reflect people’s personality traits. “However, it is important to understand why people write about certain topics on Facebook because their updates may be differentially rewarded with alikes’ and comments,” said psychology lecturer Tara Marshall from Brunel University in Britain in a statement. People who receive more likes and comments tend to experience the benefits of social inclusion whereas those who receive none feel ostracised. For the study, the team surveyed Facebook users to examine the personality traits and motives that influence the topics they choose to write about in their status updates. The data was collected from 555 Facebook users who completed online surveys measuring the ‘Big Five’ personality traits - extroversion, neuroticism, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness - as well as self-esteem and narcissism. The research found that people with low self-esteem more frequently posted status updates about their current romantic partner. Narcissists more frequently updated about their achievements, which was motivated by their need for attention and validation from the Facebook community. “These updates also received a greater number of ‘likes’ and comments, indicating that narcissists’ boasting may be reinforced by the attention they crave,” the authors said. Narcissists also wrote more status updates about their diet and exercise routine. Conscientiousness was associated with writing more updates about one’s children.

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chelsea ends title-winning season with win Warriors demolish

Chelsea players celebrate with the trophy after the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday May 24. Chelsea were awarded the trophy after winning the English Premier League. (AP Photo)

LONDON, MAy 24 (AP): Chelsea ended their titlewinning season with a 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Sunday even as Hull’s campaign in the English Premier League ended for another season. Hull is the third team to be relegated after Queens Park Rangers

and Burnley. Hull needed to beat Manchester United to stand a chance of staying up and could only draw 0-0. Even a win wouldn't have made a difference as Newcastle, which started two points above Hull, beat West Ham 2-0. West

Ham says manager Sam Allardyce won't be getting a new contract and will leave now the season is over. Newcastle's 10-match winless run ended at the perfect time, beating West Ham 2-0 to finish four points and three places

clear of danger. Tottenham clinched fifth place and a spot in the Europa League group stage by beating Everton 1-0 as the season ended in embarrassment for Liverpool. A year after finishing runners-up, Liverpool was thrashed 6-1 by Stoke,

dropped to sixth and now has to go through a playoff to reach the Europa League group stage. It was a disappointing end to captain Steven Gerrard's Liverpool career in his last game for the club. Deposed champion Manchester City had to

settle for second place, with former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard scoring in a 2-0 victory over Southampton. Arsenal prepared for the FA Cup final by routing West Bromwich Albion 4-1, with Theo Walcott scoring a hat trick as his team finished third ahead of Manchester United. Fellow cup finalist Aston Villa lost 1-0 to relegated Burnley and finished only a place above the drop zone. Leicester celebrated its survival by compounding the misery of Queens Park Rangers with a 5-1 victory over the London club. In a mid-table clash, Crystal Palace beat Swansea 1-0. Chelsea's players lifted striker Didier Drogba before raising the Premier League trophy. The 37-year-old Drogba was allowed to make the unusual, lengthy mid-game farewell to Chelsea fans after being theatrically substituted around 30 minutes into the game. Drogba was carried to the touchline by his teammates before waving goodbye to each corner of Stamford Bridge. There was no final goal for Drogba, with his replacement, Diego Costa, instead quickly scoring from the penalty spot to cancel out Steven Fletcher's Sunderland opener. Loic Remy then scored twice for the champions in the second half.

Rosberg wins Monaco GP after crash hampers Hamilton

MONACO, MAy 24 (AP): Nico Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix for the third straight year after a late crash involving teenager Max Verstappen undid Lewis Hamilton's bid for a fourth win of the season. Hamilton looked set to take his 37th career win after leading from the start, until the 17-year-old Verstappen rammed his Toro Rosso into the back of Romain Grosjean as he tried to overtake the Lotus driver. That meant a safety car had to come out at the start of the 64th lap, and when Hamilton was then called in for a pit stop, he suddenFerrari driver Sebastian Vettel, left, flanked by Princess Charlene of Monaco, second left, holds his trophy as Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany, the winner, center, shakes ly found himself behind hands with his teammate Lewis Hamilton of Britain, third placed, on the podium at the end both Rosberg and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. of the Formula One Grand Prix, at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco on May 24. (AP Photo)

When the safety car finally went off track, Hamilton had only a few laps to try and get past Vettel and Rosberg on the most difficult track to overtake on F1. It was Rosberg's second win of the season following his victory two weeks ago at the Spanish GP, and he became the first driver since Ayrton Senna to win the Monaco race three straight times. The others to do it were Frenchman Alain Prost and Briton Graham Hill. He is now right back in championship contention, but the circumstances of his win will likely infuriate Hamilton, who was leading Rosberg by 15 seconds when Verstappen — who

had never driven on Monaco's sinewy street circuit before — tried to pass Grosjean but found no room and went spinning off. He was unharmed. The team's decision to call Hamilton in for a pit stop clearly backfired, and the Briton angrily snapped over the radio: "Please stop talking to me, please." Rosberg was 4.4 seconds ahead of four-time F1 champion Vettel, and 6 clear of Hamilton. As Rosberg and Vettel celebrated warmly with each other, Hamilton took a long while to get out of his car, taking his helmet off slowly and walking to join the other two on the podium with his head down.

Rockets to lead 3-0

Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard (12) fouls Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) during the first half in Game 3 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals Saturday, May 23, in Houston. (AP Photo)

HOUSTON, MAy 24 (AP): Stephen Curry scored 40 points and the Golden State Warriors made it look easy against Houston, beating the Rockets 115-80 on Saturday night to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. The Warriors won the first two games by just five points combined. There would be no such drama in this one, with Curry leading them to a 26-point advantage in the second quarter. Now the baby-faced MVP has Golden State just one victory away from its first trip to the NBA Finals since 1975. Game 4 is Monday night in Houston. "We understand it's a special moment, it's just we're wrapped up in our day to day grind of preparing for games and going out and exerting all the effort we need to make this story happen," Curry said. "So it's kind of hard to remove yourself from those emotions." Curry was unstoppable, making seven 3-pointers to break the NBA record for most 3s in the playoffs in a season with 64. MVP runner-up James Harden finished with 17 points behind 10-of-11 free-throw shooting, but made just 3 of 16 shots as the Rockets dropped three straight for the first time all season. Dwight Howard, who played despite a knee injury suffered in Game 1, had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Houston rebounded from a 3-1 deficit in the conference semifinals to beat the Clippers and move on. No team in NBA history has won a series after falling behind 3-0. "We just can't quit on each other," Howard said.

"We've come too far. We've been through too many battles to just allow it to end like tonight ... we've just got to man up." Draymond Green and Klay Thompson added 17 points apiece for the Warriors. Curry had 37 points after three quarters and went to the bench for good with about 5 1/2 minutes remaining after his seventh 3-pointer made it 103-73. He also had seven rebounds and five assists. The Warriors were in control of this one from the start and were up by 12 at the end of the first. But things got out of hand quickly when Curry heated up. A pair of free throws by Harden cut the lead to nine points with about 6 minutes left in the quarter when Curry took over. He scored the next six points as part of a 16-5 run where he scored all but two of the Warriors points to push the lead to 54-34. Curry broke the record for 3s in the playoffs on a long one from the top of the key that put Golden State up 49-32 about 4 1/2 minutes before halftime. Reggie Miller set the previous mark of 58 in 2000. The Warriors led by 25 at halftime and Houston opened the third quarter strong, using a 13-6 spurt to get within 68-50. Thompson made a free throw after that before Curry took control once again, scoring the next five points, including a 3-pointer under heavy pressure, to push it to 75-50 midway through the third quarter. He wrapped up the third quarter in much the same way, scoring Golden State's last five points, capped by a 3-pointer to make it 92-61 entering the fourth quarter.

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A batsman from Blue Starc CC, Dimapur attempts a shot during a match against Eden Club, Lumding in the ongoing T20 Cricket Tournament organised by the Thahekhu Ghami Kiphimi Kuqhakulu at Thahekhu Village Local Ground on May 24. (Morung Photo)

cormier wins vacant title at uFc 187

LAS VEGAS, MAy 24 (AP): Daniel Cormier wore the conflict on his beaming face when he got the UFC's light heavyweight title belt strapped around his waist in the same Vegas cage where he failed to win it a few months ago. While Cormier knew he could celebrate the biggest night of a fighting career that began in poverty and reached incredible heights, the new champion also realized a bigger bout casts a shadow over this achievement. "I have a message for one man," Cormier said in the cage. "Jon Jones, get your (stuff ) together. I'm waiting for you." Cormier beat Anthony "Rumble" Johnson with a rear naked choke in the third round, dominating on the ground to win the vacant 205-pound title at UFC 187 on Saturday night. Cormier (16-1) controlled Johnson (19-5) throughout the final two rounds at the MGM Grand Garden to claim the title stripped from Jones, who was

suspended indefinitely by the UFC last month after his arrest when police said he left the scene of a car accident. Cormier lost a decision at UFC 182 in January to Jones, widely considered the world's best mixed martial artist. When Jones' career imploded last month, Cormier agreed to replace him on less than four weeks' notice, coming through with a dominant effort and ending Johnson's nine-fight winning streak. Jones is expected to get an immediate title shot when he returns to the UFC, and Cormier realizes his cathartic victory over Johnson will ring hollow to others until he beats Jones. "He beat me last time, but even in that, you don't stop believing in yourself. I still think I can beat him, and I would love to compete against him again." Cormier was knocked down for what he said was the first time in his MMA career by a huge right hand from Johnson in the opening minute, but Cormier recov-

ered and survived the round. Cormier then lifted Johnson off his feet early in the second, dumping him onto the canvas and taking ground control for a dominant round that left Johnson blinking blood out of his eyes. Cormier was clinical in his finish, getting control on the ground again before forcing Johnson to tap out 2:39 into the third round. "He did everything I thought he was going to do," said Johnson, who has revitalized his career after getting dropped by the UFC in 2012. "I have nothing but respect for him. Have you seen the size of his melon? I wasn't surprised he could take (the punches)." Chris Weidman also defended his middleweight title in the final undercard fight of a thoroughly entertaining show in the UFC's hometown, stopping Vitor Belfort in the first round with a relentless series of punches on the ground. Weidman (13-0) survived an early scare from Belfort and quickly took

Daniel Cormier kicks Anthony Johnson during their light heavyweight title mixed martial arts bout at UFC 187 on Saturday, May 23, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)

control of his third title defense, taking down the 38-year-old Belfort (2411) and battering his head against the canvas until referee Herb Dean stopped the bout with 2:07 left. The Long Island native walked around the cage with an American flag on his back

in celebration. Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone earned his eighth consecutive lightweight victory earlier, apparently breaking John Makdessi's jaw with a kick to the head in the second round. Former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski also stopped Travis

Browne with 19 seconds left in the first round of a fantastic brawl named the Fight of the Night. The incredibly busy Cerrone's eighth win in just over 18 months should lead to a title shot against Rafael Dos Anjos, who sent Cerrone to his last defeat in August 2013.

travelled to all the 11 (Eleven) District Headquarters of the state during the period March – April, 2015, through the 3(Three) National Highways and the 7 (Seven) State Highways. To my dismay, the roads were horrible, except the Kohima-Dimapur road and the roads in Mokokchung District. The roads in Mokokchung District is appreciated and it raises the question as to how the authorities and Departments in other districts cannot and have not done the same. It is also a wonder why the public of the other districts are silent on the issue. The bad roads cost me extra travelling-time in addition to the risk of life involved and after every trip, my vehicle had to undergo major repairs. But such situation must be the regular hardship faced by the citizens. It is definitely a costly, arduous and an inconvenient affair. There are barely any possible help such as medical facilities, hotels/food-joints, workshops etc for the travelers. A famous quote states, “only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches”. And this first-hand experience was definitely one that pinched. The Hon’ble Chief Minister, the Minister for Roads and Bridges and the Engineers of the Department should accord the top-most priority to the roads in Nagaland. The people deserve at least two-lane roads with proper drainages, culverts and jungle clearings. The recent firsthand experience is appealing despite the fact that the State Government has already incurred millions of rupees for roads. The conditions of the roads are the visible signs of any development of an area and the indicators of the performance of the Government in power. Therefore, it is a sincere appeal to the present Government to prove its accountability and credibility to the people of the state by providing good roads, which is the mother of all developments to the State and for the advancement of the community. A concerned citizen and a dismayed traveler, Khinyi Woch Financial Advisor, State MGNREGA Cell Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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to learn new stuff: Sawyer Fredericks is The Voice Good Jacqueline Fernandez on her British film T J

he Voice season 8 has come to an end, and Sawyer Fredericks has been crowned the winner. With performances by Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5 and Luke Bryan, the singing competition once again provided a starstudded finale. But despite the night's star power, the attention was on the final four contestants Tuesday night. Fredericks and Koryn Hawthorne of Team Pharrell, Joshua Davis of Team Adam and Meghan Linsey of Team Blake spent the season battling it out in hopes of taking home the prize. After an emotion-filled night of performances that wowed the judges and viewers at home, the season 8 winner was revealed. "To have America just embrace my music and embrace me has been amazing," Fredericks said. "I almost don't know what to say. I can say 'thank you' but it's just not enough." He ended the show by singing his original song, "Please,"

with his parents and coach Williams joining him on stage. Fredericks held back tears as he sang but had the biggest smile on his face. The 16-year-old had been a fan favorite since the very beginning. Fredericks had all the judges turning their chairs within seconds of hearing him sing during

the blind auditions. The farm boy at heart, who was the youngest of the bunch, stepped out of his comfort zone to fulfill his dream of performing and sharing his love for music. On Team Pharrell since the beginning, this young man consistently gave moving performanc-

es throughout the season while charming the viewers with his guitar playing skills and oh-so-sweet smiles. Despite not being his coach, Christina Aguilera solidified her support for Fredericks from the very beginning, calling him a "frontrunner" and a "standout."

acqueline Fernandez, who will be seen in British horror thriller 'Definition of Fear', says she is a performer and finds it exciting to learn new things. We consider ourselves a performer and an artist. It is a beautiful thing to do other cinema as well. For me, being a Sri Lankan, I came to Bollywood and I am doing a cinema which is not known to me. It is not from my home country, so it is just nice when you can expand and learn. It is a beautiful thing, said Jacqueline here. A string of actors from Hindi cinema are trying their luck abroad. While Priyanka Chopra is doing an American TV series 'Quantico' in the West, Nargis Fakhri is making her Hollywood debut with 'Spy'. In the past, Big B Amitabh Bachchan did a cameo in the Hollywood film The Great Gatsby, while Anil Kapoor and Irrfan

Khan have featured in multiple Hollywood projects. I just think that everything has become a lot more globalised now. Different actors from all over the word are doing different cinema and different things as well. Actors are not just getting into different cinema, they are actually getting into different walks of life... they are singing or they might be doing various things, the Sri Lankan beauty said on the sidelines of a brand promotion here on Wednesday. Apart from 'Definition of Fear', Jacqueline is also doing a movie in her home country Sri Lanka called 'According to Mathew'. In Bollywood, Jacqueline was last seen in 'Roy', and she is now awaiting the release of Karan Anshuman directorial 'Bangistan' and Karan Johar's production 'Brothers'. In 'Bangistan', Jacqueline Fernandez is said to be doing a cameo.

British man survives Tom Cruise “Not Suri’s Real Dad” claim is untrue, despite report om Cruise is the bio- that the alleged issue is after head ripped logical father of Suri why Cruise hasn’t been Cruise, despite an seen with his daughter in off in accident entirely wrong tabloid cov- recent months. The maga-

British man who had his head ripped off from his spine in a car crash has survived, a media report said on Sunday. Indian-origin neuro-surgeon Anant Kamat re-attached Tony Cowan's skull to his spine with a metal plate and bolts in a rare operation. Now, Cowan hopes to go home soon, Mirror online reported. Tony Cowan from Newcastle city met with an accident on September 9 last year, when his car hit a speedbump, spun out of control and wrapped around a telephone pole. His heart stopped and he had to be resuscitated by paramedics at the scene before being rushed to a hospital. Cowan sustained a fracture in his neck and complete spinal cord injury -- an injury medics describe as almost "unsurvivable". He was not brain-damaged even though his head was snapped off from his spine and it was only being held in place by tissue and muscle at the time of crash.

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er story that hit newsstands on Wednesday. Gossip Cop can exclusively debunk the report. The outlandish allegations come from the National Enquirer, which absurdly claims Katie Holmes was “impregnated” with sperm from L. Ron Hubbard, the late founder of Scientology, as part of a “bizarre church plot to reincarnate the religion’s mastermind with frozen DNA.” The supermarket tabloid alleges Cruise is “livid” over the “dark paternity secret.” The Enquirer quotes former Scientologists who believe the paternity claims could be plausible, and goes on to speculate

zine even suggests that a DNA test could be in the works. But Gossip Cop can assuredly tell you it’s all untrue. A source close to Cruise flat-out tells Gossip Cop exclusively, “Tom is Suri’s real dad” and the claim is “bulls*t.” The Enquirer, of course, has been making up stories about Cruise for years, each more sensational than the last. And the magazine even ran a similar “paternity questions” cover story about the movie star in 2012, which Gossip Cop also corrected then. Perhaps it’s time the Enquirer stops “reporting” on Cruise altogether.

Atletico, Valencia secure CL spots Juventus wins to celebrate

league and cup double

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MADRID, MAy 24 (REUTERS): Atletico Madrid secured a berth in the Champions League group stage for next season and Deportivo La Coruna narrowly escaped relegation when they came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at champions Barcelona on the final day in La Liga on Saturday. Atletico made sure of third place thanks to a 0-0 draw at Granada, while Valencia twice had to come from behind to beat Almeria, who were relegated, 3-2 and clinch fourth and a spot in qualifying for Europe's elite club competition. Sevilla, Europa League holders and finalists again this season, won 3-2 at Malaga to finish fifth, sending them into the continent's second-tier competition again next term along with sixth-placed Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao in seventh. Bilbao, who are through to next Saturday's King's Cup final to play Barca, ended the campaign with a flourish by thrashing Villarreal 4-0 at the San Mames. Real thrashed Getafe 7-3 in Saturday's later kickoff, bringing a disappointing season to an end when they failed to win a major trophy. La Liga top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo netted a hattrick, taking his tally to 48 goals, five more than second-ranked Barca forward

‘There will never be another Xavi’

BARCELONA, MAy 24 (REUTERS): There will never be another player like Xavi and Barcelona will have to adapt accordingly now he is leaving, coach Luis Enrique said after the midfielder's final La Liga game for the club on Saturday. Xavi, 35, announced this week he was joining Qatari side Al Sadd after 17 seasons in Barca's first team and 23 trophies, bringing to an end more than two decades with the club he joined as an 11-year-old in 1991. After Saturday's 2-2 draw with Deportivo La Coruna, captain Xavi hoisted aloft the La Liga trophy that Barca secured last weekend, their fifth in seven years and his eighth. He fought back tears as he thanked fans packed inside the giant Nou Camp arena for making him "the happiest man in the world". Considered one of the greatest midfielders to have played the game, Xavi effortlessly controlled play in the central areas and was at the heart of a glorious run for Barca and Spain over the past eight years. He won three Champions League crowns with the Catalan giants and helped Spain clinch back-to-back European ChampiLionel Messi. Deportivo's comeback against a second-string Barca, who wrapped up their fifth title in seven years last weekend, sent Eibar back down after one season in the top flight despite the Basque's club's 3-0 win at already relegated Cordoba. It also put a slight dampener on an emotional final La Liga appearance for Barca captain Xavi,

onships in 2008 and 2012 and their debut World Cup in 2010. Saturday's game was his 765th appearance for Barca in official competition, a club record. "There is no replacement for Xavi," Luis Enrique said. "You cannot replace unique players," added the former Barca and Spain midfielder. "I, as a coach, and those who come after me will have to adapt to different types of player. "Xavi is a football genius and he is the best midfielder in the history of the game." Xavi can still win another two trophies with treble-chasing Barca before he departs. They play Athletic Bilbao in the King's Cup final at the Nou Camp next Saturday and take on Juventus in the Champions League final in Berlin a week later. "We want this treble, knowing how tough it is, they are going to make it hard for us," Xavi told reporters. "On a personal level I want to finish by lifting the Cup and the Champions League," he added. "Obviously today when I saw my wife, my parents, my family and friends I choked up. And hearing people chanting my name was incredible."

who hoisted the trophy after the match at a festive Nou Camp. The former Spain international, 35, announced on Thursday he was leaving the club after 17 seasons and 23 trophies to join Qatari side Al Sadd. Treble-chasing Barca appeared on course for a comfortable victory when Messi scored his 42nd and 43rd La Liga goals of the season to open a 2-0 lead. Deportivo, who were

MILAN, MAy 24 (AP: Juventus beat Napoli 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday as it celebrated winning the double of the Italian league and cup in a party atmosphere in Turin. Stefano Sturaro put Juventus in front with a spectacular first goal for the club and Simone Pepe sealed the win from the spot after Napoli defender Miguel Britos was sent off in stoppage time for headbutting Alvaro Morata. "Today is a perfect day," Sturaro said. "There's a great crowd, and I couldn't have imagined a better day." Napoli's Champions League hopes are all but over as it remained three points behind third-place Lazio ahead of the Rome derby on Monday. It cannot now catch secondplaced Roma and needs Lazio to lose the derby to leave it all to play for when the two meet in the final match of the season. In the evening match, Genoa snatched a late 3-2 victory over Inter Milan to boost its hopes of qualifying for Europe. There was a special atmosphere at the Juventus Stadium, in the final home match of the season, and the team paraded the Italian Cup before kickoff, while it was presented with its fourth successive Serie A trophy after the match. Massimiliano Allegri can clinch an impressive treble in his first year in charge if Juventus beats Barcelona in the Champions League final on June 6.

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon holds up the Italian Cup trophy as Juventus players celebrate at the end of a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Napoli at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, Saturday, May 23. (AP Photo)

"Now we'll enjoy these deserved three days off after a stressful period," Juventus captain and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said. "Then the countdown will start for our most important game in the last 12 years. But tonight we'll celebrate, we really want to be together and share these achievements." Juventus took the lead in the 13th minute with a well-worked move, which Roberto Pereyra finished off after beating the offside trap and controlling Kingsley Coman's delightful chipped pass. There was a touching moment in the 39th minute when the crowd unveiled a tribute to the 39 fans who died in the Heysel tragedy, ahead of the 1985 European Cup final between Ju-

ventus and Liverpool. A huge number 39 was displayed as well as a long banner with the words "no one really dies if they live on in the hearts of those who remain, forever" and the fans held up placards with the names of the victims. Napoli was a different side after the break as Benitez took off the disappointing Gonzalo Higuain and replaced him with Manolo Gabbiadini. The visitors leveled five minutes later after Kwadwo Asamoah, who was making his first appearance since a knee injury in November, handled Dries Mertens' cross, although it appeared unintentional. Buffon did well to block Lorenzo Insigne's penalty but David Lopez was the quickest to

react, firing in the rebound from close range. David Lopez almost gave Napoli the lead in the 69th but Buffon pulled off a fantastic to save to force the volley over the bar. And it was Juventus which went back in front eight minutes later when Sturaro gathered with his back to goal, turned Raul Albiol and curled into the top left corner. Napoli laid siege to the Juventus goal but Britos ended any hopes of a comeback when he deliberately headbutted Morata as the two squared up. Pepe's goal was his first in three years in what was almost certainly his final home match as his contract, which expires at the end of the season, has not been renewed.

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relegated in 2011 and 2013, refused to throw in the towel and Lucas Perez and Salomao struck to earn a crucial point for the Galician club. Their players celebrated wildly after the final whistle before the Barca fans and players paid tribute to Xavi, who joined the club's academy in 1991 at the age of 11 and has made a record 765 appearances for the first team.

French Open: Federer eases into 2nd round

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PARIS, MAy 24 (REUTERS): Roger Federer enlivened a routine day at the office with a violet and pink outfit and a several dabs of brilliance to launch another French Open quest on Sunday. The evergreen Swiss was in full control against Colombia's Alejandro Falla, marking the start of his 62nd consecutive appearance at a grand slam tournament with a 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory on court Philippe Chatrier. On the women's side, the third-seeded and last year's runner-up Simona Halep hit an ace on match point to beat Russian Evegenia Rodina 7-5, 6-4, while ninth-seeded Ekaterina Markova breezed past American wild card Louisa Chirico 6-4, 6-2. Up againt Halep in the second round will be veteran Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who defeated American Lauren Davis 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Federer’s compatriot Stan Wawrinka beat Marsel Ilhan 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Among the seeded players to advance to the second round Sunday were also No. 19 Roberto Bautista Agut and No. 22 Philipp Kohlschreiber. The first seeded player to bow out was No. 25 Ivo Karlovic, who lost 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to Marcos Baghdatis.

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