November 9th 2014 by The Morung Express

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Life is a gamble, at terrible odds. If it were a bet you wouldn’t take it

Parsekar beats odds to become Goa’s 11th CM

‘My Book of Angels’ by Easterine Kire

Music is building relationship with God

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Expanded US role in Iraq? Not without Congress’ OK

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–Tom Stoppard

Chennaiyin held by NE United in a thrilling 2-2 draw [ PAGE 12]

‘rise of the Warrior’

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

First ever pan-India amateur Mixed Martial Arts league to be held today

Morung Express News Dimapur | November 8

Time for the morning service...and hon. Don`t forget your torch, our Pastor likes to preach far into the night.

AR has ‘no respect’ for CFGR: NSCN (IM) Dimapur, November 8 (mexN): The NSCN (IM) has accused the Assam Rifles today of having “no respect” for the ‘Cease Fire Ground Rules,’ and that they are “being used by certain bosses to defy and derail” the Indo-Naga peace process. It warned that “such act of treachery” will be responded to “in kind.” In a press release from its MIP, the NSCN (IM) also expressed anguish over the loss of “five dedicated soldiers” namely Lieut. Col. Wilfred Zingkhai (WTR), Lieut. Ramso (WTR), Corpl. Kanjeiteng Pamei (ZLR), Ichube Zemai (ZLR) and Pte. Thanmiyo (WTR). The NSCN (IM) stated that their “promising future” was cut short by an act of “irresponsibility and deceit led by one Maj. Rajdeep Pal of the 43rd Assam Rifles” on November 4 in the forests of Kepeilou Village, NC Hills. While giving condolences to the families of the deceased, the NSCN (IM) stated that it is “proud that Naga Army officers led by Lieut. Col. Wilfred Zingkhai martyred their life while manning and defending the territory of Nagalim.”

Narendra Modi to begin ‘Act East’ tour on Nov 11

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Dimapur, November 8 (aGeNCieS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a multi-nation visit to Myanmar, Australia and Fiji on November 11. He first goes to Myanmar to attend the India-ASEAN and East Asia summits for his first interaction with South East Asian leaders. “Our ties with South East Asia are deep rooted. Strengthening relations with ASEAN nations is an important part of our ‘Act East’ policy,” tweeted Modi, avoiding the old phrase of ‘Look East’ policy. The NDA government, in October this year, decided to change the name of India’s key foreign policy approach that remained in currency since the days of PV Narasimha Rao government in 1990s. The ‘Act East’ policy is India’s effort aimed at bolstering extensive strategic and economic ties with South East Asian countries that would possibly act as a counterweight to the influence of China in the region. Officials said in October that there is no political reason behind the name change. “The Act East policy is like Look East policy 2.0. The name change has no political connotation to it,” said an official.

Survivors release floating lanterns Saturday, November 8 at Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines. Church bells pealed and sirens blared across this central Philippine city Saturday to commemorate the moment when Haiyan barreled inland from the Pacific with ferocious winds and tsunami-like waves, leaving more than 7,300 dead or missing and leveling entire villages in the world’s deadliest disaster last year. (AP Photo)

World ‘on brink Public apprehend of new Cold War’ two in Boro-Lengri

berLiN, November 8 (ap): Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday. The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to “triumphalism” after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the communist bloc a quarter century ago. The result, he said, could partly be seen in the inability of global powers to prevent or resolve conflicts in Yugoslavia, the Middle East and most recently Ukraine. “The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some are even saying that it’s already begun,” Gorbachev said at

an event marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, close to the city’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. Gorbachev called for trust to be restored through dialogue with Moscow. Failure to achieve security in Europe would make the continent irrelevant in world affairs, he said. Gorbachev’s comments echoed those of Roland Dumas, France’s foreign minister at the time the Berlin Wall fell. “Without freedom between nations, without respect of one nation to another, and without strong and brave disarmament policy, everything could start over again tomorrow,” Dumas said. “Even everything we used to know, and what we called the Cold War.”

Minor sexually assaulted, rape alleged Morung Express News Dimapur | November 8

Two men were apprehended by the public of BoroLengri, Karbi Anglong, Assam, for sexual assault and allegedly raping a six-year-old child on November 8. The incident occurred at around 4:00pm at the victim’s home at Boro-Lengri (Block I). According to the council chairman of BoroLengri, the two men were apprehended at around 5:00pm based on the account of the victim. The chairman said that rape “could not be confirmed” as the girl was yet to be “medically examined.” But, as described by the victim, the council chairman added, “one of the men undressed her, while the other probed her genitalia with the fingers.” The two men were identified as Hangkiumo Yimchung (31) and Alex Jins (30), both married with children and residents of Boro-Lengri. The victim’s mother said that she was returning from a neighbour’s house when she found her child crying. The child recounted the incident to her, the mother said, further stating that a young boy, who witnessed the incident through a window, corroborated the victim’s account.

Billboards of Yoddha Fighting Championship (YFC) titled ‘Rise of the warrior’ with 6 ‘fighters’ on the poster is creating a stir. YFC’s first Tryout event is the first pan-Indian amateur MMA league; it will be held at the Agri Expo Auditorium, Dimapur on Sunday. The event is slated to start at 2:00pm. With this, MMA, which was introduced to Nagaland State in February, will take a big leap forward. MMA is a combat sport which combines wrestling, grappling and striking techniques borrowed from different forms of martial arts. Out of the 32 fighters participating, 10 are from Khriemelie Metha’s Combat Academy. Khriemelie, or Meme, as he is known, is the force behind bringing MMA to Nagaland. All of 25 years, Meme set up Combat Academy Nagaland – the first academy catering to MMA in the State – in March. 8 months hence, Meme is encouraged at the level his trainees have achieved. The Academy has gone on to compete and win medals at various levels including gold at a grappling tournament in Mumbai. “Nagas are really talented,” he says with surety. Hemavi Ayemi, Echungthung Kithan, K. Mungling Konyak, and Victor Angami joined Combat Academy from its inception and will compete on Sunday. It is the first time

Fighters from different parts of India who will participate in the Yoddha Fighting Championship - the first ever pan-India amateur MMA league - are seen here after a media briefing at Hotel Acacia, Dimapur, Saturday. (Morung Photo)

any of them will compete in a ‘cage fight.’ A tinge of nervousness is visible in their faces but they are all excited and ready for their matches on Sunday. 20-year-old Mungling from Naginimora is a black belt in Taekwondo. In Class 6, Mungling broke his leg playing football and his parents stopped him from playing any sport. After his leg healed, he started taking Taekwondo lessons but kept this a secret from his parents. They eventually got to know when he won medals competing in a Taekwondo tournament— this is when they started supporting him as a competitor. He hasn’t looked back since. 19-year-old Hemavi’s story is one of constant struggle. Third child of eight, Hemavi left his parental home after he saw his parents struggle financially. For 8 years now he has lived alone working odd jobs and making small earnings to finance him-

self and his studies. Now a staff worker at Final Harvest Church, he is grateful for being able to be part of God’s ministry. “I love to serve God,” he says. The four of them are appreciative of Khriemele. 17-year-old Echungthung, or Boboi, as he is known, is appreciative of the ‘family’ at the Academy. “I have more fun training here at the gym than anywhere else; we are like a family here,” he says. Hemavi’s admission and monthly fees at the Academy were taken care of by Meme. “He has been a constant encouragement,” Mungling says, revealing that there have been times when he and his teammates wanted to give up. Victor concurs. “He’s really passionate and has made so many sacrifices. He’s always very supportive of us,” Victor says of Meme. “Billboard posters were embarrassing though because we really haven’t achieved anything yet,” Victor says laughing.

‘Legal Aid is all about Naga peace talks interlocutor to bring helping people in need’ ‘more transparency into the process’ Morung Express News Dimapur | November 8

Litigation is generally protracted while its monetary cost on the people involved rather onerous. This aspect of the legal system has shied people away, mostly the marginalised, from availing legal aid. With the objective of providing equal opportunity to all and to ensure that no citizen is deprived of securing justice by reason of economic or other disabilities, the Legal Services Authorities (LSA) Act, 1987 was enacted. While the Act ensures that the marginalised are entitled to avail legal assistance from Legal Services Authorities (LSA) free of cost, it also empowers LSAs to dispose pending cases by conducting Lok Adalats, at the same time promoting legal literacy. Commemorating the enactment of the landmark legislation, India observes November 9 as the National Legal Services Day. The Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) observed the day at the Deputy Commissioner’s conference hall here with members from the civil society, the administration and police, the legal fraternity and social activists in attendance. Nathaniel Kevichusa, retainer lawyer, DDLSA,

delivering the keynote address, dwelled on the significance of the LSA and how it owes its origin to Constitutional provisions. “Legal aid is all about helping people in need,” was how DDLSA panel lawyer, Limasenla Longkumer described the LSA. President of the Dimapur Bar Association, Imti Imsong, dwelled on Article 39 (A) as the basis of the LSA Act. “Just because a person cannot afford a lawyer, a person cannot be deprived of justice,” Imsong said, while adding that the legal fraternity must shoulder the responsibility of creating and spreading legal awareness, which would in part realise the objectives of the LSA Act. Stating that Nagas tend to misuse rights, Imsong said that imparting legal awareness is paramount to helping people understand their rights and limits. Esther K. Aye, DDLSA panel lawyer, giving an overview of the DDLSA, informed that its front office, located within the premises of the Dimapur District Court, started functioning in February 2012 with 15 panel lawyers. It now covers Peren and Dimapur districts. It has support centres spread around Dimapur covering villages and one each in the Central Jail and Sub-jail.

Presenting its activitylist, Aye said that the front office has received around 101 cases in 2014, of which 34 have been disposed. It has received 11 cases relating to domestic violence with some cases being settled through “mediation and conciliation,” Aye said, while adding that it has taken up 5 rape cases till date. Citing one incident, Aye said that the DDLSA assisted a rape victim from a village in Dimapur after which the DDLSA initiated a campaign to sensitize council members of the village where the rape occurred on the rights of women and the rights of a rape victim. It has helped settle various cases relating to matrimonial issues through mediation and counselling. Stating that it has held several Lok Adalats since inception, Aye informed that in the recent Lok Adalat held on October 11, 96 motor vehicle accident claims cases were settled involving a sum of over Rs. 2.4 Crore. Aye, citing the report, said the DDLSA successfully took up the case of a 17-year-old girl who was abandoned by her adoptive mother as well as her biological parents. The girl shared her experiences today at the gathering and how she got in touch with the DDLSA.

iTaNaGar, November 8 (pTi): Naga peace talk interlocutor and Chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee R N Ravi, held deliberations with youths of three insurgency-affected districts of Arunachal Pradesh, in a departure from the earlier practice of just talking to the elected representatives and government officials. The hour long deliberation was held yesterday between the Naga peace

talk interlocutor and a few youths of Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts. This was a follow up meeting to an earlier deliberation between Ravi and Editor-InChief of Eastern Sentinel, Jarpum Gamlin. “This was a first meeting of its kind in more than two decades of insurgency in the areas. The process has been set rolling,” Gamlin said. If everything goes as per plan, there would be more of such consultative meet-

ings between the wellmeaning people, not necessarily leaders, and the Centre, he said. “In all likelihood, according to yesterday’s discussion, there will be a follow-up consultative meeting sometime in the second week of December within the north east,” Gamlin said. Stressing that violence and atrocities must stop and things must change for better, Ravi said issues and concerns of the affected lo-

cals in Arunachal Pradesh shall be taken into consideration in the peace talks. Ravi acknowledged the pitfalls in ceasefire agreement when youths raised concerns over the “nontransparency” in ceasefire agreement, including ambiguity over operation, jurisdiction and members of the ceasefire monitoring committee. “We will bring in more transparency into the process and address grievances,” he added.

Un call to improve safety of journalists

Committee to Protect Journalists says 42 journalists have been killed so far in 2014 while 211 were imprisoned in 2013 and 456 have been exiled since 2008

uNiTeD NaTioNS, November 8 (ap): Nearly 50 countries are co-sponsoring a U.N. resolution that condemns attacks against journalists and the failure to punish those responsible for killing, torturing, kidnapping and arbitrarily arresting media workers. The draft General Assembly resolution circulated Friday urges the 193 U.N. member states “to do their utmost to prevent violence, threats

and attacks” against the media. It calls for speedy and independent investigations of alleged attacks and prosecution of alleged perpetrators and those who aid them or cover up their crimes. The draft also urges the immediate release of members of the media who have been taken hostage and are victims of “enforced disappearances.” It expresses deep concern at the increased number of journalists and media workers who have been killed in recent years “as a direct result of their profession.” It stresses that “impunity for attacks against journalists remains one of the biggest challenges to the safety of journalists.” According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 42 journalists have been killed so far in 2014

while 211 were imprisoned in 2013 and 456 have been exiled since 2008. The draft resolution must first be approved by the General Assembly’s human rights committee and then by the assembly itself. Unlike Security Council resolutions, General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding but if adopted they do reflect world opinion. The proposed resolution expresses “deep concern” at the growing threat to the safety of journalists from terrorist groups, criminal organizations and other non-state actors. It stresses that “journalists, media professionals and associated personnel engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflict shall be considered as civilians and shall be respected and protected as such.”

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The Morung Express LocaL Nagaland receives another award for Amur falcon conservation

9 November 2014

‘My Book of Angels’ by Easterine Kire “There are none that miss them when They are gone Cheated, beaten, kicked, hacked, killed, There are none that miss them That’s what the papers tell us Only the angel of prostitutes She scoops them up when they die Like flowers torn up in the storm She makes a bouquet of stormflowers And stands them in a soft vase The Angel of prostitutes….” -The Angels of Prostitutes Our Correspondent Kohima | November 8

y Book of Angels- a poetry collection on Angels by Easterine Kire was released on November 8 at Naga Village Spices, Grace Com-

plex, Kohima by Rev. Moa Longchari, Pastor, BMC. Jamie Puro who gave the introductory said that the book is a poem on angels of everyday life which ranges from humourous to serious. During an interaction after the release, on a ques-

Easterine Kire reads one of her poems during the release of her latest poetry collection My Book of Angels in Kohima. (Morung Photo)

tion on where she gets the inspiration from, Kire said, “God is my inspiration. I wouldn’t be able to write if it weren’t for Him.” On her new book, Kire believes that Angels are all around even if one does not see them. My Book of Angels consists of 21 poems on Angels of varied forms. The poems deals with Angels whom Easterine believes are ‘God’s helpers and gen-

tle reminders of His unparalleled love’. Easterined delves into the mundane things of life, which often goes unnoticed and emerges out with a greater value of each simple element. One can find humour in her poem on The Angel of Missing Socks, melancholy in The Angels of Cowboys and Lonely Places and injustice in The Angel of Ragpickers.

Dimapur, November 8 (mexN): Nagaland Forest Department and Pangti Village Community have jointly received the Balipara Foundation Annual (BFA) Awards 2014. Vijay Singh gave the award to Ronchamo Shitiri, Chairman Pangti Village Council and M Lokeswara Rao Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of the Forest Force on November 7 at the ITA Machkhowa, Guwahati, Assam. Pangti village elders R. Obemomo Jami, Head Gaon Bura of Pangti Village, NZ Jami, Convener of Pangti Village Amur Falcon Committee, and Obed Bohovi Swu, Tsingtrise Sangtam, Jongponglemba, Punseni Khing Forest Officers from Nagaland were present during award ceremony. M. Lokeswara Rao, PCCF &HOFF, Kohima in a press release said that Balipara foundation has lauded the forest department of Nagaland for its environmental stewardship in protecting natural heritage. The jury panel compris-

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their village in thousands. The council also assisted the Forest Department in implementing a multi pronged strategy of conservation awareness creation, strict enforcement of laws and alternative livelihood opportunities for the people in the village.

Ronchamo Shitiri, Chairman Pangti Village Council and M Lokeswara Rao Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of the Forest Force receiving award from Vijay singh.

ing of Ranjit BarthakurChairman Balipara Foundation, Radhika Barthakur, Trustee Balipara Foundation, Bittu Sehgal, Chief Editor Sanctuary Asia and Dr Bibhab Talukdar, CEO Aaranyak were unanimous in their decision to confer the prestigious award on

both the Organizations. Over the past couple of years, Pangti village council has been instrumental in leading its villagers towards conservation-oriented lifestyles. Most recently, they have been involved with the conservation of Amur Falcons that arrive at

About Balipara Foundation Annual Award The Balipara Foundation Annual Award is an inter-disciplinary annual award presented to a government or non- governmental organization whose contribution to conservation of wildlife has gone beyond the call of duty and which has achieved success in the area of nature conservation. The Balipara Foundation Award was instituted to bring into focus conservation case studies and real life champions of the Eastern Himalayan Region. It is supported by Sanctuary Asia, India’s leading wildlife and nature conservation magazine and Aaranyak, the premier biodiversity conservation group in Northeast.

Coco area celebrates pre-Ahuna Widow Fellowship celebrates unfading beauty Morung Express News Dimapur | November 8 C M Y K

Philimi Welfare Dimapur presenting folk song at Agri Expo Site Dimapur on Saturday. (Morung Photo)

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Dimapur, November 8 (mexN): Coco Area Students Union (CASU) on Saturday organised pre-Ahuna festival of the Sumi community at NE Agri Expo Site 4th Mile, Dimapur under the theme, ‘Strengthening the bond of Coco Community.’ Three villages including Philimi, Rotomi,

Khrimtomi and Akuhaito town comes under Coco area which falls within Atoizu area. The pre-Ahuna festival was graced by DEO (retd) Vikuto Wotsa as the Ahuna papu (Ahuna father). He spoke on the significance of Ahuna. Home Evang elist Thahekhu Village Baptist Church, Rev Thilihe

Yeptho and Er. N. Ghunato Shohe also exhorted the gathering. One of the main highlights of the programme was rice cooked in Bamboo which was distributed among the gathering to mark the occasion. Philimi Welfare Dimapur and Khritomi Welfare Dimapur presented folk songs.

Aloino Centre conducted its 10th Widow Fellowship at the Centre’s office, Chekiye village, on Saturday. Around 100 widows and single mothers from Dimapur attended the fellowship programme. Pusuinla, women secretary of Nagaland Police Baptist Church Association (NPBCA) who was the speaker of the fellowship programme said that though Naga society generally tends to discriminate widows, yet there is “beauty in widowhood” and that all are equal in the eyes of the Lord. She dwelled on the various challenges and issues confronting Christians today including homosexuality, rising persecution of Christians throughout the world, divorce, human trafficking, youth and internet. In Nagaland, there are added challenges like extortion, selling of votes during election and

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Executive director, Aloino Centre, Anshely Sumi along with NPBCA women secretary, Pusuinla, and widows attending the widow fellowship at Aloino Centre, Chekiye village, Saturday. (Morung Photo)

nominal Christianity. As single parents, Pusuinla said widows are burdened with the task of cautioning and teaching their children on these challenges and lead them on the right path. Quoting from Proverbs 3: 5-10 and Deuteronomy 6:5, the woman church leader urged the widows to always trust and

love the Lord with all their soul and strength, not to always depend on their own understanding but to take counsel from God. She also said that one should always honour and acknowledge the Lord by giving one’s wealth to His service. Amenla Yaden, one of the senior most widows gave a moving testimony

Bharat Scouts & Guides Foundation Day observed

Kohima, November 8 (mexN): The Nagaland State Bharat Scouts & Guides along with the rest of the country observed the Bharat Scouts & Guides Foundation Day/Flag Day on November 7 at the State Headquarters. Khyomo Lotha, Ex. MP State Chief Commissioner was the chief guest. Nengneichong Haokip Headquarter Commissioner (Guides Wing) chaired the programme. R. Apollos Headquarter Commissioner (Scout Wing) delivered welcome address. Meanwhile, Chandmari Hr. Sec. School Guides presented a Special Song and the significance of the Day was addressed by R Albert Solo State training Commissioner (Scout Wing) it was then

followed by the distribution of the Flag Day token and the chief guest Speech. Om Prakash Gupta Headquarter Commissioner (Cub wing) pronounced

vote of thanks. The programme was attended by the Officiating State Secretary & SOC(S) John Tochimong, Vimezhonu SOC (G), Imlisunep ASO(S) ,

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about her struggle as a single parent and her ultimate triumph after she let the Lord carry her burden. “Your burden may be very heavy but if you give it to the Lord to carry, it will become light. Though all may abandon you, the Lord will never forsake you”, she said. Amenla also thanked Aloino Centre for the love and concern

The 43rd A/C Tapi NPF at Taj Mahal, Agra during the exposure trip to Delhi and Agra from 27th Oct. to 8th Nov. 2014. The 43rd A/C Tapi NPF party extends heartfelt gratitude to Shri. M. Noke Wangnao, Hon’ble Minister PHED, his lady wife and their family members for sponsoring and initiating the Exposure Trip to a successful one.

Other State Officials, District Officials, Scouters, Guiders, Scouts from Alpine Open Troop & Guides from Chandmari Hr. Sec. School Kohima.

shown to widows by organizing widow fellowships. Executive director, Aloino Centre, Anshely Sumi said her concern for widows was a burden given to her by God which was happy to shoulder. Prayers, special songs by widows and entertainment were other highlights of the fellowship.

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Zbto SDEO informs Hindi teachers ZuNheboto, No vember 8 (mexN): Those Hindi teachers under Zunheboto district who were on Medical treatment and Maternity leave, and could not present for Physical verification on October 27 and 28 are informed to appear for final physical verification with all documents at the Directorate of School Education Kohima between November 11 to 15. H. Ghokiho Zhimomi, Sub Divisional Education Officer, Zunheboto informed in a press release that failure to comply will be own responsible.

Kohima Downhill Registrations go live

Kohima, November 8 (mexN): Kohima Downhill registrations went live on November 5 and already have around 20 Mountain Bikers from out of the State and country including Nepal, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Assam who have already registered to take part in the 1st Downhill Mountain Biking Race in Nagaland. The organizers in a press release stated that they were really encouraged to see the response from those outside the State. “This is a positive sign for our people to look forward and scale up Ad-

venture Sporting initiatives in the State because this looks like a promising avenue to improve our economy by leveraging on this sector of the tourism industry.” While encouraging people from Nagaland State to participate, the organizers added that there are very few cyclists from Nagaland who have registered and 90% is from outof-state. Only 50 Mountain bikers will be selected for the race. Interested bikers from the State need to register at the earliest by filling up the online form by visiting our website www. nativestation.in

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Mixed reaction to separate hostel for North East students Delhi University College cites safety and security as reasons neW DeLHI, november 8 (tHe HInDu): This past week, one Delhi University college laid the foundation for a hostel that will cater exclusively to female students from the Northeast. Although safety and security reasons were cited by the college, students from the Northeast had mixed reactions on being given a separate place of residence. “All of us from the region look different and talk different. When we come to a college here, all we want to

do is find acceptance and fit in, which is difficult. So, you find many Northeast students mostly sitting alone in class, eating alone in the canteen and they get treated badly when they are forced to stay in a paying guest accommodation. So they prefer socialising within their community and perhaps will feel safer if they are in a separate hostel,” said Gideon Lepcha, a second-year Northeast student in the Faculty of Management Studies. Third-year student Debanga Baruah has been staying in a “mixed” hostel since she got here from Assam. She thinks the idea of a separate hostel might be danger-

ous. “I think the discrimination will only get worse if you keep students from the Northeast separate. And as far as safety is concerned, being together in one hostel will not really help matters at all,” she added. Many also felt that a separate hostel will only add to the sense of alienation these studentsfeel,hencepreventthem from socialising with others. “When you move to a new city with people from all over the country, it helps if you mingle with everyone rather than only those from your community. There is a lot to learn from other people. Staying separate only helps encourage stereotypes,” added Gideon. Student union leaders,

however, had a different take on the development. Taba Doni, vice-president of the Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union, felt this was a good step. “It is difficult to find accommodation for anyone from the Northeast. So this initiative is good. Discrimination is bound take place whether we live separately or not. At least this way, safe accommodation is guaranteed by the college.” His sentiments were echoed by Anurag Basumata, a former students’ union leader from Assam. “It is difficult to find accommodation, especially for girls from the Northeast. This initiative will be helpful for them,” said Anurag. Dancers from Manipur performing Pung Cholom dance at the ongoing North East festival at Delhi. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)

Northeast Briefs Wife of Burdwan blast accused sent to police custody Assam police arrest suspect Itanagar, november 8 (PtI): The Core Group for Tibetan Cause led by its National Convener Dr NK Trikha has met Arunachal Pradesh UD, Tourism and Art and Culture Minister Pema Khandu at Tawang. Dr Trikha met Pema yesterday and told that the group is a worldwide group having its base in 39 countries across the globe, an official communique informed. The team consisting of nine members of the group from India hailing from different parts of the country are in Tawang for generating awareness among the locals about the international issue of Tibet. The group expressed its vehement opposition to the Chinese occupation of Tibet and the subsequent threat it has posed to the country and repeated claims of Arunachal Pradesh as part of its territory by the Chinese. Dr Trikha thanked the minister for his unconditional support and revealed that they would be interacting with the people from all walks of life to generate awareness on Tibetan cause before their departure from Tawang on November 10, the release added.

Zoramthanga reelected MNF president aIZaWL, november 8 (PtI): Former Chief Minister Zoramthanga was today elected unopposed as president of the Mizo National Front (MNF), Dr R Lalramthara, returning officer for the MNF organisational polls, said. Zoramthanga continues to become president of the MNF since 1990 after the death of the Laldenga. Other newly elected leaders were Senior Vice President Tawnluia, Vice Presidents R Tlanghmingthanga and Dr R Lalthangliana and Treasurer Vanlalzawma.

Railways urged to protect century-old train track as heritage HaFLong, november 8 (PtI): Various organisations in Assam's Hill district of Dima Hasao have urged railway authorities to protect the century-old meter gauge train track between Mahur and Harangajao as a national heritage site. The request has been made as the track represents pre-independence history of Indian Railways and the deep-rooted attachment to the line by the people of Dima Hsaso and Barak Valley of Assam in particular and the entire North Eastern region in general. The meter gauge railway connecting Lumding and Silchar was converted to a broad gauge track but the metre gauge track between Mahur and Harangajao has not yet been effected in this conversion of tracks project. Dimasa Apex Body, Jadikhe Naisho Hoshom, NGOs, other organisations and civil society in the district in a meeting here today highlighted the importance on retaining the meter gauge train line and declaring it a national heritage site. A memorandum jointly signed by them was forwarded to Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar in New Delhi with a copy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister S Gowda, urging them to declare the meter gauge line a national heritage site.

BJP alleges misuse of central fund in Arunachal Itanagar, november 8 (PtI): BJP today alleged misuse of Rs 3,500 crore central fund by the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh in the last fiscal and said the state government should take corrective measures against corruption. BJP state chief Tai Tagak in a statement here alleged misuse of central fund to the tune of Rs 3,500 crore in the last fiscal and said a huge chunk of the fund was siphoned off without producing any utilisation certificates. The central government would never deny funds for developmental activities but the state government is required to take corrective measures against corruption, he said.

guWaHatI, november 8 (IanS): A court here Saturday sent Sujina Begum, wife of Burdwan blast accused Shahnur Alom, to 14 days' police custody, officials said. Assam Police Saturday produced Sujina Begum in the court of the chief judicial magistrate here. Police sources said Sujina Begum, who had received training in jihad at some madrassas in West Bengal, was actively working to spread the Islamist

terror network in Assam along with her husband. "It seems she is going to cooperate with us and we are hopeful to get some vital links from her to trace Shahnur Alom," a police official said. Sujina Begum was also engaged in spreading jihadi ideology among women. "She was hiding at a house in Guwahati after leaving their house in Chatala village along with her husband," police said. Both Shahnur and Su-

'Research results reach farmers after they get obsolete'

Tripura capital gets clean city award

SHILLong, november 8 (PtI): Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Rowell Lyngdoh today said knowledge generated by research gets obsolete by the time it reaches the farmers due to big lapse of time and called the relevant agencies to solve this problem. "The relevant agencies should consider this problem seriously and should reform their activities to strengthen the links between research, teaching and extension," Lyngdoh said at the inauguration of the 7th National Extension Education Congress here. "Centralised planning of the agricultural extension education system is not addressing the local needs to the extent it is required. Specialised courses in extension technology should be developed to upgrade the teaching extension skills," he said. The seminar, based on the theme 'Translational Research Extension for Small Farm Development', is being jointly organised by Society of Extension Education, Agra, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat and Zonal Project Directorate, Zone III, Umiam. It was attended by over 500 extension specialists from all over India.

Young and old raise toast at Shillong wine festival SHILLong, november 8 (IanS): Wine connoisseurs from across India and abroad and the young and the old Saturday raised a toast at the Shillong Wine Festival with homemade wines made from exotic fruits. Dozens of tribal Khasi wine-makers did brisk business at the fest, organised by a local group called the Forever Young Club of Shillong. The annual festival is in its 12th year. "It is just a perfect day for me to be in Shillong and raising a toast brewed from exotic blackberry fruits," said Roxana Marani, a tourist from Italy. There were also wines made from banana, mulberry, strawberry, litchi, pineapple, plum, jackfruit among others. "Meghalaya and its neighbouring states grow fruits in abundance. It

is only natural that we promote something like winemaking. The response has been tremendous," Forever Young Club president Michael Syiem told IANS. Mathias Grunger, an alcohol technologist, said: "The wine brewed from these exotic fruits is too good like any other brand but what needs improvement is the bottling of these exotic wines." "We are in our 12th year of organising this festival, but it is sad to tell you that our government is not at all serious to support or promote the innovative ideas of the indigenous people brewing fruit wines," Syiem said. "There is no law that prevents wine-making at home. But to sell it, one requires a licence and we expect the government to consider the possibility of legalising sell-

ing of fruit wines as it has tremendous business prospects," he said. Echoing Syiem's comments, many wine-makers demanded that the state government promote the trade and declare winemaking a cottage industry. They also said the government should waive the mandatory excise duty on locally made wines to promote the growing business. Shillong is often referred to as the 'Scotland of the East' due to its striking similarity with the Scottish highlands and as in the West, some families serve homemade fruit wines at dinners and family gatherings. Brewing wine from locally available fruits and preparing rice beer have been a passion for almost all tribal communities in the northeast.

agartaLa, november 8 (IanS): Tripura's 176-year-old capital Agartala has been awarded the clean and green city award by a New Delhi-based urban policy and development experts group, the city's mayor said here Saturday. "Agartala topped the 29 towns and cities shortlisted by the Skoch Foundation for the award. The capital city has been selected for the award because of its green cover, cleanliness and solid waste management," Agartala Municipal Corporation Mayor Prafulla Jit Sinha told reporters. With a city population

jina, who had connections with the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, an Islamist terror outfit based in the neighbouring country, were missing from their home in Chatala in Barpeta district after Eid last month. A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Burdwan blast, had announced a cash award on Shahnur and 11 other accused. The NIA team had raided the couple's house in Chatala and

of around five lakh, the Agartala Municipal Corporation is northeast India's oldest municipal body. Sinha said: "More than 600 municipal workers are keeping the city clean day and night. Besides, 30,000 labourers are also being engaged occasionally under an urban job scheme (Tripura Urban Employment Programme) to clean the city." "Daily 250 tonnes of solid waste is generated in the municipal areas and collected from each home and sent to the sanitary land-fill stations," he said, adding that a large number of vehicles and containers are being procured

searched the bank accounts of the couple in the district. Sujina Begum was nabbed by a team of Assam Police and CRPF from the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) on the outskirts of Guwahati Thursday night. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recently said jihadi forces were trying to raise a women's wing in Assam and many youth from Barpeta and Nalbari districts had been sent abroad for training in jihadi activities.

from outside the state to collect the garbage from each part of the city. Agartala is also set to become northeast India'sfirst city to haveenergy efficient illumination with Light Emitting Diode (LED). Ashutosh Jindal, state urban development secretary, said: "Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) under the union ministry of power, was all set to replace the existing conventional illuminating system of Agartala with LED."Agartala will be the second city in eastern India after Kolkata where LED street lighting is being installed. So far, Hyderabad and Vijayawada have LED lighting systems.

Assam police fire mistaking Meghalaya cops for ultras, 1 hurt SHILLong, november 8 (PtI): A Deputy SP ranked officer, leading a Meghalaya police team, was injured when they were fired upon by Assam policemen who mistook them for militants in a remote village in West Jaintia Hills district today, a top police official said here. Deputy Superintendent of Police Ploster Syiem, who was leading an operation against Karbi militants at Moolaber along the border of Assam's Karbi Anglong district, sustained injuries in his left arm when Assam policemen fired,

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guWaHatI, november 8 (reuterS): Assam police have arrested a 36-year-old woman suspected of being involved in a plot to assassinate the prime minister of Bangladesh and carry out a coup, police said on Saturday. The arrest comes days after security officials said they had uncovered a plot by members of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, accused of carrying out scores of attacks in Ban-

gladesh, targeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Thegroup alsoplanned to assassinatethecountry'smain opposition leader, Khaleda Zia, Indian officials said. Hasina and Zia have dominated Bangladeshi politics for more than a decade. Pallab Bhattacharjee, additional director general of police in Assam, saidthewomanhadbeenalso charged with collecting arms with an intention of waging war against India.

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ing a common study room. Since we are humans and not everyone is the same the tendency to talk and have fun arises and being attracted to it like a magnate is just a symptom of it. And so even though some wants to study they are distracted by their peers chatter. But with proper warden guidance it’s a different story. Long hours- continuously studying for three to four hours can be a strain not only to the body but also to the mind. And it’s not about the quantity but the quality so it’s very important that one while studying should consider taking breaks in between while also knowing how to study the right amount of hour’s ad not neglect it. Thus this can allow the brain to take in information without strain and retrieve information fluidly. Self esteem issues- these refer to the person’s attitude and judgment towards oneself; it’s about the overall emotional evaluation of his or her own worth. My personal experience of meeting students have let me come to an understanding that how one feel about oneself is a paramount factor to becoming confident and performing well .e.g. like a student sharing “I had so many pimples last year so my mind was preoccupied with this thought but this year it’s better and so I’m doing well in my studies” and this is just one case I’m sharing. It’s all because of negative talks they are pass on from parents, teachers, friends, society at times consciously or unconsciously e. g. you never do anything right, comparing like he is better then you also never appreciating and more just complaining, so we are all to blame not only adults but adolescents too have a hard time growing up. Parental guidance- it is also important that parental guidance is necessary during study sessions. But most parents these days seem to be very busy and do not have time for their children because of work or other activities. Just depending on tuitions is not going to buy good grades or makes the student to pass. Being a mentor and tutor by asking them what they have learned today can also help you learn something from them every day and also make your child feel productive and build your relationship. So you, as parents are being vigilant but at the same time it’s done in a subtle way so they don’t feel attacked. And so understanding the root cause of the effect is key to dealing with any problem or issue. Just hitting the tip of the ice berg won’t solve the problem the real issues is what’s the underling story.

s a society we are all so obsessed with academic performance or excellence and there is always good out of it and bad too. But in this obsession we are blinded to see that at times it’s not that the person or student doesn’t have the capabilities or the abilities to excel in his or her studies. Therefore sometimes it’s ok to stop and think that maybe it is not just that they are lazy, cannot maintain a discipline study timetable, or are just not cut out for studying a particular subject or studying alone. There might be other factors which can sound like what! Really! Seriously! And so on, but this situations and issues have the influence to cause more harm and effect then we think it can. Not only that it hampers their studies but also along the process it becomes blockages for their overall development into matured healthy beings. Allow me to share my personal experience from counseling many students and parents on these few reasons that are affecting students’ concentrations in their studies. Internet- this is one hurdle that students whether at school or college level faces today. Once they are into it either playing video games, indulging in social networking sites etc, the probability of spending less time or the correct amount of time is very low. They are so preoccupied or addicted that by the time they feel like it is too much. Their ability to do anything physically, mentally or emotionally is at its lowest this includes studying too among others stuffs. Interest and hobbies- sometimes the tendency to focus most of our energies and time in our interest and hobbies such as music, sports, hanging out with friends, watching television especially serials or sports shows are becoming like an epidemic. That even when they are studying they keep on thinking about those shows or how to improve and what kind of technique to use or how will the show end and so on. Thus these become a spoiler alert in their studies as they are more concerned about their interest and hobbies then studying. Family issues- if these is to be explored this is a very huge spectrum, because it can vary from issues such as having an alcoholic member in the family, relationship conflict between family members, someone sick in the family, problem etc. This can bring about emotions such as tension, shame, anger, hurt, fear. And which can be constantly repeated or nagging in the mind like a mantra or a chant that can effect one’s concentration and ability to focus during one’s study time. Common study room- this usually happens most of the time in hostels, hav-

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MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 8 (PTI): A paradigm shift is expected to be witnessed in the way workplaces operate over the next 15 years, making nearly 50 per cent of occupations existing today redundant by 2025, a report has said. Artificial intelligence will transform businesses and the work that people do. Process work, customer work and vast swathes of middle management will simply disappear, it said. The report titled 'Fast Forward 2030: The Future of Work and the Workplace' has been prepared

NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 8 (IANS): Miamibased fast food chain Burger King Saturday said that it will enter the Indian market by opening its first outlet in the national capital's south Delhi up-market Select Citywalk mall in Saket on Sunday. According to the company, which is a part of quick service restaurant (QSR) major Burger King Worldwide, it plans to operate around 10-12 outlets in the country over the next three months. The company had recently partnered with ecommerce site eBay India

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of desks will become completely redundant, not because they are not fit for purpose, but simply because that purpose no longer exists, it said. "The next 15 years will see a revolution in how we work, and a corresponding revolution will necessarily take place on how we plan and think about workplaces. "The dramatic changes in how people work that we have seen in the past two decades will continue to evolve over the next 15 years, opening up new opportunities for companies to create value

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to provide an unique service which allowed the users to pre-order the hospitality major's super-sized 'Whopper' burger. eBay India gave its customers an opportunity to pre-order the 'Whopper' prior to the opening of the Burger King outlet in Delhi. The Miami-based QSR giant is best known for its five-inch diameter iconic burger- the 'Whopper' which was created in 1957. The 'Whopper' is famous for its flame grilled patty with a unique build that has been recently converted into a signature visual identity using ingredi-

ent coloured stripes. Opening in India the company has also tweaked its menu by launching the 'Whopper' in three new variants - vegetarian, chicken and mutton. "At Burger King we want to be closest to our guests, be relevant and understand the trend,"Uma Talreja, chief marketing officer, Burger King India, had said recently. The company will compete for market share with established players like McDonalds India, KFC, Pizza Hut, Subway and Taco Bell.

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and enhance employee performance through innovative workplace strategies and designs," CBRE South Asia Chairman and Managing Director Anshuman Magazine said. He said many of these opportunities have in fact already arrived, and by seizing them early, smart companies can gain a competitive advantage. By 2030, a majority of real estate transactions may be made online. And most of them will be made using real time marketplaces, the report noted. "Real estate tradi-

Gold regains glitter; hits highest level since June 20 NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 8 (PTI): Gold prices jumped by Rs 650, its biggest gain since June 20, to close at Rs 26,450 per 10 grams in the national capital today on emergence of buying by jewellers and retailers amidst a rebound in global markets. Silver also recorded a significant recovery of Rs 650 to Rs 35,550 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units. Bullion traders attributed the strong recovery in prices of precious metals to revival of buying at prevailing lower levels by jewellers and retailers amidst a rebound in global markets. Globally, Gold in New York, which normally sets price trend on the domestic front, rose 2.4 per cent to $1,169.80 an ounce, the biggest gain since June 19, after US employers added fewer jobs than forecast, reviving demand for a safehaven. Silver also rose two per cent to $15.71 an ounce. In Delhi, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity zoomed by Rs 650 each to Rs 26,450 and Rs 26,250 per 10 grams, respectively. Sovereign also gained Rs 100 at Rs 23,700 per piece of eight gram. Meanwhile, gold had slumped to over four-year low of Rs 25,800 per 10 DIMAPUR Civil Hospital:

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Commissioner, Taxes, Asangba Chuba (3rd right), CEO Anytime Fitness India, Vikas Jain (2nd left) along with proprietors of Anytime Fitness Dimapur and others during the launching of the club in Dimapur, Saturday.

Dimapur, November 8 (mexN): The world’s leading fitness club “Anytime Fitness” has finally arrived Nagaland with launching of the gym here at 411, OURS Building, ADC Court Junction on Saturday night. Anytime Fitness, which prides itself as the club for the busy people, promises to fit your busy schedule and on-the-go lifestyle. Anytime Fitness clubs are open 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year so that the club members can work out anytime they choose – day or night. Commissioner, Taxes, Government of Nagaland, Asangba Chuba, formally

launched the fitness club in presence of CEO, Anytime Fitness, India, Vikas Jain, and a host of dignitaries and new members of the gym. Terming the opening of the fitness club as a welcome initiative, the chief guest said the launching is a “shining example” of positive entrepreneurship of Nagas at their own level without waiting for support from the government. Asangba also said with the opening of ‘Anytime Fitness’ club in Dimapur, health conscious citizens of the commercial hub can now avail world class fitness equipments and personal training at their doorsteps. CEO, Anytime Fitness

India, Vikas Jain said the launching of the club in Dimapur has put Nagaland on the world map of fitness. The owner-cum-director of Dimapur Anytime Fitness club, Serena Murry, in her address also expressed optimism that the club would go a long way in creating and promoting health and fitness among the citizens. A new member of the club, Luxmi Yepthomi, also shared her joy in joining the club. Earlier, Rev. Thungchamo Shitiri pronounced invocation prayer and pastor of Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur, Zanao Mozhui offered dedicatory prayer. Pito Assumi chaired the launching programme.

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Hindi teachers in Tseminyu to boycott classes, withhold exam

TsemiNyu, November 8 (mexN): Hindi teachers (2012-13 appointees) under SDEO Tseminyu have joined the rest of the Hindi teachers in Nagaland in showing resentment to the Government of Nagaland for nonpayment of salary for 6 months and denial of basic government incentives and increments. Pointing out that the academic session is coming to an end, but they have been struggling without salary, representatives of Hindi teachers (2012-13 batch) Tseminyu Sub-Division in a press release stated, “We shall have no option, but boycott the classes.” Besides, the teachers said, “the 4th quarterly assessment exam shall be withheld for Hindi subject and others, as the teachers not only assist the Hindi subject but others as well, which is all an act of responsible teachers but have gone unnoticed by the authority.” Drawing the attention of the government, Maria Kath, Saholi, Senchule,

Hindi teachers to agitate from November 11 Dimapur, November 8 (mexN): The Aggrieved Hindi Teachers Dimapur and Niuland Unit (AHTDN) has informed all Hindi teachers concerned to reach the offices of DEO/SDEO under Dimapur and Niuland on November 11 at 9:00 am for picketing. A press release from AHTDN (2012-13 batch) informed all its members that a resolution has been made that if the demands of the Hindi teachers are not fulfilled by November 10, 2014, the “aggrieved” Hindi teachers will be “compelled to agitate and go picketing at DE/ SDEO office under Dimapur and Niuland.” The resolution was made during a meeting held on November 7, which was attend-

and Hiya in the press release questioned, “why the Hindi Teachers were denied of its basic rights and need, when the appointment were made in the same manner like the

ed by representatives from all 11 districts of Nagaland. The release warned that action will be initiated against those teachers who fail to attend the picketing and their salaries will be held up. The “aggrieved” Hindi teachers have been demanding their pending six months salaries and implementation of 6th RoP and arrears from the date of appointment. Meanwhile, the Aggrieved Hindi Teachers' (AHT) Phek District will also start picketing at DEO/SDEO offices in Phek district from November 11 onwards. A press release from AHT Phek district president, Wechie Mero and general secretary, Thejangutou Miachieo stated that in a notification served to the State govern-

other state and central Government employee.” They added, “Paying a deaf ear to the plea of the suffering teachers for six months is a serious violation of human right as the wages of

ment, the teachers had demanded six months pending salaries with 6th RoP and 24 months’ arrears and regular payment of monthly salary. However, the teachers have not received any response or assurance from the department concerned. Therefore, the release stated, the teachers have taken up the decision to picket the DEO/SDEO offices until the government fulfills their “genuine” demand. The release further appealed to all the “aggrieved” Hindi teachers under Phek district to co-operate and report to their respective DEO/SDEO offices before 9:00 am. Stern action will be taken against those who remain absent during the process of agitation, it warned.

the sincere efforts and hard work are not being paid.” Further, they asserted that the Hindi teachers under SDEO Tseminyu and rest of the teachers all over Nagaland have rendered

their utmost possible service to the school children for six months without salary. “If we teachers were heartless, what would have being the condition of the School children,” it asked.

NNC (NA) warns against ‘bogus’ persons Dimapur, November 8 (mexN): The collective leaders of NNC (Non-Accordist) have clarified that no Prime Minister or Dy. Secretary in Prime Minister’s office has been set up in the group so far. Home Affairs, NNC (Non-Accordist) informed this in a press release in the context of “someone doing trav-

esty acts of issuing information slips and receipt types using Prime Minister’s Deputy Secretary mentioning as V. Sema and busying around the capital town” in the name of NNC (NA). “The collective leaders have carefully observed that there are some unscrupulous persons… grubbing money by using the reputa-

tion name NNC (Non-Accordist) which was not our principle,” the release added. The general public and government officials have been therefore informed not to entertain such “bogus” persons in whatever cases it may be. It further warned that any person/ persons dealing with such persons shall be doing so at their own risk.

Students advised not to lie or cheat Dimapur, November 8 (mexN): Holy Child School, Burma Camp - Dimapur, observed the threefold celebration of school annual day, Baptist Church Dimapur women department went on an exposure cum preaching tour to Delhi from October 24-27. In this photo, prize distribution and the anticipated Children’s Poumai the participants pose for lens at Qutub minar. Day on November 6. Chief Guest R. Amongla Jamir, Deputy District Education Officer, exhorted the students to be sincere and hardworking. She advised them to get rid of the habit of lying and cheating others and to reach success through fair means and trust in God. The DDEO invited the parents to be part of the school’s endeavour to impart quality education. She had also a word for the staff to be more understanding towards the problems faced by the young ones. The programme began with a prayer led by Rev. Fr. O. C. Abraham, Director of the school. Rev. Fr. Manoj Manuel, the Principal, welcomed the invitees. The students displayed their talents on the stage through a variety of items.

Chakhesang Revival Meet to conclude today

R. Amongla Jamir, Deputy District Education Officer giving away prize to a student during the programme held at Holy Child School, Dimapur on November 6.

Praise and worship on the first day of Chakhesang Revival Meet on November 7 at Phusachodu village.

phek, November 8 (mexN): The Chakhesang Revival Meet started on November 7 at Phusachodu village with participation

Excise duty party under the command of Allen W. Jami (AIE) seized 180 kg of Ganja at Chumukedima excise check gate on November 7. The contraband was recovered from the trunk of a Tata Indigo Manza. The driver of the car, M. Bevei Poumai, was arrested for transporting it in violation of NDPS Act and was forwarded to judicial custody. Further investigation is on.

Imchawati Kichu, Managing Director, Care and Support Society (C&SS), Aienla Counsellor, Family Counselling Center (FCC), supported by Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) New Delhi, visited Dilong High School, Mokokchung. The team interacted with the headmistress and discussed about the welfare of the children in the area of sanitation, drinking water, building friendly environment for differently abled persons and encouraged the school authority to strengthen in all those areas.

of 1083 delegates from 62 churches. On the first day, Rev. Vepocü Epao was the speaker on the topic ‘Bearing the fruit of faith and

holiness’. Vekronu Shüzho, Chairman, CABCC, led the programme, Nguzonyi Khutso, Chairman, KABCC read Bible and prayed.

No certificate for those who ‘claim’ to be Kyong: Lotha GBs Wokha, November 8 (mexN): The Wokha District GB’s Association today reminded that no Lotha GB will issue any certificate – Permanent, Indigenous, Scheduled Tribe, Residence etc. – to any Lotha person “who claims” to be “Kyon” as “it is not a recognized tribe by government.” This was one of the resolutions adopted during the first all Lotha GBs conference cum seminar held at Tiyi Hall, Wokha from January 29 to 30, 2014. The conference also resolved that the GBs being agent and functionary of the government, the GB’s Association will continue to use “Lotha” in all its correspondence till “Kyong” is approved and recognized by the government.

Further, the GBs decided to compile and bring out a booklet on Lotha Naga ancestral Customary Laws, Rules & Regulations, Practices, Usages, Degrees and their applicability in different customary platforms/ issues. In this regard, a committee will be constituted comprising members from all ranges/ circles of Wokha. It was also decided that the Lotha GBs conference will be held at five years’ interval and expenditure for holding the conference will be met through contribution from every Lotha GB. A resolution was also made that Lotha GB’s Association will impose a fine of Rs. 50, 000 on any person(s) caught using chemicals

and poisons in the Doyang River (reservoir), killing and destructing the migratory Amur Falcons during their roosting period near Doyang Hydro Electric Project, irrespective of creed, race, tribe etc. Meanwhile, the Lotha GB’s Association assured to extend support and cooperation to the Nagaland Foot Hill Road Co-ordination Committee (NFHRCC) for successful completion of the Foot Hill road which passes through the Lotha Lower Range. The Lotha GB’s Association shall initiate stern action to any person(s) or villages found creating hindrances in the Foot Hill road construction, the meeting resolved.

Phusachodü Baptist Church and Chozuba Town Baptist Church presented ‘special praise’. Rev. Pitolu Keyho said the benediction

prayer while Vikholie Ladu and Sürhiveyi Tetseo were the singspiration in-charges. The Revival Meet will end on November 9.

MEx FILE One arrested with drugs in Dimapur Dimapur, November 8 (mexN): Dimapur Police today arrested one person identified as Mughato Yepthomi (27) around 2:30 pm near District Hospital, Dimapur. A press release from Addl Superintendent of Police/ PRO Dimapur informed that about 900 capsules of Spasmo Proxyvon were recovered from his possession. A case has been registered at Dimapur East Police Station in this regard for further investigation, the release added.

Tokhu Emong celebrated in Peren pereN, November 8 (mexN): The Lotha Hoho Peren Town celebrated Tokhu Emong on November 7 at Tepukie River with much fun and gaiety. The programme was chaired by the Chairman Lotha Hoho Peren Town T. Lumchamo Lotha and the invocation prayer was pronounced by Women Leader, Lotha Baptist Church, Peren Town. Tokhu history recitation was presented by L. Rentsamo Tungoe, and the word of exhortation was delivered by A. Chobathung Ezung, District Statistical Officer, Peren. The programme ended with a vote of thanks by Yiben Lotha, Vice Chairman Lotha Hoho Peren Town. This was informed in a press release issued by the Hoho chairman, T Lumchamo Lotha and secretary E Renbonthung Odyuo.

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From the Berlin Wall to today — Lessons for harnessing the moment of the whirlwind Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Waging nonviolence

n November 9, 1989 — 25 years ago — huge crowds of East Germans descended on the Berlin Wall. The restless citizens were responding to an announcement by authorities suggesting that the government would loosen travel restrictions. In truth, those in charge intended to make only limited alterations in visa requirements. But these intentions quickly became irrelevant. Mass numbers of people flocked to the wall, overwhelming the border guards. Soon, along with allies from the West, the crowds began dismantling the hated barrier for good. Remarkably, although the fall of the Berlin Wall was an iconic moment, it was just one of the highlights in a flurry of activity that was sweeping through the Soviet Bloc — a series of uprisings that would become known as the revolutions of 1989. Every so often, we witness a period of mass insurgency that seems to defy the accepted rules of politics: Protests seem to begin popping up everywhere. Organizers see their rallies packed with newcomers who come from far outside their regular network of supporters. Mainstream analysts, taken by surprise, struggle for words. And those in power scramble as the political landscape around them dramatically shifts — sometimes leaving once-entrenched leaders in perilous positions. If ever there was a time in modern history that exemplified such a moment of peak public activity, it was the second half of 1989. Although the crowds at the Berlin Wall on November 9 assembled in impromptu fashion, their gathering was not altogether spontaneous. It came after months of growing demonstrations and escalating pressure on the country’s Communist Party. Throughout the fall, weekly rallies in Leipzig called for freedom of travel and democratic elections. Demonstrations in that city began with just a few hundred protesters, but they grew exponentially until, by early November, they were attracting as many as a half million people. The contagion reached other cities as well: Mass protests started erupting in Dresden, East Berlin and beyond. Demonstrations in East Germany did not feed only off each other; they also drew energy from what had become a region-wide revolt. Earlier that year, in the spring, historic marches in Hungary set an example of how popular pressure could propel forward negotiations with a reformist government. That summer, in Poland, the union-based opposition party Solidarity — having led a series of crippling strikes the year before — won a stunning and decisive victory in the country’s newly liberalized elections. By autumn, rebellion was in full bloom. Hardly more than a week after the November 9 revolt in East Germany, students in Prague undertook the first demonstration of the “Velvet Revolution.” By the end of the month, social movements would call a general strike and force the end of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia. Looking back now, what can we learn from these extraordinary mobilizations? Conventional political analysts see the revolutions of 1989 as a spontaneous, once-in-a-lifetime swelling of popular discontent. Their description of the wave of uprisings in Eastern Europe mirrors the assertions they make virtually every time an outbreak of mass mobilization erupts on the political stage: They tell us that these moments of peak activity are rare and unpredictable. They contend that mass protest is the product of broad historical forces. And they suggest that no one could consciously engineer events that trigger such upheavals. On each of these points, the political tradition known as “civil resistance” offers a contrary interpretation. Those who listen will take very different lessons from the momentous ferment of 25 years ago. Civil resistance — the study and practice of nonviolent conflict — is a tradition that traces its lineage through the campaigns of Gandhi, the U.S. civil rights movement, the works of scholars such as Gene Sharp, and contemporary revolts such as the Arab Spring. Immersed in the study of how unarmed uprisings work, analysts in this tradition put forth several propositions that challenge conventional wisdom about 1989: They contend, first, that extraordinary mobilizations are not as rare as they might seem; second, that there is an art to

he Berlin Wall came down Nov. 9, 1989, heralding not just the reunification of East and West Berlin, and East and West Germany, but the eventual fall of the USSR and the Iron Curtain. The wall had carved an absurd, brutal path through Berlin's heart and the hearts of so many of its people. Seeming as permanent as death, it separated East Germans from the supposed ideological contamination of the West and stemmed the tide of people fleeing the German Democratic Republic of East Germany. Instead the wall proved to have the transience of a wound — one that would leave a scar, one that caused pain, but one that would, over time, heal. Between the time it was erected in 1961 and its fall in 1989, at least 136 people died at the Berlin Wall, according to the reunified city's Senate Chancellery. But after Nov. 9, East Germans could not only attempt to cross it, they could climb on top of it, attack it with hammer and chisel, or dance on top of it with their West German brethren. The Wall's demise was preceded by weeks of protests. Hundreds of thousands of East Germans had taken to the streets, demanding free elections, the right to travel without restrictions, and other democratic reforms. Protesters in the eastern city of Leipzig, the site of some of the largest protests, shouted, "The Wall must go!" Twenty-five years after its original publication, the AP is making available this story, written by AP newsman Nesha Starcevic. Hours before this story was published on the AP wire, Starcevic had been the first to report the wall's destruction with a flash bulletin: "East Germany began tearing down the Berlin Wall on Friday." Communist East Germany on Friday permanently lifted travel restrictions on

organizing around them; and third, that activists willing otherwise intransigent adversaries. Early in his cato embrace a strategy of nonviolent escalation can often reer, King had been reluctantly thrown into crises created by other activists and organizations. But by set off historic upheavals of their own. the time of the Birmingham campaign, he had developed a savvy understanding of how to manufacture Uprisings large and small Prior to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, the nonviolent conflicts that could stir national indignaidea that the Iron Curtain would fall not primarily tion and move foot-dragging politicians. In his 1968 book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chathrough coups and military maneuvers, but through the mobilization of mass, unarmed resistance would os or Community?, he described civil rights organizahave seemed improbable at best and quite possibly tions using militant direct action as “specialists in agitadeluded. But what has been remarkable in recent de- tion and dramatic projects,” creating “explosive events” cades is how frequently new examples of successful that “attracted massive sympathy and support.” He selfcivil resistance have presented themselves. From the critically noted that these events were no substitute for Philippines, to Chile, to South Africa, to Serbia, to Tu- building institutional structures that could sustain the nisia and Egypt, and beyond, the repertoire of civil fight for the long haul. Still, the uprisings he helped create in places like Birmingham and Selma had shaken resistance has ushered in remarkable changes. Certainly, the revolutions of 1989 were exceptional the American public like few other efforts and had bein their breadth and impact. Yet, viewed in another way, come defining peaks in the push for civil rights. Decades before, Gandhi had likewise articulatmass uprisings are a more regular part of our political lives than we often acknowledge. Once you are looking ed how nonviolent conflict could be used to confor them, popular mobilizations start to appear constant- sciously provoke social crises. “Those who have to ly — materializing with little notice in diverse countries, bring about radical changes in human conditions drawing new participants out of the woodwork, and up- and surroundings,” he wrote in 1932, “cannot do it ending politics as usual. The Arab Spring of 2011 is an except by raising a ferment in society.” One of the earliest studies of Gandhi’s method, obvious example, one which evoked memories of Eastern Europe. But momentous disruptions need not be so Krishnalal Shridharani’s 1939 text War Without Viosweeping and international to be significant. Nor need lence, elaborates on this theme. It notes that unarmed uprisings often have more in common with war than they take place in undemocratic contexts. Just in the United States, and just in the past 15 years, with routine interest group politics. “Underlying … both we have seen disruptive outbreaks emerge with shock- violence and non-violence,” Shridharani writes, “is the ing frequency, capturing the spotlight at a wide range basic assumption that certain radical social changes of levels, from the national to the local. Nationwide, cannot be brought about save by mass action capable landmark protests against the World Trade Organiza- of precipitating an emotional crisis, and that the humtion and the International Monetary Fund in Seattle drum everyday existence of human life needs shaking and Washington, D.C., at the turn of the century were up in order that man may arrive at fateful decisions.” In 1930, when the time came for a decisive confronfollowed by massive anti-war mobilizations in New York and San Francisco in 2003. Historic immigration tation with the British Raj, the Indian National Congress marches that materialized in 2006 were followed by the entrusted Gandhi as the sole strategist in charge of craftmultiplying encampments of the Occupy movement ing its direct action challenge. Congress members did so in 2011. State-level mobilizations such as the Wiscon- not because they were his spiritual disciples — in fact, sin uprising, citywide protests against police brutality many distrusted his otherworldly faith in the power of in Oakland and Ferguson, and campus living wage sit- redemptive suffering — but rather because Gandhi had ins, while taking place on more modest scales, have all gained a hard-won reputation for being able to create had outsized impact in galvanizing public debate. For disruptions of historic proportions. In this case, the result intensive spurts, each drew in unusual numbers of par- was the famous Salt March of 1930, one of the landmark ticipants, activating people in ways that are mysterious events in the drive for Indian self-determination. and foreign to conventional politics. That mainstream commentators are taken by sur- An undetermined future When social movements are able to provoke politiprise, again and again, by such mobilizations — large and small — speaks more to their own biases than to cal crises that prompt dramatic change, they are not always given much credit for their efforts. the contours of how social change happens. Looking at the revolutions of 1989, some political And yet their biases are not unique. A predisposition toward gradualism extends even into social move- scientists hardly discuss popular movements at all. Inment circles. The school of community organizing pio- stead, they focus on economic and geopolitical develneered by Saul Alinsky has traditionally viewed mass opments. They stress how the long-term strain caused mobilizations with suspicion. Organizers in this lineage by competition with the West and the perpetual ecocharge that outbreaks of protest are flashes in the pan, nomic crises in the Eastern Bloc fomented unrest. too unpredictable and unsustainable to be relied upon. They highlight Mikhail Gorbachev’s signals that the They stress that their goal is to build “organizations” not Soviet Union would tolerate reform rather than rep“movements”; they seek to create institutions that can licating the Chinese crackdown at Tiananmen. These leverage grassroots power on an ongoing basis. Interest- stances are part of a wider trend: Political analysts ingly, Alinsky himself was more open to extraordinary commonly describe the timing and fortunes of mass potential of peak moments than many of his ideologi- uprisings as the product of historic conditions rather cal descendents. Seeing the rush of civil rights activity then the decisions of citizens themselves. Analysts in the field of civil resistance do not deny that followed the 1961 Freedom Rides in the segregated South, Alinsky and his protégé Nicholas von Hoffman the importance of economic and political context. But dubbed it a “moment of the whirlwind.” The two agreed they emphasize the interplay of such conditions with on the need to temporarily set aside their normal orga- the skills of social movement participants — the agennizing methodologies in order to tap into the energy of cy of activists, as reflected in their strategic choices and on-the-ground execution. the extraordinary uprising. Historians have the luxury of looking back after the fact of an uprising and identifying the structural forces The politics of the unusual In contrast to conventional politicians, and even to and historical peculiarities that contributed to a sucmany organizers, Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther cessful effort, or that helped to sink an unsuccessful King carefully studied the dynamics of creating moments one. Activists on the ground, in contrast, never have of the whirlwind. They were specialists in the politics of the benefit of hindsight, and they must make the most the unusual. Through the use of nonviolent conflict, they of whatever conditions they encounter. As Hardy Mersought to produce ruptures in the normal functioning of riman, an analyst and trainer in nonviolent conflict, the political system, and thus to propel previously ignored writes, “agency and skills make a difference, and in injustices to the fore of public consciousness. It was their some cases have enabled movements to overcome, circumvent or transform adverse conditions.” talent for doing so that secured their places in history. It is important to note that, overwhelmingly, the In his famous 1963 letter from the Birmingham city jail, King explained that the purpose of direct same experts who would later credit historical condiaction “is to create a situation so crisis-packed that tions for the momentous shifts of 1989 did not foresee it will inevitably open the door to negotiation” with the potential that existed at the time. Writing for the

leading journal Foreign Affairs in 1987, a former U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia argued that, despite signs of openness from Gorbachev, “there is no prospect of fundamental change in relations between [Warsaw Pact] countries and the USSR.” In the face of such discouraging prognoses, it took a daring and skillful leap of faith for activists to challenge the entrenched and repressive regimes that ruled over them. From trigger to explosion Ultimately, neither skills nor conditions are enough on their own. At any given time, history might offer up a “trigger event” that provokes widespread outrage and sends people into the streets. But it takes determined escalation on the part of social movements to keep the issue in the spotlight, to compel greater participation and sacrifice, and to repeatedly reinforce the sense of public urgency. A final lesson that we can draw in looking back at the revolutions of 1989 is that, when a whirlwind truly begins churning, it is not the result of one incident. Rather, it is the product of multiple, compounding crises — many of which are the result of deliberate effort. In his book Doing Democracy, Bill Moyer, a longtime social movement trainer and theorist of the nonviolent direct action tradition in the United States, describes the concept of a “trigger event.” A trigger is a “highly publicized, shocking incident” that “dramatically reveals a critical social problem to the public in a vivid way.” These events, Moyer argues, are an essential part of the cycle of every social movement. They create vital windows in which activists can rally mass participation and sharply increase public support for a cause. Prominent examples of trigger events include the accident at the Three Mile Island power plant in 1979, which suddenly made nuclear safety a hot button issue. Just days after the accident, a previously planned antinuclear rally in San Francisco that ordinarily might have attracted hundreds of participants instead drew a crowd of 25,000. Similarly, the 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus prompted a community-wide boycott in Montgomery, Ala. And the self-immolation of Tunisian fruit seller Muhammad Bouazizi set off the revolts of the Arab Spring in 2011. Trigger events, however, are only the beginning; they provide no guarantee of change. There are countless instances of oil spills and school shootings, for example, that spark outrage but ultimately have little impact on political life. Likewise, there have been many other selfimmolations that did not have the effect of Bouazizi’s. In truth, the triggers that do morph into explosive revolts are often less accidental than they first appear. Civil resistance works when groups are willing to seize an opportunity and escalate — rallying the power of mass participation and personal sacrifice in order to produce ever more ambitious acts of resistance. Before Rosa Parks, there had been previous arrests on Jim Crow buses, but civil rights groups consciously chose to make Parks’ arrest into a test case for segregation, in part because she was a committed activist herself. In other instances, from the Salt March, to Birmingham, to Occupy, movements created their own trigger events, using disruptive actions to make headlines, prompt a reaction from authorities, and begin a cycle in which new participants could join in to ever-larger actions. On November 17, 1989, a week after the Berlin Wall fell, students in Prague held a march to mark the anniversary of a university activist who had been killed during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. Sociologists Lester Kurtz and Lee Smithey describe how, when the students encountered security forces, they offered flowers to police and waved their bare hands in the air. The police attacked nevertheless, indiscriminately bludgeoning the students with their truncheons. “This was the spark that set Czechoslovakia alight,” one writer later remarked. Certainly, the students were responding to the swelling of revolt in countries all around them. But it was their decision to brave the threat of repression — knowing the dangers, but not the consequences — that launched the Velvet Revolution. And it was the decision of countless others to join them that gave the revolution its force. Today, few things about the whirlwind uprisings of 1989 are more relevant to remember than this choice: to rise up in the face of uncertain outcomes, to risk escalation and to create the possibility of setting a movement ablaze.

The Berlin Wall crumbles its citizens, and workers began punching a hole in the Berlin Wall that for 28 years separated families and divided East and West. All day Friday, more than 100,000 jubilant East Germans climbed over and rushed through borders for the first time in three decades and amiably chatted with stonyfaced guards who once had orders to shoot those trying to escape. Communist leader Egon Krenz told a huge rally in East Berlin his new reforms "will not be turned back." West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl flew to West Berlin and hoped to speak with Krenz, who has stunned the world with rapid reforms intended to appease pro-democracy demonstrators and end the exodus to the West. The Communists promised free and secret elections. Communist officials said Thursday that for the first time since the Berlin Wall went up in 1961, citizens could travel freely to the West until a new travel law was drafted. On Friday, they made the open-border policy permanent. "It is permanent and will be the foundation of a new travel law," East German Interior Minister Friedrich Dickel said on East German television. West German Foreign Minister HansDietrich Genscher told a cheering crowd of 20,000 outside West Berlin's City Hall that East Germany had begun poking holes in the Berlin Wall by creating new crossing points. Genscher, his voice at times barely audible over the roar of the crowd, said the East Germans already had begun expanding the Glienicker Bridge crossing, which had been

Nesha Starcevic associated Press used by diplomats and is famous for spy exchanges between East and West. On Friday night, West Berlin police said East German workers had begun punching a hole through the wall at Bernauer Strasse for a new checkpoint in the Wedding section of Berlin. "The wall is being punched through there," said a police spokesman, who asked not to identified. Genscher listed the names of the streets to be opened to growing jubilation from the crowd gathered to hear him and others speak. Work on the checkpoints, including one used to transport garbage from the West to East Berlin, would be completed by Nov. 14, he said. "Dear fellow citizens, when the hour of freedom sounds in Europe, all will say, 'The Germans were there," Genscher declared, his voice hoarse from emotion. Kohl said "the spirit of freedom now reigns all over Europe — Poland, Hungary, and now, East Germany. We claim this right for all people in Europe ... we claim it for all Germans." President Bush said the developments in East Germany mean his meeting in Malta with Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev in December will take on "even more importance." He said the changes in the East bloc "make clear that the process of reform initiated by the East Europeans and supported by Mr. Gorbachev and by Americans

and by our allies is real." Secretary of State James A. Baker III praised the lifting of travel restrictions and called it "the most dramatic event in EastWest relations" since World War II. But he added that "there's a long way to go before there is true freedom and true political pluralism in East Germany." In Moscow, Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennady I. Gerasimov welcomed the decision and said it would help stem emigration and do away with "stereotypes about the Iron Curtain." Arriving in private cars, motorcycles, taxi, or by foot, many East Germans got their first taste of the West. Most travelers apparently planned to return home. East German roads were swamped with cars heading for the West German border. But West German border officials said only about one-tenth of the newcomers planned to stay. So far this year, more than 200,000 East German refugees have gone West. East Germans thronged police stations across the country to wait for passes which officials promised nearly everyone would be able to get. Thousands more entered West Berlin or West Germany by simply getting a stamp at a border control point, and many crossed into the West beginning late Thursday without any special documents at all. "We've just decided to leave our jobs for a little while, have a look around and then go back over," said a young East German who went to the West German town of Herleshausen along with four compatriots. "We don't know what our boss will say about

that. Perhaps he's over here too," said the young man with a laugh. One young East German drove with his child into Herleshausen for a 15-minute visit just to buy a West German newspaper. "I'm going over to pick up some brake pads you can only get in the West," said an East German motorcyclist as he crossed at Helmstedt, West Germany. In Berlin, many East Germans just wanted to shop or see the sights. A group of East German workers took turns visiting West Berlin. "Everybody wanted to go so we decided to do it in shifts," said a young worker who declined to give his name. "But we're still fulfilling our quota of work." East German border guards abandoned their usually stern demeanor and chatted with throngs of their countrymen filing through border control points. "You don't have to work today?" one Communist guard said at the Invalidenstrasse control point in Berlin. "No, I've got the day off," replied the East German who was on his way to the West. The ruling Politburo sacked four more officials, including one full member appointed just this week, and launched a broad investigation of "gross mistakes" made by the leadership under ousted party boss Erich Honecker. Honecker, who directed the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, has been the target of increasing criticism by his fellow Communists since he was replaced by Krenz on Oct. 18. He has been accused of "gross mistakes." Another long-time East bloc leader, Bulgarian Communist Party leader Todor Zhivkov, resigned Friday after 35 years in which he led Bulgaria through the Cold War and made it the Soviet Union's closest East bloc ally.

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Discovering The Power Flames of Repentance Of God In His Absence W T Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. Acts 3:19

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he most amazing thing I have learnt in my life is that God is amazing. He has declared that His ways and thoughts are much higher than our ways and thoughts. We are unable to comprehend the works of God in our lives well because we do not think and see with His mind and eyes. However, when we are led by the Spirit, we see that He works marvelously in our lives. His majesty, mightiness and greatness are not known only when we are in good condition, but we also know when we are stricken by various unpleasant situations. As many people remember the value of money when their pockets are empty, I learn the power of God when His power is absent in me though I actually needed. I don’t mean to say that I have experienced total abandonment of God in me. But, at times, when I wished His power to be manifested in me, it was not so. Still then, I learn His power in such circumstances. One Sunday, I got an opportunity to preach the Word of God three times in three Churches. Since my passion to preach His Word was intense,

od's chosen people, the Jews, and the promised land of Israel are the hub that forms the wheel of prophecy. All end-time prophecy focuses first and foremost on Israel's importance to God and His eternal covenant with them: "All the land of Canaan, where you now live as strangers, I will give to you and to your descendants for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God" (Gen. 17:8). But because of the Jews' disobedience and rebellion, they were scattered around the globe, and control of their promised land of Israel slipped right out of their fingers for hundreds of years. More than 2,600 years ago the prophet Ezekiel prophesied the resurrection of Israel from the Gentile graves in the lands to which she had been scattered, predicting the rebirth of Israel, which took place on May 14, 1948. Ezekiel also prophesied about the holy war that would take place in Israel some time after Israel's restoration to independence. God gave Ezekiel a vision of a valley full of dry bones. I want to make it very clear that I do not believe that Ezekiel's vision has anything to do with the resurrection of the dead saints of the church. In Ezekiel 37:11, God told Ezekiel, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel." There is no doubt in the text that this could only be Israel. In a vision, God took Ezekiel to a valley full of dead bones that were very dry and scattered. This was God's physical portrayal of the nation of Israel. Israel ceased to be a nation in A.D. 70 when the Jews were scattered to the ends of the earth by the Roman army under Titus. It would be more than 2,000 years before Israel became a recognized state again in May 1948—and the bones grew very dry! God asked Ezekiel a perplexing question: "He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?'"(Ezek. 37:3). Ezekiel responded to God by saying, "O Lord GOD, You know" (v. 3). In other words, he was saying, "I don't see how it's possible. Death has done its work.

I prepared well and prayed earnestly for it. In the morning and afternoon, sermon deliveries went on well; I felt the presence and power of God. Then, I was confident for the evening service. There are times we develop wrong confidence when we witness God and I did. I wanted to preach more effectively in the evening service. In fact, I continued praying to God to give me strength. As the time was given to me, some unhealthy thoughts cropped up in my mind. I began to desire and long for impression for some time. Thereafter, not so desirable experience ensued. Just for a while I have forgotten that I ought to preach the Word of God for His glory. Slight anticipation of appreciation from the congregation gave me a very awful experience. As I thought of impression, instantly, I felt that something left me – something was removed from me. Obviously, the presence and power of God in preaching His Word was gone. Thereafter, delivering sermon became horrible. To put it bluntly, it was even tiresome, tedious and burdensome. It was very dry. I wanted to stop but it was too early so I continued. To continue and stop were problematic for me. I began to

sweat; many people went out and came in. I knew that it happened that way because I was without the Spirit of God. I preached without the power of God. It was indeed one of the most unlikable experiences in my life while preaching God’s Word. However, it was neither a loss nor a misfortune. I learnt the power of God immensely from that experience. After the service, I began to think how it is preaching with the power of God and how it is preaching without His power. Then, after realizing my emptiness and powerlessness, I learnt more of the power of God as I preached without His power. So, discovering His power from His absence was a great power of God. I realized how weak I was when I preached without His power and strength. From here I come to know more of God’s power and greatness. So, on the hand, it was a terrible experience, but on the other hand, it was an enriching experience which will be remembered and cherished. It was a valuable experience as I learnt great lessons from it. Finally, I would like to raise a very significant and pertinent question; do

you see God in almost all the circumstances of your life? If you don’t, you are likely to be hit frequently by discouragement and despair. For, our life is a battle; it is always a struggle. But if you see God with His eyes, you will be able to go on with your spiritual journey smoothly though it is long and arduous. I see God in my failures, weaknesses, pains, sickness and works; I see Him in almost all the walks of my life. Many a times I do not get what I want, but I know that God is in control of my life. At times I pray earnestly to God and ask Him something, and I do not receive it, but I believe that He knows the best for me, so I wait on Him. I leave it to Him. If you always complain and curse all the bitter experiences in your life, you need to question your faith. But if you are able to see God even in His absence and be grateful to Him, please move on. It is never a smooth sailing, but we will experience greater things as we struggle more. If you have never discovered the power of God in His absence, please discover it and give thanks to Him. It is interesting. God bless!

Spiritual Awakening Coming to 'Dry Bones' Israel

and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them. —Ezekiel 37:7–8 Notice that the restoration to life for the bones was a process. It was not an instantaneous event. The bones were dry, scattered, and dead for a very long time. The dry bones in Ezekiel's vision represent the nation of Israel during the Diaspora, beginning in A.D. 70 (Ezek. 37:11). Gradually the bones came together, and the sinews and flesh came upon them. It was at this point of Israel's gradual restoration that people like Theodor Herzl, the father of Zionism, began to call the Jews back to Israel. The "sinews and flesh" continued to come together as the Jews of the earth returned to Eretz, Israel, to drain the swamps and transform the desert into a rose. On May 14, 1948, at 4:32 p.m., the State of Israel, after 2,000 years, was reborn. Ezekiel's prophetic vision was fulfilled: Then say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land.'" —Ezekiel 37:21 God made it exceedingly clear that He would bring the Jews back to "their own land." He would not bring them back to the Palestinians' land—He would restore them to the promised land of the eternal covenant God had made with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants. At the conclusion of Ezekiel 37, the nation of Israel had been physically reborn. Today they have a flag; they have a constitution; they have a prime minister and a Knesset. They have a police force, a powerful military and the world's best intelligence agencies. They have Jerusalem, the city of God. They have a nation. They have everything but spiritual life. Like the dry bones of Ezekiel 37, Israel awaits the spiritual awakening of the breath of God and to the coming of Messiah.

John Hagee

Life is gone. Lord, if these bones live, it will require the miracle-working power of Jehovah God." For nearly 50 years I have preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to audiences all over the earth. I have stood in churches, cathedrals, auditoriums, football stadiums and a preaching field in Nigeria with more than 3,000,000 people attending. Yet, like Ezekiel, as I have looked over the audiences large and small, I have often thought, "Can these bones live?" In response to Ezekiel's question, God told him to do something very strange. It was the strangest message to the deadest congregation in the history of preaching! God told him to preach the Word of the Lord to the dry bones. "Again He said to me, 'Prophesy over these bones and say to them, "O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord"'" (v. 4). The word "prophesy" doesn't always mean to foretell or to predict. Here, it means to speak out or to preach a message to the people of God. There is supernatural power in the spoken Word of God. Ezekiel's faith conquered the limita-

tions of his carnal mind, and he obeyed the voice of God. It is a Bible fact: Obedience brings blessing, and disobedience brings judgment. Ezekiel looked at the valley full of scattered, very dry bones and preached this message: Thus says the Lord God to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord." —Ezekiel 37:5–6 Ezekiel proclaimed that God was going to do a supernatural work that would make those dry, lifeless, scattered bones live again. It would be a reversal of death and corruption. In perfect obedience to the Word of God, Ezekiel said: So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. Indeed, as I looked, the sinews

hat causes us to turn away from the Lord? Don’t they come from the evil desires which battles within us? it is as it is written and the truth speaks no lies, it only depicts us as we are. The amazing truth about the Bible is that our every act, words and experiences are portrayed in it. Since the whole truths of the scripture are written through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, it is only by the Holy Spirit that we get to see the mysteries of the Word ( 1st Peter 1:21). “Sometimes I feel like the Bible is like a human “ was what my kid brother said and the wisdom which he spoke was also a fulfillment of the Scripture. (Matthew 11:25.26) The Word of God came into being to convict us of our sins and to save us fro our sins. It points us our sins and convicts us unto repentance which leads to life. Since there will be no salvation without forgiveness, forgiveness must be sought and deliverance must be desired. Knowing that the Word is also a consuming fire, at times in my moments of sin I feared to flip on to the pages which depicts me, myself and my sins. Every sin committed in our lives has its roots somewhere in us and the scripture points it our to our hearts. The Gospel of Mark states thus “For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery. Greed, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean’. (Mark 7:21-23) This speaks a lot of what some of our sins are and it clearly depicts the state of our mind. Sometimes in our waywardness, certain willful sins are committed and our hurts and woes multiplies with every sin we commit. In regard to the latest revelation I state in the truth that sin is not pleasurable; neither is it enjoyable but hell is eternal and will be torturous. The point is this: When we sin we may receive some temporal physical gratification in the flesh but we suffer so much in the spirit. Since it is us who sins, it is we who must confess. The temptation to sin comes when it comes and it is also by how we endure it which determines the outcome of it. We have to realize this that when temptation comes God can never be blamed. For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor will he tempt anyone. Often it’s the evils in us which makes us do the things we may regret. To this the Scripture states “… but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death. ( James 1:14,15 ) In another part of the scripture the word also states “Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusion”. ( Psalm 37:14 ) This is often the case with ourselves and since every sin has its consequences we suffer not as much as our sins deserve. The Word states “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and it also says there is none righteous; not even one. ( Romans 3:10,23 ). Yes it is true that our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens and it is we who must repent for the evils committed against God. (Ezra 9:6) Since sin is an act of offence against God, the state of our mind will be in turmoil as long as we live with the sins in us. Just as in Isaiah it is written “There is no peace says my God for the wicked “ ( Isaiah 57:21 ) The truth is even righteous people does wicked things as is evidenced in the scripture. The likes of David speaks a lot to us of what love and devotion is and of what unfaithfulness and adultery is. It is also startling to know that David who was known as a man after God’s own heart committed adultery with a wife who was not his. The result of his sins accounted in his own sufferings which he could barely manage to endure. However, the hardships he endured was God’s way of dealing with him so that he may be perfected in righteousness. Truth is most of us may or may not have sinned as David did but as sinners we are certainly conscious of how much we had sinned and offended God. From what we did we know what our sins are and it is only in repentance that our relationship with God gets renewed, revived and restored. This is what gives us joy when God’s flames of repentance leads us to tears which leads to salvation and leaves no regret. ( 2nd Corinthians 7:10 ) It is only when God’s fire of repentance burns in us, the anointing of the holy desires in us increases. In the truth we trust this great message on repentance will lead to greater repentance in the churches which are yet to truly experience it. Mark this, repentance was the first word Christ used in the first phases of his ministry and it is only through repentance that we can be reconciled to God. God is what salvation is. Ambrose.J.Chakre Founder President Ambrose Foundation in Christ Ministries Kohima, Nagaland

Find Your Secret Place in God Kim Walker-Smith tops chart with debut Christmas Album "H J Peggy Joyce Ruth

e who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty" (Ps. 91:1). Did you know there is a place in God, a secret place, for those who want to seek refuge? It is a literal place of physical safety and security that God tells us about in this psalm. Dwelling in the shelter of the Most High is the Old Testament's way of teaching faith. This gives us the most intense illustration of the very essence of personal relationship. Man has no innate, built-in shelter. Alone, he stands without shelter against the elements and must run to the ultimate shelter Himself. In verse 1, God is offering us more than protection; it is as if He rolls out the hospitality mat and personally invites us in. That secret place is literal, but it is also conditional. In verse 1, God lists our part of the condition before He even mentions the promises included in His part. That's because our part has to come first. In order to abide in the shadow of the Almighty, we must choose to dwell in the shelter of the Most High. The question is, "How do we dwell in the security and shelter of the Most High?" It is more than an intellectual experience. It is a dwelling place where we can be

physically protected if we run to Him. You may completely believe that God is your refuge. You may give mental assent to it in your prayer time. You may teach Sunday school lessons on this concept of refuge. You may even get a warm feeling every time you think of it. But unless you do something about it—unless you actually get up and run to the shelter—you will never experience it. You might call that place of refuge a "love walk." In fact, the secret place is, in reality, the intimacy and familiarity of the presence of God Himself. When our grandchildren, Cullen and Meritt, stay the night with us, the moment they finish breakfast, each runs to his own secret place to spend some time talking with God. There are times when your secret place may have to exist in the midst of crisis circumstances with people all around you. A good example of that is a situation in which a U.S. Navy boy from Texas found himself. He and his mother had decided to repeat Psalm 91 each day at a given time. He told of a time when his ship was under attack from the air and from an enemy submarine at the same time. All battle stations were in operation when the sub came within firing

range and loosed a torpedo directly toward them. At that moment, the young man realized it was the exact time that his mother would be saying Psalm 91, so he began quoting the psalm just as the torpedo's wake appeared, heading directly toward their battleship. However, when it was just a short distance away, it suddenly swerved, passing the stern and disappearing. But before the men had time to rejoice, a second torpedo was already coming straight toward them. "Again," he said, "as the second torpedo got almost to its target, it suddenly seemed to go crazy, causing it to turn sharply and pass by the bow of the ship. And with that, the submarine disappeared without firing another shot." The whole ship must have been "under the shadow of the Almighty" because it didn't receive as much as a scratch from either the submarine or the planes flying overhead. Where is your secret place? You too need the security and shelter of a secret place with the Most High. Peggy Joyce Ruth taught Bible study for thirty years at the Texas church where her husband served as senior pastor. Still actively involved in ministry, she teaches nationally and internationally at various denominational churches and organizations, as well as on a weekly radio broadcast. She is the author 10 books, including Psalm 91— from which this article is adapted.

esus Culture Band's Kim Walker-Smith releases globally her first Christmas album, When Christmas Comes, today from Jesus Culture Music. The album nostalgically peers into Walker-Smith's Christmastime with her 17 favorites of all newly-recorded classics and sacred carols, plus one new song, "Tell Me the Story," written by Anthony Skinner. From cinematic, grand orchestral backdrops to plaintive folk-acoustic stylings and an occasional bluesy flair, all the tracks on the new album feature Kim's powerful, soulful voice. Already gathering critical acclaim, the album immediately launched into the top 14 on the overall iTunes® Albums chart today, while firmly planting at No. 1 on the iTunes® Holiday chart. Ringing in the holiday season with classics like "I'll Be Home For Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland" to sacred carols like "The First Noel" and "Away In A Manger," Kim's When Christmas Comes blends all the whimsy and nostalgia of her childhood along with her heart for worship. "I know that at the core of who I am, I am a worship leader," says Kim. "That part of me comes out naturally in these songs celebrating the whole reason for Christmas—Jesus, that He came to change our lives and set us free. The message of the gospel is the whole theme of Christmas and why we celebrate and what makes it so wonderful." For Kim, Christmas has also always been about family. "I don't have a single Christmas memory that my

family isn't all together," she continues. "No matter what kind of hardship we may have been going through, we were all together for Christmas." This Christmas will be especially significant for Kim as she and her husband, fellow worship leader Skyler Smith, are getting ready to welcome their second child into the world. Kim's due date, ironically, is Christmas Day. "It's so funny. Being a parent just changes Christmas for you," Kim says. "It makes it even more exciting." Recording When Christmas Comes in-studio with 2014 Dove Award-winning producer Jeremy Edwardson (Michael W. Smith, Kari Jobe, Jesus Culture), songs like "Let It Snow," "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" and "White Christmas" featured on the album show another side of this versatile vocalist best-known for powerhouse worship anthems with Jesus Culture Band. Aside from collaborating with Skyler on the couple's folk/Americana flavored album, Home, released amidst acclaim last year, Kim has recorded all of her albums to date live. "The reason I always record live is because we're trying to capture a moment in worship, but with this ... it's a little bit different," the multiDove Award nominee explains. "We're making something fun and creative, but an album that still carries my heart in worship. I wanted a mixture of both—songs that could show my heart of worship and songs that are just fun and a part of Christmas, a part of magical childhood memories."

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Parsekar beats odds to become Goa’s 11th CM

Panaji, november 8 (ianS): Goa Health Minister Laxmikant Parsekar was sworn-in as the state’s 11th chief minister Saturday, pipping to the post rivals like assembly Speaker Rajendra Arlekar and Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza who had doggedly opposed his candidature till less than two hours before the oath taking. The diminutive Parsekar, 58, along with nine cabinet ministers was administered oath of office at the Raj Bhavan grounds Saturday afternoon, shortly after he formally staked claim to form a government. Later speaking to the media for the first time in his new role, Parsekar, a former Bharatiya Janata Party state chief, unwittingly conceded that the shadow of his predecessor Manohar Parrikar, who resigned earlier in the day due to his impending elevation to the union cabinet, would continue to loom large. “Manohar Parrikar is going to return from Delhi on the 13th or 14th (November). We will decide the portfolios after that,” he told reporters, even as he interacted with hundreds of his supporters. Parrikar will Sunday be sworn-in

as union cabinet minister, most likely with the defence portfolio, thus necessitating appointment of a new chief minister for Goa. D’Souza, Dayanand Mandrekar, Ramesh Tawadkar, Mahadev Naik, Dilip Parulekar, Milind Naik, Alina Saldanha (all BJP) and Sudin Dhavalikar and Pandurang Dhavalikar (both Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party) were also sworn-in as cabinet ministers Saturday. The two remaining vacancies in the cabinet are expected to be filled up later this month. Earlier in the day, BJP state leaders as well as central observers Rajeev Pratap Rudy and Purshottam Rupala were busy fire-fighting dissent sparked by D’Souza who since Friday had insisted on refusing to work with Parsekar or Arlekar, claiming both were junior to him. “I am still in the race for chief minister. I will speak to the party’s observers and make my point clear. I will quit government and will stay away from the swearing-in ceremony today. I am ok with being an ordinary MLA,” D’Souza told reporters before a meeting of the party legislators. D’Souza, one of the oldest minority faces in the

Goa BJP, also claimed the support of 15 legislators, who he claimed supported him. What followed was a series of group and individual interactions at the BJP’s state headquarters spread over nearly three hours between Parrikar, state party president Vinay Tendulkar, and the central observers on the one hand and the BJP legislators on the other. Even as the BJP failed to resolve the crisis, precipitated by D’Souza and his band of members namely Vishnu Wagh and Mandrekar, Raj Bhavan authorities issued formal invitations for swearingin ceremony leaving the name of the chief minister blank! The breakthrough was achieved an hour and a half before the swearingin ceremony after a final meeting between D’Souza, Arlekar, Parsekar and Parrikar and the two party observers. Emerging from the meeting, D’Souza did a volte face on his earlier defiant position. “I thought Parsekar was being imposed on us. Today I was told that majority of the MLAs were supporting him,” he said. Party sources told IANS that apart from being made deputy chief minister again, D’Souza

would be allotted one additional key portfolio, namely finance or home, in addition to the portfolios he was in-charge of for the last two and a half years. D’Souza however said: “I will be happy with what I am offered”. Rudy sough to paper over the cracks. “There was a complete unanimity as far as the choice of leader of the legislature party was concerned. And it was a unanimous decision when

the name of Laxmikant Parsekar was proposed by Manohar Parrikar, the outgoing CM of Goa and seconded by Francis D’Souza who has been elected as the deputy leader of the party,” he said after the meeting. For Parsekar, a former principal and a horticulturist by profession, Saturday was a sunny winter day when he beats the odds convincingly to head the state - first from Arlekar, who was favoured by the

BJP’s central leadership and then the rearguard skirmish with D’Souza. Sources said that Parsekar was backed by BJP’s state organizing secretary Satish Dhond and the combination lobbied aggressively to knock Arlekar out of contention. “D’Souza was done in by his own greed. He was clearly told by the party observers to accept an additional ministry and fall in line or face action,” sources said.

‘Robust mechanism ‘India, Bhutan sensitive to each other’s vital interests’ needed for resolving commercial disputes’ new Delhi, november 8 (ianS): Eminent jurists Saturday called for a robust mediation and arbitration mechanism for expeditious and effective resolution of business and trade disputes to make India an attractive destination for foreign investment. Former Supreme Court judges Justice A.K.Sikri and Justice S.S. Nijjar, who retired from the apex court in June 2014, while underling the need for a sincere and focused arbitration, urged the legal fraternity to introspect on why India was not able to impress upon the international business community that it too was able to do sincere and serious arbitration. “We have already reached the threshold. Arbitration is moving forward. We can’t be lax. We have to move forward with commitment, sincerity and zeal,” said Justice Nijjar in his keynote address at the 4th CII National Conference on Effectiveness of Alternate Dispute Resolution for Promotion of Business here Saturday. Urging a focused approach to the conduct of arbitration proceedings, Justice Nijjar said that a “whole dose of sincerity” has to be infused to change the world’s perception about arbitration in India and to make it a global centre of arbitration. Justice Nijjar said that he was not asking the legal fraternity to make any sacrifices but only urging that the promotion of self interest be coupled with the growth of arbitration in the country. He said, “Unless we pull our socks up, the arbitration in the country would be cornered by foreign experts and we would be left for a subsidiary role in the entirety of the situation.” Justice Nijjar, who is now engaged in commercial arbitration, revealed that in an arbitration he was recently engaged in he witnessed that everyone was interested in things other than the arbitration. Saying that he was “shocked” at the state of things, Nijjar said that it was such attitudes and approach that prevented arbitration from being a cost-effective and timely exercise. “Time has come for an introspection as to why we have not been able to impress upon the international community that we can also do good arbitration”, said Justice Sikri, in his address as chief guest. “Time has come. We have to start with a clean slate. We have to perform and there can be no excuses on this count,” said Justice Sikri pointing to the urgency of building international confidence in India’s ability to offer effective and timely resolution of disputes relating to business and trade. Favouring mediation as an effective alternate mode of dispute resolution, Justice Sikri said, “In mediation there are so many ways of resolving disputes. Mediation is good. It has to stay and we have to ensure that it grows in the country.” Mediation, Justice Sikri said, is the best form of access to justice and the “kind of success and results we get can’t be achieved through litigation”. Besides resolving disputes, Justice Sikri said, “Mediation keeps social bondage intact and this can’t be done through litigation.” “Mediation not only restores broken relationships but even strengthens them”, Justice Sikri said, recalling an amicable resolution of a dispute between brothers and their NRI sister settled in America over their shares in a family owned cinema hall in Punjab. Senior lawyer and chairman, CII Task Force on Dispute Resolution, Lalit Bhasin said there was reservations among foreign investors to come to India due to red tape and delays in the settlement of disputes. Bhasin said while litigation has not proved to be effective for resolution of disputes, arbitration too has not helped the situation. “There is a lack of institutional arbitration” that one gets to see in Singapore, London, LCIA and ICC, Bhasin said, pointing out that “they were making huge progress and inroads in India and taking away Indian work”. Pressing for institutionalising arbitration in India, Bhasin said, “We need to develop our own infrastructure for institutional arbitration.”

ThimPhu, november 8 (ianS): Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, on a state visit to Bhutan, Saturday described ties between them as an “exemplary bilateral relationship between neighbouring countries” and said the two governments shared confidence and trust that they would remain “sensitive... to each other’s concerns and vital interests”. In an address at the Convention Centre here on bilateral ties as he wound up his two-day visit, Mukherjee said as someone who has had close involvement in development of relations with Bhutan while “having served in various capacities in the government of India - including at the helm of defence, finance and foreign ministries”, he would sum up ties as an exemplary

bilateral relationship between two neighbouring countries, a unique and successful partnership for mutual benefit, and a symbiotic friendship between two peoples bound by ageold historical and cultural linkages. “There is a deep confidence and trust between our government and peoples and we have ensured that we remain sensitive, as closely cooperating neighbours, to each other’s concerns and vital interests.” In the address, attended by Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and members of his cabinet and senior officials, the president said it was in India’s interest to see a strong, vibrant and prosperous Bhutan and the two countries have “proven to the world that our nations find themselves coexisting in perfect harmony - with

our destinies interlinked in many ways - and yet we remain independent as we pursue many analogous developmental priorities”. Mukherjee said India was ready to help Bhutan attain its educational goals, by building more educational institutions in Bhutan and participating in its school reform programme, as well assist in skill development and innovation for which the two countries had signed MoUs. He once again underlined the importance of hydropower as a “classic example of win-win cooperation between the countries” and said while Bhutan was on its way to power self-sufficiency, thanks to this collaboration, its export of surplus power to India was helping it to further fuel growth and expansion. The president Friday

evening inaugurated the Jigme Wangchuk Power Training Institute that will train Bhutanese youth to run future projects that envisage the production of 20,000 MW by 2020 with India its biggest buyer. Four more projects have been taken up now as joint ventures between public sector undertakings of India and Bhutan, the foundation stone of the first such project being laid by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he visited Bhutan in June. Mukherjee lauded Bhutan for keeping its culture and human values intact, for moving ahead both as a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, and urged both countries to work together to consolidate SAARC at the forthcoming South Asian summit later this month in Kathmandu.

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Musharraf’s efforts on Kashmir were ‘frustrated’ by India: Jethmalani says SrinaGar, november 8 (PTi): Advocating former Pakistan ruler Pervez Musharraf’s four-point formula on Kashmir, former BJP MP and eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Saturday said the document should be the basis for a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue and that Musharraf’s efforts were “frustrated” by India. “Musharraf came to India with a firm and honest intention. His proposal is a fantastic solution to the Kashmir problem. It is a wonderful document which should be the basis for a permanent solution of Kashmir. I have no difficulty in confessing that his efforts were frustrated by India and not Pakistan,” 91-yearold Jethmalani told reporters here. Jethmalani, who is the chairman of Kashmir committee, also claimed he had made some changes to Musharraf’s proposal and the purpose of the document was that there should be a secular democracy on both sides of Kashmir. “I have been working for Kashmir for a long time and Musharraf knew. He sent his proposal to me through a common friend. I made some changes to the document as part of the proposals on behalf of the Kashmir Committee which Musharraf accepted. The whole purpose of the document is that there should be a secular democracy on both sides,” he said. The former Union minister, who was expelled from the BJP earlier this year, said a formal body comprising of statesmen and recognised by both India and Pakistan should be there to see to it that people are not exploited by these governments. The head of the Kashmir Committee, constituted in 2002 to reach out to separatists here, said he was in constant touch with the separatists and not all of them were “Pakistan agents”.“They all are not Pakistan agents. It is possible that at one time they were pro-Pakistan, but I am glad to tell you that majority of them want to be with India,” he said. Talking about the killing of two youth by Army in Chattergam, Jethmalani said the Army men involved in the incident on Monday should be dealt with according to law. “If they did that intentionally, there should be severe punishment...they should be hanged. But it should first be thoroughly investigated as to what led to the firing,” he said. He said Army’s presence in the state has to be “terminated as soon as the terror stops”. “Army’s presence should be terminated as soon as possible. But let the terror stop, I am sure army must go,” he said. Asked about curbs on separatist leaders ahead of the assembly elections, the noted legal luminary said, “I have told them (separatists) to create good evidence that they have been restrained and I will take the matter to the Supreme Court.”

Burdwan blast case: West Bengal police arrest mastermind Sajid KolKaTa, november 8 (ianS): In a major breakthrough in the Burdwan blast case, West Bengal Police Saturday arrested Bangladeshi citizen Sk. Rahamatulla alias Sajid, described as the chief of the Burdwan module, from near the Dum Dum airport here. “We arrested Sk. Rahamatullah alias Sajid from Jessore Road. He is a resident of Narayanganj in Bangladesh. Preliminary interrogation revealed he was heading the Burdwan module. The NIA has also said so and had announced a Rs.10 lakh reward for information leading to his arrest,” Bidhannagar Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told media persons. The 33-year-old Sajid is a senior leader of the Jamaatul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). “According to unconfirmed reports, he is also a member of the majlis-e-shura (central committee) of the JMB,” he said. Sajid was picked up around 2.30 p.m. after police intercepted a courier who was supposed to hand over Rs.1 lakh to him. “The AntiTerrorism Squad team was following information about some illegal monetary transaction. Our men intercepted a courier when he was receiving the money. They managed to convince him to call Sajid. We laid a trap and rounded him,” the police chief said. Sajid would be handed over to the National Investigation Agency, which is probing the Oct 2 blast in the semi-urban locality of Khagragarh - about 100 km from Kolkata - in Burdwan town of Burdwan district.

Harsh Vardhan asks states to work with Centre on Ayurveda

new Delhi, november 8 (ianS): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Saturday urged all the state governments to work with the Centre to improve the quality of Ayurveda healthcare services in the country. “Health for all through a holistic medicine system was not just the mandate of the central government, it also needed active support from all state governments,” Vardhan said ad-

dressing health ministers from various states who had gathered for a plenary session at the 6th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) being held here. He emphasised that though many states have made laudable progress in healthcare delivery, but the need of the hour is to work together and with foresight so that we can set a model for the rest of the world. The health ministers from the states who attend-

ed the session included Kalikhopul from Arunachal Pradesh, Shankar Chaudhary from Gujarat, Anil Vij from Haryana, U.T. Khader from Karnataka and P. Longon from Nagaland. Many of the states and union territories were represented by top officials and bureaucrats of the health department. Vardhan said that the central government was committed to promote Ayurveda and other traditional heal-

ing systems and the recommendations from the WAC will be vital to the policy making efforts. “A draft National Health Policy is expected to be ready by the end of the year and one of the key objectives of the newly constituted Ayush Mission is to ensure that the central government provides all support to state governments working to promote traditional medicine,” he said. The minister urged states

to develop implementable projects and schemes to usher in universal healthcare. Speaking on the occasion, Karnataka Health Minister U.T. Khader said the focus should be on rolling out disease prevention programmes rather than setting up more and more hospitals. Ayurveda and other traditional methods could be extremely effective as preventative measures and should be inte-

grated into the mainstream medical systems, Khader said. Tamil Nadu’s health minister C. Vijaya Bhaskar pointed out that his was the only state that had a separate department for Indian traditional medicines in government medical colleges. The health ministers assured of their governments’ commitment to the promotion of Ayurveda and the creation of holistic healthcare systems.

Modi to make first cabinet expansion

new Delhi, november 8 (ianS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to reshuffle and expand his cabinet Sunday to inject fresh talent, give wider representation to states and ease pressure on some ministers. The event is scheduled to take place at the Durbar hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan at 1.30 p.m. Sunday. Sources said 16 new names will be included in the cabinet. This will be the first cabinet reshuffle since Modi took power in May after leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a historic win in the Lok Sabha election. Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who resigned Saturday, is widely tipped to become the new defence minister, divesting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of one of his portfolios. BJP sources said Parrikar may be inducted into

the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, where the party has 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha members. Sunday’s event will take place before the start of parliament’s winter session Nov 24, giving time to the new ministers to familiarise themselves with the working of their ministries. Bandaru Dattatreya from Telangana and Sujana Chowdary from Andhra Pradesh are likely to be inducted into the union cabinet. Dattatreya, a national vice president of the BJP, is a Lok Sabha member from Secunderabad. Chowdary belongs to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and is a Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh. Modi telephoned the two parliamentarians Saturday morning and asked them to be in Delhi Sunday morning, sources in the two parties said. Dat-

tatreya is the lone BJP parliamentarian from Telangana and his inclusion will give representation to the newly created state in the union council of ministers. Chowdary, a businessman, is a first-time parliamentarian and is considered close to TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu. The widespread feeling is that Modi would like to make his government more broad-based vis-a-vis the geographical spread of his party. New ministers may be taken from Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar besides Haryana and Maharashtra -- two states where the BJP was elected to power for the first time last month. Among the names doing the rounds are J.P. Nadda (Himachal Pradesh), Jayant Sinha (Jharkhand), Ram Kripal Yadav, Girirraj Singh (both Bihar),

Vijay Sampala (Punjab), Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Niranjan Jyoti (both Uttar Pradesh), Sanwar Lal Jat (Rajasthan) and Birender Singh (Haryana). The name of former union minister Suresh Prabhu is also on the list. However, his party Shiv Sena did not appear happy about it Saturday. Modi is believed to be keen to induct Prabhu whose performance in critical ministries in the NDA-I had been praised by all parties - and may give him the responsibility of the railways portfolio. “We have many more experienced and deserving MPs who need to be encouraged. The party is not clear how this will come (Prabhu’s inclusion in the cabinet) from our (Shiv Sena) quota. We are still discussing it and will finalise the decision shortly,” a Shiv Sena leader

told IANS, requesting anonymity. Babul Supriyo, a singer-turned-politician from West Bengal is also expected to be in the list, with West Bengal BJP president Rahul Sinha saying Modi had called Supriyo and informed him of the decision to make him a minister. Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore also appears to be on the list, according to the sources. The Modi government now has 22 cabinet members and 22 ministers of state, some holding independent charge. Many ministers, including Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari, Prakash Javadekar, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, hold multiple ministries. With Modi repeatedly emphasising that his government will work on the mantra of “minimum government, maximum governance”, the size of the

union council of ministers is not expected to be large. In the union cabinet, at least six people are currently handling more than one portfolio. Topping the list is Jaitley who holds both the finance and defence portfolios, and is now expected to be replaced by Parrikar in one of the two. Others who have more than one responsibility include Gadkari, who has road transport and holds additional charge of the rural development ministry; Ravi Shankar Prasad, who has the law ministry and holds additional charge of the IT and communications ministry; Prakash Javadekar who has independent charge of both the environment ministry and information and broadcasting; and Piyush Goyal, who has the power ministry as well as additional charge of the coal and mines ministry.

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Expanded US role in Iraq? Not without Congress’ OK Obama authorizes 1,500 more US troops for Iraq

President Barack Obama speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington on November 7. From left are, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Secretary of Heath and Human Services Sylvia Matthews Burwell, and Obama. (AP Photo)

WASHINGTON, NOvember 8 (AP): Congress members returning to Capitol Hill next week will face a debate over President Barack Obama’s new $5.6 billion plan to broadly expand the U.S. mission in Iraq and send up to 1,500

more American troops to the war-torn nation. Obama authorized the deployment of advisory teams and trainers Friday to bolster struggling Iraqi forces across the country, including into Iraq’s western Anbar province where

China seeks West’s help to fight graft

beIJING, NOvember 8 (AP): China’s graft busters want foreign help in their “fox hunt” for corrupt officials who have fled the country and stashed their ill-gotten loot abroad, but misgivings about Chinese justice may deter the U.S. and other nations from wholeheartedly joining the chase. When leaders of Asia Pacific countries meet Monday and Tuesday in Beijing, they are expected to endorse a network for member nations to share information on corruption cases and help recover assets that have been moved across borders illegally. “We are setting up what is called an anti-corruption and transparency network,” said Alan Bollard, APEC’s Secretariat executive director. “This group will try and bring together the actual operational people who will share information on particular cases, share information about how to get convictions and prosecutions and, if necessary, assets back as well.” He said Beijing has initiated the plan, which also is backed by the United States. Foreign ministers for the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation grouping endorsed the plan Saturday and referred it to leaders at the summit, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. It would be a major advance in China’s anti-graft campaign, which seeks to cut off the exit route of its corrupt officials. But cooperation with Western countries — especially U.S., Canada and Australia — may remain limited because of the ruling Communist Party’s control of the Chinese judicial system, its use of death as penalty for corruption, and doubts about whether extradited suspects will receive fair trials. The three countries — all friendlier to Chinese emigres than Europe — have yet to sign extradition treaties with Beijing. “So long as China is not a democratic country with transparent and trusted institutions ... this reservation about cooperating with it is likely to linger,” Linda Lim of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business said in an emailed response to questions from The Associated Press. Beijing has estimated that since the mid-1990s, 16,000 to 18,000 corrupt officials and employees of state-owned enterprises have fled China or gone into hiding with pilfered assets totaling more than 800 billion yuan ($135 billion). Corruption, long pervasive in China, has eroded the public’s trust so much that the Communist Party considers it a threat to its grip on power. President Xi Jinping has made fighting corruption a priority. This year the Chinese authorities launched Operation Fox Hunt, targeting corrupt officials who have absconded abroad. To emphasize that high officials are fair game, Xi has said the campaign would beat “tigers” as well as swatting lower-level “flies.” “We hope we can receive support and coordination from the global community, especially in the process of tracking down fugitives and illegal profits,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi said ahead of the APEC conference. “We hope that all relevant parties could support us and not become the safe havens for those fugitives.” By the end of October, the overseas sweep had brought back 180 suspects — mostly from Asia, Africa and South America, the Public Security Ministry said. However, China is seeking more cooperation with the U.S., Canada, and Australia, because they “have the highest concentrations of corrupt officials,” said Wang Yukai, an anti-corruption expert at the Chinese Academy of Governance. “So it will be of great significance if China can build cooperative mechanisms with these countries to capture corrupt officials on the run and recover some economic losses.” But these countries are popular among corrupt Chinese officials for a reason. Their robust legal systems and concerns over possible judicial abuses in China have made their governments hesitant to repatriate Chinese citizens, or those who have gained residency or citizenship. The countries have collaborated with China in the past, but only on a case-by-case basis.

fighting with Islamic State militants has been fierce. His decision comes just three days after bruising midterm elections for his Democratic Party. But the deployments hinge on whether Obama can get the funding ap-

proved in Congress’ lameduck session, so that advisers can begin deploying to Iraq, particularly to Anbar where Sunni tribes have persistently requested help. Obama’s plan could boost the total number of American troops in Iraq to

3,100. There are currently about 1,400 U.S. troops there, out of the 1,600 previously authorized. The Iraqi government, members of Congress and others have called for troops in Anbar in western Iraq, where extremists have been slaughtering men, women and children. Congress hopes to complete the defense policy bill in the postelection, pre-holiday session and will consider the Iraq funding along with the administration’s request for billions more for military operations overseas. Lawmakers are still pressing the White House for additional details on how the money would be spent. Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said the military will set up several sites across Iraq to train nine Iraqi Army brigades and three peshmerga brigades, which are made up of Iraqi Kurdish forces. The military will also establish two operations centers where small advisory teams can work with Iraqi forces at the headquarters and brigade levels. Kirby said one of those centers will be in Anbar province, where U.S. troops fought al-Qaida extremists in brutal fighting in 2004 to 2007, costing more than

1,000 American lives and 9,000 Iraqi lives, mainly in the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi. He added that the U.S. also is considering training of some of the Sunni tribes. In 2007, Sunni Arab tribes in Anbar joined forces with Americans — in what was called the Anbar Awakening — and dealt a blow against the insurgents that many credit with turning the tide in that conflict. The new Iraqi leaders have pledged to be more supportive of the Sunni tribes than the previous Shiite government was, although Kirby said it’s unclear whether the Baghdad government will provide them with weapons. Kirby said the expansion was based on a request from the Iraqi officials, the U.S. military’s assessment of Iraqi military progress and as part of a campaign plan “to defend key areas and go on the offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” another name for IS. The U.S. troops will not be in combat roles but will train Iraqi forces in protected locations around the country. Until now, U.S. troops have largely been confined to Baghdad and Irbil, including two operations centers in those cities.

Of the 1,500 troops, Kirby said that about 630 would be used for the advisory teams, including support and security forces, and the rest would be for the training mission. Troops could begin deploying as soon as this month, if Congress approves the funding, but it will take a couple months to get the training sites ready, and the actual training will take six to seven months. The funding request followed a meeting among Obama and congressional leaders, which included a military briefing. Of the approximately $5 billion for the Pentagon, about $3.4 billion would support ongoing operations and strikes on the Islamic State, and $1.6 billion would support the training and equipping mission for the Iraqis. The remainder is State Department funding to support diplomatic efforts. Kirby said Iraq and other coalition nations will contribute money, and other countries will also send trainers. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with the Danish Minister of Defense Nicolai Wammen on Friday at the Pentagon, and Kirby said the minister committed to sending up to 120 trainers for Iraqi forces.

The U.S. has been launching airstrikes on Islamic State group militants and facilities in Iraq and Syria for months, as part of an effort to give Iraqi forces the time and space to mount a more effective offensive. Early on, the Islamic State group had gained ground across Iraq. Lately, however, with the aid of the U.S. strikes, IS has suffered a number of losses in Iraq, where it is fighting government forces, peshmerga and Shiite militias aided by Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah group. Last week, Iraqi forces recaptured the town of Jurf al-Sakher. IS also lost a string of towns near the Syrian border last month. Besieged Iraqi troops have also managed to maintain control of Iraq’s largest oil refinery outside the town of Beiji north of Baghdad, despite numerous attempts by the Islamic State group to capture it. Republican Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said Friday that he has “long been concerned that the president has underfunded our combat operations against terrorists.” ISIL is one of several acronyms for the Islamic State.

Gang members likely burned, pulverized 43 missing Scientist hopes to unlock Ebola’s secrets

meXICO CITY, NOvember 8 (AP): Drug gang members have described a horrific effort to make 43 teachers college students disappear, piling their bodies like cord wood on a pyre that burned for 15 hours and then wading into the ashes to pulverize, bag and dispose of remaining teeth and bones. In a somber presentation, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam laid out on Friday what investigators think happened to the students who have not been seen since being attacked by police Sept. 26 in the southern city of Iguala. He played video of purported gang members confessing to the killings and telling what they did. Another video showed hundreds of charred fragments of bone and teeth that had been dumped in and along the San Juan River in the neighboring town of Cocula. The attorney general said the state of the remains will make it hard to say definitely whether they are the students. “The high level of degradation caused by the fire in the remains make it very difficult to extract the DNA that will allow an identification,” Murillo Karam said at a news conference. He said authorities were putting their last hope with a specialized laboratory in Austria. It is not known how long the process could take. Police officers who took away the students after the confrontation in Iguala alleg-

edly handed the young men over to the Guerreros Unidos cartel. Gang members apparently thought the students were members of a rival gang or believed they had been sent to disrupt a public event held by the wife of the Iguala mayor, who is alleged to have ties with the gang. Murillo Karam said there is no evidence the students were involved in organized crime. Some 74 people have been detained so far in the case. Authorities say it started when police, under orders of then Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca, opened fire on students who were in Iguala collecting donations and had commandeered public buses. Six people were killed in two confrontations before the 43 students were taken away and allegedly handed over to Guerreros Unidos. Abarca and his wife, who were captured Tuesday after weeks of being on the run, are among those in custody. Parents reacting to Murillo Karam’s report said they have lost trust in anything the government says. “As long as there are no results, our sons are alive,” said Felipe de la Cruz, the father of one of the disappeared. “Today they’re trying to close the case this way ... a blatant way to further our torture by the federal government.” Until there are identifications, Mexico could remain on edge, as it has since the disappearances six weeks ago in Iguala, which is in Guerrero

state. People have held angry marches across Mexico and in other countries, and protesters have sacked or burned public buildings in the Guerrero state capital and also attacked properties owned by Abarca. According to confessions made by suspects to prosecutors, the killing of the students was on an industrial scale: They were driven to killing grounds in a dump truck so tightly packed about 15 of the young men suffocated to death. The others were then slain, apparently shot to death, and all were put on the fire, which was fueled by gasoline, diesel, wood, plastic and old tires. The suspects even burned their own clothes to destroy evidence, they said. At the news conference, Murillo Karam confirmed that human remains found in mass graves discovered soon after the students went missing did not include any of the 43 young men enrolled at a radical rural teachers college. Those graves held women and men believed to have been killed in August, he said. Among the bodies found in the course of the investigation were a father and son. By searching for reports of father-son disappearances, authorities were able to make a positive identification. Murillo Karam said the victims, whose names he did not reveal, apparently made a call before disappearing to say they were being detained by Iguala police.

Year after Haiyan, some move on, others agonize

TACLObAN, NOvember 8 (AP): Four months after she lost her husband and home to Typhoon Haiyan’s fury, Agnes Bacsal gave birth to their sixth child — a sprightly boy, whose company has eased the family’s pain. Other survivors, like fisherman Ben Pedrero, still struggle. His wife and son perished in the monster storm and more than 40 other relatives are still missing. “In just a blink of an eye, they were all gone,” the 61-year-old Pedrero said. “I’ll only overcome this tragedy when I die myself,” he added, wiping tears with his shirt as he helped relatives roast a pig and prepare food for the disaster’s anniversary. On Saturday, as church bells pealed and sirens wailed across this central Philippine city to commemorate the moment when Haiyan barreled inland from the Pacific, Bacsal and Pedrero were planning to light candles and offer prayers at separate mass graves in Tacloban.

By the time the typhoon had leveled entire villages with ferocious winds and tsunami-like waves, more than 7,300 were dead or missing. Funeral parlors were overwhelmed, forcing survivors to bury their dead near where they were found — on church grounds, roadsides, beaches and in front yards and backyards. The worst-hit Tacloban and outlying regions have crawled back from the rubble. Shopping malls, hotels and offices have reopened, with cars, taxi cabs and motorcycles clogging downtown streets — the same spots where huge mounds of debris and bodies lay scattered weeks after Haiyan blew away. Yet, human scars are harder to overcome. The 7-meter (21-foot) -high waves also took away Pedrero’s house with all its precious belongings — his family’s pictures and personal mementos. Also gone was his fishing boat, his only source of income. Like him, Bacsal still relies on dole-outs mostly from

relatives and friends. Without her husband, tricycle driver Jonathan, and her house, she now lives with her six children in a shack built from storm debris. Amid continuing adversity, Bacsal’s family is being held together by faith — an altar with rosaries and the images of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary adorn a wall — and a bubbly, new family member, 7-monthold baby John William. His cries filled the bare shack. “He gives me joy, just by being beside me,” Bacsal said, cradling her baby. A 14-year-old daughter, Maria Jean, beamed with optimism. “I’ll be the best businesswoman in Asia and bring them out of here someday,” she said when asked about her plans. With help from relatives and friends, Bacsal was able to send Maria Jean to high school. They scrimp on grocery items recently donated by a city official and were able to sell extra food stuff to neighbors in an improvised store. They sometimes miss out on meals. While the exact figures

CHICAGO, NOvember 8 (reuTerS): Etienne Simon-Loriere of the Pasteur Institut in Paris has his fingers crossed. He is heading to West Africa on Sunday to inspect blood samples gathered from Ebola patients in Guinea in hopes of tracing the path of the virus in the country where the current outbreak began. Such samples are scarce and precious. So far, only a few scientists have them, and many more say they need them in order to do critical research on the virus. If the samples are in good shape, Simon-Loriere will extract viral RNA and sequence the virus to draw a genetic map of how the Ebola outbreak changed as it passed from person to person. “Having this complete picture will be extremely important to designing the best vaccines and the best treatments to make sure they are effective on all of the virus that is circulating now,” said SimonLoriere. Even slight changes in the right area of the virus could render new rapid diagnostic kits being built on specific genetic sequences obsolete. “We need to be sure the targets that we are picking are correct,” Simon-Loriere said. So far, genetic sequencing has been done on only three samples taken from two locations in Guinea, and these were gathered at the beginning of the outbreak. SimonLoriere wants to sequence lots of samples from all over Guinea to understand transmission patterns of the virus before it crossed over to Sierra Leone, filling in the gaps about how the virus changed from the early days of the outbreak.

The blood samples were gathered by scientists at Institut Pasteur Dakar in Senegal. Simon-Loriere will extract viral RNA in Dakar and ship the vials back to Paris, where he and colleagues will use a technique called deep sequencing to detect slight changes within the genetic code of the virus. The team is collaborating with researchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which conducted similar work tracing Ebola as it first crossed into Sierra Leone. That study, published in August, found that Ebola was mutating twice as fast in humans as in fruit bats that carried the virus. Simon-Loriere is hopeful that the Guinean samples were preserved well enough and frozen quickly enough after being collected from patients to be suitable for use. Eddie Holmes, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Sydney who is not involved in the research, said key questions will be understanding whether the virus in Guinea differs from the one in Sierra Leone and whether there is anything “biologically different” that could explain why this outbreak is so much larger than any of the others. Jim Kent of the University of California, Santa Cruz, which in late September started an Ebola genome browser for use by scientists studying the virus, said he wishes there were a “continuous stream” of genetic sequences coming in to help keep track of the virus. “I just wish we could do something to get more samples,” he said.

Typhoon survivor Jonathan Bacsal Jr., runs past a cross that indicates his father Jonathan Bacsal Sr. is buried at a mass grave for typhoon Haiyan victims in the outskirts of Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines on November 6. His father perished after being hit by a flying piece of tin roof while trying to herd them to safety as the horrific November 8, storm leveled entire villages in Tacloban city on Leyte island. The tsunami-like storm surges whipped by Haiyan swept away their house, plunging them into the rampaging floodwaters. (AP Photo)

for the dead and missing are still being collected, the physical recovery remains a challenge. The typhoon demolished about a million houses and displaced more than 4 million people in one of the country’s poorest regions, where a Marxist insurgency has endured for decades. Overall damage was estimated at 571.1 billion pesos ($12.9 billion), including about 16 million knocked-down coconut trees, a major source of livelihood. With the loss of income, about a million more people were pushed deep-

er into poverty, according to the Asian Development Bank. Building more than 200,000 new houses for the poor, who were left with nothing, is proving difficult. The government, backed by international donors, has built temporary bunkhouses and shelters, but many residents have hammered back their shacks in the same coastal villages where they were hit by the storm — and which have been officially declared “no-build zones.” About 3,000 people still live in tents in Tacloban,

though the city government has pledged to move them to permanent housing by the end of the year. Under the long-term plan to protect against similar typhoon onslaughts, the government wants to build an elevated road connecting Tacloban to two coastal towns that will also serve as a dike. “Like you, I am impatient,” President Benigno Aquino III told residents during a visit Friday to nearby Eastern Samar province. He added: “We can’t be reckless as we build back better.”

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Cavaliers unconvincing in win over Nuggets

DENVER, NoVEmbER 8 (AP): Cleveland's LeBron James had 22 points and 11 assists as the Cavaliers overcame a poor shooting night by their new Big Three and held on for a 110-101 win at the Denver Nuggets on Friday. Among other results, Memphis extended its unbeaten start to the season to six games with a tight win at Oklahoma City, Charlotte's Lance Stephenson sank the long winning basket to give the Hornets a double-overtime victory over Atlanta, and Brooklyn beat city rival New York in their first clash of the season. Cleveland won despite James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving combining for just 19 of 45 from the floor. The Cavaliers had seven players score in double figures to pull out a win following two successive losses to start the road trip. Cleveland wound up with 25 assists two nights after the team tied a franchise-record worst with just six in a loss at Utah. Randy Foye scored 28 points for the Nuggets, who have dropped four in a row. Denver was without point guard Ty Lawson due to an ankle injury. Memphis made it six from six by winning 91-89 at Oklahoma City. The Thunder had

a chance to snatch victory on the last play but Serge Ibaka missed a 3-pointer from beyond the top of the key at the buzzer. Mike Conley scored 20 points, Courtney Lee scored 17 points and Zach Randolph added 16 for the Grizzlies. Reggie Jackson had 22 points for the Thunder, who again played without injured stars Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and other key players. Charlotte's Lance Stephenson made a 33-foot jumper off the glass in the second overtime, lifting the Hornets to a 122-119 win over Atlanta. Stephenson inbounded the ball to Marvin Williams and got it back in a handoff before connecting from long range. Al Jefferson scored a season-high 34 points for the Hornets while Stephenson added 17 points and 13 rebounds as the Hornets snapped a six-game home losing to the Hawks. Al Horford led Atlanta with 24 points. Brooklyn's Deron Williams scored a seasonhigh 29 points to lead the Nets over New York 110-99. Brook Lopez added 20 points and nine rebounds for the Nets, who had beaten the Knicks just once on their home floor since moving from New Jersey to Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, right, drives past Denver Nuggets forward Wilson Chandler during the first Brooklyn in 2012. Williams quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Friday, November 7. (AP Photo)

Neymar oN path to greatNess with Brazil

FILE - In this March 26, 2014 file photo, FC Barcelona's Neymar, from Brazil, celebrates his goal against Celta Vigo at a Spanish La Liga soccer match in Barcelona, Spain. Neymar was quick to move to European soccer. He went straight from Santos to Barcelona, and it didn’t take long for him to start succeeding alongside the likes of Lionel Messi. (AP Photo)

SAo PAULo, NoVEmbER 8 (AP): Despite being only 22 years old, Neymar has already done enough to be ranked among Brazil's greatest players of all time. If he can keep it up, not even the great Pele may be standing in front of him when the youngster hangs up his boots. Brazil's most promising player in decades is living up to expectations and has set himself on a path to greatness. He is enchanting with his brilliance and putting up numbers that few others have achieved at his age. He is already Brazil's fifth-greatest scorer with 40 goals with the national team, and is well on pace to surpass Pele's record of 77 as the nation's most prolific scorer. If Neymar keeps scoring like this, he may break Pele's record before he turns 28, in 2020. Pele was only two months older than Neymar when he netted his 40th goal. Only Pele and Romario have a better goal average than Neymar

with the national team. "I am very happy and proud of the progress of Neymar since he moved to play in Europe," Pele told The Associated Press in an email. "This season, he keeps proving that he's one of the best players in the world. His growth as a player is fantastic and very beneficial for the Selecao." Among the few Brazilians who have more goals than Neymar are Zico, Romario and Ronaldo, longtime heroes in the land of soccer. Neymar reached his 40th goal after scoring four times in a friendly against Japan last month, and in the coming weeks he has a chance to move closer to Zico's mark of 48 goals when Brazil plays friendlies against Turkey and Austria. Romario has 55 goals in official matches with the Selecao, while Ronaldo had 62. "We both came from Santos FC where we developed the same set of skills: creativity, passing, clinical finishing and, of course, in-

satiable hunger for goals," Pele told the AP. While Pele spent most of his career in Brazil, Neymar was quick to move to European soccer. He went straight from Santos to Barcelona, and it didn't take long for him to start succeeding alongside the likes of Lionel Messi. In Brazil, many say Neymar already has what it takes to become the best player in the world. "Maybe it won't happen this year, but by next year he will be named the best in the world, I'm certain," former Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira told Brazilian media recently. "He's already an idol." Neymar had just started to catch everyone's attention when Zico, the star of Brazil's 1982 World Cup team, said the youngster could become as good as Pele or Diego Maradona. "He does things that Maradona was never able to do," Zico told local channel Esporte Interativo a few years ago. "Maradona was as great as he was thanks to what he could do with his left foot, but he was never able to use his right leg effectively. Neymar has this ability to play well using both of his legs." But even Zico pointed to some of Neymar's weaknesses at the time, including his less-than superb heading skills, an area where Pele thrived. Neymar also was criticized because of his dives and for failing to perform well with the national team early in his career. He has steadily improved in most areas and is a much more mature player today. Neymar has been diving less often and is behaving better both on and off the field. A season playing alongside the best in the world in Europe helped him progress rapidly. He also improved with the national team, becoming Brazil's captain and the player carrying the fans' hopes for a sixth world title. "I don't know what my limit is," Neymar said after he surpassed Bebeto as Brazil's fifth-best scorer. "I'm not thinking about surpassing Pele, that's not my goal. My goal is to keep scoring to help the national team and to help my teammates." It's not only the goals that make Neymar a special player. He lacks the physical

strength that Pele used to have, and also doesn't seem to have the same above-average quickthinking of the three-time World Cup champion, but Neymar has similar lightfooted skills and uses his incredible speed to make up for some of his weaknesses. Like Pele, Ronaldo and Romario, he also has outstanding precision on his finishes. Neymar does have some advantages over players such as Ronaldo and Romario, who became stars mostly because of their goal-scoring ability. Neymar is not only about scoring goals, he is more of a playmaker, and uses his ball skills and speed to create scoring opportunities for himself and his teammates. Ronaldo used mostly his strength to get past defenders, while Romario was more about using good positioning inside the area and precise strikes. Contrary to a classic No. 10 such as Zico, who had outstanding ball control and was always trying to put his teammates in position to score, Neymar is constantly challenging defenders and using his dribbling skills to get near the opponent's area. Although it remains too early to tell how Neymar will be compared to other Brazilian greats, it's likely that his success will depend largely on whether he can win with Brazil and lead the five-time world champion back to its glory days. Pele had already won two World Cups by the time he was 22. Neymar missed out on a chance to win his first world title thanks in part to a back injury that ruled him out of some of this year's tournament in Brazil. And there is always the chance that Neymar may never be as good as everyone expects, as happened to Robinho, who also was touted as a promising star when he transferred to European soccer as a 21-yearold. Also a Santos player, Robinho moved to Real Madrid instead of Barcelona, but never played up to expectations. He played in two World Cups and remains with the national team, but never became the type of star that Brazilians had hoped for after he started making headlines as a teenager. Only time will tell if Neymar will be more like Robinho or more like Pele.

had only one 30-point game all last season, when he battled ankle injuries, but he looked back in his old form with 10-of-15 shooting and six assists. Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points but shot 5 of 20 for the Knicks, who dropped their third in a row. Sacramento's Rudy Gay hit a go-ahead turnaround jumper with 1:07 left in the second overtime and that gave the Kings a 114-112 victory at Phoenix and a fifth-consecutive win. Kings center DeMarcus Cousins had 25 points and a season-high 18 rebounds before fouling out with 34.7 seconds left in regulation. Eric Bledsoe had 23 points and eight assists for the Suns, who were outscored 22-11 in the fourth quarter. At 5-1, Sacramento is off to its best six-game start for 15 years. Toronto cruised to a 103-84 home win over Washington, with Kyle Lowry having 13 points, 10 assists and a season-high 11 rebounds for his first triple-double of the season. DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points for the Raptors, who are off to the first 5-1 start in team history. Otto Porter scored 13 points and Kris Humphries had 11 for the Wizards, who lost for the first time since a season-opening defeat at

Ato Area sports meet concludes

Guest of honour of the closing function Er. K. Kughaho Zhimomi and event officials with the champion and runner-up team of Ato Area GBs’ Football Trophy at Hokhezhe village, Saturday.

DimAPUR, NoVEmbER 8 (mExN): The 29th edition of Ato Area GBs’ Football Trophy, Late Nikhekhu Memorial Volleyball (Men & Women) Trophy and Late Shekuto Suu Memorial Badminton (Men & Women) Championship held at Hokhezhe village, concluded on Saturday afternoon with Er. K. Kughaho Zhimomi, Executive Engineer PWD (R&B), Naganimora as guest of honour. Hozukhe ‘A’ defeated Nikhekhu team 1-0 to lift the Ato Area GBs’ Football Trophy for the third consecutive time – the solitary goal coming off a free kick. Hozukhe ‘B’ finished a hard earned third spot. Abel of Hozukhe ‘A’ who had a hattrick to his name won the highest scorer award. Himaka Yeptho of Hozukhe ‘A’ was declared the player of the tournament. Hutoi Yeptho of Nikhekhu youth team and Mughaka Zhimo of Hozukhe ‘A’ were named best defender and best goalkeeper respectively. Hokhezhe – the host village team – won the men’s volleyball title with S. Hetoi and Nikhekhu Legendary finishing sec-

ond and third. Atovika Zhimo of Nikhekhu Legendary emerged best men’s volleyball player. In women’s volleyball, Hozukhe won the championship while Toshiho and Nikhekhu youth finished second and third respectively. Nikashi of Hozukhe team was named best player. Lt. Shekuto Suu Memorial Badminton Championship which was played for the first time featuring men’s single and women’s single attracted a good number of participants. Inoto of Nihokhu team emerged champion of men’s category with Vinito of Hozukhe and Hito of Toshiho finishing second and third respectively. Pitoli of Toshiho won the women’s category defeating Ilito of Hozukhe in the final. Alivi of Toshiho came third. Nihokhu village team was declared the best disciplined team of the meet. Addressing the participants and villagers at the closing function, the guest of honour stressed on the theme of the meet “unity through sports” stating that unity is most vital and the need of the hour for the society to progress in all aspect.

Miami. Washington shot 30 for 83 for a season-worst 36.1 percent. Chicago's Mike Dunleavy scored 12 of his season-high 27 points in the third quarter, and the Bulls held on for the 118115 win at Philadelphia. Jimmy Butler had 23 points and Pau Gasol added 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulls, who improved to 4-0 on the road. Chicago point guard Derrick Rose sat out after he aggravated ankle sprains in Wednesday's win over Milwaukee. He is day to day. Tony Wroten had a career-high 31 points for Philadelphia, which fell to 0-6 for its worst start since losing its first 15 in 1972-73 when they set an NBA record for futility by finishing 9-73. Boston's Jared Sullinger scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter to steer the Celtics to a 101-98 win against Indiana. Orlando rookie Aaron Gordon had six of his 17 points in overtime, and the Magic earned their first home win of the season by defeating Minnesota 112-103. Dallas talisman Dirk Nowitzki had 27 points and 10 rebounds to help the Mavericks coast to a 105-82 win against Utah. Detroit's Kentavious CaldwellPope had 19 points in the Pistons' 98-95 victory over Milwaukee.

35th aagB trophy concludes

DimAPUR, NoVEmbER 8 (mExN): The 35th Aghunaqa Area GBs Commemoration Trophy 2014 concluded at the Aghunaqa Headquarter Ground on November 7 with Apeto Assumi, Advisor WSKH as guest of honour. The tournament had earlier been inaugurated on November 3 by Tokeho Yeptho, CLP Leader. A press release received here informed that the events conducted included football for men and volleyball for both men and women. Altogether 14 teams participated in the tournament. In football, Zuloi Team emerged as champions defeating Zhekishe Team in the final. P. Vihoto secured the third spot. In men’s volleyball, Kiqheyi Team defeated Tokishe Team to emerge as champions. In women’s volleyball, Nguvihe Team beat Ghoshito Team to be crowned as champions. Yetoho Team won the award for the best disciplined team.

world No. 1 lee Chong wei fails dope test: Official

Lee Chong Wei (AP File Photo)

KUALA LUmPUR, NoVEmbER 8 (AP): Badminton's world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei has failed a doping test, a top Malaysian sports official said on Saturday. Lee, who has been temporarily suspended pending a hearing by the Badminton World Federation's doping panel, faces a potential two-year

ban from competition. Badminton Association of Malaysia deputy chairman Mohamad Norza Zakaria confirmed Saturday that a test carried out on Nov. 5 in Oslo, Norway, on the B sample had backed up the positive finding of the A sample from a doping control at this year's World Championships.

Mohamad declined to identify the player, however a senior Malaysian sports official confirmed to The Associated Press that it was 33-year-old Lee. The official did not give his name because he was not authorized to reveal Lee's identity to the media. The Kuala Lumpurbased Badminton World

Federation would hear an expected challenge to the finding by the BMA and Lee. Mohamad said the player tested positive for the banned substance dexamethasone, but the association believed he was innocent. "This player is a very dedicated player and an exceptional individual," he told a media conference. "We believe this player has never resorted to shortcuts to achieve success." Mohamad claimed dexamethasone was not performance enhancing. Dexamethasone is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's prohibited list. Substances are out on the list if they meet any two of the following criteria: 1) they have the potential to enhance sport performance 2) represent an actual or potential health risk to the athlete or 3) violate the spirit of sport. Lee won silver medals at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics, as well as at the 2011, 2013 and 2014 World Championships. He has also won four gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, including the men's singles at Melbourne 2006 and Delhi 2010.

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Music is building relationship with God

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Wungchipem Raman

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verybody keeps saying that music is universal, and even if you haven’t said it yourself, I’m pretty sure you would agree, and you should because it is true. Many more things are being said about music, some of those words have been echoing for a very long time now and some are rather new discoveries that have sprung up out of our new ideas and interpretations over the last couple of years. What we do not hear often or maybe even never is that music is simply part of a bigger story, an extension of a bigger story to be even precise. There cannot be music without a story behind it; and in my opinion, often times its not that people make crappy music, but rather it’s the total detachment from their stories, or rather from our stories that make their music unreal and completely un-relatable. I guess we’re talking about honesty. If we think about it, the 80’s music was not designed to specifically target people above the age of 27, it doesn’t work that way, its just the culture and the story behind it that makes people in my age bracket hold on to it no matter how un-cool that makes us look. I met Tali Angh 10 years ago in Bangalore. He was the new guy in the NCF worship team who would hardly talk or sing out loud but word about his wonderful singing ability soon spread among the entire group. Somehow we were all convinced that he sang wonderfully even before we actually heard him

sing, I think it was the guy who sat next to him at the practice sessions that was spreading this magnificent truth. The rumor actually turned out to be true and soon he became the worship leader of NCF Bangalore. For me personally that’s been the beginning of Tali’s story in my life. But that’s just me, this story goes back to when he was 8 years old, he describes this as the start of his ‘passionate singing’ experience. Soon he picked up the guitar at the age of 9 and that relationship with the instrument which he developed early on is the reason why I find myself writing this today. I developed a new perspective towards Hindi songs back in 2005 when I heard Tali sing a cover of Lucky Ali’s song. It wasn’t a concert, it was just us digesting our giant meal late one evening in Bangalore, there was something pure and unadulterated about that experience and it has left a very strong impression in my mind. I would later find out that he had

early on was the certain depth that is undeniably noticeable whenever Tali sings. He captures the listener with his songwriting ability and his choice of words. You can tell there is a bigger story behind the songs. I believe it’s the source of where it all comes from that provides the depth into the music he writes. He recalls discovering his musical potential at the age of 19 when he got the opportunity to grow musically and spiritually through the platform of EU while pursuing his bachelor’s degree from Science College, Jotsoma. “It’s not just the songs or the words” is what Tali would often tell me, rather it’s the relationship he shared with God that was being reflected through the outflow of his music. “Even as I was performing in different places and participating in different competitions, gradually my attitude towards music changed with a simple conviction of truth that if God is the giver of life and every good and perfect gift then all of our life and gifts are to reflect His image, His goodness and greatness, in other

with my fellow beings. I’ve had many different choices in life, in such a state of dilemma what became more important and compelling was to keep focused on God, the destiny maker. So, pursuing God became my priority and my passion and music also grew alongside.” That pretty much sums it all up. Something extraordi-

Singer & songwriter Tali Angh says ‘Pursuing God became my priority and my passion and music also grew alongside’ nary happens whenever a song is written, okay, mostly whenever a good song is written. The song gets detached from the writer and somehow everyone listening to it gets a certain ownership of it. I think it is phenomenal how one person’s ability to capture and capsulate a particular moment in life can just go viral affecting people all around the world. Tali recalls receiving what he remarks as a “priceless gift” of songwriting from God

place it always works. And for Tali that place of honesty has been his relationship with God. “The more I am committed to be consistent in my walk with God and work on my gift of music there is evident growth not only in my musical skills but in many aspects of my life. In other words, music has become the key channel or aspect in my life through which I tap into the source for life to experience wholeness. For a long time I found myself caught up in

knowing and living the reality of God has always been unstoppable & undeniable, in fact they are new everyday! Without much credentials to prove in terms of musical career, I had, I have and I will only have God to prove. His purpose and his favor overlook all the worldly standards and constantly open doors for me to get involved in lives, especially in the sphere of music in Nagaland. I have had many opportunities to perform and witness God in many places and occasions.

‘ Take It Slow ’ to be released on November 13 Promotional Concert on November 16 in Dimapur

a strong passion for Hindi songs since his childhood and actually grew up performing Hindi songs at various school and college events. “I actually wish to write Hindi songs in the near future…” his words. What made me believe

words, all of our activities here on earth should have the influence or impact of heaven over every person we encounter. Every since then I’m committed to let songs and music flow out of my love relationship with God the creator and

in the year 2006. I had the wonderful honor of being in some instances the first person to hear his songs for the first time and I am particularly excited about this album because it debuts some of those songs… songs which I’ve honestly

Christmas Songs Album title “Jisu Kepenuo” being formally release by Rev. Pelhousehu Belho, Pastor Khedi Baptist Church at Hotel Aurora, Old NST, Kohima on Saturday. The album has ten songs, which is being sung by various singers, which is led by Keneisedenuo Zatsu. The album is price at Rs.150 and is available at A.K. Cassette Shop Khedi Market Main town.

Mark Zuckerberg found ‘The Social Network’ ‘hurtful’

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waited for over a decade to share with my friends. ‘Polestar’ being one of them. Music speaks for itself and music has always spoken for itself, there is not alternate route around it. It either gets you listening or it doesn’t, that is it. However, what I do believe is that music is honest and when someone approaches music from an honest

acebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says ‘The Social Network’, director David Fincher’s take on his college life, took many liberties in telling his story which he found hurtful. In his first public Q&A, Zuckerberg opened up about the movie where Jesse Eisenberg played him. The reality is that writing code and building a product and then building a company actually is not a glamorous enough thing to make a movie about. If they were really making a

movie (of my life), it would have been of me sitting at a computer, coding for two hours straight, which probably would have not been that good of a movie, Zuckerberg said. The young businessman said the studio did get some interesting details like the design of the office correct but was not right in implicating that Zuckerberg created Facebook to attract girls. They just kind of made up a bunch of stuff that I found kind of hurtful, he said. Zuckerberg revealed that he wears the same gray T-shirt everyday to avoid wasting time in things that are silly or frivolous.

the expectations of my family, society and my own strivings to earn and achieve but nothing could come close to my passion for God and music, and this fire keeps growing. Every other thing seems to stop or fade in life at one point or the other but

obin Williams’ autopsy found no alcohol or illegal drugs were in his body when he killed himself at his Northern California home in August, sheriff’s officials said Friday. The results released by the Marin County sheriff’s office found that the actor had taken prescription medications, but in “therapeutic concentrations.” The coroner ruled Williams’ death a suicide that resulted from asphyxia due to hanging. Sheriff’s officials have said Williams was found in the bedroom of his home in Tiburon on the morning of Aug. 11. His death had been preliminarily ruled a suicide, with sheriff’s officials saying he hanged himself with a belt. Williams’ wife, Susan Schneider, has said the actor and comedian was struggling with depression, anxiety and a recent Parkinson’s diagnosis when his personal assistant found him dead. Williams had publicly acknowledged periodic struggles with substance abuse, and he had entered a substance abuse program shortly before his death. According to the coroner’s report, his wife told an investigator Williams did not go there because of recent drug or alcohol abuse, but rather to reaffirm the principles of his rehabilitation. According to his wife, Williams was having trouble sleeping and had shown increased signs of paranoia before he committed suicide,

I have had the privilege of being the judge of a talent search reality show known as Naga idol for four seasons now, and with the arrival of the right season I’m favored with all the resources for the debut album and I know the time has come for me to share some of my songs to every listener across the world. People will hear many more new songs from me because I draw my inspiration from the ultimate and unlimited source, Jesus Christ.” This is a story, a reality that has been in the making for years. The time is now and the time is right.

We hope there will be many more of such stories unraveled in our land. I don’t think there’s a separate universally agreed music quota for Nagaland but somehow we’ve convinced ourselves into believing that good music cannot come out of Nagaland because well, its Nagaland. I refuse to believe it. I think we can do with a little change in culture and perspective in this area. Music speaks for itself; there is no compromise or category. There is just music, and I’m certain of the fact that we have some good music right here.

Robin Williams’ autopsy found no illegal drugs the autopsy report said. Medical records confirmed he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in November 2013 but had symptoms since 2011, including a left arm tremor and the slowing of left hand movements. Treatments with drugs in May 2014 led to some improvement, according to the report, and he remained physically active until his death. Williams had two types of antidepressants in his system when he died, as well as a Parkinson’s medication, caffeine and another ingredient found in tea and cocoa, the autopsy found. Authorities have said Williams was last seen alive by his wife when she went to bed the night of Aug. 10. She woke up

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the next morning and left, thinking he was still asleep elsewhere in the house. Shortly after that, Williams’ assistant came to the home and became concerned when he failed to respond to knocks at a door. The assistant found the 63-year-old actor in a bedroom, according to sheriff’s officials. Williams also had superficial cuts on his wrist, and a pocketknife was found nearby. The results of Williams’ autopsy, including the toxicology tests, were originally slated to be released Sept. 20. Marin County officials later announced a Nov. 3 release date, but the report was further delayed. Toxicology reports routinely take up to six weeks to complete.

In this November 5 photo, members of the rock band Kiss, from left, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer, perform at The Joint at the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas for the start of their residency. (AP Photo)

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EPL: Chelsea stretches lead Czechs lead Germany after 2-1 win over Liverpool 2-0 in Fed Cup final

LoNDoN, NovEmbER 8 (AFP): Diego Costa scored his 10th goal of the campaign as Premier League leaders Chelsea continued their unbeaten start to the season by winning 2-1 at Liverpool today. Bidding to avenge their costly 2-0 loss in last season’s corresponding fixture in April, scene of captain Steven Gerrard’s infamous slip, Liverpool took an early lead through Emre Can’s deflected shot. But Gary Cahill equalised almost immediately for Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea before Costa slammed home 23 minutes from time to silence Anfield and provisionally increase his side’s lead at the summit to seven points. Runnersup to Manchester City last season, Liverpool have now lost three successive games in all competitions and trail Chelsea by a huge 15 points. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers restored a host of the first-team players controversially rested for the midweek loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League and saw his team go ahead in the ninth minute. Can had a shot deflected over by John Terry in the first minute, but Chelsea did not heed the warning and when he took aim from similar range moments lat-

Liverpool's Chelsea's Diego Costa, center, attempts an overhead kick as Liverpool's Alberto Moreno, left, and Dejan Lovren look on during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Saturday November 8. (AP Photo)

er, the ball cannoned off Cahill and into the net. But within five minutes Chelsea were level, after a goal that required the aid of goal-line technology. Simon Mignolet parried from Terry at a corner and although the Liverpool goalkeeper got his body fully behind Cahill’s follow-up, Hawk-Eye replays

showed that the Belgian had carried the ball over the line. While Chelsea finished the first half strongly, they were indebted to goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for getting down sharply to thwart Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling either side of half-time. Having been embroiled

in a physical tussle with Martin Skrtel for much of the game, Costa provided a reminder of his predatory instincts to settle the game in the 67th minute. After eluding Coutinho on the Chelsea left, Cesar Azpilicueta saw his cross pushed out by Mignolet, but Costa was in the right place to rat-

‘YFC is doing justice to MMA’ Morung Express News Dimapur | November 8

India’s most recognised face on the Mixed Martial Art circuit, Kario Isaac Maheo, is in town. Isaac is here for the Yoddha Fighting Championship and will be among the three referees at the event. Isaac made his mark in the MMA winning the inaugural edition of the Super Fight League reality show in 2012. He then went to

the US for a year’s training. “For me, I look at this as the ultimate sport,” he says and adds, “This is the real thing when it comes to combat.” Currently recovering from a fractured hand he sustained while competing, Isaac is still unsure on his future. “I want to continue fighting,” he says but adds that injuries and the roughness of the sport might lead him away from competing. Admittedly MMA is still in its infancy in the state, but

Isaac wants people to understand the sport. “It’s not a kind sport,” he says. “Think twice before taking it up professionally,” he cautions. Isaac visited the Combat Academy in March and has seen the trainees improve. He is appreciative of the contestants saying that it takes a lot of courage to get into the cage. Isaac is also appreciative of YFC. “YFC is doing what is true to the sport by starting with the amateur,” he says referring to Sunday’s Tryout 1.

Chennaiyin held by NorthEast United in a thrilling 2-2 draw

ChENNAi, NovEmbER 8 (AGENCiES): Chennaiyin FC and NorthEast United FC were involved in a thrilling 2-2 draw in a Hero Indian Super League match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai tonight. The hosts thought that they had the three points wrapped up when Elano Blumer scored his second goal of the evening in the 78th minute after he had put his side in the lead in the 25th minute. But Koke came up with a stunning equaliser in the 85th minute to ensure a division of points. Earlier, Seiminlen Doungel had helped the visitors draw level in the 38th minute with a sweetly timed volley to ensure the two sides crossed over on level terms. Chennaiyin remain in second spot with 11 points from six games while NorthEast move up to fourth place with nine points from seven games.

It was end to end stuff in this engrossing encounter with the hosts having the greater share of the exchanges and chances. But they were denied on several occasions by timely tackles from the NorthEast defenders and also by Rehenesh TP under the bar who had another great day at the office. Twice, he denied Elano, once in each half, with excellent saves, besides making a few other blocks and interceptions. The Highlanders also gave a good account of themselves with their commitment and organisation, but their final pass was lacking, thereby blunting the edge in their attacks. After stitching together a few good moves through both flanks, Chennai went ahead when Elano ran in to meet a Denson Devdas cross from the left and unleashed a powerful header that beat Re-

henesh all ends up. The visitors equalised through diminutive striker Doungel who hit the target with a turn and sweetly timed volley after James Keene had flicked it on, following a cross from the Airborlang Khongjee. Elano then got his eighth goal of the league when he dribbled past two defenders on the top of the box and drilled a low shot to the far corner. However, the Highlanders showed their resilience when Koke pounced on a poor headed clearance by Bernard Mendy and blasted a stunning volley past Gennaro Bracigliano. The visitors had a couple of chances more to script a sensational finish but that was not to be. Chennai travel to Pune for their next fixture on November 11 while NorthEast United return home to take on FC Pune City on November 15.

tle a half-volley into the net from close range. Liverpool had a late penalty appeal turned down when a shot from Gerrard hit Cahill on the arm. Second-place Southampton will attempt to return to within four points of Chelsea when they host Leicester City later today.

YFC Tryout 1 today Morung Express News Dimapur | November 8

The first of the Tryout events of Yoddha Fighting Championship – the first pan-Indian amateur MMA league – will be held at the Agri Expo Auditorium, Dimapur on Sunday. The event is slated to start at 3 p.m. The event which will see 32 fighters competing in different weight categories is being organised by Association of Combat Sports, India (ACS) alongside Evolution MMA Mumbai. The concept of the league is to nurture homegrown talents and provide a platform to gain experience and amass amateur records. The Tryouts will identify 16 fighters in the different weight categories who will then participate in an elimination tournament, over 4 events to decide the respective weight category champions. Jitendra Khare, Owner of Evolution MMA, hopes that this will provide a platform for amateurs wanting to take it to the next level. This is Khare’s third visit to Dimapur and he has seen the improvement in the fighters from Combat Academy. “The level is much higher than I thought,” he says. Khriemele Metha, owner of Combat Academy, says that there is no amateur MMA base in India. “Our goal is to continuously provide competitive professionals who can compete at the top level,” Metha says. Kario Isaac Maheo, winner of Super Fight League, will be one of the referees for Sunday’s event. Tickets are priced at a very reasonable rate of Rs. 100 per person. Asked on the number of people expected to witness the event, Metha says with a chuckle, “500 would be wonderful; 700 would be epic.”

PRAGUE, NovEmbER 8 (AFP): Petra Kvitova and Lucie Safarova gave the Czech Republic a 2-0 lead over Germany in the Fed Cup final in Prague on Saturday after winning their opening rubbers in straight sets. Kvitova, the Czech number one player and world number four, overcame Germany's number two Andrea Petkovic 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and 17 minutes. Safarova then needed an hour and 28 minutes to beat Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4. The Czechs, who won the trophy in 2011 and 2012, are within a point of making it three in four years. Germany last won the Fed Cup in 1992. On the superfast hardcourt of Prague's O2 Arena, Wimbledon champion Kvitova leaned on her serve and aggressive play in the first set. The 24-year-old Czech first broke Petkovic's serve in game two after the German world number 14 produced two double faults, then snatched another break for a 5-1 lead. Serving for the set, Kvitova lost concentration, squandered a set point and let the 27-year-old German break her serve, before breaking back for 6-2. In the second set, both players allowed a break apiece, then held on to their serves until game 10, in which Kvitova snatched a break point and converted it as Petkovic fired long from Kvitova's backhand slice. "I'm just glad that I did everything well," Kvitova said after the game. "She tried to play a little bit better at the end of the first set and it was just important that I had a break back. "It

Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova celebrates after defeating Germany's Andrea Petkovic in their Fed Cup Final tennis match between Czech Republic and Germany in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, November 8. (AP Photo)

was really tight in the second set and I was looking for the moment when it was going to be very close and that's going to be my chance." Petkovic admitted she was "obviously more nervous in Fed Cup than in normal matches" but paid a

tribute to Kvitova for her performance. "I wasn't playing badly, she was just so much better in each and every department. "The main difference was that she served better and returned better. It was difficult for me to take the initiative," said Petkovic.

ManU, Southampton wins in EPL

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mANChESTER, NovEmbER 8 (AP): Juan Mata came on as a substitute to score in the 67th minute and give Manchester United a much-needed 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace while at St. Mary’s, Shane Long, another substitute scored two goals in five minutes giving Southampton a hard-fought 2-0 victory against Leicester in the Premier League matches on Saturday. Just four minutes after coming on for Adnan Januzaj, Mata curled a deflected shot past Julian Speroni to hand Louis van Gaal's team its first win in four matches. It was another lackluster display, however, and United's expensively assembled attacking lineup struggled to crack open the visitors' defense for large parts of the match. Fraizer Campbell wasted a Crystal Palace's Marouane Chamakh and Manchester United's Michael Carrick, right, battle for the ball during their English Premier League match at Old Trafford, great chance to score for Palace against his old team in the first Manchester England Saturday November 8. (AP Photo)

half, and United hung on for a rare clean sheet that lifted it up to a provisional fifth place. At St. Mary’s, Leicester set up a narrow defense attempting to stifle Southampton's trademark attacks through the middle of the pitch, and the tactic worked for the majority of the game. Southampton only threatened in the first half when Sadio Mane shot over from a tight angle. Mane had a goal ruled out for offside on 52 minutes before Southampton manager Ronald Koeman substituted him for Long in the 68th. And Long broke through Leicester's defense seven minutes later, curling a low shot beyond Kasper Schmeichel after Graziano Pelle's neat layoff. He secured victory in the 80th, guiding the ball past Schmeichel after Victor Wanyama picked him out.

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