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Dimapur VOL. IX ISSUE 309
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Sunday, November 9, 2014 12 pages Rs. 4
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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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