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Two students drown at Chathe Morung Express News Dimapur | November 12

In a tragic incident, two students drowned at the Chathe River beside the TL Angami Park on Saturday afternoon. The incident reportedly happened during a school picnic. The two were identified as Pohwang Konyak (16 years) of Chaoha Chingyu village and Konpha Konyak (17) of Longkei village under Mon district– both Class 11 students of Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Dimapur. The bodies were retrieved by youths of New Chumukedima Village and handed over to relatives of the victims.

SCBWCC receives ‘Annual Balipara Foundation Award’ DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 12 (MExN): The Sendenyu Community Biodiversity & Wildlife Conservation Committee (SCBWCC) has been awarded the prestigious ‘Annual Balipara Foundation Award for 2016’. The award was received by the SCBWCC chairman Gwasinlo Thong on November 9 at Vivanta Taj, Guwahati, in a grand ceremony attended by many eminent conservationists and scientists from India and different parts of the world. The award comes with a citation, cash reward and support from the Balipara Foundation for future initiatives to conserve and preserve the natural heritage of the Eastern Himalayas, a press note from SCBWCC chairman said.

Nagaland to observe National Press Day KOHIMA, NOVEMBER 12 (MExN): Nagaland along with the rest of the country will be observing National Press Day on November 16. The Directorate of Information & Public Relations (DIPR) along with Dimapur Press Club, Kohima Press Club and Mokokchung Press Club will jointly observe the day at Elim Hall, DABA, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur at 12 noon. Dr. Aküm Longchari, publisher and editor of The Morung Express will be the theme speaker. This year’s theme is “Professional ethics in journalism.” Short speech will be delivered

by Limawati Ao, Director, DIPR Nagaland. The function will be chaired by S. Henlly Phom, General Secretary, Dimapur Press Club while vote of thanks will be proposed by Xavier Rutsa, president Kohima Press Club.

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Chaotic Saturday as demonetisation continues

Anger grows in India as banks struggle to swap banned notes

Rs 2000 more of a burden on debut Morung Express News Dimapur | November 12

As the demonetisation process continued for the fourth day, people were confronted with a new problem – spending their crisp new Rs 2000 notes as the avenue were limited.

Saturday witnessed more chaos and even longer queues at the bank and the ATMs. Cash starved people including elderly and women lined up in serpentine queues to withdraw valid currency notes to meet their daily expenses.

Branches of State Bank of India saw the most crowds. The queues spread to the streets and the police were put on duty to manage the crowd.

“I have been standing for the past two hours but still haven’t even reached halfway, a youth standing outside the SBI main Branch Dimapur lamented.

A lone SBI ATM in the vicinity was also dispensing only 2000 notes.

At SBI Dhobinalla Branch, another customer who was standing in queue since early morning pointed to a security barricade, and wistfully said it would take another half an hour to reach the counter.

Traders also continued to bear the brunt of demonetization.

Business has been ‘thanda’ (cool) for last two

People queue up in front of banks in Dimapur to deposit devalued currencies and withdraw new valued ones on Saturday. A notice displayed in a shop saying it has no change for Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. (Morung Photo)

days, a shopkeeper who had lined up outside Corporation Bank Dimapur commented, adding that most of his stocks were given out on credit and he needed the new notes since the wholesalers were not accepting the old 500 and 1000 notes.

In Dimapur, most of the shops had put up sign outside with a note saying “Sorry, no Rs.500 or 1000 notes.”

Many shops, hotels and eateries turned away customers for the want of change. Even the multinational food chains were only accepting either lower notes or debit cards.

GoI-ENPO talks on Frontier Nagaland by year-end: MHA

Joint Secretary, MHA NE, Satyendra Grag addressing the public meeting in Tuensang town.

TUENSANG, NOVEMBER 12 (MExN): Joint Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs (NE), Government of India, Satyendra Garg on Saturday said the third round of the bilateral talks between the GoI and the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organization (ENPO) on the demand for ‘Frontier Nagaland’ is expected to be held before the end of this year.

Garg stated this while addressing a public meeting organized by ENPO at the Parade Ground in Tuensang town, a DIPR report stated.

The MHA NE joint secretary also stated that the demand of the ENPO for a separate state appear genuine while observing that problem and hardship faced in the Eastern Nagaland is well understood and the backwardness of the region visible even after 60 years have passed after Nagaland statehood.

Garg also acknowledged that the ENPO has been regularly updating the GoI through the MHA NE on their demand for a separate state.

Representative of organizations namely CKS, KTC, STC, YTC, Eastern Nagaland Gaon Butamong Unions in their speeches reaffirmed their stand on the memorandum on ‘Frontier Nagaland’ demand. They also sought answers from the GoI on the process of their demand for statehood.

After the public meeting, Garg held an interaction with the public of the Eastern Nagaland. The meeting was attended by the officials of ENPO, Tribal Hoho leaders, women leaders of apex tribal bodies, student bodies, DBs, GBs and the public of Tuensang. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss on the proposed statehood demand of ‘Frontier Nagaland.’

When a Corporation Bank ATM opened in the evening, people jostled to get to the booth as it was dispensing crisp new Rs 100 notes.

Instead of coming to the rescue, the newly introduced Rs 2000 notes have only been adding to the woes of the common people. With crisis of Rs 100 notes, traders and customers alike are at loss to get loose change of such a huge amount.

Limasungit Jamir, a resident of Mokokchung town who managed to withdraw some amount said, “I went to market with

the new 2000 currency and the shopkeeper was shocked saying “kokai kojera keneka tibo” (How can I give change for that).

“I do agree with our PM’s objective but introducing the 2000 note earlier is creating a problem for common people like me.

The government should have introduced the new 500 currency instead,” Jamir pointed out.

Branch Manager of Corporation Bank at Duncan Bosti said it would take around two weeks for things to return to normalthat is if cash are available.

“If it is not an emer-

gency, people should withdraw money only to meet their current needs so that cash are available for everyone,” he suggested.

“The problem of the cash crunch is that it runs out quickly due to growing demand. Besides, with banks accepting exchange for those not having an account, every day the cash bought from our ‘currency chest’ runs out by afternoon,” the Branch Manager stated.

However, he said there was no reason to panic while assuring that, “Normalcy will return within a few weeks time.”

NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 12 (REUTERS): Anger rose across India on Saturday as banks struggled to dispense cash after the government withdrew large denomination notes in a shock move aimed at uncovering billions of dollars of unaccounted wealth hidden from the taxman.

Hundreds of thousands of people stood outside banks for a third day for long hours trying to replace 500 and 1,000-rupee bank notes that were abolished earlier in the week. These bills made up more than 80 percent of the currency in circulation, leaving millions of people without cash and threatening to grind large parts of the cash-driven economy to a halt.

“There is chaos everywhere,” said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and a bitter foe of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said Modi’s move had upended the lives of the poor and working while the rich - whose wealth he had sought to target - had found loopholes to get around the new rules. People argued and banged the glass doors of a branch of Standard Chartered bank in southern Delhi after the security guards blocked entry, saying there were already too many people inside the bank.

Others turned on Modi, criticising his ongoing visit to Japan while countrymen suffered at home. “He is taking bullet train rides in Japan and here you have old people knocking on bank doors for cash,” said Prabhat Kumar, a college student who said he had spent six hours at the queue. “He has made a terrible mistake.”

But Modi said he would pursue the war against corruption and tax defaulters even if it meant going back decades to examine records.

“If unaccounted money is found out during the current clean up drive, accounts of tax evaders dating back to the country’s independence in 1947 will be checked, Modi said in a speech to the Indian community in Kobe.

He said he recognised people faced difficulties as the transition to the new series of bank notes takes place but he was confident they would stand by the decision as part of the war on corruption and to rid India of endemic poverty.

Exemption extended till Nov 14

With people facing difficulties due to the demonetisation move, the government has extended the use of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes till November 14, in railway ticket booking counters, ticket counters of government buses and airline ticket counters at airports.

The high denomination notes will also be legal tender in petrol, diesel and CNG gas stations authorised by public sector oil companies, consumer co-operative stores authorised by state or central government.

‘Why Nagaland as an Agriculture state is not growing’ Vishü Rita Krocha

Dimapur | November 12

While farmers are responsible for providing food to our tables daily, farming is an occupation that is often avoided by young people, and is considered as a last resort employment. Most young educated people refrain from choosing farming as a profession.

That is precisely why people are taken aback when Rekha Rose Dukru introduces herself as a farmer. She herself never envisioned that she would become one in the future because she grew up hearing: “you will end up as a farmer if you don’t study.”

Opposed to what she was fed with, she learnt over the years that there is a great need for more educated youth to get into farming. With very few takers however, she found herself actively involved in farming for the last 7 years despite plenty of odds.

When their family venture under the name, ‘Eden Farm’ began functioning in 2001, little did she know that she would eventually forego every other opportunity and stick to farming.

A graduate of St. Aloysius College, Mangalore (Autonomous), she also received a PG Diploma degree in Mass Communication from Nagaland University (in collaboration with IIMC, New Delhi).

While Dukru has indulged herself in television journalism and was instrumental in making several documentaries, her first love remains farming, which is

With an ageing population of farmers, Rekha Rose Dukru, one of the few young Naga farmers says Nagaland’s agriculture sector can grow only when educated youth engage themselves in this profession.

Rekha Rose Dukru (second from right) at Eden farm with her family members.

why she also turned down an offer to be a media officer in the government sector a couple of years ago.

Having found her passion in farming, Dukru however expresses concern that “although Nagaland is an agriculture state, it is not growing.” She laments the fact that there are not many young people engaged in this profession, despite there being a lot of scope.

“Most of our parents come from the farming background but they barely encourage their children to take it up as a profession.

At this rate, the farming community in Nagaland will really go down in 10

years’ time,” Dukru states.

She feels that one reason why farming is not growing in the state despite production having reached a certain level, is because there is a missing link, which, Dukru emphasizes can be filled by the educated youth. “I am not telling them to get their hands dirty, but what farmers need at this point of time is proper linkages to the markets,” she articulates and adds that there is a need to facilitate the farming community in terms of marketing, production, farming rights, understanding government policies and educating others.

While acknowledging that many young Nagas are excelling in the corporate world, she laments that the same is not the case with agriculture. “Sometimes it is very lonely because there are very few educated people in the agriculture sector,” she adds.

However, determined to make farming attractive, she says: “I want to bring that respect to agriculture.

We (Nagaland state) can be the biggest supplier of at least one or two products; not necessarily in terms of quantity but quality, because we have the potential for that.”

Asserting that farming is a very precious resource,

she further expresses concern over the poor roads and electricity. “Farmers outside are talking about things like quality, grading, processing, cold storage, etc and we are still stuck with poor power supply and bad roads.”

Speaking from her experiences outside Nagaland, Dukru says: “your problems (poor roads and basic things) become irrelevant because the farming community outside the state is one step ahead of us.” Pointing out that half of the expenditure is spent on transportation by farmers, she goes on to state that “we are not even asking for subsidy or grant-in-aids, but only a good government policy for agriculture.”

Many people have been surprised to see the growth of ‘Eden Farm’ when they learn that it has never availed any subsidy or grant. “Most of them think we received a lot of funding from the government, but I am proud to say our farm is a result of our hard work and commitment,” she says.

Eden Farm, which engages in Integrated Farming, grows a variety of fruits and vegetables including kiwi, apples, peach, plum, raspberry, persimmon to name some and it also produces at least 2000 kgs of kiwi a year. Eden Farm, which first began on an area of 15 acres has now grown and been expanded to over 75 acres at the foot of Kapampdzü Peak in Zhavame Village under Phek district. It also has a fishery, rears cattle, pigs, etc.

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NHRA resents checking of hotels

by NPG groups Dimapur, November 12 (mexN): Nagaland Hotel & Restaurant Association (NHRA) in its executive meeting held on November 11 has expressed strong reservation and grievances against “checking of hotels in the name of NPG groups.”

NHRA office in a press release stated that now with the coming of the festive season, tourist from outside the state have started visiting our state and when random checking by different groups take place, it affects the “psychology” of the visitors which in return affects our state economy.

When NHRA is trying its best to promote tourism in collaboration with different stakeholders, such checking affects the sole purpose of NHRA, it stated while adding, tourism industry is the only viable industry which should be promoted by each and every individual in our state.

Further, NHRA warns that in future if any such checking takes place without any prior co-ordination with the lawful authority or Nagaland Hotel & Restaurant Association, that it shall not remain a silent spectator but may even go up to the extent of closing down all hotel establishments as a sign of protest.

Constitution of Alumni Association of SCTE launched Morung Express News Kohima | November 12

The launching programme of the Constitution of the Alumni Association of State College of Teachers Education (SCTE) was held on November 12 at the Conference Hall of the SCTE, Kohima.

Daniel Thong, President, Alumni Association in his welcome address gave a brief account on the formation of the Association stating that it was formed with the help of people and likeminded Three young friends enjoying the winter sun at Monyakshu village, Mon district. (Photo Courtesy/Meren Pongen) members and also with a vision to push up the institution to a higher level.

Stressing on the fast changing and growing world which has led to a Dimapur, November 12 (mexN): drastic transformation Collins India conducted career guidance in Naga society, Thong seminar at Wokha for classes 9 and 10 stusaid, “Very soon, we will dents of Isaiah Ability School and Cistus see changes again. It is School on November 3 and 4 respectively challenging because valunder the initiative of Assistant Territory ues and ethics are going Manager, Nungsang. down.” With the deterioraConsultant for Collins India, Zulekha tion of values and ethics, Lakhani a certified career counsellor was the respect for professions the resource person for the program. Zulelike teachers have also kha Lakhani highlighted the students on gone down and therefore the insights about the vast courses they Thong urged the memcould opt for after class 10 and 10+2. She bers to work together colalso stressed on the number of career oplectively, contribute a little tions beyond doctors and engineers and to bit more in each of their rebreak the stereotypic culture of our society. spective duties and lend a Altogether 101 students from Isaiah helping hand to strengthen Ability School and 81 students from Cistus Zulekha Lakhani, Consultant for Collins India interacts with the students of the SCTE. He also said, “In this world of fast changing School participated in the programme.

Isaiah Ability School at Wokha.

Collins India organises career guidance at Wokha

Daniel Thong, President, Alumni Association of State College of Teachers Education speaking at the launching programme of the Constitution held on November 12. (Morung Photo)

technology, values need to be built again and that is the reason why the Alumni need to strengthen.”

The Alumni Association was formed to establish network among the past student teachers in order to promote unity and fraternity among the alumni, said Kedosakho, Finance Secretary who highlighted the aims and objectives of the Alumni Association.

The other aims and objectives included maintaining a close rapport with matters of the institute by providing feedbacks and collaborating in its growth and development, facilitate and promote the exchange of ideas and experiences among the

teaching community, establish linkage among the stake holders and educationists to address issues of educational concern.

Further, the Association also aims to promote an attitude of ethical standard and integrity among the alumni and to assist and collaborate with other agencies in bringing about change in the educational system.

While greetings were delivered by Bijano Murry, Tokuho, District Co-ordinator, Zunheboto, Kenilo Semp and Lianghoi, District Co-ordinator Tuensang. The vote of thanks was shared by Runi Nakro, Institutional Co-ordinator.

Wholsesale cum retail ‘NGOs play proactive role in the world’ fish market in Dimapur

LoNgpoNg (LoNgjaNg), November 12 (mexN): The Tzur Multipurpose Project Society (TMPPS) today held its picnic cum get-together at the Longpong River Bridge area with Parliamentary Secretary for Geology and Mining, Dr Imtiwapang Aier as the special guest.

The TMPPS picnic was joined by the village council members of neighboring villages from Sungratsü (native village of Dr Imtiwapang Aier) and Longpa village.

The Parliamentary Secretary, while speaking in a short formal programme, underscored the importance of NGOs and civil societies in the world.

Parliamentary Secretary, R. Tohanba and other officials after inaugurating wholesale fish While congratulating the market at Bamunpukhuri 1 village on November 11. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | November 12

The first proper wholesale cum retail fish market was inaugurated at Bamunpukhuri 1 village under Dimapur by Parliamentary Secretary for Municipal Affairs, Economics & Statistics, R. Tohanba on Saturday.

Speaking at the programme, Tohanba urged people to think that the fish market belonged to them and make best use of it by maintaining it properly.

He pointed out that the total fish production in the state was 8220 MT as per 2015-16 financial year while fish import came to 3850 MT constituting only 32 % of total fish consumption.

Stating that fish seed rearing unit was only 60 hectare which needed upgradation, Tohanba said there was a wide scope for development of fisheries which will boost the rural economy and sustainable

development.

He said that the government was committed to bring all round development and appealed for cooperation from the public.

DMC Administrator, H. Atokhe Aye in his keynote address said that the objective of the fish market was to provide wholesale hygienic fish while trying to reduce water and air pollution caused by fish markets.

Officer in charge of National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), regional office Guwahati, Dr. Sanjay Sharma; Additional Director, Fisheries Department, Kohima, Imti Longkumer and Bamunpukhuri 1 Village Council Chairman, Vikishe Achumi also spoke briefly at the programme.

The construction of Wholesale cum Retail Fish Market was financed (90%) by NFDB, Hyderabad, Government of India and implemented by Dimapur Municipal Council.

Parliamentary Secretary Dr Imtiwapang Aier along with the TMPPS members and village council members of Longjang, Sungratsü and Longpa at the Tzur Multipurpose Project Society picnic cum get together programme at Longpong (Mening River) Longjang on November 12.

TMPPS, Dr Aier asserted that it was the NGOs, such as the TMPPS and others, that have played a proactive role in the world since from the time of the World War II and even to this day.

He therefore, called

upon the TMPPS members to play an active role in the society, keeping their motto ‘new vision’ in their mind, for the upliftment of the village and society.

He also expressed happiness at the presence of

the village council members of Longjang, Sungratsü and Longpa at the gathering and expressed hope that gathering of the villages will be the foundation for strengthening love, unity and fraternity among

the different villages in the Asetkong range.

Meanwhile, short speeches were delivered by the village council chairman of the three villages.

A press release on the event stated that the Tsur Multi-purpose Project Society (TMPPS) Longjang was established in the year 2005 under the patronage of the Longjang Village Council. A small dam has been constructed over the Tzur River and the resultant lake formed after the dam construction has been transformed into a fishery pond. The TMPPS members disclosed that the society has plans to construct a resort for tourists - both local and foreign - who visit the village.

Seized liquor destroyed in Longleng

LoNgLeNg, November 12 (mexN): As per the provision U/S 451 Cr. PC, destruction of liquor seized in connection with various Longleng PS cases was carried out in full public view on November 12 at NST junction, main town, Longleng in the presence of Abraham, Assistant Public Prosecutor, Longleng, Yanger Jamir, Additional SP, Longleng, EAC Probationers Renbithung Jami and Sukhalu Chishi, OC, Longleng PS, Court PI and with representatives from various NGOs. A press note stated that a short programme was held before the destruction, chaired by Assistnat PP, Longleng and short speech were delivered by A. Shamthai, President Phomla Hoichem, H. Tenchem, Vice President, Phom People’s Council and Yanger Jamir, Addl SP, Officials with other representatives before the destruction of liquor seized in connection with various Longleng PS cases on November 12.

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Lower Jail Colony Panchayat celebrates silver jubilee Our Correspondent

Kohima | November 12

The Lower Jail Colony Panchayat (LJCP) Kohima today celebrated its silver jubilee with much pomp and gaiety under the theme ‘For a better & prosperous tomorrow.’

Lower jail colony is a small colony bounded by Paramedical colony in the North West, Supply colony in the east and Jail colony in the south.

Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, minister for environment, forest and climate change Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire said that jubilee is a time for retrospection and introspection and to set new vision to move towards greater heights.

He called upon the denizens to forgive and forget the past misdeed if any and stay united in all fronts.

We need to rectify and accept the mistake to ensure conducive atmosphere prevail in the colony, he said.

Dr. Kire was appreciative that there is unity, understanding and perfect coordination among the denizens of the colony and termed it as a good sign.

He called upon the denizens to help and support each other and live in coordinated manner.

Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire and others at the silver jubilee celebration of Lower Jail Colony Panchayat Kohima held on November 12. (Morung Photo)

The minister also called upon the Further, he reminded the people duce energy consumption and lessen people to ensure proper utilization of about the introduction of LED bulb power bill. the provided funds for developmental in the state capital and asked them to In this, he asked the people to activities. use it as it facilitate brighter light, re- avail the same from the district ad-

ministration.

Kohima deputy commissioner Rovilatuo Mor penned in the jubilee souvenir” The Colony earned considerable appreciation for incorporating with the district administration during municipal/general elections, biometrics, peaceful atmosphere in the colony etc. It is noteworthy that the colony has leveraged the residents’ sense of discipline and high moral and ethical values.”

“Indeed, this is a joyous occasion and in time like this let us also retrospects our past and introspect our self so as to bring changes ‘For a brighter and prosperous tomorrow.’ It is my sincere desire that the celebration will create our moral boost and make us a part of smarter citizens of the Kohima city,” penned LJCP chairman Chayazo Kehie.

Earlier, Medochol Sothu, first secretary LJCP gave the brief account of the colony history.

The function was chaired by Adi Sothu, secretary LJCP while LJCP chairman Chayazo Kehie delivered welcome address. Vote of thanks was proposed by organizing committee convenor Y.Visheho Zhimomi.

‘Use mobile phones in the right way’ Kohima, November 12 (mexN): Minister for environment, forest & climate change Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire today stressed on the need to use mobile phones in the right way.

With the advent of technology, he said, human beings are becoming too lazy and spending too much time on mobile phones. He said this during the silver jubilee celebration of Lower Jail Colony Panchayat Kohima. The minister regretted that even in the gathering of three to four persons on one table, each one busy with mobile phones and rarely attend to discussion among them. Dr. Nicky also said people become too lazy to drop even to next room in the same complex/apartment as relying on mobile phones become too high.

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The ascent Of Manipur's women - and their descent into drugs Sarita Santoshini

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Boinu was about 21 when she fell in love and decided to get married. It seemed a better option than living with indifferent relatives who gave her shelter after the death of her divorced parents-an alcoholic father and a sick mother.

A lanky girl with a solemn face and raspy voice, Boinu (she uses one name) lived on India's far, eastern edge, in the town of Churachandpur, where the plains meet the hills in one of India's most diverse and conflict-ridden states, Manipur.

A year later, her husband had brought home another woman, and a distressed Boinu returned to her relatives. She spent the next many weeks in her room, bursting into tears every now and then, and seldom eating or talking to anyone. When some friends offered her a syringe packed with heroin, she took it.

"It's not like I had anything else working out for me," she said. "Soon, I was injecting heroin four times a day." Each injection, done among friends who did the same, usually meant about three grams, or "shots", of the drug, each Rs 100 - money she got from her relatives.

Boinu, now 29, is one of 236 female injecting drug users registered with the targeted intervention project of an Imphal-based NGO

Nirvana Foundation that aims at preventing HIV among drug users. For two years, she has been coming here for shelter, medical checks or just to talk. Boinu has been a sex worker for six years, using her earnings to buy drugs, unable to kick her habit, and living on the streets with no family or social support.

There are hundreds of such drug users across the state. Among them are teenagers, teachers, mothers and - the latest victims - school girls. Their stories are important to India because this is a province where the country's much-discussed but slow-moving emancipation of women is moving from theory to reality. But years of relentless conflict, stress and collapsing governance are nullifying these advances.

The merits of being a Manipuri woman are nullified by being Manipuri A girl child born in Manipur is more likely to not be killed at birth; more likely to be educated; more likely to be working as an adult; more likely to survive childbirth and more likely to not be the victim of crime than in most Indian states.

Contrast these statistics with another: Manipur had the highest percentage of female injecting drug users (28.2 per cent) among all northeastern states, according to a 2015 study by the United Nations Office on Drugs

and Crime (UNODC). Manipur makes up less than 1 per cent of India's population, but even 25 years ago, the state's intravenous drug users accounted for 23.1 per cent of the nation's HIV cases because, as a 1991 paper explained, addicts share needles and syringes.

Life in Manipur is more challenging than in most Indian states. Manipur is half the size of Haryana, but its complexities are sub-continental. It has no more than 2.7 million people - twice the population of Goa - but it has more than 30 ethnic groups and tribes with conflicting aspirations, as many dialects and about 34 armed groups fighting either to secede from Manipur or India.

Manipur is a cauldron of strife, made worse by frequent excesses by security forces, granted impunity by a law - the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) - that provides them immunity from prosecution and has been in operation for 36 years, 10 more than in Kashmir.

More than 20,000 widows in Manipur have lost their husbands to extra-judicial killings by either state or non-state forces, and a large number of widows here are HIV positive following an HIV epidemic that gripped the state in the 1990s. More than 700,000 educated youth are unemployed because there are few industries and private enterprises; young Manipuris stream out into India's largest cit-

ies, their education, fluency with English and neat demeanour offering them employment across the country.

The protracted cycle of violence, poverty, unemployment, and ethnic tensions has pushed thousands of Manipuris to use drugs, the most common being heroin No. 4 - as the locally available version of high-quality heroin is called; Rs 100 a shot - perhaps a tenth of the cost in Punjab.

The easy, cheap availability of drugs comes from Manipur's location next to the Golden Triangle, a region at the borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, infamous for international drug runners. Every second household in Manipur now has at least one drug user or a history of a family member who died due to HIV or drug overdose, according to Kunal Kishore, an UNODC official.

"For many women, substances are a way of self-medicating for emotional problems or the experience of living under conditions of extreme distress," this 2008 UNODC report stated. Societies in constant cycles of violence and repression are prone to high degree of drug usage, Kishore added.

Manipuri women are most vulnerable because they are less likely than men to seek help or be treated because of the stigma and opprobrium involved, this 2012 study said.

They are also more likely to take to sex work to feed their addiction.

In a 2011 study-conducted by two NGOs, Alliance India, and Social Awareness Service Organisation (SASO), among female addicts in Manipur-17 percent of women reported experiencing physical violence over the last three months, about 49 per cent reported harassment, and 32 per cent said they had been isolated by their families.

People who take to drugs set off a cycle of drug-taking. "In a close-knit society where vulnerable women have injecting drug users around them, the likelihood of them taking to drugs is extremely high," Kishore said. Feeding this addiction leads women into progressively darker areas.

While the number of injecting drug users was increasing, said Nepram, people were now more aware of safe practices so the chances of infection were considerably lower.

However, for those like Boinu who crave a new life, every day brings a new struggle. "I walk with the thought that people are constantly judging me, and they'd much rather I did not exist," said Boinu. "Drugs made my already difficult life more difficult, but I still hope that it will all get better someday." Names of the two female drug users in the article have been changed to protect their identity.

Rail network to make northeast Counter-blockade begins along Imphal-Ukhrul road India a 'destination': Prabhu Newmai News Network Imphal | November 12

AizAwl, November 12 (iANS): The railway network would make northeast India a "destination" instead of being a transit point, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu said in Mizoram.

"The railway network would make resource rich northeast India a "destination" instead of being a transit spot," Prabhu said late Friday while laying the foundation stone of the railway station building at Sairang, 20 km north of Mizoram capital Aizawl.

Underlining the role of railways in economic development of the northeastern region, he said: "Railway would not only be the engine of growth but would also be the catalyst of social transformation."

"Railway network would also bring people of the region more closer and help to overcome various problems in tapping the resources and to supply goods," he added.

Citing examples of rich natural resources found in Mizoram, the minister called for better utilisation of the natural resources like the bamboo.

Prabhu announced that railways would plan to use more bamboo products made in the region in the Indian railway system to give a boost to the potential industry.

He said that Indian railways would construct all future stations in the country keeping the local ethos as a major part of the design.

Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain, who was also present on the occasion, said that the new broad gauge line from Bairabi to Sairang was part of the Indian railway's vision to connect all the capitals of northeastern states through broad gauge line by 2020.

The 50.38 km new line, being laid by the

IRB jawan commits suicide in Arunachal itANAgAr, November 12 (Pti): An India Reserve Battalion (IRB) jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself from his service rifle on the NH-415 between Nirjuli and Banderdewa in Arunachal Pradesh, police said today. The body which was recovered yesterday has been identified as that of Ajit Sono, a constable of the 4th IRB Special Task Force.

Sono was missing since November 9 and a missing diary was lodged by the company commander of STF with the Banderdewa PS on Thursday evening. Capital SP Dr A Koan said Sono allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself from his service rifle. Two bullet marks were found at the head and neck of the body, he said.

Gauhati HC judge dies of dengue guwAhAti, November 12 (Pti): Gauhati High Court judge Nishitendu Chaudhury died of dengue at a private hospital here today. He was 55. Justice Chaudhury was appointed as a judge of Gauhati High Court on May 22, 2013. He was cremated with state honours with Assam. The Gauhati High Court Chief Justice, other judges, lawyers along with senior district civil and police officials were present at the crematorium. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal condoled Chaudhury's death describing him as a person who devoted his life to dispensing justice to the common people.

Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR), originates from Bairabi (under Kolsib district in northern Mizoram) and terminates at Sairang station, which is 20 km from Aizawl. "Due to the very steep gradient of the mountainous terrain between Sairang and Aizawl, it was not feasible to take the line up to Mizoram capital city," Gohain said, adding that efforts are being made to complete the project in the stipulated time.

Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said that the extension of broad gauge railway line up to Sairang would be a milestone in the progress of Mizoram.

Speaking at the function, Mizoram Governor Lt Gen (retd.) Nirbhay Sharma emphasised on building railway connectivity with neighbouring Bangladesh and Myanmar in the near future as it would be vital for the development of Mizoram.

The governor also requested the state government and railway authorities to consider construction of a high quality hospital and a school at Sairang for the benefit of the people.

The 50.38 km Bairabi-Sairang new broad gauge line alignment passes through complicated mountainous terrain covered with dense forest throughout its length.

At least 23 tunnels -- the longest being 1,766 metre -- and 38 major bridges and six tall bridges (the tallest being 117 metre high) would be constructed in the railway line, which is scheduled to be completed in 2019-20.

Mizoram Transport Minister John Rotluangliana, state's Lok Sabha member C. L. Ruala, NFR's General Manager Chahatey Ram, General Manager (Construction) H. K. Jaggi among others were also present at the function.

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An indefinite counterblockade began today along Imphal-Ukhrul road, called by local organisations of Khurai area in Imphal East district as the indefinite economic blockade call given by the United Naga Council (UNC) entered its 12th day today over Sadar Hills and Jiribam district creation issue.

"There'll be no let up in the counter-blockade stir until UNC calls off its economic blockade being imposed along the two National Highways connecting the state with rest of the country," a local woman activist told media at Khurai Konsam Leikai this evening.

Due to the ongoing economic blockade that kicked-off from midnight of October 30, Manipur is facing acute shortage of essential items including fuel. Prices of essential commodities have soared.

Potato rose up to Rs 40 per kg while petrol is being sold at Rs 200 a litre in the black market.

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the All Manipur School Students Tranporters' Association ceased service after all fuel stations went dry.

The situation might worsen further since the UNC has vowed to intensify the stir despite calls from public to withdraw it.

UNC is protesting against Manipur government's move to declare Sadar Hills and Jiribam as full-fledged revenue districts. The UNC maintains that no district should be created over "Naga territory." It has gauged the plan as an attempt to infringe upon Naga areas.

All vehicles ferrying goods from Imphal to Ukhrul district were forced to stop at Khurai Konsam Leikai by volunteers of YOS Club, Khurai Konsam Leikai, AWON Lup and Khurai Konsam Leikai Chaokhat Khongthang Nupi Lup since noon.

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Demonetization of currency notes in India About Rs 2 lakh cr deposited in banks till Saturday afternoon: Jaitley New Delhi, NoveMber 12 (iaNs): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said around Rs 2 lakh crore has been deposited till 12.15 pm on Saturday in banks across the country, following the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

“The largest banker in the country State Bank of India (SBI) saw deposits of Rs 47,868 crore till Saturday afternoon,” Jaitley said while briefing the media here.

He said SBI’s deposits are around 20 per cent of the total deposits in all the banks in the country.

Giving an indication of the process being longdrawn before things return to normal, he said: “It is a massive operation which has just started. How big will it become, it can be estimated only on basis of these illustrative figures.”

He said that Rs 14 lakh

crore is in circulation in the economy in high denomination notes, though it remains to be seen how much of it comes back into the banking system.

Jaitley also said that though the banks have sufficient new currency, it will take two-three weeks to recalibrate the ATMs across the country for the new notes. “It will be a slow process. Such a big cash replacement cannot happen in a mechanical way overnight,” he said. The Finance Minister said that it was to maintain secrecy that the two lakh ATM machines of the country were not recalibrated in advance.

Jaitley also said that despite allegations by opposition parties that there was a spike in bank deposits prior to the demonetisation announcement, no such spike has been seen in any month,

except September 2016.

“That month the increase was because of money released on account of the Seventh Pay Commission payments,” he said, adding that therefore there was no substance in the allegations that information about demonetisation was leaked.

Thanking bank employees for not taking any days off, Jaitley said the number of customers the banks are servicing can be estimated from the fact that SBI alone has done 2.28 crore transactions in less than three days.

“In total if you multiply it by four to five times, it can be estimated how many people banks are servicing,” he said. He reassured people that there is sufficient time till December 30 for people to deposit the demonetised notes.

“We are constantly monitoring the cash crunch prevailing. Finance Ministry is constantly in contact with the RBI over the issue.

In the short run there may be some disruptions, but in the long run it is good for the economy,” he said.

Jaitley said that there will be no exemptions to any section of the society on the basis of pleas like large traders and wholesalers need huge amounts of cash for transactions. “We will not tolerate any illegal cash or bullion transactions. There will be no exemptions to any section of the society. I get hundreds of requests everyday from various sectors for exemption, like from traders, NGOs, etc,” he said.

He once again denied the rumours about digital lockers and chips being fitted in the new notes.

India’s cash crunch hits countryside, weddings in trouble MuMbai, NoveMber 12 (reuters): In the dusty village of Dudko, farmers and villagers are desperate for new currency notes after the Indian government banned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes last week in an effort to flush black money out of the economy.

Residents of the sleepy village, 75 kms (45 miles) southwest of the capital Delhi, say they are struggling to pay for basic goods like food and fuel in the absence of an effective banking and exchange system.

Much of India’s rural economy is powered by cash transactions with few people having bank accounts or operating one even if they have an account.

Villagers, mostly women, swarmed around the gates of Dudko’s only bank branch on Friday to exchange old and defunct currency notes for new 2,000 rupee notes or the old 100 rupee notes still in circulation.

They began to lose patience after being told the new notes had not arrived.

“If someone’s child falls sick, they are not even going to the doctor be-

cause they do not have the money to pay to the doctor, it is a big problem,” Booty Bai, a widow, said as she jostled with other customers to enter the bank.

Bank officials said they were only taking deposits of old currency notes and did not have fresh notes to offer.

Sunita, whose daughter is getting married in five days, worried she would not have the cash to cover the large expenses associated with an Indian wedding.

“My daughter’s wedding is on the 16th of this month and we are really worried about how to arrange the money for such a big occasion. Bank officials are saying that they will give the money on Monday, how will we make our purchases?” she said.

The currency move, announced last Tuesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, aims to bring billions of dollars worth of unaccounted wealth into the mainstream economy and curb corruption.

Critics have warned that ordinary people who do not have access to the banking system will be hardest

hit, and that Modi risks upsetting his ruling party’s support base of small traders and businessmen who largely deal in cash.

Despite the problems in Dudko, there was strong support for Modi’s move to target black marketers and hoarders.

“This is a very good move by the government but our concern is how long will the current problem last?,” said village elder Prahalad Singh.

India’s “black economy,” a term widely used to describe transactions that take place outside formal channels, amounted to around 20 percent of gross domestic product, according to investment firm Ambit.

New bills of 500 and 2,000 rupees have been introduced from Nov. 10 but it would take two to three weeks to replace the old notes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said.

Chand Singh, a former village chief, said the shortage of new notes was a small price to pay for the expected longterm benefits to the economy. “This will put a lid on black marketeering,” he said.

‘Govt strengthening cyber security measures’ Railways to accept Rs 500, Rs Mark Zuckerberg among Fb users mistakenly declared ‘dead’ New Delhi, NoveMber 12 (iaNs): already been tendered and expected to be 1,000 notes till November 14 The government is preparing for a blood- operational by March 2017. Trying to allay less war by strengthening cyber security measures, Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Friday. “We are preparing for bloodless war, by strengthening cyber security measures,” Prasad said at the Economic Editors’ Conference. He said Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is being strengthened. “National Cyber Coordination Centre being set up to provide near real time situational awareness and rapid response. Rs 985 crore project to be completed in five years,” the minister said.

Prasad said phase I of the project has

fears expressed by the industry over Donal Trump being elected as the US President and anti-outsourcing stand during preelection debates, Prasad said the Indian government will respond in a coordinated manner in case the new administration in the US takes any decision that has potential impact on the IT sector. “If certain issues come, the matter will be taken up at the government level where apart from the IT Ministry, Ministry of Commerce, and Ministry of External Affairs, all the three have to work in coordination,” Prasad added.

New Delhi, NoveMber 12 (Pti): Indian Railways on Friday night extended the use of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, which have been demonetised by the NDA government, for ticketing, onboard catering and refund of tickets by another 72 hours to November 14.

While withdrawing Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes from the night of November 8-9, the government had allowed use of the old currency at government hospitals, railway ticketing, public transport, airline ticketing at airports, milk booths, crematoria and burial grounds and petrol pumps for 72 hours.

The use of demonetised currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination was extended upto November 14 tonight, and all concerned in the Indian Railways have been instructed to comply with the latest instruction, a Railway spokesperson said.

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The government had demonetised Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes from the midnight of October 8 with the aim to fight black money and corruption, while exempting a few emergency services like hospitals, petrol pumps, railways and airports for 72 hours days up to November 11.

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Media reports indicated that some two million errant memorials were posted on profile pages. Even Facebook co-founder and chief executive Zuckerberg was memorialized in a message at his profile page expressing hope that people who loved him would take comfort in posts people shared in tribute to his life. “Poor Mark,” read an @JudiD23 tweet that included weeping face emojis.

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Phom students urged to live up to expectations Dimapur Phom Students’ Union (DPSU) celebrates silver jubilee Morung Express News Dimapur | November 12

Dimapur Phom Students’ Union (DPSU) celebrated its silver jubilee with the theme ‘Celebrating Unity’ here at Town Hall on Saturday with S. Pangnyu Phom, MLA, as chief guest and editor-in-chief, Nagaland Post, Geoffrey Yaden, as guest of honour.

The chief guest in his address said as per media reports, Longleng district has been declared as the safest place in Nagaland

and according to the testimonies of other Naga tribes, Phoms are considered to be one of the most peace loving communities.

Pangnyu exhorted the Phom students to live up to the expectations of the other tribes and communities through their dealings, behaviour and by leading exemplary lives.

While congratulating DPSU on the occasion of the silver jubilee, the former RD minister at the same time reminded that any jubilee celebration

Phom students presenting a special song on the occasion of silver jubilee celebration of Dimapur Phom Students’ Union at Town Hall, Dimapur, on Saturday.

should be done with a purpose in the form of adopting resolutions for the benefit of posterity.

He said jubilee is not only a time for celebration, but more important-

ly, a time for retrospection – a time to recall the past achievements and deeds, a time to assess the works at hand and a time to ponder and decide on the future course of actions.

Pangnyu called on the student community to be humble in their daily activities in pursuit of success and also to be determined if they aspire to achieve success and recognition.

Geoffrey Yaden, in his address said while celebration of silver jubilee is a ‘milestone’, yet one can sit and do little and at the same time achieve 50 years.

Yaden said the follow-up of

‘Youth: The answer in search for peace’ ANCSU Sports Meet cum Beat Contest Nagaland delegates attend Global Peace Youth Exchange in Bangkok Bangkok, novemBer 12 (mexn): Johnny Ruangmei, OSD, NSDMA, Home Department and former Secretary General, Catholic Association of Nagaland (CAN) was invited as a special guest speaker at the Global Peace Youth Exchange held at United Nation Convention Center (UNESCAP), Bangkok, Thailand from November 7 to 12. It was organized by Global Peace Foundation, USA and Global Young Leaders Assembly in collaboration with World Youth Assembly.

Johnny spoke on the topic ‘Youth the answer in the search for peace’ (a perspective from North East India with particular reference to Naga peace process). He enlightened the delegates about the hidden world between Tibet, China and Myanmar- the North East India and also about Nagaland,

according to a press release. He highlighted the potential of the North East India, especially Nagaland, in the context of building connection between ASEAN countries and also other neighboring countries.

He impressed upon the delegates to inculcate a culture of building the connect between physical science and spiritual world; a culture of web connecting the young for benevolent world; a culture fertile for nurturing young contemplative and articulate leader to comprehend the inner event and what is happening in the society, the release said.

In the end, the guest speaker said, the culture of Asia Pacific Youth is to become an industry to produce breakthrough leaders with extraordinary capabilities to envision as well as to plan and implement strategies to

lead the society with direction.

On North East India, Johnny told the delegates that the region has a huge potential in terms of ecotourism, trade and natural resources. The North East India region has 80% of India’s international borders and it is a strategic location both of India and other neighboring countries, he stated.

The delegates at the Global Peace Youth Exchange were from Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, USA, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Albania along with two participants from Nagaland, namely Benedict and Limasenla, who are executive office bearers of Nagaland Catholic Youth Movement (NCYM). Both the delegates from Nagaland were supported by Elias T. Lotha, former President, CAN and Shingato, former Secretary, CAN.

Ahuna greetings from Governor

kohima, novemBer 12 (mexn): Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya has extended warm greetings to the Sumi community on the occasion of Ahuna, a traditional post-harvest festival of the Sumis.

“Let us thank Almighty God for his unceasing love and blessings for the abundant harvest,” Acharya said in a press release issued by PRO, Raj Bhavan, Kohima.

He further expressed gratitude to the farmers

and prayed for their welfare. Pointing out that India is an agricultural country, he appealed for all to come together and be nodal agents to reach out to the farmers, get them involved in various Central and State welfare projects/schemes and motivate them to go for Kisan Credit Card, Kisan Soil Card, Jhan Dhan Yojna etc.

“As the Ahuna is celebrated with an array of cultural activities in songs,

dances, traditional sports and feasting let us also rededicate ourselves to make the atmosphere in our towns and villages conducive for an all round development, especially in education and economic fields,” Acharya further appealed.

Extending best wishes to the Sumi community, he hoped that the festival brings peace, unity and communal harmony to all people.

St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama declared overall champion Dimapur, novemBer 12 (mexn): All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) held its Beat Contest 2016 at Dimapur Government College indoor stadium on November 11, which was graced by I Alempokba Imsong, Director, Higher Education, Government of Nagaland.

The final round saw six colleges battling for the title of the Beat Contest which had the theme song ‘All She Wrote’ by Firehouse.

The Peoples College, Mokokchung won the battle of the band and SD Jain Girls College, Dimapur got the runner up award.

Meanwhile, the closing function of the ANCSU Sports Meet was graced

by Dr. Ilyas (IPS), DCP Dimapur Zone II at MDSC stadium. A press release from ANCSU publicity & info secretary, Imna-

meren N Jamir informed that the champion of football (Boys) was St. Joseph College, Jakhama and runner up title was won by Oriental College, Kohima. The volleyball (Women) champion was Pranabanada Women’s College and runner up was Kohima College, Kohima.

The Overall Champion of the ANCSU Sports Meet cum Beat Contest 2016 was St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama, the release added.

NVCO condemns ‘illegal collection’ by police

kohima, novemBer 12 (mexn): The Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) has condemned the “illegal collection and harassment” meted out to truckers at Chumukedima by some police personnel from Zone II. The allegation was first brought to the notice of the Commissioner of Police, Dimapur and Dimapur district administration by the Kohima District Truck Owners’ and Drivers Union (KDTODU) on November 11 through the local media.

In a press release issued by its Press & Media Cell, NVCO supported the appeal of KDTODU to the Commissioner of Police and Dimapur district administration to verify the allegation and take corrective measures.

President of NVCO, Kezhokhoto Savi maintained that the practice of illegal collection of cash and imposing multiple taxes in Dimapur are major causes of price rise. “Every

now and then temporary rise of prices in essential commodities including building materials is common in Dimapur. Too many pay-counters besides the two main Nagaland checkgates situated at the entry point to state/Dimapur,” he stated, according to the release.

He also lamented that “the state capital Kohima is the best place for fundraise and of course several ways of fund-raise spoil the market price and also amounts to public harassment.” Unfair means of weighing/scale/balance especially practiced by the butchers is also common, he added.

NVCO alleged that the State Government, especially the district administrations and municipal councils, have failed to regulate/control the prices in the markets. “The original price tag on motor parts are removed and sold at an exorbitant rate. The workmanship in construction is poor, especially roads…

where the causes of poor workmanship includes the uses of sub-standard and expired materials,” it stated.

It further alleged that since the State Government is not sincere in controlling or regulating the prices of goods and services at a reasonable rate, the prices go up abnormally every Hornbill Festival and Christmas season.

“And the State Government has miserably failed to control the illegal collection of cash on highways and at the check-gates by Nagaland Police, associations, public organisations, unions, federations etc.,” it added.

The release noted that in its order dated June 22, 2009, the State Government had banned illegal collection of cash in the check-gate or in any part of the highway. The Gauhati High Court in its common judgement and order dated June 3, 2014 had also disallowed several unions/ associations/ federations to collect cash on highways, it said.

jubilee celebrations should be accompanied by vibrant movement and activities.

Outlining the contrast of the past and presentday Nagaland, Yaden said Nagas in the past were the envy of other people as they were recognized for their integrity, work culture and honesty. The veteran editor also said Naga political leaders in the past were also equally acknowledged for their wisdom, acumen and the unquestionable zeal to serve their people.

He said in the present too, Nagas have far-sighted political leaders eager to serve the people but in most instances, the public are not giving these leaders a chance as the leaders are bogged down by public demand for money and other favours.

Yaden further said in the past, Nagas were not dependent on outsiders but inter-dependent on each other for their survival. He exhorted the students that the key to Naga future lies on the students to learn how to be ‘independent’ or inter-dependent on fellow Nagas.

NT Thamlong, the first general secretary of DPSU (1991 tenure), exhorted the student community to remove the backward tag and said combined effort is needed to move forward.

Short speeches were delivered by D. Hongkam, president, Phom Students Conference; A Pongshi, president, Dimapur Phom Union; and Stephen Chang, president, Dimapur Eastern Naga Students’ Union.

CSS Hindi teachers agitation postponed to Nov 22 Dimapur, novemBer 12 (mexn): The proposed agitation called by the CSS Hindi teachers on November 15 has been postponed to November 22, 2016. This was decided at an emergency meeting of CSS Executive Hindi Teachers and ANHTU office bearers on November 12 at the convener’s residence. The agitation has been postponed due to some technical problem, a press note stated. It has therefore requested all the CSS Hindi teachers to reach DoSE, Kohima at 8:00 am on November 22, while cautioning that necessary action would be initiated against non-attending teachers.

ABCC mourns kohima, novemBer 12 (mexn): Angami Baptist Church Council (ABCC) has expressed sadness at the passing away of Dr. Satuo Sekhose, “a pillar and stalwart of the Council”, on November 8. A condolence message from ABCC Executive Director, V. Atsi Dolie informed that Dr. Satuo served as ABCC President from 1984-1985, and 1990-1995. He also served as the Chairman of the Managing Board of Baptist English School (now Baptist High) owned by ABCC from 1962-1964. He was very involved in the establishment of Shalom Bible Seminary by being the Chairman of its Governing Body from 1996 -2007, the note added. “Besides shouldering these responsibilities for the Council, both he and predeceased wife Khrieü had been all out in every possible way in serving the Council,” it acknowledged. The Council further prayed for consolation of the families and loved ones left behind.

Bethany-I Colony, Phek condemns phek, novemBer 12 (mexn): Bethany-I Colony of Phek Town has condemned the “inhuman act” of Surhoseyi (Kuvethi) Keyho, who allegedly raped a minor girl at Bethany-I Colony during middle of August 2016. A condemnation note jointly appended by Huvosa Venuh, chairman, Vepatso Khamo, general secretary of Bethany-I Parent Body and Keneizo Venuh, president, Sezo Khesoh, general secretary of Bethany-I Youth Wing stated that “the shameful act of Kuvethi was beyond human tolerance,” and thus urged the competent authority to give befitting punishment to the perpetrator as per the law of the land. The colony on behalf of its entire citizens also conveyed sympathy to the victim.

ZBK condemns attack on NNC member kohima, novemBer 12 (mexn): The Zeliangrong Baudi Kohima (ZBK) today condemned the November 10 incident at Mission Compound here, where unidentified gunman shot and wounded Kadingdai, member of NNC Zeliangrong region. A press release from ZBK stated that “such inhuman act cannot bring any solution to our society; rather it creates more disunity among the society.” Therefore, it appealed to all the Naga political groups to respect and love one another as one own brothers.

New Catholic mission centre in Mangkolemba

The East Dimapur Ao Baptist Church organized a cleanliness drive on November 12 at NH 29 Purana Bazar area under the theme ‘Let’s Keep Dimapur Clean’. The church distributed bookmarks to all the shops with an aim to let all citizens and shop owners keep the surroundings clean and to maintain a clean healthy environment.

Governor extends greetings on Guru Nanak birthday kohima, novemBer 12 (mexn): On the occaReligious procession in Dimapur today sion of 548th birthday of Sri Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, on November 14, Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya has extended warm greetings to the people of Sikh community living in Nagaland and across the world.

Guru Nanak Jayanti or Gurpurab is one of the most revered days observed by the Sikh community to glorify the doctrine of Sikhism, said Acharya in a press note.

The “historic day”, he added, is celebrated across the world by Sikhs with

Dimapur, novemBer 12 (mexn): Punjabi Community of Dimapur is celebrating the 548th birthday of Sri Guru Nanak Dev on November 14 at Dimapur Gurudwara Sahib situated at Gurudwara Road, opposite DMC office. To mark the occasion, a religious procession will be taken out on November 13 (Sunday). The

great fervor and collective spirit and effort, asserting the message of morality, hard work and truth inherent in the preaching of Guru Nanak. Owing to the fact that Guru Nanak enlightened the world with his profound teachings, the day is also known

procession will start from Gurudwara Sahib at 2:00 pm and will pass through Gurudwara Road, MP Road, Nyamo Lotha Road, Dhobinala, GS Road and will be back to Gurudwara Sahib by 5:00 pm.

This was informed in a press release issued by Punjabi Community of Dimapur president, Harjinder PS Ahluwalia.

as ‘Prakash Utsav’. Nanak was an original spiritual thinker and he expressed his thoughts and ideas in poetry that forms the basis of Sikh scripture, the note said.

On the occasion, Acharya further appealed to the Sikh community to

imbibe inspiration from Guru Nanak’s preaching and also to pass on the legacy to the new generation. He also urged them to take part in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission) and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign as part of the celebration.

mokokchung, novemBer 12 (mexn): Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima diocese officially read out the decree of erection of St. Andrew’s Centre, Mangkolemba and appointment of Rev. Fr. Kurian Pattimakal, MSFS as the first Centre In-Charge on November 11. The centre is entrusted to the missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (MSFS) fathers, informed a press release from Fr. Thomas Toretkiu, Bishop’s Secretary, Kohima.

Nymbo Konyak, EAC, Mangkolemba, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel M.T., Provincial delegate, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel, Rector of St. Patrick Seminary, Nagaon, Assam, many Fathers and Sisters, village leaders, parents, the catholic community, were present for the function.

Fr. James Mlakuzyil, Parish Priest, Queen Mary Parish, Mokokchung gave a glimpse of the history of the centre. He said that St. Andrew’s School began in 1987 by retired engineer Ashikho Mao. It grew steadily but could not proceed beyond class VIII due to various adverse factors and finally it ceased to exist

Bishop of Kohima diocese, Rev. Dr. James Thoppil with others during the inauguration of St. Andrew’s Centre, Mangkolemba.

in 2012. Still Ashikho along with the village elders pursued to continue the school and offered all assistance to the diocese of Kohima to take it over. In 2013, the school restarted and now it has been taken over by the diocese, it was stated.

Nymbo Konyak recalled her own days in a Catholic school and the values it imparted with which she lives her life. The people of Mangkolemba are lucky, she said, to have a new centre of the Catholic Church and the people of the three ranges, namely, Changkikong, Japukong and Tsurangkong will benefit in the future. While promising all out support for the centre from the ad-

ministration, she urged the leaders and people to help and support the centre in every possible way. She also thanked Fr. Kurian for his willingness to come and stay in such a remote place devoid all any modern facilities.

Meanwhile, the Bishop thanked the MSFS congregation for coming forward to work at the centre and thanked Fr. Kurian, a veteran missionary who has spent over 45 years in Nagaland and Manipur, for his willingness to be a pioneer again. He reiterated that the Catholic Church is at the service of the people and now it has come to Mangkolemba not for profit. Instead the Church has to invest huge

amount here to make it viable, he pointed out. He also acknowledged that the real wealth of the Church is the commitment of the priests and sisters who work tirelessly for the development of any centre where they are sent. He urged the people to consider Fr. Kurian as one of their own and treat the school and centre as their own. Expressing happiness that many leaders and officials in Nagaland are product of Catholic Schools, he however lamented that often they have failed to live by the values imparted in the school, which is evident from the pathetic road conditions that exist in Nagaland. He hoped that there will be a turnaround in the future and Catholic Church will be able to make a difference in Nagaland by forming and educating people of conviction and values.

He also remembered and thanked engineer Ashikho who had put in great effort for the establishment of the centre.

Some leaders of the area also spoke on the occasion and assured help and support, while expressing happiness at the erection of the new centre.

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drinking straws, and white construction paper What to Do: Mix liquid tempera paint and bubble solution to desired color, then pour the colored solution into the bottom of a shallow baking pan. Have kids use straws to blow into the bubble solution and create large, colored bubbles. Then have kids quickly place a piece of construction paper over the top of the bubbles to create a bubble picture.

Dry-Off Debrief: Say: Divers can get confused when they’re in deep water because it can be difficult to tell which way is up toward the surface.

The bubbles from their oxygen tank may seem to be going sideways, but the bubbles can give the right direction. Bubbles generally rise to the surface.

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hen a Michigan boy with special needs said he didn’t want a birthday party because he had no friends, his mom turned to Facebook and found him more than a million supporters.

The boy’s mother, Jennifer, created a page on the social network earlier this month.

“Because of Colin’s disabilities, social skills

are not easy for him, and he often acts out in school, and the other kids don’t like him,” Jennifer, who did not want her last name used, wrote on the page. “So I thought, if I could create a page where people could send him positive thoughts and encouraging words, that would be better than any birthday party.”

So far, the page titled “Happy Birthday Colin”

Boy with no friends scores over a million ‘likes’ ha s ga rnered 1.8 million likes and the boy’s eleventh birthday is not until March 9. The response has been so impressive that Colin’s family opened a P.O. Box to accept cards and it’s overflowing with mail.

“He’s going to have a lot of friends after this.

They may not live by him, but he’s going to have a lot of friends,” Jennifer

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told WOOD TV in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Amid all of the attention, Colin’s mom — who is no longer doing any interviews — wrote on Facebook that she’s still trying to keep the page a secret from her son until his birthday.

“Several kids at school told him they saw him on the news, and he overheard a teacher saying to another teacher

that she saw him on Facebook,” she wrote. “Please be careful if you know Colin in real life.”

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nce, a Falconer lived in a kingdom. He went to the forest, every day, to catch birds and sell them.

One day, he saw a rare Kite. The Kite was magnificent and strong. But the Falconer was lucky and captured the Kite, while it was taking a nap in its nest.

The Falconer decided to gift the precious bird to the King. `If I give this Kite to the King, he might give me a reward,’ the Falconer thought.

When the Kite was taken to the King, it flew and sat on his nose. The people in the King’s court could not control their laughter at the funny sight. The King remained silent. He could not scream or shout.

place to sit,” cried the Falconer. He was afraid of being punished. The Kite refused to move.

“I will beat you, black and blue if you don’t move!” warned the Falconer.

The Kite still did not move. than Bortnick is a musician, songwriter, and actor.

Finally, the King announced, “Kite, When he was three years old, he began playing you are free to go. You are no longer a the keyboard and at age five, he began composprisoner of the Falconer.” ing music. His debut performance was on The Tonight Hearing this, the Kite left the King’s Show with Jay Leno in 2007, and he has had numerous nose and flew away to its freedom. performances thereafter. He is a proud Guiness World Record holder as the world’s youngest solo musician to Freedom is precious to all creatures. headline his own tour. He is also the youngest headliner

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Corrie ten Boom: A life worth emulating

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Carol Mcleod

often ask myself, “Where are the heroes and heroines of our faith today?”

It is deeply important to remember that there are people who have lived wholeheartedly for Christ at every historical juncture. What we see in today in the lives of compromising politicians, seductive entertainers, self-centered athletes and even religious leaders leaves little for the common person to emulate.

I am on a mission to remember those who have lived with lives of virtue and integrity regardless of their circumstances and fame. My prayer is that you will join me in honoring these men and women who honored God and use their lives as the goal for which to reach.

There is an extraordinary historical account of a woman who was overweight her entire adult life and never married, although she longed for a home, a husband and children of her own. She lived at home with her parents and older sister while working in the family business.

The one bright spot in an otherwise mundane week was teaching the special needs Sunday school class at church. Although this spinster never gave birth to children of her own, her delight was to teach these little ones who were never able to sit still and would never be

accepted into a university.

She taught these children how to worship like David with their hands high in the air, dancing erratically around the cramped Sunday school classroom, and singing off-key at the top of their small, but very loud, lungs.

This enthusiastic teacher taught the children how to be brave like Daniel and to look for angels rather than at lions.

Corrie taught these sweet little minds and hearts that God always takes care of His children and that, like Moses, when others are unkind to God’s people, God will lead them into His promised land.

This courageous middle-aged woman of

the 20th Century found delight in entertaining missionaries and other friends from church in her parents’ simple home.

They often enjoyed sharing a meal and then entering into a raucous evening of playing games followed by a reverent time of singing hymns and reading the Bible together.

Although never a mother, this woman had deep maternal longings and thus her favorite person in life was her nephew, Peter, named after the bold fisherman who loved Jesus without reserve.

The dear, specialneeds children, whom Corrie loved ferociously, began to disappear out of her weekly Sunday school

class. One by one they ceased to show up for their favorite hour of the week.

They were being taken by the government from their parents and placed in state institutions.

Shortly after the children began to disappear, Corrie’s father gathered the family around the table and informed them that the ten Boom family would be making some serious changes. They were going to build a hidden room upstairs in their home and would be having some visitors who would be living in this hiding place. The ten Boom family was joining the ranks of hundreds of others who were assisting the Jews who were being sent

to concentrations camps under one of the most evil regimes of all time.

By the end of World War II, this one family had saved over 800 Jews, as well as hundreds of Dutch underground workers.

The ten Boom family was betrayed, and on Feb. 28, 1944, the Gestapo arrived and took six members of Corrie’s family to prison. Although the violent Gestapo ransacked the entire home and systematically searched everywhere, they never found the secret room where six Jews remained in hiding. These Jews were rescued by the Dutch Resistance nearly 47 hours later.

Everyone in Corrie’s family, except Corrie herself, died in the concentration camps. She was the sole ten Boom survivor of this horrific injustice, and she came home alone to live again. Thus began Corrie’s life-long ministry around the world. Corrie testified everywhere she traveled: “There is no pit that God is not deeper still.”

“God gives us the love to forgive our enemies.”

“Jesus always wins the final victory!”

Corrie ten Boom tramped for the Lord for 33 years until she was 88. She only retired after a stroke that took her speech. Corrie could no longer speak in English or in Dutch, but could still pray out loud in her prayer language.

Corrie died on her 91st

birthday on April 15, 1983.

Although Corrie was not Jewish by birth, she protected and cared for the ancient people of God. The Jews embrace a longheld belief that only truly blessed people die on the day of their birth.

Corrie knew how to embrace the life Jesus promised in John 10:10.

She could have been a depressed, lonely woman lacking any true purpose in life. But instead Corrie gave all she had to give, loved when others hated, and gave cup after cup of cold water in His name to the children under her charge and a war-torn world.

Carol McLeod is an author and popular speaker at women’s conferences and retreats, where she teaches the Word of God with great joy and enthusiasm.

Carol encourages and empowers women with passionate and practical biblical messages mixed with her own special brand of hope and humor. She has written five books, including No More Ordinary, Holy Estrogen!, The Rooms of a Woman’s Heart and Defiant Joy! Her most recent book, Refined: Finding Joy in the Midst of the Fire, was released last August. Her teaching DVD, The Rooms of a Woman’s Heart, won the Telly Award, a prestigious industry award for excellence in religious programming.

The early church’s secret weapon to massive revival Steve Gaines

Cry out to the Lord.

Lord, I want to be bold in my witness for You. I want to see miracles and dramatic conversions in our day.

Make this true of me and more and more of Your people.

Jesus, reset my prayer life.

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growing number of Christians today are aware that something must be wrong.They know there has to be “more” to the Christian life than what they have experienced. “More” is found through the discipline of prayer. When we begin to pray like Jesus and His early followers, then we will witness the power they experienced.

When I read the book of Acts, I am embarrassed.

Why does our brand of Christianity look so insipid compared to the believers

of the first century? Where has the power gone? Has God changed, or have we? We’ve all heard the cop-out, “The book of Acts represents a different dispensation.” What a sad, self-serving attempt to excuse our current state of spiritual impotence!

When we read Acts, we should yearn to experience a return to their brand of Christianity. Yet instead of copying them, we seem content with copying other modern churches that are “growing.” But why copy a copy, when you can copy the original (the book of Acts)? In Acts, God was saving people every day. Communities were transformed. People were healed. Demons were cast out. Miracles were commonplace. Churches sprouted up across the Roman Empire. Persecution was faced and overcome.

What made them so different?

Our lack of spiritual

power in Christianity today is not due to the sermons we preach or the songs we sing. Rather, it is due to our lack of prayer.

We do not pray like it matters. Jesus and His earliest followers prayed like it was important. We pray like it is inconvenient or inconsequential. Prayer was their priority. It is our postscript. We plan more than we pray. The Christians of the early church prayed more than they planned.

We gather to minister to one another. They gathered to minister to the Lord in prayer and fasting.

Our focus is earthly, horizontal. Theirs was heavenly, vertical.

Every prayer we pray is significant. Through our prayers, God changes things. One life dedicated to prayer can do more good than any life dedicated to other so-called “noble,” worldly causes.

An individual follower of Jesus who is committed to

prayer is a fountain of life in a world of death. Likewise, the local church that becomes a house of prayer will be a spiritual powerhouse from which God’s mighty miracles will flow exponentially. Prayer is what modern Christians and churches are missing—frequent, fervent, faithful prayer!

Many of us know what it means to minister for the Lord, but how many of us know how to minister to the Lord? Acts 13:2 tells us that the first disciples ministered “to the Lord” (NKJV). What does it mean to minister to Jesus?

It means to serve Him, to love Him, to have a vertical focus of priority in relationship with Him. What a different motive for prayer.

It’s not just something that we should do, it’s a part of how we love the Lord!

Pause and allow the Holy Spirit to bring an image of Jesus to your mind and heart. Imagine the

scene: Jesus is sitting at the home of His friends, Mary and Martha. He has just experienced rejection in the Samaritan village but has rejoiced over the good reports from the 70 who were sent out (Luke 9:51-56; Luke 10:1-22).

Imagine how Mary senses the Savior’s sadness about Jerusalem, as well as His celebration for those 70 disciples. Notice Mary.

Where is she? She sits at Jesus’ feet—listening to Him. Mary is loving Jesus, ministering to Him. We’re shocked to hear Martha’s interruption, but also startled by Christ’s clear words of affirmation: “Mary has chosen what the good part” (Luke 10:42).

Now imagine that you have the same opportunity to minister to Jesus.

In truth, you do! You have this same opportunity to love Him, serve Him and minister to Him in prayer!

He is waiting. He has taken a seat in your home.

Sit quietly with a reverent heart. Do not speak at first; just listen. The Savior longs to share His heart.

Wait before Him. Listen for His words of pleasure: “You have chosen well.”

Now allow the Spirit within you to commune with the Savior. Talk to Him in prayer, but make these moments a twoway conversation. Listen to Him. Wait for His response. Then tell Him the concerns of your heart.

Excerpt from Praying With Jesus. Steve Gaines serves as the Senior Pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, TN and the current president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He has served in four churches as senior pastor over the past 30 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Preaching from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas. Steve is married to Donna Gaines, and they have four children.

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Unshaken: Setting your hopes on what lies ahead

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Jeanne Nigro

o you know what the future holds? What’s next in God’s plan for you?

Knowing the answers to these questions is critical for standing strong and unshaken in uncertain, turbulent times. Proverbs 29:18 tells us that without a vision the people will perish. That was never truer than it is today!

Without a vision for the future in these uncertain end times—without a clear picture of who Jesus will be when He returns, what He will be doing, and what we will be doing with Him—we will perish. That is, we will be deceived, fall away, our hearts will fail from fear, we will be unable to face persecution, and we will be ineffective as lights through which God can release His end-times purposes.

Future Focus As I write each chapter of this book, I continue to be challenged to apply each and every word.

With so many horrors surrounding us—terror attacks occurring all over the world, threats of terrorists infiltrating our country with the refugees, our borders not being secure to protect us, the imminent signs of the harlot Babylon religion appearing everywhere, the inevitable persecution that is coming upon the church—it’s easy to be fearful, negative, depressed and even shut down. It seems this increasingly dreadful news is in our face everywhere we turn. I have not felt love, joy, peace—the fruits of the spirit, all week. When I asked God why not, He showed me that lately I have been focusing only upon how things will get worse and the challenges that await us prior to Jesus’ return, but I have failed to focus on what I have to look forward to after Jesus returns! I believe this focus is another key anchor that will keep us standing strong as lights for the Lord, exhibiting the fruits of the Spirit, until He returns.

We must take our eyes off of what we can see now and focus them on the future that awaits us with Jesus. We need to view the uncertainty, the unrighteousness and the immorality around us as temporary, with our hope and our eyes set on what lies ahead! This will give us hope, certainty and joy in the midst of an increasingly dark world.

Often, the Scriptures tell us to set our hope on His return: “Therefore guard your minds, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet. 1:13).

“Beloved, now are we children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure” (1 John 3:2-3).

“As we await the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13).

In my opinion, there is currently not enough emphasis in the church on teaching the specifics about Jesus’ return, such as what He will be like, what we will be doing, how this world will look and how all of our social systems will be functioning—government, politics, agriculture, environment, economics, education, law enforcement, media, arts and technology.

Too many within the church and in the world are still focusing on a Christmas version of Jesus—the sweet baby Jesus lying in the manger, or the meek and mild shepherd with a lamb wrapped around the back of his neck. This is not the Jesus who is coming back soon, nor the one we need to know in order to stand strong, firm and unshaken in these uncertain, turbulent times.

Furthermore, as I explained previously, it’s impossible to experience intimacy with someone when you only know one aspect of them or when you are not willing to enter into knowing all sides of that person. If you only know one aspect of Jesus—as the baby, as love or as the meek and mild shepherd—you won’t experience the deep intimacy with Him that you’ll need to stand strong. The more you know about what Jesus will be like when He comes back—what He intends to do, what His heart and plans are for you—the more you will experience intimacy with Him now.

Excerpted from Jeanne Nigro’s book, Unshaken (Destiny Image, 2016).

Jeanne Nigro is a frequent speaker at conferences, churches and retreats. Her teachings are relevant, practical and life-transforming whether she is bringing Old Testament truths to life, healing strongholds of the heart, or preparing believers for the end times. She is passionate about leading her audiences to experience greater intimacy with God, mobilizing them out of fear, passivity and apathy in these uncertain times and into action and purpose.

The basic principle of water baptism Selie Visa

righteousness.” Then John consented (Mat1. Baptism ministered by thew 3:13-15).

John the Baptist: The John refused at first to baptism performed by confer his baptism on John the Baptist was Christ, for he undernot Christian baptism, stood not what he had nor was that which was to do with the “bappractised by the distism of repentance.” ciples previous to our But Christ said, “Let it Lord’s crucifixion. Till be so now.” His baptism then the New Testasuited his state of hument doctrines did not miliation, his state as a exist. John’s baptism substitute in the room bound its subjects to of sinners. His receprepentance, and not to tion of baptism was not the faith of Christ. It was necessary on his own not administered in the account. It was a volunname of the Trinity, and tary act, the same as his those whom John bapact of becoming incartized were re-baptized nate. Yet if the work he

by Paul. had engaged to accom2. Baptism of Christ: Then plish was to be comJesus came from Galipleted, then it became lee to the Jordan to be him to take on him the baptized by John. But likeness of a sinner, and John tried to deter him, to fulfil all righteoussaying, “I need to be ness. baptized by you, and 3.

Evangelization and do you come to me?”

Baptism: “Therefore go Jesus replied, “Let it be and make disciples of so now; it is proper for all nations, baptizing us to do this to fulfill all

sin and a new life in thing. The difficulty has Gospel that will result them in the name of the righteousness in Christ. always been in associin repentance and faith, Father and of the Son It appears to have been ating fire with the perfor making disciples enand of the Holy Spirit, a kind of transition from son of the Holy Spirit. tails both preaching and and teaching them to the Jewish baptism to But in the connection response. The response obey everything I have the Christian. It is well of fire with the work or expected of new discommanded you. And known that ablution or influence of the Holy ciples is baptism and surely I am with you bathing was common Spirit the difficulty disinstruction. Those who always, to the very end in most ancient naappears. The thought become disciples are of the age.” -- Matthew tions as a preparation of John is that the Savto be baptized “into” 28:19-20 for prayers and sacrifice iour would give them the name of the Trinity.

The command to bapor as expiatory of sin. the Divine Sanctifier as Baptism is a sign both of tize was co-extensive In warm countries this purifying water to wash entrance into Messiah’s with the command to connection is probably away their sins and as covenant community preach the gospel. All even closer than in colda refining fire to conand of pledged submisnations were to be evaner climates; and hence sume their worthless sion to his Lordship. gelized; and they were the frequency of abluand damaging impurito be made disciples, 4. Baptism with Holy tion in the religious rites ties. Christ would also Spirit and fire: “I bapadmitted into the felthroughout the East. kindle in their hearts tize you with water for lowship of Christ’s reBaptism in the name of the holy flame of Divine repentance. But after ligion, by baptism. The the Father, Son and Holy love and zeal and illume will come one who main emphasis of the Ghost is the rite or orminate their souls with is more powerful than I, command is to “make dinance by which perheavenly wisdom. The whose sandals I am not disciples”. To disciple sons are admitted into statement, therefore, in fit to carry. He will bapa person to Christ is to the Church of Christ. It this verse indicates the tize you with the Holy bring that person to acis the public profession manner in which Christ Spirit and with fire.” -cept Christ as his or her of faith and discipleship. will admit them to disMatthew 3:11 teacher. “Baptizing” Baptism signifies-cipleship and prepare The expression of bapand “teaching” are not 1. A confession of faith them for his service. tism “with the Holy the means of making Spirit and with fire” 5. Christian Baptism: The in Christ; disciples, but they char2. A cleansing or washChristian baptism is should be regarded acterize it. Envisaged is symbolic of a death to ing of the soul from sin; as one and the same that proclamation of the

3. A death to sin and a new life in righteousness.

The distinction between John’s baptism and Christian baptism appears in the case of Apollos (Acts 18:26-27) and of the disciples at Ephesus mentioned in Acts 19:16 where Paul re-baptized those who were baptized

by John the Baptist.

Acts 18:24-26 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God

more adequately.

Acts 19:1-5 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied. Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance.

He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

In conclusion, we cannot but draw from this history the inference that in Christian baptism there is a deeper spiritual significance.

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

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'Huge scam’: Kejriwal calls for roll back of demonetisation move New Delhi, November 13 (PTi): Dubbing the demonetisation of high currency notes as a "huge scam", Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged BJP had told all its "friends" about the move much before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement and demanded its immediate roll back.

He termed the Centre's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes as "surgical strike" on common man's "small savings" and not on "black marketeers".

To substantiate his claim, Kejriwal alleged that Sanjeev Kamboj, who heads BJP's Punjab legal cell, was seen with new notes of Rs 2,000 on social media days before the Prime Minister announced withdrawing high value currency.

"From July to September, there had been a sudden jump in deposits of money in banks which clearly indicates that BJP had told all its friends much before the announcement of demonetisation by the PM. It is a huge scam," he said in a press conference.

He claimed that black money would not come in the system by demonetisation.

The Chief Minister also showed a news channel's report which claimed high jump in deposits in banks during July-September quarter, adding that before that period, deposits in banks were "very low".

"In the name of black money, a huge scam is operating in the country. People are suffering as there is no cash in ATMs. Since early morning, they have to stand in long queues outside banks and ATMs. Through demonetisation, black money will not come in the system," he said.

Mamata lambasts Modi

People rush inside a bank to exchange their old high denomination banknotes in Allahabad on November 12. (REUTERS Photo)

Kejriwal also posed three questions to the Prime Minister and BJP president Amit Shah on withdrawing higher currency notes.

"What according to the Prime Minister is the definition of black money? Have India's top industrialists - Ambani, Adani, Sharad Pawar, Subhash Chandra and Badal amassed black money or the common man like farmers, rickshaw-pullers, shopkeepers and labourers did.”

"BJP should disclose a list of all its friends whom it had told about the demonetisation much before the Prime Minister's announcement and that settled their black money," he said.

Kejriwal said BJP should also

come out with a list of touts who are taking commission from common people in exchanging their invalid notes with new ones, cashing in the situation and where is the money collected by them going? Kejriwal said, "In the coming days, demonetisation move is going to be like a huge blow to the Indian economy and will only lead to joblessness.

There is nervousness among people. If people lose their faith in system, it will then not be right."

Crores of rupees had been deposited in banks during July-September quarter at a massive level.

However, some people would attribute that the huge cash deposit were done because of recentlyconcluded Income Tax Declara-

KolKaTa, November 12 (iaNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "threatening people" from abroad and said his government should step down on moral grounds after its "draconian" decision to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 rupee notes brought the country "on its knees".

"This government has no moral right to continue. They should go. This is an anti-people, anti-poor government. Total dictatorship is going on," Banerjee told reporters here after visiting some banks in south Kolkata and talking to crowds of waiting customers and bank staff. The Chief Minister also sought a probe by five sitting Supreme Court judges into the economic losses the country has suffered since the government announced the demonetisation move on Tuesday night and demanded the central government withdraw the decision in public interest.

tion Scheme (ITDS), he said.

"Under ITDS, money had to be deposited in the treasury of the central government. But when we talk about demonetisation, cash has been deposited by certain people at massive level in their bank accounts as they were told by the BJP much before the announcement on withdrawing high currency notes.”

"Demonetisation will only lead to re-distribution of black money," Kejriwal said.

There is no cash in ATMs due to which people are suffering, he claimed. "Current ATMs are not designed for new notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. How will Centre change ATMs now at big scale?

Rahul asks partymen to help people standing in bank/ATM queues

New Delhi, November 12 (PTi): Rahul Gandhi today made a fervent appeal to all partymen to come out and help the common people standing in queues outside banks and ATMs to exchange their old currency notes after their demonetisation.

"We appeal to all Congress workers to help all those who are standing in long lines outside banks in whatever capacity possible," he said, adding the week and underprivileged "need our support".

Gandhi also put out his video message through his twitter account asking the Congress party workers and the youth to help out the common people, especially the poor and elderly.

"Today is tough time for the people of the country, as the entire country is standing in queues outside banks. It is tough time and they need our support.

"Wherever people are standing in line, you should help them provide water and help them get their currency exchanged.

The country and people, especially the poor, Were not they aware about it? They need out support and do help them out by standknew it very well and they deliber- ing with them and holding their hand," Gandhi said ately created crisis today," Kejriwal in his message. further claimed.

He said, "The Centre is threat- This scheme is not Demonetisation: PC Former Finance Minister P Chidamabaram toening that if one deposits above Rs 2.5 lakh, it will impose a penalty of day also hit out at the government saying an "un200 per cent. What does it mean? prepared" dispensation has pushed common man People should not deposit money to misery.

"This scheme is not DeMonetisation. This is 'Old in banks?" "Who is standing in long queues outside banks and ATMs? Notes for New'. Unprepared government pushes They are housewives, small traders, common people into misery and despair.

"The half-baked plan has benefited only touts farmers and labourers. They are not evading tax.” "Yesterday, BJP presi- and middlemen. Gov should publish the 2012 dent Amit Shah had said that gov- CBDT report that advised against DeMonetisaernment will not spare those who tion," he said on twitter. Congress party has said deposit above Rs 2.5 lakh, but he that the common people were facing harassment did not say anything on deposit on as they have to stand in long queues outside banks Rs 2,500 crore," he further said. to get their old currency changed.

Currency woes: Many ATMs vandalised Journalist shot dead in Bihar 'Resignation of Cong MLAs political stunt' November 12 (iaNS): A journalist was shot KoliaNwali, November 12 (PTi): contest the Assembly polls, for which he as customers vent ire at machines PaTNa, dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Rohtas district Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal resigned from his Lok Sabha seat.

CheNNai, November 12 (iaNS): Several customers have vented their anger at automated teller machines after failing to take out money from their accounts, according to officials. Banks and ATMs have seen winding queues of people waiting to withdraw money, after the government suddenly moved to declare Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes illegal on Tuesday evening. The banks were closed on Wednesday and the ATMs opening only on Friday, with many machines running out of cash because of the huge demand.

The announcement about the currency notes was made by the prime minister in a televised address to the nation saying the action had been taken to tackle black money and the financing of terror operations. According to V. Balasubramanian, President of white label ATM operator, Financial Software and Systems (FSS), several ATMs had been vandalised by angry cus-

Customers allegedly loot fair price shop ChhaTTarPur (mP), November 12 (PTi): Enraged over not getting ration from a fair price shop due to shortage of cash after the Centre's demonestisation move, people at Bardaha village here allegedly looted groceries from the outlet in protest. The shop owner Munni Lal Ahirwar has alleged in his complaint that the villagers looted foodgrains as they did not have cash to purchase it, police, however claimed that no such incident took place and it was only a minor scuffle.

Bardaha village Sarpanch None Lall alleged that the scuffle took place as Ahirwar was not giving foodgrains and other items since the last four months and the villagers had also complained to the Chief Minister Help Line and local police in this reared, but no action was taken. He also denied reports of villagers looting the fair price shop. The villagers were not getting ration from the shop since the past 4 months and yesterday they demanded the owner to give them their due for the full period but he refused leading to a dispute, Assistant Sub Inspector (ADI) Ram Kishore Tiwari said. tomers.

Fisticuffs have broken out among customers in several parts of the country with some ire directed at the bank officials who have been called upon by the government to meet the huge demand for currency notes of lower denomination, as the higher denomination notes are no longer legal tender. Many have

Centre rubbishes rumours of salt shortage, says no need to panic New Delhi, November 12 (FiNaNCial exPreSS): The Centre has rubbished the rumours of shortage of salt across the country, mainly in Uttar Pradesh and said that there was no such deficit and asked the state government to take actions against those spreading rumours. On Friday, people especially in the UP, were seen thronging shops in sheer panic.

Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan stressed that there was no shortage of salt and prices remains the same. Speaking to ANI he also asked the Akhilesh Yadav-led state government to take action those trying to create panic among the public.

He added that there was no shortage of salt, sugar, rice, wheat or even pulses for that matter. The minister alleged that this was the case of politics which is being played in order to tarnish the image of the BJP-led Government at the Centre ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, which is scheduled to be held early next year.

The Department of Consumer Affairs has also clarified that there is enough salt to meet any shortage. “We monitor the prices of 22 essential commodities on daily basis. As per the prices reported by centres from across the country, there has been no increase in price of salt whatsoever,” a statement read.

A rumour of salt shortage had spread in UP last night, triggering panic among citizens as a huge rush was seen at grocery stores, where many of them were seen leaving with several bags of salt.

had to stand in queues for over four hours only to return empty handed as machines ran out of Rs 100 notes which are not being adequately replenished in time. The machines are not yet configured to dispense the new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes which the government has promised would be available in adequate numbers soon.

on Saturday, police said. Dharmender Singh, correspondent of Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, was shot dead outside a roadside tea shop in Sasaram, a police official said.

The victim's family said he was being threatened by the stone mining mafia. Locals took to the streets to protest the murder and demanded justice. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with its allies Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) has condemned the incident and blamed the Nitish Kumar-led state government for the deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar. In May, Rajdeo Ranjan, a senior journalist of Hindi daily Hindustan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Siwan district. The Central Bureau of Investigation is still probing the case.

today described the submission of resignation letters by Congress MLAs, to protest the Supreme Court ruling on SYL issue, as "political stunt" and also claimed that AAP is a party of "hypocrites and opportunists".

The resignation of "treacherous" Congress leaders is aimed at "deriving political benefit" from this sensitive issue rather than safeguarding the interests of the state, he alleged here today.

Speaking at his 'Sangat Darshan' programme in Lambi Assembly segment here, Badal claimed it is an open secret that state Congress chief Amarinder Singh wants to

The Chief Minister asked him to explain why the other Congress MPs had not resigned to express solidarity with the state "in this hour of crisis".

"It is ironical that as polls for Punjab Assembly are due within a few months, all Congress MLAs resigned, but the MPs shied away as they have fairly enough time for their tenure to end," Badal claimed.

All Opposition Congress MLAs submitted their resignation to the Punjab Assembly Secretary yesterday to protest the Supreme Court's ruling favouring Haryana on the SYL issue.

India will not become a 'Pawn' for Japan, says Chinese media beiJiNG, November 12 (PTi): India will not become a "pawn" for Japan to contain China, a Chinese state-run media today said, accusing Japan of exploiting Sino-India disputes for its own interests.

"Japan wants to use the disputes between China and India to court India to help contain China. Japan seeks to urge India to meddle in the South China Sea issue, even at the cost of changing its long-held position of reducing nuclear usage to offer special benefits of civil nuclear cooperation to India," Global Times said in an editorial on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Japan.

"Looking at Japan's diplomatic policies over the past few years, (Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo) Abe administration has become more active trying to sway regional powers to encircle China," the daily said.

It said that India is in need of acquiring nuclear and military technology from Japan and attracting more investment for its manufacturing industries and infrastructure, like high-speed railways.

The daily, however, said that India is not likely to change its position according to the wishes of Japan.

"India takes a multilateral approach to diplomacy and pursues

a status as a leading power. Japan's plans are full of antagonism, which contradict India's policies. Therefore India will practically assess specific cooperation with Japan case by case," the daily said.

"India will not become a pawn for Japan to contain China, as it wants to become a power on par with China and Japan and benefit from both sides. India will get closer to Japan but will not enter into a brotherhood relationship," it said.

The editorial, which was apparently written before India and Japan issued joint statement yesterday, said that "both sides hinted they would include the South China Sea Arbitration in their joint

statement".

India and Japan yesterday sought a peaceful solution to the territorial disputes in the strategic South China Sea, saying parties involved in the matter must not resort to "threat or use of force", in remarks that could anger China which is opposed to any outside interference.

There is no official reaction

by China yet about the outcome of PM Modi's visit, but ahead of his visit Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told media that New Delhi and Tokyo should respect the legitimate concerns of their neighbours.

70 mn Indian women consume smokeless tobacco, many to kill hunger GreaTer NoiDa, November 11 (iaNS): A whopping 70 million Indian women above age 15 use smokeless tobacco (SLT), which alone constitutes 63 per cent of the world's SLT consumption, according to a Union Health Ministry report on SLT. The first-ever comprehensive report by the ministry, launched at the ongoing World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) here, also stated that one factor influencing SLT use among disadvantaged women is the desire to suppress hunger while performing difficult and laborious tasks.

"Easy availability and low cost of the SLT were other key factors promoting SLT use by women.

The SLT use raises women's risk of adverse reproductive outcomes. The prevalence of SLT use when pregnant or breastfeeding was similar to prevalence of use among all women of reproductive age in India," said the report.

According to the Health Min-

istry, over 3,500,000 people are dying due to exclusive use of tobacco, of which over 100,000 are dying due to cancer.

According to the report, the consumption of SLT stood at 9.5 per cent for the school-going children, with 10.7 per cent of the boys and 7.5 per cent of the girls being its regular users.

"India is the first country to prohibit the sale, storage and

manufacturing of smokeless tobacco product like gutkha across all states. However, stronger measures are required for effective implementation of the law," said Amal Pusp, Director at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The report outlines all the facets of smokeless tobacco use, including their determinants, economic costs and health con-

sequences, along with advocacy, policy and judicial measures that can be utilised to curb its impact, Pusp added.

The report also says that the prevalence rate of use of dual tobacco use -- both smoking and smokeless tobacco -- was 5.3 per cent of the total population, amounting to 42.3 million adults.

"The Northeast region had the highest prevalence with 9.8 per cent of the population affected by dual tobacco use. The interval between starting the use of the two forms of tobacco was two years or less for over half of all dual users," said the report.

The report, which will act as the source of data for every health department of India, also stated that the incidence of cancer of oral cavity and pharynx are an important public health problem in India, with nearly 85,000 new cases among men and 34,000 among women in India each year.

"At least 90 per cent of these cancer cases were caused by to-

bacco use in some form, and more than half by SLT use. Using SLT during pregnancy also caused 70 per cent higher risk of anaemia in pregnant women, 2-3 times higher rate of low birth weight and 2-3 times higher rate of still births," said the report.

The report was compiled by the Health Ministry in collaboration with the WHO, Public Health Foundation of India, Healis-Sekhsarisa Institute of Public Health Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and National Cancer Institute, US. "The author of the report undertook a review of all existing scientific evidence and sociopolitical developments in India, in order to produce an evidence-based and peer-reviewed compendium of information on smokeless tobacco use in the country. All the chapters were edited by technical editors from partnering institutes in India and the USA," said Prakash C. Gupta, Director, Healis-Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health.

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Trump packs transition team with loyalists & family WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, NOvEmbER 12 (REuTERS): President-elect Donald Trump began laying the groundwork on Friday to take office on Jan. 20, 2017, gathering the most loyal advisers from his insurgent campaign and three of his children to plot his transition strategy.

Trump put Vice Presidentelect Mike Pence in charge of his White House transition team, while demoting his former transition chief, tarnished New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, to one of the six vicechair posts.

Daughter Ivanka and sons Eric and Donald Jr. and son-inlaw Jared Kushner accounted for a fourth of the 16-member executive committee, which was filled with politicians and advisers who stuck with Trump during his rollercoaster first run for public office.

Aides huddled in the realestate mogul’s Trump Tower in New York City to begin prioritizing policy changes and considering Cabinet picks and other candidates for the 4,000 positions he will need to fill shortly after he takes the reins of the White House.

A member of the Trump transition team told Reuters there were more than 100 people now involved in developing “white papers” on what regulations to roll back after Jan. 20.

Some environmental measures and a rule requiring retirement advisers to act in their clients’ interests could be among the first on the chopping block, an

will be able to implement our change agenda in Washington.”

Christie, once viewed as a top candidate for attorney general, is dealing with political fallout from the ‘Bridgegate’ lane closure scandal. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is now the leading contender for the top law enforcement job, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, US on November 9. (REUTERS Photo)

industry lobbying source said.

Trump promised during his campaign to cut taxes, clamp down on immigration and repeal President Barack Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.

But in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and CBS “60 Minutes” on Friday, he said he was open to keeping some provisions of Obamacare.

James Woolsey, a former CIA director who has advised Trump on foreign policy, said several of Trump’s campaign promises were “advocacy of a general direction” that may require compromise - including

his signature pledge to build a wall on the border with Mexico.

Woolsey told CNN that border security could be achieved with a combination of fence and wall. “I don’t think we ought to fall on our sword about the difference between a wall and fence. Maybe this will be cheaper because it’s mainly fence, but it’s a good fence.

I wouldn’t have any problem with that myself,” he said.

Trump, a billionaire real estate magnate, also moved on Friday to extricate himself from his sprawling business empire, which will be overseen by his three grown children on the

transition team.

His company said it was vetting new business structures for the transfer of control to the three and the arrangement would not violate conflict-ofinterest laws. But government ethics experts said the move would fall short of blind trust standards and was unlikely to prevent potential conflicts of interest.

Trump said that Pence who has strong ties to Republican leaders in Congress - will build on work done by Christie and has the mission of assembling “the most highly qualified group of successful leaders who

‘THERE’S A SCRAMBLE’ Trump’s campaign spent relatively little time on transition planning during the campaign, and even his Republican supporters had been bracing for a loss to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s election.

“I was on Romney’s transition team, and it was a welloiled machine months before the election. Now there’s a scramble,” said one Republican source, referring to the party’s 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney.

Since Tuesday, dozens of possible cabinet appointees have been floated, from grassroots conservative heroes like Sarah Palin to seasoned Washington hands like David Malpass.

During his campaign, many establishment Republicans condemned Trump’s racially inflammatory rhetoric as well as his attacks on trade deals and the NATO alliance, which could take many traditional names out of the running.

But outgoing Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte - who had distanced herself from Trump at points in her unsuccessful

reelection campaign in New Hampshire - was being floated as a potential defense secretary on Friday, the Washington Post reported.

Trump’s relatively small cadre of steadfast supporters is expected to play a prominent role in his administration. Campaign sources say Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions could serve as Defense Secretary, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich might be named as Secretary of State and retired General Michael Flynn could serve as national security adviser.

Those three, along with Giuliani and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, were named as vice chairs of the transition team. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus is a strong candidate for White House chief of staff, according to sources close to the campaign. Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon, a conservative provocateur, is also being considered for the job.

As Trump mulled his team, demonstrators hit the streets in major cities for the third straight night to denounce his election and the inflammatory campaign rhetoric on immigrants, Muslims and women. Thousands marched through Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York and San Francisco as night fell.

ECONOMIC, FOREIGN POLICY Trump appears to be leaning toward seasoned Republicans for many economic positions. David Malpass, a former Treasury and State Department

official, and Paul Atkins, a former Securities and Exchange Commission official, are guiding the transition team on economic issues.

“This is one area where the most Republican orthodoxy will come out,” said Brandon Barford, a former Republican congressional staffer.

The Trump transition website, www.greatagain.gov, picked up on the tone of legislation aimed at weakening DoddFrank financial regulations that was released this summer by Republican chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Jeb Hensarling.

Trump’s victory is forcing President Barack Obama to scale back his ambitions for his final months in office. Obama, who is set to meet with key allies from Europe and Asia next week during his final foreign trip, is giving up on a last-ditch attempt to seek congressional approval for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal before leaving office.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a TPP partner, is slated to meet with Trump next week in New York, and the president-elect also fielded calls from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on Friday.

But EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker had a blunter reaction to the Trump transition. “I think we will waste two years before Mr. Trump tours the world he does not know,” Juncker said on Friday.

Brisk walk can improve ‘Hundreds of Boko Haram fighters surrender in Chad’ 30 killed, 100 injured centres in the remote town of Baga in Pak shrine bombing NOvEmbER 12 (RE- families, Dole said. artery health of diabetics dAKAR, The MNJTF, with troops from Solo, some of whom arrived this uTERS): Hundreds of Boko HaSYdNEY, NOvEmbER 12 (IANS): Regular aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking or cycling, can improve artery health in people with Type-2 diabetes, says a study.

Compromised arterial health is an underlying mechanism that promotes the progression of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the leading cause of death in individuals with Type-2 diabetes.

Effectively managing cardiovascular disease risk in this population is a major challenge for health professionals.

“What we found from our analysis, is that aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking or cycling appears to have a significantly beneficial effect on the stiffness and the function of the smooth muscles in the arteries,” said lead researcher Kimberley Larisa Way from University of Sydney in Australia.

“This makes our findings very valuable to health professionals, because aerobic exercise can be used as a primary treatment strategy for arterial health, while also assisting with other health complications associated with T2D (Type-2 diabetes),” Way noted.

Exercise is one of the first lines of treatment recommended by health professionals to manage the array of complications associated with diabetes, such as controlling blood sugar.

While it has been consistently shown that exercise is exceptionally beneficial for managing cardiovascular disease, blood pressure medication is the main treatment used to manage arterial health problems.

This new study combined the results of nine randomised controlled clinical trials investigating the effects of exercise in Type-2 diabetes.

“We focussed on measures looking at arterial stiffness, vascular reactivity and smooth muscle function, because there is evidence that suggests they are closely associated with disease progression and CVD mortality,” Way said.

The findings, published in the journal Current Diabetes Reviews, shed new light on exercise as a therapy in this population.

Mars surface too dry to be habitable: scientists LONdON, NOvEmbER 12 (IANS): Mars is a primary target in the search for life outside Earth, and liquid water is the most important pre-requisite for life. But a team of international researchers has found that Mars is incredibly dry, and has been that way for millions of years.

“Evidence shows that more than three billion years ago Mars was wet and habitable. However, this latest research reaffirms just how dry the environment is today,” said Christian Schroder, Lecturer at the University of Stirling in Britain “For life to exist in the areas we investigated, it would need to find pockets far beneath the surface, located away from the dryness and radiation present on the ground,” Schroder, who is also science team collaborator for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity mission, noted.

The discovery, published in the journal Nature Communications, provides vital insight into the planet’s current environment and shows how difficult it would be for life to exist on Mars today.

Using data from the Opportunity mission, the scientists examined a cluster of meteorites at Meridiani Planum -- a plain just south of the planet’s equator and at a similar latitude to Gale crater.

The researchers calculated a chemical weathering rate for Mars, in this case how long it takes for rust to form from the metallic iron present in meteorites.

This chemical weathering process depends on the presence of water. It takes at least 10 and possibly up to 10,000 times longer on Mars to reach the same levels of rust formation than in the driest deserts on Earth and points to the present-day extreme aridity that has persisted on Mars for millions of years, the study said.

A study published last year, which used data from the Curiosity Rover investigating Gale crater on Mars, suggested that very salty liquid water might be able to condense in the top layers of Martian soil overnight.

“But, as our data show, this moisture is much less than the moisture present even in the driest places on Earth,” Schroder explained.

ram fighters and their families have surrendered in Chad in the past month, security and U.N. sources said, in a sign the military campaign against them is making headway.

Boko Haram, which has killed and kidnapped thousands of people, had seized an area approximately the size of Belgium in northeastern Nigeria by last year but has since lost significant ground amid growing regional military pressure.

Analyst and security sources think the fighters are probably recent recruits that Boko Haram has struggled to retain as it has ceded territory. Defections of Boko Haram fighters have been reported in Nigeria but are not known to have previously occurred on such a large scale.

“They surrendered to our troops on the front line in Lake Chad,” said Colonel Mohammad Dole, Chief Military Public Information Officer for the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) headquartered in Chad’s capital N’Djamena.

“The surrenders are taking place because of the firepower of our operations. The groups, many of them armed, have been arriving since September and their number keeps increasing,” he said.

Some 240 fighters, most off whom are Chadian, are now being held in detention along with their

Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Benin and intelligence, training and logistical support from the United States, launched a regional operation in July against the group, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State.

It has since continued patrols around the waterways of Lake Chad - one of the world’s poorest regions whose villages were last year regularly struck by fighters, sometimes aboard canoes.

Around 2.6 million people have been displaced in the Lake Chad Basin where Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon meet.

Signs that regional armies are wresting back control of the Chadian part of the lake is significant since it had been a recruitment hub, even if the group never sought to conquer territory there, said Ryan Cummings, director of consultancy Signal Risk.

“Their presence in Chad was more for recruitment and for resources. Its strikes in the country were punitive,” he said, referring to revenge attacks on regional military heavyweight Chad, which has supplied 3,000 troops for the MNJTF.

week.

Based on previous patterns, it is likely that many were abducted or forcibly recruited by Boko Haram whose name means “Western education is sinful” in the local Hausa language.

Stephen Tull, U.N. Resident Coordinator in Chad, said a total of around 700 people were being held, including men, women and children.

It was unclear how many were fighters, he said. Boko Haram has in the past deployed child soldiers and female suicide bombers.

“They are mostly Chadians and appear to all be more recent recruits,” he said citing information from a U.N. visit to the centres earlier this month.

Islamic State named Abu Musab al-Barnawi as Boko Haram’s leader in August although another branch loyal to former head Abubakar Shekau is still operational. It was not clear from which branch the fighters surrendered, nor how senior they are.

Philippe Barragne-Bigot, head of the U.N. children’s agency in Chad, said that it had set up a centre for the children, who he said should be treated as former hostages.

FORCED RECRUITMENT “We want to profile them and Chadian military officials are make sure they have the right psycurrently profiling the detainees chological rehabilitation,” he told currently housed at two detention Reuters.

QuETTA, NOvEmbER 12 (IANS): At least 30 people were killed and around 100 injured on Saturday in a bombing at a shrine in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.

The explosion took place at the Shah Norani shrine in Balochistan’s Lasbella district. According to details, the blast occurred when “dhamaal” was taking place in the shrine. Edhi Foundation in charge, Lasbella Hakeem Lassi, while confirming the death toll, told Geo News that more than 100 people were also injured.

He said the injured were being shifted to a hospital for medical treatment. He said that more than 10 ambulances of Edhi foundation have reached the blast site and rescue efforts were underway, Geo News reported. Lassi said that more than 500 people were in the shrine at the time of dhamaal.

Emergency services were facing problems in reaching the shrine due to its remote location and poor communication infrastructure. The shrine is also located in hilly terrain.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, Dawn News reported. “People who are critically injured in the blast will be transported to Karachi,” said Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti. Since no major hospital is located near the shrine, the injured are to be shifted to Karachi for further treatment. Many injured are being shifted in private vehicles. The shrine is frequented by a large number of devotees on Friday, and is visited by people from across the country. Iranian nationals also frequent the shrine.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has expressed his grief over the killing of innocents and condemned the blast. In October, heavily-armed militants wearing suicide vests stormed a police academy in Quetta, killing at least 61 people and wounding at least 117. The attack was carried out by Al-Alimi faction of the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) militant group. In August, a suicide bomber targeted the emergency services ward at Quetta’s Civil Hospital killing at least 70 people and leaving scores injured, majority of those killed were lawyers. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) splinter group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), had claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Sourt Korea: Park faces increasing calls to quit SEOuL, NOvEmbER 12 (REuTERS): South Korean President Park Geun-hye faced mounting calls to step down as a record number of people at a massive rally on Saturday criticised her as unfit to rule over allegations she allowed a friend to meddle in state affairs and wield influence.

The protest rally in downtown Seoul drew more than half a million people, according to its organisers, many of whom were ordinary citizens who packed the main streets running through the city centre including a 12-lane thoroughfare.

They came with family, and students and young parents pushing strollers were among the crowd as were people in wheelchairs and crutches, in a sharp contrast from some previous rallies often dominated by militant unions and civic groups that had turned violent and clashed with police.

They chanted “Step down, step down, you must step down.”

“Of course she must step down,” Jung Sun-hee, a 42-yearold homemaker who attended the rally with her husband and two pre-teen daughters, said. “I

believe we need a new person to break through this situation, who will be better than this one.”

The crowd has been given a go-ahead by the court to march later in the evening to within a few blocks of the presidential Blue House compound, which had been previously disallowed by the police, citing security reasons.

It was the third weekend protest rally since Park’s first public apology on Oct. 25 where she admitted she had sought the advice of her friend, Choi Soon-sil, which only fuelled public anger and suspicion over the secret confidant who apparently held no official government position.

Another apology by Park and an offer to work with the parliamentary opposition to form a new cabinet and relinquish some power failed to calm public anger, prompting her opponents to say she did not grasp the gravity of the crisis at hand.

Members of main opposition parties joined the rally calling on Park to resign, indicating there was a growing opinion in parliament to take action to remove her from power, although there was no formal move yet to

People take part in a rally calling for President Park Geun-hye to step down in central Seoul, South Korea on November 12. (REUTERS Photo)

launch impeachment proceedings.

Park’s approval rating has dropped to 5 percent for a second week, according to a poll conducted by Gallup Korea and released on Friday, the lowest number for a South Korean president since such polling began under democratically elect-

ed leaders in 1988.

Gallup Korea, based in Seoul, is not affiliated with U.S.based Gallup, Inc. No South Korean president has ever failed to finish their five-year term, but Park has faced growing pressure from the public and political opponents to quit.

Park has dismissed some of her most senior and closest advisers, and former aides have been arrested on charges of abuse of power. Choi, the friend who is believed to have been acquainted with the president since the 1970s, has been charged with abuse of power and fraud.

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Starc gives Aus hope after innings collapse cavs down Wizards on another milestone night for James

Australia's paceman Mitchell Starc appeals during his inspired spell against South Africa that gave Australia hope after they scored a dismal 85 in their first innings. (AFP Photo)

HobArt, november 12 (AFP): Mitchell Starc offered Australia a lifeline with an inspired spell after a record low home total against South Africa on an opening day of carnage in the second Test in Hobart on Saturday.

The left-arm pace spearhead put the brakes on the Proteas with three wickets in 10 balls post-tea after the Australians were skittled for 85 off 32.5 overs.

The tourists reached stumps at 171 for five and pushed out their lead to 86. Temba Bavuma was unbeaten on 38 with Quinton de Kock on 28.

Up until Starc's intervention South Africa had seized control of the first day with a total of 15 wickets tumbling for a combined 256 runs under cloudy skies.

Vernon Philander powered the Proteas with five for 21 as Australia folded to their lowest total at home against South Africa to revive memories of recent catastrophic batting collapses. The capitulation revisited the nightmares of their miserable 47 in Cape Town in 2011 and England's demolition of them for 60 at Trent Bridge last year.

"It was a magnificent all-round performance from everyone, catches needed to be taken, there was a run out and all those things add up to a collective team effort to bowl a team out," Philander said.

Skipper Steve Smith provided

backbone with his unbeaten knock of 48 as the Australians failed to back up their talk of rebounding from their comprehensive 177-run thrashing by the Proteas in the Perth series opener.

"It was a bit of a reminder of Trent Bridge the way the ball was going around. At the end of the day 85 is not good enough from an Australian cricket team," coach Darren Lehmann lamented.

Just as South Africa looked well on the way to emulating the intimidating West Indies teams of the 1980s-1990s with three straight series wins in Australia, Starc struck.

He toe-capped Dean Elgar with a lethal yorker in front of the stumps with his first ball after tea then removed Stephen Cook with his penultimate delivery of the over.

Starc then had Perth centurion JP Duminy snapped up by Smith at second slip reducing the Proteas to 46 for three.

Skipper Faf du Plessis followed lbw to Hazlewood for seven and Hashim Amla was caught behind off the same bowler for 47.

- Rout and about The Hobart rout followed Australia's first innings collapse of 10 for 86 in Perth when they squandered a 158-run opening stand to surrender meekly to the Proteas.

Cricket statisticians went into overdrive as Australia plumbed new lows in Hobart -- it was also their low-

est home total since their 76 against the West Indies in 1984.

David Warner was the barometer of an approaching Australian maelstrom when he recklessly whooshed at a wide ball in Philander's opening over and was caught behind.

The hosts reached 43 for six at lunch after Usman Khawaja edged Philander to Amla at slip for four and threatened Adam Voges was out next ball, caught behind by Quinton de Kock.

Callum Ferguson, who fought off a hat-trick in his first ball faced in Tests, was brilliantly run out for three by a direct throw by fielding substitute Dane Vilas while going for a second run.

Wicketkeeper Peter Nevill perished after a DRS review of a lbw appeal off Kagiso Rabada.

Philander was forced to leave the field for shoulder treatment after a mid-pitch collision with Smith during a lbw appeal, but returned after lunch.

He bowled newcomer Joe Mennie for 10 and Duminy took a screamer in the gully to remove Starc, flinging himself to his right off Abbott.

Josh Hazlewood cracked two fours before he fell to a slips catch by Amla off Abbott.

De Kock took a blinding onehanded catch across the slips cordon to remove Nathan Lyon and end Australia's misery.

Los AngeLes, no vember 12 (AFP): The NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers thumped the Washington Wizards 10594 on another milestone night for superstar LeBron James. James, 31 years and 317 days old, became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 27,000 career points -- surpassing former Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, who was 32 years and 160 days old when he reached 27,000.

"It's an unbelievable feat," teammate Kyrie Irving said, adding that he was pleased to have a ringside seat.

"It's truly an honor to be part of the journey like that where you see someone put in so much work every single day and accomplishment after accomplishment and he's really just humble about it," said Irving, who led the Cavs with 29 points.

James finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

John Wall scored 28 points, but only five in the second half as the Cavaliers built on their 58-56 halftime lead.

The Cavaliers bounced back from their first defeat of the season to improve to 7-1. That put them alone atop the Eastern Conference after the Toronto Raptors defeated the Charlotte Hornets 113-111 thanks to guard DeMar DeRozan's late-game heroics.

DeRozan scored 10 of his 34 points in a decisive fourth quarter as the Raptors snapped the Hornets' four-game winning streak.

Toronto led by as many as 16 points before the Hornets unleashed a 16-0 second-half scoring run.

Point guard Kemba Walker scored a seasonhigh 40 points -- with 10

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers becomes the youngest player to score 27,000 points at 31 years and 317 days old, beating Kobe Bryant's 32 years and 160 days old. (AFP Photo)

rebounds and six assists -- for the Hornets, who led by as many as 10 in the second half before the Raptors roared back.

"We're an experienced team at this point," DeRozan said. "We understand how to win, what it takes to win whether you're down or whether you're up. We thrive in moments like this."

- 76ers win Elsewhere in the East, rookie center Joel Embiid scored a season-high 25 points to help the Philadelphia 76ers notch their first victory of the season, 109105 in overtime over the Indiana Pacers.

Embiid converted the go-ahead three-point play with 55.1 seconds left in the extra period.

He missed 12 of 18 shots from the floor in the game, but made 12 of his 14 free-throws and scored 14 of his points in the final 4:05

of regulation and overtime.

"We all understand there's a long way to go, but we got our first win and the (locker) room feels great about themselves," 76ers coach Brett Brown said.

"And I'm very happy for them."

The Portland Trail Blazers also worked overtime for a victory. Damian Lillard scored 36 points and CJ McCollum added 31 for the Blazers, who edged the Sacramento Kings 122-120.

In Oklahoma City, Blake Griffin scored 25 points to help the Los Angeles clippers to a 110-108 victory over the Thunder.

The Clippers, off to the best start in club history, improved to a league-leading 8-1, avenging their only defeat of the season, an 85-83 setback against the Thunder on November 2.

"It was a big-time trust game for us," point guard

Chris Paul said after the Clippers weathered the Thunder's blazing start. "We just stuck to the game plan."

The score was knotted at 50-50 at halftime. An 8-1 scoring run early in the third quarter put the Clippers ahead and they took an 82-74 lead into the final period.

But the Thunder wouldn't go away and Russell Westbrook tied the game at 102-102 with a three-pointer with just over two minutes to play.

The Clippers answered with a dunk by DeAndre Jordan and a three-pointer

by Jamal Crawford.

The Thunder battled back, but Westbrook's threepoint attempt in the waning seconds was off target.

"Yeah, yeah," said Westbrook, who finished with 29 points. "I should've probably drove (to the basket), but it's all right."

england sweep scots away, France hit back to win

PAris, november 12 (AFP): England shrugged aside the potential ramifications of sanctions over poppy emblems Friday with a 3-0 Wembley win over Scotland to bring a 2018 World Cup berth a step closer.

A trio of headers from Liverpool pair Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana and Chelsea's Gary Cahill saw interim coach Gareth Southgate's side cruise home, the win consolidating England's leadership of Group F as they made it 10 points from four games.

For Southgate, who replaced newspaper sting victim Sam Allardyce following an opening away success in Slovakia, the three points were a welcome boost after a nervous draw in their previous outing in Slovenia, aiding his chances of taking the post full time.

Slovenia stayed in touch just two points behind the leaders after edging Malta 1-0 away while Slovakia are two points further back after whipping Lithuania 4-0.

The Scots meanwhile now trail England by six points, their hopes of snatching a place in the finals in Russia seemingly at an end as coach Gordon Strachan hangs on to his job by his fingernails.

While England and Scotland defied FIFA's opposition to symbols which might be seen as political by wearing armbands featuring poppies to mark Armistice Day, emotions ran high in Paris as France hosted Sweden a year on from terror attacks in the French capital.

A capacity crowd of 80,000 at the Stade de France held a minute's silence to mark Sunday's first anniversary of the attacks which left 130 people dead prior to the hosts' come-from-behind 2-1 win over Sweden.

On the night of the coordinated attacks across Paris, France were playing Germany at the same stadium in a friendly when three suicide bombers blew themselves up immediately outside the ground, killing one man.

French president Francois Hollande attended the Sweden game, as he had the Germany match, Friday's encounter held on a public holiday marking the day that saw the guns fall silent at the end of World War I in 1918.

France's win -- courtesy of goals from Paul Pogba and Dimitri Payet after Emil Forsberg had put the Swedes ahead -- lifted them

atop Group A with seven points from three games as their visitors slid three points off the pace.

- Germany hit eight Holland have a chance to join Sweden on seven points if they win at makeweights Luxembourg on Sunday.

Reigning world champions Germany gave no quarter to Group C minnows San Marino with debutant Serge Gnabry of Werder Bremen helping himself to a hat-trick in an 8-0 rout in Serravalle.

Sami Khedira bagged the first on seven minutes and then Gnabry added a quickfire second before Jonas Hector bagged a brace, his second coming in between Gnabry's second and third strikes.

A Mattia Stefanelli own goal made it seven and Kevin Volland put the icing on the cake as Germany made it four wins in four.

In the same group Northern Ireland swamped previously unbeaten Azerbaijan 4-0 in Belfast with Kyle Lafferty, Gareth McAuley, Conor McClaughlin and Chris Brunt on target.

The win moved the hosts joint second with the Azeris but five points behind the Germans, who have yet to concede a goal.

Also in the Germans' group, the Czech Republic edged out Norway 2-1 in Prague with Jaromir Zmrhal's winner giving his countrymen a first win.

Elsewhere, the Group E match between Romania and Poland in Bucharest was briefly halted after a firecracker thrown from the stands went off near visiting forward Robert Lewandowski.

The second half incident could see a stiff UEFA punishment for the Romanians, who slumped to a 3-0 loss which saw the Poles go top of the pool.

Kamil Grosicki had notched an early opener before Bayern Munich's Lewandowski had the last laugh with two late goals.

In the same group, Denmark beat Kazakhstan 4-1 helped by two goals from Christian Eriksen to vault into third spot ahead of the Romanians.

Also in Group E, previously pointless Armenia did Poland a favour by coming back from two goals down to edge previous leaders Montenegro 3-2.

A piledriver in the final seconds from Gevorg Ghazaryan gave Armenia their first competitive win Scotland's James McArthur (L) vies with England's striker Wayne Rooney during a World for three years.

Cup 2018 qualification match in London on November 11. (AFP Photo)

public discourse

THe TrAGedY oF diMiNisHiNG reVereNce To God

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Husezo Rhakho

lmost all of us are second or third generation Christians who have been brought up in Christian families. As children, whenever our parents took the name of God, we would tremble and fear; we imagined God to be a mighty and strong warrior-clad giant with immense power who lived in the sky. Although that image was childish and blunt, it paid tribute to God’s greatness and holiness because we revered and respected our Creator not simply in action, but even in word and thought.

If we take a look at the present generation, the picture is a stark contrast to the ‘good old days.’ Taking the name of God in every little conversation as one swears in the name of the Most High is a common occurrence. The name of God is Holy; and yet,

we mere humans take His name as though it were any other name. We have created an environment where the name of God is treated as any other mundane name. Most children are not afraid that God would be displeased for using His name in vain. And how did they come to possess such a mindset? Does the fault not lie with us – the adults, for teaching them unconsciously in the first place? If anyone is in denial here, I humbly address the casethat irks me on a daily basis.

WhatsApp and Facebook – those twin towers of the social media that is both helping build and destroy lives are being used as the agents of advertising about God. While there are genuine cases where people are truly blessed by real-life testimonies here, there are many more cases where people are emotionally blackmailed to ‘forward’ or ‘like’ messages by compulsion. The tag that follows is usually in this manner, “Forward

to 15 groups or else God will send bad luck to you for 15 years!” “Scroll down and type ‘Amen’ and you will receive blessings” and so on and so forth.I am torn between indignation and amusement when confronted with such messages. Obviously I am indignant because the creation is dictating and predicting what the Creator would do or would not do; and amusement because I simply cannot wrap my head around the fact that anyone truly believes such…for lack of a better word…nuisance.

God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts. God’s ways are higher than our ways. Since when can man – who is but dust – dictate how GOD – THE ONE ENTHRONED IN HEAVEN – would use His power? We have reduced God to such a point that He would seem just like any of us, whose actions are usually directed based on our emotions.

The One who transcends time and space

is used as a means to prove a point or take a stand, albeit in an carefree manner. If we pause even for a span of 10 seconds before forwarding or liking such messages, I for one believe that we would realise the utter foolishness behind the act.

Moreover, this practise does not possess the sanction of the Bible. No where can we find reference in support of such behaviour.

No doubt, the context has changed nowadays; but we have not been commanded to share anything related to the Gospel to a fixed number of people, or else…

I hold the belief that when we talk about God we need to truly mean it from our heart.

It is not out of compulsion because we are afraid He will kill us off for remaining silent, but it is out of love for God. God has given each one of us the gift of free will. We are called to worship and rejoice with Him freely because we want to; if He wanted, He could

have easily pre-programmed every human to love Him our whole lives when He intricately formed and fashioned us in the womb of our mothers.

One of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 explicitly states we are not to use the name of the Lord in vain. I believe that we unintentionally violate this commandment when we tag God’s name to every unauthentic post in a repetitive manner either out of fear of consequences or simply for the heck of it.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I encourage and urge you all not to blindly follow the ways of the world. It is now high time for the true believers to uphold the name of being a Christian; we need to wear this particular trademark seriously. Let us not get carried away with the idle banter propagated by the social media lest we truly incur the wrath of God!

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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Ketho Leno , Guru Rewben headline Thuwu-Ni

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etho Leno Kense, Gloria Tep, Amit Paul and Guru Rewben Mashangva will headline the biggest indigenous festival of Northeast, the Thuwu-Ni Festival at Pughoboto. The 3 day festival which kicks off on November 14 comes fully packaged as an Entertainment Festival of Music & Indigenous Sports & Games.

The Taste of Aphuyemi, an Indigenous Cooking Competition will be judged by Nagaland's favorite Chef Joel Basumatari (Smokey Joe) and renowned Naga restaurateur Karen Yepthomi (Dzukou, Delhi).

Muno Shiu released his third song called ‘Like the Stars’ which is a dedication to the “a beloved one.” The young singer - songwriter from Khiamniungan Naga community residing at Dimapur says that the song is for a person who made a meaningful presence during his stay and now gone to his resting home. A remembrance of his watchful eyes, caring hands, wisdom sower and a builder of one's own people and now a guiding star for me.

The song is soulful and close to listener’s ears. Recorded at Black & White studio, ‘Like the Stars’ is now available at Indihut and Songdew website http://indihut.com/ muno-shiu/

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Celebrates Hornbill Festival 2016 1st to 10th December 2016 Hortiscape, Naga heritage Village, Kisama

Main Events • Floral Galleria : Exhibition cum Competition of Flowers & on spot fresh and dry flower arrangement.

• Exhibition cum competition of Fruits, vegetable and spices.

• Sale of flowers (cut flowers, potted flowers, succulents etc).

• Online registration of Farmers under National e-Governance Plan- Agriculture.

• Sale of Departmental farm produces (Orange/ Mosambi/ Kiwi/ Mushroom/ Lemon).

• Exhibition and sale of Horticulture Machineries.

• Sale counters for Horticulture products.

• Demonstration on concept of Horticulture Hydroponics.

• And many more…………….

For Details Contact: Directorate of Horticulture, Kohima, Nagaland : Mobile No 9436005490 / 9402826095 email: hortidte09@gmail.com

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BN Mullik C’ship: Mizoram Hameed hits maiden fifty as England take driver's seat Police inch closer to quarters

BSF and Manipur Police players in action.

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Chumukedima, November 12 (mexN): Mizoram Police inched closer to bagging a quarterfinal berth from Group D in the 65th BN Mullik All India Police Football Championship 2016.

Mizoram Police won with a convincing 7-0 over a depleted Railway Protection Force at the Police Complex, Chumukedima on Saturday.

Mizoram’s win meant that the fate of Nagaland Police hangs on the balance.

Mizoram Police takes on Madhya Pradesh Police in their final game and need a win to qualify. A draw would deny Mizoram their chance and Nagaland would be the qualifier from the Group.

From Group B, BSF won its last league match as it edged Manipur 2-1. With this win, BSF qualified for the quarter-finals having won all its matches in the league phase.

In the other results of the matches today, Chhatisgarh Police defeated Haryana Police 4-1 in Group E while Bihar Police overcame Telangana Police 2-0 in Group F. Assam Police and Kerala Police played out a goalless draw in Group G while Ra-

jasthan Police and Chandigarh Police in Group C ended goalless.

Uttarakhand Police and Lakshadweep Police played for pride in an inconsequential match with the former prevailing with a score of 3-1 in Group A. With a hard-fought 3-2 win over Jharkhand Police today, Meghalaya Police are vying for a quarter final berth from Group H with three wins so far.

However, Delhi Police with 6 points in two matches may spoil their chances as they still have two games left to play. The decider will be the match in which the two teams locks horn in the last league match of the Group.

November 13 fixtures Morning (8:00 am) Puducherry vs Maharashtra Goa vs Delhi West Bengal vs Kerala Afternoon (2:00 pm) Uttar Pradesh vs Jharkhand SSB vs Chandigarh CRPF vs Chhattisgarh Himachal Pradesh vs Bihar

raJkoT, November 12 (reuTers): Debutant Haseeb Hameed struck his maiden fifty and shared an unbroken century partnership with captain Alastair Cook to push England's lead over India to 163 runs on day four of the first test on Saturday.

The 19-year-old Hameed was unbeaten on 62 at the close with Cook on 46 as England reached 114 without loss, virtually ruling out the prospect of an India win on the final day.

L e g -s p i n n e r Ad i l Rashid earlier picked up four wickets to help the touring side dismiss India for 488 and take a first- innings lead of 49 runs. India's Ravichandran Ashwin made 70 to deny England a bigger advantage.

Right-hander Hameed, the youngest opener to play a test for England, was assured in his footwork against the spinners and handled the reverse swing from the fast bowlers without much trouble.

Hameed, whose parents originate from India, reached his half-century with a delicate late cut for four off leg-spinner Amit

England's Haseeb Hameed plays a shot on the fourth day of the first Test against India at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium in Rajkot on November 12. (AFP Photo)

Mishra. He hit five fours and a six.

England, who made 537 in their first innings, earlier picked up the wickets of India captain Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane in the first session and looked on

peared untroubled, picking up singles and twos as well as occasional boundaries.

Rahane missed a straight delivery playing across the line to left-arm spinner Zafar Ansari and was bowled for 13, ending

Half MaratHoN Held at dBCK kohima, November 12 (mexN): Don Bosco College Kohima conducted a half marathon at its college ground. Chief guest on the occasion, Azenuo PienyÜ, Project Director, DRDA, Kiphire, flagged off the half marathon with the theme “Run for Unity”.

The “little champion”, Khriebeituo clocked 1 hour and 21 minutes to emerge as the winner in the boy’s category.

Ngurhotho S Poji and Sedevilie Kire came 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In the girl’s category, Ajano Haihing clocked 2 hours and 15 minutes to emerge champion. Morevine Krocha and Akha Losa Krichena were placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.

The route for the half marathon was: DBCK to Billy Graham Road, High School Junction to Meriema Junction and back to Don Bosco College Kohima – a distance measuring 21 kms.

250 students participated in the event, and out of this, 110 students completed the race successfully.

Winner of the girl’s category Ajano Haihing.

Classic Cup: Boys FC, Adroit, Head Hunter win Our Correspondent

Winner of the boy’s category Khriebeituo.

Mao Students' Union Dimapur Sports Meet

of the tournament and also the leading goal scorer so far. His goals came in the 9th, 11th, 22nd, 31st, 39th, 44th and 50th minute.

Haotinmang and Chingkhumlung also contributed two goals each in the 16th and 21st and 37th and 48th minutes respectively.

Kevi added another goal for the team in the 49th minute.

Head Hunter will next play with Adroit Boyz Sechii Zubza on November 17.

Kohima | November 12

Boys FC, Adroit Boyz and Head Hunter today registered wins in their respective matches on the third day of the ongoing 22nd Classic Cup 2016 here at the Kohima Local Ground.

In the first match of the day, Boys FC downed Rising Star Meriema in the sudden death through tiebreaker. The teams were locked in 1-1 draw during the stipulated 60 minutes play.

Rising Star Meriema took an early lead in the 12nd minute through Kevingulie. Boys FC however refused to seat back as Khriengulie equalized in the 29th minute.

course for a sizeable lead.

All-rounder Ashwin and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha (35) added 64 for the seventh wicket to reduce the deficit.

Resuming on 319-4, Kohli and Rahane ap-

their 30-run partnership.

Kohli, India's best batsman, looked in fine touch and struck crisp boundaries in his 40 before the righthander was out hit wicket, his back leg brushing the stumps as he tried to pull a Rashid delivery.

Kohli stood in disbelief before trudging off with his team on 361 for six.

Saha survived nervous moments at the start of his innings and saw an edge off Ben Stokes go between wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow and Cook at slip.

He was also hit on the grill of his helmet by fast bowler Chris Woakes before getting an edge to Bairstow off Moeen Ali. Rashid took the wickets of local boy Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav to take his innings tally to four.

England captain Cook dropped number 11 batsman Mohammed Shami at slip off Stuart Broad and India adding another 29 runs for the final wicket.

Ashwin, who hit seven boundaries, was the last man out when he holed out at deep midwicket, giving off-spinner Moeen his second wicket of the innings.

Players in action between Radiant FC and Head Hunter on November 12. (Morung Photo)

With today’s win, Boys FC will now take on Elite FC on November 17.

In the second match, Adroit Boyz Sechii Zubza beat Ziekezou SC 2-0. The

rohit undergoes knee surgery in london: BCCI

New delhi, November 12 (iaNs): Star batsman Rohit Sharma has undergone successful surgery on his right upper quadriceps tendon in London, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Saturday. Rohit, who suffered an injury on his right thigh during the fifth One-Day International (ODI) against New Zealand last month at Visakhapatnam, is likely to be discharged from the hospital by Sunday evening. "The medical team of the BCCI confirms that India batsman Rohit Sharma underwent a surgery on his right thigh on Friday in London," the BCCI said in a statement. "The procedure was successful and Rohit will be discharged from the hospital in the next 24 hours." "BCCI medical team is constantly monitoring his treatment and will oversee his recovery, towards becoming match fit," the statement added. The surgery and the recovery process effectively rules Rohit out of the ongoing home series against England entirely after he wasn't picked for the Test squad. He is unlikely to be fit for the limited over matches that begin on January 15 comprising five ODIs and three T20s.

goals for Adroit Boyz came through Keneinguzo and Bebem in the 11th and 36th minute respectively.

Playing the last match of the day, Head Hunter

overwhelmed Radiant FC 12-0.

T. Khampei Konyak netted a record seven goals for Headhunter, becoming the second hat trick scorer

November 14 Matches Naga FC vs Unity FC @ 9:00 am FC Kitsubozou vs Intimidators @ 10:30 am Calvary Baptist Church vs MT Youth Club @ 12:00 pm Football Club Royals vs Fraternity FC @ 1:30 pm

fIfa calls for life ban for ex-CoNCaCaf president

ZuriCh, November 12 (aFP): FIFA's ethics commission on Friday called for a life ban from football for the former head of the CONCACAF federation and former Honduras federation president Alfredo Hawit on corruption charges.

Hawit was extradited from Switzerland last January to the United States to face charges a month after his arrest in Zurich on the fringes of a FIFA executive committee meeting.

US prosecutors have accused the 65-year-old of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and money laundering in connection with the sale of broadcasting rights for tournaments in Latin America, including World Cup qualifiers when he was secretary general

Alfredo Hawit (AFP Photo)

of the Honduran Football Federation between 2008 and 2014.

Hawit pleaded guilty to charges on four counts of conspiracy and obstructing justice last April at a Brooklyn court.

FIFA's top ethics investigator Dr Cornel Borbely had already called for the former president of Honduras, Rafael Callejas to be banned from football for life for his role in corrup-

tion scandals.

After leading the Central American republic of Honduras between 1990 and 1994, Callejas became president of the Honduran Football Association (FENAFUTH) in 2002, and also served on FIFA's marketing and television committee.

Callejas, who pleaded guilty last March and was president of his county between 1990 and 1994, was indicted by the US Department of Justice on fraud and racketeering charges pertaining to broadcasting rights for the 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

A judgement will be given by the New York court in January 2017, but with his plea bargain he may escape a jail sentence.

FIFA have yet to state when their judgement will be announced.

Players in action during the One Day Sports Meet of the Mao Students' Union Dimapur in collaboration with MBC Kuda Youth Dept, MBC 7th Mile Youth Dept and Mao Catholic Youth Dept Dimapur under the theme "Oneness Through Sports" at Don Bosco Hr. Sec School on Saturday, November 12.

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