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Nagaland BJP concerned by MGNREGA fund constraint DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 10 (MExN): The Nagaland state unit of the BJP today expressed concern at the inability of the state government to meet its 10 percent share for funding the MGNREGA scheme in the state. A press note from the Nagaland BJP spokesman and General Secretary, K James Vizo informed that this has led to the government’s inability to pay wages under MGNREGA. Taking note of the issue, it appealed to the CM to intervene and take corrective measures with the concerned authority. “In 2014, wages were released only for 10 to 14 days and for the year 2015 also, wages for only for 3-4 days out of 100 days are released till date,” it informed. The party put forth recommendations for the state government to address this fund constraint.

The BJP recalled that on May 14, two officials from the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)–Dr Silpa Pandey, Research Officer UNDP, in charge Nagaland MGNREGA and Prasana V Salian, Assistant Commissioner, MGNREGA, visited the State officially and inspected various MGNREGA schemes across the state. Only after the intervention of Dr. Silpa, funds meant for VDBs amounting to Rupees 123 crores across the state were released, it added.

The BJP noted that 40% of the total fund was deducted from the VDBs for the administrative charges and management costs. It viewed that this amount could have been adjusted for the state share, which could be recovered later. It further suggested that the Grant in Aid allocated to the VDBs, which are from the state, could be utilized as state share of 10%, and can be adjusted later on.

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suu Kyi vows to call shots; to defy military

YANGON/MANDALAY, NOVEMBER 10 (REUtERs): Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi made it clear on Tuesday that she was ready to defy the powerful military’s attempts to clip her wings, as fresh results from Sunday’s historic election showed her party heading for a resounding win.

As vote tallies trickled in, Suu Kyi’s long-oppressed National League for Democracy (NLD) looked set to take control of most regional assemblies as well as forming the central government.

Is it true that every year Under the constitution drawn more babies are born in Nagaland nine months after up by Myanmar’s former junta, Suu Kyi is barred by the constituthis festival? tion from taking the presidency because her children are foreign nationals, a clause few doubt was Press statements, memo- inserted specifically to rule her out. randums, articles, reports But in two interviews on and news related docu- Tuesday, the Nobel peace lauments should be sent to reate said that, whoever was apmorung@gmail.com pointed president by the newly elected houses of parliament, she Editor, would call the shots. She told the The Morung Express BBC that she would be “making all the decisions as the leader of The Morung Express the winning party” and Channel Asia that the next president Poll QuEsTion News would have “no authority”.

Vote on www.morungexpress.com The ruling Union Solidarity and sMs your answer to 9862574165 Development Party (USDP), which Will you be willing to was created by the junta and is led provide your private by retired soldiers, has conceded land towards road defeat in a poll that was a milestone construction and on Myanmar’s rocky path from dicdevelopment in your area? tatorship to democracy.

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A CLEAR WIN The NLD said its tally of results posted at polling stations showed it was on track to take more than two-thirds of seats that were contested in parliament, enough to form Myanmar’s first democratically elected government since the early 1960s.

Supporters of Myanmar’s pro-democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi gather outside National League for Democracy headquarters (NLD) in Yangon, Myanmar, November 9. (REUTERS)

The party would win more than 250 of the 330 seats not occupied by the military in the lower house of parliament, NLD spokesman Win Htein predicted on Tuesday. Under the juntacrafted constitution, a quarter of the seats are unelected and reserved for the armed forces.

The election commission said the NLD had won 78 of the 88 seats declared so far for the 440-strong lower house. The first results in the upper house on Tuesday showed the NLD winning 29 of 33 seats declared, with two seats for the USDP. The NLD was on course for a victory of similar magnitude in the battle for the regional assemblies. However, while the USDP has been cut down and much of the establishment shaken by the extent of Suu Kyi’s victory, the army remains a

formidable power.

In addition to his bloc of parliament seats, the commander-inchief nominates the heads of three powerful and big-budget ministries - interior, defence and border security - and the constitution gives himtherighttotakeoverthegovernment under certain circumstances.

The military has said it will accept the outcome of the election, and Suu Kyi said times have changed since the 1990 election she won in a landslide that the military ignored. She spent years under house arrest following that poll.

“NOW COMES THE HARD PART” Still, analysts say a period of uncertainty may be looming for former Burma because it is not clear if Suu Kyi and the generals will be able to share power easily.

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Asian nation’s first general election since the military ceded power to a quasi-civilian government in 2011, usheringinreformsandopeningup to foreign investors.

Money from abroad flowed in quickly as sanctions were eased.

Foreign direct investment stood at $8 billion in fiscal 2014/15, more than five times the flows recorded just two years earlier. Religious tension, fanned by Buddhist nationalists whose actions have intimidated Myanmar’s Muslim minority, marred the election campaign. Among those excluded from voting were around a million Rohingya Muslims who are effectively stateless in their own land.

Suu Kyi, who has been criticised for saying little in defence of the Rohingya, said on Tuesday she would “protect everybody” in the country.

The National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar seems to be taking the lead in the Naga areas of Myanmar as well.

In the recently concluded elections and early results in Myanmar, the NLD has emerged a winner in the country’s “most democratic” election in 25 years. The formal results are likely to be announced by the end of this week.

Analysts looking at the Naga areas suggest that from the 10 seats contested in the Naga Self Administered Zone (NSAZ), the NLD is indicated to have won in 9. The tenth seat was taken by Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).

The Naga areas consist of three townships—Layshi, Lahe and Namyun. There are two seats each from each township for the Sagaing Regional Parliament. One seat from each township is for the Lower House, Union Parliament. One seat is sent from all of the Naga areas combined to the Upper House, Union Parliament, bringing the total number of seats to 10.

While the NLD and USDP had candidates vying for the seats, independent candidates had also set themselves up to the challenge.

Except in the Regional Parliament 2 seat from Lahe

The names of the winners are:

• Layshi Constituency: Kyaw Htay (Lower House, Union Parliament), Gahsirang (Regional Parliament 1), Rittin (Regional Parliament 2) • Lahe Constituency: Thet Naung (Lower House, Union Parliament), U Luyong (Regional Parliament 1), Samu (Regional Parliament 2USDP) • Namyun Constituency: Wanla (Lower House, Union Parliament), Sein Maung (Regional Parliament 1), Kesai (Regional Parliament 2) • Min Naing won the Upper House, Union Parliament seat.

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constituency, which was won by the USDP, the NLD won the rest from the Naga region.

However, it was informed later that there may have been some ‘election fraud’ in the Regional Parliament 2 seat from Lahe constituency to which a complaint will soon be filed with the Union Election Commission.

Earlier this year, the Naga Students’ Organisation (Myanmar) had said to The Morung Express that U Hla Tun would become the chairman of NSAZ if USDP won the general elections while U Luyong would become the chairman if the NLD won.

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Allegations against CM devoid ACCORD to prioritize Nagaland’s overall development of merit: NPF central office KOHIMA, NOVEMBER 10 (MExN): Following the NPCC’s demand for the Governor to set up an ‘enquiry committee’ to verify information furnished by the Nagaland CM in an election affidavit, the NPF central office today said that allegations against the CM in this regard are “devoid of any merit.”

A press note from the PRO of the NPF central office, Yanger Jamir informed that a writ petition (civil) filed by petitioners Maziezokho Nisa and Rokovisie Rino in the Kohima Bench of the Guwahati High Court had sought issuance of direction to the Kohima Police for registering an FIR filed by the petitioners with the OC North PS on September 8, 2015.

The petitioners had alleged that false information was furnished by the CM to the Election Commission and that he was liable to be punished with imprisonment under section 125-A of The Representation of Peoples Act, 1951 and under various sections of the IPC including 468.

According to the NPF central office, the court heard the case on October 1 and observed that the petitioners have not “disclosed commission of any cognizable offence and ruled that even if wrong information was furnished to the Election Commission, it still does not come under the ambit of a cognizable offence...”

Further it stated that “in view of the provision of Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as the law laid down by the Constituent Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Lalita Kumari [Vrs Government of UP, reported in (2014) 2 SCC 1], no direction can be given to Police for regis-

tering a case on the basis of such information. The writ petition, therefore, is devoid of any merit.”

The NPF central office said that this issue is being used as a “political whip” against the Nagaland CM. “Everybody knows that qualification is not a requirement or criteria for someone to enter into politics and serve the people. But all of a sudden, it appears some people are so fixated with someone’s qualification to occupy the chair of the Chief Minister,” the NPF stated.

It alleged that “some opponents of the Chief Minister in his constituency repeatedly approached a gentleman to write to the Superintendent of Police, Kohima which was later retracted and the gentleman had the grace to apologise in public domain.” “Later, when the case was withdrawn, others entered into the fray again using the same documents and filed an FIR with the OC Kohima North Police Station who, accordingly, began preliminary investigation into the matter,” it said.

“As soon as the matter was rejected by the Hon’ble High Court, the NPCC has now approached the Governor,” the NPF central office said. Terming this as “most irregular,” it stated that this shows the “determination of some people to embarrass the Chief Minister in any manner possible.” It stated that the NPCC should have pursued the matter “in the right perspective instead of fooling the people on the streets with their antics.”

“No Chief Minister in the history of Nagaland has been harassed like the present Chief Minister by various elements in the society for their vested interests in the last two years or so since he assumed office,” the NPF stated.

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 10 (MExN): The Afro-Asian-American Chamber of Commerce, Occupational Research and Development (ACCORD) has decided to give priority for “overall development of Nagaland” by advising its member countries to visit Nagaland, observe its natural and cultural heritage besides investing in the State and also stress on the need of judicious utilisation of medicinal plants and ancient folk medicine.

Announcing this vision and action plan, ACCORD convener and director, Utkarsh Sharma, in a press statement received here said this development will be formally announced during the “Commerce, Occupational Research and Development (CORD) Summit” convened at

New Delhi in December, 2015.

ACCORD was established with the main objective of locating avenues for alternative employment creation besides designing a neological as well as neocratic approach to skill development and entrepreneurship among the younger generation all over the world in general and in the countries situated in African, Asian and American continents in particular.

Its objective is to bring peace on earth in the third millennium by having country wise and countrywide appropriate solutions for burning problems like discord, insurgency, poverty, greed, unemployment, pollution, faulty educational and training methodologies, population explosion and religious

intolerance etc, the press statement claimed.

In this regard, it has decided to design a master plan paradigm (2015-2025) for a new world order.

Among ACCORD activities include promotion of entrepreneurial leadership among school and college going boys and girls by “catching them young” and designing didactical messages for the educators to see that they produce more number of job givers rather than job seekers.

This will be possible as it has the qualified inventory of experts for establishing universities, colleges, institutions, schools and other training outfits in different countries with latest equipment and infrastructure for conducting formal, informal, non-for-

mal, open, distance, online, internet and web-based employment centric programmes in all countries of the world, ACCORD claimed in its press statement.

In this connection, it has invited the policy makers, ministers and bureaucrats from Nagaland to keep interacting with the officials of ACCORD for mutual as well as technical cooperation through a neological as well as neocratic approach for a sustainable development of Northeastern states in general and Nagaland in particular.

It also added that ACCORD has decided to sponsor the publication, “Nagaland: Past, Present and Future” running into 1200+ pages to be released and dedicated to the world citizenry early next year.

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Naga Hoho urges end to cycle of violence

KOHIMA, NOVEMBER 10 (MExN): The Naga Hoho today called upon both the Government of India (GoI) and the NSCN (K) to “earnestly work together in the spirit of mutual respect and appreciation for each other and reinstate the ceasefire agreement at the earliest.”

A press note from the Naga Hoho urged the GoI to “shed its prejudice and demonstrate magnanimity and patience at this juncture of the peace process.” It further appealed to the NSCN (K) to “abjure the path of violence and continue to search for peace through negotiation.”

The Naga Hoho expressed concern at the “unabated violent confrontations between the Government of India and NSCN (K) after many years of observing ceasefire agreement and peace talks.”

The present situation, it lamented, negates the desire of the Naga People for a negotiated settlement of the Indo- Naga Issue. “The futility of war is manifested in the fact that Nagas continue to live under perpetual subjugation and oppression and India’s progression towards a deserv-

ing and respectable place amongst nations is hindered,” the Naga Hoho said.

It further accused India of propagating a policy of “intolerance with no respect for human dignity and blatant disregard for innocent lives even supposedly of its own citizens… in dealing with any form of dissent.”

Nagas be expected to trust the government of India that it is really and seriously committed to pursue the path of peace?” the Naga Hoho questioned.

The Naga Hoho hoped that the NSCN (K) would understand the need to renew the process of dialogue. “A resistance movement rooted in the principle of democracy and humanity must listen to the voice of conscience of the people it represents, and is expected to always prioritize to create space and atmosphere for peace building, even in the face of unwarranted provocations and threats,” it added.

The Naga Hoho cautioned that the current trend indicates the renewal of a “protracted cycle of violence endangering many more innocent Naga people.” It asked every peace loving Naga to intervene and ensure that “senseless violence” is stopped.

The Naga Hoho pledged its full support and participation in “our collective search for ways and means to usher in a secured future in our land wherein the dignity, honour and human rights are safeguarded.”

Asks Indian Govt and NSCN (K) to reinstate ceasefire at the earliest “The recent random killings of innocent Nagas including women and school children and NSCN (K) cadres following imposition/extension of Disturb Area Act in the Nagas Land defies any logic and thus nullify the aura of August 3,2015 Framework Agreement,” it rued.

“Is this the dawn of another era wherein premeditated punitive violent adventure to uproot and obliterate the Naga People is repeated as in the past? Can the

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moKoKchuNg, November 10 (Dipr): In commemoration of 125 years celebration of Mokokchung town under the theme “Pioneering Ahead” Mayangnokcha Award Trust (MAT) has come up with the concept of “Vision Mokokchung 2040”, a collaborative effort of all concerned citizens to envisioned how and what Mokokchung can achieve by the year 2040.

This collaborative process shall take place over the next one month through the print media, social media, paper presentation discussion at different levels and plat-

forms covering under the broad themes; socio-cultural, economic, political and education within the context of Mokokchung.

This process will culminate on December 15 with an interactive panel discussion at cosmos hall Mokokchung. The views & opinions so expressed shall be compiled and edited to form the “Vision Mokokchung 2040” document in a book form.

Views and opinion through any appropriate channel especially through print media are welcome so that a healthy exchange of ideas and discussions can be initiated involving all citizens.

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Battery run vehicle introduced at Nagaland Zoological Park A section of the participants during the celebration of National Education Day 2015 held at T. M. Government Higher Secondary School, Kohima on November 10.

M.Lokeswara Rao and others take a ride in the battery operated vehicle for the visitors to the park on November 10.

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Dimapur, November 10 (mexN): The Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar Park has introduced battery operated vehicle for the visitors to the park on November 10.

The 8 seat vehicle was launched by M.Lokeswara Rao, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force in the presence of Chief Wildlife Warden, Nagaland S.P.Tripathi and host of Forest

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tional Education Day is to strengthen our educational institutions and to raise the quality of education to greater heights.

Education is the most important thing in any one’s life. So much so, that the United Nation had included the universalization of Education as one of its goal. Recently the Government of India had launched the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme or Save the Girl Child; Educate Her, to address the issue of education. Today we are privileged to be a part of an education system that had been envisioned by great people like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

The theme for today is “Be educated be empowered” and we hope our students here will be empowered through the education that they receive today.

Vezokho Kapu, Project Coordinator, CHILDLINE, Kohima, spoke on “We are here for you”, an introduction to CHILDLINE Ko-

hima. He informed that Childline is India’s first 24-hour, free emergency phone servicefor children in need of care and protection. A concerned adult or child can dial 1098, the toll free number to access the service. He further informed that Childline is currently operational in 279 cities in India, and presently, in Nagaland, the service covers two districts, i.e.,Dimapur and Kohima.

A short documentary film of a little boy was presented with a message that every child has the right to free education. The story was narrated by Kenei of Childline, Kohima.

Following this, Daisy Mezhur, Mission Director, State Resource Centre for Women gave an exhortation on the theme, ‘Be Educated, Be Empowered’. She cited three main points for people to bear in mind: firstly, the first step to education is cleanliness; second, to come to school with a purpose; and third,

to make the school proud. She encouraged the students that this is the crucial time to empower oneself since the competition level is so high and that their first aim should be to make it to the top. She also expressed hope for partnership with the schools in the future to bring positive change.

Amenla, a student of TM Higher Secondary School presented a special song titled Never Alone.

This was followed by a Debate for Higher Secondary Students on the topic, ‘Girls are Faring Better than the Boys in Education’ with Ajabu Tungoe, District Coordinator, PSK as the moderator. Three girls and three boys actively participated in the debate and the 1st position went to Manmei Konyak, 2nd position to Visal Majong and 3rdposition went to Kümüzio Tetse-o.

The programme came to a successful end with certificates along with prizes given to the best three debaters.

ALWC celebrates first Foundation Day National Level Handloom Expo underway

Dimapur, November 10 (mexN): Abundant Life Worship Centre (ALWC) celebrated its first Foundation Day under the theme “Renewing our Mind” on November 9.

In his message, guest speaker, Rev. Akho Punyu, pastor, Word to the World Church, Dimapur said today, we are bounded by various teachings and many are not aware what

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Officers and staff of the Park.

This is the first time a battery operated golf cart will be used for visitors at nominal rate approved by the State Government.

The golf cart is environment friendly and can carry 7 passengers apart from the driver. Now citizens of Nagaland particularly from Dimapur can enjoy the ride in the Zoological Park.

Kohima, November 10 (mexN): The Nagaland State Social Welfare Board in collaboration with State Resource Centre for Women and Mission Poorna Shakti celebrated the National Education Day 2015 on the theme, “Be Educated, Be Empowered” with the students and teachers of TM Government Higher Secondary School, Kohima on November 10.

Gracy Ayee, State Coordinator, SRCW chaired the programme with an introduction on the significance of the day. Avinuo Tase, Principal, TM Government Higher Secondary School gave an introduction and stated that National Education Day is an annual observance in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a legendary freedom fighter and the first Education Minister of independent India, who contributed significantly towards the field of education. She further pointed out that the objective of celebrating Na-

the absolute truth is. “We are to discern what the will of God is.” The term ‘the will of God’, he said, has at least three biblical meanings.

First, understanding the Sovereign will of God. Second is the revealed will of God in the Bible, and third there is the path of wisdom and Christian character building in the Bible.

He maintained that almost everyone knows that

Jesus died on a cross for our sins, but the meaning of Christianity doesn't end there, it's only the beginning. “God wants to be a part of everyday lives right in the middle, not somewhere in the distance.”

Quoting from the Bible, Psalm.1; Romans.12:1-2, he stated every believer must present their body as a living sacrifice and guide their mind to overcome

fear. He further encouraged, “Together we can change lives for better by renewing the mind.”

Pastor David briefed the gathering that ALWC was established on November 9, 2014, and dedicated by Rev. Dr. TN Lotha, Founder of AG East India.

ALWC is an initiative of Abundant Life Ministries.

Its purpose is to provide a warm godly and friendly at-

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mosphere where the youth can come and worship God, stated a release from ALWC secretary, K Sumi.

The vision of the centre is “to introduce Jesus in a personal way to those who don't really know him... to kindle the fire of relationship to those that do know him... and to bring everyone to a greater awareness that we have a father that loves us,” the release added.

Labourers unload impounded illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) for disposal at the DMC garbage dumping site at Burma Camp, Dimapur on November 10. 1080 cases of assorted IMFL brands were destroyed during the exercise conducted by the Dimapur police.

The destroyed liquor was seized from a truck at Golaghat Road, Dimapur in the month of October.

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Parliamentary Secretary, Amenba Yaden visiting stalls at the National Handloom Expo on Tuesday. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Amenba said that the loom sector can be adoptDimapur | November 10

Parliamentary Secretary for Industries & Commerce, Amenba Yaden (Retd IFS) on Tuesday inaugurated National Level Handloom Expo at Naga Shopping Arcade, Dimapur sponsored by Office of the Development Commissioner (Handloom), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.

national handloom expo aims to preserve, protect and promote the age old weaving heritage of the country besides promoting the sale of handloom products. He said that such events act as a direct interface between the buyers and producers that enable the customers to buy genuine products.

He said that the expo also showcases how hand-

ed as a means for generating employment avenues specially in rural areas. He expressed the hope that the expo would provide the right platform for local weavers and artisans to interact and exchange ideas and knowledge about the handloom products with other artisans from different states.

The expo will continue till November 24.

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Ex-servicemen community centre 40 schools & 4 govt offices declared tobacco free zones TAPWO silver jubilee inaugurated in Mokokchung Dimapur, November 10 (Dipr): DNO, NTCP Dr. C. Tetseo has stated that so far 40 schools and four government offices have been declared tobacco free zone area and awarded certificates at the District Level Coordination Committee review meeting on November 10 at DC’s Conference Hall.

Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Commissioner and Chairman DLCC Kesonyu Yhome, IAS stated that fight-

ing against tobacco is a very long and a difficult fight but that is a challenge which has to be fought. He suggested to the schools and teachers to work out a blue print and see how best to manage. He urged all the schools who have been awarded the tobacco free school certificates to bring changes in the society, schools and institutions given to them. He appealed to everyone to start from oneself to bring a change in the society.

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ary School Dimapur, St Francis Hr Sec School, Medziphema, Maple Tree School, Dimapur, Lorna School Dimapur, Little Flower School Chumukedima, St Mary Montessori Hr Sec School, Shepherd Montessori School Niuland Yes Bank Dimapur were declared Tobacco Free Zone Areas and awarded Tobacco Free School Certificates. The Program was chaired

by Deputy Commissioner and Chairman DLCC Kesonyu Yhome, IAS.

pheK, November 10 (mexN): The Tizu Area Public Welfare Organization (TAPWO) will celebrate its silver jubilee on November 27 under the theme “Towards a shared goal” at Khuza near Phek town.

Küzholüzo Nienu, MLA 19th Phek A/C will grace the occasion as the chief guest, while Er. Abija Khing, executive engineer, PWD Phek will be the culture guest. All constituent villages of TAPWO have been requested to send atleast 150 delegates to the silver jubilee celebration. It is compulsory for frontal organizations of all the villages under TAPWO to attend the celebration.

Legal Services Day observed in Nagaland Lt Gen Bipin Rawat, GOC Hq 3 Corps Rangapahar (middle) along with ex-servicemen and other army and Assam Rifles officials after inaugurating the ex-servicemen community centre (Army & Assam Rifles) at Mokokchung on Tuesday, November 10. (Morung Photo)

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moKoKchuNg, No vember 10 (mexN): A community centre for exservicemen, both army and Assam Rifles, was inaugurated today by the GOC Hq 3 Corps, Lt Gen Bipin Rawat (AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM) at the 31 AR Camp here today in the presence of a host of ex-servicemen and other Indian army and Assam Rifles officials.

The Lt Gen Bipin Rawat, who was supposed to cut

the ribbon and unveil the plague, gave the honour to the oldest ex-serviceman present at the programme to cut the ribbon and unveil the plague. The honor was taken

by Tekatiyong, an ex-serviceman from Chungtia village.

The “Ex-serviceman Community Centre (Army & Assam Rifles)” is said to be the first community centre in the northeast which is ‘common for both the army and Assam Rifles”.

The community centre has four rooms – two rooms for men and two for women – a community hall and kitchen. The centre will be manned by a member from the Zila Sainik Board, and it will cater to all the exservicemen, the widows of ex-servicemen and their dependents.

It is learnt that there are 1200 army ex-servicemen and seventy Assam Rifles ex-servicemen.

Dimapur, November 10 (mexN): In commemoration of National Legal Services Day on October 9, Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) conducted essay competition for students of St. Stephen Hr. Secondary School, Dimapur on the topic “Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties”. Legal awareness programme was also conducted for the students.

Duvelu Shashi, Panel Advocate, Dimapur, chaired the programme. A short introduction on the National Legal Services Day, Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties of every citizen was shared by Sentimenla, Panel Advocate, DDLSA. She highlighted about those who can avail Legal Aid and how it benefits especially

the weaker section of the society women, children, disable persons and old people.

Ten students from Class 11 and 12 participated in the essay competition, where Botoka (class 12) secured the first position, Heji Magh (class 11) secured second, and third position was jointly bagged by Setuo Angami and Yangersangla of class 12 and class 11 respectively. Prizes were distributed to the winners by Imliakum, Panel Advocate, DDLSA. In Wokha, the Wokha District Legal Services Authority (WDLSA) also observed the day by conducting inter high school essay competition on the topic “Fundamental Rights & Duties of the Citizen” and legal awareness seminar at District Planning Machinery Cell’s confer-

ence hall, Wokha.

Resource persons S Hukato Swu, District & Sessions Judge, Wokha, Philip Yanthan, SDPO Wokha and Amos Odyuo, Kyong Students’ Union president spoke on the occasion. WV Patton, JMFC Wokha highlighted the activities of WDLSA. Lotus C Kikon of Regimental School DEF Wokha, Chonbeni Yanthan of Gilgal School and Elizabeth Ngullie of Christian Model High School were adjudged the first, second and third winners respectively in the essay competition.

The programme was chaired by Lichani Tungoe, Panel Advocate, while welcome address and vote of thanks were delivered by Oren Humtsoe and Yanbemo Ngullie respectively.

The Phek District Legal Ser-

vices Authority conducted Essay competition at Government Higher Secondary School, Phek, Nagaland on the topic ‘Fundamental Rights and Duties of a Citizen’ in commemoration of Legal Services Day on November 9. Rukuvolu Vero gave the introductory speech and highlighted on the importance of Fundamental Rights and Duties of a Citizen. Tsoto Mebou class 12 of GHSS, Phek was adjudged the winner of the Essay competition, while the second position was bagged by Richa Kumari Class 11 of GHSS, Phek and third position was bagged by Divito Vese class 12 GHSS, Phek. Rose Chishi PGT GHSS, Shikato Achumi PGT GHSS, Sheku Soho GT and Dietho Koza GT GHSS were the Judges for the Essay Competition.

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Meghalaya Militants Using sIM Cards of other Ne states, IG SHIllong, novemBer 10 (PTI): Armed militants in Meghalaya are using pre-activated SIM cards originating from other NE states like Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura compounding the problem of kidnapping and extortion, police said today.

"In all the kidnappings and extortions in Garo Hills region, all militants and criminals have used pre-activated SIM cards originating from Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura," Inspector General of Police (Operations) G H P Raju said. The matter came to light after the police detained a young man who appeared for the post of jail warder yesterday at Tura in West Garo Hills district from whom police seized 60 unauthorised SIM cards, he said. While a case was registered against the man identified as Blutcher Sangma, police claimed the the SIM cards were meant to be delivered to the Garo National Liberation Army

'Probe politician-militant nexus in Meghalaya' Centre to move SC on HC order to enforce AFSPA in Meghalaya SHIllong, novemBer 10 (IanS): A Meghalaya legislator, who has survived many attempts on his life by militants, on Tuesday asked union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to initiate a probe by the CBI or NIA into the politician-militant nexus in the state, instead of invoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to control the law and order situation.

Saleng Sangma told Rajnath Singh that no militancy would survive without the backing of certain political leaders. "Instead of promulgation of AFSPA, I strongly feel that the Centre could intervene by ordering a probe by the CBI or the NIA into the politician-militant nexus to stem the rot (GNLA). According to Raju, GNLA and other militant groups rely on black SIM cards for their communication to commit crimes such as kidnapping, extortion and criminal intimidation.

These seized SIM cards are being verified to know from which service providers/dealer they belong to and legal action will be initiated against those who violated the DOT guidelines,

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North East fest to be held in Bengaluru Bengaluru, novemBer 10 (IanS): The first edition of Sammmant Eeshanya Utsava - celebrating north east with respect and equality, is set to begin here from November 21. It is an initiative to bring focus to northeast India to an audience residing outside the region. The two-day event will present the rich cultural heritage, music, dance and creative performances from the eight northeastern states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim, read a statement.

PM considering move to grant ST status to 6 Assam communities: Kiren Rijiju neW DelHI, novemBer 10 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering the proposal to recognise six communities in Assam as Scheduled Tribes (ST), a demand strongly backed by the Ulfa. “The file related to granting ST status to six communities in Assam is now with the Prime Minister. After his approval, the proposal will be placed before the Union Cabinet and then the Parliament,” minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju told reporters here. According to the proposal, the six communities in Assam are Moran, Muttock, Tai Ahom, Koch Rajbongshi, Sootea and Tea Tribes. “This will be done before the next year’s assembly elections in Assam,” he said. Rijiju said the Central government will soon start direct talks with Ulfa to bring a lasting solution to the nearly four decades old insurgency problems in Assam.

The Minister also said that the Union home ministry will soon start talks with the All Assam Students Union to review progress of the implementation of the Assam Accord, signed in 1985.

Road blockade delays EC officials’ visit to Bru relief camps aIzaWl, novemBer 10 (PTI): Election officials could not leave for Tripura from Mizoram-Tripura border Mamit town to conduct special summary revision of Mizoram voters lists in the six Bru relief camps for the second day today due to road blockade by NGOs and political parties. Mamit district Deputy Commissioner Lalbiaksangi told PTI over phone that Police did not use force today to disperse the agitators as old women and children were among the volunteers blocking the roads near the Deputy Commissioner’s office where the election officials were camping since Sunday last. The police, highly outnumbered, failed to disperse the agitators by using lathis yesterday. “We tried to follow the instructions of the Election Commission by conducting special revision of electoral rolls in the Tripura relief camps, but the officials could not leave Mamit due to the road blockade,” the DC said. The NGO Coordination Committee comprising five major civil societies and five mainstream parties opposed the EC’s instruction to conduct revision of voters lists in Tripura relief camps. They held that the Brus in the relief camps refused to return to Mizoram despite repeated appeals by Mizo civil societies and also several attempts to repatriate them by the government.

Raju said. Meanwhile, state Director General of Police Rajiv Mehta today reviewed the security scenario in the entire Garo Hills region and issued directives to the district police chiefs to prepare 'crime maps' indicating kidnapping and extortion 'hot spots' in each district.

"Special preventive policing steps are being initiated in these crime prone hot spots to deny opportunity for mili-

21 Congress legislators, who are presently in New Delhi, did not attend CLP meeting on Sunday in protest against Tuki's leadership mar was also present at the meeting on Monday. He and Narayanasamy called for prompt action against the MLAs, "who work at the command of BJP".

The two called for disciplinary action and said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi would be informed in detail of the recent crisis.

The source said, "The central observers are satisfied with the progress of the state under Tuki's leadership." Narayansami said Nabam Tuki-led Congress government was '100% sta-

month had asked the Centre to consider enforcing Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in Garo hills region to help the administration restore the rule of law. A full bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Uma Nath Singh, Justice TNK Singh and Justice SR Sen issued the order following a hearing related to the pending case of militants calling bandhs in the state.

"The central government can enforce Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for the purpose of deployment of armed forces in the aid of civil administration in order to restore public order and maintain the law

neW DelHI, novemBer 10 (PTI): The Centre is likely to approach the Supreme Court seeking protection of the rights of the indigenous people of Arunachal Pradesh after the apex court ordered conferring citizenships to Chakma and Hajong refugees.

At a high-level meeting, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed the situation arising in Arunachal Pradesh after the September 17 order of the Supreme Court granting Indian citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees in the state.

Sources said the meeting decided to make necessary appeal in the Supreme Court to ensure that constitutional and indigenous rights of the people of Arunachal Pradesh are protected.

It was also decided that Home

order issued on November 4-5 came despite opposition from the state governments. It cited the presence of Naga insurgent groups including National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) NSCN (K), National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang-Kitovi) NSCK (KK) and

Ministry would take necessary steps to ensure providing proper status to the Chakmas and Hajongs but without the infringement on rights of the people of the state and to honour the sentiments of the people.

Necessary inputs would also be obtained from the state government while making an appeal in the apex court, sources said.

The Supreme Court on September 17 had directed the Centre and Arunachal Pradesh government to grant citizenship within three months to Chakma and Hajong tribals who had migrated from Bangladesh, saying they cannot be discriminated in any manner.

"It is well known that the Chakmas and Hajongs were displaced from the area which became part of

East Pakistan (now in Bangladesh) on construction of Kaptai Dam and were allowed to be rehabilitated under the decision of the Government of India.

"They could not be discriminated against in any manner pending formal conferment of rights of citizenship. Their status also stands duly acknowledged in the guidelines of the Election Commission of India," a bench of Justices Anil R Dave and Adarsh K Goel had said.

The apex court said that Chakmas have a right to be granted citizenship and it is even "recognised by judicial decisions that they cannot be required to obtain any Inner Line permit as they are settled in Arunachal Pradesh."

Various civil societies in Arunachal Pradesh are upset with the Supreme Court ruling.

Captive elephants of North East now have a clinic in Kaziranga KazIranga, novemBer 10 (mexn): A clinic for elephants of the northeast was inaugurated at the upcoming today at Mark Shand Asian Elephant Learning Centre by Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Founding Patron of the UK based charity Elephant Family and its CEO Ruth Powys in the presence of guests and audiences from the neighbouring villages.

The facility, named after legendary conservationist Mark Shand, is a part of the Kaziranga Discovery Park, whose foundation stone was laid on December 28, 2014, informed a press note from Subhamoy Bhattacharjee, Assistant Manager, Awareness for Conservation, Wildlife Trust of India.

The other two wings are Kaziranga World Heritage Learning Centre and IFAW-WTI Wildlife Rescue Learning Centre which will be dedicated to the public in coming years, it added.

Congratulating the team and people that built the facility, Rothschild said, “Mark was an energetic and dynamic personality

ble' and "all 26 CLP leaders, including the speaker, endorsed Tuki's leadership."

He said, "The state government is 100% stable. I heard the views of each and every MLA and realized what is happening here. I will meet party president Sonia Gandhi and inform her about the situation prevailing here."

He reiterated that action would be taken against 21 MLAs who stayed away from the CLP meeting despite being notified about it beforehand.

The former Union minister of state for PMO also slammed governor JP Rajkhowa for writing to the PM on shifting Greenfield Airport at Hollongi and alleged, "The governor is a supporter of RSS and Rajkhowa has been selected for the post by BJP on behalf of RSS."

and order," the bench said in its order.

"Such deployment of armed forces of the Union would be only for the purpose of enabling the civil authorities in the state to deal with the situation effectively so that there is a regime of rule of law," it said.

Taking into consideration the situation in the region where militant groups have abducted 87 people for ransom including 27 businessmen, 25 civilians, as many employees of private firms, five government employees and as many teachers, the bench said that the police and civil authorities, despite their best efforts, are not able to control the situation.

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Centre to approach SC to protect rights of Arunachalis

'arunachal Cong should be strict with rebel MLas' ITanagar, novemBer 10 (Tnn): Former Union minister and AICC general secretary in-charge of Arunachal Pradesh V Narayanasamy has called for strong action against the rebel MLAs who are seeking a change in the political leadership of the state.

Twenty-one Congress legislators, who are presently in New Delhi, did not attend Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting here on Sunday in protest against chief minister Nabam Tuki's leadership.

Narayanasamy met Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) cadets and told them to, "be strict with the dissident MLAs," a source in the party said.

AICC secretary and also state in-charge K Jayaku-

neW DelHI, novemBer 10 (PTI): The Centre will soon file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging a Meghalaya High Court order directing it to enforce AFSPA in Garo hills.

"We will file an SLP to challenge the Meghalaya High Court order," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told reporters here.

He said the central government in principle believes that AFSPA will not solve the problem in insurgency-hit Garo hills, rather it considers it as a temporary measure to maintain law and order there. tants and criminals commitThe Meghalaya High Court last ting kidnappings and extortions," Raju said. The state police chief has also issued instruction that all private vehicles will be provided security in a convoy system to neW DelHI, novemBer 10 the destinations. The review (eT): The home ministry has excame a week after a constable tended the controversial Armed was dragged out of the vehicle Forces (Special Powers) Act in 16 along with another person police stations of Arunachal Pradesh from Assam by armed mili- and 20 kilometres along the Assamtants and their whereabouts Meghalaya border for six months are not known till date. and one year respectively. The latest

emitted by the militants and other criminal elements," Sangma said. Sangma, the then community and rural development minister in the previous government, also recalled the startling revelation by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma that the government has evidence to prove the links between politicians and militants groups. While informing Rajnath Singh about the Meghalaya High Court order directing the central government to consider the use of the AFSPA in the Garo Hills to control the deteriorating law and order situation, the Independent legislator blamed the Congress-led government for its failure to maintain peace and tranquillity in the Garo Hills.

National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Reformist) NSCN (R) besides United Liberation front of Assam (Independent) ULFA (I) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) NDFB (S) to declare these districts as "disturbed areas" under section 3 of AFSPA.

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Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Founding Patron of the UK based charity Elephant Family seeing the captive elephnats after unveiling the relief of mark shand, the legendary conservationist while inaugurating the clinic for elephants of northeast at Panbari RF by Elephant Family and Wildlife Trust of Indian with support of Assam Forest department on Tuesday, November 10. (Photo: Subhamoy Bhattacharjee)

who believed in lending a helping hand to animals.

Today is a great day for me to inaugurate this facility for elephants.”

The Mark Shand Memorial Asian Elephant Learning Centre in the Kaziranga Discovery Park is supported by Elephant Family, a leading conservation organization of the world dedicated to the conservation and welfare of elephants in Asia, the press note informed adding that Mark Shand had spent some valuable time with the captive elephants

in Kaziranga and several mahouts here honour him at the end of the tourist season each year.

Meanwhile, the Indian Express reported that Assam, which together with the rest of the Northeastern states is home to about 5,000 wild elephants, also has about 1,500 captive elephants, most of which have been sitting idle since the Supreme Court had banned tree felling in the Northeast. There are about 100 captive elephants, both government-owned and privately-owned in

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MUMBAI, NoveMBer 10 (reUters): India's villages face a sharp spike in food prices in 2016, as a second year of drought drives up the cost of ingredients such as sugar and milk, and poor transport infrastructure stops falling global prices from reaching rural areas.

India's first back-toback drought in three decades also complicates government spending calculations as Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries to prune a subsidy regime that has long propped up the rural economy, and he can ill afford to alienate rural voters after a bruising weekend electoral defeat in Bihar. It is bad news for the central bank, too, which faces a conundrum achieving its 4 percent inflation target for the medium term as levels diverge in town and

country, and infrastructure development would take years to fix it.

India's overall retail inflation eased to 4.41 percent in September, helped by falling commodity prices, but rural inflation was at 5.05 percent, mostly due to food prices. That, some analysts argue, could worsen, despite the dampening effect of lower wages and sluggish growth in the agricultural sector.

"The impact of this year's drought will cut supplies of sugar, milk and vegetables, which the market hasn't factored in yet fully," said Harish Galipelli, head of commodities and currencies at Inditrade Derivatives and Commodities. "The first half (of next year) will be more painful than the second half."

While urban dwellers

have seen some cheaper imported food products, benefiting from global deflation, that has not filtered through to rural areas, given poor roads, rail and a lack of storage facilities for perishable goods.

Prices of vegetables like onions, tomatoes and potatoes have already been rising, with some staples up as much as 20 percent in a month. Palm oil prices have also climbed in the last two months, while milk prices have risen by 10 percent.

India will release monthly retail inflation data for October on Nov. 12.

push them up further in 2016. Edible oil prices in India, which meets nearly 70 percent of demand through imports, are also likely to rise, given scant rainfall in palm oil-producing countries.

Meanwhile, scarcity of fodder and water is expected to hit local milk production from February.

"The country's milk production could drop by 5 to 7 percent in 2016. The reduction will obviously allow prices to rise," an official with the Maharashtra state milk cooperative said.

Food accounts for more than 50 percent of rural consumer price inflation in India, compared with a third of urban inflation, while categories like fuel, which has seen a considerable price drop, has a much smaller impact in rural areas, where fami-

FALTERING RURAL ECONOMY There is little sign of relief. Indian sugar futures are up by a quarter since a late July low, and producers say lower output because of the drought will

lies use firewood or biogas from manure.

The rural economy contributes around 50 percent of Indian gross domestic product and is already showing signs of strain as government cuts the once-generous subsidies that shielded farmers and villagers. Motorbike and tractor sales were weak in October, traditionally an auspicious time to buy. Two-wheeler sales rose just 0.36 percent in April-October compared with 16.4 percent growth in the same period a year ago.

"My income dropped nearly 50 percent due to drought," said farmer Sunil Gujar, 42, from the interior of Maharashtra.

"I had borrowed money from a bank for seeds and fertiliser, but now I don't know how to repay the loan."

Proposal to augment water AIRTEL Hornbill First Cut-Inter Collegiate Competition The primary objective tion which was won by St. NoveMBer supply in Mkg approved KoHIMA, 10 (MexN): The Hornbill of the First Cut is to educate Josephs college, Jakhama MoKoKcHUNg, NoveMBer 10 (DIPr): Mokokchung District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) has approved the proposal for augmentation of tapping drinking water from Techipami source. The proposal amounting to 5.68 crore submitted by Er. Yanger Pongen, Executive Engineer, PHED Mokokchung, Division got approval of the House after thorough discussion. The acute scarcity of drinking water being faced by the denizens of Mokokchung town, particularly during dry season, was the main concern of the members present.

Seeking approval of the House, Er Yanger said scarcity of water in Mokokchung town has been aggravated as Techipami source, the main source for Mokokchung town, needs immediate repairing. He said the other two sources - Angetyongpang and Litsami from where Mokokchung gets water are not at all sufficient.

The members also decided to urge upon the government to urgently

KoHIMA, NoveMBer 10 (MexN): The Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) today informed all wards and citizens of Kohima town that no person shall deposit or cause to deposit building materials, goods or other articles on any road or highways without the prior approval of the Deputy Commissioner Kohima.

All such materials are required to be removed within seven days from the date of issue of this order or the same shall be removed, confiscated and

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ers and penalties imposed as per the provision of the law, a circular received here stated. Meanwhile, KMC administrator through a letter written to Kohima Chamber of Commerce & Industries (KCCI) expressed concerned over some traders who are habitually displaying their goods and items on the pedestrian footpaths.

In this regard, he requested KCCI president to give necessary instructions to the shop owners to stop such practice.

KoHIMA, NoveMBer 10 (MexN): Locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables; flowers, rice, preserved food items and pickles; snacks and savories; fruit juices and medicinal extracts; fancy handloom and craft products and accessories; items of daily use such as brooms and dusters; kitchen goods etc are available at the ongoing Regional SARAS Fair being held at Urban Haat, Dimapur.

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PHeK, NoveMBer 10 (MexN): The Phek District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) has approved the Common Pool scheme of Local Area Development Programme (LADP) for five assembly constituencies at Rs.443.75 lakhs for the year 2015-16. This was arrived at the recent monthly meeting of the Board.

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Chief Manager, SBI, Lead Bank Office, Phek, Z. Tholi Paul Mao also presented his departmental activities in the district. In the course of discussion, the Board observed that there is shortage of staff at SBI, Chizami and Pfutsero. Due to work pressure, many a time the bank staffs in most branches are tense and do not deal with the customers politely, the Board maintained.

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portunities and exposure to rural artisans and entrepreneurs and create awareness amongst urban consumers about rural products. Encouraging such enterprises will help boost the economy of the State as a whole and also develop the rural communities.

The Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) with the support of the Rural Development department, Govt. of Nagaland is organizing the fair sponsored by the Ministry of Rural Development. Media partners are Nagaland Page, Nagaland Post, Eastern Mirror and Morung Express.

It suggested that the staffs are given crash course on stress management periodically.

The Board recommended the proposal for registration of Phek Farmers Club, recommended proposal for up-gradation of St. Xavier School, Chozuba from Class 5 to 8 (eight), recommended the proposal for opening of new school Hilly Christian School, Phuyoba. Proposal for up-gradation of GPS Khusomi to GMS was also discussed. The Board directed the SDEO, Chozuba to brief the house in the next DPDB meeting for decision.

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Deputy Commissioner and Vice chairman of the DPDB, Sushil Kumar Patel, who chaired the meeting, emphasized on the need to reactivate Anganwati centres in the district as it plays an important role in not only providing nutritional food items but imparting basic education needs to children. He also shared the importance of Aadhaar card to all and the necessity to have it from 05 years and above. He said Aadhaar card is not mandatory as of now, but in a few years time it will become mandatory to avail any services from the government and other institutions.

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The house also constituted verification committee for implementation of LADP for all 10 assembly constituencies in the district.

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NCSU appeals to Gadkari Kohima, November 10 (mexN): The Nagaland Contractors’ & Suppliers’ Union (NCSU) has urged the Union Minister for Road, Transport & Highway Nitin Gadkari to give preference to the local contractors in the 4-lane road construction in Nagaland, for which foundation stone was laid recently.

In a press release, NCSU president, Pele Khezhie and general secretary, John Kath stated that since the 4-laning work was announced, the Union has submitted several representations regarding change in modali-

ties so that local contractors are given preference but till now no action has been taken.

Reminding that the Minister during his recent visit to Nagaland to lay the foundation stone had given commitment to make smaller packages so that local contractors are given preference, NCSU requested that the packages may be made in Rs. 100 – 150 – 200 crore per package so that local contractors are qualified.

The Union appealed to the minister to look into the matter at the earliest.

ACAUT Nagaland condemns assault by NSCN (R) cadres

Dimapur, November 10 (mexN): ACAUT Nagaland today condemned the assault on a driver of Wokha bound passenger vehicle by NSCN (R) cadres at Zonal taxi counter in Kohima on October 21. The cadres were led by one Abemo, according to a release from Media Cell, ACAUT Nagaland.

“Not content with beating him black and blue, the cadres forcefully extracted

Rs. 5000/- from the taxi driver too,” ACAUT Nagaland stated. “The ACAUT cannot but be surprised that even after a lapse of almost 20 days the culprit is still at large.”

ACAUT alleged that the NSCN (R) cadre has even threatened the president of All Commercial Vehicle Association (ACVA) Wokha District with death for standing up for the union’s assaulted member, for

which, the ACVA has filed an FIR. ACVA is a core support organisation of ACAUT Nagaland and as an organisation having concern for the well-being of Nagas and its land, ACVA has resolved not to pay any form of tax to any of the factions till the factions unite as per the slogan “One Government One Tax,” ACAUT said.

Therefore, ACAUT Nagaland has demanded the

Kohima and Wokha Police to immediately arrest Abemo and his henchmen.

Failing to do so, the ACVA may take recourse to any action in public interest, it added.

Meanwhile, ACAUT expressed support to the emergency meeting resolution of ACVA that unless the erring cadre returns the extorted money, the same will be realized from the relatives of the cadre.

Diwali greetings to people of Nagaland TBSUD holds general meeting

Kohima, November 10 (mexN): Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang today extended greetings and good wishes on the occasion of Diwali. The chief minister hoped that the festival of lights will brighten every individual’s life and that the festivity will usher in good health, peace and happiness in all homes.

He wished all the people a happy Diwali celebration.

Meanwhile, MLA Tovi-

hoto Ayemi also extended warmest greetings to the Hindu community of Dimapur in particular and Nagaland in general on Diwali. “Signifying the victory of good over evil and victory of light over dark, I wish that this Diwali serves to dissipate the darkness, ignorance and evil from society as people come together for the celebrations,” he said. “May the festival of lights brighten lives of

people with good health, wealth, knowledge ushering in joy and happiness and let bonhomie abound in all homes.” Like all festivals, he said that this Diwali should be celebrated with total peace, cooperation and camaraderie, thereby strengthening the unity among the people belonging to different faiths.

In a separate note, NPCC president, K Therie on behalf of the NPCC

wished the people good health, wealth, prosperity, joy and very Happy Diwali.

He stated that Diwali is an important festival celebrated to mark the triumph of good over evil. “The festival of lights also serves to dissipate darkness and evil from society and I hope that through this Diwali celebration, this light will shine bright and highlight good thoughts leaving no room for ignorance and evil.”

BAMS Phek organizes Fete Day to raise fund for school road pheK, November 10 (mexN): Bishop Abraham Memorial School (BAMS), Phek organized Fete Day on November 7 to raise fund for the maintenance of road from New Colony junction to the new location of the school. A release from Rev. Sr. Marina Adaphro in-

formed that the programme was graced by P Chisapa Chisonyi as the chief guest.

Chisonyi thanked the school authority for their concern for the welfare of the students and public. He also lauded Kuzholuzo Nienu, former Minister for Road & Bridges, for cutting the road

to the new BAMS. He added that though the road was cut it was not soled with boulders; hence the road is neither motorable nor walkable during monsoon. Therefore, he appealed to the public and parents of the students to generously extend monetary help to provide good

approach road to the school, the release said.

The Fete Day comprised of sale of handicrafts and household articles besides catering and games. The day also served as a day of refreshment and relaxation for the students and public, it added.

Dimapur, November 10 (mexN): The Tamlu Buhu Students' Union Dimapur (TBSUD) held its 11th general meeting at its treasurer’s residence at Purana Bazaar here with the motto "Go the distance".

The meeting commenced with an invocation prayer by M Baumei, president, Tamlu Vangvungla Dimapur unit and welcome address was given by L. Denaok Mukho.

Exhortation was delivered by Bongkam, who encouraged the young people to be more committed in whatever they strive for. He maintained that one must consistently work hard to achieve success in life no matter how much it costs us.

Further, he emphasized to be optimistic in approach and encouraged

the gathering to analyse the positive side of a person rather than the negative. Meanwhile, stating that to be successful one should have a good relation with God and patience and faith in oneself, he stated if a person does not have time to spare for God, then even God will not have time for them.

The general secretary, finance secretary, and statistical secretary of the union presented their reports respectively.

The programme was followed by review of resolution, consultative session for deliberation on any matter concerning the welfare of the union.

Later, Selection and Nominating Committee Member S Bakon Phom announced the new office bearers of the union for the year 2015-16.

Lothas in Bangalore celebrate Tokhü Emong Contractor’s philanthropic work

makes life easier for residents

Kohima, November 10 (mexN): Seeing the plight of the citizens, class-I contractor Mhalelie Rio has extended philanthropic service by way of clearing the landslide and filling up the potholes on the entire stretch of Bayavü road measuring more than a kilometer.

Rio, who is a prominent citizen of Bayavü Hill, Kohima, extended the service Lotha people in Bangalore pose for photograph on Tokhü Emong.

baNgalore , No vember 10 (mexN): The Lotha Tokhü Emong Okho Bangalore organized the Tokhü festival at United Theological College, Bangalore on November 7 under the theme: “One Mind One Goal”.

The first session of the programme started with an invocation by Lisathung Murry. Mhonrao, the chairman, delivered

the welcome address.

The significance of Tokhü Emong was narrated by Tsenpon Yanthan, while a short meditation from the word of God was shared

by Zubenthung Humtsoe.

Ethnic show exhibiting the rich cultural attires of the Lothas hosted

by Mhonchumi Humtsoe added more flavors to the occasion, according to a press release from the organizer. Games like tug of

war, cock fight and spinning of top were played by both men and women.

In the second session, Thungbeni Tungoe offered the invocation.

S. Ekonthung Ezung, the chaplain of Bangalore Lotha Christian Fellowship, shared his ministerial and leadership experiences.

The speaker of Tokhü Emong, Dr. PC Lotha exhorted the audience on various aspects.

at his own expenses.

In a press release, Bayavü Area Panchayat stated that Bayavü road serves as an important link road for the residents of the colony and also as an alternate route to Secretariat and High School. However, the stretch of road has been left unattended for many years by the authorities concerned and hence, has

will represent Kohima district at the State Level Kala Utsav 2015.

The District Education Officer, Kohima, Mary Dzüvichü expressed her gratitude for the successful conduct of the event and thanked all participating schools for their cooperation even in such short notice. She also congratulated all the participating individuals for showcasing their talents and further wished them success in the coming years.

The program was chaired by JEO, Kaitunchap Newmai, who also gave the introduction of Kala Utsav.

Kala Utsav is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to promote arts in education by nurturing and showcasing the talent of students at the secondary stage in the country. In the context of education of Arts (Music, Dance, Visual Arts and Crafts), the initiative is guided by the recommendations of the National Focus Group Position Paper on Arts, Music, Dance and Theatre for National Curriculum Framework 2005 (NCF-2005), and

MEx FILE Mass social work in Kohima on Nov 14 Kohima, November 10 (mexN): The Angami Students' Union (ASU) in collaboration with Kohima Municipal Council is organising a mass social work on November 14 under the theme "Shining Kohima- Never Clean, Ever Clean" to clean Kohima Town and its surroundings. The union has appealed to various student bodies, tribe hohos based in Kohima, colony/ ward panchayats, women, youths, govt. officials, churches and every citizen of Kohima, young and old, to join in the mass social work to clean and keep Kohima clean. ASU also asked the neighbouring villages of Kohima Town like Kohima village, Meriema, Chedema, Rüsoma, Jotsoma and Phesema to mark the day by cleaning their respective villages and townships. For further information and confirmation of participation, contact Visako Rino, general secretary, ASU at 8794038033 and Petekhrietuo Kiewhuo, finance secretary at 8575770556.

Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj informs Dimapur, November 10 (mexN): Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj is organizing a programme on November 22 for the students of Bhojpuri Samaj to felicitate the rank holders of the last undergraduate, higher secondary and high school examinations, including those who obtained 75% and above marks. Students and their parents/ guardians have been requested to submit duly attested photocopies of their relevant certificates and marksheets at Gupta Fashion, near Durga Mandir on or before November 18. For more details, one can contact 9436831307, 9862337044, 9436013686 and 9774002195.

The felicitation programme will be held at 2:00 pm on November 22 at Durga Mandir Hall, Old Daily Market, Dimapur. Meanwhile, the Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj in a press note extended greetings to the people of Nagaland on the occasion of Diwali and Chhath Puja.

Tsütuonuomia Khel Council expresses grief Kohima, November 10 (mexN): The Tsütuonuomia Khel Council today expressed grief at the sudden demise of Kuosiethie Solo, GB this morning. “He was a pillar of encouragement for many, especially for the Tsütuonuomia people,” stated a condolence message from K. Neibou Sekhose, vice-chairman, Tsütuonuomia Khel Council. “Today, as we share in the bereavement of his family, we, the Tsütuonuomia salute him for all that he has done for the Village and for the Tsütuonuomia Khel in particular.” The Council prayed that God will comfort the bereaved family. “May his achievements continue to spread the sweet fragrances rekindling our hearts to remember and cherish his memory,” it added.

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been in a very dilapidated and pitiable condition, the Panchayat lamented.

Moreover, the landslide at the particular stretch which blocked almost half of the road had been lying unattended for many months, it added.

Thanking him for his kind gesture, the Panchayat prayed to God to bless Rio and his family abundantly.

WoKha, November 10 (mexN): The 2nd Late Azao Ezung Memorial Free Coaching classes for HSLC students will be held from December 9 to February 4 at Mt. Sinai School, Wokha. Coaching forms are available at - Uniform House, Nongo’s Publication (IACT Institute Opp SBI), C. Lotha Grocery Shop, Forest Colony and M/s. Lan Computer, below DC Office Wokha. For details, contact Mhabemo Charlie Ezung at 9856650727/ 9863754982.

Sumi Hoho Phek to celebrate Ahuna festival

Kohima, November 10 (Dipr): The Government of Nagaland has notified for implementation of the ‘Municipal Accounting Manual, Nagaland’ initially in the Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) with immediate effect. The Municipal Accounting Manual, Nagaland will be extended and implemented in a phase manner in the other Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of the state and the Municipal Accounting Manual, Nagaland will be implemented in the Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) from the Financial Year 2016-17. This was notified through the office of the Municipal Affairs Department.

pheK, November 10 (mexN): The Sumi Hoho Phek will celebrate Ahuna festival on November 14 at the official residence of Dr. Vikato Kinimi, CMO Phek, who is also the “Ahuna Papuh 2015”.

The celebration will commence with Hokato Shikhu delivering the chairman’s address, which will be followed by greetings from Dr. Vikato

Kinimi and Napayi Venuh, Chairman, Phek Area GB Union. Er. Hokugha Muru will share the significance of Ahuna festivial, while Dr. Katoni Jakhalu, Principal, Govt. College Phek will deliver the vote of thanks.

Singing of folk songs such as “Thishole” and “Kiptimi Lejole” and grand community lunch will also mark the celebration.

Govt notifies on ‘Municipal Accounting Manual Nagaland’

The Sumi Hoho Phek has requested all its members and the Sumi government servants posted in Phek to be a part of the celebration. The Hoho further extended a special invitation to all the Sumi “progeny” living in Phek town to be a part of the celebration.

This was stated in a Kohima DPDB day out on Nov 13 press release issued by Sumi Hoho Phek chair- Kohima, November 10 (Dipr): The Kohima District Planning and Development Board day out will man, Hokato Shikhu. be held at Pony Farm ‘Teqwea Zou’, Kigwema on November 13. According to the programme, Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor will be the chairman while SDO(C) Jakhama, S. Athsangla will deliver the welcome speech. Special song will be presented by Kigwema Youth and Music Task Force. Host Constituency, MLA Vikho-o Yhoshu will give a highlight of the location while MLA Er. Kropol Vitsu will speak on the topic “DPDB as I would like it to be”. Chairman, Kigwema VilKohima, November 10 opment ministry has initiated the dents will represent at the national lage Council will deliver a word of appreciation. DPDB (Dipr): Rashtriya Madhyamik art festival in order to understand level Kala Utsav scheduled from DeChairman and Parliamentary Secretary for Youth ReShiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Naga- the unique role of art, especially for cember 8 to 12. sources & Sports, Music Task Force and Lotteries, KhrieDeputy Director-III RMSA Naland organized the State level Kala the children. He also said that fine hu Liezietsu will give remarks, while ADC of Kohima & Utsav on November 10 at Multipur- arts has a greater scope and range galand chaired the function, invoConvener, Core Committee, DPDB Kohima, Lithrongla pose Hall, Ruzukhrie Government to cover the dying arts and cultural cation prayer was said by Assistant Tongpi will propose the vote of thanks.

Higher Secondary School here with aspect like music, crafts and related Mission Director, RMSA, Nagaland activities.

He also urged the selected Dr. Khatoli Khala, while welcome Commissioner & Secretary, School Education & SCERT and Chairman, students to be Naga Ambassadors address was delivered by State MisNNC Yimchungrü condoles Kala Utsav State Level Committee, to promote our rich culture and tra- sion Director, RMSA, Thejao VihiDimapur, November 10 (mexN): The NNC, ditions. enuo. Vote of thanks was proposed FP Solo as the chief guest.

Yimchungrü Regional Council has expressed sorrow The event was attended by all by Deputy Project Director, RMSA, Addressing the gathering, Solo and sadness at the sudden demise of its president, T. said that Human Resource Devel- the districts and the selected stu- Ayie Yhome.

Kiumukam Yimchungrü on October 8 after some illness related to old age. He was one of the strongest naby the report of the Central dia under Human Resource nounced by Yanger, Pastor, cultural diversity at school, tional workers in the region who joined national service Advisory Board on Educa- Development initiated the Ao Baptist Church. district, state and national on October 6, 1955, the Council said in a condolence tion (CABE) subcommittee festival of Arts (Kala Utsav), Keynote address was levels, she added. note. He became Razu Peyu in the year 1965 on March on integration of Culture which is to promote arts given by DDEO Peren, L. Four schools - Govt.

24 and became Tatar on August 14, 1985. After that, he Education in the school and education by nurtur- Toshimenla Imchen, who Higher Secondary School, curriculum. Kala Utsav will ing and showing the artistic stated that arts education Peren, Govt. Higher Sec- was elected to become the Yimchungrü Regional Counbe a pioneering celebration talents of school students enables learners to fully ondary School, Jalukie, cil President on June 5, 2013 and continued till his last of art forms in the school under secondary section appreciate and experience Government Middle breath. He worked for the Region with his best and utsystem and will continue of the country. Altogether, the beauty of the universe School, DC colony, Peren most determination for freedom, it added. as an ongoing programme. five government schools and helps in their overall and All Saints Higher Secunder Mokokchung dis- development. The Kala Ut- ondary School, Peren -par- NSF committee for DNSU informs Mokokchung: In Mokok- trict participated in the sav is an initiative to bridge ticipated in dance compechung district, the Kala Ut- competition. the gap and establish a con- tition. The winner was GMS Kohima, November 10 (mexN): The Naga Stusav was held at the District nect between society and DC Colony Peren, which dents’ Federation (NSF) Committee for DNSU conveEducation Officer’s office Peren: The district level schools. The design of Kala will represent Peren in the nor Kesosul Christopher Ltu has informed all the constituent units of Dimapur Naga Students' Union (DNSU) on November 7 under the Kala Utsav in Peren was Utsav will help students State level competition. theme “Save and Educate held at local ground on No- explore, understand and The prize was distribut- that the NSF Committee for DNSU will have its joint the Girl Child”. Dy. DEO vember 4. The programme showcase their living art ed by DPRO Peren, I Simon meeting with the NSF and Constituent Units (DNSU) Mokokchung, Rowainla in was chaired by SDEO traditions in art. Students Teilia and vote of thanks at Hotel Nagi conference hall, Dimapur on November her introductory speech Peren, C Zuponi Lotha and will get the opportunity to was pronounced by Joseph 14 at 11:00 am. stated that the Govt. of In- invocation prayer was pro- understand and celebrate Gongmei.

Kala Utsav 2015 observed across districts

Kohima, November 10 (Dipr): The Kohima district level Kala Utsav 2015, a competition on music and art, was held at Rüzhükhrie Government Higher Secondary School, Kohima on November 7.

The programme, held to promote the artistic talents amongst students of the secondary section, was organised under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) by the District Education Office, Kohima.

Students of classes 9, 10, 11 and 12 from various government higher secondary schools within Kohima district participated.

In the music competition, TM Government Higher Secondary School, Kohima bagged the first prize and Government Higher Secondary School, Jotsoma came second. In the Visual Arts competition, Rüzhükhrie Government Higher Secondary School, Kohima was adjudged the winner and Government Higher Secondary School, Siekhazou runner up. All the winners were awarded cash money along with certificate. The winners in the two areas

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express X issue 307X issue 185 Thursday 9volume July 2015 volume By dr. asangbaTzüdir

Re-Modeling Hornbill: For Developing Peace and Unity

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ubbed as the ‘festival of festivals’, the state is cosmetically gearing up for yet another edition of Hornbill Festival that will keep the denizens gripped inthe fever of ‘entertainment.’The biggest fiesta in Nagaland once again is into the business of setting the stage to bring the different Naga tribes (or the dance troupes) together for at least ten days after which the dust settles down.

Within the festivity and entertainment, there is an underlying reality of the Naga life world where the different Naga tribes live bracketed within their own distinct zone.

This has happened because of so many factors, most importantly, the not so glorious condition of our connectivity beginning with roads. Roads are not simply called a lifeline and in the context of our state. Itis an integral aspect of connecting people, for mobility and to have a better understanding of the fellow Naga bracketed in their own zone where each is a stranger to the ‘other’ Naga.

To this end, Proper roads and a viable transport system is tantamount to bridging the gap between the Naga tribes.

It will effectively bring multiple socio-economic reforms in terms of economic transformation of the villages through increased social mobility, growth of market, production of consumer goods, reduced poverty which will result in a transformed way of life. What is imperative in the process of social transformation and bridging the gap among the people isthe coming in contact with other villages and groups of the society. This in turn, will inculcate in them a sense of being a part of the larger project of inclusive peace, prosperity, progress and development. These are incentives to augment not only socio-economic development and growth but in bringing the communities together, to have a better understanding of our own people in building a long lasting unity and peace which Nagas are desperately in need at the present juncture. This calls for a policy of development embedded in representation and inclusiveness.

Thus, with the larger goal of forging unity among the Nagas through a process of inclusion, it will be good if the hornbill festival is held in each district every year on a rotation basis.

This will not only pave way for priority development of roads and infrastructure but also a platform to give a better understanding of the real Naga life world. In the long runit will help dismantle the narrow domestic walls obstructing peace and unity and togetherness among the tribes. Thus, Hornbill festival needs to be remodeled within the ambit of Naga peace and unity through inclusion and representation rather than commercialization and entertainment; and also the concern caused through a tension that presses for a breakaway. So long as it is confined to the present venue, it will be a missed chance for a real inclusive development of the entire Nagaland and to bridge the gaps among the Naga people.

In culmination of the festival, the lighting of the bon fire followed by the unity dance draws glimpses of hope for the Nagas who are in desperate need of peace and unity. But the sad reality is that, ‘far’ away from the venue the real Naga people continue to live within their own bracketed zones.

Let the Hornbill sing not of ‘entertainment’ but the song of Naga peace and unity.

(Dr. AsangbaTzüdir is an Editor with Heritage Publishing House.

He writes a weekly guest editorial for the Morung Express.

Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

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Arundhati Roy CommonDreams

Politics by Other Means: Why I Am Returning My Award

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lthough I do not believe that awards are a measure of the work we do, I would like to add the National Award for the Best Screenplay that I won in 1989 to the growing pile of returned awards. Also, I want to make it clear that I am not returning this award because I am “shocked” by what is being called the “growing intolerance” being fostered by the present government.

First of all, “intolerance” is the wrong word to use for the lynching, shooting, burning, and mass murder of fellow human beings. Second, we had plenty of advance notice of what lay in store for us — so I cannot claim to be shocked by what has happened after this government was enthusiastically voted into office with an overwhelming majority. Third, these horrific murders are only a symptom of a deeper malaise. Life is hell for the living too. Whole populations — millions of Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims, and Christians — are being forced to live in terror, unsure of when and from where the assault will come.

Today we live in a country in which, when the thugs and apparatchiks of the New Order talk of “illegal slaughter” they mean the imaginary cow that was killed — not the real man that was murdered. When they talk of taking “evidence for forensic examination” from the scene of the crime, they mean the food in the fridge, not the body of the lynched man.

We say we have “progressed” — but when Dalits are butchered and their children burned alive, which writer today can freely say, like Babasaheb Ambedkar once did, that “To the Untouchables, Hinduism is a veritable chamber of horrors,” without getting attacked, lynched, shot, or jailed? Which writer can write what Saadat Hassan Manto wrote in his “Letter to Uncle Sam”?

It doesn’t matter whether we agree or disagree with what is being said. If we do not have the right to speak freely we will turn into a society that suffers from intellectual malnutrition, a nation of fools. Across the subcontinent it has become a race to the bottom — one that the New India has enthusiastically joined. Here too now, censorship has been outsourced to the mob.

I am very pleased to have found (from somewhere way back in my past) a National Award that I can return, because it allows me to be a part of a political movement initiated by writers, filmmakers, and academics in this country who have risen up against a kind of ideological viciousness and an assault on our collective IQ that will tear us apart and bury us very deep if we do not stand up to it now.

I believe what artists and intellectuals are doing right now is unprecedented and does not have a historical parallel. It is politics by other means. I am so proud to be part of it. And so ashamed of what is going on in this country today.

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Karin Bashir

The violence of the word refugee Words have power. The meaning of the word ‘refugee’ must be challenged to represent the experiences of the millions of individuals who have lost everything and yet wake up each day seeking to build a better life for themselves

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ords define reality; they are the means by which we interpret our experiences and perceive our surroundings. This became especially clear to me this past year, when I spent six months living with a group of young Syrians in the chaos of Istanbul. Though I also visited and worked on the Syrian border in the Turkish cities of Suruc, Hatay, and Reyhanli, it was truly the time spent within the crowded and lively Şişli apartment that taught me the most about the weight of the word ‘refugee.’

A label is a defining factor of what opportunities are allotted to a person, and of the box that society forces them within—and the initial judgment placed on their entire being. Those I knew did not fit the media image of ‘refugee’; rather they were complex as we all are.

One, Mahmoud, a past FSA soldier, has colorful dreadlocks, studied economics, and happens to love baking. Another, Ahmed, is a Syrian Christian who at first glance appears to be a typical polite, well dressed, cheerful 25 year old. I later learned he was working in Istanbul for the sole purpose of sending money to Raqqa to pay the jizya tax imposed by Daesh (‘Islamic State’) the very tax that keeps his family from being executed. We listened to Arabic traditional music sometimes and the Crazy in Love Sofia Karlberg single at other times, danced to bachata music and watched Bollywood movies.

In contrast to the conservative and religious media portrayal of Syrians, the majority of the Syrians I met in Turkey were secular atheists with communist and socialist ideals. Never before had I been a part of as many conversations discussing the importance of feminism and the negative global effects of capitalism and colonialism.

Ignoring the many nuances, the term ‘refugee’ confines people who are full, complex human beings into boxes that direct and define their possibility. I saw the use of the word ‘refugee’ have real impact on those around me, especially in terms of their economic opportunities and treatment by locals. The hierarchy of value placed upon foreigners was evident in the job market. While it enhances appeal and value to have a western foreigner working in a shop, restaurant, or school, hiring someone labeled a refugee doesn’t have the same flair.

The discrimination extended beyond the workplace and was salient in housing discrimination practices, along with the harassment of Syrian tenants by Turkish neighbors. Due to fear of the economic vulnerability of refugees, landlords often require refugees to pay several months rent at the time of deposit, and even at times increase monthly rent in fear of refugees breaking long term leases.

Reem, a young Syrian woman, relayed her experience to me in which her landlord took her deposit and additionally forced her to pay three months rent prior to moving in. After a few weeks, she was ultimately evicted from her apartment because a Turkish neighbour claimed Reem had been walking around the apartment naked in front of the windows.

The allegation was false but it didn’t matter; as Reem was an unregistered refugee and spoke no Turkish, legal recourse was unavailable. Reem’s story is not unique and such practices extend far beyond Istanbul and into the border cities of Adana, Hatay and Diyar Bakir, causing extreme housing insecurity.

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nother deep cry, followed by a shrug. The world is at war, at war, at war. But it only hurts them, the helpless ones, the anonymous poor, who absorb the bombs and bullets, who bury their children, who flee their broken countries.

Sixty million people have been displaced by the current wars, the highest number of uprooted since World War II. But who cares?

“In the face of blatant inhumanity, the world has responded with disturbing paralysis.”

The words are those of Ban KiMoon, executive-secretary of the United Nations, who, along with Paul Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, issued a joint cry of anguish last week: Things are worse than they’ve been in a long time. Not only are wars tearing apart Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Nigeria, South Sudan and other countries, but the conflicts seem to be increasingly lacking in moral constraint.

“Every day,” said Maurer, “we hear of civilians being killed and wounded in violation of the basic rules of international humanitarian law, and with total impunity. Instability is spreading.

Suffering is growing. No country can remain untouched.”

These words may be factually accurate, but you can’t really call them a “warning.” A warning can only be addressed to someone with the power to change course, make different decisions, sidestep the looming disaster. “. . . the world has responded with disturbing paralysis.” What else has “the world” ever done?

The momentum of human annihi-

A refugee prepares to hand over a toddler to a volunteer lifeguard as a half-sunken catamaran carrying around 150 refugees, most of them Syrians, arrives after crossing part of the Aegean sea from Turkey on the Greek island of Lesbos, October 30, 2015. (Reuters Photo)

This discriminatory usage and construction of the word ‘refugee’ is not only a cultural or media based concept: it is state sanctioned. In Turkey it is illegal for refugees to work and the Arabic schools necessary for refugee children to continue their education are nearly non-existent. When policy works to handicap a people, to take away their personal agency, the ripples can be felt throughout the society. When the government institutionally fails to protect and support these refugees, a very clear message is sent declaring to society that they are not worth protecting. If the government were to create and enforce policies which promote integration and reception, fair treatment of ‘refugees’ would not be an option, but rather an obligation.

Additionally, through my experiences working within various NGO settings, the expat vs. refugee dichotomy is often strong and works to create a distinct hierarchy. Within this separation, the degrading use of the word ‘refugee’ can play a major role in the silencing of the communities these NGOs seek to assist. The perception of refugees as ‘weak’ and ‘pitiful’ therefore creates a infantilising relationship in which NGOs become the parents and the affected communities become children seen as unable to make decisions for themselves.

The stigmatisation of the word ‘refugee’ by the media results in desensitisation to the suffering of the refugees and their experiences. It allows a label to be placed upon them that makes refugees unrelatable, their suffering acceptable, and allows the majority to remain at a comfortable distance while relieving the global consciousness of our duty as citizens of the world.

Refugees aren’t in their condition because they are inherently different. People fail to realise that the millions of refugees, even those living in camps, are rich and poor, farmers, students, and doctors.

Though obvious, it must be stated: ‘refugee’ only means that for some reason a person’s life is in danger and therefore they cannot return home, forced to seek ‘refuge’ in a new place.

The 1951 Refugee Convention states it is someone with a "well founded fear of being persecuted” who is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or owing to such fear, unwilling to avail himself the protection of that country. Where do you think you would be if there was a war, yourself and everyone you know lost their home, place of work, sense of security and income? Especially when you’re made to find refuge in a country in which employment and education opportunities are severely limited. For example, even Syrian refugee doctors are unable to legally practice medicine on the Syrian population in Turkey.

The separation of making refugees into the ‘Other’ creates a hierarchy in which helping others becomes sympathetic charity. The condescending nature of the relationship ultimately spoils whatever form of ‘bread’ or help given. Painting the refugee population only as weak and pitiful contributes to the notion that refugees are a burden on the system, dependent, and an abuse of the benevolence of host countries.

I saw the people I lived with as artists, revolutionaries, photographers, writers, and their struggle as something that enriched their work, gave depth to their vision, and meaning to their words. Despite the difficulties faced as refugees in Istanbul, Syrian people have still managed to produce art, to create Arabic libraries and Syrian cultural centers, and have created platforms to raise awareness. The meaning of the word ‘refugee’ must be challenged to represent the experiences of the millions of individuals who have lost everything—family, friends, possessions, careers, education—and yet wake up each day seeking to build a better life for themselves.

As a global community we must redefine the word such that it opens doors instead of closing them. In order to help we must empathetically extend ourselves as comrades, a part of the same human community, rather than as charitable donors. It shouldn’t be a term to confine, restrain, or stifle opportunity. Rather, it should be a source of inspiration evoking the image of these courageous individuals who despite their extreme hardship and loss continue to paint, write, take photos, laugh and live each day in rebellion against their horrible circumstances.

The media must use their platform to report not only on refugee numbers and death toll, but also on the courageous human narrative. Additionally, the dilemma of integration into host countries should be portrayed as solvable if handled with proper policy, global effort, and local reception. While many Turkish citizens and organisations are working diligently to provide aid to these Syrian people, the lack of institutional support and resources impedes their ability to actually help all those in need. Articles should not serve merely as a record of tragedies, but should also provide information to readers on what they can do to help the Syrian people. Perhaps reporting on a Syrian library or clinic opening, the narrative behind it, and an address to which to send supplies.

As we have entered the fifth year of the Syrian conflict, it's more important than ever to work together as an international community to create solutions and show the Syrian people that we will not give up and their suffering has not been forgotten.

Spiritually Rudderless robert C. Koehler lation cannot be interrupted.

Oh, I hope such a statement is inaccurate, but in this moment, all I can see is that we’re trapped in the geopolitics and economics . . . of Armageddon. The world’s national leaders are inadequate stewards of humanity and the needs of Planet Earth. Politically, the world is sliced into nation-states, which fiercely prowl their perimeters, guarding their own interests from both external and internal threats. This behavior is called war, and war, in point of fact, has no rules, humanitarian or otherwise. Peace has rules. War has only a goal: victory.

Stir in economic interests — the force called money — and the pot really starts to boil. The interests of money transcend national borders. Its agents and stewards, the global corporatocracy, serve only the interests of economic growth, which has even fewer moral constraints than nationalism. Unchecked economic growth is tantamount to the consumption of the planet, not just physically (using up its resources, ravaging the environment), but culturally and spiritually as well.

Once upon a time, the planet was festooned with local cultures: sociocultural systems on a human scale. People had a participatory relationship with

the world in which they lived. Under such conditions, perhaps the words of Ban Ki-Moon and Paul Maurer could constitute a real warning. People could take heed and rein in manifestations of blatant inhumanity. They could assume a sense of behavioral responsibility that reached seven generations into the future.

This is not the world we live in now.

Writing about the crushing impact of global economic development/exploitation on local cultural integrity, Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder and director of the organization Local Futures and codirector of the documentar y, The Economics of Happiness, talked about the changes she has witnessed in a region of northern India called Ladakh.

“In part, the Ladakhis’ confidence and sense of having enough emanated from a deep sense of community: people knew they could depend on one another,” she wrote at Common Dreams. “But in 1975 . . . the Indian government decided to open up the region to the process of development, and life began to change rapidly.

Within a few years the Ladakhis were exposed to television, Western movies, advertising, and a seasonal flood of foreign tourists. Subsidized food and con-

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sumer goods — from Michael Jackson CDs and plastic toys to Rambo videos and pornography — poured in on the new roads that development brought.”

The local economy and the local culture got swallowed, over the course of several decades, by what she called “the consumer monoculture.” The resulting changes were more than just superficial. People, you might say, started to become spiritually rudderless.

She described what this can look like: “For more than 600 years,” she wrote, “Buddhists and Muslims lived side by side in Ladakh with no recorded instance of group conflict.

They helped one another at harvest time, attended one another’s religious festivals, and sometimes intermarried. But over a period of about 15 years, tensions between Buddhists and Muslims escalated rapidly, and by 1989 they were bombing each other’s homes.”

And so we begin to get at the deeper forces at work in today’s world. Consumer monoculture centralizes the power to act. We can consume the news — read about war, read about climate change — but where then in our distress, if indeed this is what is aroused, do we turn? What do we do?

Perhaps we blame “them.” At both the macro and the micro levels, humanity turns to violence. This is the all-purpose solution of the powerless.

And the world convulses at what may be the dawn of World War III. Sixty million people have been displaced by the current wars. We reach into our souls, looking for the force that is larger than war.

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The end of the "Cuban Revolution"?

The Washington-Havana diplomatic agreement has great symbolic significance.

But real progress is conditional on a range of factors, including the Cuban leadership's character and decisions in the next few years

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Antoni Kapcia

s far as the outside world is concerned, Cuba began a rapid process of political and economic change on 17 December 2014.

On that day, the United States and Cuban governments surprised everyone by announcing their agreement to establish full diplomatic relations as soon as possible and end their fifty-four-year history of mutual antagonism.

It was an announcement which immediately sparked a series of assumptions about Cuba’s domestic situation. Certainly, most casual observers seem to have assumed that recognition has also ended the equally long US economic embargo, opening up the Cuban market to American tourists and capital. Hence, it is also widely assumed that Cuba’s return to capitalism, and thus a more "Americanised" system, is only a matter of time – something welcomed by those who, since 1991, have seen Cuba as an anachronism, but regretted by others. What has helped fuel these assumptions is the awareness that, in 2018, when Raúl Castro’s realises his promise not to serve more than two terms as elected president, Cuba will no longer be governed by a Castro. Hence, whichever way you look at it, the end of "the Revolution" is assumed to be nigh.

But all is by no means what it appears. To begin with, an exact chronology of the diplomatic relations broken in 1961 would mark 1977 as the year the Carter administration and Cuba agreed a partial recognition, setting up interest sections in third-party embassies, with a view to eventual full relations – an aim then derailed by the Reagan administration which entered the White House in January 1981. In this strict sense diplomatic relations did not restart in 2015.

A cautious process That said, the agreement’s symbolic significance should not be underestimated. It has started the process of ending over five decades of bitter and even violent hostility and given a powerful statement, to Cubans and Americans alike, that the time for ending an outdated and counterproductive cold-war policy had come. Indeed, Barack Obama’s decision to act when he did (faced with the imminence of a Republican-controlled Congress) was designed to set off an unstoppable momentum for change which would eventually affect the embargo. Hence, the agreement was accompanied by three measures, under presidential decree, two of which breach the embargo (and may yet be challenged legally): allowing US banks to back their cards in Cuba, US internet companies to trade in cables and equipment, and Cuban-Americans to send unlimited remittances to their relatives in Cuba.

The first caveat, when judging the changes, must be the embargo’s survival. The point here is simple: it has long been a largely political measure, initially to punish the Cuban government for nationalising US property without compensation, but eventually ensuring votes in the electorally crucial state of Florida. Indeed, it was precisely that political dimension which, through the Helms-Burton legislation of 1996, stipulated that sanctions could only be lifted with a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress. Thus, whatever the momentum for change, the institutional and political opposition to ending sanc-

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lbie Sachs must be smiling somewhere in South Africa, celebrating that Colombians are closer to peace, that we are within reach of achieving that “soft vengeance” against violence, which the title of his 2011 memoir captures so beautifully.

“Don't worry, comrade Albie, we will avenge you,” read the note that his fellow freedom fighters, opponents of Apartheid, sent to his hospital bed. Living in exile in Mozambique, in 1988 Sachs had survived an assassination attempt by South African security agents, but lost the sight of one eye and his right arm to the impact of the bomb planted in his car. Lying in his hospital bed, Sachs asked himself—what it would mean to have revenge, what it would be like to live in a country filled with armless and partly blind people?

While his wounds healed, he concluded that his revenge would not be violence, but rather the soft vengeance of achieving the “democracy, freedom, and the rule of law” that his attackers had continued to deny South Africans.

And so, when he served as advisor to the peace negotiations between the ANC and the South African government three years later, he put his faith in the creation of a Truth Commission, which would subject the perpetrators to the punishment of public confession and contrition, rather than the physical punishment of prison. In this way he rejected a more rigid notion of justice that would have made it impossible to reach a peace agreement.

His timely epiphany is still vitally important. It seemed to anchor his advice, when we met in Medellín for an interview two years ago, regarding the then incipient peace process in Colombia. He told me that restorative justice must be emphasized (focusing on the search for truth and reparation for victims) over and above any retributive justice model. The latter focuses on a specific form of criminal punishment, and which in our country we errone-

tions makes the end of the embargo some way off.

The second caveat is Cuban caution. For, although both government and population welcomed – and, through the Vatican, sought diligently - the diplomatic breakthrough, there are no illusions. Havana has a long list of issues to be settled before any genuine "normalisation", especially a huge claim for reparations for the fifty-four years of sanctions and the history of US-tolerated sabotage, the return of the Guantánamo naval base, and the repeal of the Cuba Adjustment Act of 1966, which encourages a steady flow of asylum-seekers across the Florida straits.

Another demand (to remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism) was recently met by Washington.

A third possible obstacle can be added. Although Raúl Castro seems certain to stand down as president in February 2018, he also has another role in the Cuban system: as first secretary of the ruling Communist Party. Moreover, as it seems likely that the party’s next national (five-yearly) congress will be held in April 2016, and equally so that Raúl will seek a second term as party leader. He will thus remain in a position of some authority, oversight, or even control, until 2021 - and that in turn will give the pro-embargo lobby in the United States all the ammunition they need to keep the legislation in place.

The reason for any such decision by Raúl would be that, having struggled against considerable internal resistance since 2007 to push through a programme of reform (euphemistically called "updating", or "modernisation", of the system), he is unlikely to stand by and watch that still fragile process attacked, under a president lacking his historic legitimacy. Thus, having spent several years trying to weaken the party and stop it interfering with government - because the party was the source of resistance to government-led reform - Raúl now seems likely to be leading a party that acts to oversee the government. That would also create a situation not seen since 1976: a perhaps significant division of powers, with the presidency and party leadership held by different people.

With all this taken into account, it should be recalled that the familiar media dichotomy of "hardliners vs reformers" does not always enlighten. For one thing, Raúl’s motto since 2008 may have been sin pausa pero sin prisa ("without stopping but without haste"), yet attention abroad has been paid to the former imperative (of relentless reform) while ignoring the latter (of the need to proceed cautiously). For another, Raúl - having negotiated his way doggedly to limited success since 2008, and this in a system which has always been characterised by a process of constant negotiation - is painfully aware of the nuances of Cubans' situation. In particular, he understands that, while many Cubans hanker for economic change, a great many also fear that such change

might involve throwing out the baby (of the Revolution’s basic principles and social benefits) with the bathwater. Thus "reform" has been, and will remain, a matter of two steps forward and one step back.

A new-old model At everyday level, changes are already evident in Cuba, especially in Havana (though much less so outside the capital). These mostly emanate from the reforms preceding the US détente rather than from any (still unrealised) post-agreement influx of tourists or capital, other than emigrants’ remittances. Thus, for example, the recent freeing of property law (allowing buying and selling of houses), together with those remittances, has already produced a flurry of much-needed refurbishment of the capital's housing stock. The encouragement of self-employment has (again thanks to remittances) seen a flourishing of small street-level one-person businesses, artisan activities and private restaurants, helped by Cubans’ greater access to capital and goods, not least through the post-2012 freedom to travel abroad.

Yet no one should expect an eastern Europeanstyle process of massive privatisation, for the Cuban government makes it clear that the key sectors of the economy and welfare state should remain firmly in state hands. Raúl has made it clear that, as he put it, he was not elected in order to destroy "the Cuban Revolution", making it likely that - at least on his watch - the basics of the post-1961 system will remain largely intact.

That could well entail an attempt to create a model somewhat resembling a return to the "Revolution" which existed before the cold war intervened (from both sides) to shape, and to some extent limit, the process in one particular direction. This would see the state decisively leading an economy with a large sector of small-scale private ownership, in agriculture and urban commerce. Indeed, such a model would not be too far from what most Cubans probably hope for at this stage.

If something like that came to pass, one thing would be clear. However much the political system might be broadened in the coming months and years (many speculate that 2016 might see more competitive local elections, and even a renaming of the party, to accommodate such a broadening), there will be no end in the short term to the current single-party system, at least as long as the threat from a United States still seeking "regime change" is perceived to be real. After all, US secretary of state John Kerry greeted the opening of the full US embassy in Havana with the observation that the end of Cuba’s isolation was driven by the United States’s preference for achieving the same aims as before but by different means. So the watchword for those observing the Cuban system in the coming months and years must remain: sin pausa pero sin prisa.

The ‘soft vengeance’ of peace in Colombia César Rodríguez-Garavito

An agreement recently concluded between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels promises both peace and justice, and deserves support by human rights advocates ously identify with prison terms.

This is why I say that Albie Sachs would celebrate the accord reached September 23, in Havana between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Although some of its details are still under negotiation, the general accord embodies this ‘soft vengeance’.

It provides a balance between two forms of justice, and between seeking peace and ensuring the rights of the victims.

As in South Africa, the transitional justice system in Colombia will deal with abuses by all parties to the conflict (not just FARC). It will also advance victims’ right to truth, because it will only grant favorable treatment to perpetrators who confess to their crimes.

However, unlike in South Africa, the Colombian model does not grant amnesty for all crimes in return for a confession; those who have committed the most grave crimes, such as kidnapping, sexual violence or enforced disappearance, are not excused from responsibility.

The Colombian framework goes farther than the South African framework by demanding that, as a condition to receive more lenient treatment, perpetrators must contribute effectively to redress for their victims. This makes the Colombian peace agreement the first of its kind to specify re-

storative justice measures.

Some national and international actors have attacked the accord and criticized its lack of prison terms for all cases of grave crimes. Yet, in the face of these critiques it must be remembered that the South African model, which is often cited as an example for the world, did not contemplate any type of sanction for those who confessed their crimes before the Truth Commission.

It is also important to remember that international law does not require that the sanction for grave crimes must necessarily be a prison sentence. International instruments demand that there be “appropriate punishment”. Article 17 of the Rome Statute states requires a “genuin[e]” prosecution and punishment. The lack of specificity of these terms is not accidental, and, pace Human Rights Watch, “prison” and “appropriate punishment” are not synonymous. The vagueness of the language regarding punishment in international human rights instruments reflects, in part, the difficult compromises and balancing acts that nations struggling to regain a sustainable peace and bolster the rule of law must make. It leaves open the space to formulate meaningful forms of punishment that still allow peace to be viable.

Indeed, in a statement reacting to the announcement of the accord, the Prosecutor of the ICC noted “with opti-

mism that the agreement excludes the granting of any amnesty for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and is designed, amongst others, to end impunity for the most serious crimes.”

The accord does not grant amnesty but sets forth effective and specific forms of alternative punishment at the outset. It provides for confinement of perpetrators in a way that provides “a degree of flexibility that allows the fulfillment of the reparatory and restorative functions of the punishment, such as contributing to de-mining or [working on] the reestablishment of crops”. These more lenient “effective restrictions of freedom”, which are expected to be for 5-8 years, will be available only to those who admit responsibility for the gravest crimes early on, and who participate meaningfully in this process. A sliding scale of harsher punishments, including up to 20 years of prison under the regular criminal justice system, is contemplated for those who do not contribute immediately or at all to the process under the Special Jurisdiction for Peace.

In the end, this accord compensates for the incompleteness of each form of justice with aspects of another, equally incomplete form of justice.

Criminal courts, truth commissions, reparation mechanisms, and guarantees of non-repetition regarding the atrocities of the conflict are insufficient on their own, but can be complementary to each other. In other words, this is about making sure that the whole amounts to more than the sum of its parts. It is a task that is imperfect as well as difficult. Yet, each nation mired in conflict must carry it out, in its own way but always within the parameters of international law.

Colombia, having endured more than fifty years of internal armed conflict, is bravely putting forth its own model for fitting the square peg of justice within the circle of peace.

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The Newspaper with an Opinion The Morung Express

Nagaland recently witnessed the ‘Walk Against Corruption’ organized by ACAUT on 30th and 31st October 2015. When events such as these are organized it makes one realize just how important the role of the public actually is in shaping its success or failure. Similarly, when it comes to the governance of our State or society, it is not just the politicians but the public that play a huge role. Although it is easy to blame the government, the politicians or leaders for all ourproblems, we fail to realize that blaming them also means blaming our own selves, because we are all responsible forcreating the kind of environment we live in. The most basic example would be something as simple asour State’s cleanliness. It does not make sense to condemn the Municipality for not maintaining our environment, and then go litter the streets and spit on the walls.

So then, we ask…

Who is Responsible for the Problems in Our State?

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Kahor Raleng, Head of Department of English

ife in this generation is interesting. It poses several questions and for this article I am especially preoccupied with questions concerning the politicians and the general public. Allow me to ruminate on a few. How will life be without politicians? Whom shall we blame for things gone bad or things not done? Without them whom shall we point fingers at, to criticize? Our politicians are so fortunate. They are at the core of all our criticism. Bad roads, they get the brunt of the public. Erratic electricity, they are at fault. Water shortage, again it’s their fault. Everything has to end with the politicians. They are supposed to be magicians and perform tricks, be the maker and create jobs and repair things, and most importantly play God and make everything perfect. Well, it is not surprising that they do feel very important and pretend to be; after all they are the ‘can do it all’ class of people in the eye of the public. Granted, they have a huge responsibility, but dearest public, let us remember that they are not God. I do not have any inclination, whatsoever, towards any politician, neither do I plan to become one, but let us be sensible and take a look around us. There are some questions we need to ask ourselves. Who dumps the garbage in the street, or clogs the drainage and river with garbage? The public. Who uses excessive electricity and also leaves it switched on, the whole day and night, though not in use? The public. Who pays money to buy a government job? The public. Who has a government job but still looks around for a private job in order to appease their wants? The public. Who builds houses or horrid structures on the road and does not leave space for pavements? The public, again! So whom do we blame?

With advancement and modernity, it is taken for granted that a society and its lifestyles improve. But our society seems to be benefitting nothing from advancement, modernity, and education. Rather, it is on a rush downhill and degrading at a speed not even the fastest driver can achieve.

Our civic sense seems to be on the verge of extinction and it looks like we have left behind our principles, our values, and our decency in the past with our ancestors. In our society today, every act of the public comes along with a justification. For instance, it is perfectly okay to buy a government job because everybody does it and that’s the only way to get a government job. Reality check- no matter how honest you are, paying someone or bribing somebody to get a government job is still CORRUPTION: nothing more, nothing less!

When the public itself is corrupt, how in the world do you profess to eliminate corruption? When we have lost our civic sense and are fine with dumping garbage in the street, how can we expect our surroundings to miraculously become a paradise overnight? Let us be rational. Half of the problems around us are all self-made. We have nobody to blame but ourselves.

I applaud ACAUT and all the other several organizations for their efforts to make our society a better place to live in. But my dear public, just a group of people cannot bring complete change. The general mass has to play its part. Until and unless the general mass is willing to sacrifice, we cannot expect total change in our society. We ask for four-lane roads but are not willing to give away an inch of our land. Are they supposed to make four lane roads in the air? We ask for regular supply of electricity and water but we are not willing to be careful with its usage. It doesn’t materialize from Narnia. We ask for a clean city but we are not willing to clean our surroundings.

A humble request; let us stop pointing fingers and stop putting our politicians on a pedestal, but work in our own little spaces to bring change for the better. Let us ask ourselves,“What do I do regularly?”, because what we do regularly has the potential to become a habit, and habits develop into the character of an individual and eventually become the essence of a society. Change has to ultimately begin within. Every individual is responsible in order to bring change in our society. We have to move out of our comfort zone and stop doing things for selfish motives. Our mentality is such that we are obsessed with what will we get in return? If everyone becomes this myopic, development is going to be a difficult goal.

All said and done, our politicians and leaders are still accountable to the public. They have been elected by the public to lead and so lead they should. Let the public be good followers and be wise when they elect someone to lead them.

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INDIA

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leader dies in violence during End hatemongering is Bihar's VHP Tipu Sultan jayanti celebrations message to PM Modi, says NYT

Washington, no vember 10 (ians): Bihar's electorate has sent Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a message: "Put an end to hatemongering", said the influential New York Times on Tuesday.

An editorial "A rebuke to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi" in the New York Times said that during a national election in India last year, Modi promised “development for all”.

As prime minister, he has yet to deliver big economic improvements, "but in the meantime, members of his government and political party have shredded his promise of inclusion by inflaming sectarian tensions".

"Now, voters in the country’s third most populous state have sent Modi a message: Put an end to the hatemongering," said the daily.

The editorial said that "poisoning politics with religious hatred is bound to squander the country’s economic potential at a time when India should be playing a bigger and more constructive role in South Asia and the world".

"India’s history is filled with examples of religious and caste-based violence that set the country back.

Those conflicts subsided during India’s rapid economic growth, but many Indians now fear a resurgence." On Sunday, Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost a legislative election in Bihar. A grand alliance of secular parties "united by their antipathy to the Hindu nationalist BJP" won 178 constituencies in the 243-member legislative assembly to the BJP’s 53.

The daily said that many political analysts see the loss as a "repudiation of Modi" because he and his top aides campaigned vigorously in the state and many ads carried his im-

Top leaders to attend Nitish's oath taking 58% of Bihar MLAs

Patna, november 10 (ians): Several top leaders from across the country are likely to attend the oath taking ceremony of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on November 20, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) said.

State JD-U president Vashsisht Narain Singh told the media here that these would include former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda as well as chief ministers from many states.

"We will invite top leaders for the function," he said.

Nitish Kumar will again take

oath as chief minister along with a 36-member council of ministers after the Chhath festival to be celebrated in the third week of November, a JD-U leader said.

According to the Grand Alliance which routed the BJP in assembly elections on Sunday, there will be 16 ministers from Lalu Prasad's RJD, 15 from the JD-U and five from the Congress. The RJD emerged as the single largest party with 80 assembly seats, followed by the JD-U with 71 and the Congress with 27 seats.

Advani, Joshi take on Modi, Amit Shah

neW Delhi, november 10 (ians): BJP veterans including L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi on Tuesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah over the party's rout in the Bihar elections. "The result of the Bihar election show that no lesson was learnt from the fiasco in Delhi," a joint statement put out by Advani, Joshi, Shanta Kumar and Yashwant Sinha said, referring to the way the Aam Aadmi Party worsted the BJP in February.

"To say that everyone is responsible for the defeat in Bihar is to ensure age, rather than photos of local politicians.

In the months leading up to the Bihar election, hard-liners in the BJP and organizations affiliated with the party stoked India’s long-simmering sectarian tensions.

"The party’s lawmakers pushed for beef bans around the country ostensibly to protect the cow, which many Hindus consider holy, but really as a ploy to divide Hindus and Muslims, some of whom eat beef."

Mobs riled by the antibeef crusade have killed four Muslims suspected of slaughtering, stealing or smuggling cows in the last seven weeks. And in August, unidentified attackers shot and killed Malleshap-

India will do all for better ties with Nepal: Rajnath neW Delhi, november 10 (ians): Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday that India wants good relations with Nepal and it will do everything to better strained relations. "We want very good relations with Nepal. We will do everything for betterment of our relations with our neighbours," Singh told the media here. Nepal has accused India of covertly backing Madhes-based parties protesting against Kathmandu's new constitution and blockading the India-Nepal border, causing widespread shortages in the Himalayan nation. India says it can't be blamed for the situation in Nepal. Nepal had been fully dependent on gasoline imports from India for years.

Kerala minister K.M. Mani resigns over bar scam thiruvananthaPuram, november 10 (ians): Kerala's Finance Minister K.M. Mani on Tuesday resigned over the bar scam in the state, following hectic political parleys all day long here in the state capital. Addressing reporters at his official residence, the 82-yearold Mani -- who is also the country's longest serving legislator -- said that being the state's law minister, "I have to respect the law and hence I have resigned". "I have already informed the chief minister (Oommen Chandy) of my decision to resign. Through a special messenger, I will send my resignation to the CM," he said. "I take this opportunity to thank the CM and all other leaders who extended support to me." "We also wish to state that we will continue to support the United Democratic Front government," said Mani.

New group of wasp species discovered in India bangalore, november 10 (ians): A team of Indian researchers has discovered a unique group of five new wasp species from different parts of the country.

The new species belong to the large worldwide genus of wasps called Idris Forster, comprising species that exclusively parasitise the eggs of spiders dwelling in vegetation and leaf litter. Because of their uniqueness and their strong resemblance to each other, the new wasp species from India have been considered as constituting a group of their own. Among the unique features that bring together the new five species, discovered by Veenakumari Kamalanathan from National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, and her team are the long hairlike structures along the margins of both of their wings.

Because of their uniqueness, "a new species group 'the adikeshavus-group’ from India is proposed”, the researchers wrote. The proposed name of the group adikeshavus, means 'first one to have long hairs' in Sanskrit. The tribe to which the new five wasp species belong is characterised by its exclusive preference for spider eggs. Furthermore, all these species have a uniform length of one to two mm as a result of their getting used to parasitising relatively medium-sized spider eggs. The discovery was reported in the journal Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift.

that no one is held responsible," the hard hitting statement said.

Advani and the others said that a review of the Bihar debacle -- where the Bharatiya Janata Party won just 53 of the 243 assembly seats -- "must not be done by the very persons who have managed and who have been responsible for the campaigning in Bihar.

"A thorough review must be done of the reasons for the defeat as well as the way the party is being forced to kowtow to a handful and how its consensual character has been destroyed."

pa Madivalappa Kalburgi, a scholar and vocal critic of Hindu idolatry. Hundreds of writers, filmmakers and academics have protested the growing intolerance by returning awards they received from the government-supported bodies.

NYT went on to say that Modi has "not forcefully condemned the beef-related killings, despite pleas by Muslims and other minorities. He has tolerated hateful and insensitive remarks by his ministers and by BJP officials".

During a campaign stop in Bihar, Modi "tried to exploit sectarian divisions by telling voters that the secular alliance would reduce affirmative action benefits for lower-caste Hindus and tribes in favour

have criminal cases neW Delhi, november 10 (ians): As many as 142 -or 58 percent -- of the newlyelected 243 Bihar legislators have criminal cases registered against them, according to a watchdog. Of the total assembly members with criminal background, 98 (40 percent) have serious charges including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and crimes against women, says the Bihar Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Charges have been framed against 70 members with criminal background, it said. "Out of the 142 MLAs who have declared pending criminal cases against them, 70 (49 percent) have declared that the charges for these cases have already been framed by the court of law," the study said.

Eleven legislators have cases related to murder and attempt to murder. Of these, four are from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). In 2010, of 228 legislators analysed, 76 (33 percent) had serious criminal cases against them, it said.

of 'a particular community' - an apparent reference to Muslims".

And BJP president Amit Shah, one of Modi’s closest advisers, told voters that a victory for the alliance would be celebrated in Pakistan, the Muslim-majority neighbour that has fought several wars with India since 1947.

"Voters in Bihar saw through the BJP’s attempts to divide them. They, like most Indians, are looking for leaders who will improve their standard of living. Bihar is one of the poorest states in India but has grown fast in the last 10 years under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is credited for cracking down on crime, building roads and increas-

ing the enrollment of girls in schools." The editorial said that Modi and the BJP secured a majority in the lower house of Parliament last year with promises of economic reforms.

"Now, to push through those reforms, the party needs to win the control of the upper house, which is elected by state assemblies.

It won’t win those elections unless Modi gets rid of the officials in his government and party who are fueling sectarian culture wars," it added.

The daily noted that there are things Modi could do administratively to improve the economy, like investing in education and health care and building infrastructure.

"Voters in Bihar have sent the BJP a clear message. Modi should heed it."

Footwears lying on a road after two groups clashed over government’s decision to go ahead with the Tipu Sultan birth anniversary celebrations, in Kodagu district on Tuesday. ( PTI Photo)

maDikeri (karnataka), november 10 (Pti): A local Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader died and several others, including policemen, were injured as violence erupted over the holding of the birth anniversary celebrations of 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan. A youth was also injured in firing by some unidentified persons, police said, adding that prohibitory orders have been clamped in the entire Kodagu district and additional reinforcements sent to the area to bring the situation under control.

Police used tear gas shells and resorted to lathicharge as hundreds of people gathered and clashes erupted between the opponents and supporters of the celebrations. According to police, one Kuttappa, a VHP leader and a former state government employee, suffered head injuries in stone throwing and died on the spot. The violence flared up even as state-wide celebrations are being held by the government for the first time to commemorate the birth anniversary of Tipu which, however, is being boycotted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) amidst opposition by several outfits

who see him as a “religious bigot”.

Some outfits in Kodagu district had called for a bandh on Tuesday to protest against the government’s decision.

Meanwhile, state home minister G. Parameshwara said additional reinforcements were being rushed to Madikeri from Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts and appealed to people to maintain peace. The BJP has announced a “total boycott” of the celebrations, saying that no public representative from their party at any level would participate in the official function.

Further, the party’s state unit chief Prahlad Joshi said that Tipu was a “fanatic” and “anti-Kannada”.

Several organisations and individuals, too, have opposed the state government’s move to celebrate “Tipu Sultan Jayanti” on 10 November. Tipu was a ruler of the erstwhile kingdom of Mysore and considered an implacable enemy of the British East India Company. He was killed in May 1799, while defending his fort of Srirangapatna against British forces.

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has de-

fended the government’s decision to commemorate his birth anniversary even as he slammed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and “other communal forces” for opposing it. The Mangaluru United Christian Association, too, has protested against the celebrations, alleging that Tipu was responsible for the destruction of many churches in the coastal region and also that Christians were harassed under his rule.

The VHP on Tuesday described the death of a middle-aged man during clashes at a town in Karnataka as “brutal killing” and asked the centre to “protect Hindus against such acts of religious intolerance”. “We condemn the brutal killing of a Hindu, staging a peaceful demonstration, by a mob,” VHP international working president Praveen Togadia said in a statement.

Togadia was referring to the death of a 50-year-old man, said to be associated with the VHP, who succumbed to injuries sustained during a clash that broke out in Madikeri town during a demonstration against the celebration of the birth anniversary of 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan.

Railways rationalise advanced booking system Passenger can book ticket after charts are prepared neW Delhi, november 10 (ians): In order to provide additional booking facilities, the Indian Railways on Tuesday started rationalising computerised passenger reservation system (PRS).

According to the railway ministry, with

effect from November 12 passengers will be able to buy tickets even after the reservation charts are prepared.

The rationalisation exercise will facilitate the implementation of revised refund rules which were notified recently.

"Under this exercise, sufficient time gap will be provided to passengers between preparation of charts and departure of train so that they can plan journeys

properly," the ministry was quoted in a statement.

The ministry elaborated that reservation charts will invariably be made at least four hours before the scheduled departure of the train.

In case the charts are not prepared four hours in advance, the PRS will automatically generate a final list before the scheduled departure of train.

"After preparation of first chart, the reservation will again become open at the PRS counters, as well as on internet and the passengers can book the available accommodation in the train," the statement added.

In case of wait-list ticket, the passengers will be given facility to cancel the ticket up to 30 minutes before the scheduled departure of the train.

Tolerate dissent, says Dalai Lama

Chennai, november 10 (Pti): Amid ongoing debate over intolerance, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday called for respecting dissent and said secularism denoted respect for all religious beliefs and all the non-believers.

"You cannot eliminate all people who disagree (with) you," he said.

Expressing unhappiness that the previous century was filled with too much violence, he said it still continued and termed it as "non-sense."

A worker makes firecrackers at a factory for the upcoming Diwali festival, on the outskirts of The Nobel peace laureAhmedabad in this October 8, 2011 Reuters file photo. Diwali (or Deepawali, the "festival of lights"), one of the largest and brightest festivals in India signifying the victory of good over ate said secularism denotevil will be celebrated across the nation today. ed respect for all religions

and to non-believers as well.

"Of the seven billion people in the world, over one billion are non-believers... one should respect the non-believers as well, as the religious belief of a person is a private business," he said.

In his lecture on 'Human Approach to World Peace' at the IIT Madras, as part of the institute's Extra Mural Lecture series, the Tibetan spiritual leader said India was an example to the rest of the world for its religions harmony.

"Wherever, the Chinese go, there start a China town. Likewise, wherever

Indians go, they should start an Indian town, where they should teach the world about religious harmony."

On the possibility of a woman being the next Dalai Lama, he said, it was very much possible.

"I have said that many times earlier. She should be beautiful. The face also makes a difference, isn't it?," he said with a laughter, while replying to a query (from the student-audience) on the possibility of a woman Dalai Lama.

He said the world would be more peaceful if there were more women head of states.

India frees up foreign investment in 15 major sectors neW Delhi, november 10 (reuters):India has eased foreign direct investment norms in 15 major sectors, including mining, defence, civil aviation and broadcasting, the government said on Tuesday, in a bid to drum up investment and speed growth.

The announcement came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to regain the political initiative after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a humiliating defeat last Sunday in a state election that has reinvigorated opposition parties.

"The crux of these reforms is to further ease, rationalise and simplify the process of foreign investments into the country and

to put more and more FDI proposals on the automatic route, instead of the government route, where the time and energy of the investors are wasted," the government said in a statement.

The government also increased the financial power of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board to give single window clearance for investment projects of up to 50 billion rupees ($753.35 million), from 30 billion.

The government statement listed the sectors where investment norms have been eased, but did not cite precise steps. The sectors include construction, agriculture, mining and banking.

Within defence manufacturing, firms can automatically in-

crease foreign ownership to 49 percent, without seeking government approval.

Tuesday’s move makes it easier for private sector lenders such as Axis bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Yes Bank to raise fresh foreign capital, as foreign portfolio investors can buy stakes of up to 74 percent on condition there will be no change in control and management.

Modi hopes the measures, most of them aimed at cutting red tape, will help bypass parliament, where his reforms have run into political opposition.

"The most significant thing is there have been FDI reforms in a broad range of sectors. This will help boost the economy and add

jobs," said N.R. Bhanumurthy, an economist at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.

Modi heads to Britain this week to strengthen economic ties with the world's fifth largest economy. A government source said Tuesday's reforms had been in the planning stage for a while, and were not related to the election loss in Bihar.

SINGLE BRAND RETAIL The government eased rules on sourcing for "single brand" retailers, particularly for high-tech, and allowed them to sell online without specific permissions.

But it stopped short of lifting curbs on multi-brand retailers, such as retail giant Wal-Mart, which to date has focused on its

wholesale business in India. That segment was opened to foreign investment in 2012, but the limit remains at 51 percent.

The measures also free up restrictions in the construction industry, allowing overseas investors to exit and repatriate investment even before project completion.

During the period from January to June, foreign direct investment flows into India rose to $19.4 billion, up 30 percent from a year earlier, a sign of what the government called investors' growing confidence in the country. India's economy, which grew at 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015/16, is projected to expand at around 7.5 percent this year.

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Obama, Netanyahu seek to mend US-Israel ties WASHINGTON, NOvember 10 (re uTerS): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday that he remained committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as they sought to mend ties strained by acrimony over Middle East diplomacy and Iran.

Meeting Obama for the first time since the signing of the Iran nuclear deal, Netanyahu said he backed a vision of “two states for two peoples,” but maintained that any Palestinian state must be demilitarized and recognize Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people, a condition Palestinians have rejected.

Patching up relations could help smooth the way for a new 10-year U.S. military aid package, which Obama told Netanyahu he wanted to get a “head start” on negotiating.

Israel, Washington’s chief Middle East ally, is seeking a record $5 billion a year, according to U.S. congressional sources. A senior Israeli official confirmed that figure and said a U.S. delegation would visit Israel next month to discuss details of an aid package.

Obama and Netanya-

hu, who have a history of testy White House encounters, showed no outward sign of tension, looking cordial and businesslike as they held their first face-toface talks in 13 months.

The meeting was clouded by Palestinian stabbing and shooting attacks that have Israelis on edge at a time when Obama has concluded that a peace deal is beyond reach during the final 14 months of his presidency.

Obama condemned the latest wave of Palestinian violence and backed Israel’s right to defend itself, but said he wanted to hear Netanyahu’s ideas for lowering tensions and “how we can make sure that legitimate Palestinian aspirations are met.”

TWO-STATE SOLUTION Netanyahu’s recommitment to the two-state solution, the bedrock of U.S. diplomacy on the conflict for decades, could satisfy the Obama administration’s desire that he clarify his position after he appeared to backtrack on his pledge during a hard-fought reelection campaign earlier this year.

“I want to make it clear that we have not given up our hope for peace,” Ne-

tanyahu lectured Obama on the suffering of the Jewish people through the ages.

This time, neither leader wanted a diplomatic blowup. Netanyahu leaned forward listening intently as Obama spoke, sometimes nodding. Obama, his legs crossed, sometime cradled his chin in one hand.

The two exchanged smiles at times and shook hands twice for the cameras.

Some of Obama’s aides believe, however, that beyond working to firm up security cooperation, Netanyahu is content to wait out the final stretch of Obama’s presidency, hoping for a better reception for his hardline approach from the next occupant of the White House.

U.S. voters will elect a U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during their meeting in new president in Novemthe Oval Office of the White House in Washington on November 9. (Reuters Photo) ber 2016. what concerns me in Syria tanyahu told reporters al- differences over how to re- feet to the fire."

The Israeli prime minis- first and foremost, and on MILITARY AID lowed in at the start of talks solve the Israeli-PalestinThe meeting was seen ian conflict and tensions ter said he also made clear that we'll continue to act with Obama. as an important step in neU.S.-sponsored peace over U.S.-led nuclear diplo- to Obama that Israel would forcefully," he said.

Although Obama and gotiations for a new U.S. denot be "obliged" by any deal talks between Israel and macy with Iran.

Netanyahu told the to settle the Syrian civil war Netanyahu sought to play fense aid pact, which could the Palestinians collapsed in 2014. The eruption of conservative American that does not prevent Iran down their disagreements, help burnish the right-wing violence between the two Enterprise Institute think from using Syrian terri- no one expected the two prime minister's security sides last month has made tank later that while he and tory for direct aggression leaders would have much credentials, challenged by an end to that bloodshed a Obama had disagreed over against Israel or for send- success in overcoming the violence at home.

Israel receives $3.1 bilmore immediate priority. the Iranian nuclear deal, ing game-changing weap- their poor personal chemThe Obama-Netanyahu now that it has been negoti- ons to Hezbollah guerrillas istry. Their worst public lion from the United States moment was a 2011 Oval annually and is seeking a meeting was widely seen as ated, "we are in agreement in Lebanon.

"The defense of Israel is Office encounter when Ne- total of $50 billion over a an effort to move beyond that we want to keep Iran's

decade for the next package, congressional officials have told Reuters. One U.S. official predicted the sides would settle for an annual sum of $4 billion to $5 billion.

Obama’s tangible support for Israel’s security could help deflect accusations from Republican presidential hopefuls that he and any Democratic successor are less pro-Israel than they profess to be.

"The security of Israel is one of my top foreign policy priorities, and that has expressed itself not only in words, but in deeds," Obama said.

Netanyahu thanked Obama for that commitment.

The dispute over the deal that Iran reached in July with world powers, which calls for curbs on its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, had driven an already rocky relationship between the two leaders to a new low.

Obama refused to see Netanyahu in March when the Israeli leader accepted an invitation from Republican leaders, without consulting the White House, and gave a speech to Congress in which he harshly criticized Obama’s negotiations with Iran.

in Saudi In patriarchal Nepal, female Myanmar most generous country Executions Arabia at a 20-year peak - Amnesty president works for equality kATHmANDu, NOvember 10 (THOmSON reuTerS FOuNDATION): When Bidhya Devi Bhandari was just a child, she witnessed an angry mob in her remote village in eastern Nepal beating and torturing an elderly woman accused of being a witch.

The scene horrified Bhandari, but also inspired her to enter politics and fight for the rights of women in her impoverished country, where deep-rooted patriarchal attitudes have led to widespread gender abuse and discrimination.

Almost 50 years on, Bhandari is Nepal's first female head of state.

Dressed in a sari and a green shawl, sitting on a couch in the presidential palace in Kathmandu, she hopes her election last month will bring greater equality for women.

"People still think women should only do household work. They are still mistreated, discriminated against and insulted," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview over the weekend.

Women face a multitude of challenges in Nepal, largely due to their lower status in a male-dominated society which sees them as home makers and child bearers.

Crimes such as human traffick-

ing, domestic violence and rape are common but rarely reported, as victims are afraid of being blamed and ostracised by their family or community.

Women also face discrimination in accessing healthcare, education and employment and in establishing their rights to things like property and land.

Bhandhari, 54, a Communist leader who has long campaigned for women's rights, hit the headlines last month when parliament elected her as Nepal's second president - seven years after it abolished the monarchy and became a republic.

But the former deputy leader of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), or CPNUML, and a close ally of Prime Minister K.P. Oli, says her journey to the presidency was not easy because she was a woman.

Born into a poor farming household in Manebhangyang, a village in Bhojpur district, she was attracted to leftist politics at an early age and joined the CPN-UML when she was a student, without the knowledge of her family.

"My mother said I should stay home and not join leftist politics because the then regime was chasing and arresting the communists," she said, referring to Nepal's days as an

absolute monarchy.

In the pre-democracy era, Bhandari worked underground for many years as a political activist, and was elected to parliament only in 1993, after her politician husband was killed in a mysterious car crash.

Since then, she has served as environment minister and defence minister - but is best known for her work promoting women's rights.

In fact, Bhandari is credited with a policy of ensuring that one-third of Nepali parliamentarians are women, and she successfully lobbied for the new constitution to require that either the president or vice-president be a woman.

She says her work on strengthening the political voice of Nepali women is not over yet, even if her role as president is largely ceremonial.

"I believe that the status of women can only be improved if their participation in the policy- and law-making bodies is increased," said Bhandari, who has two daughters.

"Now efforts should be made for increasing the number of women to 50 percent in parliament and all other government bodies. We must ensure that women have increased access to economic activities, jobs and education."

LONDON, NOvember 10 (THOmSON reuTerS FOuNDATION): Myanmar is the most generous country in the world with nine out of 10 adults donating money to charity and half volunteering their time, while Burundi is the least, followed by China, Yemen and Lithuania, researchers said on Tuesday.

The study by the London-based Charitable Aid Foundation (CAF) found that more people around the world are giving to charity with around 1.4 billion people donating money in 2014, or 31.5 percent of adults, up from 28.3 percent in 2013.

"It is heartening to see that even during these times of economic uncertainty across the world, people are increasingly likely to donate money to causes that help others," said CAF chief executive John Low in a statement.

The United States, New Zealand, Canada and Australia followed Myanmar for overall generosity, according to CAF's World

Giving Index, which measures the charitable behaviour of nations by polling people on how often they donate to charity, how often they volunteer and how often they help strangers.

In Myanmar, where the ruling party conceded defeat to the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi after Sunday's general election, 92 percent of respondents said they gave money to charity in the past month.

High levels of giving in Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand, where 87 percent gave cash recently, are driven by high levels of Theradava Buddhism and the tradition of Sangha Dana or "charity to the community of monks," said the study.

Myanmar also came top for volunteering, with half the population doing so, followed by Sri Lanka, Liberia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.

Globally, the proportion of people who said they volunteered time fell slightly, to 21.0 percent from 21.3 percent.

Tuesday's report highlighted the contrast between Myanmar's achievement and "recent reports about the suffering and contested rights of the Rohingya people," the persecuted Muslim minority group.

Almost half of the world's adult population said they helped a stranger in 2014 according to the poll, a slight increase on the previous year, with Iraq topping the list followed by Liberia, the United States, Namibia and Jamaica.

The proportion of people donating money in conflict-hit Ukraine quadrupled in 2014 compared to the previous year, while notable increases were also seen in the Balkan countries, hit by serious flooding in May 2014.

"One factor which holds true is that, in almost any place in the world, people will rally around in a crisis," said Low. The survey data was provided by polling firm Gallup, which interviewed over 150,000 people in 2014 on charitable giving and other topics.

Diabetes drug curbs Catalan to start process of breaking from Spain heart failure risk NeW YOrk, NOvember 10 (IANS): A Type-2 diabetes drug significantly reduces hospitalisations and death from heart failure, show results of a clinical trial. The researchers also found that the drug has the potential to prevent heart failure in diabetic patients who never had the condition before.

"One conclusion that could be proposed is that the drug not only appeared to prevent deterioration in patients who already had heart failure but also appeared to prevent that condition from developing in patients who never had it before," said one of the researchers Silvio Inzucchi, professor at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven in the US. Many individuals with Type-2 diabetes also have heart failure, a condition in which the heart fails to pump blood effectively. Treatment for heart failure is limited and prior efforts to treat patients with Type-2 diabetes drugs showed no benefit for heart failure.

But a new class of Type-2 diabetes drugs (SGLT2 inhibitors) that reduce blood sugar by increasing its excretion in the urine had not been studied. In the new trial, patients with Type-2 diabetes and risk factors for heart disease were randomised to receive once-daily doses of either the glucose-lowering drug empagliflozin (10 mg or 25 mg doses), or a placebo.

The drug or placebo was given in addition to standard care. At the end of the trial period, investigators found that patients treated with the drug experienced reductions in blood sugar and blood pressure, as well as weight loss, compared to those on placebo. They also found major significant reductions in hospitalisations for heart failure (35 percent). The findings were presented at the 2015 American Heart Association (AHA) scientific session in Orlando, Florida.

mADrID, NOvember 10 (reuTerS): Catalonia's regional assembly on Monday passed a resolution calling for secession from Spain, energising a drive towards independence and deepening a standoff with central government in Madrid.

The declaration, which pro-independence parties in the northeastern region hope will lead to Catalonia seceding within 18 months, was backed by a majority in the regional parliament.

Spain's centre-right prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, said his government would seek to invalidate the motion with an appeal to the Constitutional Court in the coming days.

The fraught debate over Catalan secession has diverted campaigning for national elections on Dec. 20 away from a focus on Spain's uneven emergence from an economic crisis.

In September, parties favouring independence from Spain won a majority of seats in the Catalan assembly, after public support for the cause in one of Spain's wealthiest regions swelled during the recent recession.

"The Catalan parliament will adopt the necessary measures to start this democratic process of massive, sustained and peaceful disconnection from the Spanish state," read the resolution, published in Catalan.

But the Spanish constitution does not allow any region to break away and the Rajoy has repeatedly dismissed the Catalan campaign out of hand.

"I understand that many Span-

Catalan separatist supporters wait for the voting results in front of Catalunya’s Parliament, as Catalonia’s regional government debates in favor of a resolution to split from Spain in Barcelona, Spain on November 9. (Reuters Photo)

iards have had a bellyful (...) of this continued attempt to delegitimise our institutions," he said in a televised address.

Members of his People's Party (PP) held up Spanish flags in the Catalan assembly after the resolution was passed, amid raucous applause from those who voted in favour.

The Catalan question is a long way from coming to a head, even as pro-independence parties say they will start setting up state-like institu-

tions, including a social security office.

The declaration said it considered that judicial decisions, "in particular those of the Constitutional Court", were not legitimate, raising the prospect that regional politicians could disobey its rulings.

VOTE WINNER Opposition to Catalan independence is a vote winner across the political spectrum in the rest of

Spain, and especially for the PP and newcomers Ciudadanos, a marketfriendly party founded in Catalonia.

"The parties that are favoured by this (standoff ) are Ciudadanos, because the debate makes them look like a national contender, and the PP, because Rajoy looks like he’s standing firm, and that is something that conservative voters will like,” said Antonio Barroso, analyst at thinktank Teneo.

The PP is on course to win the national election, though new parties are splitting the big parties' votes, and surveys indicate that Rajoy is still far from a majority.

Catalan secessionists argue that they have tried to persuade the government to discuss the independence issue and have been blocked by unionist parties.

Artur Mas, acting head of the regional government, said Madrid was ignoring the results of the September election, when pro-independence parties won nearly 48 percent of the vote.

"No one can talk about a silent majority (against secession) now," Mas said. "This is a state that continues to turn its back on dialogue and negotiation."

Mas, who has been indicted for holding a symbolic proxy vote on independence in November last year, is battling to win support in the assembly for a second term at the helm of the Catalan government, amid infighting among the pro-secession camp.

DubAI, NOvember 10 (reuTerS): Saudi Arabia has executed at least 151 people this year, the most since 1995 and far above the annual figure in recent years which rarely exceeded 90, Amnesty International said on Monday.

No one at Saudi Arabia's Justice Ministry was immediately available to comment on the surge in the numbers of executions but diplomats have speculated it may be because more judges have been appointed, allowing a backlog of appeal cases to be heard.

Political analysts say it might also reflect a tough response to wars and political turbulence in the region. The kingdom is in the top five countries for executing people, rights groups say. It ranked No. 3 in 2014, after China and Iran, and ahead of Iraq and the United States, according to Amnesty International figures.

The same five countries executed the most prisoners in the first six months of 2015, Amnesty said in July. The last time Saudi Arabia executed more than 150 people in a single year was when 192 executions were recorded in 1995, an Amnesty statement said.

Defenders of the Saudi death penalty say beheadings, usually with a single sword stroke, are at least as humane as lethal injections used in the United States. They deplore any comparison between its executions of convicted criminals and Islamic State's extra-judicial killings of hostages.

Amnesty said the death penalty is disproportionately used against foreigners in Saudi Arabia. Of the 63 people executed this year for drug-related charges, 45 were foreigners. The total number of foreigners executed so far this year is 71.

Foreigners, mostly guest workers from poor countries, are particularly vulnerable as they typically do not know Arabic and are denied adequate translation in court, Amnesty said. Saudi Arabia says it provides fair trials for all defendants.

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LONDON, NOVEMBER 10 (REUTERS): Andy Murray is performing a delicate balancing act as he prepares for a claycourt Davis Cup final and the ATP World Tour Finals on an indoor hardcourt at the o2 Arena.

The Scot, who has prioritised helping Britain win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936 when they face Belgium in Ghent later this month, will spend most of this week practising on clay in London.

The Tour Finals, where Murray can clinch the year-end number two ranking for the first time, begin on Sunday, meaning a testing few days for the 28-year-old. The transition to the specific movements of claycourt tennis have proved problematic in the past for Murray who has often suffered back pain as a consequence.

"I've tried to juggle the two so that I don't have to miss the (Tour Finals) but also give myself a good chance of playing well in the Davis Cup," said Mur-

Britain's Andy Murray arrives for his men's singles final tennis match against world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Paris Masters tennis tournament November 8. (REUTERS)

ray who was beaten in the Paris Masters final on Sunday by Novak Djokovic.

"It's important I'm not too hard on myself and don't just expect to play great tennis at the start at the o2 as soon as I switch back to hardcourts.

"I need to respect what the change to the clay can do to my body and also what it can do to your game because it's a completely

different movement."

When Britain beat Australia in September to reach the final for the first time since 1978, Murray winning all his three matches, the Scot indicated he might miss the ATP finale that features the world's top eight players. He now says he could still pull out if he is worried about his fitness for the Davis Cup final that starts on Nov. 27. "It's

going to be tricky," added Murray. "If I get injured in the next couple of days or something happens to my back then obviously I won't play (at the o2).

"But if I'm fit and healthy and the next three days go well well then I'll be practising at the O2 from Friday." Twice grand slam champion Murray has never won the ATP's seasonender.

MADRID, NOVEMBER 10 (REUTERS): David Moyes's bid to resurrect his career in La Liga ended in failure when Real Sociedad sacked him on Monday following a defeat at Las Palmas which left them hovering just above the relegation places.

Moyes, who took over at Sociedad almost exactly a year ago after a disappointing spell in charge of English Premier League club Manchester United, has been replaced by former Celta Vigo and Barcelona B coach Eusebio Sacristan.

The 51-year-old Eusebio, who is taking on his first top-flight coaching job, has signed a contract until the end of next season.

San Sebastian-based Sociedad are mired in 16th place in the table on nine points having won only two of their 11 games this season and are in similar dire straits as they were when Moyes took over.

The team's woeful performance in Friday's 2-0 reverse at promoted Las Palmas was the final straw for

president Jokin Aperribay and the board.

"Real Sociedad has decided to rescind the contract of first-team coach David Moyes," the club said on their website (www.realsociedad.com) on Monday, adding that assistant Billy McKinlay had also been released.

Beckenbauer back in the spotlight after FA boss quits

MUNICH, NOVEMBER 10 (REUTERS): Pressure on Franz Beckenbauer to explain payments and provide answers over a 2006 World Cup scandal grew on Tuesday, a day after the president of Germany's FA (DFB) resigned despite insisting he had done nothing wrong.

Wolfgang Niersbach, who was a vice president of Germany's World Cup organizers, said he was taking political responsibility for a controversial 6.7 million euro ($7.22 million) payment to FIFA allegedly used to bribe officials of world soccer's governing body to vote for Germany's World Cup hosting bid.

Following Monday's surprise resignation of Niersbach the spotlight has now shifted to Beckenbauer, who was the head of

the 2006 organising committee. Rainer Koch, who along with fellow DFB vice president Reinhard Rauball has taken over Niersbach's position on an interim basis, said "it is high time" Beckenbauer gets more involved in trying to resolve the issue.

"We have a request that he becomes more intensively involved in clearing up the processes," said Koch in an interview with German channel ZDF. "The question how the World Cup was awarded will keep us busy.

"That is a big request, from the entire leadership of the DFB, (for him) to answer these questions. We clearly have more to clear up than just the 6.7 million euros. We have come to the conclusion that several processes around the

Schweinsteiger backs Van Gaal to achieve success at United

sania-Martina will continue to win Grand slams: Mahesh bhupathi

MANCHESTER, NO VEMBER 10 (REUTERS): Bastian Schweinsteiger has backed Louis van Gaal to achieve as much success with Manchester United as he managed at Bayern Munich and pleaded with fans to be patient and wait for the Dutch coach's ideas to take root.

United have scored just three goals in their last five games but are fourth in the Premier League table, two points behind leaders Manchester City, and also top their Champions League group. However, the side has been criticised for lacking creativity and fans have booed recent displays, while the Dutchman's emphasis on possession has led to damning assessments from former players, among them Paul Scholes, who labelled the team "boring". Schweinsteiger, part of Van Gaal's 2009-10 Bayern Munich side that won the Bundesliga and the German Cup, drew comparisons with the manager's spell in Germany and United's current state of affairs.

"I recognise similarities between Louis van Gaal here and at Bayern Munich," the midfielder told the club's website (www. manutd.com). "In Munich, it took a while before the team understood exactly how we wanted to play football, but in the end we won the Bundesliga title and made it to the Champions League final. "You have to be patient. But, of course, during that you have to win, you have to get results and you have to score. "It is not about October or November -- it is about May. I am sure Louis will bring success to United. I am convinced that will happen but we have to do our work and we have to improve," he added.

MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 10 (IANS): India tennis great Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday heaped praise on current women's doubles World No.1 Sania Mirza and her partner Swiss veteran Martina Hingis and for their tremendous season this year which saw them clinch nine doubles titles, including two Grand Slams.

Bhupathi said the IndoSwiss pair will continue to win Grand Slams for the next few years with the form they are currently in.

The unstoppable duo of Mirza and Swiss veteran Hingis came up with another stupendous performance recently to win the women's doubles title at the prestigious $7 million WTA Finals in Singapore.

It was the pair's ninth title together this season, having also won in Beijing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, US Open (New York), Wimbledon (London), Charleston, Miami and Indian Wells.

Sania also won the Sydney International in January with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands to take her doubles trophy count to 10 this year.

"Sania has been an inspiration. She has really worked hard over the last three years. It is not about just this year she has performed consistently. She is putting herself in a position to win matches," Bhupathi said at a press conference here. "She has also found someone who can complement each other very well that is Martina Hingis. They are going to continue winning Grand Slams for the next few years," he added.

Bhupathi also opined that alongside mixed dou-

awarding of the 2006 World Cup should be looked at closely."

Niersbach, along with two other former World Cup organising committee colleagues, is under investigation for tax evasion related to the payment after police raided the DFB and his home last week.

Beckenbauer was not suspected of tax evasion

and was not part of the Frankfurt prosecutor's office probe, officials have said. "But he needs to answer questions," said German MP Oezcan Mutlu, who is a member of the parliamentary committee on sport. "It's not just about the cash. It about many other questions ... and he needs to provide answers.

"As it stands now, the suspicions keep growing and growing."

Former World Cup winning captain and coach Beckenbauer -- the country's most iconic footballer -- has admitted to facilitating the payment to FIFA which was allegedly a return on a loan in 2000 for German organisers from then Adidas CEO RobertLouis Dreyfus.

He has since said that, in hindsight, this was a

"mistake" but added that claims of a votes-for-cash deal were untrue.

At the heart of the investigation is the 6.7 million euros payment from the German FA to FIFA that Der Spiegel magazine claimed was a return on a loan from Louis-Dreyfus to help buy votes for Germany's World Cup bid at the FIFA election in 2000.

The magazine's report in October had claimed a slush fund had been set up with Louis-Dreyfus' support to buy votes for Germany's World Cup bid.

Beckenbauer, who answered the questions of an external law firm hired by the DFB to investigate the matter, has refused to comment again since his brief statement last month, opting to remain at his home in Austria.

Eusebio played under Johan Cruyff in Barca's 'Dream Team' in the 1990s and was an assistant coach at the Catalan club to Frank Rijkaard.

He took charge at Celta when they were in the second division before a similarly indifferent spell coaching Barca's B team.

His debut as Sociedad coach will be the La Liga game at home to Sevilla on Nov. 21 followed by a trip to champions Barca.

Scotsman Moyes, 52, faced a tough task when he replaced Jagoba Arrasate with the club suffering from the sale of key players like France forward Antoine Griezmann and Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and minimal investment.

The former Everton manager, whose contract ran until the end of this season, was considered a risky appointment by some critics in Spain due to his limited knowledge of La Liga and inability to speak the language.

Tasked with returning Sociedad to European competition, Moyes led them to a disappointing 12th-placed finish last season, although they did beat Barca 1-0 in January. The return of midfielder Asier Illarramendi from Real Madrid lifted fans' spirits but the Sociedad academy graduate has so far been unable to lift the team.

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A letter to suu Kyi

ongratulations Miss Suu Kyi. Rule your Burmans from the delta and the plains of Rangoon ad Mandalay and know very well as you do, you are no friend of the Nagas, Kachin, Chin, Karen, Shan, Wa Padoung, Rohinga.

You keep silent while there is full scale war in the north where you cannot go among our Kachin brethren and 125,000 displaced people in China from the ravages of your running dog army. You keep equally silent about the Rohinga in the Arakhan State.

You believe in the Four Noble truths and the Eightfold Path and say nothing of the rape of your sisters and butchering of your

rothers. Shame on you and your father who changed sides three times during the second world war. Like all Burmans a coward and a running dog.

You may be a photogenic old lady for the western liberal media but you are not our saviour and never will be. I was a soldier in the Eastern Nagsland and am happy to say I have personally dispatched your army to where they belong. I can meet your two sons anytime and anywhere in the U.K. but you leave our Naga people alone.

Celebrate your victory but do not call it democracy and give Ajhan Kemmadhammo Bhikku my regards and Mettacharyya.

David P. Ward

A blessing in disguise

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n one particular day, as I was talking to a friend. She narrated how she lost her mom some years ago. It turned her world upside-down. She then stated that her mom’s demise came to her as a blessing in disguise. For one moment, I was left blank.

She continued saying that this turn of eventhelped her to become more understanding towards people’s problems and difficulties and developedher relationship with God, giving her the hope to live with a deeper sense of determination and purpose no matter what the storms may bring.

This short conversationwith her gave me aconfirmation to my own soul that human sufferings and pain are not a thing to be shunned and feared but to be embraced with thankfulness and joy knowing that in all things God works together for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his promise (Romans 8:28).

Bringing my own story to the picture of how my life was changed through the paralysis stroke in the year 2005. Humanly speaking, it was a tragedy. But to me, it was a transformation point. My life was never the same but for good. It was a blessing in disguise.

Today there are many Christians treading the path of suffering, pain and sorrow (maybe loss of near and dear ones, physical illness and pain, financial problems, wayward children or unfaithful parents).

Don’t ever lose hope! Don’t ever take offenseor blame Him for He is the grand weaver of all time. There is not a single event in your life that He is not in control of. He is conglomerating every thread of your life to make you into a better person.

Remember that it is always the darkest before the dawn! At the end of the tunnel, you will realize that it was not meant for your harm but for a higher good and purpose.

Vebu Khamo Kohima Bible College.

Winter sentiments

bles, the men's doubles duo of Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes may win medals for India in the 2016 Olympics to be held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil.

"Alongside mixed doubles, men's doubles have a great chance to clinch medals in the Rio Olympics. Both Rohan-Leander are world class players and they also have a great chance to win," the 41-year-old said.

The 15-time Grand Slam winner also praised current World No.89 Yuki Bhambri for breaking into the top 100 of the men's singles in the ATP rankings, adding that will help him play in the main draw of the singles in the Grand Slams next year.

"It has been a very successful year for Indian tennis in the year. Five Grand Slams for the country. Yuki is now 89 in the world and is going to play in the main draw of the singles in the Grand Slam next year.

Sumit Nagal and Karman Kaur Thandi are surely the future of Indian tennis in men’s and women’s.

Things are moving well," he

said.

Bhupathi, who owns Indian Aces a franchise from International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), said he was thrilled to have Rafael Nadal in the team for the next two seasons (20152016) after signing Roger Federer in the inaugural season.

"It is great to have Nadal on board. We know how big and effective player he has been and is in the court. After the New Delhi crowd witnessed Federer and Novak Djokovic in the inaugural season, this year they will get to see Nadal face-off against Federer," he said. asked about the inclusion of young Indian players in the IPTL, Bhupathi said keeping in mind the world wide broadcast and the top class players in the teams, it will be difficult to fit in budding young players.

"Somdev Devverman has been kept as an alternate player for the Indian Aces. The quality of tennis has to be maintained as it is broadcasted all over the world. Fitting in young and

budding Indian players will be difficult here," he said.

Indian Aces co-owner Gulshan Jhurani -- who was also present on the occassion -- said that to make the league popular throughout the country, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai are the venues which have taken into consideration for hosting the IPTL in the future.

"We have got great response from Delhi in inaugural season, But to make IPTL popular in the country we would like to shift it till as many cities as possible. After Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai are the chosen venues," he said.

Nadal, Agnieszka Radwanska, Gael Monfils, Sania, Ivan Dodig, Bopanna, Fabrice Santoro are the seven players in the India Aces squad that will take on the other four franchises -Philippine Mavericks, UAE Royals, Singapore Slammers and the newly-joined Japan Warriors.

The league will be held from December 2-20 in Kobe, Manila, New Delhi, Dubai and Singapore.

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hose stays in cold areas have felt arriving a year season winter with the straws of grain filled with liquid rotting into soil following the paddy crops harvest from jhum is over. A gentle breeze falls on the earth and dewdrops began to fall on cool surface at night.

This revisiting festival season brings along cold dry equally to every rich and poor, young and old.

We are saddened by the shortening days, climb into bed earlier and sleepless night if the bed’s affording warmth is thin and resent waking up soon when the morning light grows deem.

The orphans of bereaved parents, members of lost breadwinner who might have despaired are all to endure through this cold chilly days and night. The fragile older persons in their nearing death, and the deprived and poverty stricken families are no exception to face this cold bitten winter.

Inaccessibility of resources and poor financial makes some people neglect to care the feeling of cold. There are unfortunate who sleep on a mat, barely, or on shabby cloth to rest through the whole winter night solstice. For some people the season would be an additional economic burden. To think of this gives mix emotions and distressful.

Markets gonna loom with different clothes; well designed dresses, garments, thicker woolens and footwears that are not affordable by all. The haves and haves-not are portrayed reflecting our sadden society of inequality.

As winter approaches, breaks festive mood, a well-to-do can afford whatever

material comfort a season being demand.

Fashion lovers gonna throng at the markets, gather at the shopping hub carrying containing obese wallet to use on latest fashion of their choice. They gonna use thousands on furs to cope with cold. The clothes of the children of rich family are magnificent having warmer of their wear the parents accessed to them. The beds of the well-off family are glorious and comfortable. The sad fact is that the deprived children may see to it, feel desire to own which may lead to pressure on parents creating frustration to the family.

Being festive season there will be different social gatherings, organize different social activities, different programmes and services where all rich and poor to attend. The rich shall wear their best clothes they have afforded but the poor especially children and young seeing their friends, may feel down and they may withdrawal socially, stop activities with their friends and no longer enjoy things that used to be fun. It’s gonna lose fascinate.

We don’t have setup of social categorized that characterizes riches who is to help needy unless he comes with his own charity. However, if you could have owned three things of warmth, take yourself two and give it one, and more, if more you have blessed to a needy people around you.

There are people who longs for a piece of cloth to wrap/cover up their body. The coming up of this old guest of season be a warmed and shared winter!

Bausha Pauwung Buchem Nyengching, Longleng

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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KES Concert for education of Naga children

K This Diwali PREM IS BACK Prem Ratan Dhan Payo will be hitting the Silverscreen Worldwide on November 12, 2015 including “Hillstar Theatre” Dimapur.

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Sooraj R. Barjatya

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Salman Khan will be donning a double role – ‘Prem’ and ‘Vijay’. Hollywood Stunt Director Greg Powell is directing the action scenes. He has been part of many action films in Hollywood including Skyfall, Fast & Furious and Harry Potter.

The Hollywood Film Spectre has been postponed due to Prem Ratan Dhan Payo.

Not just Indian filmmakers but even Hollywood producers think twice before releasing their film with a Salman Khan movie. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo set was lit up with lights which almost costs Rs15 crore. Now, this really makes this film expensive.

ohima Educational Society (KES) Concert: Fund raising for education of Naga children on November 11 at 4:00 PM at Regional Centre for Excellence in Music & Performing Arts, Jotsoma. The concert will feature Alobo Naga, Tetseo Sisters, Tali Angh, Methaneilie, Euphony Choir and Purple Fusion.

Alobo Naga International star, Alobo Naga, is an artist, composer an songwriter and one of the most refined, popular and well-known artistes from North East India. He started expressing his passion for music at the tender age of 5 and by the time he reached 12 years he began performing his original compositions. He also composes & writes music for films, serials etc. He is the front man of the band, “Alobo Naga & The Band”, an Indian rock outfit from Dimapur. The band rose to fame in 2011 with their video single “Painted Dreams” which was an instant hit; it was premiered in August 2011 at VH1. He is the brand ambassador for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan for Nagaland appointed by the Governor of Nagaland in 2015.

local artiste but of legendary proportions. Physically challenged at a very early age (4 years), he was able to study upto Class IV. His parents and friends encouraged him to sing. In his words, “Singing gave me a new (lease of ) life.”

His first composition came out in 1973. Methaneilie’s first album was recorded in 1984, 11 years after he started composing. His 12th album was released in 1993. His initial compositions were mostly in Angami but he began to include Nagamese, translations in other tribe languages and also Hindi. His songs are self composed, full of humour and satire, which draw everyone like a magnet! Methaneilie has performed more than 100 concerts in Nagaland, Guwahati, Delhi, Kolkata etc.

He and his band have recorded 25 albums till date Methaneilie (Jiitakhrie) and they are planning to Methaneilie is a largely release another one soon.

Kohima Euphony Choir Led by choir director Vesato Theluo, this choir comprises of choral musicians from various professions and churches in Kohima. They have been performing at different functions of many organizations and most recently returned from Bangkok after performance at the ABYF conference in Bangkok.

Purple Fusion Purple Fusion is a Folk Fusion band from Dimapur, formed in August 2012

by Mhathung Odyuo and Lamtsala H. Sangtam. The band experiments with a fusing genre such as Folk Rock, Blues, Funk, Reggae, Jazz/Sufi and Hollywood.

Purple Fusion incorporates different aspects of Naga traditional music, like rhythm, chants, vocal melodies with western instruments and with genre which may necessarily not

have just one influence, with a little diversion from the main stream techno, RnB and pop. Formed only three years ago, its rise has been meteoric. They have been performing in different parts of the world with famous artistes like John Schlitt of Petra, the four time Grammy award winner, Rahul Ram of India Ocean and guru of Folk Rewben Mashangva. They released their first album in September 2014 and by November 2014, they won the Academia Award in the category of Best Folk Album/Song writer for their album (Folk Reminiscence” in Los Angeles, USA. With Imsanger Longkumer on guitar, Temsu Kichu on drums, Lamtsala Sangtam on vocals and Odyuo on bass/composer, they are popularly known everywhere as a Folk Fusion Band. T Tetseo Sisters Tetseo Sisters, the Naga songsters and siblings, Mercy and Kuvelu, along with their other sisters Azi and Lulu have spent their young lives in promoting the newly forgotten music of the Chakhesang Naga tribe that they have inherited. They like to call themselves “storytellers.” Adorned in traditional Naga garbs, these cultural ambassadors of the North East have been widely received and appreciated. They have appeared on countless stages, their audiences raging from school children in Delhi to heads of states and music lovers around the country; and have represented the country at events in the UK, USA and Southeast Asia. Often accompanied by the single stringed Tati and a guitar toting brother, the sisters delight with a fresh new experience. Li or the songs of the people as presented by the Tetseo Sisters is a celebration of the unique Naga way of life in a way it has been rarely portrayed- timeless and yet contemporary.

Tali Angh Tali Angh is a Songwriter and performer of great repute. He also performs with his band and they have become one of the fastest growing popular groups in the region.

Known for his mastery in brining the same audio recordings to an open crowd, Tali brings the vital story-telling vocal ability that is much missed in present music scenario.

His songs, self-composed, are powerful and inspiring.

His debut album, “Take It Slow” is a true testament to his artistry. His popular singles include “Jet Plane,” “Heroes Never FlyAway,” This Fire.”

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Vardy, Wenger win monthly Premier League awards 21st CLASSIC CUP 2015

LONDON, NOVEMBER 10 (REUTERS): Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy's five goals in four games won him the Premier League's player of the month award for the first time in October, while Arsene Wenger bagged the managerial award after his Arsenal team won all four of their games.

Vardy's first win of the monthly award caps a remarkable rise for a player who just three seasons ago was plying his trade with Jamie Vardy Arsene Wenger non-league side Halifax Town. The hardworking England, is the league's top instrumental in Leicester's Ruud van Nistelrooy's restriker, currently away on scorer on 12 goals and his rise to third in the table af- cord of scoring in 10 coninternational duty with rich vein of form has been ter 12 games. He can match secutive league games if

he finds the back of the net against Newcastle United on Nov. 21 when the Premier League resumes after the international break.

Wenger won the managerial award for the 15th time and trails only former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who has 27 wins to his name.

Arsenal, second in the table behind leaders Manchester City on goal difference, chalked up a trio of 3-0 wins against Manchester United, Watford and Swansea City, and conceded just once, in their 2-1 win over Everton at the Emirates on Oct. 24.

Lhisemia YO, Naga FC enter quarter finals

Loyem Memorial Tournament WADA panel calls for Russia's

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TUENSANG, NOVEMBER 11 (MExN): In a totally dominated game today, Chongpo Vikings FC ‘B’ thrashed Boyhood Zippers 7-0 in the first match of the 23rd Loyem Memorial tournament organized by the Confederation of Chang Students Union. Lanu (13) and Kevin (7) of Chongpo Vikings FC ‘B’ scored 2 goals each while Desingam (14), Awang (16) and Yanger (3) contributed a goal each. The inferior Boyhood Zippers could not once pass through the strong defenders of the Chongpo Vikings FC ‘B’. In the second lackluster match played between Skylark and Homeland XI, the former scored 3 goals while Apang (3) netted the solitary goal for Homeland XI in the 47th minute. Yemlong scored an early goal in the 7th minute for Skylark. Kelep (10) moved the score tally to 2 in the 42nd minute while Yemli (10) booted the final goal in the 69th minute.

GENEVA, NOVEMBER 10 (IANS): A World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission report has recommended suspension of Russia from all world athletics competition here on Monday.

The commission examined allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics and also implicated the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for failure to address these pressing issues. The commission also wants five athletes and five coaches to get lifetime doping bans.

The report also said there were "systemic failures" in the IAAF that prevented an "effective" anti-doping program.

"We communicated the report to WADA last Thursday," Dick Pound, the chairman of the commission and former WADA boss, was quoted as saying by BBC. The report was "essentially limited to Russia and athletics", he added.

"We have provided WADA with sanction packages on individuals who had not been previously identified, identified possible criminal incidents, made findings and recommendations on the Russian laboratory, reported on interference with doping controls up to and including this year, and found cover-ups and payments of money to conceal doping tests," Pound was quoted as saying by the BBC. "Since Russia is the particular country involved in the matter investigated, it is appropriate to say the

commission organised a special meeting with the Russian minister of sport. He invited the commission to make recommendations that would allow Russia to contribute (to making Russia) a non-doping country."

"We advised the minister in advance he would not be pleased with the recommendations. He is going to have to live with that. We hope that Russia will take a lead (now)," he added.

The report said that the London 2012 Olympics were "sabotaged" by the "widespread inaction" by the IAAF and the Russian athletics federation against Russian athletes who had suspicious doping profiles. "The IC (independent commission) has noted a cumulative lapse of action from the IAAF, Russian athletics federation (ARAF) and Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) in conjunction with pursuing suspicious profiles," the report stated.

Following the damning report, IAAF president Sebastian Coe sought approval from his fellow IAAF council members to consider sanctions against the Russian athletics federation. "The information in WADA's Independent Commissions Report is alarming. We need time to properly digest and understand the detailed findings included in the report. However, I have urged the Council to start the process of considering sanctions against ARAF. This step has not been taken lightly," Coe said in a statement on Monday.

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A match in action between Naga FC and Hurricane Boys on November 10. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | November 10

Lhisemia YO and Naga FC today booked quarter finals berth after registering win in their respective pre-quarter finals match in the ongoing 21st Classic Cup 2015 here at Kohima Local Ground under the aegis of Classic Club Kohima.

Lhisemia YO downed Fraternity FC 7-6 via tie-break in the first pre-quarter finals match. Keneisetuo Kire opened the account for Fraternity FC in the 8th minute.

Lhisemia YO found the equalizer through the boot of Neizophrelie Mepfhii-o in the 24th minute.

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Naga FC overpowered Hurricane Boy’s 3-0 in the second pre-quarter finals.

Naga FC opened its account through Vimelie Chasie. Rhitso Mero and Keneisedelie Chutso also contributed a goal each and the team registered victory over the opponent 3-0.

With this, Naga FC will face Lhisemia YO in the quarter finals on November 14 (Ist Match).

FIXTURE FOR NOVEMBER 11 3rd Pre Quarter-finals: 12:00 Noon Vanguard FC vs Dejavu FC 4th Pre Quarter-finals: 1:30 PM Barak FC vs Headwinds FC

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