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Auto drivers directed to wear uniforms by Oct 30

Soft drinks may age you as fast as smoking NEw YORk, OCTOBER 17 (IANS): Daily consumption of half-a-litre of sugared soda is linked with 4.6 years of additional biological aging, effects comparable to that of smoking, finds a new study. The study found that drinking sugary drinks is associated with cell aging, suggesting sugar-sweetened soda consumption might promote disease independently from its role in obesity. The study revealed that telomeres - the protective units of DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes in cells - were shorter in the white blood cells of people who reported drinking more soda. “Regular consumption of sugar-sweetened sodas might influence disease development, not only by straining the body’s metabolic control of sugars, but also through accelerated cellular aging of tissues,” said senior study author Elissa Epel, professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The length of telomeres within white blood cells has previously been associated with human lifespan. “This is the first demonstration that soda is associated with telomere shortness,” Epel added. This effect on telomere length is comparable to the effect of smoking, or to the effect of regular exercise in the opposite, anti-aging direction, according to lead author of the study Cindy Leung, postdoctoral fellow at UCSF. Short telomeres also have been associated with the development of chronic diseases of aging, including heart disease, diabetes, and some types of cancer. The researchers measured telomeres after obtaining stored DNA from 5,309 participants, ages 20 to 65, with no history of diabetes or cardiovascular disease, who had participated in a health survey during the years 1999 through 2002. The findings appeared online in the journal American Journal of Public Health.

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• One victim reported to be in serious condition • Police confirm ‘element of racial bias’

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DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 17 (MExN): The Deputy Commissioner for Dimapur, Wezope Kenye has notified auto drivers to comply with the directive to wear uniforms by October 31. A press note from the Dimapur DC informed that despite information provided by the Regional Transport Authority, “many auto drivers have failed to comply with the order issued in this regard.” The DC cautioned that auto permits of those drivers who fail to comply with the order will be cancelled and vehicles will be impounded as per the provisions of the MV Act.

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Gurgaon Assault: 3 arrested

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A Syrian Kurdish refugee boy who fled fighting in Kobani, Syria, with his family, plays at a refugee camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border on October 17. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. The onslaught has forced more than 200,000 people to flee across the border into Turkey. (AP Photo)

Mizo girl stabbed to death in Delhi

NEw DELHI, OCTOBER 17 (IANS): A 27-year-old woman from Mizoram was stabbed to death at her home here even as a party was going on in the one-room tenement, police said Friday. Police have detained Juliet Zonunmawi’s male partner and some of her friends, who were attending the party at her one-room flat in south Delhi’s Munirka area. Zonunmawi, a resident of Aizawl in Mizoram, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital around 11 p.m. Thursday by her male partner Virender Singh but doctors declared her brought dead. She was found lying in a pool of blood with head injury as well as stab wounds in her abdomen and thigh, police said citing the victim’s friends. Blood stains showing the imprints of footwear were also found

on the stairs. “A Central Forensic Science Laboratory team has collected all the evidences from the spot and her body has been sent for postmortem. A medical team has also been constituted to conduct the postmortem,” said a police official. “No arrest has been made yet as a probe is still on and they are also waiting for the victim’s postmortem report,” said the official. Police said Zonunmawi had come to Delhi around five years ago and had been staying in Munirka for the last few months with Singh, a resident of Haldwani in Uttarakhand. Zonunmawi was working in a call centre in Gurgaon while Singh was preparing for the civil services exam. People from the northeast gathered outside the local police station and protested against the attacks on people from the region.

NEw DELHI, OCTOBER 17 (AGENCIES): Gurgaon Police on Friday arrested three persons in connection to the October 15 assault on two youths from Nagaland in Gurgaon. Aloto Chishi and Awang Newmei were injured when they were attacked Wednesday night in Sikanderpur area near the Mehrauli border. “Police arrested Gaurav Yadav alias Pony, 23, and his two tenants Ram Bihari and Vijay Kumar for attempt to murder,” Nazneen Bhasin, Deputy Commissioner of police (east), told reporters. An IANS quoted Bhasin, who is also chief nodal officer for crimes against people from the North East region, said the victims live as tenants in the home of Yadav’s cousin. “Nagaland youths Wednesday night had scuffle over some issue with Yadav but they reached a settlement. Gaurav invited Aloto and Awang to have drinks in the room of his tenant. The youths were attacked when they refused to have more drinks and were held hostage for whole night,” she said. Ram Bihari hails from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh while Vijay Kumar is from Nadia district in West Bengal, the officer said. Both are in their 20s. The arrested people were Friday presented in a court, which sent them to judicial custody. The Naga youths were admitted to a state-run hospital in Gurgain. Awang

One of the naga victims, speaking to media persons on October 17.

was later shifted to a hospital in Delhi as his condition was stated to be critical. According to an ANI report, the police have also confirmed that the attacks had an element of racial bias. The report quoted Bhasin as stating that “the main instigator has two cases registered against him already. It is a case of hurt and definitely there seems to be an element of ethnic bias and ethnic discrimination over here.” Meanwhile, one of the victims is reported to be in a serious condition. A source close to the victim informed that Awang Newmei (22) from Jalukie is still in a grave condition due to the injuries he suffered. He informed that Awang, along with Aloto Chishi (25) from Shitovi, were assaulted by a group of people for refusing to share drinks with them. He alleged that racial slurs were also hurled against the victims. They were assaulted with cricket bats, hockey sticks and their heads were

also shaved.

Nagaland CM appeals for arrest of guilty Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang has written to the Chief Minister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda urging the latter to ensure that the guilty are arrested and brought to book. The Nagaland CM further appealed that all steps are taken to prevent such “inhuman acts.” Zeliang stated that the incident on the night of October 15 “is a matter of great disappointed that people from the North East region of our country are being subjected to such attacks.” He further expressed concern that “such acts of racial attacks continue with impunity.” Nagaland MP for immediate action to tackle ‘racial incidents’ Member of Parliament from Nagaland state, Neiphiu Rio today urged the Government of India to take immediate action and

undertake all necessary measures to reassure “citizens of our country in the North East that all are equal citizens of this nation.” A press note from the MP condemned the assault and said that the victims were “attacked and abused in a racist manner and were threatened by the assailants and warned to leave the national capital region.” “This incident comes as another shock to the entire country especially to the people of the North East where our fellow brothers and sisters have been murdered, raped, assaulted, abused and mistreated for decades,” he added. Rio lamented that “these incidents of racial discrimination area not new, but have been going on for several years.” It is only now, postulated Rio, with “wider media presence and social activism,” that incidents of discrimination and racial abuse are being highlighted. He added that, even now, a large number of incidents of abuse against people of the region go unreported. He further expressed regret that “hate crime” against the people of the North East are on the rise all over the country. Rio further said that the “perpetrators of racist or hate crimes must be considered enemies of the nation and punished accordingly.” The MP from Nagaland demanded that the victims be appropriately compensated, cared for and rehabilitated.

Centre may relax norms for visiting NE RTI applications on the

GUwAHATI, OCTOBER 17 (IANS): Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju Friday said the central government may relax the norms for visiting the northeastern states. The Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh said this includes revoking of the Restricted Area Permit (RAP), required in some northeastern states. He was delivering the keynote address at the Northeast Region Infrastructure Conclave 2014, organised by the PHD Chamber. He said: “I have already discussed the matter with the ministry of home affairs. I have also taken it up with the for-

eign affairs department of the ministry to relax the norms of RAP for visiting the northeastern states, where it is required,” he said. The minister, however, said that the relaxation may not be for the whole of the region but for some pockets only. Domestic and foreign tourists and others visiting Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram must obtain RAP before entering the three states. He said: “We are also going to relax other norms and restrictions for permission to travel from one place to another in the region.” The minister reiterated the central government’s plans

to construct a highway along the Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh and said India has all the right to construct road in its own territory. He said: “We are going to construct a highway within our territory and that is not going to adversely affect the neighbouring country in any way. We are committed to develop our border areas and we are going to do that.” Stressing on the need to develop the infrastructure in the region, Rijiju said that there is huge potential to develop the northeast. He admitted that subsequent governments in states of the region and in Del-

hi have, however, faltered in efforts to develop the region. He said: “The northeast has the highest numbers of insurgents, student groups and autonomous state demands in the world. Demanding is not their problem, it’s their right. We have to admit that we have faltered.” He also blamed frequent bandhs and blockades behind lack of development of the region. “I am planning to establish a cell to monitor the timely implementation of all the projects in the region,” he said, adding the northeastern states must have a positive attitude for development.

Identifying potential, making a niche Morung Express news Dimapur | October 17

A secure white-collar government job is generally the description of a successful career in Nagaland. But times have changed and so has the people’s mindset. Today there are Naga professionals, who have defied the notion, choosing to trek the seemingly unbeaten path, at the same time setting standards for others to emulate. Breaking away from the rather dogmatic notion, identifying one’s potential and making a niche for oneself in the career realm was what six self-made Naga professionals emphasised on at a seminar on career guidance for students. The seminar was organised at Tetso College, Dimapur on October 17 under the aegis of Young Indians (Yi) – a division of the Confederation of Indian Industry. Yi was formed in the year 2002 with an objective of creating a platform for young Indians to realise the dream of a developed nation.

Ben Imchen, Director of Elysium Enterprise; Oren Ovung, Partner/COO of Touch Organisation; Medo Putsure, Managing Director of Bambusa; Yudang Ao, Managing Partner of 442 Management; Rozelle Mero, Managing Director of The People Channel and; Tomtsa Chishi, Program Lead of Youthnet were the resource persons. Aside from covering topics from their respective fields of expertise, the resource persons shared personal experiences and inspiring anecdotes of their chosen careers, of how they started out small and reaching where they are today. “Believe in what you’re doing no matter how big or small it may be. But the bottom line is… be sincere,” said Oren Ovung whose work involves ‘Fast Moving Consumer Goods’ in business parlance or simply retail. Stating that the business world is tough where the individual “has to be on your toes each and every second”, he added, “Do not even think of being an entrepreneur if you cannot take risks.”

Medo Putsure, who is the founder of the popular Bambusa chain of restaurants, elucidated on the basic tenets of hospitality and how it can be a paying source of employment. Stating that his job demands hands-on attention, Putsure said, “Bambusa is a child I’ve given a lot of time to.” “Taking up a career is not as rosy as it sounds… it requires hardwork,” said Ben Imchen complementing Puture’s statement. Prioritizing and clarifying one’s interests, understanding one’s limitations at the same time having a comparative analysis of one’s skills against requirements in the job circuit are fundamental to choosing a vocation, stated Rozelle Mero. Further, skills have to be complemented by the “right attitude,” she said. Taking up internship programmes and job shadowing (temporary, unpaid exposure to a workenvironment) and volunteering can be greatly beneficial for starters, she added.

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kOHIMA, OCTOBER 17 (DIPR): The Nagaland Information Commission conducted a one day session under the theme ‘RTI and Role of Media’ coinciding with the celebration of RTI Week 2014 at Hotel Vivor on October 17. Chairing the inaugural programme, Acting Chief Information Commissioner, Kevinino P. Meru said that there has been an increase in the RTI applications over the year in Nagaland and that most of the cases are solved at the Public Information Officer level. She however felt that a lot needs to be done in spreading the awareness of RTI and sought the help of the media. Addressing the Plenary Session on “RTI and Role of Media”, Assistant Editor, Indian Express Guwahati, Samudra Gupta Kashyap said that the majority of the people have learnt to use RTI Act because of the media. He said that RTI has made investigative journalism easier and less risky and journalist can acquire information by using the RTI Act. He said media can primarily play - it has been already playing – a major role in promotion of the RTI Act itself. “Media occupies a very critical place in the process of governance and acts as a gatekeeper. Media disseminates critical messages to the citizens and highlights various issues, concerns and initiatives that affect their lives. Media promotes good governance by facilitating the collective action of citizens for attaining sustainable socio economic outcome for the overall and common good of the society,” he added.

Gupta however viewed that RTI has yet to become part of journalism curriculum in India. Very little effort has been put in by the authorities to take media on board RTI and consider it as a force multiplier. When more journalists and media houses start using RTI, things will be much better, he added. Former Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission, New Delhi and resource person Shailesh Gandhi while delivering the keynote address said that people in general are not happy with the system of governance in the nation and the RTI acts as a tool to solve their problems. He said RTI enables the citizens to find out the information they look for. RTI is a fundamental grain of the Indian Constitution and citizens should use it to have accountability, transparency and good governance. He also said that 50 to 60 percent of the citizens are not aware of the ‘Appeal’ that they can make if they do not get a satisfactory reply after they apply for the RTI and urged the civil society and the media to create awareness on RTI and to take it forward, stating that RTI deepens democracy. Plenary Session on “Impact of RTI on Society” was also conducted by Shailesh Gandhi. The plenary sessions were followed by panel discussion. The closing programme was chaired by the State Information Commission, Nagaland, Bukchem Phom and Secretary, Nagaland Information Commission Soyimna Aier Koza delivered the concluding remarks.

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Kohima, october 17 (mexN): On World Food Day, Joint Director of Agriculture, Rongseninla stated that agriculture is an urgent global priority and farmers find themselves in the frontline of some of the world’s most pressing issues climate change, globalization, and food security. The day, she said, is observed to eradicate hunger and poverty, provide food security and nutrition for improving livelihood. Rongseninla was the theme speaker at the observance of World Food Day organized by Department of Agriculture, Kohima at the Directorate conference hall, Kohima on October 16 with the theme ‘Family Farming: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth.’ A press release from the Directorate of Agriculture informed that the joint director maintained that family farming, in simple

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term, means where parents and children eat, work and stay together. According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), all family-based agriculture activities are linked to several areas of rural development, she stated, adding family farming is a means of organizing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a family and predominantly reliant on family labour, including both men and women. She stated that family farming has been in practice in Nagaland since time immemorial to sustain the livelihood of the family and is

Survival Nagaland flays ‘monopolistic scheme’

MEx File AEO Kohima informs counting officials

Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): The Survival Nagaland (SN) has flayed the “monopolistic scheme” of the Urban Development Department. The SN Media Cell in a press release alleged that the department was “conniving” with Royal International firm owned by one Md. Quddur Choudury in order that all the business establishments under DMC, KMC and 16 town councils buy fire extinguishers from the firm only. “The present condition of our Nagaland is in shatters and ruins because of some few corrupted leaders and elders who are selling

Kohima, october 17 (Dipr): Assistant Election Officer, Kohima, R. Mhathung Ngullie has informed all the counting officials of the 11 Northern Angami II Assembly Constituency Bye- Election to reach the Counting Center by 7:00 am and be seated at 7:30 am on the counting day, October 20. The counting will start at 8 am at Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Kohima. At the commencement of counting, every person present in the hall is to maintain secrecy of votes under provisions of section 128 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Counting of votes will be done polling stationwise starting in ascending order from 8 tables, which means 5 rounds of counting. Counting of Postal Ballots shall be taken up first.

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Aerial survey of new Green Field Airport Kohima, october 17 (Dipr): The Chief Minister of Nagaland, T.R. Zeliang along with Parliamentary Secretary for Transport & IPR, P. Paiwang Konyak and officials from the Ministry of Civil Aviation had aerial survey in connection with the New Green Field Airport at Razaphema on October 17. Earlier, the officials from the Ministry were briefed with prepared GIS at Nagaland GIS & Remote Sensing Centre, Planning & Coordination department.

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away their own people and all privileges to the outsiders for their easy money which has completely destroyed the Naga Society and the young generation,” it stated. “These corrupted leaders instead of making ground and paving opportunities for young Naga people, are more interested only in buying luxurious cars, building mansions and taking foreign trips for themselves and their families while the common people suffer and going neck deep down.” SN claimed that “we are becoming strangers in our own land with all business opportunities and privileg-

es grab(bed) by Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants (IBIs) with both overgrounds and undergrounds strangulating their own people and the youths who cannot even take up business freely.” Further, asserting that “We will no longer tolerate this kind of unfair practice and injustice by some few vested elements,” it added, “A new social awakening is coming across the land as the youths are fed up of all this isms and corrupted practices sowed by some vested leaders and are ever ready to bring change in our land because everything has crossed its limits.”

Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): The Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) through its development department (Nagaland Development Outreach- NDO) has been making effort to contain and create wider awareness on HIV & AIDS across the State with special focus on church leaders. NDO in partnership with the Legislatures’ Forum on AIDS (LFA) organizes programs in strategic locations where the need is felt more for such education, a press release from NDO Office,

Kohima, october 17 (mexN): Deputy Commissioner & Chairman, District Level Verification Committee (DLVC), Kohima, W. Honje Konyak has directed all 45 District/Divisional offices concerned under his jurisdiction to submit list of work-charged and casual employees to him on or before October 20 without fail. This matter was decided in the DLVC meeting held on October 8, 2014 as per the notification issued by the Work Charged and Casual Employees Commission.

Dimapur informed. On October 15, NDO along with the Zeme Baptist Association (ZBA) organized one day advocacy program on HIV/AIDS at ZBA Mission centre at Nsong, located close to the border of Manipur and Assam. Vikheho Chisho from NDO informed the participants about NBCC policy on HIV and how to address and contain the issue from the church perspective. In the first session, Simon Pame, GNM, NRHM at Nsong sub-centre spoke on the basics

Dimapur | October 17

In the 6th edition of ZOOMMAX, organized by the School of Management Studies, Nagaland University, Dimapur Government College emerged as the overall champion out of 9 colleges from Dimapur and 2 colleges from Kohima. Best Discipline award was honored to J.N. Aier College. The closing ceremony of ZOOMMAX 2014 was held at Holy Cross Higher Secondary School with Prof. A.L. Ao, Pro Vice Chancellor, Nagaland University as the chief guest. He encouraged the students to uphold dignity of labor, especially the management students, and challenged them to fare better than management students in other universities. A short speech was delivered by Hemant Kumar, Asst. Commissioner, Dimapur who attended the programme as the guest of honour. Kumar stated that management is applied in our daily activities and cited the examples of housewives managing and running families perfectly without any management course. He further elaborated that a “mere degree in management is of no use” and encouraged the students to start managing one’s life. He also wished the students bright careers ahead. Earlier, welcome address was delivered by Amenla Walling, Convener,

of HIV & AIDS, how it is transmitted, and how to prevent it. He informed on global scenario of HIV and also highlighted some of the principles framed by WHO in detecting HIV and how to prevent. He further shared some important issues on how to control HIV and what we can do as responsible citizens when someone is HIV Positive and also referral mechanism to service providers. In the second session, the Executive Secretary of ZBA shared on the Care and Support for HIV infected person, reducing

Ms. ZOOMMAX Leena Swu from S.D. Jain College, Dimapur and Mr. ZOOMMAX Imtikumer from Dimapur Government College.

Zoommax 2014, and a solo sung by Lipokmenla from Patkai Christian College, winner of ZOOMMAX 2014 solo competition. “Words of appreciation” was delivered by Prof. D.P. Chaturve-

di, Dean, SET & SMS, N.U and vote of thanks conveyed by Lamlemminthang Khongsai, President, PGSU (SMS). Lodizhonu Kirha hosted the closing ceremony.

stigma and discrimination from the church perspective. He challenged the participants by drawing some biblical lessons particularly on the ministry of Jesus to the sick and dying people. “We the church leaders today should also try to imitate and live our life in caring and supporting those who are in need,” he urged. According to the note, the program resolved to love and care for HIV patient as much as “we” love “ourselves”. It also vowed to deliver HIV related messages from time to time in local churches

Kohima, october 17 (Dipr): The Directorate of Higher Education is organizing a conference for principals of Government Colleges at its conference hall on October 22 at 10:00 am with Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education and SCERT, Deo Nukhu as the chief guest. In the inaugural session, Commissioner & Secretary for Higher & Technical Education, F. P. Solo will chair the programme, who will also deliver the welcome address, while Pastor of Phezoucha Baptist Church, New Capital Complex, Keduoneituo Yhome will say the invocation prayer. Director of Higher Education, C. Khalong will chair the first session, where principals of Government Colleges will give reports on the performance of their colleges.

Students of Straightway School, Mokokchung present an item during the Global Hand Washing Day on October 15. Public Health Engineering Department, Mokokchung Division observed Global Hand Washing Day at Straightway School, Mokokchung with Samuel Paul IAS, Assistant Commissioner, Mokokchung as the chief guest. To sensitize the students on importance of hand washing, a demonstration on proper hand washing with soap was conducted and a pledge was taken to wash hands with soap and to keep surrounding clean.

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Kohima,october17(mexN):TheNagaland University Non-Teaching Staff Association Kohima (NUNTSA-K) has appealed to all, including the district administration and local authorities to extend co-operation to the university authority in maintaining the sanctity and conducive atmosphere of the campus, and help it grow in grace. In a press statement, NUNTSA-K stated that of late, some group of people, “engaged in unwanted anti-social activities, detrimental to the academic atmosphere, have been frequenting the university campus Meriema, despite notices and warning given time and again by the

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and other community programs. It also decided to request to organize such awareness programs even in near future through NDO or any organization. Teachers and Educators also resolved to share with their students. IEC materials on HIV related information supplied by NSACS were also distributed during the training. Altogether, ninety-two participants comprising church leaders, student leaders, public leaders, village GBs, women group and representatives from civil societies attended the program.

NUNTSA-K appeals to maintain sanctity of NU Meriema campus

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the predominant form of agriculture in the food production sector. The role of agriculture in the rural areas, she asserted, is indispensable for survival and all the festivities of the rural community revolve around the farming circle. Further, she expressed concern that “God created the earth in a systematic, disciplined and organised manner in perfect harmony of the earth and the heavens. But now that ecological equilibrium is disturbed altogether due to multiple factors especially that of human greed and other factors.” In light of this, she appealed that “we need to be willing to make major chang-

es in our lifestyle.” Affirming that preservation of the environment must become a part of “our” lives, she stressed that environmental degradation is a serious threat to the existence of humanity. “Problems require changing the habits and attitudes of millions of people.” Meanwhile, L. Mero, Director of Agriculture in his keynote address highlighted that annual World Food Day observed on October 16 is an initiative of United Nations (FAO) to create awareness on food security. The theme was chosen in view of the importance of family farming to sustain world food demand, he added, while encouraging everyone to be the change in the society. The programme was chaired by D. Soukhrie, Joint Director of Agriculture. About hundred staff, including senior officers of the department attended the programme.

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university authority.” These groups of people, according to the release, “resort to late night (at times overnight) parties, disturbing the peaceful atmosphere and also littering the university campus.” NUNTSA-K highlighted that Kohima campus, Meriema is the youngest campus of Nagaland University and is in “dire need” of co-operation from all concerned towards its healthy growth and development in the right perspective. It further opined that Nagaland University Kohima Campus is the mirror of Nagaland University and therefore, it should be the endeavour of one and all to uplift it.

LYYF Wokha organises seminar cum fellowship

Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): The Likhya Yankho Youth Fellowship (LYYF), Wokha organized a one day seminar cum fellowship on October 5 with Dr. Zuben, Sr. M.O & DVBO, Wokha, Dr. Longshibemo Yanthan, Asst. Prof. DIET, Wokha Centre and Libemo Jami, YRO & DSO, Wokha, Additional Charge Kohima as resource persons. Dr. Longshibemo Yanthan spoke on the present system of education and stressed on the various aspects and fields of education. Topics on career guidance and the importance of sports among the youth were given by Libemo Jami while Dr. Zuben stressed on health care and gave tips on how to stay healthy and fit.

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We are overwhelmed and grateful to one and all who stood by us in every possible way throughout the course of brief illness and sudden demise of Shri. I. Lanukaba Ozukum, Joint Director, Urban Development Nagaland, Kohima at Delhi. We are also humbled by the kind gestures shown to us on his last journey home from Delhi to Kohima. Words cannot express how thankful we are, though we are unable to thank each one of you individually, we pray that God Almighty bless you all. “THANK YOU” Mrs. Amenla & Children

The visiting team with the health workers at Longjang PHC.

moKoKchuNg, october 17 (mexN): A team of three officials from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi visited health centres of Mokokchung district on October 16. The central team led by Dr. Teja Ram, Deputy Commissioner (FP), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi was ac-

companied by two officials from the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima and Dy.CMO Mokokchung. According to a press release, the team held an intensive interaction with the programme officers, medical officers, health workers, ASHAs, HCMCs & VHCs, and villagers. The team visited Imkongliba

Memorial District Hospital, Mopungchuket Subcentre, Longjang PHC and Longkum PHC. The purpose of the visit, the release said, was to check the implementation level of the existing National Health policy; to review and assess the performance of the National Health policy which was implemented in 2002.

tueNsaNg, october 17 (mexN): Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Medziphema organized training on value addition of important horticulture crops on October 14 at Khiamniungan Tribal Council Hall, Noklak, Tuensang. The aim of the training was to promote home scale preservation of fruits/vegetables and utilization of surplus yield to make value added products which could be useful for additional income instead of wasting, according to a press release. Hands-on demonstration on preparation of chilly pickle, ginger candy, orange squash and pineapple jam was shown by Manzar Hussain, Post Harvest Technologist, CIH and Sentiyangla, Horticulture Specialist, CIH. Certificate along with reading materials and preservatives like KMS and citric acid were distributed to all the trainees, the release said. The participants also gave feedback and expressed gratitude to the institute for conducting such intensive and practical oriented training and also mentioned that such training was first of its kind in Noklak Town. About 56 participants from Highlander Farmers Society, Bidgrain Society, Agro Revolution Society, United SHG, KTC, Noklak Area Famer Producer attended the training.

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Why us? questions people from NE GURGAON, OctObeR 17 (tNN): Repeated attacks on people from the northeast in Gurgaon, a city that prides itself on its cosmopolitan and egalitarian culture, have turned the spotlight towards an ugly, regressive side of the Millennium City that lies in the shadows of its luxurious highrises. No strangers to the discrimination they face in the city, people from the northeast say they are losing patience with the authorities' failure to protect them and are frustrated by the deep regional biases that run through the veins of society. On Wednesday night, the seven youths in Sikanderpur who thrashed and humiliated Awang Newmi (22) and Aloto Chisi (25) asked the two Nagaland boys to tell all other people from the northeast living in the area to leave. "We are losing our patience with each passing day. If we start doing the same thing to North Indians living in northeast, what will be the result? There are so many people from Delhi, Rajasthan and other places who live in the northeast. Have you ever heard of any such incident happening to them there?" asked Ngai Tungnung, a

Ensure safety of NE people: Rajnath NeW DelHI, OctObeR 17 (IANS): Home minister Rajnath Singh Friday urged the Haryana and Karnataka governments to ensure safety of all citizens, including those from the northeast, a ministry statement said. "The home minister today (Friday) spoke to the chief ministers of Karnataka and Haryana and requested them to maintain law and order under all circumstances. He also urged both the governments to ensure the safety of all citizens, including those hailing from the northeast," said the statement. "Considering these attacks, both the state governments have issued directions to the police to deal with such people strictly," the statement said. The statement informs that Bangalore and Haryana Police have taken a number of security measures to ensure the security of the people including those hailing from the northeast. resident of Manipur who lives in DLF Phase-III. "This is real hate crime and it is happening so frequently. There are times when we ignore the petty comments passed on us, but such brutal incidents need to be stopped before our patience runs out," he added. Another complaint they have is that though Gurgaon Police has appointed a nodal officer for people, it has made little difference on the ground. "Sikanderpur is known for such hate crimes against people who hail from the northeast. Local residents, especially the landlords, treat us like outsiders. They get drunk and pick fights with us over petty issues. We are forced to live here as we cannot afford the rent elsewhere. We have repeatedly com-

NE facing threat from Al-Qaeda, says Sonowal

tezpUR, OctObeR 17 (ptI): The northeast, particularly Assam is facing a serious threat from al-Qaeda and Jihadi militants, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal claimed here today. "There is information that the al-Qaeda has base in most of the districts of Assam and we have to take an united stand against these fundamentalist forces," Sonowal said at the sidelines of the foundation laying ceremony of a cultural centre named after Assam's cultural icon Bhupen Hazarika. This is a national threat and the Centre has taken this issue very seriously, the Minister of State for Sports, Youth and Skill Development said. The al-Qaeda threat in the state has risen mainly due to large scale influx over the years, particularly during last 10 years from Bangladesh, he said. There is input from intelligence sources that jihadi militants are active in the region and in the long run, Assam would face serious threat from such forces, Sonowal said. Six persons were arrested from Assam's Barpeta district on October 10 for their alleged involvement in the October 2 Burdwan blasts. An Assam police spokesman had claimed that preliminary investigations revealed that the ar-

Heroin worth Rs 3 lakh seized, 3 persons arrested

AIzAWl, OctObeR 17 (ptI): Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department's Anti Narcotic Squad seized 135 grams of heroin worth around Rs three lakh from two places in Aizawl and arrested 3 persons including a woman. Officials said that the Anti Narcotic Squad seized 43 grams of heroin at Zemabawk locality last night and arrested Laltlanmawii (33) of Mizoram-Myanmar border Zokhawthar village in Champhai district in this connection. The Anti Narcotic Squad again seized 92 grams of heroin from Falkland locality this morning an arrested Lalzawmthanga (38) and Zohmingmuana (27), both from Zokhawthar village in Champhai district were arrested. The contraband was reportedly smuggled into Mizoram from Myanmar.

rested persons were a part of a module operating under the patronization of Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) allegedly involved in the IED blast at Burdwan in West Bengal.

plained to the cops about the way we are targeted, but they only pay lip service. We are living in a democratic country, but we feel unsafe," says K Minthang, a BPO employee who is also from Manipur. Lalboy Haokip from Dimapur, who also works in the ITeS industry, agreed. "Just yesterday, a young boy was attacked in Bangalore for not speaking the local language. Such incidents are on the rise point to a hatred towards us. There is nothing we have done to deserve this treatment. We have come here to earn a living. If there were opportunities back home, we'd have all gone back," he said. Women, too, said they feet secure living in Gurgaon, particularly while travelling alone. "As far as possible, we try to remain

indoors as we feel threatened the moment we step out. Men ogle at us and pass lewd comments, which we ignore and sometimes laugh off. Sometimes, you simply have to swallow your hurt and anger. But when people are beaten up, you feel really unwanted and wish you could go back home," said a girl who works in a salon. Police commissioner Alok Mittal said, "We are constantly in touch with the northeastern groups in the city. We already have a nodal officer specifically looking after cases involving northeast people. After this incident, we have deployed a checkpost in the area. I think it is important to understand the concerns from both the sides — northeastern people as well as villagers."

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Rijiju against big power projects in NE GUWAHAtI, OctObeR 17 (ptI): Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said he is "traditionally" against construction of big dams in North East and favoured smaller ones with 300-500 MW capacities. "Traditionally I am not for big hydro power projects in North East. I am not in favour of 4,000 MW or 5,000 MW projects. I am fine if one or two big projects come up in the region with consultations with the public," Rijiju said at the Infrastructure Conclave by industry chamber PHDCCI here. He supported construction of smaller or mid-level projects in the range of 300 MW or 500 MW capacities in North East. His comments come at a time when the country's largest hydro power project the 2,000 MW Lower

Subansiri Hydel Power Project long Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border at Subansiri river is sailing through rough waters and the work has been stalled since December 2011 due to

the ongoing protest against the Lower Subansiri Hydel Power Project was being carried out by "some NGOs who took money from international agencies" and "are working against national interest". At that time, he had supported construction of the Subansiri project and said protests were happening because probably NHPC didn't communicate properly many technical aspects to the agitating people in Assam and that there would be no danger to them. Construction work of the ambitious project at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border on Subansiri river has been stalled since December 2011 after protests by local residents and many groups fearing safety and downstream impact.

Advocates setting up of 300 to 500 MW power projects protests in Assam. "NHPC has lost Rs 7,000 crore due to delay. If a country's Mini-Ratna category PSU like NHPC is facing a situation like this, then it is a very serious issue," the Minister said. The Union minister of State for Home said the Centre will look into the issue of NGOs getting foreign money and creating obstruction in construction of the project. In August, Rijiju had alleged that

Two BSF troopers arrested for molesting girl

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Public consultation on Assam-Nagaland Border issues needed

f late, there have been criticisms against the remarks made by Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang with regard to the chronic Assam-Nagaland border issues. The Chief Minister seemingly stated that Nagaland lacked documents to settle its protracted border row with neighboring Assam. His remarks soon drew flaks from various quarters. In fact, soon after Zeliang’s remarks came up, the Assam media jumped over it and generated fair amount of news vindicating their claims, while many Nagas termed his controversial remarks as capitulating. The inability to resolve the border row between Assam and Nagaland over the years had cost hundreds of innocent lives, while the relationship between the two has been worsening and people living in either side of the borders feel insecure. The two Governments have miserably failed to instill a sense of security into the minds of their citizens living along the border areas. As they kept dragging on the border problems with no solution at sight, the issues became more compounded for

the simple fact that over the years, outsiders and illegal immigrants kept deluging in these vast border areas. Most of them are not indigenous people. Yet the Assam administration has allegedly provided these people with necessary papers making them as bonafide citizens of their State. This move has literally made Nagaland administration handicapped. Comments and remarks by many Naga leaders including senior politicians after every unfortunate border clash have also become ritual because they would continue to insist on not holding talks with people living in Assam border. These people, they explained, were not real Assamese people. Strangely, whenever such issues arose, the real Assamese people or any of their civil societies did not react. Their silence emboldened these people living in Assam border areas to go robust against Nagas living in Nagaland border areas. Again, when there were any casualties due to border violence, the Assam Government would hurriedly announce ex-gratia for those who died in the unfortunate border clashes and also the injured. One such

announcement was recently made by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi when he visited affected villages in the border areas under Golaghat district of Assam bordering Nagaland’s Wokha district. Such move on the part of Assam is also a clear manifestation that whosoever living in Assam border areas are bonafide citizens of her state. Looking at these prevailing peculiarities, can anyone confidently ask as to whether our attempts to justify the non-indigenous status of these people living in their (Assam) border areas carry any weight? Not at all, because the real Assamese people or for that matter the Government of Assam have silently accepted that these people are theirs. It is worth mentioning that in July 1960, an Naga People’s Convention (NPC) delegation submitted a 16-Point Memorandum to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru reiterating the Nagas’ claim over the areas which they said were excluded from the erstwhile Naga Hills district by the British government in 1898, 1901 and 1918. The negotiations between the NPC and the Center led to the formation of Nagaland State in

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New Delhi, OctOber 17 (iANS): Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Friday said Samsung is keen on India’s fourth generation (4G) mobile market and wants to increase investment in the sector. “Met CEO (chief executive officer) of Samsung, discussed NOFN (National Optical Fibre Network) and smart city projects. They are keen on India’s 4G mobile market. Want to increase investment,” Prasad tweeted Friday from Seoul. Samsung is already supplying 4G telecom equipments to Reliance Jio Infocomm, which is planning to launch its LTE services in 2015 in India. The minister also tweeted that he met LG Electronics CEO Bon Joon Koo and shared Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Digital India and Make in India. Modi in his Independence Day address envisaged a Rs.1 lakh cr project to transform the country into a digitally empowered andconnectedknowledgeeconomy.

made to the Naga leaders in the 16-Point Agreement in respect of the reserved Forests falling within Assam according to [the] 1925 notification. Nor did the late Prime Minister indicate any commitment on the part of the Govt. of India while making a statement in the Lok Sabha on 1st August, 1960, regarding the Naga Hills-Tuensang Areas in the background of the 16-Point Agreement.” Now, the only option to mitigate this unwanted border row with Assam is to settle the border row at the earliest and revoke the order of the Disputed Area Tag along the borders. Several meetings were held between the two states but solution to border problems still remains elusive. While border row was continuing, Assam, as early as 1988, went ahead and filed civil suit in the Supreme Court with a prayer to declare a) the boundary between Assam and Nagaland in terms of the Notification of 1925, the Naga HillsTuensang Areas Act, 1957, and the State of Nagaland Act, 1962; b) grant permanent injunction restraining Nagaland from encroaching into Assam; c) grant permanent injunction restrain-

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1963. Unfortunately, according to sources, the boundary dispute started in 1963 following the creation of Nagaland as the 16th State of the Indian Union. Assam insisted on retaining the constitutional boundaries that are defined by the 1962 State of Nagaland Act. It further explained that the boundaries of Nagaland comprise two units – the Naga Hills district of Assam created in 1866, whose boundaries were defined in precise terms through a notification of 1925, and the Tuensang areas as per the Naga Hills-Tuensang Areas Act, 1957. However, Nagaland insists on the restoration of the historical boundaries and demands re-transfer of 12,882 square kilometers of Assam’s land to Nagaland on the ground that the colonial government excluded these Naga areas from the erstwhile Naga Hills district “without the knowledge and much less the consent of the Nagas.” An official account of the boundary dispute brought out by the Assam government in 1985, titled “Facts About The Assam-Nagaland Border” however, stated: Absolutely no commitment whatsoever was

he Yaongyimsen Students’ Union (YSU) feels responsible to issue this statement as our conscious being disturbed by various statements and accusations issued in recent past by certain individuals as well as organisations in connection with the selection of candidates for various technical courses vis-à-vis deliberate attempt to deprive the rightful share of meritorious Naga student like Watinaro A Imsong and resultant harassment and humiliation meted out to her by arrogated action of the Director, Horticulture, Nagaland. Despite the powerful hands that tried to snatch away the rightful share of deserving Naga student, it was all because of the selfless, relentless and patriotic support of so many right thinking citizens and organizations like ACAUT in particular, the justice could

deliver to the deserving student. We remain grateful to all of them. At the same time, we reiterate our conscious demand made to the Hon’ble Chief minister in presence of the esteemed ACAUT leaders and the top officials of the state government on 19th of August, 2014 to take appropriate action against the erring official in connection with the improper selection of the candidate against the sole quota meant for meritorious Naga students to study B.Sc. (Horti) course in Dr.YSP University, Himachal Pradesh. We still hope that the Hon’ble Chief minister will keep his word in taking action as assured to the representatives of the YSU and ACAUT leaders on 19th August, 2014. We also appreciate the report and suggestions made by the Fact Finding

ing Nagaland from setting up polling stations within Assam and enrolling the residents of Assam in their voters’ list; d) direct the Government of India to give effect to the Sundaram Report and implement the Shastri Commission Report for giving Assam full administrative control over areas within its constitutional boundaries. However, the SC has recently issued interim injunction to Ministry of Home Affairs on 24thSeptember, 2014 to see the two states mutually settle the issue. The past historical accounts show very clearly that the people of Assam and Nagaland are one and they have been living together. However, as already stated, border dispute began after Nagaland state was created in 1963 but it was quite natural to have such boundary problem existed between the two because the whole Indian subcontinent was under the British Raj which made different acts with regard to boundaries of many areas. From the civil suit filed by Assam, their extreme steps to settle border issues with Nagaland through the SC could be seen. Yet Nagaland still favors settlement out of the court as

Zeliang himself also echoed along those lines. It will also be unethical to defy the Court directives while we ourselves insisted on pursuing legal means to find our right delivered. If we say that we lack documents to settle border row, then whatever Assam has been claiming over the years would be then right and we have to give them. Is this what we want for? It is very important for the Nagaland CM to think 100 times. Whatsoever sensitive the issue may be, it has to be discussed and debated. The Nagaland CM, instead of making statements through media, should seriously engage himself in collecting all the necessary documents and with whatever documents the State already had with regard to the Assam-Nagaland border issues, a public consultative meet should be called for a brainstorming session. We should openly discuss whether we will be able to fight back in the court and if not, we can discuss another way out as to how we can go about to settle the border issue with Assam. Oken Jeet Sandham

Introspection on Naga Nationalism

Committee of the All Nagaland College Students’ Union to the state government to correct the situation and streamline the system of selection of candidates for various technical courses against the available state quotas. However, the YSU strongly opined that the ANCSU must first look into the system relating to nomination of her own son made by the Director, Horticulture, Nagaland against the sole quota allotted for deserving Naga student to study B.Sc. Horticulture course and make the report public in the interest of Naga students. Any matter of enquiry like the one done by the ANCSU must begin with the origin of the problem without bias and prejudice. Alem Imsong President, YSU Asangla Lkr General Secretary, YSU

ince the declaration of Naga Independence on 14th August, 1947, Nagas cling onto the theme of sovereignty and freedom of the individual and the Naga nation remains to be the most valuable property of one and all. The Naga National Movement from this day onwards had come across many setbacks and hurdles which only victimizes ourselves, we Nagas speaks volumes and shout of nationalism but fail to realise what we are doing. The cropping up of Naga Political Groups (NPGs) is not a matter of wrong Naga National Principle but a matter of approach. Since 1980 partition, what had we Nagas gained? Each and every Region had faced brutalities and the loss of precious life that shall ever remain to remind our people even in posterity. We need to avoid falseness and hold unto the truth. When the Reconciliation process is going on, why the trend of victimization should continue in Nagaland specifically referring to the latest incidents in Konyak Region by NSCN-K cadres who abducted Eno. Wanto Konyak, PRO and Eno. Moisho Konyak, Speaker, Leacy

Hoho of NNC/FGN which only negates the very principle of Naga unity. In these matters, the role of NGOs/public should hold the upper hand and only through this authority our national movement will hold meaning. It has to be the look out of each and every individual who claims to be a national worker, whether one is representing his people with blessing or whether one is a self-styled character imposing his will and unhealthy action on the people. Let Nagas leave aside all individual differences but accept reality/truth wherein lies the hope and the way to realise the dream, the wishes and the aspiration of the Nagas. The NNC/FGN once again grateful to Konyak Union (KU) for taking unceasing initiative and sacrifice for the safe release of the duo in the hands of NSCN-K. Kuknalim

G Zhimomi Secretary Ministry of Rali Wali & Tatar Hoho Federal Government of Nagaland (NNC/FGN)

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'Let us work together for the achievement of our freedom' Speech of Z.Royim Yimchungrii, Acting President of Naga National Council on the occasion of Naga National Martyrs' Day of October 18 Dear Naga people, I take this important National Martyrs' Day of the Naga Nation as an opportunity to remember and salute the Naga martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the sovereignty of Nagaland. On this solemn occasion, I pray to God Almighty that the martyrs' names live for ever in the minds of the presentday Naga people and future generations to come, and that their sacrifice for the sovereignty of Naga people and land may never be forgotten. May their family members be blessed on this National Martyrs' Day of ours. May the Naga people head towards this goal of ours to fulfill our dreams for peace,prosperity and posterity in the name of our

living God of the universe. May our living God bless and help fulfill His purpose for the Naga people for His glory on this earth. The Naga people are really blessed by our living God but it is unfortunate that we are badly divided because of our stubbornness, animosity and egoistic mindset towards one another in the National struggle for sovereignty. For the last so many years we have seen among National workers disparity, misconduct, and pointless quarrels. Worst of all is the killing among National workers which has blocked the way to freedom and sovereignty .This evil trend has to stop - it creates trauma, uncertainty and fear in the minds of the people.

May the National workers realize that if this serious and dangerous trend continues then sooner or later we all will perish together in vain. May our living God save the situation and prevent the destruction. The Nagas are blessed by God in nature, land, religion, culture and politics but we are destroying ourselves because of our selfish and narrow mindset. Let us repent and change all these destructive behaviours in the name of our living God.. Let us also work together with the right political perspective for the achievement of our freedom for the best interest of our people and land.Let us not become a destructive

liability for our people and land any more.Also let us not be cursed any more by the people but be a blessing and become the real liberators of our nation. May the good Lord bless us to achieve this goal for His glory. Today, the NNC must appreciate and support Survival Nagaland, a strong defensive NGO for the protection of Naga people and its land in particular.The NNC welcome such an organization for the welfare of the Naga Homeland.Survival Nagaland is a bold organization having a clear stand and agenda for the protection of the Naga Homeland and its people and is totally against the illegal im-

migrants from Bangladesh whose very aim is to dominate the Naga people.Thus we are totally against their settlement in Nagaland in the interest of the present generation and posterity. The NNC is also totally against the immigrants' exploitation of innocent and honest Naga people especially young boys and girls. The Naga general public should become seriously alert about the present trend of exploitation in the Homeland. The NNC also reiterates its stand of total support for this ancestral land of ours to remain the Nagas' land and demands the rights to the ancestral land which fully belongs to the Naga people. Lastly but not the

least,the NNC appeals to the general public especially the different NGOs,Churches,and even the state Government to jointly fight for the Naga cause of sovereignty which is inherent in the minds and hearts of each and every Naga in the Homeland. Let us fight to achieve our freedom once and for all instead of harping on the less important issues confronting the Nagas and their country. Once we the Naga people get recognized and achieve our political rights of freedom, other matters will fall into place and we can solve all the major and minor issues within no time..May this happen sooner than later. KUKNALIM.

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NABCONS conducts prog on Commodity Futures Market Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): NABARD Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd (NABCONS), Nagaland Regional Office on October 13 and 14, organized a twoday capacity building programme on ‘Commodity Futures Market’ for officials of the State Government. After the participants were briefed on the aims and objectives of the programme conducted on behalf of Forward Markets Commis-

sion (FMC), V. Chelladurai, General Manager, NABARD delivering his welcome address stressed on the importance of the programme for capacity building as well as awareness creation for the stakeholders in the State. Saugata Sengupta of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd, Kolkata as the resource person of the programme, explained the historical background, regulatory

framework and other / various aspects of Commodity Futures Market. Officials from ICAR, Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Land Resources Department, Soil & Water Conservation Department, Horticulture Department, Sericulture Department, Rural Development, Nagaland Beekeeping & Hone Mission, Nagaland Bamboo and officials pose for lens after the formal inauguration of newly constructed St. Development Agency etc. Staff Francis Xavier School Peducha at Kiruphema village today. attended the programme.

Yinchunger students complete Butcher Day celebrated in Kohima NEZCC Tribal Community Learning Promises ‘honest balance & weights’ Kohima, october 17 (mexN): The Butchers Union, Kohima Town celebrated the “Butchers’ Day” on October 15 at Touliezie P Khel, Kohima village with NVCO President, Kezhokhoto Savi as the guest speaker. Speaking on the occasion, Savi appeal butchers to be truthful to their customers in measuring meat with honest balances & honest weights and also highlighted various laws/judgement/orders protecting the business community. Informing the butchers about the High Court judgement banning the collection of cash on highways, Savi encouraged them to voice out illegal treatment meted out to them saying, “As a business community you must do your legal duty and say ‘No’ Training on professional skill development for departmental officers of Youth Resources & Sports was held from October 7 to 9. The training was conducted by Talichila to illegality such as illegal collection of cash on highImchen, Consultant Facilitator, YouthNet.

Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): As part of the ongoing series of Tribal Community Learning Programme, designed by NEZCC to “address the challenges posed by the advent of modernity and the resultant impact created in the society, especially on the urban youth,” the thirteenth group consisting of 2 resource persons and 25

students from the Yimchunger community successfully completed their training on September 15. Joint Director, NEZCC, Talinokcha in a press release informed that the training programme culminated in a simple function at NEZCC where the students shared their experiences as to how they had benefitted from the training.

Talinokcha, Jt. Director spoke on behalf of the Director, NEZCC and gave away the certificates to the participants. K. Zung Kum, Ex- MLA also spoke on the occasion. In the next training of the series, a group of 3 experts and 25 students from the Zeliang community will commence their learning programme for the next ten days.

way/market places and unabated taxation imposed upon you in multiple ways”. Responding to the complaints of the Union over collection by various organisation such as municipal cooperation, veterinary department, forest department and many others, without any possible benefits to the butchers, the Speaker batted for urgent need of conducting ‘Public Awareness Rally’ in the state capital to address the grievances of common people in general and the union in particular. “Any tax collection without the approval of government is illegal and today illegal taxation is one of the most threatening issues in our society”, he maintained. Pointing out to public complaint of unhygienic site for selling meat, Savi stated that government particularly the concerned department together with municipal council should take up the responsibility in providing the basic infrastructure facilities such as that late Muheni’s demise slaughter house and sepahas left a huge vacuum in rate marketing shed for sellthe banking fraternity and ing meat to be located with to SBI Staff Association in particular, the association prayed that the Almighty God would grant courage to the bereaved family members at this time of grief and pain. NCBF Nagaland: The National Confederation of ZuNheboto, octoBank Employees Nagaland ber 17 (mexN): The Dishas expressed shock and trict Water and Sanitation immense grief on the de- Mission (DWSM), PHED mise of K. Muheni, Senior Zunheboto Division orgaAssistant in SBI Chumuke- nized Global Hand Washdima Branch. A condo- ing Day on October 15 at lence message from fed- Youth Hall, Zunheboto eration stating that bank under the aegis of WSSO, employees of Nagaland PHED, Kohima. A press release from are deeply pained by the demise, added that the Executive Engineer, PHED bank employees will al- Zunheboto, Er. Inashe Kiba ways cherish and remem- informed that speech on ber him for the service he handwashing, negative imhas rendered. The Bnak pacts of unhygienic village employees of the state also condition and its measures, conveyed heartfelt con- importance of cleanliness dolences to the bereaved and the ways to keep the family and prayed that village and its surroundthe Almighty God would ing clean was delivered by comfort the family. It also Hotolu Sumi, JE, PHED, prayed for the departed Zunheboto. The prevailing water quality, ill effects of soul to rest in peace.

CondoLenCe messages YGOA: The Yimchunger Gazetted Officer Association has expressed grief at the demise of Thsantong Yimchunger, Deputy Commandant, VG of Kiphire, who passed away on October 14 at Zion Hospital, Dimapur. A condolence message from YGOA President Murelim stated that late Thsantong Yimchunger was the senior most member of the association and added that the late Thsantong was humble, dedicated and always ready to contribute his service for the welfare of the common people and especially the Yimchunger community. It added that the demise of late Thsantong has created a vacuum that would be difficult to fill. YGOA conveyed condolences to the wife and family’s members of late Thsantong and prayed that God would grant eternal rest and peace to the departed soul. YTUK: The Yimchungru Tribale Union Kiphire has mourned the demise of late Thsanthong Yimchun-

ger, Deputy Commandant (VG) Kiphire. A condolence message from YTUK President Matrie Yimchunger and Chairman Lunso Yimchunger called late Thsanthong Yimchunger a sincere officer and dedicated leader who selflessly worked for the welfare of society. The union also extended condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace. JD(U) Nagaland: The Janata Dal (United) Nagaland State Working President Rhekhum Yimchunger has expressed deep pain at the loss late Thsandong Yimchunger, Deputy Commandant VG Kiphire. In a condolence message, Rhekhum described late Thsandong as 'Honest, dedicated and true leader' and conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the family members. Mao Hoho Nagaland: The Mao Hoho Nagaland has expressed its deepest condolence at the demise of Kaisii Muheni Mao, who

passed away on October 15 at Calcutta Medical Research Institute. A condolence message from the Hoho’s General Secretary Adani Lolly offering its sympathies to the bereaved family prayed that the Almighty God grant comfort and peace to the family. It also prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace. SBI Staff Association: The State Bank of India Staff Association, North East Circle, has expressed deep shock to learn of the demise of K. Muheni. A condolence message mourning the demise stated that late Muheni was a soft spoken and kind hearted person, ever ready to help whoever approached him, and a God fearing man who prophesies God’s word even to customers. Late Muheni joined SBI in 1994 as a clerk in Doyang Branch and was promoted to the post of Senior Assistant in 2008 and posted in Chumukedima where he took charge as Cash Officer, it informed. Further stating

proper hygienic condition and sanitation friendly. He also emphasized on the conduct of butchers in their dealing with customer/ consumerand requested the butchers to be honest in measuring meat. Meanwhile, in a press note, the President of the Union, Neiziengulie Rame and the Secretary, Kholie Keyho appealed the state government to provide basic infrastructure facilities to the butchers and asked the several factions of NPG not to imposed any taxation upon them till united into one group. The Union also promised that its members would be honest to their customers in measuring meat with “honest balances and honest weights” and “welcomed” the concerned department to come and verify their measuring instruments “but not to charge fees for verification and realization of taxi fares except penalty for wrong doing”. The Union has also conveyed its gratitude to every citizen for their co-operation in bearing the inconveniences created in closing all the butcher shops.

Global Hand Washing Day at Zunheboto water borne diseases and its preventive measures was presented by Benathung Tsopoe, Chemist, DWSM, PHED, Zunheboto. The programme was chaired by Er.V. Mughalu Sumi, JE, PHED, Zunheboto Division while Hutoli Sumi, LDA, PHED invoked god's Blessings. Oath taking on water and sanitation and Vote of thanks was delivered by Kiyeshe Chishi, IEC Consultant, DWSM, PHED, Zunheboto. Every participant was given a soap and Hotolu Sumi, JE, PHED Zunheboto carried out demonstration on handwashing, followed by 12 students. More than 200 students, teachers and PHED staff attended the programme.

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MEx FILE ANCSU emergency presidential meeting Kohima, october 17 (mexN): The All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) has informed all the units including all the associate units/subordinate bodies that the second emergency presidential meeting on October 21 at 11 a.m. in the NSF Conference Hall. A press release from ANCSU Magazune Secretary, Hikavi Kinimi, has requested all the colleges/institutions to attend the meeting with two representatives each.

AME Nagaland reshuffles office bearers Kohima, october 17 (mexN): The Association of Mechanical Engineers, Nagaland, in its meeting held on October 17 decided to reshuffle its office bearers for the upcoming tenure. A press release from AME President, Er. Alemtoshi Imsong, and General Secretary, Er. Joyson Pfithu, informed that the following have been elected as the new office bearers: Alemtoshi Imsong as president, Akumtoshi as vice president, Joyson Pfithu as general secretary, Vesakho Veswuh as assistant general secretary, Kihola as finance secretary. The association has appealed to all the Mechanical Engineers (degree/diploma) to take note of it and also requested to all to register immediately with a membership fee of Rs. 200/- per head. For further queries, one may contact any of the office bearers.

BJP NE SC/ST cell condemns racial attact Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): The North East Schedule Tribe/ Schedule Caste cell of Bharatiya Janata Party has condemned the recent racial attack on the people from North East in Bangalore and Gurgaon. BJP, Northeast Co-ordination Committee (ST/SC) Cell Convenor Vezokho Chotso in a press release expressed serious concern that frequent ill treatment are being meted out to the North East people like torture, harrassment, 'bite to death', molestation and rapes etc. "Our people are not safe in our own cities and country is a serious matter and all the right thinking citizens of the region should join hand and fight this evil," the release stated. The committee also appealed to the Government of India to take speedy measures for the safety of the North East people.

SDO (Civil) Dhansiripar informs Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): The SDO (Civil) Dhansiripar has in a press release informed Supervisors and Enumerators under Dhansiripar Sub-Division that the honorarium for first phase NPR/Biometric shall be disbursed from the office of the SDO (Civil) Dhansiripar during office hours with immediate effect till October 31. In this regard, the SDO (Civil) has requested all concerned Supervisors and Enumerators to bring their appointment orders in original and collect the honorarium. The SDO (Civil) informed that no request for payment will be entertained after the stipulated date.

Directorate of Tourism informs Kohima, october 17 (mexN): In view of the press release published in local dailies on October 14 and 15 pertaining to the issue of "complete ban" of entry to the Heritage Village, the Director of Tourism has informed that it will convene a meeting to discuss the matter on October 21 at 12 noon at the Conference Hall, Directorate of Tourism, Kohima. A press note issued by Purakhu Angami, Director has requested all the apex body of LOU, Kisama, SAPO and senior officers of the department to attend the meeting positively.

SRPU Dimapur Ahuna celebration Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): The Satoi Range Public Union Dimapur will celebrate SRPUD Ahuna 2014 at the resident of Vikiye Zhimo, Deputy Superintendent of Excise, Thilixu Block IV, on November 12 at 10 a.m. A press release from SRPUD President Phukato Zhimomi informed that Dr. H. Inato Jimomi, Deputy Director, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, will be the chief guest and Tokugha Yeptho will speak on the importance of Ahuna festival. A new team of office bearers will be constituted during the programme. The president has also requested all SRPUD members to attend a social work on November 8 at 7 a.m.

Kuzhami Fellowship cum Talent Expo Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): Kuzhami Welfare Association is organizing “Kuzhami Fellowship Cum Talent Expo at Agri Expo, Diphupar on Thursday, October 23 at 10 a.m. with S.K. Kenye, Director, G&M Department as Special Guest for Talent Show and Rev. Neiko Mero, Pastor, KCBC, Kohima as Speaker for Fellowship. All Kuzhami members, WCH leaders, G,Bs, WCMA, WCYA, WCSU, Village leaders and well wishers have been requested to attend and witness the program.

CSU organises talent show Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): The Chakhesang Students’ Union organised a Multi-Talent Show in aid of CSU Scholarship and Stationery shop on October 10 at Phek Local Ground. The show covered the touch of fashion, music and dance. Murohu Chotso, DC, Phek was the Chief Patron of the occasion, while Rose Longchar (Asola), Renowned Actress and Hukupa Thulu-o, Mister International India, 2013 & Winner of the IMP People’s Choice Jakarta, Indonesia, graced the occasion as Special Guests. A press release from CSU General Secretary, Ngapunyi Krocha, informed that three bands (Cadence, Arcane and Minx Girls), five soloists (Ve-o Tetseo, Achele Mero, Athe Rhi, Kudezo Vero and Vetsokholu Curhah), Twelve models (Dovine Venuh, Teisovinuo Krocha, Wetso-u Kapfo, Lululu Khesoh, Sekholu Tetseo, Deo Rhi, Rupfukhoyi Rhakho, Khriezokhonuo Kire, Soshi, Chanele Apon, Vekho Nakro, Vekho Nakro and Nupulu Resu), Two Dance Crews (Momentum Crew and Clown Crew) participated in the talent show. The union has thanked participants, special guests, chief patron, patrons, volunteers and well wishers for making the programme a success.

AR bust arms manufacturing unit Dimapur, october 17 (mexN): Troops of 31 Assam Rifles in an operation in Aokum village on October 13 apprehended one arms manufacturer identified as Makam. A defense release alleging that the individual was running an illegal weapon making facility and supplying weapons to NSCN factions informed that two rifles, a variety of ammunition, and weapon making tools, were recovered by AR personnel from the site. In another operation on October 14, troops of 29 AR apprehended one arms peddler from Duncan Basti, Dimapur, identified as Rujal Chodhary (25), resident of Bahadurpur Karimganj, Assam, along with one 9 mm Pistol. The apprehended individual along with recovered weapon was handed over to East Police Station, Dimapur.

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Will the Notification of 1925 (British India)Boundary line between Assam-Nagaland be acceptable? T he recent statement of Chief Minister of Nagaland T.R. Zeliang in the meeting of NPF party Central Executive Committee meeting on 9.10.14 stating that ‘Nagas has weak documentary evidences in support of the territorial claims’ has once again provoked strong reactions on the AssamNagaland Border dispute which is a very emotive issue of all the Nagas. The statement of chief minister, I understood, was by way of quoting the accusation of Assam on the Naga claims; not of what the Nagas stand are on our claims. The contention of Assam, all along has been that Nagaland has no locus standii to sustain its claim. For, the 1925 Boundary line was accepted and notified as the Constitutional boundary in 13th constitutional Amendment of 1962 which created the State of Nagaland. Thus the territories beyond that line fall outside the border line of Naga Hills district then. In the year 1988 Assam, had filed a suit in Supreme Court (No. 2, 1988) against the Government of India, Election Commission and State of Nagaland (as respondents) pleading the Court’s intervention to declare the notification of 1925 (No.3912 R Dtd 25.11.1925) issued by the British India be confirmed as the final constitutional boundary between Assam-Nagaland state. For the last 26 years this case is pending in the SC and has been the center-stage of all happening on the boundary issue. Even the constitution of the Local Commission in 2006 and appointment of mediators in 2010 to try an amicable settlement have all been originated out of this case. Therefore, the recent Interim order of the Supreme Court pronounced on 24.9.14 is a welcome development. It is a speaking order giving directive to the MHA to take full responsibility for early settlement of the long pending Border dispute. The Court further sought a report from the MHA on whether the maps of the Survey General of India can be authentically relied upon in determining the exact boundary line between the disputing states. Thirdly, to allow another

chance to try amicable settlement between the parties to the dispute. At this stage, the question of whether there are sufficient evidences to justify the claims of the Nagas is not very relevant. Whether or not to accept this notification as the final instrument to determine the final demarcation of the border line between the two states is the moot question now for which every concern citizen must be aware of. The significance of this notification in the context of the border issue are; - (a) the 1925 British India notification represent the ultimate consolidation of all the arbitrary, illegal and forced delineation of the Naga traditional territories over many years by the British administration.(b) this was adopted as the constitutional boundary in the 13th amendment of the constitution in 1962 enabling the creation of the state of Nagaland which under normal circumstances be consider as final boundary. (c) But in this case, if it is accepted or imposed as the final boundary line between Assam-Nagaland states, Nagas will feel betrayed once again and will have disastrous consequences instead of solving the long pending border issue. Moreover Nagaland is born out of political agreement which require political approach for solution not strictly legal. Nagas will never accept this line as the final boundary line for the reasons that1) it represent the sum total of historical wrongs meted out to the Nagas by the alien rulers. Right from the beginning Nagas were aware of this arbitrary alienation of the Naga territories starting from 1852 till early 1920’s by the British India (Assam). For the first time, this discriminatory issue was presented before the Simon Commission at Kohima on 10.01.1929. The memo submitted had emphasized on the protection and preservation of the Naga territories and customary law. Thereafter in 1947, the Nagas had the next opportunity to specifically articulate, amongst other, the issue of arbitrary alienation of

Naga territories by way of transferring and subsequently declaring as Reserved Forests( R/Fs) or used for accommodating the expansion of Tea Industry by transferring to the adjacent Districts (Sibsagar, Nowgaon, Cachar) of Assam over the years. They demanded that all those transferred land be restored back to the Nagas original owners. The Governor of Assam Hydari Ali had in June 1947 agreed to the 9 points demands of the Nagas and assured on behalf of the Government of India that all those alienated land are restored back to the Naga people. It is regrettable to note that the assurance could not be translated into reality. Again, at the time of negotiating the Statehood, the Naga Public Convention (NPC) representatives had reiterated this issue in the 16 point memorandum which was late converted into 16 point Agreement after the detail discussion on each demand with the officials and central political leaders led by no other than the great Pandit Nehru the then PM of India. The Nagas were assured of final Inter-State Boundary adjustment later under the provision of Articles 3&4 of the Constitution after creation of Nagaland State. From the above narrations, it’s clear that the Nagas are united on this common issue and have been continuously agitating since 1929 till today for return of those delineated territories during the British Rule of the Nagas without their knowledge. This legitimate demand is nonnegotiable. 2) In reality, this notification was issued for a limited purpose of administrative conveniences by consolidating numerous localized boundary demarcation notifications that were issued overlapping the lines in some cases, creating confusion as well as creating complication in discharging both revenue and other administrative responsibility. Between the years 1867-1923, there were 15 boundary notifications and 6 Inner line notifications on Sibsagar District alone abutting the Naga Hills territories. This notification was an administrative necessity

but not to be considered as real boundary line of the Naga Hills with the other adjacent districts of Assam as it suffers from many factual infirmities some of which are mentioned in subsequent paragraphs under. 3) This boundary line was never been identified and verified on the ground at the time of issuing nor later at any point of time. It was clearly stated on number of occasions by the officials of the Survey General of India. it is evidenced from such instant example quoted herewith, “the boundary between Assam-Nagaland shown in the toposheet is interpreted from Assam govt notification no 3102R dated 25.11.1925 but it is yet to be verified on the ground “In fact, in the toposheet referred, factual infirmities were observed in showing some Naga villages on the wrong side of the line. 4) Since the state of Nagaland was created out of a political Agreement, the demand for redrawing of boundary line between the two states is also a political right as per proviso of the Art. 131 of the constitution (under which Assam has filed the Suit), not limiting only to the legal interpretation by the court as to whether 1925 boundary Line should be declared as final Constitutional boundary in terms of 13th Amendment of the Constitution. The proviso provides the original jurisdiction to lay with Parliament to decide boundary matter in cases born out of such Political Agreement. Hence, a Boundary Commission with the initiative of G.O.I is the right approach for which Nagas have been consistently demanding right after the formation of the State in 1963. 5) It is also important to note that in most of the R/Fs declared out of Naga traditional land, some inherent rights of the native people were recognized and enjoyed uninterrupted in the Forest land even after declaring as Reserved Forest areas e.g. right of way, collection of minor forest product, like thatch, bamboos and cultivation and collection of beetle leaves. This further corroborates the original ownership of those territories till the

British Ruler had arbitrarily deprived them of rights ownership but still have the right to reclaim the ownership on the land. These are the reasons and clear evidences which justify Naga demand for restoration to the original owners. For all those reasons and others, this 1925 notified line cannot be accepted as the final boundary line. 6) It is an undisputed fact that the original owners of those alienated territories were the Nagas which were transferred in the past without their knowledge. It is but natural that in such cases of wrong done, it must be restored back to the original owners. The demands of the Nagas is further justified in term of unique Constitutional Protective Provision provided to the Nagas under Art 371 A Clause IV (at the time of creation of State) which say that “no Act of Parliament in respect of (IV) ownership of and transfer of land and its resources shall apply to the State of Nagaland unless the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland by a resolution so decides”. This is a Constitutional guarantee available only to the Nagas which will strengthen the claims of the Nagas. 7) Further in terms of the Government of India Act of 2006,( the scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 aims to recognize and restore forest rights on ancestral lands and their habitats correcting the historical wrong done to this weaker section of the society in the past. Such supporting Acts and documents strengthen further the legitimacy of the claims of the Nagas to the ancestral land which were alienated. However, Assam has taken full advantage of provisionally declaring 1925 notified line as the constitutional boundary between the two states at the time of creation of Nagaland state by filing the Suit in the SC seeking the Court to uphold the notified Line as the permanent boundary between the two states in conformity with the declaration of 13th amendment of the constitution. If this contention of Assam is accepted, all the arbitrary

transferred Naga ancestral territories that are under demand for return will be defeated in one stroke and will become part of Assam permanently. That is what Assam is after to perpetually rob the Naga territories that were illegally taken away during the British Rule instead of agreeing to return to the original rightful owners as a good neighborly big brother. It is a clever maneuver to abort any attempt of bringing about a fair settlement of border dispute between the two states either through a Boundary Commission under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs or an amicable settlement between the parties by taking into account the ground reality, historical and traditional facts, legal and constitutional consideration, and other circumstantial evidences relevant to the issue. That being so, the traditional Naga alienated territories had become the scene of frequent border clashes between the two States which were term as the Disputed Area Belt (DAB) covering as many as 10 R/F areas within which 4 (four) Interim Agreements were made in 1972 to maintain peace and status quo till a final settlement. But it is regrettable to note that Assam side is not serious to abide by that terms of agreements from the day one of the agreements thereby constant tensions still prevail along the border. The alternative approach of settlement amicably between the parties was mooted and agreed to by Naga leaders’ way back on 16.4.93. since then, willingness on the part of Nagas still stand till today as the latest offer made by the present Chief Minister T.R.Zeliang in the context of the latest S.C. Interim Order. But it has to be mutual to succeed. Under any circumstances, acceptance of this notified Line as the final Boundary demarcation will negate and defeat the whole effort of correcting the glaring historical wrongs meted out to the Nagas depriving the traditional territories without their knowledge not to speak of their consent since the arrival of the British into the Naga territories in the middle of 19th century, 1932 to be precise.

The population is increasing but availability of land is shrinking through continuous encroachments from all sides. It is time, instead of passing on the bugs on others, all Nagas should stand united to fight for the legitimate rights over the deprived traditional Naga territories which are now in the possession of Assam as the custodian of the DAB areas and are being misused in many way. Knowing the historical facts, Assam Government is trying to perpetuate that illegal possession by maneuvering the judicial intervention and resorting to other delay tactics. It is disappointing to note that Govt. of India oscillate and indecisive for a firm action on the basis of fair play and the assurances given by the great National leader Pandit Nehru and others at the time of creation of Nagaland Statehood in 1963 at the peak of turmoil in the State which had costed the life of a tall selfless Naga leader Dr. Imkongliba, the president of the Naga People Convention and many others as a result of the move for the Nagaland state creation against the wishes of the extremists section of the Nagas. The creation was purely out of a political agreement between the Naga leaders and the Central Government. Therefore, for any change in the boundary line due to increase or decrease as the case may be, only Parliament has the power to formalize it through an Act. On the basis of the brief narration given above, the Naga stand is clearly based on solid evidences to justify our demand for immediate redrawing of boundary line between Assam-Nagaland taking into account the historical facts, traditional and ancestral ownership rights, Constitutional rights guaranteed under special provisions and other general rights, ground realities legality of the demand and last but not the least the political rights and concession as are assured earlier. Today for the Nagas, this is the most important common concern to which all stake holders must rally round on this issue of restoration of the alienated territories and protection of the

right and to demarcate the Border line up to that extent of traditionally owned territories. Any authority engaged in the negotiation on Border issue in any fora either in the court, in any commissions or through amicable settlement, one must not forget to emphasis on those basic criteria to protect the rights and principles of the Nagas, lest the posterity would blame as betrayal selling the interest of the Nagas. The 1929 Notification of the British era in Assam, which was the consolidated ultimate instrument of exploitation of the helpless Nagas in depriving their traditional rights of ownership could not have been designed to adopt as the permanent constitutional Boundary between Assam-Nagaland which would perpetuate that historical injustice of the past British era which the Nagas have been continuously and consistently agitating to right the historical wrongs. Though Assam state is desperately maneuvering to get judicial verdict in favor of declaring the line as the final boundary between the two states, the factual realities are clearly against such acceptance. The Supreme Court which is the apex institution as the custodian and repository of all justices, where wrongs are equitable redressed is expected to be fair in dispensing justice on the issue sooner or later. The SC had earlier even suggested moving for setting up of a Boundary Commission to decide the matter once and for all. If 1929 Boundary line is upheld or imposed as the final boundary line, it will be the height of the denial of justice to the Nagas and the ultimate betrayal of the assurances of the government of India in 1947 by the then governor of Assam and in 1962 at the time of statehood creation, all of which are yet to honor in reality. All the true Nagas are hopefully waiting the fulfillment of those assurances. Nagas must wake up to the reality on the most crucial issue at hand today and unitedly take it as a common challenge condescending beyond party politics, social and tribal differences. T N Mannen IAS (Rtd)

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ammu & Kashmir ( J&K) remains in the news, mostly for negative reasons - the devastating flood and its aftermath; ceasefire violations on the border; and for what is shaping up to be a communally polarised election. With New Delhi failing to engage Srinagar meaningfully, resentful Kashmiris have dismissed its flood rescue effort as a self-serving gimmick, and blamed Indian bullheadedness for ceasefire violations. The forthcoming elections - which New Delhi likes to hold up as Kashmir's acceptance of democratic India - will be dissed by Kashmiris as an Indian ploy. If Prime Minister Modi is to drain the Kashmiri ulcer, he cannot be deterred by the strident, pro-azadi rhetoric, which reflects just one side of the Kashmiri brain. In-

stead, he must reach out to the other side, launching a serious initiative to convince Kashmiris that their future lies with India. New Delhi's shabby practice for winning Kashmiri hearts has traditionally been to throw money at the valley through leaky schemes that benefits only the venal political-contractor lobby that is India's constituency in the valley. Most Kashmiris find this practice deeply offensive, yearning as they do for political solutions to the 25-year-old armed uprising and the six-decadelong political struggle. Mr Modi must, therefore, reach out to the valley with eye-catching political concessions. The obvious, low-hanging fruit waiting to be plucked is the Jammu & Kashmir Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1990 (AFSPA), the emergency law that legally empowers the army to search, apprehend, de-

stroy property and shoot to kill on suspicion. The generals insist they need the protection of AFSPA in an environment in which militancy has taken control of the judiciary. In 2011, when J&K chief minister, Omar Abdullah, proposed revoking AFSPA in the districts of Srinagar, Budgam, Jammu and Samba, the army's top commander in the valley, Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain - an officer acclaimed for his outreach - flatly rejected the idea as premature. Hasnain offered a comprehensive rationale for retaining AFSPA. He argued that the peace of 2011, coming after three straight years of mass street agitations across Kashmir, was a separatist strategy to rest, regroup and recruit; before resuming the agitation in 2012. Declaring that Kashmir presented not just a law and order problem but also an existen-

tial threat to India, Hasnain said the army's road lifelines to its defences on the Line of Control pass through Srinagar and Badgam. He pointed out that the air approach-

possible, even in a crisis. Neither the central, nor state, governments have reassured the army on this account. The army steadfastly rejects the proposal to

The author argues we must repeal AFSPA to begin to heal Kashmir, and to enhance India's moral stature and that of the army es to Srinagar airfield, used by civilian airliners and military aircraft, needed to be secured by the army, as did the Srinagar cantonment, from where war with Pakistan would be directed. Underlying the army's reluctance to forego AFSPA is the conviction that, once lifted, its reintroduction would be politically im-

withdraw AFSPA from Srinagar and Badgam, even though the J&K Police and the Central Reserve Police Force protect these districts, neither of which are covered by AFSPA. The generals argue that police and CRPF protection is just one layer of security. As important for keeping these districts safe are

"area domination" operations by army columns to keep militants at bay. These operations, says the army, must be covered by AFSPA. So far the army's a p p re h e n s i o n s hav e proved to be unfounded. The years since 2011 have gone by without renewed street protests. Now a new spectre has been raised - the army says the Nato drawdown from Afghanistan at the end of this year could br ing jihadi hordes flooding into Kashmir. Next year the bogey could be The Islamic State. One Kashmiri has asked me whether complete, global peace is a pre-requisite for lifting AFSPA and restoring normalcy in Kashmir. Thinking strategically, rather than merely tactically or operationally, it is hard to dispute that AFSPA has emerged as a potent symbol of oppression, the disadvantages of which transcend any

protection that it might once have provided the military. The army understands that, in battle, when a defensive position is under overwhelming attack, it is time to withdraw to a fall-back position. Yet the generals have not translated that battlefield common sense to an identical situation on the psychological and perceptual plane. Defending AFSPA is simply too damaging for the army's own image. It is time to fall back to the next position, by devising operating procedures that do not require the protection of this draconian law. Criticism of AFSPA, which resonates worldwide, is embarrassing for New Delhi. In 2005, the Jeevan Reddy Committee, established to review AFSPA, termed it "a symbol of oppression, an object of hate and an instrument of discrimination and high-handedness". In 2013, the Justice J S

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Verma Committee, which was set up to examine criminal law relating to sexual assault, sharply criticised AFSPA and recommended its immediate repeal. Last year, the Justice Santosh Hegde Commission, mandated to examine extrajudicial executions in Manipur, noted that AFSPA had made "a mockery of the law". International criticism has been as sharp with several UN special rapporteurs, and international human rights bodies urging New Delhi to repeal the law. Repealing this law is essential for enhancing India's moral stature and that of the army. It would substantially defang the criticism of human rights groups and that of Kashmiri separatists. Finally, it would send out an unmistakeable signal that New Delhi is ready for a political dialogue with Kashmir, a prerequisite for restoring normalcy to that troubled state.

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The labour unionist M Lhütü Keyho Kohima

y phone rang again as I was boarding the bus home at Razhü Point. I knew exactly who the caller was before I even drew it out of my pocket. Aunty had already called me up several times earlier and I had not answered the calls dreading the reminder of a chore that she had asked me to do the previous night. I took a window seat, fished out my phone from my jacket’s pocket and saw that I had to answer it. “Hello aunty, I am so sorry,” I blurted out before she could say a thing. “What are you sorry for? Why is it taking you the entire day to get your friend’s headphones returned?” unsympathetic questions rattled from the other end. The urge to disconnect the call and detach myself from everything that waited for me back home weighed down on me. “Look aunt, I am going to be late. My friend was out and I had to wait,” I lied and disconnected the call before she could reply, knowing exactly what awaited me if I had to go back home that night… I had been living with my aunt and her husband for quite a while now, and she was beginning to let her disappointment show. She had asked me the previous night to get the empty gas cylinder refilled and I had in turn complained that the gas agency was too far. I told her that she must get one of the deshwalis to get the job done and this imprudent suggestion brought out all the rage she had been incarcerating inside her since I joined the household. She immediately resorted to assaulting me and her husband with a barrage of admonishments, going on about how expensive and untrustworthy the deshwalis are. “These people are emasculating you,” she said, as she did on many an occasion. Uncle knew the routine, knew that she would go on and on, and silenced her saying that I would get the cylinder refilled the next day. I shot a wrathful glance at uncle and darted out of the kitchen, but not before aunty could remark, “See that the job is done before dinnertime, you ungrateful boy. Your parents should have never let you gone out of the state for your studies. You had completely forgotten that one has to work to eat.” …I sighed and returned my phone to my pocket thinking that I have to move out to a place of my own very soon. It was about a quarter past three and the commuters were mostly school children, hurriedly boarding the bus as the bus conductor hollered, “BOC bound bus, BOC bound bus”. I looked out of the window and saw a group of deshwalis standing nearby a shop. Three middle aged men stood apart in the group, clearly the leaders, clad in their dhotis and tattered shirts. The others looked younger, must be in their early twenties. One of the elders mashed something on his left palm with his right thumb, probably tobacco, and seem to be telling the group a joke for the whole group was engulfed in guffaws before he could finish speaking. I was fascinated at the spectacle as they laughed and bellowed in a foreign language which was becoming all too familiar. As I was contemplating on how these people had made themselves at home, thousands of miles away from their families and engaging in back breaking jobs every single day, I felt something very disturbing inside me, a strange disturbance whose cause I could not identify. I tried to locate the source of this strange irritation, mentally attempting to place a finger on the reason, but it felt like I was trying to remember something someone had told me a long time ago, or trying and failing to recall the right word

to fit a sentence in an examination. I decided that it would come back to me later and broke my gaze from the group and looked around the small junction. As I scrutinized the shops and the movement of the people around the intersection, the desire to locate the disturbance in me must have lingered on in my unconscious, my gaze suddenly rested itself on something very unusual on the lower rungs of the over-bridge stairs. At first I saw only the placard. It read; “HOME DELIVERY- ALL SORTS OF GOODS I AM A LOCAL. I AM STRONG. I AM TRUSTWORTHY. No extra charges.” Then I saw the man. He looked young, as young as the younger deshwalis I had seen earlier, perhaps as young as me. There was something very familiar about the lean and good looking man as he sat on the stairs holding the placard. He had short hair, almost looked shaved and was in shorts and a worn out converse shoes and wore a T-shirt with sleeves cut at the shoulder joint. If he was looking for work, menial work, he seemed to take a pride in it for his countenance did not show any sign of shame. I stared at the man and the placard, and I found myself again engaged in another mental battle, trying to connect them to a memory I couldn’t remember. As the driver started the bus and begin to move out, it all came back to me. The unusual in the spectacle suddenly became natural as soon as I recognized the man. As I rushed out of my seat and made my way out of the bus I had the feeling that the answer to my earlier mental impasse at the sight of the deshwalis was beginning to surface although I still could not grasp it. I got down from the moving bus and tried to reach out to the answer again as I ran towards the over-bridge. “Vezüh,” I called out his name as soon as he came into my sight. I felt a slight tinge of disappointment when he looked up at me, threw a quick glance at his surroundings and took everything in with a composed sense of normalcy. I had expected slight embarrassment on his part to be seen by an old friend in an act of trying to earn money through menial labour in the middle of the town. “I didn’t recognize you in that new hairdo,” I continued when he didn’t say a word. He gave me a broad smile at that and glanced sideways to the labourers from Bihar, pointed at them with his thumb and asked me, “You know how much these people earn in a day?” He didn’t wait for me to answer nor gave me one as he went on, “People think they work at cheaper rates and therefore prefers to hire them.” I could see that he was not much amused as the labourers burst out into another fit of laughter and I heard him mumble some curses under his breath. “This is beneath you. What are you doing here?” I asked him, “I was told that you got through the NET examinations. I thought that you were teaching in a college.” As I said these I remembered that Vezüh was one of those few people who comes from the villages to the towns to pursue higher education and manages to get any real education and at the same time retain any dignity in physical work that village life instills in them. As if reading my thoughts, he called out my name and pointed at a dingy tin house on the terrace of a two storied building, grinned like he had unraveled a secret and asked me, “Have you forgotten the pact? Don’t you think that we have had a conversation very similar to this one a few years back when we were in college?” he answered my questions with his own set of inquiries. I had actually recalled that same conversation when I first recognized him. It was in fact that memory which

had rendered the unusual spectacle of seeing a local man trying to get people to hire him for menial labor to appear natural… It must have been almost three years since the night the ‘pact’ was signed. It was on a rainy August evening and I remember that it was getting quite dark outside. The atmosphere inside the tin house on the terrace of the two storied building was getting more vociferous with each summon, departure and return of the lady of the house with the boys’ orders. I thought I was fortunate to be in town at a time when college boys were receiving their scholarships. The shabby bar was crammed with college boys and each boy was trying his best to be heard. The five of us, Vezüh, me and three of his friends were huddled in a corner around a table with our mugs of local rice beer surrounding the lone candle lighted on the centre of the table. Our enthusiasm was not dampened by the want of electricity, as we debated on several issues in quick succession, ranging from politics and development in the state to the art of flying a kite. It was in the course of these debates that one of Vezüh’s friends brought out the question of the illegal Bangladeshi immigrant, the IBIs as they were referred to by the youngsters, in Nagaland. According to one of the friends, these IBIs were becoming a thorn in the Naga society, with visible increase in crimes committed by them against the locals. “Yes,” I retorted, “I don’t know where they get the audacity to beat up our people and rape our women in our own land. These people don’t have guns, this is not 1956. Why are we allowing them to even stay?” Emboldened by several mugs of beer, another friend went to the extent of suggesting that the Nagas should go back to their warring ways, and take up our machetes and start hunting heads. He said that he strongly believes that this was the only way to get the outsiders out our land. Vezüh must have been waiting for us to stop speaking, for as soon as we did he started. “You are not seeing the bigger picture,” his speech had an intoxicated resonance. “These people are not going anywhere. You are talking about the IBIs; I am talking about all outsiders here who had stayed because we let them stay. We have given them employment, and they are now turning up in unending numbers to accept the jobs which we are offering. They will not stop coming, and we cannot stop them. There is only one way to send this people packing, to stop these crimes. Take away their jobs. Do that they are kaput!” He said these words with the confidence of a pastor on the pulpit. He looked at me and continued, “You are quite right, this is not 1956 and therefore guns and machetes will solve nothing. They will only add to your problems.” He would not allow us to talk before he finished his speech, his philosophy as he called it later. He continued, “If there is anything that has to be done, it is to do your own menial works and try your hands at running the small and petty businesses. Get the gas cylinders refilled by yourself, get the rations transported from the shops to your homes by yourself, construct you own houses, and whatever cannot be done, let them be done by some local labourers. This is the only winwin solution. This way, the immigrant problem is solved and some local population gets employed.” The group looked at the drunken Vezüh in awe, listening to his gabbing in silence as I marveled at the eloquence beer bestows to people. “This man would get Rome built in a single day if given a barrel of fine beer,” I thought as I looked at Vezüh. I knew that the whole discourse would be forgotten the next morning but for conversation’s sake I asked him who

he thought were those local labourers who would do the jobs that we cannot do on our own. He took a long drag from his mug and took his time lighting a cigarette before he replied, pointing two fingers that held the cigarette to an imaginary group of people. “These people, school dropouts, there are quite a lot of them in the villages, even unemployed degree holders, these people will get the job done. I will lead them,” he said, “that day is almost here.” “A labour union!” One friend in the group suddenly shouted, either brainwashed by Vezüh’s rhetoric, or trying to keep the discussion going on in a positive note. “We must form a labour union. It will be a revolution.” The friend suggesting this belonged to a community famed for forming unions every time they meet in a group. “We will sign a pact” Vezüh added with excitement, and tore a sheet of paper from his notebook and began scribbling some words on it. He then passed the sheet around saying that all five of us must sign it. “It's a pact,” he simply said. When the sheet came to me and I saw what had been scribbled, I almost burst out laughing at the childishness of the whole affair. The note read; “LABOUR UNONIST PACT: I hereby vow to do whatever menial job my body physically allows me to perform. I further give my word to do my part in forming the labour union. Signed on this day, the 25th of August 2012, in ash and beer.” I was startled at the concluding words but wrote my name below the others’ signatures and handed it over to vezüh who did a very strange thing with it. He held the note to the flame of the candle and allowed it to burn out on his palms. After it was rendered to a greyish residue he crushed it on his palms and placed it on the table, making a small heap of paper ash. It was when he started dropping a pinch of the ash into each our mugs that the last line began to make sense. We were too stunned by this presentation that none of us even complaint when he said, “I dare you to drink your beer bottoms-up to complete the pact.” Vezüh held out his jug to us and the other three followed as I reluctantly complied with this drunken enactment. We gulped down the contents of our jugs, looked at each other and burst out into guffaws, high fiving each other. I could not remember what transpired in the shabby bar after that final drag of beer-ash concoction. It was perhaps the ash. They say cigarette ash in a glass of beer could leave any experienced drunk completely blitzed. … “I was just fulfilling my part of the pact,” he continued and grinned at me, now answering my question. “Some boys are coming from the village in a few days. They said that they don’t know how it works out here, so I thought I’d give it a try so that I can tell them how things are done here.” I was surprised that he had really been serious the night we drew the pact. “I had been sitting here and in some other spots for the last three days. We had no classes, I am teaching at my old college by the way,” he added. “The boys are going to have a lot of competition from those mellowed ones,” he said, referring to the deshwalis. “Did you fulfil yours?” he asked me. As he asked me this question I felt something clearing up inside me and I thought it was almost an epiphany as the cloud suddenly lifted and I saw it very clearly. “These people are emasculating you,” these words, my aunt’s words were the cause of the mental impasse, the words I was trying to recall, when I saw the snugged Deshwalis earlier. I stole a quick glance at the group of labourers once more before I replied, “I am working on it.”

Autocorrect fails that can change your life

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y most hated computer error message is: "Warning: Keyboard not found. Press enter to continue." Seeing this causes me to give a visual lesson to my workmates on the true definition of the word hardware: "The parts of a computer which can be kicked, thumped, screamed at and jumped on." But computers are even more maddening when they dare to edit what we, their Lords and Masters, are writing. In this context, a long-running Facebook puzzle has just been solved. For years, thousands of people around the world have been getting messages signed: "Grandpa and Grandmaster Flash." It was a puzzle. Why were so many grandfathers sending out joint announcements with a 1980s hip-hop star? Techies found Facebook computers were automatically "correcting" "Grandma" to "Grand-

master Flash" and disabled the function. Of course, this is probably causing great annoyance to elderly men who DO want to send out joint messages with the aging hip-hopper. Regarding old music, a reader sent me a report from Foreign Policy magazine about a group of intelligence experts who recently found a Dell laptop in a Syrian safe house used by a top terrorist gang. They hacked the password to find the Jihadist computer contained a recipe for banana mousse and a Celine Dion song collection. This is not a joke. Man, I thought terrorists were evil before, but now I know that they are truly sub-human. I mean, banana mousse: who would do that to an innocent banana and a carton of whipped cream? What should the agents do with the laptop? Whenever I am placed in possession of a friend's computer, I call up the auto-correct diction-

ary and add new commands. Change "you" to "thou", "the" to "ye oldde", "okay" to "verily", all "-n" endings to "-nst",. Then you give it back. Your friend will find himself/herself writing perfect Shakespearian English. It's like a miracle. I strongly recommend doing this when he or she is up against a tight deadline to produce a piece of extremely important work. Oh, how your friend will laugh! This is particularly amusing if you do it on computers used for live sub-titling of TV news broadcasts. Prime Minister: "You can rely on the promises I make. " Subtitles: "Thou canst rely on ye oldde promises I maketh." In the meantime, be aware that autocorrect can cause you to declare that you have committed major crimes. Such as the young lady called Lauren who was waiting for the bar to open and wrote to her friends: "We are around the corner killing Tim."

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Kayio Basena: Where do I start when I am lost. To pen down the things I hear and see. What was once a land of head-hunters, a people lost to animism and rituals, saw a ray of hope with a new light dawning on them. Along with this new spirituality came education, ridding them of unbelief and ignorance. A new era had begun in the lives of these once so called head-hunters, transforming them into renewed individuals and some to become soul winners. Relationships restored, friendships built, children gallant, hopes held high, faces cheerful, homes filled with love and warmth. These were times of giving and forgiving, a blissful life envisioned with peace, justice, fraternity and tranquility. But Alas!! Not for long were these moments to last! Oh what a moment short-lived! Just to see this reality become a near past and a distant dream. My bliss has been disturbed and I wake up to see a people divided within itself and truth being distorted beyond compensation. Offices have become a den of thieves, Homes have become just a lodge for the night. Schemes meant to be a blessing have become avenues for corruption. The irony of this generation is such that the rich steal from the poor and while the layman walks the talk, the preacher just continues to talk the talk. The trend of this generation is such that outward glamor and fame has taken precedence of inward beauty and integrity, where very few cares about the reality at home that is calling out loud for attention and cares more to look good on the outside and just cares to meet his selfish ends. More to say, it seems everybody cares to sit through the service with their sunday-best looks and listen to the truth on sundays. But come Monday, TRUTH is on SALE!! We have come a long way we say and yes today we have not only come a long way but we have "so many ways" today, confusing us and causing us to lose our faith in the "ways". There seems to be no end to the misery of this generation, as extortion, multiple taxation, bribery, back-door appointments, killings, molestations, rapes, trafficking and malpractices seems to be the infamous headlines in today's papers. This generation is heading towards the verge of total moral breakdown and self-destruction and the bigger threat is that the people have become complacent and "uncomfortably comfortable" with the reality of this generation. How long my brothers and sisters shall we remain mute spectators? How long shall we give ourselves away as victims to these realities? Isn't it time for victims to rise up as victors over the evils of this generation? Arise! Let’s make a move, take a step maybe one step at a time is all we need. Let’s make a difference in our generation. You and I were born for such a time as this!! SHALOM!! Razk Rhakho: Naga political groups and house owners might be getting lots of revenue from the Bangladeshi mia's in their business and house rent's but the future of your children's is at stake. If you say you are fighting or call yourself a Naga then stop harbouring these people's. Because of your selfish motive you are harbouring those who will finish off your children tommorrow. Naga residential owners and business building owners should stop renting their homes or buildings to them immediately. To the home department personals; your business in ILP is allowing these illegal immigrants to take away your children's food and their future wealth. The black flag of dreaded ISIL is now being seen flown in kashmir soon it will be seen in W/Bengal then Assam and finally will reach our land, especially Dimapur and Kohima too. If it happens and anything happens later, who is to be blamed? If your child's survival is threatened, who are you to blame? Them???? They have already captured our both small and big businesses. Our wealth which are supposed to in the hands of our children are flowing into their hand. Come on, Nagas its already late but not too late, so lets bring our heads together both young and old, decide and do something about it immediately before we say "AYALE!, AAASSSHHH! and beat our chest. May God grant wisdom to all those who read this.

Atsung Imchen: How Stupid can one be. Sharing this might irk many but let me just have my say. How would you judge someone’s action as Super Stupid or how would you consider a situation created by someones stupid decision as ultra Stupid. Based on an incident in Kohima High School Junction. Kohima as any other districts has a high number of vehicles, snail pace traffics and VIP vehicles making it even worse. There are many aspiring F1 drivers in Nagaland and many who wants to act in Fast and Furious 10 and ofcourse the obvious show offs found in every nook and corner of this planet and Nagaland is not exempted from it. The desire to learn how to drive is understandable when one owns a vehicle and even if one does not. But my dear aspirant candidates please have a little bit of God given common sense to learn driving in a less populated road where movement of people or vehicle is low. How can you possibly think about learning how to drive during the peak hours of traffic and pedestrains in a populated area? How stupid can you get? Your stupidity may lead to your death as well as innocent bystanders. One such incident where my own brother and a close friend encountered. They had neatly parked their car and when they were about to disembark from their vehicle whaaaam!!!! another vehicle at around 70 km/h came from the back and hit them the front of the vehicle lodged under a bus in front, a second delay in that and my friend would have been squashed. The defaulter was "LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE". He deserved all the punches and kicks one can give but luckily that didn't happen. Kohima even though a hilly area does not lack in open space grounds, future aspirants drivers please use those places to learn, not in the freaking middle of the town during peak hours. There are some pesky youngsters always grumbling and mumbling and forcing their parents to teach them even in highly populated roads, please please smack them really hard and make them wait until a proper time and place, dont give them any stupid ideas that might endanger theirs as well as others life. Stupidity has no excuse.

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Saturday 18 October 2014

Prepare for a changing world:

NEW DElhi, OctObEr 17 (tNN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the armed forces and asked them to be prepared for a future where security challenges will be less predictable and the enemy may be invisible. The Prime Minister asked the forces to prepare for a changing world, which demanded new thinking on our part with regard to economic, diplomatic and security policies. “Beyond the immediate, we are facing a future where security challenges will be less predictable; situations will evolve and change swiftly; and, technological changes will make responses more difficult to keep pace with,” Narendra Modi said in his address to the Combined Commanders’ Conference 2014 here. “The threats may be known, but the enemy may be invisible. Domination of cyber space will become increasingly important. Control of space may become as critical as that of land, air and sea. Full scale wars may become rare, but force will remain an instrument of deterrence and influencing behaviour, and the duration of conflicts will be shorter,” the PM said. Prime Minister said that India’s Armed Forces, which represent the world’s largest democracy, were second to none in professionalism, valour, com-

mitment, service and duty. The Armed Forces have always vindicated the faith and confidence that people of India placed in them, whether it is for our nation’s security or for relief in times of natural calamities, Narendra Modi said. He thanked the Armed Forces for their extraordinary service to the people during the floods in Jammu & Kashmir and the cyclone on the East Coast. He paid tribute to the tradition and training that inculcated the highest ideals and professional capabilities in our Armed Forces. The nation’s trust was the biggest strength of our Armed Forces. Prime Minister noted that the world was looking at India with renewed interest, confidence and excitement and there was a universal current of expectation from India to emerge not only as one of the poles of the global economy, but also as one of the anchors of regional and global security. Prime Minister emphasized that an atmosphere of peace and security was essential to enable India to achieve its goals of economic development. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Combined Commanders’ Conference 2014 in New Delhi today. Prime Minister said that India’s Armed Forces, which represent the world’s largest democ-

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right, poses for a photograph with Indian Air Force chief Arup Raha, left, navy chief D.K. Joshi, second left, Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley, center, and Indian Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag before attending "Combined Commanders" conference in New Delhi, India on October 17. Modi will interact with the country's top military officials for the first time at the conference and is expected to outline his strategic vision as well as get a briefing on the overall security situation. (AP Photo)

racy, were second to none in professionalism, valour, commitment, service and duty. The Armed Forces have always vindicated the faith and confidence that people of India placed in them, whether it is for our nation’s security or for relief in times of natural calamities. He thanked the Armed Forces for their extraordinary service to the people during the floods in Jammu and Kashmir and the cyclone on the East Coast. He paid tribute to the tradition and training that inculcated the highest ideals and professional

capabilities in our Armed Forces. The nation’s trust was the biggest strength of our Armed Forces. Prime Minister noted that the world was looking at India with renewed interest, confidence and excitement and there was a universal current of expectation from India to emerge not only as one of the poles of the global economy, but also as one of the anchors of regional and global security. Prime Minister emphasized that an atmosphere of peace and security was essential to enable India

to achieve its goals of economic development. For this purpose, he said, his Government has focused on creating a favourable external environment and on strengthening India’s security. Prime Minister outlined India’s key strategic and security challenges and priorities. He also observed that in addition to the familiar challenges, India had to be prepared for a changing world, which demanded new thinking on our part with regard to economic, diplomatic and security policies.

Prime Minister noted, that “beyond the immediate, we are facing a future where security challenges will be less predictable; situations will evolve and change swiftly; and, technological changes will make responses more difficult to keep pace with. The threats may be known, but the enemy may be invisible. Domination of cyber space will become increasingly important. Control of space may become as critical as that of land, air and sea. Full scale wars may become rare, but force will remain an instrument of de-

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terrence and influencing behavior, and the duration of conflicts will be shorter.” Prime Minister assured the Armed Forces of his commitment to provide adequate resources to ensure full defence preparedness, overcome shortages and meet modernization needs. He also asked the defence establishment, including the Armed Forces, to reform procurement processes as also suggest corrective measures to avoid delays in domestic development and production of defence equipment. Prime Minister urged the Armed Forces to focus on efficiency and economy in the use of resources and our military assets, including by greater integration and sharing of resources among the Services and draw up long term acquisition plans keeping in view availability of resources, future operational requirements and technology trends. Prime Minister also noted, “We should remember that what matters is capability of the force.” He also said, “When we speak of Digital India, we would also like to see a Digital Armed Force,” and asked the Services to give serious thought to upgrade technological skills for effective projection of power by men. The most important task, Prime Minister observed, was to transform

our defence forces. He called for increased jointness and urged the three wings of the Services to work as a team all the way from the lowest levels of the Services to the top. He suggested a number of practical steps to achieve that goal. He also felt that Commanders Conferences should be organized alternately on sea, in forward Army camps and at air bases, and not just in Delhi. Prime Minister also assured the Commanders that he would continue the practice that he had started of meeting the three Chiefs at least once a month. Outlining his vision of expanding domestic defence industrial base, he stressed the important role that the Services, as users, can play in this, both by committing to targets for domestic procurement and participating in innovation and improvements in domestically produced equipment. Prime Minister also mentioned that he attached the highest priority to the welfare of Armed Forces personnel, both during and after their service careers. He assured the Commanders that he would do everything to fulfill the promises made on One Rank One Pension; improving service conditions; and, creating better safety nets and opportunities for services after retirement.

Can’t reveal names of account holders in tax havens, govt to SC Indian engineer in US gets 18 months’ jail for stealing secrets

NEW DElhi, OctObEr 17 (iaNS): The central government Friday told the Supreme Court that it could not disclose the names, received from foreign governments, of people who have allegedly stashed away their ill-gotten money to tax havens, as it was bound by the confidentiality clause under the double taxation avoidance agreement. Its stand was made in an application seeking modification of an earlier court order asking it to disclose the names all such people it had received from German government to the petitioner Ram Jethmalani. Attorney General Mukul

Rohatgi mentioned the application for an urgent hearing before the a bench of Chief Justice H.L.Dattu, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice A.K.Sikri. The government has said that the names of such account holders against whom the prosecution has been launched could be disclosed as they are in public domain but in case of others, it was bound by the confidentiality clause.A The government has said that such disclosures would be counter productive for get information on black money stashed away in tax havens as foreign governments would not

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share such information in future. The court had Aug 20 directed the central government to give Jethmalani details of the account holders in banks of Liechtenstein that were submitted to the court on May 1. The court’s order came as senior counsel Anil Divan told the court that government had given him the names of 18 people against whom prosecution has been launched but held back the names of eight people. However, senior counsel Ram Jethmalani, the petitioner in the plea seeking steps to bring back the black money stashed away

to tax havens, assailed the government position saying that it could be position of people involved in taking ill-gotten money to tax havens and not that of the government. Jethmalani Friday told the court that he had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue. The apex court by its July 4, 2011 order had set up the SIT which was mandated to undertake the investigations into the unaccounted money stashed away outside the country in tax havens and foreign banks and take steps to bring it back. The SIT comprises the revenue secretary, the dep-

uty governor of the Reserve Bank of India, the director of the Intelligence Bureau, the director, enforcement directorate, the director, of the Central Bureau of Investigation, the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, the director general of the Narcotics Control Bureau, director general, Revenue Intelligence, director, Financial Intelligence Unit, and Joint Secretary, (FT & TR-I) in the CBDT. The court had said that SIT would also include director, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). However, the SIT could not get operational till May 1 as the government dragged

its feet on the issuing the notification. On May 1, the apex court held that there was no ambiguity in July 4, 2011 order and directed the central government to issue the necessary notification. Initially by July 4, 2011, SIT was headed by former apex court judge Justice B.P.Jeevan Reddy with another former judge Justice M.B.Shah as second in commandA However, Justice Jeevan Reddy withdrew from the SIT citing personal reasons. The court by its May 1 order made Justice M.B.Shah the chairman with another former apex court judge Justice Arijit Pasayat as vice chairman.

‘India should end death penalty’

NEW DElhi, OctObEr 17 (iaNS): Death penalty in a country like NEW DElhi, OctObEr 17 (aP): The country’s India that carries the mestop environment official unveiled a government pro- sage of non-violence on gram Friday that will eventually measure air quality the global stage is a paraacross India, home to some of the most polluted cities dox, said Robert Badinter, a in the world.nm Over the next five years, the governglobally renowned lawyer. ment will begin measuring eight major pollutants that “Indiaisaspecificunique affect respiratory health in cities with populations nation in the world carrying above 1 million, and then gradually expand the air on a message of non-vioquality index to the rest of the country, Environment lence. But the continuance Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters. The index of death penalty in the counwill warn residents when pollution levels rise past try contradicts the culture of dangerous levels. non-violence symbolised The World Health Organization said earlier this by India,” said Badinter at a year that the Indian capital had the worst air quality in the world, surpassing Beijing, a statement that New Delhi has vehemently disputed. Air monitoring sensors around the landlocked Indian capital routinely register levels of small airborne particles at hazardous levels, especially in winter. The levels are three to four times New NEW DElhi/chENNai, OctObEr 17 Delhi’s own sanctioned limit, rivaling Beijing. (iaNS): The Supreme Like the Chinese capital, New Delhi has gone Court Friday granted bail through rapid economic development, raising livto jailed former Tamil Nadu ing standards but also spewing out loads of pollution. chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, Decades of policies that favored economic growth over environmental concerns have taken their toll. The num- triggering celebrations in the state by the cadres of bers of cars on the roads of New Delhi have doubled in her AIADMK. Alongwith the last decade and years of booming construction has Jayalalithaa, convicted of kicked up countless clouds of dust. possessing assests disproJavadekar said it wouldn’t be “business as usual portionate to her known anymore” and the government was committed to imsources of income, her aide proving air quality as part of a cleanliness drive Prime Sasikala Natarajan and two Minister Narendra Modi launched earlier this month. There are various ways to measure pollution, but com- others have also been granted bail. parisons have generally focused on the microscopic An apex court bench particulate matter, sometimes called black carbon or headed by Chief Justice soot, which can lodge in a person’s lungs and fester H.L. Dattu said all four will over time. In New Delhi, levels of what is called PM 10 — or par- be released on bail subticulate matter that is 10 micrometers in size — reached ject to the satisfaction of 400 micrograms per cubic meter last winter. That is four the condition by the trial court. The apex court made times the city’s legal limit of 100, and well above the World Health Organization’s recommended limit of 20. it clear that Jayalalithaa and While the Chinese capital acts aggressively on high pol- the three others will complete their appeal with all lution days — closing schools and factories and taking government vehicles off the road — India doesn’t have a relevant documents before warning mechanism and until a few years ago the matter the high court in a matter of two months and, thereafwas hardly ever discussed. ter, it will ask the high court The index will measure levels of PM 10 and the even tinier PM 2.5 as well six other indicators, including lead, to expedite and complete the hearing on the appeal ammonia, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide, and then calculate overall pollution. The warning levels will within three months. The court told senior be color coded and come with specific and easily undercounsel Fali S. Nariman, stood health warnings, Javadekar said.

talk on ‘Death Penalty: The French and the European experience’ at India International Centre here Thursday. “Death penalty is inhuman and poison of the society. India has such high values, why keep it (death penalty). Get rid of it,” said Badinter, who has been advocating the abolition of death penalty. Badinter, who has also served as minister of justice in France, said that death penalty is not a deterrent to

crime and terrorism. “Crime is horrible and people must be protected against. But the fact is that crime has always been horrible and death penalty is not the solution,” he added. “Terrorists have special relationship with death. A man who can blow himself in a supermarket and kill 50 people will not be dissuaded by the threat of death penalty. He would rather be a hero for others (terrorists),” she added.

Praising the European Union for its stance against death penalty, Badinter said that it is the only continent in the world where “fundamental and human rights are best guaranteed.” “So much of bloody crime has been committed from this continent, but the death penalty has been banned in Europe. It is so much guilty of the horrendous crime, that it says no to death penalty,” Badinter said, referring to the two World Wars.

NEW JErSEy, OctObEr 17 (iaNS): An Indian engineer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by deportation for stealing trade secrets from medical technology giant Becton Dickinson and another New Jersey company. Ketankumar Maniar, 38, who is also known as Ketan Maniar, had pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets in May, according to Northjersey.com.m Maniar, who has been in custody since his June 2013 arrest, was sentenced in federal court in Trenton Thursday. He was also ordered to pay BD restitution of $32,454. According to prosecution, Maniar had worked as an engineer in Salt Lake City for CR Bard Inc., which is based in Murray Hill, from 2004 until 2011. He worked on catheters, ports and other medical products. Maniar then worked on syringes and pen injectors at BD in Franklin Lakes from February 2012 until May 2013, at a salary of $115,000, according to court documents. At the two companies, prosecutors said, “Maniar was able to steal secret information related to the companies’ products,” including BD’s development of a self-administered disposable pen injector called Vystra. Maniar downloaded Bard and BD files onto computer storage devices, and forwarded trade secrets from his work email accounts to his personal email accounts, they said. Prosecutors alleged that in the weeks before he left BD, Maniar downloaded more than 8,000 files of confidential information. BD representatives also found documents with filenames including the words “resume,” “cover letter,” and/or “thank you letter,” Cliffviewpilot.com reported citing a federal complaint in the court. FBI agents said they also found and seized an “Entrepreneurial Finance Book,” in which were “flagged, notated, and/or underlined text related to calculating corporate revenues, starting corporate ventures, obtaining venture capital, and protecting intellectual property through trademarks, patents, and other means.”

SC grants bail to Jayalalithaa; AIADMK celebrates appearing for Jayalalithaa, that it will not grant a day more to his client if they don’t complete the paperwork of their appeal before the high court with all the documents within a span of two months. “It is Diwali day for us,” a party cadre said outside the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai. “We are very happy at the Supreme Court’s order. Our prayers have been answered. The real Diwali for us is today,” P. Kumar, AIADMK’s member of parliament, told IANS. The bail for Jayalalithaa came on a day when the AIADMK celebrated its 43rd anniversary. AIADMK cadres - men and women - assembled outside the party headquarters and danced in joy. They burst crackers and distributed sweets. Similar scenes were witnessed in other parts of the state like Salem, Karur and Tuticorin. AIADMK cadres also vented their anger at opposition leaders like DMK’s

M. Karunanidhi, DMDK’s A. Vijaykant, PMK’s S. Ramadoss and BJP’s Subramanian Swamy. Jayalalithaa is presently in a Bangalore jail after her conviction in the disproportionate assets case. The former chief minister was awarded four-year prison term and a fine of Rs.100 crore. She had moved the Supreme Court Oct 9 seeking the bail. Jayalalithaa, along with her aides Sasikala Natrajan, V.K. Sudhakaran and J. Ilavarasi, was refused bail Oct 7 by the Karnataka High Court which held that there were no grounds for granting bail. Besides her health grounds, Jayalalithaa has invoked section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking the suspension of her sentence and grant of bail till the pendency of her appeal against the trial court order. The high court, while declining bail to Jayalalithaa and three others Oct 7, had relied on apex court

Supporters of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu state Jayaram Jayalalitha, a former movie star, celebrate the news of bail being granted to their leader, outside their party office in Chennai, India on October 17. India's top court Friday granted temporary bail to the charismatic southern Indian politician who was sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of corruption last month. The 65-year-old requested bail because she said she suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure and needed medical attention. (AP Photo)

orders as it ruled that putting the sentence on hold after an appeal is filed against the trial court order was not automatic. It had said that plea for bail after the conviction was different from the plea for bail while the trial was on. It had also cited the apex

court ruling that “corruption amounts to violation of human rights and leads to economic imbalances”. In the 18-year-old disproportionate assets case, the trial court in Bangalore convicted Jayalalithaa Sep 27 for possessing assets disproportionate to her known

sources of income and sentenced her to four jail term and Rs.100 crore fine. The case against Jayalalithaa and three others related to the period from 1991 to 1996 involving Rs.66.65 crore when she became chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time.

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Learn how to melt stubborn ‘love handles’

LONDON, OctOber 17 (IANs): Call it love handles, the spare tyre or the middle age spread - a lot of people struggle to do away with their extra fat around waistline. Thanks to a new way to burn energy from food, you could soon be able to do so with some “stress”. The scientists have discovered a new signalling molecule capable of activating brown fat cells called adenosine and burn energy from food. The body’s own adenosine which is typically released during stress activates brown fat and “browns” white fat, the findings showed. “Not all fat is equal. Humans have two different types of fat: undesirable white fat cells which form bothersome ‘love handles’ as well as brown fat cells which act like a desirable heater to convert excess energy into heat,” explained professor Alexander Pfeifer from University of Bonn in Germany. “If we are able to activate brown fat cells or to convert white fat cells into brown ones, it might be possible to simply melt excess fat away,” he noted. Crucial for transmitting the adenosine signal is the adenosine receptor A2A. “If adenosine binds to this receptor in brown fat cells, fat burning is significantly stimulated,” Thorsten Gnad from Pfeifer’s team explained. It was previously thought not possible for adenosine to activate brown fat. However, the researchers were not mislead by these previous findings. In contrast, using brown fat cells removed from humans during surgery, the scientists investigated the signaling pathway for fat activation using adenosine. The results showed that rats and hamsters react differently than humans in this regard. “On the other hand, brown fat in mice behaves just as in humans,” Pfeifer commented. The findings appeared in the journal Nature.

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cuffed protester by seven policemen on Wednesday. Storming into the intersection with helmets, plastic riot shields and batons at the ready from four directions, the deployment of 800 officers caught the protesters by surprise. Many retreated without resisting. “The Hong Kong government’s despicable clearance here will cause another wave of citizen protests,” said radio talk show host and activist Wong Yeung-tat, who donned protective goggles over his white-rimmed glasses and sported a boxer’s sparring pad on his arm as a makeshift shield. The police sweep of the protest camp in Mong Kok had been expected for several days. It further reduces the number of protest sites that have paralysed parts of the Asian financial hub since September 28, but could reignite retaliation. “We have urged protesters to maintain a kind of floating protest strategy

to guard the streets,” said Wong, flanked by protesters who stared down advancing lines of uniformed police. Police gave a short warning on loud hailers before moving in although no direct force was used, witnesses said. The protesters, led by a restive younger generation of students, have been demanding China’s Communist Party rulers live up to constitutional promises to grant full democracy to the former British colony which returned to Chinese rule in 1997. In August, Beijing offered Hong Kong people the chance to vote for their own leader in 2017, but said only two to three candidates could run after getting majority backing from a 1200-person “nominating committee” stacked with Beijing loyalists. The protesters decry this as “fake” Chinese-style democracy and demand Beijing allow open nomi-

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Local residents shout to a pro-democracy protester at a main street at Mong kok district in Hong Kong on October 17. Riot police cleared an offshoot Hong Kong pro-democracy protest zone in a dawn raid on Friday, taking down barricades, tents and canopies that have blocked key streets for more than two weeks, but leaving the city's main thoroughfare still in the hands of the activists. (AP Photo)

HONG KONG, OctOber 17 (reuters): Hundreds of Hong Kong police staged their biggest and boldest raid yet on a pro-democracy protest camp before dawn on Friday, charging down student-led activists who have held a key intersection in one of the main protest zones for more than three weeks. The operation in the gritty and congested Mong Kok district - across the harbour from the heart of the civil disobedience movement near government headquarters - came while many protesters were asleep on the asphalt in dozens of tents or beneath giant, blue-striped tarpaulin sheets. The raid was a gamble for the 28,000-strong police force in the Chinesecontrolled city who have come under criticism for mounting aggressive clearance operations using tear gas, baton charges and a violent beating of a hand-

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nations for a fairer poll. The raid came less than 24 hours after Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying tried to buy time by resurrecting talks next week with the student leaders. “I am so furious. The government said it would talk to the students about these issues, then it came and cleared our base,” said Cony Cheung, a beauty products saleswoman clad in a yellow construction hard hat and an industrialstrength face mask. Barry Smith, one of several senior British police chiefs - a legacy of the pre-1997 Royal Hong Kong Police - commanding the operation, described it as “fairly peaceful”. About 800 officers were involved, he added, and no arrests were made. There were no immediate reports of injuries. “They’ve been occupying this whole area now for almost three weeks, so we decided it’s time to give the public the right of way, to

get the roads back and get access to pedestrians,” said Smith as he paced about the area, directing frontline officers. LITTLE WARNING Yellow dump trucks with pneumatic backhoes and claws later cleared away debris including smashed wooden pallets, garbage cans, fences, ripped tents and metal barricades, while the scattered belongings of protesters were loaded on to trucks. Elderly cleaners ripped down democracy posters and notes coating walls, windows and street signs, using cleaning fluid and razors to scrape away stickers stuck to the windows of an HSBC bank branch. Some remaining protesters tried to salvage some of the hand-drawn protest artwork that have mushroomed across protest zones. “These drawings represent the voice of the people. We must try to preserve them and I hope in future they establish a democracy museum to keep these voices at this historic moment,” one said. Some protesters used trolleys to cart water, sleeping mats and medical supplies to a nearby park, but later moved supplies back with police saying they’d allow protesters to continue to occupy a section of the heavily trafficked Nathan Road, which leads south down to the harbour, with the world-famous view of Hong Kong Island opposite. “The occupation here hasn’t finished yet,” said Simon Siu, a protest logistics coordinator. “People will come back.” A steady trickle of protesters returned to the bare site. The raid came just days after violent scuffles between police and pro-

testers who attempted to blockade a major road near government headquarters on Hong Kong Island. Police had also used sledgehammers and chainsaws to tear down concrete, metal and bamboo barricades to reopen a major road feeding the Central business district. Despite the clearances, perhaps 1,000 protesters remained camped on Hong Kong Island in a sea of tents and umbrellas on an eight-lane highway beneath glass and steel skyscrapers. Leung has said there is “zero chance” Beijing will give in to protesters’ demands, a view shared by many observers and Hong Kong citizens. He has also resolutely refused to step down. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam cancelled planned talks with student leaders last Thursday, saying it was impossible to have constructive dialogue, and it was hard to see how that could change with the two sides poles apart. ,At the peak of the protests, 100,000 had been on the streets, presenting Beijing with one of its biggest political challenges since it crushed prodemocracy demonstrations in and around Tiananmen Square in the Chinese capital in 1989. Those numbers have dwindled significantly. China rules Hong Kong under a “one country, two systems” formula that gives the city wide-ranging autonomy and freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China, with “universal suffrage” stated as the eventual aim. It is concerned calls for democracy in Hong Kong, and in the neighbouring former Portuguese colony of Macau, could spread to the mainland, threatening the party’s grip on power.

ONCE IN MILLION YEARS: Comet buzzing Mars on Sun

In this photo released by the Nepalese Army, rescue team members carry a victim of an avalanche before they airlift the body from Thorong La pass area, in Nepal on cAPe October 16. (AP Photo)

cANAVerAL, OctOber 17 (AP): The KAtMANDu, OctOber 17 (AP): Rescuers widened heavens are hosting an their search Friday for trekkers stranded since a series event this weekend that of blizzards and avalanches battered the Himalayas in occurs once in a million northern Nepal early this week, leaving at least 29 foryears or so. A comet as eigners and locals dead, officials said. Dozens of people hefty as a small mountain were rescued Friday, officials said, but dozens more will pass mind-bogglingly were still scattered along popular high-altitude hiking close to Mars on Sunday, trails. The government has formed a high-level commit- approaching within 87,000 tee to coordinate rescue efforts following criticism that miles (140,006 kilometers) officials were not doing enough to help the hikers. at a speed of 126,000 mph With weather conditions improving, helicopters (202,767 kph). expanded their search area, looking for people who took NASA’s five robotic exshelter in small lodges and huts dotted along the Anna- plorers at Mars — three orpurna trail, where deep snow has made movement on biters and two rovers — are the ground extremely difficult, said Baburam Bhandari, being repurposed to witthe top government official of the Mustang district. ness a comet named Siding Helicopters rescued 40 trekkers Friday, and received in- Spring make its first known formation about another 50 people stranded but safe in visit to the inner solar sysanother village, he said. Authorities rescued 78 trekkers tem. So are a European from Mustang and 157 from the neighboring Manang and an Indian spacecraft district on Wednesday and Thursday. circling the red planet. Information Minister Minendra Risal said the new The orbiting craft will committee, ordered by the prime minister, would diattempt to observe the inrectly monitor the rescue operation and help wherever coming iceball, then hide needed. The committee would coordinate among the behind Mars for protection army, police, local administrations and the private opfrom potentially dangerous erators now involved in the rescues. The Nepal governdusty debris in the comet ment was criticized for not helping enough after its initail. Shielded by the Martial assistance was limited to two army helicopters. The Annapurna trekking route, 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of the capital, Katmandu, was filled with foreign hikers during the peak October trekking season, when the air is generally clear and cool. There were also PHNOM PeNH, OctOmany Nepalese on the trails because of local festivals. Trekkers, unaware the weather would change dramati- ber 17 (AP): The first trial on charges of genocide cally, were largely caught off-guard. against Cambodia’s brutal Gombu Sherpa, who was guiding a group of Ger1970s Khmer Rouge regime mans, said clear skies quickly gave way to a blizzard opened Friday with a proseearlier this week. “We could hardly see anyone, even within a couple of feet. The wind was blowing snow and cutor saying it will show that Cambodians were enslaved visibility was almost zero,” he said in a telephone interview while returning to Katmandu by bus. He said many in inhumane conditions that led to the deaths of 1.7 people lost their way in the storm, but everyone in his million people from starvagroup survived. One of his assistants, who was behind the group when the storm hit, was missing for an entire tion, disease and execution. Khieu Samphan, the night. “We found him the next morning wondering in regime’s head of state, and the snow. It is a miracle that he is alive,” Sherpa said. ,Samten Sherpa of the guiding company Snow Leopard Nuon Chea, right-hand man to the communist Trek said dozens of foreign trekkers were stranded at group’s late leader, Pol Pot, Tilicho lake, a picturesque hiking destination at 5,000 already received life senmeters (16,400 feet), a little off the Annapurna trail. No tences in August after beone has been able to contact them for two days, and he ing found guilty of crimes said only two small lodges were at the lake. against humanity, relating The blizzard, the tail end of a cyclone that hit the mostly to the group’s forced Indian coast a few days earlier, appeared to contribmovement of millions to ute to an avalanche that killed at least eight people in the countryside when it Phu village in neighboring Manang district. The dead took power in 1975. They included three Indian and four Canadian trekkers as have appealed their conwell as three villagers, said government official Devendra Lamichane. Three Canadian trekkers who survived victions. The U.N.-backed tribunal split the cases into the avalanche were taken by helicopter to a shelter in two trials for fear that Khieu a nearby town. Five climbers were killed in a separate avalanche about 75 kilometers (45 miles) to the west, at Samphan, 83, and Nuon the base camp for Mount Dhaulagiri. The climbers, two Chea, 88, could die before Slovaks and three Nepali guides, were preparing to scale any proceedings against the 8,167-meter (26,800-foot) peak, the world’s seventh them could be completed. In addition to genocide tallest, said Gyanedra Shrestha of Nepal’s mountaineeragainst minorities, the secing department.

tian atmosphere, the Opportunity and Curiosity rovers may well have the best seats in the house, although a dust storm on Mars could obscure the view. “We certainly have fingers crossed for the first images of a comet from the surface of another world,” said NASA program scientist Kelly Fast. Spacecraft farther afield, including the Hubble Space Telescope, already are keeping a sharp lookout, as are ground observatories and research balloons. “We’re getting ready for a spectacular set of observations,” said Jim Green, head of NASA’s planetary science division. Named for the Australian observatory used to detect it in January 2013, Siding Spring will approach Mars from beneath and zoom right in front Sunday afternoon, Eastern Time. On Earth, the best view-

ing, via binoculars or telescope, will be from the Southern Hemisphere — South Africa and Australia will be in prime position. In the Northern Hemisphere, it will be difficult to see Siding Spring slide by Mars. The comet — with a nucleus estimated to be at least a half mile (.8 kilometer) in diameter — hails from the Oort Cloud on the extreme fringe of the solar system. It formed during the first million or two years of the solar system’s birth 4.6 billion years ago and, until now, ventured no closer to the sun than perhaps the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune. It comes around every one or more million years. It will be the first Oort Cloud comet to be studied up close in detail. For comparison, the flyby distance of 87,000 miles (140,006 kilometers) is about one-third of the way

from here to the moon. Siding Spring’s tail could extend from Earth all the way to our moon. Its gaseous coma, the fuzzy head surrounding the nucleus, might stretch halfway to the moon. nNo comet has come anywhere near this close to Earth in recorded history. “We can’t get to an Oort Cloud comet with our current rockets ... so this comet is coming to us,” said Carey Lisse, senior astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University’s applied physics laboratory. By studying Siding Spring’s composition and structure, scientists hope to learn more about how the planets formed, according to Lisse. Scientists also are keen to spot any changes to the comet or Mars due to the close approach. NASA’s newly arrived Maven spacecraft, for instance, will compare the upper atmosphere before and after it passes.

“Think about a comet that started its travel probably at the dawn of man and it’s just coming in close now,” Lisse said. “And the reason we can actually observe it is because we have built satellites and rovers. We’ve now got outposts around Mars.” Scientists initially worried the spacecraft orbiting Mars would be at considerable risk from the comet’s massive trail of dust. The nucleus itself poses no danger of impact. But the particles in the tail, hurtling through space at 126,000 mph (202,767 kph) could fry electronics, puncture fuel lines, or destroy computers, transmitters or other vital spacecraft parts. As Siding Spring’s path became clearer, the threat level was deemed minimal. Still, space agencies are taking no chances. They’re employing the “duck and

cover” strategy. NASA’s three orbiters — Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and newcomer Maven — will be behind the red planet at the time of peak danger. That’s a 20-minute-or-so period approximately 1½ hours after the closest approach by the comet’s nucleus.n The European Space Agency also shifted the orbit of its Mars Express as did India for its Mars Orbiter Mission, or MOM, the country’s first interplanetary spacecraft that, like NASA’s Maven, arrived last month. The precautions are prudent, said University of Maryland senior research scientist Tony Farnham, who led a hazard-analysis team. “Comets are complex beasts and don’t always live up to our predictions,” Farnham said in an email Wednesday. “If you don’t want surprises, then don’t study comets.”

Cambodia genocide trial aims to expose crimes ond trial will address for the first time accusations of rape and forced marriages. It will show that Cambodians at the cooperatives and work sites were “enslaved and subjected to inhumane conditions that led to countless deaths from starvation, overwork and disease,” Cambodian prosecutor Chea Leang told the court, as the two accused sat silently. “We are here because of millions of Cambodian people who did not survive in this regime, for whom three years, eight months and 20 days ... meant only suffering and grief, pain and deaths,” she said. According to the genocide charges, Pol Pot and other senior leaders intended to wipe out members of the country’s Muslim Cham and Vietnamese ethnic minorities. Estimates of the number of Chams killed range from 90,000 to 500,000. Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Vietnamese were forced into neighboring Vietnam, and virtually all of those remaining were

executed. Vann Math, head of the Cambodia Islamic Association, said that the Khmer Rouge fiercely persecuted the Cham, destroying mosques and killing people. He said many Chams are now avidly following the tribunal’s proceedings. A Cham woman who attended a procedural hearing in July recalled the mortal danger of being a practicing Muslim under the rule of the Khmer Rouge, who sought to force them to abandon their religion. “They killed many Muslim people,” survivor Simach Smam told The Associated Press. “They cooked pork and told us to eat it. If we didn’t eat it, we would be killed. They would also kill us if they saw us praying to Allah. I am so full of anger.” Lyma Nguyen, a lawyer representing ethnic Vietnamese victims, said outside the hearing that the trial represents not only a rare chance to shed light on the genocide, but also on the lingering harm the mayhem has

caused to survivors. Those forced to flee retained no documentation proving their Cambodian origins, so when they returned they were plunged into statelessness, and remain targets of widespread discrimination and political scapegoats. Bopha Om, a 59-year-old woman who lost members of her family in the genocide, said she was forced into marriage under threat of death. “The Khmer Rouge tortured me. They forced me to dig my own grave. So I want to see them being prosecuted in court,” she said. After years of legal and political wrangling, the Khmer Rouge tribunal was established in 2006, but has been plagued by corruption, mismanagement, and financial woes. The hybrid structure of the court, in which U.N.-appointed international judges and lawyers share duties with Cambodian counterparts, has led to allegations of political interference and repeated deadlocks.

Victims in Khmer Rouge regime hold a protest to demand an individual reparation, in front of an entrance of the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal as a hearing is held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on October 17. (AP Photo)

In its first trial, the tribunal sentenced Kaing Guek Eav, also known as “Duch,” the director of the notorious S-21 torture center, to life imprisonment. The second trial, in which Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea were convicted, opened in November 2011, but death and disability winnowed down the number of defendants. Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary died in March last year, and his wife Ieng Thirith, the

regime’s social affairs minister, was declared unfit for trial in September 2012 after being diagnosed with dementia. The group’s top leader, Pol Pot, died in 1998. “We want justice, and this justice is not even for us who have survived the Khmer Rouge genocide, but it is for our children and many generations to come. This justice would help to prevent genocide to happen again here and elsewhere,” said.

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VIeNNA, OctOber 17 (AFP): Andy Murray and David Ferrer stayed in the race for the year-end ATP finals as both of the leading seeds won their opening matches at the Austrian Open on Thursday. Tournament number one Ferrer, who cannot increase his points unless he reaches the Sunday final at the Stadthalle, opened in the second round after a bye with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of Tobias Kamke. Second seed Murray, a debutant in the Austrian capital, defeated Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-4. Ferrer stands provisional ninth in the points race to the World Tour Finals next month in London; Murray is trailing on tenth. With eighth-placed Canadian Milos Raonic losing his opening match in Moscow due to illness, the sprint to the finish over the season is only tightening for the three remaining spots in the eight-man field. Ferrer is not one to worry about that just now though - he faces a more immediate task when he plays a Friday quarter-final against Croatian serving

machine Ivo Karlovic. "Even if Milos lost, it doesn't help my chances," said the 32-year-old. "Murray is behind me, but not by much. If I lose tomorrow, I'm in exactly the same position as Milos. "I now can only focus on my next match, a very difficult one." Ferrer is playing Vienna for the first time in a decade and earned his first victory form three matches here. "It's been a long time, in 2003 here I lost the first of many matches against Roger Federer - and I still have not won one against him." Ferrer needed just under 90 minutes to see off the 93rd-ranked Kamke. The Spaniard fought through a first set lasting 54 minutes before breaking in the final game to earn the set with a backhand winner to the corner. Ferrer took a grip on the match in the second set, racing away to victory on his second match point. Murray struggled with his game in the opening set against Pospisil, who has not been past a second round since August. The second seed who took a wild card to Vienna,

missed several chances in the opening set before finally earning a break for 5-4 and closing out the set a game later. "I didn't start very well, he was serving well," said Murray. "I had to work hard to get into the match. "I need to improve in the next round," he said prior to facing German JanLennard Struff, who beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6 (8/6), 2-6, 7-6 (7/1) with 12 aces. "Sometimes a player you don't know can go out on court with nothing to fear. They can play very aggressive." Murray went up a break early in the second after winning a tight first. He broke for 3-1 but lost it at 3-3 before finally closing it out wit a break in the penultimate game of the frustrated Canadians who has not been past a second round since August. Two other seeds exited as Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci staged a fightback to dismiss third seed Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (9/11), 6-1, 6-4. The Spaniard arrived in Europe from Shanghai, where he reached the semifinals at the weekend, losing to eventual French finalist Gilles Simon.

ABKK organizes sporting event

MeDZIPHeMA, OctOber 17 (DIPr): The Angami Baptist Khriesarüü Krotho are organizing a three day sporting event under the theme “evangelism through sports” from October 16 to 18 at Medziphema local ground. The event was graced by Dr. Hovithal Sothu. The chief guest in his short speech urged the young players to promote friendship and unity through sports. The function was chaired by Keneingulie Kuotsu, invocation by Pastor Neilekho Savino and special number was presented by Jonathan Mesen. Altogether 12 teams participated, which includes six football teams from men and six volleyball teams from women.

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Wenger plans new signing in January

LONDON, OctOber 17 (AP): After eight trophyless seasons, Arsene Wenger finally faced shareholders again with a couple of new pieces of silverware as table decorations. There were applause on Thursday rather the disgruntlement of previous years at the annual general meeting, but Wenger still didn't escape censure over the team's inability to sustain a Premier League title challenge. The Gunners, who last won the league in 2004, host Hull on Saturday sitting nine points behind leader Chelsea having failed to win their last two games, including losing to their London rivals. With another series of injuries plaguing Arsenal, Wenger faced questions from shareholders about why another defensive-minded player wasn't signed in the summer transfer window. Wenger conceded Arsenal could have strengthened further in the summer, and planning is already underway for the January window. "I believe we have done remarkably well on the transfer market," Wenger said. "I agree we could have bought one more player, (but) we did not find (one). "We will try to rectify that, because we are a bit short with the injuries we have (defensively), and overall I think we will rectify that in the transfer market." With owner Stan Kroenke expressing delight at May's FA Cup win, which was followed by the Community Shield success in August, the board isn't about to start publicly ques-

Arsenal's Danny Welbeck, left, controls the ball as Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta challenges during their English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge stadium in London on October 5. (AP Photo)

players like 35-year-old defender Rio Ferdinand. "We haven't gelled as a squad," Ferdinand said in Thursday's editions of the London Evening Standard newspaper. "When we do, I'd like to think results will improve. Although it's not as easy as that — it's no good just talking about it, REDKNAPP ON THE RACK: we have to go out and do it." Entering the eighth game of the league cam- PARDEW'S PAIN: paign, QPR is bottom, with Newcastle might be two Harry Redknapp's feeble places above QPR, but only side on four points. The west due to a superior goal difLondon club has repeated ference and Alan Pardew's some of the things it did in side is still searching for its the 2012-13 season which first win. One positive is ended in relegation, includ- that goalkeeper Tim Krul ing signing aging veteran should be fit for Saturday's tioning Wenger. Rival managers have seemingly less job security, and the future of some will be under scrutiny again this weekend — from Newcastle to Queens Park Rangers. Here's a look at the Premier League scene after the twoweek international break.

Lionel Messi 2 goals from La Liga record bArceLONA, OctO ber 17 (AP): Lionel Messi will have a good shot at equaling the Spanish league's all-time scoring record when Barcelona hosts promoted club Eibar on Saturday. Since his league debut 10 years ago, Messi has scored 249 goals and is two away from matching Telmo Zarra's 1955 milestone. If Messi comes up short, his next chance will come the following weekend when Barcelona visits Real Madrid in the first "clasico" of the season. "If we don't beat Eibar we will have a harder time at the Bernabeu," Barcelona defender Jordi Alba said. "It would be better to make sure we arrive with a fourpoint advantage." Here are the things to know about the eighth round of matches: RONALDO'S RUN While Messi chases Zarra, Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will look to keep up his own superb start to the season. After going scoreless in Portugal's 2-1 loss to France in a friendly, Ronaldo gave Portugal its first win in qualify-

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, center, scores the first goal of the game during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Rayo Vallecano and FC Barcelona at the Vallecas stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, October 4. (AP Photo)

ing for the 2016 European Championship by netting a last-gasp header deep in injury time to snatch a 1-0 win over Denmark on Tuesday. That came after Ronaldo scored for an eighth consecutive appearance with Madrid. Ronaldo leads

the Spanish league with 13 goals, more than the entire team totals of 16 of the league's 20 sides. The Ballon d'Or holder can add to that when fourth-place Madrid visits Levante on Saturday before heading to Liverpool in the Champions League

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next Wednesday. MIGHTY MINNOWS Eibar looks like an easy three points for Barcelona. It is playing in the top flight for the first time and has one of its lowest budgets at 18 million euros ($23 million), compared to Barce-

lona's 457 million euros ($584 million). But Eibar has only lost two of seven games in its first-division debut. It has also two of the best goals so far: Javi Lara's angled free kick to beat Real Sociedad in its opener and Saul Berjon's blistering volley to help earn a 3-3 draw against Levante last round. Eibar will face a Barcelona defense that has not allowed a goal this campaign. VALENCIA UNBEATEN Valencia is in second place two points behind Barcelona and the only undefeated team in the league beside the pacesetters. Valencia visits last-place Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday. Deportivo has one win in its return to the first division and has lost its last four games by a combined score of 15-4. STRONG SEVILLA Sevilla visits Elche on Sunday looking to retain its hold of third place three points behind Barcelona. Carlos Bacca leads Sevilla with five goals, while Barcelona loanees Denis Suarez and Gerard Deulofeu are fitting into Unai Emery's attack.

Inter Departmental Tournament Mon

MON, OctOber 17 (DIPr): The 3rd Inter Departmental Tournament Mon will be held under the banner of Officers’ Club, Mon from November 18 to 22. The sporting events like badminton, carom, table tennis for both men and women in singles and doubles. The winners and runners up will be awarded cash prizes with medal and citation. The registration form cum fees can be completed at the Deputy Commissioner’s office during the working hour on or before November 15.

a very good chance we won't see him out in the middle again in England." Pietersen believes he still has a chance of returning to the international stage but Jones, who played alongside the swashbuckling batsman when England won the Ashes in 2005 for the first time in 18 years, said his actions were at odds with his words. "If you look at his performances in the last 12 months and the fact that he doesn't play in the four-day format any more, he simply can't play international cricket," said the 38-year-old who was released by Kent at the end of last season. "You have to show some commitment and desire for a county side to warrant selection by England to back up all the chat. "If Kevin's serious he will go and play for a county next year and commit to everything, fourday cricket and all, but I can't see that happening." Jones, who made his England debut in 2004 and went on to play in 34 tests, said Pietersen brought something new to the dressing-

room when he joined the interna- England as well as claiming 128 tional set-up later the same year. catches and five stumpings. "His application, his practice, SHALLOW THINGS his performances were first-class "One thing Kevin wrote himself when I played with him but somein his book is that he was shallow thing's changed obviously. There's and he's right," said Jones. "Mate- no smoke without fire is there?". rialistic things always pleased him Former captain Andrew and drove him on. Strauss said the worst thing about "The one thing that led to a the fallout caused by Pietersen's change in the dressing-room en- book was that it had taken the vironment when he came in was gloss off a golden period for Engthe shallow things, the new teeth, lish cricket -- and Jones concurred. the watches, the clothing. "The way things have gone on "On my first tour we had peo- in the last few years there have obple like Nasser Hussain, Graham viously been some niggling things Thorpe, Mark Butcher. These guys that have got back to managewere all doing well off the field and ment," he said. the one dynamic I associate Kev"Kevin wasn't aware of how in with changing in the dressing- much damage it was doing, going room is the off-field side of it, that on in a sort of blissful ignorance. I all became more apparent." read that Andrew Strauss said his Jones, though, had no cricket- book had taken something away ing complaints about the batsman from the success of the team in the who scored 23 test centuries for last few years and I'd have to agree. England in 104 matches at an av"English cricket has had a fanerage of 47.28. tastic time of it, winning back to "Cricket-wise I couldn't point back Ashes series in 2011 and 2013 a finger at him at all because he and winning the T20 World Cup in always performed," added Jones 2010 ... but it's all been tainted by who made one test hundred for the last few weeks."

The Nagaland Karate Federation conducted belt grading for Karatekas at Reginald Hughes Shaw Memorial School, Niuland on October 11 and promoted 8 each to Yellow and Orange Belts and another 12 to Green Belt.

Dr. T. Ao Trophy 2014 from Nov 24

KOHIMA, OctOber 17 (MexN): The Nagaland Football Association has informed that the the 19th Inter-District Football Championship or Dr. T. Ao Trophy 2014 will be held from November 24 to December 1 at Dimapur. A press release from NFA Secretary K. Neibou Sekhose has informed all the District teams to confirm their participation on or before November 14. The release further informed that only indigenous habitants of the State would be allowed to participate. In this regard, the NFA secretary informed that the indigenous

‘Kevin Pietersen may never play in England again’ ASH, OctOber 17 (reuterS): Kevin Pietersen may have played his last professional game of cricket in England, former international team mate Geraint Jones said on Thursday. South African-born batsman Pietersen, sacked by England at the start of the year, caused a storm of controversy this month when he attacked the national cricket board and several former team mates in a book. The 34-year-old, who represented Surrey this year in limitedovers cricket, now seems set to ply his trade in domestic Twenty20 competitions around the world and ex-England wicketkeeper Jones said that would be a real shame. "An English county may pick him up for Twenty20 cricket next year but if they don't I think he's gone," Jones told Reuters in an interview while attending the Volvo World Match Play Golf Championship in Kent on Thursday. "Kevin's not featuring in fourday cricket these days so he could turn into one of those touring world T20 players. I think there's

visit of Leicester despite tino, whose team is sixth. sustaining an elbow injury "We need to arrive on Saturwhile on Netherlands duty. day with the idea to believe in our philosophy and style AT THE TOP: and try to get the points." The opening two months of the season saw WALCOTT RETURNS: Chelsea emerge as the force, It's not only bad news sitting five points clear of for Arsenal when it comes Manchester City. Chelsea to injury updates. Theo Walcrosses the River Thames to cott is closing in on a return face Crystal Palace on Sat- to the first team after being urday when City hosts Tot- out since January followtenham. City overwhelmed ing knee surgery, with the Tottenham 6-0 and 5-1 last with winger set to play for season before Mauricio Po- the under-21s on Friday. If chettino took over, and the his knee holds up well, he new manager is still trying to could be in the squad for the impose his vision at the Lon- game against Hull. German don club. "This is another winger Serge Gnabry is also season, another philosophy, back in full training for the another game," said Pochet- first time this season.

certificate should be duly certified by the concern District Deputy Commissioner (DC). Sekhose also informed that the players not selected by one District Association can represent other districts provided he resides continuously for 2 years in that district. Sponsored by the Government of Nagaland, the champions will take away Rs. 3,00,000/-, while the runners-up pocket Rs. 2,00,000/-. The losing semi-finalist will each take away Rs. 50,000/-. For further information, one may contact the NFA Secretary.

Kevin Pietersen (AP File Photo)

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ink isn’t worried that her fans will be alienated by her new country-folk project. The singer’s teamed with friend Dallas Green in duo You+Me and though the songs sound very different to her solo work, she thinks loyal supporters will still embrace the group. Speaking to Billboard and asked if she is worried she explained: “I don’t think about that stuff ever, ever. My fans are people that would follow me wherever I go. If I told them I was doing a f***ing jewellery line or a perfume, they’d go, ‘Come on!’ “But this feels like something I’d do anyway. Whether it’s Germany or Australia or Canada or South Africa or the US, they just want to feel something along with me.” She also admitted that she’s labelled for her “pop” sound, but insists she tries to be diverse. “I’ve always tried to do different kinds of things within an album; I’ve always been easily labeled as pop-whatever.” She added: “This really was an opportunity to do something that I wanted to do instead of something I was obligated to do. “No one was asking us to do this except each other. There was no record company saying, ‘We’re waiting for a record’ or ‘You should really do something like this.’ It was just us being friends and loving each other and loving to sing.”

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Paris Hilton Wants To Romance Hot Hrithik Roshan

aris Hilton seemed to be heaping praise on the Bollywood’s hottest man Hrithik Roshan. The two met at the restaurant launch in Dubai and it seems, they got along really well. They even posed for pictures which both Hilton and Hrithik shared. In fact, Paris is so bowled over by Hrithik that she is keen to work with him in a Bollywood film. Sheeraz Hasan asked Paris on Twitter after the gala night if she would want tobe Hrithik’s love interest in Bollywood film. Hilton answered with a big Yes and even called Hrithik Roshan hot. She

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went ahead and praised Hrithik a lot. She found him to be very charming and gentlemanly. She’s heard a lot about Bollywood and Hrithik is a romantic representation of the same. Hrithik Roshan too seemed pretty taken in by Paris’ warmth when he tweeted, “With d extremely gentle n kind hearted Paris Hilton at Cle dubai. Now that’s a spot dubai needs to celebrate! Amazing.”

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cherzinger 36, has said she often worries about the star’s safety when he drives for Mercedes, and she is even more concerned for him after F1 driver Jules Bianchi, 25, was left in a “critical” state following a horrific crash at the Japanese Grand Prix earlier this month. She says It was worrying and had taken everybody aback. It put things into perspective and her prayers were with Jules. “God bless him. I know Lewis feels the same.” Nicole and Lewis, 29, have been involved in an on/off relationship since 2007 and reconciled earlier this year, but the raven-haired beauty admitted she won’t be putting pressure on him to pop the question anytime soon.

She told Metro newspaper: “I don’t put any pressure on anything. For me, timing is everything. I have a strong faith. And if you ask if my mom’s putting pressure on us to get married, no - because my mom is feeling as strong a faith as me.” The star - who previously dated ‘America’s Got Talent’ host Nick Cannon and was romantically linked to comedian Dane Cook - has poured her heart out about her split from Lewis last year in her latest album ‘Big Fat Lie’ and admits the album also features tracks about other former lovers. She added: “I wrote the majority of this album last year when I was going through my break-up. But it’s about past relationships as well.”

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to Become Dad Again Jude Law is to become a father for the fifth time as his ex-girlfriend Catherine Harding is expecting their first child together.

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eepika Padukone has certainly come a long way and proved her mettle with variety in her performances in the last few years. The actress admits that she values appreciation for her work more than anything else. “Appreciation is important. What do we work for? If I work hard for my film and if my work is not appreciated, then what is the point,” Deepika said in a group interview. “In fact, money is the least important thing and success also is not so important. The love and appreciation that we get, is important and valuable,” she added. The actress came with a bang in the Bollywood boulevard with a double role in ‘Om Shanti Om’, but post that, she was panned by critics for being wooden-faced. But tables turned when she sailed through her roles in films like ‘Cocktail’, ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, ‘Chennai Express’ and ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela’. Even critics marvelled at her improved skills, but the modelturned-actress says “being a heroine is not easy”. “It looks very glamorous and looks like a great life, but there is a lot of hardwork behind it,” said badminton legend Prakash Padukone’s daughter, who had an easy entry in tinsel town, but had to go through the grind to find a firm foot-

hold in the film industry. Deepika feels “proud” to have “a comfortable roof” on her head -- something which she couldn’t “afford” earlier. “At the end of the day, we have to lead a decent lifestyle. But all I am trying to say is that the most important thing is appreciation,” she added. Her recent choice of films has resonated well with the audience as well as the box office, but Deepika doesn’t make conscious efforts to choose films that can impact box office. “I don’t choose films based on whether it’s going to do business of Rs.100 crore or Rs.200 crore. If so, then we are doing films for the wrong reasons. “For me, box office is not important in the process of making a film. If I’m being true to the film, then it’s good. You have to choose films from your heart. “A film should be done for the script. The destiny of the film is different, but I have to enjoy the process,” she said. Her next release ‘Happy New Year’, one of the most talked about film in Bollywood as of now, is coming out Oct 24, a day after Diwali. She will be seen with her ‘Om Shanti Om’ co-star Shah Rukh Khan in it. Deepika says director Farah Khan was looking for a new girl for the megabudget multi-starrer before casting her. She said: “They

Taylor Swift has been giving Selena Gomez relationship advice following her recent split from Justin Bieber. wanted a new girl in the beginning. After ‘Chennai Express’, I got a call from Farah, and she said she wants me in her film. I didn’t even hear the narration and said, ‘Yes’, and luckily, the dates worked out,” she said. “It happened last minute. They didn’t find a girl and they came to me and I am happy that I could fit the film,” she added. Her immediate nod came because of her bonding with Shah Rukh and Farah Khan since her ‘Om Shanti Om’ days. “Farah and Shah Rukh gave me such a beautiful launch; they had presented me so well. They took such good care of me. They understand the responsibility that this girl’s career is in their hands,” she said, and added that she will be thankful to both of them irrespective of the box office performance of “Happy New Year”. ‘Happy New Year’ also features Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff.

he 24-year-old singer - who has previously romanced Harry Styles and John Mayer - has reportedly been comforting the ‘Come & Get It’ hitmaker, 22, following her recent split from her on/off boyfriend Justin Bieber, 20, and been offering her some relationship guidance. A source told the HollywoodLife.com: “She [Taylor] wants her to at least try taking a year off dating. She thinks she should date herself for a while, take the time to get to know herself and appreciate herself. “But she’s not going to force it, she’s trying to lead by example this time, instead of forcing her ideas down Selena’s throat, she realises she can be kind of pushy and she’s working on that.” Selena recently moved out of her parents’ home and in to her own property in California but, since breaking up from the troubled singer last month, Taylor believes it will prove beneficial for the actress to move to New York as the blonde beauty has seen such a difference in her own life since moving to the big apple. The ‘Spring Breaker’s stat said previously: “She [Taylor] wants to kidnap me. She’s been begging me every time we get on the phone, because it’s been a really good thing for her. You know, we’ve been friends for seven years and she really feels like she kind of stepped into her own and became a woman there, and she’s like, ‘Alright, your turn!’ “

he 41-year-old actor and his ex-girlfriend Catherine Harding are set to welcome their first child together into the world early next year and, despite their split, are determined to put everything into raising the baby. A representative for the star told PEOPLE.com: “I can confirm that Jude Law and Catherine Harding are expecting a child together in the spring. “Whilst they are no longer in a relationship, they are both wholeheartedly committed to raising their child. “They consider this a private matter and other than this confirmation no statement will be made. “I ask that you respect the privacy of all parties involved and their families.” The ‘Holiday’ star already has three children, sons Rafferty, 18, and Rudy, 12, and daughter Iris, 13, with his ex-wife Sadie Frost, as well as a five-year-old daughter, Sophia, with model Samantha Burke. The hunk, who has also previously dated Sienna Miller, admitted five years ago that becoming a father shifted his priorities in life and gave him a wake-up call. He said in 2009: “Being a daddy is what counts. I used to sleep until noon, but it’s not so bad to have to get up at 7 and give them breakfast. My daughter made me realise that if there’s anything that’s going to make a man of you, it’s having your will broken by a little girl.”

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15th NSF Martyrs’ Memorial Trophy October 17 Match Results: HQ IGAR (North) beat Troy FC Naga Bazar 5-0 (HQ IGAR: Demo 21’, 61’, E. Zofa 34’, M. Gopin Singh 37’, Supong Ao 48’) Tiema-Khe Kidima beat Modern College Kohima 5-1 (TKK: Sevizo Pucho 23’, Kevisekho Thokhwe 46’, 55’, Vizayieto Thokhwe 50’, Mhasil Thol 52’; Modern College Kohima: Bokato H. Sema 51’) Naga United Club defeats Kicker's FC Chumukedima 3-0 (NUC: Vimele Angami 9’, 32’, Keneisedelie Angami 20’) DAY-14 Fixture (Oct-18) October 18 Matches: MT Youth Club New Police Reserve Vs Guwahati Naga Students' Union @11.00 am Chedema Village Students' Union Vs Tangkhul Students' Union @12.30 pm Barak FC Peren Vs Meriema Village Students' Supong of HQ IGAR (North) in action during the pre-quarter. Union @2.00 pm

India crush West Indies by 59 runs in 4th ODI

Dharamsala, OctOber 17 (ageNcies): A disinterested West Indies team went down to India by 59 runs in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) at Dharamsala. The match lacked the desired intensity from the visitors amidst concerns that the tour has been called off. The Indians though put up a solid performance led by Virat Kohli’s 127 scoring 330. West Indies hardly showed any intention of chasing the challenging total. After hanging around for a while, Dwayne Smith departed for a 11-ball duck. Kieron Pollard walked in at No 3 only to nudge around and allow the required rate to creep up. On some other day, the team chasing would’ve gone for some calculated risks at least. While Pollard was going for a few unorthodox shots to no success, Darren Bravo was content shouldering his arms to anything outside off. By the time Pollard was caught in the slips, he had already consumed 31 deliveries. In other words a match-losing innings looking at the target. Smith and Pollard together had scored six off 42 deliveries which shows that the Windies were crippled right at the start of the chase. It was the arrival of Marlon Samuels, things got going as he hit a few cracking boundaries and brought some life back in to the game and the spectators who had witnessed a shabby performance from the visiVirat Kholi of India celebrates after scoring a century during the 4th One Day International, ODI, tors. Darren bravo scored steadily until he was bowled by between India and The West Indies held at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala on October 17. Akshar Patel for 40.

WIndies call off tour, Sri Lanka to play five ODIs

New Delhi, OctO ber 17 (Pti): In an extraordinary turn of events, the West Indies cricket team on Friday pulled out of the remaining part of its India tour in the wake of an acrimonious ongoing pay dispute with their Board, prompting a livid BCCI to rope in Sri Lanka for a fivematch ODI series. The aggrieved Caribbean players were persuaded to take the field for the fourth ODI but have conveyed their decision to call off the remaining part of tour to the BCCI, which is now contemplating legal action against the visitors. “The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has informed the BCCI of its decision to cancel the rest of its ongoing tour to India because of a dispute with its players, and has advised the BCCI that its players will return home immediately,” BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel said. “The reason given by WICB is that there were inAimee Pistroius, sister of Oscar Pistorius, second left, is ternal issues among their hugged by defense lawyer, Brian Webber, left near Oscar Pis- boys. The BCCI will be gotorius in court in Pretoria, South Africa on October 17 for the last ing to ICC and planning to

Pistorius should be sentenced to 10 yrs in prison, says prosecution PretOria, OctOber 17 (ageNcies): Oscar Pistorius will learn of his fate next Tuesday, the trial judge has said, after hearing arguments from a state prosecutor that the Paralympian should be jailed for 10 years to meet society’s demands. Judge Thokozile Masipa announced the date of Pistorius’s long-awaited sentencing after the prosecution and defence teams presented their final arguments. Last month, the judge cleared Pistorius of murder but convicted him of culpable homicide for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year. “The minimum term that society will be happy with will be 10 years’ imprisonment,” prosecutor Gerrie Nel told the court. “This is a serious matter. The negligence borders on intent. Ten years is the minimum.” Nel called a proposed house arrest sentence “shockingly disproportionate” for what Pistorius did when he shot four times through a locked toilet door in his home, hitting Steenkamp in the head, arm and hip. “The deceased died in a small cubicle behind a closed door,” Nel said. “Three bullets ripped through her body … When I think about that, it must have been horrific.” The prosecutor said he had heard many voices saying “please don’t break the accused”. Yet Pistorius had broken an entire family, he added. Responding to defence arguments that Pistorius had already been punished by negative media coverage, Nel sarcastically parodied their version of events: “I’m a victim, feel

day of sentencing procedures where the defense and prosecution will put their case for and against sentencing. (AP Photo)

sorry for me, the media victimised me. When I wanted the media to capture my brilliant athletic performance, I loved them; when the media write about my trial, it’s unfair.” Masipa appeared to side with the prosecution on this point. “You can take it from me,” she told Nel, referring to the defence’s argument about the media, “all those paragraphs will be disregarded.” Nel argued that the Pistorius fought to race alongside able-bodied athletes so it was “shameless” that he now used his disability as an excuse. He rejected concerns that prison showers do not have rails for the disabled, claiming that he had seen in photos that Pistorius’s shower in his own

West Indies deny calling off India tour New Delhi, OctOber 17 (reuters): The West Indies have not called off the ongoing tour to India despite reports earlier that Sri Lanka had stepped in to take their place, the West Indies Cricket Board said on Friday. "The West Indies Cricket Board advises, that, contrary to media reports, it has taken no decision to discontinue the ongoing tour to India," a statement read. "The WICB will make a further statement following the conclusion of the fourth one-day international which is in progress." A day of confusion, claim and counter-claim began with the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) saying that the touring West Indians had abandoned their tour following an internal dispute and were flying home after Friday's one-dayer. sue the WICB and claim for damages. We will not take this lying down as we have cooperated with them in every aspect,” Patel said. “The BCCI is shocked and extremely disappointed at the decision taken by the WICB. The WICB’s inability to resolve internal issues with its players and allowing the same to affect an ongoing bilateral series does not reflect well on any of those involved. The withdrawal gives little thought to the future of the game, the players and the long standing relations between the BCCI and the WICB,” a strongly-worded statement from the BCCI said. Hours after the sudden development, the BCCI

managed to persuade Sri Lanka to play a five-match ODI series, which is likely to be held from November 1 to 15. A top BCCI official said that it was deiced to play only the ODIs, keeping in mind the upcoming World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. “Scheduling a Test series at such a short notice would have been difficult for us since the team has to leave for Australia shortly. So it was decided to have an ODI series, which will help the team for the World Cup,” the official said. Venues which were deprived of the matches -- Kolkata, Cuttack, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Ahmedabad -- are likely to be alloted the

home did not have rails. The prosecutor again criticised the offer of money by Pistorius to the Steenkamp family. “I cannot but think this is an attempt to influence,” he said, adding that they had rejected it as “blood money”.Earlier, defence counsel Barry Roux said the double-amputee athlete did not act with “deviousness” when he killed Steenkamp. Pistorius says he mistook the 29-year-old model for a dangerous intruder and that the shooting was a tragic accident. “The accused’s actions were to some extent dominated by vulnerability and anxiety,” Roux said. “When you come to sentence … you have to look at the actions with his Moto2 rider Thomas Luthi of Switzerland crashes during a free practice ahead of Sunday's frame of mind.” Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island, Australia on October 17. (AP Photo)

One-dayers. The BCCI will announce the fixtures in the next few days. The BCCI made it clear that the decision to pull out was taken unilaterally by the West Indies Board and its players inspite of several appeals to them to honour the commitment. “The BCCI wishes to inform all its stakeholders, especially ardent fans of the Indian cricket team, that this is a unilateral decision taken by the WICB and its players, in spite of several appeals to the WICB to honour its commitment and complete the series,” Patel said. “The BCCI will pursue all options available to protect its rights, whilst seeking appropriate ac-

tion from the ICC to ensure that its interests and those of the game at large will not suffer any damage due to such acts of indiscretion,” he said. “It was only after my persuasion they agreed to play today’s match. They were hell bent on not to play and leave for home tomorrow,” BCCI Joint Secretary Anurag Thakur said. The West Indies were scheduled to play one more ODI in Kolkata on Monday and a Twenty20 in Cuttack on October 22. They were also scheduled to play three Test matches in Hyderabad (Oct 30-Nov 3), Bangalore (Nov 7-11) and Ahmedabad (Nov 15-19). The repercussion of the Caribbean players’ move to abandon the tour could have long term implications as many of the them are popular players in India and play in the cashrich IPL, owned by the BCCI. The crisis broke out on the eve of the first ODI in Kochi when the players threatened to boycott the match in protest against the contract, handed out to them by the WICB.

Open veteran badminton championship concludes Our Correspondent Kohima | October 17

The two-day Open Veteran Badminton Championship 2014 under the aegis of Kohima Badminton Club concluded here this evening at the Indoor Badminton Stadium under the theme “I am Fit.” S.D. Angami and Cuzoto Resuh emerged champions in the category of 55 years and above while Rikhy Rana and Raj Kumar came runners-up. In the 45 years & above category, Amardeep and Arep emerged as champions while I. Temjen and N. Wati came as runners-up. Lanu and Nochet won the 35 years and above category while the runners-up were Moa and Rhovisie. Parliamentary secretary for school education Yitachu, parliamentary secretary for CAWD and economic & statistic Tohanba and badminton coach Meren Paul gave away prize to the winners. The champions and runners-up in each category were awarded Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively.

ISL will take off, says Arsene Wenger

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lONDON, OctOber 17 (Pti): Indian Super League has been a hit as far as the initial matches are concerned and the biggest endorsement for the ambitious project has come from none other than Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger who has no doubts about ISL's impending success. Wenger said he was pretty much sure that the profile of football in India will come up because of the ISL and that it will be able to compete with cricket in future. "I know that people there (in India) watch the Premier League and I'm convinced that with such a huge population, it (ISL) will take off," Wenger said. While cricket is comfortably the most popular sport in India, Wenger said he was convinced that there was still space for football to grow. "If you look at the history of football, it has always become quicker and it looks like it grows everywhere. It's like a virus that multiplies, so I don't imagine that it won't take off. "It (football) took a while in

the United States but it's now very popular. It faces cricket in India but there's always room for a second sport. There's only really badminton and cricket in India at the moment but there's room for another sport," he was quoted as saying by 'Arsenal Magazine'. Five former Gunners are part of the tournament in Robert Pires,

Freddie Ljungberg, Nicolas Anelka, Mikel Silvestre and Andre Santos, and Wenger said ISL offers a great opportunity for older players to extend their careers. "Being completely at the top finishes when you are 34 at the latest. After that, you have different leagues like the MLS and the Indian Super League. I encourage players to play as long as possible if they really love it. Pires is 40 but he still plays and when he comes to training here, he's still very good. "The only thing I always say is that once you're on the pitch, you give your best. Your age doesn't matter people can understand that you're not as quick at 40 as you were at 30. Play with passion, with your heart and technical quality - that will be enough. "They give a good image of the game. They can make football popular on different continents and in different countries, where it's taking off. I think it's fantastic."

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