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People to go to Mars by the 2030s WASHINGTON, OcTOber 11 (reuTerS): U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to help send people to Mars as soon as 14 years from now, pledging to work with private companies to “to build new habitats that can sustain and transport astronauts on long-duration missions in deep space.”

“We have set a clear goal vital to the next chapter of America’s story in space: sending humans to Mars by the 2030s and returning them safely to Earth, with the ultimate ambition to one day remain there for an extended time,” Obama said in an opinion piece for CNN posted to its website.

Zika virus likely to spread across Asia: WHO informs MANIlA, OcTOber 11 (IANS): Zika infections were “highly likely” to keep spreading across Asia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Tuesday.

WHO director Margaret Chan said experts were still looking for ways to deal with the virus, the BBC reported. “Unfortunately, scientists do not yet have answers to many critical questions,” she told an annual regional WHO meeting in the Philippines capital, Manila.

Hundreds of cases of the virus were reported in Singapore while two cases of Zika-linked microcephaly have already been confirmed in Thailand. Zika generally has mild effects but is more dangerous for pregnant women as it has been linked to severe birth defects, including the brain deformation microcephaly.

According to the WHO, the mosquito-borne virus has been detected in 70 countries worldwide so far.

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CME programme on kidney transplantation held at Kohima

reflections

In the midst of systemic corruption, will an anti-corruption political party be able to clean up the system in Nagaland State?

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Hindu women use their mobile phones to take pictures after worshipping the idol of the Hindu goddess Durga on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, october 11. (REUTERS)

Nagaland govt urged to consider Tseminyu dist

TSeMINyu, OcTOber 11 (MexN): The Rengma Hoho has re-appealed to the Nagaland State Government to consider their demand for a ‘Tseminyu district.’

A press release from Kenyuseng Tep, President of the Rengma Hoho, stated today that the Rengma people have been ‘snubbed and betrayed’ since the inception of Nagaland State.

In an earlier memorandum to the Chief Minister of Nagaland, the Rengma Hoho had mentioned how the Rengma people had contributed and taken initiatives to push for

the political and historical rights of the Naga people, apart from their involvement in every political development that resulted in the creation of the Nagaland State.

“Rengmas deserve due recognition and equal treatment. Our demand is not for political and social polarization but it is inherent right which cannot be denied,” stated the Rengma Hoho. It reiterated that the Rengma was one among “five major tribes” that were at the forefront of upholding Naga rights.

The Rengma “honesty and fairness in upholding the unity and

integrity of the Nagas” as well as their “sincere effort in maintaining a brotherhood with other Nagas should not be construed as ignorance and weakness,” maintained the Rengma Hoho.

With “full confidence” in the present DAN government under the leadership of TR Zelaing and Dr. Shurhozelie to “to take up our issue at the level of their authority to deliver justice to the demand of the Rengmas at the earliest,” the Rengma Hoho hoped that “their leadership and true statesmanship will not overlook our genuine demand.”

DIMApur, OcTOber 11 (MexN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) today welcomed the decision of the Nagaland State Government to conduct elections to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). NPCC stated that the upcoming elections will be a “litmus test” for clean election and hold a ‘special future’ for the people of Nagaland.

“Voters shall choose between corrupt and God-fearing governance at the Municipal and Town Council Level” and the Congress Party shall “offer God-fearing, clean and good governance,” NPCC President K Therie stated in a press note received here today.

“Our job shall be to provide election manifesto underlining the future steps and assurances to deliver,” Therie said stressing that “Nagaland needs decent and disciplined ULBs.” The promises will not be hollow, he assured, but shall bear fruits and will be delivered to “each and every targeted section without favour or ill-will, but with justice and equality.”

The State Congress President further pointed out that while Nagaland Government framed Urban Local Bodies Act as Municipal and Town Council Act under Article 243 (Q) of the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India in 1992, there is room for its re-amendment.

“In democracy, no Act is perfect and needs improvement with time… Even the ‘perfect’ has room to improve. Let the time come, we shall amend the Act according to the needs of the people,” Therie said.

Congress has no intention to take away the rights of the people but we will legislate laws according to needs and safeguard the rights of the people, he added.

Given an opportunity, the Congress will

remove Land and Property tax from the purview of tax since there are objections to these impositions, he promised.

Though the Party manifesto is yet to be released, Therie’s press note pointed in a general direction this may take.

“Congress believes in the principles of democracy, secularism and socialism. We shall uphold them in directions of our actions,” he said.

Stating that as social human beings one cannot live without systems and discipline, the Party also affirmed its acceptance of the democratic system of governance - the system that allows us to choose the type of governance.

Voters are at liberty to choose between election manifestos of various political parties, Therie said, but noted that, “God-fearing and corruption-free leaders must be elected to carry out holistically the commitment made in the election manifestos.”

“NPCC shall provide election manifesto for all ULBs. NPCC will select God-fearing workers to be the candidates of INC in the forthcoming ULB elections,” Therie assured.

Further, the NPCC President accused the Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) of keeping the election to ULBs in limbo for a long time while governing the same through nominated members who did “everything to corrupt and deform the Municipal and Town Councils.”

Elections were due for a long time and if Government of India had “not put conditions of election,” NPF Government would “never have taken steps” for ULB elections and would have continued the nomination system for their personal and party interests, he alleged.

Extending support to the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) stand with on the Clean Election, the State Congress President said that “Win or lose, our mission is to reach the message of the need for clean and Godfearing good governance.”

He further urged the Congress rank and file to comply with this. This election will be the stepping stone to clean election, Therie maintained.

Ao Senden affiliates endorse Organisations demand justice at the earliest September 23 resolution Morung Express news Dimapur | October 11

Affiliates of the Ao Senden on October 11 endorsed the Ao Senden’s September 23 resolution to sever ties with the Naga Hoho. The decision was taken at a joint meeting of eight federating units of the Ao Senden based in Kohima, Chumukedima, Medziphema, Mon, Wokha, Mokokchung town, Tuensang and Dimapur, which was held at the treasurer’s residence of the Ao Senso Telongjem Dimapur.

At a media briefing, the eight units affirmed - “as resolved by the

Ao Senden Federal Council on September 23, 2016 on the matter of the recognition of the Rongmei as an indigenous tribe of Nagaland state” - to stand by the resolution. The Ao Senden had stated that it will cease associating with the Naga Hoho until the latter “revokes its consent on the Rongmei recognition issue.”

The affiliates further drew attention to what it termed as “Ao national workers campaigning against the Ao Senden resolution.” Condemning the alleged campaign, the affiliates asked the “Ao national workers” to desist from doing so.

DIMApur, OcTOber 11 (MexN): Various organizations have condemned the killing of a woman on the night of October 8 at Tenyiphe-I village. The Tenyiphe-I Women Organisation (TWO), while condemning the incident, asserted that such “ghastly act” perpetrated on a “helpless women cannot be tolerated.”

The 28-year-old victim of murder was found dead in her house in a pool of blood on Sunday, October 9. The Dimapur Police suspect she was murdered on the night of October 8 with a sharp weapon.

She lived alone at her house

at Tenyiephi I, E Khel, and ran a small grocery shop close by her home.

The TWO, in the press release from its President, Khrieseno, and Secretary, Ale, stated it will “never fail” to stand against “any form of brutality” against women and the weaker sections of the society, “especially when such crimes are committed within the jurisdiction of our village.”

While appealing the investigating authorities to leave “no stone unturned till the case is brought to its logical conclusion and the culprit(s) brought to justice,” the organization

assured to extend full cooperation to the authorities.

Meanwhile, it also expressed condolences to the family of the victim, praying that Lord grants eternal rest to the departed soul and early solace to the grieving family.

In a separate press release from Western Chakhesang Mothers’ Association (WCMA) President, Bino Kenye, and General Secretary, Akhrole Venuh, the organisation stated that “such kind of act” has no place in the society and should be condemned by all. Extending its condolence to the bereaved family, the WCMA

urged the law enforcing agency to expedite investigation and award befitting punishment to the accused so justice can be done at the earliest.

Meanwhile, the Zhavame Union, Dimapur termed the murder as a “barbaric act,” appealing for the arrest of the accused at the earliest and justice to be served as per the law of the land.

It may be noted that the Dimapur Police had filed an FIR connected to the case on October 9 at the Diphupar Police Station under section 302 IPC (Murder) and the case is currently under investigation.

RSS chief disputes Modi, says gau rakshaks not anti-socials Samsung scraps Galaxy Note 7 over fire concerns

NAGpur, OcTOber 11 (IANS): RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday backed cow vigilantes and asked the government not to equate them with anti-social elements, contradicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stand on the Hindu bovine activists.

“There are some people who are dedicated to cow protection. It is part of the Directive Principles of State Policy,” Bhagwat said in his annual speech on Vijay Dashmi, marking the 91st foundation day of the RSS -- the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ideological mentor.

“Gau rakshaks operate under the law. Administration must keep (this) in mind. Those who break the law shouldn’t be compared to gau rakshaks,” the RSS chief said at its headquarters in Nagpur.

Bhagwat’s remarks contradict Modi’s August speeches when he said that 70-80 per cent of them would be found involved in anti-social activities which no society can approve of.

Modi in his two speeches -- in Delhi and Telangana -- advised states to act against such activists after a nationwide outcry over highhandedness by cow vigilantes on Dalits in many states, including in Modi’s home state Gujarat.

Bhagwat didn’t quite agree. He

said cow, revered by Hindus, was to be protected by the law and “gau rakshaks perform an important service”. He called cow protection a “sacred mission” that would “continue and gather momentum” despite “grave provocations”.

Bhagwat also expressed concern over social inequality and casteism, saying an ongoing RSS survey in this regard had thrown up alarming findings.

For instance, he said, a detailed survey of 9,000 villages in Madhya Pradesh had shown that in 40 per cent of them, backward castes and Dalits face discrimination on temple entry, in 30 per cent villages they are not allowed access to water sources and in 35 per cent villages they are barred from using the crematorium.

“The Swayamsevaks are working on this. They have started helping our SC/ST brethren to claim the benefits guaranteed to them under the Constitution and ensure that the government and administration disburse the funds allocated for their welfare,” Bhagwat said.

He said it was shameful if people were insulted or subjected to physical torture “because of one’s wrath over a trivial issue or one’s superiority complex” -- a reference to antiDalit incidents in the country.

SeOul, OcTOber 11 (reuTerS): Samsung Electronics Co Ltd scrapped its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on Tuesday less than two months after its launch, dealing a huge blow to its reputation and outlook after failing to resolve safety concerns.

Samsung announced the recall of 2.5 million Note 7s in early September following numerous reports of the phones catching fire and on Tuesday it finally pulled the plug on the $882 device in what could be one of the costliest product safety failures in tech history.

The decision to scrap the Note 7 came after fresh reports of fires in replacement devices prompted new warnings from regulators, phone carriers and airlines. “(We) have decided to halt production and sales of the Galaxy Note 7 in order to consider our consumers’ safety first and foremost,” the South Korean firm said in a filing to the Seoul stock exchange.

Samsung said earlier it asked all global carriers to stop sales of the Note 7s and the exchange of original devices for

A woman talking on her mobile phone walks past an advertisement promoting samsung Electronics’ Galaxy note 7 at the company’s headquarters in seoul, south Korea, october 10. (REUTERS)

replacements, while it worked with regulators to investigate the problem. The company is offering to exchange Note 7s for other products or refund them.

Samsung’s decision to pull Note 7s off the shelves not only raises fresh doubts about the firm’s quality control but could result in huge financial and reputational costs.

Analysts say a permanent end to Note 7 sales could cost Samsung up to $17 billion and

tarnish its other phone products in the minds of consumers and carriers.

Investors wiped nearly $20 billion off Samsung Electronics’ market value on Tuesday as its shares closed down 8 percent, their biggest daily percentage decline since 2008.

“This is the first time that I have seen a product recall go this badly wrong,” financial analyst Richard Windsor said in a note to clients. “When it

comes to the damage that it will do to Samsung’s brand, we are in uncharted territory”.

The premium device, launched in August, was supposed to compete with Apple Inc’s latest iPhone for supremacy in the smartphone market. Well received by critics, its first problem was a shortage as pre-orders overwhelmed supply.

Samsung, the world’s top maker of smartphones had nearly twice the global market share of Apple at mid-year, having shipped 77.6 million phones in the second quarter alone, said Neil Mawston, an analyst at research firm Strategy Analytics.

The South Korean company was counting on the Note 7 to replace its previous flagship model, the Note 5, which had sold around 15 million units over the four quarters ended in June, according to Strategy Analytics data.

Instead, Samsung will be forced to count on existing models such as its Galaxy S7 edge, which has a slightly smaller screen but is also slightly less expensive.

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Colony leaders urged to enforce orders Morung Express News Dimapur | October 11

Dimapur Municipal Council Administrator, H. Atokhe Aye on Monday urged upon colony chairmen and leaders to strictly enforce regulations and other orders passed by them or other competent authorities for the betterment of the society.

He was speaking as the guest of honour at the Dimapur Urban Colony Chairmen Federation (DUCCF) general meeting in Dimapur.

“You should see that any regulations passed by the colony are strictly enforced,” he told the gathered colony chairmen and secretaries while emphasizing on sanitation aspect.

DMC Administrator, H. Atokhe Aye being felicitated by DUCCF during its annual meeting in Dimapur on October 11. (Morung Photo)

He lauded the outgoing DUCCF team for thier achievements and encouraged the new team to carry forward the legacy and work with renewed zeal.

“If you have been able

to achieve anything as a leader, then you need to thank God and if you have failed as a leader then you need to introspect and retrospect where the fault lay,” he told the colony

leaders.

Reminding about a resolution between the DMC and DUCCF on earlier occasion to collect Rs 30 as Residential Sanitation Tax per household, Atokhe ap-

pealed the public to cooperate with the Municipal.

“I will deliver and improve sanitation standard and for which I need the support and cooperation of the public and leaders,” he appealed.

He also appreciated the Kevijau and other colonies for coming forward with financial and material contributions for taking up various developmental works.

Atokhe said the DMC continues to be more encouraged by such nature of support and cooperation.

Dur ing the programme, the general and audit report were also presented.

Assistant Pastor, DABA, Imnatoshi Longkumer said the dedicatory prayer for the new team of DUCCF.

CME programme on kidney transplantation held at Kohima

KOhiMa, OctOber 11 (MexN): Shija Institute of Kidney Sciences (a unit of Shija Hospitals) in association with Oking Hospital & Research Clinic, Kohima organized a Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme on October 8 at Japfu Hotel, Kohima.

The theme of the CME programme was ‘kidney transplantation.’ Dr. Guliver Potsangbam, Director, Shija Institute of Kidney Sciences was the key resource person of the CME programme.

He delivered the legal and technical parts of the transplant programme at Shija Institute of Kidney Sciences. The time and

man-hour loss faced by patients and their families in the Kidney Transplantation Centres outside the state was mentioned during his talk.

Dr. Vikethonyii Kesiezie, Managing Director, Oking Hospital, Kohima expressed gratitude to all who participated in the CME. He also expressed cost and distance advantage of Shija Institute of Kidney Sciences for kidney transplantation for the state of Nagaland.

Dr. Palin Khundongbam, CMD, Shija Hospitals, narrated the genesis and need of the transplant programme in the region.

He said more than 150 patients from Manipur alone

are going outside the state for kidney transplantation in a year. They faced inconveniences apart from man-hour losses. He assured a comfortable lodge near Shija Hospitals within a very short time for those patients and their families coming from outside Manipur. He also mentioned that Shija Hospitals is already empanelled by governments of Nagaland and Mizoram.

A press release issued

by Santosh Shekhar, AGM – Business Development stated that credit hours were given by Nagaland Medical Council to the 40 doctors from Kohima attending the CME programme.

Kisetong commemorates Wildlife Week YWOKU holds first Children’s Cultural Camp

Kiphire, OctOber 11 (MexN): On last day of the Wildlife Week (October 8), a special event was organized at Kisetong Village, Kiphire by the Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Nagaland along with the District Administration.

Kisetong is known for conserving an entire hill, which is a virgin forest.

Chumpise, Head GB, Kisetong Village during exhortation highlighted that the village has been conserving their community reserves for several decades now and penalty of Rs. 5000 are being imposed on offenders.

Samom Khelen Singh, IFS, Wildlife Warden, Kiphire in his speech stressed on the need for the public to continue their effort to conserve their forests and wildlife. He also apprised them of the protection provided to wildlife under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and the corresponding punishment for the offenders involved in wildlife crime.

Longdiba Sangtam, EAC Kiphire, highlighted

that along with human progress, conservation and wildlife management should go hand in hand.

For this, he also said that proper policies should be in place to enable communities achieve conservational success. He encouraged and urged to village to continue its effort to protect wildlife.

Lansothung Lotha, RFO, Kiphire Wildlife Division gave a presentation on ‘Our Life: Our Wildlife: Our Responsibilities.’ In his session, he explained in brief on the importance of wildlife in general. He also highlighted the detrimental impact that our lifestyle and age old practice of hunting and jhum cultivation is having on wildlife. He also challenged the young and old alike to make it an aim that the younger generations will once again see the wildlife that has been pushed to local extinction from their area.

The occasion was marked by the screening of the national award winning documentary ‘Nagaland is changing. But…’

which is about community based conservation efforts in Nagaland, citing the exemplary effort of Sendenyu and Sukhai villages. This powerful and inspirational documentary has been made by The Energy and Research Institute (TERI) and Nagaland Forest Department.

Song was presented by the youth of Kisetong village. The programme was chaired by Rothrongi and invocation by Thsatsi, Pastor, Kisetong Baptist Church. Vote of thanks was delivered by Thsaropila, Youth Pastor and benediction by Limala, Women Pastor.

Besides this, LED bulbs were also given to the village for use in the Church and Community Hall.

Bookmarks with conservational messages written in the local dialect were also distributed to all the children as well as those present in the programme.

This was stated in a press release issued by Wildlife Division Kiphire, Wildlife Warden, Samom Khelen Singh, IFS.

Our Correspondent Kohima | October 11

The Yimchungrü Women Organisation Kohima Unit (YWOKU) in collaboration with Yimchungrü Union Kohima on Monday held first Children’s Cultural Camp at Bharat Scouts & Guide Training Centre, Nerhema.

Addressing the gathering as the special guest, 10th NAP (IR) Battalion Assistant Commandant K. Soriso emphasized on the need to know one’s culture and preserve it. Expressing that culture and tradition is one’s identity and way of life; he also maintained that people should uphold their own dialect.

Soriso also called upon the people to balance between modernity and tradi-

tional values while expressing that the bad practices of the forefathers, especially headhunting should be left behind but the good values such as hardworking, honesty and respect for elders needs to be upheld.

YWOKU president Tansola said that the camp was organized with a view to pass on the tradition and culture to the youngsters.

Agriculture department deputy director Showuba, Yimchungrü Union Kohima President Kejingkhum and Amenla Hanji also exhorted the gathering.

Various cultural items including traditional couple show, folk songs and games including top spinning and cock fighting were held during the day.

Chaired by Assistant Cultural Secretary YWOKU

10th NAP (IR) Battalion Assistant Commandant K. Soriso and others being accorded traditional welcome during the first Children’s Cultural Camp of YWOKU at Bharat Scouts & Guide Training Centre, Nerhema on October 10. (Morung Photo)

Ruthsan, the camp com- Yinsola pronouncing the tary Hekamla while benemenced with Associate invocation, vote of thanks diction was offered by PasPastor (Women) YBBK, by YWOKU Cultural Secre- tor YBBK Longri Nungti.

ZBCC 16th Children Conference held

In Loving Memory: 5th Death Anniversary Of

Late I. N. Manen Ao

with the Lord on 11th Oct 2011 We reproduce here with thanks the Poem by the Waromung Students’ Union readduring his funeral at Waromung village.

Choir presenting song during the 16th Children Conference of Zeme Baptist Church Council held from October 7 to 10 at Peren Town Baptist Church.

An Elegy “A thorough born on earth, Even among the wizards of Electricity you are, SANGMONGU Nungsangmanen Atsüngchanger.

Today in your courtyard the Waromung students in tears, Read and share this song of honour.

Our village remember you today; in the time of your vigour, In the time when there were no motor roads yet, From the end of the plains, Light engines and huge pipes strapped to logs were carried, Iron filled packs in relay on head-loads tied with strips of bark, So the Waromung Hydro Electricity was built.

The light generated raised on the tips of bamboo stalks.

At night, the Aos of the five Ranges, Craned their necks to gaze at the Waromung Star.

In the year One thousand nine hundred and fifty two (1952), The one who first generated electricity in the Ao land Lifted up Waromung to the utmost skies.

A work left as a legendary story among the Aos, A church building made solely of wood, Of a quarter measure of paddy sown, not a single pillar within.

Could build such and your art and skills We see, and we your grandchildren are wonderstruck.

The centenary memorial Centennial Tower, Made by the genius of your thoughts and brain.

There is none to compare with, At the top of the Tower a huge bell With all your family names engraved was hung.

In this the deepest significance we consider.

Were it only possible, your wide knowledge and wisdom, As preserved food for a needy day hoarded Wish we could store .…

Though the trunk is gone, from this trunk At least some offshoot will spring, is our faith.

Grandfather .…Grandfather .…? Is today the last That you will arrive in the village?

The Waromung students Bid you Adieu.”.

In our hearts always

From all Family me mbers

pereN, OctOber 11 (MexN): The 16th Children Conference of Zeme Baptist Church Council (ZBCC) was held from October 7 to 10 at Peren Town Baptist Church with 1707 delegates from different churches under ZBCC, Peren Nagaland. The conference was held under the theme ‘The Wisdom of God’ (Proverbs 2:6) and Baptist High School, Peren as the con-

NTC General Council Session today DiMapur, OctOber 11 (MexN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) scheduled its General Council Session during the commemoration of NTC launching Day at the Conference Hall of Indian Red Cross Complex, Kohima on October 12 at 11:00 am.

The Session will review the ongoing issues and take General Council approval on the important issues initiated by the Executive Council. The Session also will formally approve the nomination of new office bearers to the vacancies in the Executive Council and Advisory Board for the session 2013-2018. This information is in continuation of the earlier notification served on September 18, 2016. All the General Council Members, Executive Members, Tribal Leaders and Invitees are requested to attend the occasion as scheduled.

ference choir.

The conference speakers were Rev. Dr. Elungkiebe Zeliang, HOD, Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong and Zierangbe, Pastor, Zeme Baptist Church, Dimapur.

The workshop speakers Izieteilung Terieng, Executive Secretary, ZBCC, Peren on Christian Home; Rangro Herie, Education and SS Secretary, Peren on 4/14 Window Move-

ment; Iheule Hegeu, Youth Secretary, ZBCC, Peren on Relationship; Itazaile, SS Superintendant, Heningkunglwa Baptist Church on Christian Music.

Rangro Herie, Education & SS Secretary in a press release informed that the choir competition was won by Peren Town Baptist Church; talent hunt by Mhainamtsi Baptist Church; and talent exhibition by Jalukie Town Baptist Church.

Kezocha to get Police Station KOhiMa, OctOber 11 (MexN): Kezocha, an Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC) administrative jurisdiction falls under Kezochazou, the longest range in Nagaland will get Police Station which would be bifurcated from Khuzama Police Station. Minister for Home, Government of Nagaland Y. Patton will to be the chief guest in the inaugural function on October 13. LL Doungel, IPS, DGP, Nagaland and President of NAPO and SAPO will also address the public in the occasion.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SP), Kohima Joseph Hesso NPS will deliver welcome address. The technical report will be presented

by Project Engineer and Additional SP of Kohima will chair the programme. SDPO (South) will propose vote of thanks. Invocation will be pronounced by Tepuwhekho Thokhwe, Pastor of Kidima Baptist Church. After the formal programme lunch will be served.

In a press release, P. Tepekrovi Kiso stated that Kezocha is adjoining with Kidima which is on the purview of Trans-Asian Highway alignment India- Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway to Cambodia and Laos- Vietnam- Cambodia Highway. The Police Station would serve effectively and efficiently for administration in the neighbouring villages and on way for international highway that India to connect with South East Asia via Kidima (Kezocha), the press release added.

Senior citizens avail free medical camp at Changki Morung Express News Changki | October 11

“Don’t forget where you came from and never lose sight of where you’re going,” was the underlined message when Miss Asia Pacific Super Talent India 2016 Imlibenla Wati initiated a free medical camp at her native village of Changki under Mokokchung district on October 10. The beauty queen organized the health camp under the theme ‘caring for my roots’ in association with Big Break Entertainment.

The medical team for the camp was led by Dr. I. Teka Pongener MBBS, Dr. Kilang Wabang Pongener MBBS (MD), Dr. Sentila MBBS, Dr. Rachel MBBS and Dr. Moala AYUSH. A total of 353 patients were treated at the camp who was mostly elderly citizens of the village, the oldest patient being a 96-year old reverend. The camp was planned exclusively for senior citizens above the age of 60 but several young-

Imlibenla Wati with the medical team and others during the free medical camp at Changki under Mokokchung district held on October 10. (Morung Photo)

er people including some children also turned up to avail the facility whom the doctors treated.

Imlibenla Wati on the sidelines of the health camp thanked the Changki Village Council for cooperating with her in organizing the event while also seeking the support and prayers of the villagers in her endeavours. She also added that Changki was always close to

her heart and that she is first a citizen of Changki village, further adding that today’s free health camp was an act of her love for Changki.

The health camp was held at Orija Salang, the village’s community hall. Eager patients were already waiting in the venue when her entourage arrived. Imlibenla and the team of doctors were warmly welcomed by the village councillors.

The health camp began at 10:00 am with a prayer pronounced by the village’s pastor after a customary exchange of pleasantries.

Imlibenla Wati will be representing India at the Miss Super Talent World contest, formerly known as Miss Asia Pacific World.

The world acclaimed beauty pageant is scheduled to be held in Korea later this year.

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Manipur University reservation stir continues unabated Pressure on Cong Newmai News Network Imphal | October 11

Aggrieved at quota reduction, tribal students of Manipur University (MU) held a sit-in protest here continuing their stir demanding withdrawal of the resolution adopted by the varsity’s Academic Council to follow the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006.

Under the aforesaid Act, ST students are bound to enjoy only 7.5 percent seats in taking admission in the varsity. The agitating tribal student bodies, including Manipur University Tribal Student’s Union (MUTSU), are demanding the implementation of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2012 under which ST students get 31 percent reservation.

Over 900 tribal students led by MUTSU are protesting over the issue piqued at the decision of the MU Academic Council’s recent meeting to follow the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 amidst

AMTU concerned at MU reservation fiasco

IMPHAL, OctOber 11 (NNN): The All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU) has expressed deep concern regarding the Manipur University (MU) admission seat reservation row harbouring detrimental atmosphere.

General Secretary of AMTU, Romeo Bungdon while regretting that the tribal students have vacated the "prestigious" varsity expressed resentment on the MU's ruling violating the UGC's directive to abide by the constitutional Act, 2012 on reservation policy in admission in stiff opposition.

Tuesday’s protest demonstration was staged in front of Khuman Lampak Youth Hostel here. Placards like “Follow Parliament Act” and “To go against tribal rights is a crime” were held by the student protesters.

On the sidelines of the protest, Seth Shatsang, President of All Naga Students’ Association Manipur (ANSAM), made it clear that the "disturbed" tribal students were not going against the Meitei students.

the varsity which is 31 percent for the tribal.

"It is sensible to advise the MU authority to recall its ruling on the matter as it must not override the Indian constitutional Act though it may have certain limited autonomy power. No state, village, Autonomous District Council or autonomous institutes can infringe the Union constitutional Acts and none of these should overrule such Acts as though possessing a Vatican City Country sovereign power," Bungdon said.

“We’re protesting against the officials of MU and Manipur government. We also condemn the government’s failure to intercede with the issue.

The issue could perpetrate across communal lines,” Shatsang said.

MUTSU spokesperson Kakai Singsit sought action against authorities of Manipur University for defying the UGC norms in implementing reservation in the varsity. He said no tribal students will return to the institute until the Aca-

The AMTU leader cautioned that the repercussion of such "vested interest could be highly volatile which will ignite emotional alienation and socio-political distrust and to the extent of socio-political disintegration demanding a separate tribal statehood to honour and abide our constitutional provisions is the sole key toward peace and communal harmony in socio-political chaotic state like Manipur".

He urged that the MU's reservation row must be resolved immediately for peaceful co-existence.

demic Council’s resolution is revoked.

Tribal students packed all their belongings and left hostel at Manipur University over the current reservation row yesterday.

All Tribal Students’ Union (ATSUM) on October 9 threatened to launch an indefinite total shutdown in all the hill districts if the MU Academic Council fails to withdraw the resolution.

Earlier, a joint meeting of ATSUM, ANSAM, MUTSU, KSO (Kuki Stu-

dents’ Organisation) and all district level tribal student bodies was held in the backdrop of the reservation issue growing worse in the state’s highest educational institute, which was converted into a Central University from 2005.

ATSUM maintained that the council had defied the UGC’s instruction. A Manipur High Court order issued last September instructed the MU to follow the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2012.

NEPAM Fresher’s Meet cum Cultural Programme

MANgALuru, OctOber 11 (MexN): The North East People’s Association Mangaluru (NEPAM) organised its Annual Fresher’s Meet cum Cultural Pro-

gramme on October 9 at Alva’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mijar.

Captain Ganesh Karnik, MLC at Karnataka Legislative Council and

Deputy Chairman of the NRI Forum of Karnataka and Vivek Alva, Managing Trustee of Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri, as the chief guest and guest

of honour respectively, a press release informed.

Speech on behalf of freshers was given by Dzuvino Judith Kuotsu while young talented artists per-

formed cultural dances of the North East. Valarian and Priyanka Urembam were adjudged as Mr and Miss Fresher of NEPAM 2016.

MLAs in Manipur

IMPHAL, OctOber 11 (NNN): Many Congress MLAs in the hill districts of Manipur are coming under immense pressure from their supporters in their respective constituency to resign from MLAship as well as from the Congress party and join any other party if they are to contest again in the forthcoming Manipur Legislative Assembly polls due in few months' time.

This development has come following the passing of the "three anti-tribal bills" last year in the Manipur Legislative Assembly and the subsequent announcement of the Outer Manipur Tribals’ Forum (OMTF) and Joint Action Committee against Anti Tribal Bills (JAC-AATB) of their stand to boycott all tribal MLAs and the lone MP from Manipur who "failed to hear the cries of their people". The OMTF and JAC-AATB had announced the banning of Congress party in all tribal areas in Manipur recently.

Talking to Newmai News Network this evening, Francis Ngajokpa who is a senior Congress MLA from Tadubi assembly constituency, Senapati district, said that his supporters have been asking him to resign from the MLAship as well as from the Congress party. He, however, did not divulge his next move in this connection.

Another tribal MLA facing similar pressure from his supporters while talking to this news agency and who chose not to be identified "at the moment" said that he will be consulting his supporters soon in this regard. Meanwhile, Mangchinkhup, Convenor

of Joint Action Committee against Anti-Tribal Bills (JAC-AATB) told Newmai News Nework this evening that they are closely monitoring things so that "no tribal MLAs and the Congress leaders enter the tribal areas".

OMTF and JAC-AATB have reiterated the boycott of all the tribal MLAs and the lone MP who "failed" to hear the cries of their people. "These betrayers of the tribal peoples are banned from having any activity or movement in the tribal areas of Manipur, and that neither the forum nor the JAC shall be responsible for any untoward incident if they fail to comply with the ban," they said.

The July 18 joint meeting of OMTF and JACAATB resolved that any individual or organization aiding, cooperating or standing with these individuals will be branded as "anti-tribal" and shall be at their own risk.

They said the Congress party was solely responsible for drafting, introducing and passing of the three “anti-tribal bills” in the state assembly on August 30 last, the joint meeting also resolved to boycott the Congress party in all tribal areas of Manipur from July 18 last.

Any political party, whether national or regional, which works against the interest of the tribal peoples shall face the same fate as that of the Congress party, OMTF and JAC-AATB have resolved.

According to them, individuals, organisations and political parties betraying the "indigenous" peoples shall have no place in the tribal areas in "present Manipur".

"The struggle for selfdetermination of the indigenous peoples in present Manipur that began with the spontaneous reaction that erupted after the passing of the three ‘anti-tribal bills’ by the Congress-led Manipur government has already crossed one year," it said. "Yet, even after a year of unflinching agitation, both the Central and state governments have refused to take any genuine step to address the grievances of the tribal community," they added.

"The dominant valleydwelling community of present Manipur in connivance with the communal Manipur government has been gearing up for inclusion of the Meitei community in the scheduled tribe list as a continuation of their policies to annex tribal lands and grab the meager privileges bestowed on the tribal peoples," they alleged.

As part of the ongoing fight for tribal rights and identity, the OMTF and JAC have submitted a joint memorandum to the Prime Minister recently opposing the demand for the Scheduled Tribe status by the valley-dwelling Meitei community and shall continue to resist such ‘sinister design’ in the days to come.

The OMTF and JAC have been saying that they are committed to safeguard tribal ancestral lands, tribal rights and identity and shall leave no stone unturned in their ongoing effort to ensure an inclusive and promising future for all the tribal communities and an administrative setup separate from the ambit of the present Manipur government.

Naga Villages in Manipur to deliberate on issues NESCH seeks clarification from Gurgaon Police DECLARATION

SeNAPAtI, OctOber 11 (NNN): In a first of its kind, all Naga villages in Manipur will conglomerate at Tagaramphung village, also called Yaikongpao near Senapati district headquarters on October 19 to deliberate on the "historic Indo-Naga Framework Agreement, Land and Village Administration and political situations” that are confronting Nagas in the present state of Manipur.

Functionaries of village authorities from over 800 Naga villages in Manipur will participate in the event which has been christened as the First Conference of the Naga Village Authority of South Nagalim. The programme is being organised by the United Naga Council (UNC). Noted advocate from Manipur High Court, R Daniel will dwell on the topic, "Land and Village Administration."

UNC President Gaidon Kamei in-

formed Newmai News Network this evening that a programme such as this has become a matter of urgency as "our ancestral lands" have been exploited by the Manipur government in the name of development.

"On the pretext of setting up of multipurpose projects the Manipur government has been exploiting our ancestral lands. If this is not checked in urgency we will be left with no lands," Gaidon Kamei said.

The UNC president termed the Inner Line Permit related movement in the Manipur valley and the demand of the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the Meiteis as "ploys to grab our ancestral lands."

Meanwhile, the UNC general secretary S Milan has appealed transporters to halt traffic along the National Highway-2 at Senapati headquarters section from 10 am till 2 pm on October 19.

Flash flood hits Manipur-Myanmar border, bridge washed away

IMPHAL, OctOber 11 (IANS): A flash flood triggered by torrential rains on Monday night along Manipur-Myanmar border washed away a bridge and destroyed several houses, the police said on Tuesday.

However, no casualty was reported. "The water level of the Khujairok river along the international border receded within a few hours," a police officer told IANS. He said there was heavy downpour lasting over an hour on Monday night and the level of the Khujairok river breached the danger mark in no time. Tribal people from nearby villages said they were virtually caught napping. "The flash flood razed six houses at Chavangphai village near the international border. But, as we managed to run uphill, there was no ca-

sualty. Pigs and other domesticated animals are also safe," a villager said One of the engineers posted in Moreh area along the border said, "There was a wooden bridge, connecting Chavangphai village with Moreh Ward No.5. It got washed away. Now it will take some time to construct another bridge." Receding waters came as a huge relief to the villagers, as they could wade through the river water since Tuesday morning. Government officials and elected representatives of people rushed to Moreh on Tuesday to assess the damages. A government official said that a report has been sent to the government and financial assistance could be extended to the victims to reconstruct their damaged houses.

Chakma refugees seek Indian citizenship New DeLHI, OctOber 11 (PtI): A delegation of Chakma refugees, who had migrated to India five decades ago from Bangladesh, today met Union Minister Jitendra Singh and sought his intervention for granting citizenship to them.The delegation, under the aegis of All India Chakma Social Forum conveyed to the Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) that the community had been denied citizenship rights for the last almost half a century and sought his intervention in this regard.In a memorandum, the Chakmas told Singh that during the period from 1964-68, around 15,000 Chakmas had fled from the Chittagong Hill tracts of the then East Pakistan to escape the oppression of Pakistani rulers. After migration to India, they settled in the then Northeastern Front Agency (NEFA), currently Arunachal Pradesh.

However, since then not a single Chakma migrant in Arunachal Pradesh has been granted citizenship rights despite specific directions of the Supreme Court of India, the delegation claimed.

Later, following another writ petition, the Supreme Court in its judgement dated September 17 directed the Union of India and the Arunachal Pradesh government to process the citizenship applications.

The memorandum also alleged that not a single application of any Chakma migrant had been recommended for grant of citizenship in spite of the applications fulfilling the criteria for the citizenship. Seeking intervention of the Minister, the signatories to the memorandum requested him for designating two special officers in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to address the issues raised by them and ensure early redressal.

DeLHI, OctOber 11 (MexN): The Northeast Support Centre & Helpline (NESCH) has sought a clarification from the Gurgaon Police on the allegations against Northeast women arrested for flesh trade in Gurgaon City on October 4.

According to a press release, a team from NESCH met with Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Deepak Saharan at his office in Gurgoan, Haryana on October 10 seeking clarification on “False Allegations” made against Northeast Women on October 4 which went viral in social media and other media reports. According to the NESCH, the report read: “12 Northeast girls were arrested by police for flesh trade (prostitution) at Gurgaon city.”

As per firsthand account information from DCP Deepak Saharan, 25 people were arrested out of which 15 are females and only 4 are from Northeast, the NESCH release stated.

The NESCH informing that that its member met the women a few days back and got their statements clarified that two of the women are receptionists while another two are therapists. “They have confidently expressed their innocence in this matter,” the NE Support Helpline insisted before adding, “When Sector 29 Gurgaon Police raided their office, the ladies said they were even ready to go for medical examination to prove if they are into such illegal activities or not but the police refused to take them to the hospital. Instead they

all were directly taken to the police station.”

NESCH pointed out DCP Saharan’s clarification where he stated that he had not mentioned there were 12 NE women but only gave list of names to the concerned Nodal Officer for Northeast, Delhi Police. “There is also no evidence that these ladies were indulged into such illegal activities,” the NESCH maintained.

Decrying the “wrong information” which has gone viral, the NE Support Helpline rued that the incident has completely damaged the image of the four ladies and also Northeast women as a whole.

The NESCH quoted some Northeast women working in genuine spa industry as saying that “The false allegations and rumours have created huge negative impact for us. We were even given leave by our employers so we had to stay at home.

We are not even sure where we will be employed again or not.”

In this regard, NESCH informed that it has submitted a letter to DCP Deepak Saharan requesting him to carry out proper investigation and if necessary take action against the concerned police and media for giving out such wrong information.

“Such information should not be leaked out until proven guilty,” it insisted.

Asserting that this is a case of defamation, the NE Support Centre & Helpline cautioned that it will be constrained to seek legal recourse if no clarification or apology is given.

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Eden Medical Centre, Dimapur will be organizing the 11th Annual Conference of Radiation Oncologist of India, North East Zonal Chapter on the 21st & 22nd October 2016. Renowned resource doctors from Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, AIIMS New Delhi, Fortis New Delhi, Medanta Medcity New Delhi, Apollo Hospitals Kolkata and Bilaspur and all over the North-East will be participating. Doctors who want to participate in this conference are requested to register their names on or before the 15th October 2016 by email at nearoidimapur@gmail. com or by contacting Mr. LOKTINOBA @ 9089277223. Registration will be limited to first 60 doctors only. No registration will be entertained after 15th October. Registration fees will be ` 2000/- (Two Thousand) and can be paid in cash on the first day of the conference.

CME CREDIT HOURS will be allotted accordingly to all the participants. Details of the scientific program are posted on www. edenmedicalcentre.org and on the Facebook page Eden Medical Centre, Dimapur.

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Prompting of Rate Cut: With inflation beginning to settle down within a manageable limit (5.05 per cent in August 2016), there was scope for a rate cut. Agricultural performance has been good. Food inflation is down in next few months (5.91 per cent in August 2016). Fuel inflation has been low. Household inflationary expectations are up. Call rates have stayed near the policy rate (6.27 per cent in August 2016) (See Table 1).

Table 1: Retail Inflation, Food Inflation, Call Rates and GDP Growth Retail Inflation (y-o-y %)

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The rate cut would accelerate new investments as lower interest rates would encourage customers to spend more in coming months. India Inc is likely to invest in two to three quarters. Encouraged by the cut, rate sensitive sectors such as real estate and automobiles are now expecting a bumper festive season. A cut in home loan rates will surely help purchasers firm up their decision to buy a house this festive season and give a fillip to sales. With the objective of growth also to be considered, particular emphasis was placed on concerns regarding the global which would weigh against the impending buoyancy in domestic economic impulses.

The extent of transmission of rate cut by banks to borrowers in recent times has been debatable. The banks will quickly pass the benefit of this repo rate cut to their customers by bringing down their lending rates as the liquidity conditions are easy and there has been further downward adjustment in the small saving rates. The real estate

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Strong public spending and higher steel and cement offtake seems to indicate a pickup in construction. Gross Domestic Product growth has been steady. Global factors also favoured a rate cut.

Impact on Growth: Banks will have to lower rates but are non-committal on the timing and falling G-Sec yields will reduce cost of borrowing for corporate too. With the economy at a take-off stage, a rate cut now augers well for the industrial sector and should give a boost to overall demand in the economy. Rate cut will inject liquidity in the system and help achieve closer to 8 per cent growth in the current fiscal.

and Rangers movement in the college campus.

State Training Commissioner, in his address, said that the college has a much bigger role towards personality development and overall conduct of the students and initiatives like Rovers and Rangers can go a long way in this direction.

Kekrieselhou Theünuo, Rover Scout Leader &

AQM, SHQ and Neisevonuo, Guide Captain, Baptist High, Kohima coordinated and initiated the process of installation of Rovers and Rangers respectively.

The Principal of DBCK attributed the investiture ceremony as a significant instrument for total development of the students. He highlighted that such enterprises go a long way in

instilling value of service among the youth of North East India.

Among others, Jarani Mao, HoD of Education Department, Rovers & Rangers from Oriental College, Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School, Christ King Hr. Sec School, Mezhur Higher Secondary School Kohima and parents were present on the occasion.

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Just five sectors contribute 61 per cent to the stressed assets of the banking sector- Infra, steel, textiles, power and telecom. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has now decided to review the guidelines of the Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A). The smoothing of S4A guidelines will help in easier resolution of stressed assets and will be relief to the banking system.

What Next: ` could strengthen on sentiment from current levels. Soften Brent prices will keep inflation in check.

Koinonia Baptist Church, Kohima organized Evangelistic Men’s Camp from October 6 to 10 at Koinonia Prayer Centre, Tsiese Basa with the theme “...we are the Ambassadors for Christ” II Corinthians 5:20. Altogether, 132 campers attended the camp.

The Youth department of Nepali Baptist Church Chumukedima visited Asha Bhawan in Videma on October 8. Along with prayer and worship, the youth department shared the gospel to the differently abled people of Asha Bhawan.

NEZCC workshop participants organized a 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' programme and cleaned areas of Village Council Hall, MSU office and MWS on October 4, 2016 in Mezoma.

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The 20th United Sangtam Baptist Lithro Ashimükhong Azarü Thsüdi was held at Trongar Village from October 7 to 9 with the theme ‘Growth in Flesh and Spirit.’ The programme was organised by Christian Education Department, USBLA Yangli and sponsored by Trongar Baptist Lithro for the spiritual growth and upliftment of the children. Altogether 530 children from 28 Churches of Longkhim –Chare division attended the 3 days Child Competition programme and participated in Singing (OCTET), Bible Quiz, Prepared Speech from Bible and Skit Competition.

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Phek affirms opposition BJP Nagaland denies anti-Christian atrocities NCSU of four-lane by Maytas & Gayatri Dimapur, OctOber 11 (mexN): BJP Nagaland today reiterated that BJP is a disciplined cadre based party with no avenues for taking democracy and democratic rights to distorted levels to serve only the selfish needs of the vested interests. “…In such an environment of party constitutional provisions, there is absolutely no way for party frontals to be engaged in any atrocities against Christians. There never had been a case of anti-Christian atrocities by any party branches and departments otherwise which, there would have been a huge hue and cry within the party nationwide,” the party stated in response to NPCC press statement published on October 10.

A rejoinder from Jaangsillung Gonmei, General Secretary (Media), BJP Nagaland further pointed out that Amnesty International and the International Human Rights Watch Report of 2015 on India mentioned that the year 2013 peaked as the year of the highest escalation of religious violence in the country.

It recalled that 2013 was when

the UPA Government was “at its peak of mis-governance.”

The UPA government’s “inaction” to curb the 2013 religious clashes, it alleged, was an “ill planned and ill timed political vendetta and pre-poll strategy to cast doubt of anti secularism on the highly favored BJP and scare away the voters from BJP in the 2014 elections.”

Maintaining that the BJPled NDA government’s efforts to protect the religious, cultural and regional minorities and weaker sections are always on a war footing, the rejoinder noted that taking the instances of the plight of the North East people in large metropolis, the NDA Government through the Delhi Police had instituted several measures like special Delhi police forces, raised a new battalion of police force comprising of youths from all over the North Eastern states, extra legislation to curb the taunting of North East people on the streets or in the work place, special attention to North Eastern issues of safety, security and welfare matters through various government

service departments and NGOs, etc.

Meanwhile, it clarified that December 25 was marked as ‘Good Governance Day’ in 2014 to honor the former BJP Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his birthday and foster awareness among the Indian people of accountability in government. “It was therefore not a religious assault on the Christians as many uninformed people thought or assumed so.”

“For the BJP, it is not surprising to see many coincidences with Christian dates unintentionally,” it added. “After all, the Bharatiya Janata Party was also born and launched on 6th April in 1980, on Easter Sunday, with Atal Behari Vajpayee as President.”

It further noted that the Judges Conference Day is held periodically usually towards the end of the financial year to take stock of the financial accounts of the Courts. The usual 2 to 3 days’ conference of all the 25 High Courts Judges are scheduled by the court administration themselves as per the dates available when the courts are free from lit-

igation duties, it said. In the past also, BJP said, due to unavailability of suitable free dates, the Judges conferences were held on important holidays and public events such as Valmiki Day in 2004, Good Friday in 2007 and Independence Day in 2009. “It is therefore ridiculous blaming the BJP for holding the Judges Conference Day of 2015 on Good Friday,” it added.

Regarding the issue on fiscal year, the rejoinder stated the “BJP government is doing its best to restructure administrative systems to adapt and in consonance with the changing situation of the 21st century in the country and not just because of just narrow religious considerations.”

Further, it clarified that Hindi and Sanskrit as a literature should not be confused with hindunisation. “Hindi and Sanskrit as ancient literature are rich language with available references to each or any aspect of life, relation and society. It has always been the endeavour to enrich them further along scientific lines to answer to the

Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya and his wife with the teachers and students of Mezhür Higher Secondary School, Kohima during the interaction held at Raj Bhavan on October 6.

EA can motivate and inspire youth: Governor kOhima, OctOber 11 (mexN): Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya has applauded Neichute Doulo, CEO of Entrepreneurs Associate (EA) on winning the prestigious Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) – India 2016 Award instituted

by Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

and Jubilant Bhartia Foundation.

A press release from PRO to Governor said, the Governor hoped that the award will encourage Entrepreneurs Associate, Kohima to set higher goals so that more and more young people will benefit and achieve their goals.

Acharya further maintained that Entrepreneurs Associate can transform Naga society with their persistent efforts and approach for economic empowerment of the people of Nagaland.

“Entrepreneurs Associate can motivate and inspire our educated empowered youth who are

outside Nagaland to come to their home State and set up their entrepreneurship in the State to make our Nagaland a Golden Nagaland,” he added.

The Governor further conveyed his best wishes to Neichute Doulo and Entrepreneurs Associate in all their future endeavours.

World Mental Health Day observed kOhima, OctOber 11 (mexN): State Mental Health Institute Kohima (SMHIK) observed World Mental Health Day on October 10 at the hospital premises with the theme ‘Psychological and Mental Health First Aid.’ The talk on the main theme was delivered by Dr. Along, Psychiatrist.

He opined that the stigma and discrimination against mentally ill people is still a big issue in our society, therefore stakeholders need to work together to reduce the stigma. He also said that psychological first-aid, which means listening, empathizing and non-judgmental to people in distress goes a long way in providing help to the mentally distressed.

Special invitees, Bazo Kire of Kekhrie Foundation Kohima and Abou Mere, Kripa Foundation also spoke on the occasion. They also stressed on

contemporary needs of modern sciences and technology.

While doing so, understanding that language is a binding force for a nation to be united and exist harmoniously, Hindi and Sanskrit has been considered as the first official language of the country followed by English as the second language,” it stated.

It maintained that adequate constitutional provisions have been legislated and implemented through various Arts and Culture and related departments to preserve, protect, promote, enrich the myriad cultures and languages however small existing in the country.

Meanwhile, the rejoinder said that while Congress is family based, BJP is organisation and party based. It also claimed that while Congress could not solve Bangladesh border problem in 60 years, BJP solved it in 2 years.

BJP Nagaland further highlighted that in two years, BJP led NDA government initiated various schemes and programmes to uplift the poor, women, youths, educated unemployed, farmers, development etc.

One arrested for theft kOhima, OctOber 11 (mexN): One person was caught by public while he was trying to steal a diesel generator battery from Viom Network mobile tower located at New NST, Kohima on October 7 around 10:30 am. Informing this in a press release, SDPO/PRO, Kohima Police said the accused was subsequently produced at North Police Station and was taken into police custody. The arrested accused has been identified as Sagar Chettri (25), presently residing at TCP Gate, Kohima.

The PRO mentioned there have been instances of theft from Viom Network mobile tower, New NST, Kohima on several occasions wherein the following items were reported stolen in the past, namely diesel generator battery, power cable, self dynamo and armature. “As such, the arrested accused is also strongly suspected of his

Mount Mary College, Mount Mary Hr. Sec School & IPCER team at Galilee Home.

the need to create awareness on mental health issues in the society and reduce stigma and discrimination.

The programme was chaired by Dr Viketoulie, SMO. Dr T. Wabang, Medical Superintendent welcomed all the participants, followed by special song from Christian Revival Church youth, New Mar-

ket, Kohima and inmates College and Mount Mary of SMHI. Higher Secondary School, Chumukedima to observe Visit to orphanage World Mental Health Day. Department of Coun- The Department of Counselling, Mount Mary Col- selling in collaboration lege along with Institute of with IPCER has also rePsychology, Counselling leased a short documentaand Educational Research ry called ‘Untold’, which is (IPCER) team visited Gali- about the common issues lee Home, an orphanage in faced by any person every Chumukedima along with day and the importance of students of Mount Mary mental health.

taking a U-Turn in the same issue is really unfortunate and mischievous. The allegations leveled against the company are authenticated and based on a fact finding commission,” reiterated the NCSU Phek division.

It reminded that the SARDP works undertaken by the said company were “abruptly abandoned citing silly reasons so as to dupe the Nagas.” The SARDP works (Phase-1), it informed, were awarded to Maytas & Gayatri (JV) and “it is their bounden duty to complete the project as per the agreed terms and specifications.”

“We Nagas as a whole cannot let this Mega-Project slip out of our hands and we will continue to pressurize the company into finishing the SARDP work project before taking up any other projects,” noted the Union’s Phek division.

MEx FILE Decomposed body found

Dimapur, OctOber 11 (mexN): One decomposed body suspected to be of a Naga male aged around 30-40 years was found near Khehoi village area towards the road leading to Hetoi village on October 7.

The person was found wearing a black Capri pants and a black T-shirt with ‘Rowing’ imprinted on it, informed a press release issued by ADCP/PRO, Dimapur Police.

The dead body remains unidentified and is kept in the morgue of the District Hospital, Dimapur after observing necessary legal formalities, it added. For more information, contact the Officer-in-Charge, Niuland Police Station at +91 7085055025.

ANGPTA Dimapur unit informs

The accused in police custody.

involvement in all the previous instances of theft,” it added.

A case vide Kohima North P.S Case No. 0075/2016 U/S 380 IPC was registered against the arrested accused for conducting further investigation.

BJP Nagaland State executive meeting

Dimapur, OctOber 11 (mexN): BJP Nagaland is scheduled to hold its 3rd State executive meeting on October 14 and 15 at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur. The meeting will start with registration at 2:00 pm on October 14. On October 15, the meeting will be attended by the party National General Secretary Saroj Pandey and Ajay Jamwal, North East In-charge General Secretary (Org). The central leaders are also scheduled to have meetings with the State office bearers, Core Group members, district presidents and State Morchas, informed a press release from Jaangsillung Gonmei, General Secretary (Media), BJP Nagaland.

phek, OctOber 11 (mexN): The Phek division of the Nagaland Contractors and Suppliers Union (NCSU) has defended its head office statement in opposing the construction of the Dimapur-Kohima four-lane highway by Maytas & Gayatri (JV) and stated that the allegations raised against the company are “not at all unfounded.”

A press release from Phek division NCSU President, Kuzhosheyi Alex, and Secretary, Razou Lohe, also questioned the role of the Commissioner & Secretary of Works & Housing, Government of Nagaland, in this regard. Noting that the said issue is not new and has been projected in the media before, the organization asked where the Commissioner & Secretary of Works & Housing was when the issue had been raised.

“Being silent for the whole time and suddenly

On October 17, the National General Secretary will visit Local Area Committee members of Dimapur III mandal, where she will interact with public leaders and party members before her departure for Agartala, Tripura.

The press release mentioned that State executive meetings are solely meant for members of State Executive Members inclusive of State office bearers, District Presidents, and General Secretaries, State Frontal Presidents and General Secretaries, Members of Legislative Assembly and special invitees comprising of senior leaders. The above mentioned members have been informed to attend the meeting positively.

Dimapur, OctOber 11 (mexN): All Nagaland Government Primary Teachers’ Association (ANGPTA), Dimapur unit (Dimapur/Nuiland) has informed all Head Teachers/Teachers-in-charge to submit the membership fee and documents of all Primary Teachers of their respective schools as notified. Meanwhile, the Primary Teachers under DEO were requested to submit their documents on October 12 to 14 at their office. For further details, contact: 8974517526/ 9862263522/ 9862927267.

KVGOA silver jubilee celebration on Oct 13

kOhima, OctOber 11 (mexN): Grand finale of the silver jubilee celebration of Kohima Village Gazetted Officers’ Association (KVGOA) will take place on October 13, 1:00 pm at Kohima Village Council Hall. Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Greeting will be shared by first KVGOA president Vipralhou Kesiezie, while presidential address will be delivered by KVGOA president Er. Keviletuo Yiese. Kohima Village Council (KVC) chairman Medoselhou Keretsii will also exhort the gathering. Special numbers, release of souvenir, jubilee feast will also mark the occasion. Organizing committee convenor K. Neibou Sekhose will chair the function while vote of thanks will be proposed by KVGOA advisor Mezhüo Solo.

NPGN/NNC (N/A) welcomes two

Dimapur, OctOber 11 (mexN): The collective leadership and all rank and file of NPGN/NNC (NonAccord) have welcomed two people, Hokugha Kinny (Razou Peyu) and Mhathung Lotha (Razou Peyu), to its fold. A press release from MIP Kilonser, NPGN/NNC (N/A), N Mar Ao expressed gratitude to the two for “taking wise decision to strengthen the NPGN/NNC (N/A) and render their valuable service for the common cause of Naga political problems.” It further wished that God grant them long life and wisdom to serve the nation in the spirit of unity and patriotism.

AKM demands strict action in anomaly at petrol pump mOkOkchuNg, OctOber 11 (mexN): In light of the recent anomaly at AOC petrol pump at Sungkumen Ward, Mokokchung, the Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) has demanded that strict action must be taken against the defaulter(s) who deliberately cheated on the

consumers thus infringing many laws.

AKM in support of Ongpangkong Students’ Conference (OKM) stood firm and declared “we will not leave any stone unturned in this serious crime.” A press statement from AKM Vice President, Akummeren Longchar and General

Secretary, Bendangkumba Aier in a press statement further asked the competent authority to bring those perpetrators to book and deliver justice.

Meanwhile, AKM lauded the vigilant works of the OKM and also encouraged working continuously for the welfare of the people

in the days to come. AKM further acknowledged the quick response of the District Administration, Police, and Legal Metrology & Consumer Protection Department in dealing with the matter and sealing off AOC till investigation and needed formalities are concluded.

Horti dept inaugurates marketing shed, village gate

mOkOkchuNg, OctOber 11 (mexN): Horticulture Department inaugurated marketing shed at Akumen and Lirmen villages and a village gate at Tsurmen village on October 7.

Director of Horticulture, Watienla Jamir inaugurated the marketing

sheds and the gate in the presence of departmental officers.

At the marketing shed inauguration, Pastor of Akumen Baptist Church, I. Temjen invoked God's blessing while Mendang, Chairman of Akumen Village Council delivered the welcome address.

At Tsurmen village, Watienla appreciated the completion of the village gate construction in such a short span of time. She was of the view that the entire area has lots of potentials, but the road connectivity needs to be improved. She further advised the farmers to cultivate crops as per the

demand in the market.

A press release informed that the inaugural programme of the gate was chaired by Nungsangkaba Longkumer (retired teacher), invocation prayer by Rev. A. Mar Pongen, Pastor of Lirmen Baptist Church, and a short speech by the Chair- Army officers and parents of Second Lieutenant E Thomas Joseph during the ceremony to exhume the remains of Second Lieutenman of Tsurmen vllage. ant Thomas on October 10 at Chakhabama. The remains of Second Lieutenant Thomas was exhumed after 24 years of his burial.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 280

By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir

Struggling to Survive Without Struggling

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o, out of 70,422 ‘educated unemployed’ youth registered in the state, 13,593 applicants appeared for this year’s NPSC prelims which will finally narrow down to a meagre 73 applicants getting a lifeline.

Beyond statistical interest, it also reminds us of the question of survival. Today, it seems to have taken precedence over the meaning of life, what it means to have a life, and what it means to live.

The Greeks used two terms to define life - ‘zoē’ and ‘bios.’ ‘Zoē’ expressed the simple fact of living common to all living beings, and ‘bios’ indicated the form or a way of living that is proper to an individual or a group. The former, talks of existence while the latter implies living. There is also a latin verb ‘vivire’ meaning ‘to live.’ Contextually, the question confronting us is – Beyond mere existence and living, are we even trying to survive? Look at our work culture and where do we stand? Our ancestors travelled a path of hard working culture which has tragically shifted towards a culture of ‘undeserved eating’ without working.

This culture is self-explanatory in nature and does not require further explanation. Why do we depend on others to get our job done? Is it laziness or absence of skills or is it so much beyond one’s dignity to work? We talk about unemployment but there is enough evidence to the naked eyes. Look around building construction job work and looking at those who are hired to get the job done there is a lesson for us. Like a symbolic representation of our traditional work culture, once a while, we come together as a community to do social works under some organisation’s name but at the end of the day, it is the ‘non-nagas’ at the construction site that gets paid.

A reflection on our society can be aptly drawn from Bee Gees disco’s heyday song - ‘Staying Alive’ meaning survival where ‘fit’ becomes opposed to ‘unfit’ or that which cannot ‘fit in’; and who gets to eat or who gets eaten. It only presents a tragic reality that we are traversing a path of not only the struggle for ‘survival’ to stay alive but bluntly put – Nagas are being hijacked and ‘reduced’ because of our apathetic attitude towards work culture, ignoring and ‘despising’ our rights and thereby our life and living. Thus, we find ourselves struggling to survive without struggling.

What is the state of our economy? With due respect to the efforts, but in Naga terminology, the word entrepreneur can be labelled on someone who generally does cloth business and the like. Are these the only means of our survival? Also, the understanding of ‘Naga Business’ needs to be switched on to ‘perfect competition’ mode so also doing things differently and not ‘trying to become rich overnight.’ On another level, we fully know who runs the economy in our dear Nagaland. Should we feel happy or sad to see our own people working as salespersons in shops and stores of Non-nagas? These trends and many more serves as a reminder of how our economic spaces are encroached and we are fine about it towards the dissolution of Naga economic livelihood and Naga identity.

A change in our mindsets from our easy life attitude and of ‘undeserved eating’ only can serve as a prologue to carry forward our struggle in reclaiming our ‘rights’ and of our struggle in the quest for ‘survival.’ It remains a central component of not only in ‘theory’ but a foundational aspect of our everyday life and living. But so long as we fail to evolve and change the sickening Naga mentality, we will only continue to ‘exist’ and ‘struggle to survive without struggling.’ Time is now ripe to really start struggling.

(Dr. Asangba Tzüdir is Editor of Heritage Publishing House.

He contributes a weekly guest editorial to Morung Express.

Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

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Blood pressure drugs may increase risk of depression

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ome commonly prescribed blood pressure medications may increase risk of mood disorders such as depression or bipolar disorder, say researchers including one of Indian-origin.

"Mental health is under-recognized in hypertension clinical practice, and the possible impact of antihypertensive drugs on mental health is an area that physicians should be aware of and consider if the treatment of high blood pressure is having a negative impact on their patient's mental health," said Sandosh Padmanabhan, Professor at University of Glasgow in Britain.

In this study, researchers compared four common classes of antihypertensive drugs and risk of mood disorders.

They collected data on 525,046 patients (ages 40-80) from two large secondary care Scottish hospitals.

The researchers selected 144,066 patients being treated for hypertension with either angiotensin antagonists, beta blocker, calcium channel blockers or thiazide diuretics.

They were compared to a group of 111,936 patients not taking any of those drugs.

Researchers followed the patients for five years documenting hospitalisation for mood disorders, such as depression or bipolar disorder.

After more than 90 days on the antihypertensive medications, the study published in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension, found that there were 299 hospital admissions, predominantly due to major depression, among the patients studied, at an average 2.3 years after patients began antihypertensive treatment.

Patients on beta-blockers and calcium antagonists were at two-fold increased risk of hospital admission for mood disorder, compared to patients on angiotensin antagonists.

Patients on angiotensin antagonists had the lowest risk for hospitalisation with mood disorders compared to patients on other blood pressure meds and patients on no antihypertensive therapy.

Patients taking thiazide diuretics showed the same risk for mood disorders compared to patients taking no antihypertensive drugs, the study found.

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Bill Bigelow CommonDreams

Support Indigenous Rights: AbolISh ColumbuS DAy

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he movement to abolish Columbus Day and to establish in its place Indigenous Peoples Day continues to gather strength, as every month new school districts and colleges take action. This campaign has been given new momentum as Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas assert their treaty and human rights. Especially notable is the inspiring struggle in North Dakota to stop the toxic Dakota Access Pipeline, led by the Standing Rock Sioux.

Dave Archambault, chairperson of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, explains that the oil pipeline “is threatening the lives of people, lives of my tribe, as well as millions down the river. It threatens the ancestral sites that are significant to our tribe. And we never had an opportunity to express our concerns.

This is a corporation that is coming forward and just bulldozing through without any concern for tribes.”

The “bulldozing” of Indigenous lives, Indigenous lands, and Indigenous rights all began with Columbus’s invasion in 1492. Columbus’s policies toward Indigenous peoples in the Caribbean were genocidal.

On the island that became Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Columbus ordered Taíno people’s hands chopped off if they did not deliver sufficient quantities of gold. His men took women and girls as sex slaves. He had Taínos chased down by vicious dogs.

He ordered his men to “spread terror” among Taínos who resisted—and they did resist. And he launched the transatlantic slave trade—from the Americas to Europe, as well as from Africa to the Americas. “Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold,” he wrote.

Through the conventional story of the “discovery of America,” the school curriculum has taught students to celebrate colonialism and racism, and to disregard the lives of the Taínos, and other Indigenous peoples. The Columbus-discovers-America story has long been a kind of secular book of Genesis—“In the beginning there was Columbus…”— the original Only White Lives Matter myth. And it has played a central role in the curricular erasure of the humanity of Indigenous peoples.

I taught high school social studies for almost 30 years. One of my first activities in my high school U.S. history classes was to steal a student’s purse.

Yes, I wanted to capture students’ attention at the beginning of the school year, but I also wanted them to think about whose lives are valued—and whose aren’t—in the traditional curriculum.

I began by loudly calling for everyone to watch carefully, and then I’d snatch a purse off a student’s desk. Frankly, purses worked better than backpacks, because they are more personal, and my theft seemed more, well, invasive.

“This is my purse,” I would announce to looks of disbelief and annoyance. But annoyance turned to outrage when I opened the purse and started taking things out. (The student who owned this purse, let’s call her Maria, knew what was coming, and had agreed to it, but I’d alerted no one else.) “This is my comb. This is my pen. This is my lipstick.” And when students protested, I demanded that they prove that the purse was Maria’s and not mine. “That’s her stuff in there.” “We saw you take it.” “She knows everything that’s in there, and you don’t.”

“Alright, alright. Then let’s say I discovered the purse. That makes it mine, right?”

Students quickly saw where I was going, as we compared my purse-stealing to Columbus’s “discovery”: The people who were here first—the Taínos— had “stuff” in their land, they had lived there a long time, they knew the land better than Columbus, etc.

“So why do some people call it discovery? Why don’t we use the same language that you used to describe what I did to Maria’s purse? Columbus stole the Taínos’ land. He ripped it off. And because he came armed, he invaded it.”

At the heart of all our schooling is a narrative about whose lives matter—who counts in the world.

Even today, if I stand in front of a class of high school students and start rhyming, “In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Two …,” large numbers of students will finish with “… Columbus sailed the Ocean blue.” But few of them know the name of the people who were here when Columbus arrived—the Taínos. This tells us that too often our schools still teach young people to celebrate Great White Men and disregard the lives of the “discovered” and dominated.

The Uruguayan writer, Eduardo Galeano, used the term los nadies, the nobodies. Nobodies can be ignored and ruled, removed and slaughtered, without consequence. They are people who don’t matter: Who don’t speak languages, but dialects.

Who don’t have religions, but superstitions.

Who don’t create art, but handicrafts.

Who don’t have culture, but folklore.

es.

Who are not human beings, but human resourc-

Who do not have faces, but arms.

“With 50 men we can subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want,” Columbus boasted in his journal about the Taínos—los nadies, the nobodies—on just his third day in the Americas.

This disregard for the lives and rights of Indigenous peoples has long been mimicked in the school curriculum, and so often it begins with the Columbus-discovers-America myth. Students readily learn whose lives matter and whose don’t. Whose lives are they invited to imagine? Whose stories are featured in history classes and the literature read in the language arts curriculum?

The good news is that this is changing. The Black Lives Matter movement has denounced our society’s failure to value all lives equally—challenged the continuous war waged especially on Black men, but on people of color more broadly. And high school students, educators, and communities of color are winning demands for more ethnic studies in the schools— curriculum that interrogates racial inequality and features historic struggles to make society more equal.

And that brings us back to Columbus Day. If we are sincere in our claim that all lives have value, then schools need to refuse to honor the first European colonialist of the Americas, the “father of the slave trade.” This is not about what went on 500 years ago.

It’s about what’s going on today: an inspiring struggle for rights and dignity. We need to begin to see Indigenous peoples—in the world and in the curriculum.

‘The Earth Is Not Flat; It Is Urban’ Baher Kamal

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Inter Press Service

hen the United Nations elaborated its latest report on the impact of what it calls “the dramatic shift towards urban life,” it tried to draw a balanced portrait of both the opportunities and the challenges of the fact that 1 in 2 world inhabitant already lives in urban areas and what this implies.

Such a balance has clearly failed.

While cities have emerged over the past 20 years as the world’s economic platforms for production and innovation, helping millions escape poverty through better jobs and improved quality of life, mass urbanisation has also led to overcrowding, deepened inequalities and triggered a raft of environmental and health challenges, according to the report.

“The dramatic shift towards urban life has profound implications for energy consumption, politics, food security and human progress,” on May 18 stated the inaugural edition of the World Cities Report, which has been compiled by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).

Although some of this change is positive, it says, poorly planned urbanisation can potentially generate economic disorder, congestion, pollution and civil unrest.

On the theme ‘Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures,’ the report presents an analysis of urban development of the past 20 years and tries to reveal, with compelling evidence, that there are new forms of collaboration and cooperation, planning, governance, finance and learning that can sustain positive change.

Two-Thirds of World Population Living in Cities by 2030 While noting that two-thirds of the

global population is expected to live in cities by 2030 and produce as much as 80 per cent of the global gross domestic product (GDP), the report unequivocally demonstrates that the current urbanisation model is “unsustainable” in many respects.

In the run up to HABITAT III – shorthand for the major global summit formally known as the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, set to be held in Quito, Ecuador, on 17-20 October 2016 – the report conveys a clear message that the pattern of urbanisation needs to change to better respond to the challenges of our time, to address issues such as “ine qualit y, climate change, informality, insecurity, and unsustainable forms of urban expansion.”

On this, the UN-Habitat Executive Director, Joan Clos, said: “In the twenty years since the Habitat II conference, the world has seen a gathering of its population in urban areas. This has been accompanied by socioeconomic growth in many instances. But the urban landscape is changing and with it, the pressing need for a cohesive and realistic approach to urbanisation.

More facts: as the urban population increases, the land area occupied by cities is increasing at a higher rate.

It is projected that by 2030, the urban population of developing countries will double, while the area covered by cites could triple.

“Such urban expansion is wasteful in terms of land and energy consumption and increases greenhouse gas emissions. The urban centre of gravity— at least for megacities, has shifted to the developing regions.“ Unstoppable Growth

In 1995, there were 22 large cities and 14 mega-cities globally; by 2015, both categories of cities had doubled, with 22, or 79 per cent of the megacities located in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

The fastest growing urban centres are the medium and small cities with less than one million inhabitants, which account for 59 per cent of the world’s urban population.

Noting that urbanisation provides a great opportunity to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the report warns that while in some cities, for some people, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “urban renaissance” is occurring, for most of the world this is absolutely not the case.

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Spectacular Failure “Urban policy failure has been spectacular in its visibility and devastating in its impacts on men, women and children in many cities,” says the report, stressing that there are too many people living in poor quality housing without adequate infrastructure services such as water, sanitation, and electricity, without stable employment, reliable sources of income, social services, or prospects for upward social mobility.

“Prosperity was once described as a tide that raised all boats, but the impression today is that prosperity only raises all yachts,” the report underscores, setting out the key elements of a comprehensive approach to a ‘New Urban Agenda’ which must be bold, forward looking, and tightly focused on problem-solving with clear means of implementation.

A Universal Human Right?

Then came the World Habitat Day on 3 October to stress the fact that “adequate housing is a universal human right” and therefore should be at the centre of the urban policy and in the physical centre of the city.

“The unplanned rapid expansion of towns and cities means an increasing number of poor and vulnerable people are living in precarious conditions, without adequate living space or access to basic services, such as water, sanitation, electricity and health care,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his message on the World Habitat Day. Then Ban called world’s leaders attention to another dramatic fact– that around a quarter of these urban dwellers lives in slums or informal settlements. “They are often isolated from opportunities for decent work and vulnerable to forced evictions and homelessness,” he on 3 October said.

And he highlighted the need to provide access to adequate housing for all is high among the priorities of the New Urban Agenda,” which governments are expected to adopt at Habitat III later this month in Quito.

“Housing should be located in the physical centre of the city… By now this might sound utopian, a kind of wishful dream but on the contrary, it is an urgent step towards an effective solution to the most pressing issues of our modern society.”

According to a recent study by the UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Observatory in collaboration with New York University and the Lincoln Institute, public housing represents less than 15 per cent of housing types both in developing and developed world.

“The tendency in the last two decades has been a rising cost of housing, forcing people to move far away to the outskirts of the city to find affordable housing.”

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Know your Districts: Tuensang

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ocation: With an area of 2,536 sq kilometers or 15.3% of the total area of the state, Tuensang is the biggest district in Nagaland. Situated in the easternmost part of Nagaland, Tuensang shares its boundaries with Myanmar in the east, Mon and Longleng to the North, Mokokuccess is attainment of fame, wealth or social sta- chung and Zunheboto to the West, and tus. So far in Nagaland, due to zero industrializa- Kiphire to the South. tion, slow growth in business, and poor agricultural growth, NPSC remains the dream of thousands in History and people: The areas under Tuensang district Nagaland. were part of the ‘North Eastern Frontier In Nagaland state, Govt. Employee = “Appreciate”, Agency” (NEFA) as part of the Tuensang 2nd class Govt. Employee = “respect”, and 1st class Govt.

Employee = “high respect” (second to God). Also excel- area which remained untouched by the ling the NPSC is most parents’ dream for their children. British colonial administration even after its neighbouring areas were subjugated If there had been a boom in business and other sec- during the 1920s. Though it was included tors or activities, NPSC might not have been the only within the category of Naga tribal areas option left for people in Nagaland. But unfortunately, under Assam and placed under politithere aren’t any such sectors that can overlap the “re- cal control, practically, there was neither spect level” of NPSC. Therefore we can say NPSC exam sign of political control nor any adminisis the yardstick for success in Nagaland. tration till the transfer of power in 1947.

Anoto Chophy Accordingly, an Administrative headquarter was established at Tuensang HQ o, there are other avenues which one can pursue on June 16, 1948.

The name of the district Tuensang other than NPSC. However, first, the irony is that originated from the name of the district our parents, family members, friends, well wish- headquarters, namely, Tuensang, now ers, etc. expect an officer to come out of an educated an urban area and the administrative individual. centre of the District. The town also folSecond, for those who manage to convince their lows the name of a village which is situloved ones about their dream to start an individual ated close by. thing/ enterprise in Nagaland, something which will Till 1971 Census, Tuensang district benefit both the person and the state will be discour- included the present Mon, Longleng and aged by our very own NPGs. Kiphire district as a whole. Later, in 1973 So, in the end, one has to look to the NPSC to appear Mon district was carved out of Tuensang successful and the situation today is that Nagaland is with 6 administrative circles. In1986, overloaded with government servants, more than what when 2 circles of Tuensang District, is necessary and spending more than half of the devel- namely Monyakshu circle having 7 vilopmental funds on salaries. lages and Tobu circle except Tobu village, were again transferred to Mon District.

Avibu Bizo Meyase After 2001 Census, some major juDimapur risdictional changes took place in Tuenith no other viable alternative and avenues, sang. 2 new districts namely, Longleng NPSC is not just the yardstick but the only and Kiphire were carved out with an area of 562 sq.km and 1130 sq.km respectivemeasure of success in Nagaland. ly.

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Flora and Fauna: With 3,082 Sq.Km (72.89% of the geographical area) designated as forest according to Nagaland Economic Survey 2014-15, Tuensang District is endowed with a conglomerate of the bountiful flora and fauna and a treasures trove for nature lover and tourism.

Important places include Noklak, a village situated on the borders of Tuensang District and inhabited by the Khiamniungan tribe, which is popular for its cane works, handicrafts and artifacts.

Changsangmonko and Chilise villages lie in the chronicles of legend and history.

Changsangmonko is supposed to be the spot where all living organisms first appeared on the face of the earth, Chilise is loosely recorded as the place where the last headhunting took place in August 1978.

Replete with legends of the exploits and stories of the Nagas when they lived as one big family, Chungliyimti is scattered with vestiges of the past. Longth Üroh (Longtrok) or the legendary six stones, lie here in the midst of other ancient relics of the Tsongliyanti/Chungliyanti civilisations. Tsadang is home to two stones, known locally as Long Akang Threla; according to legend, these two living stones, who were friends, used to Vital Statistics: visit Longterok. The village of Tsadang is At 1,96,596 persons, Tuensang was located just 4 km away from Tsongliyangthe 4th most populated district in Naga- ti/ Chungliyanti. land according to 2011 Census with a sex ratio of 929 (Number of female per 1000 Administration: males). However, in terms of density of The district is looked after by a Deppopulation, it was at 9th Place (78 per- uty Commissioner under whom there sons per sq. km) by virtue of being the are 16 administrative revenue circles biggest district in Nagaland in terms of each headed by either an Addl. Deputy area at 2,536 sq. km). The Average house- Commissioner/ Sub-Divisional Officer hold size of the District was 5 persons per (Civil) or an Extra Assistant Commishousehold. sioner as follows: The District had a literacy rate of 1) DC's Office, Tuensang 73.1% and Children in the age group 0-6 2) ADC's Office, Shamatore were 35,790 (18.2% of total population).

3) ADC's Office, Noklak There were 144 villages in Tuensang with 4) ADC's Office, Longkhim Tuensang Village as the most populated 5) SDO (C) Office, Noksen village at 8,974 persons. The village hav6) SDO (C) Office, Thonoknyu After administrative re-organisation, ing lowest population was Kihoto Theo7) Panso EAC Headquarter Tuensang district was left with 10 circles logical College Campus (under Shama8) Nokhu EAC Headquarter having an area of 2536 sq.km. However, 6 tor Circle) with 12 persons.

9) Chingmei EAC Headquarter more circles were created after 2001 Census in Tuensang. Former Tuensang Sadar Circle was divided into 4(four) Circles namely, Tuensang Sadar, Sangsangnyu, Ngoungchung and Sotokur while Noklak was divided into 3 (three) Circles namely, Noklak, Chingmei and Nokhu. A new Circle Mangko was carved out of Chessore administrative Circle.

On account of these changes Tuensang district had 16 (sixteen) administrative Circles, 1 (one) Statutory Town and 144 villages (including 6 uninhabited villages) during 2011 Census.

There are officially four recognized tribes: Chang, Khiamniungan, Sangtam and Yimchungru and a sub-tribe Tikhir under the nomenclature of Yimchungru inhabit the district of Tuensang. All the tribes however, differ from each other to some extent in physical makeup as also in customs, traditions, culture and language. Each individual tribe has its own rich culture and tradition.

Important festivals in the district are – Chang’s Naknyulüm celebrated in July; Mongmong celebrated in September by the Sangtam; Metemneo celebrated in August by the Yimchungru; and Khiamniungan’s Tsokum celebrated in October.

10) Ngoungchung EAC Headquarter 11) Mangko EAC Headquarter 12) Chessore EAC Headquarter 13) Tsurangto EAC Headquarter 14) Sangsangnyu EAC Headquarter 15) Sotokhur EAC Headquarter 16) Chare EAC Headquarter.

The District Executive Force is headed

by Superintendent of Police, Tuensang.

The SP is assisted by Additional S. P.; SDPO (Tuensang) and Dy.SP (Reserve).

The district has 9 Police Stations namely: 1. Tuensang PS, 2. Noklak PS, 3.

Longkhim PS, 4. Shamatore PS, 5. Noksen PS, 6. Chessore PS, 7. Sangsanyu PS, 8. Panso PS, and 9. Thonokyu PS. The lone police outpost is Chare Police Outpost.

The district also has an Office of the Dy. Inspector General of Police (NAP) Tuensang which also serves as the Battalion Headquarters of 3rd NAP Battalion. It was created on May 1, 1967 at Chumukedima but was shifted to the present site on April 30, 1968, with ‘C’ Coy as an advance party under the Command until all preliminary developmental work was completed by 1st week of June 1968.

Sources: District Human Development Report – Tuensang (2014), Department of Planning and Coordination, Government of Nagaland (GoN) and UNDP; District Census Handbook- Tuensang (Census of India 2011), Directorate of Census Operations, Nagaland; Directorate of Tourism, GoN; Nagaland Economic Survey 2015-16; and Nagaland Police Directory.

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Nagaland Zoological Park is celebrating wildlife week 2016 with the theme “Wildlife Saviours” to acknowledge the contribution and support of Donors, Animal Adopters and Rescuers in helping save the ever threatened wildlife community. As part of the weeklong celebration, the park put up a photo exhibition for visitors showcasing the various contributions and support received over the years on October 4. A drawing competition was also organized for school children inside the Park.

Faux Feminism Mahatma Gandhi once remarked: “Women will not make her contribution to the world by mimicking or running a race with men. She can run the race, but she will not rise to the great heights she is capable of by mimicking man. She has to be compliment of man.” Has feminism lost its grip with its true essence by “mimicking” and “running a race with men”? Do feminists even have a cogent understanding of that which they claim to proselytize? Or has feminism been reduced to trite sound bites and fashion statements?

-Adit Pame, Assistant Professor, Department of English

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eminism is the belief and aim that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men.

Feminism at its commencement by popular definition was to acquire the right to vote for women. But although suffrage could be rightly termed as the focal point which ignited feminism, the word has evolved to embrace multifarious beliefs deemed favourable for the overall elevation of women.

Feminism is about gender equality, and not gender sameness. Men and women need to have equal rights and privileges. Having said that, men and women are different, and have contradistinctive qualities and attributes, and that's something which we should revere and hold in respect.

If we reminisce about the wave of feminist movements in the past, the purpose was to get equal status as men which include the right to vote vis-à-vis the role of women in society. It also gave emphasis on the issues of gender and race inequality, and the campaign for women's rights and interests.

Mary Wollstonecraft, the English philosopher and advocate of women’s rights in her 1972 book, “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” strongly promoted the rights of women. She professed that men and women have the same capabilities or potentialities and strongly denied that women were inferior to men. One of the most revered feminist writers of the modern age, Virginia Woolf’s 1929 essay, “A Room of One's Own” is a specimen of twentieth-century feminist musing

where she stressed on the importance of how a woman needs to have a specific income, and also a room of her own. It is through independence and solitude that women will be able to create or produce something new and finally have their voices heard.

Today's feminism is sadly losing grip on the true essence and values which the feminist movements of the past entailed.

It is more or less metamorphosing into a fashion statement that people want to follow, without actually understanding what feminism actually is.

The real problem is that there are so many self-proclaimed feminists with their own vested interests, much like the thousands of self-proclaimed godmen we have in India. They have no clear goals for empowering women.

Kim Kardashian and Emily Ratajkowski, earlier this year tweeted a picture of themselves, topless and ‘flipping the bird’. These self-proclaimed feminists defended their gestures by asserting that it was a luminous example of liberating their sexual freedom, thereby empowering women to be more independent.

As someone who believes in gender equality, I was petrified by what they were actually trying to do. To me, it didn’t appear empowering at all. On the contrary, it appeared like fame-hungry women desperately trying to get attention by flaunting their bodies. A woman’s sexuality should not be oppressed by the patriarchal society, yes. But celebrities posting nude photographs of themselves I feel qualifies more as an exhibitionist

act. It is downright pretentious, and has nothing to do with fighting the cause of gender equality.

The feminist fervour of the past and present are in stark contrast to each other. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British Suffrage movement in the 1920s, asserted, "I demand the right to vote".

Kim Kardashian, while accepting a Webby Award in 2016 said, "Nude selfies until I die." Young women have been brainwashed into believing that flaunting their bodies is actually self-empowering. They are following false ideals of feminism projected by female ‘role models’, many of whom call themselves "feminists".

It is downright tacky. Since when was feminism about complete narcissism?

I am not against a woman dressing in a way that accentuates her femininity.

What I do care about is women cheapening themselves into sexual objects. So many women claim to be feminist without truly knowing what it means to be a feminist.

‘Free the Nipple Campaign’ is a 2015 movement which claims to empower women. This campaign promotes women's equal right to go topless in public— a right that men have and are freely allowed anywhere. It is also important to take into account the many women who are against literally exposing their breasts in public.

Just because men are allowed to be barechested doesn't mean women should do the same. That's not how equality works.

Women and men have anatomically different bodies, and each has varied attributes. Some women, who claim to be

feminists, are in support of walking barechested everywhere. To me, this is where the campaign fails miserably.

It is also worth mentioning that many celebrities are using this campaign to gain publicity. This campaign, an example of everything wrong with current trends in ‘feminism’, has no clear cut plans and ideologies. It is only an excuse for women to cheekily post topless selfies on social media week in, week out, without actually doing anything to promote gender equality in the true sense. This campaign is not really necessary. Faux movements like these have altered what people think and imagine feminism is all about.

I firmly believe in the message sent out by Emma Watson, a UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador. At an event for the HeForShe campaign, she said, “The more I have spoken about feminism, the more I have realised that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating.”

Gender inequality is not an issue which concerns and affects women alone. It will come to an end only if men are given a chance, and do actively partake in dealing with this issue. It is this one sided faux feminism which is flawed, and has no clear goals.

Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. The editors are Dr. Hewasa Lorin, Anjan Behera, Dr. Salikyu Sangtam, Nivibo Yiki, and Kvulo Lorin. For feedback or comments please

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What's a slum? Dharavi's thriving informal economy defies the label

mumbai, OctOber 11 (thOms ON reuters F O u N D at i O N ) : M a lik Abdullah's plastic recycling business in Dharavi, the sprawling slum in Mumbai that is among the largest in Asia, has survived fire, building collapses, and the criminal underworld for decades. Now, it is threatened by development.

For 35 years, Abdullah has carried on the business built by his father, pulverising used plastic cans and bottles into pellets, then selling them to factories to refashion.

Thousands of small businesses like his thrive in Dharavi, creating an informal economy with an annual turnover of $1 billion by some estimates.

Now, plans to replace the ramshackle workshops and decrepit homes with office blocks and high-rise apartments threaten the businesses that employ thousands of its 1 million residents.

"The city doesn't care about the businesses here, which are our livelihood," said Abdullah, 52, standing in an alley crammed with towering stacks of plastic containers.

"This is where we live, this is where we work. Where will we go if they only build flats and offices?" he said.

During the past two decades, there have been several attempts to develop Dharavi, which sprawls over 240 hectares (590 acres). However, residents have opposed many of them, saying they do not consider their interests.

India's youngest state gets 21 new districts hyDerabaD, OctOber 11 (Pti): More than two years after Telangana came into existence as India's 29th state, the TRS government in the state today carried out the biggest administrative reform, creating 21 new districts. With this, the total number of districts in the state went up to 31 from 10. Revenue divisions and other administrative units have also been reconstituted along with the districts and 25 new revenue divisions, 125 new mandals, 4 new police commissionerates, 23 new police sub-divisions, 28 new circles and 91 police stations. The new districts are - Siddipet, Jangaon, Jayashankar, Jagtial, Warangal (Rural), Yadadri, Peddapally, Kamareddy, Sangareddy, Mancheriyal, Vikarabad, Rajanna, Asifabad, Suryapet, Kothagudem, Nirmal, Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubabad, Jogulamba and Medchal/Malkajgiri. The other 10 districts are - Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Mahabubnagar, Medak, Karimnagar, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Warangal, Khammam and Nalgonda.

Real estate in Mumbai, India's financial hub, is among the most expensive in the world. The contrast between rich and poor is stark, and about 60 percent of the city's population of more than 18 million lives in slums.

Dharavi has always been a magnet for migrants from across India. Many have lived there for decades, their oneroom tenements and low-rise homes dwarfed by the gleaming glass and chrome office towers and luxury hotels that dot the city.

Amid Dharavi's narrow alleys, open drains and canopies of electric cables, migrants who came in search of better economic opportunities have created a community of schools, temples, mosques, restaurants, tailors and mobile phone shops.

Tens of thousands work as potters, leather tanners, weavers, soap makers, and in Dharavi's massive recycling industry.

Most homes double up as work spaces, the whirr of sewing machines, the clang of metal and the pungent odour of spices mingling with the call for prayer and the putrid smell of trash.

"People think of slums as places of static despair as depicted in films such as 'Slumdog Millionaire'," said Sanjeev Sanyal, an economist and writer, referring to the Academy Awardwinning movie that exposed the gritty underbelly of Dharavi.

"If one looks past the open drains and plastic sheets, one will see that slums are ecosystems buzzing with activity... Creating neat low-income

yellow and green, and gluing on sequins and shiny bits of mica.

Down another alley, a group of women chat and braid leather strips for belts and bags on the stoop of a home.

"We want new flats, but they are small," said Sharada Tape, who earns about 100 rupees ($1.50) a day.

"There are no spaces like this where we can all sit and work. It will be difficult, but we need the money," she said.

Residents gather around a mobile museum displayed on an improvised handcart in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai, February 18, 2016. (REUTERS/File)

housing estates will not work unless they allow for many of the messy economic and social activities that thrive in slums," he said.

ROOF TOPS Once a small fishing village, Dharavi was notorious as a den of crime in the 1970s and '80s. Following a massive crackdown, violent crime is rare and Dharavi has featured in movies, art projects and a Harvard Business School case study.

Fed by two suburban railway lines and perilously close to the Mumbai airport, Dharavi has lured developers, too.

Recent plans by city officials envisaged private developers clearing the area and building high-rise flats in which each eligible family gets a free 225 sq ft (21 sq metres) unit. The developer in turn gets rights to build commercial space to rent.

Dozens of such housing blocks have been built over the years, falling into disrepair as facilities were not upgraded.

What these buildings also lack is room for work. The squat tenements are perfectly suited for businesses, with living and sleeping spaces sitting atop work spaces, workers spilling into the alleys, and mate-

rial stacked outside and on roof tops.

In Kumbharwada, the potter's colony, where migrants from neighbouring Gujarat state make earthen water pots and lamps, potters' wheels can be seen through open doorways, while ready pots are stacked in the alleys awaiting pickup.

The colony is abuzz ahead of the Dussehra and Diwali festivals, when decorated pots and lamps are in demand.

With small televisions turned on low, women sit crosslegged on the floor in their homes, painting motifs in red,

RESIDENTS WANT MORE SAY City officials last month submitted a new 250 billion rupee ($3.7 billion) redevelopment plan to Maharashtra state for approval after previous plans failed to attract bidders.

The new plan, a public-private partnership, has ample commercial space for businesses, but only for the "formal, legitimate" ones, said Debashish Chakrabarty, head of the Dharavi Redevelopment Authority.

"All the licensed businesses will have space under the plan.

It will be better, cleaner than what they have now," he said.

"Those that are engaged in informal businesses have the option of applying for commercial licences, then they can also get a space. If they don't, then we can't help them," he said.

It is this narrow definition of what's legal and permissible that is the biggest challenge, not just to recognising Dharavi's businesses, but also determining Dharavi's fate, said Rahul Srivastava, a founder of the Institute

of Urbanology in Mumbai.

"The biggest impediment to the improvement of many of these settlements is the misconception that they are illegitimate, because residents don't own the land they occupy," he said.

"Can settlements which are home to fifth-generation migrants be called 'informal'? We need to transform our perception of these neighbourhoods," he said.

Across the country, plans to build modern Smart Cities will force tens of thousands of people from their slum homes as planners spruce up central business districts and build metro train lines, activists say.

Campaigners say until authorities give Dharavi residents more power and recognise the vital role of their businesses, any redevelopment plan is destined to fail.

"If we don't have these small enterprises, it wouldn't be Dharavi," said Jockin Arputham, president of the National Slum Dwellers' Federation in Mumbai.

"This is a people-sponsored economic zone, and the redevelopment should be around the economic zone. It is a township, not a slum, and it should be treated as one," he said.

Abdullah, the plastic recycler, is reconciled to his fate.

"We want development. We also want to keep our businesses," he said.

"But we have to be prepared for any eventuality. We are not owners of the land, so we may have to shut down," he said.

Narendra Modi likens war on terror Jayalalithaa's portfolios to killing of Ravan at Ramlila event allocated to Panneerselvam

LuckNOw, OctOber 11 (iaNs): In an obvious reference to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the time had come to uproot terror and those who patronise terrorists.

Addressing a massive Dussehra gathering at the Aishbagh Ram Leela ground here, Modi said terrorism in all forms was anti-humanity and Hindu Lord Rama represented all that was human.

It was the Prime Minister's first public speech after the September 29 surgical strikes by the Indian Army at terror launch pads in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

He made no direct reference to the surgical strikes or to Pakistan that killed an unspecified number of terrorists but made it more than clear which country he had in mind.

"Those who spread terrorism need to be annihilated and those who aid terrorism will not be spared either," Modi said in a speech laced with references to Hindu religion.

Modi said India was a country that respected both Lord Krishna who led the Pandavas in the war of Mahabharata and Mahatma Gandhi who propagated non-violence. "We

are the people who go from yuddha (war) to Buddha (peace). Sometimes war is necessary, but our path is not that of war, but that of Buddha.

"We create balance... I hope the path shown by Buddha will be our final path," he said.

The Prime Minister invoked Ramayana and asked people to keep a vigil against terror and fight it the way the vulture Jatayu fought Ravana in a desperate bid to try rescue the abducted Sita from the demon.

"We may not be able to become Ram, but we can all try and be Jatayu and give a befitting reply to the nefarious designs of terrorists," he said, beginning and ending his speech with loud cries of "Jai Shri Ram, Jai Jai Shri Ram". "If a country of 1.25 crore keeps an eye on every terrorist activity, terrorists will never succeed," Modi said to loud cheers.

He said decades ago when India discussed terrorism, nobody paid heed. The BJP veteran recalled how during a visit to the US years ago, American officials argued that terrorism was a law and order problem.

But all this changed after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US and the 2008 Mumbai carnage

that left 166 people dead. "Terrorism knows no religion, no boundaries."

Modi earlier arrived to a grand welcome at the sprawling ground in the heart of Lucknow, the capital of election-bound Uttar Pradesh.

Accompanied by union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and other state BJP leaders, Modi performed 'aarti' of the characters playing Lord Ram and Sita and was later felicitated by the city Mayor Dinesh Sharma, the convenor of the 70-year-old Ram Leela.

The Prime Minister was gifted a silver mace, an arrow and a bow. A turban was tied on his head.

Modi said effigies of Ravana had been burnt for centuries on this day but "we should rededicate ourselves today to demolish the evils within us as well". Dussehra, Modi said, also meant to do away with 10 evils within humans and kill the Ravana within that raises its head in the forms of dishonesty, greed, filth, blind faith and ego.

He urged people to fight against female foeticide. "If for bringing dishonour to one Sita, Ravana can be burnt for ages, why not fight against killing girls in wombs."

cheNNai, OctOber 11 (iaNs): The portfolios held by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who is currently in hospital, have been allocated to state Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam, a Raj Bhavan statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, Governor Ch.Vidyasagar Rao has, under Clause (3) of the Constitution's Article 168, allocated the subjects hitherto dealt with by Jayalalithaa to Panneerselvam on her advice.

Jayalalithaa held the portfolios of Public, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, General Administration, District Revenue Officers, Police and Home. Panneerselvam will also preside over the cabinet meetings. "This arrangement has been made as per the advice of Hon'ble Chief Minister and will continue until the Hon'ble Chief Minister Selvi J Jayalalithaa resumes her duties. Selvi J Jayalalithaa will continue to be the Chief Minister," the Raj Bhavan statement said.

The 68-year-old Jayalalithaa was admitted to the hospital on September 22 for fever and dehydration.

The doctors later said she needed a longer stay at the hospital as she was suffering from infection and put her on respiratory support. On October 8, the hospital said: "The respiratory support is closely watched and adjusted. Lungs decongestion treatment is being continued. All other comprehensive measures including nutrition, supportive therapy and passive physio-

2 held for spreading rumours

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olice on Tuesday arrested two men for spreading rumours about Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's health on social media. Satish Kumar and Madasamy were taken into custody with an intent to create panic among the public following a complaint from the ruling AIADMK party's IT Secretary. Police have registered 43 cases on charges of spreading rumours about the health of Jayalalithaa, who has been warded in the Apollo Hospital here since September 22. The 68-year-old was admitted with fever and dehydration. The doctors later said she needed a longer stay at the hospital as she was suffering from infection and put her on respiratory support. Police recently registered a case against a resident of France of Tamil origin, also on charges of spreading rumours.

IANS therapy are under way." The ruling AIADMK has ruled out the need for an acting or temporary chief minister. Panneerselvam has earlier served as Chief Minister when Jayalalithaa had to step down in wake of her conviction in a corruption by a Bengaluru court. She had returned to the post after the Karnataka High Court acquitted her.

Kumaon Literature Festival kicks Indian female taxi driver documentary hopes to inspire and embolden women off on debate on free thought Jim cOrbett Park (uttarakhaND), OctOber 11 (iaNs): The second edition of Kumaon Literature Festival (KLF) began here on Tuesday with a debate on the difference between our thoughts and actions and the role of freedom of expression in this. Sharing his views on the topic against the backdrop on attempts to curb free expression and thought, especially for artistes, Carnatic vocalist-cum-author T.M. Krishna stressed that for this freedom to sustain itself in a country like India, it is imperative to remain what we are, as natural human beings.

"Our freedom of expression can't

be bound by laws, rules and regulations," said Krishna who is also the recipient of Magsaysay Award 2016.

Noting that thoughts "which are our personal state are not manipulated but our performance is, as a result of the ideology that we need to serve the audience", he said that thought is a natural state for all but "also a private space".

"Thus there is no articulation or manipulation in it. However, the act that depends on these thoughts, like painting, acting, displays a flaw in the original thought. "It is the ego or the idea of performance taking over than the real thought that preceded

it," Krishna stressed.

Supreme Court judge, Justice A.K. Sikri said that the writers can achieve and bring about a social revolution more than any others, but for this, their thoughts must flow in their actions. Comparing the judiciary with literature, he shared his thoughts on how writers are similar to lawyers or judges.

Earlier, inaugurating the festival, KLF-founder Sumant Batra said that the platform is an institution with a huge vision and an ecosystem of multiple projects. He thanked the literary community for supporting the festival as well as for making it a success.

Standoff between holed-up guerrillas, security forces continues in Kashmir

sriNagar, OctOber 11 (iaNs): The standoff between security forces and guerrillas holed-up inside a government building near Pampore town in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district continued for the second day on Tuesday even as reports said one guerrilla had been killed but there was no official confirmation yet.

Security forces kept on pounding the hostel of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) where guerrillas armed with rockets, grenades and automatic gunfire have been holding the security forces at bay for over 24 hours now.

While parts of the multi-storey building caught fire, guerrillas kept on changing position inside the building while using their ammuni-

tion sparingly, police said.

Reports said in the evening, one guerrilla had been killed in the operation and his body was lying inside the building. Defence sources here said they would confirm the death only after the body was recovered.

“Although the entire complex has been illuminated with floodlights, there is complete darkness inside the building this time. “We don’t want to take any unnecessary casualties.

The operation will be resumed with the first light tomorrow (on Wednesday),” a defence sources said.

Security forces had resumed the operation on Tuesday morning with rockets and heavy automatic weapons being used against the ensconced militants.

Two security personnel and a policeman were injured as the militants fired from inside the hostel building of the EDI on Monday after they entered the building.

The 70-room, seven-storey building is located at Pampore on the banks of the river Jhelum and 12 km from the Srinagar city centre.

The joint operation was launched by the army, the Special Operations Group of the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The main building of the institute was attacked in February when militants captured it and launched a major attack on security forces. Six persons - a civilian, three soldiers and two paramilitary troopers -- were killed then before the three militants were shot dead.

Meet the woman behind India's first female taxi company

LONDON, OctOber 11 (thOmsON reuters FOuNDatiON): When Selvi was 14, she was married off to an abusive husband.

Over a decade later, her escape and journey to becoming one of India's first female taxi drivers are the subject of a documentary film, "Driving With Selvi", that aims to inspire women to break out of traditional roles, its director said.

"Many girls in small villages or marginalised communities in India never learn to dream," filmmaker Elisa Paloschi said in an interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

"I think that Selvi's (story) shows that you can dream and will inspire people to think about their future." India is home to a third of the world's child brides, and around 50 percent of India's women were married before turning 18, according the U.N. children's agency.

Early marriage makes it more likely that girls will drop out of school, and campaigners say it also increases the risks of exploitation, sexual violence, domestic abuse and death in childbirth.

"My life was over," Selvi,

A still in the documentary 'Driving With Selvi', a film about a woman's journey from an abusive marriage as a child bride to starting India's first female taxi company. (Photo courtesy of Elisa Paloschi)

whose surname is not given, says in the film, explaining how her violent marriage pushed her towards suicide.

"I thought it was better to kill myself than to stay.

But then I realised that if I were dead I wouldn't be able to prove myself. That's why I ran away".

Selvi found her way to a girls' shelter in the southwestern city of Mysuru, where she learned how to drive.

A few years later, as she was about to set up what has been described as India's first female taxi company, she met Paloschi who was fascinated by her charisma.

"You can tell she has some greatness in her," the filmmaker said.

Eleven years in the making, "Driving With Selvi" opened in London on Friday and is to premier on U.S. television to mark the International Day of The Girl Child on Tuesday.

The documentary has won praise from human rights activists.

"It tells so powerfully that when these girls are given the chance to be empowered, are given skills, care and support, they can change their circumstances and that's incredibly inspiring to see," UNICEF UK's deputy executive director, Lily Caprani, told

filmgoers after a screening in London on Friday.

Paloschi is now planning to embark with Selvi on a bus tour of southern India to bring the movie to small communities as part of a campaign called "Save Her A Seat" that aims to challenge the marginalisation of women.

Women are among the most excluded groups in India, with almost 43 percent of working-age women confined to domestic work, according to a report published in March.

"This film has such an incredible power to create social change and I think that Selvi is a great spokesperson for that," Paloschi said.

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Doctors grapple with best use of potent new cancer drugs COPENHAGEN, OCtObEr 11 (rEutErs): Evelyn O’Flynn still has lung cancer. But after going straight on to a new immune system-boosting drug more than a year ago, rather than traditional hard-to-tolerate chemotherapy, she is feeling great.

"It’s like a miracle," said the 72-year-old ex-smoker, who is about to become a great-grandmother.

As a patient being treated with Merck & Co's immunotherapy drug Keytruda, O’Flynn is one of the lucky ones.

Data presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress suggest her early treatment with immunotherapy, as part of a clinical trial in Britain, will become standard for a growing number of patients.

But there is a catch: it doesn't work for all.

Giving immunotherapy on its own only seems to work better than chemotherapy in previously untreated lung cancer patients who have high levels of a protein called PD-L1, which makes them more receptive to immunotherapy.

From now on, oncologists in Copenhagen have been told, lung cancer patients should be routinely tested for this biomarker.

However, only a quarter to a third of non-small cell lung cancer patients have tumors with at least 50 percent of cells producing

PD-L1, leaving the majority unserved and around 70 percent of the market still up for grabs.

The inability to treat everyone with monotherapy using one single drug is a blow for Bristol, which tried to make treatment with its Opdivo drug work across the board, only to fail comprehensively in a major clinical trial.

But it has opened up the field to rivals like Merck, Roche and AstraZeneca, which own what could be among the biggest-selling drugs of all time, and all companies are now racing to find smart ways to combine treatments.

Oncologists poring over immunotherapy trial results at Europe's biggest cancer meeting have learnt one thing: finding optimal treatments for different patient groups will take more research.

"I think the future of immunotherapy will be defined over the next 10 or 15 years," said lung cancer specialist Solange Peters from Lausanne University Hospital, one of the organizers of the Copenhagen meeting.

Despite immunotherapy successes and the prospect of a potential market worth up to $40 billion in sales, veteran cancer experts urge caution.

"In oncology, we see these kind of waves from cosmic pessimism to overoptimism, so we have to be

Thais wear auspicious pink to help hospitalised king recover

A well-wisher gestures in front of a picture of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand on October 10, 2016. (REUTERS Photo)

bANGKOK, OCtObEr 11 (rEutErs): Thais on Tuesday wore pink for 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a colour they believe will help improve the monarch's health, two days after the palace said he was in an unstable condition.

King Bhumibol, the world's longest reigning monarch, is widely revered in Thailand. During his seven decades on the throne the king, who is also seen as a unifying force for the country, has intervened when events threatened to plunge Thailand into crisis.

The palace said on Sunday the king's health was "not stable" following haemodialysis treatment in hospital, a process to purify the blood. It said a ventilator was deployed after the monarch's blood pressure dropped.

It is unusual for the palace to state that the king's health is not stable.

Statements on the king's are usually issued after the monarch's condition shows improvement.

Many Thais are highly superstitious and some believe brightly coloured clothes can attract good luck.

Messages shared on social media since the palace statement have urged Thais to wear pink, a colour which first became important a few years ago when royal astrologers said it

was good for the king and would promote wellbeing.

Since then, the king has sometimes been seen in public wearing pink.

In Bangkok's Silom district, Chay Chinapairot, 46, a government employee, was among those wearing pink.

"I'm very concerned.

I might wear pink every day," he said.

One Facebook page called 'We Love Thai King', which has more than 2.5 million members, used the social media hashtag #wishthathismajestyrecoverssoon in the Thai language.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and members of his cabinet were expected to sign a get-well book for the king at Bangkok's Grand Palace on Tuesday. Wat Pathum Wanaram, a temple in the city's main shopping district, said monks would chant prayers for the king.

Well-wishers on Tuesday flocked to Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok where the king has spent much of the past year.

News about the king's health is closely monitored and the wording of palace statements on the king's health is intensely scrutinized.

Strict laws protecting the royal family suppresses any public discussion of the king's health.

A scientist prepares protein samples for analysis in a lab at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, Britain, July 15, 2013. (Reuters/File Photo)

cautious," ESMO President Fortunato Ciardiello said.

Investors, though, were quick to position themselves as shares in Bristol fell 10 percent in early trade on Monday, while Merck hit its highest level since 2001.

FIGHTING BACK By taking the brakes off the immune system and allowing the body's natural killer cells to home in on tumors, immunotherapy of-

fers a different approach to toxic chemotherapy treatment, which causes collateral damage to healthy tissue.

It is not without side effects but it is a kinder option, which also promises much longer-lasting efficacy.

Bristol, Merck and Roche have U.S. approval for immunotherapies, while Bristol and Merck also sell their drugs in Europe. China, however, has

yet to license them.

Lung cancer, the world's biggest cancer killer with an annual death toll of 1.6 million, will account for by far the largest portion of future prescriptions, although immunotherapy is used additionally in melanoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and cancers of the bladder, kidney, head and neck.

With Merck set to sweep the board in lung cancer monotherapy, doctors are looking to the next

phase of the story and there is a growing consensus that combination treatments are the future for remaining patients with lower PDL1 levels.

"Clearly, the race is on," said Jean-Charles Soria, a professor of medicine at France's Institut Gustave Roussy, of the looming battle for dominance in the combination market.

In theory, researchers believe, it should be possible to get more people to re-

spond by adding other drugs to the mix in order to coax the immune system to fight back against cancer cells.

Most attention so far has been on combining two immunotherapies, although this raises questions over cost, with each medicine typically priced at $100,000 to $150,000 a year.

The strategy creates an opportunity for AstraZeneca, which has lagged rivals so far but hopes to jump ahead with a drug cocktail that should report clinical results early next year.

Bristol is chasing the same idea, although its doubleimmunotherapy trial is not expected to have results until 2018.

But the ESMO meeting has also raised the prospect of another approach -- successfully combining immunotherapy and chemotherapy.

A lot of scientists have been sceptical of this idea in the past, and there are still questions over whether patients will have a longlasting response, but positive data from a mid-stage study at ESMO suggests the concept has real promise.

Roche and Merck are both enthusiastic.

Steering a path through all these permutations is going to be a challenge and ESMO's Ciardiello says the cancer community must await more clinical trial results over the next few years.

"I think we live in great

times for rendering cancer a curable disease but it will take time because the more we learn, the more we understand that it is hugely complex," he told Reuters. $30-40 BILLION SALES While nobody yet knows what the "gold standard" treatment regimen is going to be, it is already clear this new generation of drugs is going to be big.

"Every time we come back to the immunotherapy market we are amazed at just how large the opportunity is," said Leerink analyst Seamus Fernandez, who sees combined annual sales of $30 billion to $40 billion for drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo, as well as rivals from Roche, AstraZeneca and Pfizer.

How the market will ultimately divide between companies is still unclear but Merck certainly emerges from the past weekend in Copenhagen as the main winner.

That underscores a shift in expectations that has been evident since August, when Bristol first revealed its monotherapy trial had failed.

British patient O'Flynn, whose tumors shrunk dramatically, is just glad she has a chance to try something new.

"My brother had cancer and he had chemotherapy, which was very gruelling.

But I haven't experienced any real side effects, apart from a bit of tiredness."

Australian parliament rejects bill for same-sex marriage vote

sYDNEY, OCtObEr 11 (rEutErs): Same-sex marriage will likely be delayed for at least three years in Australia after the opposition Labor party said on Tuesday it would not support a national vote, dealing another potential blow to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Australia's centre-right coalition government introduced legislation to parliament last month to hold a public vote in February 2017 on whether to legalise same-sex unions.

The bill required the support of some opposition lawmakers because Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's LiberalNational coalition has only a one-vote majority in the lower house of parliament and does not have a majority in

the upper house.

The rejection is a blow to Turnbull, who has seen his popularity wane amid frustration that he has failed to live up to his progressive reputation.

Same-sex marriage is supported by 61 percent of Australians, a Gallop poll in August found, and Turnbull's inability to deliver the legislation could further damage his support.

Several independent MPs had already ruled out supporting the national plebiscite on same-sex marriage. The rejection by the centre-left Labor party, which wants same-sex marriages legalised by parliament, ended any hope the plebiscite bill could pass.

"Why should gay Australians be subjected to a different law-making process

than any other Australians?" said Labor leader Bill Shorten.

"Why should a couple in a committed relationship have to knock on the doors of 15 million of their fellow Australians and see if they agree with it? The easiest way is the way which this parliament has done for a hundred years - legislate."

Advocates of same-sex marriage are also concerned public debate around the vote would prove harmful, sparking homophobic rhetoric against same-sex unions.

Turnbull has said that, should the legislation proposing a national vote be rejected, the issue of same-sex marriage would not be reintroduced into parliament until after the next election, which is due in or before November 2019.

Waning political support threatens Turnbull's position, analysts have said, in a country that has seen five prime ministers in nine years.

On a two-party preferred basis where votes for minor parties are redistributed to the two main blocs - the government trails Labor by a margin of 52-48, a Newspoll by The Australian newspaper on Monday showed. Dissatisfaction with Turnbull's government is at an all-time high of 56 percent.

"If things don't turn around by this time next year, and Turnbull's poll numbers haven't improved, he will find himself under pressure from within his own party," said Haydon Manning, an associate professor in political science at Flinders University in Adelaide.

Most Afghan women serve sentences in elders’ homes

sHArANA, OCtObEr 11 (rEutErs): When 18-year-old Fawzia was convicted of elopement and adultery, a local Afghan court in the southeastern province of Paktika sentenced her to jail.

She soon discovered that she would not be serving the 18-month sentence in a government-run prison, but in the house of a tribal elder where she would work as an unpaid domestic servant, entirely under his control.

"I was treated like an animal and kept like a slave," Fawzia told Reuters in Sharana, the provincial capital of Paktika.

Released briefly from detention because she was sick, she declined to be formally identified for fear of reprisals from the elder's family. Fawzia is a familiar name by which she is known to relatives and close friends.

"What I have suffered, I pray that no woman should ever suffer," Fawzia said.

In Paktika, a poor, religiously conservative and underdeveloped province sharing a rugged border with some of Pakistan's most lawless areas, there are no detention centres for women.

Afghanistan's overcrowded prisons have frequently been singled out for international criticism.

But for thousands of women, conviction and punishment bypass the formal legal system entirely and are decided by local councils or village elders,

as the federal government struggles to impose judicial authority in remote regions.

Restoring fundamental women's rights was one of the main objectives of the international community in Afghanistan, where the hardline Islamist Taliban banned girls from school and women from work.

Fawzia's case shows how hard-earned freedoms won since the Taliban was toppled in 2001 have barely penetrated many areas.

ELDERS' "PROPERTY" The U.S. State Department's most recent Human Rights report, published in April, noted that "the formal legal system often was not present in rural areas" and gatherings of local elders were the main means of settling disputes.

"They also imposed punishments without regard to the formal legal system," it said.

Some 850 women are imprisoned in official detention centres in Afghanistan for crimes ranging from murder to drugs and "moral crimes", said Alim Kohistani, director of Afghanistan's prison service.

But that number does not include those held in informal detention.

"There could be thousands of other women kept in unofficial places across the country in the absence of proper jails," Kohistani said, adding that the government tolerated the situation but could do little to change it.

Fawzia poses for a picture as she spends her jail term in one of the tribal elders’ house in Paktika province, Afghanistan July 27, 2016. (Reuters Photo/Stringer)

"We do our best to help them whenever needed and review their cases on time and make sure their rights are not violated," he said.

While not all women held this way are mistreated, they have little legal recourse to get complaints heard, and human rights activists say the scope for abuse is wide.

"From sexual abuse to other forms of unjust and inhumane acts, these women become a tribal elder's property," said Zalmay Kharote, a rights activist working in Paktika.

Some 95 percent of girls and 50 percent of women imprisoned in Afghanistan were accused of "moral crimes" like running away

from home or "zina" - extramarital relations, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.

Though tried in a provincial court, Fawzia has been in the custody of the tribal elder since 2015 and lives in a hut adjoining his house, washing and cleaning for his family, she said.

She did not specify if she had been sexually abused, an issue which carries a huge, potentially deadly, stigma in Afghanistan. But Fawzia did say that she was alone and cut off from her family.

"This is not like a proper prison where you can see your mother, your sister or they can bring something for you," she said, covering her face with a woollen scarf.

"RULE OF LAW CANNOT TOUCH THEM" Paktika has seen little benefit from tens of billions of dollars in international aid pumped into the country over the past 15 years, despite which the central government has struggled to contain a stubborn Taliban insurgency.

Bibi Hawa Khoshiwal, head of the women's affairs department in the province, said women convicts were being sent to tribal elders as well as to the homes of the few female police officers.

"We admit that it is not legal, but we do get letters from the tribal elders guaranteeing to treat them well. But in some cases they don't," she told Reuters.

Khoshiwal said only 16 criminal cases involving women reached the courts in Paktika last year, while dozens of others, in which women were either victims or perpetrators of alleged murder and abuse, were settled by tribal elders.

Khalil Zadran, a powerful elder in Paktika, said he saw no problem in being the custodian of women prisoners and he had never mistreated women who were held at his home. His second wife is a woman who served a jail sentence in his house.

"When a woman is sentenced, the governor or the police chief call me and ask me to keep the woman in my place as long as it is necessary," he said, leaning on an AK-47 assault rifle as he spoke. "I do this to serve my tribe ... I can keep as many women as it takes."

Thai 'red shirt' leader jailed for violating bail with 'harsh words' bANGKOK, OCtObEr 11 (rEutErs): A Thai court jailed a firebrand leader of the "red shirt" opposition group on Tuesday, ruling that he had violated bail conditions by using "harsh words against others" while talking politics on TV. Jatuporn Prompan is a key leader of the red shirts loyal to ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whose governments were ousted in military coups in 2006 and 2014 respectively.

Thailand has been ruled since May 2014 by a junta which has moved to suppress dissent and detained critics, many of them red shirt sympathizers.

Jatuporn, along with 18 others, was charged in 2010 with terrorism. A court granted him bail on the condition that he did not insult or defame others or stoke unrest.

On Tuesday, a Bangkok criminal court ordered Jatuporn's bail be revoked, while throwing out cases against four other leaders.

"The court sees from Jatuporn's recent behaviour while expressing his opinion that he has used harsh words against others," a judge said.

"This violates the conditions previously set out by the court for bail."

Jatuporn was a leader during 2010 street protests in which red shirt supporters occupied a Bangkok shopping district for nearly two months, calling for then-Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign.

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WYsu sports-cum-literary Week underway inter district & state Morung Express News Dimapur | October 11

The 3rd Sports-cum-Literary Week of the Western Yimchungrü Students’ Union (WYSU) got underway at Loyir Village (New Showuba) with Commissioner & Secretary, Youth Resources & Sports, L Kire, IFS, as chief guest and DIG (CID/INT), Richard Yimto as guest of honour at the inaugural programme held on Monday.

The Commissioner & Secretary in his address said, Nagas need to live in harmony with one another to survive and thrive as a people. Kire said since Loyir village shares boundaries with villages of other Naga tribes, the need to maintain cordial relations and fellow-feeling with neighbouring villages is crucial, especially in a cosmopolitan district like Dimapur

Commissioner & Secretary, YR&S, L Kire, IFS, introduced to the players in the opening football match of the WYSU Sports-cum-Literary Week at Loyir village on Monday. (Morung Photo)

where all Naga tribes and other communities reside.

On WYSU motto ‘Wisdom reigns supreme’, Kire said the motto is an embodiment of ideal living when guided by wisdom,

which is acquired through education. He said education is a key to open many doors of opportunities in one’s life. He advised the students to take education and extracurricular activi-

ties like games and sports in earnest if they want to forge ahead in life.

The Commissioner & Secretary of YR&S also said the new sports policy ‘Khelo India’ can prove to

be a boon for sportspersons from the North East as people from this region have the potential to excel in sports and games.

The guest of honour said Nagas have the right physique to shine in sports and games such as badminton, cricket, football, boxing, archery and martial arts, and cited names of sportspersons who have done the Nagas proud. Yimto also said in the present day, sports has become an industry and sportspersons the most respected people.

President, Western Yimchungrü Hoho, PKF Tochu; general secretary, Western Sumi Kukami Hoho and GB, Vihokhu Village, Kuhovi Zhimo, also exhorted the students and players.

Chairman, Loyir Village Council, Yimso, delivered welcome address and WYSU President, Amos, gave the presidential address.

Phek Town Inter Colony Tournament underway Our Correspondent Phek | October 11

The six-day long 14th Phek Town Inter Colony Tournament 2016 made a colourful start at Phek Town on October 10 under the aegis of Phek Town Youth Society (PTYS).

Gracing the inaugural function as the guest, MLA Kuzholiizo (Azo) Nienu said that sports brings unity, peace and strengthen brotherhood.

In this, he called upon the people to take this inter colony tournament as an opportune platform to maintain the feeling of oneness and brotherhood.

MLA Azo and others with the players and officials of the first football match on October 10. (Morung Photo)

Referring to the tournament theme “Branded for change,” Azo maintained that thefirstandforemostthingeveryone must do is to change the mindset of oneself so that the essence of change would become visible.

Also stressing on the need to practice truthful-

ness in every approach, he called upon the people to do away with ism, propaganda and criticism, which spoil the environment of peaceful co-existence.

Azo also called upon the people to reason together, become friendlier and help one another in

every possible way.

He also urged upon the sportspersons to maintain sporting spirit throughout the tournament.

Further, he challenged the sportspersons not to take the tournament as an end in itself but to carry forward and bring laurels to the community in different levels.

Earlier, PTYS President Neihite Akami delivered the welcome address while the administering of oath to the participating teams was done

by PTYS Games & Sports Secretary Kozote Akami.

Pusazo Luruo, Chairman Nagaland Bee Keep-

ing & Honey Mission, Chivotso Nienu, President NPF Phek division, Salie Khesoh, President Phek District Veterans’ Football Association, Chiekhutso ex-MLA, Veduvo Rhakho, ex- president Chakhesang Students’ Union and several other dignitaries also attended the inaugural function.

Altogether, 11 colonies are taking part in the tournament in the discipline of football and volleyball.

Meanwhile, Phek Deputy Commissioner Murohu Chotso will grace the closing ceremony as guest of honour on October 15.

TT c’ship underway

The inaugural match of the XXII Inter District & State Table Tennis Championship in Kohima on October 11. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | October 11

A three day long XXII Inter District & State Table Tennis Championship under the aegis of Nagaland Table Tennis Association (NTTA) got underway here at the Indoor Table Tennis Stadium.

Altogether, 84 players from Kohima, Dimapur and Mokokchung districts are taking part in the tournament.

Gracing the inaugural function as the chief guest, Y. Kikheto Sema, IAS, Secretary, Land Resources Department Nagaland, stressed on the need to develop indoor games in the state.

Opining that Naga youth posses immense potential in indoor games, he urged the participants to maintain discipline and excel in the field.

Extending solidarity towards promoting Table Tennis in the state, he an-

nounced that he would sponsor the prize money for the winners of this championship.

He said so far Nagaland has produced only two Olympian- Dr. T. Ao (Football) and Chekrovolu Swuro (Archery) whereas the neighboring state Manipur sent six Olympian at the recently concluded Rio Olympic.

In this, he stressed on the need to learn and seek helping hand from Manipur in the field of games and sports.

He also expressed a wish that the state would invite Mary Kom to teach sportspersons here.

He regretted that Nagas are lacking in acknowledging each other on good things happening around.

The situation though has improved now and we are headed for a better future, he added.

There should not be any division in sports, he said

and stressed on the need to develop a positive approach through sports.

Build peace, not pieces, build unity, not disunity, he said.

He also challenged the youngsters to dream for a new Nagaland.

NTTA president K. Tiayanger Tsiidir said that today sports is not only considered as entertainment or profession but many advanced countries have declared it as an industry.

He called upon the players to give their best and achieve their desired goal.

He also told the players not to be confined within the state but to have a broad vision and target national and international levels.

Later, chief umpire Dr. Asalie Khezhie administered oath to the players.

The XXII edition tournament being hosted by Kohima District Table Tennis Association, will conclude on October 13.

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Bits and Pieces of life Why does the cabinet require an advisory committee?

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Engraving bits and pieces of life from the Word of God

1. Dressing: A topsy-turvy world we are now where what we wear has become more important than what we do or how we act. Respect they say depends on the dress we wear.

We tend to judge the person inside with his/ her outside piece of clothes and leathers.

When it comes to dressing the first thing is what’s the brand? Nike? Reebok? Addi? Or? Wait guys, let me introduce a designer brand which is free of cost and can be worn by all sizes and of all age. The clothing is from a brand called “Grace” latest edition of Colossians 3:12 Collection. You can order anytime, anywhere at the cost of your faith alone. Exiting offers just for you and me… lets grab it!

2. Perfume: Dressing smartly and forgot to spray perfume? “Oh no situation”. Perfumes cost more than many of the dresses. Perfumes are very costly but the bitter truth is however costly our perfume cost, no one dare ask us how much we pay for it and it even does not stay long.

The fascinating part is this, I’m ganna introduce a perfume which will stay forever and which cost zero and which others will be provoked to ask about. Amazed? Ya, you should be, the perfume is named as Christ’s Aroma which we can order from 2 Corinthians catalogue item 2:15-16. Let us try this Christ’s Aroma perfume and feel the difference.

3. Piercing: Tattoo is a part and partial of one’s life now. We do have a wide range of collection from kids tattoo sticker to real painful tattoos. Along with the tattoos, piercing in every possible area of our body is also considered cool whether be it boys or girls.

If tattooing and piercing can be a fashion and a cool thing than I would like to present the ultimate piercing which we can do from God’s clinic which is situated in the Street Psalm 40:6. May we be pierced by God and may we become eternally His and His alone.

4. Games: A phone without internet facility is considered as “no-phone”. Adding to that the phone should be android or windows.

The requirements adds one upon the other, having internet facility + android/windows is not enough, one is necessitated to be intelligent smart and very much active in order to update the troops, wage war (phew! very tiresome) or to crush all the candies. Clan relationship withstands kin relationship. Most of us sleep, eat and live in the gaming world.

Let me take the privilege to introduce a game which is called CTF (Catch the Foxes) which we can download from Songs of Songs 2:15 100% absolutely free. It does not need internet connection but what we need to do is to catch the small foxes which destroy our Christian life. Everyone will have our own small foxes as for example- jealousy, laziness, gossips, addiction and many more. Let us play CTF and win over the little foxes in our lives!

5. Royalty: Who in this world will not go cra-

zy to become prince and princess? Facebook has got many prince and princess but I am not talking about those prince and princess, I am talking about real true everlasting royalty.

Queen Elizabeth or Prince William or whoever it might be, their reign will come to an end and their name and fame will subside.

Now my question is have you ever imagined that you can also become prince and princess?

Here let me herald the grand news, yes we can be prince and princess for real for eternity. To get your royalty tag please log on to www.heirsofGod.Romans 8:17.com (Easy huh!)

he Answer to the Question raised in this Write-up is Simple: An ADVISORY COMMITTEE is often a little unholy strategy; the Bureaucracy uses to shirk, or avoid deciding itself an uncomfortable Decision. The Efficient or the Artful, use this Government or Bureaucratic strategy cunningly or sometimes wisely necessarily.

The Government of Nagaland has earlier thoughtlessly made a decision making the Rongmeis from outside Nagaland as an ‘Indigenous Tribe’ of Nagaland. As a result the Rongmei in Nagaland began to graze the green Pastures Reserved for the Native ZeLiang of Nagaland only. The Zeliang of Nagaland justifiably insisted the Government of Nagaland could not take away the Privilege Reserved for Zeliang alone in the State of Nagaland.

The Government fell into a Ditch of its own making thoughtlessly and took a long time to

6. Savings: “Savings” sounded silly when I was studying but now that I am working, the word saving pinches me. We have become so tensed for our future that savings has become the most crucial do’s. Thousands of insurance policies have come up with varieties of plans and benefits.

I too would like to endorse a new insurance company know as God’s company which has a policy to provide financial security for everyone, a treasure in Heaven which will not be exhausted and where no thief can come near nor moth can destroy and you can have complete safety. To enjoy this benefits s the Mental Health professionals in please apply in Luke 12:33-34. Get insured Nagaland observe the World Menyourself today and save your future for where tal Health Day on the 12th of Octoyou treasure is there your heart will be! ber, along with the rest of the world’s men7. Masquerade: Masquerade has become tal health professionals, allow me to share a one of the popular shows. Birthday parties go few running thoughts of mine on the need of dull without mask. Mask of different person- complete mental health for a student to bealities, cartoon characters, prince and prin- come a successful and contributing person cess are everywhere available. Night Bazaars, for the society. concerts, fair or any other celebrations are full 'Health is Wealth' is a popular saying we of people in mask. hear it often. However, this saying cannot be One such mask is also available produced fulfilled or justified until and unless a perby Satan company, we can see his masquer- son is perfectly fit in terms of his/her mental ade play in 2 Corinthians 11:13-15. Buddies health as well. The mental health has become we might be wearing this mask who knows- the need of the hour in order to maintain a Mask of pretense, righteousness, holiness, long and healthy life. Thus, we must shift our hypocrisy, and so on. Let’s stop buying his focus and contribution for saving the future mask and stop his business. of our society by concentrating on mental health of the students in particular. A stuBEWARE THIS MASK IS DANGEROUS. 8. Walk of fame: Hollywood’s Walk of Fame has dent's life is the most beautiful yet challengbecome the epitome for measuring the height ing, troublesome and hectic. It is a very cruof success. Celebrities work hard to be there and cial phase of their life whereby students are it takes a lifetime achievement to be there. Walk preparing themselves for their future. It is neiof Fame runs 2.1 km East to West on Hollywood ther their grades, extra co-curricular activiBoulevard which is a permanent brass monu- ties nor their physique on sporting skills that ment for achievements in entertainment. Wow! should be given importance upon instead of Wish my name will be there! That’s a natural hu- their mental health which has to be mainmanly wish for all of us. tained for the proper undertaking of all the Hey, don’t worry we do have a Walk of above mentioned activities.

Fame which is not ordinary. It is a Walk of Emotional wellbeing is the basic requireFame in the Street of Gold Revelation 21:21. ment of mental health. This is often destroyed It will be a walk for eternity, a Fame which no in a student's life as being in their teens which one can destroy not even time. Sometimes complicates their lives with all sorts of probmy crazy mind makes me think that all of us lems involved in it. Some of them are as folare actors and that God the director and the lows: script writer. If so, the question that pokes me 1. The most common problem faced by all always is how many of us follow the script or the students is the pressure to excel and get the director’s direction? Are we liable to re- good academic grades which does not inculceive this God’s Walk of Fame?

I believe if we can pick on the bits and cate the competitive spirit in them. But in the pieces of life, we will surely walk the Walk of course of pursuing for excellence, it destroys them from justice so much so that most of Fame with glee and bliss. God bless. the suicide cases are related to the academic Bencen Longkumer 5th Mile Dimapur stress and pressure.

think and think and think but could not give a satisfactory decision. The Zeliang went to Court and the Court passed an Interim Judgment ‘staying the government decision’.

The Government could honestly ‘withdraw’ an earlier mistaken Cabinet decision: Everybody makes mistakes, the Honest honestly often have the courage to acknowledge its mistake. Nagaland had rejected ALL INDIA SERVICE IN NAGALAND initially, but during HOKISHE’s CHIEF MINISTERSHIP, that Cabinet Decision was WITHDRAWN. The Government need no constitute an Advisory Committee to advice itself. It has its own the Wisdom.

What Advisory Committee does the Nagaland Cabinet further require to decide the Rongmei Case? Even a simple uneducated Widowed in any Village would easily say it is impertinent to share what is not due!

Nagaland has 60 elected Representative

Leaders to decide for Nagaland. The State has less than 2 million populations whereas in mainland India more than a population of Nagaland selects just 1 Representative.

Each Nagaland Legislative Member therefore knows his people much more thoroughly.

The whole population of Nagaland is wholly behind the ‘Interest of the Nagaland’.

Why would Nagaland Government have a Cabinet Advisory Body to Advice itself decide an Issue it already knows in its head? i. To shift responsibility? ii. To use in decision against the will of the People?

I hope against hope the elected Representatives would decide the Interest of future Nagaland, And they need no apology to any for that.

Thepfulhouvi Solo IFS (RR -68) Principal Secretary, Retd.

Nagaland

proper Mental Health, the booster for academic performance

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2. The dissatisfaction and unhappiness of studying or pursuing a career or subject in which is not of one’s interest but forced upon by the parents, pressure of the society as well as ones peer groups finally leads to poor results, remorseful and stressful life.

3. The relationship problems which the students undergo are always stressful as they deal with the parents, friends, teachers, society and sometimes with broken homes as well. Sadly amidst such relationship and Web of chaos in which they live, sometimes they get tangled into it so much so that they are emotionally drained and exhausted almost all the time.

4. The drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse is another problem which is faced by almost majority of the students due to the influence of media and peer pressure leads them into a world of addiction, loneliness and sometimes even death.

5. Further since the present students are living in the age of technology, even this technology adds up to their problems as the various cyber crimes, social media addiction and bullying often makes them withdrawn, unhappy and even broken from within.

Finally, as a result of the above mentioned points, many of the students destroy their own mental health which blocks the proper functioning of their body and lives as well which often leads to depression and suicides in the end. This menace can be very much prevented if we are willing to maintain a student's mental health. And for that the first step to be taken by all of us is to start talking about it and accept this health problem. After all it is hard to fight a war inside our head without proper support from others. We need to face this mental menace with utmost courage and dedication much more than the way we fight against other diseases. Indeed we literally need to transform ourselves in to the white

blood cells and defeat this disease. And the most important step towards maintaining health is to seek help from those persons who are professionally qualified for the day to day difficulties and problems. For instance, in my school we have our own school counsellor who is always present to help us regarding our academic, personal and career oriented problems as well. Undertaking counseling not only solves our problems but at the same time makes us happy and gives us a path amidst our confused life. Even for me, amidst my academic pressures and career confusions counseling has helped me a lot as it has given me a new direction. The new hope has made me a more determined, focused individual and endowed with an equally strong mental health as well.

Therefore indeed counseling is the perfect remedy to maintain a student's mental health. Having said and done all these points, being a student myself, I cannot guarantee you that it is not at all easy to live this life and fight with all the problems which come to us every day, especially without the weapon of the so called mental health. Therefore time has come for all of us the teachers, students, parents and the society to join hands for the cause of maintaining a good mental health among students so that the future of the country will grow with the perfect attitude and qualities required to make a prosperous and a happy country. Lastly, I would like to request all the students to take a pledge today on this occasion of mental health day that we should never neglect our mental health but instead always maintain it in order to lead ourselves into a happy and successful life.

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

Erenbeni Humtsoe Holy Cross Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur Nagaland

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ritish actress Emma Watson condemned child marriage during a visit to Malawi on Monday, calling on authorities across Africa to end the practice that can put young lives as risk as well as stopping girls get an education and a better future.

Watson, 26, a goodwill ambassador for UN Women, was visiting the southeastern African nation a day ahead of the International Day of the Girl Child.

In 2015, Malawi passed a law to raise the minimum

age of marriage to 18 with UN Women working with traditional chiefs to change local practices.

"Meeting with young girls, who like many in their country, are struggling with poverty and were pressured into early marriage ... made me realize just how important it is for women to be able to make their own choices," Watson said in a statement.

"It's so encouraging to see how such a harmful practice can be stopped when communities work together," added the ac-

tress who rose to fame as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series.

U.N. data shows that globally, one-third of girls in developing countries, excluding China, are married before the age of 18, denying them their childhood and right to go to school.

Even though Malawi has now made child marriage illegal, campaigners have voiced concerns that marriages regulated by custom can occur informally.

During her visit, Wat-

son met with traditional leaders who have championed the annulment of child marriages in their communities.

Worldwide, 15 million girls are married as children every year, according to UK-based campaign group Girls Not Brides.

Campaigners say child marriage deprives girls of an education, increases the risk of domestic violence, death or serious injuries if they have children before their bodies are ready.

Yet the practice persists because some societies

Drake Receives RecordBreaking 13 American Music Award Nominations

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rake has shattered the 32 year old record for American Music Award nominations in a single year, picking up an impressive 13 mentions in the 2016 list of nominations that was revealed today.

The Canadian rapper received a baker’s dozen in nominations ahead of the 2016 AMAs, which are held in just over a month’s time.

In the process, he beat the late Michael Jackson’s previous all-time-high watermark of 11 nominations back in 1984 when he was basking in the massive success of Thriller. Drake has picked up a record 13 American Music Awards nominations Having released his fifth album Views earlier this year, the 29 year old star has

been nominated in several prestigious categories, such as Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Album, Favorite Rap Artist, Favorite Rap Song and Favorite R&B song to name a few.

If he wins in any of them, it will represent his first ever American Music Award triumph.

The AMA nominees are decided by what are known as ‘key fan interactions’ measured by Billboard - album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, social media activity, touring etc. Winners are decided by a public vote.

The 2016 American Music Awards will be held on November 20th at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast live on ABC. Source: Contactmusic

view girls as a financial burden while others believe a girl should marry as early as possible to maximize her fertility.

In July, Gambia became the 13th nation in Africa to join the African Union's campaign to end child marriage, which aims to raise awareness of the risks of the practice. [ID: nL8N19T4NI] The International Day of the Girl Child, on Oct. 11, is a day declared by the United Nations to promote girls' human rights.

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ir Rod Stewart has been knighted at Buckingham Palace in recognition of his services to music and charity. The ceremony was conducted by the Duke of Cambridge after Sir Rod was honoured in the Queen's birthday honours list.

Sir Rod was accompanied by his wife Penny Lancaster and his two youngest children, Alastair and Aiden.

The star previously described the award as "a monumental honour... I couldn't ask for anything more. I thank Her Majesty and promise to 'wear it well'."

Speaking to the Radio Times in 2013, the singer now officially Sir Roderick

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hilpa Shetty's father Surendra breathed his last on Tuesday morning at his Versova residence following a cardiac arrest, a source close to the actress said.

"Shilpa's father passed away today at around 9 a.m. at his Versova residence.

Shia LaBeouf, Mia Goth get married Sir Rod Stewart knighted at Buckingham Palace ctor Shia LaBeouf married his longtime girlfriend Mia Goth here, as they exchanged some unusual vows. The wedding took place at the Viva Las Vegas Chapel in Sin City on Monday.

It was officiated by an Elvis Presley impersonator and live-streamed by tmz.com.

The bride and the groom entered the chapel with a Presley song playing in the background, before they exchanged some unusual vows. The couple also promised to adopt one another's hound dogs, not to wear their blue sues shoes in the rain, to be "one another's teddy bear" and to love each other "like a hunka hunka burning love".

LaBeouf is best known for his roles in films like "Surf's Up", "Transformers", Sleeps", "Lawless", "Nymphomaniac" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the "Fury".

Crystal Skull", "Wall Street: Money Never Source: IANS

n commemoration of the Angami Sports Association (ASA) Golden Jubilee Celebration scheduled to be held in the month of February 2017, the Association is organizing a Musical Live Concert on October 14 at 5:30 pm, NSF Solidarity Park, Near New Secretariat Office Kohima, in order to generate some funds and to herald the forth coming Golden Jubilee Celebration. Tickets of Rs.500/-(Admit Two) and Rs.100/-(Admit One) are available.

- said he was confused why he had not yet received a knighthood, while contemporaries such as Sir Tom Jones and Sir Mick Jagger had.

Others being honoured included actor David Oyelowo, who was made an OBE. He is currently starring in The Queen of Katwe opposite Lupita N'yongo.

Oyelowo, whose credits also include the Oscar-winning civil rights film Selma, was given a Prince's Trust grant as he was embarking on his acting career.

He said: "To be honoured by the Queen in this way having been aided by her son's charity feels like a beautiful full-circle moment."

He had a cardiac arrest," the source told IANS. His last rites will be conducted on Wednesday morning.

Surendra was rushed to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where he was declared dead. He is survived by his wife Sunanda and daughters Shilpa

and Shamita.

He was seen on the small screen last year when he came on the set of dance reality TV show "Jhalak Reloaded" with Sunanda and Shilpa to cheer for Shamita, who was participating in the finals.

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eepika Padukone will be joining superstar Salman Khan to launch the tenth season of controversial reality TV show "Bigg Boss".

The actress says she will be getting "Hollywood's action and thrill" to the launch event.

There were rumours that Deepika, who will be making her Hollywood debut with "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage", will be the first celebrity guest of the show when she was spotted shooting with Salman recently.

But the news was confirmed by Raj Nayak, CEO

of Colors channel, which beams "Bigg Boss".

Nayak tweeted: "The excitement begins. Look who is coming to Bigg Boss for the launch. 16th October 9 PM Book your seats Now! xxxMovie Deepika Padukone."

He also shared a video in which Deepika is seen telling the audience to brace themselves for a thrilling ride with the upcoming season of the show.

In the clip, the "Piku" star is saying: "In this tussle between the people of India and celebrities, I will be getting the thrill and action of Hollywood."

The reality show, an Indian version of interna-

tional series "Celebrity Big Brother", features celebrities locked inside a house for three months under constant camera surveillance, without any gadgets or luxury.

This time the spotlight is on the common man. For the first time, the controversial reality show will open its doors to the common people to appear as contestants along with the stars.

After months of auditions and scrutiny, 13 names have been shortlisted, of which eight will be entering the house. The format details for the new season are yet to be revealed.

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Tyrants, Kuki United, Forerunners move to pre-quarters Our Correspondent Kohima | October 11

Akumienla Aier, a five year old participant at the MDMAA Silver jubilee Commemorative Martial Arts tournament, shows off her medal during the closing ceremony of the programme.

She was also declared the most promising player (female) of the tournament.

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MOkOkchuNg, OctObER 11 (MExN): The Mokokchung District Martial Arts Association (MDMAA) celebrated its silver jubilee on October 10 and 11 at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex.

The jubilee celebration also included the commemorative martial arts tournament, a district level event conducted on both days, during which 127 participants took part in 7 different disciplines.

The inaugural function had former Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Alemtemshi Jamir, as Chief Guest. The MDMAA felicitated the founding members and international medal winners at the jubilee

celebration. The inaugural function also saw the presence of DC Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel, IAS and K. Libemo Jami, District Sports Officer. A souvenir and memento of the jubilee was released by the chief guest.

More than 130 medals were given away at the prize distribution ceremony and B. Merangken Longkumer, Convenor, Jubilee Planning Committee, concluded the closing programme with the vote of thanks.

Moalong and Akumienla Aier were declared the most promising players of the tournament and Marsowa and Purlemla were declared the Best Fighters of the tournament.

Tyrants FC Khuzama, Kuki United FC, and Forerunners FC 4th NAP, today moved to the pre-quarter finals after registering wins in their respective matches at the ongoing 17th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy being played here at the Kohima Local Ground under the aegis of Angami Students’ Union.

In the first match, braces from Vilhouvoto and Kapzei helped Tyrants FC defeat Nagaland University Kohima Campus (NUKC) 4-1. Tyrants FC’s Vilhouvoto opened the scoring in the 13th minute before NUKC fought back to equalise through Zachamo in the 21st minute.

In the second half, Kapzei scored two more goals before Vilhouvoto rounded up the 4-1 rout in the 63rd minute.

Vimeyiezo and Ketozo of Tyrants FC were cautioned with yellow cards.

Tyrants FC will next take on Senapati FC in the prequarters on October 15.

Kuki United FC eased into the pre-quarters after they blanked Tsiekedi Sporting Club 3-0 in the second match of the day.

Kuki United FC took an early lead through Mangminlen Kipgen in the 10th minute. Seilenmang and Gigin Haokip then scored a goal apiece in the 29th and 37th minute respectively.

Letuo Rutsa and Beizo Rame of Tsiekedi Sporting Club and Khaikogin Kipgen of Kuki United FC were cautioned with yellow cards for unsporting

A match between Forerunners FC and Country Boys on Tuesday. (Morung Photo)

behaviour.

Kuki United FC will next play against Nagaland Police (Red) in the pre-quarters on October 14.

Forerunners FC 4th NAP drubbed high spirited Country Boys FC Peren 6-2 in a high scoring match.

Medoneituo opened the account for Forerunners FC in the 16th minute before Nyethong doubled the lead four minutes later. Country Boys came back strong as Mathing pulled one back in the 24th minute.

However in the second

half, Mathew of Forerunners FC restored the two goal lead scoring in the 36th minute before Vimelie Chase added another goal for Forerunners FC in the 48th minute. Country Boys fought hard and pulled another goal back with Mansak scoring in the 53rd minute to make it 4-2.

Forerunners’ Matthew wasn’t done though. He went on to get a hat-trick – the 10th of the tournament – scoring in the 55th and 70th minute to complete the 6-2 rout.

Forerunners FC will

now clash with Billy Graham FC in the pre-quarters on October 13.

Earlier, on Monday, Naga Hospital Colony defeated Phileo FC 2-0 with Meiku and Mengubio scoring in the 12th and 55th minutes respectively.

Tragopan Club Viswema also eased into the prequarters after defeating Gariphema Youth Organization 4-1. Kethozhapu and Tali Akum scored braces for Tragopan FC while Thsephitso grabbed the consolation for Gariphema

YO. Tragopan Club Viswema will next meet Tiemakhe Kidima in the pre-quarters on October 14.

A. Lalrintluanga and Poulin helped debutant P. Vizheto FC Niuland defeat Addax FC 2-0 and book its pre-quarters berth. Vizheto FC will next take on Chedema FC on October 15.

October 12 Matches (Pre Quarters) Nagabazar YO vs Asupfu Christian Institute @12:30 pm Barak FC vs Meriema VYO @ 2:00 pm

MDFA Trophy: OCYU, SSS qualify for quarters Pujara, Ashwin lead India to series sweep

Players of Youngstar FC (red jersey) and Sports Society Suyim (yellow jersey) in action.

Morung Express News Mokokchung | October 11

The second day of the pre-quarter matches saw a dominant OCYU blank Stardom F/C 5-0 to book its berth in the quarters.

A bullish Sports Society Suyim (SSS) proved too strong for the young players of Youngstar FC as SSS trounced Youngstar F/C 5-0 to book its quarterfinal

berth.

Imnasashi opened the scoring early on for OCYU finding the back of the net in the third minute. Imnasashi grabbed another one in the 33rd minute before Ajay trebled the lead in the 37th minute. The second half of the match saw two more goals – Moasanen scoring in 59th and Imnasashi completing his hattrick in the 70th minute.

Ngulie Pochury of SSS grabbed a hat-trick scoring in the 14th, 23rd and 33rd minutes before Osen and Toshiwapang scored one apiece in the 33rd and 65th minute.

October 12 matches: 11:00 am Dilong Youth Association vs Youth Association Marepkong Hills XI FC vs Socianian FC

INDORE, OctObER 11 (REutERs): Cheteshwar Pujara struck his eighth test century and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin engineered another spectacular batting collapse to help India crush New Zealand by 321 runs in the third test and complete a 3-0 series sweep on Tuesday.

Ashwin, who claimed 6-81 in the first innings, resumed his role as New Zealand's wrecker-inchief, claiming 7-59 as the tourists, chasing 475 for an improbable win, were dismissed for 153 to lose inside four days.

After Umesh Yadav dismissed Tom Latham to earn an early breakthrough, Ashwin spun a web around the batsmen as New Zealand lost nine wickets in the final session.

Ashwin dismissed captain Kane Williamson (27) for the second time in the match, ended Ross Taylor's breezy 32 and sent back Luke Ronchi to rip out the Kiwi top order before returning to blow

New Zealand's Ross Taylor is bowled by India's Ravichandran Ashwin. (Reuters Photo)

away the tail.

Fi tt i ng l y , A s hw i n caught Trent Boult off his own bowling to end New Zealand's innings with career-best bowling figures.

The spinner finished the series with 27 wickets and was the obvious

choice for the man-of-thematch and man-of-the-series awards.

"Could not have asked for anything better," India captain Virat Kohli said at the presentation ceremony.

"The bowlers have re-

sponded beautifully in the series every time we've been under a bit of pressure. Every time the Kiwis had a partnership, someone put his hands up and brought those breakthroughs for us."

Earlier, Gautam Gamb-

hir struck 50 on his test return and Pujara scored 101 not out as India declared their second innings on 216 for three around an hour before tea.

Resuming on 18-0, the hosts lost opener Murali Vijay cheaply but Gambhir, who had retired hurt with an injured shoulder on Monday, returned to score fluently.

Gambhir hit six boundaries before completing his 22nd test fifty off 54 balls but was dismissed when he drove off-spinner Jeetan Patel to Guptill at cover.

Patel removed Kohli (17) lbw for the second time in the match but Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane (23 not out) added 58 quick runs before India declared.

"It was important that we get a big total in the first innings but it was not to be," Williamson said.

"Credit to India, obviously they're the number one in the world now. A fantastic effort and welldeserved."

Tokhu Emong India presented with ICC Test Championship mace Trophy from Nov 1 INDORE, OctObER 11 DIMaPuR, OctObER 11 (MExN): The 22nd edition of late Nyamo Lotha and late Daniel Lotha Memorial cum Tokhu Emong Trophy will be held from November 1 to 7 at State Stadium, Dimapur under the theme “Inspiration through sports”.

According to a press release from the organisers of the tournament – the Dimapur Lotha Students’ Union, the champions will receive Rs. 50,000 along with citation and running trophy while the runners-up will receive Rs. 30,000.

Interested clubs/teams can collect registration forms from N. Grocery Shop, near Lotha Hoho Ki, DC Court.

Last date for form submission is October 30. For more information, contact – 8974589400/9774220974.

(PtI): India captain Virat Kohli was today presented with the ICC Test Championship mace for leading his team to the top of the Test Team Rankings.

The mace was presented by former India captain and ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar at a ceremony following the conclusion of the third and final Test against New Zealand in Indore after the home team completed a 3-0 whitewash.

India were guaranteed number-one spot on the ICC Test Team Rankings after it took a 2-0 lead in Kolkata. Since the Test team rankings are only updated at the end of the series, India formally replaced Pakistan at the top of the table at the end of the Indore Test, which they won by 321 runs.

"It's an honour and a moment of great

pride to receive the ICC Test Championship mace. To be recognised as the best in the traditional form of the game is as good as it gets for any team and stuff that dreams are made of," Kohli said.

Kohli became only the second India captain after Mahendra Singh Dhoni and 10th overall to receive the mace.

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