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An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens Nagaland achieves 87.5% legal literacy under ‘Saakshar Bharat’ (Adult Education)

Six Pakistani High Commission officials leave India PAGe 08

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Utter neGlect in tHe BorDer

Monyakshu village in Mon district bordering Myanmar is a living testimony of neglect - with crippling education, health and sanitation sectors- just like any other villages along the border Limasenla Jamir Monyakshu (Mon)| November 2 Yes, yes, you’re right, SSA is dead without teachers.

Oh by the way, what’s the fire brigade got to do with quality education?

Make necessary amendment in Nagaland Municipal Act: APO DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 2 (MExN): The Angami Public Organization (APO) has urged the Nagaland Government to make necessary amendment in the Nagaland Municipal Act (NMA) before election to the urban local bodies is conducted while reflecting on the actual legal position of Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes in the State.

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Nagaland govt assures payment of SSA teacher’s salary within Nov

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DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 2 (MExN): The Nagaland State Government has assured that it would release the pending salaries of SSA teachers within the month on November 2016. In a letter to the President of the NSSATA, Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, FP Solo assured that inclusion of SSA teacher’s salary under Non Plan would be taken up at the “appropriate time” as and when the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of SSA comes to an end. The Commissioner and Secretary stated that the state government has been following the rules and guidelines of the National Mission Authority of the SSA and gave surety that it would continue to follow them so as to facilitate timely release of instalments and avoid delays in payment of salary. He further stated that the state government would take all necessary steps and measures “to the extent possible” to ensure timely release of salary for SSA teachers.

The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), meanwhile, while acknowledging the government for addressing the demands put forth by the NSSATA further urged the Government to strictly adhere to the written assurance given to the teachers association. It also appealed to the teaching community to sincerely discharge and execute their duties.

Situated at 1650 meters above sea level along the Indo-Myanmar border, Monyakshu village gives the impression of natural beauty, serenity and divinity with the massive green hills surrounding it. With more than 900 households and a population of 6,886 people (2011 Census), Monyakshu village is among one of the biggest villages in Mon district.

Women and young girls pounding rice, kids running around carrying their younger siblings at the back, old men sunbathing outside the morung while others busy themselves by weaving or making daos and muzzle loading guns at the blacksmith station- this is how a normal day looks like in this Konyak Naga village.

Everything appears to be blissful until you look a little deeper.

About half of the populations are children. An average family consists of nine to ten members. With the system of joint family being practiced in the village, the village council chairman’s family has forty one people living under one roof, which is the highest in the village. The health condition in the village is very poor. In spite of the massive population, the village doesn’t have a Primary Health Centre. With just one sub-centre in the village without a doctor, the health problems never seem to cease in the village.

“Villagers come to me everyday asking for medicines. Fever, itching diseases, stomach aches…I am not a doctor so I cannot help much,” says Moba, a 27 year old, who is the

(LEFT) An old man sunbaths outside the morung with his pet dog on a lazy Sunday morning at Monyakshu village, Mon District. (RIGHT) Two young girls carry their brothers at the back as they return home after witnessing a balloon fight match in the village ground at Monyakshu village, Mon District. (Photo Courtesy/Meren Pongen)

pharmacist in the subcentre. This year itself, six children died when a measles epidemic hit the village. The nearest hospital for them is in Tobu town, but since there are no buses or taxis plying to Tobu town, they go to Mon town, which is 130 kms away. In most cases, the patients die on the way to the hospital.

“Poor sanitation system and illiteracy is the main cause of health problems in the village,” asserts E. Moba, the general secre-

tary of Monyakshu Village Student Union (MVSU).

Open defecation is still practiced in some parts of the village where human excreta is directly consumed by the pigs. With the support of the Eleutherous Christian Society (ECS), Tuensang and the PHED Department, the MVSU has launched a Total Sanitation Drive where they plan to completely stop open defecation and build individual household latrines for every family. But the task is challeng-

ing. “Gauri he dangor wala ase latrine pura tu” (Pig is more important than the latrine) was the comment from one villager when asked why he was reluctant to build the latrine.

Coupled with that, the villagers hardly get any electricity. Ever since the village started taking the electricity from Mon headquarters in 1997, it has become very irregular and we have been living like this for almost two decades, L. Sangti, the village council chairman stated.

Until a communal clash occurred between the Changs and the Konyaks in 1990, Tobu Sub Division under which Monykashu Village falls, was a part of Tuensang District.

Monyashu Village lurks behind in all area of developments. With the efforts of the MVSU and also the dedication of one administrative officer posted in Monyakshu town headquarters, the village is seeing a little ray of hope.

However, just a little is not enough for such a big vil-

lage like Monyakshu. Developing human resources is the key to the future but with the crippling education, health and sanitation sectors, it remains a huge challenge.

Human conditions are deplorable, government officials are like ghosts and development funds disappear halfway in the potholes. More needs to be done. The government needs to put more attention and focus on the many villages lying along the Indo-Myanmar border.

Sandy problems as truck drivers protest Govt spent 13.72 Crores on SUVs & other vehicles during 2013-16 Morung Express News Dimapur | November 2

Sand supplies into Dimapur have virtually been brought to a halt as protesting truck drivers continued with their stir for the second day at the Dillai Gate in Dimapur.

The truck drivers have been protesting since November 1 against what it alleged is the existence of a “syndicate” in the sand supply business.

Hekiye Awomi, Finance Secretary of the Dimapur District Truck Drivers’ Welfare Union (DDTDWU), stated that truck drivers have been facing undue harassment as a result.

According to Awomi, all sand supply to the state is sourced from Karbi Anglong district in Assam. There are 13 mahaldars (contractors who have sand mines under lease) in Karbi Anglong.

Each truck pays Rs. 13000 for a trip and the drivers are directed to a plot for sourcing sand by the mahaldars.

In the past few weeks leading up to the protest, Awomi alleged that truck drivers were directed to areas 70-80 kms deep into the jungles with virtually no sand. However, with payments already made, the truck drivers were compelled take back low quality sand, and sometimes even mud.

This had led to drivers being harassed by the owners and sand stockists and in some cases, even physically assaulted.

“Apparently, the owners and sand

stockists under the belief that they were being taken for a ride, had harassed and even physically assaulted the drivers,” Awomi said.

A protesting truck driver who spoke on the condition of anonymity claimed that “internal business rivalry” among sand stockists in Dimapur was the reason behind all the problems. He alleged that a conglomerate of sand stockists in Dimapur has bought off the 13 mahaldars and drivers of those who are not among the conglomerate are being directed to areas with low quality sand.

Awomi had similar views to share. He informed that truck drivers in the past were given a “freewill” to source their sand once they made payments. The “freewill” to source sand had resulted in “healthy competition”, the Finance Secretary insisted.

In this regard, the DDTDWU on behalf of the protesting drivers has called for a return to the earlier model where the drivers were permitted to “freely” choose the place of sand procurement. It stated that “vested interests” were making truck drivers face undue hardships and informed that the protests, which began on November 1, will continue until their demands are met.

The union has also sought the help of the Dimapur District administration and the Nagaland state government in resolving the issue.

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 2 (MExN): From 2013 to 2016, the Nagaland State Government has spent approximately Rs 13.73 Crores for the purchase of SUVs and other vehicles, excluding buses. This was revealed by the State Transport Department in a reply to an RTI filed by the ACAUT Nagaland.

The documents, made available to the media, show that in 2013-14, the government purchased 18 Boleros, 18 Innovas and 8 other vehicles for Rs 3.85 Crores. In 2014-15, 2 Boleros, 8 Innovas, 3 Fortuners and 12 other vehicles were purchased for Rs 3.04 Crores; while in 2015-16, 25 Boleros, 30 Innovas and 2 other vehicles were purchased for Rs 6.83 Crores.

The documents also showed that no buses were purchased by the government in 2013-14 and 2014-15, despite 37 buses being condemned in 2013-14 and 39 buses being condemned in 2014-15. The shortfall of buses in the state as of March 2016 was 135.

The department, in its reply, stated that the reason for shortage of buses is due to condemnation of buses owing to old age and inability to replenish the fleet strength. The reason for in-

Shortfall of 135 buses in Nagaland as of March, 2016

ability to replenish the fleet strength, it informed, was due to non receipt of fund from the government during 2013-14 and 2014-15.

It however stated that in 201011, 12 buses were bought for Rs 1,45,31,728; in 2011-12, 14 buses were procured for Rs 2,71,16389; and in 2012-13, 20 buses were purchased for Rs 3,82,37,928.

Overall, from 2010 to March 2016, the documents showed that only 46 buses were purchased, with the number of buses condemned being 181; a shortfall of 135 buses.

The department has already submitted proposal to the government for purchase of 40 new buses which is under consideration of the government.

Regarding the decision to buy brand new vehicles, the Transport Department in its reply stated that it is the prerogative of the department.

“The department buys new vehicles

based on urgent requirements within the specific fund allotment made for the purpose,” it added.

How can govt claim it has no money: ACAUT

Meanwhile, the ACAUT Nagaland in a press note questioned: “How can the government claim it doesn’t have money” to pay teachers in the state.

It claimed that the amount spent on government vehicles, excluding buses, and the alleged “siphoning” of money through discrepancy in the distribution of SK Oil and wheat in the state shows that “it had more than enough funds at its disposal to not only pay the 10% state share but to even pay the entire salaries of SSA/ RMSA combined if needed be.”

Condemning the use of water cannon during the NSSATA protest in Kohima, the ACAUT asked the government not to trivialize agitations.

“When the SSA, RMSA and Hindi teachers haven’t been paid for more than half a year, the habitual attitude of the government to dismiss the genuine grievances of the teachers as politically motivated is uncalled for, immoral and highly condemnable,” it added.

UlBs elections by January 2017: cM ‘Learn to reconcile, unite Chizokho Vero

Chozuba | November 2

Chief Minister T R Zeliang today said that elections to the urban local bodies will take place in the month of January next year.

He said Nagaland Government will go ahead with the elections in those places where there are no opposition to women reservation and requested the people to cooperate with the government since development of small townships which do not fall under the categories of villages or Municipals have been lagging behind in development.

Zeliang also said he failed to understand the opposition to reservation of 33% for women when men folk are agreeable to 33% for women through nomination with full voting rights.

Inaugurating Chozuba Town Council under Phek district, he said there are 3 municipal and 29 town councils including Chozuba in the state as of now.

Towards this, Zeliang said the DAN government has taken one-

step ahead to march towards progress and development in the area of urbanization and urban development. He underscored that the state government has created municipal affairs department for better administration to cities and town through municipal and town councils.

The Chief Minister called upon the public to give suggestions when they are not satisfied on any policy and at the same time to extend support when the policy is right. He assured that the government will not disturb the function and customary system of the villages and landholding system.

On the agitation of Nagaland SSA teachers for non-payment of salary, Zeliang said the state government will clear it even if the money is not released by the centre. “We will not deprive our students,” he claimed adding that the priority of the government is “our youth and students.”

On the occasion, Zeliang also informed that Nagaland vision document will be released during

the forthcoming Hornbill Festival.

Chotisuh Sazo, Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly, who is an elected representative from 18th Chozuba A/C said that Chozuba is one of the oldest towns in Nagaland but still lacking in many developmental activities.

He was optimistic that the inauguration of Chozuba Town Council will be a contributing factor towards rapid growth of the town. Sazo also stressed on the need to speed up the commercial activities in the town.

Minister for Home Y. Patton, Minister for School Education & SCERT Yitachu, deputy speaker Imtikumzuk and several other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

Under no obligation to give reasons for dropping Mmhonlumo: CM

Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang on Wednesday defended his action of “sacking” Mmhonlumo Kikon, MLA from the post of Parliamentary Secretary and said he was not under obligation

to give any reason or justification for such actions.

“As per the Constitution of India, and as per the conventions being followed in parliamentary democracy, the appointment or sacking of any Minister is the prerogative of the Chief Minister.

So is the case with Parliamentary Secretaries and Advisers,” a press note from CMO media cell asserted.

It pointed out that in the case of any disciplinary action taken by any political party on suspension or expulsion from the party against any Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, Adviser or MLA, show cause notice is always served, and the concerned person is given an opportunity to defend himself, or to rebut the charges or allegations against him.

However, as sacking or dropping of a Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, Advisor etc from the Council of Minister is not a disciplinary action; no such procedures need to be followed in the State or Centre, the press note from CMO stated.

& move forward together’

NNC/FGN appeals to all Naga national workers to come together to form a National Government

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 2 (MExN): General (Retd) Thinoselie M Keyho, President of the NNC and Brigadier (Retd) S Singnya, President of the FGN today made an appeal to all Naga national workers to “come together to form a National Government and also elect National Leaders in order to guide and serve our Nation as in the past.”

A joint statement issued through the MIP of the NNC/ FGN cautioned that “until this is done we feel that no concrete or lasting solution can be reached and will only prolong the sufferings of our people.”

It stated that the “inability on our part to make a decision to come together at this juncture may lead to further alien-

ation and create undesirable situations which may make it impossible to come into contact each other again and the different groups or factional leaders will have to bear the responsibilities and consequences of the activities of their respective groups.”

We believe, the statement affirmed, “that it is the Will of our Almighty God and an ardent desire of our people that we all come together and as one pursue our National aspirations.” “Unless we learn to forgive each other, reconcile and unite and move forward together, our common dream will just remain a dream,” it added.

It asserted that the need of the hour is not in seeking positions but in “putting the National goal and aspiration above everything else including ideological differences for the sake of the love for our motherland.

If our people so desire we can render our best services.”

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NAGALAND

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Nagaland achieves 87.5% legal literacy ‘Innovation in Hill Agriculture’ Agricultural Students’ Association of under ‘Saakshar Bharat’ (Adult Education) 17th Nagaland General Conference underway

Legal literacy volunteers (Preraks) along with nodal officer, SLMA Nagaland, R Ekonthung Lotha, and programme coordinator, SRC NEHU, Barikor Syiem, at the refresher training for Preraks of Eastern Nagaland at Hotel Saramati, Wednesday. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | November 2

Nagaland state has achieved a commendable 87.5% in terms of legal literacy under ‘Saakshar Bharat’ (Adult Education) since the launching of the programme during the 11th Five Year Plan. Of the targeted 1,14,307 adults to be covered under the legal literacy programme, more than 1,00,000 adults in Na-

galand have received basic legal literacy course.

This was disclosed by nodal officer, Literacy Mission Authority (SLMA) Nagaland, R Ekonthung Lotha, at the 2-day ‘Refresher training of Preraks of Nagaland on legal literacy’, which commenced Tuesday here at Hotel Saramati.

Addressing the Preraks (legal literacy trainers and volunteers), Ekonthung said Government of In-

dia has extended the programme for another five years so that each state can achieve 100% target. He exuded confidence that

by March 2017, the state would be able to achieve cent percent target.

The nodal officer said the Preraks should act as ‘motivators’ and educate the people, especially rural villagers, on their legal rights and also to inform them about various gov-

ernment welfare schemes.

He also said though the legal literacy programme would wind up by March 2017, the services of dedicated and committed Preraks would be needed in other programmes and projects even in the future.

Ekonthung informed that in some states, Preraks have nominated or elected to village councils (panchayats) and municipal councils.

Earlier, programme coor-

dinator, SRC NEHU, Barikor Syiem, who chaired the inaugural session of the refresher training also lauded the Preraks for their efforts in spreading legal awareness to the grass root people.

Sixty Preraks from the four eastern districts of Nagaland –Mon, Tuensang, Longleng and Kiphire - are taking part in the refresher training.

The legal literacy for Nagaland State is under the MoU between National Literacy Mission Authority, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, GoI. The ‘Saakshar Bharat’ training is organized by the State Resource Centre (SRC), NEHU, Shillong, in collaboration with State Literacy Mission Authority (SLMA) Nagaland.

Coordinator, SLMA Nagaland, B Chingloi, delivered the welcome address and coordinator, SLMA, Mongchen Aier, proposed vote of thanks.

Door-to-door legal awareness campaign across State

KohiMa, NoveMber 2 (MexN): The Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) under the aegis of Legal Services Authority (LSA) today commenced the nationwide two day ‘Mass Door To Door Campaign’ across the State, with the goal of spreading the message of legal services and access to justice for all at the grassroots level with broadest level of outreach.

The first day of the campaign received extensive support and cooperation from the general public and citizens from all walks of life. The Para Legal Volunteers serving under various district headquarters were mobilize and started the cam-

A PLV interacting with residents of a colony in Kiphire.

paign in the early hour, covering 20-30 household by each Para Legal Volunteer. The Para legal Volunteers during the cam-

NHHDC Ltd Dimapur invites participants diMapur, NoveMber 2 (MexN): The Nagaland Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation (NHHDC) Ltd Dimapur is organizing a National Handloom Expo at Boarding Field, Sivasagar, Assam from December 2 to 5, sponsored by the Office of the Development Commissioner Handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Criteria for participants, all levels of NER Handloom Cooperative Societies, Corporation, Federations, Self Help Groups (SHG), JLGs of NER engaged in handloom production, Non-Government organization engaged in handloom and fulfilling the norms laid by CAPART, weaver entrepreneurs of NER engaged in Handloom weaving, sant kabir awardees, National awardees, State awardees and outstanding weavers, Consotia/Producer companies and SPVs of Handloom clusters, Members registered with Handloom Export Promotion Council (HEPC) and agencies registered under handloom mark.

All interested participants within and outside the State may apply to the Project Cell, NHHDC Ltd., Half Nagarjan, Dimapur, on or before November 28 during the office hour.

The stall shall be provided free of cost for the participants from NER State with participants lumpsum assistance.

This was informed in a press release issued by NHHDC Ltd Dimapur, Managing Director K. Hokishe Assumi.

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR DEAREST DADDY Late.RENTSAMO EZUNG (R.EZUNG)

Although you have left on this day for your eternal destination a year ago, we vividly remember and miss you dearly.

Loving Childre n and Grandchildre n

paign made direct contact with the common man and distributed free Legal literature and Literacy books, Pamphlets, flyers

with brief illustration, carrying the message on basic Laws, Provisions on Legal Rights, Legal Services Institutions and availability

of free legal services.

The District Legal Services Authorities with the support and assistance from panel lawyers took up the campaign in the courts, police department, government offices, churches, schools, colleges, colonies and into the villages. The public encountered during the campaign were made literate about the legal services institutions and availability of free legal services for the weaker and marginalized sections. The beneficiaries of the campaign were also informed on legal provision, rights and schemes that can benefit victims of crimes, women, children, senior citizens, consumers and RTI applicants.

Dr Benjongliba Aier releasing the 17th ASAN General Conference magazine at NU: SASRD Auditorium on November 2.

MedzipheMa, NoveMber 2 (MexN): “In spite of the hilly terrains in most of the State, the farmers are hard working and are receptive to the new technologies provided to them with great interest and thus added an advantage for higher level of production and productivity,” said Dr. N Benjongliba Aier, Parliamentary Secretary of Agriculture.

However, Aier added in his address at the 17th Agricultural Students’ Association of Nagaland (ASAN) General Conference that, “what is lacking in the State, is the infrastructure facilities, communications and marketing networks and lack of awareness of technical knowhow about the importance of various commercial interest.

Speaking as the chief guest at the Conference held under the theme ‘Innovation in Hill Agriculture’ at NU: SASRD Auditorium on November 2, Aier said that the tremendous scope and potentiality for hill agriculture in the state can be one of the alternatives for reviving the economy of the farmers in the State. He added, “Due to classified homogeneous and diverse agro-climatic conditions, if proper attentions are given, the entire State of Nagaland can become the agricultural bowl of the NE region.”

He also said, “Agriculture in Nagaland needs to undergo a radical overhaul, being a hilly state to become more sustainable. This is not just because it is important to take care of the environment by being hilly, but also because sustainability is absolutely necessary for the continuation of the productivity of the agro-ecosystem.

Threats to the environmental sustainability of agriculture threaten agriculture itself.”

He added that greater emphasis is

need on safeguarding natural resources and agro-ecological practices, as well as on tapping the wide range of traditional knowledge held by local communities and farmers, which can work in partnership with formal science and technology.

The Parliamentary Secretary also highlighted that despite ample increase in production of agricultural crops, the low productivity and profitability in several crops is still a challenge and a matter of concern. “Frequent climate changes and erratic weather pattern have also been compounding the risks of the farmers,” Aier said while adding, “there is also a great concern on the youth leaving the family farming business and moving to the cities.”

Taking into consideration the “concerns and issues,” Aier also suggested initiatives and innovations such as proper policy initiatives for doubling farmer’s income, improving availability of quality planting materials and seeds, hi-tech agriculture intervention, reducing cost of production through soil health management, enhancing nutrients uses efficiency, micro-nutrient management, ‘Per Drop More Crop’ agriculture and promoting fertigation system, ensuring higher price of farm produce and products by formation of SHGs, APMCs, Agriculture Cooperative societies, creating employment opportunities etc.

The chief guest also released the conference magazine and memento. Hoto Yeptho, Director, Department of Land Resources graced the conference as the guest of honour. It was chaired by Prof M Aleminla Ao, Advisor, ASAN. Scale model competition on the theme was also held during the conference, which will conclude on November 3.

Tobu becomes first LED Village in Mon District MoN, NoveMber 2 (MexN): Tobu became the first LED (Light Emitting Diode) Village under Mon district with the successful launching of the Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme by Temsuchuba Jamir, EAC Tobu Hq. More than 600 LED bulbs were distributed after a brief programme at

the Council Hall. Speaking at the launch, EAC Tobu Hq said the scheme aims to promote efficient use of energy at the residential level and enhance awareness of consumers about the efficacy of using energy efficient appliances.

The scheme initiated by the Administration of Tobu Sub division plans to cover more villages under

the sub division in the future. Under this scheme, consumers are able to buy high quality 9W LED bulbs at a discounted rate of Rs. 70 against the market price of Rs 350. The programme was chaired by BDO Tobu, W Moba while the technical report of the scheme was presented by the EAC Monyakshu, Sentilong Ozukum.

Temsuchuba Jamir, EAC Tobu Hq (extreme left) with others during the launching of the Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme.

Taking a Creative Leap: The SCAD Experience Vishü Rita Krocha

Kohima | November 2

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he SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) Atlanta visit proved to be a great learning experience for the educators from Nagaland and Northeast even as the 5-member team returned with invaluable lessons and inspiration. The thriving and creative learning environment coupled with the state of the art facilities at SCAD has undeniably created a lasting impression on the team.

Priyanka Joshi, Head of Art, Craft, Design and Technology Department, Assam Valley School explicitly stated that it was an excellent opportunity to interact with and gauge the complete potential of SCAD as an art and design institute for the graduation and post graduation studies of students at Assam Valley School. “I am very impressed by the world class infrastructure along with a talented faculty at SCAD,” she expressed, while also observing that “the diversity of students from all over the world is noteworthy.”

Further pointing out that along with the regular design aspirants, it was very encouraging to note the scholarships being offered for deserving students from all strata of life, she said, “I will certainly be recommending SCAD as a worthy design institution to my students to engage for further design education standards.” “I feel that the North East India, which is culturally so rich in art and craft heritage along with some supremely talented students, will find a great opportunity in getting traction at SCAD and its superb fa-

cilities,” she added.

While extending her profound gratitude to the SCAD Team, the Managing Director of G. Rio School Kohima, Khrienuo Moa said it was a wonderful opportunity given to the people of North East. She said that it was an eye opener for her in the field of art and design, and went on to state that, “my perspective on this field was very limited but attending SCAD has broadened my knowledge and I am looking forward to guide my students as well as the upcoming young people to avail these wonderful opportunities, based on their skills and interest.” Also noting that education has gone beyond textbooks, she expressed regret that Nagas are still theory-oriented instead of being skill-oriented. She was however glad that SCAD has taken this initiative and brought the idea of creative careers closer home.

Sashila Ozukum, Administrator of Hope Academy, Dimapur said she was exceptionally taken in by the creative space at SCAD while stating that such an ambience will just make the students excel. Also referring to the personal attention that the University gives to each student, she said the care and mentorship of the students are so important. “They put a lot of emphasis on where the students go from SCAD…it’s more like a family,” she added. In the meantime, she said that what she likes about SCAD is that “when one is enrolled, they have the liberty to choose to study in any of their five campuses and that way, students get more exposure.” “On the other hand, they have the liberty to be undecided for 2 years- SCAD helps the students to explore areas which

they would thrive in and choose their line of interest accordingly, which is really great,” she explained.

Stating that her SCAD experience was absolutely fantastic, Photographer, Zubeni Lotha enunciated that, “the best part is the student support from the college which lasts a lifetime apart from the amazing programs they have.” “I can't put into words what I have experienced,” she added.

The visiting 5-member team was especially impressed by the world class infrastructure at SCAD, the student care, the thriving learning environment, the facilities, the wide range of programs that the university offers, the internship and the high rate of industry placement among other things. They also felt that programs such as fashion, sculpture, animation, sound and film, photography, interior design, furniture design, graphic design, sequential art and writing would be a great fit for students both from Nagaland and North East India, while also opining that summer programs for students and teachers would be very beneficial.

SCAD will be visiting Nagaland in the first week of December during which Executive Director of International Recruitment and Relations, SCAD, Maken Imcha Payne and Associate Director of International Admissions, SCAD, Pelesino Ane Kevichusa will visit schools and meet with students. Apart from this, an event will also be held during the SCAD visit, bringing together educators from different schools, students, parents and interested individuals. In the meantime, interested students may also contact Pelesino Ane Kevichusa via email (akevichu@scad.edu).

Photo Courtesy: SCAD http://www.scad.edu/

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NORTH-EAST

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Mizoram starts identification of Reang refugees

AgArtAlA/AizAwl, November 2 (iANS): Amidst uncertainty of repatriation of over 31,000 Reang tribal refugees, living in Tripura for the past 19 years, Mizoram government officials on Wednesday began their identification.

"A 30-member team of Mizoram government officials led by the state's Mamit district Deputy Commissioner Lalbiaksangi arrived in north Tripura on Tuesday, and from today (Wednesday) they started the identification process," Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Kanchanpur Sub-Division Santosh Deb told IANS over phone.

He said: "The identification process would continue till November 21. After that the schedule of repatriation of refugees from Tripura to Mizoram would be finalised."

About 31,300 Reang tribals, who locally call themselves 'Bru', have been living in seven makeshift camps in North Tripura's Kanchanpur and Panisagar sub-divisions adjoining Mizoram since October 1997 after they fled their homes in western Mizoram following ethnic violence in the northeastern state.

Despite several initiatives by the Mizoram government to bring them back, the refugees have been reluctant to go back to their villages unless their demands for food and security are met.

Refugees' apex body, Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF), has been insisting that three teams of their organisations want to visit three Mizoram districts -- Mamit, Lunglei and Kolasib -- to see the situation there as

the tribal refuges would be rehabilitated in these three districts after the repatriation.

"We have sent a letter to Union Home Ministry's Special Secretary (Internal Security), Mahesh Kumar Singla, on October 18 to ask the Mizoram government to arrange the visit of the MBDPF leaders.

"We are yet to get any response from the MHA. How can the refugees return to Mizoram without seeing the local situation in those villages," MBDPF general secretary Bruno Msha told IANS. He said the MBDPF has submitted 14 points demands to the MHA. The demands include allotment of five hectares of land to each tribal family, undertake special development plan for the backward tribals and provide adequate security to the repatriated

refugees.

The refugee leader said the Home Ministry agreed to give each refugee family housing assistance of Rs 38,500, cash assistance of Rs 41,500, free rations for two years, blanket and utensils, while Mizoram would reimburse their transportation cost.

The ministry also verbally agreed to extend Rs 1.3 lakh housing scheme under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to each family, said the MBDPF leader, but added he was doubtful about the repatriation in the near future.

Kanchanpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate said that the Tripura government would provide the logistical support when the repatriation of refugees starts.

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MHA's Special Secretary (Internal Security) Mahesh Kumar Singla presided over the meeting where senior officials from the MHA, Tripura and Mizoram government and MBDPF leaders were present.

A Tripura government's official said that the Mizoram government officials wanted to start the repatriation from January 2017 instead of prescheduled November as the Union government had urged.

The Mizoram officials also remained noncommittal to the refugee leaders' desire to visit the proposed sites where the tribals would be rehabilitated after being repatriated.

The MHA officials recently visited Tripura and Mizoram and held a series of meetings with the officials of both governments and tribal leaders over the repatriation. The measures came in wake of the Supreme Court's directives about the repatriation, and the roadmap submitted by Mizoram on how it plans to rehabilitate the displaced people.

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Suzuki Baleno Wins 2017 Irish Small Car of The Year Award NEw DElHI, NovEmBER 2 (NDTv AuTo): Suzuki Baleno was recently awarded the title of Irish ‘Small Car Of The Year’ 2017. The Japanese carmaker’s popular hatchback won the Small Car category at the 2017 Irish Car of The Year ceremony following a test programme whereby 33 of Ireland’s motoring writers assembled to vote for the best new cars on the market. Dale Wyatt, Director of Automobile, said, “This award is really positive news for us at Suzuki as the launch of Baleno has opened up further opportunities to reach some important new buyers in the crowded small car segment. It appeals to customers who are looking for a more rational choice than Swift with extra interior space and larger boot capacity but who may not be looking to move up in size to a Vitara or S-Cross.” The Irish-spec Baleno is offered with a choice of two petrol engines: the 109bhp 1.0-litre Boosterjet and the 89bhp 1.2-litre Dualjet with SHVS (Smart Hybrid Vehicle by Suzuki). Baleno, manufactured exclusively in India, was launched here a little over an year ago. The hatchback, which recently achieved the one lakh sales milestone in India, is not only among Maruti Suzuki’s top-selling cars but also that of the nation’s.

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The plan of NSS (National Sample Survey) conducting regular suvey of employment and labour force is at an advanced stage. There will be a separate break-up in data of rural and urban areas, under this plan, he told PTI today.

“This initiative is important because it will give us regular (annual) estimates of labour force, the workforce and unemployment rates at the all-India level as well as for rural and urban areas separately”, Anant said.

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NEw DElHI, NovEmBER 2 (PTI): Government is keeping a “close watch” on the Tata-Mistry feud as developments at the USD 100 billion conglomerate can have implications for the economy, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said today.

The government, said Meghwal, who is also incharge of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) where corporate disputes eventually land up, will steer clear of the row as “it is an internal affair of Tata Sons”.

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On GST, he said it would be a significant new source of data for CSO (Central Statistical Office).

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tives are underway, including the Ministry’s support to state bureaus in this regard.

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NEw DElHI, NovEmBER 2 (FINANcIAl ExPREss): A Central Bank data shows that Indians have exported goods and services, worth over Rs 17 trillion over the last 44 years but have not remitted an equal amount in foreign exchange. An HT analysis of the Central Bank data showed that this might be the first estimate of how much the Indian economy might have suffered from the offshore accounts of tax evaders.

This amount is estimated to be at least one-fourth of India’s current Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The amount which is much higher now when adjusted according to the US Dollar is speculated to have been sitting in certain tax havens.

The HT analysis of the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) data collected from 1972-2015 an estimate of 95% of the Rs 17 trillion were exported over the last decade. The RBI data was based on 188,605 exported transactions which were not remitted back to India, which is a requirement under the rules of the Indian Foreign Exchange. While it might be possible that some of these payments might have been stuck due to defaults during the down periods in the economy but the data shows a constant rise in the under-recoveries over a period of time. Disguised export deals are not the only way to storing all the illegal funds in a bunker abroad either. Money laundering in stock markets is another of the well-known methods of evading taxes.

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LIC owns 7 per cent in Tata Motors, 13.91 per cent in Tata Steel, 13.12 per cent in Tata Power and 8.76 per cent in Indian Hotels.

Cyrus Mistry, who was unceremoniously removed as Chairman last month, has sought a meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, possibly to explain his side of the story.

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Nagas have had enough of armed conflict: CM KMC inform ads agencies, telcos Our Correspondent Chozuba | November 2

Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang said Nagas have had enough of armed confrontations and that it is high time Nagas find a peaceful solution through dialogue and negotiations.

Addressing a large gathering at Chazouba this afternoon on the occasion of inauguration of Chazouba Town Council, the Chief Minister said “negotiations through peaceful means is the only way to resolve the Naga issue and once it is resolved, gun culture will be a thing of the past.”

Lauding the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his determination to find a permanent peace to the protracted Naga political problem, Zeliang said both the Prime Minister and the Naga People’s Front (NPF) believe in non-violence and to find a peaceful solution through peaceful means pointing out the NPF has

the Motto of Fide Non Armis (By Faith, not by Arms).

Emphasising on the importance to find an early solution to the problem, the Chief Minister said that if Nagas were to wait any longer, more faction might crop up adding to the already 9 factions that we have today and that ultimately, the people would suffer.

“With the help and blessings of the Almighty God, we are now in a fortunate position of having a Government at the State level without opposition.

On the Naga political issue also, we are hopeful for an early peaceful solution, acceptable to the Naga people,” Zeliang said.

He also expressed optimism that even NSCN (K) will come back to renew the ceasefire agreement with Govt. of India. “At this juncture every Naga citizen should support solution for Permanent Peace.

Let us make this land free of armed conflict, which

The Chief Minister along with others during the of inauguration of Chazouba Town Council on November 2. (Morung Photo)

is the only way to take our state towards progress and development. It is also my desire that this spirit of unity and consensus prevailing at the state level should also percolate down to the grassroot level,” Zeliang said.

He added that there should also be more unity and consensus at the Village Council and Town Council levels also, so that we, the Nagas, can really march forward as one people, in our endeavour to find peace,

progress and prosperity.

On customary practices and Articvile 371 (A), the Chief Minister pointed out that as per the Village Council Act elections to village councils are done as per customary law but that town council elections will be done as per the electoral roll prepared ward wise.

“This was already accepted, and it had been practiced in some of our towns,” he pointed out adding the Nagaland Munici-

pal Act was passed in 2001 and amended in 2006, with 33 % women reservation.

“Article 371 (A) says not withstanding anything contained in this constitution, no act of Parliament shall apply to the state of Nagaland, unless the NLA so decide by a resolution.

Now, we find it difficult to fight against the Central Acts, which were already ratified by our own assembly in the past. Sometimes we forget what we have

done, but record always speaks the truth,” he rued.

He also pointed out that Individual or community land holding system cannot be applied to Townships because the land is purchased by the Government from the land owners and that Article 371(A) cannot be applied in the townships.

On the opposition from certain quarters against collection of taxes, the Chief Minister said Municipal taxes, shop permits fee etc are mainly for development of the town and to pay the salary of the workers, since unlike other taxes like CST or Nagaland Sales Tax, there is no central share or state share in such taxes collected by the Municipal or Town Councils.

He also said the Government had recently decided not to accept any land donated to the Government with condition from the land owner, but to acquire the land with direct purchase.

Orgs flay alleged assault on juvenile KDCC objects to present E-Roll Revision

Kohima, November 2 (mexN): More organisation have demanded justice over an alleged misconduct by a duty officer of North Police Station, Kohima by physically harassing a juvenile, who was taken into custody after being accused of theft.

The juvenile, who hails from Thenyizumi village, was arrested by the duty officer of North PS basing on a complaint filed by a government teacher on October 24 and allegedly tortured physically the the whole night.

KCSU: In a press issued by its President Hukhoto D. Vadeo and General Secretary Lucas Dukru, Kohima Chakhesang Students’ Union (KCSU) vehemently condemned the alleged assault and sought response from the concern authority on how an officer was on duty under the influence alcohol and if it allows torture of innocent public without

proper investigation under its custody.

On what ground was the graduate teacher stationed in Kohima when his posting is in Government Middle School Chozuba, the Union further posed.

The Union questioned on how the teacher had charged false allegation of theft against the juvenile when he himself “misplaced his cash and other belonging.”

KCSU also urged the concern authority to take necessary steps to “remove” the teacher from the institution before “similar or worst situation" arises in future.”

It also demanded action against the police personnel saying that such “barbaric and merciless action” of the officer charge is a crime against human.

The Union further urged every sensible citizen to strongly fight against “such brutal and insane act” and appealed the law enforcing authority to

award “befitting punishment to culprit as per the law of the land, in order to prevent such inhuman act in future.”

TUK: The Thenyizumi Union Kohima (TUK) has also expressed it shock and dismay over the alleged torture of the juvenile on October 24.

Stating that the juvenile was “brutally manhandled and physically assaulted,” TUK Chairman, Chekrongoi Theyo and General Secretary vehemently condemned the action and demanded befitting punishment against the culprit as per the law of the land.

“We shall press towards the end of justice and until that that time, we seek the support of the people to come and support the cause for the interest of all,” the Union further stated.

It further expressed its gratitude to doctors at Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima and all those who rendered support to the victim.

Lower Chandmari Panchayat informs Kohima, November 2 (mexN): The Panchayat Lower Chandmari Colony (PLCC), Kohima has informed all its residents that there will be a mass social work from 6AM-10 AM on November 5.

A press note from the PLCC General Secretary Bentilo Rengma said that

the social work is compulsory for all residents.

Meanwhile, in view of the upcoming municipal election, the summary revision of electoral roll for municipal council is currently underway. In this regard, the PLCC further informed that the colony residents can file for inclu-

sion, disposal, deletion, and transposition etc of their electoral roll from its office from 7AM-9AM till November 9.

Residents wanting the avail LED bulbs/tubes can do so by contacting PLCC officials and paying Rs 70 per item till November 8, it added.

Kohima, November 2 (mexN): The Kohima District Congress Committee (KDCC) voiced out strong objections to the present Summary Revision of E-Roll as ordered for completion with 10 days from November 1.

A press release from the KDCC stated that it was “disheartened” to observed that the draft electoral roll for Municipal/Town Councils as brought forth by Kohima District Administration in respect of the 19 Wards in Kohima “appears to be that of the latest E-Roll Summary Revisions made for Assembly Elections”.

The KDCC opined that the E-Roll for the urban local bodies(ULBs) “should be done from 2004 till date with sufficient time” granted to the Electoral Registration Of-

ficer so that all eligible electorates will be able to register in the democratic exercise.

In this, KDCC requested the State Government and the Department concern to implement the Municipal Guidelines “in letter and spirit” and immediately order complete revision of the E-Roll for all the wards and colonies under the Municipal and Town Councils.

As per “The Nagaland Municipal Election Rules, 2003” Summary Revision of E-Roll for Municipal and Town Councils should be separately prepared for each ward of the Municipality in accordance with the rules, the KDCC insisted.

If the E-Roll for Assembly Election is to be followed, almost half of the electorates for ULBs will not get opportunity to exercise

Kohima, November 2 (mexN): The Kohima Municipal Council today said that many advertisement agencies Tele communication companies and organizations etc have been displaying their hoarding without seeking prior permission from the Municipality.

All such activities are to be undertaken with the expressed written permis-

sion of the Municipality as per Chapter-V section 161 of the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001, KMC Administrator Kovi Meyase said in a press note. In this connection, the KMC directed all the concerned entities to comply with the rules laid under the Act. Failure to do so would entail needful action as provided under section 166,167 & 168 of the Act, it added.

Meetings & AppointMents DUCCF social work Dimapur Urban Council Chairman Federation (DUCCF) will have a mass social work under the urban municipal area on November 5 from 6:00 am to 8:00 am.

The cleanliness drive is to create awareness and to curb the outbreak of dengue fever, informed Information & Publicity, DUCCF. Therefore, all the colony councils have been requested to sensitise the general public to clean every stagnant water within their compound and surrounding that may breed mosquitoes.

ZSU 1st Union Assembly All the members of the Zhavame Students’ Union (ZSU) are informed that the 1st Union Assembly for the tenure 2016-17 is scheduled to be held on November 5 at CAN Building, D.Block; Kohima at 1:00pm. Therefore, all the concern members are requested to attend the Union Assembly without fail. All the ex-presidents of Zhavame Students’ Union and the Constitution Drafting Committee Old and new are requested to be present.

their franchise as the last BJP Peren Unit meeting Municipal Election in the State was held in 2004 with The Peen district BJP unit will be having its district executive the creation of separate E- meeting on November 4 at Rest House Hall, Jalukie Town.

Roll, the Kohima Congress The meeting will be convened right after the consultative general meeting of the district unit on the same day. argued.

With urbanization, thousands of electorates are migrating into the town areas, it observed and pointed out that the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) order of “One Man One Vote” would result in thousands not having registration in the E-Rolls in Town areas despite being residents of colonies and wards because of maintaining their names in the E-Rolls of their respective villages.

The KDCC cautioned that it would be left with no option but to knock the doors of court for legal ac- Shamator, Novem- ings and to judiciously use tion if its appeal “is not pur- ber 2 (mexN): Yimchun- public property and also grü Akherü Arihako (YAA) urged the public to extend sued in all earnestness”. office cum library was inau- their co-operation and pargurated by DUDA Director ticipation in order to forge K S Anden Konyak and ded- ahead in every sphere.

The program was icated by YBBA President Village and presently stay- Rev. R Thsankiu at Shamator chaired by P. Thsantsuing in Mon Town. Plastic town on November 1. The mong, Literary Secretary explosives of Chinese origin construction was funded by YAA while it started with inalong with two detonators DUDA under the initiative of vocation by Chimjiba Marwere found in possession ENSF, a press note from Me- tin, Catechist St. Francis of the cadre which were to dia Cell YAA informed. In Church, Shamator. A vote be used for fabricating im- his welcome address, YAA of thanks was given by L. provised explosive devices, Acting President T Solumba Akhang General Secretary lauded DUDA for financ- while the Chaplain Police it added. ing the construction and Baptist Fellowship Shamasaid that the inauguration tor Shophu pronouced the of YAA office cum Library benediction. YTC Presiwas a long cherished dream dent and Kaisa, Cultural Maiya is observed for a peri- which was realized despite Secretary, YWO also spoke on the occasion. It was also od of four days and celebrat- many hurdles. attended by Col. Vineet, Speaking on the occaed to thank the Sun for sustaining life on earth and for sion as the Chief Guest, An- Commandant 15 Assam grant of certain wishes. “May den Konyak expressed his Rifle, representative from the festival bring peace, happiness over the prop- YBBA, YGBU, Shamator happiness and well-being er utilization of allotted Town Public Forum, Shato all”, it said. fund. He also called upon mator Town Council, GBs, the people of Shamator DBs, and federating units to have a sense of belong- President.

YAA office cum library inaugurated

NSCN (K) cadre arrested in Mon

DimaPUr, November 2 (mexN): An alleged NSCN (K) cadre was arrested today by the troops of 35 Assam Rifles in Mon Town, an AR press note informed. The cadre was apprehended during a search operation based on specific

information about likely "execution of sabotage activities, illegal taxation and extortion cadres in Mon District," it added.

The AR identified the apprehendee as Corporal Nyeiwang Konyak, an active NSCN (K) cadre from Tang

DBS extend Chhat Puja greetings

DimaPUr, November 2 (mexN): The Dimapur Bengali Samaj (DBS) has extended its festive greetings to all the observers of Chhath Puja.

Offering the greeting on his own and on behalf of the

Samaj, DBS President of K. K. Paul said in a press note that the puja is a celebration of faith, trust, cleanliness & social equality.

An ancient Vedic festival dedicated to the Hindu GodSurya, the Sun and Chhathi

ANSTA suggests measures to address pending salary issue NSCN (IM) shocked by More orgs extend solidarity to teachers demise of GHQ chaplain

DimaPUr, November 2 (mexN): The All Nagaland School Teacher’s Association (ANSTA) has submitted a representation to the Nagaland State Chief Minister suggesting several measures to alleviate the problem of pending salaries of teachers appointed under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS).

The ANSTA suggested that Utilization Certificate (UC) of the scheme be submitted in time; the state matching share be remitted in due time; salary component of teachers should not be diverted for other purpose under no circumstances; top priority be accorded to teacher’s salaries; and payment of teachers salary from the state resources before funding agency releases fund.

To implement these suggestions, the ANSTA also urged the Minister of School Education to tie up closely with the Departments of Finance and Planning besides working with the President and Chairman of the Nagaland Education Mission Society (NEMS), which looks after the CSS schemes.

It further asked the Chief Minister, who is also

President of the NEMS to accord top priority to the salary component of the teaching community “as it has a direct link with the caCCoFA: Coordination Commit- expressed its deep concern over the reer of thousand innocent tee on Fuel adulteration (CCoFA) ve- ongoing crisis in the state school edustudents.” hemently condemning “brutality and cation department and also extended On current non-release high handedness” of the government its solidarity with the teachers. of salary for about 2600 Sarusing water canon on peaceful demThe state government has no right va Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) DimaPUr, November 2 onstration led by NSSTA termed it as a to deprive the livelihood of the teachand 1379 Hindi teachers, (mexN): More organisations have “the gravest of injustice meted out by a ers, CSNA asserted in a press note the ANSTA said that “none extended their solidarity with the agi- democratic government, acting more from its President Charles Lotha and of the teacher wanted to tating SSA teachers under the aegis of in an autocratic mold.”

General Secretary Yimlanger Jamir boycott classes or to agi- Nagaland SSA Teachers Association A press note from Media Cell, appealing the state government as tate since we know our (NSSATA). They also condemned the CCoFA said that such habitual use of well as the School Education departassigned responsibilities goverment high-handedness against brute force is "arbitrary, highly illegal." ment to immediately meet the depeaceful protesters in Kohima on Nomore than anyone else.”

The state is going “awry and fail- mands of the teaching community.

However, it pointed out vember 1. ing” indicated by the rise the “grievIt is a great mockery on the part of AAPN: Aam Aadmi Party Naga- ances and discontentment” of the the government to speak about teachthat “many a times, deliberate negligence of govern- land (AAPN) today declared its “full general public in all spheres of life and ing as the “noblest of professions” ment in attending the gen- and unconditional support” to the the failure of the government to re- while depriving the livelihood of the uine grievances of teaching teachers of Nagaland saying that it spond adequately and justly, it added. teachers, it added. fraternity compel teachers was “disgraceful and shameful” on the The brute responses by the GovBeing engaged in a ‘noble profesto take road of confronta- part of the NPF Government to keep ernment in addressing these issues is sion’ without salary would not ensure tion and students are made salaries of SSA teachers unpaid for al- indicative of its nervousness on issues quality education, CSNA said remindto bear the brunt of pro- most six months. The shapers of future of misappropriation and corruption, it ing the government to ensure that the test- which is indeed pain- generations cannot do so in an empty further noted. noble profession is dignified, with ful and unbecoming for stomach, said AAPN State Convenor While the government had prom- good and regular salaries, and guarmaking innocent learners Dr S Amos Lkr in a press note. ised to pay the salary of aggrieved anteed the respect due to them. suffers for no fault of them.”

Further condemning the un- teachers, CCoFA also expressed apIt further expressed concerned It reminded that CSS democratic Government’s action on prehension that it might be only a that thousands of careers of students teachers have been ap- protesting teachers on November 1 temporary reprieve and the teachers severely affected by the ongoing crisis pointed as per the require- in Kohima, AAPN said it was “inhu- may be forced to resort to agitation since the academic session is coming ment of the state govern- man and barbarous” on the part of again. It also asked the state govern- to an end. ment. “However, when one the Government to suppress even ment to step down over mismanageIn this regard, CSNA asked the sees the mode of payment peaceful protest. If need be, the Party ment and corruption. state government to meet the deof teacher’s salary, the sce- will join the agitation with the teachCSNA: The Central Nagaland mands of the agitating teachers imnario is very bleak for CSS ers in future, it added.

Students’ Association (CNSA) today mediately.

Teacher’s as many are not being paid on regular ba- that if the pending sala- sociation would resort to even affect the forthcom- TA appealed to the CM to ries of the teachers are state wide agitation “in the ing final board examina- take all possible measures sis,” it lamented.

It further cautioned not released early, the as- strongest term which may tions.” As such, the ANS- promptly to address issue.

State Govt’s (in) action decried

DimaPUr, November 2 (mexN): The NSCN (IM) has expressed its deep shock over the sudden demise of Late Captain [Posthumous] Ramayon Chithung, the chaplain of General Headquarters Church, Naga Army after a cardiac arrests at OMSK [Referral) Hospital Dimapur on November 2. He was the son of Late Angam under Sorde village in Ukhrul District, Manipur.

Expressing its profound grief over his untimely demise, the MIP NSCN (IM) in a press note informed that Late Chithung enrolled in the Naga Army on March 26, 2008 and subsequently

served with dedication, sincerity and loyalty till he breathed his last.

The NSCN (IM) stands and salutes in paying homage to the departed soul and he shall always be remembered and cherished, it added.

Lamenting the loss of a great son and patriot, it said that the vacuum left behind by him “is greatly felt and shall be difficult to fill.”

“We expressed our heartfelt sympathy and share our pain and grief with the bereaved family members at this hour.

May the almighty God give strength and solace to overcome this tragedy.”

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 302

By Aheli moitra

We Shall Overcome

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s the protestors marched on, the sharp pain of water from a fire hose hit them. Some fell, others were thrown into a chill. As they held on to each other, they continued to sing ‘We Shall Overcome’ in cycles that would torment the State forever, and change the course of history.

This may sound like the November 1 water bombing of protesting teachers in Kohima, but 53 years ago, as Nagaland State was being carved out of the erstwhile Assam, the United States of America (USA) was undergoing a dramatic transformation as scenes like these played out numerous times over.

In 1963, the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. had gathered momentum in the “most (racially) segregated” city of Birmingham in Alabama State, USA—people of colour could not eat at ‘white’ restaurants or drink from ‘white’ water fountains; injustice and discrimination ruled as people of colour were not even allowed to vote.

Having designed a direct action campaign based on the tenets of nonviolence, several leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) had been jailed by May 1963.

This led them to mobilise children to carry the protest marches forward for the cause of civil rights and liberties.

Words spelled out by Martin Luther King Jr. greatly encouraged the children. “A man can’t ride your back unless it is bent,” he had said. Unjust laws had definitely bent the backs of the coloured people living in North America, and it was time that they refused to let it continue. Children poured out in thousands into the streets of Birmingham city—and they were punished just as much.

One of the most powerful and distressing images to emerge from the children’s march was of them being shot at with water cannons and dogs let loose on them by the local administration. Many children were seen continuing to hold hands, singing ‘We Shall Overcome.’ The children’s march, and the subsequent images, changed the tide of the civil rights movement—in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was enacted by the United States Congress that outlawed discrimination and brought in a platform for equal opportunities.

On November 1, 2016, we saw teachers of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in Nagaland resorting to protests in Kohima for six months’ worth of unpaid salaries. As they came from several districts of Nagaland State, some with infants in hand, they were rudely shocked by water cannons unleashed on them by the Government of Nagaland. Footage emerging from the site of protest showed that as jets of water from fire trucks ran through rows of protesting teachers, they remained nonviolent, continuing to sing ‘We Shall Overcome.’

The State Government is answerable for this unjust behaviour. Teachers are in the profession of building blocks for a stable society of the present and the future—that they have to resort to street protests to demand their dues, shows how serious the Government is about the future of the State. Further, the Government has resorted to violence after failing to perform its duties towards the people; it has fallen to the ranks of criminality to uphold its falling legitimacy.

When a State loses its sense of responsibility, it should either rethink its direction or stand to lose power. If the current Government does not want the latter, it is time for it to come up with imaginative solutions to the problem of salaries that has continued to plague teachers and doctors of Nagaland State—it will not be long before nonviolent direct action becomes the norm, as the people overcome the injustices of their times.

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New breast cancer cases to rise to 3.2 mn a year by 2030

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y 2030, the number of women diagnosed every year with breast cancer could almost double to 3.2 million and cervical cancer cases can rise at least 25 per cent to over 700,000 globally unless urgent action is taken, a study has cautioned.

India and China are two countries with the largest number of women with breast and cervical cancer, show the findings of the study, published in the Lancet.

Globally, cervical and breast cancer take the lives of 800,000 women every year -- with two-thirds of breast cancer deaths and nine out of 10 cervical cancer deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.

Five-year survival after diagnosis for breast cancer ranges from around 50 per cent in South Africa, Mongolia and India, to over 80 per cent in 34 countries, including Australia, the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and the US, highlighting huge inequalities in access to prevention, early detection, and treatment.

Persistent underinvestment in low- and middle-income countries, which receive just 5 per cent of global funding for cancer, has exacerbated the issue.

Further, with many competing health priorities in lowand middle-income countries, services for women's cancers are given low priority and allocated few resources.

In addition, "there is a widespread misconception that breast and cervical cancers are too difficult and expensive to prevent and treat, particularly in resource-poor countries where the burden of these diseases is highest," said lead author Ophira Ginsburg, professor at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Yet, breast and cervical cancer are not inevitably fatal and can be prevented and treated, say the authors, particularly if they are detected and treated at an early stage, the researchers observed.

"There are several low-cost, feasible interventions that do not require specialised care in hospital or massive capital investment, and which could be integrated into existing healthcare programmes," explains Lynette Denny, professor at University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Cervical cancer, for example, is almost entirely preventable thanks to cost-effective routine human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of girls and cervical screening with treatment of pre-cancers, neither of which require oncologists, or specialist cancer centres, and can prevent 600,000 future cervical cancer deaths in the world's poorest countries over the next four years.

While mammography and late treatment of breast cancer are likely unaffordable, clinical breast examination screening and breast awareness campaigns are likely to be cost-effective in diagnosing early stage breast cancer in LMICs, and could in turn help promote early treatment.

The response to women's cancers needs to be seen as a vital part of international commitments to achieve universal health coverage and the new sustainable development goals, the authors said.

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A common man on the road to power The new film An Insignificant Man narrates the startling rise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Indian politics – a riveting story of outsider charisma and audacity confronting power and inequality

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scrum of men struggle for space with strained voices and pained expressions.

Squirming hands clasp at limbs and clothing, or snatch idly into the air. “The table is about to fall!” Soldiers in green uniforms and berets push back at the crowd, protecting a rack of press microphones that encircle a small podium. Journalists, clinging to their cameras and notepads, press themselves inwards. “Mr. Kejriwal!"

The sea of bodies parts and a man, seemingly unremarkable, takes position in the centre of the frame.

The camera shakes and the shouting increases.

Hands and voices reach out to him from all sides, but Arvind Kejriwal is solemn and unflinching, fixing his gaze outwards.

This short scene is one of many powerful moments in An Insignificant Man, a striking new documentary that chronicles the startling rise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Indian politics, set in the restless metropolis of Delhi. Evolving out of a high-profile anti-corruption movement, the AAP – or ‘Common Man’s Party’ – became a serious political force in 2012, promising to break the mould of stagnant, opaque politics that has been shared by India’s major parties for decades.

First-time directors Vinay Shukla and Khushboo Rankla have made a impressive debut of their own with this compelling film, a crowdfunded project that saw them work meticulously over two turbulent years in Delhi, gathering over 400 hours of footage. The final result is a distinctive combination of sweeping cinematics, conscientious editing and unrivalled access to the AAP that makes for a remarkable level of intimacy and drama. With the birth of India’s newest party as a point of departure, tension accumulates organically and relentlessly throughout An Insignificant Man, enthralling viewers and bringing them to the protagonist’s side with little obvious effort.

This protagonist – the ‘insignificant man’ – is Arvind Kejriwal, a former tax official whose exposure to India’s unscrupulous political culture led him to quit his job in 2006 and plunge himself into the chaotic world of anti-corruption activism. With a clear aptitude for leadership, Arvind’s honesty, dedication and stoicism won him a loyal following during 2011’s Jan Lokpal movement, during which he played a key role in mobilising civil resistance against kleptocratic practices in the world’s largest democracy. Since then, the momentum of anti-establishment politics has carried Kejriwal, now a divisive figure, to lofty heights.

But in retelling this extraordinary journey, Shukla and Rankla are careful not to lose sight of Kejriwal’s status as an ‘outsider’ in Indian politics. As the film opens, we are quickly familiarised with a diminutive, middle-aged man who carries an earnest, pensive air as he listens to the grievances of his supporters. We see Kejriwal – a determined activist but long estranged from politics – command the attention of huge crowds and the admiration of volunteers.

“Such a small man exposing such powerful people!”

As India’s political elite reels from the corruption scandal, it is not long before Kejriwal finds himself pressed from all sides into forming a party.

An immediate hero for many, Kejriwal wins the veneration of more and more as his style and approach becomes clearer. His supporters follow him as he rejects charity work in favour of system change, nurture and celebrate him when he goes on hunger strike, and swear oaths to him that they will never again be bribed for their votes.

The insignificant man becomes a notorious personality and unmistakable leader; soon Kejriwal is at the centre of the political drama film Satyagraha, played by Ajay Devgan. On the streets, thousands follow Kejriwal’s example by donning the famous Gandhi hat, a co-option of Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy that shames the ruling Congress Party, represented in Delhi by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Watched by millions, the emboldened leader of the AAP speaks truth to power, exchanging hard blows with Dikshit, whose seat Kejriwal sets his sights on.

But the character of Kejriwal is complex, and one of An Insignificant Man’s strongest points is its evenhanded portrayal of a man who has both vice and virtue. His single-minded approach to politics can become stubborn and parochial, holding back his transition from activist to political leader. Often this comes down to a trade-off familiar to ‘outsider’ politics: idealism versus pragmatism. As the AAP takes institutional shape in Delhi, it stumbles on questions of participation and devolved power, leading Kejriwal to assert his authority at the expense of his party’s promise for participatory democracy.

Shukla and Rankla have not shied away from depicting these difficult moments with consideration.

More than anything, they serve as an important reminder of the challenges that energised social movements must overcome on the road to empowerment.

Kejriwal and his colleagues are visibly torn by the tough choices that are forced upon them, by the political establishment but also by citizens who have become wary of debate and sceptical of democracy.

As the film progresses, it is hard to escape the sense that compromise is their only viable route past the high walls of Indian politics.

Though Kejriwal is the film’s anchor, he is brilliantly offset by a range of colourful characters, whose roles in the rise of the AAP are certainly not undervalued by the directors. Early on we are acquainted with Yogendra Yadev, a high-profile political analyst who was key to the party’s formation. Tall, bearded and sincere, Yadev is perceptive and measured where Kejriwal is emotive and forthright. He speaks with lucidity and assurance, giving the AAP an academic rigour that underpins its distinctive ap-

proach to democracy and the common good.

The industry and charisma of Yadev and Kejriwal is shown in marked contrast to the complacency of Sheila Dikshit and the Congress Party. Chief minister of Delhi for 15 years, Dikshit leads a campaign that looks solely into the past, rejecting the AAP as a viable party of government. Along with the AAP’s energetic young candidate, Santosh Koli, Dikshit represents one of few women in the political landscape of Delhi, and in the film overall. In fact, there is a noticeable lack of women in Arvind Kejriwal’s movement, not only at the top rung of his party, but also in the crowds, which are frequently dominated by adult men. This apparent imbalance is perhaps the key issue that An Insignificant Man leaves unexplored.

Shukla and Rankla’s documentary is in many ways a fascinating showcase of what makes Indian politics unique, but it also shows striking parallels to other contemporary social movements, especially those that offer a critique of political elites and corruption. This duality resonates strongly with viewers and is certainly a source of pride for the directors.

When I spoke to Shukla, he was keen to highlight the huge spectrum of political movements and crises that viewers have called upon, ranging from Egypt to Cambodia, and even to the western world. For him and Rankla, it is these points of convergence that make Arvind Kejriwal’s story so resonant for a diverse array of viewers. These parallels also offer important lessons on the practice of democracy and power in a claustrophobic political landscape, from which almost any social movement could learn a great deal.

An Insignificant Man is probing and arresting, compelling its viewers to be swept along with the highs and lows of the AAP’s journey. We are bewildered by the movement’s mistakes, but also by its astonishing success in a city fraught with corruption and political apathy. As his journey twists and turns through triumph and crisis, through tragedy and jubilation, Arvind Kejriwal is unchanged in his dedication to the cause of the common man. His resolution, in spite of his apparent insignificance, is perfectly captured in this captivating documentary, itself an extremely valuable reminder that even the ‘outsider’ can have a meaningful impact on democratic progress.

East Timor: Number of women in politics skyrockets

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ith Hillary Clinton in the race to be the first female president of the United States and British Prime Minister Theresa May and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel leading some of the biggest economies in the world, gender and political leadership has never been such a hot topic.

So how are women faring in elections in the developing world - where they’re often sidelined in decision making, expected to do the lion’s share of housework and treated as secondclass citizens?

In Timor-Leste, women make up 38 percent of the parliament thanks to a quota system, but at the village council level, only 2% of village heads are women.

Despite this, Timorese girls and women have made strides in getting their voices heard in village and district councils, and 2016 could be a breakthrough year thanks to important new legislation brought about by the advocacy and lobbying of an alliance of women’s organisations.

A new election law, ratified in July, requires a female candidate to stand in every election for village chief and hamlet chief.

Almost all (98%) of the 442 village chiefs and 2,225 hamlet chiefs are currently men, but when votes are cast on Saturday, these new rules have the potential to give women a stronger voice and representation in local politics, helping transform the gender balance of local decision making.

Over the past 15 years, quotas for women candidates have proved a highly effective way to increase the number of women elected to parliaments in both developed and developing countries.

A 2012 amendment to Ireland’s electoral act contributed to the highest percentage of women elected to the Irish

Parliament (22%), an increase from 15% at the previous general election. The act stipulated that at least 30% of candidates must be female, or party funding would be cut.

In Rwanda, thanks to a quota system introduced in 2003 that reserved 24 out of 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies for women, more than half the country’s parliament is now made up of women.

But quotas alone, though significant, are only part of the solution. Support and vision from men in positions of authority is also needed. When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed women to half his cabinet positions, he sent a powerful signal that he believed women should have an equal say in the leadership of his country.

In Timor-Leste, Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo demonstrated his support for gender equality in politics, not only by overseeing election law changes in 2016 and leading Timor-Leste’s International Women’s Day march in 2015, but also by interrupting his schedule, on a recent visit to Aileu district, to lend his support to women candidates training for the forthcoming elections.

In addition to legal changes and support of male leaders, we need changes in the attitudes of boys and men towards girls and women.

Plan International, supported by the Folke Bernadotte Academy of Sweden, has been working with Timorese women’s organisations Asosiasaun FADA, Foukupers, Ba Feto Timor, Fundacao Patria and Caucus since 2014, to develop women and girls’ leadership by providing training in key skills including public speaking, debating and

advocacy. It also supports the “100% I’m Ready” campaign, which has been identifying potential women candidates and preparing them for local leadership positions since 2014.

As a result of this work, for the upcoming 2016 village and hamlet elections, there are 58 women candidates in Aileu district - including Joana Babo who has a small catering business and Selestra Fatima, a farmer.

So what challenges do TimorLeste’s women face as they seek office?

male candidate should not stand for election as she can’t ride a motorbike.

His argument was that she wouldn’t be able to travel around the district to deal with issues at short notice, and would be reliant on others to take her to meetings. A reasonable concern?

In Timor-Leste, girls and women are far less likely to have been taught to ride a motorcycle than boys and men, and to own one, especially in rural areas.

The provision of motorbike training for female candidates’ post-election could resolve this. The government alChIldCAre ready provides a motorbike for every Around the world, women political village chief, so extending this budget candidates, unlike their male counter- to cover training, or an allowance is not parts, will always be questioned about unrealistic. children.

Timor-Leste’s female election PreSSUre Not to StANd candidates are getting used to this One candidate told me she faced question. Most have families and are pressure to stand down when memexpected to cover the majority of child- bers of the village council suggested care and domes- reducing the number of village chief tic work. In some candidates from four to two. After tellcases, it’s being ing them she would report this to the used to suggest prime minister, they backed down and women aren’t up all candidates are standing. to the job of beFrom North America to Europe, ing a local leader.

Rwanda to Timor-Leste, achieving greater gender parity in politics requires resilPoverty ience to stand up to those people who Election candidate Joana Babo’s don’t want change, vision from leaders, husband is sick and unable to work, changes to election law and practice, deso family income is stretched, making termination and courage. standing for election a tough decision.

Change does happen. In the 2010 vilBut Joana’s experience is a strength lage chief elections, there were just two not a weakness. She understands the female candidates in all of Aileu district’s challenges faced by local people, many 31 villages. This year, there are 28. of whom are subsistence farmers living Across Timor-Leste, there will be at on less than $2 a day. If elected, she’s least 100 women candidates this year committed to promoting assistance for - trained, confident and buoyed up by vulnerable families and ensuring all the support they give each other. children go to school.

Lala Soares is the manager of Plan InUNexPeCted bArrIerS ternational Timor-Leste’s programme One male incumbent village chief, on women and girls participation in standing for re-election, said that a fe- local governance.

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Should Lead Manipur’s ‘National Back Day’ Who the WHO Next? and the POLITICS OF MEMORY Lyndal Rowlands

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n October 18th, Irom Sharmila Chanu finally took the plunge into electoral politics by announcing the formation of the People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) at Hall No.1 of the Imphal Press Club in the presence of media persons, supporters and some random wanderers like me. In the parliamentary and assembly political space dominated by Congress and a rising BJP (by inducing defections in the Congress), two mainland origin parties, there exists a space for a Manipur centric party that puts Manipur’s interest first and not the diktats of a distant high-command.

That space has always existed. And it looks like that is the political voice PRJA is aiming to be, when its convener Erendro Leichombam says, “Did Modi pledge that he will repeal AFSPA, initiate ILP, or bestow ST status for the Meiteis?? Did he say Manipur tribals should have the right to manage their own affairs?? Did Sonia Gandhi say so at any point?? Never. So don't believe when your local gunda leaders shout their lungs out and make petty promises in your leikais and khuns. They are all corrupt thikadars happy to barter their souls for cash. While these national leaders strengthen their own power over the States, not empower them. Manipuris need to resolve their own internal issues, and problems. We compound the problem when we let outsiders to broker our issues. It's time the Praja of Manipur cut out the middlemen, sit together and figure things out by themselves”.

I took a flight from Kolkata to Imphal on 15th October to give a set of lectures at the Manipur University. It is always hard to leave your home on days such as these for an auspicious celebration like the Kojagori Lakshmi Pujo, celebrated in millions of homes all across Bengal – both East and West, is taking place. That pujo is more special for me as I have named my daughter Kojagori. The Kojagori Lakshmi Pujo day, based on the Bengali calendar tithi, falls on different Gregorian calendar days in different years. This auspicious day, in Hindu Bengali socio-political memory, also is the day of the anti-Bengali Hindu massacre in Noakhali in 1946, in the run up to the communal partition of Bengal in 1947. But that memory is fading. That day is an annual renewal of hope – of prosperity and fortune, through the worshipping of the goddess.

The flight was uneventful, apart from the customary Indian national disrespect and indignity all non-Hindi people face in such flights. In that plane filled mostly with Bengalis and Manipuris, flying between West Bengal and Manipur, no safety instruction was given in the language of either Bengalis or Meiteis or other Manipuris, but in Hindi and English, thus displaying the lack of concern about the safety of nonHindi people in flights. Even something as important as passenger safety takes a backseat because the Indian Union government is intent on using every opportunity

to show the non-Hindi peoples under their administration that who is the boss.

Be that as it may, right after I reached Imphal, when I was on the road to reach my guesthouse, it struck me that the roads were almost completely empty. Almost all shops were closed. This was in the middle of the day, in early afternoon. On inquiry, I was told that today was 15th October. “So?”, I asked. As if waking up to the fact that I was an outsider, my informant told me that 15th October was the National Black Day. Hence, the shutdown – part protest and part custom. Now my Manipur political history nodes in my brain got active. Right, it was 15th October after all.

What is 15th October or National Black Day in Manipur? On 15th October 1949, Manipur was merged into the Indian Union under extremely dubious circumstances. Many in Manipur maintain that the merger was outright illegal. We don’t hear about such things because it perturbs the glorified version stories of the Indian Union being a voluntary union of sorts.

The other reason is the purported "insignificance" of Manipur in the "Indian national" scene. This "national scene" effectively came into being in the Indian Union after it was proclaimed as a Republic in 1950. Even before the Indian Union was a Republic, it dismissed the democratically elected Praja Shanti party led government of Manipur. Supporting annexation with the Indian Union, the Congress had fought the elections of Manipur and lost. Independent Manipur, with a constitution and a government elected under that constitution and at that point not a part of India, was annexed by the Union of India, which still didn’t have a constitution and wasn’t a Republic. Indian Union government (in which there were no Manipuri representa-

tives) brought ‘democracy’ to Manipur by house-arresting the unelected King of Manipur when he was in Shillong and making him sign a merger document under extreme coercion and display of force. Manipur’s elected representative government vehemently opposed this annexation.

When an elected government exists, sovereignty does not reside in the body of the constitutional monarch but in the elected assembly. For example, if the Queen Elizabeth II is kidnapped and forced to sign away the independence of the UK to Russia, it won’t be legal since sovereignty and the rights to sign that off resides in the British parliament. Original sins often create particularly bad ulcers. Excision is not an option for an entity that has creation-myths going back to the age of flying chariots and even further past. Hence "insignificant" ulcers bleed on as the rest of the body is on sugar-pills, reading history and civics dutifully from official textbooks. That Manipur has maintained its own discourse on these issues was evident in the fact that there were detailed discussions on the disputed annexation issue in the primetime slot on ISTV, one of Manipur’s main TV channels.

After Manipur’s “National Black Day”, the Coalition for Indigenous Rights Campaign (CIRCA) observed 18th October as Manipur National Day, commemorating the first sitting of the democratically elected Manipur assembly on that day in 1948.

Surviving family members of the participants of that assembly were honoured. It is not accidental that PRJA chose that same date for its press conference in which it officially announced its formation and participation in the upcoming 2017 assembly elections of Manipur. PRJA convener invokes precisely that moment, when he said on 18th October, “Exactly 68 years ago to-

day in 1948, Democracy was inaugurated in Manipur. Historians consider this the first of its kind; clearly even before India had its own constitution in 1950. To underscore the spirit of Democracy, today, October 18th 2016, we launched our regional party "Peoples Resurgence & Justice Alliance" (PRJA). Why "Peoples Resurgence"?

For a long time, we have been denied the right to understand our own history, we have been denied the privilege to feel proud of our glorious History, the current crop of sheepish leadership forces us, the peoples, to forget our past and has created an environment where we must resign ourselves to apathy and frustration. But it is only when we know we are glorious that we can strive for greater glories. We must revive our identity. Without understanding who we are as a people, we wouldn't know where we should be heading. Our identity is our self-confidence. Our identity is our dignity. Our identity is our freedom. Manipur needs to "wake up" and rediscover that it is a society of honor, integrity, and pride”.

In the crowded and cynical electoral political space of Manipur, whether the PRJA with Irom Sharmila Chanu as its mascot will make any dent whatsoever, only time will tell. Few expect them to do the kind of spectacular debut that Asom Gana Parishad or Telugu Desam Party did in their first electoral fight. For starters, PRJA is not the culmination of any broad-based political movement that the others were. But the sentiment it wants to ride upon is palpable in the Imphal valley. While a “superpower” searches its heritage and pride in pre-historic aeroplanes, it seems that some in Manipur are acutely aware of Milan Kundera’s immortal words - the struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

Al Qaeda’s ruthless pragmatism makes it more dangerous than the Islamic State Colin P. Clarke and Barak Mendelsohn

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olicymakers and terrorism scholars are debating whether al Qaeda or Islamic State is the more dangerous threat to the United States and the West.

After the various bombings and attacks across the West, many experts insist Islamic State is the more serious problem.

That is a mistake. Al Qaeda presents the gravest long-term problem to the West.

Al Qaeda’s ruthlessly pragmatic approach has placed it in a far better position to achieve its strategic objectives. It has proved more effective in taking advantage of U.S. policy in the Middle East, primarily in Syria, to legitimize itself as an armed force and, increasingly, as a viable political player.

The al Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra, since rebranded Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, or JFS, is quietly morphing into a mainstream option in the broader panoply of rebel groups operating in Syria, even as Islamic State’s caliphate continues to shrink and the United States and Russia spar over mistaken targets.

If Jabhat Fateh al-Sham successfully embeds within the Syrian opposition, it could prolong the conflict in Syria. Even more worrisome, with a concerted political and military strategy, it could attain the long-term success that Hezbollah has achieved in neighboring Lebanon. With a highly capable, well-trained and well-armed franchise group on

the periphery of Europe, al Qaeda would be even more dangerous than Islamic State.

Al Qaeda’s current strategy reveals a group determined to learn from its past mistakes. The group offers a strong political component, and no longer focuses solely on violence.

Since being forced out of Afghanistan, al Qaeda has evolved to include not only a core group based in South Asia but also franchises and affiliates throughout North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. These branches were formed as a response to al Qaeda’s post-9/11 struggle to assure its survival.

Over time, however, they have become crucial. A vanguard group of exiles with weak roots in Middle Eastern social networks and an unrealistic U.S.-centric plan has transformed itself into a broad movement whose central leadership provides strategic guidelines while its branches embed in regional social movements.

This reorientation helped al Qaeda establish close ties with locals in areas where its affiliates operate. In Yemen, for example, al Qaeda moved to share power with local jihadists after successfully seizing the city of Mukalla in the southern part of the country.

(It has since lost the town.) Al Qaeda’s North African branch allied with local actors to govern areas in northern Mali before the 2013 French intervention. Al Qaeda has also been moving fighters and resources into Syria and slowly accruing popular support among locals there through its affiliate, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.

Al Qaeda’s new focus on building political support has been demonstrated by its efforts to match violence to the local population’s specific regional political objectives. Though al Qaeda affiliates may still rely on militant tactics, including ambushes and improvised explosive devices, they function largely as insurgent forces that hold key terrain, maintain shadow governments and defend Sunni communities from hostile forces. These efforts are bolstered by comprehensive da’wa campaigns, which spread strict Wahhabist beliefs to recruit new members.

Al Qaeda has always contained diverse voices. Indeed, several high-ranking militants in its senior leadership, including Abu Musab al-Suri and Sayf al-Adl, viewed the Sept. 11 attacks as counterproductive. Both predicted that Washington’s response would inevitably lead to a loss of the group’s Afghan sanctuary. Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, however, was deaf to their arguments.

The group’s struggles in the ensuing years made it more receptive to different ideas. The current al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has long sought to pursue al Qaeda’s objectives without alienating locals. He has warned against the wanton slaughter of Shiites in Iraq, as revealed in his intercepted communications to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, then leader of al Qaeda in Iraq.

Eight years later, Zawahiri issued an official manifesto, “General Guidelines for Jihad,” that lays out clear ground rules for how al Qaeda franchises should

deal with local communities.

By making the guidelines public, al Qaeda signaled to affiliates and allies that it would no longer let rogue actions tarnish its name and derail its political objectives, as Zarqawi ultimately did.

Al Qaeda’s softer, less violent approach seeks to help local Sunni tribes assuage their parochial grievances. As in Syria, this quid pro quo helps al Qaeda build local bases of influence and embed fighters into established zones of territorial control.

Over time, al Qaeda likely hopes to incorporate local groups into its radical brand of Islam.

In stark juxtaposition to Islamic State focus on occupying terroritory, and in keeping with its philosophy of relative pragmatism, al Qaeda has maintained a far longer timeline for establishing a caliphate.

Al Qaeda also declared Islamic State illegitimate because the latter’s actions denied Muslims the right to choose their caliph.

They would divide the Islamic world “umma,” or community, rather than unify it.

By embedding itself into larger movements, al Qaeda has gained greater protection from external attacks. When attacks do occur, it can present them as evidence of the attackers’ hostility to all Sunnis. In this way, the group may hope local partners will accede to its global agenda and use newly established sanctuaries to launch attacks against the West.

For the West in general, and the United States in particular, the worst possible outcome of al Qaeda’s pragmatism is the risk that

Sunnis around the globe will find al Qaeda and its positions legitimate enough to warrant respectful consideration.

This would undermine hopes of stability in the Middle East and would further weaken Washington’s already limited ability to shape the region’s politics.

The real tragedy could be that al Qaeda, particularly because of its franchises, might appear to be a more genuine protector of Sunni interests than legitimate Arab regimes or the U.S.-led West.

In keeping with this scenario, Washington’s failed strategy to stop the civil war in Syria has been a boon to al Qaeda. As has Washington’s continued inaction in the face of the President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime, which is aided and abetted by his allies in Moscow and Tehran.

The horrific photographs of maimed civilians in Aleppo, Syria, seriously threaten to undermine U.S. accomplishments in the fight against the jihadist movement.

Sadly, they are likely to increase hostility toward the United States and bolster support for al Qaeda.

Long after Islamic State has been degraded as a military threat, there is a real probability that al Qaeda could complete its transformation from a vanguard group into a grass-roots social movement with significant appeal among Sunni Muslims worldwide.

That outcome should be the main concern of Western policymakers and government officials focused on counterterrorism.

The views expressed in this article are not those of Reuters News

Inter Press Service

ealth problems increasingly transcend the borders of the World Health Organization’s 194 member states, a challenge which the six candidates vying to lead the global body must address with care.

Those 194 member states will pick the next Director-General of the world’s peak health body in May 2017, after the current six candidates are whittled down by the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board in January.

The ninth Director-General of the world’s peak health body will play a key role in ensuring global responses to an increasingly complex and contrasting list of global health problems: the spread of mosquito borne diseases due to climate change, multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, the unfinished business of AIDS and HIV, air pollution, domestic violence, the global rise in noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes as well as the inevitable emergence of the next Ebola-like pathogen.

She, or he, will need to navigate a delicate balance between serving each of the global body’s member states while also ensuring that the world’s only global health body is greater than the sum of its parts.

“Today when we talk about WHO’s role it really transcends states, it goes into a global response category,” Esperanza Martinez, Head of the Health Unit at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told IPS. “What you need is someone who is able to lead the organisation – not to confront the states – but to challenge the states to do better, to challenge the states to fulfill their obligations, to challenge the states to be more efficient and effective,” she said.

Yet, like any other UN body, the WHO “is no better or worse than the governments who make it up,” Susannah Sirkin Director of international policy and partnerships at Physicians for Human Rights told IPS. The new Director-General will take over after a period of heavy soul searching for the Genevabased organisation following deep criticism of the WHO’s handling of Ebola in West Africa.

“There is an enormous call for increased transparency and efficiency within the organisation,” said Sirkin.

In order to address emerging epidemics, such as Ebola and Zika, Martinez says that it is essential that the WHO is ready and able to spring into action.

“The fact that WHO has to wait for minsters of health and governments to qualify crisis really can delay interventions in critical moments,” said Martinez.

The new Director-General will also need to be prepared to “hit the ground running,” meaning that they should be “someone who already understands how the UN system works and how the WHO works,” she added.

“We need someone who understands the dynamics of humanitarian and emergency responses today.”

For Sirkin, the new Director-General will also need to transcend the “historic limitations”which have often seen the WHO adopt “relative silence” towards matters that are seen as within the control of national governments.

Health is politicised, said Sirkin, when governments fail “to invest to an adequate degree in the provision of both preventative and curative health care, or (fail) to invest a proportionate or reasonable amount of their national budget in health care.”

“The next Director-General has to really have some political courage and the ability to galvanise,” to overcome the constraints which have historically limited the WHO from speaking out.

“Somehow the WHO as an agency needs to transcend that.”

For example, she said the WHO should be able to speak out when the Syrian government “overtly obstructed the delivery of humanitarian including medical aid in an alarming way.”

She welcomed the WHO’s new role in addressing the global problem of attacks on health workers and health facilities, but noted that this is another area where the new Director-General will be required to have political courage.

Beyond humanitarian crises, the new Director-General will face many other complex challenges, including emerging threats such as antimicrobial resistance, as well as much older health challenges such as maternal mortality.

Two of the six candidates for the position of Director-General are women. Unlike the position of Secretary-General of the United Nations, which has always been held by men, two women, Chan and Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway, have already led the WHO. However although women and children’s health have been considered priorities of the UN and the WHO, Sirkin says that it is important for the WHO to do more than pay lip service to gender inequality in health, whether a man or a woman holds the role of Director-General, “especially since there is now known an enormous correlation between women’s rights and health.”

“Basic women’s rights – including reproductive rights, violence against women (and) sexual violence – over the long run is going to be a continuing enormous barrier to the development of global health,” she said.

The six candidates will address the members of the World Health Organization as well as members of the public on November 1 and 2.

More than half (4) hail from Europe – Italy, France, Hungary and the United Kingdom – the other two come from Ethiopia and Pakistan.

The hopefuls all share backgrounds as medical doctors, and most have extensive experience in public health or politics.

The successful candidate will replace current Director-General Dr Margaret Chan, of China in July 2017.

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Chemists plan nationwide strike on November 23 mUmbAi, November 2 (iANS): The All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD) on Wednesday announced a nationwide strike on November 23 to protest action against what it termed 'illegal' online sales of medicines. "We have opposed the central government's move towards regularising sale of medicines online, through Internet, e-pharmacy, etc," said AIOCD President J.S. Shinde in a statement today. The AIOCD is the umbrella body of around 800,000 members, including 55,000 in Maharashtra, engaged in sales and distribution of retail drugs and medicines across the country.

Shinde said the nationwide strike would highlight the risks to the health of the general public and protect the interests of the chemists, the eight million plus members and their families engaged in the industry. The AIOCD pointed out various issues pertaining to sale of medicines on Internet, which is totally illegal as per existing provisions of the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules 1945. This is the second nationwide strike after a similar action last year on October 14 for the same reasons.

MP salaries set to double, bill expected in winter session New delHi, November 2 (ANi): Parliamentarians can soon expect a steep hike in salary as the Centre has decided to provide them a basic salary of Rs 1 lakh per month, a 100% hike from the current Rs 50,000. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is learnt to have agreed to consider a recommendation made by the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament, which is headed by BJP MP Yogi Adityanath.

A bill is expected to be passed in the upcoming winter session of Parliament to hike the MPs’ salary and allowances. The panel had also demanded a slew of benefits like more air tickets and soft loans for cars.

The government is also mulling over increasing the President’s salary from current Rs 1.5 lakh per month to Rs five lakh and the Governor’s salary from current Rs. 1.10 lakh to Rs. 2.5 lakh.

Veteran's suicide triggers row

New delHi, November 2 (iANS): In an unprecedented move, police detained Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday after a veteran committed suicide over a scheme to equalize pension for ex-military personnel. Gandhi, detained twice during the day, was let off at night.

Kejriwal and Gandhi were detained amid demonstrations in the heart of the capital after they tried to meet the grieving family of Ram Kishan Grewal, who ended his life on Tuesday evening here.

Sisodia was detained in the morning after he met the dead man's son at a hospital. "I went to meet the family, not to stage a dharna. What's wrong with that?

What kind of system is this, Modiji," Sisodia asked, targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Grewal's son Jaswant said he, his younger brother and brotherin-law were beaten and taken to a police station when they tried to meet Gandhi. Demanding justice, he said he had never witnessed such police conduct visa-vis veterans' families.

As the tug of war played out, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused Gandhi and Kejriwal of politicizing the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme announced last year.

Retired soldiers have been alleging that the government has not addressed their concerns fully about disparity in pension payments.

They resumed a relay hunger strike on Tuesday for rectification

members.

"You have no shame? He is a son of an army veteran... you are arresting them," a livid Gandhi told a police officer.

Gandhi blamed Modi for the situation. "This is an undemocratic mentality. A new kind of India is being created. It is Modiji's India."

Rahul Gandhi speaking to media after his detention.

of anomalies in the OROP, which, among other measures, is meant to ensure equal pension to retired soldiers who served with the same rank and for the same duration, regardless of the year of retirement.

Grewal, 70, formerly of Rajputana Rifles, allegedly took poison at a park here on Tuesday evening and died demanding the immediate implementation of the scheme.

Before dying, he telephoned his son Jaswant and told him that he was committing suicide as a "sacrifice" for the nation, his family told the media.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said he was "saddened by the death... I express my heartfelt condolences. I have asked for officials to provide me details."

But Parrikar's ministerial colleague V.K. Singh, himself an exarmy chief, triggered a row by questioning the "mental state" of the dead soldier.

"He has committed suicide.

No one knows the reason behind it. OROP is being shown as the reason. What his mental state was, we do not know. Let it be probed first. OROP should be above politics," the Minister of State for External Affairs was quoted as saying by national news channels.

By evening the soldier's suicide snowballed into a major political row with the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress lashing out at the government over the police crackdown.

Scores of AAP and Congress activists massed outside the Lady Hardinge Hospital, where Grewal's body was kept for an autopsy, and the two police stations where Sisodia and Gandhi were detained.

"The central government is intent on goondagirdi," Kejriwal told the media. "I am the Chief Minister of Delhi. An ex-serviceman has committed suicide. Is it not my duty to meet his family?"

Rahul detained twice, released Gandhi, who the veteran's family wanted to meet, was detained twice and released. The Congress leader was first taken to the Mandir Marg Police Station where the dead soldier's son Jaswant too was detained along with some of his grieving family

Kejriwal detention trigger anger Kejriwal's detention triggered an angry reaction from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well as his supporters in the capital.

"What's happening? Unprecedented. A CM is detained in his own state. He cannot move about freely. Unacceptable," Banerjee tweeted.

Kejriwal first denounced Modi after Sisodia's detention and then drove to the Lady Hardinge Hospital where the dead soldier's autopsy was conducted. When he spoke to the soldier's family and tried to meet them at a police station in Connaught Place, his car was surrounded by police who announced the AAP leader had been detained.

Late on Wednesday, Kejriwal was driven to the R.K. Puram police station in south Delhi along with fellow minister Gopal Rai. The AAP said it would organize nationwide protests against the Modi government over OROP. Amid protests and the criticism, Home Minister Rajnath Singh defended the police and said: "I don't have anything to say. Police will do what it has to for risk reduction."

Pakistan likely to expel two India's 'biggest' drug racket busted, Bollywood producer nabbed Indian diplomats over spying iSlAmAbAd, November 2 (iANS): Adding to the already fraught bilateral ties, two Indian diplomats in Pakistan are likely to be expelled after they were allegedly caught spying for Indias Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) spy agency, media reports citing sources said on Wednesday.

According to Geo News, Rajesh Kumar Agnihotri, Commercial Counsellor in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, has been identified as a "RAW station chief", while Balbir Singh, the First Secretary Press Information, has been identified as an officer of the Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB).

Quoting sources, the report said, both Agnihotri and Balbir were "reportedly running a network of individuals involved in subversive activities in Pakistan".

Geo quoted a source as saying that recently expelled Indian diplomat Surjeet Singh "was also a part of Balbir's network".

"Balbir Singh was helping the Indian IB operatives to carry out subversive activities in Pakistan," it further added. Last week, Pakistan had declared Indian High Commission official Surjeet Singh persona non grata and given him 48 hours to leave the country.

The expulsion followed that by India of a Pakistani High Commission official in New Delhi, Mehboob

6 Pakistani officials leave India New delHi, November 2 (PTi): As many as six officials in the Pakistani High Commission here today returned home amidst growing tension between the two countries after a Pakistani Mission staffer was caught in an espionage ring and expelled. Though there was no official confirmation on the number of diplomats leaving India, according to Pakistan High Commission sources there were six mission officials who have left or were in the process of leaving.

"The decision has been taken after it became impossible for the officials to work in this vitiated atmosphere. "Indian government is threatening and blackmailing our diplomats. So in this condition, it is impossible for us to stay in this country and work," the sources alleged.

According to the sources, those who have left include commercial counsellor Syed Furrukh Habib and first secretaries Khadim Hussain, Mudassir Cheema and Shahid Iqbal. The Pakistani action comes days after India declared Pakistani official Mehmood Akhtar persona non-grata for espionage activities, triggering a tit for tat action from Islamabad, which also expelled an Indian High Commission official there.

Earlier, media reports emerging from Islamabad said Pakistan may ask at least two officials of the Indian High Commission to leave the country for their alleged involvement in subversive activities.

Akhtar, on charges of working for the Inter-Services Intelligence spy wing.

In March, Pakistan said it had arrested a "serving Indian naval intelligence officer" Kulbhushan Jadhav in Balochistan for allegedly working for RAW. Relations between the two rivals have been strained since the past few months, following the January 2 terror attack on the Pathankot

air base, which India bas blamed on terrorists from Pakistan, and the long unrest in Kashmir Valley, which India has accused Pakistan of fomenting.

The September 18 terror attack on an army camp in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, that left 19 soldiers dead has flared tensions, an attack that India blamed on Pakistan-based militants.

New delHi, November 2 (iANS): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DIR) on Wednesday claimed to have busted India's biggest drug racket and recovered 23,500 kg of mandrax tablets (methaqualone) with an estimated value of Rs 4,700 crore in the international market. A Bollywood producer has been arrested in this connection, an official said.

"It is India's biggest drug racket busted by the DRI. I think it should also be the world's biggest, as the seizure is around 23,500 kg. Its inter-

national value is estimated between Rs 4,500-Rs 4,700 crore," DRI Director General Jayant Misra told IANS. Misra said: "DRI's Mumbai zonal unit got the tip-off.

It was further developed with the help of the Border Security Force. A warehouse in Rajasthan's Udaipur city housing the drugs was busted on October 28.

"In this connection, DRI arrested Bollywood producer Subhash Dudani from Mumbai on October 29," he added.

Officers of the DRI, an apex counter-smuggling

agency of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), estimate the total number of mandrax tablets to be about two crore.

Officers investigating the case found that the major raw material for mandrax was acetic anhydride, which was manufactured by the syndicate at Shreenath Industries in Rajsamand district in Rajasthan.

Apart from acetic anhydride, the other raw materials for mandrax are anthranilic acid, orthotoloudiene, and caustic soda, the DRI DG said. He said anthranil-

ic acid was imported from Indonesia through Kandla Port in Kutch district of Gujarat by misdeclaring it as maleic anhydride while caustic soda was procured locally.

The officer further said "methaqualone is a depressant, overdose of which can lead to coma and death".

"It is used as a recreational drug in Africa and Asia. It is commonly known as mandrax, m-pills, buttons, or smarties and is usually smoked mixed with cannabis," he said.

The officer said the DRI had neutralised 10

other factories across several states in the recent past manufacturing various types of synthetic drugs like mephedrone, ketamine, alprazolam and precursor chemicals like ephedrine.

In the last five years, the DRI has seized more than 540 kg of heroin and 7,400 kg of ephedrine along with other narcotics and psychotropic substances, said the officer, adding that the agency has been in active liaison with international enforcement agencies for combating the menace of drug abuse.

Drones the new weapon in India's US issues travel advisory for India amid fears of Islamic State attacks crackdown on illegal mining mUmbAi, November 2 (THomSoN reUTerS FoUNdATioN): India's mines ministry has told state governments to explore the use of drones to check illegal mining, as officials crackdown on an activity that has led to deforestation and the use of child labour.

A satellite-based mining surveillance system was launched last month, and the ministry is now exploring the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, to curb instances of illegal mining, said a notification dated Nov. 1.

Drones can be used to monitor illegal mining activities, check for activity at night and

to track illegal truck movements, said Prithul Kumar, a director at the ministry of mines, in the note. They can also monitor whether reclamation has been done as committed when a mine is closed, and calculate the extent of the green cover, it said.

In India, Uttarakhand state began using drones recently to check illegal quarrying, while western Maharashtra state has recently deployed drones to check illegal sand mining. But drones alone won't stop illegal mining or prevent worker abuses, said Rana Sengupta, chief executive of the nonprofit Mine Labour Protec-

tion Campaign in Rajasthan state.

"Drones can show you the extent of the problem, but if the intent is to check illegal mining, you need to involve the villages and local communities in the area," said Sengupta.

"We already have the capability to use satellite images to see where illegal mining is taking place. Villagers can be your eyes and ears far more effectively in preventing the activity than drones," he said.

Research has shown securing rights for indigenous communities and forest dwellers helps protect resources and conserve the environment.

New delHi, November 2 (reUTerS): The U.S. embassy in New Delhi issued a security message to American citizens in India on Tuesday to be vigilant following reports that Islamic State may be planning to attack targets there.

"Recent Indian media reports indicate ISIL's desire to attack targets in India," the advisory said, warning of an increased threat to places frequented

by Westerners such as religious sites, markets and festival venues.

ISIL is an acronym for the jihadist organisation, which has seized territory in Iraq and Syria.

"All U.S. citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness," the advisory said.

Officials from the National Investigation Agency, India's counter-terrorism unit, has been quoted as saying that an Indian man arrested last month in Tamil Nadu and charged with terrorism offences had been an active member of Islamic State in Iraq.

Forced by tradition to give up inheritance, Indian women embrace property ownership CHAKSU, November 2 (THomSoN reUTerS FoUNdATioN): Days before she was married 18 years ago, K. Bina Devi and her sister were called to the living room of the family home where they lived with their parents and four brothers.

There, in a short ceremony witnessed by village elders, she and her sister signed a piece of paper giving up their share of the family property to their brothers. Sweets were distributed and everyone congratulated her and her sister.

The custom of "haq tyag", or sacrifice of right, entails a person - usually a woman - relinquishing their claim on ancestral property.

It is widely practised in the Indian state of Rajasthan despite a 2005 national law

that gave women equal inheritance rights.

While haq tyag is voluntary, women come under enormous pressure to comply, activists said.

"If we don't do it, our family will boycott us," said Devi, 36, her head covered with the end of her green saree.

"Our relationship with the family will break, and people will speak ill of us," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in Chaksu village, about 30 km (19 miles) from Jaipur city.

Haq tyag is justified on grounds that the father pays for his daughter's wedding, and therefore only the sons are entitled to a share of the family property.

Also, once she is married, a woman is seen as belonging to her husband's

family with no claim on ancestral property.

In a bid to address the imbalance, Rajasthan and other states now offer lower rate mortgages and cheaper registration when a property is registered in the name of a woman.

"Haq tyag is a tradition, and it is voluntary," said Rajendra Singh Shekhawat, a joint secretary in the state government.

"In some cases, it may not be voluntary. But how can we check if the woman is signing willingly or not?

That is why we have laws that encourage property ownership by women," he said.

aces and majestic forts as for its centuries-old traditions of honour and chivalry.

This is the state where the custom of sati, where widows threw themselves into their husband's funeral pyre, prevailed long after it was declared illegal in the 19th century. The law was strengthened in 1987 following the death of a young widow in Rajasthan watched by thousands.

Across India, only 13 percent of farmland is owned by women, according to census data.

Amendments in 2005 to the Hindu Succession Act, which governs matters of inheritance among Hindus who make up about 80 NO SECURITY percent of India's populaOne of India's poorest tion, made women's inherstates, Rajasthan is known itance rights equal to those as much for its beautiful pal- of men.

Yet some state laws run contrary to the legislation, and in states such as Rajasthan, women are made to forgo their claims.

Haq tyag itself is rooted in misogynistic customs and traditions, particularly in India's villages. These include limited education for girls, early marriage, financial dependence, and denial of the right to property.

"It is a deep-rooted patriarchy that tells women they are okay only as long as they have the protection of a man," said Varsha Joshi, an associate professor at the Institute of Development Studies in Jaipur, who has studied property ownership among women in rural Rajasthan.

"Women have no security, no guarantee of a roof over their heads. And it is

assumed they will never go against their families or go to court over being denied their right to property," she said.

FINANCIALLY LITERATE Increasingly though, women in Chaksu village and elsewhere in the northwestern state are having to tend to the land as their husbands migrate in search of work.

With their names missing from property titles, women are often unable to take loans or access government subsidies. They are in danger of being thrown out when the husband dies, as the property then goes to the sons or the husband's brothers.

Rights activists are raising awareness of the law among women, and en-

couraging men to take advantage of the perks.

"We have to be respectful of customs: we can't just go tell women to claim their rights, they will be ostracised if they do," said Kavita Mishra, head of the Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society.

"Having a financial incentive is a great way to make the men see the benefit of registering property in the name of the women," she said.

Women are also becoming more independent and financially literate. Once confined to their homes and dependent on their husbands, women in villages are running small businesses with the help of microfinance, and working in state welfare programmes

that provide 100 days' employment to rural families.

"They now have bank accounts and some financial independence. That has given them the ambition and the confidence to own a home or a plot of land," said Mishra.

In Chaksu, Devi belongs to a self-help group that sews camel-leather slippers for sale to a retailer in Jaipur, and helps members source loans to buy property.

"It's important that we women have something in our name. Otherwise we have no security," said Manju Devikumar, who heads the 10-member group.

"Things are changing. Laws give us equal rights even to own property, which we could never dream of," she said.

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Malaria, murder & occupational hazards of indigenous activists in the Philippines CHIANG MAI, NoveMber 2 (THoMsoN reuTers FouNdATIoN): A little over a decade ago, indigenous activist Joan Carling from the Philippines Cordillera region lost three colleagues in the space of a few years - all murdered in one of the world’s deadliest countries for land rights defenders.

Then came her turn: a relative in the military told Carling’s father his daughter’s name was on the “order of battle”, the Philippines military’s list of people, including activists, who are deemed enemies of the state.

“When you are on the order of battle, you are an open target for extrajudicial killings,” said 53-year-old Carling.

“There was a time (when) suspicious men or motorbikes were following me, and I was advised to stay in the office,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview.

She kept her head down, hired a bodyguard, then spent several months at a U.S. university having won a fellowship for frontline human rights defenders.

For decades, Carling has been at the forefront of the fight for land and the environment, which London watchdog Global Witness calls “a new battleground for human rights”, with communities worldwide locked in deadly struggles against governments, companies and criminal gangs exploiting land for products like timber, minerals and palm oil.

In 2015, more than three people a week were killed defending land, forests and rivers against industries, said Global Witness. Of the 185 murders it documented in 16 countries, the Philippines ranked among the most dan-

centre, where she met indigenous people from remote areas who shared grievances about alleged land grabs.

“The villagers don’t come often to the town centre, so I just had to meet with them with my dextrose on because you don’t know when they’ll come back,” she said.

Members of an indigenous group and activists hold a protest in front of the US embassy in Manila on October 27, 2016. (AFP Photo)

gerous, with 33 deaths last year alone.

In many parts of the world, the biggest impact from extractive, agricultural and infrastructure projects is felt by indigenous peoples, living in remote, resource-rich areas and lacking land titles or knowledge to defend themselves against multinationals, international banks and government officials.

MALARIA Carling, from the Kankanaey tribe of the northern region of Cordillera, grew up on a logging concession where her parents ran a shop.

She got her first taste of protest in the mid-1980s while study-

ing at the University of Philippines in Baguio.

She spent two months in the Kalinga tribal areas protesting against four World Bank-funded dams along the Chico River, which activists said threatened to inundate 16 towns and villages and displace an estimated 85,000 people.

The World Bank ended up withdrawing its funding for the Chico dams, which were never built, and the episode prompted the bank to develop its policy on indigenous peoples, she said.

In the early 1990s, Carling immersed herself in mountainous tribal villages in the Cordillera and worked with the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) fighting for land rights, until the day she

fell sick and had to be hauled out on a stretcher.

“My blood was too contaminated with malaria. I could not take more,” Carling said.

Four men took turns - two at a time - carrying her out on a blanket slung between two bamboo poles, hiking for half a day, then driving for five hours to the capital of Kalinga province.

“They had to give me coconut (water) intravenously, as sugar, because of my diarrhoea,” said the activist. “I felt like a pig - they were carrying me, tied like a pig on bamboo.”

After medical treatment, she went straight back to her duties, hanging her dextrose IV bag on the walls of a building in the town

NATURAL CONSERVATIONISTS After working with the CPA to help indigenous peoples at home, she moved on to a regional stage, and nearly eight years ago became head of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), based in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Through her work with AIPP, she has helped build a network among indigenous peoples from countries including Indonesia, Nepal, Taiwan and Japan - helping them to feel less isolated.

She has turned her attention to the impacts of climate change and solutions such as hydropower, which often have a negative impact on indigenous communities.

Carling expressed concern about the “narrow conservation approach” of taking people out of the environment to protect the environment, instead of allowing indigenous peoples to protect the resources and watersheds on their ancestral land.

“Indigenous people are actually the natural conservationists because it’s part of our being - to protect and conserve our natural environment because we need to pass it on to future generations,” Carling said.

“That is the wisdom of the indigenous people - we only use what we need.”

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Saudi prince flogged in court-ordered punishment dubAI, NoveMber 2 (reuTers): A prince of Saudi Arabia’s ruling Al Saud family was given lashes in a prison in Jeddah as a court-ordered punishment, a Saudi newspaper reported on Wednesday, less than a month after the kingdom executed another prince for murder.

The brief report in Okaz daily did not disclose the offence for which he was being punished but said the unidentified prince was also ordered to serve a prison sentence. The flogging was carried out by a policeman on Monday after medical checks to ensure the prince was healthy, the paper added.

A spokesman for the oil-rich Gulf kingdom’s Justice Ministry was not immediately available for comment.

Saudi Arabia, a leading Arab ally of the United States and the birthplace of Islam, follows the strict Wahhabi Sunni Muslim school and gives the clergy control over its justice system.

A Saudi prince was executed in Riyadh on Oct. 19 after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi, official media reported, in what Saudis said was the first execution of a prince since the 1970s.

Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir had pleaded guilty to shooting Adel al-Mohaimeed after a brawl, the ministry of interior said. Saudi social media users interpreted the rare execution of a prince as a sign of equality under Islamic law.

An egg a day can reduce risk of stroke NeW York, NoveMber 2 (IANs): Consuming an egg -- nutrient-rich source of high quality protein -- per day may lead to a 12 per cent reduction in risk of stroke, a new research shows.

One large egg boasts six grams of high-quality protein and antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, found within the egg yolk, as well as vitamins E, D, and A, the study said.

“Eggs do have many positive nutritional attributes, including antioxidants, which have been shown to reduce oxidative stress and inflammation. They are also an excellent source of protein, which has been related to lower blood pressure,” said lead researcher Dominik Alexander of the EpidStat Institute, Michigan, US. For the study, the team conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies dating back between 1982 and 2015. They evaluated relationships between egg intake and coronary heart disease in 2,76,000 participants and stroke in 3,08,000 participants.

“The study underscores prior research, showing the lack of a relationship between eggs and heart disease and now suggests a possible beneficial effect of eating eggs on risk of stroke,” added Tia M. Rains, Interim Executive Director of the Egg Nutrition Center -- the scientific research arm of the American Egg Board. The findings were published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

Asian MPs urge probe of Alcohol impact remains even years after quitting reported Myanmar abuses

A man, who said he was arrested by Myanmar army and then released, shows scars on his hands at a Rohingya village outside Maugndaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar on October 27. (REUTERS Photo)

sITTWe, NoveMber 2 (reuTers): A group of parliamentarians from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday urged Myanmar to probe reports of human rights abuses in troubled Rakhine state, as top diplomats based in the country set off to visit the area.

Troops have poured into northern Rakhine since militants believed to be Rohingya Muslims launched coordinated attacks on border posts on Oct. 9, killing nine police. The government says five soldiers and at least 33 alleged attackers have been killed in the military operation.

The territory has been cut off to aid workers and observers for more than three weeks. Residents and human rights advocates have said abuses by government forces have included summary executions, rape and setting fire to homes. The government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has denied any abuses have been committed.

The Rohingya, most of whom live in apartheidlike conditions, are seen by many Myanmar Buddhists as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Some 125,000 remain displaced and face severe travel restrictions in squalid camps since fighting erupted in Rakhine between Buddhists and Muslims in 2012.

ASEAN Parliamentar-

ians for Human Rights (APHR) has urged the Myanmar government to conduct a “thorough and impartial investigation into reports of abuses by security forces” against civilians in Rakhine.

It also called on the military to allow aid workers and journalists access to affected areas in order to provide humanitarian assistance and document developments.

“The reports coming out of Myanmar’s Rakhine State are alarming and demand a credible investigation...All authorities must take urgent action to prevent further violations and fulfil their responsibility to protect the rights of all civilians,” said APHR Chairperson Charles Santiago, a member of the Malaysian parliament.

“We remain deeply concerned, however, that as a result of the lack of government oversight of security forces, effective systems are not in place to protect civilians or support their chance of seeing justice served.”

The military operation has sharpened the tension between Suu Kyi’s six-month-old civilian administration and the army, which ruled the country for decades and retains key powers, including control of ministries responsible for security.

Suu Kyi, on a visit to Japan, was meeting the Myanmar diaspora on

Wednesday and was set to meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the afternoon.

The ambassadors of the United States, China, Britain and the European Union left the Rakhine capital, Sittwe, on Wednesday for the northern part of the state under military lockdown.

They were led by Nyi Pu, the Suu Kyi-appointed chief minister of Rakhine State. The list of participants reviewed by Reuters also included the top U.N. representative in Myanmar, Renata Lok-Dessallien, as well as envoys from several other countries, including India, Turkey and Indonesia.

The officials will visit the Maungdaw area, although the government has not provided a detailed itinerary.The officials have privately expressed scepticism that the high-level diplomatic mission will tackle the concerns raised by the international community or gain thorough access and will be able to investigate abuses independently.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) urged Myanmar’s military to allow aid agencies access to the 10,000 to 15,000 people thought to have been displaced by the latest violence in Rakhine State.

“Central, life-saving humanitarian activities have been suspended for more than three weeks now, and they need to be resumed as soon as possible,” said UNOCHA official Pierre Peron.

In a sign that the mission was carefully managed by the authorities, state media have been invited to film the visiting diplomats, but no international reporters were informed of the trip or allowed to join.

Rohingya sources from the area have echoed the concerns about independent access to witnesses, but said the diplomats were likely to visit villages where residents have told Reuters of rapes, destruction of homes and killings of civilians.

NeW York, NoveMber 2 (IANs): Young adults despite quitting drinking at an early stage might face health effects later in life, suggests a study.

The new findings published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs suggest that years of alcohol dependence during young adulthood result in silent but “permanent”

injuries that, in later life, appear to result in serious health problems.

The findings are based on 368 men who did not report any symptoms of alcohol dependence at any point in adulthood, 221 who had at least three symptoms of dependence in young adulthood and middle-age and 75 who had symptoms in early adulthood but not after

the age of 30.

Overall, the study found that men who had alcohol dependence symptoms for at least five years in early adulthood scored lower on standard measures of both physical and mental health once they’d reached their 60s.

“Those with alcohol dependence in young adulthood had, on average, three medical conditions

in later life whereas those without this history reported two,” said Randy Haber, researcher at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, US. In addition, their scores on a depression scale were about twice as high. Most important, these effects were seen even among men who had been free of dependence symptoms for several decades.

According to the researchers, years of alcohol exposure in early adulthood could have lasting effects on those brain areas.

“People who not only quit drinking but also turn their lifestyle around -eating well, not smoking and just generally taking care of themselves -- will likely see health benefits that last into late life,” Haber added.

UN peacekeepers failed to respond to South Sudan hotel attack: inquiry uNITed NATIoNs, NoveMber 2 (reuTers): United Nations peacekeepers failed to respond to an attack on civilians

by South Sudanese government troops at the Hotel Terrain in the capital Juba in July, less than a mile from a U.N. compound, a U.N. inquiry found on Tuesday.

“During the attack, civilians were subjected to and witnessed gross human rights violations, including murder, intimidation, sexual violence and acts amounting to torture perpetrated by armed government soldiers,” the inquiry found.

Despite multiple requests by the U.N. mission’s joint operations center for peacekeepers to respond to the attack on Hotel Terrain, each “contingent turned down the request, indicating their troops were fully committed.”

After nearly four hours, South Sudan’s National Security Service extracted most of the civil-

ians. However three female international aid workers were left behind and the inquiry said the peacekeeping mission was quickly made aware of this.

One of the women managed to call the U.N. mission but the security officer “was dismissive of her appeal for assistance and did not call her back when her phone credit expired.”

A private security company, dispatched by an aid group, rescued the women the following morning, the inquiry said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon is “alarmed by the serious shortcomings identified ... which were evident in the mission’s failure to fully implement its mandate to protect civilians and U.N. staff during the fighting,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Tuesday.

Ban established the inquiry to assess the response by the U.N. peacekeeping mission, known as

UNMISS, to the outbreak of several days of fighting in Juba between South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s troops and soldiers loyal to his rival Riek Machar.

“A lack of leadership on the part of key senior mission personnel culminated in a chaotic and ineffective response to the violence,” according to the executive summary of the report.

The U.N. inquiry found that peacekeepers did not operate under a unified command, “resulting in multiple and sometimes conflicting orders to the four troop contingents from China, Ethiopia, Nepal and India.” On two occasions Chinese peacekeepers abandoned their positions, the inquiry said.

Ban has asked for the immediate replacement of the UNMISS force commander, Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki of Kenya, Dujarric said. U.N. South Sudan envoy Ellen Loj will step down

at the end of November.

Political rivalry between Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, and his former deputy Machar, a Nuer, led to civil war in 2013 that has often followed ethnic lines. The pair signed a shaky peace deal a year ago, but fighting has continued. Machar fled South Sudan following the fighting in July.

U.N. peacekeepers have been deployed in South Sudan since 2011, when it gained independence from Sudan. There are some 13,000 U.N. troops and police on the ground. Two Chinese peacekeepers were killed during the violence in July.

The inquiry found a “lack of preparedness, ineffective command and control and a riskaverse or ‘inward-looking’ posture resulted in a loss of trust and confidence ... in the will and skill of UNMISS military, (and) police to be proactive and show a determined posture to protect civilians.”

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NbA champ ray Allen confirms retirement

Ray Allen, pictured in 2013, is a 10-time NBA All-Star (AFP Photo)

Allen forged a reputation as one of the game’s greatest three-point and free-throw shooters Los AngeLes, no vember 2 (AFP): Twotime NBA champion Ray Allen announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday after 18 seasons, finally ending the longrunning guessing game over his future.

Allen, 41, had not played since the 2013-2014 season but has been regularly linked to rumors of a return in the two years since. However the 10-time All-Star formally drew a line under his career in a letter addressed to his younger self on The Players' Tribune website on Tuesday.

"I write this to you today as a 41-year-old man who is retiring from the game," Allen wrote.

"I write to you as a man who is completely at peace with himself." Allen, a virtual certainty to enter basketball's Hall of Fame, is the NBA's all-time leader in three-pointers with 2,973.

He averaged 18.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 1,300 games during a career in which he forged a reputation as one of the greatest three-point and free-throw shooters the sport has ever seen with averages of 40 and 89.4 percent. Allen was chosen as the fifth outright pick in the 1996 draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves before being traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.

He joined the Seattle

Supersonics in 2003 before heading to the Boston Celtics in 2007 where he later was part of a formidable line-up featuring Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.

In their first season, Allen, Garnett and Pierce led the Celtics to their first title in 22-years.

After six seasons with the Celtics, Allen chased more glory with a a move to the Miami Heat, where he landed another championship in 2013 alongside LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

In his letter on the Player's Tribune, Allen referenced his former teammates. "Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade. The men who you are going to win championships with are all going to be very different people," Allen said in the letter.

"What makes them champions is the boring old habits that nobody sees. They compete to see who can be the first to get to the gym and the last to leave."

Allen's career also saw him win a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics with the United States.

Outside of basketball, Allen has also dabbled in acting, winning rave reviews for his performance alongside Denzel Washington in the 1998 Spike Lee drama "He Got Game" in which he played a basketball player.

Kyrie Irving helps Cavs remain unbeaten despite Harden heroics

CLeveLAnd, november 2 (AP): Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 32 points and the reigning NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers remained undefeated, beating the Houston Rockets 128-120 on Tuesday night.

“He's growing every day,” said LeBron James, who scored 19 points and had 13 rebounds. “He's only 24 years old. He's special.”

Kevin Love scored 24 points as Cleveland placed six players in double figures. The Cavaliers are 4-0 for the first time in 16 years.

James Harden scored a season-high 41 points and had 15 assists for Houston.

- Jazz hand Spurs first loss Utah point guard George Hill used the lessons he learned in three seasons with San Antonio to hand his former team a rare home loss.

Hill had 22 points and the Jazz made a seasonhigh 15 3-pointers, handing the Spurs their first loss of the season 106-91.

Rodney Hood finished with 19 points, Trey Lyles 15 and Shelvin Mack 14 for Utah, which finished 15 for 31 from 3-point range.

Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard had a game-high 30 points while LaMarcus Aldridge finished with 21 points on 8-for-16 shooting.

- Pelicans remain winless Gia n n i s A nte to kounmpo capped a 24-point, 10-rebound performance

with a pivotal 3-pointer with 1:34 to go, Jabari Parker added 21 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 117-113.

Anthony Davis scored 35 points - the third time he has scored at least that many - to go with 15 rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals. But once again, it was not enough for New Orleans, which has dropped its first four games, including three at home.

“We can't get a win. It's frustrating,” Davis said. “But whatever we need to do, we need to do it fast.”

- Pacers beat Lakers Paul George scored 30 points, including Indiana's final 12 of the game to rally the Pacers to a 115-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers trailed by as many as 16 points, but rallied and had their final lead at 108-107 before George put it away.

Monta Ellis had 17 points and CJ Miles scored 16 for the Pacers. Thaddeus Young finished with 14. Lou Williams scored 19 points for the Lakers and Clarkson had 15.

- Wolves get 1st win Zach LaVine scored 31 points and hit five 3-pointers, and the Minnesota Timberwolves led by as many as 40 points in a 11680 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. Gorgui Dieng scored 17 points for the Timberwolves (1-2),

who led by 17 points in the opener against Memphis and 18 against Sacramento before losing both games.

Deyonta Davis led Memphis with 17 points.

Zach Randolph played just 10 minutes after bullying the Wolves for 19 points and 11 boards in Game 1 and Vince Carter only played 15 minutes.

- 3rd straight win for Pistons Tobias Harris scored 25 points and Marcus Morris added 22 to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 102-89 victory over the New York Knicks.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 19 points for Detroit, and Andre Drummond had nine points and 13 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points for the Knicks, and Rose added 19.

- Magic down winless 76ers Serge Ibaka sank two free throws with 1.4 seconds to snap a tie game and send the Orlando Magic to a 103-101 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Magic rallied from an 18-point deficit to win for the first time in four games this season.

Ibaka scored 21 points and Nik Vucevic had 24 points and 14 rebounds.

Hollis Thompson led the Sixers with 22 points.

Embiid had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Dario Saric scored 21 points.

- Heat rally in OT Goran Dragic scored 25 points, Tyler Johnson had

Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots the ball during the game against the Houston Rockets on November 1 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Getty Images)

seven of his 22 in overtime and the Miami Heat beat the Sacramento Kings 10896 - Miami's 15th consecutive home win over Sacramento, the longest such current streak in the NBA. DeMarcus Cousins went into the fourth quarter with no personal fouls.

By the end of regulation, he had fouled out. With Cousins reduced to spectating, the Heat outscored the Kings 17-5 in overtime.

Rudy Gay scored 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Sacramento.

Cousins also scored 30 for the Kings.

England and Scotland urge FIFA to relax war tribute stance Deenix win 11th M Noke Trophy

London, november 2 (AFP): England and Scotland have urged FIFA to "give the people what they want" by getting the global governing body to drop its opposition to players wearing poppies on Armistice Day. England play Scotland in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley on November 11, the day when the United Kingdom traditionally remembers its war dead.

Under FIFA rules, players are not allowed to wear poppies on their shirts during the game because it would be a political statement. In 2011, FIFA agreed to let England wear a poppy symbol on black armbands when they played Spain in a friendly.

But Stewart Regan, the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, said Tuesday that a request for England and Scotland to do likewise later this month had been turned down by FIFA officials "sticking to the letter of the law".

Meanwhile the Football Association of Wales are also seeking FIFA clearance for their players to display the poppy symbol on their shirts when they face Serbia in Cardiff on November 12.

All the national associations are keen to know in advance what punishments they may face if they go ahead with a poppy tribute

without getting agreement from FIFA, amid fears they could be docked valuable World Cup qualifying points.

Regan said he and English FA counterpart Martin Glenn planned to meet FIFA officials on Thursday, although a FIFA source forecast that the matter could be resolved as soon as Wednesday.

"We will be asking for their support to try to give the people of

England and Scotland what they want," Regan told BBC radio. "That is to use this match as a way of remembering people who lost their lives in the war.

"I can understand why they are doing this, but it is nothing more than a mark of respect. It is a personal choice. This is not about making some political point."

- 'In touch' Earlier, a FIFA spokesperson

indicated to AFP that talks were ongoing by saying: "FIFA is in touch with the English FA on this matter."

The English FA said: "We are working closely with the Royal British Legion (a charity for ex-servicemen for whom the annual poppy appeal is its major fundraiser) once again this year to honour and remember the sacrifices made by those serving in the armed forces.

"In recent weeks, the FA has led remembrance discussions with FIFA to allow the England team to show its support for the poppy appeal during the World Cup qualifier with Scotland."

A spokeswoman for British Prime Minister Theresa May told reporters at the House of Commons: "FIFA and the FA are talking about it at the moment."

England and Scotland are in the same group aiming to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals. But the Wembley game comes on a particularly emotive date.

November 11 is the day world allies signed an armistice with Germany to end World War I in 1918.

In Britain it is used as the day to remember all war dead.

"We see no reason why the poppy should be banned from players' shirts as it is not a political symbol," said a Legion spokesperson.

mon, november 2 (mexn): Deenix Football Club Mon won the 11th M Noke Inter Club Football Tournament defeating United Chila Football Club, Mon in the final at the Local Ground, Mon Town on October 26. Altogether 15 teams participated in the tournament which kicked off on October 18. The tournament was organised by Friends’ Club Mon Town.

The Champions were awarded a trophy, certificates and a cash amount of Rs. 1 lakh, while the runners-up received Rs 60,000 along with certificates.

New Site Football Club, Mon won third place and was awarded Rs. 30000 while Feinao Football Club, Mon adjudged the Best Disciplined Team was awarded Rs. 10000.

Winners of the 2nd Boulevard Snooker Championships 2016 which was held from October 28 to 30 at Boulevard Pool Palace, Sematilla. Bohoto Chishi emerged as champion while John Calven was runner-up. Tokugha and Jubito both managed to enter the semi finals. Ato Angami bagged the highest break point.

public discourse

On non release of salaries of teachers Kepelhoutuo Chusi

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Adviser, ANSTA

Government is normally a government of consent and is popularly installed and inducted with its people’s trust and confidence through a process of voting by the people for the people and to be a government of the people and nothing more to deviate from this fundamental obligation. With this sacred power being delegated and bestowed by the people upon a government, a government is the champion of its people’s welfare and for this it has an awe image before the people. But, Alas!

When people’s Rights are denied and when People dues are not paid and given in a Democracy, it is never, never a small failure on the part of that very government.

It has no moral or legitimate right to suppress a mob or mass being deprived of its due rights and wages. Since failure of democracy leads to mobocracy, a black cloud is accumulating in size and hovering over the sky of School education as many genuine demands of the employees are not being addressed and attended to in time due to attitude problem of

the concerned ministry.

It may be recalled that the primitive society had limited basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter, however with the ever-growing society and its population, more and more needs emerged and today ‘s human most basic needs are found to be doubled with the addition of Health, Education and Recreation. These are the most basic needs and areas of life and for which a government should not fail in these basic areas even if it fails its people in many other extravagant activities and functions. However the scenario in our state is just the opposite and the land is declared as the land of festivals. A land without salary…

Now, what was said yesterday is a different action today. Perhaps this is the day that a different Lord has made for them. The rhetoric statements made all these years for the department have no concrete shape so far as the thinking and realization keep on changing and shifting after pledges are aired out on various platforms and in various meetings.

It is a shock to know that the protesters/agitating Teachers are retaliated with water pumping at them instead of giving them their

salaries being earned some 5/6 months ago. What conscience does the authority have to resort to such kind of drastic action that too, to the Teachers? It is one of the greatest shameful actions on the part of government to behave that way with its Teachers, the moulders of the society. We have to realize our failures first and act wisely. Whatever excuses that may be stated over and over again on non release of salary is not holding any water as there would be no dearth of fund in the HRD ministry. Whatever failure, is on the part of the state only.

Now, if the concerned department authority dares to go to that extent we dare to ask the government to immediately release the salaries of teachers whether SSA, RMSA or Hindi who are providing the most basic service to the young generation. Many schools and the students are now badly affected of their academic activities for the ongoing agitation of these Teachers. What a shame to talk about quality education when the government is having such an attitude towards its Teachers and employees. It is never a small shame to be ignored even a night for a sensible leader without doing our part.

Clarification on the Yimchungrü Folktales: The Legend of the Leg of Gaur M. Revenki-u Tütsüliu

In response to the article published in The Morung Express dated 19th October 2016, the family of Late K. Pensukiu is compelled to issue clarification as the said published article does not reflect the original version of the folktale.

First of all, the folktale is of the Tikhir Naga and not of what the translator claimed. Secondly, what has been published is the distorted and truncated version. Thirdly, taking the name of Late K. Pensukiu hurt the sentiments of the family members as he was not the kind of person who could narrate the distorted story being that the story is one of his forefathers and well known by him.

Fourthly, on the woman mentioned “Rilishee” – such name does not exist in the history. The beautiful woman was actually named “Jongru” and is the daughter of Tsülemthong of the Tütsüliu clan who married the unseen spirit.

If any individual or organisation wishes to know the original version of this folktale, she/he may ask from any elderly man from Wapher Village.

APO for necessary amendment in the Nagaland Municipal ACT Khriekhutuo Mor, Jt Secretary Information & Publicity, APO

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In view of the much talked about implementation of 33% reservation for women, the people of Nagaland is yet to fully understand the reverse impact by the introduction of Caste system in the State. Under section 23A of the Nagaland Municipal 3.

(1st Amendment) Act, 2006 “seats in every municipality should be reversed for 4. the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes, Women including women from the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes”, in accordance with the provision contained in clauses (1) to (3) of the Article 243-T of the constitution. As matter of legal position no order has been made by the President of India in term of Article 341 with respect to schedule tribes existing in 2 (two) NE states namely Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. The respect Nagaland Municipal Act (NMA) has included a community (Schedule Caste) in respect of which the 5.

Presidential Order is non-existence.

1. According to the stand & claim of the Naga Mother Association (NMA), 33% of seats are reserved exclusively for them which is supported by the Chief

Minister of Nagaland and the Cabinet Committee.

As per the Nagaland Municipal Act (NMA) 2006, 33% there is a clear provision reserved for the Schedule Castes, Schedule tribes and Women, which is inclusive of the women belonging to the Schedule Castes.

The remaining 34% seats are left without reservation as of now.

Where is the space left for the Nagas?

The issue lies here for Nagaland indigenous tribes of Naga verses the rest of the other committee and the Govt. of Nagaland. It is the sincere belief of the Angami Public Organisation (APO) that empowering Nagaland Indigenous Tribes of Naga Women will not be objectionable but acceptable to all the stakeholders provided the discrimination policy/hidden agenda for accommodation of all kind of races of men is erased/deleted from the said Act. Hence, the Angami Public Organisation (APO) appeal the GoN to make necessary amendment in the Nagaland Municipal Act (NMA) before Election be conducted in the state as reflecting the actual position in regard of Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes in the state.

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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Rocker Bono named Glamour magazine’s first ‘Man of the Year’

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rish rock star Bono is getting a new accolade - Glamour magazine's first Man of the Year. The U.S. women's magazine announced on Tuesday that the U2 frontman and humanitarian will be the first man in its 36-year history to be honored alongside its annual Women of the Year list. The magazine said on its website that for years it has eschewed including men in the honors because "the tribe we're into celebrating is female."

However, "when a major male rock star who could do anything at all with his life decides to focus on the rights of women and girls worldwide - well, all that's worth celebrating.

We're proud to name that rock star, Bono, our first Man of the Year," it said.

Bono, 56, in 2015 created the Poverty Is Sexist campaign that is aimed at helping the world's poorest women through better access to education, health services and business opportunities. The campaign

is part of the ONE organization he helped found in 2004 to fight poverty and disease in Africa.

Bono thanked Glamour for the award, saying in a statement that the "battle for gender equality can’t be won unless men lead it along with women. We’re largely responsible for the problem, so we have to be involved in the solutions.”

"We can do much more than we think we can. Leaders are accountable to all of us. If they don’t support women and girls, vote them out of office," he added.

Glamour's Women of the Year are U.S. singer Gwen Stefani, American Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, the three founders of Black Lives Matter, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde, American pop star Zendaya, Italian designer Miuccia Prada, Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad and plus-size model Ashley Graham. They will be celebrated at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Nov. 14.

Source: Reuters

My wife thought I was gay: Michael Buble

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inger Michael Buble's wife thought he was gay when they first met. The "Haven't met you yet" hitmaker shared that his spouse Luisana Lopilato was convinced he wanted to hit on her male friend rather than her, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"She walked in this room with a man, and the man was so good looking that he made Brad Pitt look dumpy, so I assumed they were together. I naturally assumed that this was her boyfriend

or her husband, so I refused to hit on her," Buble told Pride Source magazine.

"I finally said, 'You guys are such a beautiful couple,' and he said, 'We're not together'. He said, 'She came because she likes you'. And at the same time, she was on the phone texting her mom saying, 'Oh my God, Michael Bublé is all over my friend.

He's so gay," he added.

However, Buble, who has Noah (three) and Elias (10 months) with Lopilato, says he finds it hard to tell whether men are hitting

Burberry marks 160 years with video about founder C M Y K

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ritish fashion house Burberry, known for its beige trench coats and signature check print, is marking its 160th anniversary this year with a video about its founder shot in the form of a cinematic trailer.

At three minutes long, "The Tale of Thomas Burberry" is a fictionalized account of the founder's story and stars "The Revenant" actor Domhnall Gleeson as the protagonist.

Directed by Asif Kapadia who won an Oscar for documentary "Amy", the video kicks off the company's Christmas campaign and recalls Burberry's invention of weatherproof fabric gabardine. It also features actors Sienna Miller, Dominic West and Lily James.

on him or not. "I have the worst gay-dar ever. I really do have the worst gay-dar," the singer added.

Source: IANS

Charlie Puth to release an album every year

Women seen at a stall in the ‘Disneyland Ananda Mela’ being held at Dimapur Club at Midland from October 24 to November 10 (Morung Photo)

Johnny Depp cast in ‘Fantastic Beasts’ sequel

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ctor Johnny Depp will star in the sequel to upcoming "Harry Potter" spinoff "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".

Depp has joined the sequel directed by David Yates and written by J.K. Rowling (in her screenwriting debut), based on Rowling's book of the same name, reports deadline. com.

Details about the 53-year-old's role are still kept under tight wraps, but he is said to make a brief appearance in the first movie.

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is set to release on November 18.

It also stars Eddie Redmayne as the lead character and is supported by Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler.

"Fantastic Beasts" is set in 1926 with Redmayne arriving in New York as part of a global excursion to research and rescue magical creatures -- including some hidden in his briefcase.

Chaos strikes when some of the creatures are inadvertently let loose.

Source: IANS

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inger Charlie Puth has promised to release a new album every year to keep his fans happy because he wants to be the "people's artiste". "I'm going to put out an album a year. I don't want to go missing for four years and be all mysterious. I want to be the people's artiste," Puth said. However, the "Marvin Gaye" hitmaker also shared that he wants to sell plenty of records so he can pay off his mortgage, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

According to the Daily Star newspaper, he said: "I want to keep giving them music, so they can make memories ... and I can pay off my house." Puth also said that he is able to write his best music when he is on the road. He said: "I don't love travelling, but I write better music when I'm on the move, when I'm comfortable." It comes a month after Puth cancelled the remaining dates on his Don't Talk tour because he was "extremely sick".

Source: IANS

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Janet Jackson converts to Islam

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inger Janet Jackson has reportedly converted to Islam. According to a source, the 50-year-old, who is expecting her first child with Wissam Al Mana whom she secretly married in 2012 has undergone a full conversion to the religion which her husband practices, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"When she's visiting Wissam's family in the Middle East, she wears no makeup, no hair extensions and keeps to traditional Muslim clothing," the source told The Sun newspaper. "She feels like she has found a home with her new religion. She has spent a great deal of time studying it," the source added.

It comes as a stark change for Jackson, who previously appeared topless on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, and suffered a "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl when Justin Timberlake ripped off part of her outfit which exposed her nipple. The source added: "The days of raunchy dance moves and sexual lyrics are long gone."

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City stun Barca, Ozil magic as Arsenal progress

Paris, November 2 (aFP): Manchester City got their revenge on Barcelona as Ilkay Gundogan scored twice in a 3-1 win in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Arsenal were one of four sides to secure progress to the last 16.

Pep Guardiola's side had lost 4-0 away in Barcelona two weeks ago but they showed tremendous character to come from a goal down and beat the Spanish champions 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium.

The inevitable Lionel Messi put the visitors in front at the end of a stunning breakaway with his 90th Champions League goal.

However, City pounced on a Sergi Roberto mistake as Raheem Sterling set up Gundogan to equalise six minutes before half-time.

A Kevin De Bruyne free-kick gave City the lead six minutes into the second half and, although Andre Gomes rattled the bar for the visitors, the Premier League side were on top and they secured the victory thanks to Germany midfielder Gundogan's second C M Y K

of the night.

"Today is a good step.

We play against a great team and we compete. Now they will realise, 'Wow, we won against the best team,'" said Guardiola.

Barcelona remain top of Group C and need only draw away to Celtic in their next game to progress, while City now know a win away to Borussia Moenchengladbach next time out will take them through.

"It's a shame that after the error we made for the first goal, from them on we had a bad time," said Barcelona coach Luis Enrique.

In Germany, Celtic kept their hopes of at least snatching third place and a Europa League spot alive as they came from behind to draw 1-1 with Gladbach at Borussia-Park.

Lars Stindl put the hosts ahead in the first half but Moussa Dembele levelled from the spot on 76 minutes with a penalty after he had been fouled by Julian Arsenal's Mesut Ozil chips the ball past Ludogorets goalkeeper Milan Borjan before scoring. (REUTERS) Korb, who was sent off.

Mesut Ozil scored a goals down to beat Ludo- 16 for the 17th season in the Bulgarian champions 2-0 to Ludogorets inside stunning winner as Arse- gorets 3-2 in Sofia and se- succession. ahead and then set up quarter of an hour. nal fought back from two cure their place in the last Jonathan Cafu put Claudiu Keseru to make it However, Granit Xhaka

and Olivier Giroud scored to haul the Gunners back level before the break, before Ozil's fine solo effort won it two minutes from time.

The German ran through, chipped goalkeeper Milan Borjan and cut inside two defenders before slotting in from close range.

- PSG, Atletico, Bayern through -

Arsene Wenger's side are through from Group A with two games to spare, as are Paris Saint-Germain, who won 2-1 away to Basel in Switzerland with a dramatic late winner of their own.

Blaise Matuidi's opener for the French champions was cancelled out when a Luca Zuffi cross sailed in, but Thomas Meunier volleyed in a stunning goal to win it at the death.

Last season's runnersup Atletico Madrid and German champions Bayern Munich also qualified for the last 16 on Tuesday from Group D. Atletico still have maximum points after Antoine

Griezmann's stoppagetime goal secured a 2-1 victory over Rostov at the Vicente Calderon.

France star Griezmann had put Atletico ahead on 28 minutes but Rostov looked set to escape with a point after Iranian Sardar Azmoun equalised.

Bayern came from behind to beat PSV Eindhoven 2-1 at the Philips Stadion after Santiago Arias put the Dutch champions in front early on.

Robert Lewandowski got both goals for Bayern, the first from a penalty, and also hit the woodwork three times for Carlo Ancelotti's men.

It is all to play for in Group B, where Benfica beat Dynamo Kiev 1-0 to keep qualification in their hands. Eduardo Salvio scored a penalty for the Portuguese giants before Junior Moraes had a spotkick saved at the other end.

Earlier, Napoli came back to draw 1-1 with Besiktas in Istanbul, Marek Hamsik netting after Ricardo Quaresma's penalty for the Turkish side.

Rousey says end is nigh ahead of comeback Shaolin tournament underway in Dimapur

Los aNgeLes, No vember 2 (aFP): Mixed martial arts superstar Ronda Rousey said Tuesday that next month's comeback bout against Amanda Nunes will be one of her last-ever fights.

The 29-year-old from Los Angeles returns to the octagon on December 30 in Las Vegas as the main event in UFC 207, her first bout since she was pummeled to an upset defeat by Holly Holm in 2015.

Confirmation of Rousey's return after a protracted absence has created a huge buzz with organizers predicting record pay per view buys.

However, Rousey, one of MMA's biggest stars who has helped widen the sport's growing global appeal, said on "The Ellen Show" that she is already eyeing her eventual retirement.

"Not that long, I'm wrapping it up," Rousey

Ronda Rousey Rousey, a former Olympic judo medallist who has used her MMA fame to help launch a career in Hollywood, said the ever-increasing demands on her time had left her weary of the sport. (AFP Photo)

told host Ellen DeGeneres when asked how much longer she planned to fight.

"This is definitely one of my last fights. Everyone better watch, because the show isn't going to be around forever."

Rousey, a former Olympic judo medallist who has used her MMA fame

NWA GBM on Nov 12

DimaPUr, November 2 (mexN): All the units of Nagaland Wrestling Associations and Nagaland Wrestling Referee Board are informed that there will be NWA General Body Meeting on November 12 at 10:00 am at Hotel Urra, Near Red Cross Building Kohima. The agenda for the meeting includes Hornbill Wrestling 2016, NWA Referee Clinic, and formation of NWA Referee Board, Reports of 3E tournament 2016, and 61st Senior National Championship of Free Style at Nandini Gonda, UP. NWA General Secretary Vekhozo in a press release has requested all concerned to attend the meeting.

Chennaiyin coach Materazzi gets one match suspension

CheNNai, November 2 (iaNs): Chennaiyin FC head coach Marco Materazzi was on Wednesday suspended for one Indian Super league (ISL) football match.

Consequently, the Italian will miss his side's next match against Mumbai City FC here later on Wednesday. The suspension came on the aftermath of a fight on the ground after Chennaiyin's 0-0 draw against Kerala Blasters on October 29 here. Materazzi got involved in a scuffle involving Chennaiyin's Manuele Blasi and Kerala's Kervens Belfort after the completion of the match. Materazzi defended his actions post the match insisting his efforts were meant to pacify an agitated Belfort. "Materazzi was found guilty of ‘misconduct against opponents or persons other than match officials' under AIFF Disciplinary Committee Article 49 C for his unsporting behaviour towards a team official of the opponent team after the Hero ISL 2016 Match 26 (29th October 2016 vs Kerala Blasters FC) at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai," read an ISL statement. Chennaiyin are currently fifth in the standings with nine points after six matches.

WBA sanctions JoshuaKlitschko for spring 2017

LoNDoN, November 2 (aP): The World Boxing Association has finally sanctioned a fight between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko for its “super” heavyweight title. The fight will take place in the spring of 2017, but only if Joshua beats Eric Molina on Dec. 10 in the second defense of his IBF title. The WBA super belt is vacant after Tyson Fury relinquished it last month, citing “clinical depression.” Fury beat Klitschko in November last year to take the WBA, IBF and minor WBO titles off the Ukrainian boxer. Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, said on Thursday “we will now move forward with Bernd Boente (Klitschko's manager) and Team Klitschko in planning the date and venue, knowing that victory against Eric Molina in Manchester on Dec. 10 is more important than ever.” The WBA also said Shannon Briggs will fight Lucas Browne for the “regular” title on or before Dec. 31.

to help launch a career in Hollywood, said the everincreasing demands on her time had left her weary of the sport.

"The build-up is more tiring than anything else," she said. "If we had a fight right now, I'd be like, 'I'll fight right now,' and then I'd go get dinner and I

wouldn't really be tired about it," Rousey said.

"It's the weeks and weeks of build-up beforehand and you know you're fighting this one person and it's your showdown and the most important thing in your whole life and millions of people are watching.

"It's that build-up for weeks on end. If it happened right now, I wouldn't be nervous at all. It's the waiting."

Rousey's rise through the ranks of MMA earned her comparisons to Mike Tyson's emergence in boxing's heavyweight division during the 1980s, with the fighter generating excitement after a string of whirlwind knockouts.

However, she was battered by Holm when the two met in Melbourne in November 2015 in what is seen as the biggest upset in MMA history.

Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio arrives for the State Level Shaolin tournament in Dimapur on Wednesday. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Dimapur | November 2

Lok Sabha MP and former state Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday declared the 29th Annual State Level Tournament of the All Nagaland Shaolin Kung-Fu Association (ANSKA) at Bad-

minton Indoor Stadium, near DC Court Junction, Dimapur.

Speaking at the programme, Rio said that the objective of martial arts was not to harm but to protect and defend oneself or use it for someone in need of help.

He said practising mar-

tial arts is to help balance the mind and body while synchronizing the heart and brain. Rio said Shaolin Kung-Fu also disciplines an individual and creates a sense of comradeship.

“Nagas are very impulsive, cannot control anger, emotions and very prompt to quarrel,” Rio said and

expressed the hope that many good things would come out of practising Shaolin and make the individuals better human beings.

Scores of ShaolinKung-Fu students are participating in the tournament which will conclude on November 3.

Vettel escapes sanctions for Mexico Grand Prix rant

Paris, November 2 (aFP): The FIA Formula One governing body on Tuesday let off Ferrari star Sebastian Vettel with a warning for an expletive-filled rant against the race director at the Mexico Grand Prix.

FIA president Jean Todt decided "on an exceptional basis" not to charge Vettel after he made an apology to race director Charlie Whiting and wrote contrite letters to Todt and Whiting, said a statement.

The German four time world champion, furious over the driving of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, repeatedly swore at Whiting during the closing stages of Sunday's race.

The tirade was captured on the team radio and broadcast around the world on live television. Todt ordered a special report on the incident into what the FIA statement called "foul language" directed at Whiting and Verstappen.

But it added: "Immediately following this incident, Sebastian Vettel spontaneously sought out Charlie Whiting to express his regrets for his behaviour in person.

"He then, again on his own initiative, sent letters to each of the FIA president Jean Todt and Charlie Whiting, in which he apologised profusely for his actions. "He also indicated that he

would likewise be contacting Max Verstappen and vowed that such an incident would never occur again. "In the light of this sincere apology and strong commitment, the FIA president has decided, on an exceptional basis, not to take disciplinary action

against Mr Vettel by bringing this matter before the FIA international tribunal."

But it added that "in the event of any future incident similar to the one that occurred in Mexico" Vettel would go before the tribunal. The FIA said it would always "condemn the use of offensive language" especially directed at race officials and other competitors.

Vettel was reminded that the governing body "expects all participants in its championships to be respectful and mindful of the example they set for the public and the younger generation in particular. The driver said after the race that his F-word outburst had been

a heat-of-the-moment explosion at the end of a fraught race.

The ex-champion was already penalised 10 seconds for blocking Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, dropping him from third to fifth in the final race standings.

Vettel had been promoted to third provisionally, replacing Verstappen, immediately after the Dutch teenager was given a five seconds penalty. Vettel was penalised for moving under braking as he defended fourth place at a turn against Ricciardo in the penultimate lap of the race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The pair banged wheels and Vettel retained his position.

Rohit out of England tests, Ishant back

mUmbai, November 2 (reUters): India will be without three of their first-choice batsmen in the first two tests against England after openers Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul, and middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma were ruled out due to injuries.

Fast bowler Ishant Sharma returned to the 15man squad after missing the test series against New Zealand due to illness while uncapped all-rounder Hardik Pandya received a first call-up to the national side for the longer format.

Right-hander Rohit, who bats in the middle order in the test team, suffered a thigh injury during the final one-day international against New Zealand.

He was expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks, with a possibility that he may also need to

undergo surgery, India's selection committee chief MSK Prasad told reporters.

"Rohit Sharma has been badly injured and there is a scope of even surgical intervention," former India wicketkeeper Prasad said. "There is a chance he is going to be assessed in England. He is definitely ruled out for the test series."

Rahul suffered a hamstring injury during the first test against New Zealand in September and is still recuperating.

His opening partner Dhawan fractured his left thumb after being hit twice in the same area during the second New Zealand test in Kolkata and his place was taken by Gautam Gambhir in the following match at Indore.

Recalled after two years, Gambhir scored a half century in the second innings against New Zealand and

is expected to open alongside Murali Vijay when the opening match of the fivetest series against England kicks off in Rajkot next week.

Ishant was ruled out of the New Zealand series after failing to recover from the mosquito-borne viral disease Chikungunya

but has proved his fitness by bowling extensively in domestic Ranji Trophy matches.

Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar recovered from the hamstring injury he suffered during the second test against New Zealand and was available for se-

lection but overlooked because he had not played a first-class game.

The 23-year-old Pandya, who bowls medium pace and is an useful lower-order batsman, made his 50-over debut for India in the series against New Zealand and has been fasttracked to the test squad.

"After the Australia A tour his pace has increased, he is able to move the ball much better, his batsmanship has improved," Prasad said, adding India needed to identify top all-rounders.

"He has mellowed down as a person.

"He is one all-rounder we think is an equally competent bowler and a batsman and a good fielder too."

Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were rested in the ODI series against New Zealand and will lead India's spin attack

against the English batsmen, who had a torrid time in their drawn two-test series in Bangladesh recently.

L eg-spinner Amit Mishra and off-spinner Jayant Yadav, yet to play a test, are the other slow bowlers in the squad.

England are the last team to have won a series in India when they claimed a 2-1 triumph in 2012 against the hosts, who are currently ranked number one in the International Cricket Council test rankings.

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